If you're rewatching "Avatar: The Last Airbender" for the first time since childhood, one thing that might surprise you is how long it takes for Toph (Michaela Jill Murphy) to join the crew. She isn't introduced until "The Blind Bandit," six episodes into the second season of a 3-season series . Despite her late entrance Toph quickly integrates herself into the group, and soon it's hard to imagine this show without her. In other words, Toph is the Danny DeVito of the "Last Airbender" franchise , a rare example of a late-addition character turning out a massive success.

Adding a fourth member to the main group wasn't easy, however. In a July 2025 oral history about her debut episode, creator/writer Michael Dante DiMartino and writer Bryan Konietzko talked about how they always knew t

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