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The Gopher

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Nationality	Gaoling, Earth Kingdom
Ethnicity	Earth Kingdom
Pronouns	He/him
Hair color	Brown (mostly shaven)
Affiliation	Earth Rumble
Weapon	Earth
Fighting style	Earthbending
Profession	Professional earthbending fighter
Allies	Xin Fu, Earth Rumble fighters
Enemies	Toph Beifong, Aang
First appearance	"The Blind Bandit" (only appearance)

The Gopher was an Earth Rumble fighter who used an unusual style of earthbending that involved burrowing underground and using tunneling tactics, emerging only to attack. He wore a headband-like mask during his fights.

History

The Gopher was easily defeated in his match against The Boulder in the tournament and later helped Xin Fu kidnap Avatar Aang and Toph, holding them for ransom. Following Toph's release and Xin Fu's refusal to free Aang, she battled and defeated each of the Earth Rumble VI fighters, including The Gopher.

Appearances

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Book Two: Earth (土)

Appearances: 1

Trivia

• The idea of an earthbender using his ability for tunneling attacks was also used by the child who created Hiroshi, a character in the comic "New Recruits".
• Gopher refers to a non-hybrid animal, something which is rare in the Avatar World.
• Oddly, though jocularly suitable considering his stage name, The Gopher's information is found in the creatures section of "The Blind Bandit" on the original Nick.com website, as is The Gecko's.