The Gopher

The Gopher is an Earth Rumble VI fighter who uses unusual tunneling tactics. As his name suggests, his style of Earthbending consists of burrowing underground, only emerging to attack. He wears a mask during his fights.

In "The Blind Bandit", he is easily defeated in his match against The Boulder in the tournament. He later helps Xin Fu kidnap Aang and Toph. When Toph is traded free, she battles and defeats each of the Earth Rumble fighters, including The Gopher.

For unknown reasons, The Gopher did not join The Boulder and The Big Bad Hippo to aid in the Invasion of the Fire Nation.

The idea of the Gopher's tunneling attacks was also used by the character Hiroshi, in the Avatar Comics "New RRecruits". Since Hiroshi was a fan creation, he might have been inspired from the Gopher.

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