Toralei Stripe

"We were just talking about how ultra-lame Cleo and the Fear Squad are."

-Toralei in HooDoo You Like?

Toralei Stripe is an orange werecat or weretiger who first appeared in the first part of the episode Scream Building. With Cleo becoming more involved with the other girls due to the fearleading squad, Toralei and her crew took her place as the antagonists of the show for the most part of Season 2, Volume 2.

Personality
She has a cat-like attitude, and is self-assured, with a touch of a sarcastic purr. In Scream Building, she stands up for the fearleaders when Cleo critiques them, but it seems like it was more about taking Cleo down a peg. She is an opportunist and a manipulator, whose clique of followers never speak for themselves, and do her bidding. She causes a lot of trouble for the ghouls, whether it's by revealing their secret routine to their fearleading rivals, texting rumors about them or spreading dissent by playing to people's insecurities. However, in her diary she shows a softer side for a troll named Teala, and is helpful and kind to her.

Portrayals
Toralei is voiced by America Young.

Appearances
Toralei was introduced in Scream Building. She also appears in Gloomsday. She becomes more important in Witch Trials when she and the other werecats ask to re-join the squad, but Cleo rejects them making Toralei an enemy. In Don't Cheer the Reaper she tricks Frankie into giving her a video of the squad's routine to the enemy team. In Road to Monster Mashionals she tells the squad she gave the routine to the enemy team making Cleo come up with the idea of the winning routine.

Toralei later became the school's Fearbook editor, attempting to use this status to sabotage Cleo and her friends.

She and the two werecat twins have an ultimate goal to get the fear squad expelled from Monster High so that they can take over the Fearleading team and rule the school, but this backfires as the ghouls manage to foil her plot.

She is seen in volume 2, Desperate Hours, being driven away to summer camp with Purrsephone and Meowlody. She is then not seen until the episode Nefera Again, talking with Purrsephone and Meowlody about how Nefera is always wearing the latest fashon trends before anyone else. By the end, she and the twins are wearing the "Latest Fashon Trend" the ghouls trick Nefera into wearing.

In Back-to-Ghoul, the guidance counselor, Mr. G. Reaper, enrolls Toralei up for all the advanced math class in the school. She is not happy with the ghouls tricking the teachers into making her go to math camp, and throws snowballs at Frankie to get her into a fight with Abbey.

Physical Description
Toralei is a werecat with light orange fur and dark orange stripes. She has a patch of darker orange on her face. Her eyes are green, and she has cat-like features, including her teeth, nose, pupils, eye shape and ears. Her hair is dark and light orange, crossed with black stripes.

Relationships
No information is given in the Webisodes about Torelei's relationships.

Family
None of Toralei's family nor siblings have been shown yet. (Unknown)

Friends
None of her friends are mentioned in the series, but in Scream Building she appears to be friends with the two twin girls; Purrsephone and Meowoldy the Werecat Twins -- or, at least, they are the supporting members of her clique. She has made enemies of many of the Monster High ghouls, declaring Cleo an enemy in Witch Trials after she wasn't reinstated on the squad, and causing trouble for the team during their fearleading camp and trials. In Queen of the Scammed she texted everyone that Cleo and the squad are going to stay over night at Monster High on Friday the 13th. But they fail when the ghouls stay overnight. One fact is for sure: she's definitely not friends with Cleo De Nile.

According from Cleo's recent diary reveals that Toralei and the Werecat sisters are on the squad because of her older sister Nefera and is apparently still in touch with her.

Toralei's Official Facebook Description
Purrhaps you’ve already met the ghoul who really knows how to bring the drama to Monster High? Her name is Toralei and she absolutely loves risking one of her nine lives to live on the edge with her BFF’s Meowlody and Purrsephone. Careful not to rub her the wrong way, though. Getting on her bad side is so not recommended. She loves playing cat and mouse with other monsters, just to see what happens and sometimes that can get her into some pretty hot water. She may be a little rough around the edges, but what she lacks in tact, her pet saber-tooth tiger cub, Sweet Fang, makes up for in cuddles. So scary-cute!

Clothing
Toralei wears a dark grey/black leather jacket with diamond studded gloves and a red and orange striped top with a yellow ascot. Torn black jeans, a yellow belt and converse like high heels with an open toe.

Trivia

 * Her name seems to come from the Japanese word tora, meaning "tiger," making her name a pun on the words "tiger stripe".
 * The end of her first name lei comes from many cultures. In Chinese, it means "strength".
 * Although she doesn't in the webisodes, the official artwork posted on the Monster High Facebook page shows Toralei having a tail.
 * She is the only Monster High female to have short hair whilst in her basic outfit (Clawdeen and Cleo both have short hair for their Dawn of the Dance outfits)
 * On her artwork and doll, Toralei does not have visible fangs, while in the webisodes, she does.
 * Toralei's style is Scene fashion.
 * Toralei and Holt's favorite colors are both orange, making them the fourth pair of characters to share a favourite color, the other pair being Cleo and Clawdeen (gold), Operetta and Ghoulia (red), and Clawd and Lagoona (blue).
 * Toralei is the first main character to have a tail on her doll and artwork (however her tail is not seen in any webisodes).

Meta Timeline

 * February 8, 2011: First appeared in the webisode Scream Building wearing a fearleading uniform.
 * February 11, 2011: On Twitter America Young said the name of her character was Toralei.
 * March 24, 2011: Her basic outfit appeared in the webisode Gloomsday.
 * April 14, 2011: Her name was first said in the webisode Witch Trials.
 * May 27, 2011: The name Toralei Stripe was requested for a trademark.
 * July 14, 2011: Toralei's official artwork was released on the Monster High Facebook page
 * July 15, 2011: Toralei's bio was added to Monsterhigh.com
 * July 21, 2011: A Toralei doll is unveiled at San Diego Comic Con International
 * Late December, 2011: Toralei will be in stores.