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Toralei Stripe is a 2022-introduced and all-around character. She is a werecat and a student at Monster High. She was the series’ former antagonist and current supporting character as of "Power Heist."
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| —Toralei singing in Cool Cat | ||
Character[]
Appearance[]
Body[]
Toralei is a tall, slender and orange-furred teenage werecat with darker-colored stripes on her forehead, shoulders, legs and signature long tail. She sports wavy, messy and two-toned red hair with dark orange streaks, which has been cut into a bob style that reveals her triangular ears with silver and red hoop-piercings on them.
Her eyebrows are a dark red in color, with the left one sporting a piercing at times, and her green eyes have slit pupils and thick eyelashes protruding from it. She also possesses a dark brown nose and sharp fangs inside of her mouth, and her makeup consists of yellow eyeshadow, pinkish-red lipstick, and red nail polish on her sharp claws.
Clothing[]
Toralei's outfit features a black choker with a metallic pendant that has been shaped into scratches. Her cropped, red leatherette jacket sport silver spikes on the shoulders and zippers on the sides, with the sleeves containing a couple of rips on them. Her jacket is worn over a slightly cropped, white tank top with a graphic design of a white, black, orange, pink and red cat with green eyes on the front. She also wears a high-waisted black skirt with a purple chess pattern and yellow scratches printed on it, purple chess socks and white combat boots with red laces and scratches, black soles, fangs placed on the front of the toes, and purple-and-black-striped wool balls hanging from the back.
Toralei accessorizes with a silver chain belt which is wrapped around her skirt, having paw-shaped pendants hanging from it.
There are shown to be several difference in her character' design:
- In the dolls, artwork and music videos, her hair is waist-length, while in the animated series, 2D miniseries and live-action film, her hair is kept in a bob style, with her 3D counterpart having noticeable black roots, hinting she dyed her hair red.
- In the other designs, her choker has a scratch-shaped pendant, while in the 2D series, the pendant is absent.
- In the artwork, 2D and 3D series, her jacket has silver spikes and the sleeves are ripped (with the 3D being cropped), while in the doll and music videos design, her jacket features purple scratches printed all over it.
- In the 3D series, she has dark red eyebrows, while in the other designs, she has brown eyebrows.
- In the doll, artwork and 2D series, she has a beauty mark under her left eye, while in other designs, the mark is absent.
- In the doll and 2D series, her shirt has a red collar and, and in the 3D series the cat is a two-tone purple with two-tone pink details.
- In the 3D series, her skirt's chess pattern is both purple and black.
- In the 3D series, her boots have red laces, while in other designs, the laces are black.
- In the 3D series, the wool balls on her boots are purple with black stripes, while in other designs, they are black.
- In other designs, she has normal boots with regular socks, while in the 2D series, her boots are calf-length along with the socks.
Personality[]
Toralei Stripe is monster high’s “bad girl” werecat, who’s so not afraid to let her claws come out. She's rude, ungrateful, and unfriendly.
She’s clever and an ambitious schemer who enjoys causing trouble for others, particularly if it benefits her or puts her in a position of power. Toralei is highly competitive and isn't afraid to use underhanded tactics to achieve her goals, such as blackmail or exposing secrets. For example: she blackmailed Lagoona into doing what she says or else she would expose Lagoona's rubber piranha Señor Squeaky to everyone and blackmailed Draculaura into dropping out of the head fearleader election or else she'd expose her as a witch. But Draculaura managed to save her and Lagoona's secrets. This shows that Toralei is determined to do whatever it takes to win.
Toralei is brave and wants to keep monster society the way it is, believing she’s a modern hero standing up for what’s proper and good. With a strong dislike for humans and change, she doesn’t trust Clawdeen or Draculaura's witchiness. It's no surprise that her goal is to get Clawdeen and Draculaura kicked out of Monster High, even if she has to frame them to do it. No matter what Clawdeen does to try and appease Toralei, it's no use — the beef between their two families goes way back, like centuries back (even in the monster world, cats and dogs don't get along).
Due to being mean to other students, Toralei doesn’t have any friends. In the episodes "Creepover Party" and "Earworm," she is shown sitting alone at lunch. It wasn't until her cousins Purrsephone and Meowlody came along that she finally got someone to be around. However, she took them for granted on their first day, taking all of the credit. She later apologized to them, promising to treat them better. This shows that she cares about her cousins, who she considers her friends. The two make up her crew and the trio wear coordinating outfits (picked out by Toralei, of course). This also marks the beginning of Toralei's character growth.
Deep down, Toralei isn't actually a bad person, but more like someone who desperately craves love and attention, but resulted in negative ways such as bullying and blackmailing. However, after spending time with Clawdeen and the rest of the Boo-Crew, Toralei is slowly improving herself to become a better monster.
Abilities[]
As a werecat, Toralei possesses the abilities of a normal feline.
- Feline Instincts: Toralei is occasionally compelled with catlike instincts, that is or is not an actual ability, that includes releasing and extending her claws.
- Athleticism: Toralei is very athletic and always land on her feet.
- Agility: As a werecat, Toralei has an increased agility and flexibility being swift and fast and always landing on her feet, which comes in handy when you're a cheerleader.
- Full Moon Transformation: As she has come of age, Toralei should be able to take on her human form under full-moon light. But as shown in "Moonlit Fieldtrip", she does not have this ability yet for unknown reasons.
- Enhanced strength: Like all werecats, Toralei possesses super strength.
- Enhanced speed: Like all werecats, Toralei can run at high speeds.
Skillset[]
- Music: Toralei is passionate about music; She is a talented singer, pianist, guitarist, and tambourine player. She is the lead in her band Hissfits.
- Dancing: Toralei is a good dancer, especially as a fear leader.
Relationships[]
Family[]
Toralei's mother, Catarina Stripe, was mentioned in "Part of the Pack". Her mother is now the former wereleader of the werebeasts and it is implied that, before she assumed the title of wereleader, Catarina and Toralei were closer. After becoming leader of the werebeasts, however, Catarina and her daughter have become far more distant and though flashbacks show them occasionally going out to a cafe, Catarina's neglectful attitude is shown when she proritizes her own needs as wereleader over the welfare of Toralei, who she once reprehends on an outing for getting a D-. Ultimately, Toralei turns on her mother and helps stop her, but after Catarina is stripped of her stolen Talismen power, Toralei nonetheless goes to help her, returning the werebeast talismen to Clawdeen beforehand.
She and her cousins (Purrsephone and Meowlody) are a part of Hissfits. On nights in, Toralei likes to create songs for the band in her journal.
Toralei currently lives with Clawdeen, Clawd, Apollo and Selena Wolf.
Friends[]
- Clawdeen Wolf
- Meowlody (cousin)
- Purrsephone (cousin)
- Clawd Wolf
- Frankie Stein
- Draculaura
- Cleo de Nile
- Deuce Gorgon
- Lagoona Blue
- Barkimedes
- Mouscedes
- Hisstina (Little Paw)
Toralei was supposedly close friends with Lagoona Blue, but the episode "Witch Hitch" reveals that Lagoona actually couldn’t stand her, and only hung out with her, and threatened people in her name, because she was blackmailing her. She knew about Lagoona’s secret rubber piranha, Señor Squeaky, and threatened to expose her secret to the school if she didn’t do her bidding. This was put to an end after Draculaura casted a spell that prevents Toralei from spreading Lagoona's secret. Since then Lagoona set a “healthy boundary” on their relationship. At the end of the first season, after redeeming herself, Toralei becomes a member of the Boo Crew and helps them defeat her mother.
Fear Squad[]
- Draculaura (Head fearleader)
- Clawdeen Wolf
- Clawd Wolf
- Iris Clops
- Kuma
Hissfits Band[]
Enemies[]
- Clawdeen Wolf (formerly)
- Draculaura (formerly)
- Howleen Wolf (formerly)
- Romulus (formerly)
- Barkimedes (formerly)
- Catarina Stripe (betrayal)
Pets[]
Toralei owns a saber-tooth tiger cub named Sweet Fangs.
Appearances[]
| Season 2 | |||
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| Opening: Monster High Theme Song | ✔ | ||
| 01. Rule School | ✔ | ||
| 02. New Witch in Town | ❌️ | 03. Play It Again, Clawd | ❌️ |
| 04. Mummy in the Mirror | ✔ | 05. How to Scare a Banshee | ❌️ |
| 06. So Chill | ❌️ | 07. Mix Up Meowlody | ✔ |
| 08. The Haunted Sand Castle Caper | ❌️ | ||
| 09. Fangs for the Memories | ❌️ | 10. Two-rrific | ❌️ |
| 11. Monster High-jinks | ✔ | 12. Vamps Just Wanna Have Fun | ❌️ |
| 13. The Babysitters' Crypt | ❌️ | 14. Humans in High School | ❌️ |
| 15. Dawn of the Dread | ❌️ | 16. Frankie Patrol | Mentioned |
| 17. The Deuce Date | ❌️ | 18. Big Paw, Little Paw | ✔ |
| 19. Ghoulishly Ghoul-ma | ❌️ | 20. Gil to the Rescue | ✔ |
| 21. Oh Rats | ✔ | 22. Fired Up | ❌️ |
| 23. The Shapeshiftian Candidate | ✔ | ||
| 24. Codex Come Back | ❌️ | 25. Officially Complicated | ❌️ |
| 26. Little Smoothie Shop of Horrors | ❌️ | 27. The Great Bat Detective | ❌️ |
| 28. You've Got Meow | ✔ | 29. Finnegan Faces the Music | ❌️ |
| 30–31. Monster Fest | ✔ | ||
| 32. Attack of the Besties | ❌️ | 33. Night of the Unliving Frog | Cameo |
| 34. One Were to Rule Them All | ✔ | ||
Timeline[]
- August 2022: She is leaked in her generation 3 box and art style.
- September 2022: Her box artwork and stock photos are leaked, and she is seen on promotional photos along with the other characters.
- October 1st, 2022: She is officially exclusive released Walmart.
- October 28th, 2022: She made her official animated debut in "The Monstering".
- October 13th, 2023: Toralei made her only live-action debut in "Monster High 2".
Trivia[]
- Her episode card is magenta with a flannel pattern. It has chains on the top and bottom, with the top chain having two paw print charms dangling off of it. The sides of the episode card are torn, revealing an orange background underneath with purple cat faces on it.
- Unlike her G1 counterpart , Toralei G3 can actually sing.
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