The Outsider

The Outsider is a character from Canadian cartoon series Toad Patrol. She is an Ancient who left other Ancients in unsuccessful attempt to share her ideas with other toads. She is voiced by Kate Hurman who also voiced Hera in the same show.
==History==
===Prior events of Toad Patrol===
The Outsider's life before events of Toad Patrol is mostly shrouded in mystery. It is known she is an Ancient and that she used to accompany other Ancients. At some point, she left the Ancients and returned to Toad Hallow where she presented new ideas to the toads. However, noone would listen to the Outsider so she left the Toad Hallow and found herself a secret home in the forest where she continued to live alone. She remained known to other toads only through legend.
Mistle Toad somehow managed to find the Outsider. The Outsider made him promise never to visit her again.
===Toad Patrol===
====The Cure====
When Beauty Stem fell seriously ill to poisoning from oil she accidentally drank, the Toad Patrol brought Mistle Toad hoping he could help her. Mistle Toad realizes that the Outsider might be the only person he knows who could cure Beauty Stem. He therefore decides to break the promise he made and he takes the Toad Patrol on a journey through the forest to the Outsider's hideout. The Outsider examines the sick toadlet and concludes she drank human poison. She uses her knowledge to make her a medicine. The next day Beauty Stem awakes and The Outsider confirms she is going to be alright. The Toad Patrol is able to leave and continue their search for the Fairy Ring.
====The Healer====
The Outsider appeared before Beauty Stem while she was looking after Panther Cap. She tells Beauty Stem how there were many things that she has yet to learn about the world and Beauty Stem affirms that she wants to learn more. The Outsider also suggests Beauty Stem should become a healer in the forest. She says that a healer should listen to all animals of the forest as all living beings, including bugs, have some wisdom to share. The Outsider then teaches Beauty Stem about wintergreens. She explains how their leaves can be used to warm up others by rubbing them on the skin. The Outsider continues to look over Beauty Stem as she was taking care of Panther Cap giving her advices. Eventually, Panther Cap wakes up and happy Beauty Stem wants to thank The Outsider for all she had done and ask her more questions. However, when she turned her head the Outsider was nowhere to be seen. Slippery Jack points out that there are no footprints of another person left in snow. This leads them to speculate that the Outsider's visit might have been just a dream. Nevertheless, Beauty Stem decides that she will not return to Toad Hallow and that she will remain in the forest as a healer.
====Lost and Found====
Shaggy Mane became overtly careless when he discovered how fun riding a wooden plank in snow can be. After disrupting Beauty Stem and Mistle Toad who were cleaning castle walls from ice, he gets scolded by Beauty Stem. She tells him to go and help Panther Cap. He is, however, unable to resist temptation to use his plank to slide down the stairs. As he is going down he crashes right into Panther Cap and the two end up sliding all the way out of the castle. They find themselves lost in woods searching for way back. Panther Cap decides to use his pointer to find a Thunder Tree and ask it for directions. The pointer leads them right to the Outsider's home. Panther Cap encourages Shaggy Mane to seek help from her. The Outsider doesn't know the location of the castle but she understands that Panther Cap is able to use his special power to find it. She explains to him that he can point the pointer towards what he desires to find. She has Shaggy Mane hide a seed under one of the three bowls and instructs Panther Cap to ask the pointer under which bowl the seed is hidden. The pointer points to the correct bowl but Panther Cap isn't convinced that it isn't luck. The three repeat the experiment. This time the pointer pointed at Shaggy Mane who reveals he hid the seed behind his back. Panther Cap is now convinced he truly had the power to find the castle and the two toadlets depart from the Outsider.
====The Sacrifice====
The Outsider decided to visit the Castle of the Ancients to explore it. In there she encounters Oyster who tells her that she and Puff Ball saw someone in the castle and that Puff Ball went after them. The Outsider tells Oyster that maybe they should also go and see who it is and the two go to the room filled with toadstools. Inside The Outsider finds Puff Ball who told her that there is a salamander inside and that he is worried he tried to hurt the toadstools. Oyster then brings the staff salamander dropped while Puff Ball was chasing him. The Outsider examines the staff and finds inscription "Sigmund" on it. She immediately understands the situation and stops Puff Ball from going after Sigmund explaining that the staff shows he was placed by the Ancients to guard the toadstools. Puff Ball apologizes to Sigmund who in turn kisses him instead of saying anything. Oyster wonders why doesn't Sigmund speak and the Outsider correctly guesses that he cannot speak. Sigmund then takes the three to the edge of the room where he starts digging a spot for a new toadstool. The three are surprised as the Great Migration hasn't even started and they question Sigmund about it. Using body language, Sigmund tells them that he believes Oyster or Puff Ball will turn into a toadstool and then points at a spot on the wall. The Outsiders throws some firefly dust at the spot revealing scratches left by the Ancients and she reads them out loud. The scratches say that if the music is played wrong, the player will turn into toadstool. Oyster and Puff Ball realize it isn't them who will turn into toadstools because they didn't play the music but Earth Star.
== Personality ==
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== Powers and abilities ==
*Wisdom: Through learning along other Ancients and listening to the knowledge of other creatures of the woods, the Outsider became one of the wisest toads out there. She knows many secrets of the forest, its plants and inhabitants. Some of her wisdom include:
**Medical knowledge: The Outsider's examination skills enable her to perform diagnosis on others. She can utilize resources found in the forest to help the sick. Examples of this are making a cure for Beauty Stem who drank oil and instructing Beauty Stem how wintergreen leaves to warm up Panther Cap.
**Literacy in toad scratches: Because she spent time with the Ancients, The Outsider learned to read and write their toad scratches. This was seen when she easily read scratches on the wall to Oyster and Puff Ball.
**Possible magical abilities: It is suggested that The Outsider might have some magical abilities. In episode The Healer, she visited Beauty Stem who was taking care of Panther Cap and, after Panther Cap awoke, suddenly disappeared from the toad tunnel without leaving any footprints in the snow. This sudden appearance and disappearance is similar to what other Ancients do. However, whether The Outsider really visited Beauty Stem is left ambiguous and Slippery Jack and Beauty Stem said it might have been "just a dream". It should be noted that even if The Outsider has magical abilities they are limited and specific as she told Panther Cap that she does not have the same talents as he does. 
==Equipment==
*Newton's cradle: The Outsider owns a Newton's cradle constructed of wood and three small hanging balls. She was seen using it as a primitive clock while measuring Beauty Stem's pulse.
*"Shine"/Firefly dust: Just like Beauty Stem, The Outsider carries a bag of firefly dust which can be used to light up dark areas or as a heat source.
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