Toriel

Toriel is a character introduced in the 2015 role-playing video game Undertale, acting as the first area boss. A motherly figure created as an embodiment of excessive video game tutorials (hence the name Toriel), she is a member of the monster race and has hanging ears, small horns, white fur, and a purple robe. As with other bosses, the player must choose between killing her and convincing her to stop fighting, dictating the overall direction of the story. She also appears in Deltarune in a different role. She was designed by the game's creator, Toby Fox, as well as artist Temmie Chang, with her role inspired by Myria from Breath of Fire III. Players were initially required to kill her, but he decided to change this, leading to him introducing the ability to spare other monsters. The character has received attention from critics and fans for her personality as well as the atypical moral choice of her boss battle. She has also received multiple pieces of merchandise, including a plush that has a small heart inside of it that can only be accessed by cutting or ripping into the plush.