Born in York, England, Mortimer Toynbee has always been less than handsome. His parents abandoned him almost immediately. He lived for a few years in an orphanage, where cruel boys teased and tormented him on account of his ugliness and misshapen body. Despite being rather intelligent, his appearance, extreme shyness and slight learning disability led most to believe him to be slow. Mortimer dropped out of the orphanage prematurely, opting to live on the streets and fend for himself rather than face the abuse from the other boys. The constant fear and hatred exhibited by everyone he knew caused him to develop a severe inferiority complex. This caused Mortimer early on to show almost absolute devotion to anyone who shows him the slightest amount of affection or respect.

As his name implies, Toad possesses almost all the traits and abilities of a toad, most notably his superhuman jumping and leaping abilities. When originally introduced, this is the only ability that is revealed to us, and quite possibly the only one he possessed. Because of this skill, Toad usually travels by jumping rather than walking, even when traveling short distances. The popularity of the more skilled version of Toad in the X-Men movie caused most versions of Toad to take on his other abilities and skilled combat as well. He has recently developed a style of combat all his own, incorporating his agility and leg strength. Before this, his only attacks were random strikes which usually missed their mark.

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