The franchise has introduced lots of toads to date ... Twitter @MeganPetersCB to talk all things comics and anime! Originally created by Masashi Kishimoto, Naruto ran in Shueisha’s Weekly ...

It concerns the Toad Sage, Jiraiya, who is best known as the sensei of Naruto Uzumaki ... indicating that the facial mark was not a wart at all, but a nose piercing the entire time.

Jiraiya the toad sage is one of the three Sannin ... Instead, Jiraiya sought out his friend Tsunade, all while training Naruto to become much stronger, including using the now-famous Rasengan ...

Surprisingly, Funko skipped right over giving Jiraiya a standard Pop in the Naruto Shippuden lineup and went directly to a Ride figure. As you can see, the figure features Jiraiya the “Toad Sage ...

Tenacious and unpredictable, Naruto Uzumaki ... setting him up for all the stronger techniques he eventually developed. Jiraiya also passed him the ability to summon toads and, more importantly ...