Title: First Life
Year: 2010
Narration: David Attenborough
Genre: Documentary
Country: UK
Viewing method: Whole series
Why in Database: A two-episode nature series, episode two (Conquest) features a scene with Galapagos tortoises.
Author: XYuriTT
Title: Cuba: A Paradise on the Brink
Year: 2017
Genre: Documentary
Viewing method: Whole series
Why in Database: A two-episode series, the first episode (The Blue Island) features a swimming sea turtle.
Author: XYuriTT
Title: Destination Wild: Colombia
Year: 2015
Genre: Documentary
Viewing method: Whole series
Why in Database: A three-part miniseries, episode one (The Choco – Colombia’s Wild Coast) features one scene with a leatherback turtle.
Author: XYuriTT
Title: Eden: Untamed Planet
Year: 2021
Narration: Helena Bonham Carter
Genre: Documentary
Country: UK
Viewing method: Whole series
Why in Database: The six-episode series, episode 4 (Galapagos: Enchanted Isles) is all about the Galapagos, so there’s a huge amount of turtle scenes.
Author: XYuriTT
Title: World’s Greatest Animal Encounters
Year: 2020
Genre: Documentary
Country: Australia
Viewing method: Whole series
Why in Database: A six-episode series in which the turtles were shown in two episodes. They have a small part in episode two (Wetland Animals), in episode four (Marine Animals) there is a lot of scenes with various turtles.
Author: XYuriTT
Title: The Living Beach
Year: 2016
Narrator: Tish Iceton
Genre: Documentary
Country: Canada
Viewing method: Whole series
Why in Database: A six-episode series, with a lot of turtles! They appear in the following episodes:
Episode 1 – Florida – A lot of scenes with sea turtles.
Episode 3 – Mexico – A lot of scenes with sea turtles.
Episode 4 – Hawaii – Several scenes with sea turtles.
Episode 5 – Australia – Some scenes with turtles.
Author: XYuriTT
Title: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Year: 2022
Director: Ryan Coogler
Actors: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Tenoch Huerta, Martin Freeman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Dominique Thorne, Florence Kasumba, Michaela Coel, Alex Livinalli, Mabel Cadena, Michael B. Jordan, Isaach De Bankolé, Danny Sapani, Dorothy Steel, Zainab Jah
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, SF, Thriller
Country: USA
Why in Database: In the final fight, the warriors of one of the opposing sides use turtle shells as shields. Throughout this fight you can see them, most of the time rather indistinctly because the scenes are dynamic, but there are also a few shots where you can see them clearly.
Author: XYuriTT
In Brazil there is a brand “Tortuguita”, the name has a turtle origin, they commonly use turtles in their symbolism. They produce sweets – mainly from chocolate. Turtles are the main symbols of this company, they appear on packaging, etc. And of course in advertisements, some of which we have collected below.
015 – Arcor – Tortuguitas
An advertisement for another turtle sweets, with two turtles figurine.
002 – Tortuguita
Classroom themed ad. Appears here a popular motif in these commercials where one of the chocolate turtles eats pieces of the others.
003 – Tortuguita
One of the turtles is skateboarding. A popular theme in these commercials appears here, one of the chocolate turtles eats the head of the other.
004 – Tortuguita
Turtles are sitting on the desk. A popular theme in these commercials appears here, one of the chocolate turtles eats a piece of another.
005 – Tortuguita
Two talking turtles, the theme of eating one by the other appears here in a modified version, there is such an attempt, but it fails, instead of the second turtle’s head, the vice is eaten.
006 – Tortuguita
One of three similar commercials, two turtles in disguise get auditioned for a commercial for one of their products, and fare much better on camera than the others. A popular theme in these commercials appears here, one of the chocolate turtles eats a piece of another.
007 – Tortuguita
One of three similar commercials, two turtles in disguise get auditioned for a commercial for one of their products, and fare much better on camera than the others. A popular theme in these commercials appears here, one of the chocolate turtles eats a piece of another.
008 – Tortuguita
One of three similar commercials, two turtles in disguise get auditioned for a commercial for one of their products, and fare much better on camera than the others. A popular theme in these commercials appears here, one of the chocolate turtles eats a piece of another.
009 – Tortuguita
An advertisement with a motorcycle helmet, again the theme of eating the second one is played differently here, the turtle loses his head as a result of cutting off by the helmet’s glass, not being eaten.
010 – Tortuguita
One of the turtles is turned into a chocolate bar.
011 – Tortuguita
Turtles indulge in various activities on the playground. We can also see two real children in helmets on their heads which are decorated with additional elements so that they look like turtles.
012 – Tortuguita
Advertising kept in the tone of a birthday party.
013 – Tortuguita
An ad revolving around a prank with knocking on the cottage door and hiding. There’s a variation on the eating theme here, a jelly-filled joking turtle getting flattened by a doorway by the opener, who then tastes what the jelly flowing out tastes like.
014 – Tortuguita
Night-themed advertisement, one of the turtles is sleeping. A popular theme in these commercials appears here, one of the chocolate turtles eats a piece of another.
015 – Tortuguita
Advertisement with action placed on the beach. A popular theme in these commercials appears here, one of the chocolate turtles eats a piece of another.
016 – Tortuguita
Advertising about the presence of the company and products (and turtles) on the Internet.
017 – Tortuguita
The tortoise with added bunny ears plays magician by taking various things out of the top hat.
018 – Tortuguita
Generic advertisement with many turtles.
