Category Archives: Only in speech

The Tempest

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Title: The Tempest
Year: 2010
Director: Julie Taymor
Actors: Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand, Jude Akuwudike, Reeve Carney, David Strathairn, Tom Conti, Alan Cumming, Chris Cooper, Ben Whishaw, Alfred Molina, David Scott Klein, Bryan Webster
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA

Why in Database: A movie based on a Shakespeare play, the turtle (tortoise) is only mentioned in the dialogue, used as a term for someone who did not respond quickly enough to a call.

Come, thou tortoise!

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Antibirth

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Title: Antibirth
Year: 2016
Director: Danny Perez
Actors: Natasha Lyonne, Chloë Sevigny, Meg Tilly, Mark Webber, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Emmanuel Kabongo, Neville Edwards, Morgan I. Bedard, Corey Pascall, Lili Francks, M.J. Dionne, Jessica Greco, Kevin Hoffman, Chad Gibbons, Spider Allen, Wayne St. George, Alyssa Carmichael, R. Carmichael
Genre: Comedy, Horror, SF, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA

Why in Database: The turtle only appears in this movie in dialogue. The main character, answering the question about superpower she would like to have, says that she would like to be able to change into any animal, including a turtle.

– I wanna be like that guy who had this. He was like that fucking guy who could turn into any animal he wanted, remember? Yeah, you had to have seen it, it was a show. Yeah, and so this fucking guy, he could be like a fucking turtle or a cheetah, you know? It was a show, right? But he, you know, just whenever you need it, man.
– This was a show?
– Oh, yeah. It was badass.
– Well, when exactly do you need to turn into a turtle? And what kind of trouble are you in that you need to be a turtle? I can see you being a cheetah.
– Sadie, what the fuck? What do you have against turtles, man? All kinds of fucking turtle trouble, you put on your stealth situation…

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Dangerous Beauty

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Title: Dangerous Beauty
Year: 1998
Director: Marshall Herskovitz
Actors: Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Oliver Platt, Fred Ward, Naomi Watts, Moira Kelly, Jacqueline Bisset, Jeroen Krabbé, Joanna Cassidy, Melina Kanakaredes, Daniel Lapaine, Justine Miceli, Jake Weber, Simon Dutton, Grant Russell, Peter Eyre, Carla Cassola, Gianni Musy
Genre: Biographical, Drama, Romance
Country: USA

Why in Database: The turtle appears only in the dialogue, one of the characters is giving the heroine an undefined drink and says, that it is a more comfortable method than a turtle shell – it is about preventing pregnancy, but I do not know the details, “what she meant”.

– It’s not infallible. It’s more comfortable than a turtle shell.

Author: XYuriTT

How I Fell in Love with a Gangster

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Title: How I Fell in Love with a Gangster
Year: 2022
Director: Maciej Kawulski
Actors: Tomasz Wlosok, Aleks Kurdzielewicz, Antoni Królikowski, Agnieszka Grochowska, Magdalena Lamparska, Krystyna Janda, Klaudiusz Kaufmann, Eryk Lubos, Sebastian Fabijanski, Julia Wieniawa-Narkiewicz, Mikolaj Kubacki, Dawid Ogrodnik, Karol Bernacki, Janusz Chabior, Nikodem Chabior, Anita Poddebniak
Genre: Criminal, Drama
Country: Poland

Why in Database: The turtle only appears in the texts/dialogues in this movie. The very beginning of the film is a quote about the life of a turtle and a tiger (implicitly, a tiger has an interesting life, a turtle life is mayby longer, but boring). Later, the main character loosely repeats the same text, once in an extended form and once, addressing a policeman, in the very short form.

“IT’S BETTER TO LIVE A YEAR AS A TIGER
THAN TWENTY YEARS AS A TURTLE”

– And I think that it’s better to live one year as a tiger than 20 years as a turtle. I don’t wanna live like a turtle. I wanna be a tiger.

You’re a turtle. I’m a tiger.

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Valdez is Coming

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Title: Valdez is Coming
Year: 1971
Director: Edwin Sherin
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Susan Clark, Frank Silvera, Jon Cypher, Richard Jordan, Barton Heyman, Hector Elizondo, Phil Brown, Ralph Brown, Werner Hasselmann, Lex Monson, Sylvia Poggioli, José García García, María Montez, Juanita Penaloza, Marta Tuch, Juan , Rudy Ugland
Genre: Western
Country: USA

Why in Database: Turtle element appears only in the dialogue, when the main character is tied to the beams arranged in a cross, one of the characters tells him not to fall on his back, because he will be like a turtle (implicitly: he will not be able to get up on his own).

Hey, don’t fall on your back. You’ll be like a turtle.

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The Code Legend of the Gamers

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Title: The Code Legend of the Gamers
Year: 2007
Director: Thomas Fowler
Actors: Forrest Bowlick, Scottie Collins, Kyle England, Ryan Grassmeyer, Hannah Marie Hines, Lindsey Hopkins, Teal Jandrain, Andy Lacerte, Jessica Lightfoot, Mike Martinkus, Mallory McKenzie, Ben Mullen, Eric Olson, Chris Ott, Paul Rumrill, Matt Ryan, Jason Thomas, Jay Wallace
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA

Why in Database: One of the teams involved in the competition was called “The Turtles”, you can see that name once on the screen, it is also mentioned by commentators.

Author: XYuriTT

The Sopranos

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Title: The Sopranos
Year: 1999-2007
Director: Allen Coulter
Actors: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Dominic Chianese, Steven Van Zandt, Tony Sirico, Robert Iler, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Drea de Matteo, Aida Turturro, John Ventimiglia, Robert Funaro, Joe Pantoliano, Jerry Adler, Jason Cerbone, John Fiore, Andy Davoli
Genre: Criminal, Drama
Country: USA
Viewing method: Whole series

Why in Database: In one of the episodes, the eighth in the third season (He is Risen) turtles are mentioned in the dialogue – in the form of a delicacy/sweetness that heroine proposes to mans sitting on the couch. We have described some ads of sweets called “turtles” in our database, maybe that’s them.

– Anyone for a turtle?

Source: Jacek112, Developed: XYuriTT

The Fall of Hyperion

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Title: The Fall of Hyperion
Author(s): Dan Simmons
Release year: 1990
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group

Why in Database: There is only one mention of the turtle in this book, in the name of the ship, HS Terrapin.

‘Transmissions from HS Niki Weimart, HS Terrapin, HS Cornet, and HS Andrew Paul have ceased,’ reporter Singh.

Source: Mossar, Developed: XYuriTT

S.W.A.T.

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Title: S.W.A.T.
Year: 2017-ongoing
Actors: Shemar Moore, Alex Russell, Lina Esco, Kenny Johnson, Jay Harrington, David Lim
David Lim, Patrick St. Esprit, Stephanie Sigman, Lou Ferrigno Jr., Peter Onorati, Amy Farrington, Deshae Frost, Bre Blair, Obba Babatundé, Otis Gallop, Rochelle Aytes, Laura James, Michael Beach
Genre: Action, Adventure, Criminal, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Viewing method: Selected episodes

Why in Database: We found turtle elements in two episodes of this series. In the second episode of the first season (Cuchillo) the character of a criminal arrested for smuggling turtles appears, it is mentioned that he tried to smuggle turtles, attached with duct tape to his legs, therefore he is referred to by the heroes as “Reptile man” and “Turtle man”. When he is arrested, he is in a warehouse with various terrariums. He tells the people who are arresting him that the snake should be fed with two medium-sized rats and that the turtle has a very specific diet and he will write it down for them.

The second appearance is in Season 2, Episode 19 (Invisible), it is a figurine of turtles, standing in the backyard.

– Arrested LAX three days ago on a flight from Thailand smuggling exotic turtles strapped to his legs.

– Hondo, you got the One-Niner and Reptile Man.

– We talked to the manager; he’s gonna text me if Turtle Man shows up.

– He gets two medium rats, and the turtles need a very specific diet. I’ll-I’ll write it down for you.

Author: XYuriTT

Sex Education

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Title: Sex Education
Year: 2019-2023
Actors: Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Emma Mackey, Ncuti Gatwa, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Aimee Lou Wood, Alistair Petrie, Tanya Reynolds, Patricia Allison, Mikael Persbrandt, Jim Howick, Mimi Keene, Chris Jenks, Chaneil Kular, Rakhee Thakrar, Samantha Spiro, Sami Outalbali
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Viewing method: Whole series

Why in Database: In the third episode of the first season there is a reference to turtles from the Mario universe , in the context of the “Mario Kart ” game, “blue shell” is mentioned, one of the mechanics in that game.

Oh, please. You only won last time because you blue-shelled me.

In the first episode of the series’ third season, one of the teachers draws the attention to one couple, asking what they are doing with the goat on campus. When they reply that it is their commitment animal (that is, an animal by which, by jointly caring for him, they will improve their relationship), the teacher grumbles, telling himself why they could’nt chosen a hamster or a turtle.

– Hey, hey, hey! Whoa, whoa, girls! Why is there a goat on campus?
– She’s mine and Steve’s commitment animal.
– Right. You didn’t think of a hamster? Or, um, a terrapin? Or a worm farm?

The fourth season is the most turtle, because the sister of one of the main characters appears and call her “turtle!”, many times! You can hear it in the episodes:
S04E02 –

Turtle! Oh my…

S04E05 –

Turtle, hi.

S04E06 –

Oh my God, Turtle!

S04E07 –

Turtle, it’s a party. Stop calling me Turtle. I hate it. But look at your cute little turtley nose.

Morning, Turtle. Has Otis not come back yet?

Author: XYuriTT