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The Toys That Made Us

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Title: The Toys That Made Us
Year: 2017-ongoing
Narrator: Donald Ian Black
Genre: Documentary, Comedy, Historical
Country: USA
Viewing method: Wszystkie trzy sezony

Why in Database: Documentary series focusing on various cult toys, Barbie, Lego, etc. So far, 12 episodes have been released, in three series, four episodes each. Turtle items appeared in the following episodes:
Season 2 Episode 1 (5) – Star Trek – Only mention of Ninja turtles, toys from this series, the classic four turtles and April, are also shown on the screen.
Season 2 episode 3 (7) – LEGO – The turtle is only shown in the section where the Logo programming language is discussed.
Season 3, Episode 1 (9) – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – The title probably says it all, episode about Ninja Turtles – of course, full of them.
Season 3 episode 2 (10) – Power Rangers – Mark Bellomo appears in one sceneyou can see Ninja turtles comic behind him. In another scene, a red ranger figurine is also shown, standing next to a Leonardo figurine. In addition, there are of course scenes from various Power Rangers episodes, including Episode 22 of the first series, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ( The Trouble with Shellshock ) in which the turtle appeared, and the megazord from Power Rangers Samurai and Super Samurai is visible (part of him is a turtle folding zord).

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Short films – Other animations

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In this note, we collect all short animations that do not match any of the other categories.

Les exploits de Feu-Follet (Year: 1912)
Very old animation. A turtle appears in it, but after a while it fuses with the main character, becomes a jacket/cover and then a balloon. A very unusual thing.

Bobby Bumps Adopts a Turtle (Year: 1917)
The whole animation, as the title suggests, revolves around the turtle, so you can see him in a huge number of scenes.

The Haunted Ship (Year: 1930)
There are a lot of scenes with turtles dancing, playing instruments, just “being part of the action”, there is even one turtle on which someone is playing, like on a harmony.

Camping Out (Year: 1932)
A short animation in which two turtles appear, first they dance normally, then atypically, after the dog grabbed them and started hitting their shells against each other, they jumped out and continued dancing, “naked”.

Poor Little Me (Year: 1935)
Animation from the Happy Harmoniess series, turtles appear in it in several scenes, in various roles: as the basis of a swing, simply by participating in fun, etc.

An Elephant Never Forgets (Year: 1935)
Strongly turtle animation, the turtle appears first as one of the students in the class, when the teacher leaves, he substitutes for her and, the camera focuses more on him.

Summertime (Year: 1935)
Very turtle animation, the turtle appears first as one of the students in the class, when the teacher leaves, he substitutes for her and the camera focuses more on him.

Chinkoroheibi and The Treasure Box (Year: 1936)
The turtle has a big role here, he takes part in the underwater race, etc.

Poor Little Butterfly (Year: 1938)
Unusually, there is a turtle-warship, can be seen in a lot of scenes.

Oyoge ya Oyoge (Year: 1939)
In this animation, you can clearly see the turtle in one scene, and you can also see him in the collective view of the audience. Most turtle elements, however, appear underwater, in the form of Kappa, which takes part in a fairly long sequence.

Bring Himself Back Alive (Year: 1940)
Turtle appears as the companion and mount of the main character (bad guy), as such he appears throughout most of the animations.

Song of Victory (Year: 1942)
Turtle appears here in one second-long scene.

Little Gravel Voice (Year: 1942)
The turtle is one of the animals in the group met by the donkey, the main character. He appears in a large number of scenes, sometimes the image focuses on him, sometimes he is only one of the showed animals.

Swiss Cheese Family Robinson (Year: 1947)
The turtle appears in one important scene, helping the title characters get from the wrecked ship to the land. Like many others, also this turtle shows unusual properties of the shell, he can open its upper part while swimming and peek through it.

Half-Pint Pygmy (Year: 1948)
In one short scene a turtle appears, he “falls” out of his shell.

Snow Foolin (Year: 1949)
The turtle appears at the very end, inside his opening shell he holds a pot of hot coffee and mugs.

His Mouse Friday (Year: 1951)
Animation from the Tom and Jerry universe. At some point, a turtle appears on the screen, which Tom is trying to eat – without success.

Duck and Cover (Year: 1952)
Produced for educational purposes, a short film designed to teach citizens how to behave in the event of a nuclear explosion, the title Duck and cover. The film itself also has animated segments in which Bert the turtle appears, which is supposed to reach its addressees, who were primarily younger people. You can also see a turtle drawn on a blackboard in one scene. We already have a note about comic book with Bert and about film The Atomic Cafe where excerpts, ie animations with Bert, were used.

Sleepy-Time Squirrel (Year: 1954)
In the squirrel’s nightmare, a monster with a turtle-like shell appears, and it is Barney the bear (this animation belongs to a series of stories about him) who breaks this dream.

The Pogo Special Birthday Special (Year: 1969)
Created for the twentieth anniversary of the brand, a special birthday episode of the Pogo, a cahracter derived from comic strips. Of course, it features Churchy La Femme, an important character in these comics, he has a lot of scenes.

Обезьянка с острова Саругасима (Year: 1970)
The turtle plays a vital role in this animation, appearing in many scenes.

B.C.: The First Thanksgiving (Year: 1973)
A short animation referring to the title universe of B.C., derived from the comic strips about which we have a note. John the Turtle appears in a few scenes of this short, including an unusual form, as he comes out of his shell for a moment.

Trail of the Lonesome Pink (Year: 1974)
Animation from the Pink Panther universe, where the hero uses turtles in combat/as weapons. As such, they appear in a number of scenes.

Yankee Doodle Cricket (Year: 1975)
The turtle appears in one scene of this animation, but it is perfectly visible.

Three Monks (Year: 1980) San ge he shang
Twice a turtle appears as an important motif here – one of the monks stumbles over him in a hurry.

Ciekawski żółwik (Year: 1987) (Коротышка — зелёные штанишки)
The animation tells the story of two turtles, first of all, a younger, wayward and adventurous, and an older one, a guardian with a “grandfather’s appearance”.

The Tortoises (Year: 1987) Brunurupuci
Animation 100% about turtles and the threats that modern civilization introduced into their lives.

Pony Glass (Year: 1988)
An unusual work in which a turtle appears on the screen in several scenes.

Creature Comfort (Year: 1989)
Clay animation with various animals, including turtles. It started two tv-series with the same title, the british and american versions.

Welcome to the Discworld (Year: 1996)
A short eight-minute animation adapted from the beginning of Terry Pratchett’s book, Reaper Man. A`Tuin has been shown here quite solidly and from all sides.

Turtle World (Year: 1998)
A huge turtle appears here, carrying the entire civilization on his shell. You can see him in a large number of scenes.

Navia Dratp (Year: 2005)
The presence on this list is a bit far-fetched, because in theory it is a series. In practice, the whole consists of five two-minute episodes and the whole thing is a commercial for the Navia Dratp collector’s battle game – we decided that it could be described here. Turtle elements (Gyullas Turtle) appear in the third and fifth mini-episodes.

Carnivore Reflux (Year: 2006)
The turtle appears in this work only in one scene, as a real turtle that was puked by one of the characters, which means that he once had to eat something made from turtle.

Deadly Desire (Year: 2008)
A sad story about a turtle that fell in love with a bird, one of those that hunt turtles. It ends unhappily for the turtle, because he dies, the bird behaves according to his instincts.

Natural Selection: The Rise of the Proletariat (Year: 2008)
A film with a strong political tone, with characters such as Charles Darwin or Karol Marx. The turtle appears in the form of Darwin’s love, a large turtle that is killed by humans.

Caldera (Year: 2012)
A highly metaphysical film in which you can see a sea turtle in a few shots.

The Moon that Fell Into the Sea (Year: 2013)
A turtle appears, and a story is told of how he once held the whole world on his back.

Scout’s Honor (Year: 2014)
A short school animation, about a scout who would like to help the turtle cross the road, but is torn between easy (move it) solutions and compatible with the manual that he follows. Hence, for example, he starts a fire behind the turtle to motivate him to move faster.

Несуразь (Year: 2014)
Whole animation about a wandering turtle.

Lawa (Year: 2014) Lava
The turtles appear in this animation in two scenes, first, as a pair of sea turtles on the beach (the design of the turtles is very similar to those seen in the films Finding Nemo and Finding Dory) and later as a pair of turtles visible “from below” in the water.

Berry Ville (Year: 2015)
Animation – a diploma project of eight students of the Technical College in Reykjavik. In several scenes turtles are more or less visible.

Kaze no Matasaburou (Year: 2016)
A short anime that shows a school attended by both normal people and animals, looking normal but conscious, etc. One of the pets is a (slow) turtle, of course, you can see him in a lot of scenes throughout the animation.

Hybrids (Year: 2017)
The turtle is one of the titular hybrids, he has the most of screen time for itself, he is visible through most of the animations.

Caracol Cruzando (Year: 2018)
Very sad animation, filled with turtles. Having to travel from Costa Rica, the girl has to leave her friend, the turtle Tiko, behind. However, he decides to take a risk and try to smuggle him in – which, unfortunately, fails, he is confiscated at the airport. Apart from Tiko, there are also figurines that may be associated with Ninja turtles.

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Short films – Documentary

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This note introduces all the short films that we found and that fall into the “documentary” category. These are mainly nature documentaries, but not only.

La vie au fond des mers (Year: 1911)
One of the oldest items we have described in the database, documentary about various sea animals, in which a sea turtle is briefly shown.

Marine Circus (Year: 1939)
There is one scene with a sea turtle, it is depicted as very dangerous!

Glimpses of Florida (Year: 1941)
A turtle catching scene is shown.

Man Killers (Year: 1943)
The turtle is one of the title “Man Killers”, the narrative and the way of presenting events definitely exaggerate the truth about turtles, a diver is shown, wrestling with a turtle, the whole thing is supposed to give the impression that this diver is fighting for his life – when in reality, he is absolutelly safe for the whole time.

Andy’s Animal Alphabet (Year: 1950)
Documentary about animals at the Bronx Zoo in New York City. The title Andy is an orangutan that meets various animals, i.a. he “interacts” with the large turtles.

Hina la petite Tahitienne (Year: 1962)
Documentary about Tahiti in a form similar to a slide show. In one of the photos shown, you can see a small sea turtle being held by a woman.

Once Upon Australia (Year: 1995)
In one of the scenes, an indeterminate animal appears, his shell is clearly a turtle-one.

The Many Faces of Papua New Guinea (Year: 1999)
The sea turtle appears in this film only in one short scene.

Living by Instinct: Animals and their Rescuers (Year: 2001)
Documentary about Los Angeles residents who devote their time and resources to caring for wild and abandoned pets. Turtles appear in several scenes, and there is also a lovely quote: “Most people things a turtle is a rock with legs“.

Return to Origin (Year: 2008)
Short Animation commissioned by Medasset (Mediterranean Association to Save the Sea Turtles). It shows the turtle’s life cycle, from hatching to returning to lay eggs – with a pessimistic vision that an adult turtle may not have a place to return.

Turtles in Trouble (Year: 2008)
Documentary prepared by The Travel Foundation, it mentions that the turtles watched the dinosaurs go. Many turtles are shown in the form of real animals as well as animations showing how people can admire them, without hurting them.

Ribbon of Sand (Year: 2008)
Documentary about the Outer Banks, an island in North Carolina. Two short scenes show turtles.

Fishy Business: The Illegal Driftnet Fishery (Year: 2008)
Documentary tells about the use of the driftnet method in fishing – it includes two short scenes with sea turtles.

Arribada (Year: 2009)
Arribada is the term used to describe the activities of sea turtles going ashore to lay their eggs. Since title is related to turtles, you can guess that this documentary is very turtle too – and it will be a good lead. It tells about the activities related to the protection of sea turtles in the Mexican state of Baja California.

Sea Turtle Conservation with Grupo Tortuguero (Year: 2009)
Documentary about the activities of Mexico’s Grupo Tortoguero, dealing with the rescue and support of sea turtles. As such, it is a movie full of scenes with turtles, in addition, at the end, one of the characters, when saying that their work will take a long time, uses the phrase Slow and steady wins the race, which refers to the story of The Tortoise and the Hare.

The Heat Is On: Desert Tortoises and Survival (Year: 2010)
Documentary about desert turtles, so it is of course full of scenes with these animals.

Sirena Rediviva (Year: 2012)
A short pseudo-Documentary, focused on the search for the mythical creature that is the mermaid. In one scene you can see a water turtle.

Julio Solis, A MoveShake Story (Year: 2012)
Another Documentary devoted to saving sea turtles, so obviously there are many scenes with them and conversations about them.

Semporna Shark Sanctuary (Year: 2013)
Documentary film focusing on sharks, however, in one scene there is a turtle. Among the logos of the organization shown at one point, you can also see one that uses a turtle as its symbol.

¡Viva la Tortuga! (Year: 2013)
Documentary focusing on turtle rescue activities in Magdalena Bay, Mexico. Obviously, it is full of various scenes with sea turtles.

Invasion of the Giant Tortoises (Year: 2013)
Documentary focusing on the introduction of the title giant turtles to the island of Mauritius. The reptiles can be seen in many different scenes.

Toy Place (Year: 2013)
Documentary about the toy museum in Vermont, USA. Among the various toys, at some point you can see the board from the game Pizza Power Game, in the same shot on the shelf above you can see (only partially visible) the figures of Ninja turtles. In another scene, ninja turtles are also shown in the form of bathtub containers. The last turtle item we saw was the turtle in the picture from Super Mario Bros..

Biotopia (Year: 2014)
Short animated documentary, ZOO is shown, turtle is visible in one short scene. He is lying on his back, but a ZOO employee enters his catwalk and turns him over.

Bim 26 (Year: 2014)
Documentary really full of turtles, about hunting them (which is illegal, but still practiced) in Mexico.

Under Threat (Year: 2018)
Documentary full of turtles, focusing on loggerhead turtles and rescue efforts on the Greek island of Kefalonia.

The Mystery Of The Gnaraloo Sea Turtles (Year: 2018)
A documentary about sea turtles, focusing on their relationship with the Australian Bay of Gnaraloo. Of course, there is a lot of turtle scenes here.

Fragile – Why Turtle Hatchlings need the sea (Year: 2018)
Documentary about sea turtles, especially the little ones. Completely filled with scenes with them.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Video games

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This text is intended to present the richness of Ninja Turtles video games – all those that use “some screen”. To approximate only, not to go into detail, our aim is not to describe every possible game that has come out, but only to outline the topic.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as such debuted in the comic book form in 1984, not much later, in 1987 they hit TV screens in the form of the first animated series . For the debut in the form of a video game (about other games, including the paper RPG released in 1985, we write in this note) we had to wait another two years, until 1989, when a game titled “ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” was released in North America and Japan. The game was intended for NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), after a year, versions for personal computers were also released, such as Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, etc.

The purpose of this post is not to accurately describe each game, but for the first one we make a tiny exception and include a microgallery:

It will not be an exaggeration to say that after the premiere of the first game, the bag with them was simply ripped open. Another, in the form of a slot machine, also came out in 1989 (a year later it was transferred to NES as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game), also the first of the “hand held” (also named simply Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) came out this year, the second, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Splinter Speaks right in 1990.

In the same 1990, the first game directly designed for computers was released, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: World Tour (it is a coloring game), turtles also made their debut on Game Boy, in the game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan. There was also a second arcade machine, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Pizza Drop.

The following years saw new games, both arcade machines and hand helds, new games for the previously mentioned systems, as well as for new ones, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist for Sega Genesis, released in 1992. With time, however, their number began to fall, and finally stopped.

The brand’s revival in the field of electronic entertainment took place in 2003, with the premiere of the second animated series. That year, two different games were released with the common, standard title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, one for Game Boy Advance, the other for PCs and the main consoles of this period, i.e. GameCube, Xbox and PlayStation 2. In the year 2004 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus was released on the same set of machines, released in 2005 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare skipped the PC, it was intended for for GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation 2 and new console, Nintendo DS.

The following years are a similar story, for a few years there were some new items, including the first game for mobile phones (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fast Forward: Ninja Training NYC, 2005) or the first games in the system “Plug and play” which can be described as “consoles connected to the TV, with one game permanently saved”. Such Plug and Play titles are TMNT: Battle for the City or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants and Monsters Mayhem. There were also games based on animated movie from 2007, games referring to subsequent seasons of the series from 2003, etc., but in 2009 it all again stoped.

Another revival came in 2013, a year after the premiere of the third animated series. The passing years have again brought a small revolution on the market of “gaming systems”, which can be seen from the fact that two of the games released in 2013, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rooftop Run and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Rumble was intended for iOS and Androd. Of course, games have also started to appear on other systems, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows for Xbox Live Arcade and PCs (and in 2014 also available as part of PlayStation Network) or another game with the title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles released for Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo 3DS.

The games did not manage to get out of breath this time, 2014 is another strengthening of the topic, for the obvious reason, the premiere of the new cinema movie. For example, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Training Lair has been released for the Xbox 360 Kinect, another game with a title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, for Nintendo 3DS, Android, IOS. The film did not dominate the subject, however, in the year of its premiere, the game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze was also released for Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Until today, various new games are slowly coming out, for example, for Android and iOS Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Legends (what is worth mentioning here, is fact that in that game you can find turtle characters from different periods, i.e. comic versions, and from the 1987 series as well as from the 2014 movie), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PCs, or released in 2017, after a long hiatus in this segment, the arcade machine – whose name is again the usual and simple Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. For 2021, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge was also announced, interestingly, it is based on the first animated series.

A separate category that we must mention are also various free games that Nickelodeon publishes on theis website – at this address you can find one of them: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shadow Heroes, while looking around on the page itself you will find many others. Very varied, both in terms of gameplay and characters (versions/incarnations) of Turtles. Below is a mini-gallery of a few sample games.

A completely separate field are non-TMNT games in which they appear (or only one of them), these will be described in separate, dedicated to them note(s). Here we only mentions titles such as Smite, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 and Injustice 2. The same applies to games with Easter Eggs related to TMNT, such as Tibia, World of Warcraft, Streets of Rage 4 or Borderlands 2.

More information about the games can be found, for example, in turtlepedia.fandom.com, this this and this articles, you can also take a look at Wikipedia.

Author: XYuriTT

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – RPG, Board, Card games

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This text is intended to present the richnes of Ninja Turtles tabletop games, i.e. paper RPGs, board games. card games, etc. Only shortly present them, our goal is not to describe every possible game that came out, but to outline the topic.

While the first video game appeared only in 1989, five years after premiere of first comics, and 2 years after first animated tv series, other kinds of games did not wait that long. The first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness paper based RPG manual appeared as early as 1985, published by Palladium Books. It was a serious and more mature system, in the tone of the first comics, not the later animated series. As part of the “main world”, the last expansion (Turtles Go Hollywood) was released in 1990, there was also a separate series with an action set in the future, After the Bomb, although further expansion from this series were definitely less turtle, connection with the TMNT after some time became purely symbolic. Palladium had plans to release a new RPG in 1997, unsatisfactory pre-sales and too little interest, however, made them abandon the idea, thus they lost the license in 2000. No one else has tried to release classic RPGs after them.

Moving on to board games, there is also an amazing richnes here. They can be divided into two types, the first are all original games that do not adapt the proven formats. In a nutshell: a huge amount of games came out. From very simple board games, that the only interesting thing abous is fact, that they are TMNT-licensed, to those that can defend themselves by being solid products, and embedding them in a turtleverse is just a nice addition.

Interesting and relatively recent examples of such games is released by IDW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows of the Past and its reboot/sequel, a whole series of main games and add-ons under the common name Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures! Other interesting games include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Subterranean Sewer Hockey released in 1991, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Foot Clan Street Fight Game from 2014, or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tower of Doom from 1990.

Of course, there were also various card games, such as Mutant Mayhem or Turtle Power, which were based on the series from 2012, and TCG based on the earlier series (in addition to the ones shown, the turtles had also a lot of various cards that were only collectable, without the aspect of playing them, so they do not fall under this text, we only mention them on the margin).

The second type are “licensed games”, ie combining some proven format with Ninja Turtles. Here, one should definitely mention, for example, Monopoly (which probably cooperated with every possible brand), which is distinguished by the fact that as many as four different editions were created! One is in the style of the first series, there are six painted figures as pawns, four turtles, Splinter and Casey Jones, there is also a tiny slice of pizza and a pizza box. The other two editions are based on the third series, from 2012. In one (metal, unpainted) figures are Kraang, Spike, a throwing star/shuriken, a piece of pizza, a container with mutagen and a Shredder helmet, in the other the figures are more typical, also metal and unpainted, but they show four turtles, Splinter and Shredder. All the rest of the game, the board, the cards’ appearance etc. are reworked and use the ninja turtles world.

There is also a turtle version of the “Guess Who?” Game. Another example of such a licensed game is Munchkin Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the name of which says it all. It is actually a less board game and more of a card game, and speaking of these, of course turtles have also been combined with games such as “Uno” or “regular” cards, which you can play any of the popular card games, from solitaire to poker.

There are also at least two turtle versions of the traditional Chinese game, version of Twister (called Pizza Spin), Memo and probably a lot of other things.

More information about some of the described games can be found, for example, on the website boardgamegeek.com or on turtlepedia.fandom.com.

Author: XYuriTT

Geek, and You Shall Find

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Title: Geek, and You Shall Find
Year: 2019
Director: Brad Faye
Wystąpili: Kevin Eastman, Dan Goldman, Travis Langley, Stan Lee, George R.R. Martin, Roy Thomas
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA

Why in Database: In this Documentary film about comics, some time is devoted to Kevin Eastman, one of the creators of Ninja Turtles . For this reason, there is a huge amount of ninja turtle-related things. Moreover, turtle elements appear in the form of a symbol on George R. R. Martin’s hat and in the form of a turtle backpack in the background of one of the scenes.

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Hawaii Five-0

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Title: Hawaii Five-0
Year: 2010-2020
Actors: Alex O’Loughlin, Scott Caan, Taylor Wily, Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park, Chi McBride, Dennis Chun, Masi Oka, Jorge Garcia, Ian Anthony Dale
Genre: Action, Criminal, Drama
Country: USA
Viewing method: Whole series.

Why in Database:
This ten-season series with many turtle elements, because for 240 episodes, we found turtles in 25 episodes. On the other hand, the turtles do not play any significant role in any of these episodes. They appear in the form of a second-long showing of a sea turtle swimming underwater, a turtle in the form of a drawing/sticker/pendant, etc., or they are only mentioned in the dialogue.

Detailed list:
S01E09 – Poʻipu – A bus with a turtle image is visible.
S01E11 – Palekaiko – Real turtle is shown in a short underwater scene.
S01E17 – Powa Maka Moana – Real turtle shown in a short underwater scene.
S01E19 – Ne Meʻe Laua Na Paio – A real turtle is shown in a short underwater scene, also appears as a symbol on the swimming board.
S01E20 – Ma Ke Kahakai – Petroglyphs appears, you can see one in the shape of a turtle.
S02E04 – Mea Makamae – A real turtle shown in a short underwater scene.
S02E08 – Lapaʻau – One character mentions himself finding dead turtles on a reef, he uses this to explain why in his shabby past career he never dealt with things related to the illegal trade of animals or their parts.

– Found dead turtles on the reef

S03E07 – Ohuna – One of the characters in the background has a turtle backpack.
S04E11 – Knocking – Turtles appear as t-shirt and banner graphics, in connection with the beach cleanup.
T04E12 – O kela me keia Manawa – One of the heroes, Kamekona, has a turtle pattered T-shirt.
S04E20 – Peʻepeʻe Kanaka – A real turtle shown in a short underwater scene.
S05E02 – Ka Makuakane – Turtles appear in the form of a decorative element visible in one of the houses, four animals are hanging by the stairs.
S05E06 – Hoʻomaʻike – In the context of Halloween, Ninja Turtles are mentioned.

-You know, my son’s going as a Ninja Turtle. He’s 12.

S05E07 – Ina Paha – In this episode you have memories scenes, incl. a scene from 4×12 in which you can see a Kamekona T-shirt with a turtle motif.
S05E14 – Powehiwehi – The barbershop that the heroes visit at one point, has several turtle ornaments: a mirror, a figurine, a ball with a turtle drawing.
S05E19 – Kahania – In this episode, a barbershop reappears, belonging to the same character as described above, but in a new location. Here you can see some turtle stickers.
S05E24 – Luapoʻi – You can see (only part of) turtle painting in the hospital.
S06E07 – Na Kama Hele – A real turtle is shown in a short underwater scene.
S06E14 – Hoa ‘inea – Mentioned in one dialogue is “Turtle Back Zoo”.

Buddy … when I was, um, about 12 years old, I saw, uh, two sea lions mate at the, uh, Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange.

S07E01 – Macaukau ‘oe e Pa’ani? – In the suspect’s room you can see two turtles stickers, gray and green, on the cork board. There is also something on the wall that may be a turtle shell.
S07E06 – Ka hale ho’okauwel – The mention of Turtle Bay appears.
S07E23 – Wehe ‘ana – One of the scenes mentions a turtle in dialogue.

Is this the, uh, the guy who swam too close to the turtle?

S08E18 – E Ho’Oko Kuleana – One of the characters, a child, has a turtle pendant.
S08E22 – Kopi Wale No I Ka I’a A ‘Eu No Ka Ilo – Turtle kite appears.
S09E19 – Pupuhi ka he’e o kai uli – There is a turtle postcard in the shop.

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Robot Chicken

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Title: Robot Chicken
Year: 2005-ongoing
English dubbing: Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, Breckin Meyer, Tom Root
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, SF
Country: USA
Viewing method: Selected episodes

Why in Database: Robot Chicken is an unusual “series”, each ~ 11-minute episode consists of a varied number of segments, some are 2-second gags, others are as long as 3 minutes or more. There is maaaaaaany turtle elements. Most of them is related to Ninja Turtles, but there are also references to Mario, Gamera or to turtles in general. Below is a detailed list:

S01E03 – Gold Dust Gasoline – One segment shows a race with Mario and Luigi. They mention the use of “blue turtle shell”, they explain it as the ultimate weapon in Mario Kart. When activated, he magically finds leading car and disposes of it.

– Mario, we’re losing.
– It’s time to use the blue tortoise shell, no?
– Do it, you magnificent stereotypical bastard.

– The blue tortoise shell is Mario kart race’s ultimate weapon. It magically finds the lead car in the race, and takes it out. Wha-ha-ha-ha!

S01E06 – Vegetable Fun Fest – A segment with a turtle and a snail riding on it appears.
S01E09 – S&M Present – A segment appears with all four Ninja Turtles that train/fight with one of the characters – which must recognize by voice which one to eliminate.

– Only one of these turtles is played by Corey Feldman. Trust your instincts. Corey Feldman.
– Pizza is radical!
– Master Splinter is way cool!
– Turtle power, dude!

– Only one of these turtles is played by Forcory – for Fory Clel …- Clory Flu … Cloris Leachman.

S02E03 – Easter Basket – A turtle used as a bidet appears in the Flintstones segment. First, he mentions what (and implicitly, terrible) things he has witnessed, and when one of the characters goes into a murderous frenzy, he asks “the lord” not to stop that person before he kills him and, implicitly, ends his suffering.

Oh, man, the things I’ve witnessed …

Oh lord, please don’t stop him before he kills me.

S02E05 – Dragon Nuts – A segment with characters from The NeverEnding Story, including Morla.
S02E08 – Rodigitti – There’s an entire segment dedicated to TMNT who have become “old” instead of “teenage”. There is also an adequately reworked song from the cartoon, with pieces such as ‘heroes on wheelchairs’ or ‘Heroes in diapers’.

Senior Mutant Ninja Turtles. Heroes in a Wheelchair! (…)
Senior Mutant Ninja Turtles. Heroes wearing diapers! (…)
Senior Mutant Ninja Turtles. Heroes touching Nurses! (…)
Senior Mutant Ninja Turtles. Dealing with life’s changes!

S02E12 – The Munnery – One segment features kids who turn into huge animals, one of them, Jimmy, turns into a giant turtle.
S02E18 – Lust for Puppets – In the Mario and Luigi segment, the latter sees a turtle (being taken by a girl for a walk) and starts jumping over it, killing it.

– Look, it’s a turtle.
– What are you doing ?! You just killed my turtle!
– Oh, my God! I’m so sorry! ?

S03E05 – Shoe – In one of the segments there is a typical western duel of the Tortoise and the Hare, which can be considered obvious reference. The Hare is of course faster and shoots first, hitting the turtle many times, but on his shell it does not make any impression. He slowly draws his weapon and defeats the opponent.
S03E10 – Moesha Poppins – Venus appears in one of the segments, the character of the turtle that joined the turtles in the series Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation. She is described as the fifth member of the team with a very special accessory – the vagina. It is also explained that after she dropped out of the crew, she tried to take her own life in a way appropriate for discarded turtles – by flushing down the toilet.

– The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles briefly added a fifth member with a very special accessory … a vagina. But after getting dumped from the team, Venus chose to end her life the way all discarded turtles meet their maker. Seen it a million times … tried to flush herself down the toilet.

S04E12 – Maurice Was Caught – There is one short segment showing the turtles slowly approaching each other.
S04E15 – Due to Constraints of Time and Budget – Again reference to Mario Kart racing, on the dashboard you can see icons such as green and blue turtles, they are also part of the dialogue. It is mentioned that the green turtles are an endangered species.

– Are those green turtles?
– Whatever they are, they’re getting shot.
– Come on! Green turtles are endangered!

– Come on! Not that one!
– The blue turtle shell always seeks out …

S04E16 – The Ramblings of Maurice – One of the segments is devoted to the threat posed by plastic elements of six-packs and other such multi-packs and a reminder that just in case they should be “torn”. The whole thing is, of course, a mock warning, because it is shown how a fight breaks out in a turtle bar and the turtles are fighting and when such foil rubbish reaches them “from above”, one uses it to strangle the other.
S05E05 – Malcolm X: Fully Loaded – In one segment, on the audience, among others, ou can spot the Shredder.
S05E19 – Fool’s Goldfinger – A segment of The World’s Coolest Turtle appears in which a standing turtle is shown, his shell open and the propeller come out, so he can fly.
S06E08 – Choked on Multi-Colored Scarves – The turtle only mentioned in the dialogue, the characters look at the clouds, one of them says “Look turtle!”, But the cloud itself is not shown.

– Hey, look, a turtle!

S06E10 – Collateral Damage in Gang Turf War – A TMNT segment appears, one of them shows its breakdance movements twirling on the shell, but can’t get up by itself. Which ends tragically for him. There is also a segment in this episode which shows Bowser from the Mario universe for a second.
S06E12 – Butchered in Burbank – There is a reference to TMNT in the form of a street sharks cartoon advertisement, not being a TMNT rip-off at all.

– The street sharks “!
– It’s in-your-face, half-man, half-shark action that’s …
– Totally different from the ninja turtles!

– Plus, you won’t hear any hackneyed turtle puns on this show! Plus shell of a fun, hehe.

– It’s one shell of a good time – oh, wait.

S07E03 – Secret of the Booze – A cutscene with TMNT and other characters from their universe appears.
S07E11 – Super Guitario Center – TMNT segment, Shredder romance with April!

– Turtles, strength comes from within.

– She’s the perfect bait to catch the turtles.

– I should go before the turtles wake up.

S08E01 – Garbage Sushi – Turtle is in bank robbery segment. The policemen shooting at him are not able to hurt him. However, a policeman who throws a grenade into his shell is very effective.
S08E04 – Cheese Puff Mountain – Turtle appears in a parody segment of Paw Patrol. In addition, in the segment where animaniacs present Kamasutra positions, “Snapping Turtle” is listed.
S08E11 – Fridge Smell – There is a segment where Splinter “teaches” turtles about sexual matters. Which ends up in creating a turtle-friendly sex doll version of April.
S08E15 – Hopefully Salt – A segment from TMNT showing their brutality in action, title itself is “Pizza Brutality”, a reference to “Police Brutality”.
S08E17 – Secret of the Flushed Footlong – Krang is shown in one of the segments, in the restaurant.
S09E18 – Your Mouth Is Hanging Off Your Face – Michelangelo tries to pay the pizza delivery man by “exposing himself” (nude).
S10E01 – Ginger Hill in: Bursting Pipes – Two-segment with turtle elements. In the first, Shredder kills TMNTs using plastic woodcakes. In the second, a parody of the “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” program, in which there is a robotic version of the title character, there is a turtle in a package, not visible to us. Unfortunately, he ends up poorly, and Robo-Rogers kills him.

– Mr. McFeely, I was not expecting a package.
– It’s a special surprise. It likes to walk on the ground and swim in the water.
– It is a turtle.
– Uh yes, it certainly was.
– Thank you for the turtle box

S10E08 – Molly Lucero in: Your Friend’s Boob – Gamera appears in the Godzilla Musical segment!

Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special – The whole Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! crew appears in one of the scenes, including Fastback.

– It’s a turtle wearing goggles.

Author: XYuriTT

Gravity Falls

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Title: Gravity Falls
Year: 2012-2016
English dubbing: Jason Ritter, Alex Hirsch, Kristen Schaal, Linda Cardellini, Kevin Michael Richardson, Matt Chapman, Kari Wahlgren
Genre: Animation, Action, przygoda, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, SF, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, USA
Viewing method: Selected episodes

Why in Database: We found the turtle elements in two episodes:
S01E01 – Tourist Trapped – A boy sitting on a bench and holding a turtle appears in a flashback/memory scene. The protagonist asks him if he likes turtles, says that she also likes turtles, and suggests that this creates a bond between them.

– Oh my gosh, you like turtles? I like turtles too! What is happening here?

S01E10 – Fight Fighters – In one of the scenes, the protagonist mentions that he cannot find any typical “power-ups” anywhere like turkey legs, pizza boxes or golden rings – where, of course, pizza is a traditional energy element in games with Ninja Turtles.

Well, we don’t have any traditional power ups: turkey legs, pizza boxes, or gold rings. How about … half a taco?

Author: XYuriTT

Rick and Morty

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Title: Rick and Morty
Year: 2013-ongoing
English dubbing: Justin Roiland, Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke, Kari Wahlgren, Dan Harmon, Maurice LaMarche
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, SF
Country: USA
Viewing method: Selected episodes

Why in Database: We found the turtle elements in four episodes:
S01E03 – Anatomy Park – In the title “park”, in the section with catering facilities, you can see a place called “Turtle Fiesta!”.
S02E04 – Total Rickall – The episode is about a parasite that takes many forms. One of these forms is the turtle in the winter hat, it has no name whatsoever, and it has no greater role than being “part of the group”.
S03E08 – Morty’s Mind Blowers – The “Truth Tortoise” figurine is an essential part of the initial part of the episode. In the background, you can also see a sculpture that may suggest associations of turtles.
S04E08 – The Vat of Acid Episode – Among the objects that can be seen in the “laboratory” you can see a canister with the word “TGRI”, which is a clear reference to Ninja Turtles (film).


Author: XYuriTT