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Different animals are called turtles, tortoises, or terrapins in different varieties of English

From the movie Blade Runner. Holden is giving Leon a test. The Voigt-Kampff machine is used primarily by blade runners to determine if a suspect is human by measuring the degree of his empathic response through carefully worded questions.

Famous Turtles

Aford

Aford (pronounced "A" as in hay-ford) is the main character of a comic strip. A turtle who enjoys taking it easy and enjoying life, Aford loves to write, read classic novels, and do some gardening here and there. Although he loves to reflect on the puzzles and complexities of life, Aford is by no means perfect. He is easily frustrated, especially when it comes to dealing with the Killer Plant in his back yard who tends to ruin his gardening plans. Aford is the most passive of the three main characters, seeking to live life for what it's worth while having fun along the way

Cecil Turtle

Cecil Turtle was one of the rare characters to actually be able to outsmart Bugs Bunny. He appeared in a trio of films spoofing the "Tortoise and the Hare" fable. The first one being Tex Avery's "Tortoise Beats Hare" (1941), after Bugs is shocked by the cartoon's title ("Why those screwy guys don't know what they're talkin' about!") he challenges Cecil to a race. The Turtle then calls up nine of his look-alike cousins and they proceed to fool Bugs by appearing everywhere. In the end Bugs wonders if he's been tricked, and the ten turtles say "It's a possibility!".

Cecil next appeared in 1943's "Tortoise Wins By a Hare" . Bugs is at home viewing footage from his previous encounter with the Turtle. He challenges Cecil to another race after discovering out Cecil's secret: "an air-flow chasis"! Bugs creates a turtle-like shell and goes to the race, little does he know that the gambling ring has betted everything that the rabbit is going to win ("In fact, we don't even think the turtle will finish!"). The gangsters mistake Bugs for the Turtle and clobber him. Cecil, dressed as a rabbit, wins the race (Cecil comments "I told you rabbits weren't very bright!"). When Bugs reveals that he really is the rabbit, the gambling ring rabbits say "Now he tells us!" and they shoot themselves in the head!

Tooter Turtle

Assuming many different identities, Tooter went from being a lumberjack to a taxi driver, from pre-historic times to the moon. He always wound up botching the jobs and getting in trouble. Crying out "Help, Mr. Wizard!", Tooter invoked the powers of Mr. Wizard to get him home. Mr. Wizard complied, with his magical chant: "Drizzle, Drazzle, Druzzle, Drome, time for this one to come home!"

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The pizza-munching turtles originally appeared in a black and white comic book that debuted in 1984. They were so popular that they immediately spawned imitators with colorful names such as "Armor-Plated Adolescent Aardvarks!" and "Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters". A cartoon series based upon the Turtles' adventures debuted in the United States on the CBS television network in 1987.

The first names of turtles -- Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, and Donatello -- are the names of Italian Renaissance artists who lived between 1386 and 1564. Three of those artists had full names which were respectively Michelangelo Buonariti, Raphael Sanzio and Leonardo Da Vinci, but as for Donatello, that was his only name.

Yertle the Turtle

On the far-away island of Sala-ma-Sond, Yertle the Turtle was king of the pond. A nice little pond. It was clean. It was neat. The water was warm. There was plenty to eat. The turtles had everything turtles might need. And they were all happy. Quite happy indeed.

They were... until Yertle, the king of them all, Decided the kingdom he ruled was too small. "I'm ruler", said Yertle, "of all that I see. But I don't see enough. That's the trouble with me. With this stone for a throne, I look down on my pond But I cannot look down on the places beyond. This throne that I sit on is too, too low down. It ought to be higher!" he said with a frown. "If I could sit high, how much greater I'd be! What a king! I'd be ruler of all that I see!"

A classic by Dr. Seuss, the story is about a turtle who wants to be king of the turtles. He uses the other turtles to further his own gain until it all comes crashing down.

Turtle Magazine

Turtle magazine is written with preschoolers in mind. Each issue combines health, nutrition safety, and exercise with fun and learning. Illustrated stories, poems, puzzles, and games provide an entertaining way for children to develop reading and comprehension skills.

Churchy LaFemme

Churchy LaFemme, made his appearance in the Pogo comic strip in the late 1940's. His name is thought to come from the French phrase "cherchez la femme," which is used when someone is looking for a person to blame for a problem. As I understand it, it refers to looking for the woman in the situation, who is undoubtedly at fault for whatever has gone wrong!

He was known to have an eye for the ladies, was somewhat romantic, and wrote poetry. He often was a little bit clueless, too.

Surprisingly Churchy developed quite a cult following. His many witticisms and quips have found their way into modern literature and speeches. Figures and pictures (such as the one shown) have become quite valuable.

Gamera

Gamera is a giant, turtle-like creature from a popular series of daikaiju eiga monster movies produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company in Japan. Created in 1965 to rival the success of Toho Studios' Godzilla during the kaiju boom of the mid-to-late 1960s, Gamera has gained fame and notoriety as a Japanese icon in his own right.

Squirtle

Squirtle is known as the Tiny Turtle Poke'mon from the Game Boy role-playing video game.

Resource for most of the above Famous Turtles from

Turtles Who Have Made It Big

Online Turtle Games!

• Turtle Pond

Enter a sequence of commands to help the turtle get to the pond.