This is a list of fictional turtles, tortoises, and terrapins from literature, movies and other elements of popular culture.
| Character | Origin | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A giant turtle sea monster | |||
| Br'er Turtle (Br'er Tarrypin) | Uncle Remus's folk tales | ||
| Genbu | Japanese Mythology | ||
| Kappa | Japanese Mythology | A turtle-like humanoid | |
| Kurma | Hindu mythology | The second of the dashavatars of Vishnu | |
| Mbeku | West African mythology | Trickster tortoise in Igbo and West African folktales | |
| Minogame | Urashima Taro | A sea turtle, is said to be Otohime, daughter of the Emperor of the Sea | |
| The Tortoise | The Tortoise and the Hare | from Aesop's Fables | |
| Turtle Island | North American Indigenous Peoples | Lenape "Great Turtle", Iroquois "Hah-nu-nah" | |
| World Turtle | Hindu mythology | Also referred to as Akupara, the Cosmic Turtle or the World-bearing Turtle |
| Character | Origin | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alderman Ptolemy Tortoise | The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher | Beatrix Potter | One of Jeremy's two friends who brings him some salad for dinner. |
| Alfie | Esio Trot | Roald Dahl | Illustrated by Quentin Blake. |
| Cassiopeia | Momo | Michael Ende | |
| Clothahump | Spellsinger | Alan Dean Foster | Aged turtle wizard. |
| Fastitocalon | The Adventures of Tom Bombadil | J. R. R. Tolkien | A sea turtle the size of a small island, fooling mariners who attempted to land on him. |
| Franklin | Franklin the Turtle | Paulette Bourgeois | Illustrated by Brenda Clark. Adapted into an Animated Series and a CGI Series. |
| Great A'Tuin | Discworld | Terry Pratchett | The World Turtle, carrying the four elephants which hold the Discworld. |
| Leatherback turtle | The Wreck of the Zanzibar | Michael Morpurgo | A turtle nursed back to health by Laura and Granny May believes he participated in the Wreck of the Zanzibar. |
| Mock Turtle | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | |
| Morla | The Neverending Story | Michael Ende | A giant, wise swamp turtle. |
| Mudface | Doctor Dolittle | Hugh Lofting | Particularly Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake |
| Om | Small Gods | Terry Pratchett | A god briefly incarnated as a tortoise. |
| Ove | Bert Diaries[1] | Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson | Illustrated by Sonja Härdin. |
| Plautus/Lightning | Arcadia (play) | Tom Stoppard | In both the past and present portions of the play. |
| Slow-and-Solid | Just So Stories | Rudyard Kipling | A tortoise who is one of the protagonists the story. |
| Spotty | Old Mother West Wind | Thornton Burgess | |
| The Tortoise | What the Tortoise Said to Achilles | Lewis Carroll | Also in sequel dialogs in by Douglas Hofstadter |
| Tortoise | À rebours | Joris-Karl Huysmans | |
| Yertle and Mack | Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories | Dr. Seuss | A popular children's tale that cautions against despotism. Yertle is the grandiose king of the pond who decides he rules whatever he can see—and makes the turtles stack up to the sky. Mack is the turtle at the bottom who ultimately rebels and brings the stack crashing down. |
| Maturin | The Dark Tower (series) & It (novel) | Stephen King | Considered the most powerful of the guardians of the beams. |
| Minn | Minn of the Mississippi | Holling C. Holling | |
| Tortoise | The Grapes of Wrath[Chapter 3] | John Steinbeck | A tortoise crosses the road to get to the sea. Its struggle to do so (even being hit by a car and land on its back) can be read allegorically for the struggles the Joad family has to endure. |
| 'The tortoise(s)' | The Tortoises [org. title: ''[https://www.fischerverlage.de/buch/veza-canetti-die-schildkroeten-9783596184149 Die Schildkröten]] | Veza Canetti | The novel takes place in Anschluss-Vienna and features tortoises in which a local craftsman intends to engrave swastikas as sign of welcome to the expected Nazis. Heartbroken about this practice, the Jewish protagonist Kain buys all the untouched ones and takes them home. One of them, however, still naturally features a swastika-like form on its shell. Kain's brother Werner, a stone specialist, particularly identifies with the tortoises. Yet all Jewish characters appear to do so in some way. Being forced to dine with the SA official Pilz, they present him with mock-turtle soup they do not eat themselves (as it is not koscher), one of them says: "We are the tortoises." Additionally, remarks to other popular uses of the tortoise's body (e.g. for combs) are briefly drawn attention to.Although the animal itself plays a minor character in the novel, it arguably stands symbolically for the novels characters and their resistance. |
| Character | Origin | First appearance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnold | Weber | Best friend of Weber the ladybird in Gommaar Timmermans' comic series Weber. [2] | |
| Burocracia | Quino | Mafalda's pet | |
| Caroline | Boule et Bill | Bill's best friend.[3] | |
| Churchy LaFemme | Pogo | ||
| Donatello | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (May 1984) | Nicknames: Don, Donnie Weapon of choice: The bō (long staff) Bandana: red (Mirage/Image Comics), purple (elsewhere) |
| Elvis | Elvis | ||
| Fillmore | Sherman's Lagoon | ||
| Genbu | Yu Yu Hakusho | Villainous member of the saint beasts. | |
| Jack (Dolly) | Ox Tales | ||
| Jinmen | Devilman | Villain who puts people's faces into his shell. | |
| John the Turtle | B.C. | A friend of the Dookie Bird | |
| Leonardo | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (May 1984) | Nickname: Leo Weapon of choice: the Katana (sword) Bandana: red (Mirage/Image Comics), blue (elsewhere) |
| Michelangelo | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (May 1984) | Nicknames: Mike, Mikey Weapon of choice: The Nunchaku (nunchucks) Bandana: red (Mirage/Image Comics), orange (elsewhere) |
| The Millennium Tortoise | Image Comics | Goes to Aqua Leung | |
| Raphael | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (May 1984) | Nickname: Raph Weapon of choice: The sai Bandana: red |
| Skalman | Bamse | Friend of the title character | |
| Super-Turtle | DC Comics | ||
| Terrific Whatzit | DC Comics | ||
| Timmy-Joe Terrapin/Fastback | Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew | ||
| Tim Turtle | Lionel's Kingdom |
| Character | Origin | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crush | Finding Nemo | A sea turtle who is 150 years old in the film. He has a son named Squirt. | |
| Gamera | Daiei Motion Picture Company | A giant, flying, fire-breathing turtle. | |
| Giant sea turtle | The Bermuda Depths | A supernatural sea monster. | |
| Grand Master Oogway | Kung Fu Panda | An aged giant tortoise, who was the kung fu master of Shifu. | |
| Granny Pearl | Pajanimals | ||
| Howard | Razzle Dazzle | ||
| Kamoebas | Space Amoeba | ||
| The Lion Turtle | |||
| Madge | It's a Big Big World | ||
| Morla | The Neverending Story | ||
| Pong Pagong | Batibot | ||
| Shelly | Sesame Street | A Muppet turtle who appeared on Sesame Street. | |
| Tardy Turtle | Greg the Bunny | A slow-witted set assistant. | |
| Terraspin | A turtle-like alien. | ||
| Tokka | |||
| Tortoise John | Rango | Mayor of Dirt, the desert town setting in the film. | |
| Tuck | Wonder Pets | Tuck is a four-year-old turtle. He is described as sensitive with an emotional connection to living things | |
| Verne | Over the Hedge | A cynical box turtle and the leader of the animal group. | |
| Venus | |||
| Lenny Turteltaub | Bojack Horseman | A turtle who is a Hollywood producer. |
| Character | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Aloysius III | Infinity Train | The emperor and unifier of the hard and soft-shelled turtles. |
| Archie | An elderly Archelon who helps Littlefoot. | |
| Baby Shelby | Mickey Mouse Works / House of Mouse | A baby turtle who always annoys and takes advantage of Donald Duck. |
| Bert the Turtle | Duck and Cover | A civil defense social guiding film shown to school children in the U.S. in the 1950s/60s to tell them what to do in case of the explosion of a nuclear bomb. |
| Bev Gilturtle | Bev Gilturtle is one of the main characters who is an energetic box turtle.[4] She tries to entertain the other pets as she can and she loves trying out various kinds of activities. | |
| Burt | Danger Rangers | |
| Cecil Turtle | Merrie Melodies / Looney Tunes | Bugs Bunny's nemesis and rival. |
| Coco Jumbo | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | A turtle with an ability to create a safe-house if a special key is placed on his back. Later hosts the soul of Jean-Pierre Polnareff. |
| Dog | Taz-Mania | Taz's pet dog turtle |
| Filburt | Rocko's Modern Life | |
| Gallop | Babar and the Adventures of Badou | An elderly turtle who lives in the jungle near Celesteville. |
| Giant tortoise | Polar Bear Cafe | |
| Grandpa | Wild Kratts | An old, giant Galápagos tortoise. Martin named him that because of how old he is, estimated at 130 years. |
| Gramps | The Rescuers | |
| Hun | Turtles Forever | Gets mutated into a turtle |
| Ichikawa | ||
| Kame Jiiya | Puka Puka Juju | |
| Kongwe | The Lion Guard | An African spurred tortoise. |
| Lucky | Bionic Max | |
| Sammy | A sea turtle who navigates his 50-year life through the changes caused by global warming. | |
| Shelbow | A sea turtle who plays the drums (including his shell) in Disney's third The Little Mermaid movie. | |
| Shelly T. Turtle | The Shelly T. Turtle Show | A yellow turtle who is the titular host of the show. |
| Slash | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | |
| Snappy Sam | The Comic Strip (TV series) | An anthropomorphic turtle who is the chef and owner of the diner whom "Honeylove" Loretta, of the Street Frogs, works as a waitress and kitchen helper. |
| Speed | The Swan Princess | |
| Tamachan | Love Hina | A flying turtle. |
| Tank | A tortoise who is Rainbow Dash's pet. | |
| Thelma Tortoise | Manga Aesop's Fables | |
| Tippi Turtle | Saturday Night Live[5] [6] | An obnoxious practical joker created by Jack Zander |
| Toby Tortoise | The Tortoise and the Hare | |
| Toby Turtle | Robin Hood | Skippy's best friend that wears glasses. |
| Toby the Turtle | 64 Zoo Lane | A turtle who is friends with Kevin the Crocodile and Doris the Duck. |
| Toto | Harry & Toto | |
| Turner | Chucklewood Critters | |
| Turtle | Bossy Bear | |
| T.W. Turtle | Cats Don't Dance | A nervous and superstitious turtle who always relies on fortune cookies. |
| Tooter Turtle | Total Television | |
| Touché Turtle | Touché Turtle | |
| Turtle | The Red Turtle | A sea turtle turned into a human |
| Umigame (Turtle) | Dragon Ball | A sea turtle who is a companion of Master Roshi. He has a son named Umigame Jr. (Turtle, Jr.) English localized name: Turtle |
| Verne | Over the Hedge | |
| Crwban | Chwedlau Tinga Tinga | A happy and colourful cartoon turtle on Welsh language channel S4C - voiced by Geraint Iwan. |
| Character | Origin | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley | Sly Cooper | The Cooper Gang's technical aid, computer programmer and hacker. | |
| Bowser | Super Mario Bros. | The main villain of the Super Mario series. | |
| Bowser Jr. | Super Mario Sunshine | Bowser's son. | |
| Devan Shell | Jazz Jackrabbit | Nemesis of Jazz | |
| Gerson | Undertale | An elderly olive green tortoise-monster who runs a vendor in Waterfall. | |
| Ghido | Final Fantasy V | Ancient turtle who guides Bartz and the Warriors of Light on their quest. | |
| The giant turtle | Helps get to Great Bay Temple. | ||
| Hammer Bros. | Super Mario Bros. | Koopas that throw hammers as attack. | |
| Kamek | Caretaker of Bowser during his childhood. A Magikoopa capable of using various spells. | ||
| Koopa Troopa | Super Mario Bros. | Common enemy creatures in the Super Mario series. | |
| Koopalings | Super Mario Bros. 3 | Bowser's seven minions. Their individual names are Wendy, Morton, Iggy, Larry, Lemmy, Roy, and Ludwig. | |
| Kooper | Paper Mario | One of Mario's partners. An adventerous Koopa who intends to become an archaeologist. | |
| Koops | One of Mario's partners. Compared to his predecessor Kooper, he is more cowardly. | ||
| Lakitu | Super Mario Bros. | One of the enemies in the Super Mario series. Also serves as the referee in spin-offs like Mario Tennis and Mario Kart. | |
| Shen-zin Su | Giant sea turtle and starting zone for the Pandaren race. | ||
| Tiptup | Banjo Kazooie | Appears in Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie and Diddy Kong Racing | |
| Tortimer | Animal Crossing | The eccentric tortoise mayor of the town. | |
| Valluta | RuneScape | An ancient tortoise-like creature that is one of the Guardians of Guthix. | |
| Warnado | Skylanders | A spiky shelled Air-elemental tortoise. One of the playable characters in the series. |
| Character | Origin | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mickael the Turtle | Mickael the Turtle | ||
| Motu | Aquatica | ||
| Peakaboo, Speedy | Beanie Baby | ||
| Testudo | University of Maryland | ||
| Tetter, Totter, and Corky | Suzy's Zoo | ||
| Frumpy | USS Pasadena (SSN-752) |