List of fictional turtles

"The Tortoise and the Hare", from an edition of Aesop's Fables illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1912

This is a list of fictional turtles, tortoises, and terrapins from literature, movies and other elements of popular culture. Terrapins are also grouped in the list.

In mythology, legends, and folklore

Character	Origin	Notes
Br'er Turtle (Br'er Tarrypin)	Uncle Remus's folk tales
Genbu	Japanese Mythology
Kurma	Hindu mythology	The second of the dashavatars of Vishnu
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

In literature

Character	Origin	Author	Notes
Alderman Ptolemy Tortoise	The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher	Beatrix Potter	One of Jerermy's two friends who brings him some salad for dinner.
Cassiopeia	Momo	Michael Ende
Alfie	Esio Trot	Roald Dahl	Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
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.
Spotty	Old Mother West Wind	Thornton Burgess
The Tortoise	What the Tortoise Said to Achilles	Lewis Caroll	Also in sequel dialogs in Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter
Tortoise	À rebours	Joris-Karl Huysmans
Yertle	Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories	Dr. Seuss	A popular children's tale that cautions against despotism.
Maturin	The Dark Tower (series) & It (novel)	Stephen King	Considered the most powerful of the guardians of the beams.

In comics

Character	Origin	First appearance	Notes
Burocracia	Quino		Mafalda's pet
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
Jack (Dolly)	Ox Tales
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 Ninjatō (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

In film and television

Character	Origin	Notes
Gamera	Daiei Motion Picture Company	A flying, fire-breathing turtle.
The Giant Sea Turtle	The Bermuda Depths	A supernatural sea monster.
Howard	Razzle Dazzle
Kamoebas	Space Amoeba
The Lion Turtle	Avatar: The Last Airbender
Master Oogway	Kung Fu Panda	An aged giant Tortoise, who is a kung fu master of shifu.
Morla	The Neverending Story
Pong Pagong	Batibot
Tardy Turtle	Greg the Bunny	A slow-witted set assistant.
Terraspin	Ben 10: Ultimate Alien	A Turtle-like Alien.
Tokka	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
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 Box Turtle and the leader of the animal group.
Venus	Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
Crush	Finding Nemo

In animations

Bert the turtle

Character	Origin	Notes
Baby Shelby	Mickey Mouse Works / Disney's House of Mouse	A baby turtle who always annoys and takes advantage of Donald Duck.
Bert the Turtle	Duck and Cover
Burt	Danger Rangers
Cecil Turtle	Merrie Melodies / Looney Tunes	Bugs Bunny's nemesis and rival.
Dog	Taz-Mania	Taz's pet dog turtle
Filburt	Rocko's Modern Life
Giant Tortoise	Polar Bear Cafe
Hun	Turtles Forever	Gets mutated into a turtle
Ichikawa	Umi Monogatari: Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto
Kame Jiiya	Puka Puka Juju
Sammy	A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures	A sea turtle who navigates his 50-year life through the changes caused by global warming.
Slash	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Speed	The Swan Princess
Tamachan	Love Hina	A flying turtle.
Tippi Turtle	Saturday Night Live	An obnoxious practical joker created by Jack Zander
Toby	"Robin Hood (1973)"		Toto	Harry & Toto
Turner	Chucklewood Critters
Tooter Turtle	Total Television
Touché Turtle	Touché Turtle
Verne	Over the Hedge
Crwban	Chwedlau Tinga Tinga	A happy and colourful cartoon turtle on Welsh language channel S4C - voiced by Geraint Iwan.

In video games

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.
Devan Shell	Jazz Jackrabbit	Nemesis of Jazz
The Giant Turtle	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask	Helps get to Great Bay Temple.
Koopa Troopa	Super Mario Bros.	Common enemy creature in the Super Mario series.
Shen-zin Su	World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria	Giant sea turtle and starting zone for the Pandaren race.
Tortimer	Animal Crossing	The eccentric tortoise mayor of the town.
Tiptup	Banjo Kazooie	Appears in Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie and Diddy Kong Racing
Valluta	RuneScape	An ancient tortoise-like creature that is one of the Guardians of Guthix.

As mascots, toys, and others

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

In politics

• Post turtle

See also

• Cultural depictions of turtles and tortoises