Turtle

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Turtles in pop culture

Turtles are depicted in Western culture as, snapping turtles aside, easygoing and patient creatures.

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Western culture - Snapping turtle

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One avatar of Vishnu is said to be the giant turtle Kurma.

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Avatar - Vishnu - Kurma

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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are comic-book characters whose adventures have been adapted for TV and film.

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In the books by Terry Pratchett, the Discworld rests on the back of the gigantic star-turtle Great A'Tuin.

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Terry Pratchett - Discworld - Great A'Tuin

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The mascot of the University of Maryland, College Park is the diamondback terrapin, which is also the state reptile of Maryland.

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Mascot - University of Maryland, College Park - Maryland

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Koopas in the Mario games are turtles.

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Koopa - Mario

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The mascot of the Ptolemaic Terrascope magazine is a turtle named Ptolemy.

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Mascot - Ptolemaic Terrascope - Magazine

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The Turtle (also known as Maturin) appears in a number of Stephen King's novels, including It, and The Dark Tower series. It is a guardian of the beam, and a nursery rhyme from Roland's world opens with "See the turtle of enormous girth, on his shell he holds the Earth".

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Stephen King - It - The Dark Tower

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The Grateful Dead recorded a song entitled "Terrapin Station", which appears on the album of the same name and was a steady inclusion in their live repertoire.

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Grateful Dead - Terrapin

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Son Goku from Dragonball uses "Turtle Style" Martial Arts, the "Kame-Hame-Ha" itself translates to Turtle Destruction Wave.

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In the 2003 Disney-Pixar film Finding Nemo there is a sea turtle character named Crush, known for his "surfer dude" philosophies. His son "Squirt" later becomes an exchange student at Nemo's school.

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Disney - Pixar - Finding Nemo - Crush - Exchange student - School

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In 1996, Harry Connick, Jr. released an album called "Star Turtle."

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1996 - Harry Connick, Jr.

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In 2002, Dana Carvey dressed as a turtle and asked, "Am I not turtly enough for the turtle role?" in "The Master of Disguise."

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2002 - Dana Carvey

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