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<p>WikiSysop: 15x20 The Way We Weren't</p>
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x09-Follow the tortoise.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sage advice from The Simpsons]]<br />
The Simpsons have a lot of turtle references. (It seems unusually high for a non-recurring 'character'. Almost every reference is to a different turtle. (The clip shows, like ''All Singing, All Dancing'', sometimes have duplicate references.) I've counted on average two per season. That makes roughly 10% of the episodes that have a turtle reference that I've seen.) The purpose of this page is to document those occurrences and maybe try to find a pattern. <br />
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I recently found another page along a similar vein: [http://www.mcmartinville.com/reptiles/simpsons.htm Reptiles and The Simpsons], to which I owe thanks for the Treehouse of Horror II and Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-D'OH!-cious references.<br />
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==Suspects==<br />
Can a pattern be detected to when the turtles appear? I haven't found one yet, but I have my suspicions.<br />
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<!-- ===Nelson Shin===<br />
My prime suspect. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Shin Nelson Shin] is the founder and president of Akom Production Co., Ltd., which does a large portion of the animation for The Simpsons. He is known to have a pet turtle and has put turtles in other projects. (See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Chung Empress Chung].) They animated the first two seasons exclusively, then the turtle references started showing up after they were no longer exclusive animators. The turtles could be a "signature". (All conjecture of course, since it's hard to determine what house does what (part of a) show.) --><br />
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==Episode list==<br />
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{| style="border: 1px solid Black;" cellspacing="0" border="1" cellpadding="5" valign="top"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Ep #'''<br />
|'''Episode Title'''<br />
|'''Reference'''<br />
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====03x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_II Treehouse of Horror II]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-03x07-Treehouse_of_Horror_II.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer is fired and gets a job as a gravedigger.<br />
*'''Willie''': Deeper! Wider! Faster! I wouldn't bury m' '''turtle''' in that mud puddle!<br />
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|-<br />
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====03x22====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Otto_Show The Otto Show]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-03x22-I will not spin the turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
*'''Chalkboard gag''': "I will not spin the turtle" <br />
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====04x08====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kid_on_the_Block New Kid on the Block]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-04x08-Frying Dutchman.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Decor in the ''Frying Dutchman'' includes a turtle in a net. <br />
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*'''Note''': This decor shows up again in a later episode: Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner.<br />
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====05x13====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_and_Apu Homer and Apu]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-05x13-I will not go near the kindergarten turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
*'''Chalkboard gag''': "I will not go near the kindergarten turtle" <br />
|-<br />
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====05x17====<br />
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====20x11====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Gets_an_Elephant Bart Gets an Elephant]<br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_Test_Was_Won How the Test Was Won]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-05x17-TerrapinWax.gif|150px|right]]<br />
The <strike>Turtle</strike> Terrapin Wax turtle grabs Homer's hair.<br />
<br />
''Note: This scene is cut in syndication[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/scg-5.txt].''<br />
<br />
:''While Lisa complains about being stuck in the house...''<br />
:''<strike>In the basement, Homer is about to clean the floor and hesitates between bottles of Bubble Off, Terrapin Wax, Cleanser... He settles for Mr. Cleanser.</strike><br />
:<strike>'''Homer''': Hmm... ''[reading]'' "Use only in a well-ventilated area." ''[looks around] '' Shove it, buddy! ''[pours most of the bottle on the floor]''</strike><br />
:<strike>''Homer grunts as he scrubs the floor, but the fumes soon make him dizzy. In his hallucination, the logos of the various cleaning products come to life. At first friendly, they turn evil and attack him; several Bubbles biting him, the Turtle pulling his hair strands, the Cleanser knight stabbing him with his spear, and Mr. Cleanser strangling him.</strike><br />
<br />
''The clip shows up later as Homer remembers his past injuries in season 20's "How the Test Was Won".''<br />
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====06x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart%27s_Girlfriend Bart's Girlfriend]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x07-Wee Tur'les.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
After Bart's new girlfriend pulls a fire alarm, Willy attempts to save the wee tur'les.<br />
:'''Willy''': If I don't save the wee tur'les, who will? ''[beat]'' doh! Save me from the wee tur'les, they were too quick for me aaaggghh...<br />
|-<br />
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====06x08====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_on_Ice Lisa On Ice]<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x08-Bart's Turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
When Bart's team wins a hockey game, Homer pulls out a turtle<br />
:'''Homer''': Well Boy, you won, so I'm going to live up to my side of the agreement. Here's your turtle, alive and well.<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x08-Gamera.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Meanwhile, Lisa finds she's failing gym class and imagines being impeached from the presidency in the future because she failed gym<br />
<br />
:'''Justice''': I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. ''[aside]'' Don't worry, it's just a name.<br />
:'''Lisa''': ''[running from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamera Gamera]]'' He said it was just a name!<br />
:'''Fellow runner''': What he meant was that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.<br />
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*'''Note''': These same kaiju would show up in a later episode: "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"<br />
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====06x20====<br />
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====09x11====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Dozen_and_One_Greyhounds Two Dozen and One Greyhounds]<br />
----<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Singing%2C_All_Dancing All Singing, All Dancing]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x20-Turtle's Necks.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
:'''Mr. Burns''': Some men hunt for sport, others hunt for food. The only thing I'm hunting for, is an outfit that looks good...<br />
::See... my... Vest. See my vest.<br />
::Made from real gorilla chest.<br />
::''[...]''<br />
::Grizzly bear underwear,<br />
::'''Turtle's necks I've got my share.'''<br />
::''[...]''<br />
::but a greyhound fur tuxedo would be best.<br />
::So let's prepare these dogs...<br />
:'''Maid''': Kill two for matching clogs.<br />
:'''Mr. Burns''': See my vest, see my vest, oh please won't you see... my... Vest! I really like the vest.<br />
:'''Smithers''': I gathered, yeah...<br />
:'''Lisa''': He's gonna make a tuxedo out of our puppies!<br />
:'''Bart''': ''[still humming the tune]'' Na na na na na na naa naaaa...<br />
:'''Lisa''': Bart!<br />
:'''Bart''': Sorry... You gotta admit it's catchy. <br />
----<br />
This song is reprised in the season 9 clip show, ''All Singing, All Dancing''<br />
|-<br />
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====07x19====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fish_Called_Selma A Fish Called Selma]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-07x19-A Fish Called Selma.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
Troy McClure proposes to Selma at a drive-in theater showing of his movie: ''The Muppets Go Medieval''<br />
<br />
:'''Troy McClure''': That's not cigars baby, that's ''love''.<br />
:'''Troy''': No longer canst I conceal my love, my wimpled '''turtledove'''. <br />
:''Selma and Miss Piggy both moan.''<br />
:'''Troy''': Oh, princess fair, wilst thou grant me thine dainty hoof in marriage? <br />
:'''Piggy''': Oh, Sir Lies-a-lot, I will! <br />
:'''Selma''': (at the same time) Oh, Troy, I will!<br />
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''(Yes, I know turtledoves aren't turtles.)''<br />
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|-<br />
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====08x09====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Viaje_Misterioso_de_Nuestro_Jomer_%28The_Mysterious_Voyage_of_Homer%29 El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x09-Follow the tortoise.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer goes on a vision quest after eating the Merciless Peppers of Quetzalsacatanango.<br />
<br />
:'''Homer''': Huh? A tortoise?! ''[reading]'' Follow... the... ''[gasp]'' This must be why I'm here! Follow the what!? Follow the what!? Hurry up! ''[beat]'' D'Oh!<br />
|-<br />
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====08x10====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Springfield_Files The Springfield Files]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x10-A turtle's got ahold of my teeth.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Mulder and Scully, while investigating Homer's claim of an alien sighting, run across Abe who's lost his teeth to a turtle.<br />
:'''Abe''': For the love of God help me! I've been here for four days and a turtle's got ahold of my teeth! There he is! ''[high speed chase] [...]'' Ow! He bit me with my own teeth!<br />
|-<br />
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====08x13====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala%28Annoyed_Grunt%29cious Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-D'OH!-cious]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x13-SimpsoncalifragilisticexpialaDOHcious.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer tells Marge she has his full attention as we cut to Homer's brain and see a turtle and some farmyard animals playing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Straw Turkey in the Straw].<br />
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====08x18====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_vs._The_Eighteenth_Amendment Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x18-Rex Banner.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
After a prohibition law is rediscovered on the Springfield books (on St Patrick's Day), Rex Banner comes to town to clean up Eliot Ness style. Hunting for the Beer Baron, he raids Moe's Pet Shop (speakeasy):<br />
:'''Rex Banner''': What kind of pet shop is filled with rambunctious yahoos and hot jazz music at 1 AM?<br />
:'''Moe''': Um. the... the best damn pet shop in town!<br />
:'''Crowd''': Yeah! ''(clink glasses)''<br />
:'''Rex Banner''': Alright. But you people remember; '''baby turtles''' and alligators may ''seem'' like a cute idea for a pet, but they grow up!<br />
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====09x12====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Carny Bart Carny]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-09x12-Bart_Carney.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
One of the prizes in the ring toss booth is a turtle.<br />
<br />
''(I knew there had to be one in this episode. There are just too many images in the carnival for there to not be one. It took me a while to find it though.)''<br />
|-<br />
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====09x17====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_the_Simpson Lisa the Simpson]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-09x17-Lisa_the_Simpson.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Lisa, afraid she's going to succumb to the Simpsons Gene goes on TV to talk about some things that have meant a lot to her<br />
:'''Lisa''': And please don't deprive yourselves of wonderful books like "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Harriet the Spy" and "Yertle the Turtle" -- possibly the best book ever written on the subject of turtle stacking.<br />
:'''Chief Wiggum''': [In bed, reading "Yertle the Turtle"] She's got that right.<br />
Yertle the Turtle also shows up in [[Turtles_on_The_Simpsons#25x02|25x02 Treehouse of Horror XXIV]]<br />
|-<br />
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====10x05====<br />
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====13x17====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Dish_Upon_a_Star When You Dish Upon a Star]<br />
----<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gump_Roast Gump Roast]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-10x05-When_You_Dish_Upon_a_Star.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Snapping turtles chase after Homer. <br />
<br />
''I wrote that down when the episode first aired, but I've had a hard time finding it whenever it aired in syndication. Now I know why. It was cut in the syndicated version[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/scg-10.txt].''<br />
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:'''Marge''': [driving boat] How's he doing?<br />
:'''Bart''': I don't know. I think Dad might be a little heavy for parasailing.<br />
:'''Homer''': ''[tiptoeing across water]'' Faster, Marge! Faster! <strike>''[looking over his shoulder at '''turtles''']'' The '''snapping turtles''' are massing!</strike><br />
<br />
''They also edited out the '''same scene''' from the syndicated version of the clip show Gump Roast[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/scg-13.txt].''<br />
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|-<br />
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====10x23====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Minutes_Over_Tokyo Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-10x23-Gamera.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Returning from a trip to Tokyo, the plane the Simpsons are on is shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Pilot''': Uh, folks, we're experiencing some moderate Godzilla-related turbulence at this time, so I'm going to go ahead and ask you to put your seatbelts back on. When we get to 35 thousand feet, he usually does let go, so from there on out, all we have to worry about is Mothra, and, uh, we do have reports he's tied up with '''Gamera''' and Rodan at the present time. Thank you very much.<br />
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*'''Note''': These same kaiju showed up in an earlier episode: "Lisa On Ice"<br />
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|-<br />
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====11x03====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess_Who%27s_Coming_to_Criticize_Dinner%3F Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x03-Frying Dutchman.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Turtle decor from the ''Frying Dutchman''<br />
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*'''Note''': This decor shows up in an earlier episode: New Kid on the Block.<br />
|-<br />
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====11x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Misbehavin' Eight Misbehavin']<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x07-Turtles acting different.gif|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
While trying to free Apu's octuplets from the zoo, they see a turtle swinging through the trees.<br />
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:'''Apu''': These animals certainly act different at night.<br />
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|-<br />
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====11x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary:_Impossible Missionary Impossible]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x15-Shell helmet.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer wears a turtle-shell helmet in a nod to ''The Flintstones''<br />
|-<br />
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====11x19====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_the_Alligator_and_Run Kill the Alligator and Run]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x19-Kill_the_Alligator_and_Run.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
After hitting an alligator, Homer dives in the swamp to flee the police and comes up with a few animals biting him, including a few little snapping turtles.<br />
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====12x09====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOMR HOMЯ]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-12x09-Leon Uris.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-12x09-Bite.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer has a crayon removed from his brain, improving his intelligence. In a visit to the library we run across Cletus about to make some turtle soup.<br />
<br />
:'''Lisa''': I think books have an amazing power to bring people together. Look, even Cletus is checking one out.<br />
:''[Cletus pulls out a turtle and a bib]''<br />
:'''Cletus''': Now hold still. '''Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.'''<br />
:''[turtle bites him]''<br />
:'''Cletus''': Ow! Dangit! ''[drops book on his finger]''<br />
:'''Cletus''': Ow! <br />
<br />
*'''Note''': The art for this turtle appears to be the same as the turtle in episode 11x07, Eight Misbehavin'<br />
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====14x01====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XIII Treehouse of Horror XIII] (The Island of Dr. Hibbert)<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x01-Treehouse_of_Horror_XIII.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
In this Island of Doctor Moreau parody, Moleman is a tortoise<br />
|-<br />
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====14x03====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_vs._Lisa_vs._The_Third_Grade Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x03-Third grade turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Bart is demoted to the third grade and Lisa is promoted to the third grade. In the background we see that the third grade classroom has a pet turtle.<br />
*'''Note''': One of the chalkboard gags indicates that the Kindergarten classroom has a turtle as well. Another chalkboard gag mentions a generic turtle Bart is not supposed to spin. Also, in Bart's Girlfriend, we see that the Science Lab has a ''lot'' of "Wee Tur'les". <br />
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====14x04====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Marge Large Marge]<br />
|While Lisa and Homer spend their father-daughter time building a house for ''Domiciles for the Destitute'', Homer paints "El Homo" on the house trying to be cool like "El Barto". Then after realizing how it sounds he desperately paints over it.<br />
<br />
:'''Lisa''': Dad, you're getting paint on your wedding ring!<br />
:'''Homer''': Huh? Oh right. Can you hold it?<br />
:'''Lisa''': This is a Band-Aid wrapped in tin foil.<br />
:'''Homer''': '''My real ring's inside a turtle.'''<br />
<br />
Marge thinks she sees Homer flirting and goes to a plastic surgeon to get liposuction, but ends up getting breast implants. Hilarity ensues.<br />
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====14x06====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Louse_Detective The Great Louse Detective]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x06-Turtle Massage.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Marge goes to a spa and gets a ''Turtle Massage'' after which, the turtles are tossed into a bin marked "used turtles."<br />
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====14x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Edna Special Edna]<br />
|<br />
:"And now, enjoy the soothing music of ''The Turtles''"<br />
(OK, so this reference is cheating since it's referring to the band, not to turtles themselves, but I'm counting it :P)<br />
|-<br />
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====14x20====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_My_Wife%2C_Please Brake My Wife, Please]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x20-Brake_My_Wife_Please.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
On a school field trip to the aquarium, a turtle punches Bart after he moons the crowd.<br />
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====14x21====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_of_War The Bart of War]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x21-Turtle impaler.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
While cleaning up litter, Kirk Van Houten (leading the ''Cavalry Kids'') accidentally impales a tortoise.<br />
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====15x12====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milhouse_Doesn%27t_Live_Here_Anymore Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore]<br />
|Milhouse and his mother move to Capital City, leaving Bart to adopt Lisa as his new best friend.<br />
<br />
:'''Lisa''': The mound builders worshiped '''turtles''' as well as badgers, snakes, and other animals.<br />
:'''Bart''': Thank god we've come to our senses and worship a carpenter who lived 2000 years ago.<br />
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====15x16====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wandering_Juvie The Wandering Juvie]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-15x16-Juvie.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Bart gets sent to juvenile hall. Yard equipment includes a rocking turtle.<br />
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====15x18====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_'em_If_You_Can Catch 'Em If You Can]<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-15x18-Catch 'Em If You Can.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
:'''Kent Brockman''': I guess you could call him "The Little '''Tortoise''' That Couldn't"! See our website for the recipe.<br />
(I originally found this quote on the net. It took me two years to finally find what episode it came from. Let me tell you, ''noone'' on the 'net has the quote right. Most say he says "turtle". Some say "check the webpage for recipes". &etc.)<br />
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====15x20====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_We_Weren%27t The Way We Weren't]<br />
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During the flashback scenes Marge and <strike>Homer</strike> Elvis kiss to the music of The Turtles (Happy Together)<br />
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====16x14====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven-Beer_Snitch The Seven-Beer Snitch]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x14-Apronboobsface.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
In order to find out why Snowball likes another family better than the Simpsons, Bart comes up with an excuse to see in their house.<br />
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:'''Bart''': My baby '''turtle''' crawled into your basement window!<br />
:'''Woman''': Oh, you poor boy. What's your turtle's name?<br />
:'''Bart''': ''[looking at woman]'' Uhh... Apronboobsface?<br />
:'''Woman''': Really? Well, let's go find him!.<br />
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====16x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future-Drama Future-Drama]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x15-HaHaaa.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Bart and Lisa find themselves in Prof. Frink's basement and he uses the science of astrology on his new computer to show them their future, eight years from next Tuesday. At their graduation party, Nelson flees fatherhood on the back of a sea turtle.<br />
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====16x16====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Fear_the_Roofer Don't Fear The Roofer]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x16-Electroshock.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer goes in for electroshock therapy because everyone believes he's crazy. Bart asks him to hold his dead turtle while he's getting shocked to try to revive it.<br />
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====17x08====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Italian_Bob The Italian Bob]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-17x08-DiversityTales.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
During the diversity film at the beginning a legend about a turtle is mentioned.<br />
<br />
:'''Narrator''': Welcome, to Diversity Tales!<br />
:''Students groan''<br />
:'''Willie''': Enjoy your multi-cultural hooey! ''[laughs]''<br />
:'''Narrator''': It was the Feast of the Sea Lion Who Would Not Share<br />
:'''girl''': Come brother Chi-chi, let us collect Cha-cha sticks!<br />
:'''boy''': I will make a headdress for the wedding of '''Earth Turtle''' and Moon Mongoose<br />
:'''bird''': You don't need a headdress! Your most beautiful costume is your self-esteem.<br />
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(Spelling of names approximate.)<br />
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====17x18====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wettest_Stories_Ever_Told The Wettest Stories Ever Told]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-17x18-Mutiny.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
In '''Mutiny on the Barty''' (a parody of Mutiny on the Bounty), Skinner gets marooned with Willy, who then maroons him on a turtle.<br />
:'''(Seymour) Bligh''': Sing a round!<br />
:'''Willie''': Row row row your boat, gently down the stream, Merrily, Merrily, row row, oh so merrily, not so merrily, row row, very merrily... ''[gives up]'' I can't do it, sir! I'm just one man!<br />
:'''Bligh''': What are you gonna do? Mutiny? <br />
:''[cuts to Bligh on a sea turtle as Willie rows away]''<br />
:'''Bligh''': Swim faster or I'll have you made into soup! What are you gonna do? Go underwater? <br />
:''[the sea turtle does so]<br />
:'''Bligh''': ''[underwater]'' You call this "deep"?!<br />
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====17x19====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_Just_Want_To_Have_Sums Girls Just Want to Have Sums]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-17x19-Stab-a-Lot.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
At the beginning of the episode, the Simpsons are attending ''Stab-a-Lot: the Itchy and Scratchy Musical'' (a parody on ''The Lion King'' / ''Spamalot''), and an actor in a turtle costume leads the animals down the aisle.<br />
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====18x04====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XVII Treehouse of Horror XVII]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x04-I passed out on your turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
In the '''You Gotta Know When To Golem''' segment, Homer mentions Bart's turtle.<br />
:''*loud moan*''<br />
:'''Homer''': ''[drunk]'' Bart, there's something I have to tell you, father to son. I passed out on your '''turtle''' and killed it. Someday you'll thank me.<br />
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====18x05====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._%28Annoyed_Grunt%29 G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x05-Turtle bath toy.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
The Simpsons appear to have a turtle bath toy. (Alas, it's not too clear in this screenshot.)<br />
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====18x10====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wife_Aquatic The Wife Aquatic]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x10-Carousel.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Marge goes back to a happy place from her childhood, only to find it's not what she remembered. A carousel she loved has a turtle on it. (It's interesting that when they "refurbished" the ride, the turtle had a different shell pattern on it.)<br />
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====18x12====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Big_Girl Little Big Girl]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x12-Little Big Girl.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Lisa fakes her family heritage in the 'Hitachi' tribe for a school project.<br />
:'''John Squawkingbear''': Lisa, hi, my name is John squawkingbear, I'm a reporter for the Chippewa Bugle. [...] I've never heard of the Hitachi [...] where were you centered?<br />
:'''Lisa''': Centered? Centered... You know where the four states come together?<br />
:'''Squawkingbear''': Oh quite well.<br />
:'''Lisa''': Not there. Not even close.<br />
:'''Squawkingbear''': In the name of the '''Great Turtle''', will you answer the question!?<br />
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====18x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome-old_and_Juli-eh Rome-old and Juli-eh]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x15-Old sea turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
:'''Marge''': Awwww look at Grandpa and Selma frolicking in the water.<br />
:'''Homer''': It's not right! It's like an '''old sea turtle''' dating a suitcase that fell out of a plane.<br />
<br />
(Loved the parody of the Battle of Helm's Deep in this episode.)<br />
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====18x20====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop%2C_Or_My_Dog_Will_Shoot%21 Stop, Or My Dog Will Shoot!]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x20-SkittleSkittleScurrySkittle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
First we believed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cletus_Spuckler Cletus] was [[#12x09|bitten by a turtle]], we now have proof that he was actually bitten by a ''wereturtle''!<br />
<br />
:'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recurring_characters_from_The_Simpsons#Brandine_Spuckler Brandine]''': Cletus, you coward, is you man or '''turtle'''?<br />
:'''Cletus''' ''[crawling away like a turtle]'': Here's your answer, "skittle skittle scurry skittle."<br />
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====19x01====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Loves_to_Fly_and_He_D%27oh%27s He Loves to Fly and He D'oh's]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x01-He Loves to Fly and He D'oh's.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
Homer develops a taste for flying. After failing to get a job that would involve travel, Homer hides out at Krusty Burger when we see the school children arrive.<br />
<br />
:'''Milhouse''': Principle Skinner, why did we have to leave the Learn-and-Touch Reptile Zoo so early?<br />
:'''Skinner''': Well, it seems ''someone'' was [http://tometheus.com/v3/images/TE198x_OKCZoo.jpg riding the '''giant tortoise'''] ''naked''.<br />
:'''Otto''': It's not my fault. The drinking fountain dared me to do it.<br />
<br />
''Of course, I loved the bits in Chicago in the beginning of this episode.''<br />
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====19x02====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Homer_of_Seville The Homer of Seville]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x02-The_Homer_of_Seville.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
In a parody of Entourage, Lenny dresses like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_(Entourage) Turtle].<br />
<br />
''Turtle is also referenced in [[#21x01|21x01 Homer the Whopper]]''<br />
<br />
''(I have to admit I didn't catch this until I saw it on [http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/The_Homer_of_Seville/References the Wikia page].)''<br />
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====19x04====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Wanna_Know_Why_the_Caged_Bird_Sings I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x04-I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
A turtle shows up in the baseball game in the Itchy and Scratchy Show.<br />
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====19x06====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphan_Millie Little Orphan Millie]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x06-Little Orphan Millie.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
A sign at the Van Houten wedding reads "PLEASE DO NOT KICK SEA TURTLES".<br />
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====19x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husbands_and_Knives Husbands and Knives]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x07-Husbands_and_Knives.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
A new comic store opens across the street from Android's Dungeon. The new Comic guy has a Girlfriend!! (Who wears a turtle t-shirt.) <br />
<br />
''(There are probably other turtles in this episode, as there are a ''ton'' of images flashing by in the comic stores and I know there were other kaiju around, so there's probably a Gamera I have not yet been able to spot somewhere.)''<br />
<br />
''(I loved [[:Image:ComicBookGuyNoMore.jpg|Comic Book Guy's parody]] of the iconic [http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/SpiderMan_NoMore.html Spider-Man No More] cover when he goes out of business.)''<br />
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====19x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_on_the_Daughter Smoke on the Daughter]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x15-Smoke_on_the_Daughter.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
Lisa, as Angelica Button (a parody of Harry Potter), wears a tortoise-shell barrette. (There's also a kid with a Harry Potter scar in the crowd.)<br />
<br />
:'''Comic Book Guy''': Nice Angelica Button costume Lisa. Althoooouuuugh... the Griffin on your coat of arms is facing left, not right. And FYI, Angelica wears ''TWO'' '''tortoise-shell barrettes'''. Nice try though.<br />
:'''Lisa''': I based my costume on the ''BOOKS'' not the movies.<br />
:'''Crowd''': [laughs at CBG]<br />
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====19x18====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Any_Given_Sundance Any Given Sundance]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x18-Any_Given_Sundance.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
While filming a video project for school, Lisa films a turtle and then Barney 'turning turtle'.<br />
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====20x20====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Great_Women_and_a_Manicure Four Great Women and a Manicure]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-20x20-Four_Great_Women_and_a_Manicure.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
After a season that's been a bit dry on turtle references, some catch up is necessary. This episode actually has '''THREE''' turtles in it! <br />
<br />
The first shows up during the Snow White segment. Lisa uses her animal wiles to convince a turtle to climb into the soup pot. <br />
<br />
During Maggie's story, there are two drawings of turtles on the nursery wall. (I love this segment. I'm not necessarily a big Ayn Rand fan, but I ''do'' like ''The Fountainhead'' -- I like architecture and self-reliance.)<br />
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====21x01====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_the_Whopper Homer the Whopper]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-21x01-Homer_the_Whopper.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
Homer gets a part in a movie and gets a personal trainer. Partway through the film the trainer leaves and Homer returns to his normal self.<br />
<br />
:'''Homer''': Who did you leave me for? [...]<br />
:'''Lyle McCarthy''': OK, it was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_(Entourage) '''Turtle''', from Entourage].<br />
<br />
''Turtle is also referenced in [[#19x02|The Homer of Seville]]''<br />
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====22x06====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fool_Monty The Fool Monty]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-22x06-The_Fool_Monty.png|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
Mr Burns gets some bad news that he will die soon. Smithers finds him at the top of a cliff.<br />
<br />
:'''Smithers''': Sir! What are you doing?<br />
:'''Burns''': Smithers, I want to die quietly, on my own terms, crushing as many of those baby sea turtles as I possibly can. Goodbye insufficiently cruel world!<br />
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====22x11====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaming_Moe Flaming Moe]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-22x11-Flaming Moe-Sheldon.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Mr. Burns writes a will naming his pet tortoise, Sheldon, as a beneficiary.<br />
:'''''Burns voiceover''': I, C. Montgomery Burns, hereby divide my estate in equal shares to: The Yale University Department of Applied Evil, Gary from Gary's Trapdoor Installation and Repair, and finally my faithful and constant companion...''<br />
:'''Smithers''': Your tortoise?!?!<br />
:'''Burns''': Yes, it always saddens me that you and Sheldon have never gotten along.<br />
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====23x17====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Them,_Robot Them, Robot]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-23x17-Them,_Robot.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Mr Burns replaces the nuclear plant's workers with robots. When things go awry, Bart uses the head of one for a turtle tank.<br />
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====24x06====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tree_Grows_in_Springfield A Tree Grows in Springfield]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-24x06-A_Tree_Grows_in_Springfield.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer dreams about playing baseball and accidentally breaks the sky, letting in the sea, including one turtle swimming over the field.<br />
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====24x12====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_is_a_Many-Splintered_Thing Love is a Many-Splintered Thing]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-24x12-Love_is_a_Many-Splintered_Thing.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
One of the performers uses a turtle shell as an instrument<br />
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====24x17====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Animated_Women_Want What Animated Women Want]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-24x17-What_Animated_Women_Want.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
:'''Voice-over''': When all is lost, a man's mind turns to one thing, and one thing only<br />
:'''Chef''': What fish may I deplete from our oceans for your passing pleasure? Perhaps some Shark Fin Soup? Whale Tonsils? Baby Dolphin Blow-Hole? Turtle Smile?<br />
:'''Homer''': I'd like a lot of food, and for this to be the last decision I have to make.<br />
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====25x02====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XXIV Treehouse of Horror XXIV] (Oh, the Places You'll D'Oh)<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-25x02-Treehouse_of_Horror_XXIV.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
The Fat in the Hat knocks over a Yertle the Turtle-esque turtle tower.<br />
<br />
Yertle the Turtle also shows up in [[Turtles_on_The_Simpsons#09x17|09x17 Lisa the Simpson]]<br />
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*I have a Simpsons figure of Maggie on the back of a turtle<br />
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|'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_simpsons_game The Simpsons Game]'''<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-The_Simpsons_Game.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-The_Simpsons_Game2.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
In The Simpsons Game, Professor Frink stays behind to marry a Koopa Troopa.<br />
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Also, level 4 has a Frogger parody with giant turtles.<br />
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|'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_movie The Simpsons Movie]'''<br />
|The Turtles are played [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2012886/#soundtrack in the movie]. (Happy Together)<br />
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====16x17====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heartbroke_Kid The Heartbroke Kid]<br />
|NOT a reference<br />
Bart was watching itchy and scratchy. and there was an explosion in itchy and scratchy. for a brief second you could see something that looks like a DEAD TURTLE hurled across the screen. It's just a hat from one of the bystanders.<br />
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<div>The following is a list of publications by Thomas W Elmer II, in reverse order by date.<br />
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==Papers==<br />
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===Compressive sampling in passive millimeter wave imaging===<br />
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[[Image:pub_PMMWIS_compressive_TN.jpg|thumb|right|Compressively sampled image of a circle with a bar across it. (Inset: Simulation)]]<br />
*'''Type:''' Full Length Conf. Paper<br />
*'''Date Cleared:''' 11/10/2010<br />
*'''Authors:''' N. Gopalsami, T. Elmer, S. Liao, R. Ahern, A. Heifetz, A. C. Raptis, M. Luessi and A. Katsaggelos<br />
*'''Conference:''' [http://spie.org/app/program/index.cfm?fuseaction=conferencedetail&conference_id=935795&event_id=894276&list=1 SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing 2011, Conference DS202: Passive Millimeter Wave Imaging Technology XIV]<br />
*'''Location:''' Orlando World Center Marriott Resort & Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, USA.<br />
*'''Conference Date:''' 2011 Apr 25-29<br />
*'''Affiliations'''<br />
**ANL Divisions: NE<br />
**Non-ANL Affil.: Northwestern Univ.<br />
*'''Keynumbers'''<br />
**ANL Publications #: 68401<br />
*'''Abstract:'''<br />
**''We present a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadamard_transform Hadamard transform] based imaging technique and have implemented it on a single-pixel passive millimeter-wave imager in the 146-154 GHz range. The imaging arrangement uses a set of Hadamard transform masks of size p × q at the image plane of a lens and the transformed image signals are focused and collected by a horn antenna of the imager. The cyclic nature of Hadamard matrix allows the use of a single extended 2-D Hadamard mask of size (2p-1) × (2q-1) to expose a p × q submask for each acquisition by raster scanning the large mask one pixel at a time. A total of N = pq acquisitions can be made with a complete scan. The original p × q image may be reconstructed by a simple matrix operation. Instead of full N acquisitions, we can use a subset of the masks for compressive sensing. In this regard, we have developed a relaxation technique that recovers the full Hadamard measurement space from sub-sampled Hadamard acquisitions. We have reconstructed high fidelity images with 1/9 of the full Hadamard acquisitions, thus reducing the image acquisition time by a factor of 9.''<br />
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**''N. Gopalsami, T. W. Elmer, S. Liao, R. Ahern, A. Heifetz, A. C. Raptis, M. Luessi, D. Babacan and A. K. Katsaggelos, "Compressive sampling in passive millimeter-wave imaging", Proc. SPIE 8022, 80220I (2011); {{DOI|10.1117/12.886998}}. (Purchase published version)<br /><br />Copyright 2011 Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic electronic or print reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.''<br />
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===Microwave Remote Sensing of Ionized Air===<br />
[[Image:pub_IonizedAir.jpg|right|thumb|Measured RCS per square meter in the Ka-band (26.5–40 GHz) for<br />
three cycles when the NIG is on and off. Credits: S. Liao]]<br />
*'''Type:''' Full Length Journal Article<br />
*'''Authors:''' S. Liao*, N. Gopalsami, A. Heifetz, T. Elmer, P. Fiflis, E. R. Koehl, H. T. Chien, and A. C. Raptis<br />
*'''Published In:''' IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters<br />
**Volume: 8<br />
**Issue: [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=5910657 4]<br />
**Pages: 617 - 620 <br />
**Issue Date: Jul. 2011<br />
**DOI: {{DOI|10.1109/LGRS.2010.2098016}}<br />
*'''Abstract:'''<br />
**''We present observations of microwave scattering from ambient room air ionized with a negative ion generator. The frequency dependence of the radar cross section of ionized air was measured from 26.5 to 40 GHz (Ka-band) in a bistatic mode with an Agilent PNA-X series (model N5245A) vector network analyzer. A detailed calibration scheme is provided to minimize the effect of the stray background field and system frequency response on the target reflection. The feasibility of detecting the microwave reflection from ionized air portends many potential applications such as remote sensing of atmospheric ionization and remote detection of radioactive ionization of air.''<br />
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===A Real-time Heart Rate Analysis for a Remote Millimeter Wave I-Q Sensor===<br />
[[Image:pub_LM_Heartbeat.png|right|thumb|600px|Detection of heartbeats. Credits: S. Liao]]<br />
*'''Type:''' Full Length Journal Article<br />
*'''Authors:''' Bakhtiari, S.; Liao, S.; Elmer II, T.; “Sami” Gopalsami , N.; Raptis, A. C.;<br />
*'''Published In:''' IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering<br />
**Volume: 58<br />
**Issue: [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=5768111 6]<br />
**Pages: 1839 - 1845<br />
**Issue Date: Jun. 2011<br />
**DOI: {{DOI|10.1109/TBME.2011.2122335}}<br />
*'''Abstract:'''<br />
**''This article analyzes Heart Rate (HR) information from physiological tracings collected with a remote millimeter wave (mmW) I-Q sensor for biometric monitoring applications. A parameter optimization method based on the nonlinear Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) algorithm is used. The mmW sensor works at 94 GHz and can detect the vital signs of a human subject from a few to tens of meters away. The reflected mmW signal is typically affected by respiration, body movement, background noise and electronic system noise. Processing of the mmW radar signal is thus necessary to obtain the true HR. The down-converted received signal in this case consists of both the real part (I-branch) and the imaginary part (Q-branch), which can be considered as the cosine and sine of the received phase of HR signal. Instead of fitting the converted phase angle signal, the method directly fits the real and imaginary parts of the HR signal, which circumvents the need for phase unwrapping. This is particularly useful when the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is low. Also the method identifies both beat-to-beat HR and individual heartbeat magnitude, which is valuable for some medical diagnosis applications. The mean HR here is compared to that obtained using the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT).''<br />
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**[http://tometheus.com/science/papers/201106_IEEE%20TBME_A%20Real-time%20Heart%20Rate%20Analysis%20for%20a%20Remote%20Millimeter%20Wave%20I-Q%20Sensor.pdf download article]<br />
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===Remote Sensing of Heart Rate and Patterns of Respiration Using 94 GHz Millimeter Wave Interferometry===<br />
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*'''Type:''' Full Length Journal Article<br />
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*'''Authors:''' Mikhelson, I. V.;Bakhtiari, S.;Elmer, II, T. W.;Sahakian, A. V.<br />
*'''Submitted To:''' IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering<br />
*'''Published In:''' IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering<br />
**Volume: 58<br />
**Issue: [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=5768111 6]<br />
**Pages: 1671 - 1677<br />
**Issue Date: Jun. 2011<br />
**DOI: {{DOI|10.1109/TBME.2011.2111371}}<br />
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*'''Abstract'''<br />
**''Using continuous wave, 94 GHz millimeter-wave interferometry, a signal representing chest wall motion can be obtained that contains both the heart rate and respiration patterns of a human subject. These components have to be separated from each other in the received signal. Our method was to use the quadrature and in-phase components of the signal, after removing the mean of each, to find the phase, unwrap it, and convert it to a displacement measurement. Using this, the power spectrum was examined for peaks, which corresponded to the heart rate and respiration rate. The displacement waveform of the chest was also analyzed for discrete heartbeats using a novel wavelet decomposition technique.''<br />
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===Visual Measurement of Suture Strain for Robotic Surgery===<br />
[[Image:pub_suture.jpg|right|thumb|Steps in the marker detection process]]<br />
*'''Type:''' Full Length Journal Article<br />
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*'''Authors:''' John Martell, Thomas Elmer, Nachappa Gopalsami, and Young Soo Park <br />
*'''Published in:''' Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine (formerly Journal of Theoretical Medicine)<br />
**Volume: 2011<br />
**Article ID: 879086<br />
**Accepted: 5 January 2011<br />
**DOI: {{DOI|10.1155/2011/879086}}<br />
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**''Minimally invasive surgical procedures offer advantages of smaller incisions, decreased hospital length of stay, and rapid postoperative recovery to the patient. Surgical robots improve access and visualization intraoperatively and have expanded the indications for minimally invasive procedures. A limitation of the DaVinci surgical robot is a lack of sensory feedback to the operative surgeon. Experienced robotic surgeons use visual interpretation of tissue and suture deformation as a surrogate for tactile feedback. A difficulty encountered during robotic surgery is maintaining adequate suture tension while tying knots or following a running anastomotic suture. Displaying suture strain in real time has potential to decrease the learning curve and improve the performance and safety of robotic surgical procedures. Conventional strain measurement methods involve installation of complex sensors on the robotic instruments. This paper presents a noninvasive video processing-based method to determine strain in surgical sutures. The method accurately calculates strain in suture by processing video from the existing surgical camera, making implementation uncomplicated. The video analysis method was developed and validated using video of suture strain standards on a servohydraulic testing system. The video-based suture strain algorithm is shown capable of measuring suture strains of 0.2% with subpixel resolution and proven reliability under various conditions.''<br />
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**''John Martell, Thomas Elmer, Nachappa Gopalsami, and Young Soo Park, “Visual Measurement of Suture Strain for Robotic Surgery,” Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, vol. 2011, Article ID 879086, 9 pages, 2011. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/879086 doi:10.1155/2011/879086]''<br /><br />''Copyright &copy; 2011 John Martell et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.''<br />
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===Passive millimeter wave imaging and spectroscopy system for terrestrial remote sensing.===<br />
[[Image:pub_PMMWIS.png|thumb|right|Passive mm wave image of a pair of scissors]]<br />
*'''Type:''' Full Length Conf. Paper<br />
*'''Date Cleared:''' 03/04/2010<br />
*'''Authors:''' Gopalsami, N. Liao, S. Elmer, T. W. Koehl, E. R. Heifetz, A. Chien, H. T. Raptis, A. C.<br />
*'''Conference:''' SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing 2010 (DSS 2010) <br />
*'''Location:''' Orlando, FL<br />
*'''Conference Date:''' Apr. 5-9, 2010 <br />
*'''Report No.:''' ANL/NE/CP-66398<br />
*'''Affiliations'''<br />
**ANL Divisions: NE<br />
*'''Keynumbers'''<br />
**ANL Publications #: 66398<br />
*'''Abstract:'''<br />
**''We have built a passive millimeter wave imaging and spectroscopy system with a 15-channel filter bank in the 146-154 GHz band for terrestrial remote sensing. We had built the spectroscopy system first and have now retrofitted an imaging element to it as a single pixel imager. The imaging element consisted of a 15-cm-diameter imaging lens fed to a corrugated scalar horn. Image acquisition is carried out by scanning the lens with a 2-axis translation stage. A LabVIEW-based software program integrates the imaging and spectroscopy systems with online display of spectroscopic information while the system scans each pixel position. The software also allows for integrating the image intensity of all 15 channels to increase the signal-to-noise ratio by a factor of ~4 relative to single channel image. The integrated imaging and spectroscopy system produces essentially 4-D data in which spatial data are along 2 dimensions, spectral data are in the 3rd dimension, and time is the 4th dimension. The system performance was tested by collecting imaging and spectral data with a 7.5-cm-diameter and 1m long gas cell in which test chemicals were introduced against a liquid nitrogen background.''<br />
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**''Nachappa Gopalsami, Shaolin Liao, Eugene R. Koehl, Thomas W. Elmer, Alexander Heifetz, Hual-Te Chien, Apostolos C. Raptis, "Passive Millimeter Wave Imaging and Spectroscopy System for Terrestrial Remote Sensing," Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Technology XIII, David A. Wikner, Arttu R. Luukanen, Editors, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 7670, 767003 (2010).<br /><br />Copyright 2009 Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic electronic or print reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.<br /><br />[http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.850123 http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.850123] (Purchase published version)''<br />
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===Data Analysis Algorithms for Flaw Sizing Based on Eddy Current Rotating Probe Examination of Steam Generator Tubes.===<br />
[[Image:pub_FlawSizing.jpg|thumb|right|Representative graphics]]<br />
*'''Type:''' Full Length Conf. Paper<br />
*'''Date Cleared:''' 10/14/2009, 06/18/2009 (abstract)<br />
*'''Authors:''' Bakhtiari, S.;Elmer, T. W.<br />
*'''Conference:''' [http://cns-snc-new.ca/events/5/6th-cns-international-steam-generator-conference/ 6th Canadian Nuclear Society International Steam Generator Conference] ([http://cns-snc-new.ca/media/event_media/SGC_Advance_Program_30_Oct_09.pdf program])<br />
*'''Location:''' Toronto, Ontario, Canada<br />
*'''Conference Date:''' Nov. 8, 2009 - Nov. 11, 2009<br />
**Presented: Paper 5.13, Wed, Nov 11, 15:05<br />
*'''Report No.:''' ANL/NE/CP-65290<br />
*'''Affiliations'''<br />
**ANL Divisions: NE<br />
*'''Keynumbers'''<br />
**ANL Publications #: 65290, 64504 (abstract)<br />
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**[http://tometheus.com/science/papers/20091108_6%20CNS%20SG%20Conf_Bakhtiari_Data%20Analysis%20Algorithms%20for%20Flaw%20Sizing%20Based%20on%20Eddy%20Current%20Rotating%20Probe%20Examination%20of%20Steam%20Generator%20Tubes.pdf download article]<br />
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===Millimeter wave sensor for far-field standoff vibrometry.===<br />
[[Image:Vibro Setup alternate.png|thumb|right|Vibrometer setup]]<br />
*'''Type:''' Full Length Conf. Paper<br />
*'''Date Cleared:''' 09/05/2008, 05/12/2008 (abstract)<br />
*'''Authors:''' Bakhtiari, S.;Gopalsami, N.;Elmer, T. W.;Raptis, A. C.<br />
*'''Conference:''' [http://tometheus.com/science/papers/QNDE2008_Conference_Proceedings.pdf 35th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE 2008)]<br />
*'''Location:''' Chicago, IL<br />
*'''Conference Date:''' Jul. 20, 2008 - Jul. 25, 2008<br />
*'''Report No.:''' ANL/NE/CP-62458<br />
*'''Affiliations'''<br />
**ANL Divisions: NE<br />
*'''Keynumbers'''<br />
**ANL Publications #: 62458, 61637 (abstract)<br />
**Associated Project Reference #: 2007-113-R1, 03887-00 (abstract)<br />
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**DOI: {{DOI|10.1063/1.3114155}}<br />
**[http://tometheus.com/science/papers/200903_AIP_Millimeter_wave_sensor_for_far-field_standoff_vibrometry.pdf download article]<br />
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===Surface Plasmon THz Resonators for Security Applications===<br />
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*'''Type:''' Full Length Conf. Paper<br />
*'''Date Cleared:''' <br />
*'''Authors:''' Gopalsami, N; Chien, HT; Elmer, T II; Bakhtiari, S; and Raptis, AC<br />
*'''Conference:''' [http://tometheus.com/science/papers/QNDE2008_Conference_Proceedings.pdf 35th Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation (QNDE 2008)]<br />
*'''Location:''' Chicago, IL<br />
*'''Conference Date:''' Jul. 20, 2008 - Jul. 25, 2008<br />
*'''Report No.:''' <br />
*'''Affiliations'''<br />
**ANL Divisions: NE<br />
*'''Keynumbers'''<br />
**ANL Publications #: <br />
**Associated Project Reference #: <br />
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**''Copyright 2009 [http://www.aip.org American Institute of Physics]. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.''<br />
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**DOI: {{DOI|10.1063/1.3114276}}<br />
**[http://tometheus.com/science/papers/200903_AIP_SURFACE_PLASMON_THZ_RESONATORS_FOR_SECURITY_APPLICATIONS.pdf download article]<br />
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===Development of flaw sizing algorithms for eddy current rotating probes.===<br />
<br />
*'''Type:''' Abstract Conf. Paper<br />
*'''Date Cleared:''' 04/22/2008<br />
*'''Authors:''' Bakhtiari, S.;Elmer, T. W.<br />
*'''Conference:''' EPRI 27th Steam Generator NDE Workshop<br />
*'''Location:''' Palm Desert, CA<br />
*'''Conference Date:''' Jul. 21, 2008 - Jul. 23, 2008<br />
*'''Affiliations'''<br />
**ANL Divisions: NE<br />
*'''Keynumbers'''<br />
**ANL Publications #: 61543<br />
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===Application of millimeter-wave radiometry for remote chemical detection.===<br />
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*'''Type:''' Full Length Journal Article<br />
*'''Date Cleared:''' 08/09/2007<br />
*'''Authors:''' Gopalsami, N.;Bakhtiari, S.;Elmer, T. W.;Raptis, A. C.<br />
*'''Submitted To:''' IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory Tech.<br />
*'''Published In:''' IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory Tech.<br />
**Volume: 56<br />
**Issue: 3<br />
**Pages: 700-709<br />
**Issue Date: Mar. 2008<br />
*'''Affiliations'''<br />
**ANL Divisions: NE<br />
*'''Keynumbers'''<br />
**ANL Publications #: 59825<br />
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**DOI: {{DOI|10.1109/TMTT.2008.916985}}<br />
**[http://tometheus.com/science/papers/200803_IEEETransMTT_ApplicationOfMillimeter-waveRadiometryForRemoteChemicalDetection_combined.pdf download article]<br />
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**"[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4682631&isnumber=4696624&type=ref Microwave Photonic Noise Source From Microwave to Sub-Terahertz Wave Bands and Its Applications to Noise Characterization]". Ho-Jin Song; Shimizu, N; Kukutsu, N; Nagatsuma, T; Kado, Y. ''IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques''. Volume: 56, Issue: 12, Part 1. Pp 2989-2997.<br />
**"[http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fursi-test.intec.ugent.be%2Ffiles%2FURSIGA08%2Fpapers%2FD07p3.pdf&ei=S8NGSpCsI4nQM5_kwZYB&usg=AFQjCNHPO87J9yBiXH0DTG7lm-1tuUAB8g Novel Terahertz Sources and Applications to Security]". S. G. Biedron, et al.<br />
**"[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=05233756 Passive Millimeter-Wave Microscopy]". Nozokido, T.; Noto, M.; Murai, T. ''Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE''. Volume: 19, Issue: 10. Pp 638-640<br />
**"[http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=RSINAK000080000008084702000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes Millimeter wave detection of nuclear radiation: An alternative detection mechanism]". N. Gopalsami, H. T. Chien, A. Heifetz, E. R. Koehl, and A. C. Raptis. ''Rev. Sci. Instrum.'' Volume: 80, Issue: 8. <br />
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===Passive millimeter wave sensor for remote chemical detection.===<br />
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*'''Type:''' Full Length Public Comm. (Award Entry)<br />
*'''Date Cleared:''' 03/13/2007<br />
*'''Authors:''' Gopalsami, N.;Bakhitari, S.;Raptis, A.;Elmer, T.<br />
*'''Submitted To:''' R&D Magazine (R&D100 Awards)<br />
**DVD to accompany entry<br />
*'''Affiliations'''<br />
**ANL Divisions: NE;OTT;TSD<br />
*'''Keynumbers'''<br />
**ANL Publications #: 58677<br />
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===A millimeter-wave radiometer for terrestrial remote sensing of chemical plumes.===<br />
<br />
*'''Type:''' Full Length Conf. Paper<br />
*'''Date Cleared:''' 11/30/2006, 04/12/2007<br />
*'''Authors:''' Bakhtiari, S.;Gopalsami, N.;Elmer, T.;Raptis, A. C.<br />
*'''Conference:''' 3rd International Conference on Electromagnetic Near-Field Characterization and Imaging (ICONIC 2007)<br />
*'''Location:''' St. Louis, MO<br />
*'''Conference Date:''' Jun. 27, 2007 - Jun. 29, 2007<br />
*'''Report No.:''' ANL/NE/CP-57949, ANL/NE/CP-58996<br />
*'''Affiliations'''<br />
**ANL Divisions: NE<br />
*'''Keynumbers'''<br />
**ANL Publications #: 57949, 58996<br />
*'''Misc:''' Used as the source for the magazine article [[#Covert Plant Detection]]<br />
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===Remote detection of chemicals with passive millimeter waves.===<br />
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*'''Type:''' Full Length Conf. Paper<br />
*'''Date Cleared:''' 09/25/2006, 04/07/2006 (abstract)<br />
*'''Authors:''' Gopalsami, N.;Bakhtiari, S.;Elmer, T.;Raptis, A. C.<br />
*'''Conference Sponsor:''' DOE<br />
*'''Conference:''' SPIE Conference on Chemical and Biological Sensors for Industrial and Environmental Monitoring ([http://spie.org/Documents/ConferencesExhibitions/oe06-final.pdf program], [http://spie.org/Documents/ConferencesExhibitions/Optics-East-abstracts-2006.pdf abstracts])<br />
*'''Location:''' Boston, MA<br />
*'''Conference Date:''' Oct. 3, 2006 - Oct. 4, 2006<br />
*'''Report No.:''' ANL/NE/CP-119279<br />
*'''Affiliations'''<br />
**ANL Divisions: ET<br />
*'''Keynumbers'''<br />
**ANL Publications #: 57409, 56082 (abstract)<br />
**Other ID #s: 119279<br />
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**''N. Gopalsami*, S. Bakhtiari, T. W. Elmer, and A. C. Raptis, "Remote Detection of Chemicals with Passive Millimeter Waves," Chemical and Biological Sensors for Industrial and Environmental Monitoring II, Steven D. Christesen, Arthur J. Sedlacek III, James B. Gillespie, Kenneth J. Ewing, Editors, PProc. of SPIE Vol. 6378, 63781A, (2006).<br /><br />Copyright 2009 Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic electronic or print reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.<br /><br />[http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.690212 http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.690212] (Purchase published version)''<br />
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===A computer-aided analysis tool for flaw sizing based on eddy current inspection data.===<br />
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*'''Type:''' Full Length Other<br />
*'''Date Cleared:''' 07/07/2005, 04/01/2005 (abstract)<br />
*'''Authors:''' Bakhtiari, S.;Kupperman, D. S.;Elmer, T. W.<br />
*'''Conference Sponsor:''' EPRI/NRC<br />
*'''Conference:''' 24th Annual EPRI Steam Generator NDE Workshop<br />
*'''Location:''' San Diego, CA<br />
*'''Conference Date:''' Jul. 11, 2005 - Jul. 13, 2005<br />
*'''Affiliations'''<br />
**ANL Divisions: ET<br />
*'''Keynumbers'''<br />
**ANL Publications #: 53859, 53004 (abstract)<br />
**Other ID #s: 116561, 115802 (abstract)<br />
*'''Abstract'''<br />
**''Progress to date is reported on the development of a computer-aided data analysis tool for sizing of potential flaws in steam generator tubes based on eddy-current inspection data. This work was carried out at Argonne National Laboratory as part of the activities under the Iinternational Steam Generator Tube Integrity Program, which is sponsored by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. A MATLAB-based graphical user interface (GUI) and the associated software have been implemented for off-line manipulation of eddy-current inspection data collected with standard test instruments and acquisition software. Both one- and two-dimensional data may be analyzed once they are converted into proper format. Data segments can be superimposed for simulating first-order interaction of signals with nearby artifacts and noise. Various routines developed earlier at Argonne for the processing of rotating pancake coil data have been incorporated into the software. Additional routines have also been developed to allow processing of data from other probes that are used for field inspections. The initial focus of this work is on automatic sizing of flaws using +Point&trade; data. The ultimate goal is to be able to compare the estimates of flaw size based on data from different probes. The GUI provides a convenient tool for the evaluation of user-developed algorithms. New scripts can be linked and executed using the interface dialogue box. The results may be examined at any stage of the process by using the available measurement and visualization options. ''<br />
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===Microwave dielectric spectroscopy of gases.===<br />
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*'''Type:''' Full Length Conf. Paper<br />
*'''Date Cleared:''' 06/28/2000<br />
*'''Authors:''' Elmer, T. W.;Gopalsami, N.<br />
*'''Conference Sponsor:''' Mid-American Chinese American Professionals Association;FNAL;Motorola Inc.;DePaul Univ.;Lucent Tech.<br />
*'''Conference:''' [http://macapa.elitegen.com/icast/ICAST2000/Index.html 16th International Conference on Advanced Science and Technology 2000 (ICAST 2000)] ([http://macapa.elitegen.com/icast/ICAST2000/Final%252520Program.doc program])<br />
*'''Location:''' Batavia, IL<br />
*'''Conference Date:''' Jun. 3, 2000<br />
*'''Proceedings Title:''' Proc.<br />
*'''Proceedings Citation:''' edited by J.-C. Chern,pp. 55-58<br />
*'''Proceedings Date:''' 2000<br />
*'''Report No.:''' ANL/ET/CP-102208<br />
*'''Affiliations'''<br />
**ANL Divisions: ET<br />
*'''Keynumbers'''<br />
**ANL Publications #: 36438<br />
**Other ID #s: 102208, P45289<br />
*'''Citations:'''<br />
**"[http://www.containment.fsu.edu/cd/content/pdf/168.pdf Radiofrequency Sensor Network for Monitoring Containment Integrity]". Gopalsami, N; Woodford, John. ''[http://www.containment.fsu.edu/cd/content/index.htm 2001 International Containment & Remediation Technology Conference and Exhibition]''.<br />
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===Analysis of Cerrobend Activation Produced by a 250-MeV Medical Proton Accelerator===<br />
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*'''Type:''' Full Length Conf. Paper<br />
*'''Date:''' 1997<br />
*'''Authors:''' I. Rouse, M. Martz, C. Glisson, J. Siebers, T. Elmer, II<br />
*'''Conference''': [http://hps.org/meetings/midyear/ 30th Midyear Meeting: "Health Physics of Radiation-Generating Machines"]<br />
*'''Sponsor:''' Health Physics Society<br />
*'''Location:''' San Jose, CA<br />
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==Other==<br />
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===Application of computerized data screening to automated analysis of bobbin probe inspection data from SG mock-up.===<br />
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*'''Type:''' Conf. Presentation<br />
*'''Date Cleared:''' 04/19/2010 (Abstract)<br />
*'''Authors:''' Bakhtiari, S. Elmer, T. W. Shack, W. J.<br />
*'''Conference:''' EPRI 29th Annual Steam Generator Workshop<br />
*'''Location:''' Vail, CO<br />
*'''Conference Date:''' Jul. 12, 2010 - Jul. 13, 2010<br />
*'''Affiliations'''<br />
**ANL Divisions: NE<br />
*'''Keynumbers'''<br />
**ANL Publications #: 66605<br />
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===Covert Plant Detection===<br />
[[Image:200711_NEI.jpg|thumb|right|Article in [http://www.neimagazine.com/ Nuclear Engineering International]]]<br />
*'''Type:''' Magazine Article<br />
*'''Magazine:''' Nuclear Engineering International<br />
*'''Issue:''' November 2007<br />
*'''Pages:''' 18-19<br />
*'''Based on:''' [[#A millimeter-wave radiometer for terrestrial remote sensing of chemical plumes.]]<br />
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===Millimeter-wave radar sensing of airborne chemicals.===<br />
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*'''Type:''' Full Length Journal Article<br />
*'''Date Cleared:''' 07/30/2099<br />
*'''Authors:''' Gopalsami, N.;Raptis, A. C.<br />
**(T Elmer III [sic] is listed in the Acknowledgment section, since I created the plots for the paper.)<br />
*'''Submitted To:''' IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech.<br />
*'''Published In:''' IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech.<br />
**Volume: 49<br />
**Issue: 4<br />
**Pages: 646-53<br />
**Issue Date: Apr. 2001<br />
**DOI: 10.1109/22.915438<br />
*'''Affiliations'''<br />
**ANL Divisions: ET<br />
*'''Keynumbers'''<br />
**ANL Publications #: 33492<br />
**Other ID #s: 099679, P45245<br />
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==Citations==<br />
*http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4019773<br />
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===Compact Millimeter Wave Sensor for Remote Monitoring of Vital Signs ===<br />
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*'''Submitted To:''' IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement<br />
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===Development of Ultrasonic Waveguide Techniques for Under-Sodium Viewing===<br />
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*'''Prepared for:''' IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control<br />
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===Compressive Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging===<br />
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*'''Authors:''' Sevket Derin Babacan, Martin Luessi, Leonidas Spinoulas, Aggelos K. Katsaggelos, Nachappa Gopalsami, Thomas Elmer, Ryan Ahern, Shaolin Liao, Apostolos Raptis<br />
*'''Prepared for:''' [http://www.icip2011.com/ 2011 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP)]<br />
*'''Status:''' Accepted as poster<br />
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**''In this paper, we present a new passive millimeter-wave (PMMW) imaging system designed using compressive sensing principles. We employ randomly encoded masks at the focal plane of the PMMW imager to acquire incoherent measurements of the imaged scene. We develop a Bayesian reconstruction algorithm to estimate the original image from these measurements, where the sparsity inherent to typical PMMW images is efficiently exploited. Comparisons with other existing reconstruction methods show that the proposed reconstruction algorithm provides higher quality image estimates. Finally, we demonstrate with simulations using real PMMW images that the imaging duration can be dramatically reduced by acquiring only a few measurements compared to the size of the image.''<br />
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===Standoff Through-the-Wall Sensing at Ka Band===<br />
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*'''Authors:''' S. Liao*, T. Elmer, S. Bakhtiari, N. Gopalsami, N. Cox, J. Wiencek, and A. C. Raptis<br />
*'''Submitted To:''' Journal of Materials Evaluation<br />
*'''Status:''' submitted<br />
*'''Abstract'''<br />
**''Conventional microwave remote sensing/imaging of through-the-wall objects made of different materials is usually performed at frequencies below 3 GHz that provide relatively low spatial resolution. In this paper, we evaluate the ability and sensitivity of high-frequency microwave or millimeter wave standoff sensing of through-the-wall objects to achieve high spatial resolution. The target under study is a sandwich structure consisting of different object materials placed between two wall blocks. An Agilent® PNA-X series (model N5245A) vector network analyzer is used to sweep over the entire Ka-band (26.5 GHz to 40 GHz). The beam is then directed to a standard rectangular horn antenna and collimated by a 6-inch-diameter Gaussian lens towards the sandwich structure (wall block/object/wall block). The reflected electromagnetic wave is picked up by the same system as the complex S-parameter S11. Both amplitude and phase of the reflected signal are used to recognize different materials sandwiched between the cement blocks. The experimental results are compared with the theoretical calculations, which show satisfactory agreement for the cases evaluated in this work.''<br />
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===Compressive sampling in active and passive millimeter-wave imaging===<br />
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*'''Type:''' Full Length Conference Paper<br />
*'''Authors:''' S. Liao, T. Elmer, N. Gopalsami, A. Heifetz, and A. C. Raptis<br />
*'''Submitted To:''' International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and THz waves, IRMMW-THz 2011, Houston, TX, October 2-7, 2011.<br />
*'''Status:''' abstract submitted, paper under preparation<br />
*'''Abstract'''<br />
**''We have developed an efficient compressive sampling (CS) scheme for fast, high-fidelity millimeter wave (MMW) imaging. It is based on the use of Hadamard transform masks coupled to a single-pixel MMW imager. We have implemented it in both active and passive imaging modes. The active MMW imager works at 94 GHz and the passive mmW system is a Dicke-switched 16-channel radiometer from 146 GHz to 154 GHz with 500 MHz bandwidth per channel. In our CS implementation, we used an extended, twin-prime based, cyclic Hadamard mask made of chrome coating on a quartz plate. Hadamard data may be acquired by scanning with a 2-axis translation stage by two ways: progressive scanning or random scanning. Image reconstruction from a full set of Hadamard samples is a straightforward S matrix operation. To reconstruct from a subset of Hadamard acquisitions, we have devised a relaxation method that iteratively fills up the Hadamard space and then uses the regular S matrix operation for image reconstruction. We have reconstructed high fidelity images with only 1/9 of the full set of Hadamard acquisitions in both active and passive modes. The efficacy of compressive sampling is evaluated and compared for the active and passive cases from the standpoint of signal to noise ratio, normalized mean squared error, and percent of full samples.''<br />
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Image:2004-12-27_03_Crane sculpture_final.jpg|2004-12-27<br />Crane sculpture<br />
Image:2004-12-30@07-32 Christmas Tree composite.jpg|2004-12-30<br />Our tree<br />
Image:2004-12-30@21-53-02_Kathy+Tom - lobby_framed.jpg|2004-12-30<br />Holiday portrait<br />
Image:2004-12-31@00-40_Denver Union Station.jpg|2004-12-31<br />Denver Union Station<br />
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==[[RanTom Thoughts/20070411 Global Warming|Global Warming]]==<br />
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===Spring, frozen in its tracks===<br />
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[[Image:2007-04-11@13-34_Spring, frozen in its tracks.jpg|thumb|right|You can tell it's been a constant wind by how the trees are covered on one side.]]<br />
[[Image:2007-04-11@13-53_Spring, frozen in its tracks.jpg|thumb|right|Stream in spring... er winter.]]<br />
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Winter has decided that Spring was being presumptuous.<br />
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There are some days when you step out your door and the wind striking ice crystals against your jacket sounds like Rice Crispies on speed. On days like that you really want to forgo the rest of the day and just turn around, go back inside, curl up next to the <insert heat source here> and just read a book. Today is one of those days.<br />
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Since moving to the Chicago area, I have come to learn that my two least favorite phrases in the English language are the following:<br />
*Freezing Rain<br />
*Wet Snow<br />
''Snow'' is supposed to be "freezing" and ''rain'' is supposed to be "wet", not the other way around! Alas, today was of the 'wet snow' variety.<br />
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:''In todays news: Illinois has decided it wants nothing to do with this "Global Warming" business and has become a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_state_vs._blue_state_divide Red State]. In a show of solidarity with their new Conservative Overlords, lawmakers have repealed spring and sent IL straight back into winter in hopes that this will balance out the warming elsewhere.''<br />
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Whoever is holding Spring hostage, we'll pay the full ransom! Just return it to us safely is all we ask!<br />
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[[Talk:RanTom Thoughts/20070411 Global Warming|Discuss]]: tell me which picture should go in my permanent [[:Category:Galleries|gallery]]. (I like the two below, but I can't decide which, if any should go in the gallery.)<br />
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{{clear}}<br />
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===Global Warming===<br />
[[Image:2007-04-11@13-48_Spring, frozen in its tracks.jpg|thumb|right]]<br />
[[Image:2007-04-11@13-51_Spring, frozen in its tracks.jpg|thumb|right]]</noinclude><br />
Now for the rant part. (And so it begins)<br />
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I'm really tired of Hollywood over-pimping the whole Green Agenda. [edit: I'm specifically addressing Global Warming in this article, not the whole "Green Agenda". Perhaps some day in the future I'll comment on a couple of other issues.] <noinclude>The Oscars this year were just a sickeningly sweet love-fest for ''An Unpleasant Truth''. Only in Southern California can anyone have the audacity to think weathermen can actually predict the weather past a couple of days :D. Didn't we learn anything from Chaos Theory? Whenever I hear politicians and actors spouting something about science that they've been told to spout by other actors and politicians, it just reminds me how much I'm surrounded by Sheeple.<br />
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That said, I do believe in Global Warming. At least I ''hope'' we have global warming, because our planet is doomed to iceball status eventually, as our internal heat source decays. (Then Sol will go Red Giant on us and we will get ''really'' toasty.) However, we are still at the end of an ''ice age'' here people. The planet is scheduled for a warm-up! Just look at the history of the planet and you'll see that it's been much warmer in the past. It's only human hubris that makes us think that the weather should be what it currently is. Mama Dirt is going to have her way eventually.<br />
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Now, I believe we should reduce emissions for the sake of not "fouling the nest". But this whole insane Green Panic because the Earth's temperature seems to be going up is ridiculous. As Ian Malcolm says in Jurassic Park, Life will find a way. Life survived much hotter temperatures before we were here. It has survived much colder. Planetary temperatures aren't that big of a deal for Life. (Within a certain range of course, but that range is much broader than the Green Police would like us to believe.) However, if we aren't going to control our population growth, we'd better start controlling our emissions now before we poison ''ourselves'' out of existence.<br />
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[[Talk:RanTom Thoughts/20070411 Global Warming|Discuss]]: tell me how wrong I am, how I should learn about climatology, etc.</noinclude><br />
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*What we should ''really'' be worried about is [http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s3i22135 continental drift]! --[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 19:42, 20 July 2007 (CDT)<br />
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Tell me which image should go into my permanent [[:Category:Galleries|Gallery]], if any. I like the last two bud + snow pictures, but I can't decide which I like better. Help me out here! (OK, you can give me your thoughts on GW too and tell me how wrong I am, etc, etc, but please be polite :D) --[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 10:27, 11 April 2007 (CDT)<br />
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===Gallery selection===<br />
I personally am leaning towards the last image when it's at full scale --[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 11:47, 11 April 2007 (CDT)<br />
:1 vote for image #2 (stream in spring/winter)<br />
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===Global Warming===<br />
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{{:Talk:RanTom Thoughts/20070411 Global Warming/Addendum}}<br />
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==Misc. Links of Interest==<br />
*;[http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/monckton/goreerrors.html 35 Inconvenient Truths]:NOTE, this is disputing Al Gore's version of Global Warming itself, which is interesting, but again, not my point in the Rant. My point was that while the climate may be warming, it doesn't mean the destruction of life itself as the fearmongers would have us believe. (Life got it's great diversity ''during'' previous warm cycles on the planet.) Pollution ''itself'' is what we need to focus on, not just CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Also, the source of this article (SPPI) is clearly biased, but they still have some good points. (To average out with Gore's arguments and cancel each other out :) .)<br />
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*;[http://icecap.us/index.php/go/joes-blog/comments_about_global_warming/ Weather Channel Founder: Global Warming ‘Greatest Scam in History’]</div>
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<div>[[Image:2007-05-26@16-34_Nymph molting.jpg|thumb|right|They're swarming the planet by the '''BILLIONS'''! They've been burrowing unnoticed '''beneath our feet''' for YEARS! It's the '''''Invasion of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brood_XIII Brood XIII]''''' and they only have MATING on their minds. Can humanity survive the invasion?!? Coming soon to a webpage near you.''<br />
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==[[RanTom Thoughts/20070525 Nymph-o-mania!|Brood XIII: Bug-Eyed Nympho Invaders from the Center of the Earth!]]==<br />
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This morning was another one of those magical overcast days like I talked about [[RanTom_Thoughts/20070502_Springaliciousness|last time]]. However, this time, the nymphs I'm seeing aren't mosquitoes, but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada cicadas].<br />
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I've long been fascinated by cicadas. I first experienced an emergence in Oklahoma when I was a kid in first grade, (Brood IV in 1981). It's certainly an interesting survival mechanism they have evolved -- overwhelm your predators all at once and most of you will survive. Also, the absolute predictability of the emergence is astounding each time I experience it. In the past, I was impressed by the predictability of the year and month, now there's even a formula to predict the exact date. <br />
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<noinclude>:''Kritsky, an entomologist, expects cicadas to emerge in the Chicago area on the evening of May 21 and the early morning hours of May 22. He developed his formula by comparing more than 100 years of research on cicada outbreaks and historical weather data. The formula is E = (19.465 - t)/0.5136, where "E" is the emergence start date and "t" is the average April temperatures in Celsius. The formula is keyed to what kind of weather Chicago had last month.'' [http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/384198,6_1_NA14_CICADAS_S1.article]<br />
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Some people complain about the noise, but just imagine it... You've just come through puberty. You've never seen another woman in your entire life. Suddenly, there are billions of them around. However, you've just discovered that you only have a few weeks left to live. "Ok," you think, "This is a great pick-up line! 'Hey baby, I only have a few weeks to live and I've never had sex.'" Unfortunately, you find out that a few ''billion'' other guys are using ''the EXACT SAME LINE''! Then you realize that even if, by some miracle, you did ''not'' die in a few weeks, there wouldn't be any ''women'' left on the planet! You'd be the only surviving adult left on the planet, with a few billion babies to take care of. Wouldn't you start screaming too?<br />
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In the past, I've missed the actual emergence itself, only being able to listen to adults and hunting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exuvia exuvia]. (I happened to be in school in West Virginia during the Oklahoma emergence.) This year I was prepared. (OK, so I was only partially prepared, as I forgot to get batteries for my camera.) When the weather got to the right conditions, and the predictions for the emergence made (when mean soil temperatures exceed 65F), I made sure to be outside that evening. The evening of the 22nd, as I came home from the train, there were on the order of hundreds of them coming out on the sidewalk on my entire trip. The following morning, I counted 20 in a ''single'' sidewalk square. I have been able to observe nymphs coming out of the ground, watch them make the long climb up a tree, watch them molt, chase them around as their wings dry and watch one take it's first attempt at flight. (OK, so the giant monster chasing it around was a pretty strong incentive to try out the new wings. :) ) Unfortunately, my fresh camera batteries were left in the charger at home, so I haven't been able to take pictures as much as I wanted.<br />
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Of course, if you are going to be staring at bugs on trees, you have to be prepared for the sickening *crunch* that's bound to happen whenever you walk in the grass around an established tree at this time. You just try not to move around too much :) (Of course, standing still has its own perils, as one of my neighbors pointed out. If you start resembling a tree too much, be prepared to find giant bugs slowly crawling up your legs.)<br />
<br />
Another interesting aspect is that they serve as sort of living ecological time capsules. As an example, you can tell that 17 years ago there was a very substantial tree on the corner of my block because there was a flood of nymphs that came out and, not finding a tree still standing, they started molting on the sidewalk.<br />
<br />
Anyways, this has been just another in a series of Rambles on ''nymphomania'' (see [[RanTom_Thoughts/20070502_Springaliciousness|the last RanTom Thought]] on the effects of Spring on the heterosexual male.). Stay tuned next time for a dissertation on Nymphs in Greek Mythology. (Or not. You can't prove I said anything! This could have all been written by the family of Honduran spider monkeys renting my brain!)<br />
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''[[Talk:RanTom Thoughts/20070525 Nymph-o-mania!|Discuss!]] Tell me about your own cicada-related experiences.''<br />
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</includeonly>--[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 11:21, 25 May 2007 (CDT)<br />
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<noinclude>{{:Cicada Gallery}}<br />
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===Additional Thoughts===<br />
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* Pah. [http://www.ravinia.org/ Ravinia] has rescheduled their concert series this year to avoid the cicadas. WIMPS! Figure out ways to use the cicada buzz to your advantage! :) As I said in an [[RanTom_Thoughts/20050717 Van Cliburn Classicals!|earlier RanTom Thought]], one of the reasons I like Ravinia is the interplay of the music with the sounds of nature.<br />
*[http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20000624/bob8.asp Interesting article] in Science News from a few years back.<br />
*Added a [[Cicada Gallery]] for pictures. It includes this article, this article includes it... yay infinite loops! (or rather, "yay <nowiki><noinclude></nowiki> markup!")<br />
*Well, the Cicada version of "''Let's Get it On''" has started today. I'll probably be sick of it in a few weeks :) --[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 13:57, 27 May 2007 (CDT)<br />
*Check out this [http://www.comics.com/creators/speedbump/archive/speedbump-20070708.html Speed Bump strip]<br />
*The Onion Radio News: [http://www.theonion.com/content/radio_news/17_year_locusts_cant_believe?utm_source=onion_rss_daily 17-Year Locusts Can't Believe Red Hot Chili Peppers Are Still Around]<br />
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<div>==[[RanTom Thoughts/20071003 The Big Day Fast Approaches|Beware! The Big Day fast approaches!]]==<br />
[[Image:R&D100 Winner.png|thumb|left|100px|Foil Seals we received from R&D Magazine]]<br />
[[Image:20070911-Daily Herald-Smoking Out Terrorism.jpg|thumb|right|Daily Herald article]]<br />
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Just a quick wrap-up: [[RanTom Thoughts/20070704 Red Letter Day|I'm one of the winners]] of an R&D 100 award this year. There has been a ton of [[R&D 100 Press Releases|press about it]]. (The PR department timed our main Argonne press release to coincide with 9/11 since our research was in the anti-terror field.) Sami has been interviewed on the [http://tometheus.com/science/R&D100/20070911_0535_SamiGopalamsi.WMA radio], we have been in the [http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=35361 newspaper] ([http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=36064&src= twice]), and we were the [http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2007/NE070831.html featured article] on the Argonne homepage for two weeks. We have shown up in news from [http://news.cpst.net.cn/2007_09/188911521.html China] to [http://www.iran-daily.com/1386/2919/pdf/i2.pdf Iran], from [http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070807/aqtu240.html?.v=4 Yahoo! News] to [http://www.forbes.com/prnewswire/feeds/prnewswire/2007/08/07/prnewswire200708071716PR_NEWS_B_WES_AQ_AQTU240.html Forbes].<br />
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It's been an exciting ride! :)<br />
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Jana has bought her tickets to come over, and our awards banquet tickets are confirmed. Yesterday I finally picked up my tuxedo, so everything is ready to go! (Except for transportation.) (I even got my Argonne business cards today!)<br />
<br />
Now R&D Magazine has finally put their official list of [http://www.rdmag.com/ShowPR_Print.aspx?PUBCODE=014&ACCT=1400000100&ISSUE=0709&RELTYPE=CVS&PRODCODE=00000000&PRODLETT=A&CompName=R&D 2007 R&D 100 Award Winners] online and the magazine has gone to press. (We're under [http://www.rdmag.com/pdf/rd100/RD79_RD100_enviro.pdf Environmental] -- right across the page from Lego Mindstorms NXT -- how cool is that?)<br />
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15 days and counting down until the dinner at the [http://www.navypier.com/events/event_space/venues.html Grand Ballroom] at [http://www.navypier.com/ Navy Pier] (That's the big green-roofed section at the end of the pier [http://www.navypier.com/np_floor/np_level_1.html].). Now it's time to get really nervous!<br />
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--[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 15:07, 3 October 2007 (CDT)</div>
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</includeonly>Let's see, I could rant about not being able to go to the [http://www.nv.doe.gov/nts/default.htm Nevada Test Site] for my project due to not getting clearance, but I won't. Today's entry isn't going to be a rant at all *gasp*. <noinclude>Because I wasn't able to go to NV this week, I was able to go to a concert I'd really wanted to go to this weekend. So today's [[RanTom Thoughts]] will be about that instead.<br />
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First, some background. When I was a kid, I had [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003EUG/ref=wl_it_dp/103-9215590-1583856 this record] of Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 / Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2 that we found at a thrift store one day. It was my favorite record in our entire collection. I would listen to it over and over and over and over and over and... well, over again :) That record was responsible for my love of Tchaikovsky. One of my goals in life at the time was to hear the pianist in concert. (*HINT* The CD is on my [http://amazon.com/gp/registry/866XSZSD965A wish list] right now for anyone who is still wanting to send a graduation present.)<br />
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Well, after I moved I couldn't remember who the pianist was. (I'm terrible with remembering names.) but I heard another song of his on the radio and instantly recognized his style. I found out it was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Cliburn Van Cliburn], looked it up on the web and yep, that was the record I'd had as a kid. (Apparently a LOT of other people had it too, it was the first classical recording to go Platinum.)</noinclude><br />
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<noinclude>[[Image:2005-07-16@23-10-27_VanCliburn_Lawn_tn.jpg|thumb|right|The Lawn Crowd]]<br />
</noinclude>This weekend at [http://www.ravinia.org/ Ravinia], Van Cliburn was going to be back, 30 years since his last appearance there. Alas, I was going to miss it due to this project in Nevada. However, when my clearance didn't come through, I was finally able to make it. I have to say, it more than made up for the disappointment of not being able to go to the Nevada Test Site.<noinclude> Ravinia has 3 levels of seating. Two for $50/$75 in the covered amphitheater and $10 for the lawn surrounding it. The lawn doesn't have a direct view onto the stage, so you get two types of people coming to Ravinia concerts. Those who wish to see and be seen (monkey suit types) who buy the $75 tickets, and those who go just to hear good live music buy lawn tickets.<br />
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[[Image:2005-07-16@23-17-10_VanCliburn_Picnic.jpg|thumb|left|135px|Having a picnic]]<br />
People out on the lawn bring games, wine, food, candles, etc.. it's like a huge community picnic before the concert starts. Now some of my friends would despise lawn-goers, but personally, I like the experience of the lawn better. It's more 'earthy', which is more my style. This concert had a 4th level of people who paid $600 for the gala dinner afterwards. Way out of my price range, thankyouverymuch.<br />
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[[Image:2005-07-16@23-12-13_VanCliburn_MyView.jpg|thumb|right|My view at the beginning of the concert]]<br />
Part of the Ravinia experience for many lawn-goers is taking the [http://www.metrarail.com/ Metra] to the event. There's a Metra stop right at the gate of the park, with a special Metra train that leaves the station 15 minutes after the concert ends. It's fun being on the train-ride back, with everyone talking about the concert we were all just attending. I arrived 2 hours early so I could grab some lunch / dinner at the park. (The one downside of my evening, a $9 chicken garlic sandwich that was so dry I couldn't swallow it and the bread was hard as a rock.) I found a tree fairly close to the amphitheater and read a book. (''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitals Vitals]'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Bear Greg Bear])<br />
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[[Image:2005-07-17@00-51-19_VanCliburn_Ampitheater.jpg|thumb|left|The Ravinia amphitheater]]<br />
Eventually, the concert started and the first three parts are 'just' the [http://cso.org CSO] playing superbly (although pops-esque stuff). (Schubert's ''Overture to Rosamunde'', Ponchielli's ''Dance of the Hours'', and Rossini's ''William Tell Overture''.) A few early cicadas and other insects were out contributing to the score. (Part of the appeal to outdoor classical concerts to me. I like the confluence of nature and music on a nice summer day.)<br />
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[[Image:2005-07-17@00-50-30_VanCliburn_TheGathering.jpg|thumb|right|The Gathering around the ampitheater]]<br />
At this point, a large portion of the lawn audience started getting up and drifting over to the amphitheater to stand around the outside and look down to the stage. Of course I joined them :D When Van Cliburn came on stage there was a huge round of applause, but it was nothing compared to what would come later.<br />
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I slowly drifted forward along the side and eventually had a better view than 3/4 of the people in the actual seats. (1/2 of them couldn't see his hands and I was about 1/2 way up on the side that could see them.) They played Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16, which has some excellent places to showcase his mastery of the ivory. I'd never seen a video of him playing before, but he played exactly as I'd imagined he would, with the energy and kinetic motion you'd expect from how his recordings sound. I was in heaven, finally seeing the hands that had given me countless hours of enjoyment as a kid. (With an impromptu performance by a car alarm in the middle of the performance.)<br />
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When it ended, the applause was deafening. I think we were all trying to thank him for all of our cumulative hours of musical enjoyment he'd given us over the last 40 years. He did I think 9 curtain calls and 3 encores, finishing up with Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2, to which the audience (even the black suits) burst out in a huge round of applause as soon as we heard the first bars. (I was so happy :D ) I had that stuck in my head the whole 3 hour trip back home :) The concert was everything I expected and more. To think that I could have been in the middle of the desert instead.<br />
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[[Image:2005-07-17@01-12-32_VanCliburn.jpg|thumb|center|662px|Van Cliburn's performance from my final vantage point]]<br />
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==(Another) Two-headed loggerhead turtle named Hope and Faith==<br />
[[Image:Turtles-20080824_SC_2-headed turtle named Hope and Faith.jpg|thumb|right|'''The two-headed turtle was given two names: Hope and Faith'''<br />
([http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/aug/24/headed_turtles_name_just_right51884/ Charleston.net])]]<br />
<small>2008.08.24 - Charleston Post Courier - Charleston, SC, USA</small><br />
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:''A two-headed loggerhead turtle hatchling released to the ocean at Kiawah Island last week didn't leave without a twin name — "Hope and Faith."''<br />
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:''It was named by 9-year-old Grace McKeehan, who found it struggling futilely in the sand.''<br />
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Are two-headed turtles a sign of the Apocalypse?<br />
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[http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/aug/24/headed_turtles_name_just_right51884/ more >>]<br />
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==Two-headed turtle discovered by Indiana eighth-graders==<br />
[[Image:Turtles-20080822_IN_Two-headed turtle discovered by eighth-graders.jpg|thumb|right|'''Two-headed turtle discovered by eighth-graders'''<br />
([http://www.wndu.com/localnews/headlines/27288834.html WNDU])]]<br />
<small>2008.08.22</small><br />
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See the article for a video of Phil-and-Lil.<br />
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:''But that's not all that is strange about this turtle. It also has two tails and four front feet.''<br />
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:''Two eighth-graders at Queen of Peace School have been monitoring a turtle and her eggs all summer. Finally Thursday night some of the eggs hatched.''<br />
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:''That's when they discovered this odd turtle.''<br />
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One thing interesting about this type of conjoined turtle that may be beneficial for its survival is the 4 front feet. In a normal 2-headed turtle with two front feet, the turtle struggles to move anywhere. Since the two heads can't 'communicate' like humans can, it's had to coordinate walking when one brain controls the left side and one brain controls the right side. However, in this case, each brain controls 3 legs apiece. Eventually one of them will probably take physical dominance and be able to go essentially wherever it needs to in search of food, etc.<br />
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[http://www.wndu.com/localnews/headlines/27288834.html more, including video >>]<br />
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==Surgery saves sea turtle==<br />
[[Image:Turtles-20080313-turtle-rescue_248.jpg|thumb|right|Tchompy, the lucky loggerhead.<br />
[http://www.ibnlive.com/news/miracle-surgery-saves-sea-turtle/61077-11.html IBNlive]]]<br />
<small>2008.03.13</small><br />
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:''Yaniv Levy of the Israeli Sea Turtle Rescue Center said Tchompy is approximately 15-years-old, suffered severe injuries to his front fins after being entangled in a fishing net.''<br />
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:''The turtle underwent emergency surgery in Israel on February 22 to reconstruct one of his fins, but the other fin had to be amputated. ''<br />
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:''Veterinary surgeons inserted a metal plate and screws into the turtle's fin so that it wouldn't have to be amputated.''<br />
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==Replica of Revolutionary Turtle successfully launched ==<br />
[[Image:Turtles-20071109-Turtle_Submarine.jpg|thumb|right|Roy Manstan, a retired submarine engineer and pilot of a replica of the 1775 Turtle submarine, climbs into the sub before it is launched. (BOB MACDONNELL, [http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-ctturtle1111.artnov11,0,1391378.story?coll=hc_tab01_layout Hartford Courant])]]<br />
<small>2007.11.09</small><br />
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A replica of The Turtle (a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_%281775%29 Revolutionary War Submarine], the world's first submarine used in battle) was launched successfully this week.<br />
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:''After 20 minutes of steering the ultra-tiny, one-man submarine through the Connecticut River, Navy-trained diver Roy Manstan said the vessel performed flawlessly.''<br />
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:''But Manstan doesn't recommend it for the claustrophobic.''<br />
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:''The Turtle, the handiwork of teacher Fred Frese and his technology education class at Old Saybrook High School, is a replica of the first military submarine. Built in 1775 in Connecticut, the original Turtle could be said to look like a 6-foot-high walnut, a misshapen beer barrel or perhaps a wooden turtle.''<br />
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==Sir Turtle logo moved on Cayman Airways planes==<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-20071107-Cayman Airways redesign.jpg|thumb|right|A Cayman Airways plane returns from Costa Rica branded with Coat of Arms. ([http://caymannetnews.com Cayman Net News])]]<br />
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<small>2007.11.07</small><br />
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To recap, Cayman Airways has been going through a rebranding process recently. Much fuss was made by Cayman Islands residents when they announced they would be removing the Sir Turtle logo. <br />
They seem to have come up with a (IMO good) compromise with a redesign that still includes the Sir Turtle logo, positioned in a new location by the front door of the plane with the new (branding) logo on the tail. (Although a lot of the 'don't remove it' camp are still complaining.)<br />
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[http://www.caymannetnews.com/news/newspublish/home.print.php?news_id=3227 more >>]<br />
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==Man who tortured tortoise sentenced==<br />
<small>2007.11.06</small><br />
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:''A judge on Monday sentenced Jose "Tony" Mosqueda to 270 days in jail and five years' probation for the mutilation and torture of a tortoise that belongs to a 7-year-old autistic boy.''<br />
:''As part of the conditions of his probation, Ventura County Superior Court Judge Bruce Clark said Mosqueda may not have access to any animals, which means he will have to give up his pet iguana, dog and snake.''<br />
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[http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2007/nov/06/man-who-tortured-tortoise-sentenced/ more >>]<br />
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==Rare white tortoise fished out of Lake Poyang==<br />
[[Image:Turtles-20071102-Chinese albino tortoise.jpg|thumb|right|This photo shows the white tortoise found in Lake Poyang. (Photo: jxnews.com.cn)]]<br />
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<small>2007.11.02</small><br />
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This time it's China's turn to find an albino tortoise.<br />
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:''A rare white tortoise was recently found in Lake Poyang in east China's Jiangxi province.''<br />
:''Local newspaper Jiangnan City Daily reports the tortoise was purchased on Thursday by a wholesaler in Yugan county on the southeastern bank of the Poyang Lake, one of China's biggest fresh water lakes.''<br />
:''An aquaculture expert says the cause for its abnormal color is complex, maybe from living in underwater caves without sunlight for too long or from genetic mutation.''<br />
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==Tortoise threatens man==<br />
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<small>2007.11.02</small><br />
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OK, I've heard about siccing your dogs on someone, feeding them to your pet shark / alligator / whatever, but sending in the tortoise is just going too far!!<br />
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:''Another bizzare incident has occured on the Copperbelt in which a man has received a letter delivered by a tortoise threatening him for failing to settle a debt. In September, a Kitwe resident received letters from NAKONDE delivered by a tortoise and a dove asking him to pay K50 million he owed. This time the incident involves a Ndola resident, Mumena Mushinge, who allegedly owes a Tanzanian national, Sumba Wanga K26.9 million. The tortoise carrying the letter written in Swahili was found at Mr. Mushinge’s residence on President Avenue Thursday morning. The letter from a Mr. Jean Marie has given Mr. Mushinge three days to pay the money or face serious consequences, which include death.''<br />
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==America's latest controversy -- turtle fences==<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-20071024-Turtle Fence.jpg|thumb|right|Turtle fence along US 31. (Source: [http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7250128&nav=0Rcdap7a WoodTV])]]<br />
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<small>2007.10.25</small><br />
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With American foreign policy in a shambles, our war spending beyond comprehension, this week our elected officials decided to argue about ... turtles.<br />
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Michigan has started construction on a fence to keep turtles off of US Highway 31. Republican congressman Peter Hoekstra believes it's a waste of taxpayer money[http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=82665]. <br />
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''(Perhaps he believes the 300k could be better put to use in buying a ''bolt'' for a jet in Iraq. In the state vs federal power debate, I often favor state rights over federal. I love the following rebuttal. --[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 13:01, 28 October 2007 (CDT))''<br />
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:''Your elected leaders in Lansing have not had the luxury you have had of repeatedly rubberstamping unbalanced federal budgets. In fact, the federal budgets of the past several years have grown at an average annual rate of more than seven percent since 2002, while Michigan's general fund spending was lower in 2007 than it was in 2002. With all due respect, I do not believe your state budget advice would advance our state budget or economic climates.''<br />
::-- Governor Granholm[http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=82706]<br />
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Brian Dickerson points this out[http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071028/COL04/710280597/1001/NEWS]:<br />
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:''In reality, Hoekstra's alarm is about as genuine as Claude Rains' shock at discovering that gambling was going on in Humphrey Bogart's Casablanca café.''<br />
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:''As Michigan transportation officials pointed out in a more private exchange of letters with Hoekstra in 2005, federal restrictions he and his congressional colleagues approved require each state to spend a portion of its highway money on nonconstruction projects -- and specifically suggest wildlife preservation as an appropriate use of such funds.''<br />
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[http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071028/COL04/710280597/1001/NEWS more >>]<br />
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==Drunken fishermen have all the luck==<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-20071020-Drunken fisherman finds albino turtle.jpg|thumb|right|A Rare Albino Tortoise]]<br />
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<small>2007.10.20</small><br />
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[[Turtle News/Archive001#Albino_Turtle_Draws_Visitors_at_Indian_Zoo|Another]] albino tortoise showed up in India this week.<br />
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:''A rare white tortoise was brought by an inebriated fisherman to a person in Warangal, India two days back. People rushed to visit the tortoise saying that it was a sign of kurmavataram (Tortoise posture) of Lord Vishnu.''<br />
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[http://www.picable.com/Nature/Animals/A-Rare-White-Tortoise.52793 more >>]<br />
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Tell me which image should go into my permanent [[:Category:Galleries|Gallery]], if any. I like the last two bud + snow pictures, but I can't decide which I like better. Help me out here! (OK, you can give me your thoughts on GW too and tell me how wrong I am, etc, etc, but please be polite :D) --[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 10:27, 11 April 2007 (CDT)<br />
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I personally am leaning towards the last image when it's at full scale --[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 11:47, 11 April 2007 (CDT)<br />
:1 vote for image #2 (stream in spring/winter)<br />
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==Misc. Links of Interest==<br />
*;[http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/monckton/goreerrors.html 35 Inconvenient Truths]:NOTE, this is disputing Al Gore's version of Global Warming itself, which is interesting, but again, not my point in the Rant. My point was that while the climate may be warming, it doesn't mean the destruction of life itself as the fearmongers would have us believe. (Life got it's great diversity ''during'' previous warm cycles on the planet.) Pollution ''itself'' is what we need to focus on, not just CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Also, the source of this article (SPPI) is clearly biased, but they still have some good points. (To average out with Gore's arguments and cancel each other out :) .)<br />
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*;[http://icecap.us/index.php/go/joes-blog/comments_about_global_warming/ Weather Channel Founder: Global Warming ‘Greatest Scam in History’]</div>
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So, this is 2005, the so-called [http://www.physics2005.org/ World year of Physics] because it it the 100th anniversary of Einstein's "miracle year". All-well-and-good, as a physicist I should be happy right? Well, I'm not, so where does my rant today come from? What could possibly be wrong about all of the press that physics has been getting this year? Why would a physicist be Ranting and raving about the good publicity? I'll tell you in one word: ''Relativity''.<br />
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"''What's wrong with relativity?''", you ask. Nothing as such, but the problem is that people are being misled as to what makes 1905 important for Einstein. In 1905 Einstein wrote 3 papers. One on Brownian Motion, one on ''Special'' Relativity, and one on the Photoelectric Effect.<br />
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<noinclude>In the Brownian Motion paper, Einstein founded a kinetic theory to account for this movement by means of which he derived the chief properties of suspensions. This is important work for Statistical Mechanics. It was recognized at the time of publication as a key breakthrough in a hot topic. However, it was run-of-the-mill physics on day-to-day stuff, it was not the stuff of Nobel Prizes.<br />
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In the Special Relativity paper, Einstein proposed his first version of SR. It was still not the stuff of Nobel prizes. More on this later.<br />
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The third paper I mentioned was a paper on the Photoelectric Effect. The photoelectric effect is the release of electrons from certain materials by the action of light. The electromagnetic theory of light gives results at odds with experimental evidence. Einstein proposed a quantum theory of light to solve the difficulty. People so often quote Einstein's "God does not play dice" quote to show how Einstein was at odds with Quantum Mechanics, but this stuff is 100% Quantum. (The paper's name was even ''Quanta''.) (It was the Uncertainty Principle with which Einstein had a problem.) '''This was the [http://nobelprize.org/physics/laureates/1921/press.html paper for which he won the Nobel Prize]!'''<br />
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So back to Relativity. In 1905 Einstein published a paper on Special Relativity. Einstein was not the first to propose all the components of the special theory of relativity. His contribution is unification. (Did you know black holes were conceived by [http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~det/6607/public_html/michell John Michell] in 1784? More of a General Relativity thing, but interesting none-the-less.) This paper wasn't even a complete version of Relativity. (E=mc<sup>2</sup> was brought out in another paper that year, so technically there were 4 papers, but 3 ideas.) After many false-starts (and papers) in between, Einstein finally came out with General Relativity in 1915. (Some even accuse Einstein of [http://home.comcast.net/~xtxinc/AEIPBook.htm plagarism] because most of relativity had been discovered already, just not assembled in one place.)<br />
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I'm not saying Einstein shouldn't be remembered for Relativity. He should. It's just that 1905 is not the version of Relativity we should remember him for. 1905 should be celebrated for his Nobel-winning paper, which the public never even hears about. We need to tell people the REAL reason for the celebration of 1905. When they hear about it in the news, Relativity is the only thing mentioned and they NEVER hear about the other works.<br />
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[http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2005/news050323.html Here is an article] from Argonne's OWN news page... and the quote from it that was responsible for bringing you this rant...<br />
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:''This is the 100th anniversary of Einstein's "miracle year," during which he published three of the most important physics papers ever written. In those papers, Einstein presented the Theory of Relativity.''<br />
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... What the Shell? That's the ONLY thing they mention. Nothing at all is mentioned about the photoelectric effect or Brownian motion. The reader is led to believe that all three papers are about some finalized Theory of Relativity, which is just blatantly wrong.... and I just had to rant about it.<br />
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As a side note, some would argue that Einstein's contribution was making a mathematical formalism for some of the ideas that were concept only. Then there's the issue of Einstein's mathematical prowess. There are many who believe that his wife of 1905, a mathematician, did the actual mathematical work behind his papers. (There is anecdotal evidence of him saying his wife did his math and people have found her corrections on some of his math papers in college. Furthermore, there is the evidence that he was a poor math student in his younger years.) So, if this was true, then what did Einstein himself contribute to Special Relativity besides being a collator of other people's ideas and math? His true genius with respect to Relativity comes out when General Relativity is finalized. (Further anecdotal evidence that his wife of 1905, Mileva, was the real driving force behind the 3 papers that year might be given in that Special Relativity is a fairly fine-tuned paper, whereas, after they separated, General Relativity took many false-starts to get to the form that finally came out in 1915/1916.)<br />
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*My Amazon.com [http://amazon.com/gp/registry/866XSZSD965A wishlist]<br />
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*''The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next'', by Lee Smolin (ISBN 0618551050)<br />
*The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space. O'Neill, Gerard K. (1977). (ISBN 0-9622379-0-6)<br />
*''Nightfall and Other Stories'' by Isaac Asimov (ISBN 0345310918) <br />
**Also, the expanded version, ''Nightfall'' by Asimov and Silverberg (ISBN 0553290991)<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Robot The Complete Robot] by Isaac Asimov (ISBN 0586057242)<br />
*''The End of Faith'' by Sam Harris (ISBN 0393327655)<br />
*''[http://www.amazon.com/God-Failed-Hypothesis-Science-Shows/dp/1591024811/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/102-5514166-0096139 God: The Failed Hypothesis. How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist]'' (ISBN 1591024811)<br />
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*Literature from the Axis of Evil and Other Enemy Nations (ISBN 1-5955-8070-0)<br />
*[http://www.lulu.com/content/440980 Running the Line] by Bradley Edwards (ISBN 0-9746-5172-9)<br />
*''Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters'' by Donald R. Prothero (ISBN 0231139624)<br />
*''Turtle Collectibles'' by Alan J. Brainard (ISBN 076430979X)<br />
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2011-06-20T02:30:41Z
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*My Amazon.com [http://amazon.com/gp/registry/866XSZSD965A wishlist]<br />
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*''The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next'', by Lee Smolin (ISBN 0618551050)<br />
*The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space. O'Neill, Gerard K. (1977). (ISBN 0-9622379-0-6)<br />
*''Nightfall and Other Stories'' by Isaac Asimov (ISBN 0345310918) <br />
**Also, the expanded version, ''Nightfall'' by Asimov and Silverberg (ISBN 0553290991)<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Robot The Complete Robot] by Isaac Asimov (ISBN 0586057242)<br />
*''The End of Faith'' by Sam Harris (ISBN 0393327655)<br />
*''[http://www.amazon.com/God-Failed-Hypothesis-Science-Shows/dp/1591024811/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/102-5514166-0096139 God: The Failed Hypothesis. How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist]'' (ISBN 1591024811)<br />
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*Literature from the Axis of Evil and Other Enemy Nations (ISBN 1-5955-8070-0)<br />
*[http://www.lulu.com/content/440980 Running the Line] by Bradley Edwards (ISBN 0-9746-5172-9)<br />
*''Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters'' by Donald R. Prothero (ISBN 0231139624)<br />
*''Turtle Collectibles'' by Alan J. Brainard (ISBN 076430979X)<br />
*[http://www.jouercasino.eu/ casinos en ligne]<br />
*[http://www.discount-lenses.com/halloween-contact-lenses.php halloween contacts]<br />
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2011-06-20T02:29:29Z
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*My Amazon.com [http://amazon.com/gp/registry/866XSZSD965A wishlist]<br />
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*''The Trouble With Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next'', by Lee Smolin (ISBN 0618551050)<br />
*The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space. O'Neill, Gerard K. (1977). (ISBN 0-9622379-0-6)<br />
*''Nightfall and Other Stories'' by Isaac Asimov (ISBN 0345310918) <br />
**Also, the expanded version, ''Nightfall'' by Asimov and Silverberg (ISBN 0553290991)<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Robot The Complete Robot] by Isaac Asimov (ISBN 0586057242)<br />
*''The End of Faith'' by Sam Harris (ISBN 0393327655)<br />
*''[http://www.amazon.com/God-Failed-Hypothesis-Science-Shows/dp/1591024811/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b/102-5514166-0096139 God: The Failed Hypothesis. How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist]'' (ISBN 1591024811)<br />
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*Literature from the Axis of Evil and Other Enemy Nations (ISBN 1-5955-8070-0)<br />
*[http://www.lulu.com/content/440980 Running the Line] by Bradley Edwards (ISBN 0-9746-5172-9)<br />
*''Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters'' by Donald R. Prothero (ISBN 0231139624)<br />
*''Turtle Collectibles'' by Alan J. Brainard (ISBN 076430979X)<br />
*[http://www.jouercasino.eu/ casinos en ligne]<br />
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Talk:RanTom Thoughts/20070411 Global Warming
2011-06-04T05:19:01Z
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<div>==20070411 Global Warming==<br />
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Tell me which image should go into my permanent [[:Category:Galleries|Gallery]], if any. I like the last two bud + snow pictures, but I can't decide which I like better. Help me out here! (OK, you can give me your thoughts on GW too and tell me how wrong I am, etc, etc, but please be polite :D) --[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 10:27, 11 April 2007 (CDT)<br />
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===Gallery selection===<br />
I personally am leaning towards the last image when it's at full scale --[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 11:47, 11 April 2007 (CDT)<br />
:1 vote for image #2 (stream in spring/winter)<br />
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===Global Warming===<br />
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{{:Talk:RanTom Thoughts/20070411 Global Warming/Addendum}}<br />
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==Misc. Links of Interest==<br />
*;[http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/monckton/goreerrors.html 35 Inconvenient Truths]:NOTE, this is disputing Al Gore's version of Global Warming itself, which is interesting, but again, not my point in the Rant. My point was that while the climate may be warming, it doesn't mean the destruction of life itself as the fearmongers would have us believe. (Life got it's great diversity ''during'' previous warm cycles on the planet.) Pollution ''itself'' is what we need to focus on, not just CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Also, the source of this article (SPPI) is clearly biased, but they still have some good points. (To average out with Gore's arguments and cancel each other out :) .)<br />
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*;[http://icecap.us/index.php/go/joes-blog/comments_about_global_warming/ Weather Channel Founder: Global Warming ‘Greatest Scam in History’]</div>
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Talk:RanTom Thoughts/20070411 Global Warming
2011-01-12T04:48:03Z
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<div>==20070411 Global Warming==<br />
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Tell me which image should go into my permanent [[:Category:Galleries|Gallery]], if any. I like the last two bud + snow pictures, but I can't decide which I like better. Help me out here! (OK, you can give me your thoughts on GW too and tell me how wrong I am, etc, etc, but please be polite :D) --[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 10:27, 11 April 2007 (CDT)<br />
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===Gallery selection===<br />
I personally am leaning towards the last image when it's at full scale --[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 11:47, 11 April 2007 (CDT)<br />
:1 vote for image #2 (stream in spring/winter)<br />
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===Global Warming===<br />
<br />
{{:Talk:RanTom Thoughts/20070411 Global Warming/Addendum}}<br />
<br />
==Misc. Links of Interest==<br />
*;[http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/monckton/goreerrors.html 35 Inconvenient Truths]:NOTE, this is disputing Al Gore's version of Global Warming itself, which is interesting, but again, not my point in the Rant. My point was that while the climate may be warming, it doesn't mean the destruction of life itself as the fearmongers would have us believe. (Life got it's great diversity ''during'' previous warm cycles on the planet.) Pollution ''itself'' is what we need to focus on, not just CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Also, the source of this article (SPPI) is clearly biased, but they still have some good points. (To average out with Gore's arguments and cancel each other out :) .)<br />
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*;[http://icecap.us/index.php/go/joes-blog/comments_about_global_warming/ Weather Channel Founder: Global Warming ‘Greatest Scam in History’]</div>
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Talk:RanTom Thoughts/20070411 Global Warming
2011-01-08T23:49:59Z
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<div>==20070411 Global Warming==<br />
<br />
Tell me which image should go into my permanent [[:Category:Galleries|Gallery]], if any. I like the last two bud + snow pictures, but I can't decide which I like better. Help me out here! (OK, you can give me your thoughts on GW too and tell me how wrong I am, etc, etc, but please be polite :D) --[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 10:27, 11 April 2007 (CDT)<br />
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===Gallery selection===<br />
I personally am leaning towards the last image when it's at full scale --[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 11:47, 11 April 2007 (CDT)<br />
:1 vote for image #2 (stream in spring/winter)<br />
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===Global Warming===<br />
<br />
{{:Talk:RanTom Thoughts/20070411 Global Warming/Addendum}}<br />
<br />
==Misc. Links of Interest==<br />
*;[http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/monckton/goreerrors.html 35 Inconvenient Truths]:NOTE, this is disputing Al Gore's version of Global Warming itself, which is interesting, but again, not my point in the Rant. My point was that while the climate may be warming, it doesn't mean the destruction of life itself as the fearmongers would have us believe. (Life got it's great diversity ''during'' previous warm cycles on the planet.) Pollution ''itself'' is what we need to focus on, not just CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Also, the source of this article (SPPI) is clearly biased, but they still have some good points. (To average out with Gore's arguments and cancel each other out :) .)<br />
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*;[http://icecap.us/index.php/go/joes-blog/comments_about_global_warming/ Weather Channel Founder: Global Warming ‘Greatest Scam in History’]</div>
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Turtles on The Simpsons
2011-01-07T03:38:39Z
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x09-Follow the tortoise.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sage advice from The Simpsons]]<br />
The Simpsons have a lot of turtle references. (It seems unusually high for a non-recurring 'character'. Almost every reference is to a different turtle. (The clip show, ''All Singing, All Dancing'' has a duplicate reference.) I've counted on average two per season. That makes roughly 10% of the episodes that have a turtle reference that I've seen.) The purpose of this page is to document those occurrences and maybe try to find a pattern. <br />
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I recently found another page along a similar vein: [http://www.mcmartinville.com/reptiles/simpsons.htm Reptiles and The Simpsons], to which I owe thanks for the Treehouse of Horror II and Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-D'OH!-cious references.<br />
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==Suspects==<br />
Can a pattern be detected to when the turtles appear? I haven't found one yet, but I have my suspicions.<br />
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===Nelson Shin===<br />
My prime suspect. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Shin Nelson Shin] is the founder and president of Akom Production Co., Ltd., which does a large portion of the animation for The Simpsons. He is known to have a pet turtle and has put turtles in other projects. (See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Chung Empress Chung].) They animated the first two seasons exclusively, then the turtle references started showing up after they were no longer exclusive animators. The turtles could be a "signature". (All conjecture of course, since it's hard to determine what house does what (part of a) show.)<br />
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{{clear}}<br />
==Episode list==<br />
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{| style="border: 1px solid Black;" cellspacing="0" border="1" cellpadding="5" valign="top"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Ep #'''<br />
|'''Episode Title'''<br />
|'''Reference'''<br />
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|-<br />
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====03x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_II Treehouse of Horror II]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-03x07-Treehouse_of_Horror_II.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer is fired and gets a job as a gravedigger.<br />
*'''Willie''': Deeper! Wider! Faster! I wouldn't bury m' '''turtle''' in that mud puddle!<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
====03x22====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Otto_Show The Otto Show]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-03x22-I will not spin the turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
*'''Chalkboard gag''': "I will not spin the turtle" <br />
|-<br />
|<br />
<br />
====04x08====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kid_on_the_Block New Kid on the Block]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-04x08-Frying Dutchman.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Decor in the ''Frying Dutchman'' includes a turtle in a net. <br />
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*'''Note''': This decor shows up again in a later episode: Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner.<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
====05x13====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_and_Apu Homer and Apu]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-05x13-I will not go near the kindergarten turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
*'''Chalkboard gag''': "I will not go near the kindergarten turtle" <br />
|-<br />
|<br />
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====05x17====<br />
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====20x11====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Gets_an_Elephant Bart Gets an Elephant]<br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_Test_Was_Won How the Test Was Won]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-05x17-TerrapinWax.gif|150px|right]]<br />
The <strike>Turtle</strike> Terrapin Wax turtle grabs Homer's hair.<br />
<br />
''Note: This scene is cut in syndication[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/scg-5.txt].''<br />
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:''While Lisa complains about being stuck in the house...''<br />
:''<strike>In the basement, Homer is about to clean the floor and hesitates between bottles of Bubble Off, Terrapin Wax, Cleanser... He settles for Mr. Cleanser.</strike><br />
:<strike>'''Homer''': Hmm... ''[reading]'' "Use only in a well-ventilated area." ''[looks around] '' Shove it, buddy! ''[pours most of the bottle on the floor]''</strike><br />
:<strike>''Homer grunts as he scrubs the floor, but the fumes soon make him dizzy. In his hallucination, the logos of the various cleaning products come to life. At first friendly, they turn evil and attack him; several Bubbles biting him, the Turtle pulling his hair strands, the Cleanser knight stabbing him with his spear, and Mr. Cleanser strangling him.</strike><br />
<br />
''The clip shows up later as Homer remembers his past injuries in season 20's "How the Test Was Won".''<br />
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|-<br />
|<br />
<br />
====06x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart%27s_Girlfriend Bart's Girlfriend]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x07-Wee Tur'les.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
After Bart's new girlfriend pulls a fire alarm, Willy attempts to save the wee tur'les.<br />
:'''Willy''': If I don't save the wee tur'les, who will? ''[beat]'' doh! Save me from the wee tur'les, they were too quick for me aaaggghh...<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
====06x08====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_on_Ice Lisa On Ice]<br />
|<br />
[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x08-Bart's Turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
When Bart's team wins a hockey game, Homer pulls out a turtle<br />
:'''Homer''': Well Boy, you won, so I'm going to live up to my side of the agreement. Here's your turtle, alive and well.<br />
----<br />
[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x08-Gamera.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Meanwhile, Lisa finds she's failing gym class and imagines being impeached from the presidency in the future because she failed gym<br />
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:'''Justice''': I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. ''[aside]'' Don't worry, it's just a name.<br />
:'''Lisa''': ''[running from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamera Gamera]]'' He said it was just a name!<br />
:'''Fellow runner''': What he meant was that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.<br />
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*'''Note''': These same kaiju would show up in a later episode: "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
====06x20====<br />
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====09x11====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Dozen_and_One_Greyhounds Two Dozen and One Greyhounds]<br />
----<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Singing%2C_All_Dancing All Singing, All Dancing]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x20-Turtle's Necks.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
:'''Mr. Burns''': Some men hunt for sport, others hunt for food. The only thing I'm hunting for, is an outfit that looks good...<br />
::See... my... Vest. See my vest.<br />
::Made from real gorilla chest.<br />
::''[...]''<br />
::Grizzly bear underwear,<br />
::'''Turtle's necks I've got my share.'''<br />
::''[...]''<br />
::but a greyhound fur tuxedo would be best.<br />
::So let's prepare these dogs...<br />
:'''Maid''': Kill two for matching clogs.<br />
:'''Mr. Burns''': See my vest, see my vest, oh please won't you see... my... Vest! I really like the vest.<br />
:'''Smithers''': I gathered, yeah...<br />
:'''Lisa''': He's gonna make a tuxedo out of our puppies!<br />
:'''Bart''': ''[still humming the tune]'' Na na na na na na naa naaaa...<br />
:'''Lisa''': Bart!<br />
:'''Bart''': Sorry... You gotta admit it's catchy. <br />
----<br />
This song is reprised in the season 9 clip show, ''All Singing, All Dancing''<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
<br />
====07x19====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fish_Called_Selma A Fish Called Selma]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-07x19-A Fish Called Selma.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
Troy McClure proposes to Selma at a drive-in theater showing of his movie: ''The Muppets Go Medieval''<br />
<br />
:'''Troy McClure''': That's not cigars baby, that's ''love''.<br />
:'''Troy''': No longer canst I conceal my love, my wimpled '''turtledove'''. <br />
:''Selma and Miss Piggy both moan.''<br />
:'''Troy''': Oh, princess fair, wilst thou grant me thine dainty hoof in marriage? <br />
:'''Piggy''': Oh, Sir Lies-a-lot, I will! <br />
:'''Selma''': (at the same time) Oh, Troy, I will!<br />
<br />
''(Yes, I know turtledoves aren't turtles.)''<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
<br />
====08x09====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Viaje_Misterioso_de_Nuestro_Jomer_%28The_Mysterious_Voyage_of_Homer%29 El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x09-Follow the tortoise.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer goes on a vision quest after eating the Merciless Peppers of Quetzalsacatanango.<br />
<br />
:'''Homer''': Huh? A tortoise?! ''[reading]'' Follow... the... ''[gasp]'' This must be why I'm here! Follow the what!? Follow the what!? Hurry up! ''[beat]'' D'Oh!<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
====08x10====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Springfield_Files The Springfield Files]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x10-A turtle's got ahold of my teeth.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Mulder and Scully, while investigating Homer's claim of an alien sighting, run across Abe who's lost his teeth to a turtle.<br />
:'''Abe''': For the love of God help me! I've been here for four days and a turtle's got ahold of my teeth! There he is! ''[high speed chase] [...]'' Ow! He bit me with my own teeth!<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
====08x13====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala%28Annoyed_Grunt%29cious Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-D'OH!-cious]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x13-SimpsoncalifragilisticexpialaDOHcious.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer tells Marge she has his full attention as we cut to Homer's brain and see a turtle and some farmyard animals playing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Straw Turkey in the Straw].<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
====08x18====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_vs._The_Eighteenth_Amendment Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x18-Rex Banner.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
After a prohibition law is rediscovered on the Springfield books (on St Patrick's Day), Rex Banner comes to town to clean up Eliot Ness style. Hunting for the Beer Baron, he raids Moe's Pet Shop (speakeasy):<br />
:'''Rex Banner''': What kind of pet shop is filled with rambunctious yahoos and hot jazz music at 1 AM?<br />
:'''Moe''': Um. the... the best damn pet shop in town!<br />
:'''Crowd''': Yeah! ''(clink glasses)''<br />
:'''Rex Banner''': Alright. But you people remember; '''baby turtles''' and alligators may ''seem'' like a cute idea for a pet, but they grow up!<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
<br />
====09x12====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Carny Bart Carny]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-09x12-Bart_Carney.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
One of the prizes in the ring toss booth is a turtle.<br />
<br />
''(I knew there had to be one in this episode. There are just too many images in the carnival for there to not be one. It took me a while to find it though.)''<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
<br />
====09x17====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_the_Simpson Lisa the Simpson]<br />
|Lisa reviews ''Yertle the Turtle'', possibly the best book ever written on the subject of turtle stacking.<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
====10x05====<br />
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====13x17====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Dish_Upon_a_Star When You Dish Upon a Star]<br />
----<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gump_Roast Gump Roast]<br />
|Snapping turtles chase after Homer. <br />
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''I wrote that down when the episode first aired, but I've had a hard time finding it whenever it aired in syndication. Now I know why. It was cut in the syndicated version[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/scg-10.txt].''<br />
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:'''Marge''': [driving boat] How's he doing?<br />
:'''Bart''': I don't know. I think Dad might be a little heavy for parasailing.<br />
:'''Homer''': ''[tiptoeing across water]'' Faster, Marge! Faster! <strike>''[looking over his shoulder at '''turtles''']'' The '''snapping turtles''' are massing!</strike><br />
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''They also edited out the '''same scene''' from the syndicated version of the clip show Gump Roast[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/scg-13.txt].''<br />
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====10x23====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Minutes_Over_Tokyo Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-10x23-Gamera.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Returning from a trip to Tokyo, the plane the Simpsons are on is shaken.<br />
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:'''Pilot''': Uh, folks, we're experiencing some moderate Godzilla-related turbulence at this time, so I'm going to go ahead and ask you to put your seatbelts back on. When we get to 35 thousand feet, he usually does let go, so from there on out, all we have to worry about is Mothra, and, uh, we do have reports he's tied up with '''Gamera''' and Rodan at the present time. Thank you very much.<br />
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*'''Note''': These same kaiju showed up in an earlier episode: "Lisa On Ice"<br />
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====11x03====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess_Who%27s_Coming_to_Criticize_Dinner%3F Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x03-Frying Dutchman.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Turtle decor from the ''Frying Dutchman''<br />
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*'''Note''': This decor shows up in an earlier episode: New Kid on the Block.<br />
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====11x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Misbehavin' Eight Misbehavin']<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x07-Turtles acting different.gif|150px|right]]<br />
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While trying to free Apu's octuplets from the zoo, they see a turtle swinging through the trees.<br />
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:'''Apu''': These animals certainly act different at night.<br />
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====11x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary:_Impossible Missionary Impossible]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x15-Shell helmet.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer wears a turtle-shell helmet in a nod to ''The Flintstones''<br />
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====11x19====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_the_Alligator_and_Run Kill the Alligator and Run]<br />
|After hitting an alligator, Homer dives in the swamp to flee the police and comes up with a few animals biting him, including a little turtle.<br />
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====12x09====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOMR HOMЯ]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-12x09-Leon Uris.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-12x09-Bite.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer has a crayon removed from his brain, improving his intelligence. In a visit to the library we run across Cletus about to make some turtle soup.<br />
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:'''Lisa''': I think books have an amazing power to bring people together. Look, even Cletus is checking one out.<br />
:''[Cletus pulls out a turtle and a bib]''<br />
:'''Cletus''': Now hold still. '''Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.'''<br />
:''[turtle bites him]''<br />
:'''Cletus''': Ow! Dangit! ''[drops book on his finger]''<br />
:'''Cletus''': Ow! <br />
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*'''Note''': The art for this turtle appears to be the same as the turtle in episode 11x07, Eight Misbehavin'<br />
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====14x03====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_vs._Lisa_vs._The_Third_Grade Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x03-Third grade turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Bart is demoted to the third grade and Lisa is promoted to the third grade. In the background we see that the third grade classroom has a pet turtle.<br />
*'''Note''': One of the chalkboard gags indicates that the Kindergarten classroom has a turtle as well. Another chalkboard gag mentions a generic turtle Bart is not supposed to spin. Also, in Bart's Girlfriend, we see that the Science Lab has a ''lot'' of "Wee Tur'les". <br />
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====14x04====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Marge Large Marge]<br />
|While Lisa and Homer spend their father-daughter time building a house for ''Domiciles for the Destitute'', Homer paints "El Homo" on the house trying to be cool like "El Barto". Then after realizing how it sounds he desperately paints over it.<br />
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:'''Lisa''': Dad, you're getting paint on your wedding ring!<br />
:'''Homer''': Huh? Oh right. Can you hold it?<br />
:'''Lisa''': This is a Band-Aid wrapped in tin foil.<br />
:'''Homer''': '''My real ring's inside a turtle.'''<br />
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Marge thinks she sees Homer flirting and goes to a plastic surgeon to get liposuction, but ends up getting breast implants. Hilarity ensues.<br />
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====14x06====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Louse_Detective The Great Louse Detective]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x06-Turtle Massage.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Marge goes to a spa and gets a ''Turtle Massage'' after which, the turtles are tossed into a bin marked "used turtles."<br />
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====14x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Edna Special Edna]<br />
|<br />
:"And now, enjoy the soothing music of ''The Turtles''"<br />
(OK, so this reference is cheating since it's referring to the band, not to turtles themselves, but I'm counting it :P)<br />
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====14x20====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_My_Wife%2C_Please Brake My Wife, Please]<br />
|A turtle attacks Bart<br />
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====14x21====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_of_War The Bart of War]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x21-Turtle impaler.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
While cleaning up litter, Kirk Van Houten (leading the ''Cavalry Kids'') accidentally impales a tortoise.<br />
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====15x12====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milhouse_Doesn%27t_Live_Here_Anymore Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore]<br />
|Milhouse and his mother move to Capital City, leaving Bart to adopt Lisa as his new best friend.<br />
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:'''Lisa''': The mound builders worshiped '''turtles''' as well as badgers, snakes, and other animals.<br />
:'''Bart''': Thank god we've come to our senses and worship a carpenter who lived 2000 years ago.<br />
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====15x16====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wandering_Juvie The Wandering Juvie]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-15x16-Juvie.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Bart gets sent to juvenile hall. Yard equipment includes a rocking turtle.<br />
|-<br />
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====15x18====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_'em_If_You_Can Catch 'Em If You Can]<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-15x18-Catch 'Em If You Can.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
:'''Kent Brockman''': I guess you could call him "The Little '''Tortoise''' That Couldn't"! See our website for the recipe.<br />
(I originally found this quote on the net. It took me two years to finally find what episode it came from. Let me tell you, ''noone'' on the 'net has the quote right. Most say he says "turtle". Some say "check the webpage for recipes". &etc.)<br />
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====16x14====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven-Beer_Snitch The Seven-Beer Snitch]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x14-Apronboobsface.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
In order to find out why Snowball likes another family better than the Simpsons, Bart comes up with an excuse to see in their house.<br />
<br />
:'''Bart''': My baby '''turtle''' crawled into your basement window!<br />
:'''Woman''': Oh, you poor boy. What's your turtle's name?<br />
:'''Bart''': ''[looking at woman]'' Uhh... Apronboobsface?<br />
:'''Woman''': Really? Well, let's go find him!.<br />
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====16x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future-Drama Future-Drama]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x15-HaHaaa.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Bart and Lisa find themselves in Prof. Frink's basement and he uses the science of astrology on his new computer to show them their future, eight years from next Tuesday. At their graduation party, Nelson flees fatherhood on the back of a sea turtle.<br />
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====16x16====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Fear_the_Roofer Don't Fear The Roofer]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x16-Electroshock.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer goes in for electroshock therapy because everyone believes he's crazy. Bart asks him to hold his dead turtle while he's getting shocked to try to revive it.<br />
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====17x08====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Italian_Bob The Italian Bob]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-17x08-DiversityTales.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
During the diversity film at the beginning a legend about a turtle is mentioned.<br />
<br />
:'''Narrator''': Welcome, to Diversity Tales!<br />
:''Students groan''<br />
:'''Willie''': Enjoy your multi-cultural hooey! ''[laughs]''<br />
:'''Narrator''': It was the Feast of the Sea Lion Who Would Not Share<br />
:'''girl''': Come brother Chi-chi, let us collect Cha-cha sticks!<br />
:'''boy''': I will make a headdress for the wedding of '''Earth Turtle''' and Moon Mongoose<br />
:'''bird''': You don't need a headdress! Your most beautiful costume is your self-esteem.<br />
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(Spelling of names approximate.)<br />
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====17x18====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wettest_Stories_Ever_Told The Wettest Stories Ever Told]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-17x18-Mutiny.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
In '''Mutiny on the Barty''' (a parody of Mutiny on the Bounty), Skinner gets marooned with Willy, who then maroons him on a turtle.<br />
:'''(Seymour) Bligh''': Sing a round!<br />
:'''Willie''': Row row row your boat, gently down the stream, Merrily, Merrily, row row, oh so merrily, not so merrily, row row, very merrily... ''[gives up]'' I can't do it, sir! I'm just one man!<br />
:'''Bligh''': What are you gonna do? Mutiny? <br />
:''[cuts to Bligh on a sea turtle as Willie rows away]''<br />
:'''Bligh''': Swim faster or I'll have you made into soup! What are you gonna do? Go underwater? <br />
:''[the sea turtle does so]<br />
:'''Bligh''': ''[underwater]'' You call this "deep"?!<br />
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====17x19====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_Just_Want_To_Have_Sums Girls Just Want to Have Sums]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-17x19-Stab-a-Lot.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
At the beginning of the episode, the Simpsons are attending ''Stab-a-Lot: the Itchy and Scratchy Musical'' (a parody on ''The Lion King'' / ''Spamalot''), and an actor in a turtle costume leads the animals down the aisle.<br />
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====18x04====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XVII Treehouse of Horror XVII]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x04-I passed out on your turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
In the '''You Gotta Know When To Golem''' segment, Homer mentions Bart's turtle.<br />
:''*loud moan*''<br />
:'''Homer''': ''[drunk]'' Bart, there's something I have to tell you, father to son. I passed out on your '''turtle''' and killed it. Someday you'll thank me.<br />
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====18x05====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._%28Annoyed_Grunt%29 G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x05-Turtle bath toy.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
The Simpsons appear to have a turtle bath toy. (Alas, it's not too clear in this screenshot.)<br />
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====18x10====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wife_Aquatic The Wife Aquatic]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x10-Carousel.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Marge goes back to a happy place from her childhood, only to find it's not what she remembered. A carousel she loved has a turtle on it. (It's interesting that when they "refurbished" the ride, the turtle had a different shell pattern on it.)<br />
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====18x12====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Big_Girl Little Big Girl]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x12-Little Big Girl.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Lisa fakes her family heritage in the 'Hitachi' tribe for a school project.<br />
:'''John Squawkingbear''': Lisa, hi, my name is John squawkingbear, I'm a reporter for the Chippewa Bugle. [...] I've never heard of the Hitachi [...] where were you centered?<br />
:'''Lisa''': Centered? Centered... You know where the four states come together?<br />
:'''Squawkingbear''': Oh quite well.<br />
:'''Lisa''': Not there. Not even close.<br />
:'''Squawkingbear''': In the name of the '''Great Turtle''', will you answer the question!?<br />
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====18x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome-old_and_Juli-eh Rome-old and Juli-eh]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x15-Old sea turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
:'''Marge''': Awwww look at Grandpa and Selma frolicking in the water.<br />
:'''Homer''': It's not right! It's like an '''old sea turtle''' dating a suitcase that fell out of a plane.<br />
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(Loved the parody of the Battle of Helm's Deep in this episode.)<br />
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====18x20====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop%2C_Or_My_Dog_Will_Shoot%21 Stop, Or My Dog Will Shoot!]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x20-SkittleSkittleScurrySkittle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
First we believed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cletus_Spuckler Cletus] was [[#12x09|bitten by a turtle]], we now have proof that he was actually bitten by a ''wereturtle''!<br />
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:'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recurring_characters_from_The_Simpsons#Brandine_Spuckler Brandine]''': Cletus, you coward, is you man or '''turtle'''?<br />
:'''Cletus''' ''[crawling away like a turtle]'': Here's your answer, "skittle skittle scurry skittle."<br />
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====19x01====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Loves_to_Fly_and_He_D%27oh%27s He Loves to Fly and He D'oh's]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x01-He Loves to Fly and He D'oh's.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
Homer develops a taste for flying. After failing to get a job that would involve travel, Homer hides out at Krusty Burger when we see the school children arrive.<br />
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:'''Milhouse''': Principle Skinner, why did we have to leave the Learn-and-Touch Reptile Zoo so early?<br />
:'''Skinner''': Well, it seems ''someone'' was [http://tometheus.com/v3/images/TE198x_OKCZoo.jpg riding the '''giant tortoise'''] ''naked''.<br />
:'''Otto''': It's not my fault. The drinking fountain dared me to do it.<br />
<br />
''Of course, I loved the bits in Chicago in the beginning of this episode.''<br />
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====19x04====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Wanna_Know_Why_the_Caged_Bird_Sings I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x04-I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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A turtle shows up in the baseball game in the Itchy and Scratchy Show.<br />
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====19x06====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphan_Millie Little Orphan Millie]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x06-Little Orphan Millie.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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A sign at the Van Houten wedding reads "PLEASE DO NOT KICK SEA TURTLES".<br />
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====19x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husbands_and_Knives Husbands and Knives]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x07-Husbands_and_Knives.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
A new comic store opens across the street from Android's Dungeon. The new Comic guy has a Girlfriend!! (Who wears a turtle t-shirt.) <br />
<br />
''(There are probably other turtles in this episode, as there are a ''ton'' of images flashing by in the comic stores and I know there were other kaiju around, so there's probably a Gamera I have not yet been able to spot somewhere.)''<br />
<br />
''(I loved [[:Image:ComicBookGuyNoMore.jpg|Comic Book Guy's parody]] of the iconic [http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/SpiderMan_NoMore.html Spider-Man No More] cover when he goes out of business.)''<br />
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====19x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_on_the_Daughter Smoke on the Daughter]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x15-Smoke_on_the_Daughter.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
Lisa, as Angelica Button (a parody of Harry Potter), wears a tortoise-shell barrette. (There's also a kid with a Harry Potter scar in the crowd.)<br />
<br />
:'''Comic Book Guy''': Nice Angelica Button costume Lisa. Althoooouuuugh... the Griffin on your coat of arms is facing left, not right. And FYI, Angelica wears ''TWO'' '''tortoise-shell barrettes'''. Nice try though.<br />
:'''Lisa''': I based my costume on the ''BOOKS'' not the movies.<br />
:'''Crowd''': [laughs at CBG]<br />
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====20x20====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Great_Women_and_a_Manicure Four Great Women and a Manicure]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-20x20-Four_Great_Women_and_a_Manicure.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
After a season that's been a bit dry on turtle references, some catch up is necessary. This episode actually has '''THREE''' turtles in it! <br />
<br />
The first shows up during the Snow White segment. Lisa uses her animal wiles to convince a turtle to climb into the soup pot. <br />
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During Maggie's story, there are two drawings of turtles on the nursery wall. (I love this segment. I'm not necessarily a big Ayn Rand fan, but I ''do'' like ''The Fountainhead'' -- I like architecture and self-reliance.)<br />
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====22x06====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fool_Monty The Fool Monty]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-22x06-The_Fool_Monty.png|150px|right]]<br />
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Mr Burns gets some bad news that he will die soon. Smithers finds him at the top of a cliff.<br />
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:'''Smithers''': Sir! What are you doing?<br />
:'''Burns''': Smithers, I want to die quietly, on my own terms, crushing as many of those baby sea turtles as I possibly can. Goodbye insufficiently cruel world!<br />
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|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-Maggie on turtle.jpg|75px|right]]<br />
*I have a Simpsons figure of Maggie on the back of a turtle<br />
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|'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_movie The Simpsons Movie]'''<br />
|The Turtles are played [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2012886/#soundtrack in the movie]. (Happy Together)<br />
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====16x17====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heartbroke_Kid The Heartbroke Kid]<br />
|NOT a reference<br />
Bart was watching itchy and scratchy. and there was an explosion in itchy and scratchy. for a brief second you could see something that looks like a DEAD TURTLE hurled across the screen. It's just a hat from one of the bystanders.<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x09-Follow the tortoise.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sage advice from The Simpsons]]<br />
The Simpsons have a lot of turtle references. (It seems unusually high for a non-recurring 'character'. Almost every reference is to a different turtle. (The clip show, ''All Singing, All Dancing'' has a duplicate reference.) I've counted on average two per season. That makes roughly 10% of the episodes that have a turtle reference that I've seen.) The purpose of this page is to document those occurrences and maybe try to find a pattern. <br />
<br />
I recently found another page along a similar vein: [http://www.mcmartinville.com/reptiles/simpsons.htm Reptiles and The Simpsons], to which I owe thanks for the Treehouse of Horror II and Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-D'OH!-cious references.<br />
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==Suspects==<br />
Can a pattern be detected to when the turtles appear? I haven't found one yet, but I have my suspicions.<br />
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===Nelson Shin===<br />
My prime suspect. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Shin Nelson Shin] is the founder and president of Akom Production Co., Ltd., which does a large portion of the animation for The Simpsons. He is known to have a pet turtle and has put turtles in other projects. (See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Chung Empress Chung].) They animated the first two seasons exclusively, then the turtle references started showing up after they were no longer exclusive animators. The turtles could be a "signature". (All conjecture of course, since it's hard to determine what house does what (part of a) show.)<br />
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==Episode list==<br />
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====03x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_II Treehouse of Horror II]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-03x07-Treehouse_of_Horror_II.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer is fired and gets a job as a gravedigger.<br />
*'''Willie''': Deeper! Wider! Faster! I wouldn't bury m' '''turtle''' in that mud puddle!<br />
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====03x22====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Otto_Show The Otto Show]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-03x22-I will not spin the turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
*'''Chalkboard gag''': "I will not spin the turtle" <br />
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====04x08====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kid_on_the_Block New Kid on the Block]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-04x08-Frying Dutchman.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Decor in the ''Frying Dutchman'' includes a turtle in a net. <br />
<br />
*'''Note''': This decor shows up again in a later episode: Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner.<br />
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====05x13====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_and_Apu Homer and Apu]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-05x13-I will not go near the kindergarten turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
*'''Chalkboard gag''': "I will not go near the kindergarten turtle" <br />
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====05x17====<br />
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====20x11====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Gets_an_Elephant Bart Gets an Elephant]<br />
----<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_Test_Was_Won How the Test Was Won]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-05x17-TerrapinWax.gif|150px|right]]<br />
The <strike>Turtle</strike> Terrapin Wax turtle grabs Homer's hair.<br />
<br />
''Note: This scene is cut in syndication[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/scg-5.txt].''<br />
<br />
:''While Lisa complains about being stuck in the house...''<br />
:''<strike>In the basement, Homer is about to clean the floor and hesitates between bottles of Bubble Off, Terrapin Wax, Cleanser... He settles for Mr. Cleanser.</strike><br />
:<strike>'''Homer''': Hmm... ''[reading]'' "Use only in a well-ventilated area." ''[looks around] '' Shove it, buddy! ''[pours most of the bottle on the floor]''</strike><br />
:<strike>''Homer grunts as he scrubs the floor, but the fumes soon make him dizzy. In his hallucination, the logos of the various cleaning products come to life. At first friendly, they turn evil and attack him; several Bubbles biting him, the Turtle pulling his hair strands, the Cleanser knight stabbing him with his spear, and Mr. Cleanser strangling him.</strike><br />
<br />
''The clip shows up later as Homer remembers his past injuries in season 20's "How the Test Was Won".''<br />
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====06x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart%27s_Girlfriend Bart's Girlfriend]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x07-Wee Tur'les.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
After Bart's new girlfriend pulls a fire alarm, Willy attempts to save the wee tur'les.<br />
:'''Willy''': If I don't save the wee tur'les, who will? ''[beat]'' doh! Save me from the wee tur'les, they were too quick for me aaaggghh...<br />
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====06x08====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_on_Ice Lisa On Ice]<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x08-Bart's Turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
When Bart's team wins a hockey game, Homer pulls out a turtle<br />
:'''Homer''': Well Boy, you won, so I'm going to live up to my side of the agreement. Here's your turtle, alive and well.<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x08-Gamera.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Meanwhile, Lisa finds she's failing gym class and imagines being impeached from the presidency in the future because she failed gym<br />
<br />
:'''Justice''': I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. ''[aside]'' Don't worry, it's just a name.<br />
:'''Lisa''': ''[running from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamera Gamera]]'' He said it was just a name!<br />
:'''Fellow runner''': What he meant was that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.<br />
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*'''Note''': These same kaiju would show up in a later episode: "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"<br />
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====06x20====<br />
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====09x11====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Dozen_and_One_Greyhounds Two Dozen and One Greyhounds]<br />
----<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Singing%2C_All_Dancing All Singing, All Dancing]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x20-Turtle's Necks.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
:'''Mr. Burns''': Some men hunt for sport, others hunt for food. The only thing I'm hunting for, is an outfit that looks good...<br />
::See... my... Vest. See my vest.<br />
::Made from real gorilla chest.<br />
::''[...]''<br />
::Grizzly bear underwear,<br />
::'''Turtle's necks I've got my share.'''<br />
::''[...]''<br />
::but a greyhound fur tuxedo would be best.<br />
::So let's prepare these dogs...<br />
:'''Maid''': Kill two for matching clogs.<br />
:'''Mr. Burns''': See my vest, see my vest, oh please won't you see... my... Vest! I really like the vest.<br />
:'''Smithers''': I gathered, yeah...<br />
:'''Lisa''': He's gonna make a tuxedo out of our puppies!<br />
:'''Bart''': ''[still humming the tune]'' Na na na na na na naa naaaa...<br />
:'''Lisa''': Bart!<br />
:'''Bart''': Sorry... You gotta admit it's catchy. <br />
----<br />
This song is reprised in the season 9 clip show, ''All Singing, All Dancing''<br />
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====07x19====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fish_Called_Selma A Fish Called Selma]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-07x19-A Fish Called Selma.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
Troy McClure proposes to Selma at a drive-in theater showing of his movie: ''The Muppets Go Medieval''<br />
<br />
:'''Troy McClure''': That's not cigars baby, that's ''love''.<br />
:'''Troy''': No longer canst I conceal my love, my wimpled '''turtledove'''. <br />
:''Selma and Miss Piggy both moan.''<br />
:'''Troy''': Oh, princess fair, wilst thou grant me thine dainty hoof in marriage? <br />
:'''Piggy''': Oh, Sir Lies-a-lot, I will! <br />
:'''Selma''': (at the same time) Oh, Troy, I will!<br />
<br />
''(Yes, I know turtledoves aren't turtles.)''<br />
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====08x09====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Viaje_Misterioso_de_Nuestro_Jomer_%28The_Mysterious_Voyage_of_Homer%29 El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x09-Follow the tortoise.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer goes on a vision quest after eating the Merciless Peppers of Quetzalsacatanango.<br />
<br />
:'''Homer''': Huh? A tortoise?! ''[reading]'' Follow... the... ''[gasp]'' This must be why I'm here! Follow the what!? Follow the what!? Hurry up! ''[beat]'' D'Oh!<br />
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====08x10====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Springfield_Files The Springfield Files]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x10-A turtle's got ahold of my teeth.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Mulder and Scully, while investigating Homer's claim of an alien sighting, run across Abe who's lost his teeth to a turtle.<br />
:'''Abe''': For the love of God help me! I've been here for four days and a turtle's got ahold of my teeth! There he is! ''[high speed chase] [...]'' Ow! He bit me with my own teeth!<br />
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====08x13====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala%28Annoyed_Grunt%29cious Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-D'OH!-cious]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x13-SimpsoncalifragilisticexpialaDOHcious.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer tells Marge she has his full attention as we cut to Homer's brain and see a turtle and some farmyard animals playing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_in_the_Straw Turkey in the Straw].<br />
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====08x18====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_vs._The_Eighteenth_Amendment Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x18-Rex Banner.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
After a prohibition law is rediscovered on the Springfield books (on St Patrick's Day), Rex Banner comes to town to clean up Eliot Ness style. Hunting for the Beer Baron, he raids Moe's Pet Shop (speakeasy):<br />
:'''Rex Banner''': What kind of pet shop is filled with rambunctious yahoos and hot jazz music at 1 AM?<br />
:'''Moe''': Um. the... the best damn pet shop in town!<br />
:'''Crowd''': Yeah! ''(clink glasses)''<br />
:'''Rex Banner''': Alright. But you people remember; '''baby turtles''' and alligators may ''seem'' like a cute idea for a pet, but they grow up!<br />
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====09x12====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Carny Bart Carny]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-09x12-Bart_Carney.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
One of the prizes in the ring toss booth is a turtle.<br />
<br />
''(I knew there had to be one in this episode. There are just too many images in the carnival for there to not be one. It took me a while to find it though.)''<br />
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====09x17====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_the_Simpson Lisa the Simpson]<br />
|Lisa reviews ''Yertle the Turtle'', possibly the best book ever written on the subject of turtle stacking.<br />
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====10x05====<br />
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====13x17====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Dish_Upon_a_Star When You Dish Upon a Star]<br />
----<br />
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gump_Roast Gump Roast]<br />
|Snapping turtles chase after Homer. <br />
<br />
''I wrote that down when the episode first aired, but I've had a hard time finding it whenever it aired in syndication. Now I know why. It was cut in the syndicated version[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/scg-10.txt].''<br />
<br />
:'''Marge''': [driving boat] How's he doing?<br />
:'''Bart''': I don't know. I think Dad might be a little heavy for parasailing.<br />
:'''Homer''': ''[tiptoeing across water]'' Faster, Marge! Faster! <strike>''[looking over his shoulder at '''turtles''']'' The '''snapping turtles''' are massing!</strike><br />
<br />
''They also edited out the '''same scene''' from the syndicated version of the clip show Gump Roast[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/scg-13.txt].''<br />
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====10x23====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Minutes_Over_Tokyo Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-10x23-Gamera.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Returning from a trip to Tokyo, the plane the Simpsons are on is shaken.<br />
<br />
:'''Pilot''': Uh, folks, we're experiencing some moderate Godzilla-related turbulence at this time, so I'm going to go ahead and ask you to put your seatbelts back on. When we get to 35 thousand feet, he usually does let go, so from there on out, all we have to worry about is Mothra, and, uh, we do have reports he's tied up with '''Gamera''' and Rodan at the present time. Thank you very much.<br />
<br />
*'''Note''': These same kaiju showed up in an earlier episode: "Lisa On Ice"<br />
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====11x03====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess_Who%27s_Coming_to_Criticize_Dinner%3F Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x03-Frying Dutchman.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Turtle decor from the ''Frying Dutchman''<br />
<br />
*'''Note''': This decor shows up in an earlier episode: New Kid on the Block.<br />
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====11x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Misbehavin' Eight Misbehavin']<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x07-Turtles acting different.gif|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
While trying to free Apu's octuplets from the zoo, they see a turtle swinging through the trees.<br />
<br />
:'''Apu''': These animals certainly act different at night.<br />
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====11x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary:_Impossible Missionary Impossible]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x15-Shell helmet.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer wears a turtle-shell helmet in a nod to ''The Flintstones''<br />
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====11x19====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_the_Alligator_and_Run Kill the Alligator and Run]<br />
|After hitting an alligator, Homer dives in the swamp to flee the police and comes up with a few animals biting him, including a little turtle.<br />
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====12x09====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOMR HOMЯ]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-12x09-Leon Uris.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-12x09-Bite.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer has a crayon removed from his brain, improving his intelligence. In a visit to the library we run across Cletus about to make some turtle soup.<br />
<br />
:'''Lisa''': I think books have an amazing power to bring people together. Look, even Cletus is checking one out.<br />
:''[Cletus pulls out a turtle and a bib]''<br />
:'''Cletus''': Now hold still. '''Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.'''<br />
:''[turtle bites him]''<br />
:'''Cletus''': Ow! Dangit! ''[drops book on his finger]''<br />
:'''Cletus''': Ow! <br />
<br />
*'''Note''': The art for this turtle appears to be the same as the turtle in episode 11x07, Eight Misbehavin'<br />
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====14x03====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_vs._Lisa_vs._The_Third_Grade Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x03-Third grade turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Bart is demoted to the third grade and Lisa is promoted to the third grade. In the background we see that the third grade classroom has a pet turtle.<br />
*'''Note''': One of the chalkboard gags indicates that the Kindergarten classroom has a turtle as well. Another chalkboard gag mentions a generic turtle Bart is not supposed to spin. Also, in Bart's Girlfriend, we see that the Science Lab has a ''lot'' of "Wee Tur'les". <br />
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====14x04====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Marge Large Marge]<br />
|While Lisa and Homer spend their father-daughter time building a house for ''Domiciles for the Destitute'', Homer paints "El Homo" on the house trying to be cool like "El Barto". Then after realizing how it sounds he desperately paints over it.<br />
<br />
:'''Lisa''': Dad, you're getting paint on your wedding ring!<br />
:'''Homer''': Huh? Oh right. Can you hold it?<br />
:'''Lisa''': This is a Band-Aid wrapped in tin foil.<br />
:'''Homer''': '''My real ring's inside a turtle.'''<br />
<br />
Marge thinks she sees Homer flirting and goes to a plastic surgeon to get liposuction, but ends up getting breast implants. Hilarity ensues.<br />
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====14x06====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Louse_Detective The Great Louse Detective]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x06-Turtle Massage.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Marge goes to a spa and gets a ''Turtle Massage'' after which, the turtles are tossed into a bin marked "used turtles."<br />
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====14x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Edna Special Edna]<br />
|<br />
:"And now, enjoy the soothing music of ''The Turtles''"<br />
(OK, so this reference is cheating since it's referring to the band, not to turtles themselves, but I'm counting it :P)<br />
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====14x20====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_My_Wife%2C_Please Brake My Wife, Please]<br />
|A turtle attacks Bart<br />
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====14x21====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_of_War The Bart of War]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x21-Turtle impaler.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
While cleaning up litter, Kirk Van Houten (leading the ''Cavalry Kids'') accidentally impales a tortoise.<br />
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====15x12====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milhouse_Doesn%27t_Live_Here_Anymore Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore]<br />
|Milhouse and his mother move to Capital City, leaving Bart to adopt Lisa as his new best friend.<br />
<br />
:'''Lisa''': The mound builders worshiped '''turtles''' as well as badgers, snakes, and other animals.<br />
:'''Bart''': Thank god we've come to our senses and worship a carpenter who lived 2000 years ago.<br />
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====15x16====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wandering_Juvie The Wandering Juvie]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-15x16-Juvie.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Bart gets sent to juvenile hall. Yard equipment includes a rocking turtle.<br />
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====15x18====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_'em_If_You_Can Catch 'Em If You Can]<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-15x18-Catch 'Em If You Can.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
:'''Kent Brockman''': I guess you could call him "The Little '''Tortoise''' That Couldn't"! See our website for the recipe.<br />
(I originally found this quote on the net. It took me two years to finally find what episode it came from. Let me tell you, ''noone'' on the 'net has the quote right. Most say he says "turtle". Some say "check the webpage for recipes". &etc.)<br />
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====16x14====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven-Beer_Snitch The Seven-Beer Snitch]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x14-Apronboobsface.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
In order to find out why Snowball likes another family better than the Simpsons, Bart comes up with an excuse to see in their house.<br />
<br />
:'''Bart''': My baby '''turtle''' crawled into your basement window!<br />
:'''Woman''': Oh, you poor boy. What's your turtle's name?<br />
:'''Bart''': ''[looking at woman]'' Uhh... Apronboobsface?<br />
:'''Woman''': Really? Well, let's go find him!.<br />
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====16x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future-Drama Future-Drama]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x15-HaHaaa.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Bart and Lisa find themselves in Prof. Frink's basement and he uses the science of astrology on his new computer to show them their future, eight years from next Tuesday. At their graduation party, Nelson flees fatherhood on the back of a sea turtle.<br />
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====16x16====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Fear_the_Roofer Don't Fear The Roofer]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x16-Electroshock.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer goes in for electroshock therapy because everyone believes he's crazy. Bart asks him to hold his dead turtle while he's getting shocked to try to revive it.<br />
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====17x08====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Italian_Bob The Italian Bob]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-17x08-DiversityTales.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
During the diversity film at the beginning a legend about a turtle is mentioned.<br />
<br />
:'''Narrator''': Welcome, to Diversity Tales!<br />
:''Students groan''<br />
:'''Willie''': Enjoy your multi-cultural hooey! ''[laughs]''<br />
:'''Narrator''': It was the Feast of the Sea Lion Who Would Not Share<br />
:'''girl''': Come brother Chi-chi, let us collect Cha-cha sticks!<br />
:'''boy''': I will make a headdress for the wedding of '''Earth Turtle''' and Moon Mongoose<br />
:'''bird''': You don't need a headdress! Your most beautiful costume is your self-esteem.<br />
<br />
(Spelling of names approximate.)<br />
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====17x18====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wettest_Stories_Ever_Told The Wettest Stories Ever Told]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-17x18-Mutiny.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
In '''Mutiny on the Barty''' (a parody of Mutiny on the Bounty), Skinner gets marooned with Willy, who then maroons him on a turtle.<br />
:'''(Seymour) Bligh''': Sing a round!<br />
:'''Willie''': Row row row your boat, gently down the stream, Merrily, Merrily, row row, oh so merrily, not so merrily, row row, very merrily... ''[gives up]'' I can't do it, sir! I'm just one man!<br />
:'''Bligh''': What are you gonna do? Mutiny? <br />
:''[cuts to Bligh on a sea turtle as Willie rows away]''<br />
:'''Bligh''': Swim faster or I'll have you made into soup! What are you gonna do? Go underwater? <br />
:''[the sea turtle does so]<br />
:'''Bligh''': ''[underwater]'' You call this "deep"?!<br />
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====17x19====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_Just_Want_To_Have_Sums Girls Just Want to Have Sums]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-17x19-Stab-a-Lot.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
At the beginning of the episode, the Simpsons are attending ''Stab-a-Lot: the Itchy and Scratchy Musical'' (a parody on ''The Lion King'' / ''Spamalot''), and an actor in a turtle costume leads the animals down the aisle.<br />
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====18x04====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XVII Treehouse of Horror XVII]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x04-I passed out on your turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
In the '''You Gotta Know When To Golem''' segment, Homer mentions Bart's turtle.<br />
:''*loud moan*''<br />
:'''Homer''': ''[drunk]'' Bart, there's something I have to tell you, father to son. I passed out on your '''turtle''' and killed it. Someday you'll thank me.<br />
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====18x05====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._%28Annoyed_Grunt%29 G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x05-Turtle bath toy.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
The Simpsons appear to have a turtle bath toy. (Alas, it's not too clear in this screenshot.)<br />
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====18x10====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wife_Aquatic The Wife Aquatic]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x10-Carousel.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Marge goes back to a happy place from her childhood, only to find it's not what she remembered. A carousel she loved has a turtle on it. (It's interesting that when they "refurbished" the ride, the turtle had a different shell pattern on it.)<br />
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====18x12====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Big_Girl Little Big Girl]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x12-Little Big Girl.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Lisa fakes her family heritage in the 'Hitachi' tribe for a school project.<br />
:'''John Squawkingbear''': Lisa, hi, my name is John squawkingbear, I'm a reporter for the Chippewa Bugle. [...] I've never heard of the Hitachi [...] where were you centered?<br />
:'''Lisa''': Centered? Centered... You know where the four states come together?<br />
:'''Squawkingbear''': Oh quite well.<br />
:'''Lisa''': Not there. Not even close.<br />
:'''Squawkingbear''': In the name of the '''Great Turtle''', will you answer the question!?<br />
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====18x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome-old_and_Juli-eh Rome-old and Juli-eh]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x15-Old sea turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
:'''Marge''': Awwww look at Grandpa and Selma frolicking in the water.<br />
:'''Homer''': It's not right! It's like an '''old sea turtle''' dating a suitcase that fell out of a plane.<br />
<br />
(Loved the parody of the Battle of Helm's Deep in this episode.)<br />
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====18x20====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop%2C_Or_My_Dog_Will_Shoot%21 Stop, Or My Dog Will Shoot!]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x20-SkittleSkittleScurrySkittle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
First we believed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cletus_Spuckler Cletus] was [[#12x09|bitten by a turtle]], we now have proof that he was actually bitten by a ''wereturtle''!<br />
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:'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recurring_characters_from_The_Simpsons#Brandine_Spuckler Brandine]''': Cletus, you coward, is you man or '''turtle'''?<br />
:'''Cletus''' ''[crawling away like a turtle]'': Here's your answer, "skittle skittle scurry skittle."<br />
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====19x01====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Loves_to_Fly_and_He_D%27oh%27s He Loves to Fly and He D'oh's]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x01-He Loves to Fly and He D'oh's.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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Homer develops a taste for flying. After failing to get a job that would involve travel, Homer hides out at Krusty Burger when we see the school children arrive.<br />
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:'''Milhouse''': Principle Skinner, why did we have to leave the Learn-and-Touch Reptile Zoo so early?<br />
:'''Skinner''': Well, it seems ''someone'' was [http://tometheus.com/v3/images/TE198x_OKCZoo.jpg riding the '''giant tortoise'''] ''naked''.<br />
:'''Otto''': It's not my fault. The drinking fountain dared me to do it.<br />
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''Of course, I loved the bits in Chicago in the beginning of this episode.''<br />
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====19x04====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Wanna_Know_Why_the_Caged_Bird_Sings I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x04-I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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A turtle shows up in the baseball game in the Itchy and Scratchy Show.<br />
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====19x06====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphan_Millie Little Orphan Millie]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x06-Little Orphan Millie.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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A sign at the Van Houten wedding reads "PLEASE DO NOT KICK SEA TURTLES".<br />
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====19x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husbands_and_Knives Husbands and Knives]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x07-Husbands_and_Knives.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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A new comic store opens across the street from Android's Dungeon. The new Comic guy has a Girlfriend!! (Who wears a turtle t-shirt.) <br />
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''(There are probably other turtles in this episode, as there are a ''ton'' of images flashing by in the comic stores and I know there were other kaiju around, so there's probably a Gamera I have not yet been able to spot somewhere.)''<br />
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''(I loved [[:Image:ComicBookGuyNoMore.jpg|Comic Book Guy's parody]] of the iconic [http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/SpiderMan_NoMore.html Spider-Man No More] cover when he goes out of business.)''<br />
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====19x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_on_the_Daughter Smoke on the Daughter]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x15-Smoke_on_the_Daughter.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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Lisa, as Angelica Button (a parody of Harry Potter), wears a tortoise-shell barrette. (There's also a kid with a Harry Potter scar in the crowd.)<br />
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:'''Comic Book Guy''': Nice Angelica Button costume Lisa. Althoooouuuugh... the Griffin on your coat of arms is facing left, not right. And FYI, Angelica wears ''TWO'' '''tortoise-shell barrettes'''. Nice try though.<br />
:'''Lisa''': I based my costume on the ''BOOKS'' not the movies.<br />
:'''Crowd''': [laughs at CBG]<br />
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====20x20====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Great_Women_and_a_Manicure Four Great Women and a Manicure]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-20x20-Four_Great_Women_and_a_Manicure.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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After a season that's been a bit dry on turtle references, some catch up is necessary. This episode actually has '''THREE''' turtles in it! <br />
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The first shows up during the Snow White segment. Lisa uses her animal wiles to convince a turtle to climb into the soup pot. <br />
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During Maggie's story, there are two drawings of turtles on the nursery wall. (I love this segment. I'm not necessarily a big Ayn Rand fan, but I ''do'' like ''The Fountainhead'' -- I like architecture and self-reliance.)<br />
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====22x06====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fool_Monty The Fool Monty]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-22x06-The_Fool_Monty.png|150px|right]]<br />
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Mr Burns gets some bad news that he will die soon. Smithers finds him at the top of a cliff.<br />
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:'''Smithers''': Sir! What are you doing?<br />
:'''Burns''': Smithers, I want to die quietly, on my own terms, crushing as many of those baby sea turtles as I possibly can. Goodbye insufficiently cruel world!<br />
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Current count: 53 known episodes<br />
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|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-Maggie on turtle.jpg|75px|right]]<br />
*I have a Simpsons figure of Maggie on the back of a turtle<br />
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|'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_movie The Simpsons Movie]'''<br />
|The Turtles are played [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2012886/#soundtrack in the movie]. (Happy Together)<br />
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====16x17====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heartbroke_Kid The Heartbroke Kid]<br />
|NOT a reference<br />
Bart was watching itchy and scratchy. and there was an explosion in itchy and scratchy. for a brief second you could see something that looks like a DEAD TURTLE hurled across the screen. It's just a hat from one of the bystanders.<br />
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{{quote|quote=Turtles always strike me as devastatingly serious. If turtles could talk, I'd believe everything they said.|author=Erin O'Brien|reference=[http://erin-obrien.blogspot.com/2009/04/turtleneck.html 'Turtleneck']}}<br />
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===...in books===<br />
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{{quote|quote=All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle.|author=Ralph Waldo Emerson|book=Journal|reference='5/9 1854'}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks<br />Which practically conceal its sex.<br />I think it clever of the turtle<br />In such a fix to be so fertile.|author=Odgen Nash|reference='The Turtle'}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Oh, a very useful philosophical animal, your average tortoise. Outrunning metaphorical arrows, beating hares in races... very handy.|author=Terry Pratchett|book=Small Gods}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=The rareness of meeting a Buddha is compared with the difficulty of a blind sea- turtle finding a log to float on, or a one-eyed tortoise finding a log with a spy-hole through it.|book=Chinese proverbs|author=Soothill}}<br />
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===...in music / radio===<br />
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{{quote|quote=[A good friend of mine has said] There's this feeling that people who aren't religious are kind of cold and uncreative. His point is that any five year old can make up Adam and Eve or the world on the back of a turtle, or any of the creation myths, whereas the "creativity" comes in things like black holes, which are so much harder to think up, and you can '''prove'''.|author=Penn Jillette|reference=(Richard Dawkins interview)|book=Penn Radio}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Caught up in a whirlwind, can't catch my breath<br />Knee deep in hot water, broke out in a cold sweat<br />Can't catch a turtle in this rat race<br />Feels like I'm losin' time at a breakneck pace|book=Tightrope|author=Stevie Ray Vaughan}}<br />
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===...in film===<br />
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{{quote|quote=Gus, don't be a giant snapping turtle! We'll have a case in ... 5 minutes.|book=Psych|character=Shawn|reference=Episode 203: 65 Million Years Off}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=[Bandit] I got you boxed in like a turtle's belly|book=Smokey and the Bandit II|character=Sheriff Buford T. Justice}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Dance, you mud turtles. Dance!|book=The Ten Commandments (1956)|character=Slave driver}}<br />
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<div>==[[:Category:Turtle Quotes|Turtle Quotes]]==<br />
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{{quote|quote=Turtles always strike me as devastatingly serious. If turtles could talk, I'd believe everything they said.|author=Erin O'Brien|reference=[http://erin-obrien.blogspot.com/2009/04/turtleneck.html 'Turtleneck']}}<br />
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===...in books===<br />
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{{quote|quote=All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle.|author=Ralph Waldo Emerson|book=Journal|reference='5/9 1854'}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks<br />Which practically conceal its sex.<br />I think it clever of the turtle<br />In such a fix to be so fertile.|author=Odgen Nash|reference='The Turtle'}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Oh, a very useful philosophical animal, your average tortoise. Outrunning metaphorical arrows, beating hares in races... very handy.|author=Terry Pratchett|book=Small Gods}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=The rareness of meeting a Buddha is compared with the difficulty of a blind sea- turtle finding a log to float on, or a one-eyed tortoise finding a log with a spy-hole through it.|book=Chinese proverbs|author=Soothill}}<br />
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===...in music / radio===<br />
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{{quote|quote=[A good friend of mine has said] There's this feeling that people who aren't religious are kind of cold and uncreative. His point is that any five year old can make up Adam and Eve or the world on the back of a turtle, or any of the creation myths, whereas the "creativity" comes in things like black holes, which are so much harder to think up, and you can '''prove'''.|author=Penn Jillette|reference=(Richard Dawkins interview)|book=Penn Radio}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Caught up in a whirlwind, can't catch my breath<br />Knee deep in hot water, broke out in a cold sweat<br />Can't catch a turtle in this rat race<br />Feels like I'm losin' time at a breakneck pace|book=Tightrope|author=Stevie Ray Vaughan}}<br />
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===...in film===<br />
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{{quote|quote=Gus, don't be a giant snapping turtle! We'll have a case in ... 5 minutes.|book=Psych|character=Shawn|reference=Episode 203: 65 Million Years Off}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=[Bandit] I got you boxed in like a turtle's belly|book=Smokey and the Bandit II|character=Sheriff Buford T. Justice}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Dance, you mud turtles. Dance!|book=The Ten Commandments (1956)|character=Slave driver}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Turtles always strike me as devastatingly serious. If turtles could talk, I'd believe everything they said.|author=Erin O'Brien|reference=[http://erin-obrien.blogspot.com/2009/04/turtleneck.html 'Turtleneck']}}<br />
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===...in books===<br />
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{{quote|quote=All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle.|author=Ralph Waldo Emerson|book=Journal|reference='5/9 1854'}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks<br />Which practically conceal its sex.<br />I think it clever of the turtle<br />In such a fix to be so fertile.|author=Odgen Nash|reference='The Turtle'}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Oh, a very useful philosophical animal, your average tortoise. Outrunning metaphorical arrows, beating hares in races... very handy.|author=Terry Pratchett|book=Small Gods}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=The rareness of meeting a Buddha is compared with the difficulty of a blind sea- turtle finding a log to float on, or a one-eyed tortoise finding a log with a spy-hole through it.|book=Chinese proverbs|author=Soothill}}<br />
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===...in music / radio===<br />
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{{quote|quote=[A good friend of mine has said] There's this feeling that people who aren't religious are kind of cold and uncreative. His point is that any five year old can make up Adam and Eve or the world on the back of a turtle, or any of the creation myths, whereas the "creativity" comes in things like black holes, which are so much harder to think up, and you can '''prove'''.|author=Penn Jillette|reference=(Richard Dawkins interview)|book=Penn Radio}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Caught up in a whirlwind, can't catch my breath<br />Knee deep in hot water, broke out in a cold sweat<br />Can't catch a turtle in this rat race<br />Feels like I'm losin' time at a breakneck pace|book=Tightrope|author=Stevie Ray Vaughan}}<br />
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===...in film===<br />
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{{quote|quote=Gus, don't be a giant snapping turtle! We'll have a case in ... 5 minutes.|book=Psych|character=Shawn|reference=Episode 203: 65 Million Years Off}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=[Bandit] I got you boxed in like a turtle's belly|book=Smokey and the Bandit II|character=Sheriff Buford T. Justice}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Dance, you mud turtles. Dance!|book=The Ten Commandments (1956)|character=Slave driver}}<br />
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*The episode where Gill stays with the Simpsons (spoof of ''Holiday Inn'') shows Oct 21 being Reptile Awareness Day.<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x09-Follow the tortoise.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sage advice from The Simpsons]]<br />
The Simpsons have a lot of turtle references. (It seems unusually high for a non-recurring 'character'. Almost every reference is to a different turtle. (The clip show, ''All Singing, All Dancing'' has a duplicate reference.) I've counted on average two per season. That makes roughly 10% of the episodes that have a turtle reference that I've seen.) The purpose of this page is to document those occurances and maybe try to find a pattern.<br />
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==Suspects==<br />
Can a pattern be detected to when the turtles appear? I haven't found one yet, but I have my suspicions.<br />
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===Nelson Shin===<br />
My prime suspect. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Shin Nelson Shin] is the founder and president of Akom Production Co., Ltd., which does a large portion of the animation for The Simpsons. He is known to have a pet turtle and has put turtles in other projects. (See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Chung Empress Chung].) They animated the first two seasons exclusively, then the turtle references started showing up after they were no longer exclusive animators. The turtles could be a "signature". (All conjecture of course, since it's hard to determine what house does what (part of a) show.)<br />
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====03x22====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Otto_Show The Otto Show]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-03x22-I will not spin the turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
*'''Chalkboard gag''': "I will not spin the turtle" <br />
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====04x08====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kid_on_the_Block New Kid on the Block]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-04x08-Frying Dutchman.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Decor in the ''Frying Dutchman'' includes a turtle in a net. <br />
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====20x11====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Gets_an_Elephant Bart Gets an Elephant]<br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_Test_Was_Won How the Test Was Won]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-05x17-TerrapinWax.gif|150px|right]]<br />
The <strike>Turtle</strike> Terrapin Wax turtle grabs Homer's hair.<br />
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''Note: This scene is cut in syndication[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/scg-5.txt].''<br />
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:''While Lisa complains about being stuck in the house...''<br />
:''<strike>In the basement, Homer is about to clean the floor and hesitates between bottles of Bubble Off, Terrapin Wax, Cleanser... He settles for Mr. Cleanser.</strike><br />
:<strike>'''Homer''': Hmm... ''[reading]'' "Use only in a well-ventilated area." ''[looks around] '' Shove it, buddy! ''[pours most of the bottle on the floor]''</strike><br />
:<strike>''Homer grunts as he scrubs the floor, but the fumes soon make him dizzy. In his hallucination, the logos of the various cleaning products come to life. At first friendly, they turn evil and attack him; several Bubbles biting him, the Turtle pulling his hair strands, the Cleanser knight stabbing him with his spear, and Mr. Cleanser strangling him.</strike><br />
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''The clip shows up later as Homer remembers his past injuries in season 20's "How the Test Was Won".''<br />
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====06x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart%27s_Girlfriend Bart's Girlfriend]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x07-Wee Tur'les.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
After Bart's new girlfriend pulls a fire alarm, Willy attempts to save the wee tur'les.<br />
:'''Willy''': If I don't save the wee tur'les, who will? ''[beat]'' doh! Save me from the wee tur'les, they were too quick for me aaaggghh...<br />
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====06x08====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_on_Ice Lisa On Ice]<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x08-Bart's Turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
When Bart's team wins a hockey game, Homer pulls out a turtle<br />
:'''Homer''': Well Boy, you won, so I'm going to live up to my side of the agreement. Here's your turtle, alive and well.<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x08-Gamera.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Meanwhile, Lisa finds she's failing gym class and imagines being impeached from the presidency in the future because she failed gym<br />
<br />
:'''Justice''': I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. ''[aside]'' Don't worry, it's just a name.<br />
:'''Lisa''': ''[running from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamera Gamera]]'' He said it was just a name!<br />
:'''Fellow runner''': What he meant was that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.<br />
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*'''Note''': These same kaiju would show up in a later episode: "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"<br />
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====06x20====<br />
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====09x11====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Dozen_and_One_Greyhounds Two Dozen and One Greyhounds]<br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Singing%2C_All_Dancing All Singing, All Dancing]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x20-Turtle's Necks.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
:'''Mr. Burns''': Some men hunt for sport, others hunt for food. The only thing I'm hunting for, is an outfit that looks good...<br />
::See... my... Vest. See my vest.<br />
::Made from real gorilla chest.<br />
::''[...]''<br />
::Grizzly bear underwear,<br />
::'''Turtle's necks I've got my share.'''<br />
::''[...]''<br />
::but a greyhound fur tuxedo would be best.<br />
::So let's prepare these dogs...<br />
:'''Maid''': Kill two for matching clogs.<br />
:'''Mr. Burns''': See my vest, see my vest, oh please won't you see... my... Vest! I really like the vest.<br />
:'''Smithers''': I gathered, yeah...<br />
:'''Lisa''': He's gonna make a tuxedo out of our puppies!<br />
:'''Bart''': ''[still humming the tune]'' Na na na na na na naa naaaa...<br />
:'''Lisa''': Bart!<br />
:'''Bart''': Sorry... You gotta admit it's catchy. <br />
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This song is reprised in the season 9 clip show, ''All Singing, All Dancing''<br />
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====07x19====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fish_Called_Selma A Fish Called Selma]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-07x19-A Fish Called Selma.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
Troy McClure proposes to Selma at a drive-in theater showing of his movie: ''The Muppets Go Medieval''<br />
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:'''Troy McClure''': That's not cigars baby, that's ''love''.<br />
:'''Troy''': No longer canst I conceal my love, my wimpled '''turtledove'''. <br />
:''Selma and Miss Piggy both moan.''<br />
:'''Troy''': Oh, princess fair, wilst thou grant me thine dainty hoof in marriage? <br />
:'''Piggy''': Oh, Sir Lies-a-lot, I will! <br />
:'''Selma''': (at the same time) Oh, Troy, I will!<br />
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====08x09====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Viaje_Misterioso_de_Nuestro_Jomer_%28The_Mysterious_Voyage_of_Homer%29 El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x09-Follow the tortoise.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer goes on a vision quest after eating the Merciless Peppers of Quetzalsacatanango.<br />
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:'''Homer''': Huh? A tortoise?! ''[reading]'' Follow... the... ''[gasp]'' This must be why I'm here! Follow the what!? Follow the what!? Hurry up! ''[beat]'' D'Oh!<br />
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====08x10====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Springfield_Files The Springfield Files]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x10-A turtle's got ahold of my teeth.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Mulder and Scully, while investigating Homer's claim of an alien sighting, run across Abe who's lost his teeth to a turtle.<br />
:'''Abe''': For the love of God help me! I've been here for four days and a turtle's got ahold of my teeth! There he is! ''[high speed chase] [...]'' Ow! He bit me with my own teeth!<br />
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====08x18====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_vs._The_Eighteenth_Amendment Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x18-Rex Banner.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
After a prohibition law is rediscovered on the Springfield books (on St Patrick's Day), Rex Banner comes to town to clean up Eliot Ness style. Hunting for the Beer Baron, he raids Moe's Pet Shop (speakeasy):<br />
:'''Rex Banner''': What kind of pet shop is filled with rambunctious yahoos and hot jazz music at 1 AM?<br />
:'''Moe''': Um. the... the best damn pet shop in town!<br />
:'''Crowd''': Yeah! ''(clink glasses)''<br />
:'''Rex Banner''': Alright. But you people remember; '''baby turtles''' and alligators may ''seem'' like a cute idea for a pet, but they grow up!<br />
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====09x12====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Carny Bart Carny]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-09x12-Bart_Carney.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
One of the prizes in the ring toss booth is a turtle.<br />
<br />
''(I knew there had to be one in this episode. There are just too many images in the carnival for there to not be one. It took me a while to find it though.)''<br />
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====09x17====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_the_Simpson Lisa the Simpson]<br />
|Lisa reviews ''Yertle the Turtle'', possibly the best book ever written on the subject of turtle stacking.<br />
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====13x17====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Dish_Upon_a_Star When You Dish Upon a Star]<br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gump_Roast Gump Roast]<br />
|Snapping turtles chase after Homer. <br />
<br />
''I wrote that down when the episode first aired, but I've had a hard time finding it whenever it aired in syndication. Now I know why. It was cut in the syndicated version[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/scg-10.txt].''<br />
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:'''Marge''': [driving boat] How's he doing?<br />
:'''Bart''': I don't know. I think Dad might be a little heavy for parasailing.<br />
:'''Homer''': ''[tiptoeing across water]'' Faster, Marge! Faster! <strike>''[looking over his shoulder at '''turtles''']'' The '''snapping turtles''' are massing!</strike><br />
<br />
''They also edited out the '''same scene''' from the syndicated version of the clip show Gump Roast[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/scg-13.txt].''<br />
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====10x23====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Minutes_Over_Tokyo Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-10x23-Gamera.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Returning from a trip to Tokyo, the plane the Simpsons are on is shaken.<br />
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:'''Pilot''': Uh, folks, we're experiencing some moderate Godzilla-related turbulence at this time, so I'm going to go ahead and ask you to put your seatbelts back on. When we get to 35 thousand feet, he usually does let go, so from there on out, all we have to worry about is Mothra, and, uh, we do have reports he's tied up with '''Gamera''' and Rodan at the present time. Thank you very much.<br />
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*'''Note''': These same kaiju showed up in an earlier episode: "Lisa On Ice"<br />
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====11x03====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess_Who%27s_Coming_to_Criticize_Dinner%3F Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x03-Frying Dutchman.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Turtle decor from the ''Frying Dutchman''<br />
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*'''Note''': This decor shows up in an earlier episode: New Kid on the Block.<br />
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====11x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Misbehavin' Eight Misbehavin']<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x07-Turtles acting different.gif|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
While trying to free Apu's octuplets from the zoo, they see a turtle swinging through the trees.<br />
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:'''Apu''': These animals certainly act different at night.<br />
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====11x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary:_Impossible Missionary Impossible]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x15-Shell helmet.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer wears a turtle-shell helmet in a nod to ''The Flintstones''<br />
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====11x19====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_the_Alligator_and_Run Kill the Alligator and Run]<br />
|After hitting an alligator, Homer dives in the swamp to flee the police and comes up with a few animals biting him, including a little turtle.<br />
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====12x09====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOMR HOMЯ]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-12x09-Leon Uris.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-12x09-Bite.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer has a crayon removed from his brain, improving his intelligence. In a visit to the library we run across Cletus about to make some turtle soup.<br />
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:'''Lisa''': I think books have an amazing power to bring people together. Look, even Cletus is checking one out.<br />
:''[Cletus pulls out a turtle and a bib]''<br />
:'''Cletus''': Now hold still. '''Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.'''<br />
:''[turtle bites him]''<br />
:'''Cletus''': Ow! Dangit! ''[drops book on his finger]''<br />
:'''Cletus''': Ow! <br />
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*'''Note''': The art for this turtle appears to be the same as the turtle in episode 11x07, Eight Misbehavin'<br />
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====14x03====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_vs._Lisa_vs._The_Third_Grade Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x03-Third grade turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Bart is demoted to the third grade and Lisa is promoted to the third grade. In the background we see that the third grade classroom has a pet turtle.<br />
*'''Note''': One of the chalkboard gags indicates that the Kindergarten classroom has a turtle as well. Another chalkboard gag mentions a generic turtle Bart is not supposed to spin. Also, in Bart's Girlfriend, we see that the Science Lab has a ''lot'' of "Wee Tur'les". <br />
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====14x04====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Marge Large Marge]<br />
|While Lisa and Homer spend their father-daughter time building a house for ''Domiciles for the Destitute'', Homer paints "El Homo" on the house trying to be cool like "El Barto". Then after realizing how it sounds he desperately paints over it.<br />
<br />
:'''Lisa''': Dad, you're getting paint on your wedding ring!<br />
:'''Homer''': Huh? Oh right. Can you hold it?<br />
:'''Lisa''': This is a Band-Aid wrapped in tin foil.<br />
:'''Homer''': '''My real ring's inside a turtle.'''<br />
<br />
Marge thinks she sees Homer flirting and goes to a plastic surgeon to get liposuction, but ends up getting breast implants. Hilarity ensues.<br />
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====14x06====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Louse_Detective The Great Louse Detective]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x06-Turtle Massage.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Marge goes to a spa and gets a ''Turtle Massage'' after which, the turtles are tossed into a bin marked "used turtles."<br />
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====14x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Edna Special Edna]<br />
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:"And now, enjoy the soothing music of ''The Turtles''"<br />
(OK, so this reference is cheating since it's referring to the band, not to turtles themselves, but I'm counting it :P)<br />
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====14x20====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_My_Wife%2C_Please Brake My Wife, Please]<br />
|A turtle attacks Bart<br />
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====14x21====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_of_War The Bart of War]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x21-Turtle impaler.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
While cleaning up litter, Kirk Van Houten (leading the ''Cavalry Kids'') accidentally impales a tortoise.<br />
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====15x12====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milhouse_Doesn%27t_Live_Here_Anymore Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore]<br />
|Milhouse and his mother move to Capital City, leaving Bart to adopt Lisa as his new best friend.<br />
<br />
:'''Lisa''': The mound builders worshiped '''turtles''' as well as badgers, snakes, and other animals.<br />
:'''Bart''': Thank god we've come to our senses and worship a carpenter who lived 2000 years ago.<br />
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====15x16====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wandering_Juvie The Wandering Juvie]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-15x16-Juvie.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Bart gets sent to juvenile hall. Yard equipment includes a rocking turtle.<br />
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====15x18====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_'em_If_You_Can Catch 'Em If You Can]<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-15x18-Catch 'Em If You Can.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
:'''Kent Brockman''': I guess you could call him "The Little '''Tortoise''' That Couldn't"! See our website for the recipe.<br />
(I originally found this quote on the net. It took me two years to finally find what episode it came from. Let me tell you, ''noone'' on the 'net has the quote right. Most say he says "turtle". Some say "check the webpage for recipes". &etc.)<br />
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====16x14====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven-Beer_Snitch The Seven-Beer Snitch]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x14-Apronboobsface.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
In order to find out why Snowball likes another family better than the Simpsons, Bart comes up with an excuse to see in their house.<br />
<br />
:'''Bart''': My baby '''turtle''' crawled into your basement window!<br />
:'''Woman''': Oh, you poor boy. What's your turtle's name?<br />
:'''Bart''': ''[looking at woman]'' Uhh... Apronboobsface?<br />
:'''Woman''': Really? Well, let's go find him!.<br />
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====16x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future-Drama Future-Drama]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x15-HaHaaa.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Bart and Lisa find themselves in Prof. Frink's basement and he uses the science of astrology on his new computer to show them their future, eight years from next Tuesday. At their graduation party, Nelson flees fatherhood on the back of a sea turtle.<br />
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====16x16====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Fear_the_Roofer Don't Fear The Roofer]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x16-Electroshock.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer goes in for electroshock therapy because everyone believes he's crazy. Bart asks him to hold his dead turtle while he's getting shocked to try to revive it.<br />
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====16x17====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heartbroke_Kid The Heartbroke Kid]<br />
|(Unconfirmed. Need to get a screenshot.)<br />
Bart was watching itchy and scratchy. and there was an explosion in itchy and scratchy. for a brief second you could see a DEAD TURTLE hurled across the screen.<br />
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====17x08====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Italian_Bob The Italian Bob]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-17x08-DiversityTales.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
During the diversity film at the beginning a legend about a turtle is mentioned.<br />
<br />
:'''Narrator''': Welcome, to Diversity Tales!<br />
:''Students groan''<br />
:'''Willie''': Enjoy your multi-cultural hooey! ''[laughs]''<br />
:'''Narrator''': It was the Feast of the Sea Lion Who Would Not Share<br />
:'''girl''': Come brother Chi-chi, let us collect Cha-cha sticks!<br />
:'''boy''': I will make a headdress for the wedding of '''Earth Turtle''' and Moon Mongoose<br />
:'''bird''': You don't need a headdress! Your most beautiful costume is your self-esteem.<br />
<br />
(Spelling of names approximate.)<br />
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====17x18====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wettest_Stories_Ever_Told The Wettest Stories Ever Told]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-17x18-Mutiny.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
In '''Mutiny on the Barty''' (a parody of Mutiny on the Bounty), Skinner gets marooned with Willy, who then maroons him on a turtle.<br />
:'''(Seymour) Bligh''': Sing a round!<br />
:'''Willie''': Row row row your boat, gently down the stream, Merrily, Merrily, row row, oh so merrily, not so merrily, row row, very merrily... ''[gives up]'' I can't do it, sir! I'm just one man!<br />
:'''Bligh''': What are you gonna do? Mutiny? <br />
:''[cuts to Bligh on a sea turtle as Willie rows away]''<br />
:'''Bligh''': Swim faster or I'll have you made into soup! What are you gonna do? Go underwater? <br />
:''[the sea turtle does so]<br />
:'''Bligh''': ''[underwater]'' You call this "deep"?!<br />
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====17x19====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_Just_Want_To_Have_Sums Girls Just Want to Have Sums]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-17x19-Stab-a-Lot.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
At the beginning of the episode, the Simpsons are attending ''Stab-a-Lot: the Itchy and Scratchy Musical'' (a parody on ''The Lion King'' / ''Spamalot''), and an actor in a turtle costume leads the animals down the aisle.<br />
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====18x04====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XVII Treehouse of Horror XVII]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x04-I passed out on your turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
In the '''You Gotta Know When To Golem''' segment, Homer mentions Bart's turtle.<br />
:''*loud moan*''<br />
:'''Homer''': ''[drunk]'' Bart, there's something I have to tell you, father to son. I passed out on your '''turtle''' and killed it. Someday you'll thank me.<br />
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====18x05====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._%28Annoyed_Grunt%29 G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x05-Turtle bath toy.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
The Simpsons appear to have a turtle bath toy. (Alas, it's not too clear in this screenshot.)<br />
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====18x10====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wife_Aquatic The Wife Aquatic]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x10-Carousel.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Marge goes back to a happy place from her childhood, only to find it's not what she remembered. A carousel she loved has a turtle on it. (It's interesting that when they "refurbished" the ride, the turtle had a different shell pattern on it.)<br />
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====18x12====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Big_Girl Little Big Girl]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x12-Little Big Girl.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Lisa fakes her family heritage in the 'Hitachi' tribe for a school project.<br />
:'''John Squawkingbear''': Lisa, hi, my name is John squawkingbear, I'm a reporter for the Chippewa Bugle. [...] I've never heard of the Hitachi [...] where were you centered?<br />
:'''Lisa''': Centered? Centered... You know where the four states come together?<br />
:'''Squawkingbear''': Oh quite well.<br />
:'''Lisa''': Not there. Not even close.<br />
:'''Squawkingbear''': In the name of the '''Great Turtle''', will you answer the question!?<br />
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====18x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome-old_and_Juli-eh Rome-old and Juli-eh]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x15-Old sea turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
:'''Marge''': Awwww look at Grandpa and Selma frolicking in the water.<br />
:'''Homer''': It's not right! It's like an '''old sea turtle''' dating a suitcase that fell out of a plane.<br />
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(Loved the parody of the Battle of Helm's Deep in this episode.)<br />
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====18x20====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop%2C_Or_My_Dog_Will_Shoot%21 Stop, Or My Dog Will Shoot!]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x20-SkittleSkittleScurrySkittle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
First we believed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cletus_Spuckler Cletus] was [[#12x09|bitten by a turtle]], we now have proof that he was actually bitten by a ''wereturtle''!<br />
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:'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recurring_characters_from_The_Simpsons#Brandine_Spuckler Brandine]''': Cletus, you coward, is you man or '''turtle'''?<br />
:'''Cletus''' ''[crawling away like a turtle]'': Here's your answer, "skittle skittle scurry skittle."<br />
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====19x01====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Loves_to_Fly_and_He_D%27oh%27s He Loves to Fly and He D'oh's]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x01-He Loves to Fly and He D'oh's.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
Homer develops a taste for flying. After failing to get a job that would involve travel, Homer hides out at Krusty Burger when we see the school children arrive.<br />
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:'''Milhouse''': Principle Skinner, why did we have to leave the Learn-and-Touch Reptile Zoo so early?<br />
:'''Skinner''': Well, it seems ''someone'' was [http://tometheus.com/v3/images/TE198x_OKCZoo.jpg riding the '''giant tortoise'''] ''naked''.<br />
:'''Otto''': It's not my fault. The drinking fountain dared me to do it.<br />
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''Of course, I loved the bits in Chicago in the beginning of this episode.''<br />
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====19x04====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Wanna_Know_Why_the_Caged_Bird_Sings I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x04-I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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A turtle shows up in the baseball game in the Itchy and Scratchy Show.<br />
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====19x06====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphan_Millie Little Orphan Millie]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x06-Little Orphan Millie.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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A sign at the Van Houten wedding reads "PLEASE DO NOT KICK SEA TURTLES".<br />
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====19x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husbands_and_Knives Husbands and Knives]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x07-Husbands_and_Knives.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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A new comic store opens across the street from Android's Dungeon. The new Comic guy has a Girlfriend!! (Who wears a turtle t-shirt.) <br />
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''(There are probably other turtles in this episode, as there are a ''ton'' of images flashing by in the comic stores and I know there were other kaiju around, so there's probably a Gamera I have not yet been able to spot somewhere.)''<br />
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''(I loved [[:Image:ComicBookGuyNoMore.jpg|Comic Book Guy's parody]] of the iconic [http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/SpiderMan_NoMore.html Spider-Man No More] cover when he goes out of business.)''<br />
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====19x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_on_the_Daughter Smoke on the Daughter]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x15-Smoke_on_the_Daughter.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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Lisa, as Angelica Button (a parody of Harry Potter), wears a tortoise-shell barrette. (There's also a kid with a Harry Potter scar in the crowd.)<br />
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:'''Comic Book Guy''': Nice Angelica Button costume Lisa. Althoooouuuugh... the Griffin on your coat of arms is facing left, not right. And FYI, Angelica wears ''TWO'' '''tortoise-shell barrettes'''. Nice try though.<br />
:'''Lisa''': I based my costume on the ''BOOKS'' not the movies.<br />
:'''Crowd''': [laughs at CBG]<br />
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====20x20====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Great_Women_and_a_Manicure Four Great Women and a Manicure]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-20x20-Four_Great_Women_and_a_Manicure.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
<br />
After a season that's been a bit dry on turtle references, some catch up is necessary. This episode actually has '''THREE''' turtles in it! <br />
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The first shows up during the Snow White segment. Lisa uses her animal wiles to convince a turtle to climb into the soup pot. <br />
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During Maggie's story, there are two drawings of turtles on the nursery wall. (I love this segment. I'm not necessarily a big Ayn Rand fan, but I ''do'' like ''The Fountainhead'' -- I like architecture and self-reliance.)<br />
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Misc<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-Maggie on turtle.jpg|75px|right]]<br />
*I have a Simpsons figure of Maggie on the back of a turtle<br />
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Current count: 51 known episodes<br />
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|'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_movie The Simpsons Movie]'''<br />
|The Turtles are played [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2012886/#soundtrack in the movie]. (Happy Together)<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x09-Follow the tortoise.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sage advice from The Simpsons]]<br />
The Simpsons have a lot of turtle references. (It seems unusually high for a non-recurring 'character'. Almost every reference is to a different turtle. (The clip show, ''All Singing, All Dancing'' has a duplicate reference.) I've counted on average two per season. That makes roughly 10% of the episodes that have a turtle reference that I've seen.) The purpose of this page is to document those occurances and maybe try to find a pattern.<br />
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==Suspects==<br />
Can a pattern be detected to when the turtles appear? I haven't found one yet, but I have my suspicions.<br />
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===Nelson Shin===<br />
My prime suspect. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Shin Nelson Shin] is the founder and president of Akom Production Co., Ltd., which does a large portion of the animation for The Simpsons. He is known to have a pet turtle and has put turtles in other projects. (See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Chung Empress Chung].) They animated the first two seasons exclusively, then the turtle references started showing up after they were no longer exclusive animators. The turtles could be a "signature". (All conjecture of course, since it's hard to determine what house does what (part of a) show.)<br />
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{{clear}}<br />
==Episode list==<br />
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|'''Ep #'''<br />
|'''Episode Title'''<br />
|'''Reference'''<br />
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====03x22====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Otto_Show The Otto Show]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-03x22-I will not spin the turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
*'''Chalkboard gag''': "I will not spin the turtle" <br />
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====04x08====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kid_on_the_Block New Kid on the Block]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-04x08-Frying Dutchman.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Decor in the ''Frying Dutchman'' includes a turtle in a net. <br />
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*'''Note''': This decor shows up again in a later episode: Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner.<br />
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====05x13====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_and_Apu Homer and Apu]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-05x13-I will not go near the kindergarten turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
*'''Chalkboard gag''': "I will not go near the kindergarten turtle" <br />
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====05x17====<br />
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====20x11====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Gets_an_Elephant Bart Gets an Elephant]<br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_the_Test_Was_Won How the Test Was Won]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-05x17-TerrapinWax.gif|150px|right]]<br />
The <strike>Turtle</strike> Terrapin Wax turtle grabs Homer's hair.<br />
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''Note: This scene is cut in syndication[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/scg-5.txt].''<br />
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:''While Lisa complains about being stuck in the house...''<br />
:''<strike>In the basement, Homer is about to clean the floor and hesitates between bottles of Bubble Off, Terrapin Wax, Cleanser... He settles for Mr. Cleanser.</strike><br />
:<strike>'''Homer''': Hmm... ''[reading]'' "Use only in a well-ventilated area." ''[looks around] '' Shove it, buddy! ''[pours most of the bottle on the floor]''</strike><br />
:<strike>''Homer grunts as he scrubs the floor, but the fumes soon make him dizzy. In his hallucination, the logos of the various cleaning products come to life. At first friendly, they turn evil and attack him; several Bubbles biting him, the Turtle pulling his hair strands, the Cleanser knight stabbing him with his spear, and Mr. Cleanser strangling him.</strike><br />
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''The clip shows up later as Homer remembers his past injuries in season 20's "How the Test Was Won".''<br />
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====06x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart%27s_Girlfriend Bart's Girlfriend]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x07-Wee Tur'les.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
After Bart's new girlfriend pulls a fire alarm, Willy attempts to save the wee tur'les.<br />
:'''Willy''': If I don't save the wee tur'les, who will? ''[beat]'' doh! Save me from the wee tur'les, they were too quick for me aaaggghh...<br />
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====06x08====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_on_Ice Lisa On Ice]<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x08-Bart's Turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
When Bart's team wins a hockey game, Homer pulls out a turtle<br />
:'''Homer''': Well Boy, you won, so I'm going to live up to my side of the agreement. Here's your turtle, alive and well.<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x08-Gamera.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Meanwhile, Lisa finds she's failing gym class and imagines being impeached from the presidency in the future because she failed gym<br />
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:'''Justice''': I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. ''[aside]'' Don't worry, it's just a name.<br />
:'''Lisa''': ''[running from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamera Gamera]]'' He said it was just a name!<br />
:'''Fellow runner''': What he meant was that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.<br />
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*'''Note''': These same kaiju would show up in a later episode: "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"<br />
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====06x20====<br />
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====09x11====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Dozen_and_One_Greyhounds Two Dozen and One Greyhounds]<br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Singing%2C_All_Dancing All Singing, All Dancing]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x20-Turtle's Necks.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
:'''Mr. Burns''': Some men hunt for sport, others hunt for food. The only thing I'm hunting for, is an outfit that looks good...<br />
::See... my... Vest. See my vest.<br />
::Made from real gorilla chest.<br />
::''[...]''<br />
::Grizzly bear underwear,<br />
::'''Turtle's necks I've got my share.'''<br />
::''[...]''<br />
::but a greyhound fur tuxedo would be best.<br />
::So let's prepare these dogs...<br />
:'''Maid''': Kill two for matching clogs.<br />
:'''Mr. Burns''': See my vest, see my vest, oh please won't you see... my... Vest! I really like the vest.<br />
:'''Smithers''': I gathered, yeah...<br />
:'''Lisa''': He's gonna make a tuxedo out of our puppies!<br />
:'''Bart''': ''[still humming the tune]'' Na na na na na na naa naaaa...<br />
:'''Lisa''': Bart!<br />
:'''Bart''': Sorry... You gotta admit it's catchy. <br />
----<br />
This song is reprised in the season 9 clip show, ''All Singing, All Dancing''<br />
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====07x19====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fish_Called_Selma A Fish Called Selma]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-07x19-A Fish Called Selma.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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Troy McClure proposes to Selma at a drive-in theater showing of his movie: ''The Muppets Go Medieval''<br />
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:'''Troy McClure''': That's not cigars baby, that's ''love''.<br />
:'''Troy''': No longer canst I conceal my love, my wimpled '''turtledove'''. <br />
:''Selma and Miss Piggy both moan.''<br />
:'''Troy''': Oh, princess fair, wilst thou grant me thine dainty hoof in marriage? <br />
:'''Piggy''': Oh, Sir Lies-a-lot, I will! <br />
:'''Selma''': (at the same time) Oh, Troy, I will!<br />
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====08x09====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Viaje_Misterioso_de_Nuestro_Jomer_%28The_Mysterious_Voyage_of_Homer%29 El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x09-Follow the tortoise.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer goes on a vision quest after eating the Merciless Peppers of Quetzalsacatanango.<br />
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:'''Homer''': Huh? A tortoise?! ''[reading]'' Follow... the... ''[gasp]'' This must be why I'm here! Follow the what!? Follow the what!? Hurry up! ''[beat]'' D'Oh!<br />
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====08x10====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Springfield_Files The Springfield Files]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x10-A turtle's got ahold of my teeth.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Mulder and Scully, while investigating Homer's claim of an alien sighting, run across Abe who's lost his teeth to a turtle.<br />
:'''Abe''': For the love of God help me! I've been here for four days and a turtle's got ahold of my teeth! There he is! ''[high speed chase] [...]'' Ow! He bit me with my own teeth!<br />
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====08x18====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_vs._The_Eighteenth_Amendment Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x18-Rex Banner.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
After a prohibition law is rediscovered on the Springfield books (on St Patrick's Day), Rex Banner comes to town to clean up Eliot Ness style. Hunting for the Beer Baron, he raids Moe's Pet Shop (speakeasy):<br />
:'''Rex Banner''': What kind of pet shop is filled with rambunctious yahoos and hot jazz music at 1 AM?<br />
:'''Moe''': Um. the... the best damn pet shop in town!<br />
:'''Crowd''': Yeah! ''(clink glasses)''<br />
:'''Rex Banner''': Alright. But you people remember; '''baby turtles''' and alligators may ''seem'' like a cute idea for a pet, but they grow up!<br />
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====09x12====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Carny Bart Carny]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-09x12-Bart_Carney.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
One of the prizes in the ring toss booth is a turtle.<br />
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''(I knew there had to be one in this episode. There are just too many images in the carnival for there to not be one. It took me a while to find it though.)''<br />
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====09x17====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_the_Simpson Lisa the Simpson]<br />
|Lisa reviews ''Yertle the Turtle'', possibly the best book ever written on the subject of turtle stacking.<br />
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====10x05====<br />
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====13x17====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Dish_Upon_a_Star When You Dish Upon a Star]<br />
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gump_Roast Gump Roast]<br />
|Snapping turtles chase after Homer. <br />
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''I wrote that down when the episode first aired, but I've had a hard time finding it whenever it aired in syndication. Now I know why. It was cut in the syndicated version[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/scg-10.txt].''<br />
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:'''Marge''': [driving boat] How's he doing?<br />
:'''Bart''': I don't know. I think Dad might be a little heavy for parasailing.<br />
:'''Homer''': ''[tiptoeing across water]'' Faster, Marge! Faster! <strike>''[looking over his shoulder at '''turtles''']'' The '''snapping turtles''' are massing!</strike><br />
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''They also edited out the '''same scene''' from the syndicated version of the clip show Gump Roast[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/scg-13.txt].''<br />
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====10x23====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Minutes_Over_Tokyo Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-10x23-Gamera.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Returning from a trip to Tokyo, the plane the Simpsons are on is shaken.<br />
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:'''Pilot''': Uh, folks, we're experiencing some moderate Godzilla-related turbulence at this time, so I'm going to go ahead and ask you to put your seatbelts back on. When we get to 35 thousand feet, he usually does let go, so from there on out, all we have to worry about is Mothra, and, uh, we do have reports he's tied up with '''Gamera''' and Rodan at the present time. Thank you very much.<br />
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*'''Note''': These same kaiju showed up in an earlier episode: "Lisa On Ice"<br />
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====11x03====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess_Who%27s_Coming_to_Criticize_Dinner%3F Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x03-Frying Dutchman.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Turtle decor from the ''Frying Dutchman''<br />
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*'''Note''': This decor shows up in an earlier episode: New Kid on the Block.<br />
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====11x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Misbehavin' Eight Misbehavin']<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x07-Turtles acting different.gif|150px|right]]<br />
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While trying to free Apu's octuplets from the zoo, they see a turtle swinging through the trees.<br />
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:'''Apu''': These animals certainly act different at night.<br />
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====11x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary:_Impossible Missionary Impossible]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x15-Shell helmet.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer wears a turtle-shell helmet in a nod to ''The Flintstones''<br />
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====11x19====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_the_Alligator_and_Run Kill the Alligator and Run]<br />
|After hitting an alligator, Homer dives in the swamp to flee the police and comes up with a few animals biting him, including a little turtle.<br />
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====12x09====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOMR HOMЯ]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-12x09-Leon Uris.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-12x09-Bite.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer has a crayon removed from his brain, improving his intelligence. In a visit to the library we run across Cletus about to make some turtle soup.<br />
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:'''Lisa''': I think books have an amazing power to bring people together. Look, even Cletus is checking one out.<br />
:''[Cletus pulls out a turtle and a bib]''<br />
:'''Cletus''': Now hold still. '''Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.'''<br />
:''[turtle bites him]''<br />
:'''Cletus''': Ow! Dangit! ''[drops book on his finger]''<br />
:'''Cletus''': Ow! <br />
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*'''Note''': The art for this turtle appears to be the same as the turtle in episode 11x07, Eight Misbehavin'<br />
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====14x03====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_vs._Lisa_vs._The_Third_Grade Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x03-Third grade turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Bart is demoted to the third grade and Lisa is promoted to the third grade. In the background we see that the third grade classroom has a pet turtle.<br />
*'''Note''': One of the chalkboard gags indicates that the Kindergarten classroom has a turtle as well. Another chalkboard gag mentions a generic turtle Bart is not supposed to spin. Also, in Bart's Girlfriend, we see that the Science Lab has a ''lot'' of "Wee Tur'les". <br />
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====14x04====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Marge Large Marge]<br />
|While Lisa and Homer spend their father-daughter time building a house for ''Domiciles for the Destitute'', Homer paints "El Homo" on the house trying to be cool like "El Barto". Then after realizing how it sounds he desperately paints over it.<br />
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:'''Lisa''': Dad, you're getting paint on your wedding ring!<br />
:'''Homer''': Huh? Oh right. Can you hold it?<br />
:'''Lisa''': This is a Band-Aid wrapped in tin foil.<br />
:'''Homer''': '''My real ring's inside a turtle.'''<br />
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Marge thinks she sees Homer flirting and goes to a plastic surgeon to get liposuction, but ends up getting breast implants. Hilarity ensues.<br />
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====14x06====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Louse_Detective The Great Louse Detective]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x06-Turtle Massage.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Marge goes to a spa and gets a ''Turtle Massage'' after which, the turtles are tossed into a bin marked "used turtles."<br />
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====14x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Edna Special Edna]<br />
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:"And now, enjoy the soothing music of ''The Turtles''"<br />
(OK, so this reference is cheating since it's referring to the band, not to turtles themselves, but I'm counting it :P)<br />
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====14x20====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_My_Wife%2C_Please Brake My Wife, Please]<br />
|A turtle attacks Bart<br />
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====14x21====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_of_War The Bart of War]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x21-Turtle impaler.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
While cleaning up litter, Kirk Van Houten (leading the ''Cavalry Kids'') accidentally impales a tortoise.<br />
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====15x12====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milhouse_Doesn%27t_Live_Here_Anymore Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore]<br />
|Milhouse and his mother move to Capital City, leaving Bart to adopt Lisa as his new best friend.<br />
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:'''Lisa''': The mound builders worshiped '''turtles''' as well as badgers, snakes, and other animals.<br />
:'''Bart''': Thank god we've come to our senses and worship a carpenter who lived 2000 years ago.<br />
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====15x16====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wandering_Juvie The Wandering Juvie]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-15x16-Juvie.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Bart gets sent to juvenile hall. Yard equipment includes a rocking turtle.<br />
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====15x18====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_'em_If_You_Can Catch 'Em If You Can]<br />
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-15x18-Catch 'Em If You Can.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
:'''Kent Brockman''': I guess you could call him "The Little '''Tortoise''' That Couldn't"! See our website for the recipe.<br />
(I originally found this quote on the net. It took me two years to finally find what episode it came from. Let me tell you, ''noone'' on the 'net has the quote right. Most say he says "turtle". Some say "check the webpage for recipes". &etc.)<br />
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====16x14====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven-Beer_Snitch The Seven-Beer Snitch]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x14-Apronboobsface.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
In order to find out why Snowball likes another family better than the Simpsons, Bart comes up with an excuse to see in their house.<br />
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:'''Bart''': My baby '''turtle''' crawled into your basement window!<br />
:'''Woman''': Oh, you poor boy. What's your turtle's name?<br />
:'''Bart''': ''[looking at woman]'' Uhh... Apronboobsface?<br />
:'''Woman''': Really? Well, let's go find him!.<br />
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|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future-Drama Future-Drama]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x15-HaHaaa.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Bart and Lisa find themselves in Prof. Frink's basement and he uses the science of astrology on his new computer to show them their future, eight years from next Tuesday. At their graduation party, Nelson flees fatherhood on the back of a sea turtle.<br />
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|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Fear_the_Roofer Don't Fear The Roofer]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x16-Electroshock.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Homer goes in for electroshock therapy because everyone believes he's crazy. Bart asks him to hold his dead turtle while he's getting shocked to try to revive it.<br />
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|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heartbroke_Kid The Heartbroke Kid]<br />
|(Unconfirmed. Need to get a screenshot.)<br />
Bart was watching itchy and scratchy. and there was an explosion in itchy and scratchy. for a brief second you could see a DEAD TURTLE hurled across the screen.<br />
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====17x08====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Italian_Bob The Italian Bob]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-17x08-DiversityTales.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
During the diversity film at the beginning a legend about a turtle is mentioned.<br />
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:'''Narrator''': Welcome, to Diversity Tales!<br />
:''Students groan''<br />
:'''Willie''': Enjoy your multi-cultural hooey! ''[laughs]''<br />
:'''Narrator''': It was the Feast of the Sea Lion Who Would Not Share<br />
:'''girl''': Come brother Chi-chi, let us collect Cha-cha sticks!<br />
:'''boy''': I will make a headdress for the wedding of '''Earth Turtle''' and Moon Mongoose<br />
:'''bird''': You don't need a headdress! Your most beautiful costume is your self-esteem.<br />
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(Spelling of names approximate.)<br />
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====17x18====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wettest_Stories_Ever_Told The Wettest Stories Ever Told]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-17x18-Mutiny.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
In '''Mutiny on the Barty''' (a parody of Mutiny on the Bounty), Skinner gets marooned with Willy, who then maroons him on a turtle.<br />
:'''(Seymour) Bligh''': Sing a round!<br />
:'''Willie''': Row row row your boat, gently down the stream, Merrily, Merrily, row row, oh so merrily, not so merrily, row row, very merrily... ''[gives up]'' I can't do it, sir! I'm just one man!<br />
:'''Bligh''': What are you gonna do? Mutiny? <br />
:''[cuts to Bligh on a sea turtle as Willie rows away]''<br />
:'''Bligh''': Swim faster or I'll have you made into soup! What are you gonna do? Go underwater? <br />
:''[the sea turtle does so]<br />
:'''Bligh''': ''[underwater]'' You call this "deep"?!<br />
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====17x19====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_Just_Want_To_Have_Sums Girls Just Want to Have Sums]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-17x19-Stab-a-Lot.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
At the beginning of the episode, the Simpsons are attending ''Stab-a-Lot: the Itchy and Scratchy Musical'' (a parody on ''The Lion King'' / ''Spamalot''), and an actor in a turtle costume leads the animals down the aisle.<br />
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====18x04====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XVII Treehouse of Horror XVII]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x04-I passed out on your turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
In the '''You Gotta Know When To Golem''' segment, Homer mentions Bart's turtle.<br />
:''*loud moan*''<br />
:'''Homer''': ''[drunk]'' Bart, there's something I have to tell you, father to son. I passed out on your '''turtle''' and killed it. Someday you'll thank me.<br />
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====18x05====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.I._%28Annoyed_Grunt%29 G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x05-Turtle bath toy.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
The Simpsons appear to have a turtle bath toy. (Alas, it's not too clear in this screenshot.)<br />
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====18x10====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wife_Aquatic The Wife Aquatic]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x10-Carousel.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Marge goes back to a happy place from her childhood, only to find it's not what she remembered. A carousel she loved has a turtle on it. (It's interesting that when they "refurbished" the ride, the turtle had a different shell pattern on it.)<br />
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====18x12====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Big_Girl Little Big Girl]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x12-Little Big Girl.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
Lisa fakes her family heritage in the 'Hitachi' tribe for a school project.<br />
:'''John Squawkingbear''': Lisa, hi, my name is John squawkingbear, I'm a reporter for the Chippewa Bugle. [...] I've never heard of the Hitachi [...] where were you centered?<br />
:'''Lisa''': Centered? Centered... You know where the four states come together?<br />
:'''Squawkingbear''': Oh quite well.<br />
:'''Lisa''': Not there. Not even close.<br />
:'''Squawkingbear''': In the name of the '''Great Turtle''', will you answer the question!?<br />
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====18x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome-old_and_Juli-eh Rome-old and Juli-eh]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x15-Old sea turtle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
:'''Marge''': Awwww look at Grandpa and Selma frolicking in the water.<br />
:'''Homer''': It's not right! It's like an '''old sea turtle''' dating a suitcase that fell out of a plane.<br />
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(Loved the parody of the Battle of Helm's Deep in this episode.)<br />
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====18x20====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop%2C_Or_My_Dog_Will_Shoot%21 Stop, Or My Dog Will Shoot!]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x20-SkittleSkittleScurrySkittle.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
First we believed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cletus_Spuckler Cletus] was [[#12x09|bitten by a turtle]], we now have proof that he was actually bitten by a ''wereturtle''!<br />
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:'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recurring_characters_from_The_Simpsons#Brandine_Spuckler Brandine]''': Cletus, you coward, is you man or '''turtle'''?<br />
:'''Cletus''' ''[crawling away like a turtle]'': Here's your answer, "skittle skittle scurry skittle."<br />
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====19x01====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Loves_to_Fly_and_He_D%27oh%27s He Loves to Fly and He D'oh's]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x01-He Loves to Fly and He D'oh's.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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Homer develops a taste for flying. After failing to get a job that would involve travel, Homer hides out at Krusty Burger when we see the school children arrive.<br />
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:'''Milhouse''': Principle Skinner, why did we have to leave the Learn-and-Touch Reptile Zoo so early?<br />
:'''Skinner''': Well, it seems ''someone'' was [http://tometheus.com/v3/images/TE198x_OKCZoo.jpg riding the '''giant tortoise'''] ''naked''.<br />
:'''Otto''': It's not my fault. The drinking fountain dared me to do it.<br />
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''Of course, I loved the bits in Chicago in the beginning of this episode.''<br />
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====19x04====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Wanna_Know_Why_the_Caged_Bird_Sings I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x04-I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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A turtle shows up in the baseball game in the Itchy and Scratchy Show.<br />
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====19x06====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Orphan_Millie Little Orphan Millie]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x06-Little Orphan Millie.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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A sign at the Van Houten wedding reads "PLEASE DO NOT KICK SEA TURTLES".<br />
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====19x07====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husbands_and_Knives Husbands and Knives]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x07-Husbands_and_Knives.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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A new comic store opens across the street from Android's Dungeon. The new Comic guy has a Girlfriend!! (Who wears a turtle t-shirt.) <br />
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''(There are probably other turtles in this episode, as there are a ''ton'' of images flashing by in the comic stores and I know there were other kaiju around, so there's probably a Gamera I have not yet been able to spot somewhere.)''<br />
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''(I loved [[:Image:ComicBookGuyNoMore.jpg|Comic Book Guy's parody]] of the iconic [http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/SpiderMan_NoMore.html Spider-Man No More] cover when he goes out of business.)''<br />
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====19x15====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_on_the_Daughter Smoke on the Daughter]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-19x15-Smoke_on_the_Daughter.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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Lisa, as Angelica Button (a parody of Harry Potter), wears a tortoise-shell barrette. (There's also a kid with a Harry Potter scar in the crowd.)<br />
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:'''Comic Book Guy''': Nice Angelica Button costume Lisa. Althoooouuuugh... the Griffin on your coat of arms is facing left, not right. And FYI, Angelica wears ''TWO'' '''tortoise-shell barrettes'''. Nice try though.<br />
:'''Lisa''': I based my costume on the ''BOOKS'' not the movies.<br />
:'''Crowd''': [laughs at CBG]<br />
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====20x20====<br />
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Great_Women_and_a_Manicure Four Great Women and a Manicure]<br />
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-20x20-Four_Great_Women_and_a_Manicure.jpg|150px|right]]<br />
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After a season that's been a bit dry on turtle references, some catch up is necessary. This episode actually has '''THREE''' turtles in it! <br />
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The first shows up during the Snow White segment. Lisa uses her animal wiles to convince a turtle to climb into the soup pot. <br />
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During Maggie's story, there are two drawings of turtles on the nursery wall. (I love this segment. I'm not necessarily a big Ayn Rand fan, but I ''do'' like ''The Fountainhead'' -- I like architecture and self-reliance.)<br />
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|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-Maggie on turtle.jpg|75px|right]]<br />
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{{quote|quote=Turtles always strike me as devastatingly serious. If turtles could talk, I'd believe everything they said.|author=Erin O'Brien|reference=[http://erin-obrien.blogspot.com/2009/04/turtleneck.html 'Turtleneck']}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle.|author=Ralph Waldo Emerson|book=Journal|reference='5/9 1854'}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks<br />Which practically conceal its sex.<br />I think it clever of the turtle<br />In such a fix to be so fertile.|author=Odgen Nash|reference='The Turtle'}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Oh, a very useful philosophical animal, your average tortoise. Outrunning metaphorical arrows, beating hares in races... very handy.|author=Terry Pratchett|book=Small Gods}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=The rareness of meeting a Buddha is compared with the difficulty of a blind sea- turtle finding a log to float on, or a one-eyed tortoise finding a log with a spy-hole through it.|book=Chinese proverbs|author=Soothill}}<br />
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===...in music / radio===<br />
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{{quote|quote=[A good friend of mine has said] There's this feeling that people who aren't religious are kind of cold and uncreative. His point is that any five year old can make up Adam and Eve or the world on the back of a turtle, or any of the creation myths, whereas the "creativity" comes in things like black holes, which are so much harder to think up, and you can '''prove'''.|author=Penn Jillette|reference=(Richard Dawkins interview)|book=Penn Radio}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Caught up in a whirlwind, can't catch my breath<br />Knee deep in hot water, broke out in a cold sweat<br />Can't catch a turtle in this rat race<br />Feels like I'm losin' time at a breakneck pace|book=Tightrope|author=Stevie Ray Vaughan}}<br />
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===...in film===<br />
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{{quote|quote=Gus, don't be a giant snapping turtle! We'll have a case in ... 5 minutes.|book=Psych|character=Shawn|reference=Episode 203: 65 Million Years Off}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=[Bandit] I got you boxed in like a turtle's belly|book=Smokey and the Bandit II|character=Sheriff Buford T. Justice}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Dance, you mud turtles. Dance!|book=The Ten Commandments (1956)|character=Slave driver}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle.|author=Ralph Waldo Emerson|book=Journal|reference='5/9 1854'}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Oh, a very useful philosophical animal, your average tortoise. Outrunning metaphorical arrows, beating hares in races... very handy.|author=Terry Pratchett|book=Small Gods}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=The rareness of meeting a Buddha is compared with the difficulty of a blind sea- turtle finding a log to float on, or a one-eyed tortoise finding a log with a spy-hole through it.|book=Chinese proverbs|author=Soothill}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=[A good friend of mine has said] What the hell are you doing there's this feeling that people who aren't religious are kind of cold and uncreative. His point is that any five year old can make up Adam and Eve or the world on the back of a turtle, or any of the creation myths, whereas the "creativity" comes in things like black holes, which are so much harder to think up, and you can '''prove'''.|author=Penn Jillette|reference=(Richard Dawkins interview)|book=Penn Radio}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Caught up in a whirlwind, can't catch my breath<br />Knee deep in hot water, broke out in a cold sweat<br />Can't catch a turtle in this rat race<br />Feels like I'm losin' time at a breakneck pace|book=Tightrope|author=Stevie Ray Vaughan}}<br />
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===...in film===<br />
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{{quote|quote=Gus, don't be a giant snapping turtle! We'll have a case in ... 5 minutes.|book=Psych|character=Shawn|reference=Episode 203: 65 Million Years Off}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=[Bandit] I got you boxed in like a turtle's belly|book=Smokey and the Bandit II|character=Sheriff Buford T. Justice}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Dance, you mud turtles. Dance!|book=The Ten Commandments (1956)|character=Slave driver}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Turtles always strike me as devastatingly serious. If turtles could talk, I'd believe everything they said.|author=Erin O'Brien|reference=[http://erin-obrien.blogspot.com/2009/04/turtleneck.html 'Turtleneck']}}<br />
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===...in books===<br />
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{{quote|quote=All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle.|author=Ralph Waldo Emerson|book=Journal|reference='5/9 1854'}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=The turtle lives 'twixt plated decks<br />Which practically conceal its sex.<br />I think it clever of the turtle<br />In such a fix to be so fertile.|author=Odgen Nash|reference='The Turtle'}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Oh, a very useful philosophical animal, your average tortoise. Outrunning metaphorical arrows, beating hares in races... very handy.|author=Terry Pratchett|book=Small Gods}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=The rareness of meeting a Buddha is compared with the difficulty of a blind sea- turtle finding a log to float on, or a one-eyed tortoise finding a log with a spy-hole through it.|book=Chinese proverbs|author=Soothill}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=[A good friend of mine has said] There's this feeling that people who aren't religious are kind of cold and uncreative. His point is that any five year old can make up Adam and Eve or the world on the back of a turtle, or any of the creation myths, whereas the "creativity" comes in things like black holes, which are so much harder to think up, and you can '''prove'''.|author=Penn Jillette|reference=(Richard Dawkins interview)|book=Penn Radio}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=Caught up in a whirlwind, can't catch my breath<br />Knee deep in hot water, broke out in a cold sweat<br />Can't catch a turtle in this rat race<br />Feels like I'm losin' time at a breakneck pace|book=Tightrope|author=Stevie Ray Vaughan}}<br />
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===...in film===<br />
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{{quote|quote=Gus, don't be a giant snapping turtle! We'll have a case in ... 5 minutes.|book=Psych|character=Shawn|reference=Episode 203: 65 Million Years Off}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=[Bandit] I got you boxed in like a turtle's belly|book=Smokey and the Bandit II|character=Sheriff Buford T. Justice}}<br />
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{{quote|quote=All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle.|author=Ralph Waldo Emerson|book=Journal|reference='5/9 1854'}}<br />
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<div>[[Image:2007-05-26@16-34_Nymph molting.jpg|thumb|right|They're swarming the planet by the '''BILLIONS'''! They've been burrowing unnoticed '''beneath our feet''' for YEARS! It's the '''''Invasion of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brood_XIII Brood XIII]''''' and they only have MATING on their minds. Can humanity survive the invasion?!? Coming soon to a webpage near you.''<br />
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==[[RanTom Thoughts/20070525 Nymph-o-mania!|Brood XIII: Bug-Eyed Nympho Invaders from the Center of the Earth!]]==<br />
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This morning was another one of those magical overcast days like I talked about [[RanTom_Thoughts/20070502_Springaliciousness|last time]]. However, this time, the nymphs I'm seeing aren't mosquitoes, but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada cicadas].<br />
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I've long been fascinated by cicadas. I first experienced an emergence in Oklahoma when I was a kid in first grade, (Brood IV in 1981). It's certainly an interesting survival mechanism they have evolved -- overwhelm your predators all at once and most of you will survive. Also, the absolute predictability of the emergence is astounding each time I experience it. In the past, I was impressed by the predictability of the year and month, now there's even a formula to predict the exact date. <br />
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<noinclude>:''Kritsky, an entomologist, expects cicadas to emerge in the Chicago area on the evening of May 21 and the early morning hours of May 22. He developed his formula by comparing more than 100 years of research on cicada outbreaks and historical weather data. The formula is E = (19.465 - t)/0.5136, where "E" is the emergence start date and "t" is the average April temperatures in Celsius. The formula is keyed to what kind of weather Chicago had last month.'' [http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/384198,6_1_NA14_CICADAS_S1.article]<br />
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Some people complain about the noise, but just imagine it... You've just come through puberty. You've never seen another woman in your entire life. Suddenly, there are billions of them around. However, you've just discovered that you only have a few weeks left to live. "Ok," you think, "This is a great pick-up line! 'Hey baby, I only have a few weeks to live and I've never had sex.'" Unfortunately, you find out that a few ''billion'' other guys are using ''the EXACT SAME LINE''! Then you realize that even if, by some miracle, you did ''not'' die in a few weeks, there wouldn't be any ''women'' left on the planet! You'd be the only surviving adult left on the planet, with a few billion babies to take care of. Wouldn't you start screaming too?<br />
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In the past, I've missed the actual emergence itself, only being able to listen to adults and hunting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exuvia exuvia]. (I happened to be in school in West Virginia during the Oklahoma emergence.) This year I was prepared. (OK, so I was only partially prepared, as I forgot to get batteries for my camera.) When the weather got to the right conditions, and the predictions for the emergence made (when mean soil temperatures exceed 65F), I made sure to be outside that evening. The evening of the 22nd, as I came home from the train, there were on the order of hundreds of them coming out on the sidewalk on my entire trip. The following morning, I counted 20 in a ''single'' sidewalk square. I have been able to observe nymphs coming out of the ground, watch them make the long climb up a tree, watch them molt, chase them around as their wings dry and watch one take it's first attempt at flight. (OK, so the giant monster chasing it around was a pretty strong incentive to try out the new wings. :) ) Unfortunately, my fresh camera batteries were left in the charger at home, so I haven't been able to take pictures as much as I wanted.<br />
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Of course, if you are going to be staring at bugs on trees, you have to be prepared for the sickening *crunch* that's bound to happen whenever you walk in the grass around an established tree at this time. You just try not to move around too much :) (Of course, standing still has its own perils, as one of my neighbors pointed out. If you start resembling a tree too much, be prepared to find giant bugs slowly crawling up your legs.)<br />
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Another interesting aspect is that they serve as sort of living ecological time capsules. As an example, you can tell that 17 years ago there was a very substantial tree on the corner of my block because there was a flood of nymphs that came out and, not finding a tree still standing, they started molting on the sidewalk.<br />
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Anyways, this has been just another in a series of Rambles on ''nymphomania'' (see [[RanTom_Thoughts/20070502_Springaliciousness|the last RanTom Thought]] on the effects of Spring on the heterosexual male.). Stay tuned next time for a dissertation on Nymphs in Greek Mythology. (Or not. You can't prove I said anything! This could have all been written by the family of Honduran spider monkeys renting my brain!)<br />
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''[[Talk:RanTom Thoughts/20070525 Nymph-o-mania!|Discuss!]] Tell me about your own cicada-related experiences.''<br />
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* Pah. [http://www.ravinia.org/ Ravinia] has rescheduled their concert series this year to avoid the cicadas. WIMPS! Figure out ways to use the cicada buzz to your advantage! :) As I said in an [[RanTom_Thoughts/20050717 Van Cliburn Classicals!|earlier RanTom Thought]], one of the reasons I like Ravinia is the interplay of the music with the sounds of nature.<br />
*[http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20000624/bob8.asp Interesting article] in Science News from a few years back.<br />
*Added a [[Cicada Gallery]] for pictures. It includes this article, this article includes it... yay infinite loops! (or rather, "yay <nowiki><noinclude></nowiki> markup!")<br />
*Well, the Cicada version of "''Let's Get it On''" has started today. I'll probably be sick of it in a few weeks :) --[[Image:Tometheus-sig.png]] [[User:Tometheus|Tometheus]] <small>([[User_talk:Tometheus|talk]])</small> 13:57, 27 May 2007 (CDT)<br />
*Check out this [http://www.comics.com/creators/speedbump/archive/speedbump-20070708.html Speed Bump strip]<br />
*The Onion Radio News: [http://www.theonion.com/content/radio_news/17_year_locusts_cant_believe?utm_source=onion_rss_daily 17-Year Locusts Can't Believe Red Hot Chili Peppers Are Still Around]<br />
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