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The Simpsons have a lot of turtle references.  It seems unusually high for a non-recurring 'character'.  (Each reference is to a different turtle.  I've counted on average two per season.  That makes roughly 10% of the episodes that have a turtle reference that I've noticed.)  So far I haven't detected a pattern to when the references occur, but I have my suspicions.

[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x09-Follow the tortoise.jpg|center]]

==Episode list==

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|'''Ep #'''
|'''Episode Title'''
|'''Reference'''

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====03x22====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Otto_Show The Otto Show]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-03x22-I will not spin the turtle.jpg|150px|right]]
*'''Chalkboard gag''': "I will not spin the turtle" 
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====04x08====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kid_on_the_Block New Kid on the Block]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-04x08-Frying Dutchman.jpg|150px|right]]
Decor in the ''Frying Dutchman'' includes a turtle in a net.  

*'''Note''': This decor shows up again in a later episode: Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner.

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====05x13====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_and_Apu Homer and Apu]
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*'''Chalkboard gag''': "I will not go near the kindergarten turtle" 
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====05x17====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Gets_an_Elephant Bart Gets an Elephant]
|The Turtle Wax turtle grabs Homer's hair
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====06x07====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart%27s_Girlfriend Bart's Girlfriend]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x07-Wee Tur'les.jpg|150px|right]]
After Bart's new girlfriend pulls a fire alarm, Willy attempts to save the wee tur'les.
:'''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...
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====06x08====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_on_Ice Lisa On Ice]
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x08-Bart's Turtle.jpg|150px|right]]
When Bart's team wins a hockey game, Homer pulls out a turtle
:'''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.
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[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x08-Gamera.jpg|150px|right]]
Meanwhile, Lisa finds she's failing gym class and imagines being impeached from the presidency in the future because she failed gym

:'''Justice''': I sentence you to a lifetime of horror on Monster Island. ''[aside]'' Don't worry, it's just a name.
:'''Lisa''': ''[running from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamera Gamera]]'' He said it was just a name!
:'''Fellow runner''': What he meant was that Monster Island is actually a peninsula.

*'''Note''': These same kaiju would show up in a later episode: "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"
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====06x20====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Dozen_and_One_Greyhounds Two Dozen and One Greyhounds]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-06x20-Turtle's Necks.jpg|150px|right]]
:'''Mr. Burns''': Some men hunt for sport, others hunt for food. The only thing I'm hunting for, is an outfit that looks good...
::See... my... Vest. See my vest.
::Made from real gorilla chest.
::''[...]''
::Grizzly bear underwear,
::'''Turtle's necks I've got my share.'''
::''[...]''
::but a greyhound fur tuxedo would be best.
::So let's prepare these dogs...
:'''Maid''': Kill two for matching clogs.
:'''Mr. Burns''': See my vest, see my vest, oh please won't you see... my... Vest! I really like the vest.
:'''Smithers''': I gathered, yeah...
:'''Lisa''': He's gonna make a tuxedo out of our puppies!
:'''Bart''': ''[still humming the tune]'' Na na na na na na naa naaaa...
:'''Lisa''': Bart!
:'''Bart''': Sorry... You gotta admit it's catchy. 
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====08x09====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Viaje_Misterioso_de_Nuestro_Jomer_%28The_Mysterious_Voyage_of_Homer%29 El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x09-Follow the tortoise.jpg|150px|right]]
Homer goes on a vision quest after eating the Merciless Peppers of Quetzalsacatanango.

:'''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!
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====08x10====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Springfield_Files The Springfield Files]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x10-A turtle's got ahold of my teeth.jpg|150px|right]]
Mulder and Scully, while investigating Homer's claim of an alien sighting, run across Abe who's lost his teeth to a turtle.
:'''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!
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====08x18====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_vs._The_Eighteenth_Amendment Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-08x18-Rex Banner.jpg|150px|right]]
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):
:'''Rex Banner''': What kind of pet shop is filled with rambunctious yahoos and hot jazz music at 1 AM?
:'''Moe''': Um.  the... the best damn pet shop in town!
:'''Crowd''': Yeah! ''(clink glasses)''
:'''Rex Banner''': Alright.  But you people remember; '''baby turtles''' and alligators may ''seem'' like a cute idea for a pet, but they grow up!
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====09x17====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_the_Simpson Lisa the Simpson]
|Lisa reviews ''Yertle the Turtle'', possibly the best book ever written on the subject of turtle stacking.
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====10x05====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_You_Dish_Upon_a_Star When You Dish Upon a Star]
|Snapping turtles chase after Homer
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====10x23====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Minutes_Over_Tokyo Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-10x23-Gamera.jpg|150px|right]]
Returning from a trip to Tokyo, the plane the Simpsons are on is shaken.

:'''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.

*'''Note''': These same kaiju showed up in an earlier episode: "Lisa On Ice"

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====11x03====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess_Who%27s_Coming_to_Criticize_Dinner%3F Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x03-Frying Dutchman.jpg|150px|right]]
Turtle decor from the ''Frying Dutchman''

*'''Note''': This decor shows up in an earlier episode: New Kid on the Block.
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====11x15====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missionary:_Impossible Missionary Impossible]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-11x15-Shell helmet.jpg|150px|right]]
Homer wears a turtle-shell helmet in a nod to ''The Flintstones''
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====11x19====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_the_Alligator_and_Run Kill the Alligator and Run]
|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.
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====12x09====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOMR HOMЯ]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-12x09-Leon Uris.jpg|150px|right]]
[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-12x09-Bite.jpg|150px|right]]
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.

:'''Lisa''': I think books have an amazing power to bring people together. Look, even Cletus is checking one out.
:''[Cletus pulls out a turtle and a bib]''
:'''Cletus''': Now hold still. '''Nothing cracks a turtle like Leon Uris.'''
:''[turtle bites him]''
:'''Cletus''': Ow! Dangit! ''[drops book on his finger]''
:'''Cletus''': Ow! 
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====14x03====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_vs._Lisa_vs._The_Third_Grade Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x03-Third grade turtle.jpg|150px|right]]
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.
*'''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".  
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====14x04====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Marge Large Marge]
|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.

:'''Lisa''': Dad, you're getting paint on your wedding ring!
:'''Homer''': Huh? Oh right. Can you hold it?
:'''Lisa''': This is a Band-Aid wrapped in tin foil.
:'''Homer''': '''My real ring's inside a turtle.'''

Marge thinks she sees Homer flirting and goes to a plastic surgeon to get liposuction, but ends up getting breast implants. Hilarity ensues.
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====14x06====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Louse_Detective The Great Louse Detective]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x06-Turtle Massage.jpg|150px|right]]
Marge goes to a spa and gets a ''Turtle Massage'' after which, the turtles are tossed into a bin marked "used turtles."
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====14x07====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Edna Special Edna]
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:"And now, enjoy the soothing music of ''The Turtles''"
(OK, so this reference is cheating since it's referring to the band, not to turtles themselves, but I'm counting it :P)
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====14x20====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_My_Wife%2C_Please Brake My Wife, Please]
|A turtle attacks Bart
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====14x21====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_of_War The Bart of War]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-14x21-Turtle impaler.jpg|150px|right]]
While cleaning up litter, Kirk Van Houten (leading the ''Cavalry Kids'') accidentally impales a tortoise.
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====15x12====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milhouse_Doesn%27t_Live_Here_Anymore Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore]
|Milhouse and his mother move to Capital City, leaving Bart to adopt Lisa as his new best friend.

:'''Lisa''': The mound builders worshiped '''turtles''' as well as badgers, snakes, and other animals.
:'''Bart''': Thank god we've come to our senses and worship a carpenter who lived 2000 years ago.
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====15x16====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wandering_Juvie The Wandering Juvie]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-15x16-Juvie.jpg|150px|right]]
Bart gets sent to juvenile hall.  Yard equipment includes a rocking turtle.
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====15x18====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_'em_If_You_Can Catch 'Em If You Can]
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:'''Kent Brockman''': I guess you could call him "The Little '''Tortoise''' That Couldn't"! See our website for the recipe.
(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.)
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====16x14====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven-Beer_Snitch The Seven-Beer Snitch]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x14-Apronboobsface.jpg|150px|right]]
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.

:'''Bart''': My baby '''turtle''' crawled into your basement window!
:'''Woman''': Oh, you poor boy. What's your turtle's name?
:'''Bart''': ''[looking at woman]'' Uhh... Apronboobsface?
:'''Woman''': Really? Well, let's go find him!.
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====16x15====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future-Drama Future-Drama]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x15-HaHaaa.jpg|150px|right]]
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.
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====16x16====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Fear_the_Roofer Don't Fear The Roofer]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-16x16-Electroshock.jpg|150px|right]]
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.
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====16x17====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heartbroke_Kid The Heartbroke Kid]
|(Unconfirmed.  Need to get a screenshot.)
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.
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====17x18====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wettest_Stories_Ever_Told The Wettest Stories Ever Told]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-17x18-Mutiny.jpg|150px|right]]
In '''Mutiny on the Barty''' (a parody of Mutiny on the Bounty), Skinner gets marooned with Willy, who then maroons him on a turtle.
:'''(Seymour) Bligh''': Sing a round!
:'''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!
:'''Bligh''': What are you gonna do? Mutiny? 
:''[cuts to Bligh on a sea turtle as Willie rows away]''
:'''Bligh''': Swim faster or I'll have you made into soup! What are you gonna do? Go underwater? 
:''[the sea turtle does so]
:'''Bligh''': ''[underwater]'' You call this "deep"?!
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====17x19====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_Just_Want_To_Have_Sums Girls Just Want to Have Sums]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-17x19-Stab-a-Lot.jpg|150px|right]]
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.
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====18x04====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XVII Treehouse of Horror XVII]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x04-I passed out on your turtle.jpg|150px|right]]
In the '''You Gotta Know When To Golem''' segment, Homer mentions Bart's turtle.
:''*loud moan*''
:'''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.
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====18x10====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wife_Aquatic The Wife Aquatic]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x10-Carousel.jpg|150px|right]]
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.  (Need a better image.)
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====18x12====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Big_Girl Little Big Girl]
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:'''Indian reporter''': In the name of the '''Great Turtle''', will you just answer the question!?
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====18x15====
|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome-old_and_Juli-eh Rome-old and Juli-eh]
|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-18x15-Old sea turtle.jpg|150px|right]]
:'''Marge''': Awwww look at Grandpa and Selma frolicking in the water.
:'''Homer''': It's not right! It's like an '''old sea turtle''' dating a suitcase that fell out of a plane.

(Loved the parody of the Battle of Helm's Deep in this episode.)
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|[[Image:Turtles-Simpsons-Maggie on turtle.jpg|75px|right]]
*I have a Simpsons figure of Maggie on the back of a turtle

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Current count: 36 known episodes

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