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* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Ingrid the octopus, though she is firmly on the side of the good guys.


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* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Ingrid may be a rough-and-tumble gal, she does clean up nicely for parties.


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* YouDirtyRat: Minus, natch.





!''Turtle Island'' provides examples of:

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!''Turtle !!''Turtle Island'' provides examples of:



* [[UndefeatableLittleVillage Undefeatable Little Island]]: Between an inventor platypus and a brawler octopus, the pirates won't be taking over the island any time soon, if ever.

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* [[UndefeatableLittleVillage Undefeatable Little Island]]: UndefeatableLittleVillage: Between an inventor platypus and a brawler octopus, the pirates won't be taking over the island any time soon, if ever.

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* OffScreenVillainDarkMatter: After being sunken each time, the pirates' ship is always fine by the next episode. Even when it got ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext turned into solid gold]]''.


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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Ingrid is the only female character in the main cast. Her being the island's [[ActionGirl main enforcer]] does more than make up for it, though.


'''''Turtle Island''''' is a Canadian-German animated series, originally airing in 1995 on Canal Famille (now Vrak) in Québec and Super RTL in Germany.

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'''''Turtle Island''''' ''Turtle Island'' is a Canadian-German animated series, originally airing in 1995 on Canal Famille (now Vrak) in Québec and Super RTL in Germany.

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* GogglesDoNothing: Although Zero normally wears an eyepatch, he can see fine without it, as hinted at in a few episodes.



* TerribleTrio: Captain Minus, Zero and Splash.

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* TerribleTrio: The pirate trio: Captain Minus, Zero and Splash.


Set in the South Seas, Turtle Island is home to King Tiki, the last survivor of the royal dynasty of the Tiki Flying Sea Turtles. Over the centuries, these turtles have collected the most fabulous treasures, which the pirates are after. Captain Minus and his crew vainly try to take over the island. In addition to the regular pirates, Turtle Island is visited by a variety of off-beat buccaneers. Headed by King Tiki, his spirited friends will do every thing in their powers to protect their beloved island.

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Set in the South Seas, Turtle Island is home to King Tiki, the last survivor of the royal dynasty of the Tiki Flying Sea Turtles. Over the centuries, these turtles have collected the most fabulous treasures, which the pirates are after. Captain Minus and his crew vainly try to take over the island. In addition to the regular pirates, Turtle Island is visited by a variety of off-beat buccaneers. Headed by King Tiki, his spirited friends will do every thing everything in their powers to protect their beloved island.


* KarmaHoudiniInsurance: Being a shark, Splash easily avoids getting stuck on the sinking ship, but even he can't escape Ingrid's beatings, sometimes.

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* KarmaHoudiniInsurance: KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Being a shark, Splash easily avoids getting stuck on the sinking ship, but even he can't escape Ingrid's beatings, sometimes.

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* KarmaHoudiniInsurance: Being a shark, Splash easily avoids getting stuck on the sinking ship, but even he can't escape Ingrid's beatings, sometimes.

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* MediumAwareness: Kind of; the pirates are all too aware of their ship getting inevitably scuttled at the end of every [[InsistentTerminology story]], and desperately try to avoid this.


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* [[UndefeatableLittleVillage Undefeatable Little Island]]: Between an inventor platypus and a brawler octopus, the pirates won't be taking over the island any time soon, if ever.


The show takes place on an island ruled by a turtle named King Tiki. A pirate ship resides nearby the island, with only two crew members, a rat captain named Captain Minus and a yellow parrot named Zero, planning to invade the island so Minus can become the king.

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The show takes place on an island ruled by a turtle named Set in the South Seas, Turtle Island is home to King Tiki. A pirate ship resides nearby Tiki, the island, with only two crew members, a rat captain named last survivor of the royal dynasty of the Tiki Flying Sea Turtles. Over the centuries, these turtles have collected the most fabulous treasures, which the pirates are after. Captain Minus and a yellow parrot named Zero, planning his crew vainly try to invade take over the island so Minus can become island. In addition to the king.
regular pirates, Turtle Island is visited by a variety of off-beat buccaneers. Headed by King Tiki, his spirited friends will do every thing in their powers to protect their beloved island.



* [[OddlySmallOrganisation Oddly Small Crew]]: The pirate crew consists of the usual three. It used to be four with Cradoc, until [[TheStarscream Minus got greedy]].

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* [[OddlySmallOrganisation Oddly Small Crew]]: The pirate crew consists of the usual three. It [[spoiler:It used to be four with Cradoc, until [[TheStarscream Minus got greedy]].]]


* [[OddlySmallOrganisation Oddly Small Crew]]: The pirate crew consists of the usual three. It used to be four, until [[TheStarscream Minus got greedy]].

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* [[OddlySmallOrganisation Oddly Small Crew]]: The pirate crew consists of the usual three. It used to be four, four with Cradoc, until [[TheStarscream Minus got greedy]].


* [[OddlySmallOrganisation Oddly Small Crew]]: The pirate crew consists of the usual three. It used to be four, until Minus got greedy.

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* [[OddlySmallOrganisation Oddly Small Crew]]: The pirate crew consists of the usual three. It used to be four, until [[TheStarscream Minus got greedy.greedy]].


* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything

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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything[[OddlySmallOrganisation Oddly Small Crew]]: The pirate crew consists of the usual three. It used to be four, until Minus got greedy.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Although with [[BigDamnHeroes Ingrid]] around, it's not like they ''can'' get to do anything.
* RunningGag: The pirates' ship usually gets sunk at the end of every episode.

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