Editing Turtler

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:''Turtler is a [[Decepticon]] [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacon]] from the [[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Turtler masterforce.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|Decidedly not a friend to all children.]]

'''Turtler''' (タートラー ''Tātorā'') is the only [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacon]] who possesses sentience, but he hates his monstrous appearance, and often takes out his frustration over it upon the legion of [[Drone|Seacon drones]] that he commands. That's no great loss to the [[Decepticon]]s, though, given the infamous expendability of the mindless creatures, which means that there's always a fresh supply of them to combine with Turtler to form [[King Poseidon]]. Turtler is still a powerful foe on his own, though, with the ability to generate a sonic shockwave underwater, and a shell so durable that it can withstand the force of a hydrogen bomb.

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Masato Hirano]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:Turtler and the seacons.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!]]
After numerous failures on the part of the individual Seacons and their other underlings, [[Giga]] and [[Mega]] decided that it was time for Turtler to enter the fray. Summoning up the other Seacons with a cackling, [[dolphin]]-like shriek, Turtler dramatically combined with the drones into King Poseidon, before doing absolutely nothing, since they were all just standing in [[Decepticon Base]] at the time. {{storylink|Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai}}

Turtler was dispatched to aid the Decepticon [[Pretender]]s and [[Headmaster Junior]]s when they kidnapped a group of children and held them prisoner on an island off the coast of [[United States of America|America]]. [[Wilder (Masterforce)|Wilder]] and [[Bullhorn (Masterforce)|Bullhorn]] were both rather surprised to see the little-seen Turtler patrolling the waters around the island, but not ''nearly'' as surprised as the [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] was when he arrived to save the children and was confronted with a Seacon that ''spoke''! 

[[File:Turtler battered.jpg|upright=1.15|thumb|Turtler is epic in defeat.]]
At Turtler's instruction, the other Seacons combined with him into King Poseidon, but after a fierce battle, Ginrai performed a combination of his own, merging with his trailer to become "Super Ginrai" and defeating King Poseidon. Although the ever-fragile Seacons forming his limbs exploded, Turtler survived and escaped into the ocean. {{storylink|Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai}}

Turtler later accompanied the Decepticon Pretenders in tracking down Ginrai, who was meeting with the new Autobot Godmaster [[Lightfoot (Masterforce)|Lightfoot]], but was again defeated by Super Ginrai. {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}} His next foray into the field of battle was even less successful, when he and his Seacons reinforced the Headmaster Juniors in a battle with the Autobots in the French town of Dagneux, only for the Seacon drones to be wiped out before he could even combine with them! {{storylink|Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen}} Later still, Turtler led a squad of Seacons in backing up [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] when they targeted Lightfoot, but when the other Autobots Godmasters arrived to aid their team-mate, Turtler opted to flee by burrowing underground rather than trying to fight back. {{storylink|Life? Death? The Desperate Lightfoot}} 

[[File:Turtler snoop.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
When the Decepticons began construction of [[Decepticon advance base|an advance base]] off the coast of [[Australia]], the blasting Turtler as the Seacons performed led to the reactivation of a sub-sea volcano that caused an earthquake in Sydney. Lightfoot arrived on the scene to investigate, but his approach was observed by Turtler, who had the Seacons attack the Autobot and entomb him in a crevasse. By the time Ginrai came searching for his teammate, [[Gilmer]] had joined Turtler, and instructed him to become King Poseidon to engage the Autobot leader. Predictably, King Poseidon suffered yet another defeat at Ginrai's hands when he was thrown into the volcano. {{storylink|Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts}}

Not long thereafter, the Decepticons were joined by the final Godmaster, [[Clouder]], and Turtler was instructed by Hydra and Buster to put him through his paces as King Poseidon. {{storylink|Appearance!! The Final Godmaster}} Clouder was soon installed as a double agent within the Autobot ranks, and the Decepticon used the information he gathered to initiate an all-out assault on the [[Autobot Base|heroes' base]]. Turtler led the Seacons in invading the base and destroying the magma energy converter that powered it, and then sealed off all the entrances, trapping the Autobots within to await their destruction. The Autobots were subsequently rescued by Ginrai, but that wasn't the worst of it for the villains: Turtler had left Clouder to die in the base. It didn't appear that Turtler did this ''on purpose''—it just seems nobody bothered to explicitly tell him to get Clouder out—but that didn't stop Clouder turning on the Decepticons and joining up with the Autobots. {{storylink|Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes}}

[[File:Turtler smoldering.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Awwww!]]
Turtler formed King Poseidon again to serve as warden when the Decepticons captured the Autobot Headmaster Junior [[Shūta Gō]], only for the Decepticon Junior [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] to see the error of his ways and turn his weapons on King Poseidon. Autobot drone [[Godbomber]] delivered the final blow, blasting King Poseidon to bits once more. {{storylink|God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base}} Turtler was similarly luckless when Cancer helped the Autobots orchestrate a decisive strike on the Decepticon base, becoming King Poseidon in the opening stages of the fight, only to be immediately blown apart by heavy fire from [[Grand Maximus]]. {{storylink|The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform}}

When the Decepticons relocated to the Alps in preparation for their final strike against the [[Earth]], Turtler and a contingent of Seacons hid themselves underground, lurking in wait for the inevitable arrival of the Autobots. The unfortunate [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] and the Autobot Headmaster Juniors proved to be the ones who chanced upon Turtler and his drones, and they were soon faced with King Poseidon. The fight went badly for the Autobots, but Ginrai soon arrived to help, knocking the Seacon combiner apart with a "God Punch" attack. The Seacon drones actually managed to remain intact after this separation, so Turtler quickly ordered them to recombine, forcing Ginrai to step up his game and unleash his God Cannon, blasting King Poseidon to cinders in mid-air. As ever, Turtler was the only Seacon to survive the explosion, crashing to Earth badly scorched and swearing revenge on Ginrai. {{storylink|Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z}}

====''Generations Selects'' comic====
After his final defeat by God Ginrai in [[2020]], Turtler was met by [[Halfshell]], who had come from the future to meet his Seacons' predecessors and to propose a partnership to repair both of their crews via [[Angolmois Energy]]. {{storylink|Seacons comic 5}} Becoming a space pirate like his "brother", Turtler came across [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], who had been removed from his proper time and space by [[Primus]]. Halfshell and Turtler made a deal with the [[Emperor of Destruction]]—they would help him attain the power of the stars that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] acquired in exchange for the Angolmois Energy contained within the Decepticon leader. After placing Galvatron in a conversion pod, the two Seacons used the Angolmois Energy to give Turtler a more powerful body, making him the new "King of Seacons". {{storylink|Seacons comic 1}}
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====''Zone'' cartoon====
Years after the [[Masterforce War]], Turtler and his Seacons were recruited by the supernatural new [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Violengiguar]]. Although they never appeared individually, in their combined form of King Poseidon (decked out with some nifty new threads), they attacked Earth in search of the powerful [[Zodiac]] necessary for their leader's evil schemes, only to wind up being destroyed by the new Autobot leader, [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===Comic continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic====
[[File:Turtler manga.jpg|left|275px|thumb|Kamille Bidan no baka!]]
Turtler debuted among the Seacons who gathered at a shoreline along with the other Decepticons, where he was rather demeaningly fed [[energon cube]]s by Cancer. {{storylink|On Scene! Our Savior's Name Is Ginrai!}} Turtler went on to enter the battlefield for the first time when the Decepticons attempted to dupe the Autobots with holographic images of legendary Decepticons of years past. Turtler merged with his Seacons into King Poseidon and loomed over the holographic figures, but just in the nick of time, Autobot Godmasters Lightfoot, [[Ranger]] and [[Road King]] arrived with a new trailer unit for their leader Ginrai in tow. Ginrai merged with the trailer to become Super Ginrai, and promptly defeated King Poseidon with his mighty "Super Fire Guts" attack. The battered Turtler limped away to safety, reporting the failure of the plan to the Decepticon Pretenders. {{storylink|Burn, Chokon! New Commander Super Ginrai!}}

Soon afterward, Ginrai and the Autobots travelled to the planet [[Athenia]], where they met with the space-based Autobot forces, and current [[Supreme Commander]] [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] stepped down and appointed Ginrai in his place. That night, however, Turtler (making his only recorded appearance in robot mode) led a Decepticon attack on the planet, and merged with [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]], [[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]], and [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] to become "[[Scramble 7]]". [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Raiden]] were bested by Scramble 7's power, but the threat was overcome when [[Ranger]] and [[Road King]] channelled their [[Chōkon Power|Jinchōkon]] into Super Ginrai's Cannon Craft weapons. This created the "Magma Vulcan" attack, which blasted Scramble 7 to bits and sent Turtler flying away in torso mode. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army}}
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====''Zone'' comic and story pages====
Years after the Masterforce War, Turtler and his Seacons were recruited by the supernatural new Emperor of Destruction, Violengiguar. Although they never appeared individually, in their newly caped combined form of King Poseidon, they accompanied [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] in an attack on the ocean planet [[Wall]], where they lay in wait for Autobot Commander [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]]. When the Autobot hero arrived, they attempted to drag him beneath the waves, only to be driven off by a combined attack from the [[Micromaster]] warriors [[Overload (G1)|Overload]], [[Erector (G1)|Erector]], [[Missile Bull]], and [[Skywave]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #3}} Subsequently, they attacked Earth in search of the powerful "Zodiac" that Violengiguar required for his evil schemes, but were defeated by Dai Atlas. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}}

===''TransTech''===
Turtler, an early pioneer of [[drone]]s in [[Axiom Nexus]], developed the [[Turtler Test]] to assess sapience. It replaced the [[Ambus Test]] after [[Mini-Con]]-rights advocate [[Sprite]] pointed out that some Mini-Cons were failing the test. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}} He also presumably had something to do with establishing the [[Turtler D.O.V.E.]] scale. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/11/08}}

It is uncertain if this Turtler was a [[Primax]]-native [[lowtech|Offworlder]] or a native [[Transcendent Technomorph]] and if both accomplishments were done by the same individual.

==Toys==
===''Super-God Masterforce''===
[[File:G1Snaptrap toy.jpg|265px|thumb|...and to think he was once a cute little Squirtle.]]
*'''Turtler''' (Seacon, 1988)
**''ID number'': '''D-312'''

**''Accessories'': Laser gun, sword, shield/chestplate, 2 super robot feet, left and right super robot fists, super robot head
: ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#Masterforce|Masterforce]]'' Turtler transforms into a turquoise and magenta robotic turtle, armed with a pair of back-mounted twin reciprocating cannons activated by moving a small lever. His black laser rifle mounts in a hole in the middle of his shell. Turtler features one of the earliest uses of what is known today as [[Autotransformation|automorph]] technology; when his turtle forelegs are rotated into place to become his robot mode arms, his fists automatically emerge, ready to grip onto his laser rifle, and his large purple sword. The rear half of his turtle shell disconnects for transformation, and can be mounted on either of Turtler's shoulders as a shield. The shell also becomes a chestplate when Turtler combines with his fellow Seacons to form the super-robot [[King Poseidon]]. The team uses the [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style of combination, meaning that Turtler can interact with any of the limb robots from other teams of the same design.

:The toy was released concurrently in [[Hasbro]] markets as [[Snaptrap (G1)#Toys|Snaptrap]], with no discernable changes between the two. The mold was later [[redeco]]ed as the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#1998 (Beast Wars II)|Beast Wars II]]'' Predacon [[Halfshell#Toys|Halfshell]], and then back into Snaptrap again, with a new coloration for the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] exclusive [[Piranacon (G1)#Timelines|Piranacon]] giftset.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Snaptrap/snaptrap.htm More information on Turtler (well, Snaptrap) at TFU.info]''

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*'''King Poseidon''' (Gift-set, 1988)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-318'''
: Unlike the Hasbro Seacon box-set, which excludes [[Nautilator]], the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] King Poseidon box-set comes with all six members of the team; Turtler, [[Gulf]], [[Kraken]], [[Lobclaw]], [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]], and [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]]. The individuals are identical to their individually boxed releases.
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===''Generations''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Turtler.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't call me Snaptrap.]]
*'''Seacons Turtler''' ([[January 25]], [[2020]])
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''TT-GS03'''
**''Accessories'': Laser gun, sword, 2 combiner feet/gatling guns, 2 combiner feet claws/knuckles, shield/combiner chestplate, 2 small blades, 2 large cannons.
: ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' Turtler is an extensive retool of ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Voyager Class [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)#Generations|Terrorcon Hun-Gurrr]], sharing the arms, thighs and many interal workings while replacing many parts, transforming from a robotic turtle to a robot. He is able to form a torso mode for [[King Poseidon#Generations|King Poseidon]]. As Hun-Gurrr shares a TakaraTomy designer with ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Silverbolt (G1)/toys#Generations|Silverbolt]],<ref>https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/916120168048230400 Information acquired by [[Matthew Karpowich]] at [[New York Comic Con]] 2017 - tweet by @tfwiki, 5 October 2017</ref> Turtler's transformation scheme recycles some elements from Silverbolt though they are different molds. He comes with newly-tooled Combiner feet that resemble the original 1988 Combiner feet, but actually consist of multiple parts - a core foot component, detachable "talon" toe pieces and cannons on both sides that can be flipped around, turning the whole asembly into a weapon that can be wielded or attached in a plethora of was due to the [[5 mm post]]s. Additionally, he can wield his detachable back-mounted cannons as handguns. They can also accommodate [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]] effect parts.

:Disappointingly, one cannot stand him on his rear legs as in the anime.

:Turtler was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive in Japan. The Seacons were also available via [[Hasbro Pulse]] and other online retailers in the U.S. and Canada. He was later redecoed as [[Halfshell#Generations|Halfshell]].
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Gum===
*'''King Poseidon Set A''' ([[1988]])
**''Accessories:'' Sword, Gun, King Poseidon Head, hands, feet

:Released in Series 10 of [[Kabaya]] kits in 1988, Turtler was available in as set along with fellow Seacon Overbite. Despite being a snap-together model kit, he is functionally a downsized version of the larger toy, retaining the combining functions and even the reciprocating cannon gimmick. Since he is gang molded with the other Seacons, some of his plastic colors are a bit off. Common among Kabaya kits, he relies on stickers for added detail.

:Turtler can form the torso for King Poseidon. 

*'''Turtler''' ([[2015]])
**''Accessories:'' Shield, King Poseidon head

:Part of the tenth wave of Kabaya's standard snap together kits, Turtler can transform from turtle to robot, though you need to partsform his robot legs to do so. His own personal weapons are included with the other concurrently released Seacons, which he can combine with to form King Poseidon.

:Turtler and the Seacons are compatible with the [[Gaia Scramble]] combiner limbs released a few years prior.

==Notes==
[[File:G1Turtler boxart.jpg|thumb|Zombie kids like me.]]
*Turtler is the only Seacon to ever show up in humanoid mode in ''Super-God Masterforce'' fiction—but only in the manga. And only in a single panel, where he led the Scramble City-type [[combiner]]s and ordered them to form into [[Scramble 7]] in "[[The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army]]".

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Snaptrap''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub, [[Shout! Factory]] sub)
*''Italian:'' '''Tortuga'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jiān Jiǎ Guī''' (China, 坚甲龟, "Solid-shell Turtle")
*''Russian:'' '''Akula''' (Акула, "Shark")

==References==
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[[Category:Generations Selects]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Seacons]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Decepticons]]
[[Category:TransTech Decepticons]]