The Disc World is real!
The Disc World is real!
The turtle moves!
De Chelonian Mobile!
Aww, one of the children of The Great A'tuin on its first world-carrying excursion.
Turtles all the way down.
It almost matches up http://www.joblo.com/newsimages1/pratch913.jpg
"See the turtle of enormous girth!On his shell he holds the earth...."
See the turtle, ain't he keen?
All things serve the fuckin' beam!
Haha username checks out
Death for you, life for my crop.
Damn that bitch Cordelia.
Oh How I hated that screaming cunt.
Not as much as Rhea of the Coos.
For me Rhea goes all the way back around to awesome. Sheās just such a wretched monster haha
You remember the face of your father.
The same turtle that bill had visions of during the ritual of chĆ¼d, I love that universe. So easy to escape into.
Sweet umlaut action
Ooo...throwback reminder. Guess I have to start the series again
āSee the Bear of fearsome size! All the worlds within his eyesā
Bango skank was here.
Dad-a-chum, dad-a-chee, not to worry, you've got the key!
KAAAAA
Long days and pleasant nights to you.
His thought is slow but always kind. He holds us all within his mind.
another Stephen King reference
Yessss
You think there are crazy round-earther bacteria living on it?
It's Morla from The Neverending Story. RUN ATREYU!!!
First thing I thought :)
But he will make you a bender though
We don't care whether or not we care.
Edit to finish quote
We? But there isn't anyone else here.
Nooo! I hated that part.
It's a sad movie ):
Not that it matters, but ... yes...
Thatās what I thought too! Vestuta Morla!
I came here hoping to see this reference
Same
Omg. Gold.
Artax!!!!
We... Don't... Care... About... Anything....
My thoughts exactly.
Not that it matters, but, yes.
I found this so interesting I researched it for a bit. I know all about butt breathing now, haha. More interesting is that snapping turtles (pictured) apparently can completely switch their metabolism to not require oxygen during brumation.
I know all about butt breathing now
Huh. We always called that farting.
Well, that's more of a butt exhale if you ask me.
They exhale, after they inhale.
That's some Gavin Free shit right there.
For real lol
r/unexpectedrt
I prefer the technical name "fanny burps"
Dr. Zoidbergs lines about his cloaca are now much funnier.
Turtle lion from avatar
Opens thread
Torterra reference ā
Lion turtle reference ā
Looks like I'm done here
I relate on a spiritual level to this.
That's exactly what I was looking for in these comments so I'm out too
This is exactly what I was looking for in these comments so Iām out too
Don't forget Morla from The Neverending Story! https://goo.gl/images/kqgGqd
You forgot Discworld.
We need even more lore that involved turtles with things growing on it.
Wasn't there a Digimon turtle with a mountain on its back?
Maybe. Digimon was too weird for me. At least the episodes I saw.
Waiting to see a potential God of War one
Flat Earth reference?
Seriously, those were the first two things that popped up in my head. Iām always late to these threads lol
Right? I came here for the Pokemon and Avatar reference. I'll be on my way now. Was honestly looking for the, "On his way to teach Aang energy bending." comment, but you know, close enough.
No Shadow of the Colossus reference yet though.
There was also a Great AāTuin reference
Also Stephen King reference
*Lion turtle
Naw. This is the turtle from The Never Ending Story
Morla!
Came here to say this.
It doesn't matter.
Deus ex Gamera
How do I find one? I want to get energybending to ~~cheat to get element bending powers~~ morally use it to keep the world in balance.
There was a turtle lion in Avatar?? James Cameron Avatar, or Air Bender Avatar?
Air bender
It's actually a picture of the earth from space.
Flat Earth and Turtles all the way down, brilliant
Cant you see the earth turtle hes on? Jist gotta zoom out a little.
Holy fuck that's probably how our ancestors figured it out
We miss you, Stephen
Ah yes, the great A'Tuin (gender unknown)!
I thought its gender was discovered in Color Fantastic?
Isnt a'tuin female? I vaguely remember reading that though my memory isnt all that reliable.
Don't think they ever do find out. It's a running gag.
I thought they did. Guess i rememvered wrong
You mean the Light Fantastic? (Second book, first one is Colour of Magic). The mission to find out its gender is derailed by Rincewind & Co.
The Turtle Moves
It's really just a low level adamantoise.
I see, it's turtles all the way down.
I love it when I get these references. Best series I ever read.
check MATE round earthers! :P
Damn the square-earthers were right all along
New Kyrie Irving theory coming up
Came here for this.
It's actually a Jigglypuff seen from above
https://media3.giphy.com/media/qGS2Wbjr0SJWg/giphy.gif
[Pretty sure that's a Pokemon.](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Torterra_(Pok%C3%A9mon))
Fixed link
Pretty sure thatās the best PokĆ©mon* ftfy
Boy, that's Chaurli.
We call that an Adamantoise
See the turtle of enormous girth? Upon his shell he carries the Earth.
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Bro, you at least have to integrate the soundcloud link into the comment. You can't just say something unrelated than drop the link.
/r/therewasanattempt
I bet Freya is upset she lost her house
I was hoping to see someone reference that game.
Couldnāt resist, first thing I thought of. Glad someone else noticed.
I thought more people played this game where this would have been a top comment! Itās such an amazing game!
Dammit. Havent gotten there yet but that was my guess anyways
BOI
Could this possibly be the origin of the "Earth on a turtle's back" myth?
Yeah I was about to comment about how this might be how the turtle island myth might have been born
Had the same thought. Aātuin (the name of the turtle in the myth you mention) had to be inspired from something.
the real question is, If believers of that myth existed today would they be flat earthers?
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Steven Meyer?
Sturgill Simpson, I believe
TIL what brumation is
TIL what I wish Mitch McConnell was doing instead of heading the US Senate.
Oh whoops. I thought this was a picture of him.
Yes. Hibernating. Certainly nothing more than that
TIL the left can inject politics into literally anything, including a topic about turtles and brumation.
Itās our special talent.
In the era before the avatar we bent not the elements but the energy within ourselves.
Mini Morla? Is there a mini Atreyu too?
We haven't spoken to anyone for thoooousands of years.... soooo we started talking to ourselllves.
I was scrolling though here hoping for a kindred spirit that also thought of The Never Ending Story. Was not disappointed. Bless you.
The turtle moves!
Brutha?
Add some elephants and a waterfall and you have Discworld
Pretty sure this a that tortoise from FF:15, this was the first couple minutes being born. He is know that size of a mountain and you have to fight him for 389 hours of game time to defeat him. Use your ring and then repeat until you die irl, or the tortoise finally dies.
Last time this was posted there was a comment saying that someone probably just plopped a bunch of dirt on it for the picture
Freya has to be in there.
Is that Pandaria?
Scrolled down pretty far to find this
/r/bossfight
r/reallifepokemon
That flat top is looking clean tho
For some reason I find this terrifying.
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Noo š¢
The Great AāTuin!
See the turtle of enormous girth. On his shell he holds the earth. His thought is slow but always kind; he holds us all within his mind. On his back all vows are made; he sees the truth but mayn't aid. He loves the land and loves the sea, And even loves a child like me.
~~/r/imaginaryturtleworlds~~
/r/realturtleworlds
Turtle? More like a DIRTLE if you ask me...
Morla: The Ancient One!
Isnāt that Torterra?
He looks like some sort of beast out of mythology
i see why some ancient cultures thought the world resided on the back of a giant turtle now.
That's some Avatar turtle stuff
Ahh, The Great A'Tuin, World Turtle, transverser of space.
Must be really strong. Thatās a lot of earth for little fellow!
Incredible to imagine all the microscopic creatures living on that chunk of land that believe their world is round.
I was going to say, this camouflage is so good that it might be an octopus.
That explains how they survived the KT extinction.
Iād say he was ārippedā from brumation.
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask?!
He's on his way to see me. I can feel it.
Reminds me of "world on a turtle back" creation myth (https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/world-turtle-cosmic-discworld)
how old is that guy?!
Turtles all the way down man.
āYo Vince!ā
Just turtles all the way down..
r/imaginaryturtleworlds
Wow, Pikmin 4 looks great!
āItās been fooour-hundred yeeeeeasā
Oh Fuck It's Torterra.
All I see is an adamantoise
u/itsadndmonsternow ?
He looks like a boss in a final fantasy game
It's turtles all the way down.
Hit turtle in a fuckin ghillie suit
Suddenly the myth about the world being carried on the back of a turtle makes a bit more sense.
u/chevalierdepas how I feel this morning
Pretty sure this is actually a tree becoming a turtle
Discworld
r/stephenking
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Crustle is a crab tho
Lol it's Freyas house from god of war four
Itās NOT A TURTLE, itās a Tortoise
See the turtle of enormous girth on his back he holds the earth?
Turtles all the way down
Are we all just living on top of one giant turtle??
I guess this is my life now.
The Earth Tortoise is real!!
This was my Twitter banner for a little while
This that shit from avatar
Is it's hand alright? It looks like it was cut off or something.
Howels moving castle
GROUND SANDWICH
Reminds me of the giant turtle island from atla
I am Groot
This just looks like me on Monday.
Is this a teaser for never ending story 3? God I hope so
r/iasip
Wow The Wandering Isle looks great in HD
I wanna hose him off and give him a watermelon
please tell me there is a rock biter somewhere around.
He is probably thinking "How the hell did I manage to gain weight while in brumation?"
I'm afraid he will sneeze on me.
An absolute unit
That is actually a real life Pokemon, itās common name is tortara
XD Torterra?
How long was it in brumation? ._.
Turtle: Is it just me or has my shell gained several pounds during the hibernation?
Zaratan! It's real!
Makes turtle island a little more literal
Yeah... No.. You just found a PokƩmon my friend
Torterra_irl
No joke. That looks like an earth elemental.
Coolest thing I have ever seen
Are you sure that's not the lion turtle which teaches Aang energy bending?
/r/Bossfight
A baby planet earth!
Imb4 Torterra in real life
http://rockosmodernlife.wikia.com/wiki/Kerplopitgoes_Island
This is what the ancients spoke of
Torterra again
Thatās the turtle from God of war. Watch out for the witch.
I know a fuckin' Torterra when I see one.
Ahhhhhh Ahhhhhh Ahhhhhh chooooooo! (He may help Atreyu beat the nothing)
Is this mists of pandaria
In awe of the size of this lad
Guys. That's a tortuous.
/r/turtleworlds
Maturin
Where are the elephants?
Gotta teach Aang his third option.
Wow the miracle of birth it's a new planet being born
"You have summoned me"
I wonder the significance of the turtle with the world on its back mythos here
Is this a flat earthers big bang theory?
Torterra
Torterra??
The plants are like āwelp, I fucked up.ā
How long has that turtle been there like wtf
And upon the back of the turtle a world, shaped like a disc.
Where's you religion now ? Check.. Mate!
God of War wasnāt far off
Torterra, is that you?
How do they breathe??
Save
There is no war in Ba Sing Se
Ummm never ending story....
Hey its Maturin! I thought he was dead?
Turtwig
Flat Earth confirmed.
BITCH IāM BACK OUT MY COMA
Donāt anger the mountain lord he might steal your kouki.
Donatello Shrugged
Yo dawg, I heard you like flat Earth, so we put a flat Earth on your flat Earth.
poor sod
Bitch thatās Torterra
is this a studio ghibli character
Turtle: "What year is this?"
Torterra
Someone is gonna see this and add this into a video game mark my words
r/bossfight
Itās like the turtle from the never ending story
Proof that flat earth is real
All I see is Mitch McConnell
Brumation means attempting to become a mobile golf course, right?
Is that Venosaur
It's Morla!
He was under so long, an entire civilization built itself on top.
Part reptile, part root vegetable
I was told it's turtles all the way down. I was lied to.
R/discworld
Man, this kind of freaks me out. Knowing that that turtle dug its way out of the earth, with the earth still attached...
Shen Zin Su?
And he just thought heād play fortnite for half hour
Lion turtle gonna teach me how to bend energy
This man lives in his moms basement
Itās a real torterra!!
Anyone else think of the turtle from The Never Ending Story, in the Swamps of Sadness? Itās the first thing that jumped to mind for me. Love it!
This looks like Grotle will soon evolve!
Reminds me of the story of Ki je Makinaak
Turtle woke up and must be thinking he's gained some serious weight
That is a Torterra
Imagine being a turtle all asleep underground and shit and some people start walking over you and you canāt do shit about it
Torterra irl
Torterra Mega Shinkai!
Torterra
Looks like one of the Titans in God of War 3
Feel like he's got potential to be the world's greatest sniper.
Bulbasaur!
Whenever I play Pokemon I need 3 save spots, one for my Charmander, one for my Squirtle, and one for my second Charmander.
Absolute Unit
Heimili!
Fucking bulbasaur irl
Treetle
The graphics on PokƩmon for the switch are insane
Torterra_irl
r/miniworlds
@/u/apoemforyoursprog
We need you
Real life lion turtle.
Thatās just my homie torterra
Look at picture. See stump looks like turtle. Scroll on. Go back up. Nah itās a stump and zoom in. Creepy stump. Scroll down to next posts. Scroll up. But in this sub itās usually real animals. Open and zoom. Itās a stump. Open comments. Burmination is real. Look again. Those are real eyes. Itās a turtle. Mind blown.
He looks like heās holding in a big breath haha
TIL that there is a thing called brumation and wow. Fuck, nature is indeed lit
Ivysaur
r/mtg_irl
Torterra!
Is this pandaria?
Heāa tree short of being a pokemon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCn7orvs0Ws
How do people find these dope-ass photo ops? All I can find is a droopy flower, or a neat tree that gets hit with sun-glare and shows up all washed out and gross.
Yes, yes, xkcdbot, I know about this. I do it too, after it was pointed out. Leave me alone.
Definitely a Venusaur on steroids
Dis definitely the turtle from God of War
Oh... so thatās where they got the idea for that PokĆ©mon from
A snapping turtle too.
God?
HEY IT'S CHORLIE!!!
WHAT, IS THAT NAME?
Peeta! Is that you?!
Reminds me of the yugioh card Island Turtle
MORLA LIVES
If games/anime/movies have taught me anything, it's that that turtle is magic.
Is this the world turtle?
Imagine being that kind of turtle and waking up to realize youre way more heavier than before.
Name the turtle atlas
activates Celestial Gun Slinger
/destiny2
Who's that PokƩmon?!
Checkmate, globeheads.
Not turtley enough for me.
T(erry Pratchett)2: Brumation Day.
God of war 3 in real life.
He needs mowing.
Discworld confirmed
Never Ending Story??
Very shadow of the colossus- sque
Checkmate round-earthers.
Looks like a miniature version of mytheme "World Turtle"
Soooo should the dirt be removed to unburden the turtle? Every calorie counts
r/bossfight
Bulbasaur.
Whenever I play Pokemon I need 3 save spots, one for my Charmander, one for my Squirtle, and one for my second Charmander.
Hard proof that the Earth is on the back of a huge sea turtle.
A wild Torterra appeared!
I wish I was a good writer. I'd write a story about a bigass turtle with a mountain on its back
looks like it came straight from a studio ghibli film
Holy shit. I never understood Morla until now.
so i go brumate and some pasty ass human plants some shit on my ass
Thought it was photoshopped first 3 times I looked at it.
This is the turtle from god of war
PROOF THAT THE EARTH IS FLAT!!
Flat earth confirmed
Thatās torterra you uncultured peasant
He has his own back garden!
It's Patriarch Reliance! Lol
Things that come to mind when I see this.
Torterra, The Lion turtle, and the giant Digimon I can't remember the name of.
chunky boi
Torterra is that you?
I'm pretty sure that's what Pennywise is afraid of.
I canāt be the only one thinking of torterra
torterra hasnt aged well
Iām sure Iāve seen this before... oh right God of War!!
Tortera
Wot in brumation
Lion Turtle. Give me bending powers now.
Torterra looks badass.
/r/itsaDnDmonsternow
Is that you Bulby?
Hmm missing the elephants but close.
This explains flat earth
Looks like the turtle island in the Avatar series
Reminds me of the Dark Tower series.
Itās the great AāTuin
Looks like a pokemon
How did it get out with all that dirt and grass on its back and how is it going to get it off? Iām confused.
Fun fact: Native Americans believe America to be on the back of a giant turtle. They refer to it as Turtle Island. This is true at least for the Ojibwe.
It looks like the pokemon venasuar or something,lol
/r/imaginaryturtleworlds
This is like the Native American creation story about the work being created on the turtles back. Only this one isnāt quite as graceful looking as the picture I saw when I first read about it.
Hi
I would like to use this photo in a TV program in Japan, and I would like to get your permission for that ...
Are you the one who took this photo, and if you have some videos I would like to get it as well.
Bulbasaur?
Jeez, what kinda Pokemon is that?
really makes you think it COULD be turtles all the way down.
Holy shit is that torterra
Basically what earth looks like.
I didn't read the title at first and thought this was a post on deforestation š
thats definetly a yu-gi-oh! monster
It's definitely the island turtle from Naruto
Looks like my friend waking up after he got drunk in a school party.
Looks like he soiled himself
Adamantoise
Thatās a fuckin Torterra
Torterra is that you?
Konosuba S2 op anyone?
Dis that mofucka from avatar
Bulbasaur
he looks so ridiculous
r/bossfight
Reptilian Brumation
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I tried to keep it going but my brain had a stroke
Itās like grandma used to say, āitās not real shit posting if half your face aināt droopy.ā RIP grams.
Iām gunna say that when I become a grandma
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And my axe!
I always laugh when I read this.
I say this out loud in social situations when exchanges like this happen and no finds it amusing.
I say it sometimes too, but the only one who ever laughs is my gf. She's a good sport.
I donāt get it
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One day. Someone will laugh.
Sometimes I fart when I pee so thanks
Sometimes I chew when I drink so happy birthday.
Thank you for saving me the comment of saying thank you for saving me the comment of saying thank you for the comment thanking them for saving me the search.
To thou, I am indebted; for rendering it superfluous to express my appreciation for saving me the comment of saying thank you for saving me the comment of saying thank you for the comment thanking them for saving me the search.
This is why I reddit. Great job lol!
It's just thank-yous all the way down
This one is deep. Underrated!
Thank you for thanking
Thank you BRU!
I carry the weight of the world on my shoulders
"See the TURTLE of enormous girth!On his shell he holds the earth. His thought is slow but always kind; he holds us all within his mind .On his back all vows are made; he sees the truth but mayn't aid. He loves the land and loves the sea, And even loves a child like me." - Stephen King: The Dark Tower...
Long days and pleasant nights, wanderer
Thankee sai
Iāve read the whole series, but I still cringe when I see this.
See the TURTLE, aināt he keen? All things serve the fuckin Beam.
May your days be long upon the earth
I started thinking this right before I scrolled to your comment and it was quite creepy.
Once I saw OP's post my moms went instantly to Maturin and the beam...
Came here for this comment. Thank you.
This explains the flat earthers' "Earth rest on the back of a giant turtle" theory!
Wait what? I thought that was just a First Nations creation story.
You must be Canadian.
You betcha
Itās turtles all the way down...
I thought that was just Discworld (Well, on the backs of Elephants who are then on the back of a giant turtle as it swims through space).
Discworld is based on a Hindu myth. That part anyway I believe.
Thatās why they call me Hova
Pressure to break or retreat at every turn
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We're allergic to you.
I came here for this comment.
They breath through their cloaca (asshole) while brumating. Shitās pretty fuckin crazy.
Imagine that. It must be some pretty stinky breath. Sometimes I think my husband is brumating under the sheets at night.
I am going to start referring to my room as my "hibernaculum"
You are a true bro
Thank you kind sir!
Merry cake-mas!
Thank you!!
In depth elaboration about brumation & hibernation. Edit: removed ātheā Edited edit
That was really helpful. Thanks for sharing. I wish the article was a little longer and talked about true hibernation. I want to learn about that now.
r/Pokemon
Yeah, yeah, I know what a bulbasaur is.
I've seen this movie.
āSimilarly, if you have any doubt regarding your ability to properly brumate your animals, please get advice from a knowledgeable source.ā ....wait, what? Who?
Wait....you go to LLL Reptile? Are you from...Escondido? Or did you just find that link by chance?
Ah. So thatās where Freya lives.
Jesus. I was aggressively asking Siri what brumation meant, only to be perceived as āWhat is rumination?ā & āWhat is brew nation?ā This makes...much more sense.
You're doing God's work, son.