Chinese Mythology in Popular Culture - Dragon Turtle

Dragon Turtle

  • Bowser, the arch-nemesis of Mario in the Super Mario Bros. video game franchise, is a well known dragon turtle.
  • In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game dragon turtles are gigantic sea creatures, feared by sailors for their ability to capsize the largest ships. They are massively armoured and breathe a cloud of scalding steam.
  • Dragon turtles are monsters in some DragonQuest/DragonWarrior games, often called Tortragon.
  • There are dragon turtles in the game Might and Magic VIII.
  • In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) (season 5), the turtles turned into creatures that resembles dragon turtles.
  • In World of Warcraft the Pandaren race can ride Dragon Turtles

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Famous quotes containing the words dragon and/or turtle:

    One dragon may breed nine different offspring.
    Chinese proverb.

    I think of the nestling fallen into the deep grass,
    The turtle gasping in the dusty rubble of the highway,
    The paralytic stunned in the tub, and the water rising,—
    All things innocent, hapless, forsaken.
    Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)