100% Heroism Rating: Everyone loves them, especially shown in the episode "Save the Wonder Pets and "A Job Well Done!" Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: They all wear hats (a baseball cap for Linny, an aviatrix's hat for Ming-Ming, and a sailor's hat for Tuck) and when they're doing hero work, they wear capes too. Action Girl: Downplayed for Linny and Ming-Ming. They sometimes just save animals from inconvenient situations (like a dog who has to pee but is stuck in the house, or a bird with a bucket stuck on her head) but have also saved animals from actual danger (such as a beached whale and a penguin caught on an iceberg). Badass Adorable: They are cute pets, who travel around the world saving animals. Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: While not exactly, Tuck likes making things beautiful, Linny has the brains, and Ming-Ming has a brawn attitude. Chromatic Arrangement: Linny is blue, Tuck is red, Ming-Ming is green. Color-Coded Characters: Linny wears blue, Tuck wears red, Ming-Ming wears green. Free-Range Children: None of their parents have ever been shown, except for Ollie's mother. Justified in that they're pets, however, it's unclear whether Linny and Tuck are actually kids. Gender-Equal Ensemble: Two girls (Linny, Ming-Ming) and two boys (Tuck, Ollie). Kid Hero: They're superheroes, and with the exception of Linny, they're children. Land, Sea, Sky: Linny representing land, Tuck representing sea, Ming-Ming representing sky. Nice, Mean, and In-Between: Tuck being nice, Ming-Ming being mean, and Linny inbetween. Not Allowed to Grow Up: They don't seem to get older after three years. Superheroes Wear Capes: They all wear capes. Superhero Team Uniform: They wear color-coded capes with their logo on it. Tomboy and Girly Girl: Linny is the adventurous and active tomboy to Ming-Ming's also active but more fashionable girly girl. Trademark Favourite Food: They always eat celery after saving the day. Two Girls and a Guy: The main trio. ~~~ Always Someone Better: Feels this way about his cousin Buck. Color-Coded Characters: Wears red in contrast to the other two. Cuddle Bug: Loves to initiate group hugs. The Dandy: He loves to dress up like the others. Distressed Dude: "Save the Turtle!" involves him needing to be saved after his leg gets stuck in a coral reef in the Caribbean. Four-Temperament Ensemble: The Melancholic. Iconic Item: His sailor cap and aqua socks. In Touch with His Feminine Side: Loves to play with dolls and make things look pretty, he also loves hugging. However, in one episode, he was ashamed of playing with a pink car instead of a blue one. The Lancer: Sometimes serves as Linny's sidekick. Mad Libs Catchphrase: "Can I have a hug, [animal's name]?" Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: The Feminine Boy to Linny's Masculine Girl. One of the Girls: Being the only male in the group. Phrase Catcher: Whenever he makes an observation, Linny will tell him, "Good eye, Tuck!" Red Is Heroic: The second-in-command of the team wears a red cape. Semiaquatic Species Sailor: Is a turtle who wears a sailors cap. Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The Sensitive Guy to Ollie's Manly Man. Shrinking Violet: He's soft-spoken and gets shy sometimes. Vitriolic Best Buds: He often squabbles with Ming-Ming, even when they first met, but nevertheless, they still care for each other. Always Someone Better: Feels this way about his cousin Buck. Color-Coded Characters: Wears red in contrast to the other two. Cuddle Bug: Loves to initiate group hugs. The Dandy: He loves to dress up like the others. Distressed Dude: "Save the Turtle!" involves him needing to be saved after his leg gets stuck in a coral reef in the Caribbean. Four-Temperament Ensemble: The Melancholic. Iconic Item: His sailor cap and aqua socks. In Touch with His Feminine Side: Loves to play with dolls and make things look pretty, he also loves hugging. However, in one episode, he was ashamed of playing with a pink car instead of a blue one. The Lancer: Sometimes serves as Linny's sidekick. Mad Libs Catchphrase: "Can I have a hug, [animal's name]?" Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: The Feminine Boy to Linny's Masculine Girl. One of the Girls: Being the only male in the group. Phrase Catcher: Whenever he makes an observation, Linny will tell him, "Good eye, Tuck!" Red Is Heroic: The second-in-command of the team wears a red cape. Semiaquatic Species Sailor: Is a turtle who wears a sailors cap. Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The Sensitive Guy to Ollie's Manly Man. Shrinking Violet: He's soft-spoken and gets shy sometimes. Vitriolic Best Buds: He often squabbles with Ming-Ming, even when they first met, but nevertheless, they still care for each other. {{ScarProtected}} {{Character Quote| How about a hug?|Tuck in various episodes}}{{Infobox_character|species=Red-eared slider turtle|image= |-|Current = [[File:7fqb07gh.png|210px]] |-|Younger = [[File:Baby tuck.png|210px]] |-| With Linny |gender=Male|voice=[[Teala Dunn]]|relatives=[[Buck]] (older cousin)
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[[Ming-Ming]]
[[Ollie]]|likes=Linny and Ming-Ming, games, safety, his friends and family, swimming, hugs, giving comfort to animals in trouble.|dislikes=Danger, being bullied, scary noises while he is sleeping, rudeness, his friends and family in danger, new things at first|quotes="We're not too tough"|aliases=Tuckster|full name=Tuck Turtle}} '''Turtle Tuck''' (or just '''Tuck''') is the deuteragonist of the ''[[Wonder Pets!]]'' series. == Description== Tuck is a very sensitive young turtle. He is the heart of the group, and he has a deep emotional connection to all living things. Tuck loves to give and receive hugs. Developmentally, Tuck is a four-year-old. He’s the least physically advanced of the Wonder Pets. However, he’s an excellent swimmer and demonstrates keen observational skills while out on their adventures. ==Personality== Tuck is sweet and very sensitive, and is shown to love hugs, as he gives a hug to every creature they save. He’s shown to like "girly" things, an example being in [[How It All Began!|How It All Began]], he states he likes making things pretty while dressing up dolls, which causes Linny to say, "''Good eye, Tuck! For... fashion.''" He’s also shown not to be easily accepting of new things, as when Ming-Ming first showed up and they didn't get along, he threatened to leave the Schoolhouse. Another example is in [[Save the Caterpillar]], when he didn't like the idea of a purple sail at first, when their original one was torn. ==Looks== Tuck has green skin, a dark green shell, and blue eyes. As a superhero, he wears a white French sailor's cap, two blue water shoes, and a red cape. == History== [[File:Linny finds tuck.png|271x271px]] Tuck was brought to [[Schoolhouse/classroom|the Schoolhouse]] as a baby. He was dropped in front of the Schoolhouse in a basket with a note attached that said, "Please take care of this turtle. He needs a lot of love." It's unknown who dropped him off with that note. Not much is known about his family, but in [[Save the Platypus!|Save the Platypus]], he has a blanket which he says, "his Nana made for him." In [[Tuck and Buck!|Tuck and Buck]], he has a cousin named [[Buck]]. ==Appearances == Tuck appears in almost every episode of the ''[[Wonder Pets!]]'' series, except for [[Linny the Guinea Pig in Space]] and [[Linny the Guinea Pig Under the Ocean]] , the Pilot Episodes of the series. His first appearance was in "[[Save the Penguin]]," and his last appearance was in "[[In the Land of Oz|In the Land of Oz!]]" == Relationships == === Linny === WIP. === Ming-Ming === WIP. === Ollie === WIP. === Buck === WIP. ==Trivia== *He is, along with [[Ollie]] (who appears in 9 episodes), one of the only male members of [[the Wonder Pets]]. *He designed the ''Wonder Pets'' logo, shown in [[How It All Began!]]. *He loves to hug. *Starting in early produced episodes in [[season 1]], he has a tail, but as the series progressed further, his tail is gone. * He’s Linny's first friend and the second pet to be brought to the [[Schoolhouse/classroom|Schoolhouse]]. *He was created using photos of Jennifer Oxley's own pet turtle. *The only episode where Tuck cries is [[Save the Reindeer]]. ([[Ming-Ming]] also cries in the same episode). Thus, out of the main trio, Tuck is the one who cries the rarest. **[[Linny]] cried in four episodes, while [[Ming-Ming]] cried in three. [[Linny]] did this in [[Save the Mouse!]], [[Join the Circus!]], [[How It All Began!]], and [[Happy Mother's Day!]]. [[Ming-Ming]] did this in [[Save the Duckling!]] (though this was during the song [[Ming-Ming’s Lament]]), [[Save the Reindeer]], and [[Save the Wonder Pets!]]. And thus, out of these three characters, [[Linny]] cried in the most episodes. **Despite being a main character, [[Ollie]] never cried in any episode. That is, making him the only character out of the four who never cried. *The only episode where Tuck is the animal in trouble is in the episode [[Save the Turtle!|Save the Turtle]]. **[[Ming-Ming]] did this in four episodes ([[Save the Duckling!|Save the Duckling]], [[Save the Pigeon!|Save the Pigeon]], [[Save the Moose in the Caboose!|Save the Moose in the Caboose]], [[Save the Dancing Duck!|Save the Dancing Duck]], and [[Bee and Slug Underground!|Bee and Slug Underground]]). (And she --[[Ming-Ming]]-- is the one main character who was the animal in trouble in the most episodes.) [[Ollie]] -if considered a main character-- did this in two ([[Ollie to the Rescue!]] and [[How It All Began!]]). [[Linny]] --the remaining main character-- did not do this in any episode (not counting ''[[Save the Wonder Pets!|Save the Wonder Pets]]). (That is, making her --[[Linny]]-- be the only main character of the four --if counting [[Ollie]]-- who was never an animal in trouble.) *He appears on a Nick Jr. Compilation DVD once, titled “Go Green!”, but he’s in the episode selection menu sometimes. *He is voiced by a girl, that being [[Teala Dunn]]. This may be because they wanted to be consistent in Tuck's voice, because if a young boy did it, his voice would change, so it would need to be replaced. *His voice actress, Teala Dunn, also played Kelsey on the Nickelodeon show ''"The Thundermans."'' *His U.K. voice actor from Season 1 is the same as the U.K. voice of Finley the Fire Engine. *Not much is known about his family. * In the Italian dub, Tuck shares a voice actor with Tyrone from the ''Backyardigans''. [[File:A turtle.png|thumb|An photo of a Turtle in real life.]] * He is a red-eared slider turtle, who are actually considered a good pet. ==Quotes == * "Aloha, Hawaii! - Save the Dolphin * "It's so beautiful!" - Save the Dolphin * "Maybe one day, I'll grow up to be that big!" - Save the Dolphin * "What's a penguin?" -Save the Penguin * "Linny, what do we do?" - one of his catchphrases * "Linny, look!" - one of his catchphrases * "Can I have a hug?" - Save the Duckling
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