Origins
I think this guy might be partially based on the Prehistoric Proganochelys Turtle with the spiked tail, Mata Mata have normal testudine tails. The shell could be based on an Alligator Snapping Turtle's shell, which has spikes BlazingLitten22 (talk) 17:03, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
The head also looks kinda like that of a Kappa.--Pokencyclopedia (talk) 11:46, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
terminator
could the name also come from terminator?Yamitora1 (talk) 17:28, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
- A lot of words end in "nator" that MIGHT fit. "detonator" fits best, IMO, related to its function ("Blast Turtle") and to its Japanese name, which has the word "baku", from "bakuhatsu" for explosion. Starscream (talk) 23:56, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
Russian name
Could someone in the staff please add this line?
|ru=Тартонэйтор Tartoneytor|rumeaning=Transcription of English name
Thanks --Raltseye prata med mej 22:26, 18 August 2016 (UTC)
colour
the colours may be based on the french marigold - unsigned comment from Spiderwars98 (talk • contribs)
Origin
Like, OK, I recognize that one of the reasons these pages are locked is so that people don't go on about origins and such before we know anything about the Pokemon. But this is pretty clearly inspired by a kappa?
It has the beak, the shell, and the head. The makamaka turtle lacks a bird like beak like the one Turtonator possesses, and it's head does not resemble that of a turtle.
I don't know, the only reason why we say it seems to be based on the mata mata is because mata mata are native to Hawaii. Yet zebra can't be found in America at all. And pandas can't be found in France, either. Not saying that we cannot say that it "may be based on the mata mata turtle", but we should definitely say "visually it resembles a kappa". - unsigned comment from GMario3826 (talk • contribs)
- Actually, the mata mata is a South American turtle. It's not a native Hawaiian turtle. The reason we say its based on the that is because that is the turtle it most resembles - from its flat body to its slender nose. The reason I haven't added the kappa is because it doesn't seem to resemble a Kappa anymore than any other monster-turtle hybrid. It also doesn't match the kappa's lore, nor does it have the kappa's classic ability to hold water in its head. In fact, the lack of a depression in its head makes it more like the mata mata, whose head is also flat with rough edges. Really, it just looks like a cross between a land mine and a turtle. Crystal Talian 01:52, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
Minor text fix
Since there's the stupid edit lock, can someone with permissions change the "lives at volcanoes" part to "lives near volcanoes?" Geodude6 (talk) 11:16, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
"No. It doesn't have the depression on its head."
OK, so... Golduck is outright compared to a kappa? So we can say it's based on the kappa. It does not have the depression on it's head. It does not even have a shell.
Lombre, meanwhile, is also described as kappa like, by Bulbapedia's page. It does not have the depression on it's head (although that's because their head is based on a sombrero... and this might also explain why Turtonator doesn't, since it's head is supposed to look like a land mine.)
So, Turtonator has a feature over both of these (the shell commonly attributed to kappa), and yet I cannot even note the POSSIBILITY that it is based on a kappa... because?