Turtles (Main Street Electrical Parade)

The Turtles are characters from the Main Street Electrical Parade at the Disney Parks. They are one of the most recognizable characters from the Electrical Parade, alongside the snails and Elliott.
==Background==
The turtles are comprised of two turtles featured in Electrical Parade. They are consistently featured in the Alice in Wonderland-themed unit of most versions of Electrical Parade and have since become one of the most recognizable characters from the parade, often appearing in merchandise inspired by the parade. Rather than just moving like standard parade floats in any typical parade, they would occasionally rotate to impress the guests during the parade. At least two types of turtles were featured in the Electrical Parade, such as one which has a dark green coloration around her body wearing a hat on while the other one wearing large yellow eyeglasses as well as a red necktie located below his head.
Due to the popularity of Main Street Electrical Parade over the years, the turtles often appeared in merchandise inspired by the parade such as trading pins or in other merchandise.
===Effects===
The turtles were designed with a mix between iridescent and LED lights to illuminate the parade floats to give illusion of how the glowing effect works on Main Street Electrical Parade. Said lights are efficient than incandescent bulbs, making them combinable in different ways to make color combinations for the turtles. In addition to the colors, the turtles featured were actually driven by a person inside the float to give illusion of it being driven across the street and occasionally rotating to impress the guests.
==Appearances==
===Main Street Electrical Parade===
The turtles have been featured in the Alice in Wonderland-themed unit in most versions of the Main Street Electrical Parade in the Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, Disneyland Paris, and California Adventure versions of the Electrical Parade respectively. While parading down the street, they would occasionally spin to impress guests with the parade continuing throughout the night with guests enjoying their visit at the parks.
The Tokyo version of Electrical Parade used to include turtles around 1985 functioning the same way it did in the California, Florida, and Paris versions but were removed from the park but were removed from the parade as of 1995.
==Gallery==
Electrical Parade - Glasses Turtle.jpg
Floatyard.jpg|The turtle in concept art for the Floatyard in Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
Disney Emoji Blitz - Item Emoji - Turtle Float.png|The turtle as a collectible item in Disney Emoji Blitz
==Trivia==
*During the parade's 2017 run at Disneyland, snacks themed after elements from the Electrical Parade were sold at the Candy Palace with one of them being cake pops modeled after the turtle from the Electrical Parade which were made to promote the parade, alongside other snacks themed after the ladybug, the snail, the Cheshire Cat, and the centipede respectively.
*During the 50th anniversary of the Electrical Parade at Disneyland, souvenir drinks modeled after the turtle wearing glasses were sold at the Troubadour Tavern and were used to promote the parade's return for its 50th anniversary.
*In the game Disney Emoji Blitz, the turtle wearing a hat appeared in Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two as a power generator that can be used to power up areas in the Floatyard.
*In the game Disney Emoji Blitz, the turtle wearing a hat was also featured as a collectible item in certain item collections.
*During a 2009 five-month hiatus of the Electrical Parade at Magic Kingdom when the parade under a complete refurbishment, one of the turtle floats was displayed on the "Technology" section in the 2009 D23 Expo.
==References==
Category:Turtles
Category:Disney characters
Category:Silent characters
Category:Adults
Category:Theme park characters