John

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**John III** is one of the seagulls who lives in an island that's located above the reef village somewhere in the Southern Seas. He's also a good friend to the inhabitants of the reef village.

## Appearance

John has white feathers, black feathers on his head, a long orange beak with a brown tip, and light brown eyes.

## Personality

Despite John is a seagull and he's supposed to be a predator to the reef village inhabitants, he is actually very good, helpful, loyal, and kind. Ever since Sammy and Ray saved his life during the events of *A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise*, John has sworn an oath to never eat any of the reef inhabitants and in return, he becomes their only seagull friend. He really cares about the safety of his underwater friends and wants to protect them from the hunger of the other seagulls from his flock.

## Family

### Tree

    = **Male**

    = **Female**

    = **Gender Unknown**

## Relationships

### Ricky and Ella

Initially, John was an enemy to Ricky and Ella because of his appetite for eating newborn sea turtles and they're his natural prey. In *A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise*, John and his flock arrived at the beach to eat the hatchlings, and John has almost eaten Ella if Sammy haven't arrived and stopped him. After John was accidentally caught by a group of poachers when they arrived to capture Sammy, Ray, Ricky, and Ella to take them to "The Tank" and Sammy and Ray helped him escape, John helped the turtles in return by distracting the fishermen to get Ricky and Ella escape safely in the water.

Now as a friend to the two young sea turtles and along with Pipo and Annabel, John is willing to do whatever it takes to keep the promise he made to himself by protecting the children from his fellow seagulls whenever they visited the island above the reef village. And as seen in "Feathered Turtle", his loyalty and friendship to his underwater friends are very strong. When John accidentally loses his memories because of a coconut falls on his head and it makes him believed that he's a turtle, he is seen having deep fondness to Ricky and Ella, and he enjoys having fun with them despite they're trying to regain his memories back before Paul, George, and Ringo found out about it. When John found out that he's, in fact, a seagull after looking at his reflection from a mirror at the beach hut and became deeply sadden about it, his flock members take advantage of his memory loss by attempting to brainwash him into making him revert back to his natural instinct. However, unbeknownst to the other seagulls, John's memories of his previous experiences have returned, allowing him to remember the promise he made ever since Sammy and Ray saved him from the poachers in *A Turtle's Tale 2* and he rescued Ricky and Ella from the other seagulls by carrying them safely back to the water. And as seen in various episodes, John enjoys having Ricky and Ella riding onto him while he flies around the island.

### Paul, Ringo, and George

While John serves as the leader to Paul, Ringo, and George, he forbids his flock from eating Ricky and Ella whenever the turtles are visiting the island because of his refusal to eat them after the events of *A Turtle's Tale 2*. However, because of their appetite, Paul and his flock would often try to eat the two turtles whenever John's not around, as revealed in "Feathered Turtle" and "John the Terrible".

In "John the Terrible", John's refusal to eat the turtles lead to his flock members having enough of him and they decided to not have him as their leader anymore, viewing him as a traitor to his kind since John would constantly stop them whenever he sees the trio about to eat Ricky and Ella. Unbeknownst to the trio, John was very upset about being kick out of the group that he asked Ricky and Ella for help to reclaim his title in the flock by pretending that John is going to eat them again, viewing his flock members as a family to him. While the flock members didn't see through the ruse, they were very impressed that John is willing to reclaim his role within the group by "capturing" Ricky and Ella to "eat" them all to himself. But John's plan backfired when Sammy and Ray believe that it was happening for real, which lead to Paul, Ringo, and George going after Ricky and Ella while John left to talk to them. In order to rescue the kids, Sammy and Ray both pretended to be "infected" by a virus after eating a coconut which leads to them wanting to "eat" the seagulls. John arrives and helps "rescue" his flock members when they all fall for their trickery, which leads to Paul deciding to have John back as their leader for his "bravery".

### Sammy and Ray

Initially, John was an enemy to Sammy and Ray at the beginning of *A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise* when he's about to eat their newborn grandchildren and have mocked them for trying to stop him and his other seagulls. When a group of poachers arrived and captured Sammy, Ray, Ricky, and Ella, they accidentally caught John as well when they toss a trawler at him. While caught, Sammy and Ray have helped John escape and as a result of their kindnesses, John returns their favor by distracting the fishermen long enough to get Ricky and Ella out of the boat and safely in the water. Now because Sammy and Ray have saved his life from the poachers, John has made a promise to himself to never eat any of Sammy and Ray's friends and family ever again, and he has become their friend.

### Lulu

While John doesn't interact with Lulu a lot, they're shown to be friends ever since Sammy and Ray saved John from the poachers and he owned them his life in return. In "Grandmas to the Rescue", they both have worked together with Rita, Shelly, Ricky, and Ella to rescue Sammy and Ray when they were captured by a fishing boat.

## Trivia

* Despite John becomes a friend to the villagers of the reef, he's erroneously seen trying to eat Pipo in the beginning of "The Shark's Tooth".
* During the events of "In Places for the Eclipse!", the eclipse causes John to revert back to his natural instincts and he almost eats Ricky, Ella, and their friends.
* Because the four seagulls weren't named yet before *Sammy & Co*, John is credited as "Seagull 1" in *A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise*.
* Paul, George, Ringo, and John's names are all references to the members of The Beatles. For John, his name is a reference to John Lennon.
	+ And fitting to the Beatles' theme, in the episode "John the Terrible", John got temporarily kicked out of his flock because of his friendship with Ricky and Ella, a parallel to Lennon leaving the band because of his love for his then-wife Yoko Ono.
* John is the only member of his flock to not be a black-headed gull and instead, he's a white seagull species. This fits his role as the only member of the flock who's friends with the inhabitants of the reef village.
* Both John and Albert are the only characters who refuse to eat the reef inhabitants despite they're both supposed to be their most fierce predators.

## References

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Albert • Alpha • Arthur • Billy • César • Jimbo • Lulu • Margaret • Ray • Rita • Rose • Sammy • Shelly

Lulu's class
Aroun • Mika • Mya • Oscar • The Rockfish (Babbles • Crudd • Glitz)

Characters from outside the reef
Barracudas • Big Boss • Jax • John's flock (George • **John** • Paul • Ringo) • Leonard • Marco • Philippe

Albert (hammerhead shark) • André • André's lobster colony • Bernard • Big Boss's girlfriend • Boris • Boris' pilot fish • Brice and Bronco • Coralia • Eddy • Edgar • Leopold • Lucille • Manuel and Consuelo • Maurice • Nautilus • Niko's mother • Roby's parents • Rosie • Rudy Reef • Seaweed Ball Guardian • Sea snake • Visto • Yoko

Children
Coralia's children • Eliot • Ella's cousins • Ella's siblings • Jumpette • Leopold's children • Marius • Niko • Ricky's siblings • Roby

Characters from the past
Ben • Fluffy • Jacko, Ollie, and Sandra • Robbie • Sammy's siblings • Shelly's siblings • Slim • Vera

Humans
Snow • Snow's hippie community

"Perfect Universe" characters
Lola • Perfect Universe's Annabel • Perfect Universe's Crudd • Perfect Universe's Glitz • Perfect Universe's Pipo • Perfect Universe's Ricky • Perfect Universe's Sammy

Mentioned characters
Alpha's mother • Clara • Coco • Eliot's mother • Ella's mother • John I • Lulu's grandmother • Lulu's great-aunt • Pipo's mother • Ricky's cousins