Touché Turtle

For the Little Golden Book, see Touché Turtle.

Touché Turtle
Species	Turtle
Gender	Male
Member of	Yogi's Gang
Affiliation	Dum Dum Yippee Yappy Yahooey
Occupation	Police officer
Works for	Jellystone Police Department
Father	Not mentioned
Mother	Not mentioned
Other relative(s)	One nephew, Teensy Turtle
Marital status	Single
First appearance	TT&DD: "Whale of a Tale" (1962)
Played by	Bill Thompson (1962-63) Don Messick (1972-73) Billy West (2017) Dana Snyder (2021)
Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special
Jellystone!

Touché Turtle is an anthropomorphic turtle and the title character in the Touché Turtle and Dum Dum animated television shorts. His voice was originated by Bill Thompson.

Character description

Touché is a green turtle wearing a white musketeer hat with a magenta-colored plumage. He carries a fencing foil with a bent tip. The insides of his shell also carry a small emergency telephone, which would ring when he recieves an emergency call from someone.

Touché is a brave and noble leader in his own right, but is not entirely competent as he is prone to face any accidents. He immediately takes on missions with his simple-minded follower, Dum Dum, and is clearly the smarter of the two.

Appearances

TV series

• Touché Turtle and Dum Dum
  • 1.1 "Whale of a Tale"
  • 1.2 "Zero-Hero"
  • 1.3 "Dilly of a Lily"
  • 1.4 "Missing Missile"
  • 1.5 "Lake Serpent"
  • 1.6 "You Bug Me"
  • 1.7 "Roll-A-Ghoster"
  • 1.8 "Giant Double-Header"
  • 1.9 "Loser Take All"
  • 1.10 "Takes Two to Tangle"
  • 1.11 "Mr. Robots"
  • 1.12 "Touché at Bat"
  • 1.13 "Billy the Cad"
  • 1.14 "Dog Daze"
  • 1.15 "Ant and Rave"
  • 1.16 "Black is the Knight"
  • 1.17 "Dragon Along"
  • 1.18 "Satellite Fright"
  • 1.19 "Sheepy-Time Pal"
  • 1.20 "Hex Marks the Spot"
  • 1.21 "Catch as Cat Can"
  • 1.22 "Sea for Two"
  • 1.23 "High Goon"
  • 1.24 "Grandma Outlaw"
  • 1.25 "Duel Control"
  • 1.26 "Rapid Rabbit"
  • 2.1 "Thumb Hero"
  • 2.2 "Kat-Napped"
  • 2.3 "Romeo, Touché and Juliet"
  • 2.4 "The Big Bite"
  • 2.5 "Flying Saucer Sorcerer"
  • 2.6 "Aladdin's Lampoon"
  • 2.7 "Haunting License"
  • 2.8 "The Phoney Phantom"
  • 2.9 "Touché's Last Stand"
  • 2.10 "Chief Beef"
  • 2.11 "Like Wild, Man"
  • 2.12 "Dum de Dum Dum"
  • 2.13 "Et Tu, Touché"
  • 2.14 "Dragon Feat"
  • 2.15 "Red Riding Hoodlum"
  • 2.16 "Dough Nuts"
  • 2.17 "Save the Last Trance for Me"
  • 2.18 "Waterloo for Two"
  • 2.19 "Robin Hoodlum"
  • 2.20 "The Shoe Must Go On"
  • 2.21 "Quack Hero"
  • 2.22 "Aliblabber and the Forty Thieves"
  • 2.23 "Out of This Whirl"
  • 2.24 "Hero on the Half Shell"
  • 2.25 "Tenderfoot Turtle"
  • 2.26 "Peace & Riot"
• Yogi's Gang
  • 1.1 "Dr. Bigot" (no lines)
  • 1.4 "Mr. Fibber"
  • 1.6 "Mr. Sloppy"
  • 1.7. "Mr. Cheater" (no lines)
  • 1.10 "The Sheik of Selfishness" (inaudible)
  • 1.13 "Lotta Litter" (inaudible)
• Yogi's Treasure Hunt
  • 2.8 "The Moaning Liza"
  • 3.1 "Snow White & the Seven Treasure Hunters"
• Jellystone!
  • 1.1 "Yogi's Tummy Trouble" (no lines)
  • 1.2 "Gorilla in Our Midst"
  • 1.4 "My Doggie Dave" (no lines)
  • 1.6 "Grocery Store" (no lines)
  • 1.7 "Must Be Jelly" (no lines)
  • 1.11 "Mr. Flabby Dabby Wabby Jabby"
  • 1.13 "DNA, A-OK!" (no lines)
  • 1.14 "Face of the Town!" (no lines)
  • 1.17 "Gotta Kiss Them All"
  • 1.18 "Jelly Wrestle Rumble!"
  • 1.19 "A Fish Sticky Situation" (no lines)
  • 1.20 "A Town Video: Welcome to Jellystone" (no lines)
  • 1.21 "Spell Book" (no lines)
  • 1.22 "Lady Danjjer: Is It Wrong to Long for Kabong?" (no lines)
  • 1.23 "Baby Shenanigans" (no lines)
  • 1.25 "Yogi's Mid-Life Crisis" (no lines)
  • 1.28 "Business"
  • 1.29 "Pants!"
  • 1.30 "Uh Oh! It's a Burglar!"
  • 1.32 "The Brave Little Daddy" (no lines)
  • 1.35 "The Box Thief"
  • 1.36 "Jailcation"
  • 1.37 "Balloon Kids" (picture)
  • 1.40 "Sweet Dreams" (no lines)
  • 2.1 "Meet the Jetsons" (no lines)
  • 2.2 "Disco Fever" (no lines)
  • 2.4 "Hot Guys, Cold Turkey" (no lines)
  • 2.5 "Lotions"

Movies

• Yogi's Ark Lark

Shorts

• Loopy De Loop
  • 1.35 "Not in Nottingham" (mentioned)

Comics

• Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special
  • Issue #1A: "Jellystone Dark" (no lines)

Books

• Touché Turtle

Video games

• Hanna-Barbera's Turbo Toons
• Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (no lines)

Development

Early in development, the character of Touché was originally going to be a swashbuckling rabbit named "Hairbrain Hare" (or "Harbreath Hare" in one of the illustrations). A design of a turtle resembling Touché was also created around this time, likely as a sidekick to "Hairbrain" or a third character, but it was later proposed that Touché would be made as a turtle instead. According to writer Tony Benedict, the concept of "Hairbrain Hare" was repurposed years later for the western-themed Ricochet Rabbit.

Gallery

Main article: Touché Turtle/Gallery

Toys and merchandise

Main article: Touché Turtle/Toys

In popular culture

• In the Comic Book Men episode "Turtle Time," says that Touché is his favorite original turtle.