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Shy Shelled Animal
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Animals that have hard shells for protection—turtles, armadillos, snails, crabs, etc.—have a tendency to be depicted as timid, cowardly or nervous characters. While these shells exist in real life as a means of protection from predators, fiction tends to associate them with traits like shyness and introversion. In fact, this is probably the origin of the expression "come out of your shell" to describe someone overcoming their shyness. Subtrope of Animal Stereotypes. For other tropes related to shelled animals, see Removable Shell and Shell Backpack. |
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Sly Cooper: Bentley Turtle is a shy awkward ally to Sly, who originally acted as his Mission Control. In later games, he starts to take a more active role. | |
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Dinosaur Train: Downplayed with Adam Adocus. While he's mostly easygoing, he retracts into his shell when he gets startled. | |
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie: In the first trailer, one Koopa Troopa (a turtle-like creature) is seen shivering with fear, with his head tucked into his shell, when Bowser steps forward. | |
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Diddy Kong Racing: Tiptup the turtle is described in the manual as somewhat clumsy and nervous. | |
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In the This Time Round Alternate Tooniverse of This Toon Round, Daibhid Chelonidae is a tortoise who "ums" a lot when he speaks and disappears into his shell whenever something unexpected happens. | |
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Rocko's Modern Life: Filburt the turtle is your stereotypical, glasses-wearing, socially awkward comic book nerd, and he's very timid to boot. He's still a Nice Guy, he just doesn't have many friends aside from Rocko, Heffer, and his wife Dr. Hutchison. | |
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Spectrobes: Segu is encased in an egg-like shell, and its description in the first game says it's a little shy. | |
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Work It Out Wombats!: The crab family are all very shy and are quick to scatter if they hear a loud noise. | |
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Toby Turtle from Disney's Robin Hood (1973) is often seen hiding in his shell when he feels scared. One such example is when Skippy tells him that he's going to get the arrow he shot back from Maid Marian's castle, fearing that Skippy will face execution if Maid Marian spots him. | |
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Insaniquarium: Stinky the Snail hides in its shell whenever an enemy alien appears. Rhubarb the Hermit Crab snaps its claws to get fish off the ground where he lives. |
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Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers: The Troubadour is a cartoon turtle who gets nervous around some characters, like his apparent boss Mr. Narrator, and Captain Pete. He sometimes literally hides in his shell from them. | |
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In the poem "Shelly Snail and Swallowtail", from The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast by Alan Aldridge and William Plomer, Swallowtail (a butterfly) asks Shelly what he's like beneath the mask he's wearing to the ball. Shelly replies that without the mask, he'd be too shy to socialise at all. | |
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Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger: Discussed when Dillon first meets Mayor Malcolm, who is an armadillo like him. Malcolm mentions his dislike for the stereotype of armadillos as cowardly animals, and he and Russ both note how Dillon is an aversion of the trope, being a capable fighter known for his Rolling Attack. | |
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Kirby: Right Back at Ya!: Escargoon is King Dedede's snail-like right-hand man. Escargoon is a total Sycophantic Servant who kisses up to Dedede, and is terrified of his wrath. | |
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Kevin & Kell: It's not uncommon to see this trait among turtles in this series One of Lindesfarne's friends at Caliban Academy, Cara Pace, would be seen hiding her head in her shell. This became a plot point when Lindesfarne tried to find her Caliban Academy friends later in life, and it shows Cara shelling up so much she was disguised as a computer mouse to avoid layoffs in the technology field. Greta's boyfriend, Todd, initially cut this air. But it turns out, he was actually a toad in a turtle shell. The story is that Greta set up a blind date with a turtle while in high school, but the turtle was eaten. Todd found the void shell, hid in it when Greta approached, and decided to play along. They ended up falling in love, but it was three years before Greta learned the truth that he was a toad. Also inverted; Fiona is surprised that Todd is cautious because "it's common for species with shells to feel indestructable". The initial joke with Cara and Colina the armadillo was that they and Lindesfarne were the only herbivores prepared to risk the mall food court. |
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Bubsy: Arnold the armadillo is depicted as a fearful character with a crippling fear of trucks who becomes terrified at the mere mention of them, possibly due to some form of post-traumatic stress. | |
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The Legendary Starfy: Starfy's friend is a clam named Moe. While more a Jerk with a Heart of Gold than anything else, Moe does have some cowardly tendencies, such as when he tries to stop Starfy from jumping into the ocean to save Bunston (and dragging Moe himself along) because he's afraid of Big Squiddy, a Giant Squid that lives there. | |
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Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: Koops, the second partner to join the party, is a timid and somewhat awkward Koopa Troopa who is unable to get his words out during his first attempt to talk to Mario. Despite his shyness, he soon proves himself to be braver than he appears by accompanying Mario to fight the dragon Hooktail. | |
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According to Om, a god who has accidentally taken the form of a tortoise in Small Gods, and is starting to think like one, "Tortoises are cynics. They always expect the worst." When asked why, he replies "Because it usually happens to them." | |
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Over the Hedge: Verne is a neurotic turtle whose tail tingles when something seems suspicious. He is very cautious about the neighborhood on the other side of the hedge and hides whenever humans are around. Considering the events of the film, it's justified. | |
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Clam Man: Lindsey is some sort of animal with a seashell. When she loses her job at the beginning of the game, she is hurt deeply and retreats into an alley, where she sets up a recreation of her office out of cardboard boxes. She pretends that she's still working, except at a relish company instead of a mayonnaise one, and tries so hard to act like everything's okay. When Clam Man asks too many questions, she tries to hide under her "desk" and refuses to speak with him anymore. Averted with Clam Man. Despite being, well, a clam man, he's not particularly introverted. He's just an all-around decent guy, although he is kind of an underdog. |
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Sebastian the crab from The Little Mermaid (1989) is the uptight, Nervous Wreck servant of King Triton. | |
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