The Tortuga HQ is the home base of the Wild Kratts crew and their primary source of transportation. It is generally used for travel, but also provides shelter for animals and holds a large amount of various devices and other items.
Its name comes from the Spanish (and Catalan) word for turtle, as it was modeled and designed after said creature.
Capabilities[]
- Hover
- Flight
- Buoyancy in water
- Visual Communication to Creature Pods
- Teleportation
- Computer
- Swimming
- Ice sled feet
- Camouflage
- Lockdown
- Sonic Disintegrator
- "Angry Turtle" mode
- Walking
- Electrical Disruptor
- Off-Roading Wheels
- Retractable Underwater Exploration Port
Layout[]
Outside[]
As stated above, the Tortuga's design is based on the turtle. It is very big and a teal-aqua color; in camouflage mode it can be brown, red, yellow, green, among the colors and patterns of various species of turtles. In addition, it can also turn invisible as well as go into ice mode when traveling in snow ("Polar Bears Don’t Dance"). It even has a festive mode, where it turns into jack-o-lantern mode for Halloween. To get inside and outside, it has lowering steps, and its mouth can open to a ramp. There is also a window/sun roof at the top that opens and closes. Like real turtles, it has a very detailed shell. In swim mode, its legs turn into flippers and the shell becomes a little flatter. The Tortuga also can swap its feet for off-road wheels when they want to travel on wild terrain.
Inside[]
The interior is colored white with other calming shades of colors like blue and gray (blue and purple in "Polar Bears Don't Dance"). The Tortuga also has a downstairs storage garage for Aviva's other inventions like the Createrra, Cheetah Racer, Space Pods, Buzz Bikes, Pulponaut, Amphi-Sub, Hippo Sub, Bass Boat, Hover Cycle, Worm-Mobile, Manta Riders, Butterflier XT, Falcon Flyer, Octopod, Rocket Jet, and Remora Sub. They also have a hammock rack that they occasionally sleep in. Aviva has her own inventing station equipped with gadgets and equipment she needs to make inventions. Koki has her own computer station as well that she uses to find the location of the Kratt brothers and the villains. Jimmy has his own computer, too. It's conveniently next to the refrigerator and the teleporter so he can easily teleport items to the Kratt brothers. The center of the room has a movable electronic table. The main wall has a big screen that they can contact anyone in the team with and watch footage or look at pictures of animals. As the Wild Kratts crew travels and lives in the Tortuga, it most likely has normal rooms inside of it, such as bedrooms, kitchen, and bathroom.
Trivia[]
- The Tortuga is usually referred to as the "turtle ship" by Zach. From Season 2 onwards, the Wild Kratts occasionally refer to the Tortuga as the turtle ship as well.
- In the episode "Rattlesnake Crystal", the Tortuga was revealed to be powered by tellurium, a rare type of crystal.
- Up until "Tortuga Tune Up", the Tortuga could only float and/or hover on water, as it was not designed to swim and/or dive underwater. However, the Tortuga was seen underwater in the episode "Stuck on Sharks", long before "Tortuga Tune Up".
- The Tortuga is also capable of going up into space, as revealed in the holiday special "A Creature Christmas".
- In "Box Turtled In!", the Tortuga was revealed to have a walking mode. This is the first time it was used, however, as Aviva claimed that they never had to use it before. It was technically used before in "Rattlesnake Crystal", when the ship righted itself when it was replenished with tellurium.
- The Tortuga has weaponry to defend itself against the Zachbots, which include an electrical disruptor & sonic disintegrator.
- In Season 2 and onward, the Tortuga is shown to have an upgraded version, with a larger base, shell, and legs compared to its Season 1 counterpart, and giving the new Tortuga proportions more accurate to a real tortoise. This may imply that sometime between Season 1 and Season 2, Aviva gave the ship an external upgrade. The interior remains unchanged.
Passengers and People On Board[]
Main Members[]
- Martin Kratt - Commander and explorer
- Chris Kratt - Co-Commander and explorer
- Aviva - Inventor/third-in-command
- Koki - Mechanic and communications manager
- Jimmy - Pilot/Driver
Other[]
- Zach (uninvited guest passenger and invader)
- Donita Donata (uninvited guest passenger and invader)
- Dabio (uninvited guest passenger and invader)
- Gourmand (uninvited guest passenger and invader)
- Gavin and Ronan
- Plato ("Platypus Cafe").
- Nubs and un-named lion cub (part of the Orphan Baby Animal Nursery aboard the Tortuga) ("Let the Rhinos Roll!")
- Various creatures ("Build It Beaver")
- Lion cubs: Lil' Cubby, El Cutisimo, Screen Saver, Martin, Chris, and Cat Burglar (animal passengers aboard for protection against the lion twins) ("Bad Hair Day")
- Paisley Paver