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[[File:Shell 5323.png|link=Super Mario World (video game)|frame|Clothes optional.]]
In [[Real Life]], a turtle's shell is fused to its spine
Alternately, the shell may be large enough to not only accommodate the resident turtle, but also allow somebody else to hide inside it at the same time. In some cases, the Removable Shell may also be portrayed as having a ''furnished apartment'' (and often [[Bigger on the Inside]]). Another variant will
▲In [[Real Life]], a turtle's shell is fused to its spine (It is, after all, a modified ''rib cage''), but in fiction, it is often treated as a removable article of clothing. Expect the turtle, when out of the shell, to be wearing little more than [[Goofy Print Underwear]]. Removing a shell in Real Life will kill the turtle in seconds.
▲Alternately, the shell may be large enough to not only accommodate the resident turtle, but also allow somebody else to hide inside it at the same time. In some cases, the Removable Shell may also be portrayed as having a ''furnished apartment'' (and often [[Bigger on the Inside]]). Another variant will be for the turtle to withdraw all of its limbs (and its head) to make them pop out so that it does a 180 degree turn without moving from the spot.
A variant can apply to other shelled animals like snails, although snails with removable shells are less common.
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[[Sub-Trope]] of [[Art Major Biology]], [[Appropriate Animal Attire]], and [[Funny Animal Anatomy]].
Compare [[Fur Is Clothing]] (the mammalian equivalent). Contrast [[Eggshell Clothing]] (a shell that is ''supposed'' to come off does not).
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== Advertising ==
* For the longest time in the [[Twin Cities]] area, there were commercials for a casino whose mascot was a shell-less turtle dancing in [[Goofy Print Underwear|polka dot heart boxers]].
== Anime & Manga ==
* The obscure Japanese series ''Oraa Guzura Dado'' had one turtle character, for whom this trope was a running gag. (The series is animated, but doesn't look like anime at all.)
* [[Dragonball
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** Well, it's reversible. Having it on inside out isn't so much the source of the problem as a hint to what the root of the problem really is (the racing stripe indicating his need to always be faster).
* Shellcreepers in ''[[Mario Bros.]]'' and Koopas in ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' and later games.
** Taken to extremes in the ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' hack ''SMW YEAHHH', with the Blue Elite Koopas. They actually take off and
* In ''[[American McGee's Alice]]'', Mock Turtle's shell gets stolen by the Duchess, and Alice gets to become a honorary reptile by helping recover it.
* Carapacion-type enemies in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' might qualify, as when "Broken" their carapace vanishes, which removes their Nigh Invulnerability until they restore the carapace.
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