Stranger Things 2 left us with a lot of questions. What’s the deal with the Shadow Monster? Is Billy a racist dick, or just a dick? Is Bob a winner or loser? But the biggest unanswered question of all is: what happened to Dustin’s turtle? In episode three, “The Pollywog,” our nougat-loving friend removes Yertle from his tank to make room for D’Artagnan, the adorable tadpole that grew into a horrifying Demogorgon (a metaphor for adolescent, surely). “Temporary eviction, buddy,” Dustin says before placing Yertle on the ground.
That is the last we see of him.
The obvious explanation is that Dart turned Yertle into a snack (R.I.P. Mews), but good news! Yertle is doing just fine. “Yurtle [sic] the Turtle is safe,” the Stranger Writers Twitter account wrote. “He’s here with me. We’re scrolling through Twitter together. He’s trolling cyber-bullies. It’s a great time.”
Yurtle the Turtle is safe. He's here with me. We're scrolling through Twitter together. He's trolling cyber-bullies. It's a great time.
— stranger writers (@strangerwriters) November 1, 2017
I’m happy Yertle is safe (even if the writers misspelled his Dr. Seuss-inspired name) and I was genuinely worried that Dustin would step or drop his proton pack on the lil’ guy, but let’s not turn his safety into a cause. Yertle doesn’t need justice. He’s doing fine. The Demogorgons could take over and kill all humans, Bender-style, in season three, but Yertle will still be out there, crawling over Gremlins toys and whatever else is littered on Dustin’s floor.
https://twitter.com/ro_ypadilla/status/925991485010358272
I love Stranger Things more than life but why is there always a character that disappears and no one cares. First Barb and now Yertle???
— Lex (@LexiLee67) October 29, 2017
https://twitter.com/hol090/status/925823203787857920
Okay @Stranger_Things that was fantastic, but what happened to Yertle?#StrangerThings #WheresYertle
— Leticia (@laylo_lo) November 2, 2017
Ok but what happened to Yertle? Like Dustin took him out of his tank and never put him back. Where is Yertle? #JusticeForYertle
— alana. 🦋 (@SOFTDAISlES) October 28, 2017
When you notice we never saw Dustin’s turtle Yertle again #justiceforyertle pic.twitter.com/Hw71zaFh6n
— Reyna Flores (@reynaflores0615) October 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/amandapandabear/status/925770775277293570
(Via Stranger Writers)