Turtle of Time

Turtle of Time
Information
Class/Type	Legendary Creature
Min Size	59 Gigaparsecs
Max Size	6 Teraparsecs (Accessible) 14.4 Teraparsecs (Programmed) Infinity Yottaparsecs (Lore)
Sightings
Region	Distant Future
First Level	All The Way Down
Last Level	All The Way Down Hard
Appearances	1

The Turtle of Time is a symbol standing for space-time infinity in universe. They are stacked with an infinite amount and the further downward they are, the larger the Turtles of Time get. They are meant to hold the universe on their backs, with the earliest version at the very bottom of the stack. They're described in the game's ending as being "peaceful entities with no way to defend themselves", and as such were entirely unprepared for the arrival of the Goo.

They can be found in Tasty Planet: Back for Seconds, and only appear in All The Way Down as the final object in the game.

Size

• From 59 gigaparsecs - Infinity teraparsecs

Levels

• All The Way Down

Trivia

• There are at least 59 Turtles of Time.
  • If you were to modify the game to allow the Goo to grow larger than the victory size, the player would be able to eat 11 more Turtles of Time before there would be nothing left to eat, for a total of 70 in the game.
• It is not needed to eat every Fabric of the Universe to eat the first turtle of time.
• Assuming that the Universe in Back for Seconds (at roughly 60 gigaparsecs) is bigger than the Universes in Forever (at 6 gigaparsecs), the Turtles of Time are the largest entity in the series to date, and the only ones to be larger than the real-world Observable Universe (≈28.5 gigaparsecs).
• To calculate the size Turtle of Time #n in Gigaparsecs would be, use the following formula, with s being the scaling factor (size each subsequent turtle is larger than the last, approximately 1.0829505035349931): ${59\times s^{(n-1)}}$
• The turtles of time are confirmed by James Sayer to have originated from the expression "Turtles all the way down", which relates to the problem of infinite regress.
  • In the same response, Sayer asks ChatGPT about them out of curiosity, only for the answer it gave to be the polar opposite of their portrayal in the game, describing them as powerful enemies with time manipulation abilities rather than the helpless gentle giants they actually are.
• It's the only harmless otherworldly creature. All other otherworldly creatures — Space Manta Rays, Noodle Monsters, and Giant Amoeba — are hostile.