Newton

Newton
Information
Gender:	Male
Species:	Turtle
Episode debut:	Springy Thingy
Home:	A crabapple tree
Voice actor:	Colin Fox

Newton is a main character in Peep and the Big Wide World.

Appearance

Newton has a large shell over his back from which his legs, head, and tail, stick out of the openings in his shell. All of Newton's skin is dark green with his four stubby legs coming from the bottom of the shell, his pointed tail at the back, and his head at the front. Newton's head is oval-shaped with a slightly pointed mouth and his head is attached to a long neck. Newton's eyes are oval shaped with black pupils and are placed half on his head and half on the individual bumps that extend from his head. Lastly, Newton's shell is yellow on the top and dark brown and divided into sections on the bottom.

Personality

Newton is believed to be the oldest animal in Peep and the Big Wide World and, as such, posses some elderly traits. Newton takes things slowly both in speech and movement which, on some occasions, leads to the annoyance of characters or predictability. Despite these traits, Newton has also been shown persisting in meeting new things such as in Newton's Big Adventure where he went out to explore and Meeting Half-way where he set out to meet Willow. Newton is often seen sleeping under his crabapple tree and is not bothered when apples fall on his head.

Relationships

Peep and Chirp - Peep and Chirp are generally on good terms with Newton and they are shown as being fairly good friends. They do, however, sometimes think of Newton as "slow" or "sleepy", though they aren't seen sharing these thoughts with him.

Quack - Newton, like with Peep and Chirp, is also shown being on good terms with Quack but he thinks even less of Newton that Peep and Chirp do like in Newton's Big Adventure when Quack assumes that Newton didn't move all day near the end of the episode.

Willow - In the one episode she appears in, Newton is shown being excited to meet her, possibly because she is also a turtle like him. When they meet at the sunflowers the narrator notes "they quickly felt like old friends" while conversing about his tree and its apples.

Information

Newton made his debut in Springy Thingy but was unnamed and appeared only at the end. Newton lives under a crabapple tree which he knew since it was a sapling. When Newton walks, he walks very slowly, even if he urgently wants to go somewhere which is due to the weight of the shell on his back. Newton is frequently seen sleeping and getting hit by the apples that fall from his crabapple tree and has been shown eating them. Because of Newton having lived for so long, sometimes Peep, Chirp, and Quack will ask him for advice. Newton is shown possessing the ability to swim and propel himself through water with the aid of his legs. Newton can retract into his shell which he often does when apples are falling off his tree, or when he is sleeping.

Episode appearances

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Major appearances

Newton's Big Adventure

In the morning, Newton is shown under his tree sleeping. An apple falls from the tree and hits Newton, waking him up. Peep and Quack appear running to his tree with Peep calling out for him. The two birds tell of their adventures and ask him what he did. Newton then tells of apples had fallen on him. Peep suggests that Newton comes to have adventures with them with Newton remarking about how he doesn't move as fast and Quack hastily agreeing and dragging Peep away. Peep calls out that Newton is still invited and Newton thinks that he may be missing something.

Newton decides it is time he had some adventures of his own and sets out from his tree. While walking along, the narrator remarks that Newton thought of all the things he never saw before, causing the turtle to point out the contradiction and the narrator to point out how Newton will not see anything unless he moves. He then discovers dandelions, which he calls his "first discovery", and walks up to a dandelion seed and sneezes. The dandelion disperses and Newton follows it only to suddenly fall into a pool of water. He begins to panic at first but then calms down, spots a tree branch, and uses it to get himself to shore.

Noticing a sloshing sound coming from the inside of his shell, Newton stands up a bit to empty the water in his shell. Newton manages to pin down a dandelion seed and then steps off it as he notices a cracker box. He ventures into the cracker box remarking that it is "crumby". As Newton finds the dandelion seed and grabs it with his mouth, he rejoices over catching the seed but a gust of wind blows the flap of the cracker box down, trapping Newton. He walks to the other side of the cracker box and sees outside through a gap in the flaps of the back wall,

After some thinking, Newton starts to force his head against the back wall of the box. After several attempts and great effort, the flaps of the box open sending Newton flying out into the air, Newton lands and where he does he sees some ants and, after noticing one of them looking for food, talks to them. The ant is startled by Newton's appearance and Newton explains he is a turtle and then offers the ant the crumbs on his feet. The ant accepts and calls the other ants over who begin to eat the crumbs.

The ants thank Newton and Newton tells them of the cracker box having more crumbs. The ants leave and Newton realizes the lateness of the day and decides to go back fearing that if darkness comes, he may not be able to get to his home again. He is last seen sleeping and mentioned to be dreaming of the adventures that happened in his day.

Flipping Newton

Newton became upside down so Peep and Quack have to flip him so he would be right side up. First they try pushing him with Chirp which doesn’t work. She then has the idea to rock the shell, which results in the birds singing but Newton being dizzy. Chirp tries using the stick and gets it out, which gets Newton right side up.

Minor appearances

• Springy Thingy - Newton appears in the ending of Springy Thingy and is seen jumping on the mattress while shouting in delight.
• Quack and the Very Big Rock - Newton appears near the middle of Quack and the Very Big Rock and is seen briefly sleeping under his crabapple tree.
• Peep Deep in the Big Muddy - Newton was one of the animals swimming in Quack's pond when Chirp realized it was "cool."
• Peep Prints - Peep bumped into Newton, and Newton briefly showed him the things he sees around his tree, until he finds out that a rabbit squashed his blue flower. Later on Quack helped Newton out by using his own feet, which have the same shape as the flower.
• Marble Mover - The marble Quack was trying to get up a hill rolled off of Newton while he was sleeping.
• Duck Ball (mentioned) - Peep and Chirp wonder if Newton can play DuckBall with them but don't think so because he's "too sleepy".

Gallery

Newton when fully retracted into his shell

Newton peering out of his shell

Newton sleeping inside his shell

Newton's cameo in Memory Lane

Newton as a squirrel as seen in the episode Trading Places

Chirp on top of Newton

Newton sleeping underneath his crabapple tree in Quack and the Very Big Rock

Newton facing the narrator

Newton with a Quack Print on his shell as seen in Peep Prints

Peep bumping into Newton

Newton with a piece of blue fabric on his shell

Newton upside down

Trivia

• Newton is possibly one of the oldest characters in the show.
• Newton is possibly named after the famous physicist Sir Isaac Newton, who came up with his Law for Universal Gravitation after an apple fell by his feet from the tree he sat beneath.
• Newton likely has dementia, which possibly explains why he doesn't know much, despite being old.
• Newton is likely actually a tortoise because, despite being similar, tortoises live on land. Turtles, in, reality, are semi-aquatic animals, and Newton is shown not being able how to swim.
• In the Peep and the Big Wide World 1988 film, a turtle that looks similar (though has a green shell) named Pierre appears.