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    <periodOfReport>2009-09-15</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>TORTOISE TOTAL RETURN FUND, LLC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NONE</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>MARINER HOLDINGS, LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4200 W. 115TH STREET, SUITE 100</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LEAWOOD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>KS</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>66211</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText>Affiliate of Inv Advisor</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001473520</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>POWER GROUP RISK SERVICES, LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>12721 METCALF AVE., SUITE 103</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>OVERLAND PARK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>KS</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>66213</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001473507</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ADAMS-GABBERT &amp; ASSOCIATES, LLC</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>400 SW LONGVIEW BLVD., SUITE 200</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LEE'S SUMMIT</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>64081</rptOwnerZipCode>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001473707</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BF 161 ELECTRIC, LLC</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>4200 W. 115TH STREET, SUITE 100</rptOwnerStreet1>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001473708</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BF WYANDOTTE DEVELOPMENT, LLC</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4200 W. 115TH STREET, SUITE 100</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LEAWOOD</rptOwnerCity>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001473706</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>RANCHO SIENNA KC, LP</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4200 W. 115TH STREET, SUITE 100</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LEAWOOD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>KS</rptOwnerState>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001473710</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>TRINITY BAKERSFIELD DEVELOPMENT, LLC</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4200 W. 115TH STREET, SUITE 100</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LEAWOOD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>KS</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>66211</rptOwnerZipCode>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001473709</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Bicknell Family Finance Co</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4200 W. 115TH STREET, SUITE 100</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LEAWOOD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>KS</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>66211</rptOwnerZipCode>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001473711</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SANTA RITA KC, LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4200 W. 115TH STREET, SUITE 100</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LEAWOOD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>KS</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>66211</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
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            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText>Affiliate of Inv Advisor</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001418444</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Bicknell Family Management CO Trust</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4200 W. 115TH STREET, SUITE 100</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LEAWOOD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>KS</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>66211</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <otherText>Affiliate of Inv Advisor</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks>A form 3 is limited to a maximum of ten reporting persons.  As a result, this Form 3 is one of four filed today reporting the same securities by the following thirty-seven joint filers:  Mariner Holdings, LLC, Mariner Consulting, LLC, Mariner Wealth Advisors, LLC,  Mariner Value Strategies, LLC, Mariner Quantitative Solutions, LLC, MQS Long/Short Equity Fund, L.P., Mariner Real Estate Management, LLC, Mariner Real Estate Partners, LLC, Mariner Anderson One, LLC, Mariner Alternative Asset Management, LLC, Mariner Statistical Opportunities Fund, LP, Mariner Private Equity, LLC, Mariner Capital Ventures, LLC, Tortoise Holdings, LLC, Mariner Insurance Resources, LLC, Mariner Capital Partners, LLC, Mariner Medical Diagnostics 1, LLC, Label Real Estate, LLC, NPC Capital Partners II, LLC, Label Arts, LLC, We R, LLC, BAW Investments, LLC, Bicknell Properties, LLC, Great Plains Santa Rita, LLC, KCRS Partners, LLC, Bicknell Family Management Company, LLC, Bicknell Family Holding Company, LLC, Power Group Company, LLC, Power Group Risk Services, LLC, Adams-Gabbert &amp; Associates, LLC, BF 161 Electric, LLC, BF Wyandotte Development, LLC, Rancho Sienna KC, LP, Trinity Bakersfield Development, LLC, Bicknell Family Finance Company, Santa Rita KC, LLC and Bicknell Family Management Company Trust.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ S. Kirk Lambright, on behalf of Rancho Sienna KC, LP and Santa Rita KC, LLC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Martin C. Bicknell, on behalf of all other reporting persons</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
