List of fictional crocodiles and alligators

This is a list of fictional crocodiles and alligators from literature, folklore and myth, mascots and emblems of teams and organizations, comics, films, animations and video games.

This list is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals. It is restricted to notable crocodilian characters from notable works of fiction. Characters that appear in multiple media may have separate listings for each appearance, while in instances where a character has appeared in several separate works in a single medium, only the earliest will be recorded here.

Literature

Name Work Author Date Notes
"as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile." The Rivals Sheridan 1775 Mrs Malaprop's most famous malapropism, using the word allegory instead of alligator.[1][2]
Crocodile Gena Cheburashka Uspenskiy, Eduard 1966 A friendly Crocodile[3]
Crocodile "on the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo river" Just So Stories Kipling, Rudyard 1902 The crocodile pulls the nose of the Elephant's Child, very hard.[4]
The eponymous crocodile The Enormous Crocodile Dahl, Roald 1978 The crocodile wanders the jungle promising to eat children.[5]

Folklore and myths

Name Species Country Notes
Sobek Crocodile-headed god Ancient Egypt Represents power, protection, fertility[6]
The gharial Gharial India The gharial's wife wants to eat her husband's friend the monkey.[7]
Sang Buaya Big bad crocodile East Timor The crocodiles are fooled by Sang Kancil, the mouse deer[8]

Mascots and emblems

Crocodiles and alligators are used as mascots and emblems by organisations and sports teams:

Comics

Name Comic Notes
The Fraternity of Crocodiles Pearls Before Swine Also known as "Da Brudderhood of Zeeba Zeeba Eata".
Killer Croc Batman A supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics and an enemy of Batman. The made his first full appearance in Batman #358 (April 1983 [11]
Leatherhead Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles A mutated alligator.[12]

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Soundwave Beast Wars Has the form of an alligator.[14]

Film

Name Film Year Director Notes
Daisy An Alligator Named Daisy 1955 J. Lee Thompson A young man's life is complicated by the inheritance of an alligator.[15]

Animation

Name Animation Notes
Al Miami Guns
Al Can You Teach My Alligator Manners?
Aldo Sitting Ducks An alligator who befriended main character Bill the Duck and is trying to blend into DuckTown.
Alfy Gator Yakky Doodle A blue alligator is the secondary antagonist who tries to capture Yakky because his gourmet guidebook recommends roast duck.
Alligator Master World Destruction: Sekai Bokumetsu no Rokunin
Axl and Bull Gator Taz-Mania These alligators are always trying to catch Taz and sell him to a zoo.
Ben Ali Gator Fantasia The prince of the Alligators, who falls in love with Hyacinth Hippo.
Bog The Outback Antagonistic crocodile who wants to control the Australian billabong.
Brutus & Nero The Rescuers The two crocodiles under Madame Medusa's command.
Catchum Crocodile The Get Along Gang The show's main antagonist.
Crocco Re-Animated
Christopher Christopher Crocodile An eponymous protagonist.
Crocodile Gentleman Witch Craft Works
Carmine The Wild
Dil The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists A Deinosuchus.
Master Croc Kung Fu Panda 2
Floyd and Jolene Kissyfur The antagonist alligators
Francisco T.U.F.F. Puppy
Gretchen Camp Lazlo A girl scout alligator with an aggressive attitude.
Gummy My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Pinkie Pie's pet alligator.
Kevin 64 Zoo Lane A miniature green crocodile who is friends with Toby and Doris.
King Gator All Dogs Go to Heaven A giant alligator and New Orleans voodoo witch doctor living below the streets of New Orleans, who takes a liking to Charlie's voice.
Louis The Princess and the Frog A trumpet playing alligator.
Mama Croc Brandy and Mr. Whiskers Loving crocodile mother with baby crocodiles.
Roger The Penguins of Madagascar A sewer alligator who becomes one of the zoo animals.
Rover Pound Puppies
Shiro Love Hina A White Alligator
Sirol The Adventures of Blinky Bill
Snappy the Little Crocodile Die Sendung mit der Maus A German cartoon Crocodile
Stan and Carmine The Wild
Steven 101 Dalmatians: The Series
Tick-Tock Peter Pan (1953 film) The crocodile who swallowed an alarm clock and is Captain Hook's biggest fear.
Victor 64 Zoo Lane A large, green crocodile, who is the main bully and antagonist in Waterlilly Lake.
Wally Gator Wally Gator An alligator prone to mishaps.

Video games

Name First appearance Platform(s) Notes
King K. Rool Donkey Kong Country SNES · GBC · GBA An anthropomorphic Saltwater crocodile who is the main villain of many Donkey Kong games and commands the Kremlings.[16]
Swampy Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge PlayStation, PC, Dreamcast The game's villain - a crocodile who kidnaps dozens of baby frogs.
Dr. Wani Frogger: Helmet Chaos Evil crocodile villain who owns a factory of mind control helmets from the mineral Crocodrite.[17]
Swampy, Allie and Cranky Where's My Water? iOS · Android · Windows Phone · Windows 8 · BlackBerry A trio of alligators.
Vector Knuckles' Chaotix Sega 32X · Microsoft Windows (via GameTap) A crocodile who is the "head honcho" and brains of the Chaotix Detective Agency.[18]
Renekton League of Legends PC An anthropomorphic Crocodile based on Sobek, brother of another champion Nasus, who is based on Anubis.
Croc Croc: Legend of the Gobbos PS1 · Sega Saturn · PC A vegetarian Crocodile who was found in a river by the "Gobbos". He also has a Mum, Dad and little Brother.
Mz Ruby Sly Cooper PS2 A musical alligator Boss.
Tuba Croc Tuba Croc PC A ragtime musician crocodile who plays jazz on tuba with his band.
Bratty Undertale PC A tall, green alligator monster who is best friends with Catty, even though she had said cats are tasty. She speaks in a valley girl accent and idolizes Mettaton along with Catty.
Mr. Vile Banjo-Kazooie Nintendo 64 A mean, hungry crocodile that will reward you with a Jiggy if you can eat more Yumblies and Grumblies than him, but chomp you if you lose.

References

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  4. Kipling, Rudyard (1962) [1902]. Just So Stories. Macmillan. pp. 45–56.
  5. Dahl, Roald (1978). The Enormous Crocodile. Jonathan Cape.
  6. Kelly, Lynne (2007). Crocodile: Evolution's greatest survivor. Orion. pp. 49–50.
  7. Kelly, Lynne (2007). Crocodile: Evolution's greatest survivor. Orion. pp. 45–46.
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  9. Maroon, Thomas; Maroon, Margaret; Holbert, Craig (2007). Akron-Canton Baseball Heritage. Arcadia Publishing. p. 8.
  10. Devaney, John (2008). The Full Points Footy Encyclopedia of Australian Football Clubs, Volume 1. Lulu.com. p. 492.
  11. Batman #357 (March 1983)
  12. http://www.comicvine.com/leatherhead/4005-48851/
  13. Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vol. 1, #6 (1988)
  14. http://tfu.info/2000/Mutant/Soundwave/soundwave.htm
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