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* BrickJoke: Because in the middle of the film, [[spoiler: one of the heroes arrested a man for selling a baby gator for pet and telling the other cops to flush this gator.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Ramon is killed and peace is restored in the town... But another baby alligator is flushed down the sewers, showing the terror brought by the alligator will return.]]
* BrickJoke: Because in the middle of the film, [[spoiler: one of the heroes arrested a man for selling a baby gator for a pet and telling the other cops to flush this gator.gator at the end another alligator baby is flushed down, setting the stage for the nightmare of the mutant alligator to start all over again.]]
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* ScaryAnimalTitle: Also a {{One Word|Title}} AntagonistTitle.
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* AntagonistTitle: Also a ScaryAnimalTitle and a OneWordTitle. The protagonist is Madison, a police officer.

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* AntagonistTitle: Also a ScaryAnimalTitle and a OneWordTitle. The protagonist is Madison, a police officer.officer who has to fight against a Ramon, a giant alligator.
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''Alligator'' is a 1981 horror/comedy film, directed by Lewis Teague and starring Creator/RobertForster, Creator/RobinRiker, and Creator/HenrySilva, with a screenplay by Creator/JohnSayles, in which UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} policeman David Madison has to stop "Ramon", the eponymous beast, who is running amok in the city sewer system after feeding on covertly discarded growth hormone. The film is notable for being among the first of the slew of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' homages/rip-offs to be produced by the American movie industry. Unlike 99% of the horrors that have come lurching along in its wake, the humor is intentional, the human characters are sympathetic, and the flick is worth seeing.

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''Alligator'' is a 1981 1980 horror/comedy film, directed by Lewis Teague and starring Creator/RobertForster, Creator/RobinRiker, and Creator/HenrySilva, with a screenplay by Creator/JohnSayles, in which UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} policeman David Madison has to stop "Ramon", the eponymous beast, who is running amok in the city sewer system after feeding on covertly discarded growth hormone. The film is notable for being among the first of the slew of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' homages/rip-offs to be produced by the American movie industry. Unlike 99% of the horrors that have come lurching along in its wake, the humor is intentional, the human characters are sympathetic, and the flick is worth seeing.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Slade throws a lavish wedding for his daughter and he expresses admiration for his future son-in-law.


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* RuleOfPool: When Ramon crashes the wedding, the bride gets pushed into a swimming pool by panicked guests who are trying to run away from it.


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* WidowedAtTheWedding: The alligator crashes the reception of a high-society wedding where it devours the groom.
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* HotScientist: Marisa Kendall, the reptile-expert/love interest who helps Madison in trying to kill Ramon.
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* ShipperOnDeck: At the end of the film, David jokingly suggests they should introduce Chief Clark to Marisa's mother.
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* AdultFear: See ImprobableInfantSurvival below.

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