History Main / GreenGators

* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'': Boots and Drago (a lazy and jock villager, respectively) are green alligator/crocodile villagers.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'': Killer Croc, a mutant crocodilian man, has green scales with a grayish underbelly.

** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Zig-zagged. The [[TheFagin Sewer King's]] SewerGator minions are green. Killer Croc, however, is a more realistic pale gray color, at least until the ArtShift.

* ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop'':

Crocodilians in fiction, especially cartoons, however, are typically depicted as bright, vibrant green, similar to some lizards and amphibians, without any kind of markings or patterns (though some may have a paler green or yellow underbelly). This is perhaps the most egregious when depicting alligators, which are a dark slaty blue-gray as adults, and can even appear to be a glossy black colour under the right light conditions. This may be done out of ignorance, but if intentional, AcceptableBreaksFromReality are involved since it makes it easier for young viewers to identify the animal and looks better. While this trope is often associated with cartoons, it is actually [[OlderThanDirt surprisingly old]]-- even Ancient Egyptian artwork of crocodiles often depicted them as green.[[note]]This is because the Nile crocodile's gray-and-olive skin does look vaguely greenish.[[/note]]

Crocodilians in fiction, especially cartoons, however, are typically depicted as bright, vibrant green, similar to some lizards and amphibians, without any kind of markings or patterns (though some may have a paler green or yellow underbelly). This is perhaps the most egregious when depicting alligators, which are a dark slaty blue-gray as adults. This may be done out of ignorance, but if intentional, AcceptableBreaksFromReality are involved since it makes it easier for young viewers to identify the animal and looks better. While this trope is often associated with cartoons, it is actually [[OlderThanDirt surprisingly old]]-- even Ancient Egyptian artwork of crocodiles often depicted them as green.[[note]]This is because the Nile crocodile's gray-and-olive skin does look vaguely greenish.[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'': The crocodiles in "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" in the 2002 special edition are green. Averted in the theatrical version and in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2'', however, where the crocodiles are depicted as gray.