History Main / NeverSmileataCrocodile

Worthy of note is the earlier comparison to the ThreateningShark. Whereas anyone knowledgeable about sharks can tell you how little TruthInTelevision there is in the way they're usually depicted in media, this trope is a bit more realistic, at least for a few notable crocodilian species (like with sharks, most crocodilian species rarely or never attack humans aside from in self defense). Unlike sharks, these certain species of large crocodilian (mostly the Nile and saltwater crocodiles) will actively hunt people as a food source, and have no aversion to the taste of human flesh; in fact, most crocodilian species aren't picky at all, and will eat (and, with the most acidic stomachs of any animal, can digest) just about ''anything'' that moves and is of appropriate size. [[RuleOfCool Works of fiction will still inevitably find ways of]] [[SuperPersistentPredator exaggerating these attributes]], [[RuleOfDrama of course]]. In addition to their bite, their tails are strong enough to break bones when swung (though it is debateable if they ever intentionally use their tails as weapons) and they can use the rigid sides of their snouts as sledgehammers to deter aggressors and duel other crocodiles.

* ''Manga/KillingBites'': There's Ryuji Shiina, the [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Brute Crocodile]], who can turn into a monstrous humanoid crocodilian, transforming even further than other Brutes. Not only does he have hard scales, a powerful tail, and an even more powerful bite, but thanks to the crocodile's tough immunity system, he has a HealingFactor. [[spoiler: Suffers TheWorfEffect when Kidoh, the Pangolin Brute, punches his brain through his mouth before butchering the corpse to ooze.]] Later in the series we're introduced to Shiina's brother, a young and cute-looking boy who's actually a powerful Alligator Brute [[spoiler: who has actually achieved the "gigantic" form and can turn into a colossal Deinosuchus man, boasting unmatched power as he claims to be the definitive apex predator.]]

** In the Wano Arc, Beast Pirate [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Headliner and member of the Flying Six]] Page One ate the Ancient Zoan fruit that allows him to transform into a Spinosaur, and thus his beast form is remarkably crocodile-like, especially the back. Wano's fauna include the "Crocoshark", a massive, land-dwelling hybrid of crocodile and shark which is a local predator, used as a mount by Jack of the Beast Pirates and [[spoiler: an amnesiac Big Mom.]]

* Averted in ''ComicStrip/ShermansLagoon'' - one storyline has an alligator visiting the lagoon and another has Sherman and Megan meeting an alligator while in the sewer system of New York. Both gators were friendly.

* ''Westernanimation/TheTwelveTasksOfAsterix'' has one task being crossing an invisible tightrope atop a river full of crocodiles. Eventually Asterix and Obelix get tired of nearly falling and jump - but given the two have super strength on at that point, the crocodiles are no menace, just being thrown upward to hang from the invisible rope.

* ''Film/NoRetreatNoSurrender2'': Yuri, the main villain has a pool filled with crocodiles, which he uses to fling prisoners into the pit as crocodile food. He tries intimidating protagonist Scott Wylde by hanging his girlfriend Su-lin and partner, Terry, on top of the pit. [[spoiler: Ultimately Yuri earns a KarmicDeath as Scott flings him into his own crocodile pit in the final battle]].

* ''Film/{{Primeval}}'' was a film centering around a real-life 20+ foot long crocodile named Gustave. [[NeverTrustATrailer Well, that's what the trailers were about]] - the movie is really more of an AuthorTract about the conflicts in Burundi.

* Creator/SteveAlten's ''Literature/{{Meg}}'' series includes the book ''Vostok'', which has a ''Purussaurus'', a prehistoric species of caiman, on the cover. [[spoiler: Several live within the titular lake itself, and since the Loch Ness Monster had died in the previous book, one of their eggs gets taken back to replace it. Plessie, as it's named, quickly becomes a threat to the nearby human population; fortunately, this is ultimately undone via time travel.]]

--> '''Abbey''': You want my demolitions, pal? You got 'em! [''blows up the gator'']

* ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'': Played with in "[[Recap/ArchiesWeirdMysteriesItLivesInTheSewers It Lives in the Sewers]]"; Played with; the alligator is aggressive at first. [[spoiler: However, despite being mutated, Peanut, Jughead's pet alligator, still remembers his owner and he eventually is taken to Florida to be taken care of.]]

** Averted with Gummy, [[CloudCuckoolander Pinkie Pie]]'s pet alligator, as he's too small to bite anyone (though he tries enthusiastically) and doesn't have his teeth. Yet. Also averted with a number of baby alligators that are among the swamp animals that Fluttershy is seen helping in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E25ShadowPlayPart1 Shadow Play, Part 1]]". [[spoiler: Even as an enormous adult in the last episode, he's friendly enough to let Pinkie and her husband ride on his back.]]

** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland'': Scooby and Shaggy get attacked by alligators when they fall into the water, and have to be saved by Snakebite Scruggs; the gators turn up later, and are just as hostile. After this, flashbacks show that [[spoiler: when Morgan Moonscar and his pirate crew drove the islanders into the water, they were approached and presumably killed by the alligators of that time period]].

--->'''Homer''': Don't worry. Getting eaten by a crocodile is like going to sleep... in a giant blender.

* The Crocodile Man from ''WesternAnimation/WorldOfWinx'' is an anthropomorphized version based on [[spoiler: the Crocodile from Literature/PeterPan. (See ''Literature'' above.)]]

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}} WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' has the toyline-only character Terragator, who is part-alligator, part-turtle with an emphasis on the alligator half. He's also got [[RedEyesTakeWarning bright red eyes]] and his shell is covered in SpikesOfVillainy, just to remove any doubts about him.
** The non-canonical first Megatron toy cast him as the usual olive-drab crocodile, opposite Optimus Primal as a powder-blue bat.

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Worthy of note is the earlier comparison to the ThreateningShark. Whereas anyone knowledgeable about sharks can tell you how little TruthInTelevision there is in the way they're usually depicted in media, this trope is a bit more realistic, at least for a few notable crocodilian species (like with sharks, most crocodilian species rarely or never attack humans aside from in self defense). Unlike sharks, these certain species of large crocodilian (mostly the nile and saltwater crocodiles) will actively hunt people as a food source, and have no aversion to the taste of human flesh; in fact, most crocodilian species aren't picky at all, and will eat (and, with the most acidic stomachs of any animal, can digest) just about ''anything'' that moves and is of appropriate size. [[RuleOfCool Works of fiction will still inevitably find ways of]] [[SuperPersistentPredator exaggerating these attributes]], [[RuleOfDrama of course]]. In addition to their bite, their tails are strong enough to break bones when swung (though it is debateable if they ever intentionally use their tails as weapons) and they can use the rigid sides of their snouts as sledgehammers to deter aggressors and duel other crocodiles.

* Averted in ''WebAnimation/CatsingCall''. The caiman is totally friendly, and just wants to be accepted.
* In LetsPlay/{{Chorocojo}}'s LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/PokemonCrystal'', Roxy's Totodile Gatorface takes this to extremes. When he's introduced by ''trying to eat Roxy's face'', it's clear he's got problems. (That Professor Elm counted it as Roxy 'picking' him also says a lot about him.) As soon as Roxy catches Yippy the Wooper she abandons him at Elm's, which starts a subplot about Gatorface going on a murderous rampage to get revenge on Roxy, finally catching up to her after defeating [[spoiler:Red]] at Mt. Silver, [[spoiler:only to get eaten alive by [[VideoGame/PokemonEmerald Misty's Seviper Repiv.]]]]

* ''WebComic/KevinAndKell'': One of Coney's peers is an alligator named Crockett, who is probably the most amoral of the students in Coney's class, though much of that can be attributed to his youth.

* When the monsoon floods Alan's house in ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'', the protagonists are attacked by a pair of crocodiles, so Alan fights one and miraculously survives. The crocodiles get sucked out into the street when the front door is broken up and swim past Carl and Aunt Nora, scaring them to no end.

* ''Film/CrocodileFangs'', a Thai-Korean co-production which is a ForeignRemake of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', substituting the shark with a man-eating crocodile.

* ''LetsPlay/PiratesSMP'': One of the "A Terrible Beast" quests requires players to kill a crocodile, which are incredibly tough and hostile to players under most circumstances. There also exists a NighInvulnerable SewerGator which lurks in the AbsurdlySpaciousSewer by the Bounty Hall, intimidating every pirate who is unfortunate enough to encounter it. [[ZigZaggingTrope That being said]], it's possible to hatch crocodile ''eggs'' such that the hatchling imprints on the nearest player, and tamed crocodiles born from such circumstances do not attack unless provoked.

-->'''Italian Spiderman''': Gesù Cristo, un coccodrillo!\\
'''Crocodile''': ''(pointing a gun at Italian Spiderman)'' [[TalkingAnimal Give me the diamond, Italian Spiderman!]]

* ''Film/AceVenturaWhenNatureCalls'' has Ace surviving an attempt on his life plummeting off [[InevitableWaterfall a high waterfall]]. He breaks the surface, exulting "I'm ''alive!!!''", while a huge crocodile looms up behind him. Ace, animal lover that he is, treats the ensuing attack like a playful slap-fight.

* ''Series/MonsterWarriors'': In "Gators!", a family of giant aligators are in the sewers and it's up to the Monster Warriors to get rid of them.

* ''Dark Age'' (1987) has a giant saltwater crocodile terrorizing the Australian outback.

* The series ''Series/{{Primeval}}'' each shows a Pristchampsus and a Kaprosuchus, two prehistoric crocodiles. Both are also very dangerous animals and hunt humans. However, they are shown in the series as being larger than they actually are.

* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' intoduces Montgomery Gator, bassist for the band, to the FNAF series, who's known as TheBrute, has anger issues, and, like most of the other animatronics, reprogrammed by Vanny to attack Gregory. [[spoiler:Though some clues hint he was evil even ''before'' Vanny got a hold on him: it's implied he destroyed Glamrock Bonnie to get his spot in the band and would happily do the same to Glamrock Freddy to take over as the band front man.]]

** The sequel ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'' has the main characters crossing a pool filled with aggressive crocodiles.

'''Robotnik:''' [[CatchPhrase I hate that hedgehog!]] ''([[ButtBiter Gets bitten on the butt by the alligator]])'' Ow! And I hate you, too!

* ''Film/{{Primeval}}'' was a film centering around a real-life 20+ foot long crocodile named Gustave.

* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' intoduces Montgomery Gator, bassist for the band, to the FNAF series, who's known as TheBrute, has anger issues, and, like most of the other animatronics, reprogrammed by Vanny to attack Gregory. [[spoiler:Though some clues hint he was evil even ''before'' Vanny got a hold on him: it's implied he destroyed Glamrock Bonnie to get his spot in the band and would happily do the same to Glamrock Freddy to take over as TheFaceOfTheBand.]]

* ''VideoGame/IceScream'': Rod has a pet crocodile that will attack the player.

* In Creator/RoaldDahl's ''The Enormous Crocodile'', the eponymous CardCarryingVillain is a ChildEater (well, he ''wants'' to be one, but he never succeeds, mostly because the other jungle animals are friendlier and warn the kids before he can strike). The story ends with Trunky the Elephant grabbing him with his trunk and [[HurlItIntoTheSun hurling him into the sun.]]