Basic Trope: Fictional crocodilians are portrayed as a brighter shade of green than they are in real life.
- Straight: Gary the gator is green, rather than the greyish-teal or brownish color that most crocodilians are in real life.
- Exaggerated:
- Gary is lime green.
- All crocodilians and other reptiles are portrayed as green.
- Downplayed: Gary is a greyish-green or olive green, which is somewhat closer in color to real crocodilians.
- Justified:
- Gary is a plush toy, cartoon character, or is otherwise artificial; he was given his bright green color to be more appealing in-universe.
- Animals in this setting tend to be brightly colored anyway.
- Gary is of a previously undiscovered crocodilian species that really is bright green.
- Gary is a plant-gator hybrid, or otherwise is a Mix-and-Match Critter consisting of a gator and a species that is often green.
- Gary lives in an environment that is bright green, so his green scales give him an evolutionary advantage.
- Inverted: In a world of Amazing Technicolor Wildlife, crocodilians are the only ones to be the colors they are in real life.
- Subverted:
- Gary appears green, but this is because he's coated in algae.
- That's just how they look to Hrtioplzsdfikar, who's Bizarre Alien Senses provided the P.O.V. Cam footage.
- Double Subverted: When the algae is cleaned off, he's still green.
- Parodied: Gary cannot catch any prey because his solid green color makes him stand out a mile away.
- Zig-Zagged: Gary is green, and his gator friends come in every other color of the rainbow.
- Averted: Crocodilians are portrayed as their correct colors.
- Enforced:
- The work is intended for children, who would find a more brightly-colored crocodilian more appealing.
- The creator of the work is worried that alligators and crocodiles won't be recognizable if they're not green.
- The work has a much brighter saturated color, which makes Gary's normally grey color a brighter shade of green.
- Lampshaded: "Why is this gator green? Is he sick?"
- Invoked:
- Gary lives in a black-and-white world, and Harold colors Gary green.
- Gary covers himself in algae to make himself look greener.
- Exploited: Gary uses his green color to blend in with the grass and prey on land critters.
- Defied: Just as Harold is about to color Gary green, Gary tells him to stop and color him gray like a real crocodile.
- Discussed: "Bob, are you feeling alright? You're as green as a gator."
- Conversed: "Wow, a real crocodile! Wait... why is it gray? Aren't they normally green?"
- Implied: The actual gators aren't shown onscreen, but Alice and Bob mention that "You should've seen how bright green they were!"
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