History Series / CrocodileHunter

* AdamWesting: A slight example in TheMovie as it's scripted and Steve and Terri kinda come off as somewhat oblivious (almost to Inspector Gadget levels) to what is actually going on in the plot of the film.

Irwin's legacy lives on in the family he leaves behind: his wife Terri, who often served as his sidekick on ''Crocodile Hunter'', their son Robert and their daughter Bindi, who continue their father's work in the capacity of "junior animal activists." Bindi has starred in the DirectToVideo film ''Film/FreeWilly: Escape From Pirate's Cove'', and now has her own kids' show, ''Bindi's Bootcamp''. Nowadays, Robert Irwin is most well-known for his appearances on Series/TheTonightShow with Creator/JimmyFallon, where many people have noted that [[GenerationXenox his excitement and enthusiasm for animals is very similar to his father]].

Irwin's legacy lives on in the family he leaves behind: his wife Terri, who often served as his sidekick on ''Crocodile Hunter'', their son Robert and their daughter Bindi, who continue their father's work in the capacity of "junior animal activists." Bindi has starred in the DirectToVideo film ''Film/FreeWilly: Escape From Pirate's Cove'', and now has her own kids' show, ''Bindi's Bootcamp''.

* StageMom: They were some accusations that Terri pushed Bindi too hard into being [[TheFaceOfTheBand the face]] of Australia Zoo right after [[TheBandMinusTheFace Steve's passing]], including taking her to America and doing lots of things over there. It has died down recently.

* {{Badass}}: Steve of course!

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Something he was famous for, though it's debatable how much the animals thought of him as a friend. According to the camera crew who witnessed his death, his last words were basically telling them that the stingray didn't mean to sting him ([[ObliviouslyEvil technically, though, he was right]]) meaning that he held this attitude ''even as the poison of one of those animals is killing him''.

* ThePollyanna: It didn't matter if a komodo dragon chased him up a tree or if a snake threw itself at him, Steve would never lose his upbeat attitude and saw his close calls (and other moments where most people would freak out) as something to be excited by, either as a show of the animals' skills or the adrenaline rush of being attacked by a cool critter (like when a baby Nile Crocodile bit his thumb, he was happy to have been bitten by a Nile Crocodile).

Despite all the crocodile antics, they were not the ones to kill him. [[AuthorExistenceFailure Irwin died in a freak accident with a stingray while diving]]. He was mourned worldwide. And, in a stunning case of general oddity, many Aussies went on [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge stingray-butchering rampages]] in the name of one of the most famous animal lovers in history. [[WhatTheHellHero They were called out on this]], as people said that that's not what Steve Irwin would have wanted. Perhaps even more bizarrely (though far less disturbingly), Philadelphia Phillies fans used Irwin as a rallying cry during their successful 2008 World Series run against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Irwin's legacy lives on in the family he leaves behind: his wife Terri, who often served as his sidekick on ''Crocodile Hunter'', their son Robert and their daughter Bindi, who continue their father's work in the capacity of "junior animal activists." Bindi has starred in the DirectToVideo film ''FreeWilly: Escape From Pirate's Cove'', and now has her own kids' show, ''Bindi's Bootcamp''.

* FriendToAllLivingThings

* TheKiddieRide: There is one land rover ride with a fiberglass mannequin of the late Steve Irwin on it. Each of the ride has a plaque attached saying that it was built in memory of Irwin.[[http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271595986364]]

* LoveAtFirstSight: Both Steve ''and'' Terri say they felt this the instant their eyes met; Terri relates that her first thought was, "He's ''got'' to be taken," and Steve - who was in the middle of ''feeding a crocodile'' at the time - was so spellbound by her he almost got eaten himself.

Irwin made several other movies with conservationist themes, enlivened by his bubbly Larrikin personality and his {{catch phrase}}, "Crikey!", and he soon became perhaps the world's most visible and charismatic spokesman for the environment, filling a role left empty by the death of JacquesCousteau. Irwin even produced and starred in TheMovie of his TV show, ''Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course'', in which a crocodile accidentally swallows a top-secret government satellite that falls to earth, and Irwin and his wife Terri are unwittingly caught in the middle as they try to film their TV show.

** BadassFamily: Terri's as much of an activist as Steve was. And Bindi, rather than face traumatization, went right to work in her late Father's footsteps as an activist and a animal-related TV show host.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: RIP Steve.

* StageMom: They were some accusations that Terri pushed Bindi too hard into being [[TheFaceOfTheBand the face]] of Australia Zoo right after [[TheBandMinusTheFace Steve's passing]]. Including taking her to America and doing lots of things over there. It has died down recently.

* TheKiddieRide: There is one land rover ride with a fiberglass mannequin of the late Steve Irwin on it. Each of the ride has a plaque attached saying that it was built in memory of Irwin.

* TheKiddieRide: There is one land rover ride with a fiberglass mannequin of the late Steve Irwin on it. Each of the ride has a plaque attached saying that it was built in memory to Irwin.

* TheKiddieRide: There is one land rover ride with a fiberglass mannequin of the late Steve Irwin on it. Each of the ride has a plaque attached saying that it was built in dedication to Irwin.

Irwin's legacy lives on in the family he leaves behind: his wife Terri, who often served as his sidekick on ''Crocodile Hunter'', their son Robert and their daughter Bindi, who continues her father's work in the capacity of a "junior animal activist." Bindi has starred in the DirectToVideo film ''FreeWilly: Escape From Pirate's Cove'', and now has her own kids' show, ''Bindi's Bootcamp''.

* AwesomeYetPractical: He physically wrestled crocs because it was a less stressful method (on the crocodiles, obviously) of handling them, compared to the normal (at the time) routine of drugging them, not because it made for good telly.

* CatchPhrase: Crikey!

Irwin's legacy lives on in the family he leaves behind: his wife Terri, who often served as his sidekick on ''Crocodile Hunter'', their son Robert and their daughter Bindi, who continues her father's work in the capacity of a "junior animal activist." Bindi recently starred in the DirectToVideo film ''FreeWilly: Escape From Pirate's Cove'', and now has her own kids' show, ''Bindi's Bootcamp''.

* AwesomeYetPractical: He physically wrestled crocs because it was a less stressful method of handling them, not because it made for good telly.

* ThePollyanna: It didn't matter if a komodo dragon chased him up a tree or if a snake threw itself at him, Steve would never lose his upbeat attitude and saw his close calls (and other moments where most people would freak out) as something to be excited by, either as a show of the animals skills or the adrenaline rush of being attacked by a cool critter (like when a baby Nile Crocodile bit his thumb, he was happy to have been bitten by a Nile Crocodile).

* AwesomeButImpractical: Averted -- he physically wrestled crocs because it was a less stressful method of handling them, not because it made for good telly.

* AdamWesting: A slight example in TheMovie as it's scripted and Steve and Terri kinda come off as somewhat oblivious to what is actually going on in the plot of the film.

* StageMom: They were some accusations that Terri pushed Bindi too hard into being [[TheFaceOfTheBand the face]] of Australia Zoo right after [[TheBandMinusTheFace Steve's passing]]. INCLUDING taking her to America and doing lots of things over there. It has died down recently.