Popular Culture References

Crocodiles have been commonly used in multiple popular culture references. The following is some notable fictional characters from literature, folklore and myth, mascots and emblems of teams and organizations, comics, films, animations and video games.

Movies

Name	Film	Year	Director	Notes
Daisy	An Alligator Named Daisy	1955	J. Lee Thompson	A young man's life is complicated by the inheritance of an alligator.[15]

Name	Animation	Notes
Aldo	Sitting Ducks	An alligator who befriended main character Bill the Duck and is trying to blend into DuckTown.
Axle and Bull Gator	Taz-Mania	These alligators are always trying to catch Taz and sell him to a zoo.
Ben Ali Gator	Fantasia	The prince of the Alligators, who falls in love with Hyacinth Hippo.
Bog	The Outback	Antagonistic crocodile who wants to control the Australian billabong.
Brutus & Nero	The Rescuers	The two crocodiles under Madame Medusa's command.
Catchum Crocodile	The Get Along Gang	The show's main antagonist.
Christopher	Christopher Crocodile	An eponymous protagonist.
Crocodile Gentleman	Witch Craft Works
Carmine	The Wild
Dil	The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists	A Deinosuchus.
Master Croc	Kung Fu Panda 2
Floyd and Jolene	Kissyfur	The antagonist alligators
Francisco	T.U.F.F. Puppy
Gretchen	Camp Lazlo	A girl scout alligator with an aggressive attitude.
Gummy	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic	Pinkie Pie's pet alligator.
King Gator	All Dogs Go to Heaven	A giant alligator and New Orleans voodoo witch doctor living below the streets of New Orleans, who takes a liking to Charlie's voice.
Louis	The Princess and the Frog	A trumpet playing alligator.
Mama Croc	Brandy and Mr. Whiskers	Loving crocodile mother with baby crocodiles.
Paco	Taco & Paco	Pensive designer crocodile
Roger	The Penguins of Madagascar	A sewer alligator who becomes one of the zoo animals.
Rover	Pound Puppies
Shiro	Love Hina	A White Alligator
Snappy the Little Crocodile	Die Sendung mit der Maus	A German cartoon Crocodile
Steven	101 Dalmatians: The Series
Tick-Tock	Peter Pan (1953 film)	The crocodile who swallowed an alarm clock and is Captain Hook's biggest fear.
Victor	64 Zoo Lane	A large, green crocodile, who is the main bully and antagonist in Waterlilly Lake.
Wally Gator	Wally Gator	An alligator prone to mishaps.

Books

Name	Comic	Notes
The Fraternity of Crocodiles	Pearls Before Swine	Also known as "Da Brudderhood of Zeeba Zeeba Eata".
Killer Croc	Batman	A supervillain who appears in comic books published by DC Comics and an enemy of Batman. The made his first full appearance in Batman #358 (April 1983 [11]
Leatherhead	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	A mutated alligator.[12] [13]
Soundwave	Beast Wars	Has the form of an alligator.[14]

Name	Work	Author	Date	Notes
"as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile."	The Rivals	Sheridan	1775	Mrs Malaprop's most famous malapropism, using the word allegoryinstead of alligator.[1][2]
Crocodile Gena	Cheburashka	Uspenskiy, Eduard	1966	A friendly Crocodile[3]
Crocodile "on the banks of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo river"	Just So Stories	Kipling, Rudyard	1902	The crocodile pulls the nose of the Elephant's Child, very hard.[4]
The eponymous crocodile	The Enormous Crocodile	Dahl, Roald	1978	The crocodile wanders the jungle promising to eat children.[5]

Documentaries

Some of the more well-known documentaries of crocodile is the Giant Crocodiles of the Nile River. To date, there has been at least tens of documentaries of world deadliest crocodiles inhabiting the Nile River ranging from the ones dated back in 1950s to the most recently documented ones.

Video Games

Name	Game	Platform(s)	Notes
King K. Rool	Donkey Kong Country	SNES · N64 · GBC · GBA	An anthropomorphic Saltwater crocodile who is the main villain of many Donkey Kong games and commands the Kremlings.[16]
Dr. Wani	Frogger: Helmet Chaos		Evil crocodile villain who owns a factory of mind control helmets from the mineral Crocodrite.[17]
Swampy, Allie and Cranky	Where's My Water?	iOS · Android · Windows Phone · Windows 8 ·BlackBerry	A trio of alligators.
Vector	Knuckles' Chaotix	Sega 32X · Microsoft Windows (via GameTap)	A crocodile who is the "head honcho" and brains of the Chaotix Detective Agency.[18]
Renekton	League of Legends	PC	An anthropomorphic Crocodile based on Sobek, brother of another champion Nasus, who is based on Anubis.
Croc	Croc: Legend of the Gobbos	PS1 · Sega Saturn · PC	A vegetarian Crocodile who was found in a river by the "Gobbos". He also has a Mum, Dad and little Brother.
Mz Ruby	Sly Cooper	PS2	A musical alligator Boss
Tuba Croc	Tuba Croc	PC	A ragtime musician crocodile who plays jazz on tuba with his band.

Other Interesting Facts

Crocodiles and alligators are used as mascots and emblems by organisations and sports teams:

• Canton Crocodiles, a baseball team in the Frontier league.[9]
• Southern Districts football team in the Australian Northern Territory Football League.[10]

• Crocs brand footwear manufacturer logo

Misrepresentation of Crocodiles

Some misinterpretation of this majestic beats includes the excessive use of crocodile as part of exotic skins used in high-end luxury bags and other fashion items. The use of crocodile as a symbol is deemed favorable back in the 1930s although, this very act of animal abuse has been heavily criticized in the modern era.