History Main / NeverSmileAtACrocodile

** Averted in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''. In the circus train, the crocodiles inside the reptile car were asleep when Indy arrived. The snakes were what he was more worried and scared of instead.

* ''[[ComicBook/SunnySeries Sunny Side Up]]'': The golf course water hazard at Sunny's grandfather's retirement community Pine Palms has a large green alligator living in it, Big Al. Sunny is startled by him while trying to gather golf balls, and later when a resident, Myra, wanders off, Sunny worries that Big Al may have got her.

* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
** When these series use AnimalMotifs, which is often, they sometimes feature crocodilian mecha (though, as of yet, there has not been a fully crocodile-themed Ranger):
*** Most of the time, a crocodile or alligator is one part of a three-piece CombiningMecha belonging to the SixthRanger. Often the croc is the largest and most important piece of the combo, but the Rangers themselves are themed after other parts in the set: this happened in ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger''/''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'', ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger''/''Series/PowerRangersRPM'', and ''Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger''. The outlier is ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'', where Zyuoh [=TheWorld=] ''is'' crocodile-themed but only partially (it shares space alongside rhino and wolf themes), and the rhino is the one makes most of the mecha formation.
*** Both ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' and ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'' include crocodile/alligator mecha in their movie tie-ins, being retooled versions of the regular mecha seen in the series (the former also makes a one-time appearance in an episode of ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'').
*** ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' and ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'' have a weapon set based on a ''Deinosuchus'', a prehistoric counterpart to crocodilians. ''Dino Charge'' also included a ''Deinosuchus'' zord in its toyline.
** Alligator or crocodile MonstersOfTheWeek have also appeared, including Crocodile Nezire 1 and 2 from ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' (Crocovile in ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'') and Niwa from ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' (also named Crocovile in ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury''). There's also Trinoid 12: Yatsudenwani from ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' (Croco D'Vile in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder''), who becomes one of the series' recurring villains, albeit an ineffectual one [[spoiler:who eventually turns to the Abarangers' side]].

Most surprisingly to most people, they're [[MamaBear extremely protective parents.]] While both the mother and father crocodile protect the nest, which can house up to 60 eggs, the mother won't even allow the father to approach too close. When it's time to hatch, the parent lovingly ferries the hatchling crocodiles in her mouth to the water, and protects them from predators.[[note]]In the case of the Mugger Crocodile, it's the other way around, and the father ferries and protects the hatchlings.[[/note]]

** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'': The climax of the movie has the villain devoured alive by crocodiles.

* ''Film/{{X|2022}}'' reveals an alligator lives in the lake that goes through the farm, and sure enough [[spoiler:it eats Bobby-Lynn [[FedToTheBeast when Pearl kicks her into the water]]. Prequel ''Film/{{Pearl}}'' reveals she has been feeding the alligator (who she nicknamed "Theda") with her victims for a while.]]

* ''Film/X2022'' reveals an alligator lives in the lake that goes through the farm, and sure enough [[spoiler:it eats Bobby-Lynn [[FedToTheBeast when Pearl kicks her into the water]]. Prequel ''Film/{{Pearl}}'' reveals she has been feeding the alligator (who she nicknamed "Theda") with her victims for a while.]]

* ''Film/AceVentura: When Nature Calls'' 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, AnimalLover that he is, treats the ensuing attack like a playful slap-fight.

* ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'' downplays this by generally having crocodile victims be TooDumbToLive.

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 (as with sharks, most crocodilian species rarely or never attack humans except 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.