History VideoGame / LilGatorGame

* FurryConfusion:
** Antone, an anthropomorphic iguana, is accompanied by another iguana... that is non-sapient and even realistic in scale.
** Regular cardinals appear as background animals in the game. The same game has an anthropomorphic cardinal named Sorin.

* SluggishSloths: PlayedWith by the resident sloth character, Mr. Doddler. He is not portrayed as particularly slow or sleepy, but he has clearly aged and therefore requires the character to get some cardboard "monsters" off of the roof of his house for him.

* ApatheticClerk: The spotted hyena working as an ice cream vendor (referred to as "[[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Part-Timer]]") is unenthusiastic about their job and is not amused when Lil' Gator offers to pay "loot" (a torn-up take-out bag) for the ice cream as opposed to three dollars as it costs.

* GentleGiant: Billy the Blue Whale; unlike every other character in the game, he's not a FunnyAnimal; he's literally a whale, albeit a "small" one because he's still a little kid. Still, he's just as friendly as most of the other kids Lil Gator will meet, and he's so big that you can literally ''climb'' him like a cliff.
* GreenGators: Both Lil Gator and their sister are green alligators.

* KidHero: Lil Gator is playing pretend that he's a sword-wielding hero, cutting down cardboard monsters and accomplishing quests for his friends.

* MostWritersAreWriters: Lil Gator's sister goes to a computing college with the hopes of one day programming video games.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Billy the blue whale is the only one of the FunnyAnimal cast who doesn't have a humanoid design and pretty much looks like a CartoonWhale, right down to being confined to water.

* OnlySaneMan: Martin is the only one of Lil Gator's friends who understands right from the start that sweetening the pot won't suddenly make his sister less busy and more willing to play with him, and he bluntly states to Gator that he doesn't think his scheme will work. [[spoiler: He's right, it's actually sitting down and talking to her about things that gets her to take a break and play with the gang.]]

* ExcitedTitle: Avery has an excited ''nametag'' on their dialog boxes. Fittingly (given this trope's association with musical theater), they belong to a drama club.

* Iyashikei: The entire mood is very chill and relaxed, with no danger, no ability to die, and no meanspiritedness.

** The game features regular cardinals as background animals... and also an anthropomorphic cardinal named Sorin.

* FurryConfusion: Antone, an anthropomorphic iguana, is accompanied by another iguana... that is non-sapient and even realistic in scale.

* FunnyConfusion: Antone, an anthropomorphic iguana, is accompanied by another iguana... that is non-sapient and even realistic in scale.

* JaggedMouth: A variation. Lil Gator and his sister are drawn with serrations lining their jaws which are supposed to be teeth, but only on the upper jaw. A case of ShowingTheirWork as alligators have overbites.

* KidHero: In the demo, Lil Gator is playing pretend that he's a sword-wielding hero, cutting down cardboard monsters and accomplishing quests for his friends.

* MagicFeather: Throughout the game, you'll find a monkey vendor who sells magic bracelets that supposedly imbue their wearer with the stamina to climb to greater heights. After he sells off the last one, the vendor reveals [[spoiler:that they really do nothing...and Lil Gator realizes that he had all the strength to climb anywhere all along, leading to him gaining infinite stamina.]]

* MrImagination: There are some elements of the Demo that only seem to work the way they do because Lil Gator is applying RPG logic to them, such as using a shirt as a gliding device without tying up any of the holes.

* OnlySaneMan: Martin is the only one of Lil Gator's friends who understands right from the start that sweetening the pot won't suddenly make his sister less busy and more willing to play with him, and he bluntly states to Gator that he doesn't think his scheme will work.

* RagdollPhysics: One of the [[ItemCrafting craftable items]] in the demo is a literal ragdoll that enables this.

** One quest has you confront a character courtroom-style, with dramatic poses and camera angles straight out of ''Franchise/AceAttorney'', and responding to their statements with "Truth/Doubt/Lie" like in ''VideoGame/LANoire''.

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: The plot of the Demo is Lil Gator trying to convince his big sister to play with him like they used to by setting up a fun RPG-inspired adventure, but the big sister is too preoccupied with homework and other grown-up activities to spend any time with him...which just convinces Lil Gator he needs to spend more time "in development" and make the game BIGGER.

* HighlyVisibleNinja: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] with the three kids pretending to be ninjas; they're not ''actual'' ninjas, just little kids playing a game. They even have ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' inspired headbands! One of them will craft origami shuriken out of paper if you give her the required materials, and accepting a quest from their leader will unlock a new weapon for Lil Gator : [[StockNinjaWeaponry nunchucks]]... That are actually a skipping rope.

* ItemCrafting: After collecting a sword (stick) and shield (pot lid) in the demo, in order to complete his hero outfit, Lil Gator is taught how to transform the cardboard shreds from the "monsters" he's defeated into a hat. Once that's accomplished, he can also create other items from cardboard, including a stuffed doll that enables him to safely fall from any height via RagdollPhysics. In the main game, those cardboard shreds can be used to craft different swords, helmets, and shields, whose "recipes" get unlocked after completing certain quests. Giving 500 shreds to [[spoiler:Sierra]] will reward you with origami ninja stars, that serve as an upgrade over your pebbles.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The small island establishes Lil Gator's friend group with their initial item quests. Jill says she can make free time, does an excellent job with it, and then is immediately studying again. Martin doesn't want to, but goes along with everyone because they want to, then half-asses his quest because he's not into it. Avery doesn't even do it because her scatterbrain is on a restaurant kick, then gets you to do it AND her actual prize is something completely different that Lil Gator didn't even ask for. Even Tom, the fourth friend, is shown easily as being someone who thinks bigger, because he thought they'd meant the bigger island and roped a ton of additional kids into it.

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* HighlyVisibleNinja: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] with the three kids pretending to be ninjas; they're not ''actual'' ninjas, just little kids playing a game. They even have Manga/{{Naruto}} inspired headbands! One of them will craft origami shuriken out of paper if you give her the required materials, and accepting a quest from their leader will unlock a new weapon for Lil Gator : [[StockNinjaWeaponry nunchucks]]... That are actually a skipping rope.

* ApatheticClerk: The spotted hyena working as an ice cream vendor (referred to as "[[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Part-Timer]]") is unenthusiastic about their job and is not amused when Lil' Gator offers to pay confetti for the ice cream as opposed to three dollars as it costs.