| 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 allegory instead of alligator. |
| Gena the Crocodile | Cheburashka | Uspensky, Eduard | 1966 | A friendly crocodile |
| 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, stretching it into a trunk. |
| The eponymous crocodile | The Enormous Crocodile | Dahl, Roald | 1978 | The crocodile wanders the jungle planning to eat children, but is foiled by other animals. |
| Lyle the Crocodile | Lyle the Crocodile series | Waber, Bernard | 1962 | A family discovers a friendly crocodile living in their home. |
| Mr. Croc | Mr. Croc series | Lodge, Jo | Unknown | He likes adventures and snapping. |
| Solomon | Solomon Crocodile | Rayner, Catherine | 2011 | A young playful crocodile, also appears in Solomon and Mortimer |
| Name | Animation | Notes |
| Agle | Cocomong | A cucumber-shaped crocodile. |
| Al | Miami Guns | |
| Al | Can You Teach My Alligator Manners? | |
| Aldo | Sitting Ducks | An alligator who befriended main character Bill the Duck and is trying to blend into DuckTown. |
| Alfy Gator | Yakky Doodle | A blue alligator who tries to capture Yakky because his gourmet guidebook recommends roast duck. |
| Alligator Master | World Destruction: Sekai Bokumetsu no Rokunin | |
| Arlo Beauregard | Arlo the Alligator Boy | |
| Axl 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. |
| Carmine | The Wild | |
| Catchum Crocodile | The Get Along Gang | The show's main antagonist. |
| Charley | Maisy | An 8-year-old crocodile who loves to eat. |
| Christopher | Christopher Crocodile | |
| Crocco | Re-Animated | |
| Crocodile Gentleman | Witch Craft Works | |
| Crocubot | Rick and Morty | Half robot, half crocodile. |
| Derick | The Secret Life of Pets | A crocodile who is one of the Flushed Pets. |
| Dil | The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists | A nearsighted Deinosuchus along with Ichy who tried to eat Littlefoot and the gang. |
| Floyd and Jolene | Kissyfur | The antagonist alligators |
| Francisco | T.U.F.F. Puppy | |
| Frankie Scales | Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal | A saltwater crocodile who coach of Daisy Quokka and father of Ronda Saltie |
| The Great Fusilli | Courage the Cowardly Dog | An Italian alligator devoted to theater arts who turns people into puppets so that they cannot leave his show. |
| Gator Agate | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | |
| Gabby Gator | Woody Woodpecker | An antagonizing alligator to the wacky woodpecker. |
| Gretchen | Camp Lazlo | A girl scout alligator with an aggressive attitude. |
| Gummy | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | Pinkie Pie's pet alligator. |
| Happy | Hey Duggee | A crocodile who loves water |
| Kevin | 64 Zoo Lane | A miniature green crocodile who is friends with Toby and Doris. |
| 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. |
| Lawrence | Rubbadubbers | Terence's imaginary friend who only appeared in the episode Terence's Double Trouble |
| Louis | The Princess and the Frog | A trumpet-playing alligator. |
| Mama Croc | Brandy & Mr. Whiskers | A loving crocodile mother with baby crocodiles. |
| Master Croc | Kung Fu Panda 2 | |
| Max | Oddballs | A dimwitted anthropomorphic crocodile |
| Oops and Koops | YooHoo & Friends | The evil crocodiles from Season 2. |
| Panic | Wonder Egg Priority | Momoe Sawaki's crocodile pomander. |
| Roger | The Penguins of Madagascar | A sewer alligator who becomes one of the zoo animals. |
| Rover | Pound Puppies | |
| Shiro | Love Hina | A White Alligator |
| Sirol | The Adventures of Blinky Bill | |
| Snappy the Little Crocodile | Die Sendung mit der Maus | A German cartoon Crocodile |
| Stan and Carmine | The Wild | Two alligators who live in the New York sewer. |
| Steven | 101 Dalmatians: The Series | |
| Terence | Rubbadubbers | A green bath toy crocodile, known for different jobs, such as a doctor and a sheriff cowboy. |
| Tick-Tock | Peter Pan | A crocodile who previously ate Captain Hook's hand, causing the two to become bitter enemies. Its name is derived from a clock it ate, which remains active in its stomach and alerts Hook to its presence. |
| Victor | 64 Zoo Lane | A large, green crocodile, who is the main bully in Waterlilly Lake. |
| Wally Gator | Wally Gator | An alligator prone to mishaps. |
| Name | First appearance | Platform | Notes |
| King K. Rool | Donkey Kong Country | SNESGBCGBA | An anthropomorphic saltwater crocodile who is the main villain of many Donkey Kong games and commands the Kremlings, which are similarly made up of other crocodilian forces. |
| Swampy | Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge | PlayStation, PC, Dreamcast | A crocodile villain who kidnaps dozens of baby frogs. |
| Dr. Wani | Frogger: Helmet Chaos | DS | An evil crocodile who owns a factory of mind control helmets from the mineral Crocodrite. |
| Swampy, Allie and Cranky | Where's My Water? | iOSAndroidWindows PhoneWindows 8BlackBerry | A trio of alligators. |
| Vector | Knuckles' Chaotix | Sega 32X | A crocodile who is the "head honcho" and brains of the Chaotix Detective Agency. |
| Snap Shot | Skylanders: Trap Team | 3DsPS3PS4WiiWii U360XB1 | A fearless crocagator who uses his wild tracking skills to hunt down evil monsters and eventually villains. |
| 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 | PS1Sega SaturnPC | A vegetarian crocodile who was found in a river by the "Gobbos". His parents and brother appear in the game's sequel. |
| Mz. Ruby | Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus | PS2 | A musical alligator and voodoo mystic who appears as a boss. |
| Bratty | Undertale | PC | A tall green alligator monster who is best friends with Catty, even though she had said cats are tasty. She idolizes Mettaton along with Catty. |
| Beatrice | Night in the Woods | PC | A 20 year old gothic smoking crocodile who became stuck running her father's store in Possum Springs after he had an emotional breakdown. |
| Mr. Vile | Banjo-Kazooie | N64 | A mean, hungry crocodile that will reward the player with a Jiggy if they can eat more Yumblies and Grumblies than him, but chomp them if they lose. |
| Latch | Lethal League | PC | A crocodile with a mechanical tail and enhancements to his spine and brain. |
| Most characters | Later Alligator | PCNintendo Switch | The game takes place in an alternate version of New York City, which is populated largely by anthropomorphic alligators. |
| Rosie | Maneater | PS4 | An enormous female American alligator. Armed with a powerful tail for lightning fast swimming speed and sharp teeth, she is one of the seven apex predator bosses in the game. |
| Montgomery Gator | Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach | PS4PS5PC | One of the Glamrock animatronics. He hunts down the player throughout the game and eventually acts as one of the game's bosses. |