King Gator is a (former) antagonist turned major character in ''All Dogs Go To Heaven''. He is a giant alligator that lives in the sewers of New Orleans in All Dogs go to Heaven. He appears near the end of the film, where he tries to eat Charlie and Anne Marie. When Charlie lets out a fearful howl, King Gator thinks that he was singing, and decides not to eat him. Instead, he sings "Let's Make Music Together."
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All Dogs go to Heaven[]
Charlie and Anne Marie escape Carface's murder and kidnap attempt and seek temporary shelter, but fall into the undercurrents of New Orleans and confined by rodent-like creatures. King Gator comes to the mini-island to feast on Charlie and Anne Marie. When he tries to eat Charlie, the dog lets out a fearful, but unintentional "musical" howl. King Gator thinks that he was singing and decides not to eat them as he refuses to eat a "fellow singer". Instead, he sings a musical number called, "Let's Make Music Together". He swims with him in the pool, dances on a trapeze and tosses him on his tail. Although Charlie was afraid of the heights, they gain a fast friendship.
When Charlie came to save Anne Marie, he was ambushed by Carface Caruthers' henchmen. When one of the thugs bites Charlie's foot, Charlie lets out the "musical" howl once more which King Gator heard from a distance. King Gator invades the casino ship. Just as Carface and Killer was lowering Charlie into the water on the anchor, the place begins to rumble. King Gator breaks through. As Charlie is holding his breathe under water, King Gator bites the ropes releasing Charlie from nearly drowning. Carface, looks down frustrated and angry of Charlie once more surviving. King Gator continues to help Charlie by crashing the casino ship headfirst. One crash releasing Anne Marie from the confinement of the cage and the second one in the mist of Charlie and Carface's confrontation. The second crash knocked Carface into the water directly in front of King Gator. King Gator looks and says, "MMM... delicious..." Carface screams and tries to swim away to safety, but King Gator devours Carface offscreen.
After Charlie drowns from the sinking Casino ship, he sees Carface once more in Heaven from being eaten by King Gator. He is shown in Heaven about to wind the clock back trying to exact revenge on King Gator from killing and devouring him; much like Charlie wanted revenge on him. It is unknown whether Carface seeks his revenge on him or not.
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Personality[]
King Gator is a funny, carefree, flamboyant, bubbly, gigantic alligator that lives in the New Orleans ocean/sewers and is the king of native rat tribe. He loves beings with beautiful voices and loves to sing duets. He likes and adores anyone with the same gift and will refuse to eat them as he did with Charlie.
Relationships[]
Charlie Barkin[]
They are fast friends after King Gator refuses to eat him due to his fearful, yet "musical" howling when almost eaten by him. King Gator plays a vital role in saving him and Anne Marie and confronting Carface.
Carface[]
He served as King Gator's long desired meal. At the end of the original film, Carface is shown in Heaven about to wind the clock back trying to exact revenge on King Gator from killing and devouring him; much like Charlie wanted revenge on him. It is unknown whether Carface seeks his revenge on him on not.
Gallery[]
- Main article: King Gator/Gallery
Trivia[]
- He was voiced by Ken Page.
- The Nostalgia Chick has named several pointless movie moments after this character called a "Big Lipped Alligator Moment": a scene that comes out of nowhere; has little to no bearing whatsoever on the plot; is WAY over the top in terms of ridiculousness, even within the context of the movie, and after it happens, no one ever speaks of it again.
- Ironically, the sequence in question ultimately proved to be important to the plot for two reasons: Anne Marie ended up sick as a direct result of prolonged exposure to King Gator's waters during this scene, and it was this meeting that resulted in King Gator coming to Charlie's aid as well as Carface's ultimate fate.
- Both he and Louis (from the 2009 Disney movie, The Princess and the Frog) are similar to each other as both live in New Orleans and have a passion for music
- King Gator also shares similarities with the Dragon from the 2001 computer animated film Shrek. Both at first try to eat the protagonist (King Gator with Charlie and Anne Marie and Dragon with Shrek and Donkey) but later become allies of the film's protagonists. King Gator befriends Charlie and Anne Marie after being amused by Charlie's howling and Dragon falls in love with Donkey when Donkey discovers that Dragon is a female and gives Shrek and Donkey a flight to Duloc. They also help the film's protagonist near the movie's end. King Gator breaks into the ship scaring away Carface's thugs and frees Charlie from the anchor, while Dragon helps Shrek and Donkey fight the guards and she also ends up eating the film's main antagonist. King Gator headbutts the wall, knocking Carface into the water and devours him offscreen. Dragon, after being signaled by Shrek, breaks into the window of the chapel, devours Lord Farquaad and belches out the crown. The difference is that Dragon appears in the whole Shrek franchise while King Gator appears only in the first film of All Dogs Go to Heaven. In addition, Dragon's devouring of Farquaad was shown on-screen, while King Gator's eating of Carface occurred offscreen.
- in the film it seems that King Gator seems to be understood by Charlie as he sings "Let's Make Music Together" which would hint that dogs and alligators speak the same language.