Galala Gator

The **Galala Gator** appeared in 2011 TV series called *Toriko*. The Galala Gator (ガララワニ *Gararawani*) is a behemoth-like reptile beast that resides in the Baron Archipelago and is at the very top of the ecosystem. Though its species propagation capacity is limited, it makes up for it with a fierce attitude for survival. Some even live well beyond 300 years of age. Until recent years, there was no way to capture one besides hunting it down, but the IGO has been successful in producing clones. They could go into mass production!

It is Zongeh's Main Course in his Full Course Menu.

Its overall appearance resembles that of a normal alligator, though it is much bigger (larger than an elephant) and has eight legs and red skin (green in the OVA), with two rows of sharp, yellow spikes that go down its tough, scaly, back, much like his claws. It also has green eyes that tend to glow in the dark. Its teeth are white and sharp, protruding out of its mouth.

It is a vicious and voracious creature that will eat anything that catches its eye, and once it chooses its prey, it will not let it escape. A Galala Gator that grows up without knowing stronger opponents will not know fear. This can be unfortunate for it; should it encounter opponents that far out-power it, it will not know that it is out-matched and will recklessly go into battle without a second thought. The Galala Gator can also form a symbiotic relationship with Baron Leeches by letting them reside in its mouth and in exchange use their wounding abilities to track down prey.

A typical gator's flesh tastes like chicken, but a very old Galala Gator's flesh is said to taste more like a high-quality sirloin steak. Its meat is coated with a sweet and delicious layer of frost-like fat that shines, and according to Toriko, seems to look like meat made from jewels that releases a savory flow of flavor upon being consumed. It can be cooked over a fire, but grilling it truly brings out the flavor and helps keep all the flavor and juices from escaping.

Komatsu approaches Toriko about capturing the Galala Gator for a party. They arrive at the Baron Archipelago, where the beast resides, only to find all beasts chased out of their habitat; the beast has an increased appetite and is eating everything around, beasts and habitats included. Before night, a Baron Leech bites Komatsu, causing him to bleed, and at night, while they are eating, a Swamp Snake comes out of the water, dead, with a huge bite decapitation, marking an abnormally-sized Gator. The Gator sweeps the snake into the water and comes out. Toriko deduces the Gator uses the Baron Leeches to locate and track its prey, which Toriko and Komatsu are a part of since setting foot on the island, back when Komatsu got bitten. He concludes that this gigantic Gator must have lived around 300 years, rendering its capture level to 8, not 5. The Gator screams throw Komatsu out of the field and start a fight with Toriko. The beast seems a tough match at first, and that leads Toriko to get serious, praising the beast's strength and unleashing his own. After using Intimidation and **Fork**, Toriko finally decapitates it with **Knife**. News of the Gator's death reaches Starjun through Joejoe. Toriko and Komatsu eat the whole Gator, ignoring the request from Komatsu for the party due to how tasty its meat was. In the end, Toriko refuses to add it to his Full Course Menu.

While on the train to the Puffer Whale cave, Toriko and Komatsu meet up with Zongeh and his cronies. Zongeh brags that the Galala Gator is his Full Course's main dish, though he admits that the one he caught was a newborn and therefore wasn't nearly as tasty as an adult or the one that Toriko had slain.

Mansam invites Toriko and Komatsu to the Gourmet Coliseum to watch the beast-battle events, and in the Coliseum, a Garara Gator is fighting with a Troll Kong. The fight seems even at first, but ultimately the Troll Kong wins.

At Toriko and Rin's wedding reception, it was served as a Side along Jewel Meat of an End Mammoth steak with Meteor Garlic on top.