In A While Crocodile

*In A While Crocodile* is the Part A of The Season 1 Episode 23 of *Stanley*. It is paired in broadcast with *The Color of Stanley*.

## Plot

One of Stanley's classmates shows off his loose tooth, and another student asks Stanley if he has any loose teeth. To Stanley's embarrassment, he still has all of his baby teeth. As the bell rings Stanley sits at his desk and tells Dennis he thinks something's wrong. He opens his mouth and Dennis comments it doesn't look sore, and asks if Stanley has any symptoms of being sick. Stanley explains he's not sick, but he hasn't lost a baby tooth like everyone else in his class has. Dennis reassures him that he'll loose a tooth eventually and that it's all a part of growing and changing. Stanley is still worried, fearing he'll never grow up. Dennis reminds him that everyone grows at their pace, and he'll loose a tooth when he's ready. He also asks if Mimi and Marci have any adult teeth yet. Stanley turns to wave to them and it turns out they both each have one. That night Stanley is still dreading not loosing any teeth yet, despite Dennis reminding him people grow at their own pace. Harry tries to comfort Stanley by saying he'll show off his own teeth if the other kids brag about their adult teeth again. Stanley gets an idea and cuts out some crocodile teeth out of a piece of paper. However Stanley accidentally drops the teeth into Dennis' fish bowl, ruining them. Stanley wonders how crocodiles get such big teeth and grabs The Great Big Book Of Everything. Dennis fails to see how it will help until Stanley shows him a picture of a crocodile and comments how their teeth are so big they come out of their mouth. Dennis points out that's how you tell the difference between an alligator and a crocodile: The crocodile has two teeth sticking out of the side of their jaw, and an alligator doesn't. Dennis also explains baby crocodiles get out of their eggs using an egg tooth to crack the shell open. Stanley wishes he was born a crocodile and imagines being in the hospital nursery, and ends up scaring all the other newborns. Stanley asks if crocodiles loose any teeth. Dennis explains they do, while humans loose 20 teeth, crocodiles loose tons and tons more throughout the course of their life. Stanley grabs Dennis and hops into The Great Big Book of Everything, to get advice from the experts. Dennis and Stanley land in a rowboat in a swampy marsh. A crocodile comes by and opens their jaw. Stanley compliments the teeth and asks Dennis what happens when all the crocodile's teeth fall out. Dennis explains they all don't fall out at once and that crocodiles are constantly growing new teeth. Stanley asks how they do it, and Dennis tells him their bodies just tell them when they need new teeth, just like a human's body. The crocodiles start to gang up on the rowboat and they both head out of the book back to Stanley's bedroom. Stanley's mom comes in and tells Stanley it's time to brush his teeth. After brushing his teeth, Stanley asks his mom if she wishes he was ever born a crocodile. She jokes, saying he'd have a snaggletooth all the time if was. Stanley points out that crocodiles loose their teeth all the time, to which she replies that sounds very careless. Stanley admits to his mom that he's worried because he hasn't lost any baby teeth and all of his friends have. Like Dennis, she explains that everyone grows at their own speed. Stanley reminds her she's a dentist and asks when he'll loose a baby tooth. His mom strokes his head and tells him "In a while crocodile." As Stanley's mom tucks him in, she realizes one of Stanley's teeth is loose. Stanley excitedly rushes to the bathroom to see his loose tooth. His mom tucks him in again, and Stanley eagerly tells Dennis about his loose tooth.

## Goofs\Trivia

* Stanley has shown growth from the episode Baby Pictures in which he wanted to stay a baby forever, now he's worried he'll never grow up.
* The baby crocodile looks like a shrunk down adult crocodile rather than having traits of actual baby crocodiles, such as having big eyes. The same goes for baby Crocodile Stanley who has his same eyes.
* The Newborns have a similar headshape to Lionel.
* The classmate who asks Stanley if he's lost any baby teeth is a recolored version of Stanley with a blue hat and black hair.
* In the comparison art alligators are given small eyes and crocodiles slightly larger eyes, however the cartoon shows crocodiles with small eyes later on.
* Stanley's dad only has a minor, non speaking cameo in this episode.
* Dennis is shown as the tooth fairy wearing a bright pink tutu and crown, showing it's okay for boys to wear traditionally feminine clothes, which is occurring more in modern children's media.
* This is one of the few episodes Stanley's mom as a dentist is mentioned.
* "In a while crocodile" is usually said in response to "See you later alligator" which is an informal, friendly way to say goodbye. Stanley's mom also says this near the end of the episode when Stanley asks when he'll loose a baby tooth.
* One of Stanley's classmates resembles Gretchen from *Recess.*
* When Stanley notices the alligators coming closer, his shirt turns from his tiger PJs to his normal red shirt.

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