Twelve-year-old OCEAN RIVER is a goofy kid.
This boy just happens to be an alligator, the heir to the great gator.
Just a few miles away, in the swampy jungle of the Everglades, another young boy named GUMBO struggles with his born destiny.
When his best friend, ELLEN HANSEN, loses her father, Life suddenly gets a lot more serious, and Ocean\'s immature antics at the funeral threaten to ruin their friendship forever.
He\'s never met a problem he couldn\'t solve with a joke or a silly dance.
Twelve-year-old OCEAN RIVER is a goofy kid