"Crocodile Locke" is an orchestral piece on the Season 1 soundtrack. Its four-note theme initially represented the mysterious hunter-gatherer side of John Locke's character and soon became his main character theme.
Main appearance[]
The other survivors worriedly talk about the food shortage, inspiring Locke to throw a knife into a chair next to Sawyer and suggest they hunt for boar. Jack officially meets Locke for the first time before Locke describes boars' mode of attack and, in detail, how the survivors can kill one. Sawyer complains that they have just "an itty bitty hunting knife", although he does not disagree with the hunting suggestion, to which Locke opens his knife case, revealing his large collection.
Full list of appearances[]
"Crocodile Locke" and its variations play during the following scenes.
- Locke tells the survivors his plan to hunt boar. ("Walkabout")
- In a flashback, Locke tells Randy his walkabout is his destiny and says "Don't tell me what I can't do" for the first time in the show. In the present, Locke continues the hunt despite Michael's injury. ("Walkabout")
- In the present, Locke continues tracking the boar. In a Flashback, he invites "Helen" on his walkabout. ("Walkabout")
- Kate tells Jack that Locke may be dead, as she saw the monster headed in his direction. ("Walkabout")
- Locke drags his first boar into camp. ("Walkabout")
- Locke pulls Jack up the cliff he fell off. ("White Rabbit")
- In a Previously on Lost recap, Claire is kidnapped by Ethan. Locke organizes a search party. Boone offers to come. He talks with Locke while searching, and Locke predicts rainfall. Shannon asks Boone where he has been going with Locke. ("Hearts and Minds")
- Locke tells Boone a story to explain why they keep staring at the Hatch. ("Hearts and Minds")
- After winning Boone over, Locke leads him to the hatch again. ("Hearts and Minds")
- Michael tosses Walt's comic book into the fire. ("Special")
- Jack shares the guns with Locke. ("Homecoming")
- In a Previously on Lost recap, Locke is rejected from his walkabout tour and wakes up on the island. ("Deus Ex Machina")
- Locke and Boone set up their trebuchet. ("Deus Ex Machina")
- Locke chases his mother and gets knocked over by a car. ("Deus Ex Machina")
- Locke's detective warns him against contacting his father. ("Deus Ex Machina")
- Boone tells Jack about the hatch, and that Locke asked him to keep it secret. ("Do No Harm")
- Sayid holds a gun to Locke's head after he reveals that he was the one who attacked Sayid and destroyed the transceiver. ("The Greater Good")
- Locke shows Jack the hatch. ("Born to Run")
- The survivors walk through the Dark Territory, where they hear Arzt's yells. ("Exodus, Part 1")
- The crew carry Locke on to Flight 815. ("Exodus, Part 2")
- Locke and the survivors approach the Hatch. ("Exodus, Part 2")
- Locke leaves the caves to go explore the Hatch. ("Man of Science, Man of Faith")
- Locke volunteers to take the first shift of pushing the button after Jack pushes it. ("Orientation")
- Locke discovers Charlie is following him. ("Everybody Hates Hugo")
- In a Previously on Lost recap, Sawyer, Michael and Jin deal with the Tailies in the pit. ("...And Found")
- Jack finds an unconscious Locke in the Swan armory. Michael holds them at gunpoint. ("The Hunting Party")
- Locke watches Charlie from afar. ("Fire + Water")
- Henry Gale accused Locke of letting Jack "call the shots". ("Maternity Leave")
- Cooper enlists Locke's help to retrieve some money. ("Lockdown")
- In a Previously on Lost recap, Tom tells the survivors that there is a line that they cannot cross without consequences. He holds Kate at gunpoint. ("S.O.S.")
- In a Previously on Lost recap, Jack and Kate find Michael out by the Line. Michael tells them about the Others' camp. ("Three Minutes")
- Charlie tells Locke that Desmond has returned. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")
- Locke tells Desmond to prevent the button from being pushed. ("Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1")
- Locke wakes up in the jungle. ("Further Instructions")
- He begins building a sweat lodge. ("Further Instructions")
- Locke has a vision of what he needs to do next. ("Further Instructions")
- He prepares to enter the polar bears' cave. ("Further Instructions")
- Desmond predicts Locke's speech. ("Further Instructions")
- Locke and Charlie bring Eko back to the camp. ("Further Instructions")
- The Flame goes up in flames. ("Enter 77")
- Mikhail apparently dies. ("Par Avion")
- In a Previously on Lost recap, Locke stands up after being paralyzed for four years. His father cons him into giving him his kidney, and tells him to get over it. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- Locke gets up after losing his disability benefits. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- He tells Peter Talbot that he doesn't know Anthony Cooper. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- He interrogates Ben about the submarine. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- He makes his father promise to leave his fiancee. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- He tells Ben that breaking his back of course hurt him. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- Ben tells him about the "magic box." ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- Locke leaves to blow up the sub. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- Locke and Alex approach the sub. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- He prepares to enter it. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- The sub explodes. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- Ben tells him he's special before revealing the Man from Tallahassee. ("The Man from Tallahassee")
- Locke warns Paulo that things don't stay buried on the island. ("Exposé")
- Locke tells Kate he's staying with the Others. ("Left Behind")
- Locke burns Sawyer's file. ("The Brig")
- Locke approaches Sawyer in the jungle. ("The Brig")
- Locke invites Sawyer to kill a bound Ben. ("The Brig")
- Ben tells Locke he must kill his father. ("The Brig")
- Locke brings a knife to his father's neck but can't bring himself to kill him. ("The Brig")
- Richard gives Locke Sawyer's file. ("The Brig")
- Locke lifts his father's body and heads toward the Others. ("The Brig")
- In a Previously on Lost recap, Ben tells Locke that his connection to the Island makes him special. Juliet leaves a message for Ben. Locke sees Ben listening to it. He tells Sawyer that Juliet is a mole. Ben tells Locke that the Others are moving to a new location, and unless Locke kills his father, he cannot come with them. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
- Locke enters the Others' camp, dead father on his back. ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
- Locke beats Mikhail "senseless". ("The Man Behind the Curtain")
- Injured in the mass grave, Locke reaches for a gun. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 2")
- Locke threatens Jack with a gun. ("Through the Looking Glass, Part 2")
- Locke smiles up at the rain. ("Confirmed Dead")
- Locke shows Sawyer where Ben shot him. ("Confirmed Dead")
- Jack realizes that Locke has Charlotte. ("Confirmed Dead")
- In a Previously on Lost recap, Locke's group leaves. ("The Economist")
- Locke wakes up and cooks breakfast. ("Eggtown")
- Claire asks to talk to Miles. ("The Other Woman")
- Ben hands Locke his file on Widmore. ("The Other Woman")
- Locke dreams of Horace Goodspeed. ("Cabin Fever")
- Locke tells Hurley and Ben that he now knows where they need to go. ("Cabin Fever")
- Locke tells his teacher he's not a man of science. ("Cabin Fever")
- Matthew Abbadon suggests that Locke go on a walkabout. ("Cabin Fever")
- He talks to "Christian" in the cabin. ("Cabin Fever")
- He walks out of the cabin and approaches Ben and Hurley. ("Cabin Fever")
- Locke leaves the Orchid and assumes control of the Others. ("There's No Place Like Home, Part 3")
- Locke calls out after finding a Virgin Mary statue. ("Because You Left")
- Locke tells Richard to come visit him after he is born to demonstrate that he is telling the truth about being the leader of the Others. ("Jughead")
- Jack talks to Eloise about Locke. ("316")
- The Man in Black, as Locke, tells Ilana that he remembers dying. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
- Widmore shows Locke to his car. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
- Abbadon tells Locke what he does for Widmore. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
- Locke is injured in a car accident. ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
- Locke prepares to kill himself, but is interrupted by Ben. Ben then strangles him ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")
- Sawyer says that now that Locke has left the Island, they need to wait for him to return with the others who left. ("LaFleur")
- Locke tells Ben he wants to help him find the Smoke Monster to be judged. ("Dead Is Dead")
- He tells Ben that he thinks he is lying about the reason he wants to be judged. ("Dead Is Dead")
- The Man in Black, as Locke, enters the Others' beach camp with a boar. ("Follow the Leader")
- Jack and Richard discuss Locke. ("The Incident, Parts 1 & 2")
- The Man in Black (as Locke) tells Ben that he wants him to kill Jacob. ("The Incident, Parts 1 & 2")
- The Man in Black (as Locke) arrives at the beach camp. ("The Incident, Parts 1 & 2")
- He talks to Ben before they confront Jacob. ("The Incident, Parts 1 & 2")
- Sayid gives the Temple Others the Man in Black's warning. ("Sundown")
- The Man in Black takes Sawyer to a boat to Hydra Island. ("Recon")
- The Man in Black returns to his camp. ("Everybody Loves Hugo")
- Locke mumbles in his sleep. ("The Candidate")
- The Man in Black takes the bomb from the overhead compartment. ("The Candidate")
- Jack tells the Man in Black that he will kill him. ("The End")
Variations[]
"Closure", "The Final Countdown", "Follow the Leader", "The Island", "Locke-about", "Locke of the Island", "Naomi Phone Home", "The Science of Faith", and "Through the Locke-ing Glass" use the theme from "Crocodile Locke". The theme also influenced his mystery theme, his second motif, and the narrative motif.
Title significance[]
The piece's name references the Australian hunter Crocodile Dundee and the Elton John song "Crocodile Rock."
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