Alligator in a Vest Pun Meme

This is a two-panel pun meme. The top panel features the popular 'Science Cat' (a fluffy white cat wearing round black glasses and a red bowtie) sitting in a laboratory setting surrounded by chemistry glassware, with a chalkboard full of doodles in the background. The text above the cat asks 'WHAT DO YOU CALL AN ALLIGATOR IN A VEST?', with the punchline text below reading 'AN INVESTIGATOR' - a pun playing on the phonetic similarity between 'investigator' and 'in vest' + 'alligator/gator'. The bottom panel shows a digitally edited image of an alligator wearing a black police bulletproof vest marked 'POLICE' and black sunglasses, standing in greenish water. The text below this alligator reads 'I'M DONE. GOODNIGHT.' alongside a sleepy, tired emoji, conveying the alligator's exasperated reaction to the corny dad joke.

This meme was originally posted on Reddit under the title 'Alligator in a vest'. It is a remix combining two widely used existing meme assets: the classic Professor/Science Cat meme template, and a viral edited image of an alligator wearing a police vest, paired with a common corny animal pun. It has circulated widely on social media platforms as a lighthearted dad joke meme.