History Fridge / JurassicWorld

*** ''Film/JurassicPark'' actually foreshadows this in a FreezeFrameBonus moment. The driver who takes Alan, Ellie, and Ian to see the ''Brachiosaurus'' is the only one who doesn't react to the sight of it. One might argue he even looks ''bored''. He must've seen the ''Brachiosaurus'' and other dinosaurs enough times that the wonder and novelty of it had worn off on him by that point.

* In the ''Tyrannosaurus's'' first appearance, we see a goat with a flare next to it, which it happily eats. One of the problems the park had in [[Film/JurassicPark the original]] was that the dinosaurs wouldn't come out at feeding time. This is shown when the ''T. rex'' wouldn't come out to eat its goat until later. This particular CallBack shows just how much more organized Jurassic World is but also sets up a FridgeHorror, detailed below.

* Claire's response to Owen:
Claire's response to Owen regarding him not being in control isn't Fridge Brilliance, rather Owen's coolness under pressure is. Owen is ex-Navy and thus has a greater grasp of the situation. Ex-navy (I.E ex military). Claire had no control in the first place. She disregarded a Veteran's advice, dooming herself, the park and everyone else. Her response of "You are not in control here" despite her shaking like a jellyfish, shows that while she puts on an air of confidence, she's really not cut out for running the park. Had she listened to Owen, the movie would've ended far differently.

* Depending on how one views it, the events of Jurassic World could've been avoided had the events of ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' not happened or if at least [[Main/TheScrappy Amanda]] [[WhatAnIdiot Kirby]] had closed the [[spoiler: Aviary, as according to the tie in websites for Jurassic World, Vic Hoskins was promoted and hired to work on Isla Nublar because Masrani liked how he and his team took care of the ''Pteranodons'' after they reached the mainland, which led to Hoskins and his team making a deal with Henry Wu to create weaponized Dinosaurs such as the ''Indominus rex''. So if Amanda Kirby had closed the Aviary, Hoskins would've likely not been hired to work on the island, he would've likely not met Wu, the ''I. rex'' could've been made less dangerous and thousands of people would be still alive.]] On the flip side however, [[spoiler: Hoskins was the one who hired Owen to take care of the raptors.]] Hoskins was also the reason the raptors were re-bred in the first place. It was part of his research program, just like the ''I. rex''.

** In a similar vein, Hoskins also refers to the raptors as 'boys' or a 'he' on several occasions. When he does this to Delta, Barry informs him that the raptor is a 'she' and makes it clear that he should refer to her as such. Later, when Delta has Hoskins cornered and begging for his life in the Creation Laboratory, he calls her a 'Good boy' when she appears to be backing down. It doesn't end well for him. So, when all is said and done, the hyper-masculine Hoskins is killed by the ''female'' raptor who he's been misgendering for the whole film. Doubles as some FridgeHorror. Hoskins is an [=InGen=] Security big shot, and he isn't even familiar with the park's ''most basic'' security measure, [[WhatAnIdiot population control?]]

** Another likely possibility is that [[spoiler: Rexy]] changed tactics. At first, her intent is to just drive the ''I. rex'' away from her territory, so her actions were more showboating and threat displays. After the ''I. rex'' makes it clear that it's trying to kill her (and almost does), [[spoiler: Rexy]] switches to full on alpha predator mode, and her subsequent tactics demonstrate this; she fully goes on the offensive, grabbing the I.rex's head with her strong jaws (in essence using the I.rex's earlier strategy against it) and throwing it around, giving it no time to recover and use its larger front claws, and constantly rams the I.rex to throw it off balance and go in for the vulnerable neck. These tactics (along with help from Blue) catch the predator off guard and weaken it considerably; by the time the Mosasaurus grabs it, the I.rex is bloodied and injured, giving one last defiant roar before being snatched up and dragged into the depths.

* The ''I. rex'' is stated to have been altered to grow much faster than the ''T. rex'' base she was developed from, ostensibly so that the park can get her attraction opened faster. [[spoiler: However, knowing that she was created as a bio-weapon means that the enhanced growth rate is likely so that when they "miniaturize" her, she can be mass produced extremely fast, allowing the army to breed an entire army of mini ''I. rexes'' in a matter of months rather than years.]]

*** ''Film/JurassicPark'' actually foreshadows this in a FreezeFrameBonus moment. The driver who takes Alan, Ellie, and Ian to see the ''Brachiosaurus'' is the only one who doesn't react to the sight of it. One might argue he even looks ''bored''. He must've seen the ''Brachiosaurus'' and other dinosaurs enough times that the wonder and novelty of it had worn off on him.

** Owen riding along side the raptors seems awesome, but may turn a few heads. However, it's a CallBack from a line said by John Hammond in the first movie. "They imprint on the first creature they come into contact with. It helps them to trust me." Owen clearly ran with that and made sure that he was present for the birth of every raptor, which in turn means that technically he's their [[ParentalSubstitute father-figure.]] (He even says as much to Claire.) Maybe more than that, the very act of riding with them like that may help to cement his status as part of the pack. It's said on this very site that he hunts with them, and riding a bike like that is probably the only way a human can keep up with raptors. He's integrated himself into their pack dynamic as best as a human can. It also brings to mind the point Ian Malcolm brought up in ''Literature/TheLostWorld1995'' that intelligent animals such as raptors need to raise their young for them to pick up non-instinctual habits; the reason the raptors portrayed in all previous ''Jurassic Park'' material have been so overwhelmingly vicious is because they had no proper upbringing to teach them to behave otherwise.
** Owen's raptor training also provides extra enforcement for what the Jurassic Park films have been saying about the dinosaurs for three films. Instead of being shown as monsters, JP has tried to give them the presence of animals, if sometimes vicious predators. Owen shows that even the raptors can be tamed enough to interact with a human given time and care, just like most modern predatory animals. At the same time, the fact that they're dangerous is never downplayed. If you think about it, it's a brilliant balancing act.

** It also works as a FridgeBrilliance case of ShownTheirWork, as people who work with large predators tend to start shortly after birth, interact with them a lot, treat them with cautious respect, and when the baby predator grows up, interact with each other through a barrier. Because, as they know, even if you believe you have this animal under control, it can still hurt or kill you with ease should it ever decide to or if it feels scared.

** Likewise, it seems that she is the only ''T. rex'' in the exhibit. Why? Well, let's think about it. At her age, she's probably no longer able to breed and therefore probably wouldn't have much interest in a mate. Likewise, even if she could produce young, it would likely be far too dangerous for the park staff to allow her to do so. After all, ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' showed that ''T. rex'' are [[MamaBear very protective]] [[PapaWolf of their young.]]

* Despite being a former soldier, Hoskins is overweight. He keeps ranting about perfect predators, but he himself isn't one, despite what he might think about himself, just another indication of how he doesn't get it.
** Unfortunately, that's potentially a case of [[RealityIsUnrealistic reality appearing unrealistic]]. Lots of former soldiers ''do'' gain weight after returning to civilian life because they don't/can't keep up the high level of daily physical exertion that their bodies had grown used to while in the military. And similarly, their bodies are accustomed to a large amount of food with equally large amounts of activity to warrant it.

* A subtle bit of costuming is used to create some interesting characterization early on. In the very first scene with Hoskins and Owen, we see that both characters carry hunting knives at their backs. The difference, however, is that Hoskins has his strapped perpendicular to his belt, with the handle pointed upward. It would be rather difficult to draw the weapon effectively this way (and downright impossible if, say, his back were to a wall). By contrast, Owen has his strapped parallel to his belt, where he can draw the blade quickly from a myriad of positions. This illustrates the contrast between the two: Hoskins is an "armchair" badass, pretending to have a warrior's understanding, while Owen is the one with actual, practical experience.

* When Owen is called to the ''I. rex's'' containment facility to aid in investigating her disappearance, he asks Claire what kind of DNA has been used in her creation. Her nonchalant response is simply "that's classified". In real life, having access to classified information requires 1) the appropriate security clearance and 2) a need to know said classified information. If Owen is being asked to help look for the ''I. rex'', that classified information would come in ''very'' handy, so why did Claire deny him that information? Remember that her job entails turning a profit and keeping shareholders happy -- one doesn't necessarily need to know the genetic composition of an animal to do that. Claire simply didn't know, either.

* [[HerbivoresAreFriendly Why would visitors be allowed near Apatosaurus and why do they have a low aggression index?]] Like all creatures in Jurassic Park, they were genetically engineered to meet the expectations of the visitors and avert the violent territorial tendencies herbivores have.

** The fact that she's highly intelligent also adds some FridgeBrilliance to some of her interactions with some of the park's other animals. At one point in the trailers, she's seen ''roaring'' at the pterosaurs in the aviary, instead of attacking them, possibly with the intent of setting them on the rest of the park. When the boys are being attacked by two ''Ankylosaurus'', she can be seen following closely behind, as if she deliberately agitated them. It's very possible that she's ''using'' the other animals to aid her rampage. It even brings to mind the possibility that she had been planning some kind of attack long before her escape. We already know that she intentionally took out her tracker.
** Her escape plan makes a lot more sense if you think about it. The claw marks are right next to the console that opens the big gate that she can fit through. There have been people in her paddock before and she probably saw them use the one next to the small door and made the connection. She waited until there were multiple people checking the wall to attack, probably hoping at least one of them would choose the closest exit to escape. As to why she hid her heat signature, she can sense thermal radiation and [[IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat probably assumed that we could do that too.]]
** Comments and reviews have made mention of the fact that ''I. rex's'' camouflage ability basically occurs in one scene during her fight with the ACU team and is never shown again. This actually makes sense as most animals use camouflage to hide from predators and she uses it early in her escape, when being hunted by the ACU team while she is still learning about her surroundings. Owen at one point comments how the ''I. rex'' is discovering her position in the food chain. After ''I. rex'' decimates the ACU team and works her way south, essentially slaughtering everything in her path, it would become apparent to her that she's at the top of the food chain, an apex predator, and has no need for camouflage anymore.

*** Alternatively, she couldn't sense him because of where they are: not the crane, but Central America in general. It's easy to forget watching the movie how swelteringly hot it's supposed to be on Isla Nublar, plus the fact that unlike the other films ''Jurassic World'' has clear skies throughout the entire story. That means the sun was shining down on all that gravel, probably just enough to hide Owen's body temperature compared to the rest of the environment.
** Aside from her human-like intelligence and predatorial instincts, the ''I. rex'' has one notable advantage over a regular ''T. rex''... her arms. Unlike ''T. rex'' dinosaurs that have very short arms, the ''I. rex's'' arms are much longer, allowing her to reach farther and even manipulate objects. The movie might have been over immediately if her arms had been short enough that she couldn't reach up to her mouth and tear off the net that the Asset Containment Unit team shot onto her, but she was able to get it off and thus wipe out the team, rather than just causing a few casualties while she thrashed around.
** Owen finds out a little late that the ''I. Rex'' has Raptor DNA, when the Raptors accept her as a new Alpha. Why was the military so eager to see that Raptors could be trained? Screw using those little girls as soldiers - they wanted to be able to breed and train some I. Rexes...

* In the novel, one of the scientists criticizes that the park made the kinds of dinosaurs people were ''expecting'', because they were more concerned with spectacle than scientific accuracy. They could never confirm exactly what the original animals looked like. In fact the entire reason they made ''dangerous carnivores'' instead of just sticking to docile herbivores is because the public expects a classic "''T. rex''" -- and popular culture for decades didn't think dinosaurs had feathers. In-universe, the park itself may be so famous that ticket-buyers (just like the movie-going audience), have come to think of this as what dinosaurs "should" look like. This neatly ties into the film's explanation of why the dinosaurs look the way they do; the higher ups believed that the public didn't want ''realistic'' dinosaurs, they wanted ''cool'' dinosaurs -- naturally, the geneticists went over the top.

* The petting zoo with baby dinosaurs is a case of FridgeBrilliance. Letting kids play with dinosaurs up-close and personal? Stupid, right? Actually, no -- ''brilliant''. Letting the guests play with the dinosaurs can help assure them that they're safe (of course, before that whole ''I. rex'' business ruins everything), and if the dinosaurs are playing with humans as babies, they're much less likely to be hostile towards them as adults.
** This also helps explain why so many herbivores like the Apatosaurus are so docile around humans when many herbivores in real life are violently territorial, because they've been conditioned by regular interaction with humans from an early age to not consider humans to be a threat to either themselves or their territory.
** Even better than that, they've got multiple ''species'' sharing the petting paddock -- baby sauropods, ''Gallimimus'' hatchlings, young ceratopsians with their stub-horns capped for safety -- with the human children as just another species in the crowd. To the animals, it's a ''mixed herd'', not a zoo attraction: a gathering of different herbivores that don't compete for the same plant parts, but can benefit from one another's respective keen senses on the alert for predators. No different from giraffes, guinea fowl, zebras, and wildebeest all hanging around together in real life. Having humans around may make the petting-zoo dinosaurs ''feel safer'' in humans' presence than in their absence, if they grow up herding together.

* It's revealed that one of the reasons why the ''I. rex'' turned out to be a complete sociopath is because she was kept in isolation and had no contact with anyone or thing. Even her sibling, whom she later ate, was created quite some time after the ''I. rex's'' birth. Modern zoos are well-aware that raising any animal in total isolation will result in highly aggressive, anti-social behavior towards both humans and other animals. In contrast, Owen has intentionally averted this issue by raising his imprinted raptors as a SiblingTeam and constantly interacting with them on a daily basis. So, a petting zoo of non-carnivorous baby dinosaurs? Pretty good idea, actually.
** Actually the two I-Rexes are born at the same time, they’re the dinosaurs shown hatching in the first scene. It’s never said when the I-Rex eats its sibling though, so it could have eaten it 30 seconds after the scene ended, meaning the I-Rex spent its whole life in (self imposed) isolation.

* In the trailer, they revealed that the audience is tired of seeing the same old dinosaurs, so they created new dinosaurs. It's a perfect of description of the ''Jurassic Park'' films in a meta sense -- in 1993, we were amazed by the breakthroughs in special effects, but now we're only impressed when something's bigger and louder. Not only that, but considering the latest 2 depictions of dinosaurs in media (one [[Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction movie]] and one [[Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge TV show]], both featuring ''transforming robot dinosaurs''), of course the audience would like to see something that would top those.

* The whole film could be seen as a TakeThat towards animal-based fads and various attempts to cash in on them. Remember when penguins, wolves, or horses (just to name a few examples) were popular? There were all sorts of merchandise for one particular animal until the next fad came along. The same could be said for the in-universe park. People are losing interest in the "dino-fad" and so the developers of the park are attempting to WinBackTheCrowd with a brand-new never-before-seen super predatory dinosaur. Rather than trying to renew interest in the creatures they have, Jurassic World scientists simply go on to create the "next big thing". Which, as one could guess, can be compared to how Hollywood and other companies move onto finding the next fad to cash in on once the old one has run its course.

** Another likely possibility is that [[spoiler: Rexy]] changed tactics. At first, her intent is to drive the ''I. rex'' away from her territory, so her actions were more showboating. After the ''I. rex'' makes it clear that it's trying to kill her, [[spoiler: Rexy]] likewise fights to kill, rather than just trying to make the other dinosaur leave her territory.