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* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' / ''Franchise/KingKong'':

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* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' / ''Franchise/KingKong'':''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''/''Franchise/KingKong'':



* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'': The movies are rooted in this trope, as with the novels the first two films are based on. This trope is somewhat played with, though, as the revived dinosaurs are not perfect genetic revivals, but rather mutants created from incomplete dino DNA and LegoGenetics. First book hero Alan Grant calls them "genetically-engineered theme-park monsters", which is a particularly apt description of the hybrids seen in ''Film/JurassicWorld'' a few decades later. By ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' a few years later, more advanced dinosaur cloning is becoming mainstream with Dr. Wu having lost the monopoly on the process, and [=BioSyn=], as well as crimelord Soyona Santos, have specialized in cloning genetically pure dinosaurs without any other species’ genes.
* ''Film/{{Star Trek IV|The Voyage Home}}'': Whales became this via Time Travel. Not necessarily a revival (as the actual whales were alive the entire trip), but still an example nonetheless.

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* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'': The ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' movies are rooted in this trope, as with the novels the first two films are based on. This trope is somewhat played with, though, as the revived dinosaurs are not perfect genetic revivals, but rather mutants created from incomplete dino DNA and LegoGenetics. First book hero Alan Grant calls them "genetically-engineered theme-park monsters", which is a particularly apt description of the hybrids seen in ''Film/JurassicWorld'' a few decades later. By ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' a few years later, more advanced dinosaur cloning is becoming mainstream with Dr. Wu having lost the monopoly on the process, and [=BioSyn=], as well as crimelord Soyona Santos, have specialized in cloning genetically pure dinosaurs without any other species’ genes.
* ''Film/{{Star Trek IV|The Voyage Home}}'': ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'': Whales became this via Time Travel. Not necessarily a revival (as the actual whales were alive the entire trip), but still an example nonetheless.



* On the Literature/{{Discworld}} a lot of standard fantasy creatures are extinct, though that's often synonymous with "trapped in a parallel dimension."

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* On the Literature/{{Discworld}} In ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', a lot of standard fantasy creatures are extinct, though that's often synonymous with "trapped in a parallel dimension."dimension".



* In Tamora Pierce's ''Literature/TheImmortals'', all sorts of species of magical creatures are coming back from exile in the Divine Realms where they had been locked by human mages so long ago that people had started to think they were just myths. The stories show the humans learning to deal with the chaos that ensues.

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* In Tamora Pierce's ''Literature/TheImmortals'', all sorts of species of magical creatures are coming back from exile in the Divine Realms where they had been locked by human mages so long ago that people had started to think they were just myths. The stories show the humans learning to deal with the chaos that ensues.



* In Creator/ChinaMieville's ''Literature/TheScar'', the discovery that Bas-Lag's ancient race of anophelii (mosquito-folk) aren't extinct comes as a shock to many in Armada. Soon enough, an Armadan diplomatic party goes to visit them, and brings one back with them.
* In the ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' story "Literature/TheDevilInIron", Conan ventures into a mysterious city on an island that'd previously held only ruins. His suspicion that something has brought the long-dead settlement back to life is supported when he finds the intact pelt of a golden leopard in a bedchamber, and recognizes it as an animal that went extinct a thousand years ago. [[spoiler: He later fights a giant snake, also of a species known to be extinct.]]

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* In Creator/ChinaMieville's ''Literature/TheScar'', the discovery that Bas-Lag's ancient race of anophelii (mosquito-folk) aren't extinct comes as a shock to many in Armada. Soon enough, an Armadan diplomatic party goes to visit them, and brings one back with them.
* In the ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' story "Literature/TheDevilInIron", Conan Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian ventures into a mysterious city on an island that'd previously held only ruins. His suspicion that something has brought the long-dead settlement back to life is supported when he finds the intact pelt of a golden leopard in a bedchamber, and recognizes it as an animal that went extinct a thousand years ago. [[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He later fights a giant snake, also of a species known to be extinct.]]



* In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's ''Literature/TheLostWorld1912'', Professor Challenger brings a pterodactyl back to civilization. It escapes while it's being shown off.

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* In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's ''Literature/TheLostWorld1912'', Professor Challenger brings a pterodactyl back to civilization. It escapes while it's being shown off.



* Creator/CliveCussler uses this trope in ''The Mediterranean Caper'': [[Literature/DirkPittAdventures Dirk Pitt]] comes into the book because he investigates sabotage on an expedition to find a rumored missing link between fish and mammal known as ''The Teaser''. Instead of looking for the fish, Pitt unravels a Nazi plot and smuggling operation. [[spoiler:He also gets his fish, but that happens so quickly when he does that it's possible to miss it.]]
* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'': Revived Dinosaurs by Technology. They are now left alone... mostly.
** When the mangled remains of one such dinosaur are found, Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler wonder if it might be a rediscovery like the Coelacanth. This is before they learn about John Hammond's little "science project."

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* Creator/CliveCussler uses this trope in ''Literature/DirkPittAdventures'': Dirk Pitt comes into ''The Mediterranean Caper'': [[Literature/DirkPittAdventures Dirk Pitt]] comes into the book Caper'' because he investigates sabotage on an expedition to find a rumored missing link between fish and mammal known as ''The Teaser''. Instead of looking for the fish, Pitt unravels a Nazi plot and smuggling operation. [[spoiler:He also gets his fish, but that happens so quickly when he does that it's possible to miss it.]]
* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'': Revived Dinosaurs ''Literature/JurassicPark1990'' has dinosaurs revived by Technology.technology. They are now left alone... mostly.
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mostly. When the mangled remains of one such dinosaur are found, Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler wonder if it might be a rediscovery like the Coelacanth. This is before they learn about John Hammond's little "science project."project".

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