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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: As soon as the film was released, the same crew got to work on a sequel based on the lost city of Atlantis. It was killed by Warner Bros when they gained ownership of First National Pictures.
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** The dinosaurs in the film are portrayed as rather active and quick-footed animals, a view that would be pushed aside after the academic rejection of the dinosaur-bird connection theory occurring in the same decade the film was released, but got revived by the discovery of ''Deinonychus'' in the 1960s. Special mention goes to the sauropods which are mainly land-based, contrary to popular belief at the time which considered sauropods as stuck in swamps.

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** The dinosaurs in the film are portrayed as rather active and quick-footed animals, a view that would be pushed aside after the academic rejection of the dinosaur-bird connection theory occurring in the same decade the film was released, but got revived by the discovery of ''Deinonychus'' in the 1960s. Special mention goes to the sauropods which are mainly land-based, contrary to popular belief at the time which considered sauropods as stuck in swamps.
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** The dinosaurs in the film are portrayed as rather active and quick-footed animals, a view that would be pushed aside after the rejection of the dinosaur-bird connection theory occurring in the same decade the film was released, before being revived with the discovery of ''Deinonychus'' in the 1960s. Special mention goes to the sauropods which are mainly land-based, contrary to popular belief at the time which considered sauropods as stuck in swamps.

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** The dinosaurs in the film are portrayed as rather active and quick-footed animals, a view that would be pushed aside after the academic rejection of the dinosaur-bird connection theory occurring in the same decade the film was released, before being but got revived with by the discovery of ''Deinonychus'' in the 1960s. Special mention goes to the sauropods which are mainly land-based, contrary to popular belief at the time which considered sauropods as stuck in swamps.
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** The dinosaurs in the film are portrayed as rather active and quick-footed animals, a view that would be pushed aside after the rejection of the dinosaur-bird connection theory occurring in the same decade the film was released before being revived with the discovery of ''Deinonychus'' in the 1960s. Special mention goes to the sauropods which are mainly land-based, contrary to popular belief at the time which considered sauropods as stuck in swamps.

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** The dinosaurs in the film are portrayed as rather active and quick-footed animals, a view that would be pushed aside after the rejection of the dinosaur-bird connection theory occurring in the same decade the film was released released, before being revived with the discovery of ''Deinonychus'' in the 1960s. Special mention goes to the sauropods which are mainly land-based, contrary to popular belief at the time which considered sauropods as stuck in swamps.
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** The dinosaurs in the film are portrayed as rather active and quick-footed animals, despite being in a time when dinosaurs were considered to have been sluggish (a belief that would become more prevalent after the rejection of the dinosaur-bird connection theory occurring in the same decade the film was released). Special mention goes to the sauropods which are mainly land-based, contrary to popular belief at the time which considered sauropods as stuck in swamps.

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** The dinosaurs in the film are portrayed as rather active and quick-footed animals, despite being in a time when dinosaurs were considered to have been sluggish (a belief view that would become more prevalent be pushed aside after the rejection of the dinosaur-bird connection theory occurring in the same decade the film was released).released before being revived with the discovery of ''Deinonychus'' in the 1960s. Special mention goes to the sauropods which are mainly land-based, contrary to popular belief at the time which considered sauropods as stuck in swamps.
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** The dinosaurs in the film are portrayed as rather active and quick-footed animals, despite being in a time when dinosaurs were considered to have been sluggish giants. Special mention goes to the sauropods which are mainly land-based, contrary to popular belief at the time which considered sauropods as stuck in swamps.

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** The dinosaurs in the film are portrayed as rather active and quick-footed animals, despite being in a time when dinosaurs were considered to have been sluggish giants.(a belief that would become more prevalent after the rejection of the dinosaur-bird connection theory occurring in the same decade the film was released). Special mention goes to the sauropods which are mainly land-based, contrary to popular belief at the time which considered sauropods as stuck in swamps.
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** The sauropods in the film are portrayed as active land-based animals, contrary to popular belief at the time which considered sauropods as sluggish giants stuck in swamps.

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** The sauropods dinosaurs in the film are portrayed as rather active land-based and quick-footed animals, despite being in a time when dinosaurs were considered to have been sluggish giants. Special mention goes to the sauropods which are mainly land-based, contrary to popular belief at the time which considered sauropods as sluggish giants stuck in swamps.
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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: AccidentallyCorrectZoology:
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* TropeMaker: This film is what made ''Triceratops'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'' and ''Edmontosaurus'' [[StockDinosaurs stock]].
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* ScienceMarchesOn: The dinosaur anatomy and behavior, although some portrayals are still mostly good.

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* ScienceMarchesOn: The dinosaur anatomy and behavior, behavior are outdated due to dating back to the 1920s, although some portrayals are still mostly good.
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* FakeNationality: Everyone really, since the cast is full of Americans playing people from the British Isles.
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* PortrayedByDifferentSpecies: The "spectacled bears" are played by American black bear cubs.

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* PortrayedByDifferentSpecies: The "spectacled bears" are played by American black bear cubs.bears -- cubs, no less.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Creator/ArthurConanDoyle saw the film with his family and by all accounts was very satisfied with it.
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* PortrayedByDifferentSpecies: The "spectacled bears" are played by American black bear cubs.
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* UnderageCasting: 52-year-old Creator/ArthurHoyt as 66-year-old Summerlee.

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* UnderageCasting: 52-year-old Creator/ArthurHoyt Arthur Hoyt as 66-year-old Summerlee.
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* UnderageCasting: 55-year-old Creator/ArthurHoyt as 66-year-old Summerlee.

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* UnderageCasting: 55-year-old 52-year-old Creator/ArthurHoyt as 66-year-old Summerlee.
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* UnderageCasting: 55-year-old Creator/ArthurHoyt as 66-year-old Summerlee.
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* ''The Lost World'' was the first film to be screened to airline passengers, onboard a Imperial Airways Handley-Page Type O (converted UsefulNotes/WorldWarI bomber) in April 1925, on a London-Paris flight.

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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: The sauropods in the film are portrayed as active land-based animals, contrary to popular belief at the time which considered sauropods as sluggish giants stuck in swamps.

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The sauropods in the film are portrayed as active land-based animals, contrary to popular belief at the time which considered sauropods as sluggish giants stuck in swamps.swamps.
** There's a brief scene of a mother ''Triceratops'' looking after her young, well before evidence of parental care among dinosaurs was discovered.
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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: The sauropods in the film are portrayed as active land-based animals, contrary to popular belief at the time which considered sauropods as sluggish giants stuck in swamps.
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!![[Literature/TheLostWorld The novel]]

* TropeNamers: TheLostWorld.
* ScienceMarchesOn: In dinosaur anatomy, the discrediting of various genetic theories (Professor Challenger first shows off his genius by identifying Malone as Irish through some [[ValuesDissonance stunningly racist means]]), and the full geography of South America.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Professor Challenger is based on the physiologist William Rutherford, whom Doyle had as a teacher in medical school.
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* TropeMaker: Lots of StockDinosaurs made their media debut in this film. ''Triceratops'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'' and ''Edmontosaurus'' are among them.

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* TropeMaker: Lots of StockDinosaurs This film is what made their media debut in this film. ''Triceratops'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'' and ''Edmontosaurus'' are among them.[[StockDinosaurs stock]].
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* TropeMaker: Lots of StockDinosaurs made their media debut in this film. ''Triceratops'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'' and ''Edmontosaurus'' are among them.
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!![[Film/TheLostWorld The 1925 film]]

* ScienceMarchesOn: The dinosaur anatomy and behavior, although some portrayals are still mostly good.
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!![[Literature/TheLostWorld The novel]]
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* TropeNamers: TheLostWorld.
* ScienceMarchesOn: In dinosaur anatomy, the discrediting of various genetic theories (Professor Challenger first shows off his genius by identifying Malone as Irish through some [[ValuesDissonance stunningly racist means]]), and the full geography of South America.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Professor Challenger is based on the physiologist William Rutherford, whom Doyle had as a teacher in medical school.
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