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| 11 | * TheAce: While they're generally feared for their ferocity and their effectiveness in hunting, the ''Jurassic Park Velociraptors'' are also seen with a sense of awe and inspiration, albeit in a darker sense. Indeed, this is because of just how versatile and adaptive the raptors are, in addition to being able to stand out despite the presence of more visually striking dinosaurs. They are successful and well-equipped hunters, their intelligence allows them to coordinate and plan like no other dinosaur can, and they can be socially hospitable. On another note, while the ''Brachiosaurus'' is admired for its beauty and grace and the ''Tyrannosaurus'' is well-respected for its status as an apex predator and inspiring fear, the ''Velociraptor'' earns its reputation for the same reasons as the ''T. rex'', in addition to its adaptability and intelligence making it more unique compared to other dinosaurs. |
| 12 | * AdaptationalBadass: In reality, the ''Velociraptor'' was only around 5 feet long and slightly above 1.5 feet (barely clearing an average human's knees), and while they were fierce predators, their main diet was mainly restricted to small herbivores. In the ''Jurassic Park'' franchise, they've bulked up to 9-12 feet long and over 6 feet high, are far more intelligent, more vicious, and have a tendency to be known as the ''[[TheDreaded most feared dinosaur]]'' by several characters. |
| 13 | * AxCrazy: Several raptors tend to be depicted as savage and ravenous beasts who will not waste an opportunity to brutalize their prey before killing them. They're also prone to acting on berserker tendencies whenever they spot something they can kill. |
| 14 | * CompositeCharacter: Despite being named after the real-life ''Velociraptor'', most of their distinguishing traits are actually taken from other raptor species. Their size and appearance are closer to that of the ''Utahraptor'', while their portrayal as highly intelligent is actually based on theories about the ''Deinonychus''. |
| 15 | * TheDreaded: No other dinosaur inspires the same amount of fear and dread as the ''Velociraptors''; not even the ''Tyrannosaurus'' and ''Spinosaurus'' can match up to it. ''Velociraptors'' inspire this reputation thanks to their surprising intelligence, vicious tendencies, and great speed and strength, on top of being just sizable enough to wander into buildings and interiors without an issue. It's not for nothing that they've managed to rack up the biggest human body count out of any dinosaur, giving any survivor all the more reasons to see this dinosaur in great fear. |
| 16 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Real maniraptoran dinosaurs were certainly scary, but they were still [[NonMaliciousMonster animals that were simply doing what they needed to do so they could survive]]. The ''Velociraptors'' in the ''Jurassic Park'' franchise, however, come off as serial killers. Justified in the novels, which state that the raptors grew up in isolated captivity and never developed social skills that they would've usually learned from their parents, leaving them all effectively [[TheSociopath sociopaths]] who just kill everything around them. This is later contrasted in ''Film/JurassicWorld'' with Owen Grady's imprinted raptors, who are ''far'' more well-adjusted and behave similarly to their prehistoric counterparts. ''The Lost World'' and ''Jurassic Park III'' did play with this trope as well before, the ones in ''Lost World'' attack humans who intrude on their territory and aren't as persistent as their Nublar counterparts, while in ''III'' they only attack the humans because one of them [[PapaWolf stole]] [[MamaBear their eggs]] after wandering into their turf. |
| 17 | * InformedAbility: It is stated by Dr. Grant in the first film that ''Velociraptor'' uses its large sickle-like claws on its toes to disembowel its prey's belly before it starts eating the spilled intestines while [[EatenAlive the prey is still alive]]. But on-screen, the raptors are never shown to use their sickle claws to disembowel. Instead, they use their jaws to clamp on the prey's neck, with their sickle claws pinning them down. Only in the novels do the raptors disembowel their prey. Ironically, this is more accurate to the real-life ''Velociraptor'' and ''Deinoychus'', as modern studies reveal that their sickle claws are incapable of disemboweling their prey. Dr. Grant himself alludes to [[DiscontinuityNod the theory being disproven]] in ''Dominion''. |
| 18 | * InformedSpecies: One of the most infamous examples of this trope which as science has marched on has only become more stark; even in the early 90s, the ''Jurassic Park'' raptors were far closer to a generic dromaeosaur than they look like the quite distinctive ''Velociraptor'' or even ''Deinonychus antirrhopus'' (which they were originally intended to be. Crichton based their name on Greg Paul's then recent attempt to lump existing genera together with ''Deinonychus'' becoming ''Velociraptor antirrhopus''. After consulting with taxonomists who argued against this, he kept the renaming because he just thought the name ''Velociraptor'' was cooler, but changed the species to ''mongoliensis''). Like all ''Jurassic Park'' dinosaurs prior to ''Dominion'', they have pronated wrists, they completely lack feathers, have a much more robust skull and are at least twice the size. Behaviourally the concept of pack hunting dromaeosaurs has been refuted more and more as time has gone on and their intelligence is strongly exaggerated (based on more recent research, these should be generic low unremarkable intellect predators while the ''T. rex'' should be the one displaying obvious intelligence). |
| 19 | * ItCanThink: The raptors have always been noted to have been smart by dinosaur standards, but what makes them even more alarming is just how acutely they can think. For example, they can figure out how to use doorknobs and devise a trapping strategy to lure in potential prey by using a crippled human as bait. |
| 20 | * LightningBruiser: What makes the ''Velociraptor'' such a deadly beast is that, in addition to being quick runners, they're also stronger and more durable than they appear. They can take a large amount of punishment and pain before they are killed. |
| 21 | * MixAndMatchCritters: While they are supposed to be ''Velociraptors'' (or ''Deinonychus''), they look more like a mix between ''Dakotaraptor'' and ''Utahraptor'', with the raptors in the first trilogy leaning more towards the former and the ones in the reboot having the bulkier look of the latter. |
| 22 | * PrehistoricMonster: Out of all the dinosaur species cloned, the ''Velociraptors'' have been consistently depicted as murderous monsters rather than animals, especially early in the franchise. They are more commonly seen in buildings than in the wild, and their hyperintelligence makes them feel like psychopaths in dinosaur skin. It wasn't until ''Jurassic Park III'' that this trope got subverted for the raptors, eventually fully defied with the debut of Blue. |
| 23 | * RaptorAttack: The ''Jurassic Park Velociraptors'' are ''the'' [[TropeCodifier defining example]] of the usual stereotypical depictions of raptors; scaly, disproportionately larger than real-life ''Velociraptors'', and smarter and more vicious than they likely would have been. That said, its inaccuracy may be a result of cloning, which involved the DNA splicing of other animals in addition to dinosaurs. |
| 24 | * TheSociopath: By animalistic standards that is, and a byproduct of them being poorly raised in captivity. The ''Velociraptors'' of the first novel and film were never given much freedom and scarce food, causing them to become unnaturally hostile, angry, and brutal. Their intelligence made things worse as the raptors ended up developing sadistic tendencies that clash against natural instincts and decide to hunt humans for sport once they find a way to escape. As a result, the ''Velociraptor'' was the only dinosaur that acted very homicidally and chose to pick apart its prey in a sadistic manner, not to mention they even developed traits of defiance and suicidal tenacity that are recurring antisocial symptoms. Thankfully, this is averted in the later films where the raptors shown are much more mentally and socially well-adjusted and lack the sadistic habits of the ones in the first book and film. |
| 25 | * SuperPersistentPredator: Raptors always hunt, even when they are not hungry. And humans are their favorite prey because of how easy it is to kill one. And they will not rest till they've hunted all of the humans on the island. In the novel they spend hours trying to gnaw through the metal bars around the Visitor Center to get to the surviving humans, while the film [[EstablishingCharacterMoment begins with]] a ''Velociraptor'' killing a park worker and refusing to let go despite twenty guards zapping her with stun batons simultaneously. |
| 26 | * TooDumbToLive: Some raptors, especially the Big One in the first film, make suicidal charges against a bigger threat that end up with them getting predictably killed. Subverted with Delta and Echo who opted to protect Owen despite them being no match for the Indominus and managing to succeed posthumously. |
| 27 | [[/folder]] |
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| 29 | ---- |
| 30 | !!Novel Canon |
| 31 | [[folder:''Velociraptor'' (Novels)]] |
| 32 | !!''Velociraptors'' |
| 33 | Theropods from the Late Cretaceous period that inhabited what is now the Mongolia-China border and ([[MisplacedWildlife in this universe]]) North America. |
| 34 | ---- |
| 35 | * AlwaysChaoticEvil: The eight raptors in the holding pen are all equally vicious, eager to pounce on any living thing whenever opportunity shows itself. It's subverted when Grant and Gennaro discover the nest of wild raptors. The wild raptors seem to tolerate their presence, to the point of ignoring them in favor of finding a ship to get off the island. The ones on Sorna really play this trope straight, being willing to cannibalize each other and acting more like rabid dogs than the pack hunters their predecessors codified in fiction. At least part of this is because they're essentially feral children. |
| 36 | * AxCrazy: The eight raptors will attack anything on sight, even if they're not hungry. In fact, if they're not pouncing on you on first sight, that means you're already dead. |
| 37 | -->'''Hammond:''' "I'm sick of hearing about the velociraptors. How they're the most vicious creatures anyone has ever seen." |
| 38 | -->'''Muldoon:''' "[[BluntYes They are]]. They should all be destroyed." |
| 39 | * ChameleonCamouflage: Some of the wild raptors can change colors, most notably Clarence the male raptor that Grant and the kids discover on their way back to the Visitor Center. |
| 40 | * TheDreaded: The most vicious and dangerous of the creatures on the island. Muldoon believes the raptors to be too dangerous to be kept alive and would have them all destroyed had the park administration not worried about the money lost in these clones. |
| 41 | * EvilEggEater: Grant theorizes that ''Velociraptors'' are nest raiders, citing that other small carnivores, as well as modern birds, have exhibited such behavior before. He uses this theory to explain why there's a significant increase in ''Velociraptor'' numbers and yet so little increase in herbivore numbers, and later would exploit this behavior against the raptors seeking him in the hatchery, poisoning several eggs and then rolling them towards their hungry mouths. |
| 42 | * FantasticFaunaCounterpart: To tigers. They are described to be yellow-brown with red stripes, and Malcolm mentions that big cats like tigers don't become man-eaters unless they realize that humans are easy prey. |
| 43 | * ForTheEvulz: What makes the raptors stand out from other carnivorous dinosaurs is that they hunt even when they're not hungry and they kill for the sake of killing. |
| 44 | * TheHeavy: The main dinosaur antagonists of the book, and the ones that cause the most trouble for the protagonists. |
| 45 | * InSeriesNickname: Often universally referred to as "Raptors" for short. |
| 46 | * LightningBruiser: Fast, agile, powerful, acrobatic, intelligent, and extremely hard to kill. They are perfect human-killing machines and thanks to their relatively small size (compared to other dinosaurs), there's almost no place that's safe from the raptors. |
| 47 | * MadeOfIron: A ''Velociraptor'' has a distributed nervous system, meaning it doesn't die fast, even with a direct hit to the brain. Its body is solidly built with thick ribs that protect its heart all too well. And it's difficult to cripple the raptor's legs or hindquarters. It's no wonder Muldoon wants '''''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill rocket launchers]]''''' on the island. |
| 48 | * MonstrousCannibalism: Tim and Lex try to use the baby ''Velociraptor'' that they previously met back in the lab tour to distract the rampaging adults. They are horrified when the adults tear apart and eat the poor thing without a second thought. Later, when one of the raptors is poisoned by Dr. Grant, it didn't take long for the other raptor to view its hapless companion as food. |
| 49 | * RaptorAttack: Like the film, they're the reason this trope exists in the first place. |
| 50 | * TokenGoodTeammate: One of them (named "Clarence" by Lex) befriends the heroes, or at least doesn't attack them. |
| 51 | * {{Sadist}}s: As Muldoon puts it, the raptors often kill for pleasure and never pass up prey. Some of their victims were found torn to shreds but otherwise uneaten. However, this only applies to the raptors held in captivity. |
| 52 | [[/folder]] |
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| 54 | |
| 55 | !!Film Canon |
| 56 | |
| 57 | [[folder:Isla Nublar Raptors]] |
| 58 | !!Isla Nublar ''Velociraptors'' |
| 59 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a182cb41f024b086daab989bd1160829.jpg]] |
| 60 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"[[OhCrap You bred raptors?]]"'']] |
| 61 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' |
| 62 | |
| 63 | * AdaptationalBadass: ''Considerably'' bigger, stronger, and meaner than real ''Velociraptors'', or even ''Deinonychus'', on which the novel raptors were originally based. And whilst the debate on their intelligence goes on, barely anyone thinks they were remotely as intelligent as they are portrayed as in ''JP''--probably closer to dogs/wolves than chimpanzees or dolphins. |
| 64 | * AlwaysChaoticEvil: A trend started here and continued until ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', even moreso than the book, where it was played with. |
| 65 | * AmbiguousGender: While it was stated that at least one of the raptors changed sex for the purpose of breeding, we never find out which of the three it was. |
| 66 | * TheDreaded: Everybody is afraid of the raptors, and for good reason. |
| 67 | * HistoricalBadassUpgrade: ''Velociraptors'' in real life were smaller and less intelligent than the ones in the films, which physically look more like featherless ''Deinonychus'' or ''Dakotaraptor''. |
| 68 | * ItCanThink: Muldoon demands that the ''Velociraptors'' be killed as they're far too intelligent; testing the electric fence for weaknesses (but never the same spot twice; "They remember," he warns) before they were moved to their high-walled prison. [[spoiler:They seem to realize when the power is cut and claw their way through the electrified wire at the top. Even Muldoon underestimates their intelligence--as he's stalking one ''Velociraptor'', the Big One ambushes him from the side. His LastWords are a genuinely admiring, "Clever girl!" And then there's that TemptingFate scene: "Unless they figure out how to open doors."]] |
| 69 | * KnightOfCerebus: Their very presence in the film is a dark contrast to the initial wonders of Jurassic Park. When Grant realizes that the baby dinosaur he is holding is a ''Velociraptor'', [[OhCrap his face turns from joy to horror]] as the music and raptor squeaks begin to take a sinister turn. Unlike the ''T. rex'' or the ''Dilophosaurus'', who are only a danger to anyone stranded in the park when they're hungry, the raptors will hunt their prey to no ends and they are capable of entering buildings without a problem. Once they break out of their cage, no place is safe for the protagonists. |
| 70 | * LockedInAFreezer: Tim and Lex managed to trap one of the raptors in a freezer. |
| 71 | * MythologyGag: The park originally had eight ''Velociraptors'', the same number of raptors as in the novel. Unlike the novel, the official population actually decreased due to the Big One killing all but two. |
| 72 | * RaptorAttack: The very reason behind that trope. The film popularized the depiction of dromaeosaurids as man-sized, scaly, highly intelligent, hyper-aggressive pack-hunters in pop culture, but since then, most of these points [[ScienceMarchesOn have been discredited]].[[note]]While there were some large species, most dromaeosaurids, including ''Velociraptor'', were quite small. Many well-preserved fossils indicate most if not all dromaeosaurids were thickly covered in feathers. The intelligence of dromaeosaurids continues to be debated, but it's highly unlikely they had the great ape or corvid-level intellect depicted in the films. There's no reason to think dromaeosaurids were any more aggressive and bloodthirsty than any other animal. Currently, there's no concrete, unambiguous evidence of sophisticated pack-hunting in dinosaurs.[[/note]] Other minor errors involve their floppy, lizard-like tails and emotive snarling (stiffening tendons in their tail vertebrae would have prevented wiggly movements, while flexible, fleshy lips are an exclusively mammalian trait). |
| 73 | * SignatureRoar: The raptors have a number of signature vocalizations, most prominently a high-pitched shriek and a barking caw. The sounds were based on dolphins and walruses. |
| 74 | * TerribleTrio: Due to the Big One killing all but two of them. Subverted by the fact that only two raptors (Big One included) have teamed up on-screen during the climax thanks to protagonists trapping one of them in a room, be it Ellie shutting the door to power shed (that raptor manages to get out in time to join up with the Big One in the Visitor Center lobby) or the kids locking the freezer door in the kitchen. |
| 75 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The raptor who got trapped in the freezer by Tim and Lex. She was the only raptor who did not partake in the final confrontation with the humans and thus [[spoiler:the only raptor that did not became Rexy's snack]], meaning she's still alive and left unaccounted for. Considering she was trapped in the freezer with no way out save through the now locked door, [[UncertainDoom the raptor probably soon died of starvation, hypothermia, or suffocation]]. |
| 76 | [[/folder]] |
| 77 | |
| 78 | [[folder:The Big One]] |
| 79 | !!The Big One (''Velociraptor'') |
| 80 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cfb3782ed91b7eb39dcc824107d952b0.jpg]] |
| 81 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"[[ItCanThink That one...when she looks at you, you can see she's working things out.]]"'']] |
| 82 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' |
| 83 | |
| 84 | ->''"They show extreme intelligence, even problem-solving intelligence. Especially the big one. We bred eight originally, but when she came in she took over the pride and killed all but two of the others."'' |
| 85 | -->-- '''Robert Muldoon''' |
| 86 | |
| 87 | A highly intelligent female ''Velociraptor'' who leads two more fellow raptors after she arrived and killed the rest of the pack to take leadership. She serves as the main dinosaur antagonist of the film. |
| 88 | ---- |
| 89 | * ArchEnemy: To Robert Muldoon. He knows how dangerous she is, and she most certainly knows who he is, as she devises a trap to kill him as soon as she breaks out of her confinement. |
| 90 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: She became the leader by being the most vicious and dominating raptor, going as far as killing five members of her own pack just to prove it. |
| 91 | * AxCrazy: The Big One is described as being especially sadistic and psychotic, even for a raptor. Her violent personality is best exemplified by her killing other members of her pack just to assert her dominance. |
| 92 | * BadBoss: In addition to killing the majority of the pack to assert her dominance, the Big One is shown to have a rather tense relationship with the remaining members, exemplified when she snaps at her subordinate for getting too close to her. When that same subordinate got trapped in the freezer, rather than trying to free her, the Big One instead pursues the fleeing children and leaves her behind. |
| 93 | * BigBad: She is the cause of the first film's premise. By killing the worker at the beginning of the film, the Big One made the investors nervous about the park's safety, which causes Hammond to invite experts like Grant and Malcolm to the island in order to quell their fears. Although locked in a cage, her presence is felt throughout the film, with Muldoon fearing a potential breach at any moment. And when her pack finally breaks out, the rest of the film revolves around the protagonists trying to get the power back on and escape the island before she makes a meal out of them. |
| 94 | * CurbStompBattle: |
| 95 | ** She ambushes and swiftly kills [[spoiler:Muldoon]], who is completely helpless as she leaps on him. |
| 96 | ** The Big One receives one from Rexy. According to ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTheGame'', the ''Tyrannosaurus'' devoured the raptor, leaving only a toe and claw behind. |
| 97 | * TheDreaded: She is regarded to be dangerous even by raptor standards. When Muldoon talks about the deadly nature of the ''Velociraptors'', he specifically talks about the Big One and how she established her dominance (by killing most of her pack) and how she often tries to break out when the feeders came. |
| 98 | * EvilerThanThou: Muldoon regards all raptors too dangerous to live, but he admits that the Big One is a particularly nasty individual due to the fact she killed five other raptors just to make herself the alpha of the pack. |
| 99 | * FinalBoss: She is the last threat that the protagonists have to face and by far the most dangerous of them all. |
| 100 | * HeroKiller: She's responsible for the death of [[spoiler:Robert Muldoon, one of the few people in the park who is fully aware of how dangerous and unpredictable the dinosaurs can be.]] |
| 101 | * InformedAttribute: Described in dialogue as "the big one", but physically she is more or less indistinguishable from the other two raptors. May be due to her being TheDreaded, since [[EvilerThanThou she's nasty even to the OTHER raptors,]] and [[SuperPersistentPredator she will track down anything she wants]] regardless of [[RevengeBeforeReason how sensible it might be.]] |
| 102 | * ItCanThink: Muldoon mentions that the Big One is always planning her next move and adapting to the situation. And it shows: |
| 103 | ** She makes her pack constantly check the fences for weaknesses systematically, never attacking at the same place twice, which pays off when the power shuts down within the three-minute window. |
| 104 | ** She lures [[spoiler:Muldoon]] into a trap, using her own subordinate as a decoy while ambushing him from the sides. |
| 105 | ** She and her pack have figured out how to open doors, which allows them to get into the maintenance shed [[spoiler:to kill Ray Arnold]], as well as the rooms that the survivors are hiding in. |
| 106 | * KlingonPromotion: Muldoon reveals that the Big One killed most of the other raptors to gain leadership. |
| 107 | * RevengeBeforeReason: Though she never had good relationship with her pack, the Big One doesn't take it well when Rexy kills her remaining packmate and decides to attack the giant carnivore rather than flee or at least continue her human hunt. Whether it's because she actually cares about her pack or sees it as a wound to her pride, the Big One's reckless attack on Rexy proves to be her downfall. |
| 108 | * {{Sadist}}: The Big One has a tendency to always pause and snarl before moving in for the kill, as if she wants her prey to die knowing who killed them as well as seeing the fear in their eyes. |
| 109 | * SlasherSmile: Whenever she's about to attack or chase her prey, she bares her teeth and bends her mouth in a way that resembles a sadistic grin. |
| 110 | * SuperPersistentPredator: Unlike Rexy, who knows when to give up chasing her prey, the Big One just never stops hunting hers. At the climax of the film, she chases the heroes throughout the entire Visitor Center, going through the kitchen, the computer room, the air vents and finally the main hall. |
| 111 | * TooDumbToLive: The Big One decides ''not'' to run away from ''the very large and very dangerous ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' that is stalking the island'' and can easily munch her if she so chooses. In return, she dies a very cruel and painful death at her teeth. |
| 112 | * TheWorfEffect: The film establishes [[spoiler:Muldoon to be a badass hunter and one of the more competent members of the park's staff]]. The Big One's threat is highlighted when she quickly outsmarts and kills him. |
| 113 | [[/folder]] |
| 114 | |
| 115 | [[folder:Isla Sorna Raptors (''The Lost World: Jurassic Park'')]] |
| 116 | !!''The Lost World Velociraptors'' |
| 117 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_5485.JPG]] |
| 118 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' |
| 119 | |
| 120 | The supersmart antagonists that have appeared in all of the films. |
| 121 | ---- |
| 122 | * AdaptationalDumbass: They're not idiots per se, but compared to the raptors on Nublar in the first film and their fellow counterparts in the third, these ones don't try attacking from the sides, using injured victims to lure other prey closer, nor surrounding their prey outside the long grass (which is usually quite effective in other films) and instead prefer to just leap out of nowhere and charge head-on. One raptor also forces its way into a car by forcing its head through a small hole in the glass to widen it in a slow process, instead of working out how to use the door handle. The smartest thing that they do is teaming up to dig their way into a building where Sarah and Kelly are sheltered. It's also worth noting, that these raptors have a tendency to split up to go after multiple targets -- had the already small pack all stuck together when they went after the main heroes in the village, they might've caught at least ''one'' of them for dessert. |
| 123 | * AdaptationalHeroism: The raptors that lived on Isla Sorna in the novels were all violent psychopaths that barely worked together long enough to kill their prey before descending into infighting as a result of having NoSocialSkills. In the film, they seem relatively normal for the franchise, though they aren't above infighting. |
| 124 | * AdaptationDyeJob: The female raptors are still brown like in the first film, but the males are bright orange with tiger-like stripes. |
| 125 | * DeadlierThanTheMale: Out of the two that Sarah tricks into fighting one another, it's clearly the drab-colored female who has the upper hand over her tiger-striped opponent and the last shot of them implies that she may be killing him. |
| 126 | * DemotedToExtra: They were the main villains of the previous film. Here, they're mostly just really dangerous obstacles. Moreover, ''The Lost World'' is the ''Jurassic Park'' film where raptors have the least importance and screentime. |
| 127 | * TheDreaded: The [=InGen=] team specifically avoided the interior of Isla Sorna specifically because that's where the ''Velociraptor'' nest, meaning they consider them more dangerous than even the ''Tyrannosaurus''. Sure enough, they're picked off like fish in a barrel when they're forced to enter their territory. It's also implied the ''Tyrannosaurus'' family avoids the interior for the same reason. |
| 128 | * GenreSavvy: The ''Velociraptors'' are ''absent'' whenever a ''T. rex'' turns up - notice how the first time they show up is once the main characters are ''out'' of the ''T. rex'' domain - implying that they have decided to keep the hell out of the ''Tyrannosaur'' domain, mainly because ''one'' ''T. rex'' is bad enough, but ''two'' is definitely a death wish. |
| 129 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: One raptor is impaled to death on broken beams when Kelly does a gymnastics routine to kick it out of a window. |
| 130 | * NothingIsScarier: The classic version. We actually don't see the raptors at first, though the mercenaries are crossing the tall grass despite being told not to. And then suddenly, from a view from above, several trails start becoming visible in the grass following them... |
| 131 | * RaptorAttack: Again, ''Jurassic Park'' films are the reason this trope exists. |
| 132 | [[/folder]] |
| 133 | |
| 134 | [[folder:Isla Sorna Raptors (''Jurassic Park III'')]] |
| 135 | !!''Jurassic Park III Velociraptors'' |
| 136 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_5482.PNG]] [[caption-width-right:350:''"They set a trap. They actually set a trap."'']] |
| 137 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' |
| 138 | |
| 139 | ->'''Paul:''' What are you doing? Those things are after us because of those! |
| 140 | ->'''Grant:''' Those things know we have the eggs. If I drop them in the river, they'll still be after us. |
| 141 | ->'''Paul:''' What if they catch us with them? |
| 142 | ->'''Grant:''' What if they catch us ''without'' them? |
| 143 | |
| 144 | A pack of ''Velociraptors'' that inhabit Isla Sorna and have claimed part of the interior as their territory. |
| 145 | ---- |
| 146 | * ActionDad: The alpha male is very determined to recover the two stolen eggs of his mate. He's the one who calls for help and tells his pack that the humans have the eggs. When the alpha female wounds Udesky in the back to lay a trap for the humans and the pack sees their trap fail, the alpha male kills Udesky by breaking his neck. |
| 147 | * AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:In ''Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'', it's stated that Blue is the last ''Velociraptor''. It's unknown if the Isla Sorna ''Velociraptors'' died off or they are unaccounted for, making Blue the last one known to be alive. However, the Dino Tracker site confirms they are not only still alive, but somehow ended up on the mainland.]] |
| 148 | * BattleCouple: The alpha female and the alpha male are a very good couple together when they go after Grant's group. When Alan eavesdrops on the conversation between them it's shown that the two raptors respect each other. |
| 149 | * BigBad: [[AvertedTrope Averted this time]]. This time, they have a good reason for their attacks and [[NonMaliciousMonster don't do any more than is necessary]] to retrieve their stolen eggs. Everything they do is out of parental retribution and it's likely that they would've left Grant's group alone once they were out of their territory. |
| 150 | * TheDeterminator: As mentioned above, the other Sorna raptors stayed well within their territory to avoid encountering the ''T. rexes''. These raptors are willing to venture well beyond their home field, on an island that is home to a superpredator that will ''kill'' a ''T. rex'' with nigh little effort, if it means getting their stolen eggs back. |
| 151 | * TheDreaded: Grant knows from his harrowing experiences in the first film that these raptors are not to be trifled with. His anger when he learns that Billy stole two of their eggs is entirely justified. |
| 152 | * FeatheredFiend: Partially feathered anyways, though the males have more feathers than the females. |
| 153 | * {{Foil}}: To the original park's raptors. Unlike the Big One, this pack's alpha female is shown to be level-headed and pragmatic, only pursuing Grant and co. to [[MamaBear retrieve her stolen eggs]]. No aggressive behavior is displayed between pack members and they don't appear to be any more malicious than you would expect of their particular species. Overall, they're a well-adjusted and functioning family group, in stark contrast to the first film's psychopathic and AxCrazy trio. |
| 154 | * ItCanThink: The smartest iteration of the raptors so far. It's implied that these ones have slowly adapted to surviving in the wild, live in complex family groups, and don't kill packmates for the hell of it, functioning much more like their ancestors than the original park's isolated and sociopathic pack. Their actual motivation, which they pursue for hours regardless of distance or difficulty, is to save two as-of-yet unhatched babies which shows a ''stunning'' level of maternal thinking. Just to put things into perspective, the ''T. rexes'' in the second film have a single baby they've bonded with at least; these raptors are going to extreme lengths and putting themselves at risk over two ''conceptual'' babies when they have an entire nesting colony of unhatched young back in their territory. |
| 155 | ** The male raptor that Amanda encounters in the lab has the forethought to masquerade as a disembodied head in a specimen jar before lunging at her when she goes for a closer look. If that's not thinking, we don't know what is. |
| 156 | * MamaBear and PapaWolf: Their motivation. Like the ''T. rexes'' in the second film, the raptors would've just stayed in their own territory and far away from humans if nobody had bothered their babies. |
| 157 | * NobleSavage: Of all of the raptor portrayals in the first three films, these raptors come the closest to this trope, performing a MercyKill, complexly communicating with each other and attempting to do so with Grant's group at several points, and not hunting humans for food or sadistic pleasure but because someone in this particular group of people pilfered two of their eggs. Once they get the eggs back, the alpha female orders her mate and her pack to return to the nesting colony and spare the surviving humans instead of killing them for revenge. |
| 158 | * NonMaliciousMonster: Unlike their bloodthirsty counterparts in the first two films, all they want is their eggs. |
| 159 | * NumberTwo: The alpha male, to his mate. |
| 160 | * SecondarySexualCharacteristics: The alpha male is a dark indigo with red eyes and feathers down its neck, while the female is black and white with yellow eyes. |
| 161 | * ShownTheirWork: The most bird-like out of the film versions. Their sexual dimorphism is even similar to most birds, with the males having a more vibrant appearance. |
| 162 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: Only one female is shown, whereas there are several males. Considering [[MamaBear that female's motivation]], any others may have stayed behind to protect their nests. |
| 163 | * {{Troll}}: The male raptor in the lab pretends to be a head in a specimen jar. When Amanda comes in for a closer look, he briefly darts his eye in her direction and seems to ''grin'' a little before lunging at her. |
| 164 | [[/folder]] |
| 165 | |
| 166 | [[folder:Lone Raptor (''The Evolution of Claire'')]] |
| 167 | !!Lone Female ''Velociraptor'' |
| 168 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2dec48e4_ece3_44a8_9279_e6bfa51c8c31.jpeg]] |
| 169 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Literature/TheEvolutionOfClaire'' |
| 170 | |
| 171 | A lone female Velociraptor that was transported by Masrani from Isla Sorna to Isla Nublar in 2004. |
| 172 | ---- |
| 173 | * AttackTheTail: She accidentally looses the tip of her tail when it gets caught in a closing door. |
| 174 | * KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:After she kills Justin and is knocked out by Claire and recaptured, Masrani has her put down.]] |
| 175 | * RaptorAttack: [[spoiler:After she is accidentally set loose by Tanya and Eric she attacks Justin and Claire and ends up maiming and mortally wounding Justin.]] |
| 176 | [[/folder]] |
| 177 | |
| 178 | [[folder:Mantah Corp's Raptors (''Camp Cretaceous'')]] |
| 179 | !!Mantah Corp ''Velociraptors'' |
| 180 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/unknown_43.png]] |
| 181 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' |
| 182 | |
| 183 | A pair of ''Velociraptors'' kept as guards on Mantah Corp Island around Kash's main complex. |
| 184 | ---- |
| 185 | * ContinuitySnarl: Mantah Corp at that point in time only had animals from Isla Sorna or ones originally cloned by them, with shipments from Isla Nublar shown appearing only in the latter half of the season. This would suggest the ''Velociraptors'' would look like those from the first three films, but instead, they're simply a yellow recolor of the show's Raptor Squad model. |
| 186 | * TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:They are the ones who rip Kash and one of Daniel Kon's goons to shreds once they break free from their mind control.]] |
| 187 | * MadeOfIron: The pair tank multiple shots from a B.R.A.D. with seemingly no serious injury, in spite of the fact these were lethal to a ''Compsognathus'' and supposedly the humans it was targeting. |
| 188 | * MysteriousPast: Season 4 and 5 doesn't provide many details about the Mantahcorp raptor pack and where they come from (e.g. If they have nicknames and wether Mantah Corp cloned or stole them from Sorna like the Eaties). |
| 189 | * SuperPersistentPredator: Are very persistent at attacking humans, even after a presumed lifetime of experience with the invisible fences, at one point one jumps through it while still getting shocked in order to attack Darius. The only time they stop their attack is when they're up against B.R.A.D. bolts or surrounded by the fence completely. |
| 190 | * ThereIsAnother: After the deaths of Echo, Delta, and Charlie in ''Film/JurassicWorld'', Blue was claimed in ''Fallen Kingdom'' to be the last surviving ''Velociraptor'' on Earth. However, the introduction of these two raptors confirms that she isn't yet the last of her kind. |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | !!!The Raptor Squad |
| 194 | |
| 195 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 196 | !!The ''Velociraptor'' Pack |
| 197 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/843f77631e450f2da6931f8d0b30ce91.jpg]] |
| 198 | ->'''Aggression Index:''' Very High |
| 199 | ->'''Park Attraction:''' Restricted |
| 200 | ->'''Diet:''' Carnivore |
| 201 | |
| 202 | ->''"I don't 'control' the raptors, it's a relationship. It's based on mutual respect."'' |
| 203 | -->--'''Owen Grady''' |
| 204 | |
| 205 | The species of intelligent pack hunters which brought so much bloodshed upon people in years past. This time around, they've been cordoned off from the tourist-accessible park itself while Owen analyzes their behavior. Owen has given them names: '''Blue''', '''Charlie''', '''Delta''', and '''Echo'''. Blue is the pack leader and the oldest, Charlie is the youngest and most unpredictable, Delta has more avian DNA than the rest of her pack, and Echo has scars from challenging Blue for dominance when they were younger. |
| 206 | ---- |
| 207 | * AerithAndBob: After a fashion. Charlie, Delta, and Echo are NATO alphabet codes, Blue isn't. Though Owen clarifies that she's the Beta. |
| 208 | * AlphabeticalThemeNaming: Their names' initials follow alphabetical order: '''B'''lue, '''C'''harlie, '''D'''elta, '''E'''cho. Where's '''A'''lpha, you ask? Owen IS the Alpha. |
| 209 | * AmazonBrigade: Given that they're a pack of female raptors, saying that they're capable of kicking ass is a bit of an understatement. They can and WILL engage any opponents, regardless of their weapons or size. |
| 210 | * BackToBackBadasses: [[spoiler:Delta and Echo battle the ''Indominus'' alongside Owen. When they're killed, Blue fights the hybrid alongside Rexy!]] |
| 211 | * BerserkButton: Hurting any of their pack members, raptors ''and'' humans alike, will result in them trying to rip you apart. [[spoiler:Right, [=InGen=] mercs and ''Indominus''?]] |
| 212 | * ColorCodedCharacters: The individual raptors have different color patterns as a result of their hybridizations. Blue is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin blue]] with patterns from a Black-throated African Monitor Lizard, Charlie is brown (like the raptors in the original film) with striped patterns from an Iguana, Delta is green, and Echo is sandy yellow. |
| 213 | * DomesticatedDinosaurs: Downplayed. While they're still not exactly safe for the average untrained person to be around, Owen's work with them means that they no longer go into SuperPersistentPredator mode around all humans. Hoskins thinks this means they will obey orders and can be controlled. Owen desperately tries to stress to him that even he can't "control" the raptors and it took years ''raising them from birth'' just to be able to get them to pause and stand back instead of attacking him -- ''most'' of the time. Like an angry zoo lion, they still try to take swipes at him if they're frustrated. They "respect" him as their Alpha, but he continues to respect that they could easily rip out his throat if he's not careful around them; even actual Alphas in nature have to watch their backs lest some challenger for dominance gets the best of them. When Hoskins starts ranting about raptors being trained to replace targeted drone strikes, Owen shoots him a look as if he is insane. [[spoiler:Further played with halfway through the film when they start attacking Hoskins and his team, but Owen is nowhere in sight for much of this scene. And immediately afterward, Delta and Echo attack the van containing Claire and her nephews. Blue also traps and attacks Barry, who is the only human besides Owen that she and the others halfway trust and has to be distracted by Owen calling to her and revving his motorcycle. To her credit, though, she actually pauses her attack when Barry himself [[SayMyName calls her name]].]] |
| 214 | * TheDreaded: They are still feared enough to be left off the list of tourist attractions in Jurassic World. [[spoiler:In ''Fallen Kingdom'', Claire outright tells Lockwood that they'll never be able to capture Blue]]. |
| 215 | ** [[spoiler:Owen, however, seems to be the exception as they like him.]] |
| 216 | * DwindlingParty: Over the course of ''Jurassic World'' Charlie gets shot by a missile launcher and Echo and Delta are killed while battling the ''Indominus Rex'', leaving Blue as the SoleSurvivor of her pack. |
| 217 | * EvilDetectingDog: None of them can stand Hoskins, especially Delta. Part of this could be due to Owen's obvious dislike of the man himself, but considering Hoskins' blatant disregard of their autonomy and well-being, it's likely that the sisters just plain despise him for his past and present behavior towards them. |
| 218 | * ExtremelyProtectiveChild: All four raptors will attack anything that threatens their adoptive father Owen. |
| 219 | * FluffyTheTerrible: Blue? Charlie? Such cute names... for creatures that can tear anybody into pieces. |
| 220 | * {{Foil}}: To both the ''Indominus rex'' and the original raptors. While the former dinosaurs are AxCrazy psychopaths who kill for sport and have no social skills, Blue and her sisters are [[SiblingTeam well socialized]], [[UndyingLoyalty incredibly loyal]], and don't appear to relish killing [[NonMaliciousMonster any more than would be expected]] of their particular species. They were also raised by Owen, who is caring and completely devoted to their well-being, while the ''Indominus'' and Jurassic Park raptors were raised in complete isolation and [[AbusiveParents poorly treated]] by their supposed caretakers. |
| 221 | * GenderBender: Averted according to [[AllThereInTheManual the LEGO Jurassic World]] site, which indicates that there isn't amphibian DNA in the mix. Each raptor has DNA from different reptiles and birds, effectively removing any genes that allowed the [[Film/JurassicPark1993 original pack]] to change their sexes in a single-sex environment. [[spoiler:''Aftermath'' reveals that this gave them the ability to reproduce through parthenogenesis, though, making the GenderBender issue moot]]. |
| 222 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: When introduced, they appear to be tamed, but Owen's hold on them is tenuous at best. [[spoiler:When the pack confronts the ''I. rex'' for the first time, they decide that she's a better alpha than Owen, making them go on a rampage against the personnel. Finally, when they corner Owen, Claire, and the kids, Owen manages to play on the bond he has formed with them, and the ''Velociraptors'' ultimately fight against the ''Indominus rex''.]] |
| 223 | * HairTriggerTemper: Their Aggression Index is "Very High". Multiple instances show Owen's the only thing they listen to, and without his input, they will attack people at once. |
| 224 | * {{Imprinting}}: Presumably the reason they trust Owen. He's the only person they won't attack or kill, and they even [[HeelFaceTurn turn against]] the ''I. rex'' to protect him. |
| 225 | * ItCanThink: Owen makes it abundantly clear that the sisters are hyper-intelligent and will find ways to manipulate a situation to their own advantage. They work incredibly well as a SiblingTeam, follow numerous commands when prompted, coordinate surprise attacks on their enemies, and appear to understand that Owen is a devoted caretaker and alpha who won't hurt them. All the while, Hoskins continues to believe that they're little more than dumb animals who can be trained by anyone, even though Owen is clearly the ''only'' person they give two craps about. |
| 226 | * PrehistoricMonster: Defied. Although there have been subversions in the past, these are the first ''Velociraptors'' to be portrayed as anything but vicious monsters. While they're not completely tamed, they don't attack their trainers on sight and actually respect Owen as their Alpha. They even have distinct personalities that are far more complex than the Big One's. |
| 227 | * RaptorAttack: [[TropeCodifier Accept no substitutes.]] |
| 228 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:After Owen manages to reestablish his bond with the raptors, Echo and Delta die while fighting ''Indominus rex'' and not much earlier, Charlie dies due to her hesitance to attack Owen.]] |
| 229 | * ReformedButNotTamed: Owen makes it clear that despite success in training them, they're still hostile, aggressive, and liable to turn on their handlers. This is shown early in the film when Owen is able to distract them from attacking Leon, but they try circling around him and as soon as he turns his back to run for the gate they try to eat him. [[spoiler:Sure enough, this is exactly what happens, due to the ''I. rex'' being part-raptor, but Owen is able to bring the raptors back on to his side eventually]]. |
| 230 | * SiblingTeam: It's noted in the earlier films that ''Velociraptors'' are pack animals, so Owen raises the four sisters together and trains them to healthily function as an effective and loyal pack. This is in stark contrast to the ''I. rex'', who was raised in complete isolation and ate her own sibling. |
| 231 | * SignatureRoar: Just like their earlier counterparts, the raptors still have their signature vocalizations of high-pitched shrieks and barking caws. And since they're far more expressive in this film, certain sounds can even be used to gauge the sisters' emotions, such as their extremely loud shrieks around Hoskins' team, Blue's and Charlie's quiet chitters to Owen when they [[spoiler:acknowledge him as their alpha, and the infuriated barks of Blue during her BigDamnHeroes charge against the ''I. rex''.]] |
| 232 | * SixthRanger: In the expanded material, there was a fifth member of the pack: [[https://jurassicpark.fandom.com/wiki/Subject_V-2 Subject V-2]], who was created from ''Park'''s original raptor genetic material while the other four were made with a new mix of genes. Physically and mentally she was basically a reincarnation of The Big One and was so vicious and unpredictable that she was euthanized. |
| 233 | * ThemeNaming: The raptors have military-esque names (which makes sense considering Owen's military background), though "Blue" is the OddNameOut. |
| 234 | * UndyingLoyalty: Despite the ''I. rex'' standing right behind them, all it takes is some close contact with Owen for Delta, Echo, and Blue to [[spoiler:turn against the ''Indominus'' and fight to the death to protect him.]] Charlie also hesitates and appears to reconsider their [[spoiler:betrayal as soon as she sees Owen in the firefight. It gets her killed.]] |
| 235 | [[/folder]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[folder:Blue]] |
| 238 | !!Blue |
| 239 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fallen_kingdom_blue_the_velociraptor_by_sonichedgehog2_dc80trd_3.png]] |
| 240 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"This one's called Blue. She's the beta."'']] |
| 241 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorld'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' | ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' | ''Ride/VelociCoaster'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 242 | |
| 243 | The oldest of Owen's raptors and the pack beta. She is blue-grey in color and has a distinctive blue stripe running down her sides. |
| 244 | ---- |
| 245 | * ActionMom: By the time of ''Dominion'', Blue is revealed to have a daughter named Beta, who bears a striking resemblance to her, complete with the blue stripe. |
| 246 | * AdvertisedExtra: In the first two seasons in ''Camp Cretaceous''. Blue features in a lot of promotional material despite only appearing in one significant scene in Season 1 with a cameo in the last episode, and two very brief appearances in Season 2. Season 3 gives her a more important role (if only for a few episodes), while in Season 4 she's PutOnABus both in-series and in the advertising. |
| 247 | * AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: |
| 248 | ** Played with, particularly in ''Fallen Kingdom''. Blue is a ''trained'' animal that is still extremely dangerous, requiring caution when Owen interacts with her. However, she also demonstrates [[spoiler:the traits theorized to be vital to early [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication_of_animals domestication]] of a species. Unlike the other Raptors, Blue demonstrated the ability to empathize with Owen and expressed curiosity towards humans as opposed to fear/hostility. As such, Wu believes she is necessary to begin teaching and breeding these characteristics into future animals]]. |
| 249 | ** In ''Camp Cretaceous'', she does attack the kids, but only after they had trespassed on her nest, and unlike pretty much every other predator on the island, Blue does not hunt the kids in any way, only chases them off, showing that at the very least Blue does not consider humans to be food. |
| 250 | ** In general, Blue seems to show a lot of restraint for a member of her species, with her being able to recognize those who are threats to her and those who aren't. She recognizes Barry's voice when he shouts at her and stops attacking in ''Jurassic World'' and doesn't attack Zia and Franklin after recognizing them as the people who saved her and released her from her cell in ''Fallen Kingdom.'' And in ''Camp Cretaceous'', she hesitates from attacking the kids once they saved her from the ''Compsognathus'' pack and later assists them in [[spoiler:fighting the ''Scorpios rexes'' once Darius proves to her that he and his friends aren't a threat. Even after the battle where the kids are distracted and have their backs turned, Blue chose not to attack them and runs off into the jungle instead.]] |
| 251 | ** In ''Dominion'', even after Owen decided to release her into the wild, Blue still chose to make her new nest in an abandoned bus somewhere not far away from Owen, Claire, and Maisie's new home in the woods and occasionally comes by to check on them, albeit from a distance. This suggests that in the end, Blue didn't really cut her ties with her adoptive father entirely. |
| 252 | * AndroclesLion: After she becomes trapped underneath an overturned ACU truck, Darius, Yaz, and Kenji save her by driving off an encroaching pack of ''Compsognathus'' that would have devoured her alive, and then lifted the truck just enough that she could crawl out. [[spoiler:She later returns the favor by attacking and distracting both of the ''Scorpios rexes'' when one of them corners the kids in the old Visitor Center, giving the campers ample time to knock the scaffolding down and causing the roof to collapse, killing both ''Scorpios'' in the process, and just managing to escape with the campers.]] |
| 253 | * AntiHero: Well, she ''is'' a ''Velociraptor''. However, unlike the psychotic ones from the first film, Blue's loyalty to Owen ultimately results in her and her sisters going up against the [[spoiler:''I. rex'']] in what can only be considered a suicide charge. Blue easily could have sided with the much larger and deadlier alpha, but instead chose to fight for and protect her ParentalSubstitute and therefore, the rest of the island. [[spoiler:In ''Fallen Kingdom'', she's an unambiguous hero, generally only showing aggression towards active threats and at no point attempting to harm any of the main cast.]] |
| 254 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Blue earned her position as beta by being the toughest and smartest of her sisters. When Echo challenged her for the title, Blue defeated the younger raptor in a physical fight and left a jagged scar across her snout. |
| 255 | * BackToBackBadasses: [[spoiler:With Rexy.]] |
| 256 | * BigDamnHeroes: Blue, when [[spoiler:Rexy nearly has her neck snapped by the ''I. rex'']]. |
| 257 | ** In ''Fallen Kingdom'', Blue [[spoiler:saves Zia and Franklin from Wu's bodyguards and protects Owen and Maisie when they are cornered by the ''Indoraptor''.]] |
| 258 | ** She saves the campers from the ''[[spoiler:Scorpios rex]]'' in Season 3 of ''Camp Cretaceous''. |
| 259 | * BigSisterInstinct: Blue is the oldest and the leader of the Jurassic World raptor pack who deeply cares about her sisters, especially Charlie, who is the youngest of the bunch. |
| 260 | * BlueIsHeroic: Zig-Zagged. Blue has a ''blue'' color scheme but isn't exactly heroic. However, that's because of her and her sisters' natural predatory instincts, not out of pure evilness. [[spoiler:Blue and her sisters turn on the humans, but don't try to hurt Owen. And when confronted with the ''I. rex'', she and her sisters fight it off to protect Owen. Played pretty straight in ''Fallen Kingdom'', if only to contrast the [[DarkIsEvil dark-colored]] and very [[TheSociopath obviously]] villainous ''Indoraptor''.]] |
| 261 | * ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Blue at the end, sent off with little more than a nod from Owen.]] |
| 262 | * CombatAndSupport: In her team-up [[spoiler:with Rexy to bring down ''I. rex'', Blue acts as the Support by distracting ''I. rex'', allowing Rexy to avoid its attacks and land good hits on it.]] |
| 263 | * CombatPragmatist: She's smart enough to work with other dinosaurs to defeat foes she couldn't beat on her own. In ''Jurassic World'', she teams up with Rexy to fight the ''I.rex'' on even grounds, and even ''Camp Cretaceous'', she leads Hawkes' mercenaries into a ''Dilophosaurus'' nest so that they can ambush them for her. |
| 264 | * DavidVersusGoliath: She fought the larger ''I. rex'' and ''Indoraptor'' and [[spoiler:''two Scorpios rexes'']] and [[spoiler:survives all three battles]]. While she couldn't do much against the former other than distract it, she is capable of overpowering the latter two. |
| 265 | * DemotedToExtra: In ''Dominion'', given the humans needed to travel far away from Blue's new home [[spoiler:to rescue her baby, Beta.]] |
| 266 | * {{Determinator}}: You may be able to knock Blue down but if you're threatening her sisters or Owen, she will come back every time. |
| 267 | * DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: When the ''I. rex'' directs her to attack Owen and the other humans, she turns and roars back at it in defiance. This gets her propelled into a wall in response, but at least we know whose [[UndyingLoyalty side]] she's on. |
| 268 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: She not only fights the ''Indoraptor'', which is 2-3 times her size, dino-a-dino, but she somehow manages to [[spoiler:send it flying through a window. Not much later, she delivers the final blow that sends the ''Indoraptor'' plunging to its [[DisneyVillainDeath death]].]] |
| 269 | * DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:When she turns on the ''I. rex'', the monstrosity responds by clawing her and sending her flying into a concrete pillar. As she slumps to the floor, she isn't moving, leading a lot of audiences to think she'd been killed. This is not the case, thankfully.]] |
| 270 | * EnemyMine: Blue teams up with [[spoiler:Rexy]] to stop the ''I. rex''. |
| 271 | * HollywoodHealing: In ''Fallen Kingdom'', Blue is shot and the wound is severe enough to almost cause her death by exsanguination. One blood transfusion and a few hours later and she is in perfect shape to [[spoiler:jump at mercenaries armed with stun prods, ''outrun an explosion'', fight a super hybrid evenly ''and'' throw said genetic abomination out of a window.]] |
| 272 | * LoyalAnimalCompanion: [[spoiler:Bar her lunging at him when he stops her and her sisters from attacking Leon and her little wobble with the ''Indominus'', Blue is very loyal to Owen. As a hatchling, she showed degrees of empathy beyond the rest of the Raptor Squad and as an adult, she's more than willing to hurl herself face-first into danger for him. Wu suggests that this was an unexpected result of her particular genetic makeup and not something he can easily replicate. This explains Wu's desire to have her captured and act as a surrogate mother to the next phase of ''Indoraptor'' development whilst using her DNA to develop more amenable traits in the hybrids]]. |
| 273 | * TheLeader: Her position as pack beta designates her like this whenever Owen isn't around. Blue fits all four flavors of the trope, being headstrong, level-headed, charismatic, and quite the mastermind. |
| 274 | * LastOfHerKind: By the time of ''Fallen Kingdom'', Blue is both the last surviving member of the raptor squad and is apparently the last living ''Velociraptor'' on earth. No longer the case by the time of ''Dominion'' after she's revealed to have a baby, and more raptors are created during the TimeSkip (albeit mostly hybrids). Additionally, ''Camp Cretaceous'' revealed two raptors were living on Mantah Corp island and the Dino Tracker reveals that the Sorna raptors have somehow made it to the mainland, further subverting this trope. |
| 275 | * MadeOfIron: Knocking Blue down isn't too difficult. Getting her to stay down is the problem. In the span of an hour, Blue nearly gets run over by an SUV, violently thrown into a concrete wall, and then again into several storefronts during [[spoiler:the final showdown between the ''I. rex'' and Rexy. This does not stop her from charging right back into the fray and clawing at the ''I. rex's'' eyes, though. During her fight with the ''Indoraptor'', she is clawed, bitten, and repeatedly flung across Maisie's room by an animal three times her size. She not only comes back for more, but she also manages to throw it out a window! When Delacourt traps Beta, he rams Blue with a 4x4, knocking her off a cliff, only for her to get back on her feet in seconds and scramble back up in an attempt to rescue her baby.]] |
| 276 | * MamaBear: She has become a loving and protective mother to her offspring Beta, being very threatening to Maisie once she feeds Beta. An extended scene shows Blue killing a pair of poachers who tried to shoot Beta. She is also clearly distressed when Beta is captured. |
| 277 | * MeaningfulName: She has a blue pattern on her skin, appropriately. |
| 278 | * OddNameOut: She's the only one not to be named from the NATO phonetic alphabet (her sisters are Charlie, Delta, and Echo). And while the name bestowed upon her daughter Beta isn't the NATO 'B' letter either (Bravo), it does refer to Blue's second-in-command position in the Raptor Squad after the Alpha. Instead she's named for the blue stripe down her body, but it still fits with the AlphabeticalThemeNaming. [[spoiler:''Fallen Kingdom'' hints that this might be due to Owen forming a closer bond with her as a chick than the others]]. |
| 279 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Only in comparison to other dinosaurs, though. She is dwarfed by both Rexy and the ''Indominus'', yet plays a vital role in assisting the former against the hybrid during the climax. Then, in the sequel, it turns out she has managed to survive in Isla Nublar for years despite losing her pack, and later on [[spoiler:goes toe to toe against a dinosaur twice her size and sends it out of a window!]] |
| 280 | * PutOnABus: In Season 4 of ''Camp Cretaceous'', along with [[spoiler:the rest of Isla Nublar]]. |
| 281 | * RevengeBeforeReason: Just like The Big One, Blue becomes enraged when [[spoiler:her pack members are harmed or killed.]] Whereas anything with common sense, be it animal or human, would flee in terror from the ''I. rex'', [[spoiler:Blue instead charges straight at her.]] Unlike The Big One, this pays off pretty well for her. |
| 282 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: As a baby, Blue chirping and nuzzling Owen's hand while purring is adorable. |
| 283 | * SavedByCanon: In ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'', [[spoiler:Mitchell aims at Blue intending to kill her while she's drinking water, though considering she's alive and well by the time ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' takes place she survives thanks to Darius distracting Mitchell.]] Again in Season 3, where it's obvious that she's going to survive being trapped underneath an ACU truck and being chomped by a pack of ''Compsognathus'' (though it takes the kids helping her out for it to happen) [[spoiler:and again when she fights with both ''Scorpios rexes'' in the old Visitor Center.]] |
| 284 | * SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of the Raptor Pack. Charlie dies to a security member and Delta and Echo are killed by the ''I. rex''.]] |
| 285 | * StalkerWithoutACrush: Set's up her nest in an abandoned bus within a short run of Owen's cabin, and is clearly observing him when not with Beta. |
| 286 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Her offspring in ''Dominion'' essentially looks like her miniature double, complete with the signature horizontal blue stripe. |
| 287 | * TrulySingleParent: In the four years between the events of ''Fallen Kingdom ''and ''Dominion'' [[spoiler:Blue has managed to asexually reproduce and given birth to Beta, due to having genes from lizards that can do the same]]. |
| 288 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler:Baby Blue was friendly, empathetic, and curious. As an adult, she's not only the largest but the most aggressive of the raptor squad, although still well socialized and responsive to Owen as well as very loyal to those who earn her trust.]] |
| 289 | [[/folder]] |
| 290 | |
| 291 | [[folder:Beta]] |
| 292 | !!Beta |
| 293 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8952427e_333e_4874_a62c_a805a654231e.png]] |
| 294 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 295 | |
| 296 | Blue's daughter born to her after being brought to the mainland. |
| 297 | ---- |
| 298 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: Beta was born through parthenogenesis due to Blue having monitor lizard DNA, but is a female. In reality, Beta would have been male just like monitor lizards that were born through parthenogenesis. |
| 299 | * GenerationXerox: [[spoiler:Just like her mother, Beta forms a bond with a human before she is captured by morally dubious people so that Henry Wu can study her DNA in order to find a solution for a scientific issue. Also, Beta is eventually released from captivity before she is allowed to freely roam the wild once again.]] |
| 300 | * LoyalAnimalCompanion: Like her mother's bond with Owen, [[spoiler:Beta grows a bond with Maisie over the course of ''Dominion''. Early on, she curiously approaches Maisie with no hostility and Maisie responds by giving her some food. After they are both captured and taken to the [=BioSyn=] facility, Maisie is the one who released her from her cage. When Owen, Alan, and Maisie try to recapture her later on, Maisie performs the same hand signature that Owen used to do with Blue to halt Beta from immediately attacking, allowing Owen to tranquilize her and take her back home to Blue.]] |
| 301 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: When she and Blue are tracking a rabbit, a wolf gets to it first. Beta's response to this is to ''attack the wolf''. Given she shows up again without so much as a scratch on her, she either killed it instantly or drove it off without it putting up much of a fight. |
| 302 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: She ''is'' still a ''Velociraptor'', after all (and for bonus points, she is the size of a real ''Velociraptor''). When Blue takes her hunting early on, a wolf manages to get a drop on a rabbit before she does. Her response is to ''pounce on the wolf instead''. [[spoiler:Later in the film when she got loose inside the [=BioSyn=] facility, it takes Owen, Alan, and Maisie to work together to capture her, and she almost kills Alan when Owen manages to tranquilize her just in time.]] |
| 303 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: She has a striking resemblance to her mother. Given that Blue [[TrulySingleParent reproduced through parthenogenesis]], Dr. Wu concluded that Beta is genetically identical to Blue. |
| 304 | * ThereIsAnother: The existence of Beta means that Blue is no longer the last of her kind as a result of apparently asexually reproducing between films. |
| 305 | * UniformityException: Beta is missing the sickle claw on her right foot. Upon a closer look, it isn't so much missing as it is ''broken''. |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:Delta]] |
| 309 | !!Delta |
| 310 | [[quoteright:338:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gm1zzmly53c.jpg]] |
| 311 | [[caption-width-right:338:''"Delta! I see you. Back up!"'']] |
| 312 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorld'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' | ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' | ''Ride/VelociCoaster'' |
| 313 | |
| 314 | One of the middle raptors in Owen's pack. She is solid green in color and has small patches of blue around her eyes. |
| 315 | ---- |
| 316 | * AnimalNemesis: To Hoskins. He seems to have no clue how much Delta hates him and continually antagonizes her throughout the film. |
| 317 | * BackToBackBadasses: With Echo and Owen, who she fights alongside in their battle against [[spoiler:the ''Indominus''.]] |
| 318 | * TheBrute: Delta is arguably the most "traditionally" ''Velociraptor''-like of the pack, being especially snarling around Hoskins and actually attacking her "father" when still quite young. |
| 319 | * EnfantTerrible: When Delta was a baby, she would respond to Owen's CrocodileTears by immediately attacking him. This contrasts with Blue, who attempted to comfort her adoptive father. |
| 320 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Owen and Hoskins are talking on the catwalks, Delta can be seen watching them with a disturbing level of attention from inside the enclosure. No one seems to notice her over-eager behavior, or they just don't care because of their mutual dislike for Hoskins. Either way, it's an early moment of {{Foreshadowing}} that also showcases Delta's hatred of her [[TheRival alpha's rival]]. |
| 321 | * GreenAndMean: Delta has green scales and can be incredibly hostile towards anything that disrespects her. |
| 322 | * ItsPersonal: Delta ''really'' has it in for Hoskins. She violently rattles her cage and snarls whenever he's nearby and then personally tracks down and [[spoiler:slaughters him in the Creation Lab]]. It makes one wonder if they had other unpleasant encounters in the past. |
| 323 | * TheLancer: Maybe. She's the assumed second-in-command to Blue going off age and Blue seems to interact with her most. |
| 324 | * KidsAreCruel: [[spoiler:In comparison to Blue at least. Whereas her sister reacted to signs of weakness in Owen by making comforting gestures, Delta took it as an opportunity and attacked.]] |
| 325 | * KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:Delta gets flung into a gas grill by ''I. rex'' and is roasted alive.]] |
| 326 | * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Delta is killed fighting the ''I. rex''. She has the misfortune of being thrown through a window and onto a gas grill, which combusts around her]]. |
| 327 | [[/folder]] |
| 328 | |
| 329 | [[folder:Echo]] |
| 330 | !!Echo |
| 331 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxresdefault_14.jpg]] |
| 332 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Don't ever turn your back on the cage."'']] |
| 333 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorld'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' | ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' | ''Ride/VelociCoaster'' |
| 334 | |
| 335 | One of the middle raptors in Owen's pack. She is sandy-yellow in color and has a jagged scar across her snout. |
| 336 | ---- |
| 337 | * BackToBackBadasses: [[spoiler:Delta and Echo fight the ''Indominus'' alongside Owen for a brief while before they're killed.]] |
| 338 | * InSeriesNickname: Due to Echo's permanent sneer from the scar on her snout, some of the handlers have nicknamed her "Elvis". |
| 339 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Echo dies fighting the ''I. rex'' alongside Delta, getting caught in its monstrous jaws.]] |
| 340 | * TheRival: She was this to Blue when they were younger and jostling for control of the beta position. It appears to have simmered down as they've aged and established a healthy, functional pack. |
| 341 | * ScarsAreForever: In her juvenile years, Echo fought with Blue for control of the pack and now has a prominent scar along her muzzle to show for it. |
| 342 | [[/folder]] |
| 343 | |
| 344 | [[folder:Charlie]] |
| 345 | !!Charlie |
| 346 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/687686886charlie.png]] |
| 347 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Charlie! Hey! Don't gimme that shit!"'']] |
| 348 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorld'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' | ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' | ''Ride/VelociCoaster'' |
| 349 | |
| 350 | The youngest of Owen's raptors. She is dark green in color and has dark brown stripes running down her whole body. |
| 351 | ---- |
| 352 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Charlie is constantly whacking her sisters with her tail. |
| 353 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Her quirks (and Owen's first words to her) can downplay the fact that she's still a ''very'' deadly ''Velociraptor''. |
| 354 | * BigSisterWorship: The LEGO game reveals that Charlie, the youngest of the pack, will often follow whatever Blue does because she admires her eldest sister. Charlie even apparently offers up some of her meals to feed Blue. Awww. |
| 355 | * GreenAndMean: Charlie has green scales and she can be vicious if mistreated. |
| 356 | * HeelFaceDoorslam: [[spoiler:Just when she looks like she's rejoining Owen, she gets blown up by a rocket launcher.]] |
| 357 | * LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler:Charlie has the misfortune of being '''blown''' up after seeing Owen and recognizing him. Poor girl doesn't even have a chance to get away from the rocket launcher that's directed at her.]] |
| 358 | * QuizzicalTilt: Upon seeing Owen after [[spoiler:the raptor pack pulls a FaceHeelTurn and she hesitates to attack him. Then she gets blown up.]] |
| 359 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Charlie encounters Owen during the slaughter of the [=InGen=] mercenaries and hesitates to attack him. Unfortunately, her hesitation allows someone off-screen to target her with a rocket and kill her]]. |
| 360 | * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Charlie is blown up by an [=InGen=] security member's rocket attack.]] |
| 361 | * TrailersAlwaysLie: There's some promotional material showing Charlie having avian eyes with rounded pupils, much like the raptors from ''Film/JurassicParkIII''. In the actual film, however, she has conventional slit pupils. |
| 362 | [[/folder]] |
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