History TearJerker / JurassicWorld

** On a {{meta}} level, the fact that both Creator/RichardAttenborough and Creator/MichaelCrichton have passed away adds another poignant layer to this scene.

** On a {{meta}} level, the fact that Creator/IrrfanKhan would untimely pass away five years after the theatrical release of this installment adds another poignant layer to Masrani's death.

* The ending of the first trailer, with a terrified Claire screaming "''RUN''!" at her nephews. The mere idea of your kids in danger from an intelligent and sociopathic dinosaur, it being partially your own fault, and being ''powerless'' to stop her is AdultFear in its prime.

* After shutting down every thing north of the resort, Claire witnesses a little girl and her mother reuniting and talking with each other. This leads her to think of her nephews, prompting her to call Zara and tell her to bring the boys back to the hotel. Then Zara tells her that [[AdultFear she can't find them...]]

* Simon Masrani's death warrants a mention. The guy just wants the best for his park, his visitors, and the dinosaurs. While he had some IdiotBall moments, like approving the ''I. rex'''s creation and not evacuating the park when said beast got loose, instead letting his security handle it, when things finally got out of hand, he had no trouble getting into the front seat of a helicopter and pursuing the ''I. rex'' himself despite his not-so-good flying skills. Unfortunately, it got him and two of his security forces killed and the subsequent helicopter crash let the ''pterosaurs'' out of the Aviary and went on to create further chaos in the park, the very thing he died trying to prevent.
** Also, judging by the reaction of Claire and other staff in the control room, his death affected them so much that Vivian started sobbing as she struggled to announce that ''pterosaurs'' have escaped the Aviary. Incompetent or not, Masrani meant a lot to the staff of Jurassic World, and to Masrani Global as a whole. [[PetTheDog Even Hoskins looked sorrowful.]]

** The ''pterosaurs'' in general. Sure, they attacked and even killed several people, and they were responsible for the deaths of a beloved entrepreneur and a certain innocent concierge, but prior to that, they were just enjoying being another happy Jurassic World attraction until the ''I. rex'' came along and drove them out of their home.

* Think about all of the people the ''I. rex'', the ''pterosaurs'', and the raptors killed. All of those people had families--fathers and mothers and husbands and wives and children and siblings, and probably people who weren't related to them but were like family. All of those families and friends are going to get a message telling them that one of their loved ones had been killed horribly.

* ''Indominus'''s final moments are [[AlasPoorVillain pretty saddening]]. After getting severely beaten by Blue and Rexy, she slowly manages to get back to her feet, covered in blood, and gives one last roar of defiance before getting chomped by the ''Mosasaurus''. And while that's happening, you can see genuine fear in her eyes before she's dragged to her doom.

** On a {{meta}} level, the fact that Creator/IrrfanKhan would pass away five years after the theatrical release of this installment adds another poignant layer to Masrani's death.

** Owen once said that the ''I. rex'' "only positive relationship is with the crane". However, when ''I. rex'' breaks out, he tries hiding under the vehicle and uses the engine fluid to mask his scent...except that Wu revealed that the ''I. rex'' has pit adder DNA so it is capable of thermal sensing, so she can still detect Owen, so why didn't she attack? It's because he hid ''under the crane''. It's both heartwarming and tear-jerking that the ''I. rex'' didn't want to hurt what she sees as its caretaker.

** Also, judging by the reaction of Claire and other staff in the control room, his death affected them so much that Vivian started sobbing as she struggled to announce that ''pterosaurs'' have escaped the Aviary. Incompetent or not, Masrani meant a lot to the staff of Jurassic World, and to Masrani Global as a whole.

** A few moments later, both are treated with a view of the entire field ''littered'' with ''Apatosaurus'' corpses, complete with crows flying around. The worst part is Owen saying the ''I. rex'' didn't kill them for food, but ''killing them for sport''.

* The passing of Sir Richard Attenborough in August 2014, memorialized in-film with a beautiful statue of Hammond in the park.[[note]]It should be noted that Hammond was written off as having passed away before Attenborough's death.[[/note]] John Hammond never got to see his dream come to pass, in-universe or in the real world.
** As if that couldn't be sad enough, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ7MzGBS0AA check this video out.]]
-->'''Hammond:''' Welcome...to Jurassic [[spoiler:World]]!
* The nostalgia and wonder of the first trailer, particularly in the piano rendition of the main theme (which, given its context, doubles as NightmareFuel).
* The website, despite being super awesome, can invoke sadness of the "IWishItWereReal" variety. Seeing all those happy people, families, children, etc., having a total blast at a park with (semi) real dinosaurs can be both awesome and tearjerking for dinosaur lovers all over the board. Could also be tearjerking in a ''different'' sense for ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' fans; all these happy people are in for a nasty surprise...

** The website later reset back to normal (with a few updates) in August of 2015. On September 29th, however, it added [[http://www.jurassicworld.com/park-map/original-visitors-center/ this]] to the map. [[spoiler:The ruins of the old park ''weren't'' an OldShame after all]].
* The dying ''Apatosaurus'' scene. Owen and Claire are on their way to find the nephews when he sees, in an enormous field, the severely injured sauropod because of the ''I. rex'''s rampage. They can't do anything to save her, so they gently pet her to relieve her pain and not dying alone. Then, she passes away.
** [[{{Workaholic}} Claire]] [[InvokedTrope sheds]] [[SingleTear a tear]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone and finally realizes]] [[CharacterDevelopment what Owen told her about dinosaurs being alive not just attractions, "assets" or numbers on a spreadsheet]].
** A few moments later, both are treated with a view of the entire field ''littered'' with ''Apatosaurus'' corpses, complete with crows flying around. The worst part is Owen saying the ''I. rex'' didn't kill them for food, but she's ''killing them for sport''.

** As one [=YouTuber=] commented, the ''Apatosaurus'' in question had likely been raised in the petting zoo, surrounded by (and adored by) children and other harmless herbivores like Triceratops and Gallimimus, and likely had no idea what a predator was or never feared for its life before. Which makes the {{Gentle Giant}}'s gruesome death at the hands of the ''[[AxCrazy I. rex]]'' even more tragic.
** On a similar note, the poor ''Ankylosaurus'' that the ''I. rex'' killed. She and her other herd members were simply peacefully eating in the jungles until the ''Indominus rex'' comes to attack them and the kids, only for a sole member of the pack to get separated, injured, and then killed by having her head crushed in the jaws of an unknown predator. Similarly to the ''Apatosaurs'', this could've been the first time the ''Ankylosaurs'' ever encountered a predator of any type.

** ''Indomnius's'' life in general. She's been alone for almost all of her life, sparing the brief period she encountered her sibling in, and she's clearly far too intelligent to be so isolated. [[spoiler: Her encounter with the raptors may very well be the first and only time she ever had the chance for a positive relationship with anyone.]] The Lego game really brings forward that the raptors are a group and family, have toys to play with, lots of social interaction, and ParentalSubstitute Owen's constant attention to their physical and emotional well-being, while the ''I. rex'' has nothing except a daily food-drop and whatever she can fabricate from scraps in her enclosure. That she became a violent sociopath and caused the carnage of Jurassic World was all too likely, and perhaps even avoidable. If you factor in that she was deliberately engineered to be hyper-aggressive, her actions arguably aren't her own fault or even choice.

** Owen once said that the ''I. rex'' "only positive relationship is with the crane". However, when ''I. rex'' breaks out, Owen tries hiding under the vehicle and uses the engine fluid to mask his scent...except that Wu revealed that the ''I. rex'' has pit adder DNA so it is capable of thermal sensing, so she can still detect Owen, so why didn't she attack? It's because he hid ''under the crane''. It's both heartwarming and tearjerking that the ''I. rex'' didn't want to hurt what she sees as its caretaker.
** To top it off, real life hybrid animals frequently have behavior issues arising from their conflicting instincts. Ligers are often conflicted between the pack instincts of a lion and the solitary instincts of a tiger; one can only imagine that an animal cobbled together from such different and unrelated creatures as raptors and tyrannosaurs would have this in spades. Her violent outbursts could as easily be the internal conflict of incompatable instincts.
** When taken in count I-Rex isn't only extremely tragic, but also a AxeCrazy psychopath, it doubled as a NightmareFuel.
* According to the official tracklist, there's going to be a composition in the film called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhFMXreaMrk "The Park is Closed"]]. Whatever this means for the fate of the park, we can rest assured that we'll all be crying at whatever scene that number is playing over.
** There's also one called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTck0SlOsyM "Bury the Hatchling"]] and it's listed first on the track. [[spoiler: This piece plays as the ''Indominus'' hatches at the start of the movie, next to the egg of her sibling. And she looks ''terrified''.]]
* The ending of the first trailer, with a terrified Claire screaming, "''RUN''!" at her nephews. Maybe most adults don't worry about their kids being chased by an intelligent, sociopathic dinosaur, but the idea of your kids in danger, it being partially your own fault, and being ''powerless'' to stop her is AdultFear in its prime.
* Blue and Owen [[spoiler:silently saying goodbye to each other. There are no touches, no commands. Owen just shakes his head somberly and Blue walks off into the remains of the park.]]
** Especially since [[spoiler: Blue is the last Raptor left, Owen is the only family/friend/pack she's got left, and he knows he can't take her with him and can't stay with her on the island. For a pack animal, being all alone is the worst fate, but Owen knows his only other choice would be to MercyKill her, and he can't bring himself to after watching his other three raptors die violently.]]
* Gray realizing [[spoiler:his parents are divorcing, which he tells Zach about and then starts crying.]]
** Zach doesn't help the situation by [[spoiler:telling him to stop crying that had a taunting tone, as well as responding to his scared brother's pleas of not wanting the divorce that it's not up to him, life isn't fair, and that he needs to toughen up. The way Zach hesitates before he starts this tirade makes it seem like he's trying to convince himself as much as he's trying to convince Gray.]]
* The deaths of [[spoiler:Delta, Echo, and Charlie]]. Despite turning against their handlers, all of them recognize Owen on sight and stop themselves from attacking, which gets [[spoiler:Charlie]] killed by Hoskins' men and [[spoiler: Echo and Delta]] by the ''I. rex'' after Owen brings them back to fight at his side. In the end, [[spoiler: Blue is the [[LastOfHisKind Last of Her Kind]]]] and Owen has lost all of his raptor companions, who he had raised and cared for since their births.
** [[spoiler: Charlie's death is particularly sad, as not only is she the first to seem to reconsider switching sides upon seeing Owen, before being blown up, but according to the LEGO game, she is the youngest of the pack and looks to Blue for guidance and command and holds her in such high esteem that she'd often give up her meals to feed Blue. She likely only switched sides because Blue did and was almost immediately killed for it.]]
** The expression on Owen's face when [[spoiler: Charlie is killed right in front of him.]] He lowers his gun when he first sees her and starts to reach out to the obviously conflicted raptor... and then a [[spoiler: rocket blows Charlie to pieces.]] Owen just stares at what was once his youngest raptor in shock and horror; this is exactly what he's been terrified would happen since Hoskins first showed up at the raptor paddock.
** Just Blue being the [[spoiler: [[LastOfHisKind Last of Her Kind]]]]. All through the series, it's emphasized that ''Velociraptors'' are pack hunters and live in complex family groups, much like lions and wolves. Owen says that he tried to mirror this type of upbringing and structure as much as possible, so it's likely that Blue has ''never'' been separated from her sisters or Owen for more than the briefest periods of time. And now she's suddenly [[spoiler: all alone? With no pack of any type to support her physically or emotionally?]] That's one of the worst fates that many pack animals could ever face, especially one like Blue who's never lived in the wild and had TeamDad Owen provide everything for her since birth.
** After Owen signals to Blue that [[spoiler: she can't come with him]], she can be heard calling for her sisters while running deeper into the park. Blue was knocked out for much of the ''I. rex'' fight, so she probably doesn't know that [[spoiler: Echo and Delta are dead.]] And none of the other raptors were shown witnessing [[spoiler: Charlie's death, either.]] She doesn't know that she's all alone yet.
** [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Unless]] [[spoiler:she was calling out to Rexy instead]].
* [[spoiler: ''Indominus'''s final moments are [[AlasPoorVillain pretty saddening]]. After getting severely beaten by Blue and the ''T. rex'', she slowly manages to get back to her feet, covered in blood, and gives one last roar of defiance before getting chomped by the ''Mosasaurus''. And while that's happening, you can see genuine fear in her eyes before she's dragged to her doom.]]
* Zach and Gray [[spoiler: exploring the ruins of the old Jurassic Park Visitor Center as a slow, almost haunting piano rendition of Jurassic Park theme playing. The nostalgia WILL hit you hard as Zach and Gray find the building almost overgrown with jungle, with the famous doors barely visible in the overgrowth, inside discovering a torn piece of the 'When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth' banner and used it as a makeshift torch to explore the building, coming across the famous dining room with the Raptor painting, eventually ending up at the garage with two Jurassic Park Jeeps and also finding a pair of antique night goggles identical to those Tim Murphy used to have in the original film. For fans of the original film, this whole sequence could be as a [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming moment]] as it is a TearJerker.]] Seeing the original park in such a withered, decrepit and overall forgotten state is rather heart-wrenching.
** On a meta level, the fact that both Richard Attenborough and Michael Crichton have passed away adds another poignant layer to this scene.
** [[spoiler: For the jeeps in particular, note that their numbers are eighteen and twenty-nine. These aren't just two random jeeps, they're the exact ones that Grant and the others rode in the first movie when they first saw the ''Brachiosaurus''. Jeep 18 transported Grant, Sattler, and Malcolm, while Jeep 29 transported Gennaro and Hammond.]]
* Zara's [[spoiler: horrifically traumatising death. The poor woman is snatched by a ''Pteranodon'', dropped, snatched by a second ''Pteranodon'', dropped from a great height into the lagoon, picked up by a third ''Pteranodon'' and then ''finally'' chomped by the ''Mosasaurus''. It's an end worthy of an AssholeVictim (and more drawn out than the death of the movie's ''real'' AssholeVictim) yet it happens to someone whose only real sin is being a harried PA annoyed at being tasked to babysit two kids who immediately run off on her. To make matters worse, we hear her speaking on the phone earlier on and mentioning she is getting married soon.]] Thank god for the ''Mosasaurus''...
** Hold those thanks. [[spoiler:If you pay attention, you'll notice that the ''Mosasaurus'' chomped its teeth around the ''Pteranodon's'' torso; the ''Pteranodon'' was carrying Zara almost vertically with its feet, which means that poor Zara was swallowed whole in midair. Which means that instead of getting a quick death via being bitten in half, she gets swallowed down and digested and is still ''conscious for all of it''. She will probably suffocate inside the ''Mosasaurus's'' mouth, or she'll drown when the ''Mosasaurus'' inevitably swallows water, or she'll end up in its stomach to be digested, ''still alive''.]]
*** Then again, [[spoiler: the ''Mosasaurus'' is said to extra set of teeth on top of its palette, which means there's a very high chance Zara was instantly skewered to death. Either way, it's still a gruesome way to go.]]
** Made worse by the fact that this horrific chain of events kicks off immediately as [[MamaBear she's desperately urging Zach and Gray to get to safety]] versus "just standing there". Sure, she may have been annoyed with being what she felt was "demoted" to babysitter, but when push came to shove, she put the kids' well-being at heart as opposed to just trying to save her own life.
** On that note, how do you think Zach and Gray feel about the situation? They're both visibly horrified at the sight of it, not to mention the fact that [[RewatchBonus one of the reasons]] she died in the first place is because Zach saw the ''Pteranodon'' coming before she could [[SurvivorsGuilt and ducked along with Gray...]]

** Don't forget that if Zach hadn't talked Gray into ditching her at the Gentle Giants Petting Zoo while she was distracted, [[WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife she wouldn't have had to endanger herself looking for them.]] Zach indirectly caused [[spoiler:Zara's death, and judging by his expression when she's snatched, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he knows it]].]].

* [[spoiler: Simon Masrani's death]] warrants a mention. [[spoiler: The guy just wants the best for his park, his visitors and the dinosaurs. While he had some IdiotBall moments, like approving the ''I. rex'' creation and not evacuating the park when said beast got loose, instead letting his security handle it, when things finally got out of hand, he had no trouble getting into the front seat of a helicopter and pursuing the ''I. rex'' himself despite his not-so-good flying skills. Unfortunately, it got him and two of his security forces killed and the subsequent helicopter crash let the pterosaurs out of the aviary and went on to create further chaos in the park, the very thing he died trying to prevent.]]
** Also, judging by the reaction of Claire and other staff in the control room, [[spoiler: his death affected them so much that Vivian started sobbing as she struggled to announce that pterosaurs have escaped the aviary. Incompetent or not, Masrani meant a lot to the staff of Jurassic World, and to Masrani Cooperation as a whole.]]

* Claire returning to the control room [[spoiler: after the ''I. rex'' escapes]]. Every eye in the room turns to her as if to say "What have you done?" or "This is all your fault." Claire's face immediately mirrors that reaction and it takes several seconds for her to compose herself enough to update them on the current status and attempt to assume control of the situation.

* [[spoiler: Rexy joining the fight is awesome! Watching her nearly get killed? Not so much. The film makes it clear that even though she can still put up one hell of a fight, she's arguably one of the oldest dinosaurs on the island and what with the ''I. rex'' having all of her strengths and then some -- she was heading for an uphill battle. Luckily, she's spared the fate that befell the ''T. rex'' from the third installment with some timely assistance. Though the music slows and the camera lingers just long enough to really make any fan of her start to sweat something fierce.]]
** Blue gets much the same treatment. [[spoiler: When ''I. rex'' throws her into the wall, the force is palpable and the way she lays there, eyes wide open, seems to make her death a foregone conclusion. That the other raptors die immediately following only seems to seal the deal. That she comes back in the nick of time is certainly a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, but up until that point, the audience is given no reason to believe she's anything but dead.]]
* For some, TheReveal that [[spoiler: it was ultimately [=InGen=] behind the whole crisis. If its current members like Hoskins and Wu are any indication, they've completely stopped caring about the dinosaurs and their founder's idea of a functional theme park. At this point, they're basically doing everything they can to put themselves back on the map, morality be damned. Granted, they weren't all sunshine and rainbows in the original film and ''The Lost World'', but here they've gone full blown evil. The scene of a pitch-black [=InGen=] helicopter carrying mercenaries even darkly mirrors the scene of Hammond and co. arriving on the island in the first film. It may be a good thing that John Hammond has already passed away, because he'd be ''devastated'' to see what his company has turned into. They've turned into ''[=Biosyn=]''.[[note]]For those who didn't know, [=Biosyn=] is the name of [=InGen=]'s rival company in the novels and the first movie. Dennis Nedry, a Jurassic Park programmer who was hired by [=Biosyn=] to steal [=InGen=]'s dinosaur embryos, was responsible for bringing the park down before it could even open. They have absolutely ''no'' ethics, and are noted as being the only genetics company with more lawyers than scientists.[[/note]]]]
* The simple fact that if it wasn't for [[spoiler:the attempts to make LivingWeapon dinosaurs]], Jurassic World likely would've continued to be a hit attraction. The park was a ''success'' and everything Hammond had wanted it to be for '' 10 years'', and then ''this'' happened. It's extremely unlikely that another park will be built, or that Jurassic World will re-open; the public will now associate it with danger and terror, and will avoid it like the plague.
** Lowery [[spoiler:shutting down the control room for good]]. That's when it hits you that Jurassic World's ten year run has finally come to an end.
** And to rub salt in the wound: The title of the main end credits music? "The Park is Closed".
** There is [[HopeSpringsEternal a glimmer of hope, though]]. The park has gotten plenty of bad publicity before, what with the first three movies and all, and according to WordOfGod at least one sequel is in the making. There is chance that maybe, just maybe, the park will open again and this incident will at last be behind them.
*** Not likely given the premise of the sequel is that the volcano on the island which was tapped for geothermal energy for the park is once again active and about to erupt. The people are mounting an effort to save as many dinosaurs as they can before this happens to prevent their extinction. It's very likely the park will not survive the eruption.
* It's rather understated, but when Gray expresses his desire to go home, Claire promises that she will make sure he and Zach get home safe, before noting that their mother will likely never let her spend time with them again. It neatly summarises what's been an undercurrent of Claire's character throughout the film -- she genuinely does want to spend time with her nephews, but her high pressure job and years of utter commitment to routine made that difficult until a desperate situation arose.
* A minor one, but after Vivian tells Lowery that [[spoiler:she already has a boyfriend]], look at his face when they hug goodbye. [[LoveHurts Poor guy]].
* Sure, [[spoiler:Blue returning to assist the ''T. rex'' in fighting the ''I. rex'' is a cool scene, but listen to the noise she makes when she comes running back. She's calling for help. And all of her siblings are already dead, meaning nobody is coming to help her.]]
** It's almost worse. ''I. rex'' has moved down the main street during the battle. It's entirely possible that to reach her, [[spoiler: Blue had to pass the bodies of both her surviving siblings. And she charges straight and fearless. Vengeance? Or did she just not care if she survived?]]
** AlternateCharacterInterpretation: It appears, from the raptor attacking Rexy in the first ''Jurassic Park'', that raptors are viciously, perhaps even suicidally loyal to pack members. Once ''I. rex'' killed its first raptor, it was going down, one way or another. Or another one: ''I. rex'' "speaks" raptor, and that snort/bark is sort of a raptor call for attention. Blue wasn't calling for help, she was attracting ''I. rex's'' attention. [[Series/{{Supernatural}} "Hey, assbutt!"]]
* How about the poor guy who [[spoiler:opened the ''Indominus rex's'' gate]] in a panic? He's hiding behind a truck and ''sobbing'', that's how scared he is. He didn't want any of this, he was just trying to survive and knew that he probably wouldn't.
* A very small case, but that poor ''Dimorphodon'' the mercenaries killed on the way to Isla Nublar. She wasn't attacking them, she was simply flying next to their helicopter, and they killed her completely unprovoked.
** The pterosaurs in general. Sure, they attacked and even killed several people, and they were responsible for the deaths of a beloved entrepreneur and a certain innocent concierge, but prior to that, they were just enjoying being another happy Jurassic World attraction until the ''I. rex'' came along and drove them out of their home.
* Claire's near breakdown when she finally finds Zach and Gray. She's sobbing as she desperately asks where they went and why they didn't come back.
* The shot of all the surviving tourists huddled in the main hall after the attack on Main Street. We're treated to a particularly sad shot of a mother holding hands with her two young sons, both who are heavily bandaged. It's clear that they will remember this day for years to come.

** Another is a man sitting next to a heavily injured woman lying on a hospital cot. The clincher is that if she didn't blink onscreen, you would have sworn she was ''dead''.

* Think about all of the people the ''I. rex'', the pterosaurs, and the raptors killed. All of those people had families -- fathers and mothers and husbands and wives and children and siblings, and probably people who though weren't related to them, were like family. All of those families and friends are going to get a message telling them that one of their loved ones had been killed horribly.
** In one case you don't even have to think: [[spoiler:Zara]] was a ''bride-to-be''. Her fiancee will be getting a pretty nasty surprise [[note]]though on the upside, [[BlackComedy he can finally have that bachelor party!]][[/note]].
** Not to mention all the other animals. The ''Apatosaurus'' and ''Ankylosaurus'' deaths were the only ones we saw on-screen. How many others may have been injured or killed? With the park closed down, will the survivors just been left to fend for themselves? What about the ones in the petting zoo? The others who were raised in captivity and have no idea what predators even are. Even the ''Mosasaurus'', who [[spoiler: saved everyone from the ''I. rex'']], is likely doomed to die of starvation. [[spoiler: Even with [[SparedByTheAdaptation her escape]] in the LEGO game, there's a chance she may not survive in the colder oceans of the modern day. Fortunately, it's revealed in ''Fallen Kingdom'' that she ''does'' survive and even has a fight with a submarine!]]

** Blue gets much the same treatment. [[spoiler: When ''I. rex'' throws her into the wall, the force is palpable and the way she lays there, eyes wide open, seems to make her death a foregone conclusion. That the other raptors die immediately following only seems to seal the deal. That she comes back in the nick of time is certainly a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, but up until that point, the audience is given no reason to believe she's anything but dead.]]

** Zach doesn't help the situation by [[spoiler:telling him to stop crying that had a taunting tone, as well as responding to his scared brother's pleas of not wanting the divorce that it's not up to him, life isn't fair, and that he needs to toughen up.]]

** Made worse by the fact that this horrific chain of events kicks off immediately as she's desperately urging Zach and Gray to get to safety versus "just standing there". Sure, she may have been annoyed with being what she felt was "demoted" to babysitter, but when push came to shove, she put the kids' well-being at heart as opposed to just trying to save her own life.
** On that note, how do you think Zach and Gray feel about the situation? They're both visibly horrified at the sight of it, not to mention the fact that [[RewatchBonus one of the reasons]] she died in the first place is because Zach saw the ''Pteranodon'' coming before she could [[SurvivorsGuilt and ducked along with Gray...]]

** Don't forget that if Zach hadn't talked Gray into ditching her at the Gentle Giants Petting Zoo while she was distracted, [[WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife she wouldn't have had to endanger herself looking for them.]]

** Lowery [[spoiler:shutting off the control room]]. That's when it hits you that Jurassic World's ten year run has finally come to an end.

* The passing of Lord Richard Attenborough in August 2014, memorialized in-film with a beautiful statue of Hammond in the park.[[note]]It should be noted that Hammond was written off as having passed away before Attenborough's death.[[/note]] John Hammond never got to see his dream come to pass, in-universe or in the real world.

** [[{{Workaholic}} Claire]] [[InvokedTrope sheds]] [[SingleTear a tear]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone and finally realizes]] [[CharacterDevelopment what Owen told her about dinosaurs being alive not just attractions or "assets"]].

** As one [=YouTuber=] commented, the ''Apatosaurus'' in question had likely been raised in the petting zoo, surrounded by (and adored by) children and other harmless herbivores, and likely had no idea what a predator was or never feared for its life before. Which makes the {{Gentle Giant}}'s gruesome death at the hands of the ''[[AxCrazy I. rex]]'' even more tragic.
** On a similar note, the poor ''Ankylosaur'' that the ''I. rex'' killed. She and her other herd members were simply peacefully eating in the jungles until the ''Indominus rex'' comes to attack them and the kids, only for a sole member of the pack to get separated, injured, and then killed by having her head crushed in the jaws of an unknown predator. Similarly to the ''Apatosaurs'', this could've been the first time the ''Ankylosaurs'' ever encountered a predator of any type.

* [[spoiler: Simon Masrani's death]] warrants a mention. [[spoiler: The guy just wants the best for his park and his visitors. While he had some IdiotBall moments, like approving the ''I. rex'' creation and not evacuating the park when said beast got loose, instead letting his security handle it, when things finally got out of hand, he had no trouble getting into the front seat of a helicopter and pursuing the ''I. rex'' himself despite his not-so-good flying skills. Unfortunately, it got him and two of his security forces killed and the subsequent helicopter crash let the pterosaurs out of the aviary and went on to create further chaos in the park, the very thing he died trying to prevent.]]

* Claire's [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone reaction]] when she realizes that she's sent three people, Owen among them, into ''I. rex's'' paddock with ''I. rex'' still inside.

* The simple fact that if it wasn't for [[spoiler:the attempts to make LivingWeapon dinosaurs]], Jurassic World likely would've continued to be a hit attraction. The park was a ''success'' and everything Hammond had wanted it to be for ''years'', and then ''this'' happened. It's extremely unlikely that another park will be built, or that Jurassic World will re-open; the public will now associate it with danger and terror, and will avoid it like the plague.

* It's rather understated, but when Gray expresses his desire to go home, Claire promises that she will make sure he and Zach get home safe, before noting that their mother will likely never let her spend time with them again. It neatly summarises what's been an undercurrent of Claire's character throughout the film -- she genuinely does want to spend time with her nephews, but her high pressure job and seven years of utter commitment to routine made that difficult until a desperate situation arose.

* After shutting down every thing north of the resort, Claire witnesses a little girl and her mother reuniting and talking with each other. This leads her to think of her nephews, prompting her to call Zara and tell her to bring the boys back. Then Zara tells her that [[AdultFear she can't find them...]]

** Not to mention all the other animals. The ''Apatosaurus'' and ''Ankylosaurus'' deaths were the only ones we saw on-screen. How many others may have been injured or killed? With the park closed down, will the survivors just been left to fend for themselves? What about the ones in the petting zoo? The others who were raised in captivity and have no idea what predators even are. Even the ''Mosasaurus'', who [[spoiler: saved everyone from the ''I. rex'']], is likely doomed to die of starvation. [[spoiler: Even with [[SparedByTheAdaptation her escape]] in the LEGO game, there's a chance she may not survive in the colder oceans of the modern day]].

** Owen once said that the I. Rex "only positive relationship is with the crane". However when I.Rex breaks out, Owen tries hiding under the vehicle and uses the engine fluid to mask his scent...except that Wu revealed that the I.Rex has pit adder DNA so it is capable of thermal sensing, so she can still detect Owen, so why didn't she attack? It's because he hid ''under the crane''. It's both heartwarming and tearjerking that the I.Rex didn't want to hurt what she sees as its caretaker.

** [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Unless]] [[spoiler:she was calling out to Rexie instead]].

* [[spoiler: Rexie joining the fight is awesome! Watching her nearly get killed? Not so much. The film makes it clear that even though she can still put up one hell of a fight, she's arguably one of the oldest dinosaurs on the island and what with the ''I. rex'' having all of her strengths and then some -- she was heading for an uphill battle. Luckily, she's spared the fate that befell the ''T. rex'' from the third installment with some timely assistance. Though the music slows and the camera lingers just long enough to really make any fan of her start to sweat something fierce.]]

** AlternateCharacterInterpretation: It appears, from the raptor attacking Rexie in the first ''Jurassic Park'', that raptors are viciously, perhaps even suicidally loyal to pack members. Once ''I. rex'' killed its first raptor, it was going down, one way or another. Or another one: ''I. rex'' "speaks" raptor, and that snort/bark is sort of a raptor call for attention. Blue wasn't calling for help, she was attracting ''I. rex's'' attention. [[Series/{{Supernatural}} "Hey, assbutt!"]]

** Not to mention all the other animals. The ''Apatosaurus'' and ''Ankylosaurus'' deaths were the only ones we saw on-screen. How many others may have been injured or killed? With the park closed down, will the survivors just been left to fend for themselves? What about the ones in the petting zoo? The others who were raised in captivity and have no idea what predators even are. Even the ''Mosasaurus'', who [[spoiler: saved everyone from the ''I. Rex'']], is likely doomed to die of starvation. [[spoiler: Even with [[SparedByTheAdaptation her escape]] in the LEGO game, there's a chance she may not survive in the colder oceans of the modern day]].

* The website, despite being super awesome, can invoke sadness of the "IWishItWereReal" variety. Seeing all those happy people, families, children, etc., having a total blast at a park with (semi) real dinosaurs can be both awesome and tearjerking for dinosaur lovers all over the board. Could also be tearjerking in a ''different'' sense for GenreSavvy ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' fans; all these happy people are in for a nasty surprise...

** ''Indomnius's'' life in general. She's been alone for almost all of her life, sparing the brief period she encountered her sibling in, and she's clearly far too intelligent to be so isolated. [[spoiler: Her encounter with the raptors may very well be the first and only time she ever had the chance for a positive relationship with anyone.]] The Lego game really brings forward that the raptors are a group and family, have toys to play with, lots of social interaction, and ParentalSubstitute Owen's constant attention to their physical and emotional well-being, while the ''I. rex'' has nothing except a daily food-drop and whatever she can fabricate from scraps in her enclosure. That she became a violent sociopath and caused the carnage of Jurassic World was all too likely, [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot and perhaps even avoidable]]. If you factor in that she was deliberately engineered to be hyper-aggressive, her actions arguably aren't her own fault or even choice.

** However, this turns into a belated CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming when [[spoiler: the official website, updated to "after" the events of the movie [[http://www.jurassicworld.com/park-map/raptor-paddock/ reveals that they all survived]]]].
---> [[spoiler: Number of Raptors: 4]]

* The ''I. rex'' used to have a sibling. [[MonstrousCannibalism No points guessing how she got it out of the picture]].

** Owen once said that the I. Rex "only positive relationship is with the crane". However when I.Rex breaks out, Owen tries hiding under the vehicle and uses the engine fluid to mask his scent...except that Wu revealed that the I.Rex has pit adder DNA so it is capable of thermal sensing, so she can still detect Owen, so why didn't she attack? It's because he hid ''under the crane''. It's both heartwarming and tearjerking that the I.Rex didn't want to hurt what she sees as it's caretaker.