History Characters / JurassicParkParkGuests

->'''Played By:''' Creator/NickRobinson & Ty Simpkins

* AdaptationalWimp: In the book, Gennaro is a CowardlyLion who, despite having several fearful moments, goes along with Muldoon to find the kids and later, to catch Rexy, ''beats a ''Velociraptor'' in a hand-to-hand fight''[[note]]granted, in the book the ''Velociraptors'' are closer to their much smaller real-life size[[/note]], intimidates a ship captain with {{Technobabble}}, and survives to the end. [[spoiler:In the film, he becomes a DirtyCoward who dies a particularly embarrassing death. This is mostly because he's more of an adaptation of Ed Regis than of the original Gennaro.]]

* CastingGag: The character played by Sam Neill in ''Film/The Hunt for Red October'' wished to visit Montana and settle there, but died before doing so. Now, Dr Grant is living and working in the Badlands of that very state.

* TookALevelInJerkass: In the third and sixth films, aside from conversely no longer being a ChildHater and instead a FriendToAllChildren, he is noticeably more grumpy, cynical, and snarky, which only intensifies once he actually goes to Isla Sorna. ''Completely'' justified due to 1.) His near-death experiences in the first film have made him something of a ShellshockedVeteran, 2.) The existence of Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna, the opening of Jurassic World, and the fact that dinosaurs are now part of the modern global ecosystem all mean that people are far less interested in funding his dig sites, meaning that he is constantly short of cash to fund his excavations, not to mention people have become more interested in the genetically-created [=InGen=] dinos roaming among them than the real ones whose remains he's trying to dig up and research.

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He is killed by the very creature whose tender mercies he had just abandoned two helpless children to.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I guess... I guess we'll just have to evolve too."'' [[labelnote:Click here to see him in Jurassic World Dominion]]:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jwd_alan_grant_trailer.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the Earth."'' [[labelnote:Click here to see her in Jurassic World Dominion]]:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jwd_ellie_sattler_trailer.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Life, uh, finds a way."'' [[labelnote:Click here to see him in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom]]:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thkkxgpcyftgjnn3efvwug_480_80.jpg[[/labelnote]][[labelnote:And Jurassic World: Dominion]]:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jwd_ian_malcolm_trailer_9.jpg [[/labelnote]]]]

* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite his initial disdain for children, he doesn't hesitate for a second to put his own life on the line to draw Rexy's attention away from the kids.

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* {{Foil}}: The introverted Grant is a foil for talkative, sarcastic Malcolm.

* IdiotBall: When Rexy breaks out of her enclosure, Lex grabs and activates a torch in panic, the shining light grabbing Rexy's attention and leading to her attacking the vehicle Lex and her brother are in.

* DeadpanSnarker: What few moments of comedy he gets involve him being somewhat sarcastic, such as when the goat is brought out for the T-Rex to eat.

* DeathByIrony: When the ''T. rex'' shows up, he flees the car and leaves Lex and Tim to their fate while he hides in a bathroom stall so as to not get hurt. After Malcolm gets Rexy to chase him, she destroys the bathroom stall, and kills Gennaro.

* UndignifiedDeath: Dies whimpering for his life, [[CampingACrapper on a toilet]], after cowardly abandoning two children to the ''T. rex''.

** He closes the car door while the ''T. Rex'' is right next to the vehicle, tipping it off to their location when it had previously thought the light being shone by Lex was coming from the jungle and leading it to attack the car.

* TropeCoTropeOfTheWeek: Claire sells them on the new attraction: "Verizon Wireless presents the ''Indominus rex''."

* HotScientist: To the point she has Grant and Malcolm fighting for her affection.

* ShesGotLegs: Boy, does she. Ellie spends a lot of time in tiny shorts.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Gray is highly intelligent, very quiet, and obsessed with numbers and facts (able to spout out the exact make, model, and ''paint identity'' of a Jeep on sight). According to his actor, [[http://www.slashfilm.com/ty-simpkins-jurassic-world-interview/ Gray was originally written as autistic.]] Although the mention in the final film was dropped, his portrayal doesn't seem to divert much from it.

* BadassBeard: He is shown to have grown a salt-and-pepper one in ''Dominion''

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* AdaptationalJerkass: He's generally a lot more closed off and cynical, [[ChildHater especially towards children.]] [[CharacterDevelopment He grows out of it, however.]] His book version [[FriendToAllChildren loves children]], finding their curiosity and love of dinosaurs endearing, and as such he hits it off with Tim immediately, compared to the movie where he initially avoids the boy and only comes to care for him over the course of the story. Steven Spielberg's AuthorAppeal at work.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the book, Grant was a FriendToAllChildren. In the movie, [[ChildHater he isn't]]...[[TookALevelInKindness at first.]]

* CoolOldGuy: By the sixth film, he’s polite and well-spoken, and still loyal to his friends.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:The sixth film sees him become a renowned hero tenfold due to his part in bringing down Biosyn’s conspiracy to wreak a global famine, presumably finally saving his dig site from ever having to endure financial troubles again. But most importantly, he has finally rekindled his long-lost romance with Ellie after decades of missing her.]]

* FireForgedFriends: He initially dislikes Ian due to his being… Ian, and his hitting on Ellie. They do manage to bond when they’re alone during the failure of the park, but they become staunch allies when they work together to save the kids from Rexy, proving to each other that they’re both good men at heart. In ''Dominion'', they spend most of their shared screentime snarking back and forth at each other and pulling one another out of tight situations.

* IdiotBall: Minor example, but when observing the herd of ''Gallimimus,'' Grant notes their course change as being "Just like a flock of birds evading a predator." Which of course is exactly what they're doing, but Grant just stands there watching. Until Tim points out that "They're flocking this way."

-->'''Grant''': With the best intentions? Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions. You know what, Billy? As far as I'm concerned, you're no better than the people that built this place.

* VitriolicBestBuds: He frequently grows exasperated with Ian’s eccentric nature, but it’s clear they still care about each other. In the sixth film in particular they fight tooth and nail to help each other whenever the other is in a rough spot.

A paleobotanist who works alongside Dr. Grant in the Badlands of Montana. Her specialty and expertise draws the attention of John Hammond, the owner of Jurassic Park. When the park fails, she is put to the test as the park’s dinosaurs begin hunting every last human.

Her relationship with Grant ultimately didn’t work out, but they remained friends even as she settled down with Mark and had a family with him.

A mathematician at the Santa Fe Institute who specializes in chaos theory. He's invited to Jurassic Park by Donald Gennaro with the hopes of easing the minds of [=InGen=]'s investors. He quickly becomes disillusioned with the way the park is run and is proven completely correct when he predicts they will ultimately fail in what they’re doing.

After the park fell, Ian violated his NDA when the island’s victims were swept under the rug and lost his credibility and career as a result. Ian ended up racing to Isla Sorna to join John Hammond’s expedition to document the dinosaurs there, mostly to save his girlfriend Dr. Sarah Harding.

--> These creatures were here before us. And if we're not careful, [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore they could be here after.]]

---> '''Malcolm''': Oh, yeah. "Ooh, aah." That's how it always starts. But then later, there's running, and, um...screaming.

---> '''Malcolm:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Hang on, this is gonna be bad.]]

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Abandons Lex and Tim once he realizes the Rex's fence is no longer electrified. He later pays for the ultimate act of cowardice with his life via some LaserGuidedKarma. Poor Lex's panicked whisper of "He left us. He left us!" is haunting and later becomes almost a MadnessMantra for her.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: If you mess with Gray, Zach will thwart you. [[spoiler: Right, electroshocked raptor and hungry ''I. rex''?]]

* BigGood: In the sixth film, he plays a major role in bringing down Biosyn, serving as a more covert example of this trope and helping Ellie and Alan take more direct action.

* BreakoutCharacter: Among the humans in this franchise anyway; his book equivalent ''died'' of his injuries but the sequel novel ''The Lost World'' -- which was written with a film adaptation in mind -- retconned that so he could be the protagonist. He's only become more popular as the years have passed, becoming the first of the original trilogy's principals to appear in the ''Jurassic World'' films.