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* GutturalGrowler: He has a distinctive, rumbling voice.
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* DisposablePilot: Deconstructed. [[spoiler: The ''Troodon'' don't technically kill him, but they do paralyse him with their venom, and plant eggs inside him. When Yoder finds him, it causes him to go over the DepairEventHorizon]].
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* WalkingSpoiler: Their exact identity is kept a secret until episode 4, only appearing in shadows .

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* WalkingSpoiler: Their exact identity is kept a secret until episode 4, only appearing in shadows .shadows before that point.
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* [[ToxicDinosaur]]: Gerry notices the bite on Nima isn't a Dilophosaur bite, but none of the other dinosaurs that he knows about are poisonous.
* [[WalkingSpoiler]]: Their exact identity is kept a secret until episode 4, only appearing in shadows .
* [[XenomorphXerox]]: They're nocturnal and stick to the shadows, have a toxic bite and lay eggs inside humans.
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* [[ToxicDinosaur]]: ToxicDinosaur: Gerry notices the bite on Nima isn't a Dilophosaur bite, but none of the other dinosaurs that he knows about are poisonous.
* [[WalkingSpoiler]]: WalkingSpoiler: Their exact identity is kept a secret until episode 4, only appearing in shadows .
* [[XenomorphXerox]]: XenomorphXerox: They're nocturnal and stick to the shadows, have a toxic bite and lay eggs inside humans.
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!!The Nocturnal Theropods
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A group of ''Troodon'' kept in the quarantine pens, who broke out when the disaster hit the park.
* [[ToxicDinosaur]]: Gerry notices the bite on Nima isn't a Dilophosaur bite, but none of the other dinosaurs that he knows about are poisonous.
* [[WalkingSpoiler]]: Their exact identity is kept a secret until episode 4, only appearing in shadows .
* [[XenomorphXerox]]: They're nocturnal and stick to the shadows, have a toxic bite and lay eggs inside humans.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Susan Cash

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->'''Voiced by:''' Susan Cash
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->'''Voiced by:''' Carlos Carrasco

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->'''Voiced by:''' Carlos Carrasco
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* BareYourMidriff: Her shirt leaves her belly exposed.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Murdered by the very predator she defended.]]



* AssholeVictim: It's hard to feel bad about his death after he threw Nima to the ''Dilos'' in order to save his own skin.
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* OverprotectiveDad: Over the course of the game, he tries to keep Jess safe and steer her away from less commendable activities like stealing and smoking.
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* {{Irony}}: Her anti–HumansAreBastards motivation. In the end - her actions cause [[spoiler:Yoder[[note]]Initially a noble character, who respects the dinosaurs enough to only harm them in self-defense.[[/note]]]] to snap into a greedy, dinosaur-hating asshole.

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!! Dr. Gerald "Gerry" Harding

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!! Dr.!!Dr. Gerald "Gerry" Harding



-> Voiced by: Creator/JonCurry

Gerry Harding is Jurassic Park's chief veterinarian, and is quite knowledgeable about the park's various dinosaurs. He's being visited by his teenage daughter Jess when the Isla Nublar incident occurs, and is quickly thrust into a fight for survival.

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Gerry Harding is Jurassic Park's chief veterinarian, and is quite knowledgeable about the park's various dinosaurs. He's being visited by his teenage daughter Jess when the Isla Nublar incident occurs, and is quickly thrust into a fight for survival. \n



* {{Workaholic}}: He eventually admits that this is responsible for both of his failed marriages. [[spoiler: By the end, after the whole ordeal and nearly losing Jess, he decides to go back to being a simple vet to be closer to his daughter.]]

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* {{Workaholic}}: He eventually admits that this is responsible for both of his failed marriages. [[spoiler: By [[spoiler:By the end, after the whole ordeal and nearly losing Jess, he decides to go back to being a simple vet to be closer to his daughter.]]



!! Jessica "Jess" Harding

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!! Jessica !!Jessica "Jess" Harding



-> Voiced by: Heather Hudson

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* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Of the good (if somewhat rebellious) variety - she secretly smokes, and even has a favorite brand. Needless to say, Gerry isn't too pleased when he finds out, [[spoiler: probably in no small part due to one of her secret smoke breaks leading a pack of Raptors right to them.]]

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* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Of the good (if somewhat rebellious) variety - she secretly smokes, and even has a favorite brand. Needless to say, Gerry isn't too pleased when he finds out, [[spoiler: probably [[spoiler:probably in no small part due to one of her secret smoke breaks leading a pack of Raptors right to them.]]



* PrecociousCrush: She seems to have one for both Oscar and Billy. By the end of the game she's over both, seeing that [[spoiler: Oscar [[HeroicSacrifice died]] and Billy [[DespairEventHorizon went psycho]] and [[FaceHeelTurn betrayed everyone]]]].

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* PrecociousCrush: She seems to have one for both Oscar and Billy. By the end of the game she's over both, seeing that [[spoiler: Oscar [[spoiler:Oscar [[HeroicSacrifice died]] and Billy [[DespairEventHorizon went psycho]] and [[FaceHeelTurn betrayed everyone]]]].



!! Nima Cruz

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!! Nima !!Nima Cruz



-> Voiced by: Creator/NikaFutterman



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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NikaFutterman



* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: Isla Nublar is the ancestral home of her tribe, but they were all forcibly evicted by [=InGen=] mercenaries after the company leased the island from Costa Rica.]]

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: Isla [[spoiler:Isla Nublar is the ancestral home of her tribe, but they were all forcibly evicted by [=InGen=] mercenaries after the company leased the island from Costa Rica.]]



* KarmicJackpot: [[spoiler: If she saves Jess and sacrifices the embryos, not only does she survive but she still walks away with the money Biosyn was going to pay her.]]

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* KarmicJackpot: [[spoiler: If [[spoiler:If she saves Jess and sacrifices the embryos, not only does she survive but she still walks away with the money Biosyn was going to pay her.]]



!! Dr. Laura Sorkin
-> Voiced by: Susan Cash

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!! Dr.!!Dr. Laura Sorkin
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* AnimalWrongsGroup: She sees the dinos as animals that should be allowed to live out their "natural" lives. She also sees [[spoiler: nothing wrong with releasing the ''Tylosaurus'' into the ocean despite Gerry noting that it's an alpha predator]], and told no-one about [[spoiler:the ''Troodon'' even when she had to have known they were running around, posing a massive danger to people and other dinos alike]].

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* AnimalWrongsGroup: She sees the dinos as animals that should be allowed to live out their "natural" lives. She also sees [[spoiler: nothing [[spoiler:nothing wrong with releasing the ''Tylosaurus'' into the ocean despite Gerry noting that it's an alpha predator]], and told no-one about [[spoiler:the ''Troodon'' even when she had to have known they were running around, posing a massive danger to people and other dinos alike]].



* TheDitherer: She repeatedly insists on not jumping to conclusions, which is potentially commendable in most circumstances, but it becomes her only real defence when [[spoiler: Yoder accuses her of knowing the ''Troodons'' were escaping from the quarantine pens]].

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* TheDitherer: She repeatedly insists on not jumping to conclusions, which is potentially commendable in most circumstances, but it becomes her only real defence when [[spoiler: Yoder [[spoiler:Yoder accuses her of knowing the ''Troodons'' were escaping from the quarantine pens]].



* EvilutionaryBiologist: She isn't one, [[spoiler: but her plans for the ''Tylosaurus'' scream this trope]].

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* EvilutionaryBiologist: She isn't one, [[spoiler: but [[spoiler:but her plans for the ''Tylosaurus'' scream this trope]].



* NeverMyFault: Zig-zags. During Episode 3, she accepts that Gerry will have to report her to their superiors once they get off the island. When interrogated, however, to admit her mistakes in the last episode, she will make every excuse in the world to avoid responsibility or regret for anyone dying and outright struggles to apologize. By the time they reach the rotunda, she has gone off the deep end: by this point, she certainly prioritizes dinosaur lives over human lives and will keep making excuses [[spoiler: to the grave]] that it was fine.

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* NeverMyFault: Zig-zags. During Episode 3, she accepts that Gerry will have to report her to their superiors once they get off the island. When interrogated, however, to admit her mistakes in the last episode, she will make every excuse in the world to avoid responsibility or regret for anyone dying and outright struggles to apologize. By the time they reach the rotunda, she has gone off the deep end: by this point, she certainly prioritizes dinosaur lives over human lives and will keep making excuses [[spoiler: to [[spoiler:to the grave]] that it was fine.



* WellIntentionedExtremist: While her concern over the dinosaurs' well-being is understandable, and while she doesn't harbour any ill-will towards the other survivors, undermining the lysine contingency removes a viable safety mechanism from [=InGen's=] hands, and her pro-dinosaur attitude causes a lot of trouble. She certainly sees herself as one, [[spoiler: but jumps off the deep end when she learns that there's a bombing run heading toward the island, holding the other survivors hostage for her own ends.]]

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: While her concern over the dinosaurs' well-being is understandable, and while she doesn't harbour any ill-will towards the other survivors, undermining the lysine contingency removes a viable safety mechanism from [=InGen's=] hands, and her pro-dinosaur attitude causes a lot of trouble. She certainly sees herself as one, [[spoiler: but [[spoiler:but jumps off the deep end when she learns that there's a bombing run heading toward the island, holding the other survivors hostage for her own ends.]]



!! William "Billy" Yoder

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!! William !!William "Billy" Yoder



-> Voiced by: Creator/JasonMarsden

Billy is one of the mercenaries hired by [=InGen=] to find anyone left on Isla Nublar and rescue them. Light-hearted and full of himself, Billy is almost constantly bragging or cracking jokes, but is still focused on rescuing the survivors. [[spoiler: However, as the horrors of the island take their toll on him and his friends, Billy's character takes a much more sinister turn...]]

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Billy is one of the mercenaries hired by [=InGen=] to find anyone left on Isla Nublar and rescue them. Light-hearted and full of himself, Billy is almost constantly bragging or cracking jokes, but is still focused on rescuing the survivors. [[spoiler: However, [[spoiler:However, as the horrors of the island take their toll on him and his friends, Billy's character takes a much more sinister turn...]]



* FakeUltimateHero: He initially plays himself and the other mercs off as the cavalry riding in for the rescue, but the situation quickly deteriorates beyond his ability to deal with it. [[spoiler: By game's end, he intends to let everyone else die to save himself and get rich in the process.]]

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* FakeUltimateHero: He initially plays himself and the other mercs off as the cavalry riding in for the rescue, but the situation quickly deteriorates beyond his ability to deal with it. [[spoiler: By [[spoiler:By game's end, he intends to let everyone else die to save himself and get rich in the process.]]



* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: His friendly, wise-cracking personality is still intact after his FaceHeelTurn, but it's very clear it's a mere cover for his more sinister leanings.]]

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* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: His [[spoiler:His friendly, wise-cracking personality is still intact after his FaceHeelTurn, but it's very clear it's a mere cover for his more sinister leanings.]]



* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: After Oscar dies, he starts slipping between "malicious" and "helpful" until snapping entirely in the final stretch.]]

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* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After Oscar dies, he starts slipping between "malicious" and "helpful" until snapping entirely in the final stretch.]]



* TattooedCrook: He has a cross tattoo on his arm that isn't quite as awesome as Oscar's, but is still pretty nifty. And like Oscar, he doesn't really fit the "crook" part of the description. [[spoiler: At first, anyways.]]
* TrueCompanions: With Oscar and D-Caf. [[spoiler: Horrifyingly {{Deconstructed}} as their friendship is the only thing keeping him from becoming an amoral {{Greed}}-driven mercenary. He starts to crack when D-Caf goes M.I.A, but after Oscar dies in front of him he starts backsliding into villainy before settling into his role as the game's last human antagonist.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:It’s hard to talk about him without revealing he has a FaceHeelTurn and becomes part of the BigBadEnsemble.]]

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* TattooedCrook: He has a cross tattoo on his arm that isn't quite as awesome as Oscar's, but is still pretty nifty. And like Oscar, he doesn't really fit the "crook" part of the description. [[spoiler: At [[spoiler:At first, anyways.]]
* TrueCompanions: With Oscar and D-Caf. [[spoiler: Horrifyingly [[spoiler:Horrifyingly {{Deconstructed}} as their friendship is the only thing keeping him from becoming an amoral {{Greed}}-driven mercenary. He starts to crack when D-Caf goes M.I.A, but after Oscar dies in front of him he starts backsliding into villainy before settling into his role as the game's last human antagonist.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:It’s [[spoiler:It's hard to talk about him without revealing he has a FaceHeelTurn and becomes part of the BigBadEnsemble.]]



!! Oscar Morales

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!! Oscar !!Oscar Morales



-> Voiced by: Carlos Carrasco

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-> Voiced by: Ari Rubin

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* HeHadAName: [[spoiler: The others referring to him as "the victim" cause Yoder to snap and correct them with his full name.]]
* TattooedCrook: While the "crook" part again doesn't really apply from what we see of him, he has a tattoo on his arm that is just like Billy's. [[spoiler: This is how Billy and the other survivors identify D-Caf after discovering him as a living nest.]]

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* HeHadAName: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The others referring to him as "the victim" cause Yoder to snap and correct them with his full name.]]
* TattooedCrook: While the "crook" part again doesn't really apply from what we see of him, he has a tattoo on his arm that is just like Billy's. [[spoiler: This [[spoiler:This is how Billy and the other survivors identify D-Caf after discovering him as a living nest.]]



!! Miles Chadwick
-> Voiced by: Jared Emerson-Johnson

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!! Miles !!Miles Chadwick
-> Voiced by: ->'''Voiced by:''' Jared Emerson-Johnson



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!! David Banks
-> Voiced by: James Horan

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!! David !!David Banks
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!! Vargas
-> Voiced by: Uncredited VA

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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: After Bily and Oscar, not understanding the situation, leave him alone in the foyer of the Visitor's Center, he gets dragged screaming away by a ''Troodon'' to either be eaten or subjected to the horrifying fate of being made into a living nest.]]
* ForgottenFallenFriend: ''[[AvertedTrope Averted.]]'' Despite appearing once and dying all the way back in the second episode, [[spoiler: Yoder brings him up during his rant against Dr. Sorkin during his SanitySlippage.]]

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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After Bily and Oscar, not understanding the situation, leave him alone in the foyer of the Visitor's Center, he gets dragged screaming away by a ''Troodon'' to either be eaten or subjected to the horrifying fate of being made into a living nest.]]
* ForgottenFallenFriend: ''[[AvertedTrope Averted.]]'' Despite appearing once and dying all the way back in the second episode, [[spoiler: Yoder [[spoiler:Yoder brings him up during his rant against Dr. Sorkin during his SanitySlippage.]]



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* KarmicJackpot: [[spoiler: If she saves Jess and sacrifices the embryos, not only does she survive but she still walks away with the money Biosyn was going to pay her.]]
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* BadassBeard: Pretty much everything about him makes it clear he is a gigantic badass, and he sports a beard.
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* DeadPartner: Not Yoder himself, but his comrades' deaths have a strong effect on him.]]

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* DeadPartner: Not Yoder himself, but his comrades' deaths have a strong effect on him.]]
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* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Although, technically, [[spoiler:he's still alive when he's found]].
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* YouDontLookLikeYou: Between his AgeLift, clean-shaven face, and weight loss he looks nothing like Gerald R. Molden, the actor who portrayed him in the movie.

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* YouDontLookLikeYou: Between his AgeLift, clean-shaven face, and weight loss he looks nothing like Gerald R. Molden, the actor who portrayed him in the movie.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: He fails to understand that the ''Dilophosaurs'' react less like intelligent beings and more like the feral predators they are. Instead of targeting the easy prey, they're far more interested in a fleeing target that broke from its "pack".
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* OneSceneWonder: He only shows up in vocal form in the first episode. When the group makes it to Sorkin he turns out to have died.

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* OneSceneWonder: [[invoked]]OneSceneWonder: He only shows up in vocal form in the first episode. When the group makes it to Sorkin he turns out to have died.



* OneSceneWonder: He only shows up in one scene of the game, but his scene establishes the still unclear threat of the ''Troodon''.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: His friendly, wise-cracking personality is still intact after his FaceHeelTurn, but it's very clear it's a mere cover for his more sinister leanings.]]



* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: After Oscar dies, he starts slipping between "malicious" and "helpful" until snapping entirely in the final stretch.]]



%%* TrueCompanions: With Oscar and D-Caf.

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%%* * TrueCompanions: With Oscar and D-Caf.D-Caf. [[spoiler: Horrifyingly {{Deconstructed}} as their friendship is the only thing keeping him from becoming an amoral {{Greed}}-driven mercenary. He starts to crack when D-Caf goes M.I.A, but after Oscar dies in front of him he starts backsliding into villainy before settling into his role as the game's last human antagonist.]]



* PrecociousCrush: Is on the receiving end of one from Jess who seems to dig his badassery. Just before his [[SuicideMission suicide mission]], Jess runs to him & begs him not to go because he could die. He gives a smile & tells her not to count him out yet before he leaves, but Jess only shakes her head sadly.

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* PrecociousCrush: Is on the receiving end of one from Jess who seems to dig his badassery. Just before his [[SuicideMission suicide mission]], Jess runs to him & and begs him not to go because he could die. He gives a smile & tells her not to count him out yet before he leaves, but Jess only shakes her head sadly.



* HeHadAName: [[spoiler: The others referring to him as "the victim" cause Yoder to snap and correct them with his full name.]]



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!! David Banks
-> Voiced by: James Horan

Dr. Sorkin's lab assistant, who was left behind alongside her.
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* ForgottenFallenFriend: [[JustifiedTrope Justified.]] His death is fairly recent, so Sorkin isn't particularly willing to talk about him.
* OneSceneWonder: He only shows up in vocal form in the first episode. When the group makes it to Sorkin he turns out to have died.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's not elaborated just ''what'' happened to him, just that he was killed after ignoring Sorkin's warning and going to the Quarantine Pens. Though it can be inferred through this that he was either eaten by the ''Velociraptors'' or [[FateWorseThanDeath taken by the]] ''Troodon''.
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!! Vargas
-> Voiced by: Uncredited VA

A mercenary working for [=InGen=] sent in the squad opposite Billy, Oscar and D-Caf. He winds up getting bitten by a ''Troodon'' in the Visitor's Center, leading to things very quickly going wrong...
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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: After Bily and Oscar, not understanding the situation, leave him alone in the foyer of the Visitor's Center, he gets dragged screaming away by a ''Troodon'' to either be eaten or subjected to the horrifying fate of being made into a living nest.]]
* ForgottenFallenFriend: ''[[AvertedTrope Averted.]]'' Despite appearing once and dying all the way back in the second episode, [[spoiler: Yoder brings him up during his rant against Dr. Sorkin during his SanitySlippage.]]
* OneSceneWonder: He only shows up in one scene of the game, but his scene establishes the still unclear threat of the ''Troodon''.
* ShellShockedVeteran: His comments about "trees", being "sitting ducks on this beach" and "commies" hint that he's a veteran of the Korean or Vietnam wars and that the ''Troodon'' venom caused him to have a PTSD attack.
* TeamKiller: He killed his entire unit before Billy and Oscar found him under the influence of the ''Troodon'' venom, including their pilot who was killed when he saw "the commies were trying to take off."
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Again with him & Oscar, who is clearly a good bit older than him. When Oscar recalls the jungle looking familiar, Yoder questions how and Oscar simply replies it was before his time.


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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Seems to be this with Billy.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Again, with Billy. There appears to be a wide age-gap between the two with Oscar even noting one of his missions being before Billy's time. But the two are very close & constantly trading barbs and joking about their [[NoodleIncident noodle incidents]].

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