History Film / JurassicWorldFallenKingdom

* SamePlotSequel: ''Fallen Kingdom'' has been called essentially a remake of ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'', with a similiar GreenAesop about an expedition being sent back to the dinosaur-filled islands after the original park broke down to retrieve as many specimens as possible, while a bunch of SmugSnake {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s attempt to profit off it. The dinosaurs break free and cause a rampage on the mainland, leading to a KarmicDeath for the villains, and an ending speech by one of the previous film's characters that people will have to learn to live with dinosaurs roaming the Earth.

** The whole arc about the island being destroyed might be a reference to the CataclysmClimax of ''Film/TheSonOfKong'', which was originally supposed to feature a dinosaur stampede similiar to that shown in this film, but it was cut for budgetary reasons.

* SamePlotSequel: ''Fallen Kingdom'' has been called essentially a remake of ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'', with a [[{{Anvilicious}} heavy-handed]], almost obnoxious GreenAesop about an expedition being sent back to the dinosaur-filled islands after the original park broke down to retrieve as many specimens as possible, while a bunch of SmugSnake {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s attempt to profit off it. The dinosaurs break free and cause a rampage on the mainland, leading to a KarmicDeath for the [[CapitalismIsBad cartoonish capitalist villains]], and an ending speech by one of the previous film's characters that people will have to learn to live with dinosaurs roaming the Earth.

** By J.A. Bayona's own admission, the part with the ''Indoraptor'' climbing upside-down into Maisie's bedroom is one to a similar scene in ''Film/Dracula1979'', where the Count climbs upside-down into a bedroom.
** It's been stated that the ''Indoraptor'' and its shadowy stalking of Maisie are meant to evoke ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}''.

** The ''Sinoceratops'' in this film has exposed holes in the fenestrae of its frill.
** The ''Baryonyx'' in the film has a broader head, both its arms and neck are also shorter, its teeth are more like a needlefish, and it is horribly shrink-wrapped (which could alternatively be the result of it starving).
** This film's ''Stegosaurus'' seemingly lack the beak they had in real life... and indeed, the previous ''Jurassic Park'' films. Unless if the beak is actually still there and just blended into the skin, like with the film's ''Gallimimus''.

** When the Indoraptor escapes, it climbs onto the roof and roars infront of the full moon, evoking werewolf imagery.

** It's stated that the ''Indoraptor'' and its shadowy stalking of Maisie are meant to evoke ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}''.

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Mills gets eaten by the very dinosaurs he captured and mistreated for profit. Specifically, none other than Rexy!]]

** In a heroic case Blue is seen perched on the roof via flashes of lightning, moments before she [[spoiler: finishes off the ''Indoraptor''.]]

** [[spoiler: Large masses of dinosaurs get onto the mainland, exactly what the heroes and the military try to prevent in the very first book.]]

** Genetic tampering to create a hybrid dinosaur bioweapon is the plot of the ''Chaos Effect'' toyline--and the ''Indoraptor'''s stripes and dark coloring recall its own mutant apex raptor, the Alpha.

*** [[spoiler:The rest of Mills' death]] references the deaths of Ludlow and Eddie from the film version--swung around like the former as he screams for his life, then shared between two theropods like the latter.
** Wheatley carries on a long line of {{Great White Hunter}}s hired to help wrangle or deter dinosaurs--Muldoon from the ''Jurassic Park'' book and film, Roland from ''The Lost World'' film, and the mercenaries from ''Jurassic Park III''. Unlike any of them, (and more like the second film's Dieter Stark) however, he's a sleazy, animal-abusing douchebag.
** [[spoiler: Wheatley's death mirrors that of the previous film's Vic Hoskins, starting with him arrogantly thinking he has control over a dangerous animal he knows nothing about; just like with Hoskins, said animal bites his hand off, then proceeds to make a meal out of him.]]
** Blue as a baby acts ''very'' similarly to the friendly baby raptor from the novel version of ''Jurassic Park''--always trying to get close to the humans and never showing any signs of aggression. Blue, however, isn't torn apart for smelling like a human.
** Carrying over from ''Jurassic World'', the high-tech displays--especially when Mills shows the tracking movements of the dinosaurs across the island--are straight out of ''The Lost World'' game adaptation.

** [[spoiler: This is not the first time ''Jurassic Park'' has dealt with the cloning of humans, as the game ''Scan Command'' and ''Dinosaur Battle'' featured the antagonist Irene Corts cloning humans for a project named "Project Primo".]]

* NewOldWest: A very interesting, metaphorical example. [[spoiler: The last shot has Blue running across the California desert and overlooking a small town as the sun rises. This represents the new frontier of genetic power and dinosaurs now living alongside humankind.]]
* NoSell: Nope, [[spoiler:those tranquilizer darts have absolutely no effect on the ''Indoraptor'' aside from giving it the perfect opportunity to lure Wheatly to his KarmicDeath while being a complete troll. Later, Owen takes several point blank shots with an assault rifle on it, but they don't even penetrate its hide]].
* NoahsStoryArc: The film starts off as this, with a plan to save as many dinosaurs as possible before the volcano kills them all and transport them to an isolated island sanctuary. [[spoiler:Turns out the "rescuers" who brought our beloved heroes in are mercenaries who just seek to save a few species for an AuctionOfEvil... on the mainland.]]

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: [[spoiler: Isla Nublar is now a volcanic wasteland, dinosaurs are now running freely across the mainland, and [=InGen=] is no longer the only faction capable of manufacturing more dinosaurs.]] To paraphrase Dr. Malcolm, genetic power has been unleashed and nothing can be done to contain it now.

** Later in the movie, Blue [[spoiler: somehow sends the ''Indoraptor'', a creature easily five times her size in mass, ''flying through a window.'']]

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Lockwood outlived his daughter. [[spoiler: He wanted her back so badly, he made another one.]]

* PlayerGuidedMissile: A non-video game, non-missile example--the ''Indoraptor'' is trained to follow a laser sight, and to attack at the command of a sound clicker. [[spoiler: A quick demonstration of this in action is enough to get TheMafiya (and others after him) to start bidding, despite it being an unstable, sociopathic prototype that is likely to turn on its masters at the first chance it gets.]]
* PointOfNoReturn: [[spoiler: At the end, the dinosaurs are dying of poison gas, and the only way to save them is to release them. Owen points out that releasing them will have terrible, world-changing consequences and there will be no going back. Claire ultimately cannot bring herself to free the dinosaurs. It is [[ChildrenAreInnocent Maisie]] who frees them in the end, partly because as a clone she has an intimate connection to the dinosaurs and figures that if she has the right to live so do they.]]

* PragmaticVillainy: Unlike Hoskins from the previous film, who can only see the killing ability of the ''Velociraptors'', Wu correctly realizes that it is the empathetic bond between human and raptor that is truly valuable. [[spoiler: He considers the savage, monstrous ''Indoraptor'' to be a failure because of this, and wants to engineer the same empathy into future breeds of ''Indoraptor''.]]

** And when Lockwood [[spoiler: confronts Mills.]]

* ProperlyParanoid: The other submarine pilot. [[spoiler:Turns out he was right to be nervous about being in the lagoon.]]

* RageBreakingPoint: [[spoiler: Blue reaches hers after being shot, caged, nearly being blown up and the final straw is seeing the Indoraptor trying to kill Owen, she finally lets loose all her rage and battles with and manages to defeat the larger Hybrid.]]

* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer shows a scene in which Owen approaches Blue and tries to reconnect with her after years of absence. We see him get his hand close and then suddenly she jerks back and wails, which implies she will attack him. In the final film, we see [[spoiler:the reason she reacts that way is that she was shot with a tranquilizer dart, which was conveniently erased from the trailer.]]

* CheerfulChild: Maisie lacks any emotional baggage, loves her doting grandfather, trusts his [[ObviouslyEvil shifty-looking]] assistant and is all-around a fun bundle of sunshine. [[spoiler:She [[BreakTheCutie becomes a terrified, traumatized wreck]] in light of the dark secrets under the mansion, [[CloningBlues discovering her own screwed-up past,]] finding her grandfather dead, of course, and being hunted by a mutant dinosaur and her greedy sociopath of an adoptive father who wants her for his own nefarious schemes.]]

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler: Maisie is distressed by the revelation that she is a [[ReplacementGoldfish clone]] of her mother, and this influences her decision to free the dinosaurs afterwards.]]

** Blue is ''critical'' to [[spoiler: Mills and Wu's plans for the Indoraptor project. They have a paleovet to treat her after she's shot, but who is vehemently opposed to their work (to the point of holding a gun on ''an entire group of armed mercenaries''. So of course, it makes ''[[SarcasmMode total and complete sense]]'' to leave her completely alone with their critical specimen, give her no staff or equipment with which to attempt to save Blue's life aside from a few terrycloth towels to try and stop the bleeding, and force her to rely on the protagonists ''who shouldn't even be on the boat in the first place'' to get blood from Rexy so she can give Blue a transfusion to get the bullet out.]]

** Averted with [[spoiler: Eli]] who gets the most graphic death in the series since ''The Lost World: Jurassic Park.''

* TheGhost: ''Pachyrhinosaurus''[='s=] name can be scene on the list of dinosaur species when the creatures are being auctioned off. No individuals ever get to appear onscreen, and there is nothing indicating their presence in the [[Film/JurassicWorld previous movie]], or the [[Film/JurassicWorldDominion next one]].

* FantasticallyChallengingPatient: When Blue is shot and bleeding out, Owen and Claire give her a blood transfusion from a ''T. rex''. [[https://slate.com/culture/2018/06/fact-checking-jurassic-world-2-can-you-really-do-a-cross-species-blood-transfusion.html Believe it or not]], [[TruthInTelevision this is actually theoretically possible]].

Creator/ChrisPratt, Creator/BryceDallasHoward and Creator/BDWong reprise their roles as Owen Grady, Claire Dearing, and Dr. Henry Wu. They are joined not only by newcomers played by Creator/JamesCromwell, Creator/TobyJones, Geraldine Chaplin, and Creator/JusticeSmith, but also notably by Creator/JeffGoldblum, who reprises his role of Dr. Ian Malcolm from ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' and ''Film/{{The Lost World|Jurassic Park}}''.

* ArtisticLicenseCars: Like the previous film, one of the vehicles from the original park is seen, this time the Ford Explorer 04 that fell into the ''T. rex'' paddock. It looks like it was just recently flipped over, with the livery still visible. After 25 years in a Central American jungle, it would have rusted into nothing, as with the Jeep in the previous movie. Also it fell down a brick wall, which is missing, and into a tree, which is also missing. [[note]]That's not the actual prop from the first movie, if you're wondering. The real Explorer used in that scene '''''was''''' saved after filming ''Film/JurassicPark1993'', then chopped in half and had a fake roof added. It is currently part of the Universal Studios Hollywood Back Lot Tour, along with the actual vehicles from the sequels.[[/note]]

** The music that plays when the Brachiosaurus dies is a somber reprise of the main theme of ''Film/JurassicPark1993''.

* GutPunch: [[spoiler:The death of the ''Brachiosaurus'', which assumes a similar pose to the one we first see in ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' as it mournfully calls to the leaving boat while lava overtakes it, and with it, the last remains of Jurassic Park]].

* {{Tagline}}: "Life finds a way", which was one of Ian Malcolm's iconic lines in ''Film/JurassicPark1993''. It might not be a coincidence since the character returns.

!!''Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'' provides examples of:

Four years have passed since the fall of Jurassic World. Isla Nublar has once again been abandoned, the park left in ruins and the dinosaurs to their devices. Now, the island that was once home to the original Jurassic Park and its successor is ready to go up in a massive eruption of lava due to a volcano that awakened on the island. Because of this, one of John Hammond's old partners offers to help rescue the dinosaurs. Claire Dearing recruits Owen Grady to join in on the rescue mission due to the fact that his old companion, the ''Velociraptor'' Blue, is still alive on the island. Now, it's a race against time and the vicious creatures still on the island to rescue as many as possible to release into a sanctuary, before Isla Nublar finally goes up in a catastrophic inferno...

Creator/ChrisPratt, Creator/BryceDallasHoward and Creator/BDWong reprise their roles as Owen Grady, Claire Dearing, and Dr. Henry Wu. They are joined not only by newcomers played by Creator/JamesCromwell, Creator/TobyJones, Geraldine Chaplin, and Creator/JusticeSmith, but also notably by Creator/JeffGoldblum, who reprises his role of Dr. Ian Malcolm from ''Film/JurassicPark'' and ''Film/{{The Lost World|Jurassic Park}}''.

* ArtisticLicenseCars: Like the previous film, one of the vehicles from the original park is seen, this time the Ford Explorer 04 that fell into the ''T. rex'' paddock. It looks like it was just recently flipped over, with the livery still visible. After 25 years in a Central American jungle, it would have rusted into nothing, as with the Jeep in the previous movie. Also it fell down a brick wall, which is missing, and into a tree, which is also missing. [[note]]That's not the actual prop from the first movie, if you're wondering. The real Explorer used in that scene '''''was''''' saved after filming ''Film/JurassicPark'', then chopped in half and had a fake roof added. It is currently part of the Universal Studios Hollywood Back Lot Tour, along with the actual vehicles from the sequels.[[/note]]

** A ''Brachiosaurus'' is the first dinosaur Owen's team sees on the island and also the last as they leave. In a meta-sense it's also the first dinosaur visitors to Isla Nublar saw in [[Film/JurassicPark the first movie]], and the last dinosaur visitors to Isla Nublar saw as the island was reduced to a burning wasteland.

* CannotKillTheirLovedOnes: [[Characters/JurassicParkMasraniGlobalAndJurassicWorldStaff Owen]] apparently feels this way towards Blue, the ''Velociraptor'' he raised. When asked by Claire early on in the movie, he declares he can and will do nothing while Blue perishes with the other dinosaurs. But he ends up joining Claire's efforts to rescue Blue and other dinosaurs anyway, and he continues going out of his way to ensure Blue's wellbeing whenever they cross paths [[spoiler:and he even tries to get her to rejoin him with no strings attached]], showing a level of concern and compassion for Blue which he doesn't extend to any of the other dinosaurs.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The film is the darkest in the ''Jurrasic Park'' franchise so far, and the third act is very much a horror film that feels like a [[GothicHorror gothic horror]]/''Film/{{Alien}}'' movie at times. [[spoiler: It also ends with an ecological disaster, the likes of which the heroes and Costa Rican Air Guard way back in the [[Literature/JurassicPark first book]] tried to prevent--dinosaurs getting onto the mainland.]] Notably this was the second film in the franchise to have received the 14A rating in Canada instead of the PG rating, however upon the DVD and Blu-ray release it was bumped down to a PG.

** The music that plays when the Brachiosaurus dies is a somber reprise of the main theme of ''Film/JurassicPark''.

* EscapedAnimalRampage: A rare ''heroic'' version--Stiggy the ''Stygimoloch'' goes to town with the AuctionOfEvil after Owen lures her out of the holding cells. [[spoiler: And technically, this trope is the entire ending--dinosaurs running loose on the American mainland. TheStinger gives us ''Pteranodon'' (already established in [[Film/JurassicPark3 previous]] [[Film/JurassicWorld films]] to be territorial and aggressive) arriving in Las Vegas, as police sirens blare.]]

* GutPunch: [[spoiler:The death of the ''Brachiosaurus'', which assumes a similar pose to the one we first see in ''Film/JurassicPark'' as it mournfully calls to the leaving boat while lava overtakes it, and with it, the last remains of Jurassic Park]].

*** Many of Malcolm's lines are directly from the [[Literature/JurassicPark first book]], mostly towards the end when Malcolm is dying of ''T. rex''-inflicted wounds and high on morphine. In particular, his statement that "great change is like death; you can't see what's on the other side until you get there" ("are at the gates" in the film) and that people think of great, sweeping, paradigm-redfining change as a rare event completely outside our control, when in fact it's inherent in all complex systems, are almost word-for-word quotes.

* TagLine: "Life finds a way", which was one of Ian Malcolm's iconic lines in ''Film/JurassicPark''. It might not be a coincidence since the character returns.

* CastingGag: In the Japanese dub, Zia is voiced by Creator/YuiIshikawa, who already had some experience voicing characters fighting against enemies bigger than herself, except this time, she is fighting against dinosaurs, rather than [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Titans]] or [[VideoGame/NierAutomata machines]], or someone with [[LightNovel/VioletEvergarden former military backgrounds]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: All of the Indoraptor's kills count but the biggest one is Wheatley.]]

In June 2018, a prequel novel ''Literature/TheEvolutionOfClaire'' written by Tessa Sharpe was released that is set between the events of ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' and ''Film/JurassicWorld'' that centers on the character of Claire Dearing and her first year of internship with Masrani Global one year prior to the opening of Jurassic World.

* AssholeVictim: Almost everyone who gets killed by the dinosaurs ([[spoiler:Wheatley, Eversol, Mills, etc.]]) deserves it one way or another.

* KingOfTheDinosaurs: Rexy, who makes her third film appearance in the franchise, although it has been suggested in some material she may now be identified as "Roberta", a name used in production material going back to the first film but never in canon literature.

* EatenAlive: It wouldn't be able to call itself a ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' film if at least one person didn't [[IncrediblyLamePun fall prey]] to this trope and indeed, several do, especially after the ''Indoraptor'' gets loose.

* StockDinosaurs: Rexy, the elderly ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', as well as Blue the ''Velociraptor''. ''Triceratops'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Apatosaurus'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Gallimimus'', ''Parasaurolophus'', ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Compsognathus'', the flying reptile ''Pteranodon'', and the marine lizard ''Mosasaurus'' also make their return for the film. New stock dinosaurs to the movie series are ''Carnotaurus'', ''Baryonyx'', and ''Allosaurus'', all of which have previously appeared in other areas of the franchise. The skeletons of ''Protoceratops'' and ''Edmontosaurus'' and models of ''Dilophosaurus'' and the proto-mammal ''Dimetrodon'' can be seen in the dinosaur exhibit at Lockwood manor. The list of genera taken off the island shown on the computer screens includes ''Pachyrhinosaurus'' (though none appear on-screen).

* SeldomSeenSpecies: ''Stygimoloch''[[labelnote:*]]Although ''Stygimoloch'' is nowadays seen as likely being the juvenile stage of ''Pachycephalosaurus'', which is considered a [[StockDinosaurs Stock Dinosaur]][[/labelnote]] and ''Sinoceratops'' are among the confirmed genera to be featured in the film. The skull of ''Agujaceratops'', the skeleton of ''Kosmoceratops'', and models of ''Concavenator'', ''Mononykus'', and ''Dracorex'' can be found in the dinosaur exhibit at Lockwood Manor. Carcasses of ''Peloroplites'' and ''Teratophoneus'' appear on Isla Nublar, as well as skeletons at Lockwood Manor. DNA vials for ''Dreadnoughtus'' (discovered in 2005 and named in 2014) are also seen in one scene.

* UnexplainedRecovery: More like unexplained survival -- it's unclear how the ''Mosasaurus'' is still alive despite being trapped in an empty lagoon for weeks with nobody to feed it. Even the submersible operators lampshade how anything in the lagoon should have died by the time the prologue takes place.

* FantasticallyChallengingPatient: When Blue is shot and bleeding out, Owen and Claire give her a blood transfusion from a T-Rex. [[https://slate.com/culture/2018/06/fact-checking-jurassic-world-2-can-you-really-do-a-cross-species-blood-transfusion.html Believe it or not]], [[TruthInTelevision this is actually theoretically possible]].

* TheGhost: Pachyrhinosaurus’ name can be scene on the list of dinosaur species when the creatures are being auctioned off. No individuals ever get to appear onscreen, and there is nothing indicating their presence in the [[Film/JurassicWorld previous movie]], or the [[Film/JurassicWorldDominion next one]].