History Trivia / JurassicParkTheGame

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The digital version was delisted from all storefronts when Creator/TelltaleGames shuttered in 2018, and the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 version quickly shot up in price.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The game is mostly pretty good about avoiding this, but one details stands out. Sorkin's journal claims that ''Torosaurus'' is the mature form of ''Triceratops'', which was a short-lived, controversial theory that briefly gained mainstream attention in 2010, when this game was being developed.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, one scene in Episode 2 would have you search for the corpse of David Banks, Dr. Sorkin's assistant. However, what Telltale had planned for Banks would have bumped the rating up to an "M", so it was cut. Considering how some scenes that ''did'' make it in -- such as Nedry's half-eaten corpse and the [[spoiler: [[BodyHorror ''Troodon'' nest]]]] -- already push the "T" rating to its limits, [[FridgeHorror one can't help but wonder just how horrific Banks' fate really was]].

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The game is mostly pretty good about avoiding this, but one details stands out. Sorkin's journal claims that ''Torosaurus'' is the mature form of ''Triceratops'', which was a short-lived, controversial theory that briefly gained mainstream attention during the early 2010s, when this game was being developed.

** Like Nima, Oscar Morales shares a name with a character from the first book: a midwife who is asked by Dr Carter what a "raptor" is during the prologue, and who fails to report a baby attack done by a ''Procompsognathus'' flock. [[CaptainObvious Nothing like the Morales of this game, obviously]].

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Nima is voiced by Creator/NikaFutterman.
** Dr. Gerald Harding is voiced by Jon Curry ([[WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes Winter Soldier]]).
** Creator/JasonMarsden is Billy.
** James Horan ([[WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime Wheeljack]]) is Barney and Dr. Sorkin's assistant.

** Dr. Gerald Harding is voiced by Jon Curry ([[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes Winter Soldier]]).

** JasonMarsden is Billy.

** Nima is voiced by Nika Futterman ([[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Asajj Ventress]]).

* CallBack: The power control panel that Ellie uses in the film makes an appearance in the game, and you must also do the same action steps as in the film.
** The climax of the first episode takes place in the ruins of the visitor centre, after all the chaos of the first film (it's possible to see Hammond's helicopter fly overhead at one point).
* ContinuityNod: Quite a few for fans of the film. At one point, Jess mentions that her father hasn't visited her half-sister Sarah in a long time. That would be Sarah Harding, Ian Malcolm's girlfriend from ''The Lost World''.
** While investigating the site around Nedry's car, Nima finds a few clues that are meaningless plot-wise, but which match specific events in the film such as Nedry losing his glasses and throwing the stick.
** Jess spots a tour car while using the binoculars, and Gerry mentions that some palaeontologists are having a tour.
** In the same scene, Gerry mentions that he needs to treat a sick ''Triceratops''.
** Nima notes that some of the berries are poisonous. In the film, this was what caused the ''Triceratops'' to become ill in the first place.
** There are also a few references to Site B, and at one point Dr. Sorkin asks to speak with Peter Ludlow (the CorruptCorporateExecutive from ''The Lost World'') by phone.

* MythologyGag: Remember the video surveillance feed [[SpecialEffectsFailure with progress bar]] of the movie? Well, it's present in the game too.
** Looking at the Mosasaur feeding schedule will reveal that the events of the movie took place on June 11th, the same day the film was released in theaters.
** In one scene, Gerry and Nima [[CatScare are startled by the sound of a ''Dilophosaurus'']], only for it to be revealed as a tour recording explaining that this was actually the call of a whooping swan. In RealLife, those were the sounds used for the ''Dilophosaurus'' vocalizations.
** A ''Pteranodon'' knocks down the helicopter during episode two. While this didn't actually happen in the films, there was a scene cut from ''The Lost World'' in which a flock of the creatures attack the rescue helicopters.
** Quite a few musical cues resemble those of the films; for instance, when Nima is discovered by the Hardings, the soundtrack resembles the one playing in the first film when Ian Malcolm is found.
* ShoutOut: Mostly to the original movie. There are a couple of scenes which use lines directly from the movie. Miles copies Nedry's "We've got Dodgson here!" line, and there's a scene that takes its dialog directly from "let go of the fence" scene. D-Caf also says "Hold on to your butts!"
** The trophy/achievement names are all puns or references as well.

** Nima is [[StarWarsTheCloneWars Asajj Ventress]].
** Dr. Gerald Harding is [[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes Winter Soldier]].

* ContinuityNod: At one point Jess mentions that her father hasn't visited her half-sister Sarah in a long time. That would be Sarah Harding, Ian Malcolm's girlfriend from ''The Lost World''.
** There are also a few references to Site B, and at one point Dr. Sorkin asks to speak with Peter Ludlow (the CorruptCorporateExecutive from ''Lost World'') by phone.

** Looking at the Mosasaur feeding schedule will reveal the events of the movie took place on June 11th, the same day the film was released in theaters.
** In one scene, Gerry and Nima [[CatScare are startled by the sound of a dilophosaurus]], only for it to be revealed as a tour recording explaining that that was actually the calling sound of a swan, in RealLife those were the sounds used for the dilophosaurus vocalizations.
* ShoutOut: Mostly to the original movie. There are a couple of scenes which use lines directly from the movie. Miles copies Nedry's "We've got Dodgson here!" line, and there's a scene that takes its dialog directly from "let go of the fence" scene.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, one scene in Episode 2 would have you search for the corpse of David Banks, Dr. Sorkin's assistant. However, what Telltale had planned for Banks would have bumped the rating up to an "M", so it was cut. Considering how some scenes that ''did'' make it in - such as Nedry's half-eaten corpse and the [[spoiler: [[BodyHorror Troodon nest]]]] - already push the "T" rating to its limits, one can't help but wonder just how horrific Banks' fate really was.

** Nima is voiced by Nika Futterman, who has played [[StarWarsTheCloneWars Asajj Ventress]], [[HeyArnold Olga Pataki]], [[FanboyAndChumChum Chum Chum]] and [[VideoGame/InFamous Nix]].
** Yoder is voiced by JasonMarsden, who has played [[StaticShock Gear]], [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Craig Boone]], [[GoofTroop Max Goof]] and [[TheLionKing Kovu]].

** Nima once says that her name means "little fish", this doesn't make sense until you consider that her name (pronounced ''Neema'') sounds like the Spanish female version of ''[[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Nemo]]'' (actually the correct Spanish female name would be ''Nema''); even one of the achievements points this.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, one scene in Episode 2 would have you search for the corpse of David Banks, Dr. Sorkin's assistant. However, what Telltale had planned for Banks would have bumped the rating up to an "M", so it was cut. Considering how some scenes that ''did'' make it in - such as Nedry's half-eaten corpse and the [[spoiler: [[BodyHorror Troodon nest]]]] - already push the "T" rating to its limits, one can't help but wonder [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel just how horrific Banks' fate really was.]]

** Yoder is voiced by JasonMarsden, who has played [[StaticShock Gear]], [[FalloutNewVegas Craig Boone]], [[GoofTroop Max Goof]] and [[TheLionKing Kovu]].

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Nima is voiced by Nika Futterman, who has played [[StarWarsTheCloneWars Asajj Ventress]], [[HeyArnold Olga Pataki]], [[FanboyAndChumChum Chum Chum]] and [[VideoGame/{{InFamous}} Nix]].

** Nima once says that her name means "little fish", this doesn't make sense until you consider that her name (pronounced ''Neema'') sounds like the Spanish female version of ''[[FindingNemo Nemo]]'' (actually the correct Spanish female name would be ''Nema''); even one of the achievements points this.

** Nima is voiced by Nika Futterman, who has played [[StarWarsTheCloneWars Asajj Ventress]], [[HeyArnold Olga Pataki]], [[FanboyAndChumChum Chum Chum]] and [[InFamous Nix]].

** In one scene, Gerry and Nima are started by the sound of a dilophosaurus, only for it to be revealed as a tour recording explaining that that was actually the calling sound of a swan, in RealLife those were the sounds used for the dilophosaurus vocalizations.

* AscendedGlitch: The game replicates the blooper from the original movie, where the security camera feed on the computers is just a video file playing in a media player (if you look closely enough to see the playback position bar at the bottom). The game has these on live security camera footage, too.

* MythologyGag: Remember the video surveillance feed [[SpecialEffectsFailure with progress bar]] of the movie? Well, its present in the game too.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, one scene in Episode 2 would have you search for the corpse of David Banks, Dr. Sorkin's assistant. However, what Telltale had planned for Banks would have bumped the rating up to an M, so it was cut. Considering how some scenes that ''did'' make it in - such as the [[spoiler: [[BodyHorror Troodon nest]]]] - already push the T rating to its limits, one can't help but wonder [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel just how horrific Banks' fate really was.]]

** Yoder is voiced by Jason Marsdon, who has played [[StaticShock Gear]], [[FalloutNewVegas Craig Boone]], [[GoofTroop Max Goof]] and [[TheLionKing Kovu]].

** Nima is voiced by [[StarWarsTheCloneWars Asajj Ventress]], [[HeyArnold Olga Pataki]], [[FanboyAndChumChum Chum Chum]] and [[InFamous Nix]].
** Yoder is voiced by [[StaticShock Gear]], [[FalloutNewVegas Craig Boone]], [[GoofTroop Max Goof]] and [[TheLionKing Kovu]].