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| 10 | [[folder:Theropods in general]] |
| 11 | * AnimalsNotToScale: Many are depicted as far larger or smaller than they would have been in real life. In the case of being too small, this is [[DependingOnTheWriter sometimes]] been justified by the individuals as not fully grown. |
| 12 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: As per usual of the [[Franchise/JurassicPark franchise]] artistic liberties are taken: |
| 13 | ** All of the theropods possess palates and tongues that are too mammalian in musculature. Given that they are closer related to lepidosaurs than mammals their [[https://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2023/03/new-paper-fresh-evidence-and-novel.html oral tissue]] [[https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo7877#core-collateral-purchase-access should instead]] [[https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0198078 resemble them]]. |
| 14 | ** Every theropod until ''Dominion'' was portrayed to have pronated wrists (wrists that can rotate) and arms held in front, when all theropods were incapable of this. |
| 15 | ** Many are depicted with the wrong anatomy, skin textures, or type of integument for the species they are based on. |
| 16 | * CarnivoresAreMean: Downplayed. Many of the theropods are meat-eaters that are only aggressive when they are hungry, being territorial, protecting their young, or are simply pissed by the presence of certain individuals. |
| 17 | * InformedSpecies: Quite a few animals have appearances that make them look like close relatives rather than the animals they are referred to as. |
| 18 | * LightningBruiser: Several of them are capable of keeping pace with or out speeding moving vehicles while taking absurd amounts of punishment that should kill them. |
| 19 | * MadeOfIron: Many are shown to be capable of withstanding multiple injuries that should be lethal. |
| 20 | * PrehistoricMonster: Several of them are depicted as hyper-intelligent murderous monsters rather than animals. Sometimes, it's justified as many of their caretakers want their carnivores to be hyper-aggressive for entertainment or military purposes. |
| 21 | * SuperPersistentPredator: All of the carnivorous dinosaurs and even the ''[[XenophobicHerbivore Therizinosaurus]]'' are depicted relentlessly chasing down humans and other dinosaurs despite encountering distractions, barriers, or injuries that should slow them down at best. |
| 22 | [[/folder]] |
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| 24 | |
| 25 | !Coelurosauria |
| 26 | |
| 27 | !!Maniraptoriformes |
| 28 | |
| 29 | [[folder:''Gallimimus'']] |
| 30 | !!''Gallimimus'' |
| 31 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jurassic_world_fallen_kingdom_gallimimus_by_sonichedgehog2_dc9fqf7.png]] |
| 32 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' | ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' | ''Film/JurassicWorld'' | ''Literature/TheEvolutionOfClaire'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' | ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 33 | |
| 34 | ->''"''Gallimimus'' doesn't have a single tooth in its entire mouth."'' |
| 35 | -->-- '''Jurassic World website''' |
| 36 | |
| 37 | An ornithomimid or ostrich-like dinosaur bred for Jurassic Park and kept on both Isla Nublar and Sorna before they both fell. The species would later be brought back for Jurassic World with babies found in the Gentle Giants Petting Zoo and the adults in ''Gallimimus'' Valley. After the fall of the park and the island's volcano began erupting, many of them were captured and released into California. |
| 38 | ---- |
| 39 | * AccidentalHero: The ''Gallimimus'' flock may have unintentionally saved Grant and the kids who were standing out in the open when they forced the three to take cover behind a tree trunk to avoid being trampled moments before the park's ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' comes bursting through the tree line. |
| 40 | * AdaptationDyeJob: The juveniles in ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' had horizontal stripes, whilst the juveniles in ''Film/JurassicWorld'' had a coloration identical to the adults. |
| 41 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: They appear in the first ''Jurassic Park'' film despite not being in the first book. They do show up in the second. |
| 42 | * AdaptationalSpeciesChange: The stampede scene involved ''Hadrosaurus'' in the book. |
| 43 | * AnimalStampede: Flocks of ''Gallimimus'' are almost always involved in the films' stampede scenes. |
| 44 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: |
| 45 | ** Being an ornithomimid, it should be covered in feathers and also has to possess wings and rectrices. |
| 46 | ** The lack of feathers in the film version notwithstanding, the ''Franchise/{{Lego}}'' version is just a generic theropod that looks nothing like a ''Gallimimus''. Especially jarring considering the ''VideoGame/LegoJurassicWorld'' version greatly resembles the ''Gallimimus'' in the films. A later set, however, features a new ''Gallimimus'' figure that looks more like the film version. |
| 47 | ** A lot of ''Jurassic Park'' video games and novels labeled ''Gallimimus'' as herbivores. ''Gallimimus'', along with other ornithomimids, are believed to have eaten small animals, insects, and eggs in addition to plants ([[DownplayedTrope though it's thought that plants would indeed have made up the bulk of their diet]]). The ''Jurassic World'' website, however, corrected them as being omnivores. |
| 48 | ** The ''Gallimimus'' in ''Camp Cretaceous'' are jarringly depicted with flat molars, something that was not even present in the films. |
| 49 | * TheBusCameBack: ''Gallimimus'' are absent in ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' before making their return in ''Film/JurassicWorld'', 18 years since their previous appearance in ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark''. |
| 50 | * ContinuityNod: Their cameo in ''Film/JurassicWorld'' was filmed in the same area as the ''Gallimimus'' scene from the original film. |
| 51 | * CripplingOverspecialization: They're among the fastest animals in the park, but have no other way to defend themselves if they're attacked by larger, fiercer dinosaurs. |
| 52 | * FragileSpeedster: One of the fastest dinosaurs in the park, but beyond that have no real defenses against predators. As the first film shows, any predator that can go after them is usually capable of easily killing them. |
| 53 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: One of the first trailers for ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' showing the stampede from the eruption has one not look where it's going and bump into an ''Allosaurus'', much to the predator's annoyance. However, this is changed in the actual film to the ‘'Allosaurus'' snapping at it. |
| 54 | * HerbivoresAreFriendly: Inverted. They are omnivorous, but their aggression level is listed as low. Their main tour location is a safari wherein people can ride alongside flocks of them as they run, and children are allowed to hold and pet the baby ones in the petting zoo. |
| 55 | * InformedSpecies: Downplayed. Its shorter body and skull shape make it look more like fellow ornithomimid ''Struthiomimus''. The real ''Gallimimus'' had a longer skull and body. |
| 56 | * LongNeck: Though not exactly on the same level as ''Therizinosaurus'' and sauropods. |
| 57 | * OhCrap: An interesting double-example; they invoke this reaction in Tim when they start "flocking [his] way"...and then it's implied that the reason they're flocking is that they themselves are having an OhCrap moment being stalked by the ''T. rex''. |
| 58 | * RedShirt: One of them became breakfast for the ''T. rex''. |
| 59 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The babies are tiny and adorable. |
| 60 | * ToothyBird: A really weird and confusing example. The ones in the films have small teeth if you look closely, and the official website shows a picture of a toothed ''Gallimimus''. And yet the website also claims that ''Gallimimus'' "doesn't have a single tooth in its mouth". So which is it? However, it's most likely the "teeth" on the film version are actually teeth-like tomia found in waterfowl. |
| 61 | [[/folder]] |
| 62 | |
| 63 | [[folder:''Oviraptor'']] |
| 64 | !! ''Oviraptor'' |
| 65 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jurassic_world_dominion_prologue_oviraptor.jpg]] |
| 66 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 67 | |
| 68 | A small, feathered maniraptor that appears in a Cretaceous flashback, raiding the nest of an unknown dinosaur. In the present, it was cloned for animal fights in the Amber Clave Market. |
| 69 | ---- |
| 70 | * AnachronisticAnimal: The prologue of ''Dominion'' shows ''Oviraptor'' living 65 million years ago, even though the genus became extinct 70 million years ago. |
| 71 | * AnimalsNotToScale: Averted. The ''Oviraptor'' in the Amber Clave Market is the same size as its real life counterpart, barely reaching the legs of adult humans. But thanks to paleomedia commonly using the emu-sized ''Citipati'' to represent ''Oviraptor'' (specifically the crest) and the fact that ''Oviraptor'' is often depicted as a rival to ''Velociraptor'' (which itself is often oversized in pop culture), [[RealityIsUnrealistic many viewers see it as too small]]. |
| 72 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: It's a fairly accurate portrayal for the most part, but it has pronated wrists, is covered in hair-like feathers rather than contour feathers, and lacks the wings and rectrices the real animal had. Judging by related oviraptorids, its tail is likely too long as well (though to be fair, the tail of ''Oviraptor'' itself isn't preserved). |
| 73 | * CanonImmigrant: ''Oviraptor'' has appeared in several ''Jurassic Park'' games before debuting in ''Dominion''. |
| 74 | * CockyRooster: An extended scene shows an ''Oviraptor'' being aggressive and tries to attack a ''Lystrosaurus'' in the Amber Clave Market like a rooster in a cockfight, only for the ''Lystrosaurus'' to swiftly decapitate the ''Oviraptor'' with a single bite. |
| 75 | * EvilEggEater: Subverted. It's shown to eat the eggs in a dinosaur nest, rather than brooding over its eggs like in the fossil records. But it lacks many stereotypes associated with an egg-stealing ''Oviraptor'' like snatching the egg with its claws or running from an angry mother. Instead, it behaves just like how a bird would behave if it stumbles upon an unattended nest full of nutritious eggs. |
| 76 | * FeatheredFiend: |
| 77 | ** Subverted since feeding on the eggs of other dinosaurs is part of its natural behavior. |
| 78 | ** Played straighter in an extended scene where one is actively shown fighting a ''Lystrosaurus'' in the Amber Clave Market before the latter decapitates it with a single bite. |
| 79 | * InformedSpecies: It has the tall-crested appearance more like its relative ''Citipati'', which is atypical of media depictions of ''Oviraptor''. But at least its size matches the real ''Oviraptor''. |
| 80 | * OffWithHisHead: The one in the Amber Clave Market gets decapitated by the ''Lystrosaurus'' it's supposed to be fighting. |
| 81 | * ShownTheirWork: Minus the wings and rectrices, it's cloaked in a full coat of feathers, which we know to have been the case for oviraptorosaurs in RealLife. Its behavior and movements are very birdlike, particularly when it pins an egg with its foot and cracks the shell by pecking at it. The deleted scene where it fights the ''Lystrosaurus'' shows it is accurately sized, around the size of a real-life ''Velociraptor'', rather than being the size of a man as in most portrayals. |
| 82 | * StockAnimalDiet: The name ''Oviraptor'' means "Egg Thief". Guess what we see it eating? Notably, it's been all but confirmed in RealLife that the holotype specimen of ''Oviraptor'' was a parent ''brooding'' the eggs it was preserved with, but of course, that doesn't rule out eggs as an occasional dietary supplement either. |
| 83 | [[/folder]] |
| 84 | |
| 85 | [[folder:''Proceratosaurus'']] |
| 86 | !!''Proceratosaurus'' |
| 87 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jp_1993_proceratosaurus_lab.png]] |
| 88 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' (cameo) |
| 89 | |
| 90 | A small carnivorous dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic period. |
| 91 | ---- |
| 92 | * BusCrash: With Dennis Nedry stealing (and later losing) the dinosaur embryos in his Barbasol can, the ''Proceratosaurus'' DNA has decayed by the time it was finally recovered years later due to being outside the freezer's preserving conditions. |
| 93 | * TheCameo: The name of this dinosaur's embryo appears in the laboratory's cold storage room in the original film. Ironically the name of its more famous descendant is also visible (and misspelled) here. |
| 94 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: The animal was a small generic-looking theropod with a crest on its head. However it's the ancestor to ''Guanlong'' and by proxy all tyrannosaurids, including the most iconic dinosaur species of all time and one of the largest terrestrial predators in Earth's (pre)history. |
| 95 | [[/folder]] |
| 96 | |
| 97 | [[folder:''Therizinosaurus'']] |
| 98 | !!''Therizinosaurus'' |
| 99 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3d67e5ab_32d1_4e4d_8e47_c3d14c9a904b.png]] |
| 100 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 101 | |
| 102 | A large, herbivorous, long-necked feathered theropod with long and huge claws cloned by Biosyn. |
| 103 | ---- |
| 104 | * AccidentalHero: It’s extremely territorial behaviour comes in handy when it joins the fray just in time to distract the ''Giganotosaurus'' before it could kill the protagonists or finish off an unconscious Rexy. |
| 105 | * AbsurdlySharpClaws: It has huge claws which are so sharp that [[spoiler:it can perfectly impale the armoured ''Giganotosaurus'' on all six of its fingers just from the ''T. rex'' pushing the ''Giganotosaurus'' into its outstretched claws.]] There's also AudibleSharpness as this happens. |
| 106 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: As a large herbivore, the ''Therizinosaurus'' really shouldn't have cat-like slit eyes (which are normally only found in carnivorous animals that hunt low to the ground and in dim light like small cats, foxes, vipers, or crocodiles), other than to make it look [[RuleOfScary more frightening and intimidating]], despite being a plant-eater. |
| 107 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Appears to have dewclaws. Real therizinosaurs had all four toes on the ground to better distribute their weight, highly unusual for theropods. Given its position within Maniraptora it should possess wing and tail feathers and have a body covered in a [[https://www.deviantart.com/derpyduckart/art/Deinocheirus-mirificus-3D-Model-Paleoart-832983602 sparse coat]] of feathers rather than only having a thick coat of them on the back. It also has a more horizontal posture instead of a more vertical one it would have had in life, unique among theropods, and its potbelly[[note]]which results from gastralia making it appear to have a potbellied profile.[[/note]] is less pronounced than it should be (therizinosaurs, being herbivores, required a much larger gut than carnivorous theropods in order to process tougher to digest vegetation). On the whole, its depiction looks more like a ''Gigantoraptor'' or at least an overgrown ''Falcarius'' than how an actual ''Therizinosaurus'' is thought to have appeared. Additionally, examinations of its claws indicate that the real animal only used them for display, being surprisingly fragile for their size, but this wasn't examined in depth until after produxtion had finished for the film. |
| 108 | * CanonImmigrant: ''Therizinosaurus'' has appeared in several ''Jurassic Park'' games before debuting in ''Dominion''. |
| 109 | * ChekhovsGunman: Appears in a short scene menacing Claire after she parachutes into the Biosyn dinosaur sanctuary, but it quickly loses interest and wanders off. It reappears at the very end when [[spoiler:it unintentionally saves the protagonists by drawing the ''Giganotosaurus'''s attention, and then ''kills'' it, albeit mostly accidentally.]] |
| 110 | * CreepilyLongArms: The arms of the ''Therizinosaurus'' are among the longest of any living creature, and they are equipped with awe-inspiring claws. |
| 111 | * EarlyBirdCameo: ''Therizinosaurus'' DNA is used in the creation of the ''Indominus rex'' and the ''Indoraptor''. |
| 112 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: It's first introduced menacing Claire after she crashed into its territory, only to lose interest when it sees a deer nearby. It swiftly kills said deer to get an easier spot to feed on some berries, before chasing after Claire when she escapes her seat, only leaving when something else distracts it. The scene establishes that the ''Therizinosaurus'' is a XenophobicHerbivore and just how powerful it can be. |
| 113 | * FeatheredFiend: It is by far the largest feathered animal in the franchise, and probably the most aggressive herbivore ever portrayed. |
| 114 | * {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:It loses a chunk of one of the finger-talons on its left arm when the ''Giganotosaurus'' chomps down on it during their fight.]] |
| 115 | * HairTriggerTemper: It's extremely territorial to the point that it will kill a deer just for being in the way. [[spoiler:When it sees the ''Giganotosaurus'', it immediately attacks despite the Giga being the largest land predator in the sanctuary.]] |
| 116 | * HandicappedBadass: Its milky left eye and difficulty seeing Claire when she gets underwater imply it's partially blind, or at the very least has poor vision. Doesn't stop it from being in the top three most dangerous animals in Biosyn Valley or [[spoiler:being the one that actually kills the resident alpha predator in the climax]]. |
| 117 | * HerbivoresAreFriendly: '''Strongly averted'''. While the ''Therizinosaurus'' is one of the few purely herbivorous theropods, it is one of the most aggressive and territorial animals in the franchise. It casually kills a deer for no other grievance than standing in front of it then stalks and menaces Claire Dearing. [[spoiler:Later on, it is very easily provoked into joining the fray between the ''Giganotosaurus'' and the ''Tyrannosaurus'' and as a result becomes the first and only herbivore in the franchise to kill a large carnivore.]] |
| 118 | * HumanlikeFootAnatomy: Inverted; it is depicted with typical theropod feet when the real animal was most likely plantigrade. |
| 119 | * LeanAndMean: It's the tallest and lankiest theropod featured in ''Dominion'' and it has a nasty territorial temper. |
| 120 | * LongNeck: Along with fellow Asian giant theropods ''Deinocheirus'' and ''Gigantoraptor'', it has the longest neck of any known theropod. Judging by related therizinosaurs, the neck of the real animal may have been even longer than in the film. |
| 121 | * MoodWhiplash: It goes from fatally swatting aside a deer to peacefully nibbling on berries to stalking Claire through the forest. |
| 122 | * PredecessorVillain: Of sorts. Its species' genes went into the creation of the ''Indominus rex'' and the ''Indoraptor''. |
| 123 | * ShownTheirWork: Besides being a herbivore, it is depicted with a bird-like beak and plumage on its body. Its claws, while capable of slashing, are also quite effective as stabbing weapons, as per recent research. |
| 124 | * SingleSpecimenSpecies: It is the only known cloned member of it’s kind in the franchise. |
| 125 | * SummonBiggerFish: Or rather summoning comparable-sized fish. [[spoiler:Kayla provokes it into joining the battle against the ''Giganotosaurus'' to buy time so the group can escape.]] |
| 126 | * TinyHeadedBehemoth: The small head of the ''Therizinosaurus'' rests high above its large body on top of its long neck. |
| 127 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:It disappears from the film after the ''Giganotosaurus'' dies, but as it is last seen roaring at Rexy and we later see Rexy alive and well, either they parted ways without incident or they fought with Rexy emerging the victor. Probably the former, since Rexy doesn't have any tell-tale scars on her.]] |
| 128 | * WolverineClaws: The defining features of the species, and these claws are '''ENORMOUS''', which shows that ''Therizinosaurus'' is not an example of HerbivoresAreFriendly. [[spoiler:The ''Giganotosaurus'' winds up impaled on them after Rexy throws it into them.]] |
| 129 | * XenophobicHerbivore: It will attack anything that gets in its territory. The fact that it's seen feeding from a shrub and doesn't consume any of the animals it kills clearly mark it as this rather than AscendedToCarnivorism. |
| 130 | [[/folder]] |
| 131 | |
| 132 | [[folder:''Troodon'']] |
| 133 | !!''Troodon'' |
| 134 | [[quoteright:850:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jp_the_game_troodon.png]] |
| 135 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTheGame'' |
| 136 | |
| 137 | Small carnivorous Cretaceous dinosaurs known for their higher intelligence compared to other non-avian dinosaurs. |
| 138 | ---- |
| 139 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Depicted as having eyes like a deep-sea fish, are venomous, and lay eggs inside other living animals (mostly humans). As per usual for this franchise, they also have pronated hands and lack feathers. Even worse is that the species is considered "nomen dubium" since the only known remains are teeth, so now it's been re-categorized into either ''Stenonychosaurus'' or the recently created genus of ''Latenivenatrix''. |
| 140 | * BusCrash: ''Troodon'' was cloned for the original ''Jurassic Park'', but was called to be terminated and scratched off of [=InGen=]'s list for being extremely smart and venomous. Laura Sorkin hid the animals in a secret quarantine pen before they were released into the wild of Isla Nublar, by Dennis Nedry when he turned off the power. By 1994 they either died in the wild or were killed off by the 1994 clean-up team. The embryos were subsequently destroyed, causing the regrowth of the animals to be impossible. |
| 141 | * TheDreaded: Even ''Velociraptors'' (which themselves are an example of this trope) [[HorrifyingTheHorror are scared from an stay away from these]]. Perhaps not coincidental, seeing as dromeosaursids and troodontids are close relatives. |
| 142 | * RaptorAttack: Resemble skinnier versions of the series' usual raptors, justified since as mentioned above they come from 2 closely related taxonomic families. |
| 143 | * ToxicDinosaur: Introduced to Isla Nublar's roster, the ''Troodon'' is a creature that even the ''Velociraptor'' stay away from. In addition to being just as intelligent as the raptors, the ''Troodon'' possess an extremely venomous bite that can cause hallucinations, seizures, convulsions, and paralysis. |
| 144 | * XenomorphXerox: Their behavior and reproduction cycle is reminiscent of the famous [[Franchise/{{Alien}} ''Alien'' franchise]] creatures. |
| 145 | [[/folder]] |
| 146 | |
| 147 | !!!Dromaeosauridae |
| 148 | |
| 149 | [[folder:Dromaeosaurs in general]] |
| 150 | * AnimalsNotToScale: Portrayed as large enough to look a grown human in the face. The real animals were all shorter than the human waist. Amusingly, the dromaeosaurs themselves are proportionally the same size as each other as they are in real life. |
| 151 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: They are all oversized, featherless[[note]]except for the ''Pyroraptor''[[/note]], have feet that are oversized with huge pads, their sickle claws are too small, lack [[https://mobile.twitter.com/benjiopteryx/status/1501618832133091329/photo/4 syndactyly in their hands]], have skulls that abruptly end after the eye, scaly lizard-like faces, eyes too far forward in the socket, and possess reptilian slit pupils[[note]]with the exception of the Sorna ''Velociraptors''[[/note]] (real dromaeosaurs almost certainly had rounded pupils, owing to their close relationship to birds). The ''Jurassic World'' variants also have their teeth extending past the eye socket. |
| 152 | * AxCrazy: Tend to be depicted as savage beasts that will not waste an opportunity to brutalize their prey before killing them. They're also prone to acting on berserker tendencies whenever they spot something they can kill. |
| 153 | * HellishPupils: Practically a staple of this franchise's raptors. |
| 154 | * InformedSpecies: All of them look nothing like the species on which they are supposedly based. |
| 155 | * LightningBruiser: Fast enough to keep up with moving vehicles, while also being far stronger and more durable than they should be. Able to take a large amount of punishment and pain before they are killed. |
| 156 | * PrehistoricMonster: Consistently depicted as murderous monsters rather than animals, and their hyperintelligence makes them feel like psychopathic humans in dinosaur skin. |
| 157 | * RaptorAttack: They all look nothing like their real-life counterparts, being scaly[[note]]except for the ''Pyroraptor''[[/note]], disproportionately larger than their real-life counterparts, and far smarter and more vicious than what they would have been in real life. |
| 158 | [[/folder]] |
| 159 | |
| 160 | [[folder:''Atrociraptor'']] |
| 161 | -->See ''[[Characters/JurassicParkPrehistoricAnimals Ghost, Panthera, Red, and Tiger]]'' |
| 162 | [[/folder]] |
| 163 | |
| 164 | [[folder:''Pyroraptor'']] |
| 165 | !!''Pyroraptor'' |
| 166 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6287193f_ad72_4f6d_9cdc_94256a500e78.png]] |
| 167 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 168 | |
| 169 | A semi-aquatic, feathered dromaeosaurid cloned by Biosyn. |
| 170 | ---- |
| 171 | * AnimalsNotToScale: Standard with dromaeosaurs in the franchise at this point, it's much bigger than the real animal, which was ''even smaller'' than ''Velociraptor''. |
| 172 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: Despite being semi-aquatic with its webbed feet indicating its status, the ''Pyroraptor'' lacks several features of semi-aquatic birds, such as the streamlined and waterproof feathers seen in cormorants and penguins. Likewise, its exposed head, legs, and stomach would lose heat quickly in a freezing environment, especially when in freezing waters. |
| 173 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: |
| 174 | ** Compared to the likes of Blue and the ''Atrociraptor'' it's fairly accurate, but still leaves some things to be desired. Its head, underbelly and legs are completely featherless when the entire body should have been covered in feathers, the pennaceous wing feathers attach to the wrist instead of the second digit on the hand, the head and hands are covered in scales and featherless, and its feet are webbed. |
| 175 | ** The ''Pyroraptor'' is portrayed as a semi-aquatic animal that readily swims in freezing water. While the real animal may have taken to island hopping and was likely to swim and maybe dive from time to time, the speed and way it swims is far less plausible; at best it would have been a mediocre swimmer. |
| 176 | * BreakingOldTrends: The first dromaeosaurid in the films to be depicted with feathers, thus subverting the franchise's deeply rooted history of RaptorAttack. |
| 177 | * CanonImmigrant: ''Pyroraptor'' has appeared in several ''Jurassic Park'' games before debuting in ''Dominion''. |
| 178 | * FeatheredFiend: Complete with [[ShownTheirWork wings!]] |
| 179 | * InformedSpecies: In reality, ''Pyroraptor'' is very poorly known, so any reconstructions of the species have to be an amalgamation of generic dromaeosaur features, including this one. This version does not even retain the small size of the actual animal, so the only thing linking it to ''Pyroraptor'' specifically is its name. |
| 180 | * IronicName: Despite its name meaning "''fire'' thief", it is an avid swimmer and is first shown in a cold area. |
| 181 | * IWorkAlone: Unlike the other raptors in the franchise who are organized in packs and prefer to hunt with other individuals, the ''Pyroraptor'' seems to be a completely solitary hunter. |
| 182 | * PlotIrrelevantVillain: It is a very aggressive hunter that does little to nothing to hinder Owen and Kayla’s progress. |
| 183 | * RaptorAttack: Downplayed in that it's the first reasonably accurate depiction of a dromaeosaurid in the franchise (design-wise at least), but it still sports a naked face, legs, and hands (with the wing feathers attaching to the wrong finger). |
| 184 | * RedIsViolent: The main coloration of its plumage is red and it is hostile towards Owen and Kayla. |
| 185 | * ShownTheirWork: It is the first feathered dromaeosaur in the franchise (potentially explained by Ramsay mentioning that Biosyn's dinosaurs are "unaltered" animals that were made without using the DNA splicing that [=InGen=] had to rely on 30 years ago) and even has wings. |
| 186 | * SingleSpecimenSpecies: It is the only known cloned member of it’s kind in the franchise. |
| 187 | * UndergroundMonkey: A feathered, aquatic version of the raptors we're familiar with. |
| 188 | [[/folder]] |
| 189 | |
| 190 | [[folder:''Velociraptor'']] |
| 191 | -->See ''[[Characters/JurassicParkVelociraptor Velociraptor]]'' |
| 192 | [[/folder]] |
| 193 | |
| 194 | !!Tyrannosauroidea |
| 195 | |
| 196 | [[folder:''Moros intrepidus'']] |
| 197 | !! ''Moros intrepidus'' |
| 198 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/83386c07_e6e9_44e4_81ca_2f60c8c0692d.jpeg]] |
| 199 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 200 | |
| 201 | An early tyrannosaur theropod that appears in the flashback set in the Cretaceous Period, living around the ''Giganotosaurus'' and scavenging off its success. In the present, it was cloned by Biosyn for their sanctuary. |
| 202 | ---- |
| 203 | * AnachronisticAnimal: The prologue of ''Dominion'' shows ''Moros'' living 65 million years ago, even though the genus became extinct 30 million years prior. |
| 204 | * AnimalsNotToScale: The ''Moros'' featured in ''Dominion'' is much smaller than the real animal, being chicken-sized while the real animal was at least human-sized. |
| 205 | * BigGuyLittleGuy: It has a symbiotic relationship with the ''Giganotosaurus'' by behaving like a cleaner bird. The ''Moros'' gets a free meal by scavenging the meat stuck between the carnosaur's teeth. |
| 206 | * CanonForeigner: ''Dominion'' is the official debut of ''Moros'' in the franchise. |
| 207 | * FeatheredFiend: While it may scavenge on scraps and morsels in the jaws of larger animals at times, it is just as willing to hunt live prey such as rodents. [[spoiler:Subverted when a ''Moros'' is shown playing with a little girl near the end of ''Dominion'' without any sign of aggression.]] |
| 208 | * KillerRabbit: While it certainly ''looks'' like a GoofyFeatheredDinosaur and you'd be forgiven to think that its a baby ''T rex.'' at first, it's also shown to be more than capable of taking down small prey. In the film, it is shown killing a mouse with ease. |
| 209 | [[/folder]] |
| 210 | |
| 211 | |
| 212 | [[folder:''Tarbosaurus'']] |
| 213 | !! ''Tarbosaurus'' |
| 214 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tarbosaurus.JPG]] |
| 215 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' (''Hidden Adventure'') |
| 216 | |
| 217 | A large tyrannosaur from late-Cretaceous Mongolia and a very close relative of ''Tyrannosaurus''. At least one female was cloned on Isla Nublar and was present on the island in between the second and third seasons of ''Camp Cretaceous''. |
| 218 | ---- |
| 219 | * AccidentalHero: She accidentally saved Darius by grabbing a ''Monolophosaurus'' and killing the smaller predator before it could attack him. |
| 220 | * AnimalsNotToScale: Downplayed. The real animal was a large theropod but still slightly smaller than ''Tyrannosaurus''. This one is as big as Rexy, who is huge even for a ''T. rex''. |
| 221 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: The ''Tarbosaurus'' is basically a reskinned ''T. rex'' covered in croc-like osteoderms when it was in reality far leaner possessing a slimmer skull (ironically it actually appears to be slightly ''stockier'' than Rexy if you look closely, whereas the inverse would've been the case in RealLife). Being a tyrannosaurid there is evidence they lacked osteoderms instead being covered in small scales and possibly some light fluff. |
| 222 | * CanonImmigrant: It makes its debut in the ''Camp Cretaceous'' interactive special ''Hidden Adventure'' after not appearing in any of the films or other canon media. |
| 223 | * DivergentCharacterEvolution: The spikes down its back were invented for the show, but served to make it distinct from a ''Tyrannosaurus'' – which it otherwise very closely resembles. |
| 224 | * FillerVillain: The main recurring antagonist of the "Hidden Adventure" interactive episode that takes place between seasons 2 and 3, but given that she was never mentioned again afterward, she apparently didn’t make much of an impression on the campers even compared to Toro or the ''Baryonyx'' trio (especially once the ''Scorpios rex'' showed up). |
| 225 | * InformedFlaw: Darius (correctly) described ''Tarbosaurus'' as being smaller than ''Tyrannosaurus'', but when we see her actually measure up against Rexy they seem to be almost exactly the same size. |
| 226 | * MonsterIsAMommy: Introduced with a large clutch of eggs. Whether she's reproducing asexually or there's a second Tarbo is unknown. |
| 227 | * MultipleEndings: [[spoiler:As she exclusively appears in the ''Hidden Adventure'' CYOA episode, her ultimate fate can be giving up on chasing the campers after they climb into the bunker, fighting and defeating Toro before retreating or being killed in a fight with Rexy. Considering she's never seen after this episode, it's likely that the latter was her canonical fate]]. |
| 228 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Well, maybe not "Evil", but it is a dangerous antagonistic predator with a distinct red-black hide. |
| 229 | * RememberTheNewGuy: ''Tarbosaurus'' is not mentioned at all on the list of dinosaurs displayed at Jurassic World. |
| 230 | * SchrodingersCast: Due to ''Tarbosaurus'' making its first and only appearance in ''Hidden Adventure'' an interactive special which has multiple endIngs, some where it survives and others where it doesn’t. Its final canonical fate is up in the air. |
| 231 | * ShownTheirWork: The Tarbosaurus is presented using her sense of smell as the main way she tracks the campers. It's been theorized that their sense of smell would be relatively more important to them than their vision as they had lesser binocular vision compared to Tyrannosaurus. She also seemingly has even smaller arms than Rexy which is also accurate, even if they are incorrectly pronated. |
| 232 | * SingleSpecimenSpecies: She is the only known cloned member of her kind in the franchise. It’s unclear if she laid her eggs asexually, if any of her eggs survived or if there were others on Isla Nublar or not. |
| 233 | * SpikesOfVillainy: Has a few rows of short spikes running along its back. |
| 234 | * SuperPersistentPredator: She pursues the campers relentlessly throughout ''Hidden Adventure'', a task for which her acute sense of smell comes in handy. [[spoiler:It's implied that at least part of the reason for her relentlessness is having mistakenly assumed that Darius stole her eggs, due to having the scent of her nest on him for a while]]. |
| 235 | * TerrifyingTyrannosaur: Perhaps an even better example than most T. rexes in the franchise as she's only ever portrayed in an antagonistic light, although not on the same level as the hybrid theropods. |
| 236 | * UndergroundMonkey: Looks and acts essentially identical to the ''T. rex'' but with a row of osteoderms along her back (which are a speculative feature invented specifically to better distinguish her from her more famous cousin). |
| 237 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It is unknown if any survived the events of ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom''. |
| 238 | [[/folder]] |
| 239 | |
| 240 | [[folder:''Tyrannosaurus'']] |
| 241 | -->See ''[[Characters/JurassicParkTyrannosaurus Tyrannosaurus]]'' |
| 242 | [[/folder]] |
| 243 | |
| 244 | !!Compsognathidae |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder:''Compsognathus'']] |
| 247 | !!''Compsognathus'' |
| 248 | |
| 249 | [[quoteright:319:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_1231_3.png]] |
| 250 | [[caption-width-right:319:''"It gives me the creeps, like it's not scared."'']] |
| 251 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' | ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldBattleAtBigRock'' | ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 252 | |
| 253 | A tiny dinosaur that travels in packs. The species was originally bred for Jurassic Park and kept on Isla Sorna and were later kept in Jurassic World. Many were captured and released into California after Nublar's volcano erupted. |
| 254 | ---- |
| 255 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: They were ''Procompsognathus'' in the books (and yes, there ''is'' a difference). |
| 256 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: A paleontologist in-universe identifies them as ''Compsognathus triassicus'', but that's incorrect. It should be ''Compsognathus longipes'', while the species name belongs to ''Procompsognathus'' (despite the similarity of their genus names, the two are ''not'' closely related). Also, there's no evidence to suggest they were the vicious pack hunters depicted in the films. |
| 257 | * BadassAdorable: Yes, these little guys are deadly too. |
| 258 | * TheBusCameBack: ''Compsognathus'' are absent in ''Film/JurassicWorld'' before making their return in ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'', 17 years since their previous appearance in ''Film/JurassicParkIII''. |
| 259 | * DeathByAThousandCuts: Encountering sheer numbers of them often leads to this. |
| 260 | * DemotedToExtra: Briefly appear in ''Jurassic Park 3'', ''Fallen Kingdom'', ''Battle at Big Rock'', and ''Dominion'', but do not have any major scenes. |
| 261 | * TheDogBitesBack: It is unwise to bully these small dinosaurs as they can retaliate in larger numbers, turning the hunter into the hunted, as Dieter finds out the hard way. |
| 262 | * TheDreaded: A mild case in ''Jurassic Park III''. Just hearing a group of them chirping outside the tanker he and Grant are sheltering in is enough to get an OhCrap reaction out of Eric and he immediately starts making sure that they can't get inside. |
| 263 | * ExplosiveBreeder: Implied--the Dino Tracker website explains that this is why they are one of the hardest species for the DPW to safely contain. |
| 264 | * HeroKiller: They come ''very'' close to being this in ''Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous'', preparing to make a meal out of Blue when she's trapped underneath an ACU vehicle and unable to escape or defend herself from them. |
| 265 | * HistoricalBadassUpgrade: The real-life ''Compsognathus'' was likely a solitary insect eater. Interestingly, though, the real-life ''Compsognathus'' was likely the apex predator of its territory. |
| 266 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The real-life ''Compsognathus'' is believed to have been completely harmless to larger creatures. As already stated, they were likely the top predators of their biomes. |
| 267 | * InformedAttribute: In ''Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous'', they're said to have a venomous bite. Not only is this a nod to their novel counterparts, ''Procompsognathus''--and yes it's a different species, no they aren't closely related--it explains how they were able to calmly stalk and eventually take down and consume prey the size of Dieter Stark. The viral marketing website for Jurassic World: Dominion also implies that the Compy is an ExplosiveBreeder as attempts to control their populations via trapping them have failed. |
| 268 | * KillerRabbit: Tiny and adorable, but horrifically deadly. |
| 269 | * NonMaliciousMonster: |
| 270 | ** For instance, their attack on the little girl in the opening scene was mostly because she offered one of them food. Anyone who follows the rules of the wilderness will know why that's a bad idea... |
| 271 | ** And they attack Dieter just because he invaded their territory. They see him as a threat at first, since he'd shocked one of them on at least two occasions. And when he didn't leave their territory fast enough and went down, they weren't going to let all of that fresh meat go to waste. |
| 272 | * RememberTheNewGuy: ''Compsognathus'' wasn't included on the list of dinosaurs featured in Jurassic World, but appears on Isla Nublar in ''Fallen Kingdom''. ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' establishes that they '''were''' present at the time of the first film. |
| 273 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Their small size and curious chirps almost make them cute, until they start killing people. |
| 274 | * SuperPersistentPredator: They're persistent when they choose their prey. Dieter Stark learns that the hard way when a pack of Compies swarm over him and start biting. Even when he manages to get them off of his body (and even strangle a few of them), the Compies don't retreat that far. They continue following Dieter until he collapses from exhaustion, too weak to fend off the next round of vicious (and this time, fatal) little bites. Again, it's implied that they may be venomous, which would explain why they're so confidently patient. |
| 275 | * ToxicDinosaur: Not explicitly stated in the films but according to ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'', the Compies have venomous bites, just like the ''Procompsognathus'' in the books. This would explain their calm demeanor when stalking Dieter Stark through the woods since they manage to get a few bites on him before being driven off. [[spoiler:In Season 5, they kill Lana Molina by biting her legs to paralyze her before swarming en masse.]] |
| 276 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Many ''Compsognathus'' were kept within the Amber Clave Market, but it's unknown what happened to them or the other prehistoric wildlife once the market fell into chaos.]] |
| 277 | * ZergRush: They kill larger, stronger animals with superior numbers and unrelenting attack rushes. |
| 278 | [[/folder]] |
| 279 | |
| 280 | !Non-Coelurosaurs |
| 281 | |
| 282 | !!Allosauria |
| 283 | [[folder:''Allosaurus'']] |
| 284 | !!''Allosaurus'' |
| 285 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/allorenderdominion.png]] |
| 286 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldBattleAtBigRock'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' | ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldChaosTheory'' |
| 287 | |
| 288 | A large carnivorous dinosaur with brow horns and three-fingered hands. The species was initially bred for Jurassic World and lived there long after the park collapsed. Many were captured and released into the wilds of California once the island's volcano erupted. |
| 289 | ---- |
| 290 | * AnimalsNotToScale: The adult in ''Film/JurassicWorldBattleAtBigRock'' is positively ''enormous'', in some shots appearing even larger than the ''Indominus rex''. The real animal probably capped out at a bit over 30 feet long at maximum, a good deal smaller than ''Tyrannosaurus'' and most specimens were much smaller. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'', where it still appears oversized but not outlandishly so (being similar in scale to its relative ''Saurophaganax'', which may or may not be the same animal as ''Allosaurus''). |
| 291 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: It is depicted with crocodilian skin and osteoderms on its back, something which is purely speculative for large theropods. |
| 292 | * AscendedExtra: While the species has barely any screen time in its debut film, an adult is featured as the main antagonist of ''Film/JurassicWorldBattleAtBigRock''. Additionally, it is prominently featured in the trailer for ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldChaosTheory''. |
| 293 | * CanonImmigrant: Before ''Fallen Kingdom'', ''Allosaurus'''s only appearances in the franchise were the video games and toylines. |
| 294 | * EarlyBirdCameo: In ''Film/JurassicWorld'', ''Allosaurus'' is one of the animals featured in the Innovation Center's Holoscape. |
| 295 | * FunnyBackgroundEvent: |
| 296 | ** In a trailer for ''Fallen Kingdom'', one angrily lunges at a ''Gallimimus'' for bumping into it during the stampede. In the actual film, however, this gets changed into the ''Allosaurus'' attempting to [[DisproportionateRetribution eat the]] ''Gallimimus'', which doesn't do anything to provoke it. |
| 297 | ** In ''Dominion'', one ''Allosaurus'' set loose in the Amber Clave Market is seen enjoying itself a nice human caught on fire from a barbecue. |
| 298 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: The one that shows up in ''Battle at Big Rock'' wisely decides to let the baby ''Nasutoceratops'' go free after both of its parents show up. [[spoiler:It also decides to retreat after receiving two crossbow arrows to the face.]] |
| 299 | * MixAndMatchCritters: A very downplayed example, but it mixes the general build and traits from ''Allosaurus jimmadseni'' with the size and bulk of its close cousin ''Saurophaganax maximus'' |
| 300 | * OutOfFocus: Doesn't get to do much in ''Fallen Kingdom'' compared to its fellow theropods. While the other carnivores are each given at least one scene where they attack the humans, the ''Allosaurus'' is only really remembered for getting taken out by volcanic rock and then being the second dinosaur sold in the auction. It doesn't even get a promotional render, unlike the other new dinosaurs. However, ''Allosaurus'' eventually does gain more focus in ''Battle at Big Rock'' and ''Dominion''. |
| 301 | * RecurringExtra: The ''Allosaurus'' never gets a major scene of its own, but is featured quite noticeably during the stampede scenes. A few can be seen fleeing as Mount Sibo erupts and [[spoiler:after Maisie sets all the dinos free]]. All of these change when ''Allosaurus'' receives larger roles in ''Battle at Big Rock'', ''Dominion'' and ''Chaos Theory''. |
| 302 | * RememberTheNewGuy: ''Allosaurus'' wasn't included on the list of dinosaurs featured in Jurassic World. Granted, it does show up on the Holoscape. |
| 303 | * ShownTheirWork: In ''Battle at Big Rock'', the adult ''Allosaurus'' is shown to have non-pronated wrists, a first for the franchise. Furthermore, it is based on specimens from the new species ''[[https://twitter.com/T_rexellence/status/1228519797517963265 A. jimmadseni]]'' and manages to be a fairly accurate representation of it. |
| 304 | * SuperPersistentPredator: In a first for the franchise, {{Averted}} - during the events of ''Battle at Big Rock'', it initially focuses on attacking the baby ''Nasutoceratops'', but backs off after the baby's father shows up. [[spoiler:And while it does try to eat the humans, it runs off after being hit with a piece of metal, hosed down with a fire extinguisher and taking two crossbow bolts to the face.]] |
| 305 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: An adult and a juvenile ''Allosaurus'' were kept [[spoiler:within the Amber Clave Market, the juvenile is first seen battling a juvenile ''Baryonyx'' but is not seen again afterward while the ''Baryonyx'' is, leaving it ambiguous as to whether it was killed in the fight. The adult on the other hand was released into the streets of the Malta and was last seen rampaging through the city.]] |
| 306 | * YourSizeMayVary: The size of the individual in ''Battle at Big Rock'' is notably inconsistent. [[AnimalsNotToScale While it's always far larger than the real animal]], it ranges from just slightly bigger than ''Saurophaganax'' to appearing even larger than ''Indominus rex'' depending on the shot. |
| 307 | [[/folder]] |
| 308 | |
| 309 | [[folder:''Becklespinax'']] |
| 310 | !!''Becklespinax'' |
| 311 | [[quoteright:900:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jw_chaos_theory_becklespinax.png]] |
| 312 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldChaosTheory'' |
| 313 | |
| 314 | A large predatory dinosaur from Early Cretaceous which possessed a sail or hump similar to ''Concavenator''. |
| 315 | ---- |
| 316 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Instead of ''Altispinax'' it's called ''Becklespinax'', which is its junior synonym. |
| 317 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Resembles ''Acrocanthosaurus'' and ''Concavenator'', or a primitive spinosaurid. However, scientists think it's most closely related to ''Giganotosaurus'' and ''Carcharodontosaurus'' instead. |
| 318 | [[/folder]] |
| 319 | |
| 320 | [[folder:''Giganotosaurus'']] |
| 321 | !! ''Giganotosaurus'' |
| 322 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b43a080a_be06_4651_b063_423eeb1b92d4.png]] |
| 323 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 324 | An enormous carcharodontosaurid theropod that appears in a flashback set in the Cretaceous Period, in which it is challenged by a ''Tyrannosaurus''. The genes of this animal were later used in the ''Indominus rex'' and the ''Indoraptor''. A cloned specimen is present in Biosyn's compound. |
| 325 | ---- |
| 326 | * AnachronisticAnimal: In the prologue of ''Dominion'', it's portrayed as living 65 million years ago, at the very end of the Late Cretaceous. However, ''Giganotosaurus'' is only known from strata 100 to 96 million years old, at the beginning of the Late Cretaceous, more than 30 million years earlier. |
| 327 | * AnimalsNotToScale: Zig-Zagged. [[https://media.entertainmentearth.com/assets/images/e620735d95af4302abb09dff1d106f06xl.jpg Side-by-Side comparisons]] shows it to be larger than the current best-known specimen by at least half a meter and marginally taller than Rexy, who is already an above-average specimen of her species. However, statements by the director and merchandise give it a mass of 11 tons and put it as the biggest theropod in the franchise. Even [[SequelEscalation bigger than the ''Indominus rex'']]. The real ''Giganotosaurus'' was roughly the same size as ''Tyrannosaurus''; exactly which of the two averaged as larger is difficult to tell[[note]]The absolute biggest ''Tyrannosaurus'' specimens are larger than the largest known ''Giganotosaurus'', but there are far more ''Tyrannosaurus'' specimens known and even more of the mature adult ''T. rex'' are smaller than the giant carnosaur. When comparing averages, the difference is too close to call. ''Tyrannosaurus'' was still taller, but ''Giganotosaurus'' was longer[[/note]]. The film size is above the maximum potential range expected for the genus, but not by much. Subverted with the one in the prologue, which is more in scale with the real animal. |
| 328 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: It is covered in crocodilian skin and scutes that form a dorsal sail and a tail fin, none of which the real animal had. Its teeth are also too crocodilian being quite broad and randomly arranged rather than thin, serrated and in neat rows. |
| 329 | * BadassNormal: Being a "pure" clone made entirely for scientific study, it lacks the military-focused genetic engineering augmentations that ''Indominus'' and ''Indoraptor'' had, such as enhanced intelligence or bulletproof skin. However, its sheer natural size and strength is so great it can manhandle Rexy handily, just like its precursor did millions of years ago in the past. |
| 330 | * BehemothBattle: Battles the prehistoric ''Tyrannosaurus'' in the Cretaceous flashback after being approached and threatened. [[spoiler:Biosyn's Giga fights Rexy twice, the latter fight also involving the ''Therizinosaurus''.]] |
| 331 | * BigGuyLittleGuy: It has a lowkey symbiosis with the ''Moros'' that cleans its teeth. The ''Giganotosaurus'' knowingly holds its mouth open to let its compatriot access its teeth so it is a knowing partnership akin to one some birds and crocodiles enjoy. The Biosyn animal seems to retain this trait, as it is seen resting with a ''Moros'' calmly walking within a few feet of its jaws. |
| 332 | * CanonImmigrant: ''Giganotosaurus'' has appeared in several ''Jurassic Park'' video games and comics before debuting in ''Dominion''. |
| 333 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: The Giga differs pretty strongly from the preceding post-''Lost World'' big theropods. It is a normal animal with normal motivations, rather than being hyper-intelligent or sociopathic. It also only hunts the humans when they are immediately in front of it and abandons them as soon as it sees the situation wasn't worth it. Upon first encountering the humans, it doesn't charge in to attack them on sight but spends time investigating and looking them over like a realistic carnivore confronted with an unfamiliar prey for the first time. Its second encounter with them is entirely due to the chip in its brain compelling it to enter the compound and it is ''far'' more interested in tackling its one direct competitor Rexy than chasing some random humans. |
| 334 | * CoveredInScars: Biosyn's ''Giganotosaurus'' has numerous scars across its body, with one of the most distinctive being a long strip of missing flesh along its right jaw. |
| 335 | * DinosaursAreDragons: Parodied. During its first encounter with the human characters, Ian manages to distract it by waving around one of the burning locusts on a piece of rebar before thrusting it into the ''Giganotosaurus'''s mouth. The dinosaur's resulting roars of pain briefly it give the appearance of breathing fire before it can be dislodged. With iguana-like spines and scutes, it also does have a vaguely more dragon-like look than most other theropods. |
| 336 | * TheDreaded: Even the briefest mentioning of the ''Giganotosaurus'' is laced with nervousness. Any time it shows up, everyone is terrified, with Alan's tone while describing it as "the biggest carnivore the world has ever seen" containing palpable fear. |
| 337 | * EarlyBirdCameo: An artistic render of a ''Giganotosaurus'' is seen on a wall of one of Jurassic World's Main Street stores. Also, its DNA is used in the creation of the ''Indominus rex'' and the ''Indoraptor''. |
| 338 | * EnemyRisingBehind: The ''Giganotosaurus'' pulls this before bursting through the reinforced glass window right after Owen tells the other main characters that they are safe inside the Biosyn research outpost. |
| 339 | * FinalBoss: [[spoiler:While not the primary antagonist, it is the final adversary the heroes have to escape from following Dodgson's demise.]] |
| 340 | * FluffyTheTerrible: The ''Giganotosaurus'' was nicknamed by Creator/ColinTrevorrow as “Zeb” after the zebra-like stripes on its body. |
| 341 | * GoodLipsEvilJaws: The crocodile-like maw lacking lips makes it look more monstrous contrasted with the ''Tyrannosaurus'', with its genetic successors like the ''Indominus rex'' having the same condition. Somewhat [[InvertedTrope inverted]] seeing as it was ironically the ''Tyrannosaurus'' that was the aggressor in this case, with the ''Giganotosaurus'' inoffensively relaxing in the sun when it was challenged. The modern-day animal plays it straighter, portrayed as a terrifying superpredator that has a distinctive elongated scar along its upper jaw. |
| 342 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Dies when caught between Rexy and the ''Therizinosaurus''; it briefly turns its focus away from Rexy, who capitalizes and puts her full weight behind a [[FoeTossingCharge throw]] that shoves the Giga straight onto the claws of the ''Therizinosaurus''.]] |
| 343 | * InformedAttribute: Marketing for the film, particularly interviews with Colin Trevorrow, played up the Giga as an AxCrazy {{Expy}} of the Joker, of all characters. It was sold as a chaotic force of nature that just wanted to see the world burn. This turned out to be little more than an attempt to drum up hype, as in the film itself the Giga is no more vicious or insane than preceding [[BigBad big bads]]. In fact, it may even be less so, seeing as it acts less "psychotic" than the ''Spinosaurus'', ''Indominus rex'' or ''Indoraptor''. The only way it seems more threatening or "evil" than them, is that it is in direct opposition to Rexy, the anti-heroic face of the franchise. |
| 344 | * InformedSpecies: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], but viewers could be forgiven to mistake it for an ''Acrocanthosaurus'' or a buffed-up ''Concavenator'' on account of its large, stylized dorsal hump and more crocodilian features such as the SpikesOfVillainy adorning its head, as well as lacking the pointed chin and tall skull known from the actual animal (instead having a more pointed, triangular skull and jaw). |
| 345 | * LightningBruiser: Capable of moving surprisingly fast and agile enough to keep pace with the smaller and lighter ''Therizinosaurus'' and Rexy, whilst being strong enough to shrug off most of the blows either can dish out to it. Having a gout of flame go off in its mouth causes no lasting damage and only gives it a moments' pause. It's also one of the most powerful animals in the franchise, overpowering Rexy twice rather handily both times and only dying to a lucky hit. |
| 346 | * MisplacedWildlife: In the prologue of ''Dominion'', it's portrayed coexisting and fighting with ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', despite the fact the two were separated not only by about 30 million years but lived in different ''hemispheres''. ''T. rex'' is only known from North America, while ''Giganotosaurus'' lived in South America (its name even translating to "giant ''southern'' lizard") and the two continents were separated by the ocean during the Cretaceous. |
| 347 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Borrows some anatomical traits from fellow carcharodontosaurid ''Acrocanthosaurus'' (namely the dorsal hump and thicker tail), likely to make it appear that much more distinctive from the ''Tyrannosaurus''. |
| 348 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Though not to the extent of [[Film/JurassicParkIII the ''Spinosaurus'']], its [[GoodLipsEvilJaws lipless jaws]] and [[SpikesOfVillainy extensive osteoderms]] add something of a crocodilian flavor to its appearance. It's even shown with a smaller dinosaur (the ''Moros'') cleaning its teeth, much like the familiar image of a bird picking food out of a crocodile's teeth. |
| 349 | * NonMaliciousMonster: [[InformedAttribute Despite being promoted]] as an AxCrazy berserker, the ''Giganotosaurus'' is this at worst. It's first shown peacefully sleeping, it bullies the ''Tyrannosaurus'' away from a carcass after just a brief scuffle, and only attacks the human characters once in the film. Even then, it seems to attack them rather casually, with more curiosity than aggression... until Malcolm scorches its mouth with a burning spear, at which point it understandably gets much angrier. |
| 350 | * PlotIrrelevantVillain: Is much less involved with the overall plot than previous major predators such as the ''T. rex'' pair, the original raptor pack, the ''Spinosaurus'', or the ''Indominus rex'' and ''Indoraptor''. Instead of pursuing the main characters for much of the film, it only attacks them once in the third act and [[spoiler:also shows up in the finale for a final battle with the ''T. rex'' (it wasn't even pursuing the heroes; they just happened to show up just as it was about to throw down with Rexy).]] |
| 351 | * PredatorsAreMean: Subverted. It pays no mind to the ''Moros'' scavenging off scraps stuck to its teeth and ignoring a nearby ''Iguanodon''. The only reason it winds up fighting and killing the ''Tyrannosaurus'' was that the latter approached and was aggressive towards it. Played straighter with the cloned animal, which acts in a typical fashion for a ''Jurassic'' carnivore, but more in line with a ''Tyrannosaurus'' than the ''Spinosaurus'' or hybrids. |
| 352 | * PredecessorVillain: Of sorts. Its species' genes went into the creation of the ''Indominus rex'' and the ''Indoraptor''. Fitting the trope, it's larger and more powerful than either. |
| 353 | * PrehistoricMonster: Subverted. It's played up as the biggest and most dangerous predator in the world, with interviews [[InformedAttribute comparing it to [[PracticallyJoker The Joker]] of all things]], [[spoiler:but it only viciously attacks our protagonists after being driven mad by the fire caused by the locusts. It actually leaves the humans alone after getting tased and shot at one too many times.]] |
| 354 | * TheRival: Establishes itself as the dominant predator of the Biosyn Valley, which naturally compels it to compete with Rexy once she's captured and transported to Italy. The film places a lot of emphasis on the two eventually coming to blows over who will be the top carnivore. |
| 355 | * ShownTheirWork: While not a flawless portrayal (see above), it's still one of the more accurate depictions of the animal in fiction as of late. It has non-pronated hands, an extended dorsum and a shorter, deeper skull with extensive keratin ridges, which it uses as a battering ram true of carcharodontosaurids. The one in the prologue is also roughly the same size as a ''Tyrannosaurus'', as opposed to towering over it. Interviews by Colin Trevorrow reveal the underlying skeleton used to create the design is quite accurate, with the SpikesOfVillainy all being soft tissue to play within the realms of the unknown for artistic freedom. |
| 356 | * SingleSpecimenSpecies: It is the only known cloned member of it’s kind in the franchise. After [[spoiler: it was killed by the ''T. rex'' and ''Therizinosaurus'' it has presumably fallen back into extinction.]] |
| 357 | * SpikesOfVillainy: Sports a row of iguana-like spines down its back and is played as the threatening antagonist against the familiar ''Tyrannosaurus''. Subverted as it is just a natural creature competing with another apex predator for territory and not a manic monster like the ''Indominus rex'' or the ''Indoraptor''. |
| 358 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: On a taxonomic family level, its hand and skull shape coupled with sporting display spines down its back closely resemble the ''Allosaurus''. [[spoiler:Owen briefly mistakes it for the ''Allosaurus'' he was familiar with back in Jurassic World, with Kayla correcting him.]] It also bears a passing resemblance to the ''Indominus rex'', which had some of its genetic material used in it. |
| 359 | * UseYourHead: It uses its head as a battering ram against an attacking ''Tyrannosaurus''. This is TruthInTelevision for carcharodontosaurids. |
| 360 | [[/folder]] |
| 361 | |
| 362 | [[folder:''Metriacanthosaurus'']] |
| 363 | !!''Metriacanthosaurus'' |
| 364 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jp_1993_metriacanthosaurus_lab.png]] |
| 365 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' (cameo) |
| 366 | |
| 367 | A medium sized carnivore dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period, originally considered a synonym of ''Megalosaurus'' but eventually recognized as its own separate and unique species. |
| 368 | ---- |
| 369 | * BusCrash: With Dennis Nedry stealing (and later losing) the dinosaur embryos in his Barbasol can, the ''Metriacanthosaurus'' DNA has decayed by the time it was finally recovered years later due to being outside the freezer's preserving conditions. |
| 370 | * TheCameo: The name of this dinosaur's embryo appears in the laboratory's cold storage room in the original film. Also there's a poster of it in ''Jurassic World'' alongside other dinosaurs. |
| 371 | * {{Irony}}: As you can see from the image here, the ''Metriacanthosaurus'' has its name accurately spelled on the embryo vial despite being long and hard to remember. However, the ''Stegosaurus'' is incorrectly spelled as ''Steg'''a'''saurus'' instead for whatever reason. |
| 372 | * {{Retcon}}: The embryo of ''Metriacanthosaurus'' was originally intended to be ''Metriacanthosaurus shangyouensis'', as ''Metriacanthosaurus parkeri'' has very scant fossil remains compared to the complete skeleton of ''M. shangyouensis''. However, that species was later reclassified to its own genus ''Yangchuanosaurus'', which led ''Metriacanthosaurus'' to be recognized by the rest of the franchise as ''M. parkeri''. |
| 373 | [[/folder]] |
| 374 | |
| 375 | !!Ceratosauria |
| 376 | |
| 377 | [[folder:''Carnotaurus'']] |
| 378 | !!''Carnotaurus'' |
| 379 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jurassic_world_carnotaurus_updated_by_sonichedgehog2_dc377dl.png]] |
| 380 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' | ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 381 | |
| 382 | An abelisaur known for its large brow horns and nigh-vestigial limbs. They were bred and kept for Jurassic World and survived the events after the park's fall. Several were captured and released into California once the island's volcano erupted. |
| 383 | ---- |
| 384 | * AdaptationalLateAppearance: They appeared in the second novel, but not the second film that loosely adapted it. It wouldn't be until ''Fallen Kingdom'' that ''Carnotaurus'' showed up. |
| 385 | * AdaptationalMundanity: In its appearance in ''Literature/TheLostWorld1995'', ''Carnotaurus'' were depicted with super-advanced camouflaging abilities on par with a Franchise/{{Predator}}'s cloaking device, allowing them to become nearly invisible in the blink of an eye. This version lacks that ability, which was never considered likely for ''any'' animal to possibly possess, even at the time. |
| 386 | * AdaptationalWimp: In ''Literature/TheLostWorld1995'', the ''Carnotaurus'' were regarded as TheDreaded and were very skilled hunters thanks to their ability to camouflage, to the point even the ''Tyrannosaurus'' and ''Velociraptors'' would steer clear of their path. Here, not only does it fail to get a single kill, but it's also on the receiving end of one of the biggest [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomp Battles]] in ''Jurassic Park'' history. That, along with not possessing the camouflaging abilities of its book counterparts. |
| 387 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: On the receiving end of this, at the jaws of Rexy. |
| 388 | * AnimalsNotToScale: Slightly bigger and taller than the real-life animal, which is notable when you compare them in scenes next to Rexy, who is large even for a ''Tyrannosaurus''. Played straight with the black scarred ''Carnotaurus'' seen at the end of ''Fallen Kingdom''. Compared to the real animal, it's about 3/4 of the size of Rexy and in ''Dominion'' is a comparable size to the adult ''Allosaurus''. |
| 389 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: While fairly good by the franchise’s standards, it's a bit oversized and its arms are too long and well-built. The real animal had absurdly stumpy, vestigial arms that didn't even have elbows or palms and may not even have claws. It is also depicted with rows of spiky osteoderms on its back when the real animal have no dermal armor. [[ScienceMarchesOn At the time]] of ''Fallen Kingdom'' it was thought to [[https://www.deviantart.com/fredthedinosaurman/art/Carnotaurus-for-Wikipedia-702001344 instead have]] large conical feature scales arranged in rows[[note]]at the time of ''Dominion'' it is known that the feature scales of ''Carnotaurus'' were arranged in a [[https://twitter.com/Ch_Hendrickx/status/1517239170749681666 shotgun pattern]][[/note]]. |
| 390 | * ButtMonkey: Quite possibly suffers the most ass-kicking in a single ''Jurassic Park'' film. Fails to kill a ''Sinoceratops'', gets attacked by Rexy, [[spoiler:and later doesn't even get to eat the main villain; the kill is abruptly taken by Rexy, with the ''Carnotaurus'' only getting a leg. And then Rexy [[KickTheDog smacks that out of its mouth]] and drives it offscreen]]. And then in the next film, it constantly gets its kill stolen by an ''Allosaurus''. ''Carnotaurus'' can't catch a damn break. |
| 391 | * CanonImmigrant: ''Carnotaurus'' was featured in the novel version of ''Literature/TheLostWorld1995'', making this the genus' second appearance in any official ''Jurassic Park'' canon. Granted, this version doesn't appear to have the chameleon-like camouflaging ability of the novel counterpart. It also appeared in the "soft canon" book ''Jurassic Park Adventures - Prey''. |
| 392 | * CoveredWithScars: One of the ''Carnotaurus'' in Lockwood Estate has a heavily scarred face and a broken left horn. |
| 393 | * CurbStompBattle: Gets taken down with minimal effort by Rexy. |
| 394 | * EarlyBirdCameo: ''Carnotaurus'' DNA is used in the creation of the ''Indominus rex'' and the ''Indoraptor''. |
| 395 | * FanNickname: The primarily black animal from ''Fallen Kingdom'' and ''Dominion'' has a colour scheme that bears a striking resemblance to Kenner's 'Demon ''Carnotaurus'' ' action figure from the original ''Jurassic Park'' toy line. This has unsurprisingly led many in the fandom to nickname it Demon. |
| 396 | * NeckSnap: The ''Carnotaurus'' Rexy takes down is killed from a broken neck when, as she's retreating from the eruption, she steps on its neck. You can see its tail flailing for a moment before going limp. |
| 397 | * RememberTheNewGuy: ''Carnotaurus'' wasn't included on the list of dinosaurs featured in ''Jurassic World'', although it is listed as one of the DNA contributors for the ''Indominus rex'', so they may have been kept separate. ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' establishes that they '''were''' present at the time of the first ''Jurassic World'', but had been removed from public view at some point. |
| 398 | * ShownTheirWork: Unlike [[WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}} Disney's version]], this one is sized and proportioned more like the real animal, albeit a bit oversized. As far as ''Jurassic Park'' dinosaurs go, it's relatively accurate aside from the wrongly-pointing wrists, clawed hands and slightly misshapen skull. |
| 399 | * SkewedPriorities: During the island's demise, one of them is more concerned with finding a meal than reaching safety from the volcanic eruption. |
| 400 | * SuperPersistentPredator: Despite the threat of imminent death by the volcano, the ''Carnotaurus'' chooses to waste time by fighting a ''Sinoceratops'' and then trying to make an easy meal out of some humans, something which ultimately nets its defeat by Rexy the ''Tyrannosaurus''. |
| 401 | * VillainDecay: Although the ''Carnotaurus'' isn't villainous and is simply a carnivorous animal, it is introduced as a terrifying threat to the main characters in ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'', but is quickly turned into a ButtMonkey on the receiving end of several [[CurbStompBattle Curb-Stomp Battle]]s with other dinosaurs, especially Rexy. |
| 402 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: It was originally scripted to make its film debut in ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' but was switched out for ''Ceratosaurus''(see below). |
| 403 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: An adult and a juvenile ''Carnotaurus'' were kept [[spoiler:within the Amber Clave Market; the juvenile is last seen mauling Rainn Delacourt, while the adult was released into the streets of the Malta and was last seen rampaging through the city.]] |
| 404 | [[/folder]] |
| 405 | |
| 406 | [[folder:''Ceratosaurus'']] |
| 407 | !!''Ceratosaurus'' |
| 408 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ceratosaurus1.jpg]] |
| 409 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_1232_5.jpeg]] |
| 410 | |
| 411 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' | ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' |
| 412 | |
| 413 | A medium-sized carnivore with a horn on its nose and a row of osteoderms running from its head to its tail. The species was originally bred and released illegally on Isla Sorna after the events of ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'', and were later held in Jurassic World. |
| 414 | ---- |
| 415 | * AdaptationalSpeciesChange: From the screenplay and in junior novelizations for the third film, where it was a ''Carnotaurus''. |
| 416 | * AllThereInTheManual: According to promotional material for ''Jurassic World'' and ''Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'', it was illegally created in secret by a splinter group of Masrani Global, then fed and experimented on in captivity for nine months. When the laboratory was abandoned, it was released into the wild. |
| 417 | * AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Some individuals have a bright red head and a yellow body with black striping. |
| 418 | * AnimalsNotToScale: Downplayed. It's slightly bigger than a real ''Ceratosaurus''. |
| 419 | * AnimalReactionShot: Has a rather hilarious OhCrap look on its face after smelling some Spino poop. |
| 420 | * AntiClimax: When it appears, we're led to believe it'll attack the human protagonists, but once it smells the ''Spinosaurus'' dung on its territory, it simply leaves the scene quietly, and probably didn't even notice Grant and his team. |
| 421 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Pronated forelimbs aside, this Cerato also lacks the real animal's rather prominent brow horns and has a much more robust skull and body. |
| 422 | * AscendedExtra: Gets a single scene where it does next to nothing in its ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' as its introduction, but in ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' it gets five major scenes, two of which involve them hunting the campers. |
| 423 | * AsideGlance: As mentioned on AnimalReactionShot above, the look on its face just screams "No way I'm sticking around here" after smelling the ''Spinosaurus'' excrement. |
| 424 | * TheBusCameBack: Much like the ''Spinosaurus'', this species had not been seen since ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' but shows up 20 years later in ''Camp Cretaceous''. |
| 425 | * CanonForeigner: Its role was originally destined for ''Carnotaurus'', which first appeared in the novel version of ''The Lost World: Jurassic Park'', but was ultimately replaced by ''Ceratosaurus''. ''Carnotaurus'' itself would later make its cinematic debut in the franchise in ''Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom''. |
| 426 | * OhCrap: The look on its face after smelling Spino poop says it all. Yep, that's right--this dinosaur had an OhCrap moment from a ''literal pile of crap''. |
| 427 | * PaleFemalesDarkMales: Implied. ''Camp Cretaceous'' features ''Ceratosaurus'' with two different colors. One is colored the same as the animal from Isla Sorna, the other is a uniform grey color. These are likely a male and a female, respectively. |
| 428 | * PredatorsAreMean: Subverted. When hungry, they're as aggressive as any of the other carnivores, but we also see that in other circumstances they're relatively calm. Kenji and Darius cross paths with one that was on its way to a watering hole who, while curious, paid them no mind and was tolerant of drinking alongside the boys as well as many herbivores. |
| 429 | * PrehistoricMonster: While it does have a rather monstrous design, it is notably enough one of few creatures in the franchise to avert this trope. Even its design is in some ways (size aside) ''[[{{Irony}} toned down]]'' [[{{Irony}} from the real animal]], which had an extra pair of smaller horns over its eyes and more prominent osteoderms. |
| 430 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After smelling the ''Spinosaurus'' dung nearby the riverbank, it calmly leaves the scene while uttering a long, moaning growl. |
| 431 | * ShownTheirWork: Its appearance in the third film having it skulking along a riverbank for something to eat is in line with how paleontologists think the real animal lived and prowled for its food during the late Jurassic. |
| 432 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's unknown if any of the Nublar population survived the events of Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom, although it can be assumed the population on Sorna is fine if the one on Mantah Corp Island is any indication [[spoiler: and may have been relocated to the Biosyn sanctuary in Film/JurassicWorldDominion among the other Sorna dinosaurs]]. [[note]]It was initially assumed that a list on the Dinosaur Protection Group website listed extinct dinosaurs, but it was later confirmed that the animals listed were simply "treated with cruelty"[[/note]] |
| 433 | ** It’s unclear what happened to the individual on Mantah Corp Island as it was last seen tranquilized by a BRAD-X. |
| 434 | * TheWorfEffect: In Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'', one ''Ceratosaurus'' is killed by [[spoiler:''Scorpios rex'']] to demonstrate the [[spoiler:hybrid's]] ferocity and power. The one in the third film possibly counts as a non-lethal version, since it's shown to be afraid of the ''Spinosaurus'' just from smelling it. |
| 435 | [[/folder]] |
| 436 | |
| 437 | !!Spinosauridae |
| 438 | |
| 439 | [[folder:Spinosaurs in general]] |
| 440 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: They have crocodile-like heads and sometimes linger near a water source. |
| 441 | * SavageSpinosaurs: They are far more aggressive than their real-life counterparts. |
| 442 | [[/folder]] |
| 443 | |
| 444 | [[folder:''Baryonyx'']] |
| 445 | !!''Baryonyx'' |
| 446 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jurassic_world_fallen_kingdom_baryonyx_by_sonichedgehog2_dc9dfqf_5.png]] |
| 447 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' | ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 448 | |
| 449 | A spinosaur known for the enlarged claw on its finger. They were bred for both Jurassic Park and Jurassic World, being kept in the Cretaceous Cruise for the latter park until it collapsed. Many were captured and released into the wilds of California once the island's volcano erupted. |
| 450 | ---- |
| 451 | * AdaptationPersonalityChange: The official website listed its aggression index as "medium", yet the one in ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' is ridiculously vicious, chasing Claire and Franklin in a building and not giving up even after getting lava dripped on its face. |
| 452 | * AlasPoorVillain: The one that goes after Claire and Franklin ends up getting trapped in a room that is rapidly filling with lava. |
| 453 | * AmbiguousSituation: The trio of ''Baryonyx'' that appear in ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' is shown to form a close bond with one another and hunt together, but the one in ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' is encountered by itself. It is unknown if the pack is a unique situation or if something happened to this individual's pack. |
| 454 | * ArtEvolution: The ''Baryonyx'' in the films looks [[https://jurassic-pedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/bary-profile.png radically different]] from its appearance in the [[https://jurassic-pedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/baryonyx.png promotional art]], which was much more colorful and accurate-looking in comparison. ''Camp Cretaceous'' introduced individuals with green and red colorations. |
| 455 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: The skull is broader than it should be, it's missing the crest between the eyes, the arms and neck are too small, and the teeth are wrong. It also has rows of crocodile-like scutes down its back, which are purely speculative. For reference [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D98f3yhVWw here]] is what ''Baryonyx'' should look like. |
| 456 | * CanonImmigrant: ''Baryonyx'' has appeared in several ''Jurassic Park'' games and toylines before debuting in ''Fallen Kingdom''. |
| 457 | * DinosaursAreDragons: Invokes a bit of this trope, whether or not intentionally. It's slightly draconic-looking, especially when compared to the real thing, and its introduction has it surrounded by lava. |
| 458 | * TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:A juvenile ''Baryonyx'' has been abused by people in the Amber Clave Market, being chained up and given a prosthetic arm to replace the one lost in a fight. Naturally, when it breaks free, it goes after Rainn Delacourt, one of the poachers working for the Amber Clave Market.]] |
| 459 | * EarlyBirdCameo: |
| 460 | ** ''Baryonyx'' first appeared on the park map of the first film. |
| 461 | ** Billy Brennan mentioned ''Baryonyx'' when he attempted to identify the ''Spinosaurus'' in ''Film/JurassicParkIII''.[[note]]''Baryonyx'' was originally conceived as the primary antagonist of the third film before ''Spinosaurus'' replaced it.[[/note]] |
| 462 | ** In ''Film/JurassicWorld'', ''Baryonyx'' is one of the animals featured in the Innovation Center's Holoscape. |
| 463 | * MadeOfIron: One sticks its head THROUGH MAGMA (more than once) to snap at some humans and is unscathed. |
| 464 | * MamaBear: In the ''Jurassic World: Blue'' VR prequel, a mother ''Baryonyx'' defends her nest from both Blue and Rexy, even trying to charge the larger predator. It goes about as well as you'd expect. |
| 465 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Not exactly a crocodile, but has a head like one. As well as crocodilian-like dorsal armor. |
| 466 | * SavageSpinosaurs: The smaller cousin of the ''Spinosaurus'', but no less dangerous. [[spoiler:Even a juvenile ''Baryonyx'' is a force to be reckoned with, as Rainn Delacourt discovers the hard way.]] |
| 467 | * SuperPersistentPredator: One decides to attack some humans, despite being in a building that's caught on fire. It continues trying to eat them even after it's splashed in the face with ''molten lava'' multiple times. [[Film/JurassicParkIII Must be a character trait of spinosaurids in general]]. |
| 468 | * UniformityException: A juvenile ''Baryonyx'' kept within the Amber Clave Market is easily identifiable from the rest of its species due to its prosthetic arm and its status as the only juvenile individual seen in the films. |
| 469 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: A juvenile ''Baryonyx'' was kept [[spoiler:within the Amber Clave Market. This individual is last seen mauling Rainn Delacourt, and the fate of it and the other animals within the market is left open.]] |
| 470 | [[/folder]] |
| 471 | |
| 472 | [[folder:''Spinosaurus'']] |
| 473 | !!''Spinosaurus'' |
| 474 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/58e13ee213d2a200943cdf486cff48b8_5.jpg]] |
| 475 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Obviously a super-predator."'']] |
| 476 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' | ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' |
| 477 | |
| 478 | -->'''Billy:''' That's a ''Tyrannosaurus''. |
| 479 | -->'''Grant:''' I don't think so. It sounds bigger. |
| 480 | |
| 481 | A super-predator that [=InGen=] secretly cloned on Isla Sorna. One individual, which may or may not have been the same one, was captured by Mantah Corp and moved to their island for their fighting ring. |
| 482 | ---- |
| 483 | * AbusiveParent: Since [[spoiler: it’s DNA was used in the creation of Angel and Rebel, which means in some ways it could be considered a “parent” to the pair alongside the Sinoceratops on Nublar who provided the other half of their DNA.]] This doesn’t stop it from trying to kill them on sight the minute they stepped into the desert Biome. |
| 484 | * AccidentalHero: In ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'', it accidentally rams its head into a ravine at just the right moment to grab the ''Smilodon'' when it has pounced at the campers. |
| 485 | * AdaptationalBadass: With the discovery of the dinosaur being more adapted to being an aquatic predator and more suited to hunting fish, the ''Jurassic Park'' ''Spinosaurus'' becomes a retroactive example of this, being what Grant describes as a "superpredator", being able to run at a moderate pace, which is something the real animal likely couldn't have done, and being able to fight and kill a ''T. rex''. Though given [=InGen=]'s practice of DNA and genome modification and their experimentation on hybrid dinosaurs, it's possible that the ''Spinosaurus'' was genetically engineered to be more impressive than the real deal. |
| 486 | * AdvancingBossOfDoom: It plays this role in two of the licensed JPIII games on the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, namely ''The DNA Factor'' and ''Island Attack''. The first one is unique in that it is able to switch positions if the PlayerCharacter stays at the edge for too long, forcing the screen progression to also change directions. The latter acts more akin to an AdvancingWallOfDoom as there's no way to actually combat the ''Spinosaurus'' other than running away from it as fast as you could. |
| 487 | * AdvertisedExtra: It's featured in several promotional materials for Season 4 of ''Camp Cretaceous'', but it doesn't appear until the last four episodes, and plays a somewhat important role in only one of them. It returns in the latter half of Season 5 and ends up being the FinalBoss of the series. |
| 488 | * AllThereInTheManual: According to the promotional material for ''Jurassic World'' and ''Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'', it's indicated that the ''Spinosaurus'' was created in secret by a splinter group of [=InGen=] and Masrani Global scientists--presumably the one which Dr. Wu and later Hoskins were involved with--as part of illegal hybridization experiments. This further hints that it was the hybrid that Dr. Wu mentioned as having been left on the island. [[spoiler:It was brought over to Isla Nublar along with the other Site B dinosaurs, but is indicated to have died at some point due to it not being on the list of surviving dinosaurs]]. |
| 489 | ** This is retconned, or at least de-confirmed, by ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'', which established that [[spoiler:the ''Scorpios rex'' was the first hybrid dinosaur created, that it was born on Isla Nublar, and that Masrani knew about it. The implication is that the ''Spinosaurus'' was experimented on in some measure, but not in the same way the hybrids were, which likely explains its hatred of humans]]. Season 4 would later bring back a ''Spinosaurus'' highly implied to be the same individual alongside other animals from Isla Sorna, leaving any of the information even more dubious. |
| 490 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: It kills the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' after it starts to pursue the heroes. |
| 491 | ** In "Camp Cretaceous", it grabs and kills the ''Smilodon'' just as the latter was pouncing on the cornered campers. And they make a note of its size. |
| 492 | --->'''Sammy:''' I didn't know they made them that big! |
| 493 | --->'''Darius:''' You're even bigger than I thought! |
| 494 | * AmbiguousGender: Its gender is never revealed in the original film. Although Alan does refer to the Spinosaurus as “He” there is room for error as he also referred to the ''Tyrannosaurus'' as “He” in ''Jurassic Park'' despite being aware all of the dinosaurs were bred female. [[spoiler:Averted in ''Camp Cretaceous'', where the Mantah Corp animal (strongly hinted to be the same individual) is explicitly referred to by several characters including Darius as a male]]. |
| 495 | * AnimalsNotToScale: The 44-feet long monster in the third film is actually ''shorter'' in length than the real animal! And ironically taller than the real animal, according to 2014 studies. The length part might be justified if this animal is not yet fully grown, as it is currently unknown how long it was on Isla Sorna before the events of ''Jurassic Park III''. |
| 496 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: It lacks the crest between the eyes instead having two prominent brow crests like an ''Allosaurus''. In ''The DNA Factor'', the ''Spinosaurus'' can actually use its sail ''as a thrusting weapon'', nevermind the fact that the sail itself is composed of relatively fragile bones and would break upon direct hard contact, let alone being used as a weapon. |
| 497 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: In ''Jurassic Park III: The DNA Factor'', the Spinosaurus that appears as the FinalBoss is '''FAR''' larger than the one in the movie, being too big for the screen to even display its full body. The only other dinosaur in the game with this distinction is the Brachiosaurus. |
| 498 | * AxCrazy: Its depiction in ''Jurassic Park III'' makes it out to be an uber-aggressive monster that doesn't give up in pursuit of its prey and it has a tendency to roar often and cause more destruction than necessary, showing that the ''Spinosaurus'' is violently temperamental. |
| 499 | * BackForTheFinale: In ''Jurassic Park III: Island Attack'', the Spinosaurus briefly appears at the start of the game, where the player is told how to dash to escape it in a short chase. In the final level where [[BossRush all the bosses are fought again]], it returns as the final obstacle after the other bosses are defeated. |
| 500 | * BattleAmongstTheFlames: |
| 501 | ** {{Averted|Trope}} in the third film; when Alan Grant sets the petroleum of the boat ablaze, the ''Spinosaurus'' becomes intimidated and retreats from the waters. |
| 502 | ** Played straight in the arcade tie-in game by Konami as the ''Spinosaurus'' remains despite the flames being ignited in the background, setting up a climactic backdrop for the game's FinalBoss. |
| 503 | * BigBad: In the third film; it's the biggest carnivore on the island and the most threatening creature the team faces. |
| 504 | ** In Season 5 of ''Camp Cretaceous'', Mantah Corp brings it BackForTheFinale as the FinalBoss of the series. |
| 505 | * {{Bookends}}: More of an example in a video game, namely ''Island Attack''; ''Spinosaurus is one of the first ''and'' the last dinosaur encountered by Alan Grant, and both encounters have the spinosaur charging towards Grant, who has to escape the dinosaur. Incidentally, the first chase serves as an introduction to the running mechanic and the second serves to challenge the player's skill in running. |
| 506 | * BreakoutVillain: The most memorable thing ''Jurassic Park III'' did was to put ''Spinosaurus'' on the map. Since then, ''Spinosaurus'' either appears or is mentioned in most works of the franchise and is usually depicted as a star or heavily recurring dinosaur in video games. |
| 507 | * TheBusCameBack: After its debut ''Jurassic Park III'', the ''Spinosaurus''--implied to be the same one as the specimen on Isla Sorna--made a return as one of the dinosaurs in possession of [[spoiler:Mantah Corp]] 20 years later in ''Camp Cretaceous'' Season 4. |
| 508 | * ContrastingSequelAntagonist: |
| 509 | ** To the ''Tyrannosauruses'' from the previous two films. The ''Tyrannosauruses'' were antagonizing the heroes based on territorial reasons and ended up being [[AccidentalHero Accidental Heroes]], while the ''Spinosaurus'' hunts the main cast out of revenge after being wounded. The ''Tyrannosauruses'' in both ''Jurassic Park'' and ''The Lost World'' are first encountered in the rain, while the first appearance of the ''Spinosaurus'' is in the day and its final confrontation is in the rain. |
| 510 | ** Also to the ''Velociraptors'' in the first film. Both are unnaturally aggressive dinosaurs who target and stalk the human characters for a long duration as well as being avoided by said humans due to the sheer threat they represent. That said, the raptors were defined by their intelligence and being excellent pack hunters while the ''Spinosaurus'' compensates by being a massive predator and being unnaturally powerful for its species. |
| 511 | * TheCrocIsTicking: [[spoiler:Paul Kirby's satellite phone is still ringing in its belly... somehow]]. |
| 512 | * DeathGlare: When it finds the group [[spoiler:right after Alan and Eric reunite with Amanda, Paul, and Billy]], the ''Spinosaurus'' is standing right there glaring at them. |
| 513 | * DecompositeCharacter: Forms this with Rexy from the original film for the adult ''T. rex'' in the original ''Literature/JurassicPark'' novel, as it takes on that ''Rex'''s role of intentionally hunting Grant & co. across an island, a trait that was left out of the film Rexy. |
| 514 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Understandably, it would be miffed from having its hide scuffed by a plane, but [[SuperPersistentPredator going far out of its way]] to ensure that every human associated with the event ends up dead is surely a bit excessive. Later side material suggests its real reasons are because of unethical experiments it was subjected to by humans. |
| 515 | * TheDreaded: The survivors of Isla Sorna and the campers of Camp Cretaceous are doing everything they can to avoid this giant monster that has the power to kill a ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. |
| 516 | * EarlyBirdCameo: ''Spinosaurus'' first appeared in ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' as a toy in the ''Gallimimus Gift Shop''. |
| 517 | * FinalBoss: Being the new big predatory dinosaur, ''Spinosaurus'' would obviously be in tie-in video games of ''Jurassic Park III'', filling in the role of the final boss in most of them. |
| 518 | ** It's the last dinosaur fought by the player in ''The DNA Factor''. It serves as an AdvancingBossOfDoom who could only be damaged by throwing bombs at its face. Also, [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology it could use its sail as a weapon]]. |
| 519 | ** In ''Island Attack'', it makes its reappearance at the end of "The Harbour". While it plays out the same way it does in the first level, the chase here is more intense as it makes up for several parts of the level, not to mention there are hazards that have to be jumped as well as debris the spinosaur throws at Grant. |
| 520 | ** The arcade games by Creator/{{Konami}} have the ''Spinosaurus'' appear a couple of times, even as the first boss. It persists until the end where it's the last dinosaur fought. |
| 521 | ** ''Dino Defender'' has the player hounded by a ''Spinosaurus'' throughout the last level, eventually reaching its way to the visitor center where the player has to bring down a large skeleton display to finally incapacitate the ''Spinosaurus'' and beat the game. |
| 522 | ** ''Spinosaurus'' is the last dinosaur encountered (and obtained) by the player in ''Dinosaur Battles'' Of course, the final boss is the ''Prime Spinosaurus'' who is clearly meant to be the toughest dinosaur fought by the player. |
| 523 | * FreudianExcuse: ''Fallen Kingdom'' supplementary material reveals that, in addition to possibly being bred as a bioweapon, it was subjected to torturous experiments on the black site where it was born, which would explain its hatred of humans. |
| 524 | * GiantSwimmer: It can hunt the group in the water as well as on land. Nowadays this is considered its main hunting method. |
| 525 | * HistoricalBadassUpgrade: The real ''Spinosaurus'', despite being huge and powerful, preferred to eat fish over red meat (but would have eaten both, if it got the chance). Here, it's depicted as the ultimate superpredator who eats ''T. rexes'' for breakfast. It could have killed a ''T. rex'', but on land, it was just as likely to be killed. |
| 526 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Jeez, did they make this thing into a monster! Much like the raptors in the previous two films, it comes off less like an animal acting on instinct and more like a bloodthirsty serial killer. Supplemental material for ''Fallen Kingdom'' gives it an FreudianExcuse for its specific hostility towards humans. |
| 527 | * ImprobableUseOfAWeapon: One of the tie-in video games to the third film, ''The DNA Factor'' shows ''Spinosaurus'' being able to use its sail to thrust its prey upwards. [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology This shouldn't even make sense as the dinosaur's sail is made of fragile bones, were meant for supporting the animal's spine, and would easily break it the makes contact with something via brute force.]] |
| 528 | * {{Irony}}: In ''Camp Cretaceous'', this malicious monster's DNA is combined with a ''Sinoceratops''' DNA to make the cutest, most friendly baby dinosaurs to date in the franchise. |
| 529 | * ItsPersonal: The ''Spinosaurus'' hunts the humans across Isla Sorna in revenge for hurting it when they hit it with their plane after Cooper fired upon it several times. Looking closely, one can see the propeller gashes left on its hip and back. It may also be hunting them as revenge for being subjected to torturous experiments. |
| 530 | * TheJuggernaut: In ''Jurassic Park III: Island Attack'', the Spinosaurus acts as an AdvancingWallOfDoom as the player is given no way of harming it, so the most that can be done is to run away from it. |
| 531 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:It flees at the end of the final confrontation after getting burned. As revealed on the Dinosaur Protection Group's website, it was eventually moved to Isla Nublar where it went extinct once more. Possibly subverted, if the ''Spinosaurus'' in the fourth season of ''Camp Cretaceous'' is this same individual.]] |
| 532 | * KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:According to the Dinosaur Protection Group's website, ''Spinosaurus'' is listed as a species that has gone extinct again, meaning that this one is most likely dead and was possibly the skeleton mounted in ''Jurassic World''. However, a ''Spinosaurus'' appears in the fourth season of ''Camp Cretaceous'', with Kash implying that it's the same specimen.]] |
| 533 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: It decides to flee from the fire that Alan Grant created with his flare gun [[spoiler:and knows that it does not stand a chance against two ''T. rexes''.]] |
| 534 | * LightningBruiser: The ''Spinosaurus'' is huge, powerful, fast, and can take a lot of punishments without slowing down. |
| 535 | * MisplacedWildlife: The ''Spinosaurus'' is [[spoiler:intentionally]] left in a desert by Mantah Corp, even though the Jurassic Park species is more adapted for jungles and the real animal is semiaquatic. |
| 536 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: It has the aquatic nature and the jaws of a crocodile. |
| 537 | * NonMaliciousMonster: Averted to a degree. This thing will prioritize hunting the main characters and will go out of its way to target humans, but only if said humans had already provoked it. Otherwise it tends to act like most large predators. Supplemental materials for ''Fallen Kingdom'' give it a FreudianExcuse for this, explaining that it suffered torturous experiments at the hands of humans to explain this and the third film's cast had incited its rage by firing upon it and accidentally hitting it with an airplane. |
| 538 | * PrehistoricMonster: It doesn't so much act like an instinctual animal as opposed to menacing the humans apparently out of malice. [[ItsPersonal The same humans who shredded part of its hide with an airplane's propellers.]] |
| 539 | * RedIsViolent: It has a very distinctive shade of red on its snout and sail and it is one of the most aggressive and violent dinosaurs shown in the series. |
| 540 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: According to Creator/WilliamHMacy, the ''Spinosaurus'' was chasing the humans because it's pissed that Nash struck it with a plane. To be fair to it, if ''you'd'' just had a plane smash into you, wouldn't you be a bit angry? |
| 541 | * SavageSpinosaurs: The TropeMaker. This ''Spinosaurus'' is nasty, aggressive, murderous, sadistic, and inspired future depictions of spinosaurs as savage beasts. |
| 542 | * SharkFinOfDoom: The sail of the ''Spinosaurus'' juts out of the water surface like a shark's fin when it is submerged. |
| 543 | * ShownTheirWork: ''Jurassic Park III'' cemented ''Spinosaurus'''s crocodile-like head in the public mind, finally putting the "sail-backed carnosaur" portrait to rest. Whilst outdated now due to discoveries of the genus' limbs and tail post-dating the film, the portrayal in the third movie was considered quite accurate for the time regarding ''Spinosaurus''. |
| 544 | * SingleSpecimenSpecies: It is the only known cloned member of it’s kind in the franchise. |
| 545 | * StealthyColossus: This thing is ''enormous'', and just as much a predator as the ''T. rex'', and is just as capable of being sneaky despite its size. [[spoiler:It gets the drop on Alan's group when they reunite, and there's no hint that it was coming or right there until the phone inside its belly started ringing.]] |
| 546 | * SuperPersistentPredator: To the point that this particular ''Spinosaurus'' used to be the page image. Previous dinosaur antagonists usually had plot-based reasons for following their human quarry, or only encountered them by coincidence. The ''Spinosaurus'' on the other hand hunts and stalks the group throughout the third film, following them for far longer than it reasonably should, although it's implied that it's hunting them as revenge for accidentally injuring it with the plane propellers. It does avert this trope once when it's just taken down the ''T. rex''. |
| 547 | * UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: After being defeated by Big Eatie, it’s last seen being pursued by the Eaties into the jungles of Mantah Corp Island, wether they finished it off or it is now exiled to another part of the island is left uncertain as it is not mentioned again afterwards.]] |
| 548 | * VillainTeamUp: In the final season of ''Camp Cretaceous'', it teams up with the surviving dino [[BigBad Big Bads]] of previous seasons (Toro the ''Carnotaurus'' and Limbo the ''Baryonyx'') for a final showdown with the campers, due to mind control chips inserted into them by Mantah Corp. |
| 549 | * TheWorfEffect: Infamously gives this to the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', offing it in less than a minute and establishing itself as the new ferocious predator on the block. [[spoiler:It gets on the receiving end of this in the GrandFinale of ''Camp Cretaceous'', where it gets defeated and driven away by Big Eatie.]] |
| 550 | * WouldHurtAChild: Being a hyper-aggressive predator, kids and teens are not off the menu regarding what the ''Spinosaurus'' can catch. It chases after Eric and his rescue party in the third film and persistently hunts the Campers during the fourth season of ''Camp Cretaceous''. It also shows no hesitation in trying to kill and eat Angel and Rebel. |
| 551 | [[/folder]] |
| 552 | |
| 553 | [[folder:''Suchomimus'']] |
| 554 | !!''Suchomimus'' |
| 555 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jw_chaos_theory_suchomimus.png]] |
| 556 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldChaosTheory'' |
| 557 | |
| 558 | A relative of ''Baryonyx'' and ''Spinosaurus'', that is bigger than the former but smaller than the latter. |
| 559 | ---- |
| 560 | * EarlyBirdCameo: There are posters for ''Suchomimus'' on ''Jurassic World'' buildings alongside ''Edmontosaurus'', ''Microceratus'', ''Baryonyx'' and ''Metriacanthosaurus''. Also Billy Brennan mentioned ''Suchomimus'' alongside ''Baryonyx'' when he attempted to identify the ''Spinosaurus'' in ''Film/JurassicParkIII''. |
| 561 | * EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: The ''Suchomimus'' in ''Jurassic World'' is more anatomically accurate, while also having a different coloration to the one appearing in the ''Chaos Theory'' animated series. According to WordOfGod, the dinosaur posters in ''Jurassic World'' aren't showing actual cloned animals but are just in-universe visual decorations for the park. |
| 562 | * SavageSpinosaurs: [[spoiler:After one individual that is contained in the secret dinosaur smuggling facility is set free, the first thing it does is to attack Nublar Six and Mateo.]] |
| 563 | [[/folder]] |
| 564 | |
| 565 | !Other |
| 566 | |
| 567 | [[folder:''Dilophosaurus'']] |
| 568 | !!''Dilophosaurus'' |
| 569 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/25da8d58_2ba5_4877_bdfa_8a572b54a047.png]] |
| 570 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"...a beautiful but deadly addition...to Jurassic Park."'']] |
| 571 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' | ''Film/JurassicWorld'' (cameo via hologram) | ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 572 | |
| 573 | ->''"One of the earliest carnivores, we now know Dilophosaurus is actually poisonous, spitting its venom at its prey, causing blindness and paralysis, allowing the carnivore to eat at its leisure."'' |
| 574 | |
| 575 | ''Dilophosaurus'' was one of the carnivorous dinosaurs bred as an attraction for Jurassic Park. They would later be kept at Jurassic World, with some individuals moved to Mantah Corp Island after the park fell. |
| 576 | ---- |
| 577 | * AdaptationalWimp: The ''Dilophosaurus'' in the book is big enough to lift Nedry off the ground with its jaws, but the film version is much smaller. The one in the first film is a juvenile since the one in the hologram in ''Jurassic World'' was as big as a ''Velociraptor'', though it still pales to sizes featured in the novel and in real life. |
| 578 | * AllAnimalsAreDogs: Nedry assumes this with the ''Dilophosaurus'' he encounters, which leads nowhere good. She's a dangerous animal regardless of how cute she initially appears. |
| 579 | * AnimalsNotToScale: Subverted. It's depicted in the first film as dog-sized to prevent it from being confused with ''Velociraptor'' by the audience, but in reality, the sizes should have been reversed (if anything, the ''Dilophosaurus'' should have been considerably ''bigger'' than the film's ''Velociraptor''). However, Nedry later states "I thought you were one of your big brothers", indicating it's a juvenile, and some supplementary franchise media have attempted to explain it this way (other times it was said to be an unintentional effect of [-DNA-] splicing, but it's inconsistent). The original novel depicts it accurately sized. |
| 580 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: It having a venomous bite/the ability to spit venom and an extendable neck frill is supposed to illustrate how little fossils alone can tell us about a dinosaur. But these two examples don't work. Venomous snakes (especially spitting cobras) have syringe-like fangs for spitting venom and injecting it into their prey with maximum efficiency, while ''Dilophosaurus'' and other theropods had simpler, blade-like teeth used for tearing through flesh. Likewise, frilled lizards actually have various rod-like hyoid bones to help support their extendable frill, and such features have never been found in association with any theropod, plus a frilled lizard's frill is supposed to be a threat display, which would be entirely redundant for a ''Dilophosaurus'', who was the largest dinosaur and the apex predator of Early Jurassic North America, and it already had a display feature in the form of its distinct double crest. |
| 581 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: A big one for the first film that's other mostly accurate ([[ScienceMarchesOn for its time]]). It's depicted with the ability to spit deadly venom and with a colorful neck frill, but there has never been evidence of any dinosaur in the fossil record having either. It's also much smaller than the real animal was, but it's [[DependingOnTheWriter sometimes]] been justified as it being a juvenile. |
| 582 | * {{Bookends}}: Its introduction sees it killing [[spoiler:Dennis Nedry, who was hired by Biosyn to steal dinosaur embryos ]]. In ''Dominion'', [[spoiler:one kills Dodgson, the very man who hired Nedry and the current CEO of Biosyn]]. |
| 583 | * TheBusCameBack: The species returns in ''Camp Cretaceous'' after being absent for 28 years, and shows up in ''Jurassic World: Dominion'', marking its first in-person cinematic appearance since the first film in 1993. |
| 584 | * TheCameo: A holographic version of the species makes a plot-relevant cameo in ''Film/JurassicWorld'', being projected by Gray to distract one of the raptors. |
| 585 | * CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:The ''Dilophosaurus'' fulfill the role of the ''Tyrannosaurus'' chicks that killed Dodgson in ''Literature/TheLostWorld1995'', down to having exactly three dinosaurs that rip him to pieces.]] |
| 586 | * CuteButCacophonic: It starts out as a seemingly curious, playful creature that makes adorable cooing and hooting noises. When it goes into attack mode, it hisses loudly and sounds like an enraged goose standing in the middle of a field of pissed-off rattlesnakes. |
| 587 | * DangerTakesABackSeat: [[spoiler:When Nedry scrambles to get back into his car, the ''Dilophosaurus'' he encounters is waiting for him]]. |
| 588 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''Dilophosaurus'' is the only dinosaur species that intentionally differs a lot from the real animal in the films in such a drastic way. The only other animal to get changed so much was the ''Troodon'' pack in ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTheGame'' and they never appeared onscreen and might not be canon. Book-to-screen adaptations of the ''Procompsognathus''/''Compsognathus'' and ''Carnotaurus'' in the later films [[AdaptationalMundanity didn't give either the fantastic abilities]] they had in the novels, and none of the other dinosaur species in the films have any special abilities (outside of [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology normal inaccuracies]]) unless they were explicitly genetically modified to have them. |
| 589 | * GameFace: A ''Dilophosaurus'' can look pretty unassuming and cute before it opens its frill, bares its teeth, and starts hissing. |
| 590 | * HistoricalBadassUpgrade: Played with. The frill and SuperSpit are fictitious creations of the films, but the one in the first film is also a lot smaller than the real thing (as she's a juvenile). |
| 591 | * KillerRabbit: There's no doubt the ''Dilophosaurus'' is pretty adorable when she first appears... until she opens her frill. |
| 592 | * PoisonIsCorrosive: After the ''Dilophosaurus'' in the first film blinds Nedry with her venomous spit, a sizzling noise can be heard as Nedry desperately tries to wipe away the black goo, implying that [[EyeScream it's burning away Nedry's eyes]]. Luckily for him, he seems to have gotten it off by the time he realizes the ''Dilophosaurus'' has followed him into the car (as his actual eyes don't seem to show any signs of blindness). |
| 593 | * SnakesAreSinister: While not being a snake itself, its portrayal plays on the creepy aspects of snakes -- it has an expandable hood and venomous spit like a cobra, and its warning sound resembles a rattlesnake's rattle. |
| 594 | * SuperSpit: It spits thick, black venom that blinds and eventually paralyzes their victims. |
| 595 | * ToxicDinosaur: The TropeCodifier. The movies give this creature a deadly poisonous spit. |
| 596 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In ''Film/JurassicWorld''. The species is mentioned in [[Creator/JimmyFallon Jimmy Fallon's]] video and he claims that the Gyrospheres can shield people from their venom. This suggests that the species is still on the island, but they aren't listed as park attractions and never appear in person (the aforementioned cameo notwithstanding). It's unknown what happened to them after the first park's downfall, the new park's construction/abandonment, and after Mount Sibo erupted. [[spoiler:The reveal of ''Dilophosaurus'' packs in ''Camp Cretaceous'' Seasons 4 and 5 as well as in ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' reveals that the species is not extinct.]] |
| 597 | * AWolfInSheepsClothing: At first, the ''Dilophosaurus'' in the first film appears friendly and harmless. [[spoiler:Then she suddenly blinds Nedry with her venom and kills him.]] |
| 598 | [[/folder]] |
| 599 | |
| 600 | [[folder:''Herrerasaurus'']] |
| 601 | !!''Herrerasaurus'' |
| 602 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jp_the_game_herrerasaurus.png]] |
| 603 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTheGame'' |
| 604 | |
| 605 | Carnivorous Triassic dinosaurs that were meant to be cloned and exhibited in the original 1993 park. |
| 606 | ---- |
| 607 | * BusCrash: Four individuals were cloned for the park, but they all died. [=InGen=] managed to save 60% of the species' genome, however their fate is unknown as they don't ever appear in any of the movies. |
| 608 | * RaptorAttack: Behave like the series' usual inaccurate portrayal of dromaeosaurs. In fact apart from lacking the characteristic sickle-shaped claw on their feet, the ''Herrerasaurus'' could pass off as just another variant of ''Velociraptor'' in-universe. |
| 609 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Their primary color scheme, with some yellow thrown in for good measure. Interestingly such colors in real life would indicate that an animal is poisonous or venomous, however the ''Herrerasaurus'' lack such an ability. They are still a dangerous and hostile predator which threatens to eat the human characters, so they qualify for this trope. |
| 610 | * TokenMinority: One of the very few Triassic dinosaurs to appear in either the books' or the movies' canon. [[note]]The original novels also used ''Procompsognathus triassicus'', however the movies replaced it with ''Compsognathus longipes'' from the Jurassic period, which despite the name is a different unrelated animal.[[/note]] Curiously, a FreezeFrameBonus in the first movie showed purple stuffed ''Plateosaurus'' (alongside ''Smilodon'') toys in the Gallimimus Gift Shop, which is another famous Triassic dinosaur species. |
| 611 | * TheCameo: In ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'', a ''Herrerasurus'' skull can be seen in the Lockwood Manor glass case alongside a ''Smilodon'', behind the ''Mononykus'' pack statues. |
| 612 | [[/folder]] |
| 613 | |
| 614 | [[folder:''Monolophosaurus'']] |
| 615 | !!''Monolophosaurus'' |
| 616 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_6bc35318c2268dc1bc78321f53a72654_24e3f5d6_500.gif]] |
| 617 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' |
| 618 | |
| 619 | Single-crested carnivorous dinosaurs that were bred for Jurassic World. |
| 620 | ---- |
| 621 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Like most of the theropods in the franchise, the ''Monolophosaurus'' are shown to have pronated wrists. |
| 622 | * CanonImmigrant: One of the new dinosaur species not seen in any of the films before ''Camp Cretaceous''. Although it has appeared in some of the franchise's video games and toylines. |
| 623 | * {{Expy}}: While a real dinosaur, some of its physical characteristics in the series (and the relative obscurity of the species) indicate its appearance may be a roundabout way to include the "real" version of the more famous ''Dilophosaurus'', which was (deliberately) depicted in the original novel and film with inaccurate features, in the franchise. |
| 624 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Initially let the campers pass by on Segways without much of a reaction. After noticing they went up to the penthouse, they proceed to invade the building ''en masse'' via AirVentPassageway and terrorize them. |
| 625 | * IWorkAlone: According to Darius, they're normally solitary predators. In the show, though, they attack in packs. [[spoiler:It's implied they started living in packs to afford some protection from the ''Scorpios rex''.]] |
| 626 | * NonMaliciousMonster: [[spoiler:Before the ''Scorpios rex'' changed dinosaur behaviors, the ''Monolophosaurus'' lived alone, hunted small prey and carcasses, and was extremely shy and reserved. However, because of ''Scorpios rex'', the ''Monolophosaurus'' was forced to hunt in packs, hunt larger prey, and also changed areas. Now they live in groups of up to 9 animals, are more aggressive, and hunt larger prey. After the death of the ''Scorpios rex'', the ''Monolophosaurus'' returned to its original behavior.]] |
| 627 | * RememberTheNewGuy: ''Monolophosaurus'' is not mentioned at all on the list of dinosaurs displayed at Jurassic World. |
| 628 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It is unknown if any survived the events of ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom''. |
| 629 | [[/folder]] |
| 630 | |
| 631 | [[folder:''Segisaurus'']] |
| 632 | !!''Segisaurus'' |
| 633 | [[quoteright:170:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jp_1993_map_segisaurus_icon.png]] |
| 634 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' (cameo) |
| 635 | |
| 636 | Small carnivorous early Jurassic dinosaur which is related to the more famous ''Coelophysis'' from the Triassic period. |
| 637 | ---- |
| 638 | * BusCrash: ''Segisaurus'' was planned to be an attraction in ''Jurassic Park'', with 48% of its genome being completed, but sadly this had to be put on hold due to the Isla Nublar Incident of 1993. It is unknown what happened to the ''Segisaurus'' populations in 2018, but it is known that ''Segisaurus'' was subject to cruelty at some point in the past. |
| 639 | * TheCameo: An icon of the species (with the animal's name on the side) can be seen on the brochure map, both within the movie and the actual physical copies which got sold to help with promoting the film. |
| 640 | * {{Irony}}: The icons used for the ''Jurassic Park'' brochure map use the animals' skulls (only exception is the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' which also uses the front limbs and the ''Gallimimus'' which is a full body silhouette of the living animal). Problem is that ''Segisaurus'' is known from only a single preserved adult skeleton which has all bones found '''except''' for the skull itself. |
| 641 | [[/folder]] |
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