Line #64 Film/JurassicWorldBattleAtBigRock


1	! This page contains unmarked spoilers for ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' and the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' film trilogy. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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6	''Jurassic World: Battle at Big Rock'' is the first ShortFilm to be set in the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' universe. Directed by ''Film/JurassicWorld'' director Colin Trevorrow, who wrote the screenplay along with Emily Carmichael, starring Creator/AndreHolland and Creator/NatalieMartinez. It was released in the USA on Creator/{{Disney}}-owned [[Creator/FXNetworks FX]] and online on September 16th, 2019. It takes place after ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' and serves as a teaser for ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'', which was released in 2022.
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8	A year after the events of ''Fallen Kingdom'' that saw a number of dinosaurs being released on American soil, people are still trying to get used to sporadic dinosaur sightings and incursions in the rural areas of the western states. While a family is enjoying the outdoors at a trailer park with some neighbors, dinner is interrupted when a mother and baby ''Nasutoceratops'' begin scouring the campground looking for food. The situation becomes both more complicated and far more dangerous when a similarly hungry ''Allosaurus'' appears from the dark woods looking at both the ceratopsians and humans as a potential meal.
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10	The film was uploaded online on various platforms, with a Youtube link available [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7kbVvpOGdQ here]].
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13	!!''Jurassic World: Battle at Big Rock'' contains examples of:
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15	* AlwaysABiggerFish: A great white shark that has caught a sea lion is caught by the ''Mosasaurus'' in the credits.
16	* AnimalsNotToScale: While the ''Nasutoceratops'' are large, they aren't outlandishly so. The ''Allosaurus'' on the other hand, much in the same tradition as the ''Velociraptors'', is not only much larger than the juvenile seen in ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'', but easily twice as massive as the largest confirmed ''Allosaurus fragilis''. In height, length, and bulk it's even larger than a ''Saurophaganax'' (''Allosaurus'''s closest relative), being at least of equal height to the series' ''Tyrannosaurus''. And of course the ''Mosasaurus'' that cameos in the credits is still as oversized as she was in the prior films.
17	* AnnoyingArrows: [[spoiler:{{Averted}}. Although it's unclear if the arrows will do a lot of lasting damage to the ''Allosaurus'', they certainly are effective enough to scare it off.]]
18	* AscendedExtra: After being OutOfFocus in the [[Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom film which marks its debut]], ''Allosaurus'' plays a starring role in this short as the main threat.
19	* AutomaticCrossbows: Justified; the girl [[ChekhovsGun mentions at the beginning]] it's a double-crossbow, explaining how she was able to fire two shots so quickly.
20	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The step-siblings do not get along and start a fight at the beginning of the short. Once the ''Allosaurus'' shows up and starts tearing apart the motorhome, they're holding each other and the son kicks out a window and [[BigBrotherInstinct shoves the daughter through first]].
21	* BattleAmongstTheFlames: Downplayed and justified. The people at the campsite run for it so quickly they leave the campfire going, and the dinosaurs wind up spreading embers around during the battle, leaving a good portion of the campground on fire by the end. The flames are small tinder fires except for the campfire though, averting the usual giant flames the trope uses and explaining why no one is asphyxiating from smoke.
22	* BehemothBattle: We get one between the ''Allosaurus'' and ''Nasutoceratops''.
23	* BigBad: The ''Allosaurus'', although still a NonMaliciousMonster that is just hungry, does try to [[spoiler:eat the blended family's youngest child, who is still a baby]] near the end of the film.
24	* BigDamnHeroes: The male ''Nasutoceratops'' charges in and forces the ''Allosaurus'' to back off against the combined defense of the ceratopsid's family.
25	* BlendedFamilyDrama: The film features a blended family with three children: one from each parent and a baby from both parents. The two older children don't get along, but when the family is attacked by dinosaurs, the children help each other.
26	* BottleEpisode: With the exception of the credits, The entire short takes place in the campground and around the family's RV.
27	* CarnivoresAreMean: As is ''Jurassic Park/World'' tradition. The ''Nasutoceratops'' are presented as a fairly peaceful, if potentially dangerous nuisance, while the ''Allosaurus'' is a fearsome predator that immediately escalates the situation just by being present, and tries to kill both the ''Nasutoceratops'' and human family with extreme aggression.
28	* ChekhovsGun: Another camper is mentioned to have brought a crossbow in the beginning, and the father reminds him to not let his daughter near it. She ends up using in the climax to save them all.
29	* ChekhovsNews: The news at the beginning mentions a sighting of a baby ''Nasutoceratops'' as the first dinosaur born on US soil. Presumably it's the baby that shows up at the camp.
30	* ChildEater: The ''Allosaurus'' happens to go after the baby ''Nasutoceratops'' and tries to eat the family’s infant. Justified because carnivores will often eat younger prey because they put up less of a fight than a mature individual.
31	* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: The mother tries to cover the daughter's eyes when the ''Nasutoceratops'' mother seems to be losing, but she pulls her hand down.
32	* CutenessProximity: The little girl coos when she sees the baby dinosaur.
33	* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Allosaurus'' only had very brief appearance during the stampede scenes in ''Fallen Kingdom'' of little plot relevance but is the main antagonist in this short film.
34	* DarkerAndEdgier: The short actually has bleaker overall themes than the previous ''Jurassic World'' films, tying in with the ending of ''Fallen Kingdom'', though in a series first, [[spoiler: no human gets eaten. Now, anyone, at any time, seems like they can fall victim to a dinosaur attack with little to no warning, a much more haunting fear. The poster's tagline, "Is This The New Normal?" gives it particular emphasis.]] Content-wise, [[spoiler:the near-deaths are pretty in-line with previous movie standards, although the short has one of the youngest near-victims in the movie series.]]
35	* EverybodyLives: All of the named human characters and the dinosaurs end up surviving (although a dove gets devoured by a ''Pteranodon'' and a great white shark is eaten by the ''Mosasaurus'' in the credits), though [[spoiler: it also isn't clear if the person that drove off the road to avoid the ''Stegosaurus'' in the credits lived]].
36	* EyeScream: What finally drives the ''Allosaurus'' off is almost getting two arrows in the eye socket. They don’t hit the actual ''eye'' (one hits it in the cheek and the other just misses the eyeball), but it clearly hurts and convinces it to leave.
37	* FireForgedFriends: Well, family. The family is a blended one and the kids are clearly having some issues with their new siblings and parents. By the end of the short, they're all holding each other.
38	* {{Foreshadowing}}: The father says to Greg to not let his eight-year-old shoot his crossbow. She later shoots the ''Allosaurus'' in the face with it.
39	* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Played with. The daughter clearly believes so, saying that they aren't in any danger from the ''Nasutoceratops'' since it isn't a carnivore, which is supported by the fact that they don't attack any of the humans. On the other hand, that doesn't mean much since they don't interact with the humans at all and don't even seem to know they're there, and the parents are rightfully worried about what a [[MamaBear mother dinosaur]] could do even before the ''Allosaurus'' shows up. The ''Stegosaurus'' scene in the credits shows that such creatures don't have to be malicious to be a danger; they just have to get in your way.
40	* HopeSpot: With the second ''Nasutoceratops'' arriving, it seems like the battle is over and the dinosaurs are going to leave. Then the youngest child starts crying aloud and the ''Allosaurus'' turns its attention on the humans instead.
41	* IdiotBall: As Creator/JeremyJahns pointed out in [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6gvrTTvHWVY his review]]. The parents don’t cover the baby’s mouth when it starts crying in order to avoid attracting the attention of the ''Allosaurus'', which results in the dinosaur attacking their RV and almost eating them.
42	* ImprobableInfantSurvival: All three children, and even the baby ''Nasutoceratops'' that is bitten by the ''Allosaurus'', end up making it. The little girl from the credits is chased by three compies but doesn't suffer any on-screen injuries from them.
43	* ItsQuietTooQuiet: The first inkling the family have of the dinosaurs arrival is when the father calls out to Greg and there's no response.
44	* LittleMissBadass: The 8-year-old daughter successfully drives off an ''Allosaurus'' with a crossbow.
45	* MamaBear: Two for one, the ''Nasutoceratops'' mother defending her baby and the human mother going up against an ''Allosaurus'' with nothing but a fire extinguisher to protect her children.
46	* MythologyGag:
47	** The ''Allosaurus'' charges into and flips over the trailers just like the ''Tyrannosaurus'' pair from ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'', with a very similar interior shot. The wilderness setting also closely resembles the forests of Isla Sorna.
48	** The shot of the ''Allosaurus'' closing in on the trailer window recalls the ''Spinosaurus'' being visible out of the airplane windows in ''Film/JurassicParkIII''.
49	** The daughter manages to name off the dinosaur genera much like Gray from ''Film/JurassicWorld'' and Tim from ''Film/JurassicPark''.
50	** Speaking of the daughter, her and her stepbrother's relationship is practically taken from Tim and Lex's snarky interactions in the first ''Literature/JurassicPark'' novel.
51	** The closing music is the main theme from ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark''.
52	** The credits show some compies chasing a little girl, just like in the beginning of ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark''.
53	* NatureIsNotNice: The father, when his kids are frightened by the ''Allosaurus'' attacking the baby ''Nasutoceratops'', tries to assure them that predation is just a part of the natural world. While the ''Allosaurus'' is [[BlackComedy swinging the baby around]] like a ragdoll.
54	* OhCrap: This happens twice [[spoiler: first when they realize there are dinosaurs outside their camper and then a second time when the carnivorous ''Allosaurus'' hears the baby crying.]]
55	* PapaWolf:
56	** As the female ''Nasutoceratops'' and her calf are cornered, the father appears and helps force the ''Allosaurus'' to back off.
57	** Later, the human father grabs a bit of metal and starts swinging at the ''Allosaurus'' as it smashes through the caravan, knowing full well it's a hopeless fight but looking to buy as much time as possible for his kids to escape. The [[MamaBear mother]] joins in with a fire extinguisher.
58	* PrehistoricMonster: The ''Allosaurus'' is roaring frequently, is treated as a brutal predator attacking a baby and then mother ''Nasutoceratops'' and then goes after the family. However, it's not a SuperPersistentPredator, and [[KnowWhenToFoldEm knows when to give up]].
59	* RememberTheNewGuy: The focus dinosaur herbivore, ''Nasutoceratops'', was never seen or even mentioned in any of the films prior (although it had appeared in a toy line and two mobile games). However, the FreezeFrameBonus image of the ''Stegoceratops'' hybrid in ''Film/JurassicWorld'' appears to be part ''Nasutoceratops''. WordOfGod is that not all of the species saved by the ''Arcadia'' were shown during the events of ''Fallen Kingdom''.
60	* RescueEquipmentAttack: When the ''Allosaurus'' attacks the trailer, the mother tries to fend it off by spraying it with a fire extinguisher. Unfortunately, it only serves to piss it off.
61	* ShoutOut:
62	** The ''Nasutoceratops'' calls and wariness right before the big predator shows up are very similar to the ''Monoclonius'' in ''WesternAnimation/PrehistoricBeast'' by ''Jurassic Park'' special effects artist, Phil Tippett.
63	** The question “how did they get this far north” was also asked in ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'', with vaguely similar circumstances explaining the dinosaurs’ in question arrival (the “fireball” applying to both the meteor impact in ''Dinosaur'' and the eruption of Mount Sibo in ''Fallen Kingdom'').
64	* ShownTheirWork: The ''Allosaurus'' is correctly depicted with non-pronated hands, in contrast to the other carnivorous dinosaurs in 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 fairly accurate representation of the species.
65	* TheStraightAndArrowPath: The neighboring camper has a crossbow, although it's unclear if he brought it for hunting, defense, or just recreation.
66	* SuperPersistentPredator: Averted for once with the ''Allosaurus''. It goes for the baby ''Nasutoceratops'' before its mother, then wisely backs off when the father shows up, going for the easier humans. Then after getting shot in the face twice, it decides the humans are too much trouble and heads into the forest.
67	* TrappedWithMonsterPlot: Thanks to the camper.
68	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The family could have stayed hidden in the motorhome, but then the youngest child starts crying.
69	* WouldHurtAChild: The ''Allosaurus''. It horrifically mauls the baby ''Nasutoceratops'' and goes out of its way [[spoiler: to try and '''eat''' the human family's infant baby.]]
70	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
71	** The family is camping with a large group of people, all of whom disappear shortly before the dinosaur shows up. Though when the family looks out the window to see that everyone has fled to their vehicles/for their lives, one can clearly hear a woman say "get inside." And just before the credits you can see Greg cautiously stepping out of his caravan.
72	** We hear dogs barking as the campers clear out and the first ''Nasutoceratops'' arrives. We know from ''[=JP2=]'' that dogs aren't so good at keeping quiet when there's a giant carnosaur around, yet don't hear a peep out of them once the ''Allosaurus'' rears its terrifying head.
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