History Main / RaptorAttack

* Raptors are present in the original ''Literature/JurassicPark'' novel, just as they are in the movie. Here, though, they are explicitly referred to as ''Velociraptor mongoliensis'' and stated to come from China, which means that, unlike in the movies, they are not misnamed ''Deinonychus.'' They are still, however, the same size as their film counterparts. There are a couple possibilities for why this might have been done. Creator/MichaelCrichton is known to have relied on Gregory S. Paul's 1988 book ''Predatory Dinosaurs of the World'', as a resource, and this book puts forth the (since debunked) notion that ''Deinonychus'' is a synonym of the much smaller ''Velociraptor''. Hence, Crichton may have decided to increase the raptors' size to that of ''Deinonychus'' due to conflating the two. He many also have been influenced by Paul's mention in his book of a toe bone from a big Asian raptor, which he considered to be a species of ''Velociraptor''. In 1989, a full skeleton of this raptor-- or at least, possibly same species the toe bone belonged to-- was found dating back to roughly the same place and time, and in 2000 it was named ''Achillobator''.

* In ''Literature/{{Destroyermen}}'', the [[BirdPeople Grik]] are described as very raptor-like: bipedal, with sharp claws and teeth, fast and vicious. The resident scientist who cuts one up points out that they share some kinship with birds thanks to their hollow bones and feathered skin. This is deliberate, as the scientist (from the [=40s=]) would not know that raptors really are related to modern birds. Unlike the raptors described in ''Literature/JurassicPark'', the Grik prefer an AttackAttackAttack mentality, coming in as a disorganized mob without regards for tactics or casualties. However, this is later revealed to have been the result of deliberate cultural tendency, as the Grik cull all non-aggressive hatchlings. When they stop doing that, the non-aggressive ones show real aptitude for tactics.

** The Starter Pokemon, Fleetwi and its later evolutions, as well its Spliced variants, are based on different types of raptors, with the former being based on feathered raptors, namely ''Pyroraptor'' while the latter is based on the long-debunked featherless raptors from ''Film/JurassicPark''. Interestingly, Flightor has the sickle claws on its wings rather than its feet (which was intentional on the creator's part), though the Spliced Fleetwi line has the claws on the feet.

* Scaly raptors are [[http://www.wowhead.com/npcs=1?filter=fa=11#0+2+1 fairly common]] in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. They are particularly heavily associated with trolls, especially the playable Darkspear tribe, who use them as [[HorseOfADifferentColor mounts]] and hunting companions (troll hunters start with a raptor pet). Among their pantheon of loa spirits, the Darkspear seem to follow Gonk the Hunter, who takes the form of a raptor, most closely. To complicate matters slightly, some strains of raptors express ''tribal'' behaviors, like wearing feathers and fetishes. Later on, feathered raptor-shaped dinosaurs called falcosaurs are introduced -- but they're also beaked and generally bird-themed.

* The [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] team the UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} Raptors were founded in 1995 during the NBA's expansion into Canada, and were so named due to the popularity of ''Jurassic Park'' at the time, with a Hollywood-style velociraptor as its mascot.

Ever since ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' made ''Velociraptor'' a household name, its iconic image — a man-sized, [[ItCanThink intelligent]], vicious, [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily toothy]], [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent scaly killer]] — has appeared countless times in popular culture, usually as a ShoutOut to ''Jurassic Park''.

* ''Literature/{{Silverwing}}'' Most of the surviving Saurians (dinosaurs and pterosaurs that survived beyond the Cretaceous) in the prequel ''Darkwing'' are scaly dromaeosaur-like theropods with downward pronated hands. They are established as being too strong for any early mammal to take down.

* ''Literature/{{Silverwing}}: Most of the surviving Saurians (dinosaurs and pterosaurs that survived beyond the Cretaceous) in the prequel ''Darkwing'' are scaly dromaeosaur-like theropods with downward pronated hands. They are established as being too strong for any early mammal to take down.

''Velociraptor'', while still believed to be an agile and clever predator in its own right, was actually [[https://emilywilloughby.com/gallery/paleoart/the-velociraptor-hunting-dance a bird-of-prey-like hunter]] about the size of a turkey. The actual inspiration for the creatures found in the book and film is its larger cousin ''Deinonychus''. Later books and films also pull in elements of ''Utahraptor'', TheBigGuy of the family which actually exceeds the size and build of the creatures in the film.

** The Starter Pokemon, Fleetwi and its later evolutions, as well its Spliced variants, are based on different types of raptors, with the former being based on feathered raptors, namely ''Pyroraptor'' while the latter is based on the long-debunked featherless raptors from ''Film/JurassicPark''. Interestingly, Flightor has the sickle claws on its wings rather than its feet, though the Spliced Fleetwi line has the claws on the feet.

* WebVideo/PokemonAmber:
** The Starter Pokemon, Fleetwi and its later evolutions, as well its Spliced variants, are based on different types of raptors, with the former being based on feathered raptors, namely ''Pyroraptor'' while the latter is based on the long-debunked featherless raptors from ''Film/JurassicPark''.

** Primal Archen and Archeops, while based on the Archaeopteryx, also has some features from the ''Microraptor''.

** The often invoked predator-prey relation between ''Deinonychus'' (3.4 meters long) and ''Tenontosaurus'' (6 to 8 meters long) is not [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenontosaurus#Predators as set in stone]] as commonly presented either, despite being actually possible in RealLife with a family group of ''Deinonychus'' and a single herbivore.

* ''VideoGame/{{Beacon}}'' prominently features Tritoraptors, which are broadly similar to their inspirations (save things like a skull-like head, a split lower jaw, sharp quills for feathers, and being aliens). They hunt in packs to take down larger game and can leap far distances, just like ''Jurassic Park'' raptors. What sets them apart is that they get bigger and more Tyranosaurid as they get older; adults resemble a cross between ''Megaraptor'', ''T. rex'', and ''Triceratops''. Taking their genes can allow the same leap ability or the sharp quills to help with speed, all the way up to ''turning into a Tritoraptor''.

%% * Averted and lampshaded in this ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'' [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2013/02/28/0459-velociraptor/ comic.]]

* Dinobot from the ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' line of ''{{Transformers}}'' toys, as well as his various repaints and retools. Hailing from the '90s, he was naturally a scaly, very robust looking ''Velociraptor'', who strangely had five toes on each foot. In the animated show, he had only three (four would have been correct), and an incredibly bendy tail -- [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that he was really a robot. In the 2008 Universe 2.0 toy-line, he received a new mold, up to modern engineering standards, but sadly not to modern dino-science: instead, they went for a more [[ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy show-accurate]] look, and gave the toy a wavy tail where the original had a stiff one.

* ''Anime/Cyborg009'' has one of the earliest examples of this trope; one chapter involves a living ''Deinonychus'' in the modern era [[spoiler:which turns out to be a robot.]]

* Riptor from ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' is a human-raptor hybrid, with a hunched-over, barrel-chested human slouch. In the 2013 game it's a {{Cyborg}} raptor on top of that.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Turok}}'', raptors are common enemies, ranging from plain ol' raptors, ones captured by the various bad guys and turned into cyborg, {{Arm Cannon}} wielding nasties, or evolved, humanoid versions that fight alongside their cousins.

* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 2'' features Alex, a ''kickboxing velociraptor''. He's scaly, but that's the least of his problems. He stands up straight, resembling the classic theropod tripod pose, and has long, powerful arms with boxing gloves on the end. His strange posture comes from the fact that he's a PaletteSwap of Roger, a BoxingKangaroo. And he's ''awesome''. Could be justified in that he's genetically engineered.

* Absolutely parodied with WebOriginal/{{Mortasheen}}'s [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/bucbuclaw.htm Bucbuclaw,]] an ugly chicken-looking thing, whose main attack involves [[NauseaFuel parasitic poop-eggs.]]
* The Website/{{Neopets}} franchise gives us the Pteri, which is meant to be a stylized ''Archaeopteryx''. However, it looks more like a generic cartoon bird with a long tail, with the claws and the teeth being absent.

* Website/SpecWorld: More or less completely averted, a little bit of ScienceMarchesOn aside,[[note]]Most acutely, some of Spec's dromaeosaurids being descended from ''Megaraptor'', now known to have been a carnosaur rather than a giant dromaeosaurid[[/note]] to the point that the creators decided to kill off nearly all troodonts as a stealth TakeThat to humanoid dinosauroids (and indeed, no dinosauroids at all are allowed for the project).

* Blog/TheTyrannosaurChronicles: Subverted by a naked ''Deinonychus'' character, who is said to have shaved all her feathers off in order to [[ShoutOut star in]] ''Franchise/JurassicPark''. The other deinonychosaurs are portrayed with feathers, though mostly not pennaceous ones, probably due to massive work load. More properly feathered deinonychosaurs have been shown to be in the works, but the SeriesHiatus on this project has prevented them from yet making an appearance in the story.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Dinosauria}}''; Averted, as the deinonychosaurs and troodontids are portrayed as properly feathered, birdlike in appearance and action, and they don't live in packs. The short "Our Frozen Past" focuses on a mother troodontid and her chicks, with the mother shown to be caring and protective in the face of an attack from a pair of ''Nanuqsaurus''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Island (2023)'': In the episode "Trust your Butt", the contestants have to avoid vicious ''Velociraptor'' that are a direct parody of the ones seen in ''Jurassic Park''. Besides being scaly and oversized with a broad skull, they can even open doors.

Besides ''Velociraptor'', ''Deinonychus'' and ''Utahraptor'', this trope potentially encompasses all portrayals of other [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromaeosauridae#Deinonychosauria deinonychosaurian]] dinosaurs in media as well, such as the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromaeosauridae dromaeosaurids]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troodontidae troodontids.]] In reality, the group is made up of many species with various hunting strategies ranging from tiny to huge in size, sharing traits like their famous sickle claws, carnivorous diet, bipedal stance, and recently discovered feathers. In fiction, however, the family shares traits like near-human intelligence, green or brown scaly skin, roughly human size, an insatiable desire to kill, and the name ''Velociraptor''.

* The [[UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation NBA]] team the UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}} Raptors were founded in 1995 (during the NBA's expansion into Canada) and were so named due to the popularity of ''Jurassic Park'' at the time.

* Probably thanks to ''Franchise/JurassicPark'', it was a bit of a trend for a while to depict raptors as being AlwaysChaoticEvil. [[PrehistoricMonster It should probably be obvious why this is inaccurate]]. Fortunately, this is less common nowadays, to the point that Film/JurassicParkIII later installments]] in [[Film/JurassicWorld the franchise]] both avert it and give a kind of justification for past depictions: they were violently sociopathic due to being "raised" without proper role models (read: isolated in artificial pens since a very early age, being fed remotely, and pretty much zero socialization).