History VideoGame / JurassicParkBuilder

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Hoo-boy, where to start with? Ignoring the mistakes carried over from the novels and movies, the ''Pterodactylus'' is basically a smaller differently colored ''Pteranodon'', ''Carnotaurus'' has longer arms with three-fingered hands, the ''Giganotosaurus'' is a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' with spikes on its' back and head, and the ''Ouranosaurus'' looks more like a pelycosaur than an ornithopod. The Glacier Park seems to be hit worst with this: ''Smilodon'' has a long tail, ''Gastornis'' is classified as a carnivorous terror bird, while many other animals have incorrect proportions, bios, names, food, or just cannot exist there in the first place. Did we mention this game was made in 2012? See the other tropes here for specific examples.

* CallaRabbitaSmeerp: Most of the animals are called by their correct scientifical name. However there are a few exceptions: ''Megalograptus'' is listed as 'Sea Scorpion', ''Paraceratherium'' is named ''Indricotherium'', ''Thylacoleo'' is called 'Marsupial Lion' and several others.

* DemotedtoExtra: John Hammond, Alan Grant, Ian Malcolm, Henry Wu and Kelly Curtis appear as quest givers. Justified in that, like ''VideoGame/JurassicParkOperationGenesis'' this is what '''you''' decide to do with the park and how you run it (or them).

* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Both this and PredatorsAreMean are Invoked. Herbivores and crustaceavores's exhibits are not surrounded by any fencing and can take a lot of damage in a fight, but can't dish it out. Meanwhile the carnivores are the opposite- more attack power and less health. Not only are their cages surrounded by metal fences, but are also visibly build deeper in the ground. Though it's anyone's guess how the aquatic animals and pterosaurs don't swim/fly out seeing as there's no roof on their enclosures, or the hebivores don't simply walk off out and start rampaging.

* NeverSmileataCrocodile: ''Deinosuchus'' and ''Kaprosuchus'' appear in the Glacier Park. Strangely enough, the former resembles more a ''Sarcosuchus'', while the latter has the game's 'feline' animations and behave like a lizard and a cat respectivelly.

* PowerLevels: Every animal has a 'ferocity' level, which determines its' damage, health and coins earned- the higher, the better. Evolving the animals allows you to ''quadruple'' their ferocity. According to their overall power they are either Bronze, Silver or Gold, with the third being the best (and most expensive) fighters. Also, the Tournament mode goes in this order of increasing difficulty- Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and then finally All-Star. The Bronze and Silver animals are useful only for the first two and maybe partially for the third.

* RhinoRampage: ''Elasmotherium'', ''Arsinoitherium'' and ''Uintatherium'' for the Glacier Park. The ''Coryphodon'' and ''Moeritherium'' also have the same behaviour, despite not being members of the rhino family.

* RodentsofUnusualSize: The ''Castoroides'', aka the 'Giant beaver' lives up to its' namesake.

* AscendedFanon: While non-dinosaur and pterosaur extinct animals have appeared before in the franchise, this game is the first official time when Cenozoic fauna has been featured. It's also the first time when multiple different animal types have appeared alongside each other.
* BearsareBadNews: Despite not being a bear, this is how ''Sarkastodon'' is portrayed. Curiously, the ''Diprotodon'' (Giant wombat) and ''Castoroides'' (Giant beaver) have the same 'bear' animations and sound effects, despite being a marsupial and a rodent respectivelly.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Hoo-boy, where to start with? Ignoring the mistakes carried over from the novels and movies, the ''Pterodactylus'' is basically a smaller differently colored ''Pteranodon'', the ''Giganotosaurus'' is a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' with spikes on its' back and head, and the ''Ouranosaurus'' looks more like a pelycosaur than an ornithopod. The Glacier Park seems to be hit worst with this: ''Smilodon'' has a long tail, ''Gastornis'' is classified as a carnivorous terror bird, while many other animals have incorrect proportions, bios, names, food, or just cannot exist there in the first place. Did we mention this game was made in 2012? See the other tropes here for specific examples.

* LevelGrinding: Gaining XP and leveling up in this game takes ''a lot'' of time, with the reward you get being less than the time, effort and resources you have spend, though they increase with each level. You can speed up things like constrution and hatching using the game's Dino Dollars, but they are rare and you only have a small limited amount. It's possible to get large amounts of them by paying with '''real''' money.
* LimitBreak: The Special attack and Block option can only be used three times per match in Tournament mode. The player must have a sufficient amount of 'claw' tokens and spend them on one of the above, with the price rising up with each use(5->10->20X2=70).

* OneHitKill: It is possible for this to happen in the Tournament mode for either side, and can be easilly accomplished in the Versus arena, especially if Level 40 (MAX) Golds are placed against Bronzes and use either a strong or a Special attack. Though in all fairness, during the Tournament mode the computer does try to put in enemies equal in power to you and make the battles more balanced.

* PowerLevels: Every animal has a 'ferocity' level, which determines its' damage, health and coins earned- the higher, the better. Evolving the animals allows you to ''quadruple'' their ferocity. According to their overall power they are either Bronze, Silver or Gold, with the third being the best (and most) expensive fighters. Also, the Tournament mode goes in this order of increasing difficulty- Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and then finally All-Star. The Bronze and Silver animals are useful only for the first two and maybe partially for the third.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You can force animals to beat up and kill each other in the battle arenas. However as noted in PrehistoricMonster, everything is cartoony and there's no blood or gore, so it's still a family-friendly game. Also animals cannot die, they simply become unusable and need a 'cooldown' period before they can be pitted in combat again. Unless you're willing to spend some Dino Dollars on awakening them.

* AnachronismStew: The player can buy and place animals from different locations and time periods together. Possibly justified in that it's a zoo/theme park and they are purchased from a market after being cloned from fossils. Though the default park (located on Isla Nublar) has amber containing DNA found in the rubble of cleared sections of the forest for both ''Brachiosaurus'' from Jurassic North America and ''Gallimimus'' from Cretaceous Asia. Averted with the other two parks in which expeditions searching for fossils must be send throughout the world either via submarine or helicopter. Also some animals can only be unlocked by winning a DNA Tournament enough times or purchasing card packs.

* FossilRevival: Specifically, the Jurassic animals are cloned via insects trapped in amber like in the rest of the franchise, the Aquatic animals via fossilized leech-like parasites containing their blood, and the Glacier ones via their frozen remains (a spinal cord/bone is shown in the game).

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You can force animals to beat up and kill each other in the battle arenas. However as noted in PrehistoricMonster, everything is cartoony and there's no blood or gore, so it's still a family-friendly game. Also animals cannot die, they simply become unusable and need a 'cooldown' period before they can be pitted in combat again. Unless you're willing to spend some Dino Dollars on reactivating them.

* AnachronismStew / MisplacedWildlife: The player can buy and place animals from different locations and time periods together. Possibly justified in that it's a zoo/theme park and they are purchased from a market after being cloned from fossils. Though the default park (located on Isla Nublar) has amber containing DNA found in the rubble of cleared sections of the forest for both ''Brachiosaurus'' from Jurassic North America and ''Gallimimus'' from Cretaceous Asia. Averted with the other two parks in which expeditions searching for fossils must be send throughout the world either via submarine or helicopter. Also some animals can only be unlocked by winning a DNA Tournament enough times or purchasing card packs.

* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: In game, you could buy and sell back all extinct animals like any other normal building or object, only losing half of their fixed costs. It's worth mentioning that some animals are '''very''' expensive, and the ones unlocked from Tournaments or card packs are free.

* OneHitKill / CurbStompBattle: It is possible for this to happen in the Tournament mode for either side, and can be easilly accomplished in the Versus arena, especially if Level 40 (MAX) Golds are placed against Bronzes and use either a strong or a Special attack. Though in all fairness, during the Tournament mode the computer does try to put in enemies equal in power to you and make the battles more balanced.

* BigBadassBirdofPrey: Not flying birds per se, but the game has two terror birds for the Glacier Park- ''Kelenken'' and ''Phorusrhacos''. The ''Gastornis'' also acts as one, even though it wasn't related nor carnivorous.
** The pterosaurs in the regular park are either a non-bird example of this trope, or AllFlyersAreBirds.

* FossilRevival: Well, this '''is''' a Jurassic Park game, so yeah.
** Specifically, the Jurassic animals are cloned via insects trapped in amber like in the rest of the franchise, the Aquatic animals via fossilized leech-like parasites containing their blood, and the Glacier ones via their frozen remains (a spinal cord/bone is shown in the game).

* GottaCatchThemAll / LoadsandLoadsofCharacters: This game is more or less Franchise/{{Pokemon}} meets ''Franchise/JurassicPark''. You have a total of 130 various prehistoric animals to obtain, care for, evolve and use in combat, some harder to unlock than others. Good luck!

* HerbivoresAreFriendly / PredatorsAreMean: Invoked. Herbivores and crustaceavores's exhibits are not surrounded by any fencing and can take a lot of damage in a fight, but can't dish it out. Meanwhile the carnivores are the opposite- more attack power and less health. Not only are their cages surrounded by metal fences, but are also visibly build deeper in the ground. Though it's anyone's guess how the aquatic animals and pterosaurs don't swim/fly out seeing as there's no roof on their enclosures, or the hebivores don't simply walk off out and start rampaging.

* HonorableElephant: Woolly Mammoth, Mastodon, ''Amebelodon'' and ''Platybelodon'' for the Glacier Park expansion.

* GiantSquid: Appears in the Aquatic Park, though it's called ''Colossal Squid'' instead (the two are distinct separate animal species). It's possible the developers meant to name it ''Tusoteuthis'', but forgot. Or simply not bothered, and decided ''Colossal Squid'' sounds better.

* HerbivoresAreFriendly / PredatorsAreMean: Implied. Herbivores and crustaceavores's exhibits are not surrounded by any fencing and can take a lot of damage in a fight, but can't dish it out. Meanwhile the carnivores are the opposite- more attack power and less health. Not only are their cages surrounded by metal fences, but are also visibly build deeper in the ground. Though it's anyone's guess how the aquatic animals and pterosaurs don't swim/fly out seeing as there's no roof on their enclosures, or the hebivores don't simply walk off out and start rampaging.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You can force animals to beat up and kill each other in the battle arenas. However as noted in PrehistoricMonster, everything is cartoony and there's no blood or gore, so it's still a family-friendly game. Also animals cannot die, they simply become unusable and need a 'cooldown' period before they can be pitted in combat again. Unless you're willing to spend some Dino Dollars on 'reviving' them.

* GuestFighter: The ''Indominus rex'' from ''Film/JurassicWorld'' appears as a purchasable animal from InGen. It is one of the five animals which must be bought with RealLife money (the other being ''Euplocephalus'', ''Edestus'', ''Castoroides'' and ''Arthropleura''). However the other four can also be unlocked from winning a DNA Tournament, whereas the ''Indominus'' is available for purchase '''only twice in a year''' (on Easter Day and on Christmas). Many of the creatures for the games' roster were decided via fan polls and were obviously inspired by other prehistoric animal media, for example ''WalkingWithDinosaurs'' (''Tapejara'', ''Koolasuchus'') or ''VideoGame/ZooTycoon'' (''Macrauchenia'', ''Meiolania'').

* ThreateningShark: You get ''Helicoprion'', ''Edestus'', ''Hybodus'' and of course Megalodon. Some fish in the game also act simular to sharks, while not being related (e.g. the ''Dunkleousteus'' and ''Xiphactinus'').

* StockDinosaurs: Played straight AND averted. While you get plenty of stock species, the game also offers plenty of not so famous ones, several of which are mentioned here on this page. Interestingly enough, some popular animals like ''Styracosaurus'' and ''Megatherium'' are absent.
* TacticalRockPaperScissors: The battles are turn-based, with the combatants having 15 seconds to choose one of 6 moves, which waste a turn: Charge, Bite, Swipe as well as Change Animal, Block or Special. Every animal has a weakness to one of the three attack types and choosing the right one will deal 100% damage, but making the wrong choise will deal either 50% or 25%. A Special attack deals a whopping '''150% damage'''. However, playing the Block option will nullify all damage, even from a Special Attack.

* PantheraAwesome: ''Smilodon'' for Glacier Park, natch. While not felines per se, ''Megistotherium'', ''Thylacoleo'' and ''Thylacosmilus'' as well, seeing as they share the 'cat' behaviour and animations set of Smilodon. The ''Kaprosuchus'' crocodile also uses them.

* MovesetClone: As already mentioned on some of the tropes here, many animals share movement and attack animations. Justified in several cases like the pterosaurs, plesiosaurs and proboscideans for being relatives, but some unrelated animals do it too (''Titanoboa'' and ''Arthropleura''). Some related animals however have different movesets(e.g. ''Albertosaurus'' and ''Yutyrannus'' use the spinosaurid/abelisaurid animations, instead of tyrannosaurid). Also some animals have unique animals (for example ''Indominus'', ''Colossal Squid'', ''Gigantopithecus'' and ''Procoptodon'').

** Moeritherium too, since it's an ancestor to all elephants. Though it uses the 'rhino' moveset instead.

** There is a 'Code Red' minigame in which the carnivorous dinosaurs will be upset and try to escape during a thunder storm. If the player manages to prevent them wreaking havoc for the storm's duration, they will be rewarded with coins. Even if a dinosaur escapes it's not a big problem, since they will just be unavailable for a few minutes and they will be returned to their repaired cage if one is patient enough.

* GuestFighter: The ''Indominus rex'' from ''Film/JurassicWorld'' appears as a purchasable animal from InGen. It is one of the five animals which must be bought with RealLife money (the other being ''Euplocephalus'', ''Edestus'', ''Castoroides'' and ''Arthropleura''). However the other four can also be unlocked from winning a DNA ournament, while the ''Indominus'' is available for purchase '''only twice in a year'''(on Easter Day and on Christmas). Many of the creatures for the games' roster were decided via fan polls and were obviously inspired by other prehistoric animal media, for example ''WalkingWithDinosaurs'' (''Tapejara'', ''Koolasuchus'') or ''VideoGame/ZooTycoon'' (''Macrauchenia'', ''Meiolania'').

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Hoo-boy, where to start with? Ignoring the mistakes carried over from the novels and movies, the ''Pterodactylus'' is basically a smaller differently colored ''Pteranodon'', the ''Giganotosaurus'' is a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', and the ''Ouranosaurus'' looks more like a pelycosaur than an ornithopod. The Glacier Park seems to be hit worst with this: ''Smilodon'' has a long tail, ''Gastornis'' is classified as a carnivorous terror bird, while many other animals have incorrect proportions, bios, names, food, or just cannot exist there in the first place. Did we mention this game was made in 2012? See the other tropes here for specific examples.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The caretaking or diet of some creatures is mind-boggling. The marine reptiles and mammals have no access to oxygen since the Aquatic Park is situated at the sea's bottom facing a trench, while the Glacier Park in the frozen wastelands of Patagonia has cold-blooded animals besides warm-blooded ones. The ''Mosasaurus'' is depicted as a crustaceavore and the ''Gigantopithecus'' as a carnivore. Worst of all, the Aquatic Park has ''Koolasuchus'' (a freshwater amphibian) and the Glacier Park has ''Arthropleura'' (a Carboniferous giant milipede). Both animals couldn't survive in the conditions of these parks and would instantly die. Better to chalk it off with the MST3KMantra...

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The caretaking or diet of some creatures is mind-boggling. The marine reptiles and mammals have no access to oxygen since the Aquatic Park is situated at the sea's bottom facing a trench, while the Glacier Park in the frozen wastelands of Patagonia has cold-blooded animals besides warm-blooded ones. The ''Mosasaurus'' is depicted as a crustaceavore and the ''Gigantopithecus'' as a carnivore. Worst of all, the Aquatic Park has ''Koolasuchus'' (a freshwater amphibian) and the Glacier has ''Arthropleura'' (a Carboniferous giant milipede). Both animals couldn't survive in the conditions of these parks and would instantly die. Better to chalk it off with the MST3KMantra...

* AnachronismStew / MisplacedWildlife: The player can buy and place animals from different locations and time periods. Possibly justified in that it's a zoo/theme park and they are purchased from a market after being cloned from fossils. Though the default park (located on Isla Nublar) has amber containing DNA found in the rubble of cleared sections of the forest for both ''Brachiosaurus'' from Jurassic North America and ''Gallimimus'' from Cretaceous Asia. Averted with the other two parks in which expeditions searching for fossils must be send throughout the world either via submarine or helicopter. Also some animals can only be unlocked by winning a DNA Tournament enough times or purchasing card packs.

* AnimalsNottoScale: Many of the creatures are inaccurately proportioned. Besides ''Velociraptor'' being oversized, the ''Albertosaurus'' is taller than the ''T. rex''. Most humorously of all, the ''Procoptodon'' is tall enough to look an ''Indricotherium'' in the eye.

''Jurassic Park: Builder'' is a mobile application based on the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' franchise, released in July 2012 by Ludia. It's a zoo business management game, similar to ''VideoGame/ZooTycoon'' and ''VideoGame/JurassicParkOperationGenesis''. The player builds their own theme park to raise prehistoric animals, starting off with the classic non-avian dinosaurs and pterosaurs on Isla Nublar, then various extinct marine animals in an Aquatic Park, and finally a Glacier Park located in Patagonia featuring Cenozoic animals. The game also puts emphasis on the combat feature, allowing the player to pit his animals against each other in an arena, as well as the option to battle other players in a tournament. It is followed up by a sequel in 2015 ''VideoGame/JurassicWorldTheGame'', also made by Ludia.

* TyrannosaurusRex: The second most powerful (and expensive) carnivore in the game, after the ''Indominus''.

''Jurassic Park: Builder'' is a mobile application based on the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' franchise, released in July 2012 by Ludia. It's a zoo business management game, similar to ''VideoGame/ZooTycoon'' and ''VideoGame/JurassicParkOperationGenesis''. The player builds their own theme park to raise prehistoric animals, starting off with the classic non-avian dinosaurs and pterosaurs on Isla Nublar, then various extinct marine animals in an Aquatic Park, and finally a Glacier Park located in Patagonia featuring Cenozoic animals. The game also puts emphasis on the combat feature, allowing the player to pit his animals against each other in an arena, as well as the option to battle other players in a tournament.

* AnachronismStew / Misplaced Wildlife: The player can buy and place animals from different locations and time periods. Possibly justified in that it's a zoo/theme park and they are purchased from a market after being cloned from fossils. Though the default park (located on Isla Nublar) has amber containing DNA found in the rubble of cleared sections of the forest for both ''Brachiosaurus'' from Jurassic North America and ''Gallimimus'' from Cretaceous Asia. Averted with the other two parks in which expeditions searching for fossils must be send throughout the world either via submarine or helicopter. Also some animals can only be unlocked by winning a DNA Tournament enough times or purchasing card packs.

* ArtisticLicense-Biology: The caretaking or diet of some creatures is mind-boggling. The marine reptiles and mammals have no access to oxygen since the Aquatic Park is situated at the sea's bottom facing a trench, while the Glacier Park in the frozen wastelands of Patagonia has cold-blooded animals besides warm-blooded ones. The ''Mosasaurus'' is depicted as a crustaceavore and the ''Gigantopithecus'' as a carnivore. Worst of all, the Aquatic Park has ''Koolasuchus'' (a freshwater amphibian) and the Glacier has ''Arthropleura'' (a Carboniferous giant milipede). Both animals couldn't survive in the conditions of these parks and would instantly die. Better to chalk it off with the MST3KMantra...
* ArtisticLicense-Economics: In game, you could buy and sell back all extinct animals like any other normal building or object, only losing half of their fixed costs. It's worth mentioning that some animals are '''very''' expensive, and the ones unlocked from Tournaments or card packs are free.
* ArtisticLicense-Paleontology: Hoo-boy, where to start with? Ignoring the mistakes carried over from the novels and movies, the ''Pterodactylus'' is basically a smaller differently colored ''Pteranodon'', the ''Giganotosaurus'' is a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', and the ''Ouranosaurus'' looks more like a pelycosaur than an ornithopod. The Glacier Park seems to be hit worst with this: ''Smilodon'' has a long tail, ''Gastornis'' is classified as a carnivorous terror bird, while many other animals have incorrect proportions, bios, names, food, or just cannot exist there in the first place. Did we mention this game was made in 2012? See the other tropes here for specific examples.

* Coolvs.Awesome: Basically this game allows you to make various prehistoric beasts duke it out in mortal combat against each other. Subverted in that animals can only fight other animals from the same park(Jurassic, Aquatic and Glacier). It's still pretty awesome, though.

* Everything'sBetterwithDinosaurs: Obviously. Though this time, there are also plenty of non-dinosaur animals thrown in for good measure.
* Everything'sSquishierwithCephalopods: The Aquatic Park has ''Ammonite'', ''Colossal Squid'', ''Baculites'' and ''Orthoceras''.

* NobleElephant: Woolly Mammoth, Mastodon, ''Amebelodon'' and ''Platybelodon'' for the Glacier Park expansion.

* TheSmurfettePrincipal: Unless all the animals count, Kelly Curtis is the only female character appearing in the whole game.

* TacticalRock-Paper-Scissors: The battles are turn-based, with the combatants having 15 seconds to choose one of 6 moves, which waste a turn: Charge, Bite, Swipe as well as Change Animal, Block or Special. Every animal has a weakness to one of the three attack types and choosing the right one will deal 100% damage, but making the wrong choise will deal either 50% or 25%. A Special attack deals a whopping '''150% damage'''. However, playing the Block option will nullify all damage, even from a Special Attack.

* Tyranosaurusrex: The second most powerful (and expensive) carnivore in the game, after the ''Indominus''.