History WesternAnimation / JurassicWorldCampCretaceous

** [[spoiler:''Spinosaurus'', unseen since ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' outside of a mounted skeleton in ''Film/JurassicWorld'', returns in Season 4. The ''Dilophosaurus'' as well, which haven't been seen since the original ''Film/JurassicPark''.]]

** A shot from the first season has the ''Indominus rex's'' foot stepping into the frame in a near-identical manner to the ''T. rex'' breaking out of containment in the first ''Film/JurassicPark''.

*** During this scene, one of the ACU agents can be heard repeatedly shouting "Shoot her!" like Muldoon in the [[Film/JurassicPark opening scene of the franchise]].

** Darius theorizes that the reason [[spoiler:the ''Scorpios rex'' is able to reproduce asexually is due to the frog DNA used to create the first one. Alan Grant uses the exact same theory to explain how dinosaurs are able to reproduce in the original ''Film/JurassicPark''.]]

*** [[spoiler:Also similar to Nedry working for Biosyn in [[Film/JurassicPark the first film]]. One wonders if Mantah Corp bought them out just as Masrani bought [=InGen=].]]

** Just like Ed Regis in [[Literature/JurassicPark the original novel]] (and Gennaro in [[Film/JurassicPark the first film]]), [[spoiler:[[MeaningfulName Eddie]] abandons the kids to their fate to save his own life, but this ends up [[KarmicDeath getting him killed]].]] Ironically, [[spoiler:he does so by getting ''into'' a car rather than out of one.]]

** Hap closely resembles Robert Muldoon from [[Film/JurassicPark the first film]]. [[spoiler:He also dies in a similar fashion, being dispatched by a pack of dinosaurs working as a team while safeguarding the lives of others.]]

** Rexy attacking the helicopter and grabbing it with her jaws to prevent it from getting higher in the air is directly taken from a deleted ending of [[Film/JurassicPark the original film]].

** The [[spoiler:death of the two ''Scorpios rex'' by crushing in the Visitor Center is similar to how one of the raptors was going to be killed in [[Film/JurassicPark the original film]] -- albeit here instead of being crushed in the skull jaws of a ''T. rex'', the two hybrids are killed by the roof caving in on them.]]

** [[spoiler: Season 4 sees the return of the venom-spitting ''Dilophosaurus'' for the first time since [[Film/JurassicPark the original film]].]]

* ThemeMusicAbandonment: Fully averted; in addition to incorporating the main themes of both ''Film/JurassicPark'' and ''Film/JurassicWorld'' at infrequent intervals in the story (in addition to using the former in the opening and end credits of each episode), Season 3 also brings back the first film's danger/''Velociraptor'' theme, which had gone unused in the sequels.

* TrashTheSet: In Season 3, [[spoiler:the Camp Family collapse the Jurassic Park Visitor Center down on the ''Scorpios rex'' to neutralize them permanently, destroying the abandoned building for good. Shortly before that, a ''Scorpios rex'' also ends up trashing the famous kitchen where Tim and Lex used to hide from the raptors in [[Film/JurassicPark the original film]] in its attempt to pursue the kids.]]

** It is currently unconfirmed if Chaos as well as ''Ouranosaurus'', ''Monolophosaurus'' and Bioluminescent ''Parasaurolophus'' were among the dinosaurs that were rescued from Isla Nublar and released from Lockwood's Manor.

* JustAKid: The main campers are this, being around 12- to 15-years-old.

Season 2 was released in January 2021, followed by Season 3 in May 2021. A fourth season premiered on December 3, 2021, followed by a fifth and final season on July 21, 2022. After the end of the show, a standalone [[{{Gamebooks}} interactive special]], ''Hidden Adventure'', premiered on November 15, 2022. A sequel series, ''Jurassic World: Chaos Theory'', has been announced and is set to premiere in 2024.

* AnAesop: There's an overarching theme to the series: Life may not always go as planned, but sometimes, the best thing you can do is pick up the pieces and keep on moving.
** Pretty much similar to the film series's ArcWords: Life finds a way.

** The first episode of Season 3 sees the campers arriving on Isla Nublar, the final episode of Season 3 sees them finally leaving the island.

* {{Midquel}}: The second and third seasons take place between the events of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' and ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' (while the fourth and presumably fifth seasons takes place between the prologue to ''Fallen Kingdom'' and the rest of the film which is set a couple years later).

Season 2 was released in January 2021, followed by Season 3 in May 2021. A fourth season premiered on December 3, 2021, followed by a fifth and final season on July 21, 2022. After the end of the show, a standalone [[{{Gamebooks}} interactive special]], ''Hidden Adventure'', premiered on November 15, 2022.

Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKJwbsx1BSc Teaser]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRTIrK3Kku8 Official Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVAFtzv-Gjc Season 2 Teaser]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAfQhqzZU98 Season 2 Official Trailer]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHv1vD-eQEw Season 3 Teaser]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_0vTlkLGOc Season 3 Trailer]], [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bDLKclq8gkQ Season 4 Trailer]], [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DSYDSorEULE Season 5 Teaser]].

* {{BookEnds}}: The first dinosaur Darius sees at Cretaceous Camp is a ''Compsognathus'' that got lost. In the first two season finales, a pack of ''Compsognathus'' is one of the last dinosaurs we see (unless one would count E750).

** Season 4 has much more gruesome dinosaur interactions and onscreen fights between dinosaurs, [[spoiler:being test subjects for Mantah Corp.'s BeastlyBloodsport plans, not to mention a deranged scientist who basically keeps Darius hostage]].

* ReturningBigBad: Official images for season 4 show the return of [[spoiler:''Spinosaurus'']] which has not been seen since [[spoiler:Film/JurassicParkIII]].

* AdvertisedExtra: The ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. Despite being featured prominently in the show's intro, she never actually appears in any episode, except in a video game during the pilot. Justified, given that she would be locked in her enclosure for most of the season. She plays a ''much'' larger role in Season 2 and is even referred to as Rexy by Sammy for the first time in official media, outside of the ''Literature/TheEvolutionOfClaire'' novel.

** In Season 3 Kenji, Ben, and Sam have to get out of the helicoper that's dangling from a tree. They use vines to stay aloft, which heralds back to ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' with Malcolm and Sarah, while the vehicle falling out calls back to the the first film with Tim and Dr. Grant.

* HasTwoDaddies: Brooklynn (unless one is a stepdad, however it is unspecified), as revealed in Season 4. They're mechanically inclined, and we know nothing else about them.

* ABirthdayNotABreak: While he's not one of the main characters, "Happy Birthday, Eddie!" features a park employee's birthday. First, Dave and Roxie are asked to sign his card while waiting to speak with Claire (and Dave is the only one who's signed it). Later in the episode, the kids actually meet Eddie. He's the first authority figure they've seen since the ''I. rex'' got out, but he's having a full-blown breakdown over what's happening. And none of his coworkers even showed up for his party. And then [[DiedOnTheirBirthday he gets eaten by the Indominus rex on his birthday]].

* ABirthdayNotABreak: While he's not one of the main characters, "Happy Birthday, Eddie!" features a park employee's birthday. First, Dave and Roxie are asked to sign his card while waiting to speak with Claire (and Dave is the only one who's signed it). Later in the episode, the kids actually meet Eddie. He's the first authority figure they've seen since the ''I. rex'' got out, but he's having a full-blown breakdown over what's happening. And none of his coworkers even showed up for his party. And then he dies.

''Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous'' is the first official TV series in the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' franchise. It premiered on Netflix in September 2020.

[[caption-width-right:348:''[[TagLine Discover what happened on the other side of the island.]]'']]

* SavedByCanon: Thanks to one of them appearing in ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' and both of them appearing in ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' (which were released before their appearance in this series), we know that [[spoiler:Lewis Dodgson]] and Dr. Henry Wu are both going to survive the events of this series.

* HiddenDepths: Kenji is practically a RichIdiotWithNoDayJob in-training, but he can be pretty insightful when he wants to be, such as advising Brooklynn to stop being angry at [[spoiler:Sammy]] despite the latter's actions having greatly hindered the group.

* KingOfTheDinosaurs: Rexy is the undisputed ruler of Isla Nublar and a major threat that the campers have to avoid, all other species (including giant sauropods) fear her and for good reason. Even the AxCrazy ''Scorpios rex'' was never seen going near her territory.
** Big Eatie (another ''T. rex'') is seen as the Alpha of the Mantah Corp island, after the campers make a lagoon where the dinos could drink together.

** [[spoiler:Played straight in the final season with Big Eatie fighting the ''Spinosaurus'' a few times before emerging triumphant.]]