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| 10 | |
| 11 | !Pterosaurs |
| 12 | [[folder:Pterosaurs in general]] |
| 13 | * AnimalsNotToScale: To varying degrees, all of them are portrayed as larger than they should be in size and wingspan. |
| 14 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: |
| 15 | ** Many of them lack pycnofibers or possess far too little. |
| 16 | ** Despite their [[HistoricalBadassUpgrade portrayals in the films]], in reality they were incapable of carrying, much less ''flying'' with the weight of a full-grown human. |
| 17 | ** Are depicted with hands separate from the wing and grasping feet[[note]]minus the ''Quetzalcoatlus''[[/note]]. |
| 18 | ** Their wings end in [[https://twitter.com/Dave_Hone/status/1518678185151541248 sharp pointed tips]] rather than having a [[https://twitter.com/thejohnconway/status/1518679569368240128 tiny blunting]] at the end of the wingtip. |
| 19 | ** Their wings that fold in with hands facing forward when they should fold in with their hands rotating backward, as well as wing membranes that connect at the end of the hip rather than to the ankle. |
| 20 | ** They take off by jumping instead of vaulting with their wings, although the latter behavior is shown in ''Dominion''. |
| 21 | * DeathFromAbove: Being capable of flight, would you expect anything else? |
| 22 | * HairTriggerTemper: All the pterosaurs in the series apart from the one that closes out ''The Lost World'' are highly aggressive and territorial. |
| 23 | * InterspeciesFriendship: [[spoiler:The ending of ''Dominion'' shows them migrating alongside a flock of modern birds.]] |
| 24 | * TerrorDactyl: Apart from the ''Pteranodons'' in ''The Lost World'' [[note]]And that's only because the sequence featuring it was cut from the film[[/note]], all of them are shown to be vicious, hostile animals that attack humans with little to no provocation. They are all extremely inaccurate (with the exception of the ''Quetzalcoatlus'') both in their appearance, lacking most of their pycnofibers, having leathery wings and grasping feet and their behavior, which is [[AllFlyersAreBirds way too bird-like]]. |
| 25 | [[/folder]] |
| 26 | |
| 27 | [[folder:''Dimorphodon'']] |
| 28 | !!''Dimorphodon'' |
| 29 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dimorphodonjw.png]] |
| 30 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorld'' | ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' | ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldChaosTheory'' |
| 31 | |
| 32 | ->''"The ''Dimorphodon'' is a snap-feeder, with quick jaws suited to snatching fish and insects."'' |
| 33 | -->-- '''Jurassic World website''' |
| 34 | |
| 35 | A species of pterosaur bred for Jurassic World that lives in the Aviary alongside the larger ''Pteranodon''. |
| 36 | ---- |
| 37 | * AlasPoorVillain: "Villain" is probably [[CarnivoreConfusion too strong a word]], but it's hard not to feel sorry for one of them when it's [[KickTheDog callously shot out of the air]] by one of Hoskins' mercenaries. |
| 38 | * AnimalsNotToScale: Downplayed; their wingspans are twice as big as the real animal, according to supplementary material[[note]]the ones in the film have an eight-foot wingspan, the real deal only had a four-foot wingspan[[/note]]. |
| 39 | ** ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' changes them to be closer to the size of the real animal, to the point one can easily sit on a person's hand [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology on its hind legs]]. |
| 40 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: |
| 41 | ** They should have two different types of teeth in their mouths instead of one type of tooth as depicted in ''Jurassic World''. Their skulls are are depicted with a boxy tyrannosaur-like shape instead of rounded as on the [[http://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2015/06/why-dimorphodon-macronyx-is-one-of.html real animal]]. They are also shown to be quite powerful flyers when the real animal was a poor flyer. |
| 42 | ** While they are portrayed with pycnofibres, they should be covered completely in them rather than only having them on the back. |
| 43 | ** The ones in ''Camp Cretaceous'' not only lack pycnofibres but also possess a claw at the end of their wing finger, something that wasn't present even in the films. |
| 44 | * TheBusCameBack: After being physically absent in ''Fallen Kingdom'', the genus makes a return in both ''Camp Cretaceous'' and ''Dominion''. |
| 45 | * TheCameo: Two ''Dimorphodon''s appear in last episode of season one of ''Chaos Theory'', where they are among few prehistoric reptiles that are held in [[spoiler:secret dinosaur smuggling facility.]] |
| 46 | * CanonImmigrant: ''Dimorphodon'' has appeared in several ''Jurassic Park''. video games before debuting in ''Jurassic World''. |
| 47 | * {{Expy}}: Their role seems to amount to being flying versions of the ''Compsognathus''. |
| 48 | * FlyingFlightlessBird: Downplayed, as real-life ''Dimorphodons'' still ''could'' fly, but they were likely not very good at it, due to their short wings and heavy bodies and thus they probably couldn't cover as much ground as the ''Dimorphodons'' in the film do. |
| 49 | * FragileSpeedster: Like their ''Pteranodon'' compatriots, the ''Dimorphodons'' are built for flying and quite agile, but they lack proper defenses beyond that, making it easy to simply tranquilize them out of the sky. |
| 50 | * GlassCannon: They can attack in superior numbers and are stronger than they look, but their only real defenses are flying and biting. |
| 51 | * HistoricalBadassUpgrade: The real-life ''Dimorphodon'' was a poor flyer that spent much of its time on the ground and only took to the air in emergencies. Here, they are strong enough to knock down a full-grown human with ease as well as briefly lift them off the ground (though it drops them shortly afterward). |
| 52 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The real-life ''Dimorphodon'' was also a harmless creature that was content to grub around in the dirt for bugs or hunt small animals in the trees or on the ground. Here, it's depicted as a tiny little flying demon. |
| 53 | * KillerRabbit: Smaller than the ''Pteranodons'', but still deadly. |
| 54 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: Even an aggressive parent ''Dimorphodon'' knows it's wiser to back off when Bumpy gets in between it and Darius and Ben. |
| 55 | * MamaBear: If you walk into their nesting ground, the ''entire flock'' will come straight for you. |
| 56 | * MassOhCrap: The flock flees from the Aviary after the ''I. rex'' shows up. |
| 57 | * NonMaliciousMonster: Along with the ''Pteranodons'', they descend upon Main Street after being frightened by the ''I. rex'' from the Aviary. |
| 58 | * PapaWolf: If you walk into their nesting ground, the ''entire flock'' will come straight for you. |
| 59 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: One of them can briefly be seen lifting a grown man off the ground (though it drops him shortly afterward) and another manages to knock Owen down with surprising ease. |
| 60 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When they see the ''[[TheDreaded Indominus rex]]'' crashing into their Aviary, their first response is to get out of there as fast as they can. |
| 61 | * ShownTheirWork: In contrast to the ''Pteranodons'', they are correctly portrayed with pycnofibres. |
| 62 | * TheSwarm: They descend on terrified tourists in one of these. |
| 63 | * TerrorDactyl: It's a dragon-like monstrosity (as opposed to the more elegant real pterosaurs) with a tyrannosaur-like skull. |
| 64 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Inexplicably missing in ''Fallen Kingdom'', meaning it's unknown if any of them survived its events. However, ''Dominion'' confirms they survived and spread throughout the world. |
| 65 | * ZergRush: After the ''I. rex'' scares them and their ''Pteranodon'' neighbors out of the Aviary, they vent their frustrations out on terrified tourists on Main Street en-masse. Unlike the ''Pteranodons'', there isn't real-life evidence to suggest that ''Dimorphodons'' hunted in groups. |
| 66 | [[/folder]] |
| 67 | |
| 68 | [[folder:''Quetzalcoatlus'']] |
| 69 | !! ''Quetzalcoatlus'' |
| 70 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jwd_quetzalcoatlus_render.png]] |
| 71 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 72 | |
| 73 | ->'''Owen:''' That's another plane, right?\ |
| 74 | '''Kayla:''' Not exactly. |
| 75 | |
| 76 | Gigantic pterosaurs, far larger than the previously-introduced ''Pteranodon''. |
| 77 | ---- |
| 78 | * AmbiguousSituation: In the opening of ''Dominion'' at least two specimens are shown to be out in the wild and nesting in the New York skyline, how they ended up there is unknown since it’s unclear wether Jurassic World housed ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and these two were among the rescued dinosaurs that were released from Lockwood manor or they somehow got past the Aerial Deterrent System at the Biosyn sanctuary and flew all the way from Italy. |
| 79 | * AnimalsNotToScale: While the ones in the prologue are to scale, the cloned individual is absolutely humongous, with its head alone being as long as (if not longer) than the entire cockpit of a sizable plane. That said, an official scale chart for the film shows it closer in size to the real animal, so it's possible the plane attack shot is a particularly egregious case of YourSizeMayVary. [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/743081138402361424/970557815645155348/unknown.png Promotional material]] states ''Quetzalcoatlus'' had a wingspan of up to 20 meters, but most modern size estimates consider 11 meters to be the maximum from known fossils.[[note]]There was one early size estimate in the 1970s which suggested a wingspan of up to 21 meters, but this was never considered likely (especially since the estimate was made back when proportions of the animal were more poorly known).[[/note]] |
| 80 | * BeakAttack: The prologue has one of them nipping at a ''Pteranodon'' to claim a carcass for itself. The film shows another one using its beak to wreck the plane that Owen, Claire and Kayla are in. |
| 81 | * CanonImmigrant: ''Quetzalcoatlus'' has appeared in several ''Jurassic Park'' video games and toylines before debuting in ''Dominion''. |
| 82 | * GiantFlyer: Naturally given their sheer size. In the prologue they make the ''Pteranodons'' (which had been the largest pterosaur in the films until now) look comparatively puny. TruthInTelevision, as they really ''were'' that big. The cloned individual is as large as the plane it's attacking. |
| 83 | * HistoricalBadassUpgrade: While mostly accurate, it is still unreasonably stronger and far more aggressive than its real-life counterpart, which was essentially a giraffe-sized stork hunting proportionally small prey. It arguably behaves more like its more massively built relative ''Hatzegopteryx'' and even the latter probably wouldn't be able to destroy a fair-sized airplane in mid-flight. |
| 84 | * LightIsNotGood: The cloned one has white fur, a bright yellow beak and a blue head crest. It is also first seen attacking a plane that Owen, Claire, and Kayla are in. |
| 85 | * LongNeck: ''Quetzalcoatlus'' has one of the longest necks of any known pterosaur, only contested by ''Arambourgiana''. |
| 86 | * RememberTheNewGuy: ''Quetzalcoatlus'' was never seen or mentioned in any of the films prior to ''Dominion'', but it's treated as though they had always been present, with one of the opening scenes and promotional material establishing them as having made their way to cities across North America. |
| 87 | * ShownTheirWork: It is depicted as a terrestrial, quadrupedal hunter with pycnofibres, the correct head design, proportionally small and non-grasping plantigrade feet, and small fingers pointing the right way. It may be the most accurate animal of the franchise so far, aside from the size of the cloned specimens being way bigger than its real-life counterpart, as well being far stronger and aggressive. |
| 88 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: The cloned individual has only a few seconds of screentime, but [[spoiler:by damaging Kayla's plane, it traps Owen, Claire, and Kayla in the sanctuary and forces Claire to be separated from the group.]] |
| 89 | * YourSizeMayVary: One scene depicts a pair of them nesting atop the World Trade Center and together they seem to be as large as the entire top of the building. Given the 200-foot diameter of the skyscraper, this would put their wingspan at over ''100 feet'', 35 feet longer than the official size estimate and nearly three times the size of the real animal. |
| 90 | [[/folder]] |
| 91 | |
| 92 | !!Pteranodons |
| 93 | [[folder:''The Lost World: Jurassic Park Pteranodons'']] |
| 94 | !!''The Lost World: Jurassic Park Pteranodons'' |
| 95 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jp_the_lost_world_pteranodon.png]] |
| 96 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' |
| 97 | |
| 98 | A famous large pterosaur (extinct flying reptile group related to crocodiles, dinosaurs and birds). The first onscreen appearance of this species in the franchise is actually the very end of the second ''Jurassic Park'' film. |
| 99 | ---- |
| 100 | * AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Granted it's hard to see given it's obscured by the solar flare behind it, however digital manipulation of the second movie's new HD releases has revealed it's colored bright yellow and blue (or green/cyan, though it could be just the yellow sun light mixing with the animal's blue skin and creating the visual illusion of green or cyan instead). The reason for this is because the ''Pteranodons'' in ''The Lost World'' were originally ''Geosternbergia'' which appears in Roland Tembo's field guidebook ([[ScienceMarchesOn considered to be synonymous at the time, instead of a separate animal]]), but the species was changed mid-production. |
| 101 | * EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: They are different compared to the ''Pteranodons'' in the third ''Jurassic Park'' film- their necks are longer, their coloration is different and they are capable of perching on tree branches. This is likely a holdover from when they were still ''Geosternbergia'' [[TheArtifact during production]]. |
| 102 | * LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Downplayed, but ''Pteranodon'' appear physically at the very end of ''The Lost World'' movie. Thankfully ''Pteranodons'' (albeit looking different) have bigger screentime and roles in the sequels, with the [[Film/JurassicParkIII next film]] having them being tertiary antagonists. |
| 103 | * TerrorDactyl: Averted in behavior, since it's not shown doing anything like hunting and eating. However it's inaccurately depicted as perching on a tree branch (real world pterosaurs didn't have grasping feet), also it's naked and leathery. Curiously a ''Pteranodon'' animatronic was made that had both short fur and lacked teeth but it was replaced by CGI in the second movie's ending and the sequels use different models instead. |
| 104 | [[/folder]] |
| 105 | |
| 106 | [[folder:''Jurassic Park III Pteranodons'']] |
| 107 | !!''Jurassic Park III Pteranodons'' |
| 108 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c1f966e820b9b9279b17afb7b1b6de6d.jpg]] |
| 109 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' |
| 110 | |
| 111 | ->'''Grant:''' [[OhCrap It's a bird cage.]]\ |
| 112 | '''Amanda:''' For ''what?'' |
| 113 | |
| 114 | A roost of pterosaurs bred for Jurassic Park that live within a gigantic birdcage on Isla Sorna. The flock would accidentally be released when the Kirby rescue party stumbled into their aviary, allowing them to migrate to Canada where they would be shot down by a team of mercenaries led by Vic Hoskins. |
| 115 | ---- |
| 116 | * AdaptationalBadass: In the aviary scene in the original book, the pterosaurs of Jurassic Park still had grasping talons but were too weak to lift Lex (a small child). Here, they're capable of carrying ''full-grown humans'' to their doom. |
| 117 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: In the books, Jurassic Park had no ''Pteranodons''. The park's token pterosaurs were ''Cearadactylus'' (erroneously referred to as "Cearadactyls"). |
| 118 | * AdvertisedExtra: Despite being highly advertised, to the point of being on the logo and poster, they appear only for the aviary scene and at the very end. |
| 119 | * AllFlyersAreBirds: They're depicted nesting and caring for flightless chicks like birds (most pterosaurs are believed to have given minimal parental care and were likely capable of flying soon after hatching), grasping objects with their feet (pterosaurs had flat feet like humans and were poorly suited to grasping) and even live in a gigantic aviary. |
| 120 | * AnimalGenderBender: All of them have huge crests on their heads, even though [[RealityIsUnrealistic in real life]] only ''male'' ''Pteranodons'' had large crests. Yet again, it could just be a manipulation of their DNA on [=InGen=]'s part to make the female ''Pteranodons'' appear more formidable and eye-catching to potential park-goers. |
| 121 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: While [[https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-giant-pterosaur-Pteranodon-a-Marshs-1884-reconstruction-of-the-Pteranodon_fig1_258391482 reasonably accurate]] for the time they lacked the [[https://twitter.com/GrecoWestermann/status/1376545617539907585 upturned beak]] the species are known for and possessed teeth in their beaks despite their name meaning "toothless wing" (referencing their lack of teeth). They are also [[https://www.deviantart.com/taliesaurus/art/ASSETS-MEET-ANCESTORS-PTERANODON-886720357 far larger]] than any known specimen. |
| 122 | * BeakAttack: Their toothed beaks are their deadliest weapons. |
| 123 | * BreakoutVillain: Moreso than the ''Spinosaurus'' even, but much less polarizing to the audience. One appears as a shadow on the main poster and they also appear over the palm trees at the bottom of ''III's'' logo, marking a lot of ''JP'' logos first.[[note]]To wit: the first non-theropod animal, the only one not depicted as a skeleton and the first to have more than one instance on the logo itself.[[/note]] |
| 124 | * ContinuitySnarl: ''The Lost World'' depicted ''Pteranodons'' living freely on Isla Sorna, but it's never mentioned what differentiates them from the caged population in the sequel[[note]]The ones seen in the second film were meant to be ''Geosternbergia'' while the ones made for ''III'' were revealed by tie-in material to have been created in secret after the first Isla Sorna incident[[/note]]. |
| 125 | * DeathGlare: One of them gives this to Grant, as the picture above shows. |
| 126 | * GiantFlyer: About the only accurate thing about them is their massive wingspans. |
| 127 | * HistoricalBadassUpgrade: Much stronger and scarier than the real animal. |
| 128 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The real-life ''Pteranodon'' was about as dangerous as a super-sized pelican ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4TU_R7J3c though then again...]]), but these individuals are depicted as vicious human-killing predators. |
| 129 | * KidnappingBirdOfPrey: Poor Eric. |
| 130 | * KillerRabbit: The babies. They're so cute! And oh so deadly... |
| 131 | * MamaBear: These ''Pteranodons'' are fiercely protective of their nests and babies. |
| 132 | * NonMaliciousMonster: Much like Rexy in the first film, the ''Pteranodons'' were only attacking the group because they were hungry and/or wanted to protect their turf. |
| 133 | * OminousWalk: The first one we see does this after landing on the bridge Eric was standing on. Amusingly, an animal known for its ''flying'' prowess is introduced by ''walking'' menacingly. |
| 134 | * RidingIntoTheSunset: They fly away over the ocean away from the island at the end of the third film. [[spoiler:Promotional material for the next film reveals that [[BusCrash Hoskins shot them down]]]]. |
| 135 | * ShownTheirWork: Unlike the ''Pteranodon'' from ''The Lost World'' that [[https://www.jurassicworlduniverse.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pteranodon01.jpg perched on a tree like a bird]], this one is correctly depicted as quadrupedal. |
| 136 | * ToothyBird: While many pterosaurs had teeth, ''Pteranodon'' (whose name means "toothless wing") was not one of them. |
| 137 | * ZergRush: The babies attack in this way. |
| 138 | [[/folder]] |
| 139 | |
| 140 | [[folder:''Jurassic World Pteranodons'']] |
| 141 | !!''Jurassic World Pteranodons'' |
| 142 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jw_pteranodon.png]] |
| 143 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorld'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldBattleAtBigRock'' | ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' | ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldChaosTheory'' |
| 144 | |
| 145 | ->''"''Pteranodon'' have three clawed fingers on each hand, and four clawed toes on each foot."'' |
| 146 | -->-- '''Jurassic World website''' |
| 147 | |
| 148 | Another variant of the famous pterosaur ''Pteranodon'' bred for Jurassic World and housed in an enormous aviary in Jurassic World, at the end of the Cretaceous River Cruise. After the fall of the park and the island's volcano began to erupt, many were captured and released into the wilds of California. |
| 149 | ---- |
| 150 | * AnachronisticAnimal: The prologue of ''Dominion'' shows ''Pteranodons'' living 65 million years ago, even though the genus became extinct 85 million years ago. |
| 151 | * AnimalGenderBender: An aversion; it has been confirmed that all the Jurassic World ''Pteranodons'' that had been seen on-screen prior to ''Dominion'' are female and they do have the short crests that only the females possess. They are still too big for female ''Pteranodon'' though (they are as big as the males when they should be smaller). |
| 152 | * AnimalJingoism: One of them carries on the grand tradition of pterosaurs being eaten by giant sea reptiles. |
| 153 | * AnimalsNotToScale: It's the right size for a ''Pteranodon''...if they were ''males''. In reality, female ''Pteranodons'' were only about half the size of the males. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the prehistoric specimens in the ''Dominion'' prologue, which are accurately sized for female ''Pteranodons'' judging by their scale compared to ''Quetzalcoatlus''. |
| 154 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Possess significantly smaller heads in proportion to their bodies than the ''Pteranodons'' in ''[[Film/JurassicParkIII Jurassic Park III]]'', when ''Pteranodons'' is known for having heads larger than their bodies. |
| 155 | * BeakAttack: They use their beaks to stab their victims. |
| 156 | * BizarreSexualDimorphism: {{Downplayed}}. The male ''Pteranodon'' possess the large distinctive crest, while the females have much shorter crests. [[ShownTheirWork This is true for pteranodontids and other crested pterosaurs in real life.]] |
| 157 | * TheCameo: They appear sporadically in ''Chaos Theory''. |
| 158 | * FragileSpeedster: Despite their large size, a single tranquilizer dart can knock them out of the sky. The reason they're difficult to take out is partly because they're capable of flight and thus very mobile and maneuverable and partly because they attack in [[ZergRush massive numbers]]. |
| 159 | * GiantFlyer: They have a big wingspan and they are slightly larger than a full-grown human. |
| 160 | * GlassCannon: They're powerful flyers and strong enough to hoist a full-grown human into the air, but they can be taken down by a single tranquilizer dart. |
| 161 | * HairTriggerTemper: Stated to have a high Aggression Index. The ''I. rex'' uses this to her advantage by scaring them into a frenzy and more or less ''sending them to attack Masrani's helicopter''. Once they arrive at the park center, they start indiscriminately divebombing the crowds unprovoked. |
| 162 | * HistoricalBadassUpgrade: Just like the previous film, they're stronger and scarier than real ''Pteranodons''. |
| 163 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: While real-life ''Pteranodons'' were pelican-like fish eaters, these are eagle-like predators. |
| 164 | * IAmNotLeftHanded: A sort of meta case. The film seems to take a brief [[HopeSpot sigh of relief]] after [[spoiler:Zara]] escapes one of the ''Pteranodons'' in the lagoon. Then she learns that they can swim... |
| 165 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Their ''modus operandi'', as two unfortunate ACU troopers learn the hard way. Throughout their attack on Main Street, they can be seen pinning hapless people down and pecking at them with their long, spear-like beaks. One shot also focuses on a tranquilized ''Pteranodon'' coming dangerously close to stabbing Zach and Gray during the Main Street attack. |
| 166 | * KidnappingBirdOfPrey: One almost grants [[spoiler:Zara]] the dubious honor of being the first human female to die in a ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' film, only to have its thunder stolen by the ''Mosasaurus''. Another one tries to do this to a baby ''Triceratops'' and [[WouldHurtAChild presumably some of the kids in the petting zoo]]. |
| 167 | * MassOhCrap: The flock flees from the Aviary after the ''I. rex'' shows up. Given ''what'' the ''I. rex'' actually ''is'', can you really blame them? |
| 168 | * MisplacedWildlife: They're shown inhabiting a jungle-themed aviary with dense tree cover despite fossil evidence indicating ''Pteranodon'' (adults at least) were seagoing animals similar to albatrosses. The Cretaceous prologue to ''Dominion'' similarly shows them inhabiting a floodplain alongside ''Dreadnoughtus'' and ''Quetzalcoatlus'', despite pteranodontids in RealLife having preferred vastly different habitats to both titanosaurian sauropods and azhdarchids. |
| 169 | * MonsterMunch: The one that was [[spoiler:killing Zara]] becomes this for the ''Mosasaurus''. |
| 170 | * NonMaliciousMonster: Though they collectively kill more people than any other creature in ''Jurassic World'', they only act out of maddened instinct after the ''I. rex'' frightens them out of the Aviary. |
| 171 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: They have a red, grey and tan color scheme and act as minor antagonists. |
| 172 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When they see the ''[[TheDreaded Indominus rex]]'' crashing into their Aviary, their first response is to get out of there as fast as they can. |
| 173 | * ShownTheirWork: They are correctly depicted as quadrupedal and possess [[https://www.artstation.com/artwork/9LanN upturned beaks]], unlike the ones in the ''Jurassic Park'' films. They are also significantly smaller than the ones in ''Jurassic Park III'', making them [[https://www.deviantart.com/taliesaurus/art/ASSETS-MEET-ANCESTORS-PTERANODON-886720357 more size accurate]]. They are also capable of diving and swimming and the females lack large crests. |
| 174 | * SwallowedWhole: [[spoiler:The one that was eaten by the ''Mosasaurus'' can be seen feebly trying to flap its wings afterward, implying that it was still alive after being chomped]]. |
| 175 | * WouldHurtAChild: A swarm of them attacks the Gentle Giants Petting Zoo and one attempts to carry off a baby ''Triceratops''. Fortunately for the little dino, it proves to be too heavy for the ''Pteranodon'' to carry. |
| 176 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: For the third time in the on-screen franchise, they are given a drastic redesign. Justified in that these ''Pteranodons'' are most likely a new batch of clones. |
| 177 | * ZergRush: After the ''I. rex'' scares them and their ''Dimorphodon'' neighbors out of the Aviary, they vent their frustrations out on terrified tourists on Main Street en-masse. Somewhat TruthInTelevision, as there is a good amount of evidence to suggest that ''Pteranodons'' were fairly gregarious creatures (though they'd probably not attack people in such large numbers). |
| 178 | [[/folder]] |
| 179 | |
| 180 | !Marine Reptiles |
| 181 | |
| 182 | [[folder:Marine reptiles in general]] |
| 183 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: They tend to lunge out of the water in a manner similar to that of crocodilians. |
| 184 | * SeaMonster: These aquatic reptiles have a tendency of being hostile towards anything that approaches them. |
| 185 | [[/folder]] |
| 186 | |
| 187 | [[folder:''Mosasaurus'']] |
| 188 | !!''Mosasaurus'' |
| 189 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jurassic_world_fallen_kingdom_mosasaurus_v2_by_sonichedgehog2.png]] |
| 190 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"She's a little shy, so be nice and give her a hand when she comes out."'']] |
| 191 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorld'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldBattleAtBigRock'' | ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' | ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 192 | |
| 193 | ->''"The ''Mosasaurus'' was thought to have hunted near the surface of the water... where it preyed on anything it could sink its teeth into. Including turtles, large fish, even smaller ''Mosasaurus''."'' |
| 194 | -->-- '''Staff Member''' |
| 195 | |
| 196 | A sea lizard (a true lizard since she's related to Komodo dragons, but she's '''not''' a dinosaur) bred for Jurassic World and kept within the park's lagoon where she was fed sharks. During the fall of the park, she would kill and eat the rampaging ''Indominus rex'' responsible for the incident, leaving her trapped in her lagoon until a group of mercenaries came to retrieve the hybrid's remains and accidentally left a gate to the habitat open, allowing the ''Mosasaurus'' to escape into the world's oceans. |
| 197 | ---- |
| 198 | * AccidentalHero: When you get right down to it, [[spoiler:she doesn't know the ''I. rex'' is the villain, she was just hungry after not being fed since lunchtime]]. |
| 199 | ** Her predatory instincts ended up unintentionally saving Darius in the ''Camp Cretaceous'' episode [[Recap/JurassicWorldCampCretaceousS4E01BeneathTheSurface Beneath The Surface]] when she ate a shark that was about to attack him. |
| 200 | * AccidentalMurder: "Murder" might be too strong a word (she is an animal without a concept of good or evil, after all), but [[spoiler:her devouring Zara could be seen as this, as she was clearly aiming for the ''Pteranodon'']]. |
| 201 | * AllPowerfulBystander: It is the biggest and strongest creature in the park, even more so than the ''Indominus''. However, given her CripplingOverspecialization and NonMaliciousMonster statuses, she mostly just keeps to herself [[spoiler:until the ''Indominus'' eventually gets too close to her lagoon during the FinalBattle of ''Jurassic World'']]. |
| 202 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: As part of the feeding show: In an aquatic exhibit surrounding a lagoon, a deceased great white shark hangs from a revolving rail towards the lagoon. She's an impressive size, which all but extenuates the enormity of the ''Mosasaurus'', who promptly lunges out of the water and eats the whole shark in two bites (whatever was left fell from the rail into the water). Later becomes this to a ''Pteranodon''. [[spoiler:Then she receives one ''very'' large midnight snack when the ''I. rex'', who is pushed close to the lagoon's edge by Blue and the ''T. rex'' during the climactic battle, comes within munching reach.]] |
| 203 | * AnimalJingoism: Surprise surprise, she likes the taste of ''Pteranodon'' meat. |
| 204 | * AnimalsNotToScale: Mixed with YourSizeMayVary, as the ''Mosasaurus'' seemed to change size from scene to scene. |
| 205 | ** In ''Jurassic World'', it's portrayed as being over 60 feet long, but most modern scientific estimates suggest the largest ''Mosasaurus'' were no more than 50 feet long (there are a few estimates suggesting lengths closer to 60 feet, but they're considered highly contentious due to the lack of clear methodology). She's introduced engulfing a whole great white shark (which averages around 12 to 20 feet long) in her jaws, but no known ''Mosasaurus'' fossil has jaws even six feet long. [[https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/06/interview-glen-mcintosh-animation-director-for-jurassic-world-fallen-kingdom/ According to an interview with the SFX director]], they intentionally ballooned the ''Mosasaurus'' more than the twice the length of the real animal (therefore larger than even a blue whale) to make her look more intimidating. |
| 206 | ** Played straight at the beginning of ''Fallen Kingdom'', where she seems to have ballooned up to around 5-8 times her original size. For reference, a roughly 40 to 60-foot long helicopter is the same size as her head, meaning her whole body must be ''roughly 320 to 480 feet long!'' Then she seemingly shrinks back to her original size at the end of the film[[note]]This is based on how big the great white she was fed is. It looked like a female and the average size of a great white female is 15 to 21 feet[[/note]]. |
| 207 | ** ''[[WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous Camp Cretaceous]]'', though, shows the scene in a different perspective, with the helicopter appearing to be around Rexy's size and the ''Mosasaurus'' appearing much smaller, so it's possible that forced perspective was at play in the sequel. |
| 208 | ** Promotional and supplementary materials for ''Fallen Kingdom'' state that the ''Mosasaurus'' is between 70 and 90 feet long, but there has never been any size estimate for any mosasaur species that is over 60 feet. |
| 209 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: She's depicted with rows of spiky, crocodile-like scutes running down her back and lipless crocodilian-like jaws that there is no evidence for, lacks the forked tongue real mosasaurs are thought to have had, has a much less pronounced tail fluke and is much, much larger than any actual known species. |
| 210 | * BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Lands the finishing blow on the ''Indominus rex'' at the end of the FinalBattle of ''Jurassic World'']]. |
| 211 | * TheBigGuy: She is the biggest animal to appear in the franchise. |
| 212 | * TheCameo: During the end credits for ''Film/JurassicWorldBattleAtBigRock'', she's seen snatching a breaching great white shark out of the air, presumably off of the coast of South Africa. |
| 213 | * CanonImmigrant: ''Mosasaurus'' has been featured in numerous video games based on the franchise. Though [[VideoGame/JurassicParkTheGame the last time]] Isla Nublar had a mosasaur it was a ''Tylosaurus''. |
| 214 | * ChekhovsGunman: She ends up delivering the fatal blow to [[spoiler:the ''I. rex'']]. |
| 215 | * CripplingOverspecialization: She's the largest carnivore in the park, but she's also confined to her lagoon, [[spoiler:and as far as she can jump out of the water]]. |
| 216 | * TheDreaded: It goes with being the apex predator of the ocean. In ''Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure'', Rexy pursues the campers to the lagoon stadium, but upon noticing the ''Mosasaurus'' lurking in the nearby waters, she abandons her hunt and hastily leaves, remembering what happened to the ''Indominus''. |
| 217 | * DynamicEntry: The only kind of entry she can make. |
| 218 | * HairTriggerTemper: Has a high Aggression Index. Unlike the other animals with such indexes, however, [[InformedAttribute the film does little to demonstrate this]]. |
| 219 | * InterspeciesFriendship: [[spoiler:The ending of ''Dominion'' shows the ''Mosasaurus'' swimming peacefully alongside a pod of humpback whales. Additionally, the tie-in Dino-Tracker website notes that she cooperates with orca pods to hunt great white sharks.]] |
| 220 | * {{Kaiju}}: Had a growth spurt between ''Jurassic World'' and ''Fallen Kingdom'', placing her squarely in this category. |
| 221 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: She even has teeth on her palate! |
| 222 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Although a giant sea lizard, she has crocodile-like jaws and several rows of spines on her back that her real-life equivalent [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology probably didn't have]]. |
| 223 | * NonMaliciousMonster: She more or less acted the way any large aquatic predator in a tank would if something foreign fell in or was hanging over her tank. Though her aggression is labeled as being "high", she is not considered to be a threat to the tourists. [[spoiler:While she is seen attacking humans and boats in ''Fallen Kingdom'' and ''Dominion'', she is gentle towards whales.]] |
| 224 | * RealityIsUnrealistic: Real mosasaurs are believed to probably have had forked tongues (by comparison with its closest living relatives, snakes, monitor lizards, and Gila monsters, and examining the structure of the jaws), but here is given an unforked one because, in the words of one of the effects supervisors, it made her "more believable".[[note]]Kinda ironic when you consider the franchise's ''Velociraptor'' were originally going to have forked tongues, but were removed for being "inaccurate".[[/note]] |
| 225 | * SeaMonster: |
| 226 | ** She's a 60-foot-long monster that eats great white sharks for lunch. Subverted, though, as she seems relatively tame (or at least enough to be trusted with ''a stadium full of people'') and her handler is perfectly capable of standing on a platform above her tank without worrying about being eaten. [[spoiler:Indeed, she only causes one known human casualty, and only by accident.]] As well as this, [[spoiler:it is shown that she ''can'' reach the humans on the bank, as she does it for the ''I. rex''. It seems that, as long as she's regularly fed, she has no interest in munching the humans, who are ''much'' smaller than a shark and probably wouldn't fill her up.]] |
| 227 | ** Played straight in ''Fallen Kingdom'', with the now escaped ''Mosasaurus'' actively hunting surfers off the coastline. |
| 228 | * ShownTheirWork: While still having many inaccuracies, she has the beginnings of a fluke on her tail and an extra set of teeth on her palate. |
| 229 | * SingleSpecimenSpecies: It is the first and only known cloned member of it’s kind in the franchise. |
| 230 | * StealthyColossus: In the opening scene of ''Fallen Kingdom'', she manages to creep up on the small submarine and close her jaws on it without the mercenaries inside noticing her. |
| 231 | * StockSoundEffect: Her vocalizations have noticeable whale songs in them, to emphasize the fact that she's a marine animal and thus distinguishes her from the land-dwelling animals. |
| 232 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: ''Camp Cretaceous'' reveals that the ''Indominus rex'' carcass is ''in pieces'', while ''Fallen Kingdom'' reveals that the ''Indominus rex's'' rib cage is upside down, but the head is not (which it would be if it fell while attached to the body). Presumably, this means that the ''Mosasaurus'' ''tore off the head by snapping the Indominus' neck'' while drowning it, possibly by performing a death roll as a crocodile would. |
| 233 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Great white sharks seem to be her favorite snack. |
| 234 | * YourSizeMayVary: While slightly oversized in ''Jurassic World'', in ''Fallen Kingdom'' she's suddenly gargantuan for no discernible reason. Though ''Camp Cretaceous'' shows that it was likely just a matter of cheated perspective, given that she is more appropriately sized in the series' version of ''Fallen Kingdom'''s events. |
| 235 | [[/folder]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[folder:''Nothosaurus'']] |
| 238 | !!''Nothosaurus'' |
| 239 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1ade089c_83ce_457a_91af_79f81a8f0f75.jpeg]] |
| 240 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' |
| 241 | |
| 242 | A marine reptile from the Triassic period bred by Mantah Corp on their island. |
| 243 | ---- |
| 244 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: After the kids ger her out of the sewers and into the swamp biome, they are threatened by a ''Dilophosaurus''. The ''Nothosaurus'' immediately goes on the offensive and grabs the ''Dilophosaurus'' by the neck and tackles it into the water. |
| 245 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: The ''Nothosaurus'' in ''Camp Cretaceous'' is depicted running on land like a crocodile and rearing on its hind legs like an otter, while the real animal had completely transitioned into an aquatic lifestyle with flippered feet. The teeth were also not nearly as long and crazed-looking as the animal in the show. |
| 246 | * CanonImmigrant: ''Nothosaurus'' has only appeared in one ''Jurassic Park'' [[VideoGame/JurassicParkSegaMasterSystem game]] before making its official debut in ''Camp Cretaceous''. |
| 247 | * LongNeck: As the Triassic cousin of ''Plesiosaurus'' and ''Elasmosaurus'', the ''Nothosaurus'' has a relatively long neck compared to the rest of its body. |
| 248 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: It swims and stalks its prey like a crocodile. |
| 249 | * ScaryTeeth: Its teeth are long like needles and sharp as knives. |
| 250 | * SeaMonster: Although it is much smaller than the ''Mosasaurus'', the ''Nothosaurus'' is highly aggressive towards the campers on land and in water. |
| 251 | * SewerGator: It spends most of its life prowling the sewers of Mantah Corp's island [[spoiler:before the campers relocate it to the Swamp Biome]]. |
| 252 | * SingleSpecimenSpecies: It is the first and only known cloned member of it’s kind in the franchise. |
| 253 | [[/folder]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | [[folder:''Tylosaurus'']] |
| 256 | !!''Tylosaurus'' |
| 257 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jp_the_game_tylosaurus.png]] |
| 258 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTheGame'' |
| 259 | |
| 260 | A large predatory marine reptile that's closely related to monitor lizards (and by proxy snakes). It was a single individual that was cloned for a planned Marine Facility by Laura Sorkin in the original 1993 park. |
| 261 | ---- |
| 262 | * {{Foil}}: Retroactively to the ''Mosasaurus'' in the ''Jurassic World'' trilogy. While they are both dangerous large apex marine reptilian predators, the ''Tylosaurus'' is outright hostile and antagonistic. The ''Mosasaurus'' on the other hand is a NonMaliciousMonster that's just acting on instinct and doesn't go out of its way to antagonize humans unless they step in her territory, while also being an AccidentalHero [[spoiler:due to killing the ''Indominus rex'']]. |
| 263 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Is just called a "mosasaur" in-universe and in the game's development. Eventually [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary materials]] and WordOfGod clarified it's supposed to be ''Tylosaurus''. |
| 264 | * SpikesOfVillainy: Has a row of crocodilian or iguana-like spikes on its back and its a dangerous marine predator. Mind you, this is ArtisticLicensePaleontology as mosasaurs being depicted as having spikes has been long outdated. |
| 265 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It is unknown what has happened with this individual after the Isla Nublar Incident of 1993. |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | !Synapsids |
| 269 | [[folder:Synapsids in General]] |
| 270 | * LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Both ''Dimetrodon'' and ''Lystrosaurus'' make their appearance in the final film of the ''Jurassic World'' trilogy while ''Smilodon'' only appeared in the interquel Netflix series Camp Cretaceous. |
| 271 | * TokenMinority: They're the few prehistoric creatures in the franchise [[CanonImmigrant aside from the games]] to not be dinosaurs, pterosaurs, or mosasaurs. |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder:''Dimetrodon'']] |
| 275 | !!''Dimetrodon'' |
| 276 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a040fe3b_576e_4c44_989d_d7c4b9185b79.png]] |
| 277 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 278 | |
| 279 | A sail-backed synapsid from the early Permian period cloned by Biosyn. |
| 280 | ---- |
| 281 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: It is depicted with a neck that is a bit too long, crocodile-like scutes and scaly skin when it should have possessed smooth, glandular skin, somewhat comparable to hippo skin[[note]]While there aren't skin impressions of the animal and it is possible ''Dimetrodon'' had scales, they would have been limited to the underside and resembled snake belly scales. Fossils of its relatives also show no signs of crocodilian skin[[/note]], and is given a boxy, tyrannosaur-like skull. The tips of its spines should also not be covered in the sail, being exposed for a few inches at least. |
| 282 | * BreakingOldTrends: ''Dimetrodon'' is the first Permian animal and the first Paleozoic animal to appear in the franchise.[[note]]''Lystrosaurus'' is also from the Paleozoic, but it survived until the Mesozoic.[[/note]] |
| 283 | * CanonImmigrant: Before ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'', ''Dimetrodon'' had only appeared in some of the franchise's video games and toy lines. |
| 284 | * CreepyCave: Inhabit one of these and eat anyone who enters it. |
| 285 | * EarlyBirdCameo: ''Dimetrodon'' first appeared in ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' as a statue displayed in Lockwood Estate. |
| 286 | * HellIsThatNoise: Their roars are high-pitched, human-like screams completely overwhelm the scene during their chase. |
| 287 | * MightyGlacier: They don't move all that quickly, and their short legs probably prevent them from doing so. They still give the humans trouble due to ambushing them in a narrow mine tunnel and being strong enough to shove aside minecarts. |
| 288 | * RedIsViolent: The color of their sails is primarily red and they are especially hostile towards other species. |
| 289 | * SharkFinOfDoom: The sail of the ''Dimetrodon'' juts out of the water surface like a shark's fin when it is submerged. |
| 290 | * ShownTheirWork: It is correctly depicted with semi-erect legs, rather than dragging its belly. Its cave-dwelling nature may be based on new studies that it may have been nocturnal (thus, it probably wouldn't use its sail as thermoregulation as traditionally believed). Additionally, its swimming habits are at least reasonable, since it lived in wetland areas and is known from fossils to have eaten the bizarre amphibian ''Diplocaulus''. |
| 291 | * UncannyValley: Not that their appearance is upsetting to look at, but their noises as seen above with HellIsThatNoise. |
| 292 | * TokenMinority: It is currently the only exclusively-Paleozoic animal to appear canonically in the franchise.[[note]]''Lystrosaurus'' is also from the Permian period, but it survived until the Triassic period.[[/note]] |
| 293 | [[/folder]] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | [[folder:''Lystrosaurus'']] |
| 296 | !!''Lystrosaurus'' |
| 297 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jw__dominion_dicynodont_animatronic__1_5.jpg]] |
| 298 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 299 | |
| 300 | A small dicynodont from the early Triassic period. It was cloned for animal fights in the Amber Clave Market. |
| 301 | ---- |
| 302 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: The ''Lystrosaurus'' is depicted with a ridge along the back of its head, making it resemble a primitive/baby ceratopsian. This probably was not present or was at least much less noticeable in the real animal, as this area would've served as an attachment point for the neck muscles. |
| 303 | * BreakingOldTrends: ''Lystrosaurus'' is the first animal from the Triassic period to appear canonically in the films of the franchise as well as the first prehistoric mammal to be featured in the films proper. However, ''Herrerasaurus'' was in ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTheGame'', and the novels featured ''Procompsognathus'' in place of the films' ''Compsognathus''. |
| 304 | * CanonForeigner: ''Dominion'' is the official debut of ''Lystrosaurus'' in the franchise. |
| 305 | * HerbivoresAreFriendly: Averted thanks to the nature of the [[WretchedHive Amber Clave Market]]. While it's unknown how ''Lystrosaurus'' would have behaved in the wild or even in better care, the ''Lystrosaurus'' in the Amber Clave Market are bred to be animal fighters, with an extended scene showing one individual decapitating a larger ''Oviraptor'' with a single bite. Naturally, they are aggressive and wouldn't hesitate to bite humans [[spoiler:as Delacourt finds out the hard way]]. |
| 306 | * KillerRabbit: Small, herbivorous, and a burrower; it literally is a reasonably close Triassic equivalent to a rabbit. [[spoiler:One specimen unwittingly helps Owen by biting Delacourt's arm and thrashing around, keeping him pinned with a similar effort by a juvenile ''Carnotaurus'' before a juvenile ''Baryonyx'' goes for Delacourt's face.]] An extended scene has it decapitating a larger ''Oviraptor'' in a fight with a single bite. |
| 307 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: ''Lystrosaurus'' is about the size of a ferret [[spoiler:and it is able to pin Delacourt down by locking its jaws around his hand with a juvenile ''Carnotaurus'' doing likewise with the other hand, allowing a juvenile ''Baryonyx'' to move in for the kill]]. An extended scene has it decapitating a larger ''Oviraptor'' in a fight with a single bite. |
| 308 | * RememberTheNewGuy: ''Lystrosaurus'' was never seen or mentioned in any media in the franchise prior to ''Dominion'', but the story treats it as though they had always been present, with multiple individuals already being sold in the dinosaur black market. |
| 309 | * RidiculouslyCuteCritter: These little guys almost resemble furless voles with tusks. |
| 310 | * ShownTheirWork: It has hair and naked skin, as part of its close relationship with mammals. |
| 311 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Several ''Lystrosaurus'' were kept within the Amber Clave Market, but it's unknown what happened to them and the other prehistoric wildlife after the market fell into chaos.]] |
| 312 | [[/folder]] |
| 313 | |
| 314 | [[folder:''Smilodon'']] |
| 315 | !!''Smilodon'' |
| 316 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jw_camp_cretaceous_smilodon.png]] |
| 317 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' |
| 318 | |
| 319 | A Pleistocene feline with saber-like teeth bred by Mantah Corp on their island. One would menace a group of ''Film/JurassicWorld'' survivors. They then encountered it a second time (possibly the same individual) [[spoiler:before it was killed by the ''Spinosaurus'']]. |
| 320 | ---- |
| 321 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: [[spoiler:It gets eaten by the ''Spinosaurus'' while hunting the campers.]] |
| 322 | * AmbiguousSituation: Was there more than one ''Smilodon'' on Mantah Corp's island, or did the campers run into the same one both times? |
| 323 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Its head has a closer resemblance to a Pantherine (or big cat) rather than a Machariodont, the saber-toothed cat's extinct subfamily--potentially justified, as per ''Jurassic Park'' tradition this specimen probably had an incomplete genetic sequence, and the gaps were filled in using DNA from its closest living relatives, modern-day cats. They are incorrectly called saber-toothed tigers despite the fact that big cats (lions, tigers, and leopards) are not more closely related to the saber-toothed cats than domestic house cats, extant felines are all more closely related to each other than to the saber-toothed cats. |
| 324 | * BreakingOldTrends: ''Smilodon'' is the first prehistoric non-Mesozoic animal and the first prehistoric mammal to appear in the franchise. |
| 325 | * CanonImmigrant: A new prehistoric species that has never appeared in any of the films. That being said, it's been popping up in newer video games for the series, such as ''VideoGame/JurassicParkBuilder'', ''VideoGame/JurassicWorldTheGame'', and ''VideoGame/JurassicWorldAlive''. |
| 326 | * CatsAreMean: It is a menace to the campers [[spoiler:until it meets its end in the jaws of the ''Spinosaurus'']]. |
| 327 | * EarlyBirdCameo: ''Smilodon'' first appeared in ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' as a toy in the ''Gallimimus Gift Shop'' and then in ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' as a skull displayed in Lockwood Estate. |
| 328 | * PantheraAwesome: It greatly resembles a tiger with huge fangs, a short tail, and an even more powerful build. |
| 329 | * SingleSpecimenSpecies: Possibly. If its two appearances are the same individual, then it's the only one of its kind. |
| 330 | * TokenMinority: In more ways than one. It is currently the only Pleistocene animal and the only prehistoric mammal to appear canonically in the franchise. |
| 331 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Has two scenes and was only given the spotlight for a single episode [[spoiler:before being killed by the ''Spinosaurus'']]. |
| 332 | [[/folder]] |
| 333 | |
| 334 | [[folder:Woolly Mammoth]] |
| 335 | !!Woolly Mammoth |
| 336 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jw_camp_cretaceous_siberian_mammoth_corpse.png]] |
| 337 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' |
| 338 | |
| 339 | A famous extinct relative of elephants that lived in the Pleistocene (aka the "Ice Age") period. |
| 340 | ---- |
| 341 | * AbortedArc: This woolly mammoth corpse and the tundra biome on Mantah Corp Island both imply that [=InGen=] are planning to also revive extinct Cenozoic animals (furthermore [=InGen=] has the Martel facility operating in Siberia where Pleistocene megafauna remains are found). While a ''Smilodon'' does eventually appear, no living mammoths are ever seen. WordOfGod says they were cut for time and budget reasons. |
| 342 | * BodyHorror: The mammoth carcass looks horrifying. TruthInTelevision as even corpses preserved in ice will eventually start decomposing after thousands of years. |
| 343 | * CanonImmigrant: A new prehistoric species that has never appeared in any of the films. That being said, it's been popping up in newer video games for the series, such as ''VideoGame/JurassicParkBuilder'', ''VideoGame/JurassicWorldTheGame'', and ''VideoGame/JurassicWorldAlive''. |
| 344 | * {{Irony}}: In real life, it's way more possible to clone woolly mammoths than Mesozoic dinosaurs. Mammoths have close anatomical living relatives in elephants, the real world cloning process can only be used on placental and/or marsupial mammals, and the woolly mammoth's DNA is more well-preserved thanks to being frozen in ice in recent geological times (10,000 years ago). Dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles however are still the main attractions of this franchise instead, because they are more visually impressive compared to mammals (both living and extinct). |
| 345 | * MammothsMeanIceAge: The famous large mammal of the Pleistocene, its remains are taken from Siberia where there's an abundance of extinct Ice Age mammal species whose corpses were preserved in the ground and the ice. |
| 346 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Downplayed, but Dr. Wu calls it a "siberian" instead of a "woolly" mammoth. |
| 347 | * TokenMinority: In more ways than one. It's the only other extinct Cenozoic mammal besides the ''Smilodon'' to appear in the movies' canon by virtue of the ''Camp Cretaceous'' animated series, however this is mitigated by the fact it's not alive but just a frozen corpse. |
| 348 | [[/folder]] |
| 349 | |
| 350 | !Fish |
| 351 | [[folder:Giant Lampreys]] |
| 352 | !!Giant Lampreys |
| 353 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jw_dominion_giant_lamprey.png]] |
| 354 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 355 | |
| 356 | Multiple giant lampreys were served as food in the Amber Clave Night Market in Valletta, Malta. |
| 357 | ---- |
| 358 | * AmbiguousSituation: Are these lampreys cloned from prehistoric relatives? Are they just extant lamprey genetically engineered to be bigger? Are they a fictional species made up for the ''Jurassic'' franchise that only exists in-universe? Are they just normal lampreys enlarged for RuleOfCool? It's never elaborated as the lampreys only appear briefly in one scene. Curiously lampreys could be used like the mosquitoes in amber to gather blood from animals that swim, died inside a body of water and/or are fully aquatic; which is probably the reason (besides human consumption) for their appearance. |
| 359 | * ExoticEntree: Most people in real life would probably be disgusted at the idea of consuming meat from jawless fish. |
| 360 | * LampreyMouth: It's a given the animals which named this trope would have their characteristic eating apparatus. Although the lampreys never get to use their mouths, given they are dead and cooked for human consumption instead. |
| 361 | * LivingProp: Appear only as visual decorations, in fact the picture here is taken from one of the actual props used for the movie. |
| 362 | [[/folder]] |
| 363 | |
| 364 | !Insects |
| 365 | [[folder:Giant Locusts]] |
| 366 | !!Giant Locusts |
| 367 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jw_dominion_giant_locust.png]] |
| 368 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' |
| 369 | |
| 370 | An unnamed species of large prehistoric locust from the Cretaceous period. [[spoiler:They were bred by Biosyn to cause a famine, destroying all crops not made by Biosyn.]] |
| 371 | ---- |
| 372 | * ApocalypseHow: Caused a destructive plague on a regional scale, since they were only able to affect a few regions before they were ultimately stopped, but it's made very clear that if they weren't they could have very easily caused a global ecological collapse and threatened to extinct humanity. |
| 373 | * ArtisticLicensePaleontology: A big one; the locusts are completely made-up. No such thing as foot-long, prehistoric locusts have ever been documented to have existed in any time period, never mind the Cretaceous [[https://academic.oup.com/isd/article/2/4/3/5052737 from which]] [[AnachronisticAnimal locusts are absent]].[[note]]The closest thing that existed in reality are probably the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanoptera titanopterans]], which were giant insects related to modern grasshoppers and probably had a similar appearance, but they became extinct in the Triassic and were ''carnivorous''.[[/note]] |
| 374 | * BigCreepyCrawlies: Modern locusts are a little over 2 inches long in size; these are about a foot in length. |
| 375 | * FieryCoverup: [[spoiler:Once it's clear to Dodgson his scheme with the locusts will be revealed, Dodgson orders the incineration of the ones in the lab to destroy the evidence. The still-burning bugs break out and end up lighting the forest outside on fire, forcing the dinosaurs to be brought inside the Biosyn facility.]] |
| 376 | * {{Flight}}: Unsurprisingly, they can fly. |
| 377 | * GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler:Unlike with the other prehistoric creatures in ''Dominion'', no one even remotely entertains the idea of coexisting with these locusts, with everyone who encounters them advocating for their destruction. Considering that they are instinct-driven super-locusts that could threaten ''the entire biosphere''[[note]]while the locusts are only bred to eat non-Biosyn plants, which would cause ecological collapse on its own, locusts will resort to cannibalism to survive and it's not inconceivable they might focus on other sources of protein if avaiable[[/note]], this is a ''completely understandable'' response.]] |
| 378 | * GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:An extended scene reveals that the locusts were originally designed to spread genetic modifications to non-Biosyn crops that would allow them to become immune to drought, frosts, and diseases. However, since they are engineered to not feed on Biosyn seeds, they start to eat every other plant in sight. They are also indicated to be far more resilient and destructive than Wu or Dodgson planned, potentially destroying the entire planet's food supply instead of merely crippling the competition like Dodgson intended. The locusts aren't even Dodgson's master plan, either; they're just a side project he cooked up for some extra revenue while trying to find Maisie so he can corner the healthcare market by extracting the means to cure genetic diseases from her DNA.]] |
| 379 | * GoodColorsEvilColors: [[spoiler:The locust Wu releases to destroy the swarm at the end is white, whereas the rest are black. {{Justified|Trope}} in that locusts actually start out with light color patterns and only develop their black markings when swarming.]] |
| 380 | * HungryMenace: What makes them so dangerous -- [[spoiler:while the other resurrected species are a threat to humans, they're intelligent enough to adapt their behaviors, which means they can eventually learn to coexist with us (and us them). The locusts, however, are driven entirely by instinct and hunger, meaning they're impossible to reason with or adapt to -- they'll just eat everyone and everything until they starve, regardless of how many others go down with them.]] |
| 381 | * {{Irony}}: In a franchise where the sequels keep bringing [[SerialEscalation bigger and badder carnivores]], the biggest prehistoric threat to the world is ironically the smallest prehistoric herbivore introduced, simply because they eat the crops that humans and livestock depend on to survive. |
| 382 | * LivingWeapon: [[spoiler:They are engineered to eliminate every crop that is not grown from Biosyn seed.]] |
| 383 | * MadeOfIron: [[spoiler:They've been genetically altered to be stronger and later on in ''[[Film/JurassicWorldDominion Dominion]]'' a swarm of them were [[FieryCoverup set on fire]] and were able to survive long enough to break out of containment and cause a forest fire in the Biosyn Sanctuary.]] |
| 384 | * NonMaliciousMonster: PlayedForDrama -- [[spoiler:the locusts lack the intelligence to comprehend morality, but it also makes coexisting with them impossible, as they are instinctually driven to eat regardless of other factors and incapable of adapting their behavior to coexist with other life forms.]] |
| 385 | * PrehistoricMonster: They have DNA strains from the Cretaceous period, making them huge and ugly, and are ironically far more destructive than any carnivorous dinosaur could ever be. If there's any prehistoric creature that could cause a mass extinction event, it's these locusts. |
| 386 | * TheSwarm: Genetically modified giant locusts [[spoiler:from Biosyn that eat every plant except Biosyn's patented crops, unleashed across the globe to hold the world at ransom. This swarm causes more destruction than the dinosaurs could ever hope to achieve, simply because they could indirectly kill billions of people through starvation (and that's not considering the biodiversity collapse in the wild).]] |
| 387 | * ZergRush: When one of the locusts feels threatened, it lets out a distress call that signals the rest of the swarm to come to its aid. |
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