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** Well, in the book the [[Did Not Do the Research|Costa Rican Air Force]] destroys Isla Nublar after the survivors escape. So it's not like you could have a sequel set on the island that included dinosaurs.

* [[Artistic License: Biology]]: Dilophosaurus was actually about as tall as a man and around 20 feet long. The individual in the film was made a juvenile so it didn't take away from the raptors or the ''T. Rex''. The venom the Dilophosaurus had in the film as well as the frill are completely fictional. ''Velociraptor'' were only a few feet tall, had feathers, and held their hands like wings; enlarged, plucked, and gangly-armed in the movie for the [[Rule of Scary]] combined with [[Science Marches On]] for the feathers.

** Though awesomely enough, shortly after the film's release a new genus called Utahraptor was discovered, which is somewhat close to the film's Raptors (twice as big). It was originally going to be named ''Utahraptor Spielbergi'', but it ended up being called "Utahraptor ostrommaysorum".

** In the third movie this is given a partial handwave - Dr. Grant tells his class that the dinosaurs on Isla Nublar were not real dinosaurs, and that Ingen genetically modified them - while he doesn't go into details it is generally accepted that all the mutations to the dinosaurs were partly because of merging frog DNA with dinosaur DNA.

* [[Asshole Victim]]: {{spoiler|John Hammond}} in the first book, as well as {{spoiler|Dennis Nedry}} in the first movie and book. {{spoiler|Donald Genarro}} in the first movie. {{spoiler|Peter Ludlow and Dieter Stark}} in the second movie.{{spoiler|Lewis Dodgson}} in the second novel.

** Subverted in the first movie: Muldoon and Grant [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|try to kill Velociraptors]]...with a ''shotgun''! It doesn't work either time, {{spoiler|with fatal results for Muldoon}}.

** Grant might be the most Badass character in the whole first novel, {{spoiler|killing ''three Velociraptors'' only with his wits, among other things.}}

** It's too late when he's killed by a raptor ambush, in the movie. In the book he survives by backing into a pipe where they couldn't climb in after him. Somehow he survived in one of the comics. He and the raptors knew each other so well that they were essentially just playing around.

* [[Big Damn Villains]]:...[[Villainous Rescue|the goddamn ''Tyrannosaurus Rex''.]]

* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: When we first see the map of Isla Sorna and the surrounding islands in the second film, we can see them explicitly referred to collectively as ''Los Cinco Muertes.'' Apparently, the team didn't actually read the map before landing, because ''anyone'' with a basic knowledge of Spanish (or heck, anyone who's seen ''[[Sesame Street]]'' and ''West Side Story)'' would immediately be able to translate that as "The Five Deaths".

** After they land one of the locals tells them the name.

* [[Black and Nerdy]]: Arby in the ''The Lost World'' novel. Ray Arnold in the first movie (his race isn't stated in the novel but arguably he could fit here as well.

* [[Black Dude Dies First]]: Played straight in the first movie right off the bat with the nameless black [[In Gen]] worker who gets eaten in the first scene. Later averted when [[Samuel L. Jackson|Arnold]] is among the last to die after everything goes to hell.

{{quote|'''Tim:''' And we're back . . . in the car . . . again.}}

** In the second film, Sarah, Ian, and Nick Van Owen somehow survive through a falling dual-trailer RV as they dangle off a cliff edge. Even with the front windshield smashed open you'd figure ''something'' in the vehicle would hit them on its way down...

** There's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it [[Call Back]] in the first Jurassic Park film. When the Jeeps carrying Gennaro, Lex, Tim, Grant, Ellie, and Malcom are approaching the paddock containing the sick Triceratops and the tropical storm is just starting to trickle down on them, Malcom offers Grant a flask of whiskey, which Grant politely refuses. Later in the film, as the Jeeps have stopped at the Tyrannosaur paddock due to {{spoiler|Nedry's computer virus}} and the rain is now pouring heavily, Grant offers Malcom a bottle of water, which Malcom politely accepts.

*** and speaking from experience minutes later:

** In the third film when they escape the Bird-Cage, we see Amanda left the door unlocked and half-open. At the end, we see the Pterodactyls found their way out of the cage and are flying into the sunset.

** In the first novel the raptors are often referred to as pack hunters, to the point where four of them distract Ellie just so that a fifth could start a sneak attack from the roof.

* [[Child-Hater]]: "Babies smell." Grant does get better during the course of the first movie, enough to not mind the kids sleeping on him. In the book, the [[Child-Hater]] is Regis. Worse, in the book, Grant ''loves'' kids. He finds their fascination with dinosaurs to be heartwarming.

* [[Continuity Nod]]: Dr. Sarah Harding in ''The Lost World'', who helped nurse Malcolm back to health and dated him for a while, is the daughter of ''Jurassic Park'''s resident veterinarian, Dr. Gerry Harding. The second novel makes a deliberate [[Call Back]]; the movies make no such connection. This is probably because the elder Harding's role was ''so'' reduced in the film that audiences could be forgiven for not remembering that was his name.

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Hammond was noticeably more corrupt and uncaring in the book, {{spoiler|where he suffers a [[Karmic Death]].}} The movie version is more Walt Disney-esque (well, Walt Disney's charming public persona at any rate). It helps a lot that he was played by Richard Attenborough. ''The Lost World'' has Hammond's evil, greedy nephew. Additionally, Lewis Dodgson, head of InGen's rival company Biosyn, precipitates the plot of the first book/movie by hiring the disgruntled Dennis Nedry to steal embryos for him... then goes to Isla Sorna to do the job himself in the second novel. {{spoiler|He and Hammond's Nephew suffer the same fate, turning into a baby Rex snack.}}

** Steven Spielberg's reflection can be seen in the TV screen at the end of The Lost World, when Kelly is watching the news. He's eating popcorn.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Tim and Lex, now much older, only get a few lines in ''The Lost World'' and are [[What Happened to the Mouse?|never seen or heard from again,]] despite having major roles in the first film.

* [[Death by Genre Savviness]]: {{spoiler|Subverted in the first film, where Ian Malcolm, who has been predicting disaster from the start, is attacked by the T-Rex but survives. Played straight with Muldoon, who knows exactly how dangerous the dinosaurs are, and is killed by a Velociraptor. In the novels continuity this is averted with Muldoon, who survives the events of the first novel, and subverted with Malcolm, who looks like he's going to die but then in the sequel he is shown alive.}}

* [[Deus Ex Machina|Deus]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Rex]] [[Deus Ex Machina|Machina]]: In the first film, it appears the protagonists {{spoiler|are about to be killed by the raptors when the ''T. Rex'' appears and attacks the raptors, allowing them to escape}}. This in itself isn't that far fetched but what is is the fact that {{spoiler|the ''T. Rex'' appears rather suddenly and is already in the visitor center, despite there being no way it could have appeared by surprise the way it did}}.

** It's easy to miss when watching the film, but {{spoiler|the wall of the Visitor's Center is actually unfinished, with a conveniently dino-sized hole in it covered only with some plastic sheeting to keep rain out. Presumably, construction was running behind schedule, much like everything else in the park. Not only that...but right after the ''T. Rex'' appears, the sheet is ripped to shreds...and considering the heroes didn't have any glasses around to notice the tremors...and were busy looking over raptors, there was DAMN good attempt to justify this. It maybe failed, but they tried!}}

* [[Dirty Coward]]: {{spoiler|Ed Regis}}, who abandons the Hammond children in a car with the door open to save his own ass when the T-Rex shows up {{spoiler|and gets eaten for his trouble. Donald Gennaro}} takes on the role in the movie.

*** Not when you consider a lot of the so called planning failures in the book, like the way the dinosaur counter works were set up that way for a purpose; it would have been easy for [[In Gen]] to look for some extra dinos just to be safe, but they foolishly thought there was no need. In fact one of the running theme in Crichton's novels is the failure of humanity to live up to the potential of technology. This is even lampshaded in the second '''''film''''' of all places.

* [[Expy]]: Roland is basically a [[Jerkass]]-ier version of Robert Muldoon. Think of it-both have British accents, both have a personal vendetta against specific species, Muldoon's was the ''Velociraptor'', and Roland's was the ''Tyrannosaurus Rex''. The only difference is that Muldoon had knowledge and respect for his prey, while Roland, even though he had the knowledge, used rather ruthless tactics when bagging his quarry.

** If referring to the broken leg of the baby T-Rex, the deleted scenes on the DVD (and pretty much every print adaptation of the second film ,i.e. trading cards, comics, junior novelizations, etc) indicate or directly state that it was not Roland at all who broke the baby's leg, but Ludlow, who broke it while positively hammered. If anything, Roland expresses contempt for a man who would do such a thing. On that note, Roland is actually a fairly honorable, and classy hunter, if aware that his profession is gradually losing relevance (a discussion with Ajay in another cut scene shows that both of them are running out of work, and that Roland wants to take on the Tyrannosaur by his own merit).