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* [[Adaptation Explanation Extrication]]: The film is still a very good adaptation, but compressing the book meant removing most of the exposition of the book, which contained some explanations that filled multiple small logic gaps present in the movie, such as why the Triceratops was sick.
* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: In the second film.
{{quote| '''Hammond:''' Don't worry. I'm not making the same mistakes again.<br />
'''Ian:''' No, you're making all new ones. }}
* [[Air Vent Passageway]]: A variant, they climb in between the foam ceiling panels and its supports and the actual ceiling.
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** Possibly tempting fate, a (traditional) amusement park was built to cash in on the mantra of the film.
* [[Analogy Backfire]]: John Hammond compares the park's problems to Disneyland not working when it opened.
{{quote| '''Malcolm:''' Yeah, but John, when ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' breaks down, the pirates don't ''eat'' the tourists.}}
** Earlier in the film, they both question the moral ethnics of genetic engineering, and science in general.
{{quote| '''Hammond:''' Condors are on the verge of extinction. If I were to create a flock of condors on this island, you wouldn't have anything to say.<br />
'''Malcolm:''' Hold on. This isn't some species that was obliterated by deforestation, or the building of a damn. Dinosaurs ''had'' their shot, and nature selected them for extinction.<br />
'''Hammond:''' I simply don't understand this Luddite attitude, especially from a scientist! I mean, how can we stand in the light of discovery and not act?<br />
'''Malcolm:''' What's so great about discovery? It's a violent, penetrative act that scars what it observes. What you call discovery... I call the rape of the natural world. }}
* [[Artifact Title]]: Only the first film takes place at Jurassic Park, on Isla Nublar. The second and third films are set on Isla Sorna -- Site B, where the dinosaurs were bred by InGen. This is largely glossed over, even though it's a pretty important plot point in the books.
** 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.
** Discussed in ''Jurassic Park III'':
{{quote| '''Dr. Grant''': Why me?<br />
'''Paul Kirby''': (indicating Udesky) He said we needed someone who'd been on the island before.<br />
'''Dr. Grant''': I have ''never been'' on this island.<br />
'''Udesky''': You mean there's two islands with dinosaurs on them? }}
* [[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.
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* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Alan Grant in ''Jurassic Park'', Jack Thorne in ''The Lost World''.
** Grant might be the most Badass character in the whole first novel, {{spoiler|killing ''three Velociraptors'' only with his wits, among other things.}}
{{quote| ' ''The girl saw the dying Velociraptors and quietly said:'' "Whoa!" '}}
* [[Bad Vibrations]]: The famous "shaking glass" scene when the ''T. rex'' realizes the fence is no longer active.
* [[Bald of Awesome]]: Roland Tembo, the bald big-game hunter hired by the baddies to lead the hunt in the second film. He's bald, and middle aged, but he's on the island to hunt the last big-game creature left - a freaking bull ''Tyrannosaurus rex''.
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** Averted again in the second film, where a velociraptor pounces on a black Ingen hunter, and in the third film, where the black mercenary is the second one to die.
* [[Brick Joke]]:
{{quote| "One, two...<br />
''The fence activates and Tim is blown off. After a scene cut and a few tense moments of reviving him by CPR...''<br />
* coughs* ...Three..." }}
** Alan at the end of the first movie:
{{quote| Mr. Hammond, after careful consideration I have decided ''not'' to endorse your park.}}
* [[Bring It Back Alive]]: The goal of the InGen hunters in the second film.
* [[By Wall That Is Holey]]: With a hole in a falling car.
{{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...
* [[Call Back]]: In the second film, when Ian, Nick and Eddie are searching for Sarah, they call out her name repeatedly. At one point, Nick shouts out "Sarah Harding!", which warrants a sarcastic reponse from Ian. Later on, when he, Kelly and Sarah are searching the abandoned center for Nick, Ian calls out for him, at one point shouting "Nick Van Owen!".
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** One that took a few viewings to catch in ''The Lost World'': When Ian ducks into the car to hide from a pursuing raptor, he locks the car door with his foot.
* [[Captain Obvious]]: Sarah in ''The Lost World'' when the parent T. Rexes show up at the trailer.
{{quote| '''Sarah''': This isn't hunting. They're here for their infant.}}
** [[Sarcasm Mode|No, really?]]
* [[Casual Danger Dialog]]: When Muldoon is about to shoot a raptor and another one ambushes him from the side, he says his "[[Worthy Opponent|Clever girl]]" line calmly and even with a bit of admiration. Hardly the reaction one would normally expect if a large bloodthirsty dinosaur suddenly popped out of the brush, snarling menancingly just inches from your face before it's about to pounce.
** This is lampshaded earlier by Ellie, when Muldoon tells her they're being hunted.
{{quote| '''Muldoon''' ''[very calmly]:'' It's all right.<br />
'''Ellie''' ''[near panic]:'' The ''hell'' it is! }}
** Ian gets one as well before the T-Rex's [[Dynamic Entry]]:
{{quote| '''Ian''': Does anyone feel that? That's an impact tremor, that's what is. [[Oh Crap|I'm feeling pretty alarmed]] right here.}}
*** He does this several times in ''The Lost World'' movie most notably when the T-rexes are about to attak the trailers:
{{quote| '''Ian''': Mommy's very angry.}}
*** and speaking from experience minutes later:
{{quote| '''Ian''': Hang on, this is gonna be bad.}}
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: A couple in the first novel and movie; a considerable number in the second novel; the most egregious being Kelly's gymnastics in the second film. The frog DNA is the most consistent one across the literature and film.
** The model of the raptor voice box in the third film is one of the most straight-forward examples of this trope in any of the films.
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* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: The raptors' "Distract with one, flank with another" plan that Grant describes, and that {{spoiler|Muldoon}} falls victim to. Grant probably should've told him about that...
** The speech that Grant uses to describe this plan also qualifies as a [[Chekhov's Gun]].
{{quote| '''Grant:''' ''And that's when the attack comes. Not from the front, but from the side -- from the other two raptors you didn't even know were there.''}}
** 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.
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* [[Danger Takes a Backseat]]: Well, technically, a passenger seat.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Ian Malcolm.
{{quote| '''Ian:''' Now eventually you might have ''dinosaurs'' on your, on your ''dinosaur'' tour, right? Hello? Yes?<br />
'''Hammond:''' ''(watching on camera feed)'' I really hate that man. }}
** Later:
{{quote| '''Ian:''' ''(After surviving being knocked down by a T-rex)'' Remind me to thank John for a lovely weekend...<br />
'''Ian:''' ''(During the famous Rex chase)'' Must go faster.<br />
'''Ian:''' ''(after being chased by a ''T. rex'')'' Do you think they'll have ''that'' on the tour? }}
** And let's not forget this classic:
{{quote| '''Hammond:''' This is just a delay. That's all this is; every major theme park has delays. When they opened Disneyland in 1956, nothing worked!<br />
'''Ian:''' Yeah, but John, when the ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' breaks down, the pirates don't ''eat'' the tourists! }}
** Or:
{{quote| '''Grant:''' You married?<br />
'''Ian:''' Occasionally. Yeah, I'm always on the lookout for the future ex-Mrs. Malcom. }}
** Dennis Nedry also uses this trope, but whenever people, especially Hammond, touch upon financial issues or if he completed a task.
{{quote| '''Hammond:''' I don't blame people for their mistakes, but I do ask that they pay for them.<br />
'''Nedry:''' Yeah thanks, dad. }}
* [[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.
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* [[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.}}
* [[Death World]]: The dinosaur-filled islands themselves, which are even known to Costa Rican locals as "Las Cinco Muertes" (the five deaths). We only get to see Isla Nublar and Isla Sorna though. From ''Jurassic Park III'':
{{quote| '''Alan Grant:''' That's just great. Here we are on the most dangerous island on the planet and we're not even getting paid.}}
* [[Description Cut]]: "[[Tempting Fate|We'll be all right as long as they can't open doors]]."
* [[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}}.
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** It also doesn't help that with all of InGen's lack of planning, one could easily interpret the real message as, "If you're going to play God and tamper with nature, ''do it right.''" Two of the games, ''Park Builder'' and ''Operation Genesis'', actually use this pitch in their advertising.
*** 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.
{{quote| '''Hammond:''' Don't worry. I'm not making the same mistakes again.<br />
'''Ian:''' No, you're making all new ones. }}
* [[Dramatic Landfall Shot]]
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** Benjamin Newman's "Jurassic Park Sunset" [http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/01/bnewman/songs/lyrics/JurassicParkSunset.txt Lyrics], [http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/01/bnewman/songs/music/JurassicParkSunset.mp3 mp3]
* [[Finger Wag]]: "Ah-ah-aah... you didn't say the magic word."
{{quote| "PLEASE! Goddammit! I hate this hacker crap!"}}
* [[Flippant Forgiveness]]: In the second movie, Dr. Malcolm tells Peter Ludlow "When you try to sound like Hammond, it comes off as a hustle. I mean, it's not your fault. They say talent skips a generation. So, I'm sure your kids will be sharp as tacks."
* [[For the Funnyz]]: When Grant touches the (inactive) T-Rex paddock fence in the first film and acts as if he's being electrocuted. Alexis is [[Dude, Not Funny|not amused,]] but Tim thought it was funny as hell.
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* [[Hacked by a Pirate]]: Probable inversion, as the hacker screen came up only after Samuel Jackson's attempt at hacking Nedry's computer to restore security.
* [[Hands Go Down]]: In ''Jurassic Park 3'', when Dr. Grant is giving a lecture:
{{quote| '''Grant:''' Does anyone have a question?<br />
''(all hands in the room go up)''<br />
'''Grant:''' Does anyone have a question that does not relate to Jurassic Park?<br />
''(most of the hands go down)''<br />
'''Grant:''' Or the incident in San Diego, which I did not witness?<br />
''(several more hands go down)'' }}
* [[Have You Tried Rebooting]]: When the operators are locked out of the computer system, they restart it entirely and manage to gain access again.
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** Billy Brennan and Paul Kirby narrowly avert this to [[Disney Death]] status.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: In The Lost World, Roland Tembo. Although working for InGen, he shows concern for the safety of Kelly, and his own crew, and at the end seems to realise he's been on the wrong side.
{{quote| '''Peter Ludlow:''' I remember the people who help me, Roland. There's a job for you at the park in San Diego, if you want it.<br />
'''Roland Tembo:''' No thank you. I believe I've spent enough time in the company of death. }}
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Sarah Harding manages to blow off every single one of Ian's warnings throughout the second movie until people actually start dying.
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* [[May-December Romance]]: Applies to the movie, which made Alan and Ellie a couple. Sam Neill and Laura Dern are twenty years apart, so it'd be easy to assume their characters would fall here.
* [[Men Are the Expendable Gender]]: Every human death is male - at least, in the film. It's only implied in the novel.
{{quote| "Dinosaur eats Man; Woman inherits the Earth."}}
** To be fair there is only [[The Smurfette Principle|1 woman in each film]] (and 1 girl in the first and second films) the chance that one of the very few women being killed are statistically lower than that of the 8+ men in each film.
* [[Minion with an F In Evil]]: Howard King in the second novel; he considers it part of his job to rein in Lewis Dodgson's ruthless side, seems truly horrified when Dodgson seemingly murders Sarah Harding, and is the first to acknowledge that maybe this whole egg theft isn't a good idea. {{spoiler|It doesn't save him.}}
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** Tim realizing that the herd of Gallimimus was suddenly "flocking" into their direction in the first film. "They're, uh... they're flocking this way", indeed.
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: Roland Tembo evokes this trope as his reason for wanting to hunt the male Tyrannosaurus.
{{quote| '''Roland''': "Somewhere on this island is the greatest predator who ever lived. Second greatest predator must take him down."}}
* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: In the first movie, Sam Neill's American accent holds up pretty well, except for one line during the scene where {{spoiler|he throws the stick at the fence.}}
* [[Parachute in a Tree]]: In the third movie, a character falls victim to this and is later found half-eaten and still dangling from the canopy.
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* [[Precocious Crush]]: In the film version, Lex has one for Grant.
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Ray Arnold's reaction to {{spoiler|[[Hacked by a Pirate|Nedry's hacker picture]].}}
{{quote| ''(Hacker picture comes up on another monitor)''<br />
'''Nedry portrait:''' ''(Wagging finger)'' Ah ah ah, You didn't say the magic word. ''(repeats "ah ah ah")''<br />
'''Arnold:''' Please! Goddamn it! I hate this hacker crap! }}
* [[Ptero-Soarer]]: The Pteranodons.
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* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: The Jurassic Park theme kicks in for ''T. rex'' herself, who proceeds to kick raptor ass and save the day.
* [[There Are Two Kinds of People in the World]]: In ''Jurassic Park III'':
{{quote| '''Dr. Grant:''' There are two kinds of boys: Astronauts and Astronomers.}}
* [[This Is Sparta]]: "People - are - ''dying!"''
* [[This Way to Certain Death]]: Yes, Dr Malcolm, continue to shout for [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Vince Vaughn's character]] in the middle of a run-down and suspiciously quiet complex. No Velociraptors here, nosiree.
* [[Toilet Humour]] - "Dino...droppings?" -- "That is one big pile of shit." {{spoiler|said by Ian as another scientist goes arm-deep in a gigantic pile of Triceratops feces, looking for traces of poisonous berries}}
{{quote| '''Ian Malcolm''': I hope you remember to wash your hands before you eat anything.}}
** Turned [[Up to Eleven]] in the third film, where everyone has to go digging in Spinosaurus dung to find the satellite phone. Not to mention Eric keeping a flask of T-rex urine in his trailer. This, in turn, was turned [[Up to Eleven]] by [[Land of the Lost (TV series)|Will Marshall]]
* [[Too Clever by Half]]: Ian Malcolm accuses Hammond and his team of genetic scientists of this.
{{quote| '''Ian Malcolm''': I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power you're using here: it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done, and you took the next step. You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don't take any responsibility for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could, and before you even knew what you had, you, you've patented it, and packaged it, you've slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now you're selling it! You want to sell it!<br />
'''John Hammond''': I don't think you're giving us our due credit. Our scientists have done things which nobody's ever done before...<br />
'''Ian Malcolm''': Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could that they didn't stop to ''think if they should''! }}
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Quite a few.
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* [[You Do NOT Want to Know]]: Eric says this in response to Grant's question about how he got a jar full of ''T. rex'' pee in the third movie.
* [[Zerg Rush]]: The [[Killer Rabbit|compies]] use this move in the second movie, turning poor Stark into...
{{quote| '''Malcom:''' Did you find him?<br />
'''Roland:''' [[Fridge Horror|Just the parts they didn't like.]] }}
 
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