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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Many side plots from the book are written out in the movie and several characters are combined and their fates change.
** Most notably, in the film, Hammond's character was a kindly old man who just wanted to share the magic of dinosaurs with people. In the novel, he's a manipulative [[Jerkass]] who really just wants people's money, and won't listen to anyone's advice about how dangerous the situation is. Apparently this was because Spielberg saw a lot of himself in Hammond.
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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.
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'''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.
* [[All Animals Are Dogs]]: Nedry assumes this about the dilophosaurus, and tries to distract it by throwing a stick. It doesn't work, so he figures it's just stupid. {{spoiler|Then it eats him.}} Even dogs will prefer a meaty steak to a bone.▼
* [[All-Natural Gem Polish]]: The bugs trapped in amber come out in nice chunks.
▲* [[All Animals Are Dogs]]: Nedry assumes this about the dilophosaurus, and tries to distract it by throwing a stick. It doesn't work, so he figures it's just stupid. {{spoiler|Then it eats him.}} Even dogs will prefer a meaty steak to a bone.
* [[Alternate DVD Commentary]]: There's a [[Riff Trax]] for the first movie featuring [["Weird Al" Yankovic|Weird Al Yankovic]].
** This also doubles as a [[Shout-Out]] to Weird Al's "MacArthur Park" [[Filk Song]] parody, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh4zvQfDhi0 Jurassic Park]".
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