Animal Park (1993)

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Squidward and Charlie Quigg's / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Miramax Films' movie-spoofs of Universal Pictures's 1993 Live-Action science fiction / adventure / action film Jurassic Park. It's loosely based on the Michael Crichton novel of the same name published in 1990.

In the loving memory of Richard Attenborough (1923-2014) and Bob Peck (1945-1999).

In Steven Spielberg's massive blockbuster, paleontologists Pacha (Alan Grant) and Jane Porter (Ellie Sattler) and mathematician Prince Eric (Ian Malcolm) are among a select group chosen to tour an island theme zoo park populated by animals (dinosaurs) created from prehistoric DNA. While the park's mastermind, billionaire Captain Neweyes (John Hammond), assures everyone that the facility is safe, they find out otherwise when various ferocious predators break free and go on the hunt.

## Plot:

Industrialist Captain Neweyes (John Hammond) has created a theme park of wild animals (dinosaurs), Animal Park, on tropical Isla Nublar. After a animal handler is killed by a Spotted Hyena (portrayed by Shenzi), the park's investors, represented by lawyer Winston Deavor (Donald Gennaro), demand a safety certification. Winston invites chaotician Prince Eric (Ian Malcolm), while Neweyes invites paleontologist Pacha (Alan Grant) and paleobotanist Jane Porter (Ellie Sattler). Upon arrival, the group is shocked to see a live Reticulated Giraffe (Potrayed by Twiga).

At the park's visitor center, the group learns that the cloning was accomplished by extracting animals DNA from prehistoric mosquitoes preserved in amber. DNA from birds, mammals and other animals was used to fill in gaps in the genome of the animals, and to prevent breeding, all the animals were made female by direct chromosome manipulation. The group witnesses the hatching of a baby hyena and visits the hyenas enclosure. During lunch, the group debates the ethics of cloning and the creation of the park; Eric warns about the implications of genetic engineering and scoffs at the park's conceptualization, saying that it will inevitably break down.

Neweyes's grandchildren, Penny Forrester (Lex) and Cody (Tim), join for a tour of the park, while Neweyes oversees from the control room. The tour does not go as planned, with most of the animals failing to appear and the group encountering a sick Rhinoceros (portrayed by Mother Rhino); it is cut short as a tropical storm approaches. Most of the park employees leave for the mainland on a boat while the visitors return to their electric tour vehicles, except Porter, who stays behind with the park's veterinarian to study the rhinos.

Animal Park's disgruntled lead computer programmer, Al McWhiggin (Dennis Nedry), has been bribed by Sykes (Lewis Dodgson), a man working for Neweyes' corporate rival, to steal fertilized animals embryos. Al deactivates the park's security system to gain access to the embryo storage room and stores the embryos inside a container disguised as a shaving cream can. Al's sabotage also cuts power to the tour vehicles, stranding them just as they near the park's Masai lioness (portrayed by Adult Nala) paddock. Most of the park's electric fences are also deactivated, allowing the lioness to escape and attack the group. After the lioness overturns a tour vehicle, it injures Eric and devours Winston, while Pacha, Penny and Cody escape. On his way to deliver the embryos to the island's docks, Al becomes lost in the rain, crashes his Jeep Wrangler, and is killed by a Northwestern wolf.

Jane helps the game warden, John Smith (Robert Muldoon), search for survivors; they only find an injured Eric, just before the lioness returns and chases them away. Pacha, Penny and Cody take shelter in a treetop and encounter a herd of giraffes (portrayed by Agatha and Bridget). They later discover the broken shells of new born animals, and Pacha concludes that the animals have been breeding, which occurred because of their vermin DNA—animals like any mammal can change their sex in a single-sex environment, allowing the animals to do so as well.

Unable to decipher Al's code to reactivate the security system, Neweyes and chief engineer Lucius Best (Ray Arnold) reboot the park's system. The group shuts down the park's grid and retreats to an emergency bunker while Lucius heads to a maintenance shed to complete the rebooting process. When Lucius fails to return, Jane and John Smith head to the shed. They discover the shutdown has deactivated the remaining fences and released the Hyenas. Smith distracts the hyenas while Jane goes to turn the power back on before being attacked by a hyena and discovering Lucius' severed arm. Meanwhile, Smith is caught off-guard and killed by the other two hyenas.

Pacha, Penny and Cody reach the visitor center. Pacha heads out to look for Jane Porter, leaving Cody and Penny inside. Cody and Penny are pursued by the hyenas in a kitchen, but they escape and join Pacha and Jane, who have returned. The group reaches the control room and Penny uses Al's computer to restore the park's power, allowing them to call Neweyes, who calls for help. As they try to escape by the front entrance, they are cornered by the hyenas, but they escape when the lioness appears and kills the hyenas. Neweyes arrives in a jeep with Eric, and the group boards a helicopter to leave the island.

## Cast:

### Human Cast:

* Dr. Alan Grant - Pacha (The Emperor's New Groove, Kronk's New Groove and The Emperor's New School)
* Dr. Ellie Sattler - Jane Porter (Tarzan; 1999, Tarzan and Jane and Disney's The Legend of Tarzan)
* John Hammond - Captain Neweyes (We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story)
* Dr. Ian Malcolm - Prince Eric (Animated / The Little Mermaid; 1989)
* Lex Murphy - Penny Forrester (Bolt)
* Tim Murphy - Cody (The Rescuers Down Under)
* Dr. Henry Wu - Li Shang (Animated / Mulan; 1998) (Both are voiced by BD Wong)
* Dennis Nedry - Al McWhiggin (Toy Story 2) (Both are voiced by Wayne Knight)
* Lewis Dogson - Bill Sykes (Oliver and Company)
* Donald Gennaro - Winston Deavor (The Incredibles 2)
* Ray Arnold - Lucius Best / Frozone (The Incredibles) (Both are voiced by Samuel L. Jackson)
* Robert Muldoon - John Smith (Pocahontas, Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World)

### Species Cast:

* Rexy the Tyrannosaurus Rex - Adult Nala (The Lion King; 1994)
* Big One the Velociraptor Leader - Shenzi (The Lion King; 1994)
* Velociraptors - Banzai and Ed (The Lion King; 1994)
* Brachiosaurus - Twiga the Giraffe (The Lion Guard), Agatha (Noah's Island), Bridget (The Wild) and Other Giraffes (The Lion King; 1994, The Lion Guard, Kimba the White Lion, etc..)
* Dilophosaurus - Luger the Wolf (Silverwing)
* Triceratops - Young Rhino's Mother (The Lion Guard)
* Parasaurolophus - Swala and the Gazelles (The Lion King; 1994 and The Lion Guard)
* Gallimimus - Ostriches (The Lion Guard, Kimba the White Lion, etc...)

## Scenes Index:

1. "Animal Park (1993)" Part 1 - Opening Titles / Hyena in the Box
2. "Animal Park (1993)" Part 2 - The Diggers / Meets Pacha and Jane Porter / A Visit from Captain Neweyes
3. "Animal Park (1993)" Part 3 - Journey to the Island/The Chaotician
4. "Animal Park (1993)" Part 4 - Welcome to Animal Park!
5. "Animal Park (1993)" Part 5 - Meets Mr. Genie / At the Incubation Room
6. "Animal Park (1993)" Part 6 - Lunch Time / The Target Audience/ Meets Penny and Cody
7. "Animal Park (1993)" Part 7 - Start the Tour
8. "Animal Park (1993)" Part 8 - Shutdown
9. "Animal Park (1993)" Part 9 - Lioness Breakout!
10. "Animal Park (1993)" Part 10 - Problems with the System / Al and the nice Wolf
11. "Animal Park (1993)" Part 11 - Pacha, Penny and Cody has Survived / Racing with Nala
12. "Animal Park (1993)" Part 12 - Pacha, Penny and Cody and the Giraffes
13. "Animal Park (1993)" Part 13 - Galloping with Animals / The Perimeter Fence / Cody gets Electrocuted
14. "Animal Park (1993)" Part 14 - Hyenas Attack! / Clever Girl
15. "Animal Park (1993)" Part 15 - The Kitchen / Escaping from Hyenas
16. "Animal Park (1993)" Part 16 - Restoring the Zoo System / The Chase / Nala Vs. the Hyenas
17. "Animal Park (1993)" Part 17 - A Dream Left Behind / End Credits

## List of Species Seen in the Film:

* *Velociraptor* - Spotted Hyena (*Crocuta Crocuta*)
* *Brachiosaurus* - Reticulated Giraffe (*Giraffa reticulata*)
* *Parasaurolophus* - Thomson's Gazelle (*Eudorcas thomsonii*)
* *Triceratops* - Black Rhinoceros (*Diceros bicornis*)
* *Tyrannosaurus Rex* - Masai Lion (*Panthera leo melanochaita*)
* *Dilophosaurus* - Northwestern Wolf (*Canis lupus occidentalis*)
* *Gallimimus* - Common Ostrich (*Struthio camelus*)

## See Also:

### Film Series:

* The Lost World: Animal Park (1997) (Sequel)
* Animal Park III (2001)
* Animal World (2015)
* Animal World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
* Animal World: Dominion (2022)

### Shorts:

* Animal World: Battle at Big Rock (2019) (Shorts)
* Animal World: Dominion Prologue

### Television Series

* LEGO Animal World: The Secret Exhibit
* LEGO Animal World: Legend of Isla Nublar
* Animal World: Camp Wildlife (2020-2022)