Lewis Dodgson (films)

## Villain Description

### Goals

Use dinosaurs as weapons for his own financial purposes through InGen agents such as Hoskins and Eli Mills (failed)
Create a sworm of gigantic locusts and set them on fire so they shall burn down all dinosaurs and he shall be able to create more magnificent projects (failed)
Kidnap Maisie and prevent his crimes from being exposed (failed)

### Hobbies

Creating inventions for Byosin
Ruling his company with terror
Keeping his crimes and misdeeds hidden

### Skills

Charisma
Deception
Command over others

### Type of Villain

Greedy Tyrant

**Lewis Dodgson** is the main antagonist of the *Jurassic Park* franchise, acting as the overarching antagonist of the first movie *Jurassic Park*, the unseen overarching antagonist of all other films until becoming the main antagonist of *Jurassic World: Dominion*.

He is the CEO of Biosyn who corrupted and bribed many InGen workers (such as Hoskins, Henry Wu and Eli Mills) and other officials in order to complete dinosaur weapons which he was bent on selling them to many of the different military forces across the globe.

Eventually, he realized that his plans are failing, so he intended to wipe out every memory of what he has done, and to cover up his terrible crimes at all costs by eliminating dinosaurs and all of the human witnesses.

## History

### Jurassic Park

He hires Dennis Nedry to steal InGen dinosaur eggs so he could make dinosaurs become his own weapons. After Nedry failed, he hired many InGen agents and some other officials, including the scientist Henry Wu, the security force commander Vic Hoskins and the InGen high-ranked agent Eli Mills, to do the dirty work for him and ensure his weapon dinosaurs are sold via auction.

### Jurassic World: Dominion

He at first appears welcoming Alan Grant, Ellie Satler and the crew to his base of operations, being prepared to show them The Giganotosaurus.

He tells Ramsey to show them around and let them see The Giganotosaurus in the process. Dodgson also tells Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler that he gave them special favors during their journey, promising them that it's going to be beautiful in a "faux affable" way.

During their journey, they've all met Ian Malcolm, who spoke about the dinosaur race acceptance.

He later speaks to Henry Wu and attempts to convince him to finish his job, as Henry questions his ambitions to get rid of the life which they have created so he could make newer, bigger inventions. He plotted to create locusts so he could send a sworm which shall end the new dinosaur era.

He later hires a femme fattale called Sonaya Santos and other mercenaries to kidnap and hand over Maisie so he could kill her later on. Under his orders, Sonaya releases raptors to kill Owen, Claire and Barry who accompanies them. Maisie is brought to his lab, as Henry Wu secretly wants to test her DNA to fix all of Dodgson's mistakes. It is revealed that Masie was not created by InGen, but was created by her "mother", Shauna, who altered her DNA to cure disease. Wu wanted to finish the work to save all dinosaurs.

However, in the meanwhile, Ramsey out of mutual trust lets Alan and Ellie run around the area until 3 pm, as the two promise Ramsey not to enter the lab, but they invade the lab anyway with intent of finding out what Dodgson is up to, out of suspicion.

They manage to enter the lab. They find the locusts and try to research them, but as Maisie discovers the truth about Dodgson's crimes and Wu's involvement, she rescues one of the raptors from it's cage, before it is trained to be a Byosin weapon, and out of fear, Dodgson activates the alarm. Maisie escapes with Alan and Ellie, the raptor is free and the sworm is unleashed.

Dodsgon later recieves a call from Kalya, but realizing that she is a traitor he orders the Byosin workers to cut her call off, thus letting them die on their way into his base of operations. Ramsey however enters the scene as Alan, Ellie and Maisie try to escape. Surprisingly, he helps the trio escape the base.

Dodgson later realizes that they have escaped and stolen one of his assets so his crimes shall be exposed. He goes to burn the locusts and release them so they shall do what they are meant to do for him.

Dodgson also usurps Ian Malcolm's position and fires him in order to protect himself.

After that, Claire is attacked by a hungry Dilophosaurus. However, the dinosaur is unable to consume Claire, so he goes on to the lab in order to consume Dodgson. Dodgson is eventually betrayed by his men, lead now by Ramsey, and as he tries to escape the madness which he created, he is later brutally killed off by the Dilophosaurus and some of it's friends. After his death, Byosin redeems itself and his ultimate crimes are exposed.

## Personality

Lewis Dodgson is an extremely egoistical man. He has high knowledge, which he basically stole from InGen, and he used it for terrible purposes. He doesn't fight when a threat comes, but out of his ego and being a coward, he rather orders his enforcers to fight for him or he runs away with attempt to cover every trace of his misdeeds. He enjoys the public admiring him, and he would do anything to keep his massive crimes hidden from the public's eye, even if he has to do bigger crimes to cover up.

Dodgson is obsessed with his work, and eventually he realizes he has failed, so he obviously goes to destroy his work instead of facing judgement and accepting defeat in honor.

## Trivia

* He was the villain to cause most of the series' events, thus causing all of the conflict and using many other humans and therefore also dinosaur weapons for his own ambitious schemes.
* Dodgson's death was off-screen, and yet it was still very brutal, as the audience know what happens to him as the light goes off and he screams.