Thomas the Tank Engine visits Jurassic World

***Thomas the Tank Engine visits Jurassic World*** is the fourth upcoming Thomas & Friends/Jurassic Park crossover to be made by Hiatt Grey. And it is the sequel to *Thomas the Tank Engine visits Jurassic Park III*.

## Plot

Teenaged brothers Zach and Gray Mitchell visit Jurassic World, a dinosaur theme park at the original Jurassic Park site on Isla Nublar. Their aunt Claire Dearing is the park's operations manager. Claire assigns her assistant as the boys' guide but they evade her and explore on their own. Elsewhere on the island, U.S. Navy veteran Owen Grady has been training four *Velociraptors* and researching their intelligence. Based on the raptors' ability to follow commands, Vic Hoskins, the head of InGen Security, believes the animals can be weaponized, an idea Owen and his assistant Barry strongly oppose.

Prior to its opening, Claire and park owner Simon Masrani inspect the park's newest attraction *Indominus rex*, a genetically-engineered dinosaur created by geneticist Dr. Henry Wu. Masrani tasks Owen with evaluating the enclosure. Owen warns Claire the *Indominus* lacks social skills, making it dangerous and unpredictable. When it appears the *Indominus* has escaped, Owen and two park workers enter the enclosure. The *Indominus*, which can camouflage itself and mask its heat signature, suddenly appears. Owen survives the attack, but it kills the other two men before escaping into the island's interior. Owen tells Masrani to have the *Indominus* killed; to protect his company's investment, however, Masrani dispatches a specialized unit to subdue it with non-lethal weaponry. After most of the unit is wiped out, Claire orders the evacuation of island's northern sector.

While exploring the park in a vehicle, Zach and Gray enter a restricted area. The *Indominus* arrives and destroys the vehicle but the boys escape. They find the ruins of the original Jurassic Park facility, repair an old Jeep Wrangler, and drive back to the park resort. As Claire and Owen search for the boys, they barely escape the *Indominus*. Masrani and two troopers hunt the *Indominus* by helicopter but it breaks into the park's aviary, releasing pterosaurs – *Pteranodon* and *Dimorphodon* species – which collide with the helicopter, causing it to crash. Gray and Zach find Owen and Claire at the resort as armed personnel shoot down swarming pterosaurs with tranquilizers.

Assuming command, Hoskins orders that the raptors be used to track the *Indominus*; Owen, forced to comply, leads the raptors. They find the *Indominus* and the animals begin communicating among themselves. Owen realizes the *Indominus* has *Velociraptor* DNA; it becomes the pack's new alpha, usurping Owen's dominance. Troops fire on the *Indominus* but it escapes. The raptors kill most of the troops, but one raptor is killed. Hoskins evacuates Wu and the dinosaur embryos from the island to protect Wu's research. Owen, Claire, and the boys find Hoskins at the lab but a raptor breaks in and kills him.

Owen re-establishes his bond with the three raptors before the *Indominus* reappears. They attack the *Indominus* but two are killed. Claire releases the park's *Tyrannosaurus rex* and lures it into a battle with the *Indominus*, which gains the advantage until the surviving raptor joins the fight. Overwhelmed, the *Indominus* is cornered at the lagoon's edge, where it is dragged underwater by the *Mosasaurus*. The survivors are evacuated and the island is abandoned again. Zach and Gray are reunited with their parents; Owen and Claire decide to stay together.

## Trivia

* Barney the Dinosaur, BJ, Baby Bop, Tosha, Min, Shawn, Derek, Professor Tinkerputt, Cody Newton, Abby Newton, Marcella Walker, Annie and Clarabel, Henrietta, Bertie, Terence, Bill and Ben, Daisy, BoCo, Trevor, Harold the Helicopter, Mavis, Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handel, Peter Sam, Rusty, Duncan, Duke, Smudger, Caroline, Bulstrode, Cranky, Derek, Bertram, Butch, Old Slow Coach, Thumper, Tiger Moth, Lady, Salty, Harvey, Elizabeth, Jack, Alfie, Max & Monty, Oliver, Kelly, Byron, Ned, Isobella, Nelson, Patrick, Buster, Emily, Fergus, Spencer, Arthur, Murdoch, the Powerpuff Girls (Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup), Courage the Cowardly Dog, Drake Parker, Josh Nichols, Peter Griffin, and the Star Fleet (Ten Cents, Big Mac, O.J., Top Hat, Warrior, Hercules, Sunshine, and Grampus) guest star in this film.
* The storyline continues in *Thomas the Tank Engine visits Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom*.