The Lost World: Animal Park (1997)

Squidward and Charlie Quigg's / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Miramax Films' movie-spoofs of Universal Pictures's 1997 Live-Action science fiction / adventure / action film *The Lost World: Jurassic Park.* It's loosely based on the Michael Crichton novel of the same name published in 1995 and a sequel to *Animal Park.*

In the loving memory of Richard Attenborough (1923-2014).

Captain Neweyes (John Hammond) summons chaos theorist Prince Eric (Ian Malcolm) to his home with some startling information -- while nearly everything at his Animal Park had been destroyed, his engineers happened to have a second site, where other animals were kept in hiding. It seems the animals on the second island are alive and well and even breeding; and Neweyes wants Eric to observe and document the animals before Neweyes' financiers can get to them.

## Plot:

Four years after the events on Isla Nublar, a wealthy family docks their yacht ashore at the nearby Isla Sorna. Their daughter wanders off and is attacked by a group of Honey Badgers (Compsognathus) but survives. An ailing Dr. Captain Neweyes (John Hammond) invites chaotician Dr. Prince Eric (Ian Malcolm) to discuss the incident. InGen is now headed by Neweyes' nephew Kent Mansley (Peter Ludlow), who used the incident to take control of the company from Neweyes. Ian learns that InGen had created the Animal Park animals on Isla Sorna, and Mansley wants to exploit the island's beasts to save InGen from bankruptcy. Neweyes asks Eric to join a team who will document the animals in their natural habitat, to encourage a policy of non-interference. Eric's girlfriend, paleontologist Dr. Ariel (Sarah Harding), was hired and is already on the island. Ian reluctantly agrees to go, but only to retrieve her.

Eric travels to Isla Sorna with Gru (Eddie Carr), an equipment specialist and engineer, and Flynn Rider (Nick Van Owen), a video documentarian and activist. They find Ariel amidst a pod of Common Hippopotamuses (Stegosaurus), but she insists on staying to continue her research. Eric is shocked when he discovers his daughter Melody (Kelly) has stowed away in a trailer, which serves as their mobile base. Mansley and a mercenary team arrive on the island and capture animals, with help from big-game hunters Charles Muntz (Roland Tembo) and Amos Slade (Ajay Sidhu), Muntz's second-in-command Johannes Niels (Dieter Stark), and paleontologist Sloan Blackburn (Dr. Robert Burke). Eric's group realizes Mansley and the InGen team plan to ship the captured specimens to a proposed Animal Park attraction in San Diego. Flynn and Ariel free the captured animals, and the animals wreak havoc on the InGen team's camp. On the way back to the trailer, Flynn rescues an injured White lion cub that Muntz used as bait to hunt its father. Flynn and Ariel treat the infant's broken leg, but the Lions adults arrive. They reclaim their infant, destroy the trailer, and devour Gru during his attempt to rescue the group.

Eric, Ariel, Melody and Flynn are rescued by Mansley's team and are forced to work together after losing all their communications equipment. They elect to walk en masse inland to an abandoned InGen base to call for help. During a break, Johannes goes into the wilderness alone to relieve himself and is killed by a group of Honey Badgers. After the team sets up a camp for the night, they are ambushed by the Lions adults: Sloan is devoured, and everyone else flees into a field of long grass where a clan of spotted hyenas ambush them, resulting in the loss of Amos and most of the InGen personnel. Eric, Ariel, Melody and Flynn reach the InGen base, fight off three hyenas, and successfully radio for helicopter extraction. After being rescued, Flynn reveals that he stole Muntz's ammunition to prevent him from killing his trophy, but they learn Muntz sedated the male white lion with tranquilizers instead. As more InGen personnel arrive on the island to secure the male and cub, Muntz declines Mansley's job offer at the San Diego Park, reflecting on Amos' death and the morality of Mansley' scheme.

In San Diego, Eric and Ariel attempt to convince Mansley to abandon his plans, but the ship carrying the male white lion suddenly crashes into the docks. The crew is found dead, whereupon the White lion breaks free and goes on a rampage through the city. Eric and Ariel locate the cub at the planned park and use it to lure the male back to the docks. Mansley pursues the animals onto the ship and tries to catch them within the cargo hold, but he is injured by the adult before being mauled to death by cub. Ariel uses a tranquilizer gun to sedate the male before intervening government forces can use lethal force on it, while Eric seals the cargo hold doors. In the aftermath, the animals are shipped back to Isla Sorna accompanied by a naval escort, while Eric, Ariel and Melody watch Neweyes in a televised interview announce that the American and Costa Rican governments have declared the island a nature preserve.

## Cast:

### Human Cast:

* Dr. Ian Malcolm - Prince Eric (Animated / The Little Mermaid; 1989)
* Sarah Harding - Ariel (Animated / The Little Mermaid; 1989)
* Kelly Malcolm - Melody (The Lion Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea)
* Eddie Carr - Gru (Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2 and Despicable Me 3)
* Nick Van Owen - Eugene "Flynn Rider" Fitzherbert (Animated / Tangled: The Series)
* Peter Ludlow - Kent Mansley (The Iron Giant)
* Ajay Sidhu - Amos Slade (The Fox and the Hound and The Fox and the Hound 2)
* Roland Tembo - Charles Muntz (Up)
* Dieter Stark - Johannes Niels (The Legend of Tarzan)
* Dr. Robert Burke - Sloan Blackburn (The Wild Thornberrys; 2002)
* Carter - Gaston (Animated / Beauty and the Beast; 1991)

### Species Cast:

* Tyrannosaurus Buck - Adult Leo/Kimba (Kimba the White Lion)
* Tyrannosaurus Doe - Adult Laiyla/Kitty (Kimba the White Lion)
* Junior the T-Rex - Lune/Rune (Jungle Emperor Leo)
* Stegosaurus - Besthe, Basi and other Hippopotamuses (The Lion Guard)
* Compsognathus - Honey Badgers (Wild Kratts, BBC and Nat Geo Wild Documentaries)
* Parasaurolophus (Isla Sorna) - Swala and the Gazelles (The Lion King; 1994 and The Lion Guard)
* Corythosaurus - Elks (Wild Kratts)
* Pachycelaphosaurus - Bighorn Sheep (Wild Kratts)
* Mamenchisauruses - Colonel Hathi and the Jungle Patrol (Animated / The Jungle Book; 1967)
* Pteranodons - Anga (The Lion Guard) and other Eagles (Wild Kratts, BBC and Nat Geo Wild Documentaries)
* Gallimimus - Ostriches (The Wild Thornberrys Movie)
* Velociraptors (Isla Sorna) - Spotted Hyenas (Jumanji: The Animated Series)

## List of Species Seen in the Film:

* *Compsognathus* - Honey Badger (*Mellivora capensis*)
* *Stegosaurus* - Common Hippopotamus (*Hippopotamus amphibius*)
* *Gallimimus* - Southern Ostrich (*Struthio camelus australis*)
* *Pachycelaphosaurus* - Bighorn Sheep (*Ovis canadensis*)
* *Corythosaurus* - Rocky Mountain Elk (*Cervus canadensis nelsoni*)
* *Parasaurolophus* - Thomson's Gazelle (*Eudorcas thomsonii*)
* *Mamenchisaurus* - Indian Elephant (*Elephas maximus indicus*)
* *Triceratops* - Black Rhinoceros (*Diceros bicornis*)
* *Tyrannosaurus Rex* - Masai Lion (*Panthera leo nubica*)
* *Velociraptor* - Spotted Hyena (*Crocuta crocuta*)
* *Pteranodon* - Martial Eagle (*Polemaetus bellicosus*)

## See Also:

### Film Series:

* Animal Park (1993) (Preceded)
* 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 Numblar
* Animal World: Camp Wildlife (2020-2022)