The Jurassic Park franchise is one of the most iconic franchises in the world, so it’s no surprise that the popular ‘90s sitcom Seinfeld managed to include a cheeky dinosaur reference in the show. It wouldn’t be the first time an unrelated movie or TV show referenced an aspect of the dinosaur series, especially since Jurassic Park has such a long-running timeline and expansive lore.
Seinfeld might be a television show about people doing nothing, but Seinfeld was very up-to-date with its pop culture references. In one episode, Jerry’s artist ex-girlfriend plagiarizes a monologue from the Neil Simon movie, Chapter 2, in her apology letter to him. Another episode parodied the “magic bullet theory” from the 1991 film JFK with Jerry’s “magic loogie theory.” However, Seinfeld managed to hide a Jurassic Park Easter egg, and it’s really exciting.
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Jurassic Park Has Been Referenced By Many Movies & TV Shows Over The Years
The Franchise Is A Catch-All For Dinosaur References
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Like a lot of other pieces of pop culture iconography, the Jurassic Park franchise became a cultural touchstone used by various movies and TV shows to excite fans and create a buzz around the clever Easter eggs. Aside from being referenced in various dinosaur-themed films such as Dinosaur Island (2014) and the Prehysteria! film trilogy, Jurassic Park has also been featured in a variety of Disney and Pixar animated feature films.
In Hercules, the sound that the Hydra made was modeled off of the growls of the Tyrannosaurus Rex in the Jurassic Park films. At one point, one of the Hydra heads made a sound that resembled the Gallimimus roar that appeared all throughout the franchise. Additionally, the scene in which the T-Rex is chasing the Jeep is recreated in Toy Story 2. The toy dinosaur Rex is similarly running towards the toy car that is carrying the other toys. These allusions were most likely done because the context of these cameos directly paralleled either a scene from the Jurassic Park films or a visual aesthetic.
The Jurassic Park premise was also parodied in the 2012 film Jurassic Shark, in which a prehistoric shark — the megalodon — is accidentally unleashed. The film is also a parody of another Stephen Spielberg film — Jaws — which has also been the subject of many pop culture Easter eggs and spoofs.
Other than that, the Jurassic Park franchise has been alluded to and parodied in a multitude of anime, documentaries, and live-action. The series has also been featured in two episodes of Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse, The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Movie: The Second Part, and an episode of Batman: The Animated Series. Although these films and television shows have no similarities to the Jurassic Park franchise, the series’ connection to dinosaurs has made it the ultimate catch-all for dinosaur references in pop culture media.
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