Jurassic World "View From the Top" Camp Cretaceous TV episode Written by Lindsay Kerns Directed by Leah Artwick Release date: May 21, 2021

The kids have a new plan to escape the island.

Read the story summary at the Jurassic Park Wiki

Didja Know?

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous is a CG-animated TV series that aired on the Netflix streaming service from 2020-2022 for five seasons and one special. While the first couple of episodes take place before and during the events of Jurassic World, the rest of them take place shortly after that film, and about three years before the events of Fallen Kingdom. Netflix is currently producing episodes of a sequel series, Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, whose first season began in May 2024.

   Each episode of the series opens with the words "A Netflix Original Series" over what appears to be a T. rex footprint in the jungle mud. 

    The Universal Pictures logo that appears after this is altered from the usual to have the Earth globe with a continent that looks very roughly like the supercontinent Pangaea may have looked in the Triassic-Jurassic periods of the Mesozoic era, 200-150 million years ago.

    As the Universal Earth globe spins, a second "continent" seen is actually a stylized DreamWorks Pictures logo (a boy sitting with a fishing pole on the crescent Moon), followed by the Amblin Entertainment logo.

The dinosaur that bursts out of the bursts out of the Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous gates at the beginning of the opening titles of each episode is a Tyrannosaurus rex, possibly the infamous Rexy herself, but we don't see its right side close enough to see if it has Rexy's raptor scars incurred in Jurassic Park. 

Characters appearing or mentioned in this episode

Darius Bowman
Ben Pincus
Brooklynn
Yasmina Fadoula
Kenji Kon
Sammy Gutierrez

Bumpy

Toro (mentioned only)

Pteranodon

Stegosaurus

Parasaurolophus

Brachiosaurus

compys (mentioned only)

Ceratosaurus (killed in this episode)

Scorpios rex

Mitch (mentioned only, deceased)

Tiff (mentioned only, deceased) 

Didja Notice? 

Ben tells again (to the consternation of the others) of the time he defeated Toro. This encounter occurred in "Brave".

When the kids' raft plan to escape the island fails due to strong winds, a weak sail, and a killer wave and Darius suggests they just need a better sail, Yasmina retorts, "And even if we do find a sail, what's gonna save us from another killer wave?" A killer wave (or rogue wave or freak wave) is a large, unpredictable, dangerous ocean wave that is much taller than surrounding waves, often appearing suddenly and coming from an unexpected direction.

The pterosaur that menaces the kids when they disturb the creature's nest on Lookout Point is a Dimorphodon.

Notes from the junior novelization Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous - The Deluxe Junior Novelization Volume Three by Steve Behling Cover illustration by Patrick Spaziante 2021 Chapters 1-3 cover the events of this episode.

Didja Notice? 

On page 6, Kenji is described as doing a dance as if he had just scored the winning touchdown at his fifth Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is the annual playoff championship game of the American National Football League.

On page 9, Masrani Global is the multinational corporation that bought InGen Corporation and built Jurassic World.

Memorable Dialog

stupid dino island.mp3

so only some of us will die.mp3

one of my favorite people to hang out with.mp3

once you get past the "imminent death lurking around every corner" thing.mp3

I don't want to leave Bumpy.mp3

I don't know if I'll be okay.mp3

I love it when we're all alive.mp3