Warning: SPOILERS ahead forJurassic World: Chaos Theoryseason 3Jurassic World: Chaos Theory’s third season is by far the show’s most ambitious yet, as it follows the Nublar Six to various new locations while balancing multiple storylines at once. One of these storylines involves the arrival of a long-awaited baby dinosaur, who hatches from the egg that first appeared in the show’s first season. This cute subplot features throughout season 3, in a welcome contrast toJurassic World: Chaos Theory’s scariest moments. It also highlights just how much is going on in this season of the show, which aims to offer something for everyone who watches it.

The dinosaur egg that hatches in season 3 ofJurassic World: Chaos Theorywas laid at the end of season 1by Bumpy, the dino-protagonist of the series’ first two seasons. The Nublar Six had been trying to keep the egg safe and incubated since it was laid, faced with threats from humans and dinosaurs alike. It finally hatches in the most unexpected of locations: a house belonging to the grandmother of Ben’s girlfriend, Gia, where the Nublar Six seek refuge for most of the season.An adorable baby Ankylosaurus they name “Smoothie” is born from the egg, quickly winning the hearts of everyone he meets.

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Chaos Theory Proves How Tonally Flexible The Jurassic Franchise Is

Jurassic World: Chaos Theory Season 3 Blends Personal Stories With Terrifying Action

This subplot ofJurassic World: Chaos Theorydemonstrates once again just how flexible theJurassicfranchise is across its movies and TV shows. The franchise effortlessly straddles several genres at once, with its original movie setting the tone by blending elements of comedy, romance, graphic horror, action-adventure, and suspense with its sci-fi premise.

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Chaos Theory’s third season is emblematic of the franchise’s tonal flexibility, as it mixes a story of human-animal companionship with the requisite dino-scares, as well as interpersonal plotlines around themes of family and romance. We see Yaz and Sammy break up, while Ben struggles to win over Gia’s grandmother, Nonna. Gia herself, a paleontologist who’s a great new addition toJurassic World: Chaos Theory, has a tough time convincing Nonna to accept her love of dinosaurs. Overall,the season is about far more than its main action threadabout the sale of dinosaurs on the black market.

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Chaos Theory Has To Be Scary & Sweet At The Same Time

The Jurassic World Show’s Smoothie Subplot Epitomizes This Combination

The main challenge thatJurassic World: Chaos Theoryfaces, over and above the genre-blending exploits of theJurassicmovies, is that it has to appeal to both young children and older dinosaur lovers at the same time. The Smoothie subplot in the show’s third season exemplifies just how well it rises to this challenge.Smoothie’s cuteness is often contrasted with the perilous situations in which he finds himself, because of the predatory dinosaurs lurking in his vicinity. For instance, in episode 4, Smoothie is very nearly eaten by a feathered Pyroraptor, before Nonna intervenes to save him.

“The animated adventures set in theJurassic Worldfranchise are just as entertaining as the movies. They provide a deeper understanding of the films, their overarching story, and present a great found-family dynamic."- Felipe Rangel -ScreenRant’s review ofJurassic World: Chaos Theoryseason 3

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At theend ofJurassic World: Chaos Theoryseason 3, a sleeping Smoothie awakens in Kenji’s arms with an agreeable chirp, as Sammy suggests they go and find his mother, Bumpy the Ankylosaurus. The three gaze across Biosyn Valley to the plant where predatory black-market dinosaurs are being bred and trained, as ominous music swells. This moment perfectly combines the sweet and the scary inJurassic World: Chaos Theory, whichallows the show to appeal to younger dinosaur fanslooking for something that’s at once monstrous and playful.

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Chaos Theory Season 3 Achieves This Mix, Jurassic World Rebirth Also Has To

The Smoothie subplot inJurassic World: Chaos Theoryseason 3 in no way detracts from the terrifyingly awesome action sequencesthat punctuate each of its episodes. The climactic fight scene between the Carnotaurus and the Atrociraptors in episode 10 is edge-of-the-seat viewing, and features some of the best dinosaur animation of anyJurassicfranchise release, whether live-action or cartoon. It’s scenes like this one that ultimately define the franchise, and have done ever sinceJurassic Park’s Tyrannosaurus Rex gobbled up a Velociraptorway back in 1993.

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Jurassic World: Chaos Theorycontinues to get bigger and better with each season because its showrunners understand how to strike the perfect balance between relatable, character-driven storylines and genuinely scary, dinosaur-driven danger. The best releases of the Jurassic franchise are the ones that have managed to get this balance right, striking fear and awe into their audience as well as connecting them to sympathetic characters. It’s to be hoped that the next entry into the franchise, Gareth Edwards’upcoming movieJurassic World Rebirth, follows suit.

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Jurassic World: Chaos Theory follows the Camp Cretaceous gang as they unite to unravel a global conspiracy threatening both dinosaurs and themselves. Set in the expansive Jurassic World universe, the series intertwines suspense and adventure in a race against time to ensure the safety of prehistoric creatures.