Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous

The main group of six campers is gender balanced and racially diverse, including Black, Latina, Middle Eastern, Japanese, and White characters. They're complex and defy stereotypes. Though adults are mostly untrustworthy in the show, the few responsible ones are Black: Dr. Mae Turner takes care of the campers, and Darius has loving parents. Female characters are athletic, daring, brave. Male characters navigate friendships, show affection, cry. There's a little body diversity, from short to tall, from thin to curvy to athletic (but no fat characters). A man with a facial scar initially comes off as stereotypically "scary" but is revealed to be on the kids' side -- though (spoiler alert) he does sacrifice himself and die, which limits the positive impact of visible disability representation. A character develops symptoms of PTSD, including a panic attack, and friends openly discuss their own mental health trials and support each other. LGBTQ+ characters are positively shown and normalized: Brooklynn mentions her two dads, and a character talks about having had crushes on boys as she works through her deepening feelings for a girl. Two female campers date. Behind the lens, voice actors generally match their on-screen personas, such as Paul-Mikél Williams (Black) voicing Darius, Kausar Mohammed (queer, Muslim, and South Asian) voicing Yaz, etc. Show creators are White men but staff writers and directors include Sheela Shrinivas (Indian American), Rick Williams (Black American), Zesung Kang (Korean American), and others.

The dinosaurs are very realistic and scary-looking, especially when on the attack. Much like in the movies, characters are often in peril and face angry dinos in the wild. Scenes can be intense, but no blood or gore on-screen. Minor characters and villains are eaten whole/killed by dinos; people shoot at dinos, sometimes killing them. Dinosaurs fight, sometimes killing each other. It's implied that a teen sees a dead body when he lurches away from an overturned car. Main characters are attacked by dinos and robots, getting injured or poisoned (no lasting damage, though a character wears red-tinged bandages for several episodes). Main characters use weapons like a Taser, a spear, a baseball bat, golf club, etc. Other weapons include shotguns, machetes, knives, etc. Expect large explosions, an earthquake with falling objects, and flashbacks to a main character's father who passed away (sad scenes at the hospital of him visibly weak). Characters vomit, shovel a giant mound of dino poop, hold their noses as they travel through sewers, and eat squirming grubs.

Characters have crushes, date, hug, hold hands, and share chaste kisses. In a couple of episodes, they wear swimsuits.

Campers call Darius "dino-nerd," but it becomes an affectionate name. Characters occasionally refer to things as "stupid," "psycho," and "crazy," saying "this sucks" and "crud" when frustrated. Infrequent insults include "dumb kid," "jerk," "idiot," "dork," "dingus," "simpleton," and "dippy" -- often spoken between friends in a teasing manner. Brief discussion of dinosaur farts.

An injured character acts loopy/high while on painkillers (played for comedy).