127 Facts About Lewis Dodgson

1.

Lewis Dodgson briefly appears in Jurassic Park III, in which she and Grant have broken up, although they remain close friends.

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2.

Lewis Dodgson is married to Mark, an employee of the US State Department, and they have two young children.

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3.

Lewis Dodgson's character is based on Ivar Ekeland and James Gleick.

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4.

Lewis Dodgson is the main protagonist of the film adaptation, titled The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

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5.

Lewis Dodgson uses his position to help Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler in exposing the company's locust scheme.

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6.

Lewis Dodgson has antagonistic traits in the novel which are removed for the film adaptation.

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7.

Lewis Dodgson eventually accepted the part after Spielberg pleaded for him to do so, stating "I can't see anyone else playing it but you".

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8.

Lewis Dodgson concludes that the people he selected as the park's senior staff have character flaws that prevent his vision from being realized.

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9.

Lewis Dodgson is unable to climb up the hill and is subsequently killed by a pack of Procompsognathus.

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10.

Lewis Dodgson notes that his first attraction was a motorized flea circus, but for the park he wants to show visitors something real rather than an illusion.

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11.

Lewis Dodgson has little regard for pure scientific research, being more interested in the applications of genetic engineering.

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12.

Lewis Dodgson is relieved of his position as CEO in a coup, which the board of directors gives to his nephew, Peter Ludlow, after an accident on Isla Sorna, Jurassic Park's "Site B".

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13.

Lewis Dodgson sends a small team to Isla Sorna to document the animals, so that he can garner enough public opinion to preserve them and the island.

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14.

Lewis Dodgson has experience working with dangerous predators and his attitude toward the dinosaurs is realistic and unromantic.

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15.

Lewis Dodgson believes that the Velociraptors should be destroyed, describing them as smart and potentially dangerous.

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16.

Lewis Dodgson recommended that the park be equipped with more military-grade weapons for use in emergencies, but was overruled.

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17.

Lewis Dodgson reminds Hammond of this when it dawns on them that they have no way of stopping the escaped T rex.

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18.

Lewis Dodgson is later attacked by a pack of Velociraptors, but survives by wedging himself into a pipe.

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19.

Lewis Dodgson manages to kill a few of them, and eventually escapes the island with the other survivors.

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20.

Lewis Dodgson remains in the control room with Hammond and Arnold, commenting on the many safety and security failures of the park.

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21.

Lewis Dodgson is initially the chief geneticist at Jurassic Park and head of the team that created the dinosaurs.

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22.

Lewis Dodgson has a greatly reduced role in the film adaptation, but returns in a larger role for the Jurassic World films.

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23.

Lewis Dodgson has created the genetically modified hybrid dinosaur Indominus rex, which eventually escapes and wreaks havoc.

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24.

Lewis Dodgson's quick thinking and encyclopedic knowledge of dinosaurs aid the group several times, and he is instrumental in discovering that dinosaurs have escaped the island, as well as regaining the means to warn the mainland.

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25.

Lewis Dodgson's expertise regarding dinosaurs rivals Grant's, and is superior to that of Dr Wu, the scientist who created the dinosaurs.

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26.

Lewis Dodgson wears a baseball glove slung over her shoulder and a baseball cap just about everywhere.

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27.

Lewis Dodgson briefly listens to Malcolm as he argues with Ludlow regarding what happened on Isla Nublar.

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28.

Lewis Dodgson is described as a thin chain-smoker and chronic worrier.

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29.

Lewis Dodgson is a grudgingly optimistic man, who maintains total faith in the computer systems and continues to believe that despite the setbacks, things will eventually work out.

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30.

Lewis Dodgson is promised $50,000 for each species he delivers, and an additional $50,000 for each embryo that proves viable, for a maximum payment of $1.

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31.

In Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, while hunting for Blue the Velociraptor, Lewis Dodgson accidentally finds and retrieves the cannister containing the embryos that Nedry had stolen for him, commenting that he could've used them twenty-five years before.

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32.

In Jurassic World Dominion, when Lewis Dodgson's scheme is exposed, he flees and takes the canister with him, only to be killed by three Dilophosaurus in an attack mirroring Nedry's fate.

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33.

Lewis Dodgson accepted the job at Jurassic Park because he wanted to become famous for writing the first textbook on the care of dinosaurs.

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34.

Lewis Dodgson is attacked by a Velociraptor during the assault on the Visitor Center, but ultimately survives his time on the island.

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35.

Lewis Dodgson makes a brief appearance in the first film with a sick Triceratops.

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36.

Lewis Dodgson appears as one of the main characters in Jurassic Park: The Game, a 2011 film-inspired video game in which he has a daughter named Jess.

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37.

Lewis Dodgson is referred to as Dr Gerry Harding in the game, and is portrayed as being significantly younger than in the film.

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38.

Dr Lewis Dodgson is the antagonist of both the Jurassic Park novels, and the main antagonist in Jurassic World Dominion.

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39.

Lewis Dodgson is described in the novels as more of a salesman than a scientist, and someone who specializes in both reverse engineering and stealing the work of others.

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40.

Lewis Dodgson is portrayed as cold and ruthless, yet patient and practical, preferring to operate in the shadows with no one suspecting him.

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41.

Lewis Dodgson is depicted as a far more villainous and antagonistic character, at one point attempting to murder Sarah Harding.

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42.

Biosyn is not mentioned in the first film, and Lewis Dodgson only makes a short appearance when he meets Nedry in San Jose, Costa Rica, and gives him $750,000 and an embryo transfer device disguised as a shaving cream container.

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43.

Lewis Dodgson seeks to control the dinosaurs and show the world that the problem was Masrani and Hammond rather than the creatures themselves.

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44.

Pleased with the success of their mission, Lewis Dodgson finalizes his deal with Daniel, but Laura Molina, one of his investors, attempts to make off with Lewis Dodgson's pack containing Biosyn's entire prospectus and the cannister.

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45.

In Dominion, Lewis Dodgson has worked his way up to become CEO of Biosyn Genetics.

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46.

Lewis Dodgson conducts research on the dinosaurs to potentially advance medical research.

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47.

Lewis Dodgson has taken to keeping the shaving cream canister that he gave to Nedry in his office on his trophy shelf.

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48.

Lewis Dodgson is stunned to learn that Ramsay has been working to expose him.

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49.

Lewis Dodgson flees through Biosyn's hyperloop, taking the canister with him, although he is killed by three Dilophosaurus, just like Nedry, after Ellie and Claire Dearing cut power to the hyperloop.

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50.

Lewis Dodgson described Dodgson as someone who "is a mentor to others and yet is betraying all of them by betraying their values".

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51.

Lewis Dodgson found that the books sometimes portray Dodgson as "just a plain sociopath", which he wanted to avoid in Dominion, stating, "It's much more interesting to play a sociopath who has a lot of depth and has interesting intentions behind their actions".

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52.

Lewis Dodgson is the mascot for the theme parks Jurassic Park and Jurassic World.

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53.

Lewis Dodgson is aware of InGen's political dealings and will inform the player of them, yet always presents such in a positive way.

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54.

Lewis Dodgson's severed leg is later discovered by Gennaro and Muldoon as they investigate the attack.

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55.

Lewis Dodgson is initially unhappy with this identification because the lizard was more venomous than expected and had three toes.

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56.

Lewis Dodgson appears at the end of the novel, when the survivors are being held back for questioning by the Costa Rican government.

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57.

Lewis Dodgson tells Dr Grant that the survivors, with the exception of the children, will not be leaving any time soon.

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58.

Lewis Dodgson informs Levine that no one knows where these creatures are coming from, and the two argue about whether or not these are dinosaur remains.

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59.

Lewis Dodgson is intelligent, feisty and rugged, and employs common sense and practicality in dangerous situations, putting the safety of her colleagues first.

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60.

Lewis Dodgson is idolized by Kelly Curtis who sees her as tough and smart.

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61.

Later, Harding and Lewis Dodgson take cover from a Tyrannosaurus under an SUV, and she pushes him out to be snatched by the dinosaur.

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62.

Lewis Dodgson is intelligent and feisty as well as kind and jolly, but impulsive and too eager to interact with the animals, often placing herself and others in danger.

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63.

Lewis Dodgson is shown to be compassionate towards the dinosaurs, in such situations as petting a baby Stegosaurus, freeing dinosaurs from InGen, and casting a baby T rexs broken leg.

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64.

Lewis Dodgson attained this position after convincing InGen's board of directors to oust Hammond following an accident on Isla Sorna, in which a group of Compsognathus attacked a girl who was visiting the island with her family.

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65.

Lewis Dodgson's character is ruthless, selfish, greedy and condescending toward those who work for him or those he dislikes.

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66.

Lewis Dodgson is an experienced field photographer who has covered wildlife and combat situations, and began volunteering with Greenpeace to meet women.

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67.

Lewis Dodgson is the only member of his team to be warned by Hammond about InGen's expedition, and sneaks into their camp to release captured animals and disrupt their harvesting operation.

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68.

Lewis Dodgson later helps Sarah rescue their motorcycle from another raptor and locate a service tunnel, allowing the survivors to escape from the attacking raptors.

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69.

Lewis Dodgson uses her gymnastics skills to rescue her father from a Velociraptor, by swinging on a pipe and eventually kicking the dinosaur out a window.

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70.

Lewis Dodgson later suggested that Kelly be written as Ian's daughter, although he and Spielberg initially doubted this due to differing skin colors, but they eventually proceeded with the idea.

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71.

Lewis Dodgson gets lost in the forest while looking for a spot to urinate, and is attacked and killed by a group of Compsognathus, similar to Hammond in the first novel.

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72.

Lewis Dodgson accompanies Roland during his attempt to capture the T rex.

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73.

Lewis Dodgson is added to the team because the vehicles he help designed have not been field-tested.

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74.

Lewis Dodgson's wealth comes from a series of dolls produced by a company that he inherited.

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75.

Lewis Dodgson is bitten twice by Procompsognathus, but ultimately escapes the island without major harm.

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76.

Lewis Dodgson is easily frightened, and tends to be quiet and shy, but is very intelligent and an expert with computers.

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77.

Lewis Dodgson skipped two school grades and is in seventh grade with Kelly.

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78.

Lewis Dodgson hired King as his assistant in the reverse-engineering department.

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79.

Lewis Dodgson is divorced and has one child, who he sees only on weekends.

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80.

Lewis Dodgson accompanies Dodgson to the island, and eventually begins to disagree with Dodgson's dark desires such as the attempted drowning of Sarah Harding.

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81.

When he, Howard King and Lewis Dodgson try to steal Tyrannosaurus eggs, the sonic device Lewis Dodgson is using to keep the parent Tyrannosaurs at bay becomes unplugged.

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82.

Lewis Dodgson is a young and enthusiastic Costa Rican who visited the island several times as a boy and knows it well.

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83.

Lewis Dodgson seems to annoy Levine many times, not only with his insistence that only birds live on the island, but by disobeying his orders to refrain from using items like cigarettes and making noise.

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84.

Lewis Dodgson has a cousin named Gandoca who takes Dodgson, King, Baselton, and Harding on a boat trip to Isla Sorna.

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85.

Ed James is a private investigator hired by Dr Lewis Dodgson to get information about Dr Richard Levine and the survivors of the Isla Nublar incident.

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86.

Lewis Dodgson is uncomfortable around Dodgson due to his temper and reputation.

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87.

Lewis Dodgson's divorced parents, Paul and Amanda Kirby, pose as a wealthy couple and offer to finance Dr Alan Grant's dig site if he accompanies them to the island and provides an aerial tour of its dinosaurs.

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88.

Lewis Dodgson frequently ignores Grant's warning to stay quiet and avoid attracting animals.

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89.

Lewis Dodgson's daughter had recently been ill, although she withheld her emotions to get through the event.

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90.

Lewis Dodgson is rescued by the military, and reunited with Grant on a helicopter.

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91.

Lewis Dodgson speculated that his character was brought back at the end of the film because of younger audiences' potential reactions.

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92.

Lewis Dodgson describes himself as a booking agent, taking the place of another man who became ill.

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93.

Lewis Dodgson is hired to take Ben and Eric to the island; however, Enrique and his boat driver are killed offscreen when they enter a fog bank, causing the vessel to crash and the tourists to become stranded on Site B His cause of death is not explained in the film.

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94.

Lewis Dodgson is initially the park operations manager at the dinosaur theme park Jurassic World, and becomes a dinosaur rights activist in the later films, as well as adoptive mother to Maisie Lockwood.

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95.

Lewis Dodgson is enthusiastic about dinosaurs and the theme park, to the annoyance of older brother Zach.

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96.

Lewis Dodgson is annoyed and embarrassed by Gray's enthusiasm for the dinosaur exhibits, and mostly ignores him.

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97.

Lewis Dodgson is a fan of the first theme park and wears a vintage Jurassic Park T-shirt.

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98.

Lewis Dodgson tries to kiss his beloved friend and coworker, Vivian, before she leaves.

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99.

Lewis Dodgson is later pursued by the raptor Blue and takes cover inside a hollow log.

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100.

Lewis Dodgson helps Owen and Claire take down a dinosaur black market in search of their missing adopted daughter Maisie Lockwood.

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101.

Lewis Dodgson tries to persuade Claire to start a family of her own.

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102.

Lewis Dodgson appears to be close to her coworker Lowery, and they are shown having personal conversations.

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103.

Lewis Dodgson's picture appears on Franklin's tablet briefly while he is paging through the former Jurassic World employees who have now joined intelligence agencies.

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104.

Lewis Dodgson is assigned to escort Zach and Gray during their visit to Jurassic World, although she is unenthusiastic.

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105.

Lewis Dodgson is then captured by another Pteranodon, which attempts to fly off with her, but the Mosasaurus emerges from the water and grabs the Pteranodon, swallowing Zara in the process.

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106.

Lewis Dodgson becomes Maisie's guardian and tells her, Owen, and Claire of what he thinks about Maisie, revealed later was a lie formulated by Lockwood to hid Maisie's true origin.

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107.

Lewis Dodgson has been entrusted with pushing Lockwood's fortune into the future and making it survive after he dies.

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108.

Lewis Dodgson has a passive personality and is forced into circumstances far outside his comfort zone throughout the film.

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109.

Lewis Dodgson's wealth is managed by a foundation, which is operated by his assistant Eli Mills.

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110.

Lewis Dodgson is totally morally neutral about whatever he is selling.

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111.

Lewis Dodgson just wanted to portray the most hateable character possible.

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112.

Lewis Dodgson has a passion for dinosaurs and likes to imitate them as a play activity.

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113.

Lewis Dodgson then discovers Mills's plan to auction Isla Nublar's dinosaurs, and is distraught when she discovers her grandfather's dead body.

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114.

Lewis Dodgson informs them that Maisie is actually a clone of Lockwood's deceased daughter.

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115.

Lewis Dodgson is then pursued throughout Lockwood's mansion by the Indoraptor after it escapes.

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116.

Lewis Dodgson is having an existential crisis over being a clone, and is curious to learn more about Charlotte.

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117.

Lewis Dodgson wants to study Maisie and Beta's altered DNA to find a solution to Biosyn's giant locusts, which threaten the world food supply.

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118.

Lewis Dodgson raised Benjamin Lockwood's daughter Charlotte, who later died after asexually giving birth to her daughter Maisie.

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119.

Lewis Dodgson said "He gives me little bits in every film; he thinks I'm his good luck charm".

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120.

Lewis Dodgson helps Owen Grady and Claire Dearing rescue their adopted daughter Maisie Lockwood from Biosyn, having witnessed her being turned over to the company.

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121.

Lewis Dodgson is subsequently shown happily purchasing a new plane.

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122.

Lewis Dodgson offered her the role of Kayla during their first meeting, without having her audition.

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123.

Lewis Dodgson describes Ramsay as a younger version of himself to Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler when introducing them.

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124.

Unlike Lewis Dodgson, Ramsey is kind-hearted, moral and even cares for the dinosaurs, mourning how they were being treated and wanting more humane ways of handling them.

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125.

Later, as Lewis Dodgson prepares to flee, he tries to enlist Ramsay's help in rebuilding elsewhere and is shocked to realize that Ramsay had betrayed him.

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126.

Lewis Dodgson raises a pack of Atrociraptors originally from Biosyn which are trained to kill any target, as designated by a laser pointer, for Rainn Delacourt to deliver to Riyadh.

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127.

Lewis Dodgson developed a lengthy backstory for the character which is absent from the film.

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