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Cathy Bowman is a little girl who appeared in The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
Movie Canon[]
The Lost World film[]
Cathy Bowman was the excited young girl who explored the beach on Isla Sorna. She was portrayed as a British girl coming from a wealthy family that was vacationing on a yacht cruise. As she wandered throughout the beach, she came upon a Compsognathus. When she went to feed the Compsognathus a little piece of her food, the others suddenly came out from the grass, surrounded and attacked her. Her parents, Paul and Deirdre Bowman, and the crew of their yacht heard her screams and ran to her aid. It was revealed by John Hammond that thankfully, Cathy survived the attack. During a InGen's boarding meeting, the pictures of the incident were shown, and her parents were described as "wealthy, angry, and litigious", hinting at a possible lawsuit against InGen.[1]
Games[]
- In the 1998 video game Jurassic Park: Trespasser, the player can find "Cathy's Beach" on Isla Sorna, and a condensed voiceover of Cathy talking to the Compy will play, as well as some creepy music playing in the background. The beach appears to be smaller than that in the films, but the beach chairs and small tables are still present.
- In an unused quote from Trespasser, Hammond states that the Bowmans settled out of court.
LEGO Jurassic World[]
Cathy Bowman appears as a playable character in LEGO Jurassic World. In the game's retelling of the events of the second film, the scene of her being attack by the Compsognathus is absent and instead, she and her parents visiting the island is retold through two still photographs in Hammond's room when Hammond was talking to Ian Malcolm about the incident. The pictures show Cathy on her parents' yacht catching an octopus with a fishing pole while her mother sun bathes and another shows Cathy with her parents on Isla Sorna, crying as her mother feeds a T. rex a hot dog despite a nearby sign reads, "Do Not Feed". Outside of this brief cameo, she has no role in the game's story and appears as a Free Play character.
She is unlockeable for purchase in Free Mode after the completion of the Main Story mission "InGen Arrival". After the mission is completed, she can be purchased from the character select menu in Free Mode, or alternatively an NPC of Cathy can be found in the Waterfall cave near the Hunter's Camp and by interacting with her, the player is given the option to unlock her. Regardless of the method used it costs 50,000 Studs (LEGO currency) to unlock her for play. Like other child characters (Tim Murphy, Eric Kirby, and Gray Mitchell), she is smaller. Despite being a female character, she lacks the Agile ability possessed by most older female characters (Lex Murphy and Kelly Malcolm for example), resulting her being unable to leap as high as they can nor is she able to use Pink/Blue LEGO objects.
However, like other child characters she possesses the Small-Access ability which give her the ability to crawl through vents, hatches, and other access chutes to access new locations. She also possesses the Scream ability, which allows her to break LEGO glass by screaming, an ability she shares with her mother, Deirdre Bowman. Her screaming ability is a reference to her screaming during the attack by the Compsognathus in the film. Her small size also prevents her from performing certain actions.
Interestingly, Cathy's LEGO model featured in the two still photographs in the second Movie introductory cutscene, has long hair, while her actually playable model has her hair in a ponytail. The long haired LEGO Cathy model seen in cutscenes is unplayable.
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Jurassic Park novel Characters |
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Alan Grant • Ellie Sattler • Ian Malcolm • John Hammond • Lewis Dodgson • John Arnold • Robert Muldoon • Dennis Nedry • Henry Wu • Ed Regis • Donald Gennaro • Lex Murphy • Tim Murphy • Gerry Harding • Martin Gutierrez • Clarence • Ralph • Rexy |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Characters |
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Ian Malcolm • Sarah Harding • Roland Tembo • Peter Ludlow • John Hammond • Kelly Malcolm • Nick Van Owen • Eddie Carr • Dieter Stark • Ajay Sidhu • Robert Burke • Carter • Lex Murphy • Tim Murphy • Cathy Bowman • Deirdre Bowman • Paul Bowman • Unlucky Bastard • Claire • Elvis • Friar Tuck • Junior • Tyrannosaur Doe • Tyrannosaur Buck |