Dennis Nedry
From Jurassic Park wiki
| Dennis Nedry | |
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| Appearances | Jurassic Park (film) and Jurassic Park (novel) |
| Portrayed by | Wayne Knight |
| Role | Head Chief Computer programmer |
| Status | Deceased |
Dennis T. Nedry was an overweight and obnoxious computer programmer at Jurassic Park. Due to his financial problems, he accepted an offer from Biosyn to smuggle embryos off the island. His name is a play on the word nerdy, judging by his lack of attention and sloppiness. He was the only character in the film series to be killed by a Dilophosaur. He coincidentally does not know anything about dinosaurs, and doesn't know what InGen does. It remains unclear what his middle name is, but a suggestion is Theodore.
[edit] Jurassic Park
Using his skills, he engineered a series of computer errors to get him past security and to cover his tracks. Unfortunately, part of this shut down all of the electric fences except those keeping the Velociraptors inside their pen, throwing the park into chaos. Due to a tropical storm, he crashed his gas-powered Jeep and while trying to sort the problem out, was confronted by one of the dinosaurs he had released: a young Dilophosaurus. He tried to anxiously get away from the seemingly cute dinosaur, but it soon afterwards revealed its true colors by getting aggressive and spitting venom at him twice, hitting him in the eyes and blinding him. As Nedry panicked, he hit his head on the door frame of the car and dropped, accidentally dropping the shaving cream container. He then got to his feet and entered the Jeep. He was relieved that he was safe at last, but the Dilophosaurus had somehow gotten into the Jeep and it promptly killed him.The shaving cream container was buried eventually by mud and water.
[edit] The Lost World
Dennis Nedry was mentioned in The Lost World in the novel. In one deleted scene of The Lost World: Jurassic Park, he was supposed to be mentioned also. It seems Dennis Nedry's actions were famous.
It should be noted that although physically the same from the novel and the film, his death differs. In the movie, his death is almost funny. If you listen closely when he slips, you can hear the noise from what cartoons have for the same scenario. In the book, his stomach is slashed open by the Dilophosaurus and he is eaten alive.
[edit] Trivia
In Jurassic Park: The Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood, you can see the Barbasol can in one setting that held the 15 dinosaur DNA embryos.
