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Here we have the daring heroes and blackhearted villains of the ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' saga of [[Film~~|films~~]], directed by Mr. [[Steven Spielberg]] and produced by Mr. [[George Lucas]].

Here we have the daring heroes and blackhearted villains of the ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' saga of [[Film]]s, directed by Mr. [[Steven Spielberg]] and produced by Mr. [[George Lucas]].

(Under Construction)

== The Heroes ==

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=== The Heroes ===

==== Indiana Jones (AKA [[I Have Many Names|Colonel Professor Doctor]] Henry Walton Jones Junior, {{spoiler|Associate Dean of Princeton University's Department of Archeaology, 1957.}} AKA [[Young Indiana Jones|Corporal Henri Defense of the Belgium Army.]]) ====

=== Indiana Jones (AKA [[I Have Many Names|Colonel Professor Doctor]] Henry Walton Jones Junior, {{spoiler|Associate Dean of Princeton University's Department of Archeaology, 1957.}} AKA [[Young Indiana Jones|Corporal Henri Defense of the Belgium Army.]]) ===

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'''A description of the character goes here.'''

* [[Absent-Minded Professor]]: At one point, Indy tries to return to his office and is besieged by students because he hasn't been grading any of their work. He has to climb out the window to escape.

** Some of the female students were there for [[Hot Teacher|something else...]]

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* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: [[Trope Namer]], in that getting to the Ark meant going into a room loaded with them.

=== Marion Ravenwood ===

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==== Marion Ravenwood ====

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'''A description of the character goes here.'''

* [[Action Girl]]: Actually ''helps'' in Indy's battles, quite unlike the [[Damsel in Distress]] staple to "normal" pulp adventures.

* [[Adventure Duo]] / [[Battle Couple]]: With Indy in "Raiders" and "Crystal Skull".

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* [[When She Smiles]]

=== Professor Henry Walton Jones Senior ===

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==== Professor Henry Walton Jones Senior ====

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'''A description of the character goes here.'''

* [[Action Duo]]: With his son.

* [[Action Survivor]]: Starts out as one.

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* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]

=== Sallah ===

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==== Sallah ====

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'''A description of the character goes here.'''

* [[The Big Guy]]

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: A large man, fond of singing and beating up Gestapo agents in equal measure. He's very rarely upset.

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** YMMV on that. He knew that there was no museum in Iskendun, but the Nazis were too clever with the fake storefront leading to a truck. Is it because he wanted a few camels to compensate for his brother-in-law's car being blown up? That just makes him a good in-law! Also, do you realize how far it is to drive from Cairo in Egypt to Hatay in southern Turkey? Hundreds of miles. He was doing Indy a huge favor.

=== Professor Marcus Brody, Dean of Princeton University's Department of Archaeology. ===

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==== Professor Marcus Brody, Dean of Princeton University's Department of Archaeology. ====

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'''A description of the character goes here.'''

* [[Absent-Minded Professor]]: Smart enough to become '''the''' Dean of Archaeology at Princeton University, and yet can get lost inside ''his own museum'', if Indy's word is to be believed.

* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Mr. Elliot was an accomplished equestrian and so was able to safely nearly-fall-off-the-horse in the third movie.

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=== Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott ===

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==== Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott ====

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'''A description of the character goes here.'''

* [[Adult Child]]

* [[Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?]]: Willie during the entire scene where Indy bursts into her room to look for the secret entrance to Kali's temple. "I'm right here!"

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* [[You Can Keep Her]]: Needless to say, Indy's threat didn't exactly work.

=== Short Round (AKA Wan Li) ===

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==== Short Round (AKA Wan Li) ====

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'''A description of the character goes here.'''

* [[Badass Adorable]]

* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: Short Round doesn't say "No time for love, Dr. Jones!", but rather, "Hey, Dr. Jones, no time for love!".

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=== Mutt Williams {{spoiler|(AKA Henry Jones the Third)}} ===

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==== Mutt Williams {{spoiler|(AKA Henry Jones the Third)}} ====

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'''A description of the character goes here.'''

* [[Action Duo]]: With Indy in "Crystal Skull".

* [[Badass Bookworm]]

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* [[Weapon of Choice]]: The sword.

== The Villains (Under Construction) ==

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=== ~~The~~ ~~Villains~~ ~~(Under Construction)~~ ===

=== Doctor René Belloq ===

==== Doctor René Belloq ====

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'''A description of the character goes here.'''

* [[A God Am I]]: You'd almost think René got into this business just so he could hold idols over his head and make people bow to him.

* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: The [[Evil Counterpart|bad guy version]] of the trope. Plus, he's willing to let someone else do the adventuring while he waits outside to hold them up for the treasure at gunpoint.

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* [[Your Head Asplode]]

=== Colonel Herman Dietrich ===

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==== Colonel Herman Dietrich ====

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'''A description of the character goes here.'''

* [[Affably Evil]]

* [[Big Bad]]: After all he's the one who commands the Nazi squad who searches the Ark. Belloq serves just as his ally.

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* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Listens to a record player and drinks bourbon from a cut crystal decanter outside his tent in Tanis.

=== Arnold Toht ===

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==== Arnold Toht ====

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'''A description of the character goes here.'''

* [[Annoying Laugh]]

* [[Badass in a Nice Suit]]: Toht is very fastidious.

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* [[We Have Ways of Making You Talk]]

=== Mola Ram ===

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==== Mola Ram ====

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'''A description of the character goes here.'''

* [[Badass Boast]]: "The British in India will be slaughtered. Then we will overrun the Muslims. Then the Hebrew God will fall. And then the Christian [[God]] will be cast down and forgotten. Soon, [[Take Over the World|Kali-ma will RULE THE WORLD!!"]]

* [[Bald of Evil]]: He wears an animal skull for his rituals, but has not a hair on his head save for his eyebrows.

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* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: Child slaves are ideal for mining mountains for magic rocks. Small hands, y'see.

=== Walter Donovan ===

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==== Walter Donovan ====

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'''A description of the character goes here.'''

* [[Affably Evil]]: Played straight for a while, then subverted and goes into [[Faux Affably Evil]].

* [[Big Bad]]

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* [[Smug Snake]]

=== Dr. Elsa Schneider ===

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==== Dr. Elsa Schneider ====

[[File:Elsa_Schneider_9654.jpg|frame|Elsa wonders with amazement at the Holy Grail.]]

'''A description of the character goes here.'''

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Type I.

* [[Blondes Are Evil]]

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* [[Vague Age]]: Elsa's age isn't given, but presumably she is at least thirty while Alison Doody was only ''twenty-two'' when she was cast.

=== Colonel Ernst Vogel ===

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==== Colonel Ernst Vogel ====

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'''A description of the character goes here.'''

* [[All There in the Manual]]: His first name is given in the Marvel Comics adaptation.

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Following on from below, Vogel has no problem using chains and shovels to beat up the good doctor. He also enjoys punching Indy in the face when our hero is strapped into a chair.

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* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: When English boxer Pat Roach's obligatory [[Punch-Punch-Punch Uh-Oh]] fight scene with [[Harrison Ford]] was cut by [[Executive Meddling]], Vogel stepped in to give our hero a vicious, brutal beating with shovels and chains atop a tank careening towards a canyon in ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade|The Last Crusade]]''.

=== Colonel Doctor Irina Spalko ===

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==== Colonel Doctor Irina Spalko ====

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'''A description of the character goes here.'''

* [[Affably Evil]]: Out of all of Indy's foes, she treats him with the most respect and as an equal. She also showed genuine horror and sadness at the death of Dovchenko, implying that she saw the fellow colonel as a friend rather than just a tool.

** Could also be the [[And I Must Scream|horrifying manner]] of his death, too.

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* {{spoiler|[[Tragic Villain]]: Her lust for knowledge lead to her destruction.}}

=== George "Mac" McHale ===

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'''A description of the character goes here.'''

==== George "Mac" McHale ====

* {{spoiler|[[Death Equals Redemption]]: For what it's worth, he regarded Indy as a friend to the very end, and let himself be dragged into oblivion so Indy wouldn't be dragged down with him.}}

* [[Death by Materialism]]: His greed is what ultimately did him in.

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'''Mac''': {{spoiler|No, I just lied about being a double agent.}} }}

* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: When trying to justify his actions to Indy, of course for him, [[Only in It For the Money|he's just a greedy little bastard.]]

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==== Colonel Antonin Dovchenko ====

=== Colonel Antonin Dovchenko ===

'''A description of the character goes here.'''

* [[And I Must Scream]]: His death, described below.

* [[Colonel Badass]]

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* [[Punch-Punch-Punch Uh-Oh]]

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