Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: Difference between revisions

 

 

'''Indy:''' "Fortune and glory kid. Fortune ''and glory''." }}

 

 

It involves Indy getting into some trouble in pre-communist China, involving nearly getting poisoned to death, and crashing a plane in the Himalayas. The main plot is him fighting against an evil cult in India, who stole sacred stones and kidnapped children for slave labor.

 

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* [[Creator Breakdown]]: The film was produced while Lucas was going through a divorce, as well as Steven Spielberg's then-current breakup with Amy Irving, hence the scene where a sacrificial victim gets his heart ripped out and set ablaze. Lucas has admitted that this may be why the film was made so much [[Darker and Edgier]] than its predecessor.

** They also admitted that they weren't in the best of moods during production.

* [[The Cult]]: The Thuggee. [[Religion of Evil]].

* [[Darker and Edgier]]

* [[Descending Ceiling]]

** When Indiana closes the door of the airplane, the camera shot reveals the airplane belongs to Lao Che.

** A basic element of the [[Indy Hat Roll]] performed later.

* [[Giant Mook]]: The slave driver who gets ground up, played by Pat "Bomber" Roach.

* [[Gold Digger]]: Willie, when she learns about the Majahraja of Pankot Palace. Then she finds out [[Expecting Someone Taller|he's only around ten]].

* [[Hard Head]]: When {{spoiler|Mola Ram falls to his death}}, he slams his head into the cliff-face, but he doesn't seem to notice, given his uninterrupted scream.

* [[Human Sacrifice]]

* [[I Broke a Nail]]: Willie Scott... ''twice''.

* [[MacGuffin Melee]]: The lounge scene, where Jones, Willie Scott, and Lao Che's goons fight over a diamond {{spoiler|with the antidote to the poison Jones drank}}.

* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]]: Indiana thinks a wide string of coincidences brought him to the village. The villagers think Shiva sent him.

* [[Malaproper]] : Willie calling mummies ''mommies'' doubles as [[Establishing Character Moment]] for [[Dumb Blonde]].

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Willie Scott's first name is, rather aptly, a nod to the Wilhelm Scream.

* [[Mood Dissonance]]: There's a scene where Indy and Short Round are trapped in a room with a [[Descending Ceiling]] and filled with spikes. In order to free them, Willie has to reach into a hole filled to the brim with bugs. Scary, but thanks to Indy and Willie both freaking out, it's also hilarious.

* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: Indiana Jones was ready for his nocturnal activities and not really too eager to investigate much before a hitman is sent against him.

* [[Noisy Nature]]: One scene had enough wildlife sounds to supply a trip to the zoo.

* [[Noodle Incident]]: During dinner at Pankot Palace, the Prime Minister brings up a grave-robbing incident in Honduras "greatly exaggerated by the press" and another one where Indiana was threatened with the loss of his head by the Sultan of Madagascar.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Indy actually lets out a little yelp of terror when he realises he doesn't have his gun.

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Indy. "They're innocent children... Mola Ram, prepare to meet Kali, '''IN HELL!!'''"

* [[Pet the Dog]]: The normally cynical and selfish Indy letting himself be captured and tortured by the Thuggee to save a little boy from being whipped to death.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: In the rope bridge scene, Indy gives an "Oh, shit!".

* [[Psychic Surgery]]

** "Mola Ram!! Prepare to Meet Kali! '''IN HELL!!'''"

** "Willie. We -- are -- going -- to -- die!"

* [[Ready for Lovemaking]]: [[Played for Laughs]], where Indy and Willie have an argument over their [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]. Each one is certain that the other is hot for them (and they're both right), but their egos won't allow either to "submit". Thus, they retire to their individual rooms and the audience is treated to a montage as they prepare themselves for a wild night of raunchy sex, only to (angrily) realize that neither one is biting. Then, the trope is played its straightest after Indy is almost assassinated in his room and barges into Willie's to check for another assassin, with Willie reclining on the bed, positively giddy to see a crazed Indy bursting her door down.

** When Indy grabs the breasts of a statue (to push to reveal a secret entrance), Willie growls, gesturing to her ''own'' breasts, "I'm over '''''here'''''!"

* [[Rope Bridge]]: A pretty iconic example.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Zalm Singh, the underage Maharajá, assists Short Round once his brainwashing has worn off.

* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Willie after being saved by the no-longer-evil Indiana.

* [[Slipping a Mickey]]: Indiana's drink is poisoned by Lao Che.

** The nightclub where the movie begins is named "Club [[Star Wars|Obi-Wan"]]. In that scene the origins of Indiana as a derivative [[James Bond]] are very explicit and homaged.

* [[Spikes of Doom]]

* [[Spiteful Spit]]: Willie to evil-Indiana.

* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: The Thuggees.

* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: Mola Ram chose not to rip Willie's heart out. But he'd rather have it broken by Indy's supposed betrayal.

* Subverted, Indiana is about to pull his revolver defeats swordsmen routine from the previous movie, but he is lacking the gun.

* Played straight by Lao Che's pilots who just jump out and leave Indiana inside the plane without fuel in a collision course

 

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