Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: Difference between revisions

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Prequel]]: The film takes place a year before ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', but the only indication is the date at the start of the film.

* [[Psychic Surgery]]

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

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

* [[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.

** Many to ''[[Gunga Din]]'' (from the Thuggee plot to minor details and iconic scenes such as the bridge) to the point it can be considered its [[Spiritual Successor]]. [http://www.theraider.net/information/influences/gunga_din.php Read]

* [[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