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The film got heavy criticism for its violence, which wasn't bad enough for an R, but was considered too much for PG. Even [[Steven Spielberg]] admitted this. The film, and the first ''[[Gremlins (Film)|Gremlins]]'' film, are a large reason the PG-13 rating was created in the US.
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: [[Harrison Ford|Indy]] [[A New Hope|chases after a small group of mooks, only to encounter a larger group of mooks and run away from them screaming.]]
* [[And Show It to You]]: "Kali Ma!"
* [[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!''"
* [[Artistic License]]: No, Kali worship isn't really like that, nor are the Thuggees. These films are intentional mimicry of early century pulp fiction.
* [[Banned in China]]: Temporarily banned in India due to its offensive representation of their culture. The writers claimed any inaccuracies were supposed to be deliberate clues that Mola Ram was evil.
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* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Captain Blumburtt of the 11th Poona Rifles.
* [[City Mouse]]: Willie Scott.
* [[Conveyor Belt O' Doom]]: Indy fights a big Thugee on one that leads to a rock crusher.
* [[Convection Schmonvection]]: Zig-zagged. It's averted when the first sacrificial victim bursts into flames well before plunging into the lava pit. Then it's played straight when Willie is in the exact same situation. Perhaps because her heart didn't get ripped out.
* [[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.
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* [[Idiot Ball]]: Subverted, when Indiana discovers the mine, he throws a rock against a guard revealing his presence and alerting the Thugees, but it turns out he was surrounded already, other mooks were sneaking from behind.
* [[If You're So Evil Eat This Kitten]]: A slight variation, the first task assigned to "evil" Indiana is the sacrifice of Willie.
* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: Short Round burning Indiana with a torch.
* [[Indy Hat Roll]]: Trope Namer
* [[Its All Greek to Me]]: Only Mola Ram (who is played by an Indian actor) speaks Hindi in the second film. The movie was shot in Sri Lanka, and all extras speak Sinhalese as a result.
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* [[Logo Joke]]: Cutting from the Paramount logo to a fake mountain on the set of Willie's nightclub act.
* [[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.
* [[Majored in Western Hypocrisy]]: Chattar Lal, prime minister to the Maharaja of Pankot, attended Oxford.
* [[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.
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* [[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
* [[Prequel]]: The film takes place a year before ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', but the only indication is the date at the start of the film.
* [[Psychic Surgery]]
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* [[Tastes Like Friendship]]: Indy and Willie are given food in the village. He makes her eat it even though it tastes awful because he knows the villagers gave them all they had.
* [[Temple of Doom]]: [[Trope Namer]]
* [[Theme Music Power
* [[This Cannot Be!]]: Willie when she is about to be sacrified.
* [[Voodoo Doll]]: Against Indiana
* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: Willie stores the antidote there.
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* [[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.
* [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]]:
* 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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