History Awesome / RaidersOfTheLostArk

* And, of course, JohnWilliams presents one of the finest scores of one of the finest film composers' careers.

* The Lord lets the Nazis know just what He thinks of the National Socialist agenda. And THAT, folks, is why you don't take the Ark of the Covenant lightly.

* Indy [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy6hIJZS7oI retakes the Ark from an entire platoon of Nazi troops singlehandedly]], showing us all just how potent the IndyPloy really can be.

* Marion, subverting the DamselInDistress cliche at every opportunity. She never once waits for Indy to save her.

** And one the guy playing the shootee, considering he was hired for his sword-fighting prowess, and not his ability to do a convincing backwards pratfall.

** And not just frying the Nazi soldiers and melting the leaders' faces]] when they open the Ark, either. Earlier there's the scene with the Ark in a box with the Nazi swastika on it. The Nazi emblem (not to be confused with the original Hindu-Buddhist swastika) gets burned off ''from inside the box''. God's personalized ''Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin'' to the Third Reich.

** Made even better when Captain Katanga tells one of his men to locate Indy after the Nazi reclaim the Ark and Marion. The crewman immediately points him out: stowing away on the sub. The whole crew of the ship cheers him on, accompanied by an epic reprise of the Raider's Theme and Katanga's joyous salute to a drenched but undefeated Indy seals the awesome package.

* One for Sallah for noticing the dates were poisoned and managing to catch it mid-air just as Indy was about to let it fall in his mouth.

* Marian, subverting the DamselInDistress cliche at every opportunity. She never once waits for Indy to save her.

* The entire movie making even the most mundane parts of Archeology look cool with the right music and tone. Special mention goes to the map room scene and using the Surveying tool to pin point where the Ark is. Lastly Indy, Sallah and a group of diggers loyal to him start digging the Ark site right under the Nazi's nose.

* One for Sallah for noticing the dates were poisoned and managing to catch it mid-air just as Indy was about to catch it in his mouth.

** And not just frying the Nazi soldiers and melting the leaders' faces]] when they open the Ark, either. Earlier there's the scene with the Ark in a box with the Nazi swastika on it. [[spoiler:The Nazi emblem (not to be confused with the original Hindu-Buddhist swastika) gets burned off ''from inside the box''. God's personalized ''Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin'' to the Third Reich.

** Made even better when Captain Katanga tells one of his men to locate Indy after the Nazi reclaim the Ark and Marion. The crewman immediately points him out: stowing away on the sub. The whole crew of the ship cheers him on, accompanied by The Raider's Theme and Katanga's salute to Indy seals the awesome package deal.

* [[spoiler:The Lord lets the Nazis know just what He thinks of the National Socialist agenda.]] And THAT, folks, is why you don't take the Ark of the Covenant lightly.
** And not just [[spoiler:frying the Nazi soldiers and melting the leaders' faces]] when they open the Ark, either. Earlier there's the scene with the Ark in a box with the Nazi swastika on it. [[spoiler:The Nazi emblem (not to be confused with the original Hindu-Buddhist swastika) gets burned off ''from inside the box''. God's personalized ''Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin'' to the Third Reich.]]

** Made even better when the captain tells one of his men to locate Indy after the Nazi reclaim the Ark and Marion. The crewman immediately points him out: stowing away on the sub. The whole crew of the ship cheer him on.

-->'''Sallah''': Bad dates.

-->'''Sallah''': Bad dates.

* The awesome fist fight with a guy twice his size in front of a rotating plane.

-->'''Sallah''': Bad dates.
* Marion gunning down Nazis from inside the rotating plane.

* The awesome fist fight with a guy twice his sized in front of a rotating plane.
* The bar fight in Nepal. Rather than dramatic orchestral scores, it's a lot of rough and bloody fighting loaded with flames covering every surface of the building, props getting smashed, and a GiantMook responding to having his arm set on fire by trying to punch him with it.

** Make it even better when the ship captain asked to locate Indy after the Nazi reclaim the Ark and Marion. He does, spotting Indy stowing away on the sub. The whole crew of the ship cheer him on.

* Question: What do you do when you try to steal a Nazi uniform but it's the wrong size?\\

-->''Sallah'': Bad dates.

* One for Sallah for noticing the dates were poisoned and managing to catch it mid-air just as Indy was about to catch it in his mouth.

* Indy [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim just shooting]] the Egyptian swordsman who had just challenged him to a fight. Possibly the most famous Main/ThrowItIn in the history of cinema, and a defining moment for the character.

* One for Sallah for noticing the dates were poisoned and managing to catch it mid-air just as Indy was about to catch it in his mouth.
* Marion running around barefoot for almost the entire movie, and not seeming to care. She's certainly a tough woman!

* One for Sallah for noticing the dates were poisoned and managing to catch it mid-air just as Indy was about to catch it in his mouth.

* [[spoiler:The Lord lets the Nazis know just what He thinks of the National Socialist agenda.]] And THAT, folks, is why you don't take the Ark of the Covenant lightly. The moment in all its brilliance can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fviQygSDYRU here]].

Answer: You knock out the Nazi guard berating you for being drunk with one punch and take his uniform.