History Franchise / IndianaJones

** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' has the teeming mass of rays in the Venice catacombs and the moment when [[https://youtu.be/puo1Enh9h5k Donovan picks the wrong Grail]].

** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' has the moment when [[https://youtu.be/puo1Enh9h5k Donovan picks the wrong Grail]].

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** ''Dial of Destiny'' has the Lucasfilm logo last of the production companies, instead of the Paramount mountain. It instead tufts from the rectangular logo to a rectangular barrel lock in a crate for the opening cut.

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** Dial of Destiny cuts from the Lucasfilm Logo to a metallic wall for the opening cut.

Creator/GeorgeLucas prided ''Young Indy'' on managing a {{film}}-level quality production on a television budget, helped by revolutions in digital technology, and he has said that the show was partly a test to see how far he could take the later ''Franchise/StarWars'' {{prequel}}s. Also like ''Star Wars'', the series was subject to subsequent [[ReCut furious re-editing by Lucas]], the new cuts first showing up during re-airings in the late '90s. This re-cut version, which is the only one currently available on DVD, is known as ''The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones''. The ''Adventures'' combines the ''Chronicles'' episodes into two-hour tele-movies, two shows per film (often in a quite different, and much more strictly chronological, order than in the original airings). Notably, none of the Old Indy bookends are featured in the ''Adventures'' (though Harrison Ford's cameo survived the cuts). Years later, it would be revealed that Lucasfilm would be developing at least one ''Indiana Jones'' series for Creator/DisneyPlus, with reports indicating that the series would involve Abner Ravenwood, a PosthumousCharacter from ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' and Indy's mentor.

* Untitled Abner Ravenwood prequel series (TBA)

* HotForTeacher: One of his female students flirts with him during a lecture, much to his discomfort.
* IconicOutfit: The fedora, bomber jacket and whip are all very much part of Indy's look.

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Uniform across the franchise; whether it's natives, Thuggees, Nazis, or Russians, they can't hit the broad side of a barn if Indy is standing in front of it.
* IndyPloy: Indy's tendency to make it up as he goes along makes hime the TropeNamer.

* CanonForeigner: The comics, novels and games introduce several characters who are not acknowledged in the films. Rob [=MacGregor=], who wrote six of the novels (having previously written the novelisation of ''Last Crusade'') even went so far as to give Indy a ''wife'', Deirdre Campbell, who was killed off in ''Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils'' which is set in 1926, just over three decades before Indy marries Marion in ''Crystal Skull''. [=MacGregor=], who is on record as stating that he was told that he could only include certain characters from the movies in the novels (which is why his novels, which are set in the 1920s, do not mention the Ravenwoods), later expressed surprise at the fact that he received no pushback from Lucasfilm about Deirdre, evidence (he felt) that they didn't take the content of the novels all that seriously.

* {{Expy}}: Avoided in the films. As one of Indy's characteristics was to be a ChickMagnet and as a result to have a new love interest in each movie, Spielberg and Lucas made their best effort to make any new girl as different as possible from the previous one. Creator/KateCapshaw even had to dye her natural brown hair blonde to play DistressedDamsel Willie Scott in ''Temple of Doom'', as the also brown-haired Karen Allen had played ActionGirl Marion Ravenwood in ''Raiders''.

A trilogy of 3D action/adventure games (which owed heavily to ''VideoGame/TombRaider'', the developers of which cited Indy as a major influence) came out starting with ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheInfernalMachine'' in 1999, ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheEmperorsTomb'' in 2003, and ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheStaffOfKings'' in 2009. In 2008, ''VideoGame/LEGOIndianaJones'' was released, covering the events of the entire film series, but using [[BuiltWithLego characters and settings made entirely of virtual LEGO blocks, of course]].

* CanonForeigner: The comics, novels and games introduce several characters who are not acknowledged in the films. Rob [=MacGregor=], who wrote six of the novels (having previously written the novelisation of ''Last Crusade'') even went so far as to give Indy a ''wife'', Deirdre Campbell, who was killed off in ''Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils'' which is set in 1926, just over three decades before Indy marries Marion in ''Crystal Skull''. [=MacGregor=], who is on record as stating that he was told that he ''couldn't'' include certain characters (ie. the Ravenwoods) in the novels, later expressed surprise at the fact that he received no pushback from Lucasfilm about Deidre, evidence (he felt) that they didn't take the content of the novels all that seriously.

* CanonForeigner: The comics, novels and games introduce several characters who are not acknowledged in the films. Rob [=MacGregor=], who wrote six of the novels (having previously written the novelisation of ''Last Crusade'') even went so far as to give Indy a ''wife'', Deirdre Campbell, who was killed off in ''Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils'' which is set in 1926, just over three decades before Indy marries Marion in ''Crystal Skull''. [=MacGregor=], who is on record as stating that he was told that he ''couldn't'' include certain characters (such as Abner Ravenwood) in the novels, later expressed surprise at the fact that he received no pushback from Lucasfilm about Deidre, evidence (he felt) that they didn't take the content of the novels all that seriously.

* CanonForeigner: The comics, novels and games introduce several characters who are not acknowledged in the films. Rob [=MacGregor=], who wrote six of the novels (having previously written the novelisation of ''Last Crusade'') even went so far as to give Indy a ''wife'', Deirdre Campbell, who was killed off in ''Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils'' which is set in 1926, just over three decades before Indy marries Marion in '‘Crystal Skull''. [=MacGregor=], who is on record as stating that he was told that he ''couldn't'' include certain characters (such as Abner Ravenwood) in the novels, later expressed surprise at the fact that he received no pushback from Lucasfilm about Deidre, evidence (he felt) that they didn't take the content of the novels all that seriously.

* AbsentMindedProfessor: Indy between adventures. He's eventually mobbed by students for not grading papers. Dr. Marcus Brody in ''The Last Crusade'' as well, who once got lost in his own museum.

** It is implied in ''Raiders'' that Marcus Brody was one of these when he was younger, although he's seriously out of his depth when he accompanies Indy in ''Last Crusade'' (that said, he only does so because he wants to help find Henry who is an old friend of his, his capture is not entirely his fault as Sallah told him to hide in the house that turns out to be a Nazi van, and he ''does'' manage to knock one of the Nazis out during the tank chase).
* AdventurerOutfit: Indy's fedora, bomber jacket and bullwhip modernized the iconic AdventurerArchaeologist look.

** In the films alone, Indy has personal experience with an active Judeo-Christian God, active Hindu gods, [[spoiler:extraterrestrials]] , psychic phenomena [[spoiler: and time travel.]]

** Almost once a movie. Because [[spoiler:Belloq, Elsa, Walter Donovan, and Irina Spalko]] got '''exactly''' what they wanted, hysterical screams of terror notwithstanding. Mola Ram is the only one who seemed to be messing with powers that he actually did understand, [[spoiler:and even he ended up guffing it up in the end]]. {{Lampshaded}} by Indy in ''Crystal Skull'' when he tells [[spoiler:Irina]] "Careful, you may get exactly what you wish for."

** Jürgen Voller is a former Nazi scientist recruited into [=NASA=], seeking the Antikythera mechanism to [[spoiler: plot a course back to 1939, where he will assassinate Hitler and seize control of the Third Reich for himself.]]

* * EarnYourHappyEnding: Indiana Jones starts ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny Dial of Destiny]]'' as a depressed, bitter retired adventurer and soon-to-be-retired academic, and with a [[spoiler: dead son and a fallen-apart-marriage with his OneTrueLove]], one gets the sense that at this point, Indy is just waiting to die. But, after being thrust into one more adventure with his god-daughter, Indy rekindles his love for archeology and adventure, puts the Nazis down one last time and ultimately [[spoiler: finds a reason to keep living in being a surrogate father to Helena (and Teddy) and in his love with Marion]]. Indiana Jones may never have found that "fortune and glory" he's been seeking all these years, but ultimately he finds that he has all the treasures he could ever need.

* CanonForeigner: The comics, novels and games introduce several characters who are not acknowledged in the films. Rob [=MacGregor=], who wrote six of the novels (and the novelisation of ''Last Crusade'') even went so far as to give Indy a ''wife'', Deirdre Campbell, who was killed off in ''Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils'' which is set in 1926. [=MacGregor=] later expressed surprise at the fact that he received no pushback from Lucasfilm about this, evidence (he felt) that they didn't take the content of the novels all that seriously.

* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: With films 2, 3, 4 and 5 fit this format, also fitting PrepositionalPhraseEqualsCoolness.

* GreaterScopeVillain: UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and the Nazi leadership are this in ''Raiders'', ''Last Crusade'' and the prologue of ''Dial of Destiny'', seeing as Dietrich, Belloq, and Toht in ''Raiders'', Donovan in ''Last Crusade'', and Colonel Weber in ''Dial of Destiny'' all follow their orders to search for the Ark of the Covenant, the Holy Grail and the Spear of Destiny (the latter of which ends up [[spoiler:being a fake]]) respectively. Hitler only directly appears for a single scene halfway through ''Last Crusade''.

* GenerationXerox: [[spoiler:Indy receives his scar on the chin through his trademark weapon The Whip, and Mutt receives his scar on his right cheek through his trademark weapon The Sword.]]

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Not in terms of their evilness so much, but both the Nazis and the Soviets get this in terms of seeking out powerful religious / alien artefacts that would enable them to TakeOverTheWorld, as well as greatly expanding their scope and influence (such as the Nazis in the mid-1930s having secret submarine bases in Greece or being able to carry out archeological expeditions in then-British Egypt).
** The Thuggee cult from ''Temple of Doom'' are loosely based on a real sect, but they were more like murderous bandits than a powerful cult utilising dark magic, and by extension the goddess they worshipped- Kali- [[EverybodyHatesHades is actually a popular mainstream Hindu goddess]] and while she is depicted as frightening, she is not demonic and is more a case of DarkIsNotEvil. The film accurately states that the real Thuggee were wiped out years prior to the story, but naturally this version comes back with a vengeance and ramps the stakes by subverting a local government, enslaving children and getting their hands on mystical stone belonging to Shiva with the long-term goal of achieving [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]].

*** An almost identical exchange takes place between Indy and Sophia in the ''Fate of Atlantis'' game.

** Don't hurt or threaten kids when [[PapaWolf Dr Jones is around]].

** And one more berserk button for Indy: Nazis. He '''hates''' these guys.

* AdventurerArchaeologist: Probably the TropeCodifier and an oddly downplayed and realistic version of it. While the antics Indy gets up to in the movies are incredible, even these tend to be [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory somewhat based on how archeology got tangled up with military and political problems in the era]] and the expanded universe gives a far more balanced and down to earth view of an archeological career.

--> '''Indiana:''' Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?

* TookALevelInBadass: Marcus Brody. Though in the first movie he lamented that if he was as young as Indy he would have went on his adventure. Though most people who see ''Crusade'' have labeled him a clumsy oaf that got lost in his own museum; he was willing to put his complaint in Raiders aside to help Indy rescue Henry. He even had enough cojones to knock a Nazi out with an Artillery shell.

* GreaterScopeVillain: UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and the Nazi leadership are this in ''Raiders'' and ''Last Crusade'', seeing as Dietrich, Belloq, and Toht in ''Raiders'', and Donovan in ''Last Crusade'' all follow their orders to search for the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail respectively.

* GirlOfTheWeek: Played straight in the original films, but averted by ''Crystal Skull''.

* BittersweetEnding: The standard formula is that Indy discovers something of revolutionary historical, cultural and even religious and scientific importance, only to have it snatched away from him in the end and the circumstances prevent him from publicizing any of it. [[spoiler:The Ark]] is technically the only thing in the movies he was able to bring back home with him, but it was too dangerous to put in a museum so [[spoiler:the government just tosses it into a warehouse to forget about]].