History Fridge / RaidersoftheLostArk

** Also note that ''Raiders'' chronologically comes after ''IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom''. He may tell Marcus that he doesn't believe in "superstitious nonsense" but he has seen the power of the Sankara Stones himself when he evoked Shiva, the benevolent Hindu god. He isn't willing to believe the stories of the Ark are real but he knows from experience there's still a possibility. That's why he doesn't blow it up with a bazooka when he has the chance. When all the lamps blow out Indy realizes the power of the Ark is real and the only way to survive is from the instructions in the Bible.

** We don't know which part of Egypt Tanis was in. It's possible that it was outside of the 1936 Egyptian borders, like say in what was technically Libyan soil - they'd have had no problem operating there (supported by Belloq's claim that "the desert is three weeks in every direction.") Notice that when they're in Cairo, they're a lot more discreet: they wear civilian clothing and leave the killing and bruising to local thugs.

*** Plus the film DOES specify it's 1936. Germany and Britain still had rather normal peacetime relations back then.

* Maybe this is brilliance and maybe it's common knowledge, but it took until now for some of us to realize that the reason the bad guys were digging in the wrong place was because they only had the burn/imprint of the medallion from Toht's hand, and that was only one side of it - not both.

** Belloq was dressed up like an ancient Hebrew priest, which suggests he ''had'' read the relevant scripture; he just thought he could ''fool God'' by playing the part.

* The staff they used was six kadans tall - which, according to Indy, is roughly 72 inches - minus one kadan, which comes out to 60 inches. When Indy uses the staff to find the location of the Ark, it towers over him, which, given Indy's height, would make it well over seven feet tall. Perhaps they realised a kadan is longer than a foot, and found a correct sized staff.

** The series is implied to be an AlternateHistory, with Germany already at war with Britain, but is not yet at war with the US because of isolationist policies still in place. This explains how they have a large number of troops in British territory, troops who are apparently Afrika Korps (formed 1941), and have free rein with regards to excavation therein. This also explains how German soldiers use MP 40s and P38s years before their developement and production.

* Belloq mentions that he thinks the Nazis are after the Ark because any army that carried it into battle was always victorious. In the Bible, every time the army carried the Ark into battle without God's specific direction to do so, they were SOUNDLY trounced and usually lost the Ark as well.

** The series is implied to be an AlternateHistory, with Germany already at war with Britain, but is not yet at war with the US because of isolationist policies still in place. This explains how they have a large number of troops in British territory, troops who are apparently Afrika Korps (formed 1941), and have free reign with regards to excavation therein. This also exaplains how German soldiers use MP 40s and P38s years before their developement and production.
*** Where are you getting alternate history from? The MP40 was preceded by the extremely similar-looking MP36 and MP38, each a simplified version of its predecessor. Also, the Luger P08 looks alot like the P38. Hence no problems with the guns. The Nazis actually did send expeditions to look for artifacts in different countries. The one we see was apparently trying to disguise itself as a legitimate excavation, as said above. I guess reality is stranger than fiction.

*** If they were in a war, there would have been more signals about it. Also, a Germany holding Tanis during the war would either have already beaten the Brits in Egypt or would still be attacked by the British to push them back. The former would mean that victory in the war was near, the latter would mean that all those soldiers would have been sent somewhere else.

**** Yes, problem with the guns. While the [=P38=] shares a vaguely similar shape as the Luger, they do not even remotely look similar, and while the MP 40 was based on the MP 38, the two do not look alike, and the MP 36 has even less of a resemblance (at least when you actually know what you're looking at; to some, the M3 Grease Gun, MP 40 and [=PPSh=]-41 are all the same gun), and that's not even getting into the anti-tank weapon Indy finds - the actual prop was a modified Type 56 ([[OneSteveLimit not that Type 56]]), or RPG-2 copy, standing in for a Panzerfaust - Indy should not have such a weapon (the Germans had no anti-tank weapon in 1936; the Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck weren't developed until 1942). The actual digs were conducted by archeologists, without any Werhmacht or Waffen SS detatchment, for the express reason that troops entering a nation's protectorate is an act of war. While it is reasonable for them to be trying to look like a legitimate dig, they're not exactly doing anything that either requires a detatchment or would attract unwanted attention, bringing that many troops, trucks and aircraft into a neutral territory would not go unnoticed (exactly what they don't want; besides which, the US government seems to know exactly what's going on the whole time), and would still be unnecessary for a dig (the soldiers don't really do any digging since Belloq and Toht hire or coerce locals to work for them).

* How does Indy know not to look in the Ark? Because it says so in TheBible: 1 Samuel 6:19 to be exact. Obviously Indy did his homework better than Belloq, because he knew he had to close his eyes to be spared by the Ark's power. This isn't too surprising really once you consider Belloq's entire archeological method consisted of ''follow Indiana Jones and steal the shit he finds.''

**** Yes, problem with the guns. While the [=P38=] shares a vaguely similar shape as the Luger, they do not even remotely look similar, and while the MP 40 was based on the MP 38, the two do not look alike, and the MP 36 has even less of a resemblance (at least when you actually know what you're looking at; to some, the M3 Grease Gun, MP 40 and [=PPSh=]-41 are all the same gun), and that's not even getting into the anti-tank weapon Indy finds - the actual prop was a modified Type 56 ([[OneSteveLimit not that Type 56]]), or RPG-2 copy, standing in for a Panzerfaust - Indy should not have such a weapon (the Germans had no anti-tank weapon in 1936; the Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck weren't developed until 1942). The actual digs were conducted by archeologists, without any Werhmacht or Waffen SS detatchment, for the express reason that troops entering a nation's protectorate is an act of war. While it is reasonable for them to be trying to look like a legitimate dig, they're not exactly doing anything that either requires a detatchment or would attract unwanted attention, bringing that many troops, trucks and aircraft into a neutral territory would not go unnoticed (exactly what they don't want; besides which, the US government seems to know exactly what's going on the whole time), and would still be unnecessary for a dig (the soldiers don't really do any digging since Belloq and Toht hire or coerce locals to work for them).

**** Yes, problem with the guns. While the [=P38=] shares a vaguely similar shape as the Luger, they do not even remotely look similar, and while the MP 40 was based on the MP 38, the two do not look alike, and the MP 36 has even less of a resemblance (at least when you actually know what you're looking at; to some, the M3 Grease Gun, MP 40 and [=PPSh=]-41 are all the same gun), and that's nopt even getting into the anti-tank weapon Indy finds - the actual prop was a modified Type-56 ([[OneSteveLimit not that Type 56]]), or RPG-2 copy, standing in for a Panzerfaust - Indy should not have such a weapon (the Germans had no anti-tank weapon in 1936; the Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck weren't developed until 1942). The actual digs were conducted by archeologists, without any Werhmacht or Waffen SS detatchment, for the express reason that troops entering a nation's protectorate is an act of war. While it is reasonable for them to be trying to look like a legitimate dig, they're not exactly doing anything that either requires a detatchment or would attract unwanted attention, bringing that many troops, trucks and aircraft into a neutral territory would not go unnoticed (exactly what they don't want; besides which, the US government seems to know exactly what's going on the whole time), and would still be unnecessary for a dig (the soldiers don't really do any digging since Belloq and Toht hire or coerce locals to work for them).

**** Yes, problem with the guns. While the [=P38=] shares a vaguely similar shape as the Luger, they do not even remotely look similar, and while the MP 40 was based on the MP 38, the two do not look alike, and the MP 36 has even less of a resemblance (at least when you actually know what you're looking at; to some, the M3 Grease Gun, MP 40 and [=PPSh=]-41 are all the same gun), and that's nopt even getting into the anti-tank weapon Indy finds - the actual prop was a modified Type-56 ([[OneSteveLimit not that Type 56]), or RPG-2 copy, standing in for a Panzerfaust - Indy should not have such a weapon (the Germans had no anti-tank weapon in 1936; the Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck weren't developed until 1942). The actual digs were conducted by archeologists, without any Werhmacht or Waffen SS detatchment, for the express reason that troops entering a nation's protectorate is an act of war. While it is reasonable for them to be trying to look like a legitimate dig, they're not exactly doing anything that either requires a detatchment or would attract unwanted attention, bringing that many troops, trucks and aircraft into a neutral territory would not go unnoticed (exactly what they don't want; besides which, the US government seems to know exactly what's going on the whole time), and would still be unnecessary for a dig (the soldiers don't really do any digging since Belloq and Toht hire or coerce locals to work for them).

**** Yes, problem with the guns. While the [=P38=] shares a vaguely similar shape as the Luger, they do not even remotely look similar, and while the MP 40 was based on the MP 38, the two do not look alike, and the MP 36 has even less of a resemblance (at least when you actually know what you're looking at; to some, the M3 Grease Gun, MP 40 and PPSh-41 are all the same gun), and that's nopt even getting into the anti-tank weapon Indy finds - the actual prop was a modified Type-56 ([[OneSteveLimit not that Type 56]), or RPG-2 copy, standing in for a Panzerfaust - Indy should not have such a weapon (the Germans had no anti-tank weapon in 1936; the Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck weren't developed until 1942). The actual digs were conducted by archeologists, without any Werhmacht or Waffen SS detatchment, for the express reason that troops entering a nation's protectorate is an act of war. While it is reasonable for them to be trying to look like a legitimate dig, they're not exactly doing anything that either requires a detatchment or would attract unwanted attention, bringing that many troops, trucks and aircraft into a neutral territory would not go unnoticed (exactly what they don't want; besides which, the US government seems to know exactly what's going on the whole time), and would still be unnecessary for a dig (the soldiers don't really do any digging since Belloq and Toht hire or coerce locals to work for them).

** The series is implied to be an AlternateHistory, with Germany already at war with Britain, but is not yet at war with the US because of isolationist policies still in place. This explains how they have a large number of troops in British territory, troops who are apparently Afrika Korps (formed 1941), and have free reign with regards to excavation therein. This also exaplains how German soldiers use [=MP40s=] and P38s years before their developement and production.

!!FridgeLogic

* When we first meet Marian Ravenwood, she's participating in a drinking contest with the locals at her bar. While she wins the contest hands down, she's still drunk an heroic number of shots: most people would be stumbling to the emergency room by that point. Thus, everything else that happens in that scene, up to and including the bar fight, Marian did drunk off her ass.

** The series is implied to be an AlternateHistory, with Germany already be at war with Britain, but is not yet at war with the US because of isolationist policies still in place. This explains how they have a large number of troops in British territory, troops who are apparently Afrika Korps (formed 1941), and have free reign with regards to excavation therein. This also exaplains how German soldiers use [=MP40s=] and P38s years before their developement and production.

** The series is implied to be an AlternateHistory, with Germany already be at war with Britain, but is not yet at war with the US because of isolationist policies still in place. This explains how they have a large number of troops in British territory, troops who are apparently Afrika Korps (formed 1941), and have free reign with regards to excavation therein. This also exaplains how German soldiers use MP40s and P38s years before their developement and production.