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6[[caption-width-right:350:If adventure has a name... It must be Indiana Jones.]]
7
8->''"You call this 'archaeology'?"''
9-->-- '''Henry Jones Sr.'''
10
11''Indiana Jones'' is a multimedia franchise in the {{adventure}} genre that started with the team of Creator/GeorgeLucas and Creator/StevenSpielberg, which were [[GenreThrowback inspired by 1930s cliffhanger serials]], and which [[GenreRelaunch (re)popularized]] the concept of the AdventurerArchaeologist and the TwoFistedTales.
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13Armed with little more than a bullwhip and attitude ("little more" in this case meaning a [[RevolversAreJustBetter .455 Webley]]), archaeologist Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. (Creator/HarrisonFord) discovers long-lost {{MacGuffin}}s, fights ThoseWackyNazis and DirtyCommunists over them and makes love to the GirlOfTheWeek. The films are produced by Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} and distributed by Creator/{{Paramount}} (for the first four movies) and Creator/{{Disney}} (for the fifth). The soundtrack was composed by Music/JohnWilliams, including [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bTpp8PQSog the famous theme song]].
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15There are five films in the series, the first three of which are set before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, while the fourth and fifth films are set during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar. The first four were directed by Spielberg and produced by Lucas, while Creator/JamesMangold took over for directing the fifth, and Spielberg and Lucas remained onboard as executive producers.
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17The films are:
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19* ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' (1981) -- Set in 1936, Dr. Jones is enlisted by the United States Army to find the Ark of the Covenant in Egypt before the Nazis can, who plan to weaponize its power to conquer the world. Along the way, he meets Marion Ravenwood (Creator/KarenAllen), an old flame and the daughter of his late mentor, and Sallah el-Kahir (Creator/JohnRhysDavies), a dear friend versed in knowledge of the Middle-East.
20* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' (1984) -- Set in 1935, this {{prequel}} starts with a misadventure in China that leaves Dr. Jones, singer Willie Scott (Creator/KateCapshaw), and sidekick Short Round (Creator/KeHuyQuan) marooned in India. They are then tasked with recovering the Sankara Stones and uncovering the whereabouts of hundreds of missing children to a nearby village. Along the way, the group finds themselves at odds with a group of Thugee cultists who worship the goddess Kali.
21* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' (1989) -- Set in 1938, Dr. Jones once again finds himself facing off against the Nazis as he learns that they're now searching for the Holy Grail, which is believed to be able to indefinitely extend the lives of those who drink from it. He learns that his father, Dr. Henry Jones, Sr. (Creator/SeanConnery), was also researching the Holy Grail as they cross paths, reconcile their differences, and go on a great adventure together while accompanied by Sallah and Marcus Brody (Creator/DenholmElliott).
22* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' (2008) -- Set in 1957, Dr. Jones finds himself at odds with a group of Communists who are after the Crystal Skull of an alien entity hidden in ancient ruins in Peru, seeking to use it to uncover lost knowledge from an ancient space-faring civilization. Along the way, he's reunited with Marion, and meets their estranged son, "Mutt" Williams (Creator/ShiaLabeouf).
23* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny'' (2023) -- Set in 1969 (shortly after the Apollo 11 Moon landing), the film tells the story of [[GrandFinale the last big adventure of Dr. Jones]], with the adventurer working alongside his old friend Sallah and his goddaughter Helena (Creator/PhoebeWallerBridge). They come into conflict with Jürgen Voller (Creator/MadsMikkelsen), a Nazi scientist who the American government hired for NASA's space program -- who now sets his sight on Archimedes' Antikythera, an artifact that he believes will allow him to [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight correct some of history's mistakes]].
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25The ''Indiana Jones'' ExpandedUniverse consists of the normally expected items: television series, novels, comic books, {{pinball}} machines, and {{video game}}s, plus the most definitely unusual ride at Ride/{{Disneyland}} and the stage show at Ride/WaltDisneyWorld.
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27''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'' was a TV series produced by Creator/GeorgeLucas in the early 1990s. Initially taking the form of hour-long episodes, the show chronicled the adventures of Indy as a young man, principally at the ages of 10 (as played by Corey Carrier) and 16-up (as played by Sean Patrick Flanery). The Carrier episodes focus on Indy touring the globe alongside his parents as part of a world lecture tour given by his father, while the Flanery episodes primarily deal with Indy's service in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI (in just about every theater!). In each episode, Indy would meet some famous person from the early 20th century, and learn some sort of moral lesson (yes, Lucas very openly intended the series as edutainment). Notably, the show aired in a very AnachronicOrder, with Carrier's and Flanery's episodes often alternating. Each episode was also initially introduced by a 93-year old Indy with an {{eyepatch| of power}}. One episode however, had a bearded Creator/HarrisonFord introduce the adventure.
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29Creator/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).
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31The first three films were adapted into video games of their time mostly with mixed results, but one adaptation of the third film from Creator/LucasArts was a fondly remembered point-and-click AdventureGame, ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', which proved so popular that a follow up with an original story, ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis'' came out in 1992. The latter had the FanNickname of ''Indy 4'' for many years, creating speculation that it would be [[WhatCouldHaveBeen made into a film]].
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33This was followed by ''Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures'' in 1994, a Platform/SuperNintendo platformer retelling the stories of the first three films in compressed form. It was developed by the same studio that did the ''VideoGame/SuperStarWars'' trilogy (and even used a recolored version of that series' Han Solo character sprite with an added hat for Indy, appropriately enough.)
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35A trilogy of 3D action/adventure games (which owed heavily to ''VideoGame/TombRaiderI'', 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]].
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37There have also been two ''Indy'' [[PhysicalPinballTables pinball machines]]. The first, ''[[Pinball/IndianaJonesThePinballAdventure Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure]]'', was released by Creator/WilliamsElectronics in 1993, and features twelve scenes from the original trilogy. The second one was released by Creator/SternPinball in 2008. Named simply ''Indiana Jones'', it focuses on collecting the various artifacts of the films.
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39''[[Ride/IndianaJonesAdventure Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye]]'', a dark ride at [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyland]] in Anaheim, California, has you boarding Jeeps. You get, depending on which path isn't occupied, tons of gold/a drink from the Fountain of Youth/sight into the future, so long as you don't look into the eyes of a giant gold head of a god. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Someone, of course, looks]], the god pulls off his NightmareFace and you're on your way through a cave full of lava, snakes, and traps. The ride could fit anywhere into the {{continuity}}, really-it's in India and has a dangerous god, like the second movie, but the boulder from the first movie shows up and some of the rooms are very similar to the catacombs and desert temple of the third movie. A similar ride is at Tokyo [=DisneySea=], Temple of the Crystal Skull, changing to a [[HilariousInHindsight South American setting with a sinister Crystal Skull]] and wind effects replacing the fire and lava. Finally, there's Disneyland Paris' ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril'' roller coaster, which was notably once set to send the cars going backwards for several years.
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41While Walt Disney World didn't get their own Indiana Jones ride, Hollywood Studios DID get the ''Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!'', a live action stunt show with massive sets that shows their own take on famous scenes from ''Raiders'': the temple adventure from the intro, the Cairo marketplace and kidnapping of Marion (complete with an exploding truck), and the fight scene on, in, and around a Nazi airplane. This show is completely non-canon as it's dressed up as a "film shoot" of ''Raiders'' with the stunt performers claiming to be the actual stunt doubles for the actors. The show includes audience participation (including audience members being taken as "extras" for the Cairo scene), pyrotechnics, various physical stunts, and demonstrations of how different stunts are performed. In addition to the show, ''Ride/TheGreatMovieRide'', a now-defunct attraction, featured a sequence for ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''.
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43Between the games, the TV shows on network television and streaming, the ride and the movies, Indiana Jones has become one of '''the''' most popular and recognizable characters in a hundred years. Indeed, if adventure has a name...
44----
45!!Media in the franchise includes:
46[[index]]
47[[foldercontrol]]
48
49[[folder:Film and television]]
50[[AC:Feature films]]
51* ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' (1981)
52* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' (1984)
53* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' (1989)
54* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' (2008)
55* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny'' (2023)
56\
57[[AC:Television series]]
58* ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'' (1992-1996)
59[[/folder]]
60
61[[folder:Books and comics]]
62[[AC:Comic books]]
63* [[/index]]Creator/MarvelComics[[index]]
64** ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981)
65** ''ComicBook/TheFurtherAdventuresOfIndianaJones'' (1983-1986)
66** ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (1984)
67** ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1989)
68* [[/index]]Creator/DarkHorseComics[[index]]
69** ''Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis'' (1991) - [[/index]]Series based on ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis''[[index]]
70** ''Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' (1992-1993) - Reprinted by Ballantine Books as:
71*** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Curse of the Jackal'' (1992)
72*** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Search for the Oryx'' (1992)
73*** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Peril of the Fort'' (1992)
74** ''Indiana Jones and the Shrine of the Sea Devil'' (1992-1993) - Published in issues three to six of the ''Dark Horse Comics'' series, reprinted as a one-shot in September 1994.
75** ''Indiana Jones: Thunder in the Orient'' (1993)
76** ''Indiana Jones and the Arms of Gold'' (1994)
77** ''Indiana Jones and the Golden Fleece ''(1994)
78** ''Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix'' (1995)
79** ''Indiana Jones and the Spear of Destiny'' (1995)
80** ''Indiana Jones and the Sargasso Pirates'' (1995-1996)
81** ''ComicBook/StarWarsTales #19'' (2003): The "Into the Great Unknown" story features Indy finding the Millennium Falcon.
82** ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' (2008)
83** ''Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods'' (2008-2009)
84** ''Indiana Jones Adventures'' (2008-2009)
85** ''Dark Horse Comics' Free Comic Book Day 2009'' (2009) - Contains the story "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Yearning"
86* Titan Magazines
87** ''Indiana Jones Comic'' (2008)
88\
89[[AC:Gamebooks]]
90* ''Find Your Fate''
91** ''Indiana Jones and the Curse of Horror Island'' (1984)
92** ''Indiana Jones and the Lost Treasure of Sheba'' (1984)
93** ''Indiana Jones and the Giants of the Silver Tower'' (1984)
94** ''Indiana Jones and the Eye of the Fates'' (1984)
95** ''Indiana Jones and the Cup of the Vampire'' (1984)
96** ''Indiana Jones and the Legion of Death'' (1984)
97** ''Indiana Jones and the Cult of the Mummy's Crypt'' (1985)
98** ''Indiana Jones and the Dragon of Vengeance'' (1985)
99** ''Indiana Jones and the Gold of Genghis Khan'' (1985)
100** ''Indiana Jones and the Ape Slaves of Howling Island'' (1986)
101** ''Indiana Jones and the Mask of the Elephant'' (1987)
102* [[/index]]''Literature/ChooseYourOwnAdventure''[[index]]
103** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Valley of the Kings'' (1992)
104** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: South of the Border'' (1992)
105** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Revolution in Russia'' (1992)
106** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Masters of the Louvre'' (1992)
107** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: African Safari'' (1993)
108** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Behind the Great Wall'' (1993)
109** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Roaring Twenties'' (1993)
110** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Irish Rebellion'' (1993)
111\
112[[AC:Novels]]
113* Ballantine Books
114** Novelizations of the movies
115*** ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' by Campbell Black (1981)
116*** ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' by James Kahn (1984)
117*** ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' by Rob [=MacGregor=] (1989)
118** Novelizations of ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' episodes [[note]]Ballantine planned to publish a series of novelizations of this series, but in the event they only published one[[/note]]
119*** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Mata Hari Affair'' by James Luceno (1992)
120* Bantam Books
121** ''Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi'' by Rob [=MacGregor=] (1991)
122** ''Indiana Jones and the Dance of the Giants'' by Rob [=MacGregor=] (1991)
123** ''Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils'' by Rob [=MacGregor=] (1991)
124** ''Indiana Jones and the Genesis Deluge'' by [=MacGregor=] (1992)
125** ''Indiana Jones and the Unicorn's Legacy'' by Rob [=MacGregor=] (1992)
126** ''Indiana Jones and the Interior World'' by Rob [=MacGregor=] (1992)
127** ''Indiana Jones and the Sky Pirates'' by Martin Caidin (1993)
128** ''Indiana Jones and the White Witch'' by Martin Caidin (1994)
129** ''Indiana Jones and the Philosopher's Stone'' by Max [=McCoy=] (1995)
130** ''Indiana Jones and the Dinosaur Eggs'' by Max [=McCoy=] (1996)
131** ''Indiana Jones and the Hollow Earth'' by Max [=McCoy=] (1997)
132** ''Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Sphinx'' by Max [=McCoy=] (1999)
133** ''The Adventures of Indiana Jones'' (2008) - omnibus edition containing the novelizations of the first three movies (see above)
134* Del Rey
135** ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' by James Rollins (2008) - novelization of the movie
136** ''Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead'' by Creator/StevePerry (2009)
137* Fantail Books - novelizations of ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' episodes, published in the United Kingdom
138** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The River of Death'' by Nigel Robinson (1993)
139** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Day of Destiny'' by Nigel Robinson (1993)
140** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Secret Treaty'' by Nigel Robinson (1993)
141** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Rule of Russia'' by Nigel Robinson (1993)
142* Golden Books - novelizations of ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' episodes
143** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Mummy's Curse'' by Parker Smith (1992)
144** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Safari in Africa'' by Sally Bell (1993)
145* Random House
146** Original 'Young Indy' novels
147*** ''Young Indiana Jones and the Plantation Treasure'' by William [=McCay=] (1990)
148*** ''Young Indiana Jones and the Tomb of Terror'' by Les Martin (1990)
149*** ''Young Indiana Jones and the Circle of Death'' by William [=McCay=] (1990)
150*** ''Young Indiana Jones and the Secret City'' by Les Martin (1990)
151*** ''Young Indiana Jones and the Princess of Peril'' by Les Martin (1991)
152*** ''Young Indiana Jones and the Gypsy Revenge'' by Les Martin (1991)
153*** ''Young Indiana Jones and the Ghostly Riders'' by William [=McCay=] (1991)
154*** ''Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of Ruby Cross'' by William [=McCay=] (1991)
155*** ''Young Indiana Jones and the Titanic Adventure'' by Les Martin (1993) -- yup, Indy (and his tutor, Miss Seymour) survived the sinking of the ''[[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic Titantic]]''
156*** ''Young Indiana Jones and the Lost Gold of Durango'' by Megan Stine & H. William Stine (1993)
157*** ''Young Indiana Jones and the Face of the Dragon'' by William [=McCay=] (1994)
158*** ''Young Indiana Jones and the Journey to the Underworld'' by Megan Stine & H. William Stine (1994)
159*** ''Young Indiana Jones and the Mountain of Fire'' by William [=McCay=] (1994)
160*** ''Young Indiana Jones and the Pirates' Loot'' by J.N. Fox (1994)
161*** ''Young Indiana Jones and the Eye of the Tiger'' by William [=McCay=] (1995)
162** Novelizations of ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' episodes
163*** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Mummy's Curse'' by Megan Stine & H. William Stine (1992)
164*** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Field of Death'' by Les Martin (1992)
165*** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Safari Sleuth'' by A. L. Singer (1992)
166*** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Secret Peace'' by William [=McCay=] (1992)
167*** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Trek of Doom'' by Les Martin (1992)
168*** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Revolution!'' by Gavin Scott (1992)
169*** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Race to Danger'' by Stephanie Calmenson (1993)
170*** ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Prisoner of War'' by Les Martin (1993)
171* Scholastic
172** Novelizations of the movies aimed at younger readers
173*** ''Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark'' by Ryder Windham (2008)
174*** ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' by Suzanne Weyn (2008)
175*** ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' by Ryder Windham (2008)
176*** ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' by James Luceno (2008)
177** The 'Untold Adventures' series (young adult novels)
178*** ''Indiana Jones and the Pyramid of the Sorcerer'' by Ryder Windham (2009)
179*** ''Indiana Jones and the Mystery of Mount Sinai'' by J.W. Rinzler (2009)
180* Goldmann Verlag - German series of original novels that hasn't officially been translated into English
181** ''Indiana Jones und das Schiff der Götter'' by Wolfgang Hohlbein (1990) – (''Indiana Jones and the Longship of the Gods'')
182** ''Indiana Jones und die Gefiederte Schlange'' by Wolfgang Hohlbein (1990) – (''Indiana Jones and the Feathered Snake'')
183** ''Indiana Jones und das Gold von El Dorado'' by Wolfgang Hohlbein (1991) – (''Indiana Jones and the Gold of El Dorado'')
184** ''Indiana Jones und das verschwundene Volk'' by Wolfgang Hohlbein (1991) – (''Indiana Jones and the Lost People'')
185** ''Indiana Jones und das Schwert des Dschingis Khan'' by Wolfgang Hohlbein (1991) – (''Indiana Jones and the Sword of Genghis Khan'')
186** ''Indiana Jones und das Geheimnis der Osterinseln'' by Wolfgang Hohlbein (1992) – (''Indiana Jones and the Secret of Easter Island'')
187** ''Indiana Jones und das Labyrinth des Horus'' by Wolfgang Hohlbein (1993) – (''Indiana Jones and the Labyrinth of Horus'')
188** ''Indiana Jones und das Erbe von Avalon'' by Wolfgang Hohlbein (1994) – (''Indiana Jones and the Legacy of Avalon'')
189* Hachette Livre - French series of original novels that hasn't officially been translated into English
190** ''Indiana Jones Jr et le Fantome du Klondike'' by Jerome Jacobs (1997) - (''Young Indiana Jones and the Phantom of the Klondike'')
191** ''Indiana Jones Jr et l'Ampoule Radioactive'' by Richard Beugne (1997) - (''Young Indiana Jones and the Radioactive Flask'')
192** ''Indiana Jones Jr et le Violon du Metropolitan'' by Jerome Jacobs (1997) - (''Young Indiana Jones and the Violin of the Metropolitan)
193** ''Indiana Jones Jr et la Meteorite Sacree'' by Richard Beugne (1997) - (''Young Indiana Jones and the Holy Meteorite'')
194** ''Indiana Jones Jr et le Triangle des Bermudes'' by Jerome Jacobs (1997) - (''Young Indiana Jones and the Bermuda Triangle'')
195** ''Indiana Jones Jr et l'Enfant Lama'' by Richard Beugne (1998) - (''Young Indiana Jones and the Child Lama'')
196** ''Indiana Jones Jr et le Spectre de Venise'' by Jerome Jacobs (1998) - (''Young Indiana Jones and the Spectre of Venice'')
197\
198[[AC:Non-fiction]]
199* Evans Brothers - series of educational books published in the United Kingdom, designed to introduce historical cultures to younger readers
200** ''Indiana Jones Explores Ancient Egypt'' by John Malam (1991)
201** ''Indiana Jones Explores The Incas'' by John Malam (1992)
202** ''Indiana Jones Explores Ancient Greece'' by John Malam (1993)
203** ''Indiana Jones Explores Ancient Rome'' by John Malam (1993)
204** ''Indiana Jones Explores The Vikings'' by John Malam (1994)
205** ''Indiana Jones Explores The Aztecs'' by John Malam (1994)
206* Dorling Kindersley
207** ''Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide'' (2008) - illustrated reference book published to tie in with the cinematic release of ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull''
208[[/folder]]
209
210[[folder:Games]]
211[[AC:Pinball machines]]
212* ''Pinball/IndianaJonesThePinballAdventure'' (1993)
213* ''Pinball/IndianaJonesStern'' (2008)
214\
215[[AC:Tabletop games]]
216* ''Raiders of the Lost Ark Game'' (1981)
217* ''Indiana Jones from Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1982)
218* ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (1984)
219* ''The Adventures of Indiana Jones Role-Playing Game'' (1984) - [[/index]]TheRolePlayingGame published by {{Creator/TSR}}[[index]].
220* ''The World of Indiana Jones'' (1994) - Role-playing game published by West End Games using the Masterbook system
221** ''Indiana Jones Adventures'' - Role-playing game published by West End Games using the D6 system with later supplements having stats for use with both games.
222* [[/index]]''{{TabletopGame/Monopoly}}: Indiana Jones'' (2008)[[index]]
223* ''Indiana Jones DVD Adventure Game'' (2008)
224* ''Akator Temple Race Game'' (2008)
225* [[/index]]''TabletopGame/TheGameOfLife: Indiana Jones'' (2008)[[index]]
226\
227[[AC:Video games]]
228* ''VideoGame/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' (1982)
229* ''Indiana Jones in the Lost Kingdom'' (1985)
230* ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (1985)
231* ''Indiana Jones in Revenge of the Ancients'' (1987)
232* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' (1989)
233* ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' (1991)
234* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis'' (1992)
235* ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' (1993)
236* ''Instruments of Chaos starring Young Indiana Jones'' (1994)
237* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesGreatestAdventures'' (1994)
238* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndHisDesktopAdventures'' (1996)
239* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheInfernalMachine'' (1999)
240* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheEmperorsTomb'' (2003)
241* ''VideoGame/LEGOIndianaJones''
242** ''Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures'' (2008)
243** ''Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues'' (2009)
244* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheStaffOfKings'' (2009) [[note]]A novelization of this game was written by Rob Macgregor, who wrote several Indiana Jones novels in the early 1990s, but was never published.[[/note]]
245* ''Indiana Jones and the Lost Puzzles'' (2009)
246* ''Indiana Jones Adventure World'' (2011)
247* ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheGreatCircle'' (2024)[[note]] developed by Creator/MachineGames, and to be published by Creator/{{Bethesda}} Studios.[[/note]]
248[[/folder]]
249
250[[folder:Other]]
251[[AC:Theme park attractions]]
252* ''Ride/TheGreatMovieRide'' (1989-2017)
253* ''Ride/IndianaJonesAdventure'' (1995-present)
254[[/folder]]
255
256[[/index]]
257----
258!!General tropes across the franchise:
259* 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.
260* ActionGirl: [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl Marion Ravenwood]] in ''Raiders'' [[spoiler:and in ''Crystal Skull''.]]
261* ActionSurvivor: Indy's father Henry doesn't have the ActionHero cred that Indy does but he still manages to make it through several action set pieces in ''Last Crusade''.
262* AdventureDuo: Indy and Marion in ''Raiders'' [[spoiler:and ''Crystal Skull''.]]
263* AdventurerArchaeologist:
264** 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.
265** 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 own fault (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.
266* AdventurerOutfit: Indy's fedora, leather jacket and bullwhip modernized the iconic AdventurerArchaeologist look.
267* AgentScully: In ''Crystal Skull'', Indy is a big skeptic about the existence of alien races, and in ''Raiders'', considers TheArkOfTheCovenant nothing but a fancy gold box, until the end when he insists that he and Marion avert their eyes.
268* AlasPoorVillain: [[AntiVillain Dr. Elsa Schneider]]. Both Indy and his father in-movie are sorry about her fate.
269* AllMythsAreTrue: The basic premise of every installment. The comics especially play this up, with Indy's encounters including Hecate and the Golden Fleece, mad druids in Ireland practicing real magic, a veritable city of ships dating back to centuries trapped in the Sargasso, pearl-encrusted giant statues guarded by a ship-sinking giant octopus...
270* AlmostDeadGuy: The novels and comics seem to really love starting stories off with someone coming to Indy with information and either succumbing to wounds or being assassinated before they can reveal everything, launching him into the adventure as he starts to investigate.
271* AncientTradition: This is especially prevalent with the cultists in ''Temple of Doom''.
272* ArbitrarySkepticism: Practically a RunningGag in the series. Even after his encounter with the Sankara stones, he still dismisses the Ark of the Covenant, the Holy Grail, the Crystal Skull and the Antikythera Mechanism as mere stories.
273* ArchEnemy: Although he only appears in the first movie (he crops up more in the expanded universe), Belloq is widely acknowledged as Indy's. Movie dialogue reveals that the rivalry between the two goes back for "many, stimulating years" and that Belloq is almost sorry to see it end. It also implies this isn't the first time that Belloq's stolen one of Indy's finds.
274* ArtifactCollectionAgency: Implied by the size of the SecretGovernmentWarehouse in both ''Raiders'' and ''Skull''.
275* ArtifactOfDeath: The main [=MacGuffins=] in three of the five films: TheArkOfTheCovenant, the HolyGrail if you take it from its resting place, the false Grails, and the CrystalSkull. However, it's worth noting that having pure motives, or at the very least, respect for the artifacts and the rules governing their use, appears to get you out of being harmed by any of them: Indy uses the Grail [[spoiler:to cure his father, and suffers no ill effects, while Elsa tries to leave with the Grail and dies for it]]. With the Ark, Indy knows what ''not'' to do, and his deference is what protects him and Marion. [[spoiler: Belloq and the Nazis gaze upon the power of God within and are incinerated for their hubris.]] The Shankara stones are similar: [[spoiler:they only actually do harm to Mola Ram, while they bring the Indian village to its former life.]]
276* AudibleSharpness: Indy's bullwhip. Technically, whips in real life have been described to sound like a gunshot when they are cracked, but not to the absurd loudness that the original trilogy, specifically ''Raiders'', makes them out to be.
277* BadassBookworm: [[AdventurerArchaeologist Indy]] and his father are professional academics and are very capable in action sequences.
278* BadassFamily: The Joneses are all able to use various weapons and guile to get through tough situations.
279* BaldOfEvil:
280** Mola Ram rips hearts out of helpless victims while LaughingMad and has a bald, tattooed head.
281** Also Creator/PatRoach, who had the BaldOfEvil as the implacable Nazi mechanic in ''Raiders''.
282%%* BambooTechnology
283* TheBaroness: Elsa Schneider from ''The Last Crusade'' and Irina Spalko from ''Crystal Skull''.
284* BatmanColdOpen: Every film starts with an action set piece to start things off with a bang.
285* BattleCouple: When Indy and Marion get together something ignites or explodes due to their actions.
286* BeastInTheBuilding:
287** ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'': When Indy and Sallah open the Well of Souls, they discover it's infested with snakes, to Indy's frustration since it's his one fear. Later, the Nazis seal Marion and Indy in this snake-infested pit where the two have to fend off the snakes and find a way out.
288---> '''Indiana:''' Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?
289** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'': In the opening flashback, young Indy tries to escape the thieves on top of a circus train. Within the train cars, he encounters alligators, a rhino, a lion, and, of course, snakes. Falling into a pit of snakes turns out to be the origin of his phobia.
290* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor:
291** Almost once a movie. Because [[spoiler:Belloq, Elsa, Walter Donovan,Irina Spalko and Jürgen Voller]] 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."
292** Played for laughs in ''Temple of Doom'', where Indy, after having stopped a mining cart with his foot and resulting in his boot smoking and hops on his good foot.
293--->'''Indy:''' Water! Water!\
294''[[OhCrap a gigantic torrent of water starts rushing their position through the mining tunnel]]''
295* BerserkButton:
296** "I HATE SNAKES, JOCK, I HATE 'EM!!!"
297** Do NOT call Indy "Junior".
298** Don't take the Lord's name in vain around Henry Jones, Senior.
299* BigBad:
300** Belloq is Indy's archaeological rival in ''Raiders'' but is in league with the Nazis for financial backing.
301** Mola Ram enslaves children as miners and keeps a band of cultists under mind control and is the final enemy Indy encounters in ''Temple of Doom''.
302** Walter Donovan is Indy's main rival for the Holy Grail in ''Last Crusade'', also is in league with the Nazis due to the power the Grail can provide and even goes as far as shooting Indy's father to force him to retrieve the Grail for him.
303** Irina Spalko is a Russian officer who is after the Crystal Skull for infinite knowledge and is willing to massacre entire native populations to get what she wants.
304** 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.]]
305* BigBadFriend: Donovan appears to be a benefactor for Indy and enlists him when his father disappears only for Indy to find out that he arranged for Henry to be kidnapped so Indy does the dirty work to get the Grail.
306* 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]]. Subverted with ''Dial of Destiny'', which features a [[spoiler:SurprisinglyHappyEnding where, among other things, Indy does successfully recover the Dial and reunite with Marion, [[AndTheAdventureContinues ending with him retrieving his hat once more]].]]
307* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Indy's love interests are either brunette ([[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Marion Ravenwood]]), blonde ([[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom Willie Scott]] and [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Elsa Schneider]]) or red-headed ([[VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheFateOfAtlantis Sophia Hapgood]]).
308* BlowGun:
309** Used in the opening sequence of ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' by an angry group of pursuing natives.
310** Then again in the tomb sequence of ''Crystal Skull''. Indy manages to kill one native by blowing through the exit hole to poison its user.
311* BoisterousBruiser: Sallah is both large and speaks and laughs loudly. He is also a staunch and tough ally of Indy.
312* BoobyTrap: Indy encounters them ''all the time''. Most famously in the trap-laden hallway in the opening of ''Raiders''.
313* BoundAndGagged:
314** Marion in the tent in ''Raiders'' is so spunky that Indy has to replace her gag to keep her from giving away their position.
315** Marion gets this treatment again in ''Crystal Skull'' while in the captivity of the Soviets.
316* CanonForeigner: The comics, novels and games introduce several characters who are not acknowledged in the films; Sophia Hapgood, the sidekick in the ''Fate of Atlantis'' video game and several comics, is probably the best-known example. 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.
317* CataclysmClimax:
318** In ''The Last Crusade'' the temple holding the Holy Grail collapses when Elsa attempts to steal it.
319** The spaceship chamber crumbles in ''Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' when it takes off.
320* CharacterDevelopment: Indy is noticeably more mature and less greedy by the time of the ''The Last Crusade'', especially when compared with his shady treasure hunter in the chronologically earliest ''Temple of Doom''. It goes even further when you watch the Young Indy series.
321* CharacterInTheLogo: When Creator/{{Kenner}} had the toy license for the franchise, they created [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/indiana_jones_logo.jpg a logo]] featuring Indy's silhouette, which was framed by the shape of his [[IconicItem iconic bullwhip]].
322* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase: In play from the second film onwards, with the first film later being retconned in order to fit this trope (and also PrepositionalPhraseEqualsCoolness) as well. Also applies to all of the Indy novels, comics, etc.
323* ChasedByAngryNatives: Famously Indy is chased by a horde of natives in the opening of ''Raiders''.
324* ChaseScene: Indy is often pursued on foot or in vehicle, from military convoys, motorcycle chases and mine cart pursuits.
325* ChickMagnet: Indy has lots of female students fawning over him and has a new girl almost every movie.
326* ClothesMakeTheLegend: Indy's fedora never comes off, except at dramatic moments, and you can bet he'll be back to get it if it does. This was even made part of the movie pitch.
327* CombatPragmatist: Indy is not afraid of ending a fight easily, even if it's to shoot a posturing swordsman.
328* ContinuityNod:
329** [[spoiler:The Ark of the Covenant can be seen from inside a broken crate during the warehouse fight in the 4th movie.]] In fact, [[spoiler:the Ark's Letimotif plays throughout that scene.]]
330** The third movie has Indy and Elsa Schneider seeing a painting of the Ark, which Indy identifies (complete with a few notes from the Leitmotif of the Ark added to the soundtrack).
331--->'''Elsa:''' What's that?\
332'''Indy:''' Ark of the Covenant.\
333'''Elsa:''' Are you sure?\
334'''Indy:''' Pretty sure.
335** An almost identical exchange as the above takes place between Indy and Sophia in the ''Fate of Atlantis'' game.
336** ''Crystal Skull'' makes one to the TV series ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' where [[spoiler:young Indy is kidnapped by Pancho Villa.]]
337** In ''Raiders'', Indiana Jones escapes pursuit from the Nazis by hiding the truck he was driving, along with the Ark in it, in an alcove of a crowded market place, which is immediately hidden by his friends to blend into the rest of the surroundings. Later in the third film, undoubtedly having learned from Indy, the Nazis play this trick in reverse to capture Marcus Brody.
338* CoolHorse: Ridden by Indy. The white one from ''Raiders'', the black one from ''The Last Crusade'' and another black one from ''Dial of Destiny''.
339* CoolOldGuy:
340** Henry Jones Sr. is clearly a source of a lot of Indy's guild in ''Last Crusade''.
341** Indy himself in ''Crystal Skull'' and ''Dial of Destiny'' almost to the point where he would pass the torch.
342** The Grail Knight stayed in a small cavern with only [[Literature/TheBible one book]] for ''centuries'' to guard a magic cup.
343* CrossoverCosmology:
344** 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.]]
345** If you add the ExpandedUniverse, you can add pretty much ''[[FantasyKitchenSink everything else]]''. Even {{Dracula}}. As expected of TwoFistedTales.
346** Plot complexities aside, even Indy's parting words to the second film's villain -- "Prepare to meet Kali, ''in Hell!''" -- are a fairly concise example of this trope.
347%% Please put all crowning moments, including Awesome Music on their respective subpages, which are linked at the top of the main page (Awesome Music going on AwesomeMusic/JohnWilliams). Thanks.
348* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Many of the movie's villains get a memorable and unique death, and it's usually very painful:
349** ''Raiders''
350*** Satipo is speared in the head when he leaves Indy to die and fails to navigate the traps properly during his escape.
351*** The Nazi mechanic gets ground into mincemeat by airplane propellers.
352*** The Nazi Soldiers who are present at the Ark of the Covenant's opening get blasted through by burning, golden lightning from the Ark, frying them from the inside out.
353*** Colonel Dietrich suffers this after he and the Nazis open the Ark; his head ends up shriveling and collapsing in on itself.
354*** Major Toht has his face [[ImMelting melted down to the bone]] by the Ark, leaving only his skeleton covered in blood.
355*** René Belloq is wreathed in the Ark's flames, and is left burning and screaming in place before [[YourHeadAsplode his head literally explodes into a gory mess]].
356** ''Temple of Doom''
357*** A henchman for Lao Che gets impaled with a flaming kebab.
358*** A captive is used to demonstrate the effects of the lava pit, but not before his heart is ripped from his chest.
359*** A huge Thuggee bruiser is pulled through a rock crusher, reducing him to a bloody paste.
360*** Many Thuggee mooks are ripped apart by crocodiles.
361*** Mola Ram himself is thrown from a bridge, bounces off of a cliff on the fall to the river below and is then devoured by crocodiles.
362** ''Last Crusade''
363*** A Nazi pilot has his engine jammed by a flock of seagulls and crashes into a mountainside.
364*** General Vogel is launched off of a cliff clinging to a tank, which later rolls over him.
365*** Walter Donovan is rapidly aged after drinking from a false Grail and is turned into a skeleton, which quickly crumbles to dust.
366** ''Crystal Skull''
367*** A pair of Soviet mooks are immolated in the exhaust fire of a test jet.
368*** Dovchenko is overrun and devoured by gigantic ants.
369*** [[YourHeadAsplode Spalko's head explodes]] when her mind absorbs too much information from the alien, and the rest of her is vaporized.
370** ''Dial of Destiny''
371*** Hauke is handcuffed to an underwater grate and drowns underneath a flowing river.
372*** Voler and the remaining Nazi soldiers are killed in a destructive plane crash in [=213BC=].
373* DavidVersusGoliath: Every time Indy fights the GiantMook of the situation.
374* DeadpanSnarker: Most characters who appear in the series, especially Indy and Henry.
375-->'''Henry:''' Those people are trying to kill us!\
376'''Indy:''' I KNOW, DAD!\
377'''Henry:''' Well... it's a new experience for me.\
378'''Indy:''' Happens to me all the time!
379* DeathByMaterialism:
380** Belloq and company are gruesomely killed when viewing the Ark in ''Raiders''.
381** Mola Ram has the fight turn against him when he tries to catch the scalding hot Shankra Stone in ''Temple of Doom''.
382** Donovan meets a grisly fate when he drinks from the false Grail in ''Last Crusade''.
383** Spalko's mind explodes when she tries to gain the knowledge of the aliens in ''Crystal Skull''. Mac also gets too weighed down from pocketing loot to escape the pull of the alien spaceship.
384* DeathCourse: Indy often has to navigate a hallway or mine track full of traps and deadly obstacles.
385* DeconstructiveParody: ''Temple of Doom'' showed accompanying Indy on his adventures can be fatal to normal folks.
386* DisappearingBox: Young Indy escapes from his pursuers during the opening scene of ''Last Crusade'' by using one of these to escape a train.
387* DisneyVillainDeath: Several Indy villains go out this way such as Mola Ram falling to his death in ''Temple of Doom''.
388* DistinctiveAppearances: That's exactly why he has his fedora. During the creation of the character, the concept artists found that the fedora added a highly distinct look, silhouette, and appearance to the character. Indy could be in a crowded room with his back towards the audience, as he usually is when he's introduced in some of the movies, and he'd still stand out heroically. In addition, the fedora allowed the character to be visible from further away such as during the bridge scene in ''Temple of Doom''. On a more critical analysis, the fedora also marks the [[AgeCut transition from Henry Jones Jr to Indiana Jones]], and it's also a great way to hide the transition from Harrison Ford to Harrison Ford's Stunt Double. This is also why most scenes have him wearing the hat except when he's being just a teacher -- him taking it off would be like going back to his secret identity.
389* DressingAsTheEnemy: Indy often disguises himself to get around enemy bases. His first attempt in ''Raiders'' doesn't work since he mugs someone who has a uniform too small for him. He then punches out an officer who calls him a disgrace [[BilingualBonus in German]] and steals ''his'' uniform. Later, in the ''Dial of Destiny'' prologue, he gets found out thanks to the obvious bullet hole and bloodstain on the Nazi uniform he's stolen.
390* DurableDeathtrap: Very complex mechanisms are still intact after centuries of disuse.
391* 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.
392* EvenEvilHasStandards:
393** Tends to happen to the Nazis, none of whose civilian allies and consultants think very highly of them. Belloq considers them "necessary evils" and their grasp of archaeology "primitive," Elsa finds their anti-intellectualism repulsive and is furious that Indy considers her one of them, and Donovan thinks they're silly for caring about the mythical aspects of the Grail as opposed to the simple practical aspects of a cup that grants immortality. Also subverted, however, in that none of them care about those disagreements enough to actually turn on the Nazis [[spoiler:(except Elsa at the end of ''The Last Crusade'', and that was simply about wanting the Grail for herself)]].
394** From their own twisted point of view, the Nazis themselves are this, as Colonel Dietrich refuses to leave Marion in the hands of smugglers who imply they're trying to sell her into sex slavery. Instantly subverted in that they're perfectly happy to turn her immediately over the Belloq, whose intentions are little different but who, unlike the smugglers and their implied clientele, is a white man. Katanga and his smugglers may also qualify: it's clear that their work isn't strictly legitimate, but they keep their word to Sallah by doing their best to hide Indy and Marion from the Nazis, and all of them break out in cheers when they see Indy going after Marion.
395* EverybodySmokes: As was popular in its day, many people are seen smoking in ''Raiders'' including Marion while she is in her bar.
396* EvilOverlooker: Nigh-ubiquitous on the covers of the Marvel-produced comics. The Dark Horse line managed to avert this.
397* ExpandedUniverse: And how! As well as the movies, there's a prequel TV series, comics, pinballs, video games, board games, novels, young adult novels, choose-your-own-adventure novels and even theme park rides. [[WordOfGod According to Lucas Licensing]], '''everything''' is {{Canon}}. Even that time Indy was on the ''[[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic Titanic]]'', and the ''Young Indiana Jones'' VampireEpisode.
398** Well, everything that isn't explicitly overwritten by something else, anyway. [[spoiler:Elsa can be spared from her PlotlineDeath]] by having Indy pick up up the Grail before she does in the [[Videogame/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade computer game version of ''The Last Crusade'']], but this isn't canon.
399* {{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 DamselInDistress Willie Scott in ''Temple of Doom'', as the also brown-haired Karen Allen had played ActionGirl Marion Ravenwood in ''Raiders''.
400** Willie and Elsa are actually Expies of Lucas's original concept for the love interest of ''Raiders'' as a "Marlene Dietrich-type German lady singer/double agent". Willie is a singer and dancer; Elsa is German [Austrian] and a double agent, though she is loyal to the wrong side, unlike the girl Lucas first envisioned.
401** Played straight in the expanded universe however, where Sophia Hapgood has evolved gradually into a fake Marion Ravenwood with psychic powers. In the DarkHorse comic ''Indiana Jones: Thunder in the Orient'', which is basically a retelling of ''Temple of Doom'' with elements of ''Raiders'' in it, she doesn't even have psychic powers anymore. There is also an {{Expy}} of Short Round in this comic, Khamal, which is different only in that he is Lebanese instead of Chinese and a knife-user rather than a [[IKnowKarate Kung Fu]] fighter.
402** Janice Le Roi from the "Tomb of the Gods" comics ends up being an {{Expy}} of ''all three'' love interests from the films: she's streetwise and tough as nails (Marion), she's VERY fond of the high life (Willie), and at one point she works with the Nazi Ahnenerbe agents to meet her own ends (Ilsa).
403** In the TV series episode ''Palestine, October 1917'', that takes place in the Middle East during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, Indiana is helped on a mission by a young local agent that is very much like Sallah. He is not, however, as [[AllThereInTheScript revealed]] by being named Kazim in the credits.
404** Probably a big reason why Darabont's script for a fourth movie, ''Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods'', was rejected. In addition to bringing back the ''real'' Marion, the script also featured a former mentor that Indy had to rescue, a bumbling Marcus-like American secret agent, a rival European archaeologist in league with the bad guys that vies for Marion's love, a creepy Toht-like Nazi escaped to South America, a tag-along ''Japanese'' cartographer and an evil local strongman that wants to use the McGuffin to secure his tyrannical rule. Reading it feels like Darabont ,who also wrote ''Palestine'', incidentally, was trying to cram the three previous films into one rather than writing a new story.
405* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: At least one in every film. Usually the GiantMook, and the [[BigBad Big Bads]].
406** {{Lampshaded}} in ''VideoGame/LegoIndianaJones''. During ''Temple of Doom'', even though the death of [[spoiler:the GiantMook under the rock crusher]] was LighterAndSofter in this version, Willie still had to cover Short Round's eyes.
407* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: The first two films would be rated PG-13 nowadays, and even then would still skirt the R rating. Raiders had to make a few cuts to avoid that, and ''Temple of Doom'' was one of the driving factors for the MPAA to create PG-13 in the first place.
408* {{Fanfare}}: The main theme is actually a mix of two fanfares the Music/JohnWilliams wrote. It was suggested he just combine them.
409* FantasyKitchenSink: Explicitly, common to TwoFistedTales.
410-->'''Pooka:''' ''[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/malis-islamist-warlord-declares-war-on-the-west.232822/page-4#post-8438425 You know, I kind of want to know how the cosmology of the Indiana Jones-verse works, given that it has, at least, an active Judeo-Christian God, active pagan gods, extraterrestrials, and psychic phenomena. And Nazis EVERYWHERE. It's like freaking Rifts.]]''
411* FedoraOfAsskicking: Indy's fedora is one of his {{Iconic Item}}s, and he fights with the hat more often than not.
412* FranchiseDrivenRetitling: You may have noticed above a shift in the names. Once the franchise's popularity was secured, a franchise wide titling pattern of "Indiana Jones and the..." was introduced. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was later renamed to "Indiana Jones and the Raiders Of The Lost Ark".[[labelnote:*]]On the packaging, at least. The title card in the film is unaltered.[[/labelnote]]
413* FriendOrIdolDecision:
414** This trope is basically named after the example in ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' when Satipo betrays Indy to get the fertility idol. Naturally, he's punished with a KarmicDeath.
415** Also occurs at the end of ''The Last Crusade''. Elsa finds herself having to choose between reaching for the grail or letting Indiana pull her up. She decides to reach and falls to her death when her hand slips from its glove. Indy then faces the exact same situation, but is ultimately convinced by his father to "let it go."
416* GenerationXerox:
417** [[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.]]
418** This is the entire reason that [[spoiler:Mutt's character was a greaser. He was originally supposed to be a geek, but it was decided that it would be better if he was a rebel without a cause, so Indiana would have an idea of what his father had to put up with when raising him.]]
419* GiantMook: Several. In the first three movies, all were played by the same actor, [[Creator/PatRoach Pat "Bomber" Roach]].
420* GirlOfTheWeek: Played straight in the original films, but averted by ''Crystal Skull'' and ''Dial of Destiny'', [[spoiler:both of which bring back Marion]].
421* GloveSlap: In ''Last Crusade'', the Nazi colonel corners Henry Sr and Marcus inside the tank and proceeds to slap Henry while questioning him why he and Indy went to Berlin to get the grail diary back, asking what does the diary tell them.After a few slaps Henry catches the colonel's hand and tells him off with the brief but badass ReasonYouSuckSpeech "It tells me goosestepping morons such as yourself should try reading books instead of burning them!"
422%%* GoodIsOldFashioned
423* GraveRobbing: Hey, it's [[AdventurerArchaeologist part of the job]].
424* GreaterScopeVillain: UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and the Nazi leadership are the overarching villains of the franchise, 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. Even in the main part of ''Dial of Destiny'' where Hitler is long dead, his actions continue to reverberate and drive Voller's quest to find the Antikythera to [[spoiler:assassinate Hitler himself and replace him with a more competent Führer]]. Hitler only directly appears for a single scene halfway through ''Last Crusade''. By extension, any expanded universe materials where Indy faces the Nazis (ex. ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheEmperorsTomb'') have Hitler as the unseen evil driving a major part of the plot.
425* TheGreatDepression: The first three films are set during this period.
426* HistoricalVillainUpgrade:
427** 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).
428** 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]].
429* HollywoodTorches: Indy carries large flaming torches on sticks in tombs in both ''Raiders'' and ''The Last Crusade''.
430* HotForTeacher: One of his female students flirts with him during a lecture, much to his discomfort. This is expanded on in the ''Raiders'' novelization, in which he appears to be having a sexual relationship with a student; Marcus picks up on this and notes that it's not the first time this has happened. Elsewhere in the spin-off novels, he actually ''marries'' one of his students, although she gets killed off shortly afterwards.
431* IconicOutfit: The fedora, leather jacket and whip are all very much part of Indy's look.
432* IKnowKarate: The kick-focused Northern-Style Kung-Fu to be exact, practiced by Short Round in ''Temple of Doom''. The same style was also used by Indy himself briefly on the South-China seas in ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles''.
433* 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.
434* IndyPloy: Indy's tendency to make it up as he goes along makes him the TropeNamer.
435* InMediasRes: Done OncePerEpisode, usually during some unrelated archaeological dig or espionage mission that serves as Indy's EstablishingCharacterMoment.
436* InterestingSituationDuel: At least one per film: the flying wing fight in ''Raiders'', the rock crusher fight in ''Temple'', the tank fight in ''Crusade'', and the sword fight on top of ''moving jeeps'' in ''Crystal Skull''.
437* IntimidationDemonstration: Pops up in several of the films.
438** The famous scene in ''Raiders'' where Indiana faces the MasterSwordsman has the swordsman demonstrating just how skilled he is by throwing his scimitar from one hand to the other, and then spinning it in his hands.
439** There was a similar scene in ''Temple of Doom'' where Indy faced off against two swordsmen. They did some brief sword spinning as well.
440* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The coarse and cynical Indy is nevertheless kind and honorable.
441* JungleOpera: Most of the films have elements of this.
442* JustAFleshWound: Indy survives falls, burns and gunshot wounds with at most a quick scene of him patching up before he's at full strength.
443* LargeHam:
444** John Rhys-Davies is not afraid of using his deep voice to good effect.
445** Cate Blanchett clearly has fun playing the dark and sinister villainess Spalko.
446* {{Leitmotif}}:
447** TheArkOfTheCovenant's ominous leitmotif gets a cameo in ''The Last Crusade'' when we see a carving of the Ark on a crypt wall, and again in ''Crystal Skull'', when we glimpse the actual Ark in the warehouse.
448** In ''Crystal Skull'' when Indy looks at a picture of his dead father and mentions him again at the end, the "Keeper of the Grail" theme from ''Last Crusade'' that represents Henry Sr., plays.
449** The Nazis, incidentally, have a different leitmotif in ''Last Crusade'' than they had in ''Raiders''.
450* LiteralCliffhanger: At the end of ''Last Crusade'', Indy catches Elsa as she's about to fall into a chasm. However, she insists on using a free hand to reach for the grail instead of saving herself. She falls to her death when her hand slips away from Indy's hold.
451* LogoJoke: [[OnceAnEpisode Each film]] begins with a MatchCut from the Creator/{{Paramount}} logo to a mountain.
452** Except for Crystal Skull, which cuts instead [[VisualPun to a molehill.]]
453** This was done deliberately by Steven Spielberg; after the backlash against the Star Wars prequels, Spielberg knew the same would be coming with this film, and used this as a "making a molehill out of a mountain" metaphor.
454** ''Dial of Destiny'' has the Lucasfilm logo last of the production companies, instead of the Paramount mountain. It instead cuts from the rectangular logo to a rectangular barrel lock in a crate for the opening cut.
455* MadeOfIron:
456** Indy throughout the series, especially in ''Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'', when he survives [[spoiler:a nuclear test detonation by hiding in a lead-lined refrigerator]].
457** The mechanic in Raiders shrugs off a direct punch to the face and a GroinAttack from Indy.
458* MalevolentArchitecture: Indy is often trapped in a tomb or facility where all the rocks and walls are out to get him.
459* MeaninglessVillainVictory: Every film with the exception of ''Temple of Doom'' used this trope to dispatch the antagonists. Indy will fail to stop them from obtaining the legendary artifact, but the bad guys attempting to ''use'' the artifact [[HoistByHisOwnPetard does them in regardless]].
460** In ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', [[spoiler:the Nazis attempting to use the Covenant of the Ark ends up killing them all in one fell swoop, as opening it unleashes a holy light that instantly obliterates them in a ''literal'' DeusExMachina.]]
461** In ''The Last Crusade'', [[spoiler:the search for the Holy Grail is rendered moot when it turns out the Grail cannot be removed from its temple. [[TooDumbToLive Elsa tries so anyway despite the warning]] and ends up falling to her doom as the temple collapses in response.]]
462** In ''Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'', [[spoiler:Spalko's search for knowledge using the titular object ends up being what kills her, as the alien at the end gives her ''all'' the knowledge at once, [[MySkullRunnethOver to dramatic and fatal results]].]]
463** In ''The Dial of Destiny'', [[spoiler:Voller is able to complete the Antikythera and use it to travel back in time, but Archimedes rigged it to ''only'' return to 214 BC, during the Siege of Syracuse, meaning Voller could never have used it to go back to 1939 and replace Hitler.]]
464* MeleeDisarming: Indy will frequently use his whip to deprive an enemy of their weapon. [[HeroicAmbidexterity Sometimes he'll even disarm someone while holding his gun on them in his off hand.]]
465** In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'', there's an unusual variation. Mutt uses a rapier to disarm Irina Spalko of not her sword, but the titular Crystal Skull MacGuffin. The move he uses to do so is a classic {{Flynning}} disarm that sends the Skull arcing through the air to land in his vehicle (naturally, they were fighting while driving at high speed through the Amazonian jungle on two separate cars).
466* MoodWhiplash: Most of the scenes that aren't horrifying are amusing.
467* MrFanservice: Creator/HarrisonFord. Oh so very much.
468* MuggedForDisguise: Indy tends to use this tactic to sneak around enemy bases.
469* NearVillainVictory: The baddies get what they wanted before the climax in ''Raiders'' and ''Kingdom'', in ''Last Crusade'' they have the final goal within reach and in ''Temple'' they have the upper hand.
470* NerdsAreSexy: When he is not killing Nazis or searching for magnificent items that always end up killing someone, he's an archaeology professor who encourages people not to follow the same "field work." If you get right down to it Indy is one of the world's first heroic action nerds.
471* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight:
472** Not even a big one you can swing around really well.
473** Indy also gives Mutt this advice in ''Crystal Skull''.
474* NotMyDriver: Indy has backup during the cold open of ''Temple of Doom'' in the form of a friend posing as a waiter.
475* {{Omniglot}}: It isn't prominent in the films, but in the expanded universe, Indy has supposedly picked up twenty-seven languages while wandering around the world. Belloq appears to speak even more, and mocks Indy because he doesn't speak the obscure tribal language of the Hovitos.
476* PiggybackingOnHitler: Indy villains just love to do this.
477* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything:
478** For a professor, Indy seems to do far more adventuring than actual teaching. This is lampshaded in ''Crystal Skull'':
479--->'''Mutt:''' You're a teacher?\
480'''Indy:''' Part time.
481** The comics include an entire city of pirates who don't do anything really "piratey"... because they're all stranded in a huge seaweed bed in the Sargasso, so they can't leave to do any raiding.
482* PregnantBadass: The comics character Omphale, a Greek woman who is eight months pregnant and has been abandoned by her former lover when Indy crosses her path at the start of his quest for the Golden Fleece. She scares off mad Hecate cultists by charging them whilst firing a rifle, hijacks and flies a Nazi plane, and treks from Istanbul to Colchis to retrieve the fleece. Only going into labor at the critical moment prevents her from helping Indy retrieve the fleece before the cultists can summon Hecate, and even then she helps out; by presenting her newly born son to Hecate, Indy is able to persuade the goddess to turn upon her cultists instead of doing their will.
483* ReducedToDust: A common form of death is seen in the movies, in which the villains (Nazi leaders) finally take the treasures they're looking for and end up dead, usually being converted into dust.
484* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: In ''Raiders'', Indy suffers serious ophidiophobia and must face thousands of venomous snakes who inhabited the Well of Souls. Played for laughs in ''Crystal Skull'', where Indy is forced to hang on to a "rope" (snake) to get out of a quicksand pit.
485* RevolversAreJustBetter: Indy carries a .45 ACP Smith and Wesson M1917 (which he surrenders to Belloq) and a .455 Webley Smith and Wesson Mk II Hand Ejector in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', a .38 Spl Colt Official Police in ''The Temple of Doom'' (which Willie drops because the barrel was hot), and a .455 Webley WG Army in both ''The Last Crusade'' and ''The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull''. He does, however, carry a Browning Hi-Power, made by John Inglis Co. of Toronto, for when his revolver runs out of ammo or gets lost.
486* RunningGag:
487** Late actor/stuntman Creator/PatRoach appeared in all three of the original films, sometimes in multiple roles, where his characters usually meet an untimely demise. While Dovchenko in ''Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' is played by a different actor, he too plays the role of a brute who dies a gruesome death.
488** Indy's [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes snake phobia]].
489*** Each movie features what is called a "phobia scene" (snakes, bugs, rats, killer ants and eels).
490** The LoveInterest in each movie asks Indy "Are you crazy?!".
491* SayMyName:
492** Count the number of times that the bad guys scream "JOOOOOONES!" And all the times Indy's friends and allies yell "Indy!", or in Henry Sr.'s case, "Junior!".
493** And it's Henry Sr.'s gentle, insistent "Indiana" that saves Indy from DeathByMaterialism.
494* SceneryPorn: The ''Young Indiana Jones'' TV series loves to linger nostalgically on famous landmarks as establishing shots for the country of the week Indy is adventuring in. The series was intended to be semi-educational. The films also do this to present the glamorous, exotic locales frequented by a globe-trotting adventurer.
495* SchmuckBait:
496** The MacGuffin artifact usually turns out to be long-lost for a ''reason''. You know the bit about AllMythsAreTrue? It also applies to curses, supernatural monsters, and divine wrath. Marcus lampshades the Ark's dubious rapport, for instance, about 10 minutes into ''Raiders''.
497** Sallah also lampshades this in ''Raiders'':
498--->'''Sallah:''' Indy, there's something that troubles me... The Ark. If it is there in Tanis, then it is something that man was not meant to disturb. Death has always surrounded it. It is not of this Earth.
499* SecretGovernmentWarehouse: The ending of ''Raiders'' has one of the most famous examples. Revisited in ''Crystal skull'', where it's revealed to be Area 51.
500* SelfDisposingVillain: With some help from the MacGuffin, Mola Ram is the only BigBad who gets beaten by Indiana directly; the other three get [[HoistByTheirOwnPetard hoisted by their own petards]] without Indy's intervention.
501* SesquipedalianSmith: Indiana Jones.
502* ShirtlessScene: Indy gets one per movie.
503* SignatureHeadgear:
504** Indy's trademark Fedora. The fact that Indy miraculously keeps the same hat throughout all his adventures is ultimately lampshaded in the third film.
505*** It's in the ''Smithsonian''.
506** Mola Ram has a huge skull headdress that he uses during his ceremonies.
507* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: All the films are surprisingly on the idealistic end of the scale.
508* StockScream: The Wilhelm scream, OncePerEpisode.
509* StockUnsolvedMysteries: All over the place. Usually just lost treasures, cities, and civilizations, but in the tie-in novels, Indy also discovered the truth about some lost explorers like Percy Fawcett and Roald Amundsen.
510* SurprisinglyCreepyMoment: These are fun action-adventure movies for the most part, but it seems like a nightmarish moment out of nowhere is required at least OncePerEpisode:
511** ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' has a few moderately disturbing scenes scattered throughout, like the [[https://youtu.be/rmf6DdaWmSA gruesome]] [[https://youtu.be/aADExWV1bsM booby traps]] in the temple, the [[https://youtu.be/ClwIj3x24Q4 snake-infested]] [[https://youtu.be/ft-JkKhYHb8 Well of Souls]] (WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes), and any time Major Toht appears. But the ultimate SurprisinglyCreepyMoment comes at the end, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0APF3SO9tqE when the Nazis open the Ark of the Covenant]].
512** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' turns creepy during the [[https://youtu.be/APyz8Ye0IxE banquet of eels, snakes, beetles, eyeballs, and monkey brains]], and the [[https://youtu.be/6ESLKWt5w4w tunnel of bugs scene]] soon after. The horror increases a thousandfold during the HumanSacrifice ritual, in which the BigBad rips a man's heart out and plunges him into lava. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiE5mE0ZorA It has to be seen to be believed.]]
513*** Incidentally, ''Temple of Doom'' was one of the movies that inspired the creation of the PG-13 rating, since at the time, the [[MediaNotes/MediaClassifications MPAA rating system]] went directly from PG to R without anything in between. Thus, in TheEighties, the PG rating covered a wider spectrum of "some material may not be suitable for children," ranging from a few cuss words in ''Film/Annie1982'' to...well...a guy getting his heart ripped out in ''Temple of Doom''. After the controversy surrounding movies like ''Temple of Doom'', ''Film/{{Gremlins|1984}}'', and ''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'' (all of which got PG ratings despite violence and scares), Creator/StevenSpielberg himself took the initiative to propose an intermediate rating between PG and R, which would clarify more precisely just how mature a movie was in the hopes of defying the SurprisinglyCreepyMoment trope with future movies.
514** ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' has the teeming mass of rats in the Venice catacombs and the moment when [[https://youtu.be/puo1Enh9h5k Donovan picks the wrong Grail]].
515** In ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'', the chills start when [[https://youtu.be/vxkamWaya8k Indy gets trapped]] in a StepfordSuburbia filled with [[UncannyValley creepy plastic dummies]] (it doesn't help that it's actually a nuclear testing ground). The next majorly disturbing moment occurs when [[https://youtu.be/adXeCWVYxCI Dovchenko gets devoured by army ants]]. And near the end, the terror culminates when [[spoiler:[[https://youtu.be/FqfVEE--ySA the aliens appear and kill Spalko by psychically flooding her mind]]]]. Say what you will about those [[spoiler:aliens]], but you've got to admit they were damn scary.
516* TempleOfDoom: OncePerEpisode. ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' is the TropeNamer.
517* ThoseWackyNazis: The villains of the ''Raiders'' and ''The Last Crusade''. Incidentally, this almost partly killed the franchise. After the harrowing and humbling experience of filming ''Film/SchindlersList'', Steven Spielberg decided he could no longer in good conscience use Nazis as stock pulp villains as in ''Raiders'' and ''The Last Crusade''. It is also the reason he decided not to make a prequel to ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. The Nazis did return as the main villains of ''Dial of Destiny'', however, as Creator/JamesMangold is helming that one instead.
518* TimeshiftedActor: Teenaged Indy is played by River Phoenix in ''The Last Crusade''. The TV series had several actors play Indy at various ages.
519* TimeSkip: After never going more than a year without an adventure from 1908 to 1947[[note]]According to [[https://indianajones.fandom.com/wiki/Adventure_timeline the wiki adventure timeline]], Indy's only missed 1909, 1911, 1921, 1942, and 1946[[/note]], the franchise makes multiple major time jumps. Three years pass between ''[[VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheInfernalMachine Infernal Machine]]'' (1947) and the bookend segments of "[[Recap/YoungIndianaJonesAndTheMysteryOfTheBlues Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues]]" (1950), then seven years pass between that and ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' (1957), then twelve years pass between that and ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny Dial of Destiny]]'' (1969), and finally twenty-three years pass between that and the Old Indy bookend segments of ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'' (1992-1993).
520* TookALevelInBadass: Marcus Brody. In ''Raiders'', he lamented that if he was as young as Indy he would have gone looking for the Ark of the Covenant himself. By the time of ''Last Crusade'', he puts this concern aside because he wants to help Indy rescue Henry. Although he is rather out of his depth in the adventure that follows, he does nevertheless have enough cojones to knock a Nazi out with an Artillery shell.
521* TravelMontage: The famous map scenes that appear in all of the films.
522* TreasureMap: Indy pieces together the path to the Hovitos temple by using three different pieces of a map.
523* TributeToFido: Indiana Jones is named after Creator/GeorgeLucas's dog Indiana. There is also an in-universe example that reflects the RealLife situation: in ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'', it is shown that the character chose the nickname "Indiana" after his family's dog.
524* TrilogyCreep: The RidingIntoTheSunset was meant to close the trilogy as well. But fans insisted on a fourth -- which only started production after Lucas, Spielberg and Ford agreed to. Then a fifth film ended up being produced fifteen years after the fourth film came out.
525* TruthInTelevision: In the first, third, fourth and fifth films, the Nazis (and in the case of the Fourth film, the Soviets) attempted to harness various mythological artifacts to take over the world. Records have shown that the Nazis and the Soviets were both fascinated with the supernatural/the occult, although the latter was more focused on trying to harness psychic abilities than magic.
526* {{Tsundere}}:
527** Marion Ravenwood all the way. She goes from yelling at Indy, to dreamily sighing when he leaves to blow up a Soviet transport.
528** Willie also goes from belligerent to wanting to put out for Indy in neighboring scenes.
529* TwoFistedTales: Indy stories have all the trappings of globe trotting action adventure heroic tales.
530* WallpaperCamouflage: Used by the Thugee who sneaks up on Indy in his room at Pankot Palace. It's so well done that even the viewer can't see him until he moves.
531* WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk: Spalko uses the Crystal Skull to break minds of torture victims.
532* WeaponSpecialization: Indy's iconic weapon/general utility tool is the bullwhip.
533* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Indy is afraid of snakes, Indy's dad is afraid of rats and Mutt of scorpions. Of course, this means they all encounter the subject of their debilitating phobias again and again in a series of {{contrived coincidence}}s. Mind you, is Mutt's reaction to the scorpion a genuine fear of scorpions, or the normal person's reaction to seeing [[BigCreepyCrawlies a massive scorpion]]?
534* WomanlinessAsPathos: Dr. Jones's experiences with women are fraught with emotional baggage. He is constantly tempted and solicited by his female students and endures heavy BelligerentSexualTension with the women he works with like Marion, Willie, and Elsa. In particular, [[ScreamingWoman Willie]] is portrayed as a constant obstacle -- she is consistently a DamselInDistress and has such a shallow reaction to [[EekAMouse bugs and creepy-crawlies]] that she hesitates to save him and Short Round from a death trap (and then accidentally reactivates said trap while frantically trying to get them off her). Elsa, meanwhile, is a HoneyTrap that seduces and betrays Indy, and he later learns she did the same thing to his father. She winds up tricking her boss into killing himself with a false Grail and then dies trying to take the real Grail out of the temple [[VillainessesWantHeroes so that she can be with Indy]]. Indy winds up almost getting himself killed trying to save her, and still mourns her (unlike any other villain in the series).
535* WorldTour: A hallmark of all the films is their exotic locales, along with the map shown during the TravelMontage.
536* WorthlessTreasureTwist: Played with in three of the films:
537** In ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', once opened, the Ark of the Covenant seems empty and therefore is thought to be worthless to the Nazis seeking its supposedly divine powers... [[spoiler:until the wrath of God comes pouring out of it and utterly destroys the Nazis present]].
538** In ''The Last Crusade'', the Holy Grail is real enough treasure, but it can't be brought out of its resting place without bringing the whole place down around it. Indy's father realizes, at the end, that the real treasure he gained out of the whole mess was, in his words "Illumination" (and, unspoken, the reconciliation of his relationship with Indy).
539** Used straight in ''Crystal Skull'' - while there ''is'' plenty of gold (among other valuables) in El Dorado, the real treasure turns out to be [[spoiler:knowledge that makes your head explode - literally!]].
540** In ''Dial of Destiny'', the Antikythera works exactly as its creator intended. [[spoiler:Too bad for the villain, as the dial only finds time fissures leading to the Siege of Syracuse in 213 BC, making it worthless for Voller's plot to assassinate and replace Hitler in 1939.]]
541----
542->''"Trust me."''

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