History Awesome / RaidersOfTheLostArk

** We must elaborate, Indy is literally '''thrown under a bus'''! No seriously. And they STILL can't stop him!!!

** Don't forget [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diq1-cpk8Q4&list=PLn-9d-FGvJINqyxqq95IRN03VeBuZR0Kh&index=20 the fantastic score playing during this scene]], particularly the shift from the Ark's mysterious and ethereal theme into something much more frightening when one of the spirits reveals its GameFace to Toht, and God makes it clear to those who've just tampered with his Ark that things are about to get ''much'' uglier.

** The fact that after spending his entire screen time being as creepy and intimidating as possible, Ronald Lacey made the conscious choice to send out Toht [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl Screaming Like A Little Girl]].

** The fact that after spending his entire screen time being as creepy and intimidating as possible, Ronald Lacey made the conscious choice to send out Toht ScreamsLikeALittleGirl.

** Don't forget the fantastic score playing during this scene.

* [[GoodIsNotSoft The Lord]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath lets the Nazis know just what He thinks of the National Socialist agenda.]] And THAT, folks, is why you don't take the Ark of the Covenant lightly.
** Keeping in mind the Nazis' preferred method for disposing of their victims, there's also a layer of KarmicDeath to it.
** And not just frying the Nazi soldiers and disposing of the leaders in [[CruelAndUnusualDeath unique and painful ways]] when they open the Ark, either. Earlier there's the scene with the Ark in a box with the Nazi swastika on it. The Nazi emblem (not to be confused with the original Hindu-Buddhist swastika) gets burned off ''from inside the box''. God's personalized ''Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin'' to the Third Reich.
** Don't forget the fantastic score playing during this scene.
** Someone has related the scene to God's prophecy handed down to Ezekiel, made popular (albeit in paraphrased form) by [[Film/PulpFiction another movie]].
---> "I will carry out great vengeance on them and punish them in My wrath. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I take vengeance on them." - Ezekiel 25:17

* The awesome fist fight with a guy twice his size in front of a rotating plane. And Marion gunning down Nazis from inside it.
* The Nazis are running around with chaos, Belloq just standing there as a tower explodes behind him. Rather than freaking out, he just lets out a sad sigh as he realizes there's only one possible reason all this is happening.
-->'''Belloq''': Jones!
* The bar fight in Nepal. Rather than dramatic orchestral scores, it's a lot of rough and bloody fighting loaded with flames covering every surface of the building, props getting smashed, and a GiantMook responding to having his arm set on fire by trying to punch Indy with it. In addition to Indy casually calling for whiskey while he was barred down by the GiantMook and smashes the bottle towards his face.

* Marion drinking Belloq under the table. Sure, Toht showing up renders it moot, but it's still awesome.
* One for Sallah for noticing the dates were poisoned and managing to catch one mid-air just as Indy was about to let it fall in his mouth.
-->'''Sallah:''' Bad dates.
* The entire movie making even the most mundane parts of Archeology look cool with the right music and tone. Special mention goes to the map room scene and using the Surveying tool to pin point where the Ark is. Lastly Indy, Sallah and a group of diggers loyal to him start digging the Ark site right under the Nazis' nose.
* Marion, subverting the DamselInDistress cliche at every opportunity. She never once waits for Indy to save her.
* And, of course, Music/JohnWilliams presents one of the finest scores of one of the finest film composers' careers.
* A villainous example during the chase scene: after his men are easily knocked off the sides of the truck by Indy, the German senior NCO curses, nuts up, and climbs over the top of the truck to surprise Indy, almost managing to fling him to his death through the windshield. The Podcast/{{Rifftrax}} crew even dubbed this surprisingly vicious mook [[EvilCounterpart "Düsseldorf Strauss"]].
* The fact that after spending his entire screen time being as creepy and intimidating as possible, Ronald Lacey made the conscious choice to send out Toht ScreamsLikeALittleGirl.

* The Nazis are running around with chaos, Bellouq just standing there as a tower explodes behind him. Rather than freaking out, he just lets out a sad sigh as he realizes there's only one possible reason all this is happening.

* Another villainous example in what may be Bellouq's finest moment: he calls out Jones's bluff about intending to destroy the Ark, while ''also'' forcing the German soldiers back with a stolen gun, while giving a particularly impressive speech that forces the hero to back down.
-->'''Bellouq:''' ''(Gesturing to the soldiers)'' Okay, stand back. All of you, stand back. Get back. Okay, Jones. You win. Blow it up. ''(The soldiers attempt to protect the Ark, but Bellouq takes one of their sub-machine guns and forces them away.)'' Yes, blow it up! Blow it back to God. All your life has been spent in pursuit of archaeological relics. Inside the Ark are treasures beyond your wildest aspirations. You want to see it open as well as I. Indiana... we are simply passing through history. This... This is history. Do as you will.\\

''(Indiana Jones slowly lowers his Panzerfaust, as German soldiers appear behind him.)''

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

* The fact that after spending his entire screen time being as creepy and intimidating as possible, Creator/RonaldLacey made the conscious choice to send out Toht ScreamsLikeALittleGirl.

''(Indiana Jones slowly lowers his Panzerfaust, as German soldiers appear appear behind him.)''