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** Indy drinking from the grail was [[SecretTestOfCharacter another trial]]: his reason to drink was that he didn't want to put his father (for whom he was seeking the grail to cure him) in danger of dying of drinking from the wrong cup, and the only way to reliably exclude that was trying it on himself - in other words, he was putting his life on the line for his father. ''If'' the grail tests motivations, then Indy's would get him a pass with flying colors; so Indy can take the grail (to bring it to Henry) - unlike Elsa later who just wants to be famous and is driven mad and thrown into a pit for it.

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** Indy drinking from the grail was [[SecretTestOfCharacter another trial]]: his reason to drink was that he didn't want to put his father (for whom he was seeking the grail to cure him) in danger of dying of drinking from the wrong cup, and the only way to reliably exclude that was trying it on himself - in other words, he was putting his life on the line for his father. ''If'' the grail tests motivations, then Indy's would get him a pass with flying colors; so Indy can take the grail (to bring take it to Henry) - unlike Elsa later who just wants to be famous and is driven mad and thrown into a pit for it.



* While the exterior of the true Grail is a humble carpenter's cup, the interior is coated in gold, befitting the cup that held the blood of the Son of God.

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* While the exterior of the true Grail is a humble carpenter's cup, the interior is glows as though coated in gold, befitting the cup that held the blood of the Son of God.



** That will work only if you willingly forgot, that by the 1938, Hitler was internationally-recognized legitimate ruler with enormous popular support in the Germany, and even those, who wasn't NSDAP member, perceived him as effective leader, that bring Germany back to military might and prosperity. Passengers was simply scared, that steward, who is ready to knock SS officer out for not having a ticket, is violent lunatic no one want to confront.

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** That will work only if you willingly forgot, that by the 1938, Hitler was an internationally-recognized legitimate ruler with enormous popular support in the Germany, and even those, those who wasn't weren't NSDAP member, members perceived him as effective leader, that bring brought Germany back to military might and prosperity. Passengers was were simply scared, that steward, a steward who is ready to knock an SS officer out for not having a ticket, ticket is a violent lunatic no one want no-one wants to confront.



* While Donovan's death is pretty horrible for Elsa and Indy, it must have been much worse for Mrs. Donovan. The film never specifies whether Walter's wife was aware of his connections to the Nazis, and due her only appearance in the film, whether she was aware of her husband's allegiances or not, it can be said that it looked that they loved each other. Assuming she didn't know about Walter's plans, Mrs. Donovan is now widowed and most than likely will never discover what happened to her husband, whose death will possibly go undiscovered given that nothing but dust remains of him now.

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* While Donovan's death is pretty horrible for Elsa and Indy, it must have been much worse for Mrs. Donovan. The film never specifies whether Walter's wife was aware of his connections to the Nazis, and due to her only appearance in the film, whether she was aware of her husband's allegiances or not, it can be said that it looked that they loved each other. Assuming she didn't know about Walter's plans, Mrs. Donovan is now widowed and most than likely will never discover what happened to her husband, whose death will possibly go undiscovered given that nothing but dust remains of him now.
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** Such is also pointed out in the ''Graphic Adventure'' just before entering the Grail Temple.
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* At the end of the movie, Henry's hat comes off [[spoiler:after he's been shot]], and he ends up leaving it behind in the temple. He has to improvise a new hat to protect his head on their ride into the sunset--this changing of hats represents Henry becoming a new person as a result of the "illumination" he experienced in the Grail temple.

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* At the end of the movie, Henry's hat comes off [[spoiler:after after he's been shot]], shot, and he ends up leaving it behind in the temple. He has to improvise a new hat to protect his head on their ride into the sunset--this changing of hats represents Henry becoming a new person as a result of the "illumination" he experienced in the Grail temple.

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