History Characters / IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull

* BusCrash: [[spoiler: ''Dial'' reveals that he died in Vietnam, nearly driving Indy and Marion to divorce.]]

* MomentKiller: For Indy and Marion. Of course, can he be blamed for not wanting to see his ''mum'' about to make-out? [[spoiler: Particularly since he's only just learnt that Indy's actually his ''real'' father.]]

* SanitySlippage: Looking into the eyes of the Crystal Skull for too long does that. [[spoiler: It wears off once the alien ship leaves.]]

* TheGamblingAddict: [[spoiler: He implies that his reasons for betraying Indy for the Russians is financial, following a spot of "bad luck with the cards"]].

'''Mac''': [[spoiler: No, I just lied about being a double.]]

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Mac is essentially a replacement for Sallah; a BoisterousBruiser side kick with a shady past. His character is introduced as if we already knew him from previous installments; a lot of dialog refers to his and Indy's previous adventures; [[spoiler: and the audience is supposed be emotionally invested in his change of alignment from good to evil, even though we never actually get to know him first]].

* FatalFlaw: [[SevenDeadlySins Gluttony]], actually. She doesn't just crave knowledge, she craves ''all'' knowledge, even surpassing what she already knows or what her mind could possibly handle. It's this desire for excess that [[spoiler: ultimately destroys her when the aliens' unfathomable knowledge overloads and fries her brain.]]

* RememberTheNewGuy: Averted. ''Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide'' reveals he and Indy didn't meet until 1939, one year ''after'' the third film.

* RememberTheNewGuy: Averted. ''Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide'' reveals he and Indy didn't meet until 1939, ''after'' the first 3 films occurred.

* AgonyOfTheFeet: During the breakout early in the film, he gets a single bullet fired into his foot, courtesy of Indy dropping his machine-gun near where he stands.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: By far the strongest bad guy in the film.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Desired ultimate knowledge and to control the minds of people with the Crystal Skull. [[spoiler: She winds up having her mind fried by the aliens when they grant her wish to know everything.]]

* MomentKiller: For Indy and Marion. Of course, can he be blamed for not wanting to see his ''mum'' about to make-out? [[spoiler: Particulary since he's only just learnt that Indy's actually his ''real'' father.]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Standard Indy fare; like the other villains in the series, Spalko is killed a direct result of attempting to exploit the film's resident MacGuffin. The aliens fill her brain with so much knowledge [[MySkullRunnethOver that it disintegrates her from the inside-out.]]

!!!'''Henry Walton Jones III (AKA Mutt Williams)'''

->'''Played by:''' Creator/ShiaLabeouf
->'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/AlexisTomassian (European French)

!!!'''Professor Harold Oxley'''

->'''Played by:''' Creator/JohnHurt

--> '''Played by:''' Creator/JimBroadbent

--> '''Played by:''' Creator/AlanDale
--> '''Dubbed by:''' Creator/MarcCassot (European French)

!!!'''George "Mac" [=McHale=]'''

->'''Played by:''' Creator/RayWinstone

!!!'''Colonel/Dr. Irina Spalko'''

->'''Played by:''' Creator/CateBlanchett

-->''"How fortunate our failure to kill you, Dr. Jones. You survive to be of service to us once again."''

!!!'''Colonel Antonin Dovchenko'''

->'''Played by:''' Igor Jijikine

!! Others

--> '''Played by:''' Creator/NeilFlynn and Creator/JoelStaffer

--> '''Played by:''' Adam Kirley (uncredited), T. Ryan Mooney, Helena Barrett, and Audi Resendez

* GenerationXerox: [[spoiler:Acquires a visible facial scar through his weapon, much like his father did on his chin with the whip. He even named himself Mutt.]]

* ColonelBadass: Kicks Mutt's ass in a straight-up fight.

%%* LaserGuidedKarma: See FatalFlaw.

* PsychicPowers: Spalko believes she has psychic abilities and can [[{{Telepathy}} read people's minds]] but the movie is fairly vague on whether she actually does or not as she is unable to read Indy's mind or communicate with the crystal skull. The {{Novelization}} on the other hand explores her (apparently real) abilities in more depth. She displays her telepathic ability to Mac (to chilling effect) and she finds the entrance to Akator through her own precognition, rather than via Mac's tracking beacons.

* GiantMook: Fairly tall.

* IKnowKarate: Specifically, the Russian military martial art of Sambo, which focuses on throws, grappling and painful joint-locks/breaks. Combined with his already impressive size and strength, Dovchenko's mastery of Sambo ''almost'' allowed him to ''kill'' Indy were it not for the timely presence of a tree branch...
** Igor Jijikine knows Sambo from [[ActorSharedBackground his pre-showbiz time in the Red Army]].

* RememberTheNewGuy: He's been friends with Indy ever since the two of them were students under Marion's father, but he's never mentioned in any of the previous films.

* MenInBlack: They're intense government agents in dark suits who are paranoid about why Indy was near a nuclear testing site.

* TheGamblingAddict: [[spoiler: Implies that his reasons for betraying Indy for the Russians is financial, following a spot of "bad luck with the cards"]].

* LaserGuidedKarma: See FatalFlaw.

* ColonelBadass: Fights Indy and utterly kicks his butt due to their age difference.

* TheDragon: Mild subversion as he actually holds ''equal rank'' to Irina Spalko, namely a Colonel. She's clearly his superior in hierarchy though as she gives him direct orders which he readily complies with.