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!!Captain Phillip James Blumburtt]]
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->'''Played by:''' Philip Stone
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* EvilSorcererEvilSorcerer: He's using supernatural abilites on a few occations, like when holding the sacrificial victim alive after ripping his heart out.
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* TheFundamentalist: He is a devout follower of Kali (who is basically the GodOfEvil in this movie's theology) and everything he does is supposedly to make her more powerful so she can TakeOverTheWorld.
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->'''Played by:''' Amrish Puri

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* ItsPersonal: He became furious when Short Round kicked him while torturing Indy, and personally whipped him.

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* ItsPersonal: He became furious when Short Round kicked him while torturing Indy, and personally whipped him.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The shooting script and novelization had Mola Ram have the same confused and bewildered, snapping-out-of-brainwashing reaction as everyone else that was mind-controlled after handling the glowing stone. In those version he looks confused and terrified for a second, then falls to the crocodiles. The final film is more ambiguous, as he merely tooks puzzled and confused.

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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The shooting script and novelization had Mola Ram have the same confused and bewildered, snapping-out-of-brainwashing reaction as everyone else that was mind-controlled after handling the glowing stone. In those version versions he looks confused and terrified for a second, then falls to the crocodiles. The final film is more ambiguous, as he merely tooks puzzled and confused.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Amrish Puri is said by Creator/HarrisonFord to be one of the ''sweetest and kindest'' men he has ever worked with.
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* GiantMook: Similar to the German Mechanic in the last film he is a giant guy.

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* GiantMook: Similar to the German Mechanic in the last film he is a giant guy. They're even played by the same guy.
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* SkewedPriorities: A firefight has erupted in a large crowded room with you right in the middle, but sure just focus on chasing down that large diamond instead of getting to safety. And just because you end up in a car that's getting shot at not long after doesn't mean you can't be more concerned that you've just chipped one of your nails. At least she gets better at this by the end.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The shooting script and novelization had Mola Ram have the same confused and bewildered, snapping-out-of-brainwashing reaction as everyone else that was mind-controlled after handling the glowing stone. In those version he looks confused and terrified for a second, then falls to the crocodiles. The final film, however, does not have this.

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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The shooting script and novelization had Mola Ram have the same confused and bewildered, snapping-out-of-brainwashing reaction as everyone else that was mind-controlled after handling the glowing stone. In those version he looks confused and terrified for a second, then falls to the crocodiles. The final film, however, does not have this.film is more ambiguous, as he merely tooks puzzled and confused.
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* HateSink: Until the real villains show up midway though the movie, most viewers only have her to hate.
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* StarterVillain: He's the biggest threat to Indy in the first act, and disappears afterward.
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->'''Played by:''' Kate Kapshaw

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!! Thuggee Slave Driver
->'''Played by:''' Pat Roach
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: He gets his sash caught in a rock crusher and then gets dragged, feet-first, into it ''slowly screaming in panic'' and begging Indy to help him by calling out "Sahib!" over and over. Indy [[SaveTheVillain even tries to save the guy]], but to no avail. Then the film cuts to above the crusher and we see ''a smear of blood'' on it. At this point, no one could blame Willie for looking away.
* GiantMook: Similar to the German Mechanic in the last film he is a giant guy.
* TheBrute: The commander of Mola Ram's Thuggee guards, played by Pat Roach. In addition to being gigantic, he is a violent and merciless human being who enjoys beating children.
* TheDragon: The commander of the Thuggee guards appears to be this to Mola Ram.
* WouldHurtAChild: The first time we see him, he is using a whip on a child who has collapsed in the mines.
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* UncertainDoom: The last we see of Chattar Lal, he gets stuck under the wheel in the sacrificial chamber but his fate is unclear. Originally he was planned to suffer a DisneyVillainDeath.

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* UncertainDoom: The last we see of Chattar Lal, he gets stuck under the wheel in the sacrificial chamber and then crawled away but his fate is unclear. Originally he was planned to suffer a DisneyVillainDeath.
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!!Zalim Singh
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!Allies
[[folder:Willie Scott]]
!!Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott
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->'''Played by:''' Kate Kapshaw

--> ''"I'm not going to have anything nice to say about this place when I get back!"''
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* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Willie during the entire scene where Indy bursts into her room to look for the secret entrance to Kali's temple. "I'm right here!"
* BrainlessBeauty: Willie is pretty but she has ''nothing'' between her ears. She thinks archaeologists search for 'mommies' (mummies) and doesn't seem able to grasp the idea of cremation ("this Nurhachi's a ''real'' small guy").
* DefrostingIceQueen: Interviews with Spielberg indicate she was meant to be this trope. Unfortunately, she didn't come off this way to most viewers.
* DiamondsInTheBuff:
-->'''Indy:''' You wear your jewelry to bed, princess?
-->'''Willie:''' Yes. And nothing else.
* DistressedDamsel: To the point where most fans consider her a DamselScrappy.
* TheDitz / DumbBlonde: Especially compared to Marion and Elsa.
* EightiesHair: Willie's hairstyle is half a century ahead of its time.
* GlamorousWartimeSinger: Stationed in Shanghai.
* HateSink: Until the real villains show up midway though the movie, most viewers only have her to hate.
* JerkAss: Nine times out of ten, she's abrasive to Indy and Short Round. She's not entirely irredeemable, but is mostly unpleasant.
* LargeHam: A lot. She's certainly enjoing herself.
* TheLoad: Gets herself continually captured and in danger.
* MeaningfulName: Apparently, her name is derived from the "Wilhelm Scream". She's also named after Creator/StevenSpielberg's pet dog, much like how Creator/GeorgeLucas had named [[BadassBookworm Indy]] after his pet dog.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: She's originally from Missouri, and the drawl tends to slip back in when she gets ''really'' mad.
* ScreamingWoman: And ''how''. Kate Capshaw said it [[PlayingAgainstType was not her specialty]], and she even had to learn how to shriek properly.
* SpoiledBrat: Is always complaining about the luxuries she can't have in the middle of the jungle.
* TookALevelInBadass: It was gradual, but she rescued Indy and Short round from a spike trap. She also punched out a guy clinging to their mine cart.
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Indy is forced to reply to her in that way.
* YouCanKeepHer: Needless to say, Indy's threat didn't exactly work.
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!!Short Round (AKA Wan Li)
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->'''Played by:''' Jonathan Ke Quan

--> ''"I keep telling you, you listen to me more, you live longer!"''
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* AsianSpeekeeEngrish / YouNoTakeCandle: Short Round regularly leaves out "to be" verbs and ignores noun/verb agreement.
* BadassAdorable: A kid who manages to get past vast amounts of armed mooks.
* BrattyHalfPint: He has a lot of the traits associated with this trope, although he also makes himself more useful than is usual for this character archetype.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Whatever happened to him? He is never seen or mentioned after ''Temple of Doom''.
* HonorBeforeReason: Goes back to save Indy even though he had a good opportunity to escape.
* HypercompetentSidekick: He's an AdventurerArchaeologist in training, he can fight, and he can drive. Did I mention that he's about ''twelve'' years old!
* IKnowKarate: Northern-Style Kung Fu, actually. Ask the Thuggee guards whose arses he kicked.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At times a little insufferable, Short Round's still loyal to Indy and a heroic character.
* KidSidekick: He tags along with Indy on his adventures and contributes his skills. He's twelve years old.
* NoIndoorVoice: He tends to shout.
* RecruitedFromTheGutter: Indy relates how he first met him when "Shorty" was a street orphan trying to pick his pocket. Short Round's loyalty saves him from "[[BrainwashedAndCrazy the black sleep of Kali Ma]]" later in the film.
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!!Zalim Singh

->'''Played by:''' Raj Singh

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* AChildShallLeadThem: Zalim is thirteen years old, yet he is the ruler of Pankot.
* BilingualBonus: The Maharajah of Pankot is called 'Zalim' which means evil in Hindi. Fitting, as he is a bad guy. But only because his second-in-command was feeding him [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mind-control juice]].
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He has been put under the Black Sleep by Mola Ram. Luckily, Short Round snaps him out of it.
* CreepyChild: He enjoyed torturing Indy with a voodoo doll when he is under the Black Sleep.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Zalim Singh, the underage Maharajá, assists Short Round once his brainwashing has been eradicated.
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!!Lao Che
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->'''Played by:''' Roy Chiao

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* CarryingTheAntidote: Lao Che is chivalrous enough to swindle and poison Indiana in a reversible way.
* TheDon: The [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Chinese version]] of this.
* KarmaHoudini: He tries to murder Indy and cheats him yet he got off scot-free. [[spoiler:After murdering one of his friends]].
* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: Conducts his business out of his own Club Obi-Wan.
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: He's a powerful Shanghai mob boss.
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[[folder:Chattar Lal]]
!!Chattar Lal

->'''Played by:''' Roshan Seth

--> ''"Your friend has seen, and she has heard, and now she will not talk."''
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* {{Brainwashed}}: It is most likely that he was one of the victims of the Black Sleep of Kali.
* EvilAllAlong: Chattar appears friendly to the heroes when they first step into Pankot Palace, but he is later seen supporting the Thuggee cult.
* EvilChancellor: The Prime Minister of Pankot is in cahoots with the Thuggee.
* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: Chattar Lal, prime minister to the Maharaja of Pankot, attended Oxford.
* UncertainDoom: The last we see of Chattar Lal, he gets stuck under the wheel in the sacrificial chamber but his fate is unclear. Originally he was planned to suffer a DisneyVillainDeath.
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!!Mola Ram
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->'''Played by:''' Amrish Puri

--> ''"Drop them, Dr. Jones! They will be found! '''You won't!'''"''
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* BadassBoast: "The British in India will be slaughtered. Then we will overrun the Muslims. Then the Hebrew God will fall. And then the Christian {{God}} will be cast down and forgotten. Soon, [[TakeOverTheWorld Kali-ma will RULE THE WORLD!!"]]
* BadBoss: Expends his men with the angst of spending ammunition, as shown by him casually dropping a mook down to his death to knock Indy into the mouths of the crocodiles.
* BaldOfEvil: He wears an animal skull for his rituals, but has not a hair on his head save for his eyebrows.
* BeatStillMyHeart: See the page picture. Possibly the most famous example of this trope.
* BigBad: Of the second film, since the cult is responsible for the children disappearing.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The shooting script and novelization had Mola Ram have the same confused and bewildered, snapping-out-of-brainwashing reaction as everyone else that was mind-controlled after handling the glowing stone. In those version he looks confused and terrified for a second, then falls to the crocodiles. The final film, however, does not have this.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Played with. While he ultimately falls to the crocodiles, this case ''had Indy essentially condemn him to death by throwing him the stone''. Can't say he didn't have it coming.
* EvilLaugh: Has a somewhat dark and deep laugh.
* FauxAffablyEvil: When Indy is captured by the cultists, Mola Ram is quite lighthearted, with big, creepy smiles and a mellow voice... his laugh is quite off-putting, as well.
* KnightOfCerebus: Mola Ram might just be the most evil character throughout the whole franchise.
* LargeHam: "Drop them, DOCTOR JONES! They will be found... YOU WON'T!"
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Amrish Puri is said by Creator/HarrisonFord to be one of the ''sweetest and kindest'' men he has ever worked with.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Mostly content to wait and lead the operation from the temple.
* ReligionIsMagic: Either his religon grants him the power to rip someone's heart out without them dying, or it allows him to create the illusion that this is happening for anyone who sees the act.
* ReligionOfEvil: How Kali-Ma is presented in the film, and he's at the head of it.
* SlasherSmile: He does several of these, one notable example would be when [[https://d1u4oo4rb13yy8.cloudfront.net/xtcrsenqrw-1459371319.png he sees]] the brainwashed Maharajah.
* WeHaveReserves: Pushing his own men to their deaths, hoping their falling bodies will knock Indy from the rope bridge.
* WouldHurtAChild: Child slaves are ideal for mining mountains for magic rocks. Small hands, y'see.
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