History Characters / IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom

->'''Played by:''' Creator/KateCapshaw
->'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Andrea Coto (first dub), Cony Madera (second dub)

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: With Indy being attacked by a {{Mook}} that is climbing into their minecart and Short Round having no chance of overpowering him, she finally finds it within herself to throw a punch for the first time in the film. She knocks him out with one punch, derailing their pursuers in the process. Indy is very impressed after seeing this.

-->'''Indy:''' You wear your jewelry to bed, princess?
-->'''Willie:''' Yes. And nothing else.

* EightiesHair: Willie's hairstyle is half a century ahead of its time.

->'''Played by:''' Creator/KeHuyQuan
->'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Creator/PatriciaAcevedo (first dub), Rodrigo Gutiérrez (second dub)

->'''Played by:''' Creator/DavidYip
->'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Creator/JoseAntonioMacias

--> ''"Your friend has seen, and she has heard, and now she will not talk."''

->'''Played by:''' Creator/AmrishPuri
->'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Creator/MiguelAngelGhigliazza (first dub), Creator/HumbertoVelez (second dub)

* AnswerToPrayers: Marhan prayed to Shiva for help on finding the stone. And that prayer was answer when Indy was guided to the village and undertook the quest to retrieve the Shiva Linga and the children.

* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: 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: In her EstablishingCharacterMoment she not only quickly reveals her airheadedness ("this Nurhachi's a ''real'' small guy") but her vanity too ("He put ''two holes'' in my dress from Paris!"). She gets a bit better as the film goes on, though, and even punches out a Thuggee guard during the mine cart chase.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Fed up with the insanity, she finally finds it within herself to take a swing at the {{Mook}} who's trying to climb into the group's mine cart. She knocks him out with one punch.

* ItsAllAboutMe: When Indy heads off to sleep in his room, she tells Indy that he'll come back to her in five minutes and is ''very'' sure of it. She gets upset when he doesn't show up (if mostly because he's in a fight with a Thuggee assassin). Instead of going to ''him'' (as Indy suggested if she really wants him), she just calls out to him for blowing his chance.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nine times out of ten, she's abrasive to Indy and Short Round and is self-centered, spoiled and often unpleasant, but she isn't a bad person.

* MamaBear: Actually takes on this role towards Shorty during the final third of the movie, spending several instances protecting or saving him.

** 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.

!!Enemies

[[folder:Lao Che]]
!!!'''Lao Che'''
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->'''Played by:''' Roy Chiao (on-set actor), Ron Taylor (voice)

A Chinese gangster who owns the Club Obi Wan in Shanghai. He meets with Indy to bargain over the ashes of the [[ImperialChina Qing dynasty emperor Nurhaci]], but Lao's treachery soon leads to the two men trying to kill each other.

* CarryingTheAntidote: Lao Che is at least chivalrous enough to swindle and poison Indiana in a reversible way.
* TheDon: The [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Chinese version]] of this.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:He tries to murder Indy and cheats him yet he got off scot-free, after murdering one of his friends. There were plans to have him return in a sequel, but following the death of Roy Chiao, the plans were scrapped]].
* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: Conducts his business out of his own Club Obi Wan.
* NoHonorAmongThieves: He'd rather have Indy near-fatally poisoned instead of honoring their deal.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: The two men accompanying him at the table are his sons Kao Kan and Chen. Chen is killed when Indy throws a skewer into his abdomen.
* StarterVillain: He's the biggest threat to Indy in the first act, and disappears afterward.
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: He's a powerful Shanghai mob boss.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: His character was enough of a fan favorite for Spielberg to consider bringing him back for a sequel, even possibly making him the antagonist of what would become ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]''. Sadly, any plans for the character's return were quashed when Roy Chiao died in 1999.

[[folder:Chattar Lal]]
!!!'''Chattar Lal, the Prime Minister of Pankot'''
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->'''Played by:''' Roshan Seth

--> ''"Your friend has seen, and she has heard, and now she will not talk."''

Maharajah Singh's top royal advisor in Pankot, who is secretly working for the Thuggee cult (after presumably being brainwashed by them).

* DeathByAdaptation: In the novelization and the comic book adaption, Chattar meets his death by getting knocked into the lava pit when fighting Indy.
* 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.
* KarmaHoudini: According to the official sourcebook, Chattar escaped the temple with stolen treasures after getting defeated by Indy
* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: Chattar Lal, prime minister to the Maharaja of Pankot, attended Oxford.
* TreacherousAdvisor: Chattar served as prime minister to the Majaraja and secretly subjected him to the [[Main/{{Brainwashed}} Black Sleep of Kali]] so the Thuggee can operate freely within Pankot.
* UncertainDoom: In the film, the last we see of Chattar Lal is when he gets stuck under the wheel in the sacrificial chamber and is subsequently seen to be unconscious and his fate remained unclear.

* {{Brainwashed}}: It is most likely that he was one of the victims of the Black Sleep of Kali.

* UncertainDoom: The last we see of Chattar Lal, he gets stuck under the wheel in the sacrificial chamber and is subsequently seen to be unconscious; his fate is unclear. Originally he was planned to suffer a DisneyVillainDeath.

* BareYourMidriff: Is dressed in a belly-revealing sari throughout the climax.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She's never seen again after this movie even though it's a prequel. The [[AllThereInTheManual books reveal]] that she got stuck in one more "adventure" with Indy in Hong Kong before they broke up and she went back to America.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Whatever happened to him? He is never seen or mentioned after ''Temple of Doom''.

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

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Fed up with the insanity, she finally finds it within herself to punch out the {{Mook}} that's climbed onto the coal cart. One punch.

* 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.
** Another instance is when Indy and Short Round are about to be crushed by a trap. Willie not only takes her dear sweet time, she becomes more concerned about a broken nail rather than the fact that ''two people are about to die!'' (To be fair, she didn't outright ''know'' they were in fatal danger when she started complaining.)

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Willie spends the whole second part of the movie barefoot. Even at the end, where she is again dressed in Western clothes, she appears not to wear any shoes.
** Upon closer inspection, she seems to be wearing sandals, but is unclear if it's just a necessity for the actress to care for her feet in the action scenes.

* BeardOfEvil

* TheDragon: Appears to be this to Mola Ram.

%%* {{Sadist}}:

->'''Played by:''' David Yip

* HateSink: Her GoldDigger {{Jerkass}} attitude, her [[SpoiledBrat constant complaining about not having luxuries]], being a BrainlessBeauty, blaming Indy for all her troubles throughout the film at the end (though he does share some responsibility for it) and doing little to nothing productive or relevant to the plot has made her extremely unpopular with some Indiana Jones fans. Unlike other characters who act as TheLoad (such as Brody and Henry Sr.), who at least have a pleasant personality or help contribute to the plot, she does neither of those things.

* HateSink: Willie Scott is considered one of the most hated film characters ever. Her GoldDigger {{Jerkass}} attitude, her [[SpoiledBrat constant complaining about not having luxuries]], being a BrainlessBeauty, blaming Indy for all her troubles throughout the film at the end (though he does share some responsibility for it) and doing little to nothing productive or relevant to the plot has made her extremely unpopular with many Indiana Jones fans. Unlike other characters who act as TheLoad (such as Brody and Henry Sr.), who at least have a pleasant personality or help contribute to the plot, she does neither of those things.

* KarmaHoudini: He tries to murder Indy and cheats him yet he got off scot-free. [[spoiler:After murdering one of his friends. There were plans to have him return in a sequel, but following the death of Roy Chiao, the plans were scrapped]].

* KarmaHoudini: He tries to murder Indy and cheats him yet he got off scot-free. [[spoiler:After murdering one of his friends]].

* KarmaHoudini: Cheats and tries to murder Indiana, but gets away scot free. And Indiana has no idea about it. There was a plan to have him return in a sequel, but it never came to fruition.

* KarmaHoudini: Cheats and tries to murder Indiana, but gets away scot free. And Indiana has no idea about it. There was a plan to have him return in a sequel, but it never came to fruition. He is probably the ONLY named Indiana Jones villain who is still alive at the end of the movie.

An 12-year-old Chinese boy who works as a taxi driver in Shanghai, he ends up following Indy and Willie to British India.

* BeatStillMyHeart: Possibly the most famous example of this trope.

* BeatStillMyHeart: See the page picture. Possibly the most famous example of this trope.

* OhCrap: The's He's practically freaking out and pleading for his life when he gets pulled into the rock crusher.