History Recap / YoungIndianaJonesAndTheCurseOfTheJackal

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Indy becomes disillusioned with Pancho Villa after seeing his men loot a village and steal chickens from an elderly peasant, who later tells Indy that every politician and revolutionary tells him they want to help him, but all they do is steal his chickens. Indy, who has already realised that Pancho Villa's revolution is not ''his'' revolution

** In the movie scene, the revolutionaries are genuinely moved by the silent film even though it is about an American soldier going off to war. Then they see the newsreel about Pershing, and are angry.

* AlmostDeadGuy: José gets shot trying to change the points at Ciudad Guerro, but is still alive by the time Indy reaches him.

* ChekhsSkill: Linguistics. Inspired by Lawrence, Indy clearly learned some Arabic in Egypt. This enables him to realise that Claw, the one-handed arms dealer in 1916, is actually Demetrios after he uses an Arabic word when berating Pancho Villa's prisoners.

In 1908, Indy — travelling around the world with his parents — meets Helen Seymour, who is hired to be his tutor. In Egypt, Indy and Helen visit the Pyramids, where they meet UsefulNotes/TELawrence, who invites Indy to an archaeological dig. There, he meets and befriends Rashid, an Egyptian who is helping Howard Carter. The next day, Rashid is found murdered and a valuable jackal headpiece stolen. Demetrios, the chief blaster of the excavation, is revealed to be behind this, but he escapes.

In 1916, a teenage Indy travels to the Mexican border with his cousin Frank but is captured by revolutionaries led by Pancho Villa. He befriends Remy, a Belgian chef who has somehow fallen in with the revolutionaries. Indy also recognises Demetrios — who is now an arms dealer who does business with Pancho Villa but also spies for the Americans. After learning of the revolutionaries' hypocrisy, Indy and Remy decide to leave — but not before Indy deals with his unfinished business with Demetrios.

* StuffBlowingUp: That flatbed of explosives does plenty of damage to the walls of Ciudad Guerro,

* TemptingFate: General Pershing says of Pancho Villa that he will "kick his ass". In fact, the 1916-17 US incursion into Mexico would end in failure.

* SombreroEqualsMexican. There are no prizes for guessing the revolutionaries' choice of headgear, in contrast to Indy's trademark brown fedora.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We don't know what happened to Indy's cousin Frank after the raid on Columbus [[note]] in the computer game ''The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Revolution'', Frank is killed if the player decides ''not'' to help retrieve the robbed woman's clothes [[/note]].

* AdventureArchaeologist: T.E. Lawrence, one of the classic RealLife examples of this trope, is shown here as a mentor-figure to Indiana Jones, ''the'' greatest fictional example.

** In 1916, Indy reads about the fighting at Verdun in a newspaper. It won't be long before he gets to experience that for himself.

In 1916, a teenage Indy travels to the Mexican border with his cousin Frank but is captured by revolutionaries led by Pancho Villa. He befriends Remy, a Belgian chef who has somehow fallen in with the revolutionaries. Indy gets involved in the war, he recognises Demetrios, who is now collaborating with the Americans. After learning of the revolutionaries' hypocrisy, Indy and Remy decide to leave — but not before Indy deals with his unfinished business with Demetrios.

** As in several later episodes, teenage Indy is shown to be writing a letter to Ned, and referring to letters Ned wrote to him.

* NoodleIncident: It is not stated how Demetrios lost a hand at some point between 1908 and 1916.

* ArtisticLicenceGeography: Indy and Miss Seymour visit the Pyramids of Giza and wind up stranded in the Sahara after their guide abandons them. But Giza isn't a remote area in the desert — it's a heavily populated suburb of Cairo, with the Pyramids very much on the edge of said suburb, rather than in the middle of the desert (although to be fair, this is neither the first nor the last TV show to imply that the Pyramids are more remote than they actually are).

** We also get a subtle one involving pets. In the first flashback sequence, we briefly see Indiana, the dog whom Indy nicknamed himself after. Later, Old Indy says he has to go home and feed his cat, who's called Henry. So as a boy, Indy named himself after the dog, and as an old man he has a cat who he's named after himself.

** At the end of ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', it was revealed that Indy is (nick)named after the family dog. Here, we get to see that dog.

* CunningLinguist: Lawrence, who impresses Indy with his fluent Arabic, is keen to impress upon his young friend the importance of learning the local language wherever he goes.

* TheDeterminator: Indy, and it gets him into more trouble than he bargained for. By attempting to recover ''all'' of the robbed woman's clothes that the bandit steals, he ends up in Mexico — and a prisoner of Pancho Villa.

* HormoneAddledTeenager: The only reason why Indy and his cousin Frank go to Columbus is because they want to "see the ''senoritas''" -- in other words, to try and visit a local bordello.

* BadassBandolier: Pancho Villa and most of his gang sport two each.

* MagnificentMoustachesOfMexico: Naturally, Pancho Villa and his bandits all have these.

In 1916, a teenage Indy travels to Mexico with his cousin Frank but is captured by revolutionaries led by Pancho Villa. He befriends Remy, a Belgian chef who has somehow fallen in with the revolutionaries. Indy gets involved in the war, he recognises Demetrios, who is now collaborating with the Americans. After learning of the revolutionaries' hypocrisy, Indy and Remy decide to leave — but not before Indy deals with his unfinished business with Demetrios.

* TheDeterminator: Indy, and it gets him into more trouble than he bargained for.