History Trivia / IndianaJones

* ExtremelyLengthyCreation: The [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull sequel]] to the trilogy had been planned for over a decade, but it had to wait for a plot that all the major players (Spielberg, Harrison Ford, etc.) felt was worthy of the title character.
* FakeNationality: John Rhys-Davies as an Arab begs to be mentioned.

** Indy's failed attempt to impersonate a Scottish laird in ''The Last Crusade'' is an in-character version, if not a {{Lampshading}} of this trope, which originated with Harrison Ford attempting to mimic SeanConnery's accent while playing around.

** GenreThrowback: When combined with ''AmericanGraffiti'' and the original ''StarWars'' trilogy.

* HideYourPregnancy: CateBlanchett was actually three months pregnant by the time she finished filming ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' which make her fencing on moving vehicle stunts even more impressive. Mostly averted as she clearly doesn't look pregnant at any point during the movie.
* PlayingAgainstType: CateBlanchett as a supervillain.

** In ''Crystal Skull'', the girl who punches Mutt in the diner is Sophie Spielberg, daughter of Creator/StevenSpielberg and Kate Capshaw (Willie Scott in ''Temple of Doom'').

* YouLookFamiliar: ''Every'' foe Indy fights that is larger than usual, except for Dovchenko in ''Skull'', was played by the late British wrestler and stuntman Pat Roach. That makes the "giant sherpa" and the second German mechanic in ''Raiders'', the Thuggee overseer in ''Doom'' and a German WorldWarOne pilot in a deleted scene of ''Crusade''. You may know him also as General Kael, TheDragon from another Lucasfilm production, ''Film/{{Willow}}.''

** Vic Tablian plays one of Indy's Peruvian guides in the prologue of ''Raiders'' and the monkey trainer in the Cairo scenes. He returns in the TV series as recurring villain Demetrios, ''and'' after Demetrios is killed even shows up as an Armenian (finally Tablian's actual ethnic background) agent working in WorldWarOne Istanbul.

* HideYourPregnancy: CateBlanchett was actually three months pregnant by the time she finished filming [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]] which make her fencing on moving vehicle stunts even more impressive. Mostly averted as she clearly doesn't look pregnant at any point during the movie.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Donovan is played by Creator/JulianGlover, who also played Kristatos in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' and General Veers from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
** The Janitor as G-man Smith.
** Indy's guide when the film starts is Creator/AlfredMolina of ''Film/SpiderMan2'' fame.
*** [[HilariousInHindsight His first movie role too]].
** UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler in ''The Last Crusade'' is perpetual "that guy" Creator/MichaelSheard, who was also Admiral Ozzel in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', Mr Bronson in ''GrangeHill'', and various roles in ''Series/DoctorWho''.
** Apparently [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Galadriel]] embraced Communism, cut her hair, and is now a brunette. Bit of a shift for CateBlanchett.
** [[Film/{{Gandhi}} Khan and Nehru]] are Mola Ram and Chattar Lal, Prime Minister of Pankot, respectively.
** Short Round is [[TheSmartGuy Data]]. No, not that [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Data]], the one in ''Film/TheGoonies''.
** [[Film/{{Alien}} Kane]] is Professor Harold "Ox" Oxley.
*** Also [[spoiler: [[Series/{{DoctorWho}} the War Doctor]]]]
** [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Gimli]] is Sallah.
** [[Series/{{Scrubs}} The Janitor]] thinks Indy is spying for the Russians.
** Henry Sr. and Marcus Brody were a couple of [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075147/ Merry Men]].
** Toht [[Series/{{Blackadder}} is a sodomy crazed bishop]].
* HeyItsThatVoice: Does that monkey in ''Raiders'' sound like [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Abu]] to you? FrankWelker actually got the role in ''Aladdin'' on recommendation from Steven Spielberg, who recalled the excellent vocal performance he gave in ''Raiders''.

** The first drafts of the third movie had Indy getting in a haunted castle in Scotland. The castle (moved to Austria), the revolving door and even Indy speaking with a poor Scottish accent made it into the final film, but Spielberg didn't want to do another haunted house after ''{{Poltergeist}}''. The haunted castle finally showed up in a [[TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles Young Indy]] TV episode, ''Transylvania, January 1918''.

** Vic Tablian plays one of Indy's Peruvian guides in the prologue of ''Raiders'' and the monkey trainer in the Cairo scenes. He returns in the TV series as recurring villain Demetrios, ''and'' after Demetrios is killed even shows up as an Armenian (finally Tablian's actual ethnic background) agent working in WorldWarOne Istanbul.

** Toht [[{{Blackadder}} is a sodomy crazed bishop]].

* YouLookFamiliar: ''Every'' foe Indy fights that is larger than usual, except for Dovchenko in ''Skull'', was played by the late British wrestler and stuntman Pat Roach. That makes the "giant sherpa" and the second German mechanic in ''Raiders'', the Thuggee overseer in ''Doom'' and a German WorldWarOne pilot in a deleted scene of ''Crusade''. You may know him also as General Kael, TheDragon from another Lucasfilm production, ''Film/{{Willow}}.''
** Ronald Lacey, who played Toht in ''Raiders'', appears as Heinrich Himmler during the Berlin book-burning in ''Last Crusade''.
** Sean Patrick Flannery, teenage Indy in the TV series, cameos as a patient in a mental asylum in ''Skull''.
** Paul Freeman, who played Belloq in ''Raiders'', plays one of Indy's allies in the TV series, GreatWhiteHunter Frederick Selous.
** Vic Tablian plays one of Indy's Peruvian guides in the prologue of ''Raiders'' and the monkey trainer in the Cairo scenes. He returns in the TV series as recurring villain Demetrios, ''and'' after Demetrios is killed even shows up as an Armenian (finally Tablian's actual ethnic background) agent working in WorldWarOne Istanbul.

** Julian Glover plays an [[FakeAmerican American]], and Michael Byrne plays a German. Both are British.

** Alfred Molina ain't South American, señor.

** Australian Cate Blanchett as [[FakeRussian Ukrainian Irina Spalko.]]

** Donovan is played by JulianGlover, who also played Kristatos in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' and General Veers from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.

** [[{{Gandhi}} Khan and Nehru]] are Mola Ram and Chattar Lal, Prime Minister of Pankot, respectively.

** [[MagnumPI Tom Selleck]] was Spielberg's original pick as Indy, but Selleck was unable to get out of his contract to ''MagnumPI.'', thus paving the way for Harrison Ford. Take a look at ''High Road To China'' (1983) to get an idea of what Selleck might have been like. We dodged a bullet there. Not to mention Ford's acting career might have ended with ''StarWars'' just like most of his costars if George Lucas hadn't gotten him a second iconic role.

** AdolfHitler in ''The Last Crusade'' is perpetual "that guy" Creator/MichaelSheard, who was also Admiral Ozzel in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', Mr Bronson in ''GrangeHill'', and various roles in ''Series/DoctorWho''.

** AdolfHitler in ''The Last Crusade'' is perpetual "that guy" MichaelSheard, who was also Admiral Ozzel in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', Mr Bronson in ''GrangeHill'', and various roles in ''Series/DoctorWho''.

* RefittedForSequel: ''Temple of Doom'' included several sequences originally planned for ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'':
** Much of the original sword fight that would have been between Indy and [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim the swordsman he shot]] instead made it into the sword fight at the end of ''Temple of Doom'' (where Indy tries the same thing, but his gun is missing).
** The minecart chase was originally planned for ''Raiders'' (and even storyboarded) but had to be cut for pacing reasons.
** Indy hiding behind a rolling gong from machine gunfire and the life raft escape from a plane and down a mountain slope were in the original script for ''Raiders''.
*** The rolling gong went as far as being storyboarded.

* YouLookFamiliar: The Thuggee overseer and the Nazi GiantMook in parts 1 & 3 (the latter in a deleted scene) Indy kills were played by the same, late stuntman, British wrestler Pat Roach (in Part 1, he was also one of the Sherpa's with Toht that Indy fights). You may know him also as General Kael, TheDragon from another Lucasfilm production, ''Film/{{Willow}}.''
** Ronald Lacey, who played Toht in ''Raiders'', appears as Heinrich Himmler during the Berlin book-burning in ''Last Crusade''.

** Indy's guide when the film starts is AlfredMolina of ''Film/{{Spider-Man}} 2'' fame.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Does that monkey in ''Raiders'' sound like [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Disney/Aladdin Abu]] to you? FrankWelker actually got the role in ''Aladdin'' on recommendation from Steven Spielberg, who recalled the excellent vocal performance he gave in ''Raiders''.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Does that monkey in ''Raiders'' sound like [[Film/Aladdin Abu]] to you? FrankWelker actually got the role in ''Aladdin'' on recommendation from Steven Spielberg, who recalled the excellent vocal performance he gave in ''Raiders''.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Does that monkey in ''Raiders'' sound like [[Disney/Aladdin Abu]] to you? FrankWelker actually got the role in ''Aladdin'' on recommendation from Steven Spielberg, who recalled the excellent vocal performance he gave in ''Raiders''.