History YMMV / IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade

* ContestedSequel: ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is commonly regarded as the best film in the series due to its action scenes, our introduction to Indy, the incredibly popular Marion Ravenwood, and plain old FirstInstallmentWins. There is, however, a not-insubstantial group of fans who consider ''The Last Crusade'' to be even better than ''Raiders'' due to its tighter pacing, the more emotionally involving story, and the dynamic between Creator/HarrisonFord and Creator/SeanConnery, whose comedic dialogue provides a large number of iconic lines. This is a heavily [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example, as both films are still well-liked and greatly enjoyed by most fans.

** Speaking of Sean Connery impressions, Creator/JohnRhysDavies had a recurring role as Macbeth on ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' (for which he did a ''very'' accurate impression of Connery) five years after ''The Last Crusade''--in which Rhys-Davies and Connery co-starred--was released.

** Speaking of Bond, the gun that Donovan uses to shoot Henry is a a Walther PPK, much like the one that Connery used as Bond. [[Film/{{Skyfall}} Two films after]] Mikkelsen's appearance, Creator/DanielCraig would receive a gun that only he can fire.

* MemeticMutation: [[https://www.deviantart.com/paxdomino/art/Let-It-Go-Elsa-624633101 Elsa]] couldn't let it go. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Elsa dies by falling down a pit, because she couldn't let go of her obsession for the Holy Grail. It also doesn't help that after Indy almost succumbed to the same temptation, Henry Jones Sr. straight up tells Indy to "let it go." Her name's Elsa combined with the infamous 'Let It Go' song is more than enough for everyone to make ''many'' comparisons with the Elsa from ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013''.[[/labelnote]]

* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Elsa has an almost monomaniacal obsession with the Grail, [[spoiler: which results in her death]].

** For a while some fans thought (or hoped) that [[spoiler: drinking from the Grail at the end gave Indy immortality, or at least an extended lifespan and slower aging]]. An older, slower Indy in ''Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' ruined that idea. Then again, ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' shows that Indy lived to at least his early nineties in the early 1990s, so perhaps [[spoiler: drinking from the Grail did give him an extended lifespan]], if nothing else.
** At the beginning of the next sequel, Indy also [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat survives]] being right in the middle of [[spoiler: a nuclear explosion]] - albeit in a [[spoiler: lead-lined fridge]], and sailing through the air in it for quite an impressive distance before crashing. Hard. Several times over. Whlie it's not ''exactly'' bringing Indy BackFromTheDead, it's quite the PlotArmor - which could have its in-universe explanation in Indy drinking from the grail giving him a bit of unlikely ContrivedCoincidence divine protection?

** The first trap someone has to get past to reach the Grail, is ''The Breath of God'': "Only the penitent man shall pass." Several Hatay mooks get decapitated by the razor-sharp blade when they don't know what to do, and even Indy himself only figures it out at the last moment: a pentitent man ''kneels before God''. The bonus kicks in when just as he kneels, Indy has to also do a forward roll to avoid a vertical blade. At first this might seem weird, because the diary passage did not read "Only the penitent man does a diving commando roll before God", it makes sense when you consider that the Knights set it up that way so that a Christian would pass (since he or she would only kneel with a bowed head), but a Muslim would be killed (since a Muslim kneels ''and'' bends forward to place their forehead against the floor).