History YMMV / IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Arguably [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXd1D3LuVbM the best]] and most nuanced of the ''Indy'' scores.

* EvilIsSexy: Dr. Elsa Schneider. Oh goodness, Elsa.

* MemeticMutation:
** "No ticket!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Indy throws Colonel Vogel out the window of the zeppelin. Indy then says this line, prompting the passengers aboard to hurriedly pull out their tickets to show him so they don't end up with the same fate.[[/labelnote]]
** "ThatBelongsInAMuseum!"
*** "SO DO YOU!"
** "Nazis... I hate these guys."
** "Choose wisely."[[labelnote:Explanation]]The Grail Knight's lines are very memorable. He warns about choosing the wrong Holy Grail.[[/labelnote]]
*** "He chose... poorly."
** "Let it go."[[note]]This one in particular picked up ''a lot'' of steam due to ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013''.[[/note]]
** "[[WeNamedTheMonkeyJack We named the dog Indiana!]]"
** From the adventure game adaptation, "I'm selling these fine leathers jackets," became something of a RunningGag in Creator/LucasArts {{adventure game}}s.

* SignatureScene:
** The motorcycle escape.
** The fight scene on the tank.
** Donovan drinking the wrong grail.

** 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 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.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Due to [[TheMole her role]] and [[spoiler:giving Donovan the fake Grail]] Elsa's character is open to a lot of interpretation, with some seeing her as a pragmatic opportunist, others as a selfish villain, and others as someone who started out selfish but grew to love Indy.
* AngstWhatAngst: Elsa is severely traumatized, screaming her head off, as Donovan dies right in front of her eyes, from something she deliberately did to him no less, and yet in the next scene she acts as if nothing happened.

** 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. 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 decaptitated 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. The Knights set it up that way so that a Christian could 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).

** The scene where Indy flies and crashes the plane becomes a bit winceworthy when, in March 2015, Creator/HarrisonFord was injured when he crashed his plane, which was also a WWII-era plane. Not helping is the line "Fly, yes. Land, no..."

* MagnificentBastard: [[NobleDemon Garth]] is the leader of a gang of treasure hunters who pursues the young Indiana Jones when the boy steals the Cross of Coronado. Unlike his men, Garth [[WouldntHurtAChild never tries to harm young Indiana]], even [[VillainousRescue rescuing him from getting eaten by a lion]]. While unable to prevent Indiana's escape, Garth instead gets the sheriff on his side who forces Indiana to hand the relic over. Garth then [[PetTheDog consoles his rival over his loss]] and even gives the boy his fedora, which would become Indiana's iconic hat.

** "No ticket!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Indy throws Colonel Vogel out the window of the zeppelin. Indy then says this line, prompting the passengers aboard to hurriedly pull out their tickets to show him.[[/labelnote]]

* TearDryer: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np4OojYGixI Indy goes over a cliff in a Nazi tank.]] His father, Marcus and Sallah are all looking over the cliff in horror and shock, completely missing that Indy made it out and is climbing back up, then joins them to see what all the fuss is about. Sadly Indy's just too late to hear Dr. Jones Sr. realize he'd never really spoken to his son.

** Dr. [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Elsa]] Schneider dies because she couldn't "let it [the Holy Grail] go." She even looks similar to Disney's Elsa!

* MagnificentBastard: [[NobleDemon Garth]] is the leader of a gang of treasure hunters who pursues the young Indiana Jones when the boy steals the Cross of Coronado. Unlike his men, Garth [[WouldntHurtAChild never tries to harm young Indiana]], even [[VillainousRescue rescuing him from getting eaten by a lion]]. While unable to prevent Indiana's escape, Garth instead gets the sheriff on his side who forces Indiana to hand the relic over. Garth then [[PetTheDog consoles his rival over his loss]] and even gives the boy his fedora, which would become Indiana's iconic [[NiceHat hat]].

* FanPreferredCutContent: A lot of fans wish that the creators had stuck with the original plan that the treasure hunter "Fedora" was actually Abner Ravenwood (Marion's father) rather than an unrelated third party, as it would have nicely set up his established mentor relationship with Indy that was briefly mentioned in, but already long gone by the time of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' and introduced a nice little tie-in between the two stories.

* FanPreferredCutContent: A lot of fans wish that the creators had stuck with the original plan that the treasure hunter "Fedora" was actually Abner Ravenwood (Marion's father) rather than an unrelated third party, as it would have nicely set up his established mentor relationship with Indy that was briefly mentioned in, but already long gone by the time of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.

* FanPreferredCutContent: A lot of fans wish that the creators had stuck with the original plan that the treasure hunter "Fedora" was actually Abner Ravenwood rather than an unrelated third party, as it would have nicely set up Ravenwood's established mentor relationship with Indy that was briefly mentioned in, but already long gone by the time of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.

* ContestedSequel: Although ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is commonly regarded as the best film in the series due to its action scenes, our introduction to Indy, and plain old FirstInstallmentWins, there's 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. {{Downplayed}}, as both films are still well-liked and greatly enjoyed by most fans.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** The scene where Indy flies and crashes the plane becomes a bit winceworthy when, in March 2015, Creator/HarrisonFord was injured when he crashed his plane, which was also a WWII-era plane. Not helping is the line "Fly, yes. Land, no..."
*** Two years later he nearly caused a very bad accident when he landed in front of a plane about to take off, causing an investigation about whether he could keep his pilot's license.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Shortly after this film, which is about Indy patching his relationship with his estranged father, Steven Spielberg rebuilt his own relationship with his father, in part thanks to the influence of his wife Kate Capshaw.

** Also, ''[[AdolfHitlarious Hitler]]'', for somewhat obvious reasons.

** From the adventure game adaptation, "I'm selling these fine leathers jackets," became something of a RunningGag in Lucasarts adventure games.

* EvenBetterSequel: Although ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is commonly regarded as the best film in the series due to its action scenes, our introduction to Indy, and plain old FirstInstallmentWins, there's 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. {{Downplayed}}, as both films are still well-liked and greatly enjoyed by most fans.

** "No ticket!"

** "Choose wisely."

* DesignatedHero: Young Indy is, let's be honest, a thief in the prologue, swiping the Cross of Coronado from the guys who found it because he thought he had better plans for it. Keep in mind Indy didn't know what Fedora and company (and their boss) were going to do with it (for all he knew, they were archaeologist-adventurers themselves!)--and even if he did, what made it his call to steal from them? We're presumably meant to be on his side, as when the film cuts to 1938... Indy's stealing the cross from Panama Hat and crew ''again''.
** And Panama Hat and crew end up dying as a result. Granted, it's implied that Panama Hat and his crew were criminals...
** There's a bit of FridgeBrilliance that the guys who had the cross are grave robbers. Which Indy became before he repented of it.

** Most likely, she wasn't expecting Donovan to die like that--even Indy is visibly unnerved--and it was probably the fact that the Grail was within her grasp that helped her shift her focus.

* EvenBetterSequel: Although ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is commonly regarded as the best film in the series due to its action scenes, our introduction to Indy, and plain old FirstInstallmentWins, there's 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 Harrison Ford and Sean Connery, whose comedic dialogue provides a large number of iconic lines. {{Downplayed}}, as both films are still well-liked and greatly enjoyed by most fans.

* ContestedSequel: ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is frequently seen as the best film in the series due to its action scenes, our introduction to Indy, and plain old FirstInstallmentWins. However, a number of fans see this film as the best; the story is tighter, the comedy is better, and the interactions between Indy and Henry not only show a complex relationship between the two but give the story another layer besides "find the [=MacGuffin=]". Some fans also point out that while ''Raiders'' has the more iconic ''scenes'' (the prologue, the opening of the Ark, etc.), ''Crusade'' has a surprisingly large number of iconic ''lines'' (see MemeticMutation below). {{Downplayed}}, as both films are still well-liked and greatly enjoyed by most fans.

* EvenBetterSequel: There's a not-insubstantial group of people who consider this film to be even better than ''Raiders'', due to the more emotionally involving story and the brilliant comic duo of Harrison Ford and Sean Connery. Creator/JamesRolfe has this viewpoint, as his list of top 50 films shows.

** During the Castle Brunwald rescue, Henry Jones, Sr. expresses dismay at Indiana inadvertently bringing the diary into enemy hands, saying that he "should have mailed it to Creator/The MarxBrothers". Harpo Marx revealed in his autobiography ''Harpo Speaks'' that he once actually had to smuggle a journal of important documents out of Russia to keep them from falling into enemy hands.
* HilariousInHindsight: