Line #289 Characters/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade


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3	'''Beware of unmarked spoilers. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.'''
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7	!!Allies
8
9	[[folder:Kazim]]
10	!!Kazim
11	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kazimvenice.jpg]]
12	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/KevorkMalikyan
13	!!!'''Voiced By:''' Toshihiko Kojima, Creator/{{Mugihito}}, Mitsuo Senda, Creator/YutoNakano (Japanese versions), Creator/ArturoMercadoJr (Latin Spanish), Mostéfa Stiti (European French)
14
15	->''"Ask yourself, why do you seek the Cup of Christ? Is it for His glory, or for yours?"''
16
17	The leader of the Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword, an ancient organization that protects the secrets of the Holy Grail.
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19	* AncientOrderOfProtectors: He is part of ''The Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword'', a group dedicated to protecting the grail.
20	-->'''Kazim:''' The secret of the Grail has been safe for a thousand years. And in all that time, the Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword has been prepared to do ''[[IDidWhatIHadToDo anything]]'' to keep it safe.
21	* BullyingADragon: He leads a Brotherhood ambush on Vogel's heavily armed convoy, which includes numerous Nazi troops armed with submachine guns, grenades, and a tank. Naturally, they get cut down with ease while inflicting few to no casualties in return.
22	* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:He is mortally wounded by the Nazis during the battle in the desert. Before he dies, he offers a warning to Elsa and Donovan about the dangers of the Grail.]]
23	* ChekhovsGunman: He tries to kill Indy in Venice, but they part on relatively good terms. During the battle in the desert, he brings TheCavalry.
24	* DefeatMeansFriendship: After his initial encounter with Indy and the latter clarifies his reason for following the Grail, Kazim drops all hostilities with him, even giving him the location of his father.
25	* FaceDeathWithDignity: Kazim isn't intimidated by Indy threatening to have him chopped up by a boat propeller, especially as Indy would die as well.
26	-->"My soul is prepared, Dr. Jones! How's yours?"
27	* HonorBeforeReason: Kazim and the rest of the Brotherhood are fully willing to die in order to protect the Grail. Even if it means going up against tanks and Wehrmacht soldiers armed with [=MP40s=] and Stielhandgranates with only bolt-action rifles to counter them.
28	* ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure: He and the Brotherhood will do anything to safeguard the Grail's location, including setting fire to and completely destroying the knight's tomb.
29	* PetTheDog: After Indy tells him his only interest is his father, not the Holy Grail, Kazim wishes Indy good luck and gives him the location where Henry is being held captive: right on the Austrian border with the feared Third Reich.
30	[[/folder]]
31
32	[[folder:The Grail Knight]]
33	!!The Grail Knight
34	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/knight_7.jpg]]
35	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RobertEddison
36	!!!'''Voiced By:''' Koichi Kitamura, Creator/GoroNaya, Tamio Oki, Satoshi Sasaki (Japanese versions), Creator/FranciscoColmenero (Latin Spanish), Jacques Mauclair (European French)
37
38	->''"You must choose. But choose wisely, for while the true Grail will bring you life, the false Grail will take it from you."''
39
40	A medieval knight who participated in the First Crusade, he ended up becoming the immortal guardian of the Holy Grail.
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42	* AgeWithoutYouth: The Grail grants ''Life'', it does not grant Youth. As a result, its last guardian is [[ElderlyImmortal ancient]] and spent, albeit in fairly good shape for someone almost 1000 years old and looking simply like a normal man in his later years than the inhuman beings usually associated with this trope.
43	** Although the novelization implies that occasionally the knight's "Spirit would waver" and he aged because of this, suggesting that in his weariness of his duty occasionally throughout the centuries he would stop drinking from the Grail and plan to finally die of old age as a result until he changed his mind and drank again but it wouldn't restore the lost years. Suggesting that the grail could grant youth but only if you drink constantly.
44	* AncientKeeper: He has been the guardian of the grail for centuries.
45	* AncientOrderOfProtectors: He is a member of the Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword, a secretive group of warriors who are dedicated to protecting the location of the Holy Grail.
46	* ChekhovsGunman: He's first mentioned as one of the three brothers who found the Grail in a way that makes it sound like he merely never made it home, and obscures the fact that he is alive as the artifact's guardian.
47	* CoolSword: His medieval sword which looks a lot like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyeuse the Joyeuse]], the legendary sword wielded by Charlemagne.
48	* DeadpanSnarker: ''Extremely'' deadpan, especially with a man dying horribly right in front of him. Which also makes him TheComicallySerious.
49	-->"[[{{Understatement}} He chose... poorly.]]"
50	* DeathSeeker: He seems happy that someone has come along to free him of his burden of guarding the grail and is relieved at Indy breaking the seal, meaning he can finally rest after guarding the grail for centuries.
51	* DetectEvil: It's implied that he can sense Donovan's evil, just as he can tell Indy's goodness, even if he has no way of knowing who either man is, nor the context of their quest. He's noticeably not remotely bothered by seeing Donovan's horrifying fate.
52	* DissonantSerenity: He's just ''way'' too damn calm while watching a man disintegrate in front of him, in contrast to Elsa's shrieking and Indy's horrified expression.
53	* ElderlyImmortal: He is clearly into old age and admits to being past his prime, but drinking from the Grail has kept him alive for centuries.
54	* EternalEnglish: He's supposedly from the Middle Ages, from France on top of it, and has spent the intervening centuries in a room by himself, yet he speaks in perfect modern English.
55	* FaceDeathWithDignity: He's completely unafraid when he believes that Indy has come to kill him and when he knows his immortality will leave him.
56	* FaceFramedInShadow: When Indy first enters the chamber, he's shown kneeling in front of his Bible, but his face is framed by shadows, not revealing how aged he actually is until he grabs his sword and tries to defend himself, revealing that he's actually an old man.
57	* FateWorseThanDeath: While he doesn't look particularly unhinged, he still had to spend something like 800 years alone in a room without sunlight and only water to drink. Of course, he still had the run of the chasm and the rest of the Temple, but it's really not much of an improvement. It's little wonder he was relieved upon seeing Indy and assuming he had come to kill him and take his place guarding the Grail.
58	* FishOutOfTemporalWater: He assumes that Indy is a knight, albeit one that is strangely dressed, implying that he doesn't know how the world has changed in the centuries that have passed.
59	* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:He smiles and waves goodbye to Indy as the Temple is collapsing around him, knowing that he is free from his curse and the Grail is safe.]]
60	* KnightInShiningArmour: Loyal to the chivalric code and his quest for many hundreds of years.
61	* LastOfHisKind: He's the last of three brothers who set out on a quest for the Grail. In a larger sense, he is also the last of the Crusaders.
62	* NoNameGiven: His true name has been lost to history, and while he presumably remembers it himself, he doesn't introduce himself - he is the guardian of the Holy Grail, and that is the only title that matters now.
63	* OlderThanTheyLook: He looks to be in his seventies or eighties and was played by eighty-year old Robert Eddison. He's actually closer to ''eight-hundred'' years old.
64	* Really700YearsOld: About how long he's been in the grail chamber.
65	-->"A long time to wait."
66	* WhoWantsToLiveForever: After spending centuries alone guarding a magic cup inside a dusty old temple, it's hard not to see why he doesn't care much for being immortal.
67	* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: A milder version of the Trope. The Grail Knight assumed Indiana was there to take his place after "vanquishing" him in combat. Mildly {{tear jerk\|er}}ing in that the poor Knight was exhausted and ready to die for some well-earned peace of mind. [[spoiler:Though considering that the grail ended up in the middle of a chasm, the knight won't be able to drink out of it anymore. Note that he seems to be fine with this judging by the smile he gives Indy before being sealed in.]]
68	* ZeroEffortBoss: He challenges Indy to single combat as part of his duty to guard the grail. Unfortunately, even with the Grail keeping him alive, he's still a very old man whose fighting days are long behind him, and is toppled by the weight of his own weapon after just one swing.
69	[[/folder]]
70
71	!!Enemies
72
73	[[folder:Garth]]
74	!!Garth (AKA Fedora)
75	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fedora.jpg]]
76	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RichardYoung
77	!!!'''Voiced By:''' Eizou Tsuda, Hidetoshi Nakamura, Creator/AkioOtsuka, Aruno Tahara (Japanese versions), Creator/RicardoTejedo (Latin Spanish), Michel Derain (European French)
78
79	->''"You lost today kid, but that doesn't mean you have to like it."''
80
81	A thieving treasure hunter whom a teenage Indy encountered while living in Utah in 1912. Hired by a man known as "Panama Hat" to find the Cross of Coronado, he chases down Indy when the boy tries to take the artifact himself.
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83	* AffablyEvil: He's a fairly charming guy who helps pull young Indy to safety after the latter falls into a lion's train carriage during their chase, and the boy's escape impresses him so much that, upon tracking him down, he awards him with his fedora.
84	* AntiVillain: He's a graverobber and a thief but he's not purely evil and he even genuine admires young Indy's bravery.
85	* BaitAndSwitch: On first seeing him, his back is facing the camera, making it look like he's Indy. It's only once his face is seen that it's made clear he's not.
86	* EvenEvilHasStandards: He doesn't want to hurt the young Indy and instead tries to convince him to surrender, even rescuing him from a lion in the process.
87	* {{Foil}}: To Satipo from the first film. Satipo is seemingly on Indy's side, but proves to be a two-faced traitor that leaves Indy for dead after getting the {{Macguffin}}, which he then loses upon getting killed. Garth is antagonistic, but a decent chap that never tries to hurt Indy, instead tries to reason with him and even rescues him at one point. While he fails to get the {{Macguffin}} by conventional means, he ultimately succeeds by getting the sheriff on his side and makes Indy hand over the cross. In the end, he survives.
88	* FriendlyEnemy: After he and his cronies successfully recapture the Cross of Coronado, Garth offers his hat to young Indy as a show of appreciation towards him.
89	* GracefulLoser: The first time Indy beats him he's a bit bothered by it but then he smiles as he's stuck by his young opponent's skills.
90	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being a mercenary and a graverobbers he's still genuine impressed by young Indy's bravery and he doesn't want to hurt him unlike his men. After obtaining the Cross he's not overly enthusiastic about it and sympathizes with Indy's disappointment giving him his hat as a consolation prize.
91	* KarmaHoudini: Unlike Panama Hat, there's no indication he ever crossed Indy's path again, meaning he presumably gets away with his thievery.
92	* PetTheDog: He rescues Indy from death during their chase and seems very impressed by his bravery, even giving him his hat as a sign of respect.
93	* WorthyOpponent: Sees one in Indy, smiling as the young Indy makes his escape. At the very end, when [[spoiler:the Sheriff makes Indy hand over the cross back to Panama Hat]], Fedora graduates to StealthMentor.
94	* WouldntHurtAChild: Unlike [[WouldHurtAChild some of his lackeys]], he never gets violent with Indy, preferring instead to convince him to surrender.
95	[[/folder]]
96
97	[[folder:Panama Hat]]
98	!!Panama Hat
99	[[quoteright:190:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/paul_maxwell_indiana_jones_and_the_last_crusade_1989.jpg]]
100	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/PaulMaxwell (old), Tim Hiser (young)
101
102	->''"This is the second time I had to reclaim my property from you!"''
103
104	A criminal who hired Garth to find the Cross of Coronado for him in 1912, which led to a chase with a younger Indy. 26 years later, Panama Hat and Indy later meet and fight each other again over the same Cross in 1938.
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106	* ArchEnemy: He recognizes Indiana as an adult, implying they've butted heads a few more times while he was growing up.
107	* ArmsDealer: It's implied that he's smuggling weapons for the Spanish Civil War.
108	* DeadHatShot: Panama Hat is implied to have died on his exploding freighter off the coast of Portugal when his hat is seen floating in the water near a swimming Indy.
109	* EvilCounterpart: Panama Hat and his minions are graverobbers, which is what Indy has been accused of being. This difference is that Panama Hat regards what he's stealing as his own property [[ItBelongsInAMuseum while Indy doesn't]].
110	* EvilCripple: Walks with a limp by 1938.
111	* EvilOldFolks: He's in his later years when he and Indy meet and as evil as ever.
112	* NoNameGiven: In the film he is only credited as "[[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Panama Hat]]".
113	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: When Indy liberated the Cross of Coronado (although not in the most legal way), but is told by the sheriff to ''hand it back'' to Panama Hat.
114	[[/folder]]
115
116	[[folder:Walter Donovan]]
117	!!Walter Donovan
118	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/walter_donovan.png]]
119	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JulianGlover
120	!!!'''Voiced By (European French):''' Creator/PierreHatet
121	!!!'''Voiced By (Latin American Spanish):''' Creator/GerardoReyero
122
123	->''"As you can now see, Dr. Jones, we are on the verge of completing a quest that began almost two thousand years ago. We're only one step away."''
124
125	An American businessman who is secretly working alongside the Nazis in an expedition to find the Holy Grail.
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127	* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:Even if he hadn't been tricked by Elsa into drinking from the wrong Grail, and somehow succeeded in his plot, he still wouldn't have gotten what he wanted. Or rather, he would have gotten the immortality he sought... trapped forever inside the temple as the new guardian of the Grail, as the Grail cannot be brought past the great seal. As such, he'd have been left with three choices; remain in the temple, immortal and alone, leave it behind and begin aging normally again, or die trying to take the Grail with him.]]
128	* BaitTheDog: When he's introduced, he's charming, witty, polite, and seemingly helpful towards Indy. Then he turns out to be a Nazi collaborator, and just as ruthless as that would imply.
129	* BigBad: Of the third film, since he's heading the expedition and his quest for the Grail kicks off the plot.
130	* BigBadDuumvirate: With Elsa. She technically answers to him, but she wants the grail for herself and even [[spoiler:double-crosses him in the end by making him pick the wrong grail]], arguably making this a BigBadEnsemble.
131	* BodyHorror: His death is a horrific sight to behold. [[spoiler:At first, he just appears several years older. But then, his hair suddenly grows out gray, and his flesh rots away in a matter of seconds. He's screaming the whole time, so one presumes he was still conscious during all of this.]]
132	* ContrastingSequelAntagonist:
133	** To Belloq. While they're both working for the Nazis out of greed, Belloq was an expert in various cultures. Donovan is ''not'' an expert and more of a materialistic connoisseur who relies on Elsa's expertise. Belloq also showed legitimate appreciation for the Ark as a historical find and respected Indy as a fellow expert and was genuinely polite and respectful to Indy and Marion while Donovan doesn't care about the Grail beyond his own gain and his manners are just a facade.
134	** To Mola Ram. Mola is devoutly religious - albeit to a GodOfEvil - and fully understands the power and purpose of the religious artifacts he's after. Donovan is not a practicing Christian and doesn't understand the purpose of the Grail, only what it can give him. Mola Ram was also a shadowy and secretive figure who was part of a cult taught to long be extinct while Donovan is a respected public figure and works with one of the biggest armies in the world.
135	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He is a wealthy industrialist who wants to selfishly take the Grail for himself because he believes LivingForeverIsAwesome.
136	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Goes through an agonizing form of RapidAging with him still conscious as [[BodyHorror his flesh starts to decay]].]]
137	* DeathByIrony: Desires immortality via the Grail. Ages to a corpse within seconds. Nothing a little Botox can't fix, right Donovan?
138	* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the Graphic Adventure, he doesn't rapidly age, but rather gets impatient waiting for Indy and [[OffWithHisHead fails the first trial]].]]
139	* EvilAllAlong: He's introduced as an ally to Indiana simply trying to find an ancient artifact, but he's revealed halfway through to be a Nazi collaborator who selfishly craves immortality.
140	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Thanks to his lack of knowledge and his selfish nature, Donovan doesn't understand that the Holy Grail isn't a golden, jewel-encrusted treasure; it's the simple drinking cup of a humble carpenter, and holding it isn't a victory, it's a sacrifice. The Life granted by drinking from the Grail is a reward for assuming a heavy and difficult responsibility, not the kind of LivingForeverIsAwesome existance Donovan wants.
141	* EvilCounterpart: Donovan is essentially the evil counterpart to both Henry and his father. They're both obsessed with finding the Grail, but where Henry is abrasive but ultimately noble, Donovan is urbane but selfish to a sociopathic degree. They've known each other for years prior and Henry comments that he always knew Donovan was sleazy but never imagined he'd stoop so low as to work with the Nazis.
142	* EyeScream: [[spoiler:As he [[RapidAging ages to death]] from drinking from the false grail, his eyes appear to melt and drain down into his skull.]]
143	* FatalFlaw:
144	** [[StupidEvil Ignorance]]. Donovan sought the power of the Grail for his own selfish desires, but he didn't possess enough knowledge about it. All he knew was that the Holy Grail was a sacred artifact and that it would give eternal life to anyone who drinks from it. This would ultimately come back to bite him at the end of the film when he finally manages to locate the Grail room, where the Grail Knight warns him that the true grail will bring him life while a false one will kill him. [[spoiler:Due to his lack of knowledge of Grail lore, Elsa was able to trick Donovan into drinking from the wrong cup, [[KarmicDeath making him age rapidly until he dies.]]]]
145	** [[DeathByMaterialism His materialistic values.]] As a connoisseur, Donovan often judged items by how beautiful and glittery they looked. As such, he expected the Holy Grail to appear as something like a golden treasure (not knowing that Jesus couldn't have made it out of gold nor would he). [[spoiler:Seeing the Grail for its materialistic value rather than its spiritual meaning would be a factor in his death.]]
146	* FauxAffablyEvil: Makes a good show of being pleasant and affable even after he's revealed as the main villain, but he ''is'' freely collaborating with the Nazis and when push comes to shove [[spoiler:he proves willing to shoot Indy's father in the gut to force Indy to retrieve the Holy Grail for him.]]
147	* HiddenDepths: Despite his openly selfish nature, he has a brief moment upon seeing what he thinks is the grail and is taken aback by it's beauty, showing genuine appreciation for it rather than just being happy about what it can give him, implying he is at least capable of thinking beyond his own well-being.
148	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His word of advice to Indy: "Be careful. Don't trust ''anyone.''" [[spoiler:He's killed at the end precisely because he trusted his associate Elsa Schneider to pick out the true Grail rather than one of the traps]].
149	* ImmortalityImmorality: He goes to some extreme ends to find the Grail, even shaking hands with Nazis, reasoning that "Hitler can have the world, but he can't take it with him."
150	* ItsAllAboutMe: Donovan doesn't give a damn about ideology, whom he has to work with or whom he has to hurt as long as it gets him what he wants.
151	* KarmicDeath: He's completely obsessed with finding the Grail and living forever. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his lack of knowledge surrounding the Grail other than giving eternal life allows Elsa to trick him into drinking from the wrong grail. He proceeds to die by RapidAging.]]
152	* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Shooting Henry to force Indy into clearing the path to the Grail of its traps counts as this. While there was a motive behind it, he could have simply held Henry at gunpoint instead.]]
153	* LackOfEmpathy: He's completely unconcerned with who he has to hurt or what the Nazis will do with the Grail. Just so long as he can use it to gain immortality. He betrays the Jones family at least once, and he's said that Hitler and the Nazis can rot for all he cares, as long as he gets what he wants.
154	* LaserGuidedKarma: See KarmicDeath.
155	* ManOfWealthAndTaste: He is a wealthy socialite played by Julian Glover, after all. [[spoiler:This, unfortunately for him, led to his death; as a connoisseur and not a historian, he's convinced the glittery gem-encrusted golden chalice chosen by Elsa, is the true Cup of Christ. As the Knight so eloquently puts it, "he chose poorly".]]
156	* ManipulativeBastard: The way he kicks the dog definitely qualifies him: [[spoiler:he doesn't shoot Indy, but rather shoots Indy's father, making finding the grail Indy's only option to save his father's life]].
157	* TheMole: In a sense. He turns out to be working for the Nazis.
158	* NotInThisForYourRevolution: By his own admission, he doesn't care what the Nazis do with the Grail. All he wants is the immortality it grants, regardless of the cost.
159	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Despite playing an American character and accompanying accent, there are several instances where Julian Glover's British accent slips through into Donovan's dialogue.
160	* PiggybackingOnHitler: Selling out America, and his wife, family, and friends no less, to the Nazis for a grab at immortality. Too bad that, in the end, it was AllForNothing once the USA joined the Allies and made the Reich run up the white flag once the Soviets took Berlin and the Reichstag.
161	* PragmaticVillainy: Indy says to Donovan that shooting him in the Grail's temple will only make it harder for Donovan to get the Grail. Donovan concedes Indy's point, and doesn't shoot him. [[spoiler:He shoots Indy's father instead, forcing him to get the Grail lest his father die of a gunshot wound.]]
162	* RapidAging: [[spoiler:His punishment for choosing the wrong grail is to age into an old man, then into a rotting corpse, all in a matter of seconds. Indy shoves him off of Elsa, causing Donovan to crumble into dust.]]
163	* SmugSnake: Never seems to realize just how hopelessly out of his depth he is until the end. He's so confident in his quest for the grail succeeding that he's already counting it as a win the moment he gets his hands on it. [[spoiler:Too bad it's the wrong one.]]
164	* TheSociopath: Initially appearing a somewhat normal person, Donovan reveals that he has no qualms in hurting innocents or allying with anyone if it gets him what he wants. The entire world falling to the Nazis means nothing to Donovan, just so long as he gets what he feels entitled to.
165	* TheStarscream: Eventually to the Nazis, as well. All Donovan wants, at the end of the day, is the Holy Grail and immortality. So he backstabs Indiana Jones for the sake of getting it. And from the way Donovan talks, he's all too willing to throw the Nazis under the bus for the same reason.
166	* StrippedToTheBone: [[spoiler:His RapidAging doesn't stop when he reaches the point of dying from old age, as both his clothes and flesh rapidly decay until he's reduced to a skeleton that crumbles against the wall when Indy pushes it off Elsa.]]
167	* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:The last thing Donovan tries to do (while in the throes of RapidAging) is to choke Elsa to death with his bare hands.]]
168	* TreacherousAdvisor: To Indy, sending him on an expedition and then turning out to be working for the Nazis.
169	* VillainousBreakdown: He spends most of the movie letting others do his dirty work and remaining fairly composed, but finally loses it in the temple. He shoots Henry to force Indy to get the grail to save him, then screams at Elsa when she tries to join Indy, Sallah and Marcus in helping him.
170	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He's known as a wealthy and respected socialite who has made many generous contributions to museums.
171	[[/folder]]
172
173	[[folder:Elsa Schneider]]
174	!!Dr. Elsa Schneider
175	[[quoteright:339:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Elsa_Schneider_9654.jpg]]
176	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AlisonDoody
177	!!!'''Voiced By (Latin American Spanish):''' Creator/KerygmaFlores
178
179	-> ''"Don't look at me like that. We both wanted the Grail. I would have done anything to get it. You would have done the same."''
180
181	An Austrian archaeologist who joins Indy on the quest for the Holy Grail, but she is secretly working for the Nazis.
182	----
183	* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:She may have been TheMole and on the side of the Nazis, but she is shown to have some redeeming qualities that keep her sympathetic, including betraying Donovan by deliberately handing him a false grail. Indy tries desperately [[SaveTheVillain to save Elsa when she falls into the chasm]], and he's genuinely distraught when she falls to her death]].
184	* AmbitionIsEvil: Her efforts to find the Grail ends in her falling to her doom.
185	* AntiVillain: Subverted. Elsa might be a duplicitous FemmeFatale, but she's not without her sympathetic moments - even [[spoiler:betraying Donovan to help Indy]] - and [[EvenEvilHasStandards looks like she's about to start crying]] while watching the Nazis burn a pile of priceless ancient literature. Indy, however, quite accurately points out that this makes her ''worse'' than the men she's allied with - the Nazis, as murderously psychopathic as they are, are under the twisted illusion that [[KnightTemplar they're the good guys]], while Elsa knows perfectly well that the Nazis are pure evil, but chooses to work with them anyway.
186	-->'''Elsa:''' I believe in the Grail, not the swastika.
187	-->'''Indy:''' You stood up to be counted with the enemy of everything the Grail stands for! Who gives a ''DAMN'' what you think?!\
188	'''Elsa:''' [[WrongGenreSavvy YOU do!]]
189	%%* TheBaroness
190	* BecomingTheMask: She genuinely comes to love Indy and view him as an equal. [[spoiler:She ultimately betrays Donovan to save him.]]
191	* BeautyIsBad: Elsa is living proof that an [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitious]], scheming person can use a stunningly beautiful appearance and a [[TheFashionista stylish fashion sense]] [[FemmeFatale to their advantage.]]
192	* BigBadDuumvirate: With Donovan. She technically answers to him but she's in it for her own reasons and wants the grail for herself, even [[spoiler:double crossing]] him in the end and [[spoiler:choosing the wrong grail]].
193	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: She betrays both Jones men and Donovan, proving that she's only out for herself when it comes to the Grail.
194	* DamselInDistress: At least when she was "captured" in Brunwald and finally when she's reaching for the Grail.
195	* DatingCatwoman: While they hook-up before Indy learns that Elsa is working for the Nazis, even after the reveal it is clear that Indy and Elsa have some feelings for one another. While Elsa betrays Donovan, Indy is more than willing to forgive Elsa for her past and [[SaveTheVillain desperatly tries to rescue her]], but sadly, she choses the Grail over Indy and dies.
196	* DeathByMaterialism: Falls into a chasm while trying to reach the Grail.
197	* {{Determinator}}: She's certainly determined to get the Grail, going to extreme lengths for it.
198	* DisneyVillainDeath: Falls to her death while reaching for the Grail, though she wasn't quite a villain at that point, as she had [[spoiler:killed Donovan earlier by giving him the wrong grail on purpose]].
199	* DragonInChief: [[spoiler:Donovan might provide the money and Vogel the muscle, but it becomes clear towards the end of the movie that [[FemmeFatale Elsa]] is the real brains behind the Nazis' operation, as seen when [[TheStarscream she intentionally gives Donovan the wrong cup]]. Ultimately, the bad guys would never have caught Henry and Indy without her "assistance", and it's her actions that destroy the temple and nearly get all the surviving heroes killed at the end. Notably, when she hands Donovan the wrong grail, Indy, as much as he hates Donovan, [[ThisIsGonnaSuck isn't thrilled about what's going to happen next]], while Elsa is barely repressing a gleeful smile.]]
200	* EvenEvilHasStandards:
201	** She may be working for the Nazis, but at the rally, she's clearly disgusted and horrified by the book-burning and general anti-intellectualism of the Third Reich. {{Downplayed\|Trope}}, as Indy gives her no sympathy over this and points out that her actions, at minimum, tacitly support the regime.
202	--->'''Elsa:''' I believe in the Grail, ''not'' the swastika!
203	** She reacts in horror when [[spoiler:Donovan shoots Jones. Sr.]], which seems to be the straw that breaks the camel's back, as minutes later, she [[spoiler:deliberately gives him the wrong grail]].
204	** Even though [[PayEvilUntoEvil she deliberately set him up to die]], she's still horrified when [[spoiler:Donovan gruesomely succumbs to RapidAging in front of her]], screaming her head off at the process.
205	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Her FatalFlaw. Throughout the movie, she can't understand that Indy doesn't want to find the grail for the same reasons as her. She insists that [[NotInThisForYourRevolution she "believes in the grail, not the Swastika"]], but Indy retorts that she "stood up to be counted with the enemy of everything the Grail stands for." In the end, [[spoiler:she refuses to believe that the grail isn't meant to be kept. As she heads for the exit, she crosses the Great Seal and triggers the temple's collapse. She almost falls into a chasm but Indy catches her. Instead of letting him save her, she pulls a hand free to reach the grail that she dropped. She comes within touching distance, but her glove slips off the hand Indiana was holding and she loses her life. Henry Sr. later comments that Elsa thought the grail was "a prize" and she didn't understand the spiritual meaning behind it.]]
206	* EvilCostumeSwitch: By the end of the movie, she's wearing a Nazi-inspired riding outfit. Her hair goes up after she's revealed as a worker with the Nazis.
207	* EvilCounterpart: Beautiful reluctant action girl with an interest in historical treasure and romantically linked to Indy? She's basically the evil Marion Ravenwood.
208	* FatalFlaw: Her obsession with the Grail. Elsa was determined to do whatever it takes to get the Holy Grail, even if it meant allying herself with Walter Donovan and the other Nazis. Even though she claims to Indy that she doesn't believe in the Nazis' agenda, he points out that she still aligned herself with the 'enemy of everything that the Grail stands for'. [[IronicDeath Her obsessive desire to take the Grail led to her disregarding the Knight's warning not to take it beyond the Great Seal and leads to her death.]] As Henry Sr. pointed out, Elsa didn't see the spiritual importance behind the Grail and thought of it only as a prize for the taking.
209	* FemmeFatale: Most definitely. She manipulates ''both'' Jones men just to achieve her goals.
210	* FriendOrIdolDecision: [[spoiler:Inverted, as she is the one in danger here, but the end of the film requires her to choose between accepting Indy's help and letting the Grail go or reaching out for the Grail first. She chooses the latter, which gets her killed.]]
211	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: A gorgeous blonde helping Indy and his dad hunt for the Grail. {{Subverted}} when it turns out she's a LoveInterestTraitor in league with the Nazis.
212	* HeelFaceTurn: After [[spoiler:Donovan shoots Henry Sr., that proves to be the straw that broke the camel's back, and when the crucial moment comes for her to choose the correct Grail for him, she uses his lack of knowledge on what it looks like to give him the wrong one, killing him.]] However, her FatalFlaw [[HeelFaceDoorSlam still leads to her demise]].
213	* HoneyTrap: Slept with both Jones to gain their trust and collect intel. [[BecomingTheMask She genuinely comes to love Indy]], but not Henry.
214	* HotLibrarian: Has a good knowledge of libraries, and is pretty attractive.
215	* IgnoredEpiphany: [[spoiler:She ultimately decides to turn on the Nazis out of guilt, but she still can't let go of her obsession with the Grail. She ultimately dies trying to grab it, despite Indy's best efforts to save her.]]
216	* InLoveWithTheMark: Despite her betrayal, she did seem to have genuine feelings for Indy.
217	* LoveFatherLoveSon: After Indy sleeps with her, he learns that she also slept with his father.
218	-->'''Jones Sr.:''' I'm as human as the next man!\
219	'''Indy:''' I ''was'' the next man!
220	* LoveInterestTraitor: [[spoiler:She genuinely loved Indy (and... uh... Indy's ''dad'' too, apparently), but she's single-mindedly obsessed with getting her hands on the Holy Grail to the point of working with Nazis. It ultimately costs Elsa her life.]]
221	* TheMole: She's working for Donovan and the Nazis.
222	* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Hinted at a few times, yet ultimately subverted; Elsa detests the Nazis for destroying pieces of history and art, but her greed trumps any righteous indignation.
223	* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Played with, since she never truly changes. She semi-redeemed by trying to help Henry and then killing Donovan, but falls to her death minutes later.
224	* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler:Her FatalFlaw does her in. Despite Indy's best efforts to save her, Elsa's efforts to grab the Grail while hanging over a chasm leads to her falling to her death.]]
225	* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:She makes it out of the cavern alive in two different games adapating the movie, unlike in the movie itself]].
226	* TakeMyHand: [[spoiler:Elsa refuses this request by Indiana and pays with her life.]]
227	* TakeThatKiss: ''"This is how we say goodbye in Austria."''
228	* TalkingInYourSleep: PlayedForLaughs; this is how Jones Sr found out she's working with the Nazis.
229	* TemptingFate: She was warned about taking the Grail past the temple's seal. Guess the very next thing she does.
230	* TokenEnemyMinority: Appears to be this, before it's revealed that she was a Nazi spy all along.
231	* TokenGoodTeammate: Deconstructed. She despises the Nazis and is in fact disgusted by them, just wanting to find the Grail, but as Indy points out she's still working with the ''Nazis''. All her hatred of them doesn't matter when she's still directly aiding them for her own selfish ends.
232	* TooDumbToLive: In the end, [[spoiler:she forgets that the knight warned her about taking the Holy Grail beyond the crossed seal; when Indiana reminds her, it's too late and she's already across the seal, triggering the collapse of the whole temple. Finally, when she is hanging over the fissure created, she tries to grab the grail, ignoring Indiana's pleas to give him her other hand and winds up falling to her death for her greed]].
233	* TragicVillain: Due to her FatalFlaw. She doesn't want to be greedy, evil, or selfish... but the allure of the Grail is just too ''strong'' for her.
234	%%* TreacherousAdvisor:
235	* VagueAge: Elsa's age isn't given, but presumably she is at least thirty[[note]]since she has the formal title of "Doctor", meaning she has a doctorate, which most commonly takes at least six years to earn after college[[/note]] while Alison Doody was only [[YoungerThanTheyLook twenty-two]] when she was cast.
236	[[/folder]]
237
238	[[folder:Ernst Vogel]]
239	!!!Standartenführer Ernst Vogel
240	[[quoteright:182:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Vogel_5514.jpg]]
241	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelByrne
242	!!!'''Voiced By (European French):''' Creator/VincentGrass
243	!!!'''Voiced By (Latin American Spanish):''' Guillermo Coria
244
245	->''Where is Jones?!''
246
247	A German SS officer who is in charge of the Nazi expedition for the Holy Grail.
248	----
249	* AllThereInTheManual: His first name is given in the Marvel Comics adaptation.
250	* BadBoss: During the tank chase, one of the Kübelwagens gets stuck on the tank's turret, with its occupants still visibly alive. Vogel subsequently orders the tank driver to shoot the Kübelwagen off the tank and run it over.
251	* ColonelBadass: Vogel does actually give Indy a good fight.
252	* ColonelKilgore:
253	** He is a [[ThoseWackyNazis SS Standartenführer]] and a total {{Jerkass}}.
254	** Judging by his uniform, Vogel was a member of Allgemeine SS - uniformed and militarized, but the administrative and non-combative branch of the SS. That means, while his Standartenführer rank corresponds to the army colonel, having actual military training and education wasn't part of the calculus.
255	* CombatPragmatist: Following on from below, Vogel has no problem using chains and shovels to beat up the good doctor. He also enjoys punching Indy in the face when our hero is strapped into a chair.
256	* DeadpanSnarker: "This is how we say goodbye... in Germany." Face punch
257	* DeathGlare: Gives one to Henry Sr. when he calls him out on the Nazis' book-burning.
258	* DestinationDefenestration: Gets hurled out of a zeppelin window by Indy. Though his fall is cushioned by him landing in a pile of luggage.
259	* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Dies well before getting to the Temple of the Grail]], the real villains are Elsa and Donovan.
260	* DisneyVillainDeath: Dies when his tank plummets over the side of a cliff. A downplayed example, as unlike most instances of gravity-assisted villain disposal, we see Vogel's body get thrown around like a ragdoll and crushed underneath the tank's carcass, though the impact itself is obviously not shown.
261	* TheDragon: Donovan may have had the money and knowledge, but it is Vogel who controlled the military might of the Nazi Grail-expedition.
262	* {{Jerkass}}: He's constantly arrogant and hostile. And at one point he steals a flask of water from Brody just as the man was about to take a drink, for no other reason than to re-establish that, yes, he's a total dick.
263	* MeaningfulName: ''Vogel'' is German for ''bird''. Fittingly, he gets thrown out of a zeppelin by Indy, and later [[DisneyVillainDeath goes off a cliff in his tank.]]
264	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
265	** When English boxer Creator/PatRoach's obligatory PunchPunchPunchUhOh fight scene with Creator/HarrisonFord was cut by ExecutiveMeddling, Vogel stepped in to give our hero a vicious, brutal beating with shovels and chains atop a tank careening towards a canyon in ''The Last Crusade''.
266	** Moments later, Indy gives this to Vogel by slamming his face repeatedly into the tank's roof until he was semi-conscious (Indiana didn't have time to beat him unconscious since he saw that the tank was about to drive off a cliff).
267	* OhCrap:
268	** His reaction when he sees the tank is about to go off a cliff.
269	** Also his reaction when he turns around and sees the flight attendant harassing him for a ticket is a disguised Indy about to kick the crap out of him.
270	** Also during the tank battle, he orders the driver to turn the tank around to pursue Indy...and then panics when he sees they're about to crash into another vehicle in the convoy.
271	[[/folder]]
272
273	[[folder:Adolf Hitler]]
274	!!Adolf Hitler
275	[[quoteright:248:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hitler_38.png]]
276	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelSheard
277
278	The Führer of Nazi Germany.
279	----
280	* BadBoss: In ''Dial of Destiny'', Weber is utterly baffled that Voller thinks proposing using the Dial to Hitler would work when they've just failed to find the Lance of Longinus. As he points out, Hitler will just as likely kill them on the spot.
281	--> '''Weber:''' Have you even ''met'' Hitler?!
282	* BrokenPedestal: To the surviving Nazis, especially to [[DoctorVonTurncoat Jürgen Voller]]. Voller in particular believes the Allies only won the war because of [[GeneralFailure Hilter's incompetence]]. They still believe in Nazism though, just one where [[spoiler:Hitler is removed from the center of the party and ideology, replaced by a more competent Führer]].
283	* BusCrash: While he's never directly mentioned in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'', any student of history will know that he dies during the 19 year gap between ''The Last Crusade'' and that film. Specifically, that he commits suicide in his bunker in 1945, 7 years after the events of the third film.
284	* DirtyCoward: In ''Dial of Destiny'', Indy taunts Weber that Hitler is currently hiding in his bunker in a ruined Berlin, asking the Colonel why he still follows his supposed great leader.
285	* TheDreaded: He only has one brief scene in ''Last Crusade'', but it is more than enough to convey his menace.
286	* GeneralFailure: Voller believes Nazi Germany lost the war because Hitler was making all the wrong choices since invading Poland.
287	* TheGhost: In ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' and ''Dial of Destiny'' where he is mentioned many times, but never appears on screen.
288	* GreaterScopeVillain:
289	** Of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' and ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'', actually appearing in the latter film. And despite being dead by the time of ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny'', his legacy is what drives the plot and Voller's plan.
290	** In a roundabout way, he's also indirectly responsible for the events of ''Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' too. His death and the downfall of Nazi Germany gave way to the Cold War and the arms race between the United States and Soviet Union. This results in Spalko rising through the ranks and eventually kicks off the Akator operation.
291	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Well, [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler duh]].
292	* HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: In spirit, there is nothing anyone, including Indy, could do to stop Hitler from starting UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, as [[SavedByCanon he would meet his end via suicide inside his bunker at the tail-end of said-war]]. ''Dial of Destiny'' notably features literal TimeTravel and a plot to kill Hitler before the invasion of Poland, but the perpetrators are [[spoiler:the surviving Nazis who [[BrokenPedestal blame their Führer for losing the war]]. Of course, owing to the classic trope, they fail because they didn't realize the time travel method they're using operates on StableTimeLoop laws]].
293	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: PlayedForLaughs. He naturally has no idea of what his minions are up to in the quest for the Grail, so when by sheer chance Indy accidentally hand delivers the Grail Diary straight to the dictator, Hitler does not know what the book means and thinks Indy is a loyal German officer seeking an autograph, so he signs the book and hands it back without ever realizing what he was holding, the key to finding the Grail.
294	* MinorMajorCharacter: While he is without a doubt the most infamous man to have ever lived, he does not have an active role in the movies, even though the Nazis are recurring antagonists for Indy.
295	* PetTheDog: In spite of being one of the most evil men who ever walked the earth, he still took a moment to sign the book of what he believed to be a loyal German officer.
296	* TheScapegoat: Jürgen Voller doesn't believe the Allies could have won World War II when their ranks were full of people the Nazis deemed to be "untermenschen". Therefore, he attributes the fall of Nazi Germany specifically to Adolf Hitler's incompetence, reasoning that a smarter Führer would have easily won the war.
297	* VillainousBreakdown: In ''Dial of Destiny'', it's mentioned offhand by Jürgen Voller that Hitler not only lost the war by 1944, but also his mind as well. It's gotten to the point where all the Nazis understand that presenting Hitler artifacts that are either fake or too complex for the Führer to understand will [[YouHaveFailedMe result them being executed]].
298	* YouHaveFailedMe: Implied by Colonel Weber in ''Dial of Destiny'' when Voller suggests giving half of the Antikythera the Führer as a replacement for the fake Spear of Destiny. Weber makes it clear that Hitler has little tolerance for artifacts he has no understanding of, and that Voller has zero clue of what Hitler will do to him for trying to save face.
299	[[/folder]]
300
301	[[folder:Heinrich Himmler]]
302	!!Heinrich Himmler
303	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RonaldLacey
304
305	Hitler's right-hand man, the commander of the Nazi paramilitary organization the Schutzstaffel (SS).
306	----
307	* BusCrash: Like Hitler, he commits suicide in 1945 between the 3rd and 4th films. Specifically, he bit down on a hidden cyanide capsule after being captured by the British.
308	* TheDragon: To Hitler.
309	* GreaterScopeVillain: While Hitler was the overall leader of Nazi Germany, Himmler led the SS, whose ranks included numerous enemies of Indy's such as Ernst Vogel, Jurgen Voller, and Colonel Weber.
310	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: A real-life Nazi just like Hitler.
311	* IdenticalStranger: Played by the same actor who played Toht in ''Raiders''.
312	* TheVoiceless: Only appears in a silent cameo at the book burning.
313	[[/folder]]

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