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3	'''Beware of unmarked spoilers. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.'''
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5	[[foldercontrol]]
6
7	!!Allies
8
9	[[folder:Willie Scott]]
10	!!Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott
11	[[quoteright:219:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/willietall_9547.jpg]]
12	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/KateCapshaw
13	!!!'''Voiced By (Latin American Spanish):''' Andrea Coto (first dub), Cony Madera (second dub)
14
15	->''"I'm not going to have anything nice to say about this place when I get back!"''
16
17	An American singer who worked at Club Obi Wan in Shanghai, she ends up getting caught in Indy's adventures through China and India, and soon falls in love with him.
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19	* EightiesHair: Willie's hairstyle is half a century ahead of its time.
20	* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: During the entire scene where Indy bursts into her room and pushes on the breasts of a statue that serves as a secret entrance to Kali's temple. "I'm right here!"
21	* BrainlessBeauty: In her EstablishingCharacterMoment she not only quickly reveals her airheadedness ("this Nurhachi's a ''real'' small guy", referring to the ashes of Nurhachi that are being kept in a jade funeral urn) but her vanity too ("He put ''two holes'' in my dress from Paris!" [[SkewedPriorities after being held at knifepoint]]). She gets a bit better as the film goes on, though, and even punches out a Thuggee guard during the mine cart chase.
22	* ButtMonkey: Poor Willie gets put through the absolute wringer in the movie. She's constantly put in peril, has several bugs crawl over her, terrorized by the wildlife, is unable to eat a meal for nearly an entire day due to its nauseous quality, and nearly killed several times over the course of the movie.
23	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She's never seen again after this movie even though it's a prequel. The [[AllThereInTheManual books reveal]] that she got stuck in one more "adventure" with Indy in Hong Kong before they broke up and she went back to America.
24	* CityMouse: Is clearly not suited for any sort of adventure or outdoor activity.
25	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: With Indy being attacked by a {{Mook\|s}} that is climbing into their minecart and Short Round having no chance of overpowering him, she finally finds it within herself to throw a punch for the first time in the film. She knocks him out with one punch, derailing their pursuers in the process. Indy is very impressed after seeing this.
26	* DeadpanSnarker: Several times throughout the movie she'll make a dry comment about Indiana Jones or just about anything in general.
27	* DamselInDistress: To the point where most fans consider her a DamselScrappy.
28	* DefrostingIceQueen: Interviews with Spielberg indicate she was meant to be this trope. Unfortunately, she didn't come off this way to most viewers.
29	* DiamondsInTheBuff:
30	-->'''Indy:''' You wear your jewelry to bed, princess?\
31	'''Willie:''' Yes. And nothing else.
32	* TheDitz: Especially compared to Marion, who is a clever ActionGirl, Willie is a rather dumb and materialistic SpoiledBrat.
33	* GoldDigger: When she learns about the Majahraja of Pankot Palace. Then she finds out [[ExpectingSomeoneTaller he's only around ten]].
34	* ItsAllAboutMe: When Indy heads off to sleep in his room, she tells Indy that he'll come back to her in five minutes and is ''very'' sure of it. She gets upset when he doesn't show up (if mostly because he's in a fight with a Thuggee assassin). Instead of simply going to him (as Indy suggested if she really wants him), she just calls out to him for blowing his chances, therefore missing the fact that Indy is in trouble.
35	-->"Indiana Jones, this is one night you'll never forget! This is the night ''I'' slipped right through your fingers! ''SLEEP TIGHT'' AND PLEASANT DREAMS! I could have been your greatest adventure."
36	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nine times out of ten, she's abrasive to Indy and Short Round and is self-centered, spoiled and often unpleasant, but she otherwise has moments where she handles situations without freaking out, and even acts like a MamaBear to Short Round at times.
37	* LargeHam: A lot. She's certainly enjoying herself.
38	* TheLoad: Is spectacularly useless. Except when she saves Indy and Short Round's lives. In particular, she saves the antidote, enabling Indy to continue on this particular adventure. And since this is a prequel to ''Raiders'', this makes her essentially responsible for the entire series.
39	* MamaBear: Actually takes on this role towards Shorty during the final third of the movie, saving him from falling through a high bridge and keeping him in front of her when Mola Ram forces them to go back across said bridge so that he can't hurt him.
40	* MeaningfulName: Apparently, her name is derived from the "Wilhelm Scream". She's also named after Creator/StevenSpielberg's pet dog, much like how Creator/GeorgeLucas had named [[BadassBookworm Indy]] after his pet dog.
41	* MsFanservice: Willie can be quite sexy when she's comfortable in the situation.
42	-->'''Indy:''' So... wearing your jewels to bed, princess?\
43	'''Willie:''' Yes.... And nothing else. Does that surprise you?
44	* OohMeAccentsSlipping: She's originally from Missouri, and the drawl tends to slip back in when she gets ''really'' mad.
45	* ScreamingWoman: And ''how''. Kate Capshaw said it [[PlayingAgainstType was not her specialty]], and she even had to learn how to shriek properly.
46	* SkewedPriorities:
47	** A firefight has erupted in a large crowded room with you right in the middle, but sure, just focus on chasing down that large diamond that fell from your outfit instead of getting to safety. And just because you end up in a car that's getting shot at not long after, doesn't mean you can't be more concerned that you've just chipped one of your nails. At least she gets better at this by the end.
48	** Indy and Short Round are about to be crushed by a collapsing-ceiling trap. Willie not only takes her dear sweet time, she becomes more concerned about a broken nail rather than the fact that ''two people are about to die!'' (To be fair, she didn't outright ''know'' they were in fatal danger when she started complaining.)
49	* SpoiledBrat: Is always complaining about the luxuries she can't have in the middle of the jungle.
50	* TookALevelInBadass: It was gradual, but she rescued Indy and Short round from a spike trap. She also punched out a guy clinging to their mine cart and slowly but surely took on a MamaBear attitude towards Short Round.
51	* WellExcuseMePrincess: Indy is forced to reply to her in that way.
52	* YouCanKeepHer: Needless to say, Indy's threat didn't exactly work.
53	[[/folder]]
54
55	[[folder:Short Round]]
56	!!Wan Li (AKA Short Round)
57	[[quoteright:235:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/short_round_2088.jpg]]
58	[[caption-width-right:235:''"He no nuts. He's crazy!"'']]
59	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/KeHuyQuan
60	!!!'''Voiced By (Latin American Spanish):''' Creator/PatriciaAcevedo (first dub), Rodrigo Gutiérrez (second dub)
61	!!!'''Voiced By (European French):''' Creator/JackieBerger
62
63	->''"I keep telling you, you listen to me more, you live longer!"''
64
65	A 12-year-old Chinese boy who works as a taxi driver in Shanghai, he ends up following Indy and Willie to British India.
66	----
67	* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: Regularly leaves out "to be" verbs and ignores noun/verb agreement.
68	* AudienceSurrogate: He is meant to be one for the kids watching the film, allowing them to realize their dream of wanting to go on cool adventures with Indiana Jones, be semi-adopted by him, and even being able to save him from danger.
69	* BadassAdorable: A kid who manages to get past vast amounts of armed mooks.
70	* BrattyHalfPint: He has a lot of the traits associated with this trope, although he also makes himself more useful than is usual for this character archetype.
71	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Whatever happened to him? He is never seen or mentioned after ''Temple of Doom''. According to the (possibly non-canon) comics he had a few more adventures with Jones before he went to a boarding school and they parted ways.
72	* GetawayDriver: Acts as one for Indy in the opening scene.
73	* HonorBeforeReason: Goes back to save Indy even though he had a good opportunity to escape.
74	* IKnowKarate: Northern-Style Kung Fu, actually. Ask the Thuggee guards whose arses he kicked.
75	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At times a little insufferable, Short Round's still loyal to Indy and a heroic character.
76	* KidSidekick: Is Indiana Jones's partner, friend and nag. Indiana met him when he was a street orphan trying to pick Indy's pocket. His parents were killed during the Japanese bombing of Shanghai in 1932.
77	* NoIndoorVoice: He tends to shout.
78	* RecruitedFromTheGutter: Indy relates how he first met his KidSidekick, Short Round, when the latter was a street orphan trying to pick his pocket. Short Round's loyalty saves him from "[[BrainwashedAndCrazy the Black Sleep of Kali Ma]]" later in the film.
79	[[/folder]]
80
81	[[folder:Wu Han]]
82	!!Wu Han
83	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidYip
84	!!!'''Voiced By (Latin American Spanish):''' Creator/JoseAntonioMacias
85
86	A Chinese archaeologist and a friend of Indy, who accompanies him during his confrontation with Lao Che at Club Obi Wan.
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88	* FlatCharacter: Gets little-to-no proper context before he dies.
89	* ForgottenFallenFriend: After his death scene, Indy never dwells on him again.
90	* ItHasBeenAnHonor: In his dying moments he reminds Indy of their great adventures together.
91	* WeHardlyKnewYe: He's one of Indy's closest allies. Gets introduced in the opening scene and is then shortly killed off by one of Lao Che's thugs.
92	[[/folder]]
93
94	[[folder:Zalim Singh]]
95	!!Zalim Singh, the Maharajah of Pankot
96	[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zalimsingh.jpg]]
97	!!!'''Played By:''' Raj Singh (on-set actor), Creator/KatieLeigh (voice)
98
99	A 13-year-old king who rules the princely state of Pankot in British India.
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101	* AChildShallLeadThem: Zalim is thirteen years old, yet he is the ruler of Pankot.
102	* BilingualBonus: The Maharajah of Pankot is called 'Zalim' which means evil in Hindi. Fitting, as he is a bad guy. But only because his second-in-command was feeding him [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mind-control juice]].
103	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He has been put under the Black Sleep by Mola Ram. Luckily, Short Round snaps him out of it.
104	* CreepyChild: He enjoyed torturing Indy with a voodoo doll when he is under the Black Sleep.
105	* ItsPersonal: He became furious when Short Round kicked him to stop him from torturing Indy, and personally whipped him.
106	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Assists Short Round once his brainwashing has been eradicated.
107	* VoodooDoll: His weapon of choice.
108	[[/folder]]
109
110	[[folder:Phillip Blumburtt]]
111	!!Captain Phillip James Blumburtt
112	[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blumburtt_5.jpg]]
113	!!!'''Played By:''' Philip Stone
114
115	A British Indian Army officer stationed near Pankot. His troops end up battling the Thuggee cult during the climax.
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117	* ChekhovsGunman: Of the 11th Poona Rifles.
118	* IAmVeryBritish: His very name suggests and sounds like a combination of "bombastic", "bluster" and "pomp". This trope also applies to Earl Weber, [[FakeBrit played by Dan Aykroyd]], who affects such an over-the-top English accent, that his name comes out as "A-Wubbuh" when he introduces himself.
119	* OfficerAndAGentleman: Though he isn't in the film very much, he comes off as a professional and perfectly capable leader.
120	[[/folder]]
121
122	[[folder:Marhan]]
123	!!Marhan
124	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mv5bzwjmyzcwyjqtzjzmzi00mzdllweyntutn2m5ngflzdzknzdmxkeyxkfqcgdeqxvynjuwnzk3ndc_v1_1.jpg]]
125	!!!'''Played By:''' D.R Nanayakkara
126
127	->''""We know you are coming back, when life return to our village. Now, you can see the miracle of the rock.""''
128
129	A shaman from the village of Mayapore.
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131	* AnswerToPrayers: Marhan prayed to Shiva for help on finding the stone. And that prayer was answered when Indy was guided to the village and undertook the quest to retrieve the Shiva Linga and the children.
132	* BecauseDestinySaysSo: He tells Indy and his companions that he had a vision where a man would fall from the sky to rescue the children of Mayapore and return the Sankara Stone. And that Shiva brought Indy here to fulfill that mission.
133	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Marhan is a peaceful man but when Mola Ram tried to rip out his heart during his attempt to steal the Sankara Stone. He protected himself with an incantation and summoned a blast of fire to push back the dark priest.
134	* CreepyGood: Marhan has a very unsettling laugh but carries no evil intentions whatsoever.
135	* {{Determinator}}: When Mola Ram stole the stone from the village, a famine was created as the livestock and crops died and the well dried up. The Thuggee offered food and resources to Mayapore if they would turn to Kali. Marhan chased them away and convinced the villagers to persevere. When a fire erupted among the fields and the children got stolen, an emissary of the Thuggee returned and promised that their problems would be resolved if they turned to Mola Ram. Marhan sent that emissary to meet Kali in hell. Despite the hardships that Mayapore experienced, Marhan persevered until help finally arrived.
136	* {{Seer}}: Marhan was able to predict that Indy would arrive to help Mayapore and knew that he would succeed in his quest to retrieve the stone and the children.
137	* YouNoTakeCandle: English isn’t a language that Marhan is very fluent in, and neither was the actor who played him. Creator/StevenSpielberg told the actor the lines and he would repeat them back and mimic his movements.
138	[[/folder]]
139
140	!!Enemies
141
142	[[folder:Lao Che]]
143	!!Lao Che
144	[[quoteright:169:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_laoche.jpg]]
145	!!!'''Played By:''' Roy Chiao (on-set actor), Ron Taylor (voice)
146
147	A Chinese gangster who owns the Club Obi Wan in Shanghai. He meets with Indy to bargain over the ashes of the [[ImperialChina Qing dynasty emperor Nurhaci]], but Lao's treachery soon leads to the two men trying to kill each other.
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149	* CarryingTheAntidote: Lao Che is at least chivalrous enough to swindle and poison Indiana in a reversible way.
150	* TheDon: The [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Chinese version]] of this.
151	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:He tries to murder Indy and cheats him yet he got off scot-free, after murdering one of his friends. There were plans to have him return in a sequel, but following the death of Roy Chiao, the plans were scrapped]].
152	* NoHonorAmongThieves: He'd rather have Indy near-fatally poisoned instead of honoring their deal.
153	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: The two men accompanying him at the table are his sons Kao Kan and Chen. Chen is killed when Indy throws a skewer into his abdomen.
154	* StarterVillain: He's the biggest threat to Indy in the first act, and disappears afterward.
155	* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: He's a powerful Shanghai mob boss.
156	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Lao Che is ultimately this to Mola Ram's crusade. Double-crossing Indy in the prologue sets off the chain of events that strands Jones in India and pits him against the Thugees for control of the Shankara Stones.
157	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: His character was enough of a fan favorite for Spielberg to consider bringing him back for a sequel, even possibly making him the antagonist of what would become ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]''. Sadly, any plans for the character's return were quashed when Roy Chiao died in 1999.
158	[[/folder]]
159
160	[[folder:Chattar Lal]]
161	!!Chattar Lal, the Prime Minister of Pankot
162	[[quoteright:182:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chattarlal.jpg]]
163	!!!'''Played By:''' Roshan Seth
164
165	->''"Your friend has seen, and she has heard, and now she will not talk."''
166
167	Maharajah Singh's top royal advisor in Pankot, who is secretly working for the Thuggee cult.
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169	* AmbiguousSituation: It's not clear if he is following the Thuggee of his own volition or is brainwashed under the Black Sleep of Kali. The sourcebook suggests he may be under control of his own actions, as it claims he escaped the temple with stolen treasures.
170	* DeathByAdaptation: In the novelization and the comic book adaption, Chattar meets his death by getting knocked into the lava pit when fighting Indy.
171	* EvilAllAlong: Chattar appears friendly to the heroes when they first step into Pankot Palace, but he is later seen supporting the Thuggee cult.
172	* EvilChancellor: The Prime Minister of Pankot is in cahoots with the Thuggee.
173	* KarmaHoudini: According to the official sourcebook, Chattar escaped the temple with stolen treasures after getting defeated by Indy.
174	* MajoredInWesternHypocrisy: Chattar Lal, prime minister to the Maharaja of Pankot, attended Oxford.
175	* TreacherousAdvisor: Chattar served as prime minister to the Majaraja and secretly subjected him to the [[Main/{{Brainwashed}} Black Sleep of Kali]] so the Thuggee can operate freely within Pankot.
176	* UncertainDoom: In the film, the last we see of Chattar Lal is when he gets stuck under the wheel in the sacrificial chamber and is subsequently seen to be unconscious and his fate remained unclear. The sourcebook claims he escaped with stolen treasures.
177	[[/folder]]
178
179	[[folder:Mola Ram]]
180	!!Mola Ram
181	[[quoteright:290:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mola_ram_2343.jpg]]
182	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AmrishPuri
183	!!!'''Voiced By (Latin American Spanish):''' Creator/MiguelAngelGhigliazza (first dub), Creator/HumbertoVelez (second dub)
184
185	->''"Drop them, Dr. Jones! They will be found; '''you won't!'''"''
186
187	The leader of the Thuggees, an evil cult that commits human sacrifices for the Hindu goddess Kali. He has kidnapped an entire village's worth of children to use them as slave miners in his search for the legendary Sankara Stones.
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189	* AxCrazy: He's rather calm and composed for the most part, but he takes a lot of enjoyment in what he does. His EstablishingCharacterMoment has him tear out a man's heart while grinning and burning him alive, clearly enjoying the whole thing.
190	* BadBoss: Expends his men with the angst of spending ammunition, as shown by him casually dropping a mook down to his death to knock Indy into the mouths of the crocodiles and then laughing about it (he's not even mad that he ''missed''). He also orders the water tank knocked over and smashed, sending a huge tidal wave down the mine tunnels without regard for the six or seven Thuggee guards in mine carts who went down there after Indy and co.
191	* BaldOfEvil: He wears an animal skull for his rituals, but has not a hair on his head save for his eyebrows. It gave him such a striking appearance that Amrish Puri decided to keep his head shaved afterwards and became extremely popular for playing villain roles in Hindi films.
192	* BeatStillMyHeart: The infamous sacrifice scene, where he plunges into a sacrifice victim and rips out his still-beating heart is possibly the most famous example of this trope. Especially when it starts beating faster the closer the victim is to the lava pit and ends up getting caught in flames.
193	* BigBad: Of the second film (though it's actually a prequel), since the cult is responsible for the children disappearing. Notably, the only Big Bad in the series to be defeated by Indy himself. [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Belloq]] was [[spoiler:killed by the wrath of God]], [[spoiler:[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Donovan]] was tricked by Elsa into drinking from the false Grail]], [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull Spalko]] was [[spoiler:knowledge-d to death by the aliens]] and [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny Voller]] [[spoiler:dies in a plane crash in Ancient Syracuse.]] That said, Shiva does at least get an assist on the defeat by responding to Indy's incantation by turning the stones molten and burning through the bag containing them, distracting Mola Ram. Bonus points for the stone that burned his hand being completely cool to the touch after briefly flipping through the air and landing in Indy's hand.
194	* BigNo: Yells one as Indy cuts the bridge he and his Thugee goons are standing on.
195	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The shooting script and novelization had Mola Ram have the same confused and bewildered, snapping-out-of-brainwashing reaction as everyone else that was mind-controlled after handling the glowing stone. In those versions he looks confused and terrified for a second, then falls to the crocodiles. The final film is more ambiguous, as he merely looks puzzled and confused.
196	* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Well, prequel anyways -- to Belloq. Belloq was a greedy archaeologist who didn't particularly care about the cultures and religions he poached artifacts from, and a hired gun for the Nazis. Mola Ram is a cult leader and sorcerer who fully believes in the religious significance of the artifacts he steals, and is clearly the one in control of his operation. Belloq is introduced by the ten minute mark of ''Raiders'' and is established as being a persistent rival to Indy who has no problem getting his hands dirty in the field; Mola Ram isn't introduced until the beginning of the third act in ''Temple,'' and prefers to stay hidden in the shadows.
197	* CrownOfHorns: Wears a headress made of a bull's skull as the Thuggee cult's leader.
198	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Falling off a cliff and being eaten by crocodiles is not a nice way to go.
199	* DeathGlare: Thanks to his actor, who was famous for giving these, Mola Ram does this often in the movie.
200	* DisneyVillainDeath: Tries to catch one of the red-hot Sankara Stones with one hand while hanging onto the cut bridge with the other, and ends up falling to the crocodiles.
201	* EatenAlive: He's still alive when he lands in the river despite hitting the side of cliff several times. He would wish he hadn't because he ends up feeling his body being torn to shreds by the crocodiles.
202	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His introduction shows Mola Ram conducting human sacrifice by tearing someone's heart out and lowering them into lava with sadistic glee, showing him to be a viciously cruel and over the top cult leader with splendor.
203	* EvilGloating: He gives a good one while preparing to brainwash Indy by putting him into the Black Sleep.
204	--> '''Mola Ram:''' The British in India will be slaughtered, then we will overrun the Muslims. Then the Hebrew God will fall, and then the Christian {{God}} will be cast down and forgotten. Soon, [[TakeOverTheWorld Kali-ma will RULE THE WORLD.]]
205	* EvilIsHammy: Amrish Puri delivers a very grandiose performance as Mola Ram with some intense facial expressions and line delivieries. His introductory scene alone has him holding up a man's flaming heart while laughing maniacally as said man plummets into a pit of lava, establishing that Ram is a man who ''loves'' his job.
206	* EvilLaugh: Has a somewhat dark and deep laugh, best observed when he is introduced sacrificing a victim and when he escapes through a trap door when Indy fights to save Willie.
207	* EvilSorcerer: He's using supernatural abilities on a few occasions, like when holding the sacrificial victim alive after ripping his heart out.
208	* EvilSoundsDeep: Mola Ram possesses a deep, commanding voice that only adds to his imposing nature as cruel cult leader.
209	* FauxAffablyEvil: When Indy is captured by the cultists, Mola Ram is quite lighthearted, with big, creepy smiles and a mellow voice... his laugh is quite off-putting, as well.
210	* TheFundamentalist: He is a devout follower of Kali (who is basically the GodOfEvil in this movie's theology) and everything he does is supposedly to make her more powerful so she can TakeOverTheWorld.
211	* HornsOfVillainy: His ritual headdress is a bull's skull with large, curled horns to ramp up the evil factor. Particularly noteworthy as cattle are sacred in Hinduism, which makes his choice of headwear all the more blasphemous.
212	* ItsAllAboutMe: He ultimately reveals he cares only about himself, bellowing "the stones are mine!" during his struggle with Indy.
213	* {{Jerkass}}: Practices human sacrifice, enslaves children, brainwashes adults, and has world domination and the extermination of all other religions next on his to-do list. But he also isn't above tearing one of his own guards off a cliff to drop him on Indy, then having a hearty chuckle about it. Overlaps with EvilIsPetty.
214	* JustDesserts: His ultimate fate is to be eaten by crocodiles.
215	* KickTheDog: He doesn't have a reason to force kidnapped children to slave in his mines, but he does anyway. It seems to be motivated by pure sadism rather than anything else.
216	* KnightOfCerebus: Mola Ram is a much darker character than even the franchise's other villains. He inflicts shockingly graphic violence regularly, and he's portrayed quite ominously. Whenever he appears, the film enters into horror territory. Given that the franchise also includes plenty of Nazis, the fact he's one of the most horrific antagonists takes some doing.
217	* LaserGuidedKarma: He wanted to use the Sankara Stones in order to make the Thuggee unstoppable, but ends up being killed by one after burning his hand on one and falling into a river of crocodiles. He also earlier threw one of his own Thuggee soldiers at Indiana Jones into the river, making his death even more ironic.
218	* ObviouslyEvil: His sinister appearance and actions in his introduction leave little doubt that Mola Ram is a very evil man.
219	* OhCrap: While he's normally calm and composed for the most part, particularly when he's in control of the situation, he has a huge moment of this when Indy cuts the bridge he and several of his Thugee goons are on.
220	-->"[[BigNo NO]]! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!? [[YouFool YOU FOOL]]!!!"
221	* OrcusOnHisThrone: He's content to wait and lead the operation from the temple, and has his men do most of the work. He only goes into the action during the climax to reclaim the Sankara Stones.
222	* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: His attire consists of black and red robes and he also sports red paint on his arms and head. He does plenty in the film to establish himself as a very evil person.
223	* ReligionIsMagic: Either his religion grants him the power to rip someone's heart out without them dying, or it allows him to create the illusion that this is happening for anyone who sees the act.
224	* ReligionOfEvil: How Kali-Ma is presented in the film, and he's at the head of it.
225	* {{Sadist}}: He clearly enjoys his cruel actions. His EstablishingCharacterMoment has him gleefully and brutally murder a man in a human sacrifice, all the while grinning and cackling.
226	* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: Rather prominently wears a bull's skull as a headdress along with some teeth in his necklace.
227	* SlasherSmile: He does several of these, one notable example would be when [[https://d1u4oo4rb13yy8.cloudfront.net/xtcrsenqrw-1459371319.png he sees]] the brainwashed Maharajah.
228	* WeHaveReserves: Pushing his own men to their deaths, hoping their falling bodies will knock Indy from the rope bridge.
229	* WouldHurtAChild: Has children enslaved to work in his mines to collect gems and search for the missing Sankara Stones, having the older ones brainwashed under the Black Sleep of Kali to do his bidding. He later does not hesitate to threaten Short Round on the bridge at knife point along with Willie.
230	[[/folder]]
231
232	[[folder:Thuggee Chief Guard]]
233	!!Thuggee Chief Guard
234	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chief_guard.png]]
235	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/PatRoach
236
237	The Thuggee enforcer who also supervises the enslaved children. He gets in a fistfight with Indy, though it doesn't end well for him.
238	----
239	* AintTooProudToBeg: Prior to his death, he hysterically begs for help from the same man he was brutally trying to murder for the last three minutes.
240	* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: He is in charge of overseeing the slaves at Pankot Palace, and also gives Indy a good fight.
241	* BeardOfEvil: A brutish henchman with a huge bushy beard.
242	* {{Brownface}}: Caucasian English actor Pat Roach is coated in makeup to appear Indian for this role.
243	* TheBrute: In addition to being gigantic, he is a violent and merciless human being who enjoys beating children.
244	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: He gets his sash caught in a rock crusher and then gets dragged, feet-first, into it ''slowly'' all while begging for Indy to save him. Indy [[SaveTheVillain even tries to save the guy]], but to no avail. Then the film cuts to above the crusher and we see ''a smear of blood'' on it. At this point, no one could blame Willie for looking away.
245	* TheDragon: He is Mola Ram's top henchman.
246	* GiantMook: Similarly to the German Mechanic from the previous film, he's a big guy. They're even both played by the exact same actor.
247	* GroundByGears: He meets his end ths way by getting pulled into a rock crusher.
248	* HateSink: He is a ruthless slaver that would whip children for failing to work properly.
249	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He is killed by the same rock crusher he tried to kill Indy with moments before.
250	* OhCrap: He's practically freaking out and pleading for his life when he gets pulled into the rock crusher.
251	* {{Sadist}}: During the initial fight, he has a chance to kill Indy with a sledgehammer then and there. Instead, he throws away the hammer and drags Indy over to the rock crusher because he thinks it would be more fun to kill him with that.
252	* StoutStrength: Is heavy and strong.
253	* WouldHurtAChild: The first time we see him, he is using a whip on a child who collapsed in the mines.
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