Thursday, May 21, 2015

Indiana Jones Tropes


  1. The helpless assistant: Jones helps his assistant over and over again, saving him easily from death
  2. Ally turned Enemy: Despite Jones helping him over and over, he abandons Jones and acts selfishly in Jones' time of need
  3. Evil Nazis!: The Nazis can always be blamed as the antagonists.
  4. Fear of Snakes: Indiana is scared of snakes like everyone else, even though he is super heroic
  5. Evil Monkey: The monkey who secretly plots with the pirate
  6. Car flies off cliff: Ever present 
  7. Muscular guy fight:
  8. Car chase: An epic car chase is a staple in any action movie
  9. Bad guy: "We're not so different"
  10. Super Villain: The Nazi boss emulates all evil - repeated with Darth Sidius or Darth Vader in Star Wars much later, and the Nazis resemble the evil Stormtroopers
  11. Distressed Princess: Marion needs rescuing by Indy, despite her skill most of the time
  12. Nazi Screaming: The Nazi boss screams like a girl before his death
  13. Rival: Belloq is a rival of Jones despite his similarities
  14. Poison Darts: Natives shooting darts at Jones as he runs to the airplane
  15. Idol: A precious idol, that has meaning to natives of a country, is stolen by foreigners


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