- The helpless assistant: Jones helps his assistant over and over again, saving him easily from death
- Ally turned Enemy: Despite Jones helping him over and over, he abandons Jones and acts selfishly in Jones' time of need
- Evil Nazis!: The Nazis can always be blamed as the antagonists.
- Fear of Snakes: Indiana is scared of snakes like everyone else, even though he is super heroic
- Evil Monkey: The monkey who secretly plots with the pirate
- Car flies off cliff: Ever present
- Muscular guy fight:
- Car chase: An epic car chase is a staple in any action movie
- Bad guy: "We're not so different"
- 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
- Distressed Princess: Marion needs rescuing by Indy, despite her skill most of the time
- Nazi Screaming: The Nazi boss screams like a girl before his death
- Rival: Belloq is a rival of Jones despite his similarities
- Poison Darts: Natives shooting darts at Jones as he runs to the airplane
- Idol: A precious idol, that has meaning to natives of a country, is stolen by foreigners
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Indiana Jones Tropes
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