indiana jones was looking for skull in raiders of the lost ark.
what is indiana jones looking for in raiders of the lost ark?
skull
the first film, "raiders of the lost ark" (1981) is set in 1936. indiana jones (harrison ford) is hired by government agents to locate the ark of the covenant before the nazis. the nazis have teams searching for religious artifacts, including the ark, which is rumored to make an army that carries the ark before it invincible. the nazis are being helped by indiana's nemesis rené belloq (paul freeman). with the help of his old flame marion ravenwood (karen allen) and sallah (john rhys-davies), indiana manages to recover the ark in egypt. the nazis steal the ark and capture indiana and marion. belloq and the nazis perform a ceremony to open the ark, but when they do so, they are all killed gruesomely by the ark's wrath. indiana and marion, who survived by closing their eyes, manage to get the ark to the united states, where it is stored in a secret government warehouse.
indiana jones (franchise)
bullet::::- "" there are several allusions to the indiana jones franchise in the episode "read it and weep": the harp plucking that plays when daring do first enters the temple bears a strong resemblance to the music that plays in the opening of raiders of the lost ark, when indiana jones casually brushes spiders off of his back. the sunlight shining into the chamber is a reference to the map room scene from raiders of the lost ark, where the sunlight shines on a crystal at the center of the room. the way daring do makes her way to the sapphire stone's pedestal mirrors a scene from indiana jones and the last crusade, where the titular hero navigates a trap floor by only stepping on the correct tiles. the scene where daring do retrieves the sapphire stone mirrors a scene from raiders of the lost ark, in which indiana jones retrieves an idol statue from a pedestal. also, one episode is called "crusaders of the lost mark", a reference to raiders of the lost ark.
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