Symbols and Tropes
The Holy Grail
Ever drink your Sprite out of a solid gold goblet? Yeah, we haven't, either. We enjoy the simpler things in life: a good nap, changing autumn leaves, aluminum cans.If you're Walter Donovan, though,...
The Fedora
After Indiana recovers the Cross of Coronado on his scouting trip, he runs home to show his dad what he found. His dad ignores him. Doesn't even look up from his diary. Nothing.Thanks, Pop.Then the...
The Whip and the Scar
Indiana Jones and the Train Full of Man-Eating Circus Animals. Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?The flashback that kicks off Last Crusade doesn't have a name, but if it did, that's our choice. Tho...