Is there any connection between Indiana Jones's whip and his fear of snakes?
Indiana Jones is famous for using a whip as his primary weapon and tool of choice for most situations. Equally well known about him, and a major part of his character, is his fear of snakes.
Given all of the items Indy could have been written with, a whip seems to be the most snake-like of all of them. Is there any intentional connection between these two parts of his character? Or am I just looking for connections where there is none?
Best Answer
The prologue to Last Crusade heavily suggests that he acquired his whip AND his fear of snakes during the train sequence but in separate events. First, he falls into that snake-pit-box thing and then he gets the whip when he falls into the lion car. He's never shown on-screen surrendering the whip once he's pulled out, only the Cross of Coronado. All that said, I don't recall seeing him with the whip after he's pulled out of the lion car, when he goes into the caboose, or when he's running back to his house. I'd have to watch the sequence again but it's certainly implied that's the whip he winds up with during his later adventures.
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Why is Indiana Jones scared of snakes?
Adventures with snakesIndiana Jones suffered from a fear of snakes brought on from when he fell into a crate of them aboard the Dunn and Duffy Circus Train in 1912 while trying to evade Fedora, from whom Indy had taken the Cross of Coronado. Indiana Jones in front of a cobra in 1936.Why does Indiana Jones have a whip?
After he accidentally fell into a wagon transporting a lion, he noticed a lion-tamer's whip and grabbed it to ward off the animal. Through his inexperience, the whip first struck Indy below the lower lip which left his chin with a permanent scar.What dies Indiana Jones hate?
Indiana Jones never says why he hates snakes, but there's a traumatic event from the hero's childhood that explains the source of his acute fear. \u201cI hate snakes, Jock. I hate 'em!\u201d\u2014 Indiana Jones expresses his feeling on the matter right off the bat with this memorable line from his debut in Raiders of the Lost Ark.Which Indiana Jones has the snakes?
In The Temple of Doom The writers of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom did not disappoint as they came up with several clever snake scenes. When Indy descends to the temple alter and retrieves the Sankara Stones, he is startled by a statue of a snake just above him.INDIANA JONES 5 Teaser (2023) With Harrison Ford \u0026 Mads Mikkelsen
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