you can’t do this to me; i’m an american
Watching Raiders of the Lost Ark and there is one subject that must be presented first, get it out of the way before I get to anything else. It's the "Raiders Minimization" problem. That label for it comes from, of course, The Big Bang Theory . Not the greatest show, and it often fetishizes nerditry rather than represent it well, but it has had its moments. And, Amy Farrah Fowler's (Mayim Bialik) pronouncement is spot on. If Indiana were not there for this primary plot of this film, everything that happens would still have happened, with only slight differences. I'll let Amy explain: Indiana Jones plays no role in the outcome of the story. If her weren't in the film, it would turn out exactly the same... ...if he weren't in the movie, the Nazis would have still found the ark, taken it to the island, opened it up and all died, just like they did. In fact, they would have found it sooner, because there would have been no shootout at The Raven, and Toht ...