Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Men and Masculinity Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Quote #4

ELSA: Just like your father: giddy as a schoolboy. Wouldn't it be wonderful if he were here now to see this?

INDIANA: He never would've made it past the rats. He hates rats. He's scared to death of them.

Indiana seems to say this to take his dad's masculinity down a peg—as in, "Dad couldn't do this thing that I'm doing." Guess somebody forgot how much he hates snakes… Does Indiana feel the need to be better than or different from his dad in order to feel secure in his own masculinity?

Quote #5

ELSA: What were they looking for?

INDIANA: This.

ELSA: The Grail diary.

INDIANA: Uh huh.

ELSA: You had it. You didn't trust me.

INDIANA: I didn't know you. At least I let you tag along.

ELSA: Oh, yes. Give them a flower, and they'll follow you anywhere.

INDIANA: Knock it off. You're not mad.

ELSA: No?

INDIANA: No. You like the way I do things.

ELSA: It's lucky I don't do things the same way. You'd still be standing at the Venice pier.

He let her "tag along"? Yeesh. "You're not mad," and "You like the way I do things"? Um, no, dude. Indiana's letting a bit of his chauvinism show here, and Elsa rightfully puts him in his place when she reminds him that without her, he'd still be twiddling his thumbs on a pier.

Quote #6

INDIANA: Leave me alone. I don't like fast women.

ELSA: And I hate arrogant men.

It's a cliché for some people that to be masculine is to be in control of your little lady. Here, Indiana says what he thinks he's expected to say as a man, but, given that he and Elsa are totes making out, it's pretty clear that he doesn't mind aggressive women that much.