History Heartwarming / IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom

* Willie keeping Shorty from helping Indy during his fight with the GiantMook. It seems like her being TheLoad yet again, but considering that the guy's already beating the crap out of Indy, it's not hard to imagine what he could do to a little kid. Willie, for all her bumbling and annoying ways, genuinely does not want Short Round to get hurt.
* Meta one: After filming wrapped up, Cate Kapshaw and Steven Speilberg married in 1991. They're still HappilyMarried as of 2022.
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* As Indy fights a [[GiantMook Giant Mook]] on a conveyor belt that leads to a rock crusher, the enemy gets his sash caught in the roller which starts pulling him in. The mook starts shouting for help, even referring to Indy as "Sir" in Hindi. Instead of running away, [[SaveTheVillain Indy tries to pull him out]] and when that fails, he hands him a rope attached to a pulley and pulls down on it to try and lift him out. It doesn't work, but it was certainly a noble effort on Indy's part.

* When Willie starts hyperventilating during the first human sacrifice scene, Indy briefly puts his hand on her shoulder to comfort her. Quite touching considering he's found her to be mostly an annoyance.

* As Indy fights a [[GiantMook Giant Mook]] on a conveyor belt that leads to a rock crusher, the enemy gets his sash caught in the roller which starts pulling him in. The mook starts shouting for help, even referring to Indy as "Sir" in Hindi. Instead of running away, [[SaveTheVillain Indy tries to pull him out]] and when that fails, he hands him a rope attatched to a pulley and pulls down on it to try and pull him out. He fails.

* As Indy knocks out the various guards, we get numerous shots of him, Willie, and Short Round grabbing their keys and unlocking the children, all of them smiling at the sheer exuberance they have at finally being free.

** And it goes both ways - Willie refuses to step onto the rope bridge, but when Shorty falls through the planks she runs out to pull him back.

** And Short Round's clearly heartbroken declaration of "Indy! I love you!" before [[BeatTheCurseOutOfHim burning him to snap him out of his]] BrainwashedAndCrazy [[BeatTheCurseOutOfHim madness]].

* When Shorty gets caught by the Thuggees rather than scream for help the first thing he does is shout to Willie to run for it. Gotta admire the kid valuing her life over his. This might be especially true when you consider that Short Round doesn't really like Willie, considering her more [[TheScrappy an annoyance]] than anything else.

--> '''Elder''': We knew you had succeeded, when life returned to our village.

-->'''Short Round''': Indy, my friend.
-->'''Indy''': I'm sorry, kid.

* When Shorty gets caught by the Thuggees rather than scream for help the first thing he does is shout to Willie to run for it. Gotta admire the kid valuing her life over his.[[note]]This might be especially true when you consider that Short Round doesn't really like Willie, considering her more an annoyance than anything else.[[/note]]

* When Shorty get's caught by the Thugee's rather than scream for help the first thing he does is shout to Willie to run for it. Gotta admire the kid valuing her life over his.

** Just before Indy is dosed with the brainwashing stuff, what really gets him mad? [[PapaWolf When the cult whips Short Round in front of him.]] The seeming mercenary yells "[[YouLeaveHimAlone Leave him alone, you bastards!]]" at their captors.

** Just before Indy is dosed with the brainwashing stuff, what really gets him mad? When the cult whips Short Round in front of him. The seeming mercenary yells "[[YouLeaveHimAlone Leave him alone, you bastards!]]" at their captors.

** Just before Indy is dosed with the brainwashing stuff, what really gets him mad? When the cult whips Short Round in front of him. The seeming mercenary yells "YouLeaveHimAlone" at their captors.

** And Short Round's clearly heartbroken declaration of "Indy! I love you!" before [[BeatTheCurseOutOfHim burning him to snap him out of his]] BrainwashedAndCrazy [[BeatTheCurseOutOfHimmadness]].

** And Short Round's clearly heartbroken declaration of "Indy! I love you!" before burning him to snap him out of his BrainwashedAndCrazy madness.
** Just before Indy is dosed with the brainwashing stuff, what really gets him mad? When the cult whips Short Round in front of him. The seeming mercenary yells "YouLeaveHimAlone" at their captors.

** Don't forget the part just before: "I'm all right, kid." *wink* Followed by a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome as Indy and Short Round punch out the guards, Indy rescues the girl, and the mood shifts from HighOctaneNightmareFuel to [[Awesome/IndianaJones awesomeness]].

* The reunion of all the children from the mines with their parents. What sells it is that the last time Indy was in the village, it was dull and lifeless with no color at all. When the kids and Indy come back, the entire village is alive and bright with colors.