History TearJerker / IndianaJonesAndTheDialOfDestiny

* The ending of the film, showing Indy retrieving his iconic hat from outside the window was very much a TearJerker like this for many audiences because Creator/HarrisonFord turned 79 during the production of this film and it is unlikely that there will be another Indiana Jones film that has the character played by the actor who made him famous. Some fans are hopeful that the digital de-aging technology might make it possible but it is unlikely still because Ford might not actually agree to portray the character in appearance only detached from his agency in doing so. This realization makes the franchise as EndOfAnAge for many and had many actually crying in theaters.

'''Indy:''' I'd tell him he was gonna die... and tell him that his mother would find no end to her grief and that his father would be... helpless to console her, and that the loss would put an end to their marriage.

* The general disarray of Indiana's life in the present. He's living alone in an apartment, puts alcohol in his morning coffee, sleeps in his boxers, acts like a GrumpyOldMan, retiring as a college professor, his college students don't respect him as they once did, and he and Marion are estranged, preparing to go through a separation. Then comes the TheReveal of why this happened: Mutt Williams's death. He was serving in Vietnam to spite his father and left on bad terms. He was killed in action, something that makes Indy go through a lot of grief and puts a strain on his marriage to Marion. Any parent or sibling who lost a child or their brother would know the same type of pain that Henry Jones and Marion Ravenwood felt. [[note]]Though ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'' has established that Indy has another child, a daughter Sophie from presumably an earlier relationship that didn't work out, it doesn't make it any less devastating for Indy and Marion. As the aforementioned series was never officially made non-canon, one could only wonder if Indy walked back into Sophie's life because of Mutt's death and made her his successor.[[/note]]

* Having gone back to Ancient Greece, Indy decides that there's nothing left for him to return to in his present. He's exhausted and resigned to the thought that his life is an irretrievable mess and that he'd rather die alone in an alien environment than go back.

* The general disarray of Indiana's life in the present. He's living alone in an apartment, puts in alcohol in his morning coffee, sleeps in his boxers, acts like a GrumpyOldMan, retiring as a college professor, his college students don't respect him as they once did, and he and Marion are estranged, preparing to go through a separation. Then comes the TheReveal of why this happened: Mutt Williams' death. He was serving in Vietnam to spite his father and left on bad terms. He was killed in action, something that makes Indy go through a lot of grief and puts a strain on his marriage to Marion. Any parent or sibling who lost a child or their brother would know the same type of pain that Henry Jones and Marion Ravenwood felt. [[note]]Though ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'' has established that Indy has another child, a daughter Sophie from presumably an earlier relationship that didn't work out, it doesn't make it any less devastating for Indy and Marion. As the aforementioned series was never officially made non-canon, one could only wonder if Indy walked back into Sophie's life because of Mutt's death and made her his successor.[[/note]]

'''Indy:''' I'd tell him he was gonna die... and tell him that his mother would find no end to her grief, and that his father would be... helpless to console her, and that the loss would put an end to their marriage.
* Indy's friend Renaldo and his crew that help him and Helena find the Graphos, are killed by Voller and his men, with Renaldo getting shot by Voller when he tries to fight back. When the trio escape the Neo-Nazis, Helena celebrates until a distressed Indy laments his friend's death.
* Having gone back to Ancient Greece, Indy decides that there's nothing left for him to return to in his present. He's exhausted and resigned to the thought that his life is an irretrievable mess that he'd rather die alone in an alien environment than go back.

* The general disarray of Indiana's life in the present. He's retiring as a college professor, his college students don't respect him as they once did, and he and Marion are estranged, preparing to go through a separation. Then comes the TheReveal of why this happened: Mutt Williams' death. He was serving in Vietnam to spite his father and left on bad terms. He was killed in action, something that makes Indy go through a lot of grief and puts a strain on his marriage to Marion. Any parent or sibling who lost a child or their brother would know the same type of pain that Henry Jones and Marion Ravenwood felt. [[note]]Though ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'' has established that Indy has another child, a daughter Sophie from presumably an earlier relationship that didn't work out, it doesn't make it any less devastating for Indy and Marion. As the aforementioned series was never officially made non-canon, one could only wonder if Indy walked back into Sophie's life because of Mutt's death and made her his successor.[[/note]]

* The general disarray of Indiana's life in the present. He's retiring as a college professor, his college students don't respect him as they once did, and he and Marion are estranged, preparing to go through a separation. [[spoiler:Then comes the TheReveal of why this happened: Mutt Williams' death. He was serving in Vietnam to spite his father and left on bad terms. He was killed in action, something that makes Indy go through a lot of grief and puts a strain on his marriage to Marion. Any parent or sibling who lost a child or their brother would know the same type of pain that Henry Jones and Marion Ravenwood felt. [[note]]Though ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'' has established that Indy has another child, a daughter Sophie from presumably an earlier relationship that didn't work out, it doesn't make it any less devastating for Indy and Marion. As the aforementioned series was never officially made non-canon, one could only wonder if Indy walked back into Sophie's life because of Mutt's death and made her his successor.[[/note]]]]

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