Corrected entry: Indiana explains to Willie that Shorty is his adopted son, orphaned by the Japanese bombing of Shanghai in 1932. "The Temple of Doom" takes place in 1935, three years afterwards, yet in Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Last Crusade, both of which take place after Temple of Doom, Shorty makes no appearance whatsoever. It makes sense that maybe Indy decided to call a sitter for his latter two adventures, he doesn't even agnowledge his existence once in that entire time.
jshy7979
30th Jan 2008
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Correction: He definitely never says that Short Round is his adopted son, nor does he even imply it. He mentions the Shanghai bombing, says he caught Shorty trying to pickpocket him, and that is all the backstory we are ever given on Short Round.
31st May 2006
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Corrected entry: After Mola Rom tears a man's heart out, the man is lowered in the molten pit. The man's chest is visible and has no hole or mark where his heart was taken.
Correction: True, but the man also is still alive after getting his heart ripped out of his chest and the heart is beating. Obviously something "supernatural" is going on.
Also, we do see the hole close, and somewhat heal itself, on screen.
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Correction: Character decision, not a mistake. For all we now, Shorty could be dead or reunited with his family in the years between Temple of Doom and Raiders of the Lost Ark. In either case, it would not be something Indy would want to talk about.
Twotall