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Raiders of the Lost Ark Scene 13 Summary

God Gets Angry; Very, Very Angry

  • Indy and Marion are tied to a pole while the Nazis open the Ark.
  • Belloq dons the ceremonial robes of the ancient Jewish High Priest and chants in Hebrew before sticking his hand in the Ark and finding… sand.
  • The electrical feed goes out and some freaky wispy things come up out of the Ark.
  • Indy remembers some key passages in Sunday school and tells Marion to close her eyes.
  • The wispy things turn into ghosts and holy fire starts ripping the Nazis apart. Cue the face-melting.
  • Indy and Marion are spared by keeping their eyes shut.
  • God's disciplinary action ends, leaving Indy and Marion on their own with the Ark.
  • They take it back to the government, which locks it away in a warehouse that nobody will ever find (until the much-maligned fourth movie, that is).
  • Indy's fuming, but Marion consoles him by reminding him that she doesn't hate his guts anymore.
  • Roll credits!