Indy's Selected Cheese

Cheese sits among the meal items in Sallah's truck during the tense gathering. Indy chooses it over the dates, dodging death as the monkey steals and eats the poisoned fruit before collapsing. Sallah grabs the last date, declares them bad, and the group snaps to alert amid the sudden threat.

2 appearances

Purpose

Food item eaten during the roadside break

Significance

Indy's pick spares him from the Nazis' poison, turning celebration into alarm and exposing close enemies

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S1E1 · RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Wrong Spot — The Staff Miscalculation

Cheese is chosen by Sallah (and appears as Indy's selected cheese too) to illustrate the group's small domestic pleasures and to show how ordinary choices can avert danger (they do not eat the poisoned dates).

Before: On the tray with other food items.

After: Remains on the tray, uneaten or partially nibbled; not implicated in poisoning.

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S1E1 · RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Bad Dates — Dead Monkey, Sudden Threat

Indy chooses a piece of cheese at one point, a minor action that emphasizes his avoidance of the dates; it underlines the role of small choices (luck/reflex) in saving him from the poisoned fruit.

Before: On the tray among other food items.

After: Partially consumed or left untouched after the alarm, still on the tray.

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