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Baked Beetles
Baked beetles appear as the first course at the Maharajah's Pleasure Pavilion feast. Diners crack them open and suck out gooey innards, a sight that horrifies Willie Scott. The insects heighten her revulsion amid exotic dishes like roasted boar and eyeball soup, clashing Western sensibilities against Indian court decadence. Indiana Jones, Short Round, Chattar Lal, and Captain Blumburtt share the table as cultural tensions rise.
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Purpose
Appetizer in the Maharajah's multi-course banquet
Significance
Triggers Willie's visceral disgust, underscoring the story's theme of Western culture colliding with Eastern mysticism and excess, while foreshadowing deeper horrors tied to the Thuggee cult
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