Lao_Che
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Stoo said:1) Well, you've been encouraged to use the Search feature many times before but, for some reason, you don't. Is it because you keep forgetting that there is such a feature due to your poor memory?
3) Indy almost died of typhus looking for Akator, not the skull.
-In Indy 4 he says he saw a crystal skull "once in the British Museum". This contradicts the novels (and an unproduced Young Indy episode).
-The summer of 1916 is part of a flashback which has Indy in the southwest U.S. (according to Rob MacGregor). In the TV show, he's in Europe.
Seeing a crystal skull once in the British Museum ain't a contradiction. Although neglecting to mention all the ones he knows about may contradict his 90s self. He doesn't mention Deirdre Campbell in KotCS either but it still happened (despite denying he ever had a wife in one of McCoy's book).
The summer of '16 is when he's going on his vision quest with Aguila/Changing Man, yeah? The Ultimate Guide retconned that 1919. AND IT FITS!
Raiders112390 said:Outside of the college timeline, are there any other contradictions either within the series of Bantam novels themselves, or between the novels and the 4 movies, or between the novels and the YIJC?
All the stories fit quite well together until some reference book comes along and starts messing with the dates but LFL managed to drop every story (novels - including the French/German ones - comics, games, gamebooks) neatly into a space where nothing else is happening, the problem's in the details.
Most of Indy expanded universe just contradicts itself rather than the films and TV series. Although technical limitations kindly avoided having Abner Ravenwood wandering around with Indy in 1935 in the Emperor's Tomb game. Although Temple of the Forbidden Eye has him sending letters to Indy when they're not speaking. (In my personal canon it's Belloq using Abner's name not knowing Indy/Abner have fallen out and Indy's playing along to use Belloq's mind.)
Not really a contradiction but Peril of Delphi says Indy has a preference for horse riding and skiing(?!) over baseball and football when he's shown to be a big baseball fan in the TV series.