2. A Most Ridiculous Exit Strategy - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Plot Hole: "Why did Indy and his companions take the most unnecessary, completed exit route from the mines when they could have gotten out the same way as the slave children?"
The Deleted Scene: Having freed hundreds of children from deep beneath the mines of an ancient palace where the Thuggee cult have risen once again, Indiana Jones, Short Round and Willie Scott decide to stick around for a while, fighting the remaining enemies and making sure that nobody has been left behind. Admirable. Still, when it comes time for them to leave, why do they chose to board a dangerous mine-cart that carries them through an underground rollercoaster with an extremely high chance of death? It never made sense, especially since we see the slave children making their way back out the palace the way that Indy and the gang came in. Why didn't they just follow them? The answer lies in a deleted scene, one which should have probably been included for the sake of, oh, not making our protagonists look dumb as hell. In the scene, Indy could be seen using a plank of wood to help the slave children cross the pit of lava that separates them from the Pankot Palace exit that we saw the gang come in from. When all the children are across, Short Round attempts to follow on after them, but the extreme heat causes the plank to set fire and it crumbles away, leaving our heroes stranded. Which is why they're forced to turn around and find a different way out, resulting in mine-cart chase that we all know and love today. No moving footage exists of this scene exists, I'm afraid, which is frustrating to say the least, but there are a few production stills - like the murky one above - that prove it was shot and later removed, presumably because it slowed the movie down somewhat and wasn't deemed to be entirely necessarily. I happen to disagree.