8. Short Round (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)
Short Round was just a kid when he busted into a temple with Indiana Jones and beat up dozens of grown men who were twice his size and wielding dangerous weapons. He did this, much to the dismay of
Raiders fans, by mostly kicking them. Shorty isn't exactly the most annoying movie character ever conceived, but I'm pretty sure people don't really like him, because what's a kid doing in an Indiana Jones movie, right? And how did he manage to survive so long without getting murdered?
The Spin-Off: "Hold On To Your Potatoes" Yes, the spin-off is named after that one line from the movie about potatoes. But has anybody ever wondered what happened to Short Round after the events of
Temple of Doom? I know I ponder that particular thought at least once a month, because I've got this horrible feeling that Indiana Jones shipped him off to an orphanage, or left him in a boat out at sea or something. This spin-off will put rest to those cruel notions, though, because it picks up 20 years later when Short Round is a fully-fledged kung-fu master (if you could kick as good as this kid, you'd definitely become a kung-fu master). He goes around kicking ass in a movie that can only be described as
Tomb Raider meets
Enter the Dragon. There is literally no other way to describe it. The title is purposely "Jackie Chan-wacky," like it's been translated badly from Chinese or something, see?