I am continuing to use the term "episode" here as I have elsewhere on PopApostle, as a separable piece in the continuous narrative of a larger story.
Below are the chronological studies of the adventures of Indiana Jones during the time of his life generally referred to as "Young Indy", covering the years 1899-1920, from his birth to his 21st birthday. Indy's adult adventures will follow when these studies are complete.
Many of these Young Indy adventures were first depicted in the 28 episodes of the two-season run of the The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles TV series on the ABC television network from 1992-1993. Most of the episodes were 1-hour long, with two 2-hour episodes. Most of the episodes also featured bookends with "Old Indy", a 92-year old Indy (portrayed by George Hall) in 1992 relating the story contained in the episode. The final four 1-hour episodes were left unaired at the time due to falling ratings that led to the series' cancellation. In 1994-95, four additional TV movies were shot to air on the Family Channel cable network 1994-1996. In 1996, the entire series was edited and combined into 22 2-hour TV movies with the franchise title of The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones. The TV movie versions omit the "Old Indy" bookends and contain, in some cases, new interstitial scenes, while also omitting other original footage. PopApostle's studies of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles will attempt to cover elements from both the original airings and the re-edited TV film versions.
The 1-hour episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles used the location and date of the adventure as the title of the episode, such as "British East Africa, September 1909", while the 2-hour TV movies would have a proper title. The PopApostle studies use a combination of the movie titles and references from the episodes, noting the original "title".
In the studies, PopApostle sometimes refers to the 0-12 year old Indy as "Little Indy", the 13-21 year old Indy as "Teen Indy", the "adult" Indy as "Indy", and the 92-year old Indy as "Old Indy" to differentiate the periods of his adventures.
INDIANA JONES (Years 1921-1936)
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"Race to Danger" | "Spring Break Adventure" | "A Piece of the Action" | "The Easter Rebellion" | "Love's Sweet Song" | ||||||||||
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Teenage Indy lives through a
real-life Tom Swift adventure in New Jersey. |
Indy meets Pancho Villa in Mexico and
finds the lost jackal standard from Egypt. |
On a steamer to Europe with Remy, Indy encounters a German spy. |
Indy and Remy get involved in the
Easter Rebellion. |
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"Trenches of Hell" | "Prisoner of War" | "Demons of Deception" | "The Mata Hari Affair" | "The Phantom Train of Doom" | ||||||||||
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When all the officers of Indy’s
Belgian platoon are killed in battle, he is left in charge until
a French lieutenant takes over in |
As a POW, Indy meets Charles De
Gaulle. |
Indy acts as a courier for the Allied
forces at |
In |
Indy hooks up with the 25th
Royal Fusiliers in East Africa. |
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"The Kidnapping" | "Trek of Doom" | "Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life" | "Attack of the Hawkmen" | "The Fokker Agenda" | ||||||||||
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Indy, Remy, and Selous are captured
by the Germans. |
Indy becomes 2nd-in-command
of a detachment in |
In the heart of |
As a reconnaissance photographer with
the Lafayette Escadrille, Indy's plane is shot down and he is
captured by the Red Baron. |
Indy is assigned to deliver a message to aircraft magnate Anthony Fokker to defect from Germany to the Allies. |
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"The Secret Peace" | "Espionage Escapades" | "Revolution!" | "The Trial of Amadeus Schubelgruber" | "In Morocco" | ||||||||||
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Indy acts as a spy in |
Indy is sent on a mission in cahoots
with some bungling Allied spies seeking to turn neutral |
Indy takes part in the Russian
Revolution. |
Indy's new undercover assignment is positively Kafkaesque. |
As part of a covert mission, Indy is
assigned to escort famed American author Edith Wharton during
her visit to Morocco. |
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Daredevils of the Desert | "Mask of Evil" | "To Have and Have Not" | "The Wolves" | Treasure of the Peacock's Eye | ||||||||||
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Indy aids the British and the
Australians in the Battle of Beersheba. |
Indy versus Vlad the Impaler. |
In Italy, Indy and Ernest Hemingway
vie for the attentions of the same woman. |
Indy is sent on a dangerous spy
mission in |
The war ends with Indy and Remy in possession of a treasure map. |
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"The Gentle Arts of Diplomacy" | "Winds of Change" | "Mystery of Jazz" | "Mystery of the Blues" | Scandal of 1920 | ||||||||||
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Indy is present at the Paris Peace Conference at the end of the Great War. |
Indy returns to the States and moves back in with his father, but the reception is somewhat cold. |
Indy learns to play jazz on the
soprano saxophone. |
Indy and his buddies Eliot Ness and Ernest Hemingway take it upon themselves to investigate the murder of Big Jim Colosimo. |
Indy celebrates his 21st
birthday and falls in love with 3 beautiful women. |
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Hollywood Follies | ||||||||||||||
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Indy's summer break from university is spent working at a pair of Hollywood film productions. | ||||||||||||||
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