Object

Indy's Trigger Stick

Indy snatches a wooden stick from the chamber floor and tosses it through the shaft of sunlight. The stick interrupts the beam, triggering razor spikes that slam inward and expose explorer Forrestal's half-fleshed skeleton lodged in the trap. Satipo recoils in panic as Indy gauges the safe path along the walls.

2 appearances

Purpose

Probe the shaft of sunlight and trigger the spike trap

Significance

Confirms the deadly light-beam mechanism, reveals Forrestal's corpse to raise stakes, and sparks Satipo's terror foreshadowing his betrayal

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S1E1 · RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Shaft of Light Trap — Forrestal Revealed

Indy picks up a simple wooden stick and deliberately throws it through the shaft of sunlight to test whether the beam acts as a trigger. The stick's passage interrupts the light and initiates the spikes' motion; it functions as a low-tech probe that converts environmental observation into a controlled experiment.

Before: Available on the chamber floor or immediately at hand; unused and neutral.

After: Has been thrown through the shaft and lies in or near the beam's path on the chamber floor after triggering the trap.

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S1E1 · RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Forrestal's Fate / Satipo's Reluctance

Indy picks up a wooden stick from the chamber floor and deliberately hurls it through the shaft of sunlight to test the space; the thrown stick interrupts the environment, mechanically triggering the spikes and thereby revealing the impaled remains.

Before: Loose wooden stick lying on the chamber floor, unused.

After: Thrown through the shaft of light; served as the immediate trigger for the spike trap (likely lying within the illuminated shaft or beyond the trap).

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