Barranca
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| Gender | Male |
| Death | 1936 Peru |
| Nationality |  Peruvian[1]
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- "If they knew we were here, they would've killed us already."
- ―Barranca[src]
Barranca was a Peruvian guide, who in 1936, along with Satipo and several porters, helped guide Indiana Jones to the Hovito Idol cave in Peru.
After sighting Mount Shubet, Barranca helped to tie off one of the mules carrying supplies. Later, while Satipo examined a fresh Hovitos dart that Jones had found, Barranca commented that the Hovitos were probably unaware of their presence. When they reached a pond, Jones stopped to review a map he had kept secret from his guides. Seeing the map, Barranca attempted to silently draw his pistol and cocked it. Jones' keen hearing sensed the weapon being primed and Jones used his bullwhip to disarm his traitorous guide. Without his pistol, Barranca fled into the jungle.
While Indiana Jones and Satipo were inside the Temple of the Chachapoyan Warriors, Barranca encountered René Belloq and his group of Hovitos. He may have led Belloq and his men to the cave entrance, where he was killed by the poisonous darts of the Hovitos. After Jones escaped from the cave with the Chachapoyan Fertility Idol, Jones saw his former guide's body fall to the jungle floor, his back riddled with darts.
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[edit] Behind the scenes
Barranca was played by Vic Tablian, who also played Monkey Man in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Tablian also later played Demetrios/Claw in Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal.
The character actually survives in the Raiders comic book adaptation as he is not present when Belloq and the Hovitos meet Jones at the temple entrance later on. He also survives in the LEGO game, chased away by bats in the opening scenes, instead of the Peruvian Porter.
[edit] Appearances
- Raiders of the Lost Ark novel (First appearance)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Raiders of the Lost Ark comic
- LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Non-canonical appearance)
[edit] Notes and references
- ↑ Raiders of the Lost Ark novel
