Indy: Off to save the ark, then distracted by a girl who can almost certainly take care of herself. Indy: Off to find a temple but another girl gets caught up in the tale and instead of leaving her in safety, drags her along for the ride. Indy: Off to find his father and catch up with the grail before the nazis get up but ends up falling for the nazi spy who has also been involved with his father and happens to be yet another very pretty woman. Indy: (Sorry, I can't recall the entire plot of crystal skull as well.) But Marion is involved again with their son.

It does not help Indy's case that Hollywood is biased against women, and even the strong female characters end up needing a rescue from that male "hero" as part of this genre.

If you want to talk Han Solo, he's in it for the money - except for those times his heart shows through. Han Solo, unlike Indy, is not a womanizer, and falls for Leia yet is completely blind when she's in that slave girl suit. He had a price on his head yet still fights for the rebellion and doesn't get paid so much for it. His heart always turns him to do good things in the end despite saying he's only in it for the money, so the anti-hero fails a little bit here.

If you're on Star Wars, Anakin might be your better anti-hero. He's got promise in the first film, then becomes a jedi and wins Padme's heart, then turns evil to break the jedi in the third segment as well as betraying both his mentor and Padme (as well as the children she carried). His entire story is turned here by jealousy, greed, and a quest for power. this makes for a good villain in episodes 4-6 and leaves him room to be 'redeemed' by his son and also for his grandson to go bad.


Do we need more?