Fortune cookie

A fortune cookie was a cookie with a piece of paper inside, a "fortune", on which is an aphorism, or a vague prophecy.

History
In 1935, upon discovering the secret entrance to the Temple of Doom at Pankot Palace, the American archaeologist Indiana Jones and his sidekick Short Round started to walk stepping on some bugs, leading Shorty to remark that what they were stepping crunched like fortune cookies, thus making Jones light a match and discover that the bugs were in fact not fortune cookies.

Behind the scenes
Fortune cookies were mentioned in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. In some international territories, such as Latin Spanish, the fortune cookies were simply referred as "cookies".

In earlier drafts of the film including its shooting script, no mention to the fortune cookies is made. Instead, Short Round deduces that what is crunching on their feet is alive, leading Indiana Jones to light the match and discover the bugs.

Though not completely anachronistic, the fortune cookies mention was incorrect as the film is set in 1935. Prior to World War II, which started four years later, fortune cookies were called fortune tea cakes, and was largely served at America.

Appearances

 * Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom