Short Round

The boy known as Short Round (or "Shorty") was born in 1924 as Wan Li. Orphaned during the Japanese bombing of Shanghai, Li picked up his alias as a pickpocket on the streets of his home town. In 1935, he traveled with Indiana Jones and Willie Scott to India, where he helped defeat a Thuggee cult headquartered in Pankot Palace. Afterward, he returned with Indy to the United States.

Behind the scenes

 * Actor Ke Huy Quan portrayed Short Round in Temple of Doom.
 * According to the unauthorized Spanish-language book Indiana Jones: Biografía, Short Round was adopted by a high-society couple&mdash;friends of Willie Scott&mdash;in New York City, and eventually followed in Indy's footsteps, studying archaeology at the University of Chicago. This account is not endorsed by Lucasfilm.

Appearances

 * Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
 * ''The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones
 * Issue 26: "Trail of the Golden Guns"