Willie Scott

Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott is a central character in the second Indiana Jones film, mh:greatestmovies:Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. She's an American singer working at Club Obi Wan who accompanies Henry Jones Jr. on his journey.

Why She Sucks

 * 1) Unlike other female leads from the Indiana Jones franchise such as Marion Ravenwood from the first movie and Elsa Schneider from the third movie, she contributes nothing to the story, and doesn't help Indy in any way whatsoever, meaning that she serves absolutely no purpose in the film aside being Indy's love interest. You could replace her and it wouldn't make a difference.
 * 2) *Because of that, she serves more of a plot device than a character.
 * 3) She screams way too often and way too high-pitched. There's also her constant crying and whining.
 * 4) She is so immature, selfish, entitled, conceited, self-centered, idiotic, and incredibly cowardly.
 * 5) She could barely even survive in the outside world for one bit, including even the worst odors of animals. Like how she applied perfume on the elephant she's riding on, which consequently irritated the elephant she riding on that it threw her off into the pond in retaliation.
 * 6) She is a spoiled brat, as she always whines and throws tantrums whenever something doesn’t go her way, like when she threw a massive tantrum on how she hated being outside when an elephant threw her into the pond even though it was her own fault to begin with.
 * 7) She constantly get kidnapped by various enemies and is pretty helpless whenever she's captured.
 * 8) She gets rewarded as being Indy's romantic love interest, even though she's done nothing to actually deserve it. Marion Ravenwood from the first movie and Elsa Schneider from the third movie had at least shown to be strong developed characters.
 * 9) Another thing, is that she's not very good with priorities. During the scene where a firefight had erupted in a large crowded room with you right in the middle, she chose focus on chasing down a large diamond instead of getting to safety. Plus she ended up in a car that was being shot but she chose to obsess over the fact that she chipped one of her nails.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Despite her poor portrayal, it can be argued that she is pretty attractive, much like Indiana Jones' other love interests.
 * 2) Her reactions towards various perils she goes through is understandable to some audiences, as she basically represents what a normal person would've felt experiencing all the exact same dangerous adventures she had with Indiana Jones.
 * 3) Her reactions during the infamous Indian palace dinner scene are funny.
 * 4) Despite her irritable nature, she does have a motive for her selfish and conceited manners: she was born in poverty and her beloved grandfather died penniless despite bringing happiness everywhere as a stage magician, hence why she desires to be successful.
 * 5) She doesn't reappear in future installments of the Indiana Jones film series after this one (not counting a non-physical cameo in mh:awfulmovies:Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), though to be fair, most characters in the Indy films, with the exception of a few, didn't reappear in other films.

Reception
Despite the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom receiving a generally mixed-to-positive reception from critics and audiences alike, the character Willie Scott received largely negative reviews, due to her whiny personality, her constant need to be rescued, as well as the fact that she, unlike Indy's other love interests Marion Ravenwood and Elsa Schneider, serves no purpose to the film aside from being a love interest.

Kate Capshaw, who portrayed Willie Scott in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, called her character "not much more than a dumb screaming blonde."