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The '''Plane Crash''' is a recurring plot element within the Tomb Raider Universe.
 
The '''Plane Crash''' is a recurring plot element within the Tomb Raider Universe.
  
 
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== Original Plane Crash ==
 
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In the background story of the [[Classic Games|classic]] [[Tomb Raider]] [[Lara Croft|Lara]] survived a plane cash in the [[Himalayas]] at the age of 21, an event that changed her life forever.
==Original Plane Crash==
 
Originally Lara survived a plane cash in the Himalayas at the age of 21, an event that changed her life forever.
 
  
 
{{Quote|Tomb Raider booklet|On her way home from a skiing trip her chartered plane had crashed deep in the heart of the Himalayas. The only survivor, Lara learned how to depend on her wits to stay alive in hostile conditions a world away from her sheltered upbringing. 2 weeks later, when she walked into the village of [[Tokakeriby]] her experience had had a profound effect on her.}}
 
{{Quote|Tomb Raider booklet|On her way home from a skiing trip her chartered plane had crashed deep in the heart of the Himalayas. The only survivor, Lara learned how to depend on her wits to stay alive in hostile conditions a world away from her sheltered upbringing. 2 weeks later, when she walked into the village of [[Tokakeriby]] her experience had had a profound effect on her.}}
  
In the [[Reboot]] storyline this part of Lara's background story was changed to surviving being [[shipwreck]]ed on [[Yamatai]].
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In the [[Reboot]] storyline this part of Lara's background story was changed to surviving being [[shipwreck]]ed on [[Yamatai]], which we can experience first hand in [[Tomb Raider (2013)]].
 
 
  
===Comic Version===
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=== Comic Version ===
This event is also detailed in the [[Top Cow]] [[Tomb Raider Comics]], as a flashback in [[Tomb Raider: The Series Vol. 1, Issue 2]] from December 1999 and later in [[Tomb Raider: The Series Vol. 1, Issue 1/2]] from October 2001. In this version Lara's parents and [[Roger]], her fiancée at the time, were with Lara on the plane and were killed in the crash.   
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The Plane Crash is also detailed in the [[Top Cow]] [[Tomb Raider Comics]], as a flashback in [[Tomb Raider: The Series Vol. 1, Issue 2]] from December 1999 and later in [[Tomb Raider: The Series Vol. 1, Issue 1/2]] from October 2001. In this version Lara's parents and [[Roger]], her fiancée at the time, were with Lara on the plane and were killed in the crash.   
  
 
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== Tomb Raider Legend Plane Crash ==
==Tomb Raider Legend Plane Crash==
 
 
In [[Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend|Tomb Raider Legend]] the original storyline was disturbed for the first time, when the age at which Lara survived the plane crash was changed to nine.
 
In [[Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend|Tomb Raider Legend]] the original storyline was disturbed for the first time, when the age at which Lara survived the plane crash was changed to nine.
  
{{Quote|official source|At the age of nine, Lara survived a plane crash in the Himalayan mountains that resulted in the death of her mother. After miraculously surviving a ten-day solo trek from the crash site to Katmandu, she spent the rest of her childhood under the close tutage of her Archeologist father - the late Earl of Abbingdon, Richard Croft.}}
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{{Quote|Legend Booklet, Page 2<ref>http://support.na.square-enix.com/document/manual/1015/Tomb_Raider_Legend_XBOX360.pdf Xbox360 Legend Booklet at Square Enix</ref>|At the age of nine, Lara survived a plane crash in the Himalayan mountains that resulted in the death of her mother. After miraculously surviving a ten-day solo trek from the crash site to Kathmandu, she spent the rest of her childhood under the close tutelage of her archeologist father - the late Earl of Abbingdon, Richard Croft.}}
  
 
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== Amelia Croft's Plane Crash ==
==Amelia Croft's Plane Crash==
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In the [[Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration]] [[DLC]] [[Blood Ties]] it became knowledge that - even though Lara's background story had been changed - apparently the plane crash referenced in Tomb Raider Legend happened, except that [[Amelia Croft]], Lara's mother was alone in the plane, en route to [[Nepal]] to meet her husband, when she crashed in the Himalayas. Amelia survived the crash but died alone in the wilderness.
In [[Rise of the Tomb Raider]] it became knowledge that even though Lara's background story had been changed apparently the plane crash referenced in Tomb Raider Legend happened, except that [[Amelia Croft]], Lara's mother was alone in the plane, en route to [[Nepal]] to meet her husband, when she crashed in the Himalayas. Amelia survived the crash but died alone in the wilderness.
 
  
 
{{Quote|Excerpt from the Document [[Broken]]|Amelia's plane... crashed in the mountains. She died alone in the snow, waiting for me to find her. Oh god, not her, not now! I cannot accept it.}}
 
{{Quote|Excerpt from the Document [[Broken]]|Amelia's plane... crashed in the mountains. She died alone in the snow, waiting for me to find her. Oh god, not her, not now! I cannot accept it.}}
  
==Kristina Boaz' Plane Crash==
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== Kristina Boaz' Plane Crash ==
 
The [[Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness]] character [[Kristina Boaz]] also survived a plane crash in 1987. Not much is known about the incident, except that she was wearing scars from the accident when Lara met her.
 
The [[Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness]] character [[Kristina Boaz]] also survived a plane crash in 1987. Not much is known about the incident, except that she was wearing scars from the accident when Lara met her.
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Revision as of 18:04, 8 November 2016

The Plane Crash is a recurring plot element within the Tomb Raider Universe.

Original Plane Crash

In the background story of the classic Tomb Raider Lara survived a plane cash in the Himalayas at the age of 21, an event that changed her life forever.

On her way home from a skiing trip her chartered plane had crashed deep in the heart of the Himalayas. The only survivor, Lara learned how to depend on her wits to stay alive in hostile conditions a world away from her sheltered upbringing. 2 weeks later, when she walked into the village of Tokakeriby her experience had had a profound effect on her.
Tomb Raider booklet

In the Reboot storyline this part of Lara's background story was changed to surviving being shipwrecked on Yamatai, which we can experience first hand in Tomb Raider (2013).

Comic Version

The Plane Crash is also detailed in the Top Cow Tomb Raider Comics, as a flashback in Tomb Raider: The Series Vol. 1, Issue 2 from December 1999 and later in Tomb Raider: The Series Vol. 1, Issue 1/2 from October 2001. In this version Lara's parents and Roger, her fiancée at the time, were with Lara on the plane and were killed in the crash.

Tomb Raider Legend Plane Crash

In Tomb Raider Legend the original storyline was disturbed for the first time, when the age at which Lara survived the plane crash was changed to nine.

At the age of nine, Lara survived a plane crash in the Himalayan mountains that resulted in the death of her mother. After miraculously surviving a ten-day solo trek from the crash site to Kathmandu, she spent the rest of her childhood under the close tutelage of her archeologist father - the late Earl of Abbingdon, Richard Croft.
Legend Booklet, Page 2[1]

Amelia Croft's Plane Crash

In the Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration DLC Blood Ties it became knowledge that - even though Lara's background story had been changed - apparently the plane crash referenced in Tomb Raider Legend happened, except that Amelia Croft, Lara's mother was alone in the plane, en route to Nepal to meet her husband, when she crashed in the Himalayas. Amelia survived the crash but died alone in the wilderness.

Amelia's plane... crashed in the mountains. She died alone in the snow, waiting for me to find her. Oh god, not her, not now! I cannot accept it.
Excerpt from the Document Broken

Kristina Boaz' Plane Crash

The Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness character Kristina Boaz also survived a plane crash in 1987. Not much is known about the incident, except that she was wearing scars from the accident when Lara met her.

References

  1. http://support.na.square-enix.com/document/manual/1015/Tomb_Raider_Legend_XBOX360.pdf Xbox360 Legend Booklet at Square Enix
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