Bond film cross-reference table

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  • edited February 2014 Posts: 1,009
    YOLT: Rendez-vous on a martial arts event (sumo, muay thai)
    OP: The two main Bond girls are Swedish

  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    GF- the villain gives Bond a demonstration of his ceiling-mounted laser weapon
    OHMSS- Bond has a Rolex Submariner 5513 without gadgets
    GE- the word Golden appears in the title
    DAD- the villain gives Bond a demonstration of a weapon by destroying the aircraft he arrived in
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    FRWL : The PTS is the villain's training session
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Gerard wrote:
    FRWL : The PTS is the villain's training session

    Good one, and they both have a fake Bond.
  • TokolosheTokoloshe Under your bed
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    Updated full list:

    DR NO:

    FRWL - Sylvia Trench.

    GF - The film is named after the villain.

    TB - Leiter follows Bond in early scenes before introducing himself. Use of a Geiger counter.

    YOLT - Villain's scheme involves sabotage of NASA. Western actors portray Oriental characters.

    OHMSS - Broccoli and Saltzman's credits are inserted into the gunbarrel sequence. 'Underneath the Mango Tree'.

    LALD - We see Bond's home. Bond in Jamaica. Quarrel / Quarrel Jr. Main villain is a doctor. A villain meets his death through being hindered by his mechanical hands.

    TMWTGG - Use of / reference to using cushions in a bed as a fake body.

    TWINE - Henchman/woman commits suicide rather than be captured.

    DAD - Bond girl emerges from the sea in a bikini.

    QOS - Greene's explanation that Quantum make deals with anyone echoes No's explanation of SPECTRE's ethic ("east, west,

    just points of the compass")

    SF - Visual in-joke of a stolen painting.


    FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE:

    TB - Anthony Dawson portrays an unseen Blofeld. Martine Beswick.

    YOLT - Assassin training scene.

    OHMSS - A game of chess in progress.

    TMWTGG - Pre-title sequence shows a villain's training session involving a fake Bond. Belly dancer.

    TSWLM - Use of a periscope.

    DAF - Rats on screen. Blofeld's cat eats a meal.

    OP - Villain is a traitor to USSR. Use of an advertising billboard as an entrance/exit.

    TWINE - Villain deliberately shoots someone who is about to kill Bond.

    CR - Bond blows up an embassy.



    GOLDFINGER:

    TB - Aston Martin DB5's bullet-proof shield is raised.

    OHMSS - Janitor whistles GF theme tune.

    DAF - Bond introduced to smuggling issue at meeting with government expert.

    YOLT - Communist China are behind the villain's plot. Connery fights an actor who is a professional wrestler.

    OHMSS - Bond makes love in a barn. Bond in Switzerland.

    TMWTGG - Villain has a golden gun. Villain demonstrated his ceiling-mounted laser weapon to Bond.

    OP - Henchman intimidates Bond by crushing a game piece in his hand.

    AVTAK - Villain breeds horses. A Rolls Royce plays a part in the plot. Villain seeks to destroy a major US supply of something in order to increase the value of his own holdings. He has a board meeting to outline his plans using a hidden map and one dissenter is killed.

    DAD - Bond/ally strapped to a table and threatened to be cut with laser.

    QOS - Girl suffocated in a substance and left dead on a bed

    SF - Aston Martin DB5 ejector seat


    THUNDERBALL:

    DAF - Use of plastic surgery by a villain. A villain in drag.

    FYEO - The villain is killed by a wound to the back by Bond's ally.

    AVTAK - Bond in France. Bond discards his scuba tank to escape death.

    LTK - Bond is discovered through underwater CCTV.

    DAD - Rebreather device and jetpack.

    CR - Bond in Nassau. A villain has only one eye.


    YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE:

    DAF - Charles Gray. Bond in Japan.

    TWMTGG - Sumo wrestlers

    TSWLM - A large vessel swallows a smaller one.

    CR - Tsai Chin

    SF - Bond travels by underground train.



    ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE:

    TMWTGG - Bond wears a Rolex Submariner 5513 (without gadgets).

    FYEO - Bobsleighs. Ice rink scene. Blofeld with a neck support.

    TWINE - "The World Is Not Enough". Villains cause an avalanche.

    CR - Bond uses a mirror to tend to the facial wounds he just got in a fistfight.

    SF - Female character recites poetry



    DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER:

    DAF - Henchmen pose as room service attendants. Marc Lawrence as a gangster.

    OP - Bond at the circus.

    GE - Main villain returns after appearing to die in the pre-title sequence.

    DAD - Villain uses a space-based diamond laser weapon.

    QOS - Fight in a lift.

    SF - Open homosexual villain(s).



    LIVE AND LET DIE:

    TMWTGG - Clifton James as Sheriff J. W. Pepper.

    MR - Snakes used in attempt to kill Bond. Perfume-based flame thrower.

    FYEO - both Bond and Bond girl are tied up over shark-infested water.

    AVTAK - Bond beds a black woman.

    LTK- Villain is a drug lord. Someone's head explodes due to air pressure. David Hedison as Felix Leiter.

    GE- Bond fails to execute a plan with his watch gadget.

    TWINE- musical instrument includes a gadget (radio communicator flute/bagpipe gun).

    TWINE- a chair with built-in arm restraints.

    SF- Bond steps on an animal to help him escape.

    SF- Skulls appear in the title sequence.



    THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN:

    OP - Maud Adams. Both leading female actresses are Swedish.

    TLD - Mannequin of a main character.

    TND - Junk boat. Kao Phing Khan island (Thailand).

    TWINE - Bond flips an acquire vehicle in 360-degree spin.

    SF - Bond in Macau.


    Moving on to...

    THE SPY WHO LOVED ME:

    MR - Richard Kiel as Jaws. Use of theme music from another popular film.

    QOS - Bond uses the alias 'R. Stirling'.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    GF-German villain
    MR-Christopher Wood.
    FYEO-the Lotus

    You have a little error in the DAF section, but great work!
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    FYEO- Bond has a watch gadget which displays a message from M.
    TLD- The actor who plays Fekkesh, Nadim Sawalha, appears as a Tangier police chief.
    QBranch wrote:
    GF- the villain gives Bond a demonstration of his ceiling-mounted laser weapon
    OHMSS- Bond has a Rolex Submariner 5513 without gadgets
    GE- the word Golden appears in the title
    DAD- the villain gives Bond a demonstration of a weapon by destroying the aircraft he arrived in
    How did these not make the final cut?
  • TokolosheTokoloshe Under your bed
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    The GF and OHMSS ones are included under those films, consistent with the format of the table. I thought the Golden one was a little too obvious. I meant to include the aircraft point but appear to have omitted it by mistake - corrected in my master copy now.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Also MR-the villain wants to restart human civilization. Talk about grandeur!
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited February 2014 Posts: 14,584
    Tokoloshe wrote:
    The GF and OHMSS ones are included under those films, consistent with the format of the table.
    Yes, of course. My bad.
    QBranch wrote:
    GE- the word Golden appears in the title
    Tokoloshe wrote:
    I thought the Golden one was a little too obvious.
    Okay, I think I got the thrust of it now...

    TSWLM-FRWL- the word Love appears in the title.
  • TSWLM

    FYEO- Bond drives a Lotus
    FYEO- Nobody Does it Better is played at some point during the movie.
    AVTAK- Female Russian agent "steals" something from Bond after flirting with him.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited February 2014 Posts: 14,584
    TMWTGG- Bond's wine bottle cork pops unexpectedly.
    LTK- Bond leaves the scene after being reminded of his wife.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    LALD-henchman thrown out train window
  • TB (wild guess): Bond uses a woman as a human shield
    OHMSS: Villains appear in The Cannoball Run II (Savalas, Kiel)
  • TokolosheTokoloshe Under your bed
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    TB (wild guess): Bond uses a woman as a human shield

    I think you're spot on, actually. Good connection.
  • TokolosheTokoloshe Under your bed
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    Final mentions for TSWLM:

    MR - Kim Fortune. Bond is seen by MI6 staff 'in flagrante' at the end.


    As the list of remaining films gets shorter, we should be able to wrap this up fairly quickly now.

    Connections required for MOONRAKER with later films, please!

    DAD - Sword fight
  • edited February 2014 Posts: 1,778
    MR

    TWINE: Gadget-laden speedboat
    QOS: Bond is thrown out of a plane without a parachute.
  • Moonraker connections

    Goldeneye - Bond uses a trick pen to get out of an awkward situation

    Diamonds are Forever - Bond just about manages to avoid being incinerated

    Thunderball - Bond is involved with a carnival

    Dr No - a woman takes pictures of Bond without his consent

    Edit, just read 'later films' (I've been going about this the wrong way) so adding anything else from beyond '79,

    The World Is Not Enough - speedboat race

    The Living Daylights, Octopussy, A View to a Kill - Bond is featured on horseback

    Guess that'll do for now
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    DN-TSWLM - it is said that the main villain does not shake hands.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    GF-DAD: Bond has a suit on under a wetsuit.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited February 2014 Posts: 14,584
    Moonraker

    YOLT- Bond must investigate the theft of a spacecraft
    LALD- Bond goes hang gliding.
  • TokolosheTokoloshe Under your bed
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    Yep, all good so far. Let's move on to FOR YOUR EYES ONLY...

    GE - Bond has a villain poised over a large drop, could feasibly save him but chooses to kill him.

    TWINE - Reference to Greek character Elektra, motivated by a wrongdoing to her parent(s)


  • FYEO

    Octopussy- A Smithers gag in Q's lab.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    FYEO

    TB- The title of the film is seen on Bond's mission dossier
    TLD- Max the parrot cameo
    TND- Bond searches for a ship that was sunk by the villain
    SF- we see Bond's loved ones gravestone
  • TokolosheTokoloshe Under your bed
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    Tokoloshe wrote:
    GE - Bond has a villain poised over a large drop, could feasibly save him but chooses to kill him.

    On reflection, this applies to Sandor in TSWLM and the Special Branch blokey in QOS and probably others too. Scratch that one.

  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited March 2014 Posts: 14,584
    @Tokoloshe Here's a good one for GE:

    FYEO-GE: the word 'eye' appears in the title. (just pulling your leg btw) ;)
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    TWINE-Bond in Spain.
  • QoS-the main Bond girl wants to kill a villain, but Bond prevents her from doing so
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    AVTAK-Gogol attempts to steal something from Bond, but fails.
  • TokolosheTokoloshe Under your bed
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    OP - Pre-title sequence has no connection to main film
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