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The 13th ''[[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]]'' film, starring Roger Moore. After a replica Fabergé egg is found on an assassinated agent, Bond is sent to [[India]] to infiltrate a circus gang led by Octopussy (Maud Adams, the only Bond girl actress to make a second leading appearance).

Despite the title, it has surprisingly little to do awith popular[[Naughty subject of Japanese pornographyTentacles]].

{{quote| '''Bond:''' Well, supposing, for argument's sake, l don't feel like talking?<br />

'''Kamal:''' Don't worry, you will.<br />

'''Bond:''' Let me guess. Thumbscrews and hot coals?<br />

'''Kamal:''' ''(insulted)'' ''Hardly.'' We're much more sophisticated than that.<br />

'''Bond:''' Sodium Pentothal?<br />

'''Kamal:''' A bit crude. Very unreliable. We prefer curare with an effective psychedelic compound. Guaranteed results.<br />

'''Bond:''' But with permanent brain damage.<br />

{{quote| '''Mishka:''' And this (prepares to throw knife at Bond). . .for my brother! [throws knife at Bond, but misses]<br />

* [[Dueling Movies]]: With Sean Connery's ''[[Never Say Never Again (Film)|Never Say Never Again]]''. Neither film really wowed critics or topped the box office.

* [[Exploding Fishtanks]]: This time the fishtanks get their revenge! When the title character is targeted by assassins her pet blue-ringed octopus (who's clearly watched ''[[Alien (Filmfranchise)|Alien]]'') facehugs a thug to death after its tank gets broken during the struggle.

* [[A Glass in Thethe Hand]]: Gobinda and the dice.

{{quote| '''Khamal:''' Let the game ''commence''!}}

* [[LampshadedIf DoubleYou EntendreKnow What I Mean]]:

{{quote| '''Q:''' 007 on an island populated exclusively by women? We won't see him till dawn! }}

* [[May-December Romance]]: [[Downplayed Trope|More like May-September]]. While still much younger than him, Octopussy is one of the few Bond girls too old to be his daughter (she's only 18 years his junior, as opposed to the whopping ''30'' that Carole Bouquet was in ''[[For Your Eyes Only (Filmfilm)|For Your Eyes Only]]''), especially in the Moore-era.

** It helps that the actress had already played a Bond girl opposite Moore eight years earlier in ''[[The Man With the Golden Gun (Film)|The Man Withwith the Golden Gun]]''.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The movie bounces between the campier elements of Moore's tenure (uncovering a smuggling ring run by circus people and an all-girl army) with the [[Darker and Edgier|darker tone]] created by the previous film, ''[[For Your Eyes Only (Filmfilm)|For Your Eyes Only]]'' (a mad Soviet general wants to start [[World War III]]!).

{{quote| '''Security Guard:''': Captain, some nut went through here in a stolen car! Wants the base commander, and he's wearing a red shirt!}}

** There's also the theory that the new M is really Admiral Hargreaves, actor Robert Brown's character from ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (Film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''.

** Note that this was because the original actor had died, which actually happened before ''[[For Your Eyes Only (Filmfilm)|For Your Eyes Only]]''. M was absent entirely from that one, stated to be on leave, but here they had to get a new actor. And if it is Hargreaves then he's been demoted; he was a Vice Admiral in ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (Film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'', but is stated to be a Rear Admiral in ''[[The Living Daylights (Film)|The Living Daylights]]''.

{{quote| '''Bond:''' ''(looking at Magda's tattoo, on the small of her back)'' What is that?<br />

* [[You Look Familiar]]: Maud Adams had previously played Andrea Anders in ''[[The Man With the Golden Gun (Film)|The Man Withwith the Golden Gun]]''.