Octopussy: Difference between revisions

007 soon discovers a connection between the priceless Fabergé egg, an elaborate smuggling operation and a meeting with a renegade Russian General Orlov who plans on detonating a nuclear device at Octopussy's circus as part of his plan to instigate [[World War III]].

 

 

* [[Actor Allusion]]: Vijay plays tennis on his spare time and fights off some goons with a tennis racquet. He's played by a tennis player.

* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: The movie uses the short story as a [[Backstory]] to Octopussy's origin.

* [[Affably Evil]]: Kamal, especially when discussing Bond's torture.

'''Kamal:''' An unfortunate side effect. }}

* [[All Part of the Show]]: Bond's antics in the clown makeup is mistaken for being part of the show. Given that he's trying to warn people of a nuclear bomb, this is a problem.

* [[And This Is For]]: Doubled.

'''James Bond:''' (Throws the knife back and impales him) And that's for 009! }}

* [[Amazon Brigade]]: Octopussy's army.

* [[Auction]]: Bond enters one to seek out the one who is interested in this Fabergé egg business.

* [[Bedsheet Ladder]]: Magda uses a varation of this to escape from Bond: she ties one end of the sari she's wearing to a balustrade and jumps off the balcony, "riding" the garment down to safety as it unravels.

* [[High Altitude Battle]]: Bond against Gobinda on top of a plane.

* [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game]]: Khamal and his mooks' hunt for tiger on elephants after Bond escapes the Monsoon Palace. Bond is the tiger of course.

* [[I'm Not Hungry]]: Bond finds his sheep head a little too exotic.

* [[Ironic Echo]]/[[Dark Reprise]]: Vijay's "No problem!", uttered by Bond {{spoiler|after Vijay's corpse is found.}}

* [[Knife-Throwing Act]]: Mishka's and Grishka's part in Octopussy's Circus.

* [[Killer Yoyo]]: One of the mercenaries that Khamal hires to kill has one made from a circular saw.

* [[Large Ham]]: General Orlov.

* [[Leave Behind a Pistol]]: What happened to Octopussy's father. Octopussy is grateful to Bond for leaving him that option, rather than be disgraced by a court martial.

* [[Storming the Castle]]: With the [[Amazon Brigade]].

* [[Suspect Is Hatless]] When Bond speeds through the Air Base's security checkpoint:

* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: A new M apparently makes his debut in this story. No-one mentions what happened to the previous one, which has caused many to claim that this is actually a case of [[The Other Darrin]], and that it's still the original M but with a different actor playing him.

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

* [[Time Bomb]]

* [[Title Drop]]: Well, the main [[Bond Girl]]'s nickname is Octopussy, but the first instance:

'''Magda:''' That's my little Octopussy. }}

* [[Traintop Battle]]: Bond has to fight Gobinda Grishka on top of Octopussy's circus train.

 

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