The Name Is Bond, James Bond: Difference between revisions

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'''Bond:''' [[Trope Namers|Bond]]. [[Trope Makers|James]] [[Trope Codifier|Bond]].|''[[Dr. No]]''}}

 

* ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'': "It's Todd now. Sweeney Todd."

* ''[[The Final Sacrifice]]'': "Rowsdower. Zap Rowsdower."

* ''[[Scanners]]'': "REVOK! DARRYL! REVOK!"

* ''[[Fletch]]'': "Nugent. Ted Nugent."

* ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off|Ferris Buellers Day Off]]'' parodies the James Bond usage:

'''Ferris:''' Bueller. [[High School Hustler|Ferris Bueller]]. }}

* ''[[XXX]]'': "Gibbons. Augustus Gibbons."

* [[Once Per Episode|Every single volume]] in the ''[[Geronimo Stilton]]'' series starts off with Geronimo introducing himself to the readers as "Stilton, Geronimo Stilton." One of the books was even titled "My Name is Stilton, Geronimo Stilton."

* In [[Harry Potter (Franchise)/Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone|the first]] ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' book, this is how Draco Malfoy introduces himself:

* Lampshaded in one of the novels about noir-ish Swedish secret agent Carl Hamilton:

* In one of the books, [[James Bond]], while working for the villain under an assumed name, introduces himself as "Hazard. Mark Hazard." Luckily the villain [[Genre Blind|doesn't pick up on it]].

* [[Witch World|Simon Tregarth]] introduced himself this way to the first person he met in his new world. Unfortunately, she [[I Know Your True Name|couldn't tell him]] ''her'' name.

* The opening credits of the original half-hour version of ''Danger Man'' have Patrick McGoohan saying "My name is Drake. John Drake." Note that this was ''[[Older Than They Think|three years before]]'' Sean Connery ever said "My name is Bond. James Bond."

* This happened on an early episode of ''[[Green Acres]]'' when Oliver was introducing himself to some of the Hooterville residents, including Uncle Joe Bradley (crossing over from ''[[Petticoat Junction]]'').

'''Uncle Joe:''' You've got enough names for two people. }}

* The TV version of ''Starman'' had the Starman (Who took on the body of Paul Edward Forrester) briefly address his son as "Scott Scott Hayden" despite him knowing that "Hayden" was Jenny's surname.

* ''[[Dead Like Me]]'' gives us Daisy; Daisy Adair.

* Parodied on ''[[The Wire]]'', when Herc is [[Pistol Pose|Pistol Posing]] in [[Cool Shades]] in a gun shop:

* Parodied in an episode of "[[Bill Nye the Science Guy]]" about friction: "My name is Bond. Molecular Bond."

* In an episode of ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'', Bosley introduces himself this way, only to get the "Hello Bosley Tom Bosley" response. He tried to correct it but ended up doing it again.

== Western Animation ==

* Also done by Bond's [[Canon Discontinuity|nephew]] James Bond Jr., in the cartoon of the same name, who would introduce himself as "Bond, James Bond, Junior."

* Parodied in an episode of ''Disney's [[Hercules (Disney film)|Hercules]]'' that spoof ''[[James Bond]]'': Hercules introduced himself as "Les... Hercules" (and he was called for the rest of the episode as Mr. Les).

* In the Bond parody on ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'', "To Russia with Lab Mice", Brain introduces himself to Russian mouse Mousey Galore as "Brain... The Brain."

* ''[[Animaniacs]]'' spoofed it when Chicken Boo becomes a secret agent. His alias is literally "Boo James Boo," and he's called by the whole thing at all times.

* In ''[[The Critic]]'', actor Jeremy Hawke recalls the time he played an American president (in a ''James Bond''-type film, no less).

* [[Courage the Cowardly Dog|"The name's Man. Snowman."]]

 

== Real Life ==

* Apparently, one of the first recordings of an important composer is a recording sent from Johannes Brahms to Thomas Edison.

 

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