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* Just when you think he's been rumbled...
* Just when you think he's been rumbled...
{{quote|'''Christmas Jones:''' ''(in Russian)'' You speak English very well for a Russian.
{{quote|'''Christmas Jones:''' ''(in Russian)'' You speak English very well for a Russian.
'''Bond''' ''(in Russian)'' I studied at Oxford. }}
'''Bond:''' ''(in Russian)'' I studied at Oxford. }}
* And picking just ''one'' moment for [[Fallen Princess]] Elektra? Cannot be done. For added fun, multiply Elektra's awesome quotient by ten simply for being more awesome than [[Shallow Love Interest|Christmas Jones]]. If we had to pick... she ''slapped [[James Bond]]'' after he ({{spoiler|correctly, it turns out}}) diagnosed her as having [[Stockholm Syndrome]].
* And picking just ''one'' moment for [[Fallen Princess]] Elektra? Cannot be done. For added fun, multiply Elektra's awesome quotient by ten simply for being more awesome than [[Shallow Love Interest|Christmas Jones]]. If we had to pick... she ''slapped [[James Bond]]'' after he ({{spoiler|correctly, it turns out}}) diagnosed her as having [[Stockholm Syndrome]].
** I always read her as sort of having [[Lima Syndrome|Reverse Stockholm Syndrome]], {{spoiler|seducing her captor into going along with her}}.
** I always read her as sort of having [[Lima Syndrome|Reverse Stockholm Syndrome]], {{spoiler|seducing her captor into going along with her}}.
* M's use of a clock and a GPS locator card.
* M's use of a clock and a GPS locator card.
* I personally like the scene where this goes down:
* I personally like the scene where this goes down:
{{quote|'''{{spoiler|Elektra}}''': ... I could have given you the world!
{{quote|'''{{spoiler|Elektra}}:''' ... I could have given you the world!
'''Bond''': [[Title Drop|The world is not enough.]]<br />
'''Bond:''' [[Title Drop|The world is not enough.]]
'''{{spoiler|Elektra}}''' ''(sneering)'': Foolish sentiment.<br />
'''{{spoiler|Elektra}}:''' ''(sneering)'' Foolish sentiment.
'''Bond''' ''(nonchalant)'': [[On Her Majesty's Secret Service|Family motto.]] }}
'''Bond:''' ''(nonchalant)'' [[Call Back|Family]] [[On Her Majesty's Secret Service|motto.]] }}
* I have to give credit to Dr. Christmas Jones for being able to disarm a nuclear bomb while travelling at high speed in a pipeline inspection rig. Even though the bomb was never nuclear, [[How Did You Know? I Didn't.|she didn't know that when she volunteered.]]
* I have to give credit to Dr. Christmas Jones for being able to disarm a nuclear bomb while travelling at high speed in a pipeline inspection rig. Even though the bomb was never nuclear, [[How Did You Know? I Didn't.|she didn't know that when she volunteered.]]
* Valentin. Freeing Bond from a torture device. With one bullet. While mortally wounded.
* Valentin. Freeing Bond from a torture device. With one bullet. While mortally wounded.
** Even better: "I'm looking for a submarine. It's big and black and the driver is a good friend of mine."
** Even better: "I'm looking for a submarine. It's big and black and the driver is a good friend of mine."
* "I've always tried to teach you two things: never let them see you bleed; and always have an escape plan" Desmond Llewelyn as Q's last line before Desmond died in a tragic car accident. R.I.P.
* "I've always tried to teach you two things: never let them see you bleed; and always have an escape plan" Desmond Llewelyn as Q's last line before Desmond died in a tragic car accident. R.I.P.

* M slapping Elektra across the face upon the reveal of her true colors. Always loved that moment.
* M slapping Elektra across the face upon the reveal of her true colors. Always loved that moment.


Latest revision as of 17:11, 8 December 2016


  • "I never miss."
  • Bond righting his tie under water.
  • Just when you think he's been rumbled...

Christmas Jones: (in Russian) You speak English very well for a Russian.
Bond: (in Russian) I studied at Oxford.

  • And picking just one moment for Fallen Princess Elektra? Cannot be done. For added fun, multiply Elektra's awesome quotient by ten simply for being more awesome than Christmas Jones. If we had to pick... she slapped James Bond after he (correctly, it turns out) diagnosed her as having Stockholm Syndrome.
  • M's use of a clock and a GPS locator card.
  • I personally like the scene where this goes down:

Elektra: ... I could have given you the world!
Bond: The world is not enough.
Elektra: (sneering) Foolish sentiment.
Bond: (nonchalant) Family motto.

  • I have to give credit to Dr. Christmas Jones for being able to disarm a nuclear bomb while travelling at high speed in a pipeline inspection rig. Even though the bomb was never nuclear, she didn't know that when she volunteered.
  • Valentin. Freeing Bond from a torture device. With one bullet. While mortally wounded.
    • Even better: "I'm looking for a submarine. It's big and black and the driver is a good friend of mine."
  • "I've always tried to teach you two things: never let them see you bleed; and always have an escape plan" Desmond Llewelyn as Q's last line before Desmond died in a tragic car accident. R.I.P.
  • M slapping Elektra across the face upon the reveal of her true colors. Always loved that moment.
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