History Film / Octopussy

* PreventTheWar: General Orlov wants to explode an atomic bomb in West Germany and blame U.S. carelessness with its nuclear arsenal, so that European populations will insist on unilateral disarmament, and therefore leave themselves exposed to a conventional Soviet invasion.

* DistractedByTheSexy:
** The parachutists holding Bond prisoner at the beginning get distracted by a woman driving besides them pulling up her skirt. As it turns out, it's a ShowSomeLeg scheme, as the woman is Bond's partner and Bond seizes the opportunity to pull the rip cords of the guard's parachutes, which causes them to get ejected from their vehicle.
** The guards at Kamal's palace at the end get distracted by a belly dancer. Also a case of ShowSomeLeg, as the belly dancer is one of the members of Octopussy's AmazonBrigade, who are about to launch an all-out attack on the place.
* DoubleEntendre: A rare (for Bond) non-intercourse one with a Bond comment about one of Q's gadgets. Specifically, a rope lift that broke while being raised.
-->'''Q:''' Blast.\\

* OhCrap: Bond's dawning realization that Orlov's plan isn't insane but will ''work''.
** Kamal and Gobinda have panicked looks on their faces for a moment when their getaway car meant to escape [[spoiler: the nuclear detonation]] doesn't start on the first try.

* PreventTheWar: {{Subverted}}. General Orlov wants to explode an atomic bomb in West Germany and blame U.S. carelessness with its nuclear arsenal, so that European populations will insist on unilateral disarmament, and therefore leave themselves exposed to a Soviet invasion. So, really, it's "prevent the ''peace''... lest it lead to an actual war."

** Bond sees in the mirror that Magda is stealing the Faberge egg, but pretends not to notice as it's AllAccordingToPlan.

** In the precredit sequence, Bond is captured and held at gunpoint in the back of a moving truck. Driving by is a pretty girl (his ally) who reveals her thighs, distracting the guards so Bond can escape.
** In the climax, Octopussy's AmazonBrigade pose as dancing girls, keeping the guards distracted while their compatriots sneak in elsewhere (in an ironic touch, Khan isn't bothered by his men being DistractedByTheSexy as he's about to do a runner).

%%* GloryHound: General Orlov.
* GoingCommando: Bond catches a glimpse of Octopussy [[SexySurfacingShot stepping out of the pool]] stark naked.

* MyCarHatesMe: Played with. When Kamal is leaving the Circus at the US army base to escape the bomb, he is visibly worried when Gobinda can't get the car started. Then the second try is successful and he is relieved.

** Bond encounters a snake charmer (Vijay) using a flute to play none other than the James Bond Theme.
*** This may actually be a meta gag -- composer Monty Norman says he recycled the tune from an earlier piece of his in a Hindu-themed musical. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6EuzGhIyRQ Hear it here.]]

* NothingCanStopUsNow: While driving away from the base, Khan and Gobinda happen to spot Bond driving in the other direction. Khan says to keep going, boasting that they'll soon be rid of him anyway.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Octopussy argues they are "two of a kind" (after all, it's in the title song) when trying to recruit Bond for her own organisation. Bond doesn't take offense this time and even agrees with her (admittedly, Octopussy is hardly the amoral world-threatening supervillain who usually makes this remark).

* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Bond is trying to convince the general of the US airbase that he's a British agent and there's a nuclear bomb hidden in the base of the cannon. The fact that he's dressed as a clown and ran the checkpoint at the airbase entrance is [[NotHelpingYourCase not helping]], and he's assumed to be a nutcase. Meanwhile Magda is whispering in Octopussy's ear that Bond is trying to expose their smuggling operation. [[spoiler:Bond is in the process of being dragged away by base security when Octopussy grabs a gun from one of them and proceeds to ShootOutTheLock on the cannon's base. The doors fly open, and everyone gasps in horror [[IncrediblyObviousBomb at the sight of a digital timer counting down]].

[[caption-width-right:300: ''We're an all time high, we'll change all that's gone before...'']]

* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Bond is trying to convince the general of the US airbase that he's a British agent and there's a nuclear bomb hidden in the base of the cannon. The fact that he's dressed as a clown and ran the checkpoint at the airbase entrance is [[NotHelpingYourCase not helping]], and he's assumed to be a nutcase. Meanwhile Magda is whispering in Octopussy's ear that Bond is trying to expose their smuggling operation. Bond is in the process of being dragged away by base security when Octopussy grabs a gun from one of them and proceeds to ShootOutTheLock on the cannon's base. The doors fly open, and everyone gasps in horror [[IncrediblyObviousBomb at the sight of a digital timer counting down]].
* YouKilledMyFather: Subverted. Octopussy is actually grateful to Bond for allowing her father to commit suicide, as it saved her father the shame of a court martial (Bond was tasked with arresting him, and was giving him 24 hours to clear up his affairs - he might not have known he'd kill himself, but [[LeaveBehindAPistol it would have been implied]]).

* ActionGirl: Octopussy and Magda. Both come to face the villains together with Bond at the climax.

* TheDreaded: Octopussy, who has a fearsome reputation. So much so that local assassins are extremely wary of her.

** InformedAttribute: Though this contradicts her organizations' reluctance to kill anyone, knocking out mooks with tranquilizer darts or clubs.

* StepThreeProfit: Orlov's plan is, well, idiotic. He seems to think he can drop a nuke on ''one'' air force base, then roll in a few legions of tanks into the West and... what?

-->'''Vijay''': No problem, this is a company car! ''([[WhatAPieceOfJunk auto rickshaw does a wheelie and roars off at speed]])

* MotiveMisidentification: Octopussy reveals that her father had been a British major who stole a sum of gold and vanished. Bond tracked him down, gave him 24 hours to settle his affairs and prepare to be arrested, but the man killed himself. Bond assumes Octopussy wants to avenge his death. Instead, she reveals that she wanted to thank Bond for letting her father die with honour rather than suffer the disgrace of a public trial.

-->'''Vijay''': No problem, this is a company car. ''([[WhatAHeapOfJunk auto rickshaw does a wheelie and roars off at speed]])

-->'''Vijay''': No problem, this is a company car.

** Bond sees in the mirror Magda that is stealing the Faberge egg, but pretends not to notice as it's AllAccordingToPlan.

* BananaRepublic: TheTeaser takes place during a Bond mission to destroy an experimental fighter jet. Given the movie came out the year after UsefulNotes/TheFalklandsWar, it's probably meant to be a NoCommunitiesWereHarmed Argentina.

-->'''Assassin:''' We don't want to make enemies with the woman.

* BananaRepublic: TheTeaser takes place in Cuba, where Col. Toro's latest-generation fighter jet gets destroyed by 007.

* TheAnticipator: Bond introduces himself at the reception of an Indian hotel and is told, "We've been expecting you," which is, fortunately for James Bond, more positive than the other appearances of this trope in the other Bond films.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Orlov thinks of himself as a patriot doing what must be done to give his country a major strategic advantage over the West. With his dying words he claims that he will soon be thought of as a Hero of the Soviet Union.

%%* CarChase: see UnconventionalVehicleChase.

-->'''Bond:''' ''(unfazed)'' Oh. You're a Toro ''too''. Small world.