History Film / OnHerMajestysSecretService

* WidowedAtTheWedding: [[spoiler:Bond is briefly married and immediately widowed when Blofeld sends Irma Bunt to try killing him in retribution for him foiling his plans earlier but she kills his wife Tracy instead. Bond is still reeling from the trauma as late as ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'', and a mention of getting married in 1989's "Film/LicenceToKill" provokes an emotional look from Bond, and a quick change of subject by Felix Leiter.]]

* WidowedAtTheWedding: [[spoiler:Bond is briefly married and immediately widowed when Blofeld sends Irma Bunt to try killing him in retribution for him foiling his plans earlier but she kills his wife Tracy instead. Bond is still reeling from the trauma as late as ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'', and a mention of getting married in 1989's "Film/LicenceToKill provokes an emotional look from Bond, and a quick change of subject by Felix Leiter.]]

* WidowedAtTheWedding: [[spoiler:Bond is briefly married and immediately widowed when Blofeld sends Irma Bunt to try killing him in retribution for him foiling his plans earlier but she kills his wife Tracy instead. Bond is still reeling from the trauma as late as ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''.]]

* CoolGuns: Sterlings are used by Draco's men and is Bond's primary weapon during the assault of Piz Gloria.

* IntimatePsychotherapy: Invoked by Draco, who thinks his daughter just needs a [[WomenPreferStrongMen strong man to dominate her]] and [[YouNeedToGetLaid make love to her]]. Bond points out she needs a doctor instead -- although, InUniverse, Draco's suggested approach actually works.

* DrugsAreBad: Marc-Ange Draco, head of the Unione Corse, the biggest European crime syndicate, commits murder, extortion, theft, sexual slavery, and many, many other crimes. But he's a good guy because he doesn't sell drugs. For the record, it was the Unione Corse that set up Film/TheFrenchConnection to smuggle heroin into the United States.

---> '''Bond:''' Merry Christmas.

---> '''Draco:''' Spare the rod and spoil the child, eh?

* BookEnds:
** Bond and his Aston Martin in Portugal driving down the same road, stopping the car each time for Tracy. The first time, he stops the car to save her from drowning. The second time, they're married, discussing their future when [[spoiler: she's shot to death.]]

-->'''Bond:''' What a lovely surprise, our meeting again so soon.
-->'''Che Che:''' ''(pressing a knife to Bond's side)''. [[TerseTalker Mmmm.]]

** [[spoiler: Fraulein Bunt becomes a literal one when she ends up being the one pulling the trigger to shoot Tracy dead in a drive-by shooting (Blofeld was the driver).]]

-->'''Blofeld:''' It takes more than a few props to turn 007 into a Herald. ''[breaks Bond's glasses]''
-->'''Bond:''' It'll take more than cutting off your earlobes, Blofeld, to turn you into a Count.

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Bond holding Tracy's dead body after Irma Bunt shoots her.]]

** Even while posing as [[AmbiguouslyGay Sir Hilary Bray]], Bond can't resist making a comment about how he has more byzants (i.e. [[BallsGag gold balls]]) than the average man.

* DoubleTake: At the end of the movie. [[spoiler: Still alive Blofeld drives by and Irma Bunt attempts assassination on Bond by shooting from a car window. When an infuriated James realises who was in the car, he explains "It's Blofeld!" He gets back in the car and repeats himself, assuming his wife didn't hear him and swiftly looks Tracy's way, then back back to the road... before looking immediately at her again, noticing she's dead.]]

** Played for drama when Bond calls back to the theme from the FallingInLoveMontage after [[spoiler: Tracy is killed by Bunt and Blofeld at the end.]]
--> "There's no hurry, you see. We have all the time in the world..."

* LoveEpiphany: After Tracy saves Bond's life from the [=SPECTRE=] agents who were pursuing him, he realizes that he really does love her and proposes.

-->'''English girl:''' Well, of course, I know what he's allergic to...
-->''(Later...)''
-->'''Ruby:''' You are funny, pretending not to like girls!
-->''Later still...''
-->'''Nancy:''' But I think you do not like girls, Hilly.

* PrettyLittleHeadshots: [[spoiler: Tracy is shot dead at the end of the film, and only has a small bullet wound on her head rather than parts of it being all over the car.]]

--> ''"You always taught me a good host supplies his guest's needs. And without obligation."''

* SuddenDownerEnding: The only Bond film to end on a complete downer note until ''Film/NoTimeToDie''. Even ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' is more upbeat. Bond's defeated Blofeld's evil scheme and got the girl - in fact, for the first time in the 007 series, he's married her. It doesn't last. In the final scene, [[spoiler: Bond is driving away from the wedding with Tracy when Blofeld drives by and shoots her dead, and Blofeld and Irma Bunt [[KarmaHoudini get off scot-free]], with the exception of Blofeld's neck injury]]. For the first and only time in the whole series, the last thing we see in the whole movie is James Bond looking completely and utterly ''heartbroken''.

-->'''Grunther:''' From here upwards now is '''''FORBIDDEN! PRIVATE! CLOSED!'''''
-->'''Shaun:''' ...Alright.

** Arguably, Bond is more willing to put up a fight than before (perhaps because George Lazenby was considerably younger than other Bond actors at the time of taking the role for the first time, or because he had some legitimate knowledge of martial arts). Some of his hand-to-hand combat in this film is positively vicious, such as when he [[spoiler: throws two mooks off a cliff after crashing while skiing away from Piz Gloria]].

* TryingNotToCry: Bond tries to put on a brave face [[spoiler: after Blofeld guns down Tracy right in front of him]], but barely manages to make it to the "The End" credits before he starts to weep.

* WorstWeddingEver: It doesn't get much worse than [[spoiler: the villain you failed to kill gunning down your bride before you could even make it to the honeymoon]].
* YankTheDogsChain: Bond [[spoiler: losing his new bride Tracy]].

JustForFun/TheOneWith James Bond getting married, and fighting Series/{{Kojak}}.[[note]]Creator/TellySavalas did not play the role of Kojak until after this movie was made, in 1973, but the joke still stands.[[/note]]

* WidowedAtTheWedding: [[spoiler:Bond is briefly married and immediately widowed when Blofeld sends Irma Bunt to try killing him in retribution for him foiling his plans earlier but she kills his wife Tracy instead. Bond is still reeling from the trauma as late as ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''.]

Preceded by ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice''. There is also a twist DownerEnding and SequelHook that is quite unusual for the series, but which were largely ignored in the next instalment, ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' (in which Creator/SeanConnery returned), though later it was addressed by Creator/RogerMoore in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''.

* GrenadeHotPotato: Blofeld plays this with himself after dropping a live grenade into his bobsled during the final chase. As the sled's rapid movement knocks the grenade around in the footwell, Blofeld manages to eventually grab it and throw it into the track to stop Bond pursuing him.

* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: [[spoiler:Tracy is gunned down on her wedding night while driving home following the service.]] While the wedding dress in particular isn't seen bloodied, the shot of [[spoiler:Tracy]] with a {{Pretty Little Headshot|s}} on the forehead is clearly meant to evoke a similarly shocking image.

** References to Bond's dead wife were made repeatedly in other movies, often cutting off before saying what happened to her; since ''OHMSS'' is slightly obscure, quite a lot of people do not know that we actually saw what happened.

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* CallForward: When Bond first meets with Sir Hillary, the latter tells him that he discovered the Bond family heraldry and motto, "''orbi not sufficit''" -- [[GeniusBonus Latin for]] "Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough."

* AnAsskickingChristmas: This is the only ''James Bond'' film to also be a Christmas movie. For bonus points it has a DownerEnding.

** In the novel, Bond surrenders to the two goons on the beach, who then bring him to Draco. In the film, he fights and incapacitates them.

* WidowedAtTheWedding: [[spoiler:Bond is briefly married and immediately widowed when Blofeld sends Irma Bunt to try killing him in retribution for him foiling his plans earlier but she kills his wife Tracy instead. Bond is still reeling from the trauma as late as ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''. Currently provides the trope's page image.]]

* {{Safecracking}}: Bond uses a device that directly manipulates the dial automatically to open it, and has a photocopier function so Bond can put back the documents he wants so as to eliminate evidence of his break in. He then steals a ''Playboy'' in the safe.