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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: This is easily one of the most idealistic Bond films. East and West put their differences aside to work to a common goal, Bond is an absolute gentleman to his love interest, and the tone is generally up-beat. Although it has a high death toll, many of those deaths are [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifices]] to help save the day.
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* VillainousValor: Jaws' sheer persistence in trying to finish his mission ended up making audiences pretty sympathetic to him. Richard Kiel has mentioned seeing entire theaters cheer when he was revealed to have survived at the end.
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This 1977 entry is the tenth ''Film/JamesBond'' film and the third with Roger Moore, and it is regarded by many as Moore's best and quite possibly one of the best in the series, as well as Moore's personal favourite of his own batch. Ian Fleming had written the novel much differently than the other Bond books, but was [[OldShame so embarassed by the results]] that he only sold the rights to the ''title'', refusing to license the plot with it.
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This 1977 entry is the tenth ''Film/JamesBond'' film film, and the third with Roger Moore, and it is regarded by many as Moore's best and quite possibly one of the best in the series, as well as Moore's personal favourite of his own batch. Ian Fleming had written the novel much differently than the other Bond books, but was [[OldShame so embarassed by the results]] that he only sold the rights to the ''title'', refusing to license the plot with it.
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Speaking of that last point, this movie ends with "James Bond will return in... ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''." However, 1977 was the same summer that ''[[{{Film/ANewHope}} Star Wars]]'' was released, and '''every''' producer in the world wanted to have a space-themed hit to rival that. So, instead, they quickly scrambled together and made ''Film/Moonraker'' since it could support a space-themed plot (it helped that "Moon" was in the title).
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Speaking of that last point, this movie ends with "James Bond will return in... ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''." However, 1977 was the same summer that ''[[{{Film/ANewHope}} Star Wars]]'' was released, and '''every''' producer in the world wanted to have a space-themed hit to rival that. So, instead, they quickly scrambled together and made ''Film/Moonraker'' ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' since it could support a space-themed plot (it helped that "Moon" was in the title).
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Speaking of that last point, this movie ends with "James Bond will return in... ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''." However, 1977 was the same summer that ''[[{{Film/ANewHope}} Star Wars]]'' was released, and '''every''' producer in the world wanted to have a space-themed hit to rival that. So, instead, they quickly scrambled together and made ''Moonraker'' since it could support a space-themed plot (it helped that Moon was in the title).
It also features the first appearance of a Wetbike- the actual prototype- in a work of fiction, before it came out.
It also features the first appearance of a Wetbike- the actual prototype- in a work of fiction, before it came out.
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Speaking of that last point, this movie ends with "James Bond will return in... ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''." However, 1977 was the same summer that ''[[{{Film/ANewHope}} Star Wars]]'' was released, and '''every''' producer in the world wanted to have a space-themed hit to rival that. So, instead, they quickly scrambled together and made ''Moonraker'' ''Film/Moonraker'' since it could support a space-themed plot (it helped that Moon "Moon" was in the title).
It also features the first appearance of aWetbike- wetbike - the actual prototype- in a work of fiction, before it came out.was commercially launched.
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* FauxActionGirl: Anya Amasova. She's said to be a badass soviet spy who has never failed a mission, but in the movie she wouldn't have survived any of the numerous perils without Bond's help, and she spends the finale [[spoiler:tied to a chair by the villain, while Bond has to come and rescue her.]]
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This 1977 entry is the tenth ''Film/JamesBond'' film and the third with Roger Moore, and it is regarded by many as Moore's best and quite possibly one of the best in the series, as well as Moore's personal favourite of his own batch. Ian Fleming had written the novel much differently than the other Bond books, but was [[OldShame so embarassed by the results]] that he only sold the rights to the ''title'', refusing to license the plot with it.
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# Jaws. the 7'4" henchmen with the metal teeth who is so unstoppable that he is only [[TheDragon Dragon]] to survive fighting Bond and maybe the one who came closest to scaring him. That is partially due to the fact that Bond knows that no matter how hard he hits the giant, [[{{Determinator}} he WILL survive it and come back to challenge him again]].
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# Jaws. the 7'4" henchmen with the metal teeth who is so unstoppable that he is only [[TheDragon Dragon]] to survive fighting Bond and maybe the one who came closest to scaring him. That is partially due to the fact that Bond knows that no matter how hard he hits the giant, [[{{Determinator}} he WILL survive it and come back to challenge him again]].
again]]. In fact, he does return for the next Bond movie, ''{{Film/Moonraker}}''.
Speaking of that last point, this movie ends with "James Bond will return in... ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''." However, 1977 was the same summer that ''[[{{Film/ANewHope}} Star Wars]]'' was released, and '''every''' producer in the world wanted to have a space-themed hit to rival that. So, instead, they quickly scrambled together and made ''Moonraker'' since it could support a space-themed plot (it helped that Moon was in the title).
Speaking of that last point, this movie ends with "James Bond will return in... ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly''." However, 1977 was the same summer that ''[[{{Film/ANewHope}} Star Wars]]'' was released, and '''every''' producer in the world wanted to have a space-themed hit to rival that. So, instead, they quickly scrambled together and made ''Moonraker'' since it could support a space-themed plot (it helped that Moon was in the title).
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* MegaMawManeuver: Stromberg's tanker has a door in the front which he uses to swallow disabled subs.
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# The 007 Stage, built for the massive battle scene in a supertanker. It has been made available for filming other movies and remains the largest stage in the world[[note]]Or rather, its successors do. The original stage burned down during the filming of ''Film/{{Legend}}'', and the second version was destroyed by an explosion shortly after filming of, ironically enough, ''Film/CasinoRoyale''[[/note]]. It is actually a silent stage, not a sound stage. But the size makes it ideal for big action sequences, which almost always requires doing the sound in post anyway.
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# The 007 Stage, built for the massive battle scene in a supertanker. It has been made available for filming other movies and remains the largest stage in the world[[note]]Or rather, its successors do. The original stage burned down during the filming of ''Film/{{Legend}}'', and the second version was destroyed by an explosion shortly after filming of, ironically enough, ''Film/CasinoRoyale''[[/note]]. It is actually a silent stage, not a sound stage. But the size makes it ideal for big action sequences, which almost always requires [[LoopingLines doing the sound in post anyway.anyway]].
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# The 007 Stage, built for the massive battle scene in a supertanker. It has been made available for filming other movies and remains the largest sound stage in the world[[note]]Or rather, its successors do. The original stage burned down during the filming of ''Film/{{Legend}}'', and the second version was destroyed by an explosion shortly after filming of, ironically enough, ''Film/CasinoRoyale''[[/note]].
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# The 007 Stage, built for the massive battle scene in a supertanker. It has been made available for filming other movies and remains the largest sound stage in the world[[note]]Or rather, its successors do. The original stage burned down during the filming of ''Film/{{Legend}}'', and the second version was destroyed by an explosion shortly after filming of, ironically enough, ''Film/CasinoRoyale''[[/note]]. It is actually a silent stage, not a sound stage. But the size makes it ideal for big action sequences, which almost always requires doing the sound in post anyway.
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# Jaws. the 7'4" henchmen with the metal teeth who so unstoppable that he is only [[TheDragon Dragon]] to survive fighting Bond and maybe the one who came closest to scaring him. That is partially due to the fact that Bond knows that no matter how hard he hits the giant, [[{{Determinator}} he WILL survive it and come back to challenge him again]].
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# Jaws. the 7'4" henchmen with the metal teeth who is so unstoppable that he is only [[TheDragon Dragon]] to survive fighting Bond and maybe the one who came closest to scaring him. That is partially due to the fact that Bond knows that no matter how hard he hits the giant, [[{{Determinator}} he WILL survive it and come back to challenge him again]].
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# The 007 Stage, built for the massive battle scene in a supertanker. It has been made available for filming other movies and remains the largest sound stage in the world[[hottip:*:Or world[[note]]Or rather, its successors do. The original stage burned down during the filming of ''Film/{{Legend}}'', and the second version was destroyed by an explosion shortly after filming of, ironically enough, ''Film/CasinoRoyale'']].''Film/CasinoRoyale''[[/note]].
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* AlmostDeadGuy: Just before dying, the captain of the ''Liparus'' tells Bond that the submarines are on station and the missiles will be launched in four minutes.
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* AlmostDeadGuy: Just before dying, the captain of the ''Liparus'' tells Bond that the submarines are on station and the missiles will be launched in four minutes.
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* DirtyOldMan: Stromberg to Anya, while she's strapped to a couch.
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--->'''Minister of Defence:''' Bond! What do you think you're doing?
--->'''Bond:''' Keeping the British end up, sir.
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* HandSignals: While the KGB team is pursuing James Bond on skis, its leader (Major Amasova's boyfriend) makes a gesture to the others to split up.
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* HighAltitudeInterrogation: Bond does this to a mook and then lets the him plummet to his death when he hears everything he needs.
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* HighAltitudeInterrogation: Bond does this to a mook and then lets the him plummet to his death when he hears everything he needs.
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* [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You To Dine]]: Actually ''subverted'' for once. Stromberg has a weapon hidden in his table that he intended to use to kill Bond. [[spoiler:It backfires.]]
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* [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You To Dine]]: NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Actually ''subverted'' for once. Stromberg has a weapon hidden in his table that he intended to use to kill Bond. [[spoiler:It backfires.]]
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* WarForFunAndProfit: Stromberg tries to start a nuclear war between the U.S. and USSR.
** Not for profit, as he sneers at Bond for asking how much he wants to not instigate war.
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* WarForFunAndProfit: Stromberg tries to start a nuclear war between the U.S. and USSR.
** Not for profit, as he sneers at Bond for asking how much he wantsUSSR in order to not instigate war.[[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans create an underwater utopia]].
** Not for profit, as he sneers at Bond for asking how much he wants
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** Then cancels it when he kills them instead. He may have faked the transfer knowing he was going to kill them.
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** Then cancels it when he kills them instead. He may have faked the transfer knowing he was going to kill them.
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* HandSignals: While the KGB team is pursuing James Bond down the snow slope on skis, its leader (Major Amasova's boyfriend) makes a gesture to the others to split up.
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* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey Its That Car!:]] Oh Nice! Jaws chases Bond's [[CoolCar Lotus]] through Sardinia in [[KeepingUpAppearances Onslow's]] [[TheAllegedCar Ford Cortina!]]
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* BondOneLiner: Lots and lots but XXX kicks out a nice one right after slamming Jaws into a stone Egyptian ruin using the van they're in.
-->'''XXX:''' [[CatchPhrase Shaken, but not stirred]]
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# The 007 Stage, built for the massive battle scene in a supertanker. It has been made available for filming other movies and remains the largest sound stage in the world[[hottip:*:Or rather, its successors do. The original stage burned down during the filming of ''{{Legend}}'', and the second version was destroyed by an explosion shortly after filming of, ironically enough, ''CasinoRoyale'']].
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* ImplacableMan: Jaws proves himself to be Bond's most resilient foe.
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This is the tenth JamesBond film and is regarded by many as Moore's best and quite possibly one of the best in the series, as well as Moore's personal favourite of his own batch. Ian Fleming had written the novel much differently than the other Bond books, but was [[OldShame so embarassed by the results]] that he only sold the rights to the ''title'', refusing to license the plot with it.
Nobody expected ''TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' to do well after the rather poor ''TheManWithTheGoldenGun''. Its [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus three... four]] chief weapons were...
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This is the tenth JamesBond ''Film/JamesBond'' film and is regarded by many as Moore's best and quite possibly one of the best in the series, as well as Moore's personal favourite of his own batch. Ian Fleming had written the novel much differently than the other Bond books, but was [[OldShame so embarassed by the results]] that he only sold the rights to the ''title'', refusing to license the plot with it.
Nobody expected''TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' to do well after the rather poor ''TheManWithTheGoldenGun''.''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun''. Its [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus three... four]] chief weapons were...
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* ContinuityNod: Reciting a list of Bond's biographical info to him at a bar Anya mentions: "Married only once. Wife killed-" Bond cuts her off, the events of ''OnHerMajestysSecretService'' still a painful subject for him.
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* ContinuityNod: Reciting a list of Bond's biographical info to him at a bar Anya mentions: "Married only once. Wife killed-" Bond cuts her off, the events of ''OnHerMajestysSecretService'' ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' still a painful subject for him.
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* RecycledInSpace: Inverted. Lewis Gilbert directed both ''YouOnlyLiveTwice'' and this movie, so while the previous movie dealt with a spaceship-eating spaceship, TSWLM deals with a submarine-eating ship.
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* RecycledInSpace: Inverted. Lewis Gilbert directed both ''YouOnlyLiveTwice'' ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' and this movie, so while the previous movie dealt with a spaceship-eating spaceship, TSWLM deals with a submarine-eating ship.
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->''Well, well... a British agent in love with a Russian agent. Détente, indeed.''
--> -- '''Stromberg'''
A pair of nuclear missile submarines go missing. Independently, our British secret agent and a Soviet agent are assigned to find them. Thing is, the former just shot the latter's boyfriend dead.
This is the tenth JamesBond film and is regarded by many as Moore's best and quite possibly one of the best in the series, as well as Moore's personal favourite of his own batch. Ian Fleming had written the novel much differently than the other Bond books, but was [[OldShame so embarassed by the results]] that he only sold the rights to the ''title'', refusing to license the plot with it.
Nobody expected ''TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' to do well after the rather poor ''TheManWithTheGoldenGun''. Its [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus three... four]] chief weapons were...
# TheTeaser. At the end of the sequence, Bond ''skis off a cliff''. He falls for several heart-stopping seconds, then a parachute opens. In the colours of the Union Jack. As the Bond theme kicks in. There are several reported cases of audiences breaking into applause at this moment. This stunt was done for real and you can see one of the skis hit the stuntman's chute, which could have been pretty nasty.
# The [[CoolCar Lotus Esprit]]. Driving off a pier into the sea. Where it turns into a submarine.
# The 007 Stage, built for the massive battle scene in a supertanker. It has been made available for filming other movies and remains the largest sound stage in the world[[hottip:*:Or rather, its successors do. The original stage burned down during the filming of ''{{Legend}}'', and the second version was destroyed by an explosion shortly after filming of, ironically enough, ''CasinoRoyale'']].
# Jaws. the 7'4" henchmen with the metal teeth who so unstoppable that he is only [[TheDragon Dragon]] to survive fighting Bond and maybe the one who came closest to scaring him. That is partially due to the fact that Bond knows that no matter how hard he hits the giant, [[{{Determinator}} he WILL survive it and come back to challenge him again]].
It also features the first appearance of a Wetbike- the actual prototype- in a work of fiction, before it came out.
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!!This movie contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Anya Amasova.
* ActorAllusion: Curd Jürgens, who plays Stromberg, starred as the U-Boot captain in ''The Enemy Below'', one of the most famous [[SubStory movies involving submarine warfare]].
* AlmostDeadGuy: Just before dying, the captain of the ''Liparus'' tells Bond that the submarines are on station and the missiles will be launched in four minutes.
* ApocalypseHow: Class 2 (Civilization Extinction). Stromberg's plan to start a global thermonuclear war.
* ArtisticLicenseShips: The Soviet submarine is missing its fairwater planes.
* AuctionOfEvil: Between the U.S. and U.S.S.R., over the submarine tracking system plans.
* BigBad: Karl Stromberg.
* TheBrute: Jaws. Also TheDragon.
* CollapsingLair: When Stromberg's lair Atlantis is torpedoed. The ''Liparus'' also doubles as a secondary example.
* ComeBackToBedHoney:
-->'''Girl''': What happened? Where are you going?\\
'''Bond''': Sorry. Something came up.\\
'''Girl''': But, James, I need you.\\
'''Bond''': So does England!
* ContinuityNod: Reciting a list of Bond's biographical info to him at a bar Anya mentions: "Married only once. Wife killed-" Bond cuts her off, the events of ''OnHerMajestysSecretService'' still a painful subject for him.
* CoolBoat: Stromberg's ''Liparus''. It ''eats submarines.''
* CoolCar: Bond's Lotus Esprit submarine car
* CoolSidecar: The bad guys chase JamesBond with sidecar that becomes a detachable missile steered by a joystick on the motorbike.
* DiabolicalMastermind: Karl Stromberg.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Sandor
* DistaffCounterpart: Anya Amasova to Bond. The scene where she is called on a mission while in bed with someone is in particular very reminiscent of Bond on numerous occasions (though unlike Bond most of the time, she clearly did love her bedmate at the time).
* DirtyOldMan: Stromberg to Anya, while she's strapped to a couch.
* DoubleEntendre: One of the tastiest in Bond history:
-->'''M''': Moneypenny, where's 007?\\
'''Miss Moneypenny''': He's on a mission, sir. In Austria.\\
'''M''': "Well, tell him to pull out. Immediately."\\
''[Cue Bond making love with a woman by a fireplace in Austria.]''
** An even better one at the end, and arguably one of the best Bond endings.
--->'''M:''' 007!
--->'''Gogol:''' Triple X!
--->'''Minister of Defence:''' Bond! What do you think you're doing?
--->'''Bond:''' Keeping the British end up, sir.
* TheDragon: Jaws.
* DrivingStick: Anya falls foul to this when trying to escape Jaws with 007.
--->''[Anya failing to drive stick, causing the gears to grind noisily]''
--->'''Bond:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Can you play any other tune?]]
*** Barbara Bach, Anya's actress, [[EnforcedMethodActing couldn't actually drive stick: Moore's response was unscripted!]]
* DullSurprise: Anya makes one face and uses one voice for the entire movie.
* EnhanceButton: [[OlderThanTheyThink Back before]] it [[{{CSI}} was cool]].
* ExiledFromContinuity: SPECTRE couldn't be used because of legal difficulties.
* {{Fanservice}}: Major Anya Amasova in the shower on the U.S. submarine.
** MsFanservice: Naomi, Stromberg's ''gorgeous'' helicopter pilot / assassin.
* GiantMook: Jaws
* GoGoEnslavement: Where ''did'' Stromberg find that outfit for Anya?
** Probably in [[MsFanservice Naomi's]] wardrobe.
* GoodLookingPrivates: Major Anya Amasova is in uniform in her first (clothed) appearance. Also, Bond cuts a rather dashing figure in a Royal Navy uniform.
* GroinAttack: Bond to Jaws in the shark pool room.
** Bond to Stromberg...with two bullets from his Walther.
* HighAltitudeInterrogation: Bond does this to a mook and then lets the him plummet to his death when he hears everything he needs.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty
* IneffectualDeathThreats: Indeed, Major Amasova never does kill Bond for killing her lover.
** By then, Bond had saved her life even when he had no other reason to.
* InstantSedation: The sleep dust cigarette Anya uses on Bond.
* IntimateHealing - '''Nude Body Warmth Sharing''': Anya suggests this to Bond to keep warm while they're on the boat to Cairo. It doesn't happen.
** Played straight at the end, when they both need to get out of their cold wet clothes.
* ItsRainingMen: After Bond skis off a cliff.
* JustHitHim: Jaws and Bond.
* LastRequest: Bond asks Anya if he can make one before she kills him. [[spoiler:Of course, that was before a popping champagne cork broke the tension. It was unlikely from that point she was going to actually kill him.]]
* {{Lzherusskie}}: Barbara Bach as Major Anya Amasova.
** Incidentally, this movie almost single-handedly changed Americans' views of [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench Russian women]]. Before it came out, all Russian women were assumed by Americans to be outright {{Gonk}}s, to the point that American comedians (and especially the hugely influential Johnny Carson) could count on getting cheap and easy laughs by poking fun at the purported hideousness of Russian women. Carson admitted during a visit by Roger Moore that the movie had ruined "half his jokes".
* MadeOfIron: Always true of Bond, but Jaws as well.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Disappearing submarines -> plot to start a nuclear war.
* MnogoNukesMissileSubmarines: The Soviet sub, a "Delta I".
* NewEraSpeech: Stromberg gives one to Bond.
* NippleAndDimed: Averted.
* NoMoreForMe: A bystander when Bond drives the Lotus Esprit out of the ocean onto the beach.
* [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You To Dine]]: Actually ''subverted'' for once. Stromberg has a weapon hidden in his table that he intended to use to kill Bond. [[spoiler:It backfires.]]
* NonActionBigBad: Stromberg is by far the least physical of Bond villains, relying on push-button deathtraps and legions of {{Mooks}} to do his bidding.
* ANuclearError: The "Impulse Conductor Circuit", which can detonate a nuclear warhead while it's being disassembled.
* TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou:
-->'''Bond:''' "Mmm, maybe I misjudged Stromberg. Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be ''all'' bad."
* OperationGameOfDoom: Removing the detonator from the warhead.
* PlayingBothSides
* PrettyInMink: A lady wears a white mink coat in the beginning. She's possibly NakedInMink in it as well.
* RecycledInSpace: Inverted. Lewis Gilbert directed both ''YouOnlyLiveTwice'' and this movie, so while the previous movie dealt with a spaceship-eating spaceship, TSWLM deals with a submarine-eating ship.
* RedRightHand: Stromberg has webbed fingers.
* RedShirt: A young Royal Navy officer volunteers to lead the charge, something you'd expect Bond to do. It's no surprise when he and his men get killed.
* RedsWithRockets: The Soviet Navy sub and Major Anya Amasova.
* RevengeMyopia: In the opening scene, Bond kills Anya's lover, who is trying to kill him at the time. When she finds out about it she vows to kill Bond.
* SharkPool
* ShortLivedAerialEscape: The underwater Lotus to Naomi's chopper.
* ShowerScene: Major Anya Amasova
* SicEm: "Let them get to shore... and then kill them."
* SlapSlapKiss: Surprisingly, Bond and Anya only start liking each other after lots of arguments and fighting side-by-side multiple times.
** And almost threw it away when Anya found out Bond killed her previous lover.
* SleepCute: Played with. When Anya wakes up, she jerks away from Bond in anger.
* SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: This was the first Bond flick to reach Level 4 (a capable leading lady, albeit one who still needs occasional rescuing), which has held ever since. The older ones are Level 3 at best.
* SoundtrackDissonance: Stromberg feeding his assistant to the sharks while Bach's ''Air on the G-String'' plays.
* StabTheScorpion: Anya and the champagne bottle.
* StormingTheCastle: Bond breaks into Stromberg's headquarters, Atlantis.
* SubStory: U.S., Soviet, and British.
* SurpriseVehicle: Stromberg's attack helicopter.
* SwissBankAccount: After the two scientists complete the submarine tracking system, Stromberg transfers $10 million into their Swiss bank accounts.
** Then cancels it when he kills them instead. He may have faked the transfer knowing he was going to kill them.
* TitleDrop: The theme song is called "Nobody Does It Better", but still has it ("Like heaven above me, ''the spy who loved me''...")
* TransformingMecha: Bond's Lotus Esprit submarine car
* TranslationConvention: Russian characters (General Gogol, Major Amasova, her lover).
* TrapDoor: Stromberg uses one in his elevator to drop his treacherous secretary into the SharkPool.
* UltimateDefenceOfTheRealm: The British ''Resolution''-class nuclear missile sub ''HMS Ranger''.
* UndercoverAsLovers: James and Anya pose as man and wife while visiting Stromberg.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
* WarForFunAndProfit: Stromberg tries to start a nuclear war between the U.S. and USSR.
** Not for profit, as he sneers at Bond for asking how much he wants to not instigate war.
* WeaponizedCar: Bond's Lotus Esprit.
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: Major Amasova's lover was one of the mooks killed in the teaser.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Dr. Bechmann and Professor Markovitz, after completing the submarine tracking system for Stromberg.
* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Boyfriend]]: Major Amasova vows to kill Bond at the end of the mission when she finds out he killed her lover. [[spoiler:Unless you mean [[ClassAct in the Shakespearean sense]], she doesn't.]]
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->''Well, well... a British agent in love with a Russian agent. Détente, indeed.''
--> -- '''Stromberg'''
A pair of nuclear missile submarines go missing. Independently, our British secret agent and a Soviet agent are assigned to find them. Thing is, the former just shot the latter's boyfriend dead.
This is the tenth JamesBond film and is regarded by many as Moore's best and quite possibly one of the best in the series, as well as Moore's personal favourite of his own batch. Ian Fleming had written the novel much differently than the other Bond books, but was [[OldShame so embarassed by the results]] that he only sold the rights to the ''title'', refusing to license the plot with it.
Nobody expected ''TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' to do well after the rather poor ''TheManWithTheGoldenGun''. Its [[MontyPythonsFlyingCircus three... four]] chief weapons were...
# TheTeaser. At the end of the sequence, Bond ''skis off a cliff''. He falls for several heart-stopping seconds, then a parachute opens. In the colours of the Union Jack. As the Bond theme kicks in. There are several reported cases of audiences breaking into applause at this moment. This stunt was done for real and you can see one of the skis hit the stuntman's chute, which could have been pretty nasty.
# The [[CoolCar Lotus Esprit]]. Driving off a pier into the sea. Where it turns into a submarine.
# The 007 Stage, built for the massive battle scene in a supertanker. It has been made available for filming other movies and remains the largest sound stage in the world[[hottip:*:Or rather, its successors do. The original stage burned down during the filming of ''{{Legend}}'', and the second version was destroyed by an explosion shortly after filming of, ironically enough, ''CasinoRoyale'']].
# Jaws. the 7'4" henchmen with the metal teeth who so unstoppable that he is only [[TheDragon Dragon]] to survive fighting Bond and maybe the one who came closest to scaring him. That is partially due to the fact that Bond knows that no matter how hard he hits the giant, [[{{Determinator}} he WILL survive it and come back to challenge him again]].
It also features the first appearance of a Wetbike- the actual prototype- in a work of fiction, before it came out.
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!!This movie contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Anya Amasova.
* ActorAllusion: Curd Jürgens, who plays Stromberg, starred as the U-Boot captain in ''The Enemy Below'', one of the most famous [[SubStory movies involving submarine warfare]].
* AlmostDeadGuy: Just before dying, the captain of the ''Liparus'' tells Bond that the submarines are on station and the missiles will be launched in four minutes.
* ApocalypseHow: Class 2 (Civilization Extinction). Stromberg's plan to start a global thermonuclear war.
* ArtisticLicenseShips: The Soviet submarine is missing its fairwater planes.
* AuctionOfEvil: Between the U.S. and U.S.S.R., over the submarine tracking system plans.
* BigBad: Karl Stromberg.
* TheBrute: Jaws. Also TheDragon.
* CollapsingLair: When Stromberg's lair Atlantis is torpedoed. The ''Liparus'' also doubles as a secondary example.
* ComeBackToBedHoney:
-->'''Girl''': What happened? Where are you going?\\
'''Bond''': Sorry. Something came up.\\
'''Girl''': But, James, I need you.\\
'''Bond''': So does England!
* ContinuityNod: Reciting a list of Bond's biographical info to him at a bar Anya mentions: "Married only once. Wife killed-" Bond cuts her off, the events of ''OnHerMajestysSecretService'' still a painful subject for him.
* CoolBoat: Stromberg's ''Liparus''. It ''eats submarines.''
* CoolCar: Bond's Lotus Esprit submarine car
* CoolSidecar: The bad guys chase JamesBond with sidecar that becomes a detachable missile steered by a joystick on the motorbike.
* DiabolicalMastermind: Karl Stromberg.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Sandor
* DistaffCounterpart: Anya Amasova to Bond. The scene where she is called on a mission while in bed with someone is in particular very reminiscent of Bond on numerous occasions (though unlike Bond most of the time, she clearly did love her bedmate at the time).
* DirtyOldMan: Stromberg to Anya, while she's strapped to a couch.
* DoubleEntendre: One of the tastiest in Bond history:
-->'''M''': Moneypenny, where's 007?\\
'''Miss Moneypenny''': He's on a mission, sir. In Austria.\\
'''M''': "Well, tell him to pull out. Immediately."\\
''[Cue Bond making love with a woman by a fireplace in Austria.]''
** An even better one at the end, and arguably one of the best Bond endings.
--->'''M:''' 007!
--->'''Gogol:''' Triple X!
--->'''Minister of Defence:''' Bond! What do you think you're doing?
--->'''Bond:''' Keeping the British end up, sir.
* TheDragon: Jaws.
* DrivingStick: Anya falls foul to this when trying to escape Jaws with 007.
--->''[Anya failing to drive stick, causing the gears to grind noisily]''
--->'''Bond:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Can you play any other tune?]]
*** Barbara Bach, Anya's actress, [[EnforcedMethodActing couldn't actually drive stick: Moore's response was unscripted!]]
* DullSurprise: Anya makes one face and uses one voice for the entire movie.
* EnhanceButton: [[OlderThanTheyThink Back before]] it [[{{CSI}} was cool]].
* ExiledFromContinuity: SPECTRE couldn't be used because of legal difficulties.
* {{Fanservice}}: Major Anya Amasova in the shower on the U.S. submarine.
** MsFanservice: Naomi, Stromberg's ''gorgeous'' helicopter pilot / assassin.
* GiantMook: Jaws
* GoGoEnslavement: Where ''did'' Stromberg find that outfit for Anya?
** Probably in [[MsFanservice Naomi's]] wardrobe.
* GoodLookingPrivates: Major Anya Amasova is in uniform in her first (clothed) appearance. Also, Bond cuts a rather dashing figure in a Royal Navy uniform.
* GroinAttack: Bond to Jaws in the shark pool room.
** Bond to Stromberg...with two bullets from his Walther.
* HighAltitudeInterrogation: Bond does this to a mook and then lets the him plummet to his death when he hears everything he needs.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty
* IneffectualDeathThreats: Indeed, Major Amasova never does kill Bond for killing her lover.
** By then, Bond had saved her life even when he had no other reason to.
* InstantSedation: The sleep dust cigarette Anya uses on Bond.
* IntimateHealing - '''Nude Body Warmth Sharing''': Anya suggests this to Bond to keep warm while they're on the boat to Cairo. It doesn't happen.
** Played straight at the end, when they both need to get out of their cold wet clothes.
* ItsRainingMen: After Bond skis off a cliff.
* JustHitHim: Jaws and Bond.
* LastRequest: Bond asks Anya if he can make one before she kills him. [[spoiler:Of course, that was before a popping champagne cork broke the tension. It was unlikely from that point she was going to actually kill him.]]
* {{Lzherusskie}}: Barbara Bach as Major Anya Amasova.
** Incidentally, this movie almost single-handedly changed Americans' views of [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench Russian women]]. Before it came out, all Russian women were assumed by Americans to be outright {{Gonk}}s, to the point that American comedians (and especially the hugely influential Johnny Carson) could count on getting cheap and easy laughs by poking fun at the purported hideousness of Russian women. Carson admitted during a visit by Roger Moore that the movie had ruined "half his jokes".
* MadeOfIron: Always true of Bond, but Jaws as well.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Disappearing submarines -> plot to start a nuclear war.
* MnogoNukesMissileSubmarines: The Soviet sub, a "Delta I".
* NewEraSpeech: Stromberg gives one to Bond.
* NippleAndDimed: Averted.
* NoMoreForMe: A bystander when Bond drives the Lotus Esprit out of the ocean onto the beach.
* [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You To Dine]]: Actually ''subverted'' for once. Stromberg has a weapon hidden in his table that he intended to use to kill Bond. [[spoiler:It backfires.]]
* NonActionBigBad: Stromberg is by far the least physical of Bond villains, relying on push-button deathtraps and legions of {{Mooks}} to do his bidding.
* ANuclearError: The "Impulse Conductor Circuit", which can detonate a nuclear warhead while it's being disassembled.
* TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou:
-->'''Bond:''' "Mmm, maybe I misjudged Stromberg. Any man who drinks Dom Perignon '52 can't be ''all'' bad."
* OperationGameOfDoom: Removing the detonator from the warhead.
* PlayingBothSides
* PrettyInMink: A lady wears a white mink coat in the beginning. She's possibly NakedInMink in it as well.
* RecycledInSpace: Inverted. Lewis Gilbert directed both ''YouOnlyLiveTwice'' and this movie, so while the previous movie dealt with a spaceship-eating spaceship, TSWLM deals with a submarine-eating ship.
* RedRightHand: Stromberg has webbed fingers.
* RedShirt: A young Royal Navy officer volunteers to lead the charge, something you'd expect Bond to do. It's no surprise when he and his men get killed.
* RedsWithRockets: The Soviet Navy sub and Major Anya Amasova.
* RevengeMyopia: In the opening scene, Bond kills Anya's lover, who is trying to kill him at the time. When she finds out about it she vows to kill Bond.
* SharkPool
* ShortLivedAerialEscape: The underwater Lotus to Naomi's chopper.
* ShowerScene: Major Anya Amasova
* SicEm: "Let them get to shore... and then kill them."
* SlapSlapKiss: Surprisingly, Bond and Anya only start liking each other after lots of arguments and fighting side-by-side multiple times.
** And almost threw it away when Anya found out Bond killed her previous lover.
* SleepCute: Played with. When Anya wakes up, she jerks away from Bond in anger.
* SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: This was the first Bond flick to reach Level 4 (a capable leading lady, albeit one who still needs occasional rescuing), which has held ever since. The older ones are Level 3 at best.
* SoundtrackDissonance: Stromberg feeding his assistant to the sharks while Bach's ''Air on the G-String'' plays.
* StabTheScorpion: Anya and the champagne bottle.
* StormingTheCastle: Bond breaks into Stromberg's headquarters, Atlantis.
* SubStory: U.S., Soviet, and British.
* SurpriseVehicle: Stromberg's attack helicopter.
* SwissBankAccount: After the two scientists complete the submarine tracking system, Stromberg transfers $10 million into their Swiss bank accounts.
** Then cancels it when he kills them instead. He may have faked the transfer knowing he was going to kill them.
* TitleDrop: The theme song is called "Nobody Does It Better", but still has it ("Like heaven above me, ''the spy who loved me''...")
* TransformingMecha: Bond's Lotus Esprit submarine car
* TranslationConvention: Russian characters (General Gogol, Major Amasova, her lover).
* TrapDoor: Stromberg uses one in his elevator to drop his treacherous secretary into the SharkPool.
* UltimateDefenceOfTheRealm: The British ''Resolution''-class nuclear missile sub ''HMS Ranger''.
* UndercoverAsLovers: James and Anya pose as man and wife while visiting Stromberg.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
* WarForFunAndProfit: Stromberg tries to start a nuclear war between the U.S. and USSR.
** Not for profit, as he sneers at Bond for asking how much he wants to not instigate war.
* WeaponizedCar: Bond's Lotus Esprit.
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: Major Amasova's lover was one of the mooks killed in the teaser.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Dr. Bechmann and Professor Markovitz, after completing the submarine tracking system for Stromberg.
* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Boyfriend]]: Major Amasova vows to kill Bond at the end of the mission when she finds out he killed her lover. [[spoiler:Unless you mean [[ClassAct in the Shakespearean sense]], she doesn't.]]
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