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* Bond asks who would pay Scaramanga a million dollars to have him killed. Clearly he forgot what he does for a living, as naturally he's made quite a few enemies - communists, criminal organizations (SPECTRE, anyone?), terrorists, foreign spies, boyfriends, husbands, restaurant owners, florists, automobile owners, political leaders, government workers, feminists, etc. Half of all civilized society. And much of the rest of the world, too.
** Weird enough, Bond is aware of his notoriety among circles in which Scaramanga gravitates. He's not surprised when Lazar, Scaramanga's armourer, says he's honoured to meet him. Neither is he when Anders, Scaramanga's mistress, explains to him she sent the bullet with the 007 written on it to the MI-6 because she knew he was the only one who could kill Scaramanga. she was right. Shame she didn’t live long enough to see Bond do the job.
** To be fair to Bond, it may more be that nobody ''still alive'' hates him personally enough to pay that much for his death; anyone with the connections necessary to know about Bond probably wouldn't want to draw his attention to their activities too soon, and Bond tends to kill his more personal enemies himself.
* Nick Nack has arranged with Scaramanga to be his sole beneficiary in the event of the latter's death, thus giving him the incentive to send hitmen after Scaramanga, even making a deal with Bond himself to achieve such. Scaramanga is living on the island at the behest of his Chinese benefactors. How could a little person possibly meet his dead boss's "quality of service" to continue the mutually beneficial relationship with their landlords? If Nick Nack actually got his way and Goodnight didn't accidentally blow up the island, he would probably be thrown out on his ass anyway.
** Weird enough, Bond is aware of his notoriety among circles in which Scaramanga gravitates. He's not surprised when Lazar, Scaramanga's armourer, says he's honoured to meet him. Neither is he when Anders, Scaramanga's mistress, explains to him she sent the bullet with the 007 written on it to the MI-6 because she knew he was the only one who could kill Scaramanga. she was right. Shame she didn’t live long enough to see Bond do the job.
** To be fair to Bond, it may more be that nobody ''still alive'' hates him personally enough to pay that much for his death; anyone with the connections necessary to know about Bond probably wouldn't want to draw his attention to their activities too soon, and Bond tends to kill his more personal enemies himself.
* Nick Nack has arranged with Scaramanga to be his sole beneficiary in the event of the latter's death, thus giving him the incentive to send hitmen after Scaramanga, even making a deal with Bond himself to achieve such. Scaramanga is living on the island at the behest of his Chinese benefactors. How could a little person possibly meet his dead boss's "quality of service" to continue the mutually beneficial relationship with their landlords? If Nick Nack actually got his way and Goodnight didn't accidentally blow up the island, he would probably be thrown out on his ass anyway.
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* How does Hendriks, the KGB agent at Scaramanga's hotel party, not have a description of Bond before he arrives? At the start of the novel, Bond has spent a year in Russia being brainwashed by the KGB. Are they so compartmented that once Bond fails that mission and is sent back on active duty, they can't tell their agents what he looks like?
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* How does Hendriks, the KGB agent at Scaramanga's hotel party, not have a description of Bond before he arrives? At the start of the novel, Bond has spent a year in Russia being brainwashed by the KGB. Are they so compartmented that once Bond fails that mission and is sent back on active duty, they can't tell their agents what he looks like?like?
** Literature/WithAMindToKill suggests this is the case, as far as British Intelligence knows. M says the KGB kept their operations in Cuba (and elsewhere) compartmented. Hendriks was aware of Bond but investigating "Mark Hazard" and Bond killed Hendriks before the latter could advise his higher ups.
** Literature/WithAMindToKill suggests this is the case, as far as British Intelligence knows. M says the KGB kept their operations in Cuba (and elsewhere) compartmented. Hendriks was aware of Bond but investigating "Mark Hazard" and Bond killed Hendriks before the latter could advise his higher ups.
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* What's with Bond's holier-than-thou attitude when being confonted with Scaramanga's claim that the two are alike? Why does James Bond insist to Scaramanga that he has only killed killers? Bond has killed several henchmen, thieves, and even ordinary workers at an evil company like the people at Saito chemicals in You Only Live Twice or the factory workers in Goldfinger.
* Why didn't Andreas Anders just tell Bond her plan the first time she encountered him?
* Why didn't Andreas Anders just tell Bond her plan the first time she encountered him?
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*** "Should you be caught or killed, Bond, M will disavow any knowledge of your actions."
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* Nick Nack says that if Bond kills Scaramanga, he gets the island, and Bond blew it up- no reason to think Nick Nack isn't mad as hell even if there is money somewhere, since he must have spent years fantasising about getting the island . There is also the fact that Scaramanga was on the verge of becoming ''extremely'' wealthy and powerful through the Solex Agitator and presumably Nick Nack could have gotten that too, but Bond (well, really Goodnight) foiled that as well (in which, he might have planned on killing Bond even if he did just kill Scaramanga, since he can't let him take the Solex).
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* Nick Nack says that if Bond kills Scaramanga, he gets the island, and Bond blew it up- no reason to think Nick Nack isn't mad as hell even if there is money somewhere, since he must have spent years fantasising about getting the island . There is also the fact that Scaramanga was on the verge of becoming ''extremely'' wealthy and powerful through the Solex Agitator and presumably Nick Nack could have gotten that too, but Bond (well, really Goodnight) foiled that as well (in which, he might have planned on killing Bond even if he did just kill Scaramanga, since he can't let him take the Solex).
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*** Even Andrea Anders, who has met Scarmanga personally, can't give Bond much better than "tall, dark and handsome", to which Bond sarcastically quips that his aunt would fit the bill.
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*** Even Andrea Anders, who has met Scarmanga personally, can't give Bond much better than "tall, slim and dark and handsome", ", to which Bond sarcastically quips that his aunt would fit the bill.
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* How does Hendriks, the KGB agent at Scaramanga's hotel party, not have a description of Bond? Bond before he arrives? At the start of the novel, Bond has spent a year in Russia being brainwashed by the KGB. Are they so compartmented that once Bond fails that mission and is sent back on active duty, they can't tell their agents what he looks like?
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** Quite a number of people have speculated/assumed that Scaramanga's will states that in order to claim the fortune, Nick Nack has to show that Scaramanga died in combat as opposed to being poisoned/bombed/etc. With Scaaramanga's body gone along with the island, Nick Nack can't even prove that Scaramanga IS dead to begin with, much less demonstrate that he died in combat. So Nick Nack is trying to kill Bond because he just destroyed everything he could have had.
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** Quite a number of people have speculated/assumed that Scaramanga's will states that in order to claim the fortune, Nick Nack has to show that Scaramanga died in combat as opposed to being poisoned/bombed/etc. With Scaaramanga's Scaramanga's body gone along with the island, Nick Nack can't even prove that Scaramanga IS dead to begin with, much less demonstrate that he died in combat. So Nick Nack is trying to kill Bond because he just destroyed everything he could have had.
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* How does Hendricks, Hendriks, the KGB agent at Scaramanga's hotel party, not have a description of Bond? At the start of the novel, Bond has spent a year in Russia being brainwashed by the KGB. Are they so compartmented that once Bond fails that mission and is sent back on active duty, they can't tell their agents what he looks like?
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* In ''Film/DrNo'', M sends Bond to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of the local Station Chief of [=MI6=] and his secretary. ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' starts with Bond who assassinates the Spectre operative who killed some [=MI6=] agents. In ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', three [=MI6=] agents on Kananga's case are assassinated and M assigns Bond on the case. It's a safe bet a typical use of the 00 section is investigating when things get heated and agents are killed or disappear. Scaramanga kills 002 and M doesn't even bother to send someone to find the bullet?
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* In ''Film/DrNo'', M sends Bond to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of the local Station Chief of [=MI6=] and his secretary. ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' starts with Bond who assassinates the Spectre operative who killed some [=MI6=] agents. In ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', three [=MI6=] agents on Kananga's case are assassinated and M assigns Bond on the case. It's a safe bet a typical use of the 00 section is investigating when things get heated and agents are killed or disappear. Scaramanga kills 002 and M doesn't even bother to send someone to find the bullet?bullet?
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* How does Hendricks, the KGB agent at Scaramanga's hotel party, not have a description of Bond? At the start of the novel, Bond has spent a year in Russia being brainwashed by the KGB. Are they so compartmented that once Bond fails that mission and is sent back on active duty, they can't tell their agents what he looks like?
!!The Novel
* How does Hendricks, the KGB agent at Scaramanga's hotel party, not have a description of Bond? At the start of the novel, Bond has spent a year in Russia being brainwashed by the KGB. Are they so compartmented that once Bond fails that mission and is sent back on active duty, they can't tell their agents what he looks like?
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* So Scaramanga has scotched a British operation to retrieve a defector and has in his power the Solex Agitator plus a kidnapped British agent in his island. MI6 then decides to fly a single agent armed with just a Walther PPK and dressed in a business suit and who Scaramanga is already expecting instead of a covert squad of Royal Marines to kill him..... what?
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* So Scaramanga has scotched a British operation to retrieve a defector and has in his power the Solex Agitator plus a kidnapped British agent in his island. MI6 [=MI6=] then decides to fly a single agent armed with just a Walther PPK and dressed in a business suit and who Scaramanga is already expecting instead of a covert squad of Royal Marines to kill him..... what?
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** Quite a number of people have speculated/assumed that Scaramanga's will states that in order to claim the fortune, Nick Nack has to show that Scaramanga died in combat as opposed to being poisoned/bombed/etc. With Scaaramanga's body gone along with the island, Nick Nack can't even prove that Scaramanga IS dead to begin with, much less demonstrate that he died in combat. So Nick Nack is trying to kill Bond because he just destroyed everything he could have had.
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** If he'd switched to a plane or helicopter, he'd have had to leave his car behind.
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* So Scaramanga has scotched a British operation to retrieve a defector and has in his power the Solex Agitator plus a kidnapped British agent in his island. MI6 then decides to fly a single agent armed with just a Walther PPK and dressed in a business suit and who Scaramanga is already expecting instead of a covert squad of Royal Marines to kill him..... what?what?
* In ''Film/DrNo'', M sends Bond to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of the local Station Chief of MI6 and his secretary. ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' starts with Bond who assassinates the Spectre operative who killed some MI6 agents. In ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', three MI6 agents on Kananga's case are assassinated and M assigns Bond on the case. It's a safe bet a typical use of the 00 section is investigating when things get heated and agents are killed or disappear. Scaramanga kills 002 and M doesn't even bother to send someone to find the bullet?
* In ''Film/DrNo'', M sends Bond to Jamaica to investigate the disappearance of the local Station Chief of MI6 and his secretary. ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' starts with Bond who assassinates the Spectre operative who killed some MI6 agents. In ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', three MI6 agents on Kananga's case are assassinated and M assigns Bond on the case. It's a safe bet a typical use of the 00 section is investigating when things get heated and agents are killed or disappear. Scaramanga kills 002 and M doesn't even bother to send someone to find the bullet?
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** Nick Nack likes the idea of killing Scaramanga and claiming his fortune, but otherwise the two seem to have a mutually respectful relationship. Nick Nack was probably planning on doing all that anyway, but figured he'd also bump off James Bond out of respect for his former employer.
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** Nick Nack likes the idea of killing Scaramanga and claiming his fortune, but otherwise the two seem to have a mutually respectful relationship. Nick Nack was probably planning on doing all that anyway, but figured he'd also bump off James Bond out of respect for his former employer.employer.
* So Scaramanga has scotched a British operation to retrieve a defector and has in his power the Solex Agitator plus a kidnapped British agent in his island. MI6 then decides to fly a single agent armed with just a Walther PPK and dressed in a business suit and who Scaramanga is already expecting instead of a covert squad of Royal Marines to kill him..... what?
* So Scaramanga has scotched a British operation to retrieve a defector and has in his power the Solex Agitator plus a kidnapped British agent in his island. MI6 then decides to fly a single agent armed with just a Walther PPK and dressed in a business suit and who Scaramanga is already expecting instead of a covert squad of Royal Marines to kill him..... what?
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** Probably to [[ViewersAreMorons highlight and draw attention]] to the difficulty of the stunt.
