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In the movie side of things, the first story was incorporated into the backstory of the [[Film/{{Octopussy}} thirteenth]] ''Film/JamesBond'' film, with a hint of the second story as well. The first story's backstory of Bond being raised by a Swiss ski instructor was also incorporated in film [[Film/{{Spectre}} twenty-four]]. The third story was grafted onto the beginning of the [[Film/TheLivingDaylights fifteenth]] film. A character name, Solange, from story no. 4 was used in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', and its plot inspired the finale of ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''.
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In the movie side of things, the first story was incorporated into the backstory of the [[Film/{{Octopussy}} thirteenth]] ''Film/JamesBond'' film, film (named after the first half of the title), with a hint of the second story as well. The first story's backstory of Bond being raised by a Swiss ski instructor was also incorporated in film [[Film/{{Spectre}} twenty-four]]. The third story was grafted onto the beginning of the [[Film/TheLivingDaylights fifteenth]] film. film (which is named after the second half of the title). A character name, Solange, name from story no. 4 4, Solange, was used in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'', and its plot inspired the finale of ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''.
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* HollywoodDensity: Averted. The gold stash Smythe finds is so heavy that he can barely even get it back to his jeep without collapsing as it weighs about half as much as he does. When he needs to take the briefcase of gold through customs without getting searched, he needs benzedrine pills and an iron will to avoid looking like he's carrying anything heavier than papers.
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* HollywoodDensity: Averted. The gold stash Smythe finds is so heavy that he can barely even get it back to his jeep without collapsing as it weighs about half as much as he does. When he needs to take the briefcase of gold sneak it through customs in his briefcase without getting being searched, he needs benzedrine pills and an iron will to avoid looking like he's carrying anything heavier than papers.
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* NaziGold: During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Major Smythe learned about a stash of two Nazi gold bars, and shot the mountain climber that helped him [[InTheBack in the back of the head]] [[HeKnowsTooMuch because of them]]. He's been living off of them since.
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* NaziGold: During At the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Major Smythe learned learns about a stash of two Nazi gold bars, and shot the dragoons a mountain climber that helped guide into helping him find it, then shoots him [[InTheBack in the back of the head]] [[HeKnowsTooMuch because of them]]. He's been living to keep him quiet]]. He takes the gold to Jamaica and starts selling it a little at a time in order to live off of them since.the proceeds.
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* RuleOfDrama: When Bond hears that nobody in England does "going, going, gone" bit in auctioning anymore to provide a chance for last-second bidders, he finds it pitiful, since he thinks that it "adds to the drama".
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Subverted: Bond outlines his plan for spotting Maria's KGB handler in painstaking detail...and it goes off without a hitch. He doesn't even confront the antagonists for a final showdown, simply informing the proper authorities to have him picked up. The drama instead comes from the task (identifying the handler among an auction crowd) being incredibly hard by the simple fact that most bidders use a subtle pre-arranged signal with the auctioneer for privacy, which Bond has to try and spot in the crowd without making it obvious that he's looking.
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Subverted: Bond outlines his plan for spotting Maria's KGB handler in painstaking detail...and it goes off without a hitch. He doesn't even confront the antagonists for a final showdown, simply informing the proper authorities to have him picked up. The drama instead comes from the task (identifying the handler among an auction crowd) being incredibly hard by the simple fact that most bidders use a subtle pre-arranged signal with the auctioneer for privacy, which Bond has to try and spot in the crowd without making it obvious that he's looking.
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* RuleOfDrama: When Bond hears that nobody aucitoneers in England does no longer use the "going, going, gone" bit in auctioning anymore to provide a chance for last-second bidders, he finds it pitiful, since he thinks that it "adds to the drama".
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Subverted: Bond outlines his plan for spotting Maria's KGB handler in painstaking detail...and it goes off without a hitch. He doesn't even confront the antagonists for a final showdown, simply informing the proper authorities to have himpicked up.thrown out of London. The drama instead comes from the task (identifying the handler among an auction crowd) being incredibly hard by the simple fact that most bidders use a subtle pre-arranged signal with the auctioneer for privacy, which Bond has to try and spot in the crowd without making it obvious that he's looking.
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Subverted: Bond outlines his plan for spotting Maria's KGB handler in painstaking detail...and it goes off without a hitch. He doesn't even confront the antagonists for a final showdown, simply informing the proper authorities to have him
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* DrivenToSuicide: After their marriage went completely sour, Smythe's wife killed herself by overdosing on sleeping pills. Smythe himself is also in process of doing the same, albeit by the slower path of [[TheAlcoholic drinking himself to death]].
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* DrivenToSuicide: After their marriage went completely sour, Smythe's wife killed herself by [[SuicideByPills overdosing on sleeping pills.pills]]. Smythe himself is also in process of doing the same, albeit by the slower path of [[TheAlcoholic drinking himself to death]]. When Bond arrives he realises the game is up and he's being asked to fall on his proverbial sword, though the eponymous octopus ends up killing him instead.
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* LeaveBehindAPistol: Bond tells Smythe that he has a week before the authorities will apprehend him. He comes to the realization that Bond is giving him a chance to kill himself, thus keeping things tidier for the paperwork.
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* LeaveBehindAPistol: Bond tells Smythe that he has a week before the authorities will apprehend him. He comes to the realization that Bond is giving him a chance to kill himself, thus keeping things tidier for the paperwork. When Smythe drowns in a diving accident, Bond assumes he killed himself but decides SureLetsGoWithThat.
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* SuicideByPills: How Smythe's wife kills herself using sleeping pills after their marriage takes a turn for the worst.
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: Bond calms his nerves with a glass of whiskey. When his spotter protests, he notifies that he's not the one who is supposed [[ItNeverGetsAnyEasier to kill someone]].
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: LiquidCourage: Bond calms his nerves with a glass of whiskey. When his spotter protests, he notifies that he's not the one who is supposed [[ItNeverGetsAnyEasier to kill someone]].
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* FoodPorn: Despite feeling a bit queasy thanks to the in-flight meal courtesy of BOAC, Bond spends much of the story wondering where he's going to eat while in New York -- he's very fond of the Oyster Bar at Grand Central, but opts for the Edwardian Room at the Plaza because on a previous visit he instructed the staff on his preferred recipe for scrambled eggs. Fleming even provides said recipe -- use plenty of butter, and serve on hot buttered toast with pink champagne.
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* FoodPorn: Despite feeling a bit queasy thanks to the in-flight meal courtesy of BOAC, Bond spends much of the story wondering where he's going to eat while in New York -- he's York. He's very fond of the Oyster Bar at Grand Central, but opts for the Edwardian Room at the Plaza because on a previous visit he instructed the staff on his preferred recipe for scrambled eggs. Fleming even provides said recipe -- recipe; three eggs per person, use plenty of butter, butter and serve on hot buttered toast with pink champagne.
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* FoodPorn: Despite feeling a bit queasy thanks to the in-flight meal courtesy of BOAC, Bond spends much of the story wondering where he's going to eat while in New York -- he's very fond of the Oyster Bar at Grand Central, but opts for the Edwardian Room at the Plaza because on a previous visit he instructed the staff on his preferred recipe for scrambled eggs. Fleming even provides said recipe -- use plenty of butter, and serve on hot buttered toast with pink champagne.
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* NotSoDifferent: Not that this is what stopped him, but Bond is conscious of the sniper as "an enemy agent with much the same job in her outfit as he had in his" whom he expects to be in far worse trouble after.
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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Not that this is what stopped him, but Bond is conscious of the sniper as "an enemy agent with much the same job in her outfit as he had in his" whom he expects to be in far worse trouble after.
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* SuicideByPills: How Smythe's wife kills herself using sleeping pills after their marriage takes a turn for the worst.
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* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Upon seeing that Trigger is the female cellist he saw earlier, he shoots the gun out of her hand instead of killing her.
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* WouldntHitAGirl: When Bond sees through his scope that "Trigger" is the woman he has become fond of during the assignment, he chooses to [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands shoot her Kalashnikov]] instead of killing her.
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* WouldntHitAGirl: When Bond sees through his scope that "Trigger" is the woman he has become fond of during the assignment, he chooses to [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands shoot her Kalashnikov]] Kalashnikov instead of killing her.
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* ShownTheirWork: As background research, Fleming corresponded with Captain E.K. Le Mesurier, secretary of the National Rifle Association at Bisley for information and to correct some of the more specialist areas of knowledge required for sniper shooting.
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* StealingFromThieves: Smythe absconds to the Caribbean with his wife and the gold directly after World War II. Despite the initial success, it's portrayed as [[PyrrhicVictory a rather melancholy affair]], as the money fails to alleviate either Mrs. Smythe's [[DrivenToSuicide overdose on pills]] or Smythe's [[TheAlcoholic drinking problem]].
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* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Weirdly averted; Bond outlines his plan for spotting Maria's KGB handler in painstaking detail... and it goes off without a hitch. He doesn't even confront the antagonists for a final showdown or anything.
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* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Weirdly averted; Subverted: Bond outlines his plan for spotting Maria's KGB handler in painstaking detail... detail...and it goes off without a hitch. He doesn't even confront the antagonists for a final showdown or anything.
showdown, simply informing the proper authorities to have him picked up. The drama instead comes from the task (identifying the handler among an auction crowd) being incredibly hard by the simple fact that most bidders use a subtle pre-arranged signal with the auctioneer for privacy, which Bond has to try and spot in the crowd without making it obvious that he's looking.
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* MoreDakka: It's a surprise late in the story realizing that the assassin has in fact brought a Kalashnikov submachinegun.
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* MoreDakka: It's a surprise late in the story realizing Bond and his handler are dismayed to find that the assassin has Trigger is armed with an AK-47, in fact brought a Kalashnikov submachinegun.time when such assault rifles were relatively uncommon and full information was unknown to many people (Fleming mistakenly calls it a "submachine gun").
