History Main / BondGunBarrel

* An episode of the ''WesternAnimation/AceVentura'' series had this - with Ace farting (a reference to his habit of talking out of his ass).

** There was also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i9Pz6IzBgw an ad]] for ''VideoGame/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' on the UsefulNotes/{{Nintendo 64}} asking if players ever wondered what it was like to be Bond, followed by a fat guy jumping around as shots were fired through the barrel.

* The UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum game ''Zub'' opens with the title character, wearing a [[PaletteSwap black version of his spacesuit]] and with a bowtie, re-enacting the gunbarrel scene.

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* In an {{Elseworlds}} L.E.G.I.O.N. annual parodying James Bond, Lobo, rather than shooting the barrel, spits it.

* One Bond parody story in ComicBook/TheBeano opened by looking down the barrel of a water gun at Dennis, who then fires his own water gun, causing water to flow down the frame instead of blood.

* One appears in Creator/{{Gottlieb}}'s ''Pinball/JamesBond007'', on the playfield right above the flippers.

* ''[[LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}} Owarimonogatari]]'' contains one at the start of Episode 3, with Araragi shooting into the barrel.

* ''Series/MadTV'' had an opening skit parodying the James Bond gun barrel opening where instead of Bond shooting the sniper, he misses and jumps/rolls all over the place to avoid being hit by the sniper.

* ''Webcomic/{{Consolers}}'' has ''Creator/{{Rare}}'' doing this in the ''Videogame/GoldenEye1997'' comic.

[[caption-width-right:350:Wait...[[FridgeLogic is that gun bleeding?]]]]

Before TheTeaser of almost every ''Film/JamesBond'' movie, this sequence happens. The audience looks down the rifled barrel of gun as Bond comes into frame, turns to the camera, and fires his Walther pistol, and a wash of red drips over the screen. The James Bond theme music or [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong a variant]] may play over this sequence. Its relationship with James Bond has left it the source of numerous imitations, all of the parody nature as the original is basically trademarked by Creator/EonProductions. [[MST3KMantra Try not to think about why the blood appears to be dripping down inside the gun barrel.]]

* Naturally, considering [[TropeNamer who one of the stars of the battle is]], there was no way this wasn't going to happen in the WebAnimation/DeathBattle between Franchise/JamesBond and Franchise/JohnWick. Specifically, when the two face off in a QuickDraw, Bond wins out, recreating the iconic scene by shooting Wick in the upper chest area- an area where Wick's bulletproof suit ''doesn't'' protect.

* Naturally, considering [[TropeNamer Who one of the stars of the battle is]], there was no way this wasn't going to happen in the WebAnimation/DeathBattle between Franchise/JamesBond and Franchise/JohnWick. Specifically, when the two face off in a QuickDraw, Bond wins out, recreating the iconic scene by shooting Wick in the upper chest area- an area where Wick's bulletproof suit ''doesn't'' protect.

*** ''Film/NoTimeToDie'': The gunbarrel is silverish, there is no blood, and [[FadeToWhite fades to white]] into the opening scene with a [=3D=]-like effect. Additionally, in a similar manner to ''Casino Royale'', a variation of this scene is present in the FinalBattle, with Bond walking through a tunnel that resembles a gun barrel and turning to shoot a mook hidden behind the camera. In addition, the international version of the film uses a LogoJoke where the Creator/{{Universal}} globe [[https://youtu.be/Eflpk6Khde8 becomes the white dot that cues the intro]].

* Film/JamesBond is, for obvious reasons, the TropeNamer and TropeMaker. The Gun Barrel usually opens the [[ActionPrologue/JamesBond Action Prologue]].

Before TheTeaser of almost every ''Film/JamesBond'' movie, this sequence happens. We look down the barrel of the gun as Bond comes into frame, turns to the camera, and fires his Walther pistol, and a wash of red drips over the screen. The James Bond theme music or [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong a variant]] may play over this sequence. Its relationship with James Bond has left it the source of numerous imitations, all of the parody nature as the original is basically trademarked by Creator/EonProductions. [[MST3KMantra Try not to think about why the blood appears to be dripping down inside the gun barrel.]]

The iconic sequence was created by title designer Maurice Binder, who worked on every Bond movie from 1962 to 1989, from ''Film/DrNo'' up to ''Film/LicenceToKill''.

* In the documentary ''Everything of Nothing: The Untold Story of 007'', footage featuring all six Bond actors is mixed together to have them standing alongside one another, firing at the same time.

* In the documentary ''Film/EverythingOrNothingTheUntoldStoryOf007'', footage featuring all six Bond actors is mixed together to have them standing alongside one another, firing at the same time.

*** ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' does the unique twist of incorporating the gunbarrel into the action of its opening. Craig does not wear a tuxedo in this one.

*** ''Film/NoTimeToDie'': The gunbarrel is silverish, there is no blood, and [[FadeToWhite fades to white]] into the opening scene with a [=3D=]-like effect. Additionally, in a similar manner to ''Casino Royale'', a variation of this scene is present in the FinalBattle, with Bond walking through a tunnel that resembles a gun barrel and turning to shoot a mook hidden behind the camera. In addition, the international version of the film uses a LogoJoke where the Creator/{{Universal}} globe [[https://youtu.be/R7WtRCrnnr8 becomes the white dot that cues the intro]].