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As so many of these characters could be seen as placeholders for James Bond, this whole page could be considered his character-specific subtrope of FountainOfExpies. See also DeadUnicornTrope.

* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] rather heavily in ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', where the type is {{Deconstructed|Trope}}, [[DeconReconSwitch then]] eventually played straight (though Eggsy drinks Winston Churchill martinis which are the polar opposite of Bond martinis). And played straight again in ''Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle''. The Statesmen (American counterparts of the very British Kingsmen) are more like [[AmericansAreCowboys "Cowboy Hats and Booze"]] in the latter.

* ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' tested out if you could [[SpyRevealTux wear a tuxedo under a dry suit]] to crash a party on a yacht. After swimming underwater for half a mile, Jaime came up out of the water, stripped off the drysuit, and was able to attend the party in a perfectly presentable tux.

The character that should have immediately come to mind with that description is, of course, Franchise/JamesBond. However, while Bond has definitely [[TropeCodifier popularized many of these aspects]], most {{Shallow Parod|y}}ies out there can't seem to find anything beyond the above paragraph to make fun of (They also seem to miss that Bond typically wore situation-appropriate attire during fieldwork).[[note]]One annoyingly common mistake is for the parody character to get a ''gin'' martini instead of a ''vodka'' martini (it's a potentially legitimate concern with a gin martini, but with a vodka martini using vodka made from potatoes, the shaking gets rid of some nasty-looking oils on top. Also, gin often used to be almost ''[[GargleBlaster fifty percent alcohol by weight]]'', so many drink orders diluted it simply to make it more palatable. AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle!).[[/note]] It's also interesting to note that most of these tropes were NOT in the Ian Fleming books. For example, the films inverted his usual stirred-not-shaken order. Nevertheless, this is how James Bond is viewed by and large.

* ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'' occasionally dips its toes into this kind of spy fiction, though usually from a more subversive and surrealist perspective. For example, "A, B, and C" has the spy protagonist infiltrating a fancy dress party - except this is actually [[DreamingOfThingsGoneBy a dream he's having]] about that party, which is being [[DreamWalker hacked into by his captors]].

* ''Series/ThePrisoner'' occasionally dips its toes into this kind of spy fiction, though usually from a more subversive and surrealist perspective. For example, "A, B, and C" has the spy protagonist infiltrating a fancy dress party - except this is actually [[DreamingOfThingsGoneBy a dream he's having]] about that party, which is being [[DreamWalker hacked into by his captors]].

Everyone knows this character. He wears a tuxedo with a small bowtie, a martini in one hand ([[DrinkBasedCharacterization shaken, not stirred]], naturally) and a pistol or revolver in the other. Announcing himself as "[[TheNameIsBondJamesBond Surname... Forename Surname]]", he engages in witty DoubleEntendre speak with busty high society women that leads into the bedroom (who will, more often than not, [[GirlOfTheWeek vamoose before the end of the conflict]]). And just in case he finds himself in a particularly hopeless situation, he'll have a gadget hidden in his cufflinks that will allow him to defeat the {{mooks}} ([[BondOneLiner with a bad pun or two thrown in posthumously]]) and save the day. Tends to use [[ShoePhone gadgets]] that vary from realistic to over-the-top.

* ''Anime/NajicaBlitzTactics'': Najica Hiragii is a [[GenderInvertedTrope rare female example]], so her outfit has a [[DangerouslyShortSkirt miniskirt]] and [[CombatStilettos heels]], but otherwise plays the trope straight in most episodes.

[[caption-width-right:350:"My name is Cher. [[TheNameIsBondJamesBond Ar Cher.]]"

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As so many of these characters could be seen as placeholders for James Bond, this whole page could be considered his character-specific subtrope of FountainOfExpies. See also DeadUnicornTrope

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[[caption-width-right:300:[-[[BondOneLiner A lot of kick for a '45 Dom.]]-] ]]

The character that should have immediately come to mind with that description is, of course, Franchise/JamesBond. However, while Bond has definitely [[TropeCodifier popularized many of these aspects]], most {{Shallow Parod|y}}ies out there can't seem to find anything beyond the above paragraph to make fun of (They also seem to miss that Bond typically wore situation-appropriate attire during fieldwork).[[note]]One annoyingly common mistake is for the parody character to get a ''gin'' martini instead of a ''vodka'' martini (as the otherwise-valid opening quote shows: it's a potentially legitimate concern with a gin martini, but with a vodka martini using vodka made from potatoes, the shaking gets rid of some nasty-looking oils on top. Also, gin often used to be almost ''[[GargleBlaster fifty percent alcohol by weight]]'', so many drink orders diluted it simply to make it more palatable. AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle!).[[/note]] It's also interesting to note that most of these tropes were NOT in the Ian Fleming books. For example, the films inverted his usual stirred-not-shaken order. Nevertheless, this is how James Bond is viewed by and large.

* ''Film/XXx'' is essentially one big TakeThat against this trope, and opens with one such agent being easily tracked down and killed because his tux stood out in the heavy metal concert he tried to escape through. Then used again where Darius has to dress up as a waiter at a party. The disguise works well enough to hide him amongst a lot of other guys when they catch on to him.

* {{Inverted|Trope}} by ''[[http://spyparty.com/2010/11/26/thanksgiving-metrics-teaser/ Spy Party]]'', where Spy players are ''least'' likely to choose this outfit as the spy, presumably because they expect the sniper will be suspicious of that character.

* ''WesternAnimation/GetAce'': [[TheNameIsBondJamesBond Union, Jack Union.]] He's like Creator/{{Sean Connery}}'s James Bond but based on the elderly version of the actor in his later years. He's a RetiredBadass who acts as a mentor to the titular protagonist and also has spy gadgets in the form of braces.

* Discussed in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' episode "[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS2E8FallenArches Fallen Arches]]", when [[HeroicComedicSociopath Brock]] needs to fight some {{mooks}} while wearing a tuxedo for his role in ''Theatre/TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest'':

Everyone knows this character. He wears a tuxedo with a small bowtie, a martini in one hand ([[DrinkBasedCharacterization shaken, not stirred]], naturally) and a pistol or revolver in the other. Announcing himself as "[[TheNameIsBondJamesBond Surname... Forename Surname]]", he engages in witty DoubleEntendre speak with busty high society women that leads into the bedroom (who will, more often than not, [[GirlOfTheWeek vamoose before the end of the conflict.)]] And just in case he finds himself in a particularly hopeless situation, he'll have a gadget hidden in his cufflinks that will allow him to defeat the {{mooks}} ([[BondOneLiner with a bad pun or two thrown in posthumously]]) and save the day. Tends to use [[ShoePhone gadgets]] that vary from realistic to over-the-top.

* ''Anime/NajicaBlitzTactics'': Najica Hiragii is a RareFemaleExample, so her outfit has a [[DangerouslyShortSkirt miniskirt]] and [[CombatStilettos heels]], but otherwise plays the trope straight in most episodes.

* ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'''s John Stone is 50% James Bond, 50% Comicbook/NickFury, with the style and the gadgets and the [[TheNameIsBondJamesBond introduction]] to match.
* ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen: Black Dossier'', has a dark {{Deconstruction}} of the literary Bond, with all his worst aspects played up. Bond himself appears (with the serials scratched off-- his name is only given as "Jimmy", but we're also told he's related to Campion Bond)... and he's a sociopathic rapist manchild with a TorturePorn fetish who gets the crap kicked out of him after some jokes about a woman's stage name being Oodles O'Quim. He's quite a JerkAss even beforehand, so this is very satisfying. As well as that, he's reckless, bungling, AxCrazy, nervous, abusive, too reliant on his own gadgets (which often don't work), is a wonderful shot but pathetic in a fistfight and doesn't care for how much collateral damage he causes during operations. And all his adventures [[spoiler: are fabricated for British morale.]] Unfortunately, we see him walk off with the girl in the end, [[spoiler:after he murders her adoptive uncle, who had exposed him as a traitor, coward and in the pocket of the CIA.]] Allan Quartermain even mocks how sorry the British adventure hero has become.
** He later reappears in ''Century: 2009'' as a [[LaserGuidedKarma wheelchair-bound old man suffering from numerous diseases]], described as being [[AndIMustScream in constant pain but kept alive nonetheless]] as punishment for his crimes, despite being a 'hero' and having a knighthood. Meanwhile, six other agents took up the title of 007 to do fieldwork, although they're considerably more moral and likeable than Sir Jimmy. In general, Creator/AlanMoore doesn't like James Bond and especially Fleming's version. [[AuthorTract Did that come across?]]
** After de-aging himself and becoming BigBad of Vol. 4, there's an interesting bit where he laments how the "Tuxedo and Martini" approach of his heyday is giving way to gloomy modern espionage. [[note]] This is likely either Moore conceding that old spy movies are, if nothing else, fun to watch, or just meant to highlight that only a sociopath would bother trying to introduce "style" into a career as a government hit-man... maybe both. [[/note]]
* In ''ComicBook/AthenaVoltaire'', Desmond Forsyth, the British secret agent who sometimes works with Athena, seems to be of this school. Athena criticises him for insisting on a nice suit even when there's a good chance of danger.
-->'''Desmond:''' Athena, please. I'm representing the British Empire.\\
'''Athena:''' Yeah, well, you look less like you're ready for action and more like you're ready for ''tea''.

* In ''Film/TrueLies'', the major hook is that Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger plays a secret agent who keeps the nature of his work secret from his wife. His tuxedo is lampshaded in a [[ShoutOut scene during a secret mission]] [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} where he opens his drysuit to reveal a tux]]. We are then given a contrast between his work and home life by transitioning from this opening to his home where his daughter disrespects him and his wife [[TheGlassesGottaGo wears glasses]].
* ''Film/XXx'' was essentially one big TakeThat against this trope, and opened with one such agent being easily tracked down and killed because his tux stood out in the heavy metal concert he tried to escape through. Then used again where Darius had to dress up as a waiter at a party. The disguise works well enough to hide him amongst a lot of other guys when they were on to him.

** In ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' Bond turns up in a tux and is told off by a fellow agent. "This is a mission, not a fancy dress ball." Bond then has to get into a sniper position, and a velcro collar on his tux instantly converts it into a blacksuit so he doesn't stand out in the dark room. Also, in Bond's defence on this one, the mission takes place at a prestigious concert hall during a classical music production, so the tux actually helps him blend in while he's there as well.

-->'''Bond:''' Vodka martini.\\
'''Bartender:''' Shaken or stirred?\\
'''Bond:''' [[INeedAFreakingDrink Do I look like I give a damn?]]
** ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' lampshades it by giving Bond and his companions the cover story of being teachers on sabbatical - and staying in an appropriately inexpensive (and run down) hotel. A disapproving Bond upgrades them to a luxury hotel and claims they're teachers on sabbatical...who just won the lottery!
* Clark Devlin in ''Film/TheTuxedo'' is almost never seen without his tux. He's smooth with the ladies and dances very well. Slightly subverted in that most of that is due to the tux being a highly-advanced piece of technology that does most of it for him. He is seen without his tux at the end, on the roof with a sniper rifle wearing something a [=SWAT=] member might wear. He is never shown in action, though.

* Done in at least one scene per movie in the ''Film/MissionImpossible'' series. In fact, the opening of the very first movie involved the heroes in tuxedos.
* PlayedWith rather heavily in ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', where the type is {{Deconstructed|Trope}}, [[DeconReconSwitch then]] eventually played straight (though Eggsy drinks Winston Churchill martinis which are the polar opposite of Bond martinis). And played straight again in ''Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle''. The Statesmen (American counterparts of the very British Kingsmen) are more like [[AmericansAreCowboys "Cowboy Hats and Booze"]] in the latter.

* ''Film/OperationLovebirds'' from 1965 is an early spoof of the genre. The lead character, a goofy novelty salesman mistaken for a secret agent, at one point ''snorkels'' out to the [[BigBad Big Bad's]] island base in his tuxedo.

* ''Literature/TheJenniferMorgue'': The subject of both AffectionateParody and TakeThat in the Creator/CharlesStross novel. Because of the TheoryOfNarrativeCausality, the protagonist [[spoiler: and his girlfriend]] starts acting out James Bond tropes, commenting how much he differs from Bond. In regard to Bond's signature drink, every time it's ordered in the novel, there are comments on how awful it tastes.

* ''[[Literature/{{Illuminatus}} The Illuminatus! Trilogy]]'' contains a particularly meta example in the form of Fission Chips, aka Agent 0000[[ArcNumber 5]], who joined the [=MI-6=] on a whim after realizing that [[TuxedoAndMartini his personality, tastes, mannerisms, and physical appearance were basically the same as those James Bond]], and is considered a bit of a laughingstock within the agency because of it, despite otherwise being a very good agent.
** Chips's other main flaw is that he's a ConspiracyTheorist, convinced that he's one step away from proving the existence of the vast underground super-criminal network known as [=BUGGER=][[note]]read: [=SPECTRE=][[/note]]. This being ''[[Literature/{{Illuminatus}} The Illuminatus! Trilogy]]'', his theories naturally [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight turn out to be 100% correct on nearly every detail]] (though he did get [[TheIlluminati the name]] wrong).

* In ''Series/GilligansIsland'', the castaways find a locked government briefcase. Gilligan has a dream about being a Film/JamesBond / Series/MissionImpossible Expy, Agent 014, with him trying to deliver the briefcase while everyone from the secretary (Mary Ann) to the Big Bad (Mr. Howell) tries to kill him for it.
* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. Bashir likes to run a holosuite program that enables him to basically BE the film James Bond. "Bashir, Julian Bashir." He also specifies his martinis "stirred, not shaken" to invert Bond's usual drink order. {{Lampshaded|Trope}} all the way by Garak's constant snarking about it, when he was along for one run of the program ([[HolodeckMalfunction when something weird happened, of course]]). Despite the presence of an honest-to-goodness secret agent in the program, Bashir ignores him because he's playing James Bond and is not in an actual covert operation, and the two play by different rules.
-->'''Garak:''' ''(on having it explained to him that the decadent living and {{Bond Girl}}s are government-issue)'' I think I joined the wrong intelligence service!
* Parodied in ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' with 'Agent Suave', who has a ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''-style adventure in a high-stakes casino where all the games are typical village fête things like 'guess the weight of a fruitcake' and 'whack the rat'.
-->'''M {{Expy}}:''' And, Suave... good luck.\\
'''Suave:''' I won't need luck.\\
'''M Expy:'''...You're going to ''a casino''.\\
'''Suave:''' Oh, God, yes, that's right. Blimey. Fingers crossed!
** The same sketch also subverts the one-liners: it quickly turns out MissionControl provides them. [[spoiler: For both Suave and the villain.]]

* Played with a lot in ''Series/{{Chuck}}''. Chuck Bartowski is the furthest thing from James Bond you can find. But he still tries, because he's FunctionalGenreSavvy. When he evolves from TheWoobie to IronWoobie, he makes it work. In fact, because he's so successful (thanks to Casey, Sarah, and the Intersect) that "Charles Carmichael" - the default name he uses when he goes on a mission - becomes feared by the enemy agents as a Bond-esque Tuxedo super-spy. Bryce Larkin, in the early episodes, highlights the 'international superspy' as he should be, and Roan Montgomery basically IS Bond, if he were allowed to genuinely age.
* ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' tested out if you could wear a tuxedo under a dry suit to crash a party on a yacht. After swimming underwater for half a mile, Jaime came up out of the water, stripped off the drysuit, and was able to attend the party in a perfectly presentable tux.
* ''[[Series/GetSmart Get Smart!]]'' was a spoof of SpyFiction in general, so naturally, the show included a few digs at ''Franchise/JamesBond''. Max usually wore a suit and tie, but would occasionally don a tux while on assignment. Whenever he met a contact, he'd introduce himself as [[TheNameIsBondJamesBond "Smart... Maxwell Smart.]] CONTROL Agent 86." The series also parodied the "shaken, not stirred" routine, by having Max either pick up the wrong drink [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny while he was distracted]], or by [[RunningGag spilling it on himself]], since his drink usually came with an umbrella.

* ''Series/{{Burnistoun}}'' has a series of sketches featuring a James Bond parody. He's English and Tuxedo-clad, and is assigned various dangerous missions and has women with PunnyNames fawning all over him. His main shtick is making lame double entendres, then pointing his gun at the camera and winking.
* One invention exchange on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' featured the Formal Flipper, a set of flippers that could be converted into dress shoes, so that spies who go scuba diving with a tux on under their drysuit will have appropriate footwear when they reach their destination.

* ''Series/{{Alias}}'': Sydney Bristow frequently adopts a gender-flipped version of this persona, in particular when she has to infiltrate various high-society functions.

* When Music/PoetsOfTheFall performed their live CoverVersion of ''{{Film/Casino Royale|2006}}'''s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcjZZIRRBNA You Know My Name]]," for The Voice's ''Livenä Vieraissa'' compilation album, they engaged in Film/JamesBond cosplay, in stereotypically immaculate tuxes and bowties.

* The Spy in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''. Impeccable three-piece suit (that can now come with a bow tie), upper-class speech patterns and haughty mannerisms (that is, when he isn't given to [[LameComeback childish insults]]), wears a fancy wristwatch with a built-in [[InvisibilityCloak cloaking device]] and all sorts of other fancy gadgets. Promise not to get blood on his suit and he'll kill you quickly. Would probably fit in any high-class reception if he didn't [[HighlyVisibleNinja wear his balaclava at all times]].

* Goes even further in ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'', where one IdleAnimation for the Spy is Bond's pose on the poster of Film/FromRussiaWithLove despite being unarmed. He also [[SpyTuxReveal switches effortlessly from a tuxedo to a wetsuit]] as needed. Instead of gadgets, he uses a combination of money and psychology (in-game, just money) to cause units to switch sides, can instantly disguise himself as any kind of infantry unit, and while unarmed, putting him in an IFV gives him a OneHitKill attack against infantry.
* Harry Tipper of ''VideoGame/TimeSplitters''. In the [[VideoGame/TimeSplitters2 second game]] he is strapped to a bed with a laser aimed at him...

* Inverted by [[http://spyparty.com/2010/11/26/thanksgiving-metrics-teaser/ Spy Party]], where Spy players are ''least'' likely to choose this outfit as the spy, presumably because they expect the sniper will be suspicious of that character.

* John Steele, the British super-agent in ''Videogame/EvilGenius'', is an obvious James Bond parody, showing up immaculately dressed to invade your IslandBase. He is also the toughest enemy in the game. His name, though, comes from John Steed of ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}'' and ''Series/RemingtonSteele''.

* As a just ''barely'' LawyerFriendlyCameo of Bond, [[IncrediblyLamePun Double-Bro Seven]] from ''{{VideoGame/Broforce}}'' is naturally one of these, down to one of his special attacks being an actual martini.
* Inteleon from ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield''. The final evolution of Pokemon number 007 of the regional dex, Sobble, it is a Secret Agent Pokemon, with plenty of biological variants of stock Bond weapons and gadgets, including a knife hidden in its tail, a glider made from a membrane on its back, special lenses in its eyes, and its signature ability to fire bullets of compressed water from its fingertips, with frequently taking a gun-like pose.
* Lampshaded in ''VideoGame/SplinterCellChaosTheory'', where Sam grabs and interrogates one of the mercs at [[spoiler:Displace International]]. The guy is wearing a nice Italian suit and even offers Sam the name of his tailor. Sam says that tuxes aren't really his thing. The guy wonders why, since he's a spy. Sam replies that he's the real kind of spy, the kind that doesn't wear tuxes.

* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': In December of 2001 the strip did a James Bond parody called [[http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/20011218 Snowfinger]]. After Santa Claus is mutated into an alien hybrid, [[HairRaisingHare Bun-bun]] is recruited by the Christmas elves to stop Santa from distributing presents laced with alien mutagenic spores.
* ''Webcomic/KarateBears'' Clean up good, and love to drink. [[http://www.karatebears.com/2012/11/bonds-that-last.html Look.]]

* ''WebComic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'': D37-9E-A53 (Ace to his friends and family) is a vat-grown time-travelling spacefuture SuperSoldier rather than a spy, but otherwise nails pretty much the trope spot on. He wears a tuxedo when off duty, regularly drinks martinis, speaks with a British accent, [[TheCasanova has an eye for the ladies]] and acts as TheSocialExpert in his [=squad/family=] group.

* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' example: "Double-O Dale." Both Dale and his role model Dirk Suave are depicted in TuxedoAndMartini style all the time when they were doing secret agent work.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{ReBoot}}'' spoofed this type of character with "Matrix, Enzo Matrix", as well as ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', a total JerkAss secret agent with massive mother issues, lives the trope -- notably, he puts off defusing a bomb to change from his tuxedo to a black turtleneck. It's portrayed in a kind of BunnyEarsLawyer way; his flair for the dramatic and fondness for women and alcohol constantly get him in trouble, and he's incredibly irresponsible with the safety of anyone around him, but much like Bond, when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, firefights, and other SoMuchForStealth stuff he's practically a superhero.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Phineas and Ferb}}'': "Elementary, My Dear Stacy" takes place in England. Because of a prior incident with the union, Agent P works with Agent Double-O O. The latter takes hours to burn through a manacle, while Agent P simply gets the key off a table.
* Discussed in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' episode "Fallen Arches", when [[HeroicComedicSociopath Brock]] needs to fight some {{mooks}} while wearing a tuxedo for his role in ''Theatre/TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest'':
-->'''Brock:''' I love wearing a tux when I kill guys. Makes me kinda feel like James Bond.
** In the episode "All This and Gargantua-2", when Brock is doing undercover recon at a space-borne casino, he eschews the baccarat table because "nobody but spies play baccarat". Cut to the baccarat table, where three men in tuxedos are receiving their drink orders, to discover that they all ordered martinis, shaken not stirred.
* Spoofed in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' where Pinkie Pie believes Donut Joe is secretly this.
-->'''Pinkie Pie:''' Or as he's known in the spy world, ''Mane''. ''Con Mane''.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "Arthur Makes a Movie" when the kids aren't allowed to go see a "James Hound" film they decide to make one themselves. Practically the only thing they know about Hound is he wears a suit & bow tie, so Arthur (playing Hound) has to wear them even though they don't have a black bow tie, only a yellow polka-dotted one.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Simpsons}}'' episode, You Only Move Twice, is a parody where Homer unknowingly takes a job with an AffablyEvil supervillain, there is a Connery-Bond expy dressed in a tuxedo who escapes from a laser trap a la Goldfinger, only to be accidentally stopped by Homer. It didn't end well for him.
* ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'' gives us high-ranking [[TimePolice time agents]] Brick and Savannah (who are copy-paste parodies of their [=VA=]s' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' characters), who, in contrast to their lower-ranking counterparts Balthazar Cavendish and Vinnie Dakota, have a high budget to spend on flashy outfits and fancy gear. They're not perfectly able to live up to the image, however, as their attempts at BelligerentSexualTension have thus far [[NoSparks fallen flat]].

->Being a secret agent is totally awesome. I get to do one-liners and climb around in the air vent, plus, Chelsea has so much money to burn, they bought me, like, all these cool new gadgets!

->''"Shaken, not stirred, will get you cold water with a dash of gin and dry vermouth. The reason you stir it with a special spoon is so not to chip the ice. Film/{{James|Bond}} is ordering a weak martini and being snooty about it."''
-->-- '''President Bartlet''', ''Series/TheWestWing''[[note]]Bartlet has forgotten that James orders ''vodka'' martinis -- and that the ingredients used to be a ''lot'' stronger -- 100 U.S. proof/50% abv was common for the vodka, and it was made from potatoes, so it could develop a nasty oily film on top if you ''didn't'' shake it. Also, shaking over ice chills the drink faster than stirring, which matters if you want a drink right now.[[/note]]

* Parodied in ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook'' with 'Agent Suave', who has a ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''-style adventure in a high-stakes casino where all the games are typical village fete things like 'guessing the weight of a fruitcake' and 'whack the rat'.

* The ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' two-parter in Vegas has Al in an ImagineSpot where he is a suave, Bond-like character (complete with a theme songbsound-alike in the background) who is swamped by beautiful woman, Peg is a cocktail waitress who he saves from a brutal man and he encounters a past conquest (who's working as a roulette dealer) named Yummy Allday. When the fantasy ends and after departing due to not having enough money to deal, the dealer asks who he was only for Peg to reply "Loser. Born loser."

* The Spy in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert'' appears, at least to the Allies, as a man in a dapper (if combat-inappropriate) tuxedo-and-bowtie; selecting him or giving him an order causes him to reply in a Connery-ish voice. Of course, to opponents (i.e., the Soviets) he looks like one of their own units, unless discovered by a [[EvilDetectingDog guard dog]].

* In ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'', [[spoiler: Yuuya]] turns out to be one of these. His ED title card even reads "[[spoiler: Yuuya]] [[Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice Only Lives Twice]]".

* The Allies' Spy from ''VideoGame/RedAlert3'', down to having a Creator/SeanConnery-ish accent (and not only does he wear a tuxedo, his icon is a man in a bowtie) and emerging from a wetsuit into a tuxedo (and ice versa). However, one of his main abilities is to disguise himself as an enemy's basic infantry unit.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'''s John Stone is 50% James Bond, 50% Comicbook/NickFury, with the style and the gadgets and the [[TheNameIsBondJamesBond introduction]] to match.
* ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen: Black Dossier'', has a dark {{Deconstruction}} of the literary Bond, with all his worst aspects played up. Bond himself appears (with the serials scratched off-- his name is only given as "Jimmy", but we're also told he's related to Campion Bond)... and he's a sociopathic rapist manchild with a TorturePorn fetish who gets the crap kicked out of him after some jokes about a woman's stage name being Oodles O'Quim. He's quite a JerkAss even beforehand, so this is very satisfying. As well as that, he's reckless, bungling, AxCrazy, nervous, abusive, too reliant on his own gadgets (which often don't work), is a wonderful shot but pathetic in a fistfight and doesn't care for how much collateral damage he causes during operations. And all his adventures [[spoiler: are fabricated for British morale.]] Unfortunately, we see him walk off with the girl in the end, [[spoiler:after he murders her adoptive uncle, who had exposed him as a traitor, coward and in the pocket of the CIA.]] Allan Quartermain even mocks how sorry the British adventure hero has become.
** He later reappears in ''Century: 2009'' as a [[LaserGuidedKarma wheelchair-bound old man suffering from numerous diseases]], described as being [[AndIMustScream in constant pain but kept alive nonetheless]] as punishment for his crimes, despite being a 'hero' and having a knighthood. Meanwhile, six other agents took up the title of 007 to do fieldwork, although they're considerably more moral and likeable than Sir Jimmy. In general, Creator/AlanMoore doesn't like James Bond and especially Fleming's version. [[AuthorTract Did that come across?]]
** After de-aging himself and becoming BigBad of Vol. 4, there's an interesting bit where he laments how the "Tuxedo and Martini" approach of his heyday is giving way to gloomy modern espionage. [[note]] This is likely either Moore conceding that old spy movies are, if nothing else, fun to watch, or just meant to highlight that only a sociopath would bother trying to introduce "style" into a career as a government hit-man... maybe both. [[/note]]
* In ''ComicBook/AthenaVoltaire'', Desmond Forsyth, the British secret agent who sometimes works with Athena, seems to be of this school. Athena criticises him for insisting on a nice suit even when there's a good chance of danger.
-->'''Desmond:''' Athena, please. I'm representing the British Empire.\\
'''Athena:''' Yeah, well, you look less like you're ready for action and more like you're ready for ''tea''.
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** Take ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', where after Bond has sneaked into a drug factory in a drysuit and blown it up. He comes out of the water, removes the drysuit -- and reveals a neat tuxedo.