History Podcast / KillJamesBond

** When something noteworthy occurs in a movie twice, one of the hosts will point it out by saying "[[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror A second [x] has struck the movie]]". For example, when first Creator/AnthonyHopkins, and later Creator/CatherineZetaJones show up in ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'', both cast as Hispanic characters, Devon exclaims "A second Welsh actor has struck the movie!".

* {{Film/Goldeneye}}
* {{Film/Ronin}}

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: November, Abi and Devon deliver one to the professional film critics who talked about Film/MasterAndCommander depicting wholesome male friendships, when the film actually depicts the crew bullying a midshipman into killing himself. They then declare that, actually, they're the only ones who know how to do film criticism, and that they're not the new Siskel and Ebert - Siskel and Ebert were only the proto-Kill James Bond.

* TheDogBitesBack: Presented as this by the hosts. After faking out the audience by reviewing a different ''Casino Royale'', the next review would be a Christmas special celebrating one million downloads, based on a Twitter poll. ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'' won by a country mile, much to their disgust, and they spent a good chunk of the episode mad at the hogs for it, while also acknowledging it as payback for the fake out.
* ThePointsMeanNothing: Of sorts. The SCUM System has no real connection to their enjoyment of the films. Notably, ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'' has the best score of the Connery films, even though they found it terrible and worse than ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' (which they found mostly boring). In contrast ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}'' which the hosts unironically enjoyed as a good film (Abi even called it "the best one so far") still ended up with a very middle of the road score on the SCUM System. When ''Film/AViewToAKill'' ends up getting the best score of ''any'' Bond film, the hosts are downright horrified and wonder if the system needs to be reevaluated.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: November, Abi and Devon deliver one to the professional film critics who talked about Film/MasterAndCommander depicting wholesome male friendships, when the film actually depicts the crew bullying a midshipman into killing himself. They then declare that, actually, they're the only ones who know how to do film criticism, and that they're not the new Siskel and Ebert - Siskel and Ebert were only the proto-Kill James Bond.
* TheStoner: "Sesh Gremlin Q," a character who first appears in the ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' episode and offers Bond a variety of drugs to partake in.

* ARareSentence: Any time a film has an unusual line or line read, the hosts capture it to play it back and discuss. They were delighted when in ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'', Benedict Cumberbatch said things like "Slap the ''fruit''!" and "I suppose we can't all be pengwings."
** While recapping ''Spy Kids 3D" they use the phrase "The old man is granted Megalegs" and are briefly distracted, speculating that this is the counterpoint to "For sale: baby shoes, never worn" - the happiest six word sentence.
** Guest host and producer Nate, discussing a fight in ''Three Days of the Condor'', called an assassin an "alcoholic mailman who knows kung-fu", causing Abi to gasp "What a sentence!" while laughing. "Holy shit, the alcoholic mailman knows kung-fu!"

[[caption-width-right:350:The Culprits (Left to right: Abigail, Devon, and Alice)]]

[[https://www.killjamesbond.com/ Kill James Bond!]] is a biweekly podcast (with bonus episodes in the off weeks) dedicated to analysing the Franchise/JamesBond franchise through a leftist, feminist, anti-imperialist lens, hosted by Abigail Thorn of WebVideo/PhilosophyTube, Alice Caldwell-Kelly of Podcast/TrashFuture and Podcast/WellTheresYourProblem, and Devon.

* AuthorAppeal: The bonus episodes are decided by the hosts, which often means covering films they're personally interested in. For Alice, this often means foreign-language films like ''Film/TheLivesOfOthers'' and ''Film/AllAboutMyMother'', whereas Devon will pick martial arts flicks, often from their vast collection of Hong Kong bootlegs.

* CourtroomEpisode: Loosely parodied in ''Film/TheForeigner2017'' episode, which has Abi and Alice arguing for and against the film respectively while Devon acts as a judge. [[spoiler:Devon mostly agrees with Abi but sides with Alice because "the movie made my friend feel sad."]]

* DamnedByFaintPraise: By the middle of their live show on ''[[Film/AustinPowers Goldmember]]'', the hosts start giving it what Alice calls "remedial points" for any joke that isn't actively racist--note this doesn't mean they're saying the jokes are ''good''. (They do actually find some parts funny, but in general they find the movie has a tendency to run even its good punchlines into the ground by repeating every one multiple times.)

* DistractedByTheSexy: Alice failed to take notes whenever [[Film/AViewToAKill May Day]] was on screen for some reason. This also occurs with Xenia Onatopp in ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}''. During ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' both Alice and Abigail got this from Electra King, causing Devon to threaten to get the spray bottle.

** Everyone except Alice kept getting sidetracked recapping ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'', finding it an extremely horny movie and exclaiming over the Zorros, a far more appealing model of masculinity to them than Bond has ever been.
** At the live GrandFinale, Alice [[https://twitter.com/richardavsmith/status/1512581947050053634 brandishes the spray bottle at Devon and Abi the very second they bring up Ana de Armas’ character.]]

* ImplausibleDeniability: Played for laughs in their episode on ''WesternAnimation/PlanesFireAndRescue''. Abi had to take the week off, so Alice and Devon do a brief gag where they play several clips of her blatantly lifted from other projects that make no sense in context and insist she's definitely there with them.

* MildlyMilitary: Played for laughs in the cold open to their ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' episode. Devon pretends to be a Soviet submarine commander, and says that Alice's uniform is too confusing for them to introduce her; Alice proceeds to declare herself at least four completely separate ranks. Abigail, meanwhile, is "Lieutenant Hypebeast", whose only job is to tell Devon they'll win a medal every time they make a decision.

** Abi and Devon don’t get why Alice and guest Phoebe Roy are so hot for Vesper Lynd. Alice says because she has dark hair and eyes; Abi points out she has those at well, causing Alice to hastily move on after a beat.
** Abigail, Devon, and guest Maddie are amazed by "old Zorro" and "young Zorro" in ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro''. Alice waits this out patiently but gleefully joins in in speculating about the dom/sub relationship of the Zorros, and how hot Old Zorro's daughter is for Young Zorro.

** Alice threatening to use a spray bottle on the other hosts for being too horny.

** On the episode for ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Alice imported a running gag from ''Podcast/{{Trashfuture}}'' by splicing her sound drop of Graham Linehan saying "my wife" into a sequence of Elliot Carver saying the same.

* SoftReboot: While all the Bond films when a new actor takes over could count as this, Alice notes that the six-year gap following ''Film/LicenceToKill'', with the collapse of the Soviet Union, a new Bond for the 90s and the seeming victory of neoliberal capitalism, means that ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}'' is the clearest example, as it’s the only one in the series not set during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Alice, Abi and Devon deliver one to the professional film critics who talked about Film/MasterAndCommander depicting wholesome male friendships, when the film actually depicts the crew bullying a midshipman into killing himself. They then declare that, actually, they're the only ones who know how to do film criticism, and that they're not the new Siskel and Ebert - Siskel and Ebert were only the proto-Kill James Bond.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Alice's reaction to ''My Little Pony: The Movie'' being the bonus episode. Her first line is a muttered "I hate (Abi) so much right now...". Being a ConsummateProfessional, she still recaps the episode and gamely discusses it, albeit through gritted teeth.

* VocalEvolution: Around episode 4, Abi’s voice becomes softer, lighter and more versatile as her voice training goes on. The zenith of her vocal ability is in the review for ''Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore'' when [[spoiler:she briefly uses her pre-transition voice, to Alice and Devon’s shock]].

* Film/AgentCodyBanksDestinationLondon

** Referring to Bond baddies with particularly prominent obsessions as "[x] Blofeld". Stromberg in ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', who plans to rebuild civilisation under the sea, gets renamed "Wet Blofeld", while Elliot Carver in ''Tomorrow Never Dies'', who uses his news media empire to manipulate governments, becomes "TV Blofeld".

** Abigail, Devon, and guest Maddie are amazed by "old Zorro" and "young Zorro" in ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro''. Alice, not attracted to men, waits this out patiently but gleefully joins in in speculating about the dom/sub relationship of the Zorros, and how hot Old Zorro's daughter is for Young Zorro.

* PlotTriggeringDeath: A common element of the movies the podcast reviews. After multiple James Bond movies used Agent 009 as the victim of the plot-triggering death, the hosts refer to ''all'' victims of the plot-triggering death as "009" as one of the show's many {{Running Gag}}a.

* Film/SpyKids3

* Film/SpyKids2