| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kjb_5.png]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:The Culprits (Left to right: Abigail, Devon, and November)]] |
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| 4 | [[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, November Kelly of Podcast/TrashFuture and Podcast/WellTheresYourProblem, and Devon. |
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| 6 | Each mainline episode examines an installment of the franchise - beginning with 1962's ''Film/DrNo'' - and applies the nominally-scientific "SCUM System" to it - rating its levels of Smarm, Cultural Insensitivity, Unprovoked Violence and Misogyny out of 007. Bonus episodes, meanwhile, look at Bond-adjacent works - tie-in video games (like ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997''), or films starring Bond actors (like Sean Connery's role in ''Film/TheNameOfTheRose''), or spy films that reference Bond (like ''WesternAnimation/Cars2''). Having completed a thorough drubbing of all of the cinematic Bonds thus far, they have continued on with other spy-themed movies, from the serious (''Film/{{Breach}}'', ''Film/{{Syriana}}'') to the... less serious (''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''). After the mainline Bond movies, the podcast tackled the ''Film/TheBourneSeries'' and ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE''. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 9 | |
| 10 | [[folder: Season 1]] |
| 11 | * Film/DrNo |
| 12 | * {{VideoGame/Goldeneye}} |
| 13 | * Film/FromRussiaWithLove |
| 14 | * Film/OKConnery |
| 15 | * {{Film/Goldfinger}} |
| 16 | * Film/OSS117CairoNestOfSpies |
| 17 | * {{Film/Thunderball}} |
| 18 | * {{VideoGame/EverythingOrNothing}} |
| 19 | * Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice |
| 20 | * Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService |
| 21 | * Film/TopSecret |
| 22 | * Film/DiamondsAreForever |
| 23 | * Film/TheManFromHongKong |
| 24 | * Film/LiveAndLetDie |
| 25 | * Anime/LupinIIITheFirst |
| 26 | * Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun |
| 27 | * Film/RisingSun |
| 28 | * Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe |
| 29 | * {{Film/Moonraker}} |
| 30 | * Film/TheNameOfTheRose |
| 31 | * Film/ForYourEyesOnly |
| 32 | * WesternAnimation/Cars2 |
| 33 | * {{Film/Octopussy}} |
| 34 | * Series/TheSaint |
| 35 | * Film/NeverSayNeverAgain |
| 36 | * Film/CatsAndDogsTheRevengeOfKittyGalore |
| 37 | * Film/AViewToAKill |
| 38 | * Film/TheLivingDaylights |
| 39 | * Film/TheHuntForRedOctober |
| 40 | * Film/LicenceToKill |
| 41 | * Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams |
| 42 | * Film/GoldenEye |
| 43 | * Film/Ronin1998 |
| 44 | * Film/TomorrowNeverDies |
| 45 | * Film/VanHelsing |
| 46 | * Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough |
| 47 | * Film/TheThomasCrownAffair1999 |
| 48 | * Film/DieAnotherDay |
| 49 | * Film/CannonballRun |
| 50 | * Film/TheRock |
| 51 | * Film/MammaMiaHereWeGoAgain |
| 52 | * Film/CasinoRoyale1967 |
| 53 | * WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar |
| 54 | * {{Film/Stormbreaker}} |
| 55 | * Film/CasinoRoyale2006 |
| 56 | * Film/SpyKids3DGameOver |
| 57 | * Film/QuantumOfSolace |
| 58 | * WesternAnimation/PlanesFireAndRescue |
| 59 | * Film/MadMission3 |
| 60 | * {{Film/Skyfall}} |
| 61 | * Film/TheTuxedo |
| 62 | * {{Film/Spectre}} |
| 63 | * Film/TheForeigner2017 |
| 64 | * Film/TheBourneIdentity |
| 65 | * Film/PoliceStory |
| 66 | * Film/TheBourneSupremacy |
| 67 | * Film/ShootEmUp |
| 68 | * Film/NoTimeToDie |
| 69 | * Film/TheBourneUltimatum |
| 70 | * WesternAnimation/FlushedAway |
| 71 | * Film/TheBourneLegacy |
| 72 | * Film/TheMaskofZorro |
| 73 | * Film/JasonBourne |
| 74 | [[/folder]] |
| 75 | |
| 76 | [[folder: Season 2]] |
| 77 | * {{Film/Syriana}} |
| 78 | * Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro |
| 79 | * Film/{{Breach}} |
| 80 | * Film/OSS117LostInRio |
| 81 | * Film/EnemyOfTheState |
| 82 | * Film/ThreeDaysOfTheCondor |
| 83 | * Film/PatriotGames |
| 84 | * WesternAnimation/TotallySpiesTheMovie |
| 85 | * Film/ClearAndPresentDanger |
| 86 | * Film/WinterKills |
| 87 | * Film/AirForceOne |
| 88 | * Film/TheRailwayMan |
| 89 | * Film/TheSumOfAllFears |
| 90 | * Film/KungFuHustle |
| 91 | * Film/AQueensRansom |
| 92 | * Film/HedwigAndTheAngryInch |
| 93 | * Film/JackRyanShadowRecruit |
| 94 | * Film/AgentCodyBanks: Destination London |
| 95 | * Film/WithoutRemorse |
| 96 | * {{Film/Saloum}} |
| 97 | * Film/JennifersBody |
| 98 | * Film/ToTrapASpy |
| 99 | * Film/TheLivesOfOthers |
| 100 | * Film/TheSpyWithMyFace |
| 101 | * {{Film/Equilibrium}} |
| 102 | * Film/OneSpyTooMany |
| 103 | * Film/Robocop2 |
| 104 | * Film/DieHard |
| 105 | * Film/OneOfOurSpiesIsMissing |
| 106 | * Film/TheSpyInTheGreenHat |
| 107 | * Film/TheWindAndTheLion |
| 108 | * Film/TheKarateKillers |
| 109 | * Film/AFewGoodMen |
| 110 | * Film/TheHelicopterSpies |
| 111 | * Film/SpeedRacer |
| 112 | * Film/TheRaid |
| 113 | * Film/HowToStealTheWorld |
| 114 | * Film/TodoSobreMiMadre |
| 115 | * Film/ReturnOfTheManFromUNCLE |
| 116 | * WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony |
| 117 | * Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015 |
| 118 | * Film/AtomicBlonde |
| 119 | * Film/AustinPowers |
| 120 | * {{Film/Tombstone}} |
| 121 | * Film/AustinPowersTheSpyWhoShaggedMe |
| 122 | * Film/ThePowerOfTheDog |
| 123 | * Film/AustinPowersGoldmember |
| 124 | * Film/SevenSamurai |
| 125 | * Film/FirstBlood |
| 126 | * Film/HouseOfGucci |
| 127 | * Film/RamboFirstBloodPartII |
| 128 | * Film/DeathBecomesHer |
| 129 | * Film/RamboIII |
| 130 | * Film/CopLand |
| 131 | * {{Film/Cruella}} |
| 132 | * Anime/PerfectBlue |
| 133 | * {{Film/Rambo|IV}} |
| 134 | * {{Film/Serpico}} |
| 135 | * Film/RamboLastBlood |
| 136 | * Film/DemolitionMan |
| 137 | [[/folder]] |
| 138 | |
| 139 | [[folder: Season 3]] |
| 140 | * {{Film/OSS117}} se déchaîne |
| 141 | * Film/AgentSecretFX18 |
| 142 | * Film/TheConsequencesOfLove |
| 143 | * {{Film/OSS117}} Panic in Bangkok |
| 144 | * Film/HuntForTheWilderpeople |
| 145 | * Code Name Tiger |
| 146 | * Film/PoliceStory 2 |
| 147 | * Film/LesBarbouzes |
| 148 | * {{Film/Audition}} |
| 149 | * Secret Agent Fireball |
| 150 | * The Conformist |
| 151 | * Shots in 3/4 Time |
| 152 | * Film/TheEdge |
| 153 | * Film/MasterAndCommander |
| 154 | * Film/DieHard2 |
| 155 | * Film/Goldfinger with No Notes |
| 156 | * {{Film/OSS117}} Mission for a Killer |
| 157 | * {{Film/Zardoz}} |
| 158 | * Red Dragon (not [[Film/RedDragon that one]]) |
| 159 | * Film/VivreSaVie |
| 160 | * Film/ThatManInIstanbul |
| 161 | * Film/{{Wanted}} |
| 162 | * Film/OurAgentTiger |
| 163 | * Film/SpyKids4 |
| 164 | * Film/ModestyBlaise |
| 165 | * Film/RulesOfEngagement |
| 166 | * Film/CharliesAngels |
| 167 | * Film/ToTheBone |
| 168 | * Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle |
| 169 | * Film/TheCardCounter |
| 170 | * Film/CharliesAngels2019 |
| 171 | * Film/RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion |
| 172 | * {{Film/OSS117}}Terror in Tokyo |
| 173 | * {{Film/Beowulf}} |
| 174 | * Film/TheQuillerMemorandum |
| 175 | * Film/TheNorthman |
| 176 | [[/folder]] |
| 177 | |
| 178 | ---- |
| 179 | !! This podcast provides examples of: |
| 180 | |
| 181 | * AbortedArc: Season Three [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/kill-james-bond-87904335 was announced]] as encompassing every Eurospy movie in release order, or at least, every one that they could find. While the first handful they covered were mostly good or interesting in their own ways, as they went on more and more of the films they covered were completely formulaic, leaving them without much to talk about. Given that [[https://www.imdb.com/list/ls096065315/?sort=release_date%2Casc&st_dt=&mode=detail&page=1 Eurospy covers a lot of films]] they cut this down on the advice of helpful fans, announcing that starting with ''That Man In Istanbul'' they were doing "bangers only" and covering only another eight rather than... forty. |
| 182 | * TheAce: |
| 183 | ** Minor villain Kronsteen from ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' is treated as this. The hosts praise him as being infinitely cooler than Bond, cry foul when he is offed by Blofeld and invent the Kronsteen Rosette to honor similar unappreciated villains. |
| 184 | ** [[Film/TheManFromHongKong Inspector Fan Sing-Ling]] also gets this honour. |
| 185 | * ActuallyPrettyFunny: They are of course inclined to dislike Bond and Bond movies, as well as any films that have a conservative bend, but the hosts are always willing to admit when something is good. Any time when a Bond shows empathy, kindness, or general restraint they find themselves endeared, and they have to pause to re-orient themselves and wonder if they're getting soft. To their great aggravation, they all really enjoyed the first two Daniel Craig movies. |
| 186 | * AdamWesting: Watching [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJFUzK79X-A George Lazenby's cameo]] in ''The Fifteen Years Later Affair'' they speculate that he is ''not'' portraying James Bond, as the film is ferociously over-hinting without actually using the name, but the actor George Lazenby, having stolen a gadget car and equipped it with real missiles. The reason why Napoleon Solo isn't acknowledging him isn't Bond envy but because this is a dangerous lunatic to be avoided. |
| 187 | * ArtifactTitle: At the end of season 1, they get to ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', which is currently the last Bond movie. Season 2 covers general spy/military movies, rather than any actual James Bond. Season 3 is/was about Eurospy films. Season 4 will be about thefts and heist movies in general. |
| 188 | * AscendedExtra: The whole point of the Kronsteen Rosette and Goodnight Cross, awarded OnceAnEpisode for underappreciated Bond villains and allies respectively. |
| 189 | ** They later add the Kaufman Star, for minor characters which elevate or derail a film. |
| 190 | * AuthorAppeal: The bonus episodes are decided by the hosts, which often means covering films they're personally interested in. For November, 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. |
| 191 | * AwesomeMcCoolname: They're quite taken by the name of a boat being ''Disco Volante''. |
| 192 | * BaitAndSwitch: |
| 193 | ** TheTeaser for ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' opens with Abi appearing to give a sincere dedication and eulogy to the recently deceased Prince Philip...only for it to be for Music/{{DMX}} instead, [[CrossesTheLineTwice with all three hosts declaring Philip is in hell.]] |
| 194 | ** The description for their first Casino Royale episode indicates it will be [[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 the 2006 Eon film]]. It's actually [[Film/CasinoRoyale1967 the 1967 parody version]]. |
| 195 | * TheBigGuy: The hosts get a lot of mileage out of any time some ''enormous'' and absurdly muscular Hollywood action hero is supposedly inconspicuous among normal sized or even normal-large people. |
| 196 | * BileFascination: They ''hated'' watching ''Shoot Em Up'' but acknowledged at the start of that episode that really terrible films sometimes make for the best podcasting material, and this one particularly says a lot about masculinity that makes for a good dissection. |
| 197 | * BrickJoke: While introducing {{Film/Moonraker}} the hosts posit that it was written by the same person who wrote Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe, a movie they rather enjoyed, 'helped' by a baboon, who was responsible for all the nonsensical parts. Later in the film Devon gets wildly indignant about the villain [[NiceJobFixingItVillain causing his own problems]] and Abi, mirroring their tone, exclaims "What is this baboon doing in here!?" |
| 198 | * BrownNote: While they enjoyed ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' quite a bit overall, Margaret Thatcher appearing at the very end horrifies them. Abi claims she got an aneurysm and they agree that there should have been a trigger warning. |
| 199 | * ComplexityAddiction: The trio argue that the villain in ''Film/WithoutRemorse'' made things far too complicated for himself by involving actual soldiers and actual operations in his plot, especially as this gives Michael B. Jordan's character both the opportunity and the impetus to stop him. Given his high level of authority, he has access to everything necessary to get exactly what he wants--he doesn't need a nonsensical web of double-crosses and secret operations with multiple failure points that, as the hosts contend, is only "clever" because the writers made it so that it worked out perfectly until the last step. |
| 200 | -->'''Dev [yelling]:''' It doesn't make any sense! |
| 201 | -->[overlapping yelling from all three hosts] |
| 202 | -->'''Abi:''' Why not just lie? Why not just lie? It's much easier to do! |
| 203 | * ConversationalTroping: Discussing ''Film/LicenceToKill'' the hosts repeatedly call its main plot a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. |
| 204 | * CopHater: Very ACAB as a podcast. Abi in particular will bring up the [[https://tribunemag.co.uk/2022/03/spycops-police-infiltration-covert-human-intelligence-sources-blm-swansea Covert Human Intelligence Act]] and the related [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_undercover_policing_relationships_scandal Spycops scandal]] whenever Bond seduces a woman under a false name. |
| 205 | * CourtroomEpisode: Loosely parodied in ''Film/TheForeigner2017'' episode, which has Abi and November arguing for and against the film respectively while Devon acts as a judge. [[spoiler:Devon mostly agrees with Abi but sides with November because "the movie made my friend feel sad."]] |
| 206 | * CreatorCareerSelfDeprecation: Frequently refer to unfashionably-dressed characters as "dressing like podcasters". |
| 207 | * CutenessProximity: Abigail is quite taken by the presence of a "tiger kitten" in Octopussy. |
| 208 | * DamnedByFaintPraise: By the middle of their live show on ''[[Film/AustinPowers Goldmember]]'', the hosts start giving it what November 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.) |
| 209 | * DarkerAndEdgier: Though not without some jokes, the ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' miniseries is more solemn and cynical compared to the rest of the podcast. The hosts make it clear that they take no joy in tearing apart the xenophobic, far-right ideology of the films and their pornographic approach to violence and misogyny. |
| 210 | --> '''Devon:''' The other ones, we've had, like, running jokes, 'cause things have happened that are funny...Rambo has given us ''fucking nothing'' but racism from start to finish. |
| 211 | -->'''Abi:''' It's depressing. It's a sad series of films. |
| 212 | * DesignatedHero: Discussed in the ''Film/WithoutRemorse'' episode. The hosts talk about how John's Aleppo mission actually comes off as sinister and frightening rather than badass if you don't automatically buy into the premise that "American flag patch=good"--without that, it's a sequence where large, threatening soldiers coldly slaughter much weaker-looking people, many of whom are even unarmed. Abi also points out that the sound editor made the odd decision to put in the sound of screams, including ''children's'' screams, in the background, which combines to make the SEALS look less like heroes and more like a "death squad". |
| 213 | -->'''Devon:''' That's the protagonist doing this, huh? Okay, alright. |
| 214 | -->'''Abi:''' First thing we see him do is murder two unarmed people. |
| 215 | * DistractedByTheSexy: November 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 November and Abigail got this from Electra King, causing Devon to threaten to get the spray bottle. |
| 216 | ** Also works as an in-joke in ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' when Abi opines that Tatiana, a blonde wearing black underwear and a choker, would have been perfect if [[WebVideo/ContraPoints she was American]]. |
| 217 | ** Everyone except November 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. |
| 218 | ** At the live GrandFinale, November [[https://twitter.com/richardavsmith/status/1512581947050053634 brandishes the spray bottle at Devon and Abi the very second they bring up Ana de Armas’ character.]] |
| 219 | -->'''Devon:''' Listen! She’s wasted in this movie! I think it’s cool that she has a gun! |
| 220 | -->'''Abi:''' It’s a ''really'' nice dress! |
| 221 | ** While watching ''The Helicopter Spies'', November mentioned Julie London's headshot on her Wikipedia page - "''Good'' '''lord''', oh my ''god''!" - prompting the other two to look her up and whoop, swear, and laugh in admiration. Devon then encouraged the listeners to stop what they're doing and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_London see for themselves]]. |
| 222 | * 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. |
| 223 | * DoWrongRight: In their review of ''Film/Robocop2'', upon seeing a villain apparently try to use a child as a human shield, Abi jokes that it's a bad choice because the child isn't big enough. |
| 224 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Daniel Craig's Bond is quickly saddled with the nickname "Craig Fingersuck" after the scene in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' where Bond puts Vesper Lynd's fingers in his mouth. |
| 225 | ** Abi’s old schoolfriend John has had three, each one getting worse: "Paedo John" for dating a girl in the year below him at school; "Homophobic John" for his religious objections to marriage equality (which led Abi to cut all ties with him); and - much later - "John the Rapist". |
| 226 | * EnforcedMethodActing [=Invoked=]: Brought up in the early Bond films, whether it’s Connery’s fear of spiders in ''Film/DrNo'' making him sweat on camera, or Harold Sakata’s martial arts background resulting in Connery’s back injury in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''. Played for laughs with George Lazenby; him breaking a stuntman’s nose in his audition is taken by Abi as an early sign he couldn’t act. |
| 227 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Roger Moore's Bond, at least in his first few films, is just as sexually aggressive and into QuestionableConsent as Connery's, but that he also smiles more and is smarmy about it and ''seems'' friendlier, rather than just having Connery's brutality, quite puts the hosts off. |
| 228 | * FunWithAcronyms: |
| 229 | ** The SCUM System on which James Bond movies are scored in which SCUM stands for Smarm, Cultural insensitivity, Unprovoked violence, and Misogyny. After the ''No Time to Die'' live show, non-Bond movies are also brought under the SCUM System. |
| 230 | ** The GIRTH System on which non-James Bond movies were scored prior to the ''No Time to Die'' live show for pillars of toxic masculinity in which GIRTH stands for Glory, Intellectualism, Respecting the Troops, and Heterosexuality. |
| 231 | * GratuitousFrench: ''Film/OSS117CairoNestOfSpies'' is a French film, so for that episode, Devon recites the normal podcast introductions in French. [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Sort of]]. To a listener who understands no French, the main hint that something is up is the smothered laughter of the other two hosts, and that at one point Devon says "pedophile" in their Frenchest accent. |
| 232 | ** While covering ''Film/RisingSun'' they introduce themselves in ''much'' worse faux Japanese. |
| 233 | * HateSink: |
| 234 | ** While the franchise as a whole is one for the show, the hosts have particular contempt for the Connery films for their overt racism and misogyny, with Connery’s version of Bond being the most overtly predatory. This even extends to ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'', where the subtext of pining for the good old days is read as reactionary, as though the best Bond is the one who explicitly rapes two women in [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} two]] [[Film/{{Thunderball}} consecutive]] movies. |
| 235 | ** They did at least find some funny things to talk about in even Connery Bond films. The Rambo series... while the first one had aspects that Abby in particular liked, the {{Sequelitis}} kicking in and displaying increasingly conservative politics, the {{Gorn}}, the degree to which women exist to be brutalized, and Rambo losing his vulnerability and simply becoming a lionized badass altogether made them sadder and angrier, to the point of giving the last two movies a higher SCUM score than any Bond movie. |
| 236 | * {{Hypocrite}}: In a couple of films where Bond is taken aback by a woman initiating a kiss with him - in one of them he says she should ask first - the hosts call him this, considering that if he's [[RunningGag the same guy across all these movies]] he's forced kisses [[QuestionableConsent and worse]] ''quite'' readily. |
| 237 | * IdenticalStranger: The ColdOpen for the episode on ''Film/{{Breach}}'' is Abi talking about [[https://youtu.be/HNT7jAcOJsU?si=wgmtFcgQ4zYC45OK her first encounter]] with the film: she and some guys from school spotting the poster and noticing that Ryan Philippe was the spitting image of their friend "Paedo John". |
| 238 | * ImplausibleDeniability: Played for laughs in their episode on ''WesternAnimation/PlanesFireAndRescue''. Abi had to take the week off, so November 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. |
| 239 | -->'''Devon:''' Abi, how do you feel about all those people being mean to you online? |
| 240 | -->'''"Abi":''' No, I’m gonna fucking kill that cunt- |
| 241 | -->'''Devon:''' That’s a bit ''rude'', Abigail! Come now! |
| 242 | * InformedAttractiveness: The ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'' are supposedly extremely cute, particularly Private. None of the hosts find any of the purportedly adorable animals to have appealing models, but they ''do'' think the octopus villains are cute. |
| 243 | * IResembleThatRemark: Watching ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Abi became self conscious as the other two joked about Brosnan Bond's go-to move during sex being to bite his partner's shoulder. |
| 244 | * IWantMyJetpack: While recounting ''Moonraker'' the hosts sigh considering how science fiction at the time of the movie predicted a wildly optimistic future, while science fiction today mainly predicts a CrapsackWorld. |
| 245 | * KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Eurospy encompasses a lot of 1960s movies that are all but forgotten and not available for purchase or streaming. Some were spliced together from subbed and dubbed versions by the hogs. The best ones, Devon says at a few points, they'll make available for fans to download and see themselves. |
| 246 | * LiarRevealed: With Season 2, the hosts introduce a new medal: the Brian Cox Award for Services to Intelligence, presented to any character who immediately reveals their plans when challenged. Named after Cox’s character in ''Film/TheBourneSupremacy'' who goes from denying Blackbriar to blabbing about a secret CIA death squad within ''seconds''. |
| 247 | * LimitedMoveArsenal: Connery’s Bond has three moves: Light Attack, Heavy Attack, and Grapple. Later expanded to include the special attack Exploit Disability. |
| 248 | * LiveEpisode: Befitting its status as a GrandFinale for the original format of the podcast, the ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' episode was recorded as a live show in front of an audience. |
| 249 | ** In April 2023, the hosts reunited in person for three live shows across three nights to cover the ''Film/AustinPowers'' trilogy. |
| 250 | ** Another three-night series of live shows happened in March 2024, this time focusing on the ''Charlie's Angels'' movies. |
| 251 | * LoonyFan: They make frequent jokes about parasocial relationships with their fans, including saying that they're all each listener's real, ''personal'' friend and also each is single, as the appearance of availability and interest drives engagement. |
| 252 | * LotusEaterMachine: The hosts speculate that ''Film/MammaMiaHereWeGoAgain'' (and by extension the first film) is actually one of these for Pierce Brosnan's Bond, created by him to endure [[Film/DieAnotherDay being tortured in a North Korean prison for eighteen months.]] Abi even mentions [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_machine Robert Nozick and the "experience machine"]] when introducing this idea. |
| 253 | * MildlyMilitary: Played for laughs in the cold open to their ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' episode. Devon pretends to be a Soviet submarine commander, and says that November's uniform is too confusing for them to introduce her; Nonsense 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. |
| 254 | * MoneyDearBoy: As an actress herself Abigail quite respects the majority of actors taking on bit parts or poor roles for this reason, saying at a few points that she herself would play any part she was given to her utmost ability even if it was for a Bond movie. |
| 255 | * MyFriendsAndZoidberg: During their review of ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'', the hosts list Skipper, Rico, and Kowalsky, and only then tack on Private, "the fourth penguin who is also here", a designation that persists for the whole episode. |
| 256 | * NeverLearnedToRead: One of Bond's many fleeting lovers coyly says "I never learned to read", which the hosts made into a drop since it's such a bizarre way to flirt. Because there are ''so many'' drops it got lost before too long, but they'll still say it in the same tone whenever a character makes that kind of admission of ignorance. |
| 257 | * NonIndicativeName: A minor RunningGag in the "The Spy in the Green Hat" episode is that while there are definitely spies, and there are people with hats, none of the spies have ''green'' hats until the last ten minutes (and even then, the hosts contend his hat is insufficiently green to deserve the moniker). |
| 258 | * NotDistractedByTheSexy: Devon is the only host who is not enamored with Xenia Onatopp in the ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}'' episode. |
| 259 | ** Abi and Devon don’t get why November and guest Phoebe Roy are so hot for Vesper Lynd. November says because she has dark hair and eyes; Abi points out she has those at well, causing November to hastily move on after a beat. |
| 260 | ** Abigail, Devon, and guest Maddie are amazed by "old Zorro" and "young Zorro" in ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro''. November 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. |
| 261 | * OneSceneWonder: DiscussedTrope - Frequently pointed out by the hosts when a minor villain or character ends up stealing the scene. This led to the creation of the Kronsteen Rosette and Goodnight Cross for a minor character (villainous and heroic, respectively) who went beyond the call of duty and became more interesting than the main characters. Then there's Doctor Kaufmann from ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', which led to the hosts going on a long digression over how much he stole the entire scene and, arguably, movie. |
| 262 | -->'''November:''' How are you supposed to recover from this? How are you supposed to go on recording your podcast? |
| 263 | -->'''Devon:''' I will never recover financially. [...] He's in this movie for 2 and a half minutes, and in my heart forever. |
| 264 | ** ''Film/CasinoRoyale1967'' and its memorable performance from Orson Wells has them awarding his character the rare Kaufmann Star, for a character who "obliterates" the movie. For Kaufmann himself it was thanks to a bizarre performance, while Wells' character simply out-acted everyone else by a shocking margin. The star is not given in every film, and it's also not limited to the free feed movies - they gave one to a henchwoman in ''{{Film/Stormbreaker}}'' as well. |
| 265 | ** While they forgot to do so in the episode itself, in the episode after ''The Spy With My Face'' they awarded a Kaufmann Star to [[AC: The Vault]] because it's such a bizarre high concept thing in such a zany madcap movie that the hosts were forced to stop and talk about it at length. [[AC: The Vault]] is a countermeasure against ''aliens'', using it would deactivate every nuclear weapon on Earth, and [[https://youtu.be/5CSCnndwbgk?si=1tMrn9yM5mNtyrPb you have to wear goggles to look into it]] because if you ''don't'' you're compelled to go inside and won't come back out. "You can't save a man who no longer exists." ...And it just looks like a shipping container, because the budget for the film was very modest. |
| 266 | * PetTheDog: Devon recounts that, while watching ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' on the train back home, the ticket inspector asked to see their Railcard. When they realised they had forgotten it, the inspector saw "the most defeated expression a human being has ever had" and told them not to worry. |
| 267 | * PinballProtagonist: Although it's certainly the least of their problems with ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', the hosts describe it as a Bond movie that is happening ''around'' James Bond. |
| 268 | * 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}}s. |
| 269 | * 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. |
| 270 | * PstandardPsychicPstance: The "no notes" reviews, in which the three recount Bond movies starting from ''Dr No'' without rewatching or reviewing them in any way, using only their memories and any surviving drops, feature a lot of pausing to wrack their brains and taking the "Cerebro pose", which Alice claims actually helps. |
| 271 | * QuestionableConsent: The podcast is not shy about pointing out when Bond's sexual encounters are less than good on consent. For instance, they criticize one encounter with a nurse who left him strapped to one of the Bond wigglers as Bond essentially telling a woman that if she doesn't sleep with him, he will get her fired--while she responds positively and flirts back, that ''is'' what he just said to her, more or less. They also particularly disdain the scene with Pussy Galore as "corrective rape that textually works". |
| 272 | * 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." |
| 273 | ** 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. |
| 274 | ** 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!" |
| 275 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: November, Abi and Devon deliver one to the professional film critics who talked about Film/MasterAndCommander depicting wholesome male friendships, when the film also, and far more prominently, 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. |
| 276 | * RefugeInAudacity: They loved ''Film/TheManFromHongKong'', crowing in delight about the absurdly over the top levels of unprovoked violence that the Inspector gets up to. |
| 277 | * RememberTheNewGuy: The podcast gets a lot of mileage out of Mitchell from ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', and his one unforgettable line before his shocking FaceHeelTurn. |
| 278 | * RootingForTheEmpire: |
| 279 | ** In-Universe, the podcast's central conceit is that Bond is a rapist and murderer, employed to protect the corrupt interests of Britain's elites, so they're well-inclined towards whoever he's opposing even if they don't always actually take that side. Plus, as the hosts are left-leaning, whenever the films' villains are communist they find them more sympathetic than was probably intended. |
| 280 | ** The podcast hosts also openly admitted to rooting for the villain in ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'' because they loathed the main characters. |
| 281 | * RuleOfThree: The three times that Abi takes note of how Creator/GeorgeLazenby walks. |
| 282 | * RuleOfSymbolism: Discussed in multiple episodes, with the crew (only somewhat) jokingly stating that the majority of movies are ultimately about 9/11 and/or being transgender. |
| 283 | * RunningGag: Quite a few. |
| 284 | ** Torture devices will typically be referred to as "Bond wigglers", after the spinal traction table in ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' that threatened to wiggle Bond to death. |
| 285 | ** Referring to Creator/RogerMoore's Bond as "X nonce" (i.e. "helicopter nonce" or "snowmobile nonce"). |
| 286 | ** Several of the soundbites from the films get repeated often, such as [[Film/LiveAndLetDie "A man comes!"]] and [[Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice "Oh, you must excuse this rather odd mixture of styles, but I refuse to go entirely Japanese."]] |
| 287 | ** November threatening to use a spray bottle on the other hosts for being too horny. |
| 288 | ** Abi being horny for any blonde woman, especially if they're American. |
| 289 | ** Abi’s refusal to explain what hauntology means. |
| 290 | ** Pointing out how increasingly ridiculous it is that nearly every iteration of Bond is meant to be the same person. |
| 291 | -->"In WWII, when I [Bond] was the same guy..." |
| 292 | ** Their insistence that Dalton's Bond is explicitly Welsh James Bond. Abigail likes to break into a heavy Welsh accent for this bit. |
| 293 | ** "So, Bond, what's the deal with this movie?" |
| 294 | ** Describing problems Bond has to solve in the simplest terms possible, such as "rocket fall down". |
| 295 | ** The "Pussy Clock", where Abi times how long it takes for a new woman character to be introduced to have sex with Bond. |
| 296 | ** On the episode for ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', November 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. |
| 297 | ** The Harold Sakata school of acting, invoked when discussing EnforcedMethodActing particularly of the "actually hurt someone doing a stunt" type. |
| 298 | ** Whenever someone's killed in an absurd way: "Excellent work [[{{VideoGame/Hitman}} Agent 47]], now make your way to an exit". |
| 299 | ** After Bond shoves a man into [[InherentlyFunnyWord maggots]] in ''Film/LicenceToKill'' the hosts act as if he filled his pockets with them and used maggots in every fight scene, bringing them up while recounting said scenes. The last line in that episode is "Maggots!" |
| 300 | ** "The cigarette that kills you instantly" and its counterpart, the cigarette that's good for you. The former is often used as a snowclone where another noun takes the place of cigarette. |
| 301 | ** The Hench app, a hypothetical gig economy app similar to Uber, but for henchmen. |
| 302 | ** "Please place your hand on this metal plate" in regards to henchmen who have failed the villain of the movie and are about to be disposed of, in reference to Blofeld's means of electrocuting members of SPECTRE that had failed him. |
| 303 | ** Referring to any GiantMook as a movie's "Mongo" and any smaller mook regarded as some kind of specialist as its "Mr Surname". |
| 304 | ** Characters in non-Bond spy movies will be referred to by their Bond equivalents - the protagonist is 007, his boss is M, the shadowy evil organisation is Spectre, the spy who gets killed in the first scene to establish the stakes is 009, and so on. |
| 305 | ** Apparently-innocuous objects that conceal deadly weapons or poisons are "the X that kills you instantly". |
| 306 | ** Referring to Bond villains 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". |
| 307 | ** Any time a movie visits London, they will play the clip of the copyright-avoiding SuspiciouslySimilarSong version of The Clash's "London Calling" from ''Film/AgentCodyBanks: Destination London''. |
| 308 | ** In the first Bourne film, a CIA assassin codenamed "Professor" is activated by texting him the word "Chimp". The hosts promptly dubbed him Professor Chimp and referred to CIA assassins in all subsequent movies as "Professors chimp" and just "chimps" - and there are a ''lot'' of those coming from an absurd number of sinister projects, so it gets plenty of use. |
| 309 | *** ''The Bourne Ultimatum'' has plenty of flashbacks to how Jason Bourne became a chimp, which involved being asked "Do you commit to this program?" again and again until the hosts all found the phrase hilarious and started using it themselves. |
| 310 | ** Misidentifying actors. Episode art for most of the Bourne movies is a shot of a non-Mark Strong actor with the caption "Mark Strong", who they joke is in all of the films. This returns in later episodes, whenever a host mistakes an actor. |
| 311 | ** 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, Abbie exclaims "A second Welsh actor strikes the film!". |
| 312 | ** Whenever they discuss actors, directors, studios etc that are still working, Abi has a conflict of interest and carefully says something complimentary. This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE0vH4ZW9lk cracks a bit]] on their ''House of Gucci'' episode when November plays Jared Leto saying "Criminal tax eva~sion~" in a ''very'' silly voice. |
| 313 | ** The lead in ''That Man From Istanbul'', who may or may not be actually named Tony Mercedes, is constantly referred to with other names like Tony Montana, Tony Mycelia, Tony Menopause... |
| 314 | * ScrewedByTheLawyers: Invoked; the hosts joke that the reason Vesper CannotSpitItOut about being forced to work for Spectre is that the studio didn't have the rights to it yet. |
| 315 | * SoftReboot: While all the Bond films when a new actor takes over could count as this, November 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. |
| 316 | * {{Spoonerism}}: Abigail inadvertently derailed two successive episodes by referring to "car stunts" as "star cunts" and "champagne corks" as "champagne cocks". |
| 317 | * TheStoner: "Sesh Gremlin Q," a character who first appears in the ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' episode and offers Bond a variety of drugs to partake in. |
| 318 | * SuddenlyShouting: Abi [[https://youtu.be/CyeUkvl1oqY?si=3Y6TIMP1iLx6NkYS became enraged]] trying to make sense of the world of ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'', causing Devon, trying vainly to come up with explanations, to say "Don't hurt me!" |
| 319 | * TakeThat: Almost too many to name, but the episode on ''Film/TheBourneSupremacy'' features a journalist from ''The Guardian'' as a supporting character, which is reason enough for Abi to vent about [[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/02/guardian-editorial-response-transgender-rights-uk their repeated platforming of transphobia in the UK press]]. |
| 320 | * TheTeaser: Each episode opens with one. Usually it's a soundbite from the film being discussed, and sometimes it's a conversation or skit (i.e. the funeral for Geronimo the alpaca in Episode 15.5). |
| 321 | * ThisIsGonnaSuck: November'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. |
| 322 | ** Long before actually reaching Austin Powers the hosts all expressed great dismay at the idea of actually having to watch those films due to transphobic content, knowing it would make them sad. In one of the Patreon-only Q and A episodes they drew the analogy that watching Austin Powers would be akin to nuclear scientists just walking up to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant%27s_Foot_(Chernobyl) Elephant's Foot]] - yes, there's plenty to discuss, but is that pain worth it? |
| 323 | * ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: The hosts have fun noting how the [=DB5=]’s special gadget in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'' is an ejector seat ''but only for the passenger'', because of how incredibly situational it is. |
| 324 | * VillainsOutShopping: Much to the confusion and delight of the hosts, the villain of ''One Spy Too Many'', Mr. Alexander, spends one scene warming his hands over a brazier and then ''toasting marshmallows'', and in [[https://youtu.be/LpkO89msqIc?si=3pnftRVV66XvRs9L a later scene]] delivers his dialogue while ''searching for his car keys''. This, combined with his stated goal of breaking all Ten Commandments and therefore somehow consequently surpassing Alexander the Great and ruling the world, has them speculating that his motivations are incomprehensible and his true desire probably is "Find keys". This also gets them on the track of imagining various classic Bond villains ambling around, walking through doors and forgetting why they'd come into a room, and complaining about the monorail running late. |
| 325 | * 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 November and Devon’s shock]]. |
| 326 | * WeWantOurJerkBack: |
| 327 | ** While the hosts initially hated Roger Moore after watching [[Film/LiveAndLetDie "The Racist One"]], they end up coming round on him after watching ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain''. That film's reactionary themes convince them this is what the Bond films would have been if not for Moore being a daft old bastard, making the films sillier and camper, and turning the franchise into a national treasure. Devon starts off vowing to destroy Moore after ''Live And Let Die''; by the end of Season 1, they have genuine affection for him. |
| 328 | ** They all hate Sergeant JW Pepper, the racist Alabama policeman, in his two actual appearances, but start to miss him after that. |
| 329 | ** When Craig Bond's characterization changes to make him more like the Bonds of older movies, they mourn the "death of Craig Fingersuck at the hands of that coward James Bond". Ridiculous as the finger sucking was they felt like he was more sincere and interesting before he started snapping off {{Bond One Liner}}s. |
| 330 | * WhoShotJFK: During the intro for ''From Russia with Love'', after it's mentioned that this film was the last one [=JFK=] saw before his death, the hosts joke that he was killed by the [=CIA=] for not loving the movie enough. |
| 331 | * YouHaveFailedMe: They get a lot of mileage out of this, particularly when the execution method is a CoolAndUnusualDeath (such as in ''The Helicopter Spies'', where the BigBad presents his failed Mook with [[https://youtu.be/FJE1tDrgcA4?si=8FR1j2vS5RfSVd0w a tiny gold box with one pill in it]] that kills him instantly upon taking it). When a Mook in ''That Man In Istanbul'' instead kills the people who were about to execute him, the hosts are ecstatic. |
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