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A decade before Xenia, May Day was already on top of Bond...

  • On the submarine, Bond pulls a lever for Kimberley Jones to fall beside him on the bed. The two smile at each other while Bond says the trip back to Alaska will take five days...
  • Moneypenny takes part in a field assignment at Ascot, but is less interested in the mission than the bet she placed (which she loses).
  • All the antics caused by Bond chasing down the assassin in Paris, culminating in the chefs at a wedding party accosting him with knives after he literally crashed into a wedding cake.
  • In a deleted scene that would be located after the May Day escape in Paris, Bond is released from prison by M. Before they leave, Bond must first collect his belongings, which are handed over to him by the deputy. Bond's belongings are Donald Grant's watch (Bond even mentions that the watch came "from Russia, with love"), a pen and a lighter. When the deputy lights the lighter, a huge flame appears to the point of burning his eyebrows and scaring M (Bond reacts as if that were normal). The furious deputy orders Bond and M to leave, but remembers asking Bond to sign a document. Bond signs the document with his pen, much to M's horror, and the two leave as quickly as possible. The reason for the rush is explained when the deputy looks at the signed document and realizes in shock that the ink in the pen (which is supposedly the acid pen Bond used in Octopussy) is destroying the paper.
  • The endless barrage of criticism that Bond blasts Tibbett with while they're undercover. Roger Moore playing an unpleasable Upper-Class Twit Bad Boss is delightful. It gets even better because Tibbett's response to all this is to simply demur "Yes sir, sorry sir" repeatedly, to the point where Bond barks "And stop being so damn obsequious!"
    • It becomes even funnier when you realize that Bond and Tibbett had to take some time to sit around at MI6 recording all of this.
  • When Bond introduces himself to Stacey, he claims to be English. Stacey replies sarcastically that she would never have guessed.
  • When Stacey prepares to leave, Bond laments and says that now he will have to be alone at night. Stacey, who has already guessed what kind of man he is, replies sarcastically that she very much doubts that this will happen. May Day then says that someone will take care of Bond at night, and Bond asks if it will be her. May Day silently looks at him for a few seconds (the viewer may interpret her as being somewhat surprised by his flirting, or almost considering his offer, or both) and leaves, leaving Bond smiling. And this interaction between Bond and May Day takes place while Stacey is still close to them, so he didn't even wait to stop flirting with one woman to flirt with another.
  • Zorin and May Day are starting to make love when they are interrupted by a phone call. The look on May Day's face makes it clear that she would love to kill whoever interrupted them.
  • May Day finally remembers that Bond is the enemy who chased her at the Eiffel Tower and goes to her room to get dressed and look for Bond. Upon opening the door, she finds Bond naked on her bed. The expression on her face is one of complete shock and a little fun, and even Zorin, who overhears their conversation at a distance, seems to be excited by this turn of events and encourages May Day to do what Bond asks. Judging by the expression on her face, she doesn't seem to mind that much.
  • May Day bedding Bond, not the other way around. Dress Hits Floor followed by Bond's most subtle Oh, Crap! moment. She's completely in charge, and when they kiss, you can almost read his mind - "The things I do for England..."
  • The next morning, Zorin asks how Bond spent the night. Bond, who spent the night with May Day, replies:
    A little restless, but I got off eventually.
  • When Zorin is seeing Bond's credentials on his computer, and his excited little chuckle when the computer tells him that Bond is lethally dangerous and licensed to kill. Christopher Walken makes the scene incredibly funny.
  • Bond asking his assistant (Sir Godfrey Tibbett) to take the car back to London from Zorin's horse stables. The guy's nearly finished cleaning his car, and he asks Bond what excuse he'll give Zorin for leaving. Bond tells him to say that he's getting a car wash. Cue the man stopping, glancing at the sponge in his hand, then regretfully picking up his bucket of dirty water and sloshing it all over his car again.
  • Right after one of Zorin's potential investors backs out of the Main Strike plan, and subsequently drops him out of the blimp into San Francisco Bay:
  • Pola in the hot tub, giving us one of the great Last Second Word Swaps:
    (Giggles) "Ooh James, the bubbles, they tickle my — Tchaikovsky! You remembered!"
  • The "are you freaking SERIOUS?!" looks that Golgol and Pola give each other after they realize Bond switched the tapes on them.
  • James fighting off the attackers at Stacey's house with a shotgun, only to realize the weapon is loaded with rock salt when the assassins are little more than stunned for their troubles.
    Bond: What's this loaded with?
    Stacey: Rock salt.
    Bond: Now you tell me!
    • That scene is followed up by Stacey smashing one of the men choking Bond with a vase containing her grandfather's ashes.
  • Bond cooks Stacey a meal: "Quiches des Cabinet". Stacey says it looks interesting and then asks what exactly this food is. Bond looks surprised for a moment and replies: "an omelet".
  • After dinner, Bond and Stacey flirt with each other. Bond says he needs to fix the phone, and Stacey says the wires are located right outside her room. Bond says he believes he will find it. As he fixes it, Bond sees Stacey's silhouette through the bedroom window. Bond then enters the room and finds Stacey wearing a pretty, revealing pink nightgown... and also fast asleep in her bed. Bond looks resigned and simply covers her with the blanket.
  • Accused of the mayor's murder, Bond reveals to the policeman and Stacey that he is a secret agent. The first reacts with sarcasm ("And I'm Dick Tracy"), while Stacey is shocked.
  • Earlier in the chase in San Francisco, after discovering that Bond is a secret agent and he says she can trust him, Stacey immediately turns on the fire truck's siren they are fleeing (it's a long story...), giving him a huge smile.
  • During the chase, the wayward ladder on the fire truck knocks a camper clean off a couple's truck, revealing them to have been making out inside. The captain does a double take before focusing his attention back on the out-of-control fire engine in front of him.
  • The police captain berates his officers for wrecking their patrol cars trying to chase Bond over the Third Street drawbridge. Y'know, the bridge that he had ordered the bridge operator to open, even as his own cruiser is being crushed by the bridge's counterweight. You can clearly see the officers in the background laughing at his expense.
  • Bond and Stacey hide in a cart to get into Zorin's mine. Stacey shifts uncomfortably and when Bond asks her to stop it, Stacey asks if he knows where she is sitting. Bond takes one look and notices Stacey sitting on a bag of dynamite. Bond seriously replies that he is trying not to think about it.
  • The dazed look that Scarpine gives Zorin after he's told to go out onto the Golden Gate Bridge to face Bond just screams "Are you outta your fuckin' mind?!" This after Kamal telling Gobinda to do the exact same thing in the previous film.
  • Right before he plummets to his death, Zorin laughs as if thinking, "Well, isn't this an odd turn of events?"
  • After the tense final battle and the death of the villains, Bond and Stacey are finally free... upon the Golden Gate Bridge. Without having a clue how they will go down. Bond breaks the ice by saying "There's never a cab when you want one." Stacey, even with all the feelings of fear she's been feeling for the past few hours, can't help but laugh.
  • Gogol presents Bond with a medal for his stopping Silicon Valley from being destroyed. When M offers surprise at that, Gogol dryly points out that Soviet computer technology is entirely dependent on what they can steal from American technology.
  • Bond and Stacey making love in the shower after everything they've been through in the movie ... only to be interrupted by Q's new robot, who was looking for them. After a brief moment of surprise, Bond simply throws a towel over the robot while Q makes a "Of course" expression. And Stacey is so busy kissing Bond that she doesn't even realize what just happened.

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