It’s Bond’s defense in TLD, he gets wise to Koskov’s deception pretty quick.
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Now that’s what I call rotten soundtracks!
The slide whistle over the barrel roll in TMWTGG, California Girls during the snowboarding section of AVTAK, the entirety of Goldeneye’s soundtrack, Another Way to Die
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The “Shirtinators”
1: Q in Thunderball
2: J.W. Pepper in TMWTGG (when spotting 007 on the klongs)
3: J.W. Pepper in TMWTGG (during the car chase)
4: Jack Wade in Goldeneye (Yo, Jimbo)
Sorry to disappoint some of you, Brosnan’s floral Brioni shirt from DAD just didn’t make the cut.
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Worst ways to die:
- Corinne Dufour: attacked by dobermans in Moonraker
- Helga Brandt: eaten alive by piranhas in You Only Live Twice
- Dr. No: boiled alive in radioactive boiling water in Dr. No
- Milton Krest: Extreme depressurization and blows up from the inside in Licence to Kill
Honourable? mentions: Elliot Price being crushed/ripped apart by the sea drill in TND,
Dario being crushed in the cocaine crusher in LTK, Graves/Moon being sucked into the jet engine in DAD, Franz Sanchez being burned alive in LTK, Kananga inflated and blown up in LALD
In chronological order:
Bonds: Connery, Moore, Brosnan, Craig
Novels: CR, FRWL, OHMSS, YOLT
Soundtracks: TB, YOLT, OHMSS, TLD
Women: Tatiana (FRWL), Tracy (OHMSS), Anya (TSWLM), Vesper (CR)
Cars: Aston Martin DB5, Lotus Esprit S1, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, BMW 750iL
One-off stunts: Corkscrew jump (TMWTGG), ski jump (TSWLM), dam jump (GE), DBS flips (CR)
Aliases: David Somerset (FRWL), Sir Hillary Bray (OHMSS), Peter Franks (DAF), Arlington Beech (CR)
Gunbarrels: OHMSS, DAF, LTK, GE
Final scene: Skyhook (TB), Tracy dies (OHMSS), attempting re-entry (MR), “Bond, James Bond” (CR)
Directors: Young, Gilbert, Glen, Campbell
Henchpersons: Red Grant, Oddjob, Jaws, Xenia Onatopp
The underwater Lotus
Jill Masterson painted gold
Jaws
Aston Martin DB5
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Nearly all of these I ranked as I feel are the most important/iconic to the series and not necessarily my favorites.
NOVELS: Casino Royale • From Russia, With Love • Thunderball • On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
NON-FLEMING NOVELS: Colonel Sun • License Renewed • Nobody Lives Forever • SilverFin
SHORT STORIES: For Your Eyes Only • Risico • The Living Daylights • Blast From The Past
FILMS: Dr. No • Goldfinger • The Spy Who Loved Me • GoldenEye
THOSE MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR JAMES BOND’S SUCCESS: Ian Fleming • Cubby Broccoli • Terence Young • Sean Connery
DIRECTORS: Terence Young • Guy Hamilton • Lewis Gilbert • Martin Campbell
THOSE MOST RESPONSIBLE BEHIND THE SCENES FOR JAMES BOND’S SUCCESS (NON-DIRECTORS): Peter Hunt (editor) • Richard Maibaum (screenwriter) • Ken Adam (production designer) • John Barry (composer)
GUNBARRELS: Dr. No • Goldfinger • On Her Majesty’s Secret Service • The Spy Who Loved Me
PRE-TITLE SEQUENCES: Goldfinger • The Spy Who Loved Me • Moonraker • GoldenEye
MAIN TITLES: From Russia With Love • Thunderball • The Spy Who Loved Me • GoldenEye
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THEME SONGS: James Bond Theme (DN) • Goldfinger • Live And Let Die • The Spy Who Loved Me
NON-THEME SONGS: 007 (FRWL) • Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (T) • We Have All The Time In The World (OHMSS) • Surrender (TND)
SCORES: Goldfinger • On Her Majesty’s Secret Service • Live And Let Die • Tomorrow Never Dies
JAMES BOND 007s: Sean Connery • Roger Moore • Pierce Brosnan • Daniel Craig
ALLIES: Kerim Bey (FRWL) • Tiger Tanaka (YOLT) • Marc-Ange Draco (OHMSS) • Milos Columbo (FYEO)
GIRLS: Honey Ryder (DN) • Tracy di Vicenzo (OHMSS) • Anya Amasova (TSWLM) • Vesper Lynd (CR)
HENCHMEN: Donald “Red” Grant (FRWL) • Oddjob (G) • Zbigniew “Jaws” Krycsiwiki (TSWLM) • Xenia Onatopp (G/E)
VILLAINS: Julius No (DN) • Auric Goldfinger (G) • Ernst Stavro Blofeld (YOLT) • Hugo Drax (M)
FEMME FATALES: Fiona Volpe (T) • Fatima Blush (NSNA) • Xenia Onatopp (G/E) • Elektra King (TWINE)
BOND GIRL NAMES: Pussy Galore (G) • Plenty O’Toole (DAF) • Mary Goodnight (TMWTGG) • Holly Goodhead (M)
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VILLAIN PETS: Great white shark (T) • Piranha (YOLT) • Doberman pinschers (M) • Python (M)
VILLAIN LAIRS: Volcano (YOLT) • Piz Gloria (OHMSS) • Atlantis (TSWLM) • Space station (M)
HENCHMEN DEATHS: Hans (YOLT) • Kidd (DAF) • Milton Krest (LTK) • Dario (LTK)
VILLAIN DEATHS: Julius No (DN) • Auric Goldfinger (G) • Max Zorin (AVTAK) • Franz Sanchez (LTK)
BOND’S COLDEST KILLS: R.J. Dent (DN) • Shandor (TSWLM) • Emile Leopold Locque (FYEO) • Ed Killifer (LTK)
EXOTIC LOCATIONS: Nassau (T) • Tokyo (YOLT) • Swiss Alps (OHMSS) • Bangkok (TMWTGG)
GADGETS (NON-VEHICLES): Attache Briefcase (FRWL) • Rebreather (T) • Key Ring (TLD) • Cell Phone (TND)
STUNTS: Astro Spiral Jump (TMWTGG) • Skiing off a mountain (TSWLM) • Skydiving without a parachute (M) • Dam bungee jump (G/E)
CHASES: Skiing away from Piz Gloria (OHMSS) • Ski chase (FYEO) • Tanker chase (LTK) • Foot chase (CR)
FIGHTS: Bond vs. Grant (FRWL) • Bond vs. Franks (DAF) • Bond vs. Trevelyan (G/E) • Bond vs. Obanno (CR)
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California Girls is Moore era perfection. 
Musical references:
Laurence of Arabia (TSWLM)
Magnificent 7 (MR)
Close Encounters of a Third Kind (MR)
Jaws (FYEO)
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CARS: Aston Martin DB5 (G) • Lotus Esprit S1 (TSWLM) • Aston Martin V8 (TLD) • Aston Martin Vanquish (DAD)
AIRCRAFT: Bell Textron Jet Pack (T) • Little Nellie Autogyro (YOLT) • Acrostar Bede Jet (O) • Aero L-39 Albatros (TND)
WATERCRAFT: Glastron GT-150 (LALD) • Bondola (M) • Glastron Carlson CV23HT Q Craft (M) • Q Boat (TWINE)
ICONIC SCENES: Bond’s intro (DN) • Honey’s entrance (DN) • Golden girl (G) • Tracy’s death (OHMSS)
BOND…JAMES BONDs: Dr. No • For Your Eyes Only (Bond to Melina) • The World Is Not Enough (Bond to Christmas) • Casino Royale
007 QUOTES: “Bond…James Bond” (DN) • “I think he got the point.” (T) • “I am now aiming precisely at your groin, so speak or forever hold your piece.” (TMWTGG) • “I never miss.” (TWINE)
VILLAIN QUOTES: “No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!” (G) • “Look after Mr. Bond. See that some harm comes to him.” (M) • “Spend the money quickly, Mr. Bond.” (O) • “Let the mayhem begin.” (TND)
THEY SAID WHAT?!: “Quarrel, fetch my shoes.” (DN) • “That’s as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs.” (G) • “I never learned to read.” (M) (should have been “I never read it” or “I threw it away.”) • “I’ll buy you a delicatessen–in stainless steel!” (FYEO)
I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY WENT WITH THIS: Bond becoming Japanese and getting “married” (YOLT) • Bond suddenly being an expert voice impersonator–aka dubbing Lazenby (OHMSS) • The entire Elvis character (QOS) • Bond and Blofeld being foster brothers (Sp)
POSTERS: US Thunderball (Look up! Look down! Look out! Here comes the biggest Bond of all!) • British quad You Only Live Twice (horizontal Bond in volcano) • US Moonraker (flying Jaws in space station) • Thai Octopussy (with octopus background)
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Musical reference: Jaws in For your eyes only??? I’ve never heard this before…???
Played when an attacker in a diving suit approaches within the sunken ship.