History Awesome / GoldenEye

-->'''Bond:''' [[BondOneLiner She always]] ''[[BondOneLiner did]]'' [[BondOneLiner enjoy a good squeeze]].

-->'''James Bond''': What, no small talk? No ... chit-chat? That's the trouble with the world these days, nobody takes the time to perform a really sinister interrogation. It's a lost art.

-->'''Bill Tanner''': Seems your hunch was right, 007. It's too bad the Evil Queen of Numbers wouldn't let you play it. (''winces as M clears her throat in a "By the way" manner'')\\
'''M''': You were saying?\\
'''Bill Tanner''': No, no, I was just... just um...\\
'''M''': Good. Because if I want sarcasm, Mr Tanner, I'll talk to my children, thank you very much.

-->'''M''': You don't like me, Bond. You don't like my methods. You think I'm an accountant, a bean counter more interested in my numbers than your instincts.\\
'''Bond''': The thought had occurred to me.\\
'''M''': Good, because I think you're a sexist, misogynist dinosaur. A relic of the Cold War, whose boyish charms, though wasted on me, obviously appealed to that young woman I sent out to evaluate you.\\
'''Bond''': Point taken.\\
'''M''': Not quite, 007. If you think for one moment I don't have the balls to send a man out to die, your instincts are dead wrong. I have no compunction about sending you to your death. But, I won't do it on a whim. Even with your cavalier attitude towards life.

* Bond barely acknowledging that he's being fired upon while setting bombs in Janus's base, just giving a slight flinch when bullets hit his cover.

-->'''Alec''': Why can't you just be a good boy and die?\\
'''Bond''': [[NoYOU You first.]]

** There's also how Bond takes her out. He shoots the pilot flying her helicopter, which causes Xenia to be pulled back by her own attached line partway through the crotch of a tree; crushing her between the branches in a manner [[LaserGuidedKarma not unlike how she'd kill her own victims with her thighs]].

* Xenia Onatopp's preferred method of assassination. OutWithABang indeed! Onatopp's sauna fight with Bond also qualifies - the idea of Bond nearly being hoisted by his own petard is great, and it actually follows through in some ways in what Goldeneye is trying to do with its female characters; It's the only time since Bond's fight with ''Bambi and Thumper'' of ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' that Bond has been rendered vulnerable by a Bond Girl. To Bond's credit, the scene and his encounters with Onatopp are made more awesome by the fact that Bond is still able to get out of her death-grip twice. Even when the second time was assisted. To ''Onatopp's'' credit, Bond only escapes both times arguably ''by cheating''. He's unable to stop her by himself physically and she essentially laughs off and finds pleasure in his attempts to do so, which is pretty impressive for a Bond Girl.

** There's also Bond killing her. He shoots the pilot driving her helicopter which causes her to be crushed against a tree.

* Xenia Onatopp's preferred method of assassination. OutWithABang indeed! Onatopp's sauna fight with Bond also qualifies - the idea of Bond nearly being hoisted by his own petard is great, and it actually follows through in some ways in what Goldeneye is trying to do with its female characters; It's the only time since Bond's fight with ''Bambi and Thumper'' of ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' that Bond has been rendered vulnerable by a Bond Girl.
** To Bond's credit, the scene and his encounters with Onatopp are made more awesome by the fact that Bond is still able to get out of her death-grip twice. Even when the second time was assisted. To ''Xenia's'' credit, Bond only escapes both times arguably ''by cheating''. He's unable to stop her by himself physically and she essentially laughs off and finds pleasure in his attempts to do so, which is pretty impressive for a Bond Girl.

* Xenia Onatopp's preferred method of assassination. OutWithABang indeed! Onatopp's sauna fight with Bond also qualifies - the idea of Bond nearly being hoisted by his own petard is great, and it actually follows through in some ways in what Goldeneye is trying to do with its female characters; It's the only time since Bond's fight with ''Bambi and Thumper'' of ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' that Bond has been rendered vulnerable by a Bond Girl. To Bond's credit, the scene and his encounters with Onatopp are made more awesome by the fact that Bond is still able to get out of her death-grip twice. Even when the second time was assisted. To ''her'' credit, Bond only escapes both times arguably ''by cheating''. He's unable to stop her by himself physically and she essentially laughs off and finds pleasure in his attempts to do so, which is pretty impressive for a Bond Girl.

* For a supposed keyboard jockey Natalya is exceedingly resourceful -

** To top it off, Natalya, not Bond, is the one who ultimately foils Janus's scheme by reprogramming the satellite to drop out of orbit. Made even sweeter by Boris taunting smugly that she can't stop [=GoldenEye=] from firing: "She works on the ''guidance system''." Yes, and a lot of good being able to fire the thing will do you when it's burning up over the Atlantic, won't it? When Boris exclaims that Natalya changed the access codes, it's her "You're goddamn right I did" look that sells it.
** She is suprisingly strong in addition - after a ForcefulKiss from the BigBad, Natalya responds with a meaty slap so hard it ''staggers'' Janus briefly.

* Bond. St Petersburg. ''[[TankGoodness TANK.]]''

* Bond replying to the [[BigBad villain's]], "For England, James?" with, "[[PreMortemOneLiner No. For me.]]"

* Xenia Onatopp's [[DeathBySex preferred method of assassination]]. OutWithABang indeed! Onatopp's sauna fight with Bond also qualifies - the idea of Bond nearly being hoisted by his own petard is great, and it actually follows through in some ways in what Goldeneye is trying to do with its female characters; It's the only time since Bond's fight with ''Bambi and Thumper'' of ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' that Bond has been rendered vulnerable by a Bond Girl. To Bond's credit, the scene and his encounters with Onatopp are made more awesome by the fact that Bond is still able to get out of her death-grip twice. Even when the second time was assisted. To ''her'' credit, Bond only escapes both times arguably ''by cheating''. He's unable to stop her by himself physically and she essentially laughs off and finds pleasure in his attempts to do so, which is pretty impressive for a Bond Girl.

'''Bond''': You first.

** To top it off, Natalya, not Bond, is the one who ultimately foils Janus's scheme by reprogramming the satellite to drop out of orbit. Made even sweeter by Boris taunting smugly that she can't stop [=GoldenEye=] from firing: "She works on the ''guidance system''." Yes, and a lot of good being able to fire the thing will do you when it's burning up over the Atlantic, won't it?
*** When Boris exclaims that Natalya changed the access codes, it's her "You're goddamn right I did" look that sells it.

** Brosnan's acting in the scene is a meta example - the way he says the words, you know Janus is a dead man and nothing he says would change his fate. For a supposedly LighterAndSofter take, when Brosnan's Bond had to be cold and ruthless he was chilling.

-->'''Bill Tanner''': Seems your hunch was right, 007. It's too bad the Evil Queen of Numbers wouldn't let you play it. (''winces as Bond clears his throat in a "By the way" manner'')\\

** Natalya also beats the crap out of Boris when she meets him in Janus's control room. It took ''two mooks'' simply to restrain her. And judging from the cut to Janus's smirk, [[ActuallyPrettyFunny even he thought it was pretty awesome]].