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--> '''Marc-Ange Draco''': Do not kill me, Mr. Bond. At least, not until we've had a drink.

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--> '''Marc-Ange Draco''': -->'''Marc-Ange Draco:''' Do not kill me, Mr. Bond. At least, not until we've had a drink.
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* Bond finding himself in an allergy clinic/ski resort filled with beautiful women [[ReallyGetsAround and seducing every last one of them]].
* Unlike the other portrayals of Blofeld on film, Savalas is no NonActionBigBad. When Bond escapes Piz Gloria on skis, Blofeld’s immediate reaction is to actively give chase with his men on skis and eventually a car and stays on the hunt well into the morning, eventually burying Bond and Tracy in an avalanche.

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* Bond finding himself in an allergy clinic/ski resort clinic on top of a mountain filled with beautiful women [[ReallyGetsAround and seducing every last one two of them]].
them without getting rumbled...]]. Well, [[ImpostorForgotOneDetail by them]], anyway.
* Unlike the other portrayals of Blofeld on film, Savalas is no NonActionBigBad. When Bond escapes Piz Gloria on skis, Blofeld’s immediate reaction is to actively give chase with his men on skis and eventually before calling in a car and stays on full of mooks, rejoining the hunt well into the morning, morning and eventually burying Bond and Tracy in an avalanche.



** Blofeld gets one after his bobsled goes over a bump while he has a grenade in his mouth, causing it to fall into the bottom of his bobsled. After a [[OhCrap brief moment of panic]], he manages to snag the grenade just in time and throw it into the track. The music makes it even better. And then it's immediately followed up with a moment for James. He manages to jump ship just before he can be blown up, and his tumble down the hill turns into a ''shortcut'', as he is able to skip a hairpin bend and end up ahead of Blofeld, allowing him to board his sled.

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** Blofeld gets one after his bobsled goes over a bump while he has a grenade in his mouth, causing it to fall into the bottom of his bobsled. After a [[OhCrap brief moment of panic]], he manages to snag the grenade just in time and throw it into the track. The frantic music [[CallBack calling back]] to [[BookEnds Bond's first fight in the film]] makes it even better. And then it's immediately followed up with a moment for James. He manages to jump ship just before he can be blown up, and his tumble down the hill turns into a ''shortcut'', as he is able to skip a hairpin bend and end up ahead of Blofeld, allowing him to board his sled.



* Bond's escape from Piz Gloria. Climbing his way out of the cable car machinery room, skiing down the slopes while being chased by Blofeld's men, ''skiing with only one ski after the other one breaks'' and then finding Tracy, which leads to her own CMOA. John Barry's "Piz Gloria Escape" is [[AwesomeMusic/JamesBond one of his greatest, too.]]

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* Bond's first escape from Piz Gloria. Climbing his way out of the cable car machinery room, room by swinging along the cable, skiing down the slopes while being chased by Blofeld's men, ''skiing with only one ski after the other one breaks'' and then finding Tracy, Tracy in civilization, which leads to her own CMOA. John Barry's "Piz Gloria Escape" is [[AwesomeMusic/JamesBond one of his greatest, too.]]



** Tracy's fight with Grunther, TheDragon. ending with her causing him to fall down the stairs with an ornamental ring stuck to his head and then ''stabbing him through a wall decoration''. The whole fight is an excellent example of Tracy: rather than hiding or being held barely struggling by a mook or the BigBad like many distressed damsels, she fights back and has no qualms about killing mooks to get out. This trait has been displayed in other Bond girls, but they were often secret agents themselves. Tracy was just a MafiaPrincess who didn't take shit.

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** Tracy's fight with Grunther, TheDragon. ending with her causing him to fall down the stairs with an ornamental ring stuck to his head and then ''stabbing him through a spiked wall decoration''. decoration'', to the point where when her father arrives to save her, all she needs is a ride home. The whole fight is an excellent example of Tracy: rather than hiding or being held barely struggling by a mook or the BigBad like many distressed damsels, she fights back and has no qualms about killing mooks to get out. This trait has been displayed in other Bond girls, but they were often secret agents themselves. Tracy was just a MafiaPrincess who didn't take shit.



*** The best bit of that car chase is when one car makes a 180 degree flip... and the driver makes a ''slightly annoyed'' expression at Bond and Tracy.

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*** The best bit of that car chase is when one car makes a 180 degree flip... and the driver makes a ''slightly annoyed'' expression at Bond and Tracy.

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** Blofeld gets one after his bobsled goes over a bump while he has a grenade in his mouth, causing it to fall into the bottom of his bobsled. After a [[OhCrap brief moment of panic]], he manages to snag the grenade just in time and throw it into the track. The music makes it even better.
*** And then it's immediately followed up with a moment for James. He manages to jump ship just before he can be blown up, and his tumble down the hill turns into a ''shortcut'', as he is able to skip a hairpin bend and end up ahead of Blofeld, allowing him to board his sled.

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** Blofeld gets one after his bobsled goes over a bump while he has a grenade in his mouth, causing it to fall into the bottom of his bobsled. After a [[OhCrap brief moment of panic]], he manages to snag the grenade just in time and throw it into the track. The music makes it even better.
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better. And then it's immediately followed up with a moment for James. He manages to jump ship just before he can be blown up, and his tumble down the hill turns into a ''shortcut'', as he is able to skip a hairpin bend and end up ahead of Blofeld, allowing him to board his sled.



** And to top it all off in a {{Meta}} example, this bobsled run had closed its doors since 1937. The film crew COULD have used the Cresta run for this scene and they did consider it, but in the end, they ''rebuilt an entire bobsled run'' just to keep the scenery consistent. Wow.



!!Meta (Film)

* While after being used for the film, the Piz Gloria restaurant in Switzerland opened Bond World, a room featuring all the bells and whistles such as a set to recreate the film's iconic bobsled chase, a helicopter rig that teaches users about the areas around the mountain and their relevance to the film and even a machine that shows viewers a POV video of what it would be like to be that mook who [[DisneyVillainDeath falls to his death off a cliff]].
* The story of how Creator/GeorgeLazenby got the role of Bond is so [[CrazyEnoughToWork audacious]], it's worthy of 007 himself. A used-car salesman turned male model whose only acting experience was in adverts for Fry's Chocolate, he heard the role was up for grabs. So, he got a haircut like Creator/SeanConnery (at Creator/AlbertRBroccoli's barber, no less), a suit that Connery ordered, but didn't collect and a Rolex. After getting past the producer's secretary, he entered the office where Broccoli, Harry Saltzman and Peter R. Hunt were and declared, "I heard you're looking for James Bond". When asked about his previous acting experience, he said that he'd done films abroad in countries he was sure they wouldn't check up on. Upon obtaining the role, he confessed to Hunt that he made it all up and that he wasn't an actor. Hunt laughed and said:
-->"You just strolled in here and managed to fool two of the most ruthless bastards in the business. You're an actor."

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* The story of how Creator/GeorgeLazenby got the role of Bond is so [[CrazyEnoughToWork audacious]], it's worthy of 007 himself. A used-car salesman turned male model whose only acting experience was in adverts for Fry's Chocolate, he heard the role was up for grabs. So, he got a haircut like Creator/SeanConnery (at Creator/AlbertRBroccoli's barber, no less), a suit that Connery ordered, but didn't collect and a Rolex. After getting past the producer's secretary, he entered the office where Broccoli, Harry Saltzman and Peter R. Hunt were and declared, "I head you're looking for James Bond". When asked about his previous acting experience, he said that he'd done films abroad in countries he was sure they wouldn't check up on. Upon obtaining the role, he confessed to Hunt that he made it all up and that he wasn't an actor. Hunt laughed and said:

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* The story of how Creator/GeorgeLazenby got the role of Bond is so [[CrazyEnoughToWork audacious]], it's worthy of 007 himself. A used-car salesman turned male model whose only acting experience was in adverts for Fry's Chocolate, he heard the role was up for grabs. So, he got a haircut like Creator/SeanConnery (at Creator/AlbertRBroccoli's barber, no less), a suit that Connery ordered, but didn't collect and a Rolex. After getting past the producer's secretary, he entered the office where Broccoli, Harry Saltzman and Peter R. Hunt were and declared, "I head heard you're looking for James Bond". When asked about his previous acting experience, he said that he'd done films abroad in countries he was sure they wouldn't check up on. Upon obtaining the role, he confessed to Hunt that he made it all up and that he wasn't an actor. Hunt laughed and said:
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** And last, but certainly not least, the very fact that Tracy was - and to this day still is - the only BondGirl to EVER legitimately be counted as ''Mrs.'' James Bond. [[spoiler: Even if it was for a brief while...]]

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** And last, but certainly not least, the very fact that Tracy was - and to this day still is - the only BondGirl to EVER legitimately be counted as ''Mrs.'' James Bond. [[spoiler: Even if it was for a brief while...]]

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