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*** She explicitly does ''not'' want to be his girlfriend. She said she found him attractive when she first met him, but by the time of the movie she's referring to herself as his niece because it sounds nicer than "mistress" or "kept girl". She feels trapped in an abusive relationship, and she might even know that Largo is murderous, but she doesn't see a way out until she meets Bond, who gives her extra motivation when she learns Largo murdered her brother.
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* How did Bond hold his breath when he was in the pool with the sharks and didnt the sharks come from another source on Largo's property?

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* How did Bond hold his breath when he was in the pool with the sharks and didnt didn't the sharks come from another source on Largo's property?

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* At the end of the BatmanColdOpen, Bond and a woman are about to drive away from the mansion when two thugs come running up, so he activates a spy-car defense: twin water cannons that knock the {{Mooks}} off their feet with high-pressure spray. The twin streams of water last so long, there's no way that a car of that size could've held that much and still had room for an engine.

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* At the end of the BatmanColdOpen, Bond and a woman are about to drive away from the mansion when two thugs come running up, so he activates a spy-car defense: twin water cannons that knock the {{Mooks}} off their feet with a high-pressure spray. The twin streams of water last so long, there's no way that a car of that size could've held that much and still had room for an engine.



** Said car is also packing heat in the form of twin .30 caliber machine guns, deployable spike strips, a retractable bulletproof rear plate, plus a set of rotatable license plates for every country in the world and ''working'' EJECTOR SEAT. (Plus the complex mechanisms clearly needed for all of these to operate). Oh, and it still can run like a normal Aston Martin.



** People come in different sizes and shapes. Presumably the maximum setting is what's meant for someone built like a World's Strongest Man competitor and the lethality comes from the fact its being used on someone smaller and less sturdily built.

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** People come in different sizes and shapes. Presumably Presumably, the maximum setting is what's meant for someone built like a World's Strongest Man competitor and the lethality comes from the fact its it's being used on someone smaller and less sturdily built.



** He is a Navy man and a swimmer after all. One would assume that Bond could hold his breath for (slightly) longer periods than most people.



*** Two things: A) Largo likely was smart enough not to go full villain mode around her and B) He has money, a fine place to live, and travels around the world in a yacht. Human beings are fickle creatures, after all.



** Prehaps this was early planning for the Laser satellite from ''Film/DiamondsAreForever''?

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** Prehaps Perhaps this was early planning for the Laser satellite from ''Film/DiamondsAreForever''?''Film/DiamondsAreForever''?
*** Or maybe they wanted to hint at [[Literature/DiamondsAreForever the original Fleming novel?]]
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** The facility would probably offer her as a scapegoat, you know "We weren't negligent, it was just one bad employee" and bring up other incidences of "negligence" no matter how small.
** She could also have had a few screwups and this would give her employers the excuse they've been looking for to fire her.
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** Soldiers need R&R, and bases are often located near towns.
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*** See the Fridge Brilliance page for a possible answer.

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