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* AnAxeToGrind: A drive along the coast of Monaco comes to a halt when Bond's car is surrounded by other vehicles and men with axes. Bond [[CarFu runs over them]], one by one.
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* ShowSomeLeg: Cindy undresses on front of her room's window to distract two guards so that Bond can make his way to Endor establishment's garage, and relay a message to his people.
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** "The place is electronically buttoned like Fort Knox – [[Literature/{{Goldfinger}} you remember Fort Knox]]?"
* CoolCar: Because his sudden will decrees that at least hundred thousand pounds must be spend in "frivolous manner", Bond buys himself a new Bentley Mulsanne Turbo, which he had dreamed about a long time.
* CoolCar: Because his sudden will decrees that at least hundred thousand pounds must be spend in "frivolous manner", Bond buys himself a new Bentley Mulsanne Turbo, which he had dreamed about a long time.
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** "The place is electronically buttoned like Fort Knox – -- [[Literature/{{Goldfinger}} you remember Fort Knox]]?"
* CoolCar: Because his sudden will decrees that at least hundred thousand pounds must be spend in "frivolous manner", Bond buys himself a new Bentley Mulsanne Turbo, which he had dreamed about since it came out along time. year before.
* CoolCar: Because his sudden will decrees that at least hundred thousand pounds must be spend in "frivolous manner", Bond buys himself a new Bentley Mulsanne Turbo, which he had dreamed about since it came out a
* OnOneCondition: As part of his quarter-million pound inheritance, Bond is required to spend at least hundred thousand pounds of it in a "frivolous and extravagant manner" within the first four months of getting it (apparently Uncle Bruce had a sense of humor). He spends most of the required sum on a new Bentley Mulsanne Turbo, and the remaining thirty thousand on friends (mostly female) and himself, including on gambling sprees.
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* SignificantAnagram: Erewhon, is intentional anagram for "nowhere".
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* SignificantAnagram: Erewhon, Erewhon is an intentional anagram for "nowhere".
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* UnexpectedInheritance: Bond inherits a quarter million pounds from an Australian uncle he has never heard of. The following spending spree makes him seem suspicious in the eyes of his employers, since coincidentally there has been a couple of Soviet men (called "ambulance chasers") hiring double-agents lately.
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* UnexpectedInheritance: Bond inherits a quarter million pounds from an Australian uncle he has never heard of. of (Bruce, his father's younger brother). The following spending spree [[OnOneCondition mandated by the will]] makes him seem suspicious in the eyes of his employers, employers (except for a select few whom he'd reported the inheritance to, per service requirements) and some of their allies, since coincidentally there has have been a couple of Soviet men (called "ambulance chasers") hiring double-agents lately.
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Under orders from MI-6, Bond resigns from his work under pretense of corruption. He is then sent to infiltrate a company run by ex-military computer technician who is suspected for several daring robberies. This leads to an uncovering a conspiracy against many a nation.
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Under orders from MI-6, Bond resigns from his work under pretense of corruption. He is then sent to infiltrate a company run by ex-military computer technician who is suspected for several daring robberies. This leads to an the uncovering of a conspiracy against many a nation.
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* AlliterativeName: Three ladies are named so; Persephone "Percy" Proud, Freddie Fortune and Cindy Chalmer. Bond ends sleeping with all of them.
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* AlliterativeName: Three ladies are named so; Persephone "Percy" Proud, Freddie Fortune and Cindy Chalmer. Bond ends up sleeping with all of them.
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Under orders from MI-6, Bond resigns from his work under pretense of corruption. He is then sent to infiltrate a company run by ex-military computer technician who is suspected for several daring robberies. This leads to an uncovering a conspiracy against nations.
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** As Bond sings by himself while driving, he is unable to finish the verse about a wife since it reminds him of the late [[Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService Tracy Draco]].
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** As Bond sings by himself while driving, he is unable to finish the a verse about a wife wife, since it reminds him of the late [[Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService Tracy Draco]].
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* TextualCelebrityResemblance: "Sinful" Cindy's face reminds Bond of a young Ella Fitzgerald, a jazz singer.
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* TextualCelebrityResemblance: "Sinful" Cindy's face reminds Bond of a young Ella Fitzgerald, Music/EllaFitzgerald, a jazz singer.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: Cindy undresses on front of her room's window to distract two guards so that Bond can make his way to Endor establishment's garage, and relay a message to his people.
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* ShowSomeLeg: Cindy undresses on front of her room's window to distract two guards so that Bond can make his way to Endor establishment's garage, and relay a message to his people.
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* WarGaming: Gunfire Simulations specializes in producing these for computers, and uses them as a pretense for conspiracy gatherings.
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* WarGaming: Gunfire Simulations specializes in producing these war game simulations for computers, and uses them as a pretense for conspiracy gatherings.
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** "The name of our principals? I should have thought a man like you would have guessed already. [[spoiler:A once powerful and very rich organisation, which has fallen on bad times – mainly because they lost their last two leaders in tragic circumstances. Our principals are a group who call themselves SPECTRE]]."
** "[[spoiler:Come on, yourself, Jay. You didn't think we were really going to allow the Soviet Union to suffer the indignity of being stripped of her assets as well?]]"
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** "The name of our principals? I should have thought a man like you would have guessed already. [[spoiler:A once powerful and very rich organisation, which has fallen on bad times – mainly because they lost their last two leaders in tragic circumstances. Our "[[spoiler:Our principals are a group who call themselves SPECTRE]]."
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Under orders from MI-6, Bond resigns from his work under pretense of corruption. He is then sent to infiltrate a company run by ex-military computer technician who is suspected for several daring robberies. This leads to an uncovering a conspiracy against nations.
!!This novel has the examples of:
* AlliterativeName: Three ladies are named so; Persephone "Percy" Proud, Freddie Fortune and Cindy Chalmer. Bond ends sleeping with all of them.
* AnAxeToGrind: A drive along the coast of Monaco comes to a halt when Bond's car is surrounded by other vehicles and men with axes. Bond [[CarFu runs over them]], one by one.
* BigBad: Prof. Jason St. John-Finnes, previously known as Dr. Jay Antem Holy. [[spoiler:He is actually just TheDragon, and Rahani is the main villain]].
* ContinuityNod:
** As Bond sings by himself while driving, he is unable to finish the verse about a wife since it reminds him of the late [[Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService Tracy Draco]].
** "The place is electronically buttoned like Fort Knox – [[Literature/{{Goldfinger}} you remember Fort Knox]]?"
* CoolCar: Because his sudden will decrees that at least hundred thousand pounds must be spend in "frivolous manner", Bond buys himself a new Bentley Mulsanne Turbo, which he had dreamed about a long time.
* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: After getting "kicked out" from MI-6, Bond has meetings with his bosses in a cosmetics shop.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Tamil Rahani, a business partner of Dr. Holy and Gen. Zwingli, is suspected by MI-6 in being involved in illegal activities (he is).
* DeadMansTriggerFinger: Thanks to Bond, one mook shoots another and the shot mook keeps firing his submachine gun as he falls over dead, killing the other as well.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Cindy undresses on front of her room's window to distract two guards so that Bond can make his way to Endor establishment's garage, and relay a message to his people.
* DrivingIntoATruck: Bond is ambushed on the road by other vehicles and is herded to drive into a truck's open ramp, and into truck itself.
* EvilPlan: [[spoiler:Using stolen ciphers only available for the leaders of USA and Soviet Union on special frequencies, the bad guys initially plan to trick them both to destroy all their nuclear codes, leaving them defenseless and destabilizing the nuclear balance. When the plan is put into action, it is revealed that SPECTRE only wants to remove USA's nuclear defenses, and hand them over to Soviet Union]].
* FakingTheDead: Dr. Holy and Gen. Zwingli "died" in a plane crash, and started a computer simulations company in Oxfordshire as a first stage for their big plan.
* FirstNameBasis: Aside from the Officer Commanding and Bond, everyone in Erwhon are referred to by their first names.
* MeaningfulName: Endor, the building that houses Gunfire Simulations, is named after the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_of_Endor Witch of Endor]], a medium whose false information led to loss of a battle. The EvilPlan, that is supposed to be launched from Endor, also hinges on misinformation in military actions.
* OperationBlank: The bad guys' plan is called Operation Down Escalator, a play on the word "de-escalation".
* TheReveal:
** [[spoiler: Dr. Holy/Prof. St. John-Finnes is built up to be the sole major villain of the story, but is later revealed to be TheDragon for new leader of SPECTRE]].
** [[spoiler:Tamil Rahani is the new leader of SPECTRE, and his plan is to remove only USA's nuclear capablities]].
* SignificantAnagram: Erewhon, is intentional anagram for "nowhere".
* SimulatedUrbanCombatArea: In Erewhon, an area of houses called The Charnel is used as a training ground against anti-terrorist attacks. It is used as a DeathCourse for Bond to test him.
* SoreLoser: After Prof. St. John-Finnes invites Bond to [[GoKartingWithBowser play a war game]] based on UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution with him, he is warned that the man is a poor loser. Sure enough, he ends up having a childish tantrum at the end of the game.
* TerroristsWithoutACause: Holy and Zwingli work with what turns out to be a band of apolitical mercenaries, "rent-a-terrorists", as Bond puts it.
* TextualCelebrityResemblance: "Sinful" Cindy's face reminds Bond of a young Ella Fitzgerald, a jazz singer.
* UnexpectedInheritance: Bond inherits a quarter million pounds from an Australian uncle he has never heard of. The following spending spree makes him seem suspicious in the eyes of his employers, since coincidentally there has been a couple of Soviet men (called "ambulance chasers") hiring double-agents lately.
* WarGaming: Gunfire Simulations specializes in producing these for computers, and uses them as a pretense for conspiracy gatherings.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Holy and Swingli want world peace, even if it means to putting USA and Soviet Union in extremely vulnerable position]].
* WhamLine:
** "The name of our principals? I should have thought a man like you would have guessed already. [[spoiler:A once powerful and very rich organisation, which has fallen on bad times – mainly because they lost their last two leaders in tragic circumstances. Our principals are a group who call themselves SPECTRE]]."
** "[[spoiler:Come on, yourself, Jay. You didn't think we were really going to allow the Soviet Union to suffer the indignity of being stripped of her assets as well?]]"
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