History Series / RemingtonSteele

* ActorAllusion: Even though he wouldn't be Bond for another 9 years until Film/GoldenEye in 1995, Remington Steele could be seen as almost a prequel series to Pierce's Bond. Steele is seen handling similar situations that Bond sees himself in, and proves his cunning and wit through many episodes. Pierce can be frequently seen wearing tuxedos. Steele even has a MysteriousPast, perfect for his role as Bond. As the series progresses, Steele begins to take on more of a [[TookALevelInBadass serious personality as he improves his detective skills]], sometimes becoming indistinguishable from that of Pierce's Bond. Later on in the series, Steele's British background becomes canon and is heavily implied he is connected to British Secret Intelligence. He even shares the same accent as Bond, and the series ends [[AmbiguousEnding very ambiguously.]]

** Pierce's Bond is revealed to be an orphan, just like Remington Steele. The climbing accident death of James' parents that is mentioned in GoldenEye could simply be a cover story created by British Intelligence, with the real history of James' parents being revealed in the final episodes of the show instead. Or, it could all [[AmbiguousEnding be an elaborate ruse, with Remington Steele working as a double agent for British Intelligence the entire time.]]

** Pierce's Bond is revealed to be an orphan, just like Remington Steele. The climbing accident death of James' parents that is mentioned in Goldeneye could simply be a cover story created by British Intelligence, with the real history of James' parents being revealed in the final episodes of the show instead. Or, it could all [[AmbiguousEnding be an elaborate ruse, with Remington Steele working as a double agent for British Intelligence the entire time.]]

** Pierce's Bond is revealed to be an orphan, just like Remington Steele's. The climbing accident death of James' parents that is mentioned in Goldeneye could simply be a cover story created by British Intelligence, with the real history of James' parents being revealed in the final episodes of the show instead. Or, it could all [[AmbiguousEnding be an elaborate ruse, with Remington Steele working as a double agent for British Intelligence the entire time.]]

** Pierce's Bond is revealed to be an orphan, just like Remington Steele's. The climbing accident death of James' parents that is mentioned in Goldeneye could simply be a cover story created by British Intelligence, with the real history of James' parents being revealed in the final episodes of the show instead. Or, it could all [[FridgeLogic be an elaborate ruse, with Remington Steele working as a double agent for British Intelligence the entire time.]]

** Pierce's Bond is revealed to be an orphan, just like Remington Steele's. The climbing accident death of James' parents that is mentioned in Goldeneye could simply be a cover story created by British Intelligence, with the real history of James' parents being revealed in the final episodes of the show instead. Or, it could all [[AmbiguousEnding be an elaborate ruse, with Remington Steele working as a double agent for British Intelligence the entire time.]]

** Pierce's Bond is revealed to be an orphan, just like Remington Steele's. The climbing accident death of James' parents that is mentioned in Goldeneye could simply be a cover story created by British Intelligence, with the real history of James' parents being revealed in the final episodes of the show instead. Or, it could all [[AmbiguousEnding be an elaborate ruse.]]

** Pierce's Bond is revealed to be an orphan, just like Remington Steele's. The climbing accident death of James' parents that is mentioned in Goldeneye could simply be a cover story created by British Intelligence, with the real history of James' parents being revealed in the final episodes of the show instead. Or, it could all [[Ambiguous Ending be an elaborate ruse.]]

** Pierce's Bond is revealed to be an orphan, just like Remington Steele's. The climbing accident death of James' parents that is mentioned in Goldeneye could simply be a cover story created by British Intelligence, with the real history of James' parents being revealed in the final episodes of the show instead.

* ActorAllusion: A specific, rarer form for Pierce Brosnan and his future role of James Bond. Even though he wouldn't be Bond for another 9 years until Film/GoldenEye in 1995, Remington Steele could be seen as almost a prequel series to Pierce's Bond. Steele is seen handling similar situations that Bond sees himself in, and proves his cunning and wit through many episodes. Pierce can be frequently seen wearing tuxedos. Steele even has a MysteriousPast, perfect for his role as Bond. As the series progresses, Steele begins to take on more of a [[TookALevelInBadass serious personality as he improves his detective skills]], sometimes becoming indistinguishable from that of Pierce's Bond. Later on in the series, Steele's British background becomes canon and is heavily implied he is connected to British Secret Intelligence. He even shares the same accent as Bond, and the series ends [[AmbiguousEnding very ambiguously.]]

* ActorAllusion: A specific, rarer form for Pierce Brosnan and his future role of James Bond. Even though he wouldn't be Bond for another 9 years until Film/GoldenEye in 1995, Remington Steele could be seen as almost a prequel series to Pierce's Bond. Steele is seen handling similar situations that Bond sees himself in, and proves his cunning and wit through many episodes. Steele even has a MysteriousPast, perfect for his role as Bond. As the series progresses, Steele begins to take on more of a [[TookALevelInBadass serious personality as he improves his detective skills]], sometimes becoming indistinguishable from that of Pierce's Bond. Later on in the series, Steele's British background becomes canon and is heavily implied he is connected to British Secret Intelligence. He even shares the same accent as Bond, and the series ends [[AmbiguousEnding very ambiguously.]]

** Film/TomorrowNeverDies has Paris Carver. Paris is an old flame of James Bond, played by Creator/TeriHatcher, a brunette not unlike that of Creator/StephanieZimbalist's beautiful Laura Holt.

** In Film/TommorowNeverDies has Paris Carver. Paris is an old flame of James Bond, played by Creator/TeriHatcher, a brunette not unlike that of Creator/StephanieZimbalist's beautiful Laura Holt.

* ActorAllusion: A specific, rarer form for Pierce Brosnan and his future role of James Bond. Even though he wouldn't be Bond for another 9 years until Film/GoldenEye in 1995, Remington Steele could be seen as almost a prequel series to Pierce's Bond. Steele is seen handling similar situations that Bond sees himself in, and proves his cunning and wit through many episodes. Steele even has a MysteriousPast, perfect for his role as Bond. As the series progresses, Steele begins to take on more of a [[TookALevelInBadass serious personality as he improves his detective skills]], sometimes becoming indistinguishable from that of Pierce's Bond. Later on in the series, Steele's British background becomes canon and is heavily implied he is connected to British Secret Intelligence. He even shares the same accent as Bond.

** In one scene, Steele has [[SexualEuphemism a rather innuendo-laden conversation with Laura about Ornithology.]] This scene is almost directly copied on over in Film/DieAnotherDay, when Bond meets and flirts with Jinx. He even has binoculars, a blue shirt and cigar, just like what he had in Remington Steele.

** In one scene, Steele has [[SexualEuphemism a rather innuendo-laden conversation with Laura about Ornithology.]]This scene is almost directly copied on over in Film/DieAnotherDay, when Bond meets and flirts with Jinx. He even has binoculars, a blue shirt and cigar, just like what he had in Remington Steele.

* ActorAllusion: A specific, rarer form for Pierce Brosnan and his future role of James Bond. Even though he wouldn't be Bond for another 9 years until Film/Goldeneye in 1995, Remington Steele could be seen as almost a prequel series to Pierce's Bond. Steele is seen handling similar situations that Bond sees himself in, and proves his cunning and wit through many episodes. Steele even has a MysteriousPast, perfect for his role as Bond. As the series progresses, Steele begins to take on more of a [[TookALevelInBadass serious personality as he improves his detective skills]], sometimes becoming indistinguishable from that of Pierce's Bond. Later on in the series, Steele's British background becomes canon and is heavily implied he is connected to British Secret Intelligence. He even shares the same accent as Bond.

** In one scene, Steele has [[SexualEuphemism a rather innuendo-laden conversation with Laura about Ornithology.]]This scene is strangely almost directly copied on over in Film/DieAnotherDay, when Bond meets and flirts with Jinx. He even has binoculars, a blue shirt and cigar, just like what he had in Remington Steele.

* ActorAllusion: A specific, rarer form for Pierce Brosnan and his future role of James Bond. Even though he wouldn't be Bond for another 9 years until Goldeneye in 1995, Remington Steele could be seen as almost a prequel series to Pierce's Bond. Steele is seen handling similar situations that Bond sees himself in, and proves his cunning and wit through many episodes. Steele even has a MysteriousPast, perfect for his role as Bond. As the series progresses, Steele begins to take on more of a [[TookALevelInBadass serious personality as he improves his detective skills]], sometimes becoming indistinguishable from that of Pierce's Bond. Later on in the series, Steele's British background becomes canon and is heavily implied he is connected to British Secret Intelligence. He even shares the same accent as Bond.

* ActorAllusion: A specific, rarer form for Pierce Brosnan and his future role of James Bond. Even though he wouldn't be Bond for another 9 years until Goldeneye in 1995, Remington Steele could be seen as almost a prequel series to Pierce's Bond. Steele is seen handling similar situations that Bond sees himself in, and proves his cunning and wit through many episodes. Steele even has a MysteriousPast, perfect for his role as Bond. As the series progresses, Steele begins to take on more of a [[TookALevelInBadass serious personality as he improves his detective skills]], sometimes becoming indistinguishable from that of Pierce's Bond. Later on in the series, Steele's British background becomes canon and is heavily implied he is connected to British Secret Intelligence.

* ActorAllusion: A specific, rarer form for Pierce Brosnan and his future role of James Bond. Even though he wouldn't be Bond for another 9 years until Goldeneye in 1995, Remington Steele could be seen as almost a prequel series to Pierce's Bond. Steele is seen handling similar situations that Bond sees himself in, and proves his cunning and wit through many episodes. Steele even has a MysteriousPast, perfect for his role as Bond. As the series progresses, Steele begins to take on more of a [[TookALevelInBadass serious personality as he improves his detective skills]], sometimes becoming indistinguishable from that of Pierce's Bond. Later on in the series, Steele's British background becomes canon and is heavily implied he is connected to MI6.

* AllForNothing: All of the madcap antics in "Steele in the Chips" end up for naught, [[spoiler: as a goat eats the last cookie and the recipe died with the creator]].

* CaliforniaDoubling: Inverted in "Puzzled Steele", which was filmed in Malta. A Maltese village [[spoiler: that turns out to be an in-universe prop]] looks a lot like old American Southwest towns.

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* NoNameGiven: We never learn Remington Steele's true name; even though we know the name of his supposed father (as revealed late in the series) is [[spoiler: Chalmers]], there's no guarantee Dad is using a real name, either. Based on the circumstances of Steele's birth [[spoiler: mother died in childbirth, father was in prison]], he may not even have a real name.

* RetiredMonster: A downplayed example with Kevin Masters [[spoiler: AKA Le Renard]]. By his own admission, he has no regrets [[spoiler: being a former master thief]] and occasionally likes to imagine up new [[spoiler:heists]] in the present. However, he's also a NiceGuy who prefers a quite life who genuinely has a thing for Mildred. In some ways, he's kind of an older version of Steele.

* SequelHook: "Elegy in Steele" [[spoiler: (Major Descoine is caught, but his daughter "Minor" escapes at the end)]].

** Kevin Masters giving his dog a collar with diamonds automatically [[spoiler:outs him as Le Renard,]] when Laura finds the news article about the Kronesbourgh Necklace, [[spoiler: which she recognizes as the dog's collar]].

* PutOnABus: Murphy Michaels and Bernice Fox depart the agency after season 1. It is explained that Fox has run off with a saxophone player in true 'Some Like It Hot Fashion' whilst Michaels has moved back to his native Colorado to open his own detective agency (James Read actually being cast as the co-lead in mini-series 'North and South').