History Trivia / OSS117

** Frederick Stafford replaced Kerwin Matthews for ''OSS 117: Mission to Tokyo'' in the Creator/{{Gaumont}} films.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''Film/OSS117IsNotDead'' cannot be found on physical home video supports. There's an upload on Website/YouTube.

** Frederick Stafford replaced Kerwin Matthews for ''OSS 117: Mission to Tokyo''.

* BTeamSequel: Nicolas Bedos directed ''Film/OSS117FromAfricaWithLove'' instead of Creator/MichelHazanavicius this time. Hazanavicius didn't like the script and got busy elsewhere with ''Film/LePrinceOublie'', and his AssociatedComposer Ludovic Bource did not come back either.
* CaliforniaDoubling: No scene of ''Film/OSS117CairoNestOfSpies'' was filmed in Egypt. The movie was mostly shot in UsefulNotes/{{Morocco}}.
* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
** The original French subtitle of ''Lost in Rio'' is ''Rio ne répond plus'' (''Rio Stopped Responding'').
** The original French subtitle of ''From Africa With Love'' is ''Alerte rouge en Afrique noire'' (''Red Alert in Black Africa'').
* DelayedReleaseTieIn: The first trailer for ''From Africa With Love'' has 117 tell the viewers to meet up with him on February 3, 2021. The movie's release date was moved to August 4, 2021 due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic lockdown for businesses being extended past early February.
* FakeNationality:
** Argentinian-born and French-raised actress Bérénice Bejo as the Egyptian Larmina in ''Cairo Nest of Spies''.
** French actress Louise Monot as the Israeli (of Russian descent) Dolorès Koulechov in ''Film/OSS117LostInRio''.
** Senegalese-French Fatou N'Diaye as the Kenyan Zéphyrine Bamba in ''Film/OSS117FromAfricaWithLove''.
* FauxFluency: In the ''Cairo Nest of Spies'' scene in which 117 sings an Arabic cover of "Bambino", Creator/JeanDujardin had to phonetically learn the lyrics.
* ReleaseDateChange: ''From Africa With Love'' was originally due to come out on February 3, 2021. It was moved to April 14 due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown being extended for many businesses, theatrical included. Then it was pushed to August 4.
* SequelGap: ''From Africa With Love'' came out twelve years after the previous one, ''Lost in Rio''.

* BTeamSequel: Nicolas Bedos directed ''Film/OSS117FromAfricaWithLove'' instead of Creator/MichelHazanavicius this time. Hazanavicius didn't like the script and got busy elsewhere with ''Film/LePrinceOublie''.

* DelayedReleaseTieIn: The first trailer for ''From Africa With Love'' has 117 tell the viewers to meet up with him on February 3, 2021. The movie's release date was moved to April 14, 2021 due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic lockdown for businesses being extended past early February.

* SequelGap: ''From Africa With Love'' is due to come out twelve years after the last one, ''Lost in Rio''.

* SequelGap: ''Red Alert in Black Africa'' is due to come out almost twelve years after the last one, ''Lost in Rio''.

* ReleaseDateChange: ''Red Alert in Black Africa'' was originally due to come out on February 3, 2021. It was moved to April 14 due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown being extended for many businesses, theatrical included. Then it was pushed to August 4.

* BTeamSequel: Nicolas Bedos directed ''Film/OSS117RedAlertInBlackAfrica'' instead of Creator/MichelHazanavicius this time. Hazanavicius didn't like the script and got busy elsewhere with ''Film/LePrinceOublie''.

* DelayedReleaseTieIn: The first trailer for ''Red Alert in Black Africa'' has 117 tell the viewers to meet up with him on February 3, 2021. The movie's release date was moved to April 14, 2021 due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic lockdown for businesses being extended past early February.

* ReleaseDateChange: ''Red Alert in Black Africa'' was originally due to come out on February 3, 2021. It was moved to April 14 due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown being extended for many businesses, theatrical included. The extension of said lockdown is indefinite, which means the date is not guaranteed to stick.

* ReleaseDateChange: ''Red Alert in Black Africa'' was originally due to come out on February 3, 2021. It was moved to April 14 due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown being extended for many businesses, theatrical included.

* ReleaseDateChange: ''Red Alert in Black Africa'' was originally due to come out on February 3, 2021. It was moved to April 14 due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

* DelayedReleaseTieIn: The first trailer for ''Red Alert in Black Africa'' has 117 tell the viewers to meet up with him on February 3, 2021. The movie's release date was moved to April 14, 2021 due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic lockdown.

* BTeamSequel: Nicolas Bedos directed ''Film/OSS117RedAlertInBlackAfrica'' instead of Creator/MichelHazanavicius this time. Hazanavicius didn't like the script and got busy elsewhere.

* FauxFluency: In the ''Cairo Nest of Spies'' scene in which 117 sings an Arabic cover of "Bambino", Jean Dujardin had to phonetically learn the lyrics.

* TheOtherDarrin: Regarding the 1960s film series, Frederick Stafford replaced Kerwin Matthews for ''OSS 117: Mission to Tokyo''. Then Stafford was not available to film ''OSS 117 - Double Agent'' due to being busy on Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/{{Topaz}}'', so he was replaced by Creator/JohnGavin.

* TheOtherDarrin: Regarding the 1960s Gaumont film series, Frederick Stafford replaced Kerwin Matthews for ''OSS 117: Mission to Tokyo''. Then Stafford was not available to film ''OSS 117 - Double Agent'' due to being busy on Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/{{Topaz}}'', so he was replaced by Creator/JohnGavin.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''Film/OSS117IsNotDead'' cannot be found on home video supports. There's an upload on Website/YouTube.

** French actress Louise Monot as the Israeli (of Russian descent) Dolorès Koulechov in ''Film/OSS117LostOnRio''.

** French actress Louise Monot as the Israeli (of Russian descent) Dolorès Koulechov in ''Lost in Rio''.

* FakeNationality: Argentinian-born and French-raised Bérénice Bejo as the Egyptian Larmina in ''Cairo Nest of Spies''.