History Trivia / Octopussy

** M is played by Robert Brown, who previously played Admiral Hargreaves in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''. A common {{Fanon}} theory is that they are the same person (especially after ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' canonically confirmed that the title of "M" can be passed to another individual).

* CaliforniaDoubling: Kent doubles for Cuba in TheTeaser. In fact, this was the site where Fort Knox was built for ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''. In some scenes, Britain doubled for Germany.

* UncreditedRole: Creator/IngridPitt as the uncredited voice of a Galley Mistress.

** M is played by Robert Brown, who previously played Admiral Hargreaves in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''. A common {{Fanon}} theory is that they are the same person.

* ActorSharedBackground: Vijay loves tennis. He's played by Vijay Amritraj, who was a pro tennis player.

* OnSetInjury: Creator/RogerMoore's stunt double, Martin Grace, had a serious accident while filming on the train. Hanging on the side of it, the train went into a non-assessed area of the track and he rammed into a pylon, seriously damaging his leg and hip and hospitalizing him for several months. He made a full recovery. In a similar vein, the actor who uses the buzz saw yo-yo broke his arm when he fell over the balcony onto Octopussy's bed. Despite his injury and having to wear a cast, he insisted on completing the rest of his scenes.

** ''007 Against Octopussy'' (Brazil and Portugal)

* TheOtherMarty: Bond was originally to be played by Creator/JamesBrolin in this film as a replacement for an aging Creator/RogerMoore and actually filmed some scenes in India. The Creator/AlbertRBroccoli felt the pressure of using an established Bond actor against the return of Creator/SeanConnery in ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'' and brought Moore back.

* DevelopmentGag: Octopussy's father being a leading authority on octopi and her nickname being his pet name for her was most likely a nod to Creator/IanFleming, owned a pet octopus, which served as the inspiration for [[Literature/{{Goldfinger}} Pussy Galore]].

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Vijay Amritraj plays a snake charmer. In reality, Amritraj is terrified of snakes and was virtually unable to take part in any of the action. His character mentions this while disposing of the cobra in the basket by telling Bond "This was the wrong cover. I hate snakes."

* DuellingMovies: The duel between Creator/EonProductions' ''Octopussy'' with Creator/RogerMoore as Bond and ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'' with Creator/SeanConnery as Bond, being dubbed "The Battle of the Bonds", was one of the most publicized in movie history. Neither film really wowed critics, with ''Never Say Never Again'' edging out a bit among them. ''Octopussy'' won by a tight margin at the box office. The Eon series has continued to this day and even regaining all remaining Bond rights that they didn't have in the process, whereas ''Never Say Never Again'' remained a StillbornFranchise.

* DuellingMovies: The duel between Creator/EonProductions' ''Octopussy'' with Creator/RogerMoore as Bond and ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'' with Creator/SeanConnery as Bond, being dubbed "The Battle of the Bonds", was one of the most publicized in movie history. Neither film really wowed critics. ''Octopussy'' won by a tight margin at the box office. The Eon series continued to this day, whereas ''Never Say Never Again'' remained a StillbornFranchise.

* SequelInAnotherMedium: Given that the original short story is Octopussy's backstory, the film can technically be considered a sequel to the story.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The mere fact that the plot mentions West Germany and East Germany already makes the film that. Also, the Soviet prime minister Leonid Brezhnev administers the Soviet briefing in the first half of the film. However, in real life, Brezhnev had died during production in 1982, making ''Octopussy'' one of the last depictions of him. Since he was succeeded by KGB chairman Yuri Andropov in real life, General Gogol would've succeeded him within the film series.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The mere fact that the plot mentions West Germany and East Germany already makes the film that. Also, the Soviet prime minister Leonid Brezhnev administers the Soviet briefing in the first half of the film. However, Brezhnev had died during production in 1982, making ''Octopussy'' one of the last depictions of him. Since he was succeeded by KGB chairman Yuri Andropov in real life, General Gogol would've succeeded him within the film series.

* RefittedForSequel: Many production and story ideas and elements not used in ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' ended up being utilized for this film. These included the knife throwing twins, the casting of Creator/LouisJourdan as the villain and the Acrostar Bede jet sequence. The backgammon game was originally intended to take place in Max Kalba's club in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''.