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** Jazz funerals, or "funerals with music" as they're traditionally known, are a noted tradition in New Orleans, held for deceased musicians or other prominent New Orleans natives. Though the film greatly exaggerates it, [[MoodWhiplash showing the procession immediately switch from a somber tune to a happy tune]] ("Rock Around The Clock", as shown during the film). In real life, they play a somber tune (such as "Nearer My God To Thee") on their way to the cemetery, and play a happy tune (such as "When The Saints Go Marching In") after the deceased is laid to rest.

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** Jazz funerals, or "funerals with music" as they're traditionally known, are a noted tradition in New Orleans, held for deceased musicians or other prominent New Orleans natives. Though the film greatly exaggerates it, [[MoodWhiplash showing the procession immediately switch from a somber tune to a happy tune]] ("Rock Around The Clock", as shown during the film). In real life, they play a somber tune (such as "Nearer My God To Thee") on their way to the cemetery, and play a happy tune (such as "When The Saints Go Marching In") after the deceased is laid to rest. (Then again, the film’s procession kills several agents, so an immediate switching of tunes [[FridgeBrilliance would provide a good distraction.]])
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** Mr. Big’s plan of initially offering his heroin for free to get people hooked before charging for it is seen as ludicrous even by Bond himself. In RealLife, however, this was exactly one of the ways [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lucas Frank Lucas]] (yes, the subject of ''Film/AmericanGangster'') profited from his “Blue Magic” heroin.
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* BadassDecay: Bond is supposed to be a very good spy and secret agent. Yet on this movie it is quite jarring how ''everybody'' seems to know what he is, what's he's up to, and what he's doing. Not only that, but they're following and tailing him at almost ''every single instant'' in the whole film, to the point he gets betrayed twice ''and'' trapped three times. At least part of this is explained by Solitaire's tarot reading giving the bad guys a heads up. After that, Mr. Big ''is'' well connected. There is also a recurring theme in the Creator/RogerMoore films where Bond is less of a secret agent and more of a ''living legend'' given Scaramanga's reaction to him (which is not entirely unlikely given how he is a OneManArmy who has saved the whole world at least twice by this point), but even in that case, the bad guys getting the drop on Bond so many times is something that is rare even on other Moore Bond films.

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* BadassDecay: Bond is supposed to be a very good spy and secret agent. Yet on in this movie it is quite jarring how ''everybody'' seems to know what he is, what's he's up to, and what he's doing. Not only that, but they're following and tailing him at almost ''every single instant'' in the whole film, to the point he gets betrayed twice ''and'' trapped three times. At least part of this is explained by Solitaire's tarot reading giving the bad guys a heads up. After that, Mr. Big ''is'' well connected. There is also a recurring theme in the Creator/RogerMoore films where Bond is less of a secret agent and more of a ''living legend'' given Scaramanga's reaction to him (which is not entirely unlikely given how he is a OneManArmy who has saved the whole world at least twice by this point), but even in that case, the bad guys getting the drop on Bond so many times is something that is rare even on in other Moore Bond films.
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* CreepyAwesome: Much of Baron Samedi's fame stem of how creepy he is and how we know nothing about him. [[EvilLaugh His laugh]] helps.

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* CreepyAwesome: Much of Baron Samedi's fame stem of stems from how creepy he is and how we know nothing about him. [[EvilLaugh His laugh]] helps.
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** Relating to Baron Samedi's immortality, Solitaire's VirginPower of clairvoyance, and the implication that Kananga is old enough to be Solitaire's grandfather despite appearing to be in his late 40s. Accepting that these are real (and there is a lot of potential evidence that they are) means that you are accepting the existence of magic in the James Bond franchise, which is understandably something that a lot of people have a problem with in their spy fiction. Especially if you are a fan of the darker and more realistic incarnations of Bond such as Creator/TimothyDalton. (That said, "magic in James Bond" is OlderThanTheyThink - in the novels, this one, ''Literature/FromRussiaWithLove'' and ''Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' all feature [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight surprisingly accurate prophesies]].)

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** Relating to Baron Samedi's immortality, Solitaire's VirginPower of clairvoyance, and the implication that Kananga is old enough to be Solitaire's grandfather despite appearing to be in his late 40s. Accepting that these are real (and there is a lot of potential evidence that they are) means that you are accepting the existence of magic in the James Bond franchise, which is understandably something that a lot of people have a problem with in their spy fiction. Especially if you are a fan of the darker and more realistic incarnations of Bond such as Creator/TimothyDalton. (That said, "magic in James Bond" is OlderThanTheyThink - in the novels, this one, ''Literature/FromRussiaWithLove'' and ''Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' all feature [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight surprisingly accurate prophesies]].prophecies]].)
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** Averted, surprisingly, on Bond's escape after being left to be eaten by crocodiles in a very small island. Instead of using fake props, those were actually real crocodiles. [[spoiler: That ain't Moore or even a proper stunt double running on top of them. That's the owner of the ranch, Kananga himself.]]

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** Averted, surprisingly, on Bond's escape after being left to be eaten by crocodiles in a very small island. Instead of using fake props, those were actually real crocodiles. [[spoiler: That ain't Moore or even a proper stunt double running on top of them. That's the owner of the ranch, Ross Kananga himself.]]
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* WTHCostumingDepartment: An excusable case as it was simply [[UnintetnionalPeriodPiece a product of the times]], but damn near every outfit seen on screen just screams of the Seventies all throughout. Less forgivable is Kananga's guise as Mr. Big, with his mask and wig barely concealing who he really is.


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* WTHCostumingDepartment: An excusable case as it was simply [[UnintetnionalPeriodPiece [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece a product of the times]], but damn near every outfit seen on screen just screams of the Seventies all throughout. Less forgivable is Kananga's guise as Mr. Big, with his mask and wig barely concealing who he really is.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The title theme by Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/{{Wings}}. Whoa. So much so that Music/GunsNRoses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D9vAItORgE&feature=youtu.be&t=9s did a cover of it.]]

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The title theme by Music/PaulMcCartney and Music/{{Wings}}.Music/{{Wings|Band}}. Whoa. So much so that Music/GunsNRoses [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D9vAItORgE&feature=youtu.be&t=9s did a cover of it.]]
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** The villain himself, especially for younger audiences. You could be forgiven for thinking that the concept of a Caribbean dictator using voodoo imagery to strengthen his mystique and terrorize his underlings was simply the movie following the trashiest traditions of pulp fiction and HollywoodVoodoo. Unfortunately, François Duvalier was quite real (see the NoCelebritiesWereHarmed entry below).

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** The villain himself, especially for younger audiences. You could be forgiven for thinking that the concept of a Caribbean dictator using voodoo imagery to strengthen his mystique and terrorize his underlings was simply the movie following the trashiest traditions of pulp fiction and HollywoodVoodoo. Unfortunately, that's a perfect description of real-life Haitian dictator [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Duvalier François Duvalier was quite real (see Duvalier]], who died in office just two years before the NoCelebritiesWereHarmed entry below).film's release.
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** Dambala, Baron Samedi's snake-handling follower who wears a thong and a goat-skin headpiece, appears in two scenes, but one is very brief, and he doesn't talk in either scene. 

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** Dambala, Baron Samedi's snake-handling follower who wears a thong and a goat-skin headpiece, appears in two scenes, but one is very brief, and he doesn't talk in either scene. 



* SoOkayItsAverage: Generally considered a campy and rather stereotypical period piece that is lifted up by a suspenseful plot driven by Creator/RogerMoore and Creator/JaneSeymourActress's standout performances.

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* SoOkayItsAverage: Generally considered a campy and rather stereotypical period piece that is lifted up by a suspenseful plot driven by Creator/RogerMoore and Creator/JaneSeymourActress's Creator/{{Jane Seymour|Actress}}'s standout performances. performances, along with a beloved theme song [[BreakawayPopHit that found life outside the movie]].



* WTHCostumingDepartment: An excusable case as it was simply a product of the times, but damn near every outfit seen on screen just screams of the Seventies all throughout. Less forgivable is Kananga's guise as Mr. Big, with his mask and wig barely concealing who he really is.



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* WTHCostumingDepartment: An excusable case as it was simply [[UnintetnionalPeriodPiece a product of the times, times]], but damn near every outfit seen on screen just screams of the Seventies all throughout. Less forgivable is Kananga's guise as Mr. Big, with his mask and wig barely concealing who he really is. \n\n\n

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* SignatureScene: the boat chase. This is generally considered one of the weakest of the Bond films. But the boat chase is considered one of the best action sequences in the series.
** Bond escaping being left for dead by jumping on the backs of the crocodiles is one of the more memorable scenes from the series as well.

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Audience Alienating Premise requires the work to have failed commercially; this film made more money than the two Bond entries either side of it


* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Not to an especially egregious extent, though the idea of the supernatural existing in the world of James Bond is something even the franchise's most ardent fans have a hard time accepting, which is perhaps why it is the only film to date to imply that it does. Also worthy of mention is Kananga's elaborate plot to distribute heroin for free across the US to monopolize the drug trade, a rather underwhelming scheme when lined up against the ambitions of so many other villains in the series.



* BrokenBase: Relating to Baron Samedi's immortality, Solitaire's VirginPower of clairvoyance, and the implication that Kananga is old enough to be Solitaire's grandfather despite appearing to be in his late 40s. Accepting that these are real (and there is a lot of potential evidence that they are) means that you are accepting the existence of magic in the James Bond franchise, which is understandably something that a lot of people have a problem with in their spy fiction. Especially if you are a fan of the darker and more realistic incarnations of Bond such as Creator/TimothyDalton. (That said, "magic in James Bond" is OlderThanTheyThink - in the novels, this one, ''Literature/FromRussiaWithLove'' and ''Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' all feature [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight surprisingly accurate prophesies]].)

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Relating to Baron Samedi's immortality, Solitaire's VirginPower of clairvoyance, and the implication that Kananga is old enough to be Solitaire's grandfather despite appearing to be in his late 40s. Accepting that these are real (and there is a lot of potential evidence that they are) means that you are accepting the existence of magic in the James Bond franchise, which is understandably something that a lot of people have a problem with in their spy fiction. Especially if you are a fan of the darker and more realistic incarnations of Bond such as Creator/TimothyDalton. (That said, "magic in James Bond" is OlderThanTheyThink - in the novels, this one, ''Literature/FromRussiaWithLove'' and ''Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' all feature [[PropheciesAreAlwaysRight surprisingly accurate prophesies]].))
** The idea of the supernatural existing in the world of James Bond is something even the franchise's most ardent fans have a hard time accepting, which is perhaps why it is the only film to date to imply that it does. At the same time, there are other fans who feel it gives this film a unique identity among the rest of the series.
** Kananga's elaborate plot to distribute heroin for free across the US to monopolize the drug trade is considered by some to be a rather underwhelming scheme when lined up against the ambitions of so many other villains in the series. Others find it a welcome change of pace after Blofeld's world domination schemes, and something more akin to the kind of threats tackled by the literary version of Bond.
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He actually has a surprising amount of fans if You Tube is anything to go by

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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Sheriff J.W. Pepper; either you hate him for being a bumbling buffoon whose involvement radically changes the tone of the movie, or you love him for those same reasons.
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** One of the more ridiculous scenes involves Bond running over the backs of a bunch of alligators and crocodiles to get off an island before the carnivores can eat him. It's completely unbelievable... except for being real. According to the commentary on the film, they were planning to have Bond escape using his magnetic watch to pull a boat over, but felt it lacked excitement. They asked the animal handler on the set how he would escape from the island and he proceeded to do the "run-over-their-backs" stunt for the camera. The footage is actually of him doing it!
** Jazz funerals, or "funerals with music" as they're traditionally known, are a noted tradition in New Orleans, held for deceased musicians or other prominent New Orleans natives. Though the film greatly exaggerates it, [[MoodWhiplash showing the procession immediately switch from a somber tune to a happy tune]] ("Rock Around The Clock", as shown during the film). In real life, they play a somber tune (such as "Nearer My God To Thee") on their way to the cemetery, and play a happy tune (such as "When The Saints Go Marching In") after the deceased is laid to rest.
** The villain himself, especially for younger audiences. You could be forgiven for thinking that the concept of a Caribbean dictator using voodoo imagery to strengthen his mystique and terrorize his underlings was simply the movie following the trashiest traditions of pulp fiction and HollywoodVoodoo. Unfortunately, François Duvalier was quite real (see the NoCelebritiesWereHarmed entry below).
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* SignatureScene: the boat chase. This is generally considered one of the weakest of the Bond films. But the boat chase is considered one of the best action sequences in the series.
** Bond escaping being left for dead by jumping on the backs of the crocodiles is one of the more memorable scenes from the series as well.
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** It's quite obvious that the actor playing Tee-Hee is wearing a prop claw (you can see his wrist bending the sleeves, even though it's supposed to be solid steel).

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** It's quite obvious that the actor playing Tee-Hee is wearing a prop claw (you can see his wrist bending the sleeves, sleeves or part of the actor's arm during the final fight, even though it's supposed to be solid steel).steel that covers the entire arm).
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* UncannyValley: Because Creator/YaphetKotto is wearing a real LatexPerfection mask to play "Mr. Big", and because in real life such masks tend to have this effect due to not being as effective as they are in movies, there's something noticeably ''off'' about Mr. Big's appearance.

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* UncannyValley: UnintentionalUncannyValley: Because Creator/YaphetKotto is wearing a real LatexPerfection mask to play "Mr. Big", and because in real life such masks tend to have this effect due to not being as effective as they are in movies, there's something noticeably ''off'' about Mr. Big's appearance.
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** David Hedison is one of the more popular actors to portray Felix Leiter. His likability in the part and his great chemistry with Creator/RogerMoore probably did much to convince the producers to bring him back opposite Creator/TimothyDalton sixteen years later in ''Film/LicenceToKill''.

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** David Hedison Creator/DavidHedison is one of the more popular actors to portray Felix Leiter. His likability in the part and his great chemistry with Creator/RogerMoore probably did much to convince the producers to bring him back opposite Creator/TimothyDalton sixteen years later in ''Film/LicenceToKill''.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Dr. Kananga decides to dispose of Bond and Solitaire by feeding them to sharks, which come to feed in a pool in his lair.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Kananga to shoot or drug the two, then throw them into the water and let the sharks dispose of their remains.\\
'''Instead:''' He has them tied to a rig[[note]](which almost certainly inspired the "Unnecessarily Slow-Moving Dipping Mechanism that Doctor Evil attempts to kill Film/AustinPowers with in his first film)[[/note]] which is very slowly and gently lowered into the water. Kananga's mook Whisper actually proves somewhat wiser than his boss and initially tries to lower them in quickly, presumably so that they'll drown before they can try to escape, but Kananga overrules him on the grounds that he wants them eaten alive. This gives Bond the chance to use the super-powered electromagnet in his watch to escape and foil Kananga once and for all.
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* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: According to Creator/TomMankiewicz, Creator/AlbertRBroccoli initially wasn't enamored with the theme song:

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* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: According to Creator/TomMankiewicz, Creator/AlbertRBroccoli initially wasn't enamored enamoured with the theme song:
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* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: According to Tom Mankiewicz, Creator/AlbertRBroccoli initially wasn't enamored with the theme song:

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* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: According to Tom Mankiewicz, Creator/TomMankiewicz, Creator/AlbertRBroccoli initially wasn't enamored with the theme song:
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* BizarroEpisode: This is the only Bond film to have outright supernatural elements to it, such as HollywoodVoodoo, PsychicPowers, and a man who gets shot literally to pieces seemingly resurrected at the end.
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** Kananga tries to kill Bond by lowering him into a shark tank with [[Film/AustinPowers an unnecessarily slow dipping mechanism.]]

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** Kananga tries to kill Bond by lowering him into a shark tank with [[Film/AustinPowers [[Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery an unnecessarily slow dipping mechanism.]]
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* HarsherInHindight: Upon discovering that Kananga is simply a drug dealer, Bond tells Solitiare that he plans to just turn the whole case over to Felix Leiter and then scarper. This is bitterly ironic in the wake of ''Film/LicenceToKill'', where Bond sets out to destroy a drug dealer who hurts Leiter.

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* HarsherInHindight: HarsherInHindsight: Upon discovering that Kananga is simply a drug dealer, Bond tells Solitiare that he plans to just turn the whole case over to Felix Leiter and then scarper. This is bitterly ironic in the wake of ''Film/LicenceToKill'', where Bond sets out to destroy a drug dealer who hurts Leiter.
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* HarsherInHindight: Upon discovering that Kananga is simply a drug dealer, Bond tells Solitiare that he plans to just turn the whole case over to Felix Leiter and then scarper. This is bitterly ironic in the wake of ''Film/LicenceToKill'', where Bond sets out to destroy a drug dealer who hurts Leiter.

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