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3'''[[TropeCodifier The]]''' [[SpyFiction secret agent]]. As {{Dracula}} is to vampires, Franchise/{{Superman}} is to superheroes, Franchise/PerryMason is to lawyers and attorneys, and Franchise/SherlockHolmes is to detectives, so James Bond is to spies and secret agents.
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5''James Bond'' (or ''James Bond 007'') is a [[LongRunners long-running]] multimedia franchise that originated with the novels of British author Creator/IanFleming and became a pop culture landmark, in large part thanks to a long-running series of theatrical films that started in TheSixties and continues to this day. It is centered around [[CharacterTitle James Bond]], codename 007, a British secret service agent with a licence to kill who accomplishes missions in service of the British Crown, defeating bad guys with diabolical plans and seducing women along the way.
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7The franchise is the property of Danjaq, LLC, the company owned by the [[Creator/AlbertRBroccoli Broccoli]] [[Creator/BarbaraBroccoli family]], the producers of the film series via Creator/EonProductions.
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10[[index]]
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12[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
13* ''Film/JamesBond'', the film franchise by Eon Productions based on Fleming's works. Starting in 1962, it's currently counting 25 films. [[labelnote:Complete list]]''Film/DrNo'', ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'', ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'', ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'', ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'', ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', ''Film/AViewToAKill'', ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'', ''Film/LicenceToKill'', ''Film/GoldenEye'', ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', ''Film/DieAnotherDay'', ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'', ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', ''Film/NoTimeToDie''[[/labelnote]]
14* Two theatrical ''James Bond'' films were produced outside of the Eon series by other studios:
15** ''Film/{{Casino Royale|1967}}'' (1967)
16** ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'' (1983)
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19[[folder:Literature]]
20* ''Literature/JamesBond'', the series of novels and short stories started by Fleming in 1953 and reprised by other writers since his death in 1964.
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23[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
24* ''Film/{{Casino Royale|1954}}'' (1954), the first live-action adaptation of James Bond, as a one-hour episode of the ''Climax!'' TV anthology series.
25[[/index]]
26* ''007: Road to a Million'', a Creator/PrimeVideo GameShow hosted by Creator/BrianCox.
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29[[folder:Comic Books]]
30!!!Adaptations
31* An adaptation of ''Film/DrNo'' was published in the UK in December 1962 by Classics Illustrated. It was later reprinted in the United States by Creator/DCComics as part of its ''Showcase'' anthology series in January 1963.
32* Creator/MarvelComics adapted ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' and ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' in the early '80s.
33* Eclipse Comics (Acme Press in U.K.) released an adaptation of ''Film/LicenceToKill'' in 1989.
34* Topps Comics began an adaptation of ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}'', but cancelled it before it was finished.
35* ''Literature/SilverFin'' became the first ''novel'' to be adapted in 2008, followed by Dynamite Entertainment's adaptations of ''Casino Royale'' in 2018, and ''Live And Let Die'' in 2019.
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37!!!Original Works
38* The first James Bond comic book storyline to not be adapted from a previous work was ''Permission to Die'' - a 1991 miniseries published by Acme/Eclipse, written and drawn by Mike Grell.
39* Not long after the above, the rights reverted to Creator/DarkHorseComics (though Acme still held them in the UK), who published five miniseries (though only four of them were published in their entirety).
40[[index]]
41* ''ComicBook/{{James Bond|Dynamite}}'' by Creator/DynamiteComics. They acquired the rights from the Fleming estate in 2015, and released their own series of inter-connected mini-series.
42[[/index]]
43[[/folder]]
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45[[folder:Pinball Games]]
46[[index]]
47* ''Pinball/JamesBond007Gottlieb'' (1980)
48* ''Pinball/GoldenEye'' (1996)
49* ''Pinball/JamesBond007Stern'' (2022)
50** ''James Bond 60th Anniversary Limited Edition'' (2023)
51[[/index]]
52[[/folder]]
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54[[folder:Radio Dramas]]
55* ''Moonraker'' (Springbok Radio, South Africa, 1950s)
56* ''Radio/{{You Only Live Twice|1990}}'' (BBC Radio 4, UK, 1990)
57* [[Radio/JamesBondJarvisAndAyres Jarvis and Ayres Productions' BBC Radio 4 radio dramas]] based on the Fleming books, with Creator/TobyStephens as James Bond:
58** ''[[Radio/DrNo2008 Dr. No]]'' (2008)
59** ''[[Radio/Goldfinger2010 Goldfinger]]'' (2010)
60** ''[[Radio/FromRussiaWithLove2012 From Russia With Love]]'' (2012)
61** ''[[Radio/OnHerMajestysSecretService2014 On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' (2014)
62** ''[[Radio/DiamondsAreForever2015 Diamonds Are Forever]]'' (2015)
63** ''[[Radio/Thunderball2016 Thunderball]]'' (2016)
64** ''[[Radio/Moonraker2018 Moonraker]]'' (2018)
65** ''[[Radio/LiveAndLetDie2019 Live and Let Die]]'' (2019)
66** ''[[Radio/TheManWithTheGoldenGun2020 The Man with the Golden Gun]]'' (2020)
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69[[folder:Advertising]]
70[[index]]
71* [[Advertising/JamesBond James Bond ads]]
72[[/index]]
73[[/folder]]
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75[[folder:Tabletop RPG]]
76* ''James Bond 007'', published by Victory Games (part of Creator/AvalonHill) starting in 1983. Won many awards and was for a time the most popular espionage RPG. Arguments between Victory Games and Danjaq LLC resulted in it ceasing publication in 1987. Created various adventures that adapted films or were continuations to said films (ex. "Goldfinger 2: The Man with the Midas Touch"), but because of the [=McClory=] rights issue, all references to SPECTRE were changed to a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute villain agency named TAROT.
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79[[folder:Theatre]]
80* The all-women Creator/TakarazukaRevue from Japan [[https://youtu.be/3UiN0gLxQZ0 adapted]] ''Casino Royale'' into a [[TheMusical musical]] in 2023. Suzuho Makaze is the first woman to ever have [[CrossCastRole portrayed]] James Bond in an official manner.
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83[[folder:Video Games]]
84!!!Early:
85[[index]]
86* ''James Bond 007'' (1983)
87* ''A View to a Kill: The Computer Game'' (1985)
88* ''James Bond 007: A View to a Kill (Text Adventure)'' (1985)
89* ''James Bond 007: Goldfinger'' (1986)
90* ''James Bond 007 In The Living Daylights: The Computer Game'' (1987)
91* ''James Bond 007: Live and Let Die The Computer Game'' (1988)
92* ''007: Licence to Kill'' (1989)
93* ''Operation Stealth'' (''James Bond 007: The Stealth Affair'', 1990)
94* ''Lord Bromley's Estate'' (1990)
95* ''Q's Armoury'' (1990)
96* ''James Bond 007: The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1990)
97* ''James Bond Jr.'' (1991)
98* ''James Bond Octopussy'' (1992)
99* ''James Bond 007: The Duel'' (1992)
100!!!Creator/{{Nintendo}} era:
101[[index]]
102* ''VideoGame/{{GoldenEye|1997}}'' (1997)
103* ''James Bond 007'' (1998) [[/index]]
104!!!Creator/ElectronicArts era:
105[[index]]
106* ''VideoGame/TomorrowNeverDies'' (1999)
107* ''VideoGame/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' (2000)
108* ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenRacing'' (2000)
109* ''VideoGame/TheWorldIsNotEnough (GBC)'' (2001)
110* ''[[VideoGame/AgentUnderFire James Bond 007 in... Agent Under Fire]]'' (2001)
111* ''[[VideoGame/{{Nightfire}} James Bond 007: NightFire]]'' (2002)
112* ''[[VideoGame/EverythingOrNothing James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing]]'' (2003)
113* ''VideoGame/GoldenEyeRogueAgent'' (2004)
114* ''[[VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenFromRussiaWithLove James Bond 007: From Russia with Love]]'' (2005) [[/index]]
115!!!Creator/{{Activision}} era:
116[[index]]
117* ''VideoGame/QuantumOfSolace'' (2008)
118* ''VideoGame/{{GoldenEye|2010}}'' (2010)
119* ''[[VideoGame/BloodStone James Bond 007: Blood Stone]]'' (2010)
120* ''[[VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenLegends 007 Legends]]'' (2012)[[/index]]
121!!!Creator/IOInteractive era:
122* ''Project 007'' (TBA)
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125[[folder:Western Animation]]
126[[index]]
127* ''WesternAnimation/JamesBondJr'' (1991)
128[[/index]]
129[[/folder]]

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