Mythology Gag / No Time to Die

• The Movies:
  • Dr. No:
    • Bond walks down a beach as Madeleine surfaces from the water, just like the scene in which he met Honey Ryder.
    • The dots in the Title Sequence.
    • The Jamaican setting.
    • Bond and Felix meeting in Jamaica, though it was for the first time in this movie, for the LAST time in NTTD.
    • The car in the Cuba sequence is the same car Bond was picked up from the airport in.
    • The hazmat suits are the same as worn by Dr. No's scientists.
    • Safin wears a Japanese Noh performer’s mask and he is essentially a botanist, making him a Dr. No of sorts.
    • A mook and Dr. Obruchev's deaths in the toxic pool is like Dr. No's in the boiling reactor pool.
  • Goldfinger:
    • To get access to a target, 007 secretly sabotages their vehicle and then offers the target a ride. In Goldfinger, it's how Bond gets close to Tilly Masterson. In No Time to Die, it's how Nomi gets close to Bond.
  • Thunderball:
    • The silhouette of a diver using a Harpoon Gun, though it might just be Bond himself during his retirement in Jamaica.
  • You Only Live Twice:
    • The safety boat Bond uses after the trawler's sinking is the same type Bond and Kissy Suzuki used.
    • Two villain underlings die in the toxic pool like the two underlings killed in Blofeld's piranha pool.
  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service:
    • From the very beginning—while there's no blood dripping down the screen in the gunbarrel sequence, Daniel Craig fades away much like George Lazenby did.
    • The clock motif and the statue of a lady with a helmet and a trident (the national personification of Britannia) in the opening credits sequence recall similar imagery in the film.
    • The hourglass and flashes of previous characters, just like in the OHMSS introduction.
    • Sections of John Barry's score from it can be heard, notably just before Bond is reinstated to 00 status.
    • The phrase "We Have all the time in the world" or variations are used more than once.
    • The song "We Have All the Time in the World" is once again played over the closing credits.
    • Bond does a near Title Drop when Felix finds him in Jamaica —"I'm no longer in her Majesty's Secret Service".
  • Diamonds Are Forever:
    • The original plan for Tracy's death was for her to be killed during the opening sequence. This is referred to when Madeleine, her counterpart, nearly meets this fate.
  • Live and Let Die:
    • Bond's residence is shown.
    • A white-clad, black female agent enters Bond's hotel room and removes her wig.
    • The waterfall shower Bond uses is very similar to the one Bond and Solitaire walk past.
  • The Spy Who Loved Me
    • The shot as Bond and Nomi enter Safin's factory is very reminiscent of the one as Bond and Anya are brought into Stromberg's tanker.
    • The paintings in Safin's lair resemble those in Stromberg's.
    • A vehicle that converts into a submarine (though it's a plane in this movie).
    • A chase scene involving cars and a helicopter.
  • Moonraker:
    • Safin's plan to kill millions echoes both the previous film and this one (although unlike the latter two villains, his motive for doing so is vague).
  • For Your Eyes Only:
    • The pre-titles sequence has Bond pay tribute to a deceased lover, only to be attacked by SPECTRE.
    • Bond kills a villain responsible for an ally's death by kicking a car.
  • A View to a Kill:
    • Bond and a dead ally are trapped in a sinking vehicle, though it's a boat in this case, rather than a car.
    • Nomi also says the same thing Stacy did upon discovering the villain's plan—"He'll kill millions!"
  • The Living Daylights:
    • The black Aston Martin V8 Vantage that briefly appears is the same one that appears, down to the number plate B549 WUU.
  • Licence to Kill:
    • Felix Leiter is betrayed by a colleague, whom Bond kills in cold blood.
  • Goldeneye:
    • The intros of both movies feature a toppling statue.
    • There's a Time Skip after the prologue, though this film's is longer—9 years rather than NTTD's 5.
    • During a confrontation, Alec Trevelyan makes a snide comment about how "Bond here will have a small memorial service with only Moneypenny and a few heartbroken restaurateurs." Well, there were no restaurateurs, but he was right about both the size and at least one of the attendees.
  • Tomorrow Never Dies:
    • Bond and a female agent ride a motorcycle together.
    • Bond has only a few minutes to escape an impending missile strike—and the shot of the missiles being launched is very similar—except this time, he doesn't, although that's a conscious decision on his part rather than a failure to escape.
  • The World Is Not Enough:
    • Paintings of Judi Dench and Robert Brown's Ms can be seen in the current M's office.
    • Q's advice before sending Bond and Nomi off on this mission pay direct homage to Desmond Llewelyn's final lines:
      Q: Never let them see you bleed... Always have an escape plan.
  • Die Another Day:
    • Bond is first made aware of Felix's interest in bringing him out of retirement by a Delectado cigar being left in his house.
    • The repeated line about being 007, "It's just a number", was also previously spoken by Bond in the movie.
    • Bond and Nomi being briefed aboard the military plane before setting off for Safin's lair is very similar to the beginning of the final action sequence.
    • There's a Time Skip after the prologue, although this film's is much longer (5 years as opposed to DAD's 14 months).
    • Like DAD's Icarus satellite, the villain's superweapon in this film is named after a famous character from Greek Mythology.
  • Casino Royale:
    • The way the main title forms in the film — the two 'O's lining up vertically with the '7' from the 007 logo placed right under it — harkens back to the promotional material for. In fact, much of the imagery in the first part of the title sequence is reminiscent of that for Casino Royale.
    • Paloma provides a tuxedo for Bond, just like Vesper did before they entered the poker game in the eponymous casino.
    • Bond and Madeleine are dressed similarly to Bond and Vesper when they arrive in Matera. (casual clothes for him, a red dress for her)
    • Vesper's theme by David Arnold also briefly shows up in the Grave-Marking Scene.
    • And Felix Leiter's body drifts away from Bond much like Vesper's did.
  • Quantum of Solace:
    • Bond and the Bond Girl have a Train-Station Goodbye (though at different points in the movie—at the end in QOS, at the beginning in NTTD)
    • Bond and Felix have a conversation in a bar.
    • A shot during the Cuba sequence is identical to one in the Italy chase sequence.
    • Bond ends up using the SIG Sauer P226 during the final battle.
  • Skyfall:
    • A character falls through thin ice and nearly drowns before being freed by someone shooting through it (though this time, it's their would-be killer rather than themselves).
• The Novels:
  • Bond's first sidearm was a Beretta 418 automatic. In this film, he ends up making his final kill using a Beretta M9A3 pistol.
  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service:
    • At the start of the film Bond visits Vesper Lynd's grave, an idea that can be traced back to the book, where it's revealed that he made an annual pilgrimage to her grave.
  • From Russia with Love:
    • At the end of the movie, an enemy of 007 manages to ensure his death is all but certain by poisoning him. Unlike in the novel however, there's no backup to save Bond, nor any antidote avaliable to cure 007..
  • A number of elements from You Only Live Twice, that weren't included in the 1967 film, are incorporated here:
    • Safin's "Poison Garden" off the coast of Japan strongly resembles Blofeld's "Garden of Death" from the novel.
    • Bond fathers a child with Madeleine Swann, much like he did with Kissy Suzuki in the book.
    • In the novel Bond kills Blofeld by strangling him. A similar moment plays out in this film with Bond strangling Blofeld, though the latter's death is actually caused by the nanobots Bond unwittingly infects him with. The line "Die Blofeld, die!" is also a direct quote from this scene in the book.
    • The novel ends with Bond destroying Blofeld's Garden of Death, but suffering grevious injuries in the process that lead to memory loss. He is presumed dead by the Service. The film ends with Bond actually dying in the missile strike that destroys Safin's Poison Garden and base.
    • M eulogizes Bond with a quote from Jack London which appears in the novel:
      "The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."
    • Per the haiku Bond attempts to write during the novel, in this movie, 007 does end up staring death in the face, calmly watching the incoming Tomahawk land attack missiles fly towards him without flinching.
  • Other:
    • During a gunfight, Bond is walking down a domed corridor, when at the end, one of Safin's henchmen takes a shot at him off-screen from behind the camera. Bond turns and shoots at the assailant creating a visual reminiscent of the famous gun-barrel title sequence.
    • The visual is repeated again at the end when Madeleine drives into a tunnel.
    • Bond spends his retirement in Jamaica fishing, drinking and living in a house by the sea - just like Ian Fleming.

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