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** When John Gardner took over, he equipped Bond with a FN 1903, thanks to the PPK being withdrawn from police service after a kidnapping attempt on Princess Anne in 1974, as her bodyguard's PPK jammed when he tried to intervene. After criticism from fans for choosing a very old pistol, Gardner had Bond using a HK [=VP70=] for the next novel, then a Heckler & Koch P7, until finally settling on the ASP 9mm. Bond also keeps a .44 Ruger Super Redhawk in place of the Colt SAA.

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** When John Gardner took over, he equipped Bond with a FN 1903, thanks to the PPK being withdrawn from police service after a the real-life kidnapping attempt on Princess Anne in 1974, as her bodyguard's PPK jammed when he tried to intervene. After criticism from fans for choosing a very old pistol, Gardner had Bond using a HK [=VP70=] for the next novel, then a Heckler & Koch P7, until finally settling on the ASP 9mm.ASP. Bond also keeps a .44 Ruger Super Redhawk in place of the Colt SAA. [=M1911A1=].



* InHarmsWay: He finds common office work boring, and assignments that put him in mortal danger exciting.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After being basically a {{Jerkass}} on the side of the good guys on his first two appearances, he gets better in ''Literature/{{Moonraker}}'', where he begins to develop into a hero and is willing to work with Gala Brand despite their differences, as well as wishing her luck with her actual fiancé at the end. ''Literature/DiamondsAreForever'' has Bond acting gentlemanly to Tiffany Case, caring heavily about his friends and innocent people and saving a manicurist from getting fired. In ''Literature/DrNo'', he's arguably at his most heroic, being kind to Honey, wanting to stop Dr. No's plan at all costs, feeling sadness at the deaths of Strangways and his secretary and treating Quarrel and the other Jamaicans as equals. Throughout ''Literature/{{Thunderball}}'', he's absolutely sweet with Domino and even begs to see her when injured and in hospital. And of course, there's ''Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', with him falling head over heels for Tracy. Even in ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}'', where he's considerably more cynical and rude, he's openly caring to the Masterton sisters (even giving Jill one thousand dollars for herself), admires Pussy Galore for being a female gangster and horrified at the damage caused by the nerve gas to the town around Fort Knox. ''Literature/TriggerMortis'', meanwhile, has him [[spoiler:parting on good terms with Pussy Galore.]] He also willingly [[spoiler:lets her go back to America with Logan Fairfax]], a sharp contrast to the rather homophobic attitudes he held during the events of ''Goldfinger''.
* {{Jerkass}}: In ''Literature/CasinoRoyale'', he's extremely misogynistic, briefly musing that women are only good for sex, is incredibly icy and goes into a huge internal StayInTheKitchen rant during a car chase. ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie'' likewise has him being quite racist to black people, with a later book detailing how Leiter sharply rebuked Bond for being prejudiced. ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}'' sees Bond expressing racist sentiments about Koreans and makes homophobic comments. He becomes more likeable from ''Literature/{{Moonraker}}'' onwards.

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* InHarmsWay: He Despite his increasing aversion to killing in cold blood and the many terrible injuries he often receives, Bond finds common office work boring, and assignments that put him in mortal danger exciting.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After being basically a {{Jerkass}} on the side of the good guys on his first two appearances, he gets better in ''Literature/{{Moonraker}}'', where he begins to develop into a hero and is willing to work with Gala Brand despite their differences, as well as wishing her luck with her actual fiancé at the end. ''Literature/DiamondsAreForever'' has Bond acting gentlemanly to Tiffany Case, caring heavily about his friends and innocent people and saving a manicurist from getting fired. In ''Literature/DrNo'', he's arguably at his most heroic, being kind to Honey, wanting to stop Dr. No's plan at all costs, feeling sadness at the deaths of Strangways and his secretary and treating Quarrel and the other Jamaicans as equals. Throughout ''Literature/{{Thunderball}}'', he's absolutely sweet with Domino and even begs to see her when injured and in hospital. And of course, there's ''Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', with him falling head over heels for Tracy. Even in ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}'', where he's considerably more cynical and rude, he's openly caring to the Masterton sisters (even giving Jill one thousand dollars for herself), admires Pussy Galore for being a female gangster and horrified at the damage caused by the nerve gas to the town around Fort Knox. ''Literature/TriggerMortis'', meanwhile, has him [[spoiler:parting on good terms with Pussy Galore.]] He also willingly [[spoiler:lets her go back to America with Logan Fairfax]], a sharp contrast to the rather homophobic attitudes he held during the events of ''Goldfinger''.
* {{Jerkass}}: Usually whenever he shows his misogynistic side in the Fleming novels. In ''Literature/CasinoRoyale'', he's extremely misogynistic, briefly musing that women are only good for sex, is incredibly icy and goes into a huge internal StayInTheKitchen rant during a car chase. ''Literature/LiveAndLetDie'' likewise has him being quite racist to black people, with a later book detailing how Leiter sharply rebuked Bond for being prejudiced. ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}'' sees Bond expressing racist sentiments about Koreans and makes homophobic comments. He becomes more likeable from ''Literature/{{Moonraker}}'' onwards.
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* BrokenPedestal: He suffers from this after [[Literature/{{Moonraker}} Sir Hugo von Drax]], a national hero and millionaire Bond admired and got along well with, confirms himself to be a [[spoiler:psychopathic maniac by casually ramming a passing Alfa Romeo and killing its 19 year old driver while trying to evade Bond in a car chase]].

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* BrokenPedestal: He suffers from this after [[Literature/{{Moonraker}} Sir Hugo von Drax]], a national hero and millionaire Bond admired and got along well with, confirms himself to be a [[spoiler:psychopathic maniac by casually ramming a passing Alfa Romeo and killing its 19 year old driver while trying to evade Bond in a car chase]].chase, then revealing himself as an actual Nazi once he has Bond captured]].
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!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/PierceBrosnan [[labelnote:Other Languages]]'''Latin American Spanish:''' Creator/SalvadorDelgado (''[=GoldenEye=]'', ''Die Another Day''), Idzi Dutkiewicz (''Tomorrow Never Dies''), Milton Wolch (''The World Is Not Enough'') | '''European Spanish:''' Abel Folk (Eduardo Jover, who voiced Brosnan in ''Series/RemingtonSteele'', voiced him in a ''[=GoldenEye=]'' trailer but Folk was opted to be the most suitable voice actor) | '''Brazilian Portuguese:'' Luiz Feier Motta (all but ''Tomorrow Never Dies''), Leonardo Camillo (''Tomorrow Never Dies''), Luiz Antônio Lobue (''[=GoldenEye=]'', VHS), Carlos Campanile (''Tomorrow Never Dies'', VHS) | '''European French:''' Creator/EmmanuelJacomy | '''Japanese:''' Creator/AkiraKamiya (''[=GoldenEye=]'' and ''Tomorrow Never Dies'', DVD), Creator/HideyukiTanaka (TV Asahi), Creator/MasashiEbara (''Tomorrow Never Dies'', Fuji TV), Wataru Yokojima (''The World is Not Enough'' and ''Die Another Day'', VHS & DVD)[[/labelnote]]

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!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/PierceBrosnan [[labelnote:Other Languages]]'''Latin American Spanish:''' Creator/SalvadorDelgado (''[=GoldenEye=]'', ''Die Another Day''), Idzi Dutkiewicz (''Tomorrow Never Dies''), Milton Wolch (''The World Is Not Enough'') | '''European Spanish:''' Abel Folk (Eduardo Jover, who voiced Brosnan in ''Series/RemingtonSteele'', voiced him in a ''[=GoldenEye=]'' trailer but Folk was opted to be the most suitable voice actor) | '''Brazilian Portuguese:'' Portuguese:''' Luiz Feier Motta (all but ''Tomorrow Never Dies''), Leonardo Camillo (''Tomorrow Never Dies''), Luiz Antônio Lobue (''[=GoldenEye=]'', VHS), Carlos Campanile (''Tomorrow Never Dies'', VHS) | '''European French:''' Creator/EmmanuelJacomy | '''Japanese:''' Creator/AkiraKamiya (''[=GoldenEye=]'' and ''Tomorrow Never Dies'', DVD), Creator/HideyukiTanaka (TV Asahi), Creator/MasashiEbara (''Tomorrow Never Dies'', Fuji TV), Wataru Yokojima (''The World is Not Enough'' and ''Die Another Day'', VHS & DVD)[[/labelnote]]
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* WomenAreWiser: ''He'' of all people, invokes this when he informs Mr. Stamper, "Never argue with a woman; they're always right" after Wai Lin tosses the detonation fuses to him and insists that Bond complete their mission at the expense of her life. ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}'' had already established that Brosnan's 007 carries a [[TheAtoner deep psychological need]] to AlwaysSaveTheGirl, so by respecting Wai Lin's wishes, he's also respecting her as a fellow soldier. Relatively speaking, he's more willing to recognize a woman's intelligence than his predecessors, and part of this stems from his greater awareness that he's a ManChild.

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* WomenAreWiser: Played With. ''He'' of all people, invokes this when he informs Mr. Stamper, "Never argue with a woman; they're always right" after Wai Lin tosses the detonation fuses to him and insists that Bond complete their mission at the expense of her life. ''Film/{{GoldenEye}}'' had already established that Brosnan's 007 carries a [[TheAtoner deep psychological need]] to AlwaysSaveTheGirl, so by respecting Wai Lin's wishes, he's also respecting her as a fellow soldier. Relatively speaking, he's more willing to recognize a woman's intelligence than his predecessors, and part of this stems from his greater awareness that he's a ManChild.
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[[RatedMForManly The Manly Bond.
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* OhCrapSmile: Moore's Bond tended to give a hilariously wan little grin when he met someone who could NoSell his punches, like [[GiantMook Jaws]].
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!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/GeorgeLazenby [[labelnote:Other Languages]]'''Latin American Spanish:''' Víctor Trujillo | '''European Spanish:''' Arsenio Corsellas | '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Márcio Seixas | '''European French:''' Jean-Claude Michel | '''Japanese:''' Taichirō Hirokawa (TBS edition), Creator/JurotaKosugi (DVD edition)[[/labelnote]]

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!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/GeorgeLazenby [[labelnote:Other Languages]]'''Latin American Spanish:''' Víctor Trujillo | '''European Spanish:''' Arsenio Corsellas | '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Márcio Seixas | '''European French:''' Jean-Claude Michel Michel, Thibault de Montalembert (Blu-Ray release) | '''Japanese:''' Taichirō Hirokawa (TBS edition), Creator/JurotaKosugi (DVD edition)[[/labelnote]]
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Zigzagged. He claims that he's never cared for redheads, but of all the Bonds, he's slept with more redheads than the others. He actually seems delighted when seeing Tiffany Case had natural red hair.

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!!Commander James Bond, CMG, RNVR



!!Commander James Bond CMG



!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/SeanConnery
!!! '''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote:Click to unfold]]'''Latin American Spanish:''' Jorge Lavat (''Dr. No'' and ''From Russia with Love''), Mario Sauret (''From Russia with Love'' redubbing), Agustín López Zavala (''Goldfinger''), Blas García (''Thunderball'' and ''Diamonds Are Forever''), David Povall (''You Only Live Twice''), Jorge Lapuente (''Diamonds Are Forever'' redubbing) | '''European Spanish:''' Simón Ramírez, Arsenio Corsellas (''Diamonds Are Forever'') | '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Márcio Seixas | '''Czech:''' Pavel Šrom | '''European French:''' Jean-Pierre Duclos | '''Japanese:''' Genzō Wakayama (all films in TV Asahi, TBS and 2006 DVD edition) Hidaka Takuro (''From Russia with Love'' and ''Goldfinger'' TBS Version 1), Creator/KenjiUtsumi (''Diamonds Are Forever'' TBS Version 2)[[/labelnote]]

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!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/SeanConnery
!!! '''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote:Click to unfold]]'''Latin
Creator/SeanConnery [[labelnote:Other Languages]]'''Latin American Spanish:''' Jorge Lavat (''Dr. No'' and ''From Russia with Love''), Mario Sauret (''From Russia with Love'' redubbing), Agustín López Zavala (''Goldfinger''), Blas García (''Thunderball'' and ''Diamonds Are Forever''), David Povall (''You Only Live Twice''), Jorge Lapuente (''Diamonds Are Forever'' redubbing) | '''European Spanish:''' Simón Ramírez, Arsenio Corsellas (''Diamonds Are Forever'') | '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Márcio Seixas | '''Czech:''' Pavel Šrom | '''European French:''' Jean-Pierre Duclos | '''Japanese:''' Genzō Wakayama (all films in TV Asahi, TBS and 2006 DVD edition) Hidaka Takuro (''From Russia with Love'' and ''Goldfinger'' TBS Version 1), Creator/KenjiUtsumi (''Diamonds Are Forever'' TBS Version 2)[[/labelnote]]



!!Commander James Bond



!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/GeorgeLazenby
!!! '''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote:Click to unfold]]'''Latin American Spanish:''' Víctor Trujillo | '''European Spanish:''' Arsenio Corsellas | '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Márcio Seixas | '''European French:''' Jean-Claude Michel | '''Japanese:''' Taichirō Hirokawa (TBS edition), Creator/JurotaKosugi (DVD edition)[[/labelnote]]

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!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/GeorgeLazenby
!!! '''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote:Click to unfold]]'''Latin
Creator/GeorgeLazenby [[labelnote:Other Languages]]'''Latin American Spanish:''' Víctor Trujillo | '''European Spanish:''' Arsenio Corsellas | '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Márcio Seixas | '''European French:''' Jean-Claude Michel | '''Japanese:''' Taichirō Hirokawa (TBS edition), Creator/JurotaKosugi (DVD edition)[[/labelnote]]



!!Commander James Bond



!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/RogerMoore
!!! '''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote:Click to unfold]]'''Latin American Spanish:''' Javier Pontón (all films except ''The Man with the Golden Gun'' and ''Octopussy''), Carlos Rotzinger (''The Man with the Golden Gun''), Mario Sauret (''Octopussy''), Jorge Lapuente (''The Man with the Golden Gun'' and ''Moonraker'' redubbings) | '''European Spanish:''' Creator/ConstantinoRomero | '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' André Filho (''Live and Let Die'', ''The Man with the Golden Gun'', ''The Spy Who Loved Me''), Márcio Seixas (''Live and Let Die'' redubbing, ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' redubbing, ''Moonraker'', ''For Your Eyes Only'', ''Octopussy'', ''A View to a Kill'') | '''European French:''' Creator/ClaudeBertrand | '''Czech:''' Vladimír Brabec | '''Japanese:''' Taichirō Hirokawa, Michio Hazama (''Octopussy'', On-Air Screening version)[[/labelnote]]

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!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/RogerMoore
!!! '''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote:Click to unfold]]'''Latin
Creator/RogerMoore [[labelnote:Other Languages]]'''Latin American Spanish:''' Javier Pontón (all films except ''The Man with the Golden Gun'' and ''Octopussy''), Carlos Rotzinger (''The Man with the Golden Gun''), Mario Sauret (''Octopussy''), Jorge Lapuente (''The Man with the Golden Gun'' and ''Moonraker'' redubbings) | '''European Spanish:''' Creator/ConstantinoRomero | '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' André Filho (''Live and Let Die'', ''The Man with the Golden Gun'', ''The Spy Who Loved Me''), Márcio Seixas (''Live and Let Die'' redubbing, ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' redubbing, ''Moonraker'', ''For Your Eyes Only'', ''Octopussy'', ''A View to a Kill'') | '''European French:''' Creator/ClaudeBertrand | '''Czech:''' Vladimír Brabec | '''Japanese:''' Taichirō Hirokawa, Michio Hazama (''Octopussy'', On-Air Screening version)[[/labelnote]]



!!Commander James Bond



!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/TimothyDalton
!!! '''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote:Click to unfold]]'''Latin American Spanish:''' Edgar Wald (''The Living Daylights''), Antonio Farré (''Licence to Kill'') | '''European Spanish:''' Salvador Vidal | '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Márcio Seixas | '''European French:''' Edgar Givry (''The Living Daylights''), Guy Chapellier (''Licence to Kill'') | '''Czech:''' Ladislav Beneš | '''Japanese:''' Shinji Ogawa (TBS edition), Creator/HirotakaSuzuoki (''The Living Daylights'', 1998 TV Asahi edition), Creator/HochuOtsuka (DVD edition), Masane Tsukayama (''The Living Daylights'', on-screen airing), Creator/HideyukiTanaka (''Licence to Kill'' VHS), Creator/KoichiYamadera (''Licence to Kill'', TV Asahi dub), Takashi Taniguchi (''Licence to Kill'', on-screen airing)[[/labelnote]]

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!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/TimothyDalton
!!! '''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote:Click to unfold]]'''Latin
Creator/TimothyDalton [[labelnote:Other Languages]]'''Latin American Spanish:''' Edgar Wald (''The Living Daylights''), Antonio Farré (''Licence to Kill'') | '''European Spanish:''' Salvador Vidal | '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Márcio Seixas | '''European French:''' Edgar Givry (''The Living Daylights''), Guy Chapellier (''Licence to Kill'') | '''Czech:''' Ladislav Beneš | '''Japanese:''' Shinji Ogawa (TBS edition), Creator/HirotakaSuzuoki (''The Living Daylights'', 1998 TV Asahi edition), Creator/HochuOtsuka (DVD edition), Masane Tsukayama (''The Living Daylights'', on-screen airing), Creator/HideyukiTanaka (''Licence to Kill'' VHS), Creator/KoichiYamadera (''Licence to Kill'', TV Asahi dub), Takashi Taniguchi (''Licence to Kill'', on-screen airing)[[/labelnote]]



!!Commander James Bond



!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/PierceBrosnan
!!! '''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote:Click to unfold]]'''Latin American Spanish:''' Creator/SalvadorDelgado (''[=GoldenEye=]'', ''Die Another Day''), Idzi Dutkiewicz (''Tomorrow Never Dies''), Milton Wolch (''The World Is Not Enough'') | '''European Spanish:''' Abel Folk (Eduardo Jover, who voiced Brosnan in ''Series/RemingtonSteele'', voiced him in a ''[=GoldenEye=]'' trailer but Folk was opted to be the most suitable voice actor) | '''Brazilian Portuguese:'' Luiz Feier Motta (all but ''Tomorrow Never Dies''), Leonardo Camillo (''Tomorrow Never Dies''), Luiz Antônio Lobue (''[=GoldenEye=]'', VHS), Carlos Campanile (''Tomorrow Never Dies'', VHS) | '''European French:''' Creator/EmmanuelJacomy | '''Japanese:''' Creator/AkiraKamiya (''[=GoldenEye=]'' and ''Tomorrow Never Dies'', DVD), Creator/HideyukiTanaka (TV Asahi), Creator/MasashiEbara (''Tomorrow Never Dies'', Fuji TV), Wataru Yokojima (''The World is Not Enough'' and ''Die Another Day'', VHS & DVD)[[/labelnote]]

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!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/PierceBrosnan
!!! '''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote:Click to unfold]]'''Latin
Creator/PierceBrosnan [[labelnote:Other Languages]]'''Latin American Spanish:''' Creator/SalvadorDelgado (''[=GoldenEye=]'', ''Die Another Day''), Idzi Dutkiewicz (''Tomorrow Never Dies''), Milton Wolch (''The World Is Not Enough'') | '''European Spanish:''' Abel Folk (Eduardo Jover, who voiced Brosnan in ''Series/RemingtonSteele'', voiced him in a ''[=GoldenEye=]'' trailer but Folk was opted to be the most suitable voice actor) | '''Brazilian Portuguese:'' Luiz Feier Motta (all but ''Tomorrow Never Dies''), Leonardo Camillo (''Tomorrow Never Dies''), Luiz Antônio Lobue (''[=GoldenEye=]'', VHS), Carlos Campanile (''Tomorrow Never Dies'', VHS) | '''European French:''' Creator/EmmanuelJacomy | '''Japanese:''' Creator/AkiraKamiya (''[=GoldenEye=]'' and ''Tomorrow Never Dies'', DVD), Creator/HideyukiTanaka (TV Asahi), Creator/MasashiEbara (''Tomorrow Never Dies'', Fuji TV), Wataru Yokojima (''The World is Not Enough'' and ''Die Another Day'', VHS & DVD)[[/labelnote]]



!!Commander James Bond CMG RN



!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/DanielCraig
!!! '''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote:Click to unfold]]'''Latin American Spanish:''' Creator/CarlosSegundo | '''European Spanish:''' Jordi Boixaderas | '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Ronaldo Júlio (''Casino Royale''), Garcia Júnior (Since ''Quantum of Solace'') | '''Czech:''' Jiří Dvořák | '''European French:''' Creator/EricHersonMacarel | '''Japanese:''' Creator/JurotaKosugi (''Casino Royale'' and ''Quantum of Solace'' DVD), Creator/ShinshuFuji (TV Asahi ''Casino Royale'', King Record and BS Japan ''Quantum of Solace'', Japanese ''Skyfall'' and ''Spectre'')[[/labelnote]]

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!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/DanielCraig
!!! '''Dubbed by:''' [[labelnote:Click to unfold]]'''Latin
Creator/DanielCraig [[labelnote:Other Languages]]'''Latin American Spanish:''' Creator/CarlosSegundo | '''European Spanish:''' Jordi Boixaderas | '''Brazilian Portuguese:''' Ronaldo Júlio (''Casino Royale''), Garcia Júnior (Since ''Quantum of Solace'') | '''Czech:''' Jiří Dvořák | '''European French:''' Creator/EricHersonMacarel | '''Japanese:''' Creator/JurotaKosugi (''Casino Royale'' and ''Quantum of Solace'' DVD), Creator/ShinshuFuji (TV Asahi ''Casino Royale'', King Record and BS Japan ''Quantum of Solace'', Japanese ''Skyfall'' and ''Spectre'')[[/labelnote]]
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* SignificantBirthDate: According to his passport in ''Quantum of Solace'', Craig's Bond was born on April 13, 1968, exactly 15 years after the first Bond novel, ''Literature/CasinoRoyale'', was published.
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* DoesNotLikeSpam: ''Goldfinger'' reveals that, contrary to the stereotype about the English, he hates tea, saying it tastes like mud. He even goes so far as to blame it for the downfall of the British Empire.

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* DoesNotLikeSpam: ''Goldfinger'' reveals that, contrary to the stereotype about the English, he hates tea, saying it tastes like mud. He even goes so far as to blame it for the downfall of the British Empire. If he's having a non-alcoholic drink, it will be a black coffee instead.

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