History Film / YouOnlyLiveTwice

* ChairEntrance: Bond is dropped through a TrapDoor onto a slide that dumps him into a couch. There's a chair facing him with its back to the audience, from which a man is giving an EvilLaugh. Then the man stands up and introduces himself as [[KidnappedByAnAlly 'Tiger' Tanaka, head of the Japanese intelligence service]], and he's just having a chuckle over how easy it was to have the famous James Bond fall into his grasp. When Bond meets the real supervillain the trope is played straight, though instead of swiveling his chair round Blofeld just leans forward out of his [[CoolChair G Plan Model 62]] and turns to look at Bond.

* DeathTrap: Brandt tries to kill Bond by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnHxmEmpJaQ holding him inside a crashing plane as she parachutes out the window.]] ([[FridgeLogic don't ask how such a huge plank appears to trap Bond]]).

* RareGuns: Tiger Tanaka's army utilizes Gyrojet pistols and rifles, in what is one of the few times the Gyrojet is seen used on film. They also used them in the book. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]; at the time the film was made, Gyrojets were still available for sale and weren't the absurdly rare weapons they are today.

* DeathBySex: Aki succumbs to Bond's charms, and while they're sleeping in the same bed afterwards she is killed by an assassination attempt meant for Bond.

* MagicPlasticSurgery: Bond undergoes plastic surgery so that he can appear to be Japanese. It isn't very convincing.

* RedChina: Heavily implied that they are the ones who hired Blofeld to do all this.
* RedRightHand: Blofeld has a massive facial scar.

* BadBoss: Blofeld is [[ExaggeratedTrope even more of this]] than in the previous 2 movies. His lair has a [[SharkPool moat full of piranahs] which he [[FedToTheBeast drops failed agents into.]] The moat is in full view, implying he [[{{Sadist}} actively likes watch people eaten.]]

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Blofeld. In the book (which takes place ''after'' On Her Majesty's Secret Service) James Bond strangles him with his bare hands. In the movie he gets hit non-fatally with a ninja star but [[KarmaHoudini manages to escape]])

* DeadlyDodging: How Bond takes out Hans; Hans throws a punch, Bond ducks and flips him into the PiranhaPool.

* PocketRocketLauncher: The Japanese Secret Service uses rocket guns (which fire rocket-propelled bullets) and a trick cigarette which fires a "baby (miniature) rocket" when lighted.

* SameLanguageDub:
** Robert Rietti provided the voice for Tiger Tanaka, though Tetsurô Tanba's own voice is still heard for his Japanese dialogue.
** Alexander Knox, who played the U.S. Secretary of Defense, was re-voiced by an unknown actor. Although Canadian by birth, Knox's natural speaking voice carried a strong English accent.

''You Only Live Twice'' is the fifth ''Film/JamesBond'' film by Creator/EonProductions, the first to be directed by Creator/LewisGilbert, and the fifth starring Creator/SeanConnery. It came out on June 13, 1967 in the UK. Nancy Sinatra performed the TitleThemeTune.

-->"Well at least he died on the job."

-->'''Bond''': Just a drop in the ocean.

* DoubleEntendre: Here's a real gem:
-->'''Tiger Tanaka:''' I have much curiosity, Bond-san. What is "Little Nellie"?\\

-->'''Blofeld''': It won't be the nicotine that kills you, Mr. Bond.

-->'''Tanaka:''' It can save your life, this cigarette.
-->'''Bond''': You sound like an advertisement.

* HighlyVisibleNinja: The ninjas actually DO dress in appropriate camouflage. When infiltrating a rocky basin, they are all wearing grey outfits that let them blend in perfectly with the gray rocks. These are more "practical" modern ninjas, though; they use guns, for example.

-->"Do ninjas typically drop into a location in plain view and then use machine guns and hand grenades? Because if so, I really misunderstood the point of ninjas."

--> '''Bond:''' Little Nellie got a hot reception. Four big shots made improper advances towards her. But she defended her honour with great success.

* PlayingBothSides: SPECTRE is stealing American and Soviet spacecraft to provoke a war.

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* FedToTheBeast: Blofeld drops Helga Brandt into a PiranhaPool.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When the rocket control room is under siege, Bond poses the question "Impregnable?" to Blofold. Meanwhile, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0FcOPb-9rE his cat is completely freaked out and trying to escape.]]
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* ActorIsTheTitleCharacter: One poster design had "Sean Connery IS James Bond." Ironically it was this movie where Connery quit the role partially because [[IAmNotSpock he wanted to be known as something other than Bond]].

-->'''Bond:''' Why don't you just dye the parts that show?
-->'''Aki:''' (''in Japanese, untranslated'') That's a secret only we know!

* InNameOnly: The movie has extremely little in common with the novel by Ian Fleming, as the producers considered the novel (which was about Bond taking a contract on Blofeld and shutting down his garden full of ways for visitors to commit suicide, in exchange for the take from one of Tanaka's intelligence sources) completely unfilmable. The producers allowed Creator/RoaldDahl to create a new plot, given he [[StrictlyFormula followed the formula]] by not derailing Bond's character and having him romance three women, so the writer added a space program story similar to ''Film/DrNo''.

* FamousLastWords:
** My lifeline! It's cu-" Chris the astronaut, before being left to die in space.
** "Oh it's not Russia, old boy, I'm sure of that. It's not Japan either. Although, a large Japanese industrial concern i-" Mr. Henderson, who gets backstabbed by an assassin.
** "Osato! NEIIIN!" Helga Brandt, aka Number Eleven, falling into a pool of piranhas.
** "I'm...I'm...I...I...I'm..." Aki, after getting poisoned in her bed.

* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: Two scenes (in Aki's car and Blofeld's lair) have filmed footage that just evokes FridgeLogic.