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-->'''Kidd:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Ah, but this one's surefire.]] ''[produces a water flower that squirts water]''

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-->'''Kidd:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Ah, but this one's surefire.]] surefire. ''[produces a water flower that squirts water]''



-->'''Wint:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner And this one... will kill you.]] ''[produces a BangFlagGun and fires it]''

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-->'''Wint:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner And this one... will kill you.]] ''[produces a BangFlagGun and fires it]''



-->'''Kidd:''' [[BondOneLiner Two's company, Mr. Wint.]]
-->'''Wint:''' [[BondOneLiner And Tree... was a crowd, Mr. Kidd.]]
* Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd....PERIOD! Sure; They may be genuinely ruthless, sadistic and effective assassins. Sure; They may be portrayed in a rather problematic fashion as a heavily-implied gay couple [[note]]as in saying, "These guys are so evil and depraved that they're actually banging each other!"[[/note]]. However; they're probably the most interesting, likeable and genuinely amusing thing in the entire movie. They [[https://image.ibb.co/gzmY17/mr_wint_and_mr_kidd_diamonds_are_forever.png look like clones]] of Rich Little and David Crosby and come off as something out of a Creator/WarnerBrothers or Creator/HannaBarbera cartoon.

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-->'''Kidd:''' [[BondOneLiner Two's company, Mr. Wint.]]
Wint.
-->'''Wint:''' [[BondOneLiner And Tree... was a crowd, Mr. Kidd.]]
Kidd.
* Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd....PERIOD! Kidd. Sure; They may be genuinely ruthless, sadistic and effective assassins. Sure; They may be portrayed in a rather problematic fashion as a heavily-implied gay couple [[note]]as in saying, "These guys are so evil and depraved that they're actually banging each other!"[[/note]]. However; they're probably the most interesting, likeable and genuinely amusing thing in the entire movie. They [[https://image.ibb.co/gzmY17/mr_wint_and_mr_kidd_diamonds_are_forever.png look like clones]] of Rich Little and David Crosby and come off as something out of a Creator/WarnerBrothers or Creator/HannaBarbera cartoon.
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** And then his suggestion that they destroy New York City because of all the smut and traffic and "give them a fresh start."

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** And then his suggestion that they destroy [[TheBigRottenApple New York City City]] because of all the smut and traffic and "give them a fresh start."
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'''Random Black Suit''': I've got a brother!\\

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'''Random '''[[Creator/SidHaig Random Black Suit''': Suit]]''': I've got a brother!\\



-->''[The lid to the casket 007 is roasting alive in cracks open and the CreepyAwesome OminousLatinChanting music instantly cuts out, and the crankiest old fart you can imagine leans over and glares down at Bond]''

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-->''[The lid to the casket 007 is roasting alive in cracks open and the CreepyAwesome OminousLatinChanting Wagnerian music instantly cuts out, and the crankiest old fart you can imagine leans over and glares down at Bond]''



-->'''Kidd:''' Ah, but this one's surefire. ''[produces a water flower that squirts water]''

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-->'''Kidd:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Ah, but this one's surefire. surefire.]] ''[produces a water flower that squirts water]''
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* Bond takes Plenty O'Toole up to his hotel room, only to find Blofeld's goons waiting for him. One of them throws Plenty out the window after she takes [[MsFanservice her clothes off]], and she lands in the pool wearing nothing but her purple high heels and her pink panties - with Plenty protesting from start to finish as her sexual humiliation is played for laughs ("I've got friends in this town!).

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* Bond takes Plenty O'Toole up to his hotel room, only to find Blofeld's goons waiting for him. One of them throws Plenty out the window after she takes [[MsFanservice her clothes off]], and she lands in the pool wearing nothing but her purple high heels and her pink panties - with Plenty protesting from start to finish as her sexual humiliation is played for laughs ("I've got friends in this town!).town!").
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* The extended version of the above is itself darkly humorous. We actually ''see'' their suggestions, and they turn out to be rather lethal beneath their comic exteriors.
-->'''Shady:''' Critics and material I don't need! I haven't changed my act in forty years!
-->'''Kidd:''' Ah, but this one's surefire. ''[produces a water flower that squirts water]''
-->'''Shady:''' That's the oldest Go—
-->'''Wint:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner And this one... will kill you.]] ''[produces a BangFlagGun and fires it]''
-->'''Shady:''' Come on, fellas! The popping gun and squirting flower routine? [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe You gotta be kidding me...]]
-->''[Wint fires a real bullet out of the gun into Shady's head, and Kidd uses the flower to clean up the mess]''
-->'''Kidd:''' [[BondOneLiner Two's company, Mr. Wint.]]
-->'''Wint:''' [[BondOneLiner And Tree... was a crowd, Mr. Kidd.]]

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* After escaping the testsite, Bond tells Tiffany that he's got a friend named Felix who can fix anything. She asks if he's married, to which Bond shoots her an annoyed glance.
** Then they get pulled over by the cops:
-->'''Tiffany''': Relax, you've got a friend named Felix who can fix anything!
-->'''Bond''': Unfortunately, so can Willard Whyte.

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* As the assassins begin their killing spree to close down the smuggling ring:

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* As the assassins Wint and Kidd begin their killing spree to close down the smuggling ring:



** Fun fact: Creator/AlbertRBroccoli wanted that joke cut, because he thought people wouldn't get it, but he was persuaded to leave it in. At one screening, a group of people in the front row burst out laughing. Cubby's reaction: "Big deal, they're doctors".



* Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd....PERIOD! Sure; They may be genuinely ruthless, sadistic and effective assassins. Sure; They may be portrayed in a rather problematic fashion as a heavily-implied gay couple [[note]]as in saying, "These guys are so evil and depraved that they're actually banging each other!"[[/note]]. However; they're probably the most interesting, likeable and genuinely amusing thing in the entire movie. They [[https://image.ibb.co/gzmY17/mr_wint_and_mr_kidd_diamonds_are_forever.png look like clones]] of Rich Little and David Crosby and come off as something out of a Warner Brothers or Hanna Barbera cartoon.

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* Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd....PERIOD! Sure; They may be genuinely ruthless, sadistic and effective assassins. Sure; They may be portrayed in a rather problematic fashion as a heavily-implied gay couple [[note]]as in saying, "These guys are so evil and depraved that they're actually banging each other!"[[/note]]. However; they're probably the most interesting, likeable and genuinely amusing thing in the entire movie. They [[https://image.ibb.co/gzmY17/mr_wint_and_mr_kidd_diamonds_are_forever.png look like clones]] of Rich Little and David Crosby and come off as something out of a Warner Brothers Creator/WarnerBrothers or Hanna Barbera Creator/HannaBarbera cartoon.
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"If man were meant to fly, Mr. Wint..."\\
"...He would've been born with wings, Mr. Kidd."\\

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"If God had wanted man were meant to fly, Mr. Wint...fly..."\\
"...He would've been born with given him wings, Mr. Kidd."\\




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* The ending. After Bond disposes of Wint and Kidd by splashing one with a flammable liquid and literally hoisting the other with his own petard, Tiffany has one question for Bond as they do some nighttime stargazing, referring to the satellite that was still in orbit at the time: "How the hell do we get those diamonds down, again?"

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-->'''Bond''': Exceptionally fine shot, sir.\\

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-->'''Bond''': Exceptionally fine shot, sir.shot.\\



** And then his suggestion that they destroy New York City because of all the smut and traffic, so "they can start anew."

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** And then his suggestion that they destroy New York City because of all the smut and traffic, so "they can start anew.traffic and "give them a fresh start."
** Then he finally settles on Washington D.C. "Since we have not heard from them, they shall hear from us.
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** And here's the scene itself for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjRdmvzIk4k your scares and amusement.]]
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-->'''Bond''': [[ItMakesSenseInContext I was out walking my rat, and I seem to have lost my way.]]

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-->'''Bond''': [[ItMakesSenseInContext I was just out walking my rat, and I seem to have lost my way.]]
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* Shady Tree's VillainousRescue of Bond, coming hard on the heels of a [[DarthWiki/NightmareFuel genuinely frightening]] near death moment for Bond is MoodWhiplash at its finest.

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* Shady Tree's VillainousRescue of Bond, coming hard on the heels of a [[DarthWiki/NightmareFuel [[NightmareFuel genuinely frightening]] near death moment for Bond is MoodWhiplash at its finest.
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-->'''Bond''': Mouton Rotheschild '''is''' a claret. ''(Mr. Wint adjusts his bowtie)''' And I've smelled that aftershave before, and both times, I've smelled a rat.

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-->'''Bond''': Mouton Rotheschild '''is''' a claret. ''(Mr. Wint adjusts his bowtie)''' bowtie)'' And I've smelled that aftershave before, and both times, I've smelled a rat.

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* Bond to some pipeline workers on having just survived Wint and Kidd's second attempt on his life:
-->'''Bond''': [[ItMakesSenseInContext I was out walking my rat, and I seem to have lost my way.]]
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-->'''Shady''': You dirty, double-crossing, no-good Limey fink ''those goddamn diamonds are'' '''PHONIES!'''
-->'''Bond''': Now don’t tell me -- you're [[FluffyCloudHeaven Saint Peter]]?
* Shady Tree's [[spoiler: demise]]....Wint & Kidd come to his dressing room and the old guy barks a self-aware lampshading of washed-up comedians everywhere....
-->'''Wint:''' "Shady Tree! (both walk down stairs into the dressing room) Shady; We just adored your act...."
-->'''Kidd:''' "What taste and style!"
-->'''Wint:''' "We have a few suggestions."
-->'''Shady:''' "Critics and material I don't need! I haven't changed my act in forty years!"
-->''*(then once the deed is done)*''
-->'''Saxby:''' "Hold it! Don't go in there! We didn't get the real diamonds so we need Trees...[[{{Beat}} *beat*]]...alive."
-->'''Kidd:''' "That is most annoying."

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-->'''Shady''': You dirty, double-crossing, no-good dirty double-crossing Limey fink fink, ''those goddamn Goddam diamonds are'' '''PHONIES!'''
are '''PHONIES!'''''
-->'''Bond''': ''[gets up and sees Shady in front of him, not recognizing the face]'' Now don’t don't tell me -- you're [[FluffyCloudHeaven Saint Peter]]?
* Shady Tree's [[spoiler: demise]]....demise]]. Wint & and Kidd come to his dressing room and the old guy barks a self-aware lampshading of washed-up comedians everywhere....
-->'''Wint:''' "Shady Shady Tree! (both ''[both walk down stairs into the dressing room) Shady; We room]'' Shady, we just adored your act...."
act!
-->'''Kidd:''' "What taste and style!"
What taste, style!
-->'''Wint:''' "We And we have just a few suggestions."
suggestions.
-->'''Shady:''' "Critics Critics and material I don't need! I haven't changed my act in forty years!"
-->''*(then
years!
-->''[then
once the deed is done)*''
done]''
-->'''Saxby:''' "Hold Hold it! Don't go in there! We didn't get the real diamonds diamonds, so we need Trees...[[{{Beat}} *beat*]]...alive."
Tree, alive.
-->'''Kidd:''' "That is That's most annoying."
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-->'''Wint:''' "Shady tree! (both walk down stairs into the dressing room) Shady; We just adored your act...."

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-->'''Wint:''' "Shady tree! Tree! (both walk down stairs into the dressing room) Shady; We just adored your act...."
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-->'''Wint:''' "Shady trees! (both walk down stairs into the dressing room) Shady; We just adored your act...."

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-->'''Wint:''' "Shady trees! tree! (both walk down stairs into the dressing room) Shady; We just adored your act...."



* Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd....PERIOD! Sure; They may be genuinely ruthless, sadistic and effective assassins. Sure; They may be portrayed in a rather problematic fashion as a heavily-implied gay couple [[note]]as in saying, "These guys are so evil and depraved that they're actually banging each other!"[[/note]]. However; they're probably the most interesting, likeable and genuinely amusing thing in the entire movie. They [[https://image.ibb.co/gzmY17/mr_wint_and_mr_kidd_diamonds_are_forever.png look like clones]] of a younger [[https://image.ibb.co/hS2y17/rich_little.jpg Rich Little]] and a calmer, bespectacled version of [[Series/AllInTheFamily Mike Stivic]] and come off as something out of a Warner Brothers or Hanna Barbera cartoon.

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* Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd....PERIOD! Sure; They may be genuinely ruthless, sadistic and effective assassins. Sure; They may be portrayed in a rather problematic fashion as a heavily-implied gay couple [[note]]as in saying, "These guys are so evil and depraved that they're actually banging each other!"[[/note]]. However; they're probably the most interesting, likeable and genuinely amusing thing in the entire movie. They [[https://image.ibb.co/gzmY17/mr_wint_and_mr_kidd_diamonds_are_forever.png look like clones]] of a younger [[https://image.ibb.co/hS2y17/rich_little.jpg Rich Little]] Little and a calmer, bespectacled version of [[Series/AllInTheFamily Mike Stivic]] David Crosby and come off as something out of a Warner Brothers or Hanna Barbera cartoon.
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* Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd....PERIOD! Sure; They may be genuinely ruthless, sadistic and effective assassins. Sure; They may be portrayed in a rather problematic fashion as a heavily-implied gay couple [[note]]as in saying, "These guys are so evil and depraved that they're actually banging each other!"[[/note]]. However; they're probably the most interesting, likeable and genuinely amusing thing in the entire movie. They [[https://image.ibb.co/gzmY17/mr_wint_and_mr_kidd_diamonds_are_forever.png look like clones]] of a younger [[https://image.ibb.co/hS2y17/rich_little.jpg Rich Little]] and a calmer, bespectacled version of [[series/AllInTheFamily Mike Stivic]] and come off as something out of a Warner Brothers or Hanna Barbera cartoon.

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* Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd....PERIOD! Sure; They may be genuinely ruthless, sadistic and effective assassins. Sure; They may be portrayed in a rather problematic fashion as a heavily-implied gay couple [[note]]as in saying, "These guys are so evil and depraved that they're actually banging each other!"[[/note]]. However; they're probably the most interesting, likeable and genuinely amusing thing in the entire movie. They [[https://image.ibb.co/gzmY17/mr_wint_and_mr_kidd_diamonds_are_forever.png look like clones]] of a younger [[https://image.ibb.co/hS2y17/rich_little.jpg Rich Little]] and a calmer, bespectacled version of [[series/AllInTheFamily [[Series/AllInTheFamily Mike Stivic]] and come off as something out of a Warner Brothers or Hanna Barbera cartoon.
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* Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd....PERIOD! Sure; They may be genuinely ruthless, sadistic and effective assassins. Sure; They may be portrayed in a rather problematic fashion as a heavily-implied gay couple [[note]]as in saying, "These guys are so evil and depraved that they're actually banging each other!"[[/note]]. However; they're probably the most interesting, likeable and genuinely amusing thing in the entire movie. They [[https://image.ibb.co/gzmY17/mr_wint_and_mr_kidd_diamonds_are_forever.png look like clones]] of a younger [[https://image.ibb.co/hS2y17/rich_little.jpg Rich Little]] and a calmer, bespectacled [[AllInTheFamily Mike Stivic]] and come off as something out of a Warner Brothers or Hanna Barbera cartoon.

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* Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd....PERIOD! Sure; They may be genuinely ruthless, sadistic and effective assassins. Sure; They may be portrayed in a rather problematic fashion as a heavily-implied gay couple [[note]]as in saying, "These guys are so evil and depraved that they're actually banging each other!"[[/note]]. However; they're probably the most interesting, likeable and genuinely amusing thing in the entire movie. They [[https://image.ibb.co/gzmY17/mr_wint_and_mr_kidd_diamonds_are_forever.png look like clones]] of a younger [[https://image.ibb.co/hS2y17/rich_little.jpg Rich Little]] and a calmer, bespectacled [[AllInTheFamily version of [[series/AllInTheFamily Mike Stivic]] and come off as something out of a Warner Brothers or Hanna Barbera cartoon.
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* Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd....PERIOD! Sure; They may be genuinely ruthless, sadistic and effective assassins. Sure; They may be portrayed in a rather problematic fashion as a heavily-implied gay couple [[note]]as in saying, "These guys are so evil and depraved that they're actually banging each other!"[[/note]]. However; they're probably the most interesting, likeable and genuinely amusing thing in the entire movie. They [[https://image.ibb.co/gzmY17/mr_wint_and_mr_kidd_diamonds_are_forever.png look like clones]] of Rich Little and Jerry Garcia come off as something out of a Warner Brothers or Hanna Barbera cartoon.

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* Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd....PERIOD! Sure; They may be genuinely ruthless, sadistic and effective assassins. Sure; They may be portrayed in a rather problematic fashion as a heavily-implied gay couple [[note]]as in saying, "These guys are so evil and depraved that they're actually banging each other!"[[/note]]. However; they're probably the most interesting, likeable and genuinely amusing thing in the entire movie. They [[https://image.ibb.co/gzmY17/mr_wint_and_mr_kidd_diamonds_are_forever.png look like clones]] of a younger [[https://image.ibb.co/hS2y17/rich_little.jpg Rich Little Little]] and Jerry Garcia a calmer, bespectacled [[AllInTheFamily Mike Stivic]] and come off as something out of a Warner Brothers or Hanna Barbera cartoon.
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* Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd....PERIOD! Sure; They may be genuinely ruthless, sadistic and effective assassins. Sure; They may be portrayed in a rather problematic fashion as a heavily-implied gay couple (as in saying, 'These guys are so evil and depraved that they're actually banging each other!'). However; they're probably the most interesting, likeable and genuinely amusing thing in the entire movie. They come off as something out of a Warner Brothers or Hanna Barbera cartoon.

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* Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd....PERIOD! Sure; They may be genuinely ruthless, sadistic and effective assassins. Sure; They may be portrayed in a rather problematic fashion as a heavily-implied gay couple (as [[note]]as in saying, 'These "These guys are so evil and depraved that they're actually banging each other!').other!"[[/note]]. However; they're probably the most interesting, likeable and genuinely amusing thing in the entire movie. They [[https://image.ibb.co/gzmY17/mr_wint_and_mr_kidd_diamonds_are_forever.png look like clones]] of Rich Little and Jerry Garcia come off as something out of a Warner Brothers or Hanna Barbera cartoon.
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* Mr. Wint & Mr. Kidd....PERIOD! Sure; They may be genuinely ruthless, sadistic and effective assassins. Sure; They may be portrayed in a rather problematic fashion as a heavily-implied gay couple (as in saying, 'These guys are so evil and depraved that they're actually banging each other!'). However; they're probably the most interesting, likeable and genuinely amusing thing in the entire movie. They come off as something out of a Warner Brothers or Hanna Barbera cartoon.
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* Shady Tree's [[spoiler: demise]]....Wint & Kidd come to his dressing room and the old guy barks....

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* Shady Tree's [[spoiler: demise]]....Wint & Kidd come to his dressing room and the old guy barks....barks a self-aware lampshading of washed-up comedians everywhere....



-->*(then once the deed is done)*

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-->*(then -->''*(then once the deed is done)*done)*''

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* Shady Tree's [[spoiler: demise]]....Wint & Kidd come to his dressing room and the old guy barks....
-->'''Wint:''' "Shady trees! (both walk down stairs into the dressing room) Shady; We just adored your act...."
-->'''Kidd:''' "What taste and style!"
-->'''Wint:''' "We have a few suggestions."
-->'''Shady:''' "Critics and material I don't need! I haven't changed my act in forty years!"
-->*(then once the deed is done)*
-->'''Saxby:''' "Hold it! Don't go in there! We didn't get the real diamonds so we need Trees...[[{{Beat}} *beat*]]...alive."
-->'''Kidd:''' "That is most annoying."

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* Shady Tree's VillainousRescue of Bond, coming hard on the heels of a [[DarthWiki/NightmareFuel genuinely frightening]] near death moment for Bond is MoodWhiplash at its finest.
-->''[The lid to the casket 007 is roasting alive in cracks open and the CreepyAwesome OminousLatinChanting music instantly cuts out, and the crankiest old fart you can imagine leans over and glares down at Bond]''
-->'''Shady''': You dirty, double-crossing, no-good Limey fink ''those goddamn diamonds are'' '''PHONIES!'''
-->'''Bond''': Now don’t tell me -- you're [[FluffyCloudHeaven Saint Peter]]?
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[DoubleEntendre "Your problems are all behind you."]]]]
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* Not to mention the clever method by which Bond smokes out the two assassins at the dinner service.
-->'''Bond''': The wine is quite excellent. Though for such a grand meal, I'd have rather expected a claret.
-->'''Mr. Wint''': Of course, sir. Unfortunately, our cellar is rather poorly stocked with clarets.
-->'''Bond''': Mouton Rotheschild '''is''' a claret. ''(Mr. Wint adjusts his bowtie)''' And I've smelled that aftershave before, and both times, I've smelled a rat.
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* This subtle gem as Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd prepare their final attempt to kill an unsuspecting Bond and Tiffany with dinner aboard the cruise ship.
-->'''Mr. Kidd''': ''(After having timed a bomb inside a fake cake)'' This will only take a few moments, [[PreMortemOneLiner and then we will leave you in peace]].

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* "You don't just kill James Bond and wait for the cops to arrive!" Of course, Bond isn't really dead - he just placed his membership card to the Playboy club onto a smuggler he was impersonating - but Tiffany's reaction is just priceless.

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* "You don't just kill James Bond and wait for the cops to arrive!" Of course, Bond isn't really dead - he just placed his membership card to the Playboy club Club onto a smuggler he was impersonating - but Tiffany's reaction is just priceless.priceless.
** For that matter, the fact a small-time smuggler would know Bond's identity is hilarious (though understandable, given he constantly introduces himself by his real name).
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'''Henchman''' (genuinely stunned): [[ImprobableAimingSkills I didn't know there was a pool down there.]]

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'''Henchman''' (genuinely stunned): [[ImprobableAimingSkills [[AccidentalAimingSkills I didn't know there was a pool down there.]]

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