History Headscratchers / Octopussy

** They were a pair of assistants seen taking jewellry to the helicopter whom Kamal and Orlov had murdered to ensure their silence.

** To be even ''more'' entirely fair, while "pussy" has the obvious DoubleEntendre connotations it was also commonly used both to refer to actual cats and as a term of affection (especially in the early/mid twentieth century, when Creator/IanFleming was growing up and writing). If Wiki/TheOtherWiki is to be believed, the Oxford English Dictionary also had/has at least one definition where it's used to refer to girls / women who display catlike traits in some way (usually the nicer ones). It's only relatively recently that the DoubleEntendre meaning has become the overwhelmingly dominant meaning.

** To be even ''more'' entirely fair, while "pussy" has the obvious DoubleEntendre connotations it was also commonly used both to refer to actual cats and as a term of affection (especially in the early/mid twentieth century, when Ian Fleming was growing up and writing). If Wiki/TheOtherWiki is to be believed, the Oxford English Dictionary also had/has at least one definition where it's used to refer to girls / women who display catlike traits in some way (usually the nicer ones). It's only relatively recently that the DoubleEntendre meaning has become the overwhelmingly dominant meaning.

* What's with that clowning? Bond is racing against the clock to disarm a bomb and yet he wastes precious time to put on a makeup, find more or less fitting clothing and only then goes for the bomb. Just grab a broom or a toolbox, do a BavarianFireDrill and go straight for the damned bomb with no time wasted.

* What was up with the dead bodies in Kamal's meat locker?

* Why does the switch operator move Bond's car to the other track? He had to know that a train was coming from the other direction, and, though the car took the worst of it, it's still not good for the train, either. He reacted with surprise and hurriedly moved the switch track when he saw the car, and it did not appear he was ordered to do so.

** The Soviet general was selling the real eggs for hard currency, and using the forgeries to not get caught by the Soviet authorities. The egg they bought at the auction was a real one that they had to buy back after 006 stole the forgery. Otherwise the audit would have discovered it was missing and the general would be caught.

* What was the point of stealing Faberge eggs and making forgeries? Someone said something about stealing them, but we only ever see the bad guys buying them legally at auction. And then Kamal Khan smuggles them... where?

** To be even ''more'' entirely fair, while "pussy" has the obvious DoubleEntendre connotations it was also commonly used both to refer to actual cats and as a term of affection (especially in the early/mid twentieth century, when Ian Fleming was growing up and writing). If Wiki/TheOtherWiki is to be believed, the Oxford English Dictionary also had/has at least one definition where it's used to refer to girls / women who display catlike traits in some way (usually the nicer ones). It's only relatively recently that the DoubleEntendre meaning has become the overwhelmingly dominant meaning.

** To be even ''more'' entirely fair, while "pussy" has the obvious DoubleEntendre connotations it was also commonly used both to refer to actual cats and as a term of affection (especially in the early/mid twentieth century, when Ian Fleming was growing up and writing). If TheOtherWiki is to be believed, the Oxford English Dictionary also had/has at least one definition where it's used to refer to girls / women who display catlike traits in some way (usually the nicer ones). It's only relatively recently that the DoubleEntendre meaning has become the overwhelmingly dominant meaning.

** To be even ''more'' entirely fair, while "pussy" has the obvious DoubleEntendre connotations it was also commonly used both to refer to actual cats and as a term of affection. If TheOtherWiki is to be believed, the Oxford English Dictionary also had/has at least one definition where it's used to refer to girls / women who display catlike traits in some way (usually the nicer ones). It's only relatively recently that the DoubleEntendre meaning has become the overwhelmingly dominant meaning.

** To be even ''more'' entirely fair, while "pussy" has the obvious DoubleEntrendre connotations it was also commonly used both to refer to actual cats and as a term of affection. If TheOtherWiki is to be believed, the Oxford English Dictionary also had/has at least one definition where it's used to refer to girls / women who display catlike traits in some way (usually the nicer ones). It's only relatively recently that the DoubleEntrendre meaning has become the overwhelmingly dominant meaning.

** If we're being entirely fair, the movie does at least attempt to justify it by pointing out that it was the pet name that Octopussy's father gave her when she was younger. Quite what this suggests about their relationship is another matter.

* So are we just not going to say anything about that name?

* Why does the airplane at the end have those handy rails on top for Bond to hold onto? It's not like they strap cargo onto the roof of the plane!

* How exactly did Bond manage to get out of the Gorilla suit in the few seconds between the Indian EliteMook noticing him and the decapitation of the costume? Without said Elite Mook seeing him doing so on top of that?

* How come 009 could reach a British embassy West Germany so easily by just letting his body be pulled along by a river from Karl-Marx-stadt? The inner German border was heavily guarded, and hundreds of people were caught or even killed doing things like that. Not to mention that incredibly dangerous-looking lockage he was flushed into at the beginning...