History NightmareFuel / Moonraker

--> 'I suppose Gala’s not too bad. I’ve almost forgotten what I’m called. I’m always having to change my name now that I’m in the Special Branch.’

--> ‘In the Special Branch.’ ‘In the Special Branch.’ ‘In the … ’

--> When the bomb falls. When the pilot miscalculates and the plane hits short of the runway. When the blood leaves the heart and consciousness goes, there are thoughts in the mind, or words, or perhaps a phrase of music, which ring on for the few seconds before death like the dying clang of a bell.

--> Bond wasn’t killed, but the words were still in his mind, several seconds later, after it had all happened.

--> ''GOD! What’s that? Look out! Look out! Terrific explosion. Black cloud going up into the air. There’s a tidal wave coming at us. Great wall of water tearing down. There goes the submarine. God! Thrown out of the water upside down. It’s coming. It’s COMING …''
* ''[[VillainWithGoodPublicity Hugo Drax]]'', full stop. The idea that a beloved, seemingly patriotic working-class boy made good is secretly a fanatical Nazi out for revenge is blood-curdling enough. Then, when Bond and Gala are captured and Drax is finally able to drop the facade, we start to see what a truly deranged sadist he ''really'' is as he cheerfully recounts his various crimes with great pride, taking enormous pleasure at the thought of the huge death, destruction and misery his Moonraker missile will cause.

* Drax sending his rottweilers to rip apart Corinne as she desperately tries to run through the forest, a grisly scene that still shocks to this day. The SoundtrackDissonance of the hauntingly beautiful music and equally lovely forest scenery doesn't help.

-->Through the ceiling, through this chair, into the ground. The thin needle of the rocket. Dropping fast as light out of a clear sky. The crowds in the streets. The Palace. The nursemaids in the park. The birds in the trees. The great bloom of flame a mile wide. Then the mushroom cloud. And nothing left. [[SceneryGorn Nothing.]] [[KillEmAll Nothing.]] [[MadnessMantra Nothing.]]

* Drax proves how evil he is by casually ramming a passing Alfa Romeo off the road when it passes his car, with Bond watching in horror as the driver is hurled into the air while his car comes to a fiery end. Even worse, the driver's a 19-year-old RAF pilot who was only taking his customized car out for a ride.

* While he definitely had it coming, [[ThrownOutOfTheAirlock Drax's fate]]. Let's hope Bond's dart's poison kills him before outer space does.

* Drax's fate, ThrownOutTheAirlock. Let's hope Bond's dart's poison kills him before outer space does.
** [[AssholeVictim On other hand]], we talking about [[OmnicidalManiac Hugo Drax]]

* Drax sending his rottweilers to rip apart Corinne as she desperately tries to run through the forest, a grisly scene that still shocks to this day. The dissonance of the hauntingly beautiful music and equally lovely forest scenery doesn't help.

* The deaths of the scientists who accidentally knock over a vial of nerve gas is horrifying, especially the music during that scene. The scene building up to it is tense as well, with no background music while Bond sneaks into the lab. An added bit of horror to this scene is the fact that Bond looks disturbed when witnessing the scientists die. It's likely that ''he actually had no idea'' the liquid in the vial would turn into deadly gas when exposed to air. Further, there was nothing he could do to save them.

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[WesternAnimation/WatershipDown All of Hugo Drax's enterprise will be your enemy, Miss Dufour, and when they catch you, they will-]] [[LateToThePunchline wait, what do you mean they already got her?]]]]
* Jaws' [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DUUNHRKX0AAGHGF?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 carnival mask]] might qualify all by itself, even if he weren't stalking slowly down a dark alley towards his victim while wearing it, and he would have killed his victim if not for the accidental intervention of the oblivious carnival-goers twice.
** When it first appears, it's a tad unsettling but goes along well as an innocuous party mask. But then Bond and Manuela make their way out of the festivities... and the mask, while still in the background, ''[[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-joTgcpSc_Lc/UGZeM4840QI/AAAAAAAAFhE/m5HU71Gv3io/s1600/Moonraker+072.jpg looks directly at the camera]]'' and follows them.

** When it first appears, it's a tad unsettling but goes along well as an innocuous party mask. But then Bond and Manuela make their way out of the festivities... and the mask, while still in the background, ''looks directly at the camera'' and follows them.

* Jaws' carnival mask might qualify all by itself, even if he weren't stalking slowly down a dark alley towards his victim while wearing it, and he would have killed his victim if not for the accidental intervention of the oblivious carnival-goers twice.
** When it first appears, it's a tad unsettling but goes along well as an innocuous party mask. But then Bond and Manuela make their way out of the festivities...and the mask, while still in the background, ''looks directly at the camera'' and follows them.

-->''Oh god.'' ''OH GOD-''

* Later, Chang bursts out at Bond so suddenly even he is taken aback, but the fight quickly turns to Bond's favor.

** The chillingly matter-of-fact smiles on the faces of Drax's girls as they watch Bond fight for his life.

** The chilling smiles on the faces of Drax's girls as they watch Bond fight for his life.