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* General Orlov and Kamal Khan's EvilPlan is to blow up a US Air Force base with a [[NukeEm 100 kt nuclear bomb]], thereby causing Western Europe to opt for disarmament, leaving Russia with the advantage... by using Octopussy's circus as a cover. With thousands of civilians at the base watching it. What's worse? There are ''[[AdultFear children]]'' in the audience. And Orlov, in Bond's words, doesn't give a damn.

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* General Orlov and Kamal Khan's EvilPlan is to blow up a US Air Force base with a [[NukeEm 100 kt nuclear bomb]], thereby causing Western Europe to opt for disarmament, leaving Russia with the advantage... by using Octopussy's circus as a cover. With thousands of civilians at the base watching it. What's worse? There are ''[[AdultFear ''[[WouldHurtAChild children]]'' in the audience. And Orlov, in Bond's words, doesn't give a damn.

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[[caption-width-right:350: A children's toy that puts even [[VideoGame/{{Earthbound}} Ness']] yo-yo to shame.]]
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*** The bottom line is that disarmament would not happen, evidenced by most of human history - and even if it did, it would only go ahead if the Soviet Union acquiesced and followed suit. Orlov's vision of Western Europe disarming and leaving Russia with the upper hand is pure fantasy.
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* General Orlov and Kamal Khan's EvilPlan is to blow up a US Air Force base with a [[NukeEm nuclear bomb]], thereby causing Western Europe to opt for disarmament, leaving Russia with the advantage... by using Octopussy's circus as a cover. With thousands of civilians at the base watching it. What's worse? There are ''[[AdultFear children]]'' in the audience. And Orlov, in Bond's words, doesn't give a damn.

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* General Orlov and Kamal Khan's EvilPlan is to blow up a US Air Force base with a [[NukeEm 100 kt nuclear bomb]], thereby causing Western Europe to opt for disarmament, leaving Russia with the advantage... by using Octopussy's circus as a cover. With thousands of civilians at the base watching it. What's worse? There are ''[[AdultFear children]]'' in the audience. And Orlov, in Bond's words, doesn't give a damn.
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* Vijay, one of the more likable sidekicks in the franchise, suffers a particularly grisly death as a result of the aforementioned buzzsaw yo-yo, but his isn't a quick death, either; Q finds him still alive sometime after.

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* Vijay, one of the more likable sidekicks in the franchise, suffers a particularly grisly death as a result of the aforementioned buzzsaw yo-yo, but his isn't a quick death, either; Q finds him still alive sometime after.after.
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** Being mauled by crocodiles (with the victim screaming while being devoured).

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** Being mauled by crocodiles (with the victim screaming while being devoured).devoured).
* Vijay, one of the more likable sidekicks in the franchise, suffers a particularly grisly death as a result of the aforementioned buzzsaw yo-yo, but his isn't a quick death, either; Q finds him still alive sometime after.
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*** With literally half a second to spare. When most bombs are stopped at one, your heart will stop a moment.
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**** Except that an investigation would reveal the exact location of the explosion, which would be nowhere near where the base would keep their nukes, and analysis might even reveal where the fissionable material came from.
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*** Against whom? Their early warning systems would rule out a nuclear missile from Russia.
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** As General Gogol points out, Western Europe / NATO probably wouldn't disarm. They would strike back. Orlov's plan would basically cause WorldWarIII.

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** As General Gogol points out, Western Europe / NATO probably likely wouldn't disarm. They would strike back. Orlov's plan would basically cause WorldWarIII.
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[[caption-width-right:350: A children's toy that puts even [[VideoGame/{{Earthbound}} Ness']] yo-yo to shame.]]
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** As General Gogol points out, Western Europe / NATO probably wouldn't disarm. It would strike back. Orlov's plan would basically cause WorldWarIII.

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** As General Gogol points out, Western Europe / NATO probably wouldn't disarm. It They would strike back. Orlov's plan would basically cause WorldWarIII.
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For the James Bond NightmareFuel index, see [[NightmareFuel/JamesBond here]].
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* Gobinda, Kamal Khan's Sikh bodyguard. He's tall, with a BeardOfEvil, and throws {{Death Glare}}s aplenty.

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* Gobinda, Kamal Khan's Sikh bodyguard. He's tall, with strong, has a BeardOfEvil, and throws {{Death Glare}}s aplenty.
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* Gobinda, Kamal Khan's Sikh bodyguard. He's tall, with a BeardOfEvil, and throws {{Death Glare}}s aplenty.

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* General Orlov and Kamal Khan's EvilPlan is to blow up a US Air Force base with a [[NukeEm nuclear bomb]], thereby causing Europe to opt for disarmament, leaving Russia with the advantage... by using Octopussy's circus as a cover. With thousands of civilians at the base watching it. What's worse? There are ''[[AdultFear children]]'' in the audience. And Orlov, in Bond's words, doesn't give a damn.

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* General Orlov and Kamal Khan's EvilPlan is to blow up a US Air Force base with a [[NukeEm nuclear bomb]], thereby causing Western Europe to opt for disarmament, leaving Russia with the advantage... by using Octopussy's circus as a cover. With thousands of civilians at the base watching it. What's worse? There are ''[[AdultFear children]]'' in the audience. And Orlov, in Bond's words, doesn't give a damn.


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** As General Gogol points out, Western Europe / NATO probably wouldn't disarm. It would strike back. Orlov's plan would basically cause WorldWarIII.
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* General Orlov and Kamal Khan's EvilPlan is to blow up a US Air Force base with a bomb, thereby causing Europe to opt for disarmament, leaving Russia with the advantage... by using Octopussy's circus as a cover. With thousands of civilians at the base watching it. What's worse? There are ''[[AdultFear children]]'' in the audience. And Orlov, in Bond's words, doesn't give a damn.

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* General Orlov and Kamal Khan's EvilPlan is to blow up a US Air Force base with a bomb, [[NukeEm nuclear bomb]], thereby causing Europe to opt for disarmament, leaving Russia with the advantage... by using Octopussy's circus as a cover. With thousands of civilians at the base watching it. What's worse? There are ''[[AdultFear children]]'' in the audience. And Orlov, in Bond's words, doesn't give a damn.

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** [[spoiler: Being knifed in the back and slowly expiring]],
** [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice Being impaled upon a bed of nails]],
** [[spoiler: Being cut open by a bladed yo-yo, as poor Vijay found out the hard way]],
** Being suffocated by a blue-ringed octopus, and being fatally poisoned to boot,
** Being mauled by crocodiles (with the victim screaming while being devoured),
** [[spoiler: Being shot in the lung and expiring]],
** [[spoiler: Getting knifed in the chest by the person who killed your brother (who ironically simply got his neck broken instantly)]],
** And the Cuban soldiers in the ColdOpen ActionPrologue who got blown up by the missile they accidentally trapped in their weaponry silo.

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** [[spoiler: Being knifed Receiving a knife in the back and slowly expiring]],
expiring.
** [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice Being impaled upon a bed of nails]],
nails]].
** [[spoiler: Being cut open by a bladed yo-yo, as poor Vijay found out the hard way]],
yo-yo.
** Being suffocated by a blue-ringed octopus, and being fatally poisoned to boot,
boot.
** Being mauled by crocodiles (with the victim screaming while being devoured),
** [[spoiler: Being shot in the lung and expiring]],
** [[spoiler: Getting knifed in the chest by the person who killed your brother (who ironically simply got his neck broken instantly)]],
** And the Cuban soldiers in the ColdOpen ActionPrologue who got blown up by the missile they accidentally trapped in their weaponry silo.
devoured).
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** And the Soviet soldiers in the ColdOpen ActionPrologue who got blown up by the missile they accidentally trapped in their weaponry silo.

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** And the Soviet Cuban soldiers in the ColdOpen ActionPrologue who got blown up by the missile they accidentally trapped in their weaponry silo.
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* General Orlov and Kamal Khan's EvilPlan is to blow up a US Air Force base with a bomb, thereby causing Europe to opt for disarmament, leaving Russia with the advantage... by using Octopussy's circus as a cover. With thousands of civilians at the base watching it. What's worse? There are ''[[AdultFear children]]'' in the audience. And Orlov, in Bond's words, doesn't give a damn.
** For that matter, imagine being one of the people in the tent when the bomb was revealed... with ''fourteen seconds'' left. Thank goodness Bond disarmed it in time.
* Despite the film itself being (mostly) comical, the many, many [[CruelAndUnusualDeath horrible deaths]] in the film itself deserve a mention:
** [[spoiler: Being knifed in the back and slowly expiring]],
** [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice Being impaled upon a bed of nails]],
** [[spoiler: Being cut open by a bladed yo-yo, as poor Vijay found out the hard way]],
** Being suffocated by a blue-ringed octopus, and being fatally poisoned to boot,
** Being mauled by crocodiles (with the victim screaming while being devoured),
** [[spoiler: Being shot in the lung and expiring]],
** [[spoiler: Getting knifed in the chest by the person who killed your brother (who ironically simply got his neck broken instantly)]],
** And the Soviet soldiers in the ColdOpen ActionPrologue who got blown up by the missile they accidentally trapped in their weaponry silo.

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