Line #10 ActionGirl/JamesBond


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[BlatantLies Three weeks of training]], really?]]
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4	Contrary to a tenacious popular belief, not all the women who cross path with Film/JamesBond just sit around being a MsFanservice and [[DamselInDistress waiting to be rescued]].
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6	!!Heroic Bond Girls & Allies:
7	* ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'': Japanese agent Kissy Suzuki (Creator/MieHama) doesn't hesitate participating in the FinalBattle in SPECTRE's VolcanoLair with a revolver (while ''still wearing her swimming outfit'') after bringing Tiger Tanaka's army. And let's not forget the BadassDriver Aki (Creator/AkikoWakabayashi), whom Kissy replaces as Bond's partner (and fake wedding bride) after her tragic death.
8	* ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'': Countess Tracy Draco Di Vicenzo (Creator/DianaRigg) makes up for not demonstrating much fighting skills by being a BadassDriver, rescuing Bond from Blofeld and his SPECTRE henchmen in the Swiss Alps, including through an ice race track. Though she still manages to score some DamselOutOfDistress points by dispatching TheBrute Grunther while being captive at Piz Gloria in the climax.
9	* ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'': In Thailand, the nieces of Lieutenant Hip (one of them played by Hong Kong actress/martial artist Yuen Qiu) turn out to be very skilled at kung fu ([[BadassFamily a family thing]]), and help Bond get rid of a whole school of enemy martial artists.
10	* ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'': CIA agent Dr. Holly Goodhead (Creator/LoisChiles) combines brains and brawn. Although she ends up getting captured in Brazil, she manages to hold her own in all of her fight scenes in addition to being appropriately (or conveniently?) trained as an astronaut, which is very useful to sabotage Hugo Drax's SpaceStation.
11	* ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'': Melina Havelock (Creator/CaroleBouquet), the [[YouKilledMyFather vengeful]] [[TheStraightAndArrowPath crossbow-toting]] Greek-British daughter of a murdered marine archeologist.
12	* ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'': The film's eponymous woman (Creator/MaudAdams) doesn't demonstrate all that much by herself, but she's the leader of a whole gang of ass-kicking women, including Magda (Creator/KristinaWayborn), who take it upon themselves to {{storm\|ing The Castle}} the BigBad's palace in the climax, swiftly neutralizing its guards. Minus the bit where Q's hot air balloon lands on some guards, they don't need any help at it.
13	* ''Film/LicenceToKill'': CIA agent Pam Bouvier (Creator/CareyLowell). Tough-as-nails, sultry and CrazyPrepared to the extreme, Pam goes through her film in the genuine death trap that is [[TheCartel Franz Sanchez]]'s country of Isthmus without ever once really needing Bond's assistance; more than a couple times ''she'' saves ''his'' ass instead.
14	* ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'': Wai Lin (Creator/MichelleYeoh). Chinese government agent, {{Colonel\|Badass}} in the [[UsefulNotes/ChineseWithChopperSupport PLA]], martial artist and fan of [[GunsAkimbo dual-wielding]] [[MoreDakka submachine guns]].
15	* ''Film/DieAnotherDay'': NSA agent Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson (Creator/HalleBerry). She kicks ass without much effort when needed, even though she [[MeaningfulName gets caught twice by the enemy]]. It's not without its fair share of difficulty, but she emerges victorious in the DesignatedGirlFight against [[MasterSwordsman fencing champion]] Miranda Frost.
16	* ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'': Eve [[spoiler:[[AdaptationalBadass Moneypenny]]]] (Creator/NaomieHarris). A BadassDriver, capable field agent (just watch her dispatch bad guys [[ImprovisedWeapon using a suitcase]]) and no stranger at all to firearms. [[NeverLiveItDown Though she could perhaps work on her aim a bit]].
17	* ''Film/{{Spectre}}'': Although hand-to-hand combat might not be her forte, Madeleine Swann (Creator/LeaSeydoux) knows how to use a gun when push comes to shove, even if she [[DoesntLikeGuns doesn't like them]].
18	* ''Film/NoTimeToDie'': Features the two most prominent examples in recent memory:
19	** Nomi (Creator/LashanaLynch), who replaces Bond as the new Agent 007, is as skilled as him in combat, be it with firearms or hand-to-hand and helps him storm Safin's island fortress in the climax.
20	** CIA agent Paloma (Creator/AnaDeArmas) might be sweet and friendly, but [[BadassAdorable don't let that fool you]]. She gloriously gets rid of more Spectre henchmen (in rapid succession) than ''Bond himself'' without breaking a sweat (and all while [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery wearing a gorgeous party dress]]) during her painfully short screentime amidst the Cuba fight with either firearms or [[KickChick high kicks]]. On top of it all, she proudly claims that she had only ''three weeks'' of CIA training.
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22	!![[DarkActionGirl Villainesses]]:
23	* ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'': Bambi (Lola Larson) and Thumper (Trina Parks), the gymnastics-practitioning henchwomen of Blofeld who guard a captive Willard Whyte. They can pull off impractical backflips, {{unnecessary combat roll}}s, high kicks and cartwheels, and they give Bond quite the SheFu thrashing... at least until they fall in the swimming pool of Whyte's house with him.
24	* ''Film/AViewToAKill'': May Day (Creator/GraceJones). TheBrute, NumberTwo to [[BigBad Max Zorin]] and a gender-flipped variation of ScaryBlackMan, a tall and tough woman who can lift a man clean over her head and set up as a ruthless foe who could take Bond himself to the cleaners. She [[HeelFaceTurn ends up joining Bond's side]] out of revenge for Zorin's betrayal but, unfortunately, [[VasquezAlwaysDies she doesn't]] [[HeroicSacrifice make it]] to the end.
25	* ''Film/GoldenEye'': Xenia Zaragevna Onatopp (Creator/FamkeJanssen). An AxCrazy and sadistic BloodKnight of a woman who has genuine ''{{orgasm\|ic Combat}}s'' when either [[MoreDakka pumping people full of lead]] or [[MurderousThighs suffocating them to death between her thighs]].
26	* ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'': The ActionPrologue gives us the ProfessionalKiller sent by Renard, who's [[NoNameGiven nicknamed]] "Cigar Girl" (Maria Grazia Cucinotta). She ends up [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled killing herself out of fear]] of [[TheDreaded her boss]] after sending Bond on a drawn-out boat chase on the Thames in London.
27	* ''Film/DieAnotherDay'': Miranda Frost (Creator/RosamundPike), who's revealed to be TheMole working for BigBad Gustav Graves. She's a [[MasterSwordsman champion in fencing]], and the climactic DesignatedGirlFight between her and Jinx is noticeably more elaborate than the much simpler punch-out between Bond and Graves occurring at the same time.

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