# Dead or nearly dead tropes?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 25, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-or-nearly-dead-tropes/1014797 "2025-02-25T23:14:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-or-nearly-dead-tropes/1014797/222 "2025-02-28T04:47:02Z")

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> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> When James Bond gets into this situation, the only mystery is whether he disables the device with one second left on the clock or stops the countdown at 0:07.

> [@Spoons](#):
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> > [@solost](#):
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> > I’m not too big on Bond trivia. Has that actually happened in a Bond movie- stopping the timer at 0:07?
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> Yes. As I recall, it happened in _Goldfinger_.

Although it wasn’t Bond who stopped the bomb in Goldfinger, it was some CIA rando.

Look for Amazon to give that unsung hero his own spinoff in their [newly acquired Bondiverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-mgm-takes-creative-reins-of-james-bond-ending-an-era-of-family-control-of-007/1014588).

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