# James Bond parodies, pastiches and rip-offs in the movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [May 16, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241 "2021-05-16T21:24:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/1 "2021-05-16T21:24:36Z")
So I’m watching B-Movie TV the other day and a Filipino movie titled _For Y’ur Height Only_ pops up. It stars Weng Weng as Agent 00, a 2’ 9" superspy. A superstar in his own country, he did one other movie as Agent 00(_The Impossible Kid_) . It reminded me of other pseudo-Bond flicks, such as _Our Man From Bond Street_, starring Sean Connery’s younger brother Neil. If possible, I’d like to keep this to movies that refer directly to the Bond character, so no Matt Helm, Austin Powers or the like. What have you got? ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/2 "2021-05-16T22:19:06Z")
George Lazenby made a brief cameo as J.B. in _Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E._ His sole outing as James Bond in _On Her Majesty’s Secret Service_ got a reference. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1WIXI4AfbwA/maxresdefault.jpg "George Lazenby in The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WIXI4AfbwA) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/3 "2021-05-16T23:38:19Z")
The _Casino Royale_ version starring Woody Allen. Also the animated TV series from Disney, _Kim Possible_ is pretty obviously a Bond parody. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/4 "2021-05-16T23:40:03Z")
I would like to stick to theatrical movies, if possible. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/5 "2021-05-17T00:11:46Z")
> **[List of James Bond parodies and spin-offs | Films](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_James_Bond_parodies_and_spin-offs#Films)** > > First published in 1960, Matt Helm is a fictional character created by author Donald Hamilton. The character is not meant to be a spoof of James Bond, rather having attributes of an homage, but not in the strict sense. Film versions of Matt Helm, as played by Dean Martin, were meant to spoof the 007 movies as well as the character James Bond. The four movies made took their titles from Hamilton's novels, though the movies had little in common with the books of the same name. The Silencers and Mur... Sounds like you could use a copy of… > **[Eurospy Guide](https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Eurospy_Guide.html?id=M-7RAAAACAAJ)** > > For a brief period in the mid-1960s, the whole world went spy crazy. From Sri Lanka to Poland, from the US to India, cinemas were filled with the exploits of suave secret agents, glamorous femmes fatales and increasingly demented villains. The... _The Liquidator_ (1965) may qualify as well, but it definitely has the best fake-Bond theme. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tGEFZRLgclY/hqdefault.jpg "The Liquidator (1965) Title Sequence") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGEFZRLgclY) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/6 "2021-05-17T00:18:00Z")
The title character is based on the “Boysie Oakes” stories by John Gardner, but that title sequence(sung by Shirley Bassey, no less!), certainly fits the bill. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/7 "2021-05-17T00:19:48Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > Sounds like you could use a copy of… Yeah, but it is more fun if people just bring up their favorites in thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/8 "2021-05-17T00:22:30Z")
Dude, you watched a Weng Weng movie. You need all the help you can get. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/9 "2021-05-17T01:42:16Z")
Oops. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/10 "2021-05-17T01:43:50Z")
Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/11 "2021-05-17T01:44:35Z")
I’ll never mind if you’ll never mind. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/12 "2021-05-17T02:11:06Z")
The only good part of, “The Cannonball Run,” was Roger Moore playing Seymour Goldfarb playing Roger Moore. “Mother, you know too much to live.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/13 "2021-05-17T02:19:48Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I’ll never mind if you’ll never mind. You first. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/14 "2021-05-17T18:04:55Z")
According to the Neil Connery Wikipedia page, the “Bondish” movie Neil Connery was in was called “O.K. Connery”, “Operation Kid Brother” and “Operation Double 007”. And he died last week! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/15 "2021-05-17T19:17:40Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > The only good part of, “The Cannonball Run,” was Roger Moore playing Seymour Goldfarb playing Roger Moore. It’s not the “only” good part. There is a lot of good in that movie. A lot of crap, too. Hal Needham is a worse director than Alan Smithee. “When I was in Egypt making The Fly Who Bugged Me, it was at least 180 in the shade… not that there was much shade.” ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/16 "2021-05-17T23:12:51Z")
Wasn’t the film being made in _Hooper_ supposed to be a 007 film with Adam West as Bond? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/17 "2021-05-17T23:16:32Z")
_The Spy Who Laughed at Danger_ ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/18 "2021-05-17T23:18:32Z")
The Lone Gunmen, a brief spin-off of the X Files featured a character named [James ‘Jimmy’ Bond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Bond). ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/19 "2021-05-18T02:41:31Z")
The bleak, gritty, austere British Drama _ **Carry On Spying** _ manages to get most of the standard caricatures in (not to mention a bit of _ **The Third Man** _ for good measure). One of the characters is even called Charlie Bind. (Codename 'Double O - oh). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241/20 "2021-05-18T02:57:18Z")
I am, of course, the internationally recognized expert on this subject. Well, I started the James Bond parodies article on Wikipedia that Drop linked to. ([The original page from 2005](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_James_Bond_parodies_and_spin-offs&oldid=9114580).) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/james-bond-parodies-pastiches-and-rip-offs-in-the-movies/942241.md?page=2)