- [after Bond has escaped]
- Kamal Khan: Mr. Bond is indeed of a very rare breed... soon to be made extinct.
- James Bond: [looking at the tattoo on Magda's back] Forgive my curiosity, but, what is that?
- Magda: That's my little octopussy.
- James Bond: [Q's mechanized version of the "Indian Rope Trick" malfunctions] Having problems keeping it up, Q?
- Q: Experimental model!
- [Bond and Q are floating in a hot air balloon]
- James Bond: I trust you can handle this contraption, Q?
- Q: It goes by hot air.
- James Bond: Oh, then you can.
- [Confronting James Bond]
- Kamal Khan: You have a nasty habit of surviving.
- James Bond: You know what they say about the fittest.
- Kamal Khan: [preparing to leave the circus, where a bomb is placed] General, excuse me. I have some traveling arrangements to make. Enjoy the show.
- US general: Thank you.
- US aide: I'm sure the general will get a big blast out of this.
- Kamal Khan: I know he won't be disappointed.
- Magda: I guess this is good night.
- James Bond: I could come in for a nightcap.
- [Gobinda puts a hand in front of Magda's door]
- James Bond: Some other time perhaps.
- James Bond: [Gobinda walks Bond back to his room] I don't suppose you'd care for a nightcap?
- [General Orlov tries to board the circus train, but is shot down by the German border guards. General Gogol, who by now learned about Orlov's scheme, approaches the fatally-injured man, looking at him disdainfully]
- General Anatoly Gogol: [contemptuously] A common thief. A disgrace to the uniform!
- Orlov: Yes, but tomorrow, I shall be a hero of the Soviet Union.
- [despite his pain, Orlov smiles faintly, and then dies]
- James Bond: [bad guys are chasing Bond and Vijay] Vijay, we've got company!
- Vijay: No problem, this is a company car.
- [the unlikely-looking Tuk-Tuk 'rickshaw cab' accelerates through the crowd on its back wheels]
- Jim Fanning: [after Bond bids for the egg] Have you gone mad?
- James Bond: Let's see how badly he wants it.
- [Twin Two throws several knives at Bond, which pass through his clothes, pinning him to a cabin door]
- Twin Two: [draws another knife] And this... for my brother...
- [Bond plucks one of the knives from the door, and throws it at Twin Two, hitting him fatally in his stomach]
- James Bond: And that's for 009!
- Q: [Q is demonstrating a pen filled with acid] Dissolves all metals.
- James Bond: Wonderful for poison pen letters...
- Q: Pay attention, 007!
- General Anatoly Gogol: I believe I express the opinion of everyone present that adoption of NATO proposals does not compromise our defensive position.
- Orlov: [clears throat] Comrade Chairman.
- Soviet Chairman: General Orlov.
- Orlov: General Gogol is presumptuous. He speaks for himself and others who cling to *timid*, outdated and unrealistic policies! Must I remind you, the committee, of our *overwhelming* superiority over NATO forces before we give it away?
- Octopussy: Who is he?
- Kamal Kahn: Englishman. Likes eggs, preferably Fabergé, and dice, preferably loaded.
- Octopussy: When Father's gold ran out, the people in Hong Kong who'd disposed of it for him offered me a commission to smuggle some diamonds. I discovered I had a talent for it.
- James Bond: You went into business for yourself?
- Octopussy: Yes, but l needed an organization, so l revived the old Octopus cult.
- James Bond: Well, then. Where did you recruit all these lovelies?
- Octopussy: There are many of them all over Southeast Asia, looking for a guru, spiritual discipline, who knows what. l train them. Give them a purpose, a sisterhood and a way of life.
- James Bond: In crime?
- Octopussy: In business. I have diversified into shipping, hotels, carnivals and circuses.
- [Q has caught James Bond playing around with the latest liquid crystal TV camera by zooming in on a woman's cleavage]
- Q: [genuinely outraged and annoyed] *REALLY*, 007! I do not have time for these adolescent antics!
- Vijay: [a snake charmer who is Bond's contact when he arrives in India] This was the wrong cover. I hate snakes.
- Vijay: [Tells Bond about Kamal's doings, and says that he, too, plays cricket] As a matter of fact, I've got a part-time job as a pro at Kamal's club.
- James Bond: What have you learned so far?
- Vijay: Well, my backhand's improving.
- [Bond is dragged from a river onto a tour boat]
- Woman on Tour Boat: Are you with our group?
- James Bond: No, ma'am, I'm with the economy tour!
- Front Desk Clerk: I hope you have a pleasant stay.
- [Bond eyes a bikini clad beauty nearby who smiles at him]
- James Bond: I'm, ah, sure I will.
- [first lines]
- James Bond: You didn't tell me there was going to be this much security.
- Bianca: They moved the flight up to this afternoon.
- James Bond: Well, we're going to have to go ahead as planned anyway.
- [Bianca hands an ID badge with the name 'Luis Toro' to Bond]
- James Bond: Toro. Sounds like a load of bull.
- James Bond: [handing a wad of Indian cash to his accomplice] That should keep you in curry for a few weeks.
- M: You had no business bidding for that egg! What would you have done if you'd had been stuck with it?
- James Bond: Then I would have claimed it was a fake, sir... and not paid.
- M: Not paid?
- James Bond: Here is the real one. I swiped it with the fake at the auction.
- M: Good God. And what happens when the buyer discovers this?
- James Bond: He complains.
- M: Well?
- James Bond: I don't think he will complain. According to Fanning, this Kamal usually sells. Now he buys. I think the fake will smoke him out. I had a tail follow him to Heathrow, where he caught a plane to Delhi.
- M: You must go there, too. I'll have Sadruddin, our man at Station I, there to assist you.
- James Bond: Yes, well, I have exactly 35 minutes to catch that plane.
- M: Oh, Bond... sign a chit for that egg on your way out... it's government property now.
- James Bond: May I join you? Sotheby's. Half a million pounds.
- Magda: The man at the auction.
- James Bond: Precisely.
- Magda: You have a very good memory for faces.
- James Bond: And figures.
- James Bond: Let's put it this way, up to now you are the least lethal and, by far, the prettiest of Kamal's friends that I've come across.
- Magda: Thank you.
- James Bond: So, does he have a proposition for me or - do you?
- Magda: He suggests trade. The egg - for you life.
- James Bond: Well, I heard the price of eggs was going up, but, isn't that a little high?
- Octopussy: [Bond sneaks on to the island and makes his way into Octopussy's room] Good evening. I wondered when you might arrive.
- James Bond: So you are the mysterious Octopussy.
- Octopussy: And you are James Bond, 007, licensed to kill. Am l to be your target for tonight?
- James Bond: Oh no, not necessarily. Depends how much you tell me about jewelry smuggling. And why one of our agents was killed in East Berlin.
- Octopussy: I know nothing about that. You remember Major Dexter Smythe? You were sent out to arrest him, weren't you?
- James Bond: You seem to have done your homework.
- James Bond: [Octopussy hands Bond a drink] Thank you.
- James Bond: Yes. Smythe, after a brilliant military career, was seconded to our secret service. His mission was to recover a cache of Chinese gold seized in North Korea. Both he and his native guide disappeared. The gold was never found.
- Octopussy: And 20 years later you were sent after him.
- James Bond: Well, the guide's body turned up with a bullet still in his skull from Smythe's service revolver. I traced Smythe to Sri Lanka, faced him with the facts, and gave him 24 hours to clear up his affairs before I took him back.
- Octopussy: He committed suicide rather than face the disgrace of a court martial.
- James Bond: What's the connection?
- Octopussy: He was my father. I'd hoped fate would bring us together one day.
- James Bond: To avenge him?
- Octopussy: No, to thank you for giving him an honorable alternative.
- Orlov: [enters the trailer, sees Bond in Mischka's 'Twin One' clothes from behind and mistakes him for Mischka] Leave that! Let's go.
- James Bond: [turns around, facing Orlov with pointed gun] Let's stay. Sit on that box. Hands on your knees. Come on, move! Now why is that bomb on the train?
- Orlov: Who are you?
- James Bond: I'm British Secret Service.
- Orlov: You should be more concerned about getting out of here alive.
- James Bond: I am more concerned about an atomic bomb exploding on a US Air Force base! You surely can't be inviting a full-scale nuclear war? What happens when the US retaliates?
- Orlov: [grinning] Against whom?
- James Bond: [frowning, realizing Orlov's scheme] My God... of course. Our early-warning system will rule out the possibility of that bomb having been launched from Russia or anywhere else. Everyone will assume incorrectly... that it was a American bomb triggered accidentally.
- Orlov: Well, that would be the most plausible explanation.
- James Bond: Europe will insist on unilateral disarmament, leaving every border undefended for you to walk across at will! And it doesn't matter a damn to you I suppose that thousands of innocent people will be killed in that "accident" of yours?
- Orlov: Better than letting a handful of old men in Moscow bargain away our advantage in disarmament talks!
- James Bond: On your feet, General. You're going to stop that train.
- Orlov: [they hear hoot as the train starts to move off] It's too late.
- James Bond: You can stop it at the border.
- [suddenly the door opens. Bond turns around to see a Russian soldier. Bond kills the soldier before he manages to point his rifle, and meanwhile Orlov escapes]
- [last lines]
- [Bond is in traction]
- Octopussy: I wish...
- James Bond: What?
- Octopussy: I wish you weren't in such a weakened condition.
- [Bond releases himself from traction]
- Octopussy: Oh, James.
- [Bond kisses Octopussy passionately]
- Octopussy: James!
- James Bond: I would have taken that double, myself.
- Kamal Khan: Then, why don't you take over the Major's position? Mr?
- James Bond: Bond, James Bond.
- Magda: [In bed] I need refilling.
- James Bond: Hmm? Of course you do.
- [reaches for a bottle of champagne]
- James Bond: [Bond's jet is on empty but he manages to land it next to a gas station and the pump attendant comes out to greet him] Fill er' up, please!
- James Bond: What can I say, Miss Moneypenny, except to say that she is - as attractive and, eh - as charming...
- Miss Moneypenny: As I used to be?
- James Bond: I didn't say that.
- Miss Moneypenny: You're such a flatterer, James.
- James Bond: Oh, Moneypenny, you know there never has been and - there never will be -anybody but you.
- Miss Moneypenny: So, you've told me.
- M: Do you know what this is?
- James Bond: Why, it looks like a Fabergé egg, sir. One of the jeweled eggs made by Carl Fabergé as an Easter gift to the Russian royal family. They're priceless and very rare. This one contains a model of the imperial stage coach.
- M: Top marks, 007.
- James Bond: Thank you, sir.
- M: Except - it's a fake.
- Magda: It's for my scrapbook. I collect - memories.
- James Bond: Well, let's get on with - making a few.
- Kamal Khan: Good evening, Mr. Bond.
- James Bond: Good evening.
- Kamal Khan: Well rested? I believe you and Miss Magda have - met?
- James Bond: It was a pleasure.
- Magda: You're too kind.
- Sadruddin: It belongs to a fabulously wealthy woman who lives on the floating palace.
- James Bond: Who is she?
- Sadruddin: No one knows her real name; but, she's known as Octopussy.
- James Bond: Well, that's the name I heard at Kamal's.
- Vijay: I hear the island is fully of beautiful women. No men allowed.
- James Bond: Really? Sexual discrimination. I'll definitely have to pay it a visit.
- Octopussy: Good evening. I wondered when you might arrive.
- James Bond: So you are the mysterious Octopussy.
- Octopussy: And you are James Bond, 007, Licensed to Kill. Am I to be your target tonight?
- Octopussy: Mr. Bond, smuggling is no concern of the Secret Service. I've violated no British law. You're free to leave; but, I'd much rather prefer if you'd stay as my guest for a few days.
- James Bond: I'd like that.
- Kamal Khan: Octopussy, I would enjoy another opportunity to take care of Mr. Bond, personally.
- Octopussy: I will take care of Mr. Bond, myself.
- Kamal Khan: Good night. And, enjoy yourself, Mr. Bond.
- Octopussy: Is something wrong?
- James Bond: Not really. Just a feeling.
- Octopussy: Why don't you come back to bed.
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