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| Octopussy | |
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| Affiliation | James Bond |
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| Portrayed by | Maud Adams |
Octopussy is a fictional character in the James Bond film of the same name. She is played by the Swedish actress Maud Adams.
Biography (movie)
Octopussy is a jewel smuggler who lives a life of luxury in a floating palace near Delhi, India. Her father, Major Dexter Smythe, studied octopuses, hence her nickname Octopussy. Her real christian name is unknown, but it can be assumed that Smythe is her real last name; however, this is never explicitly confirmed. As a cover for her smuggling activities, Octopussy owns her own circus. Magda, the ring leader of the circus, works with her and, together, they work with Kamal Khan to get a Faberge egg from General Orlov.
Octopussy is first seen (her face is not shown at this time) when Khan shows her the egg and tells her about Bond. Khan insists on killing Bond but Octopussy says no. Behind her back, however, Khan continues to try killing Bond.
She finally meets Bond when he sneaks into her palace. It is revealed that her father stole a cache of Chinese gold several years ago and that Bond had been assigned to find him. He did so and gave Major Smythe 24 hours to settle his affairs before arresting him. However, Smythe chose suicide instead of facing the disgrace of a court martial. Octopussy tells Bond she was hoping to meet him someday, not for revenge as Bond assumes, but to thank him for giving her father an honorable alternative to public disgrace. She and Bond then make love.
Meanwhile, Kamal Khan arranges for a group of assassins to kill Bond, but spare Octopussy. Bond and Octopussy work together to defeat the assassins, but in the course of the struggle, Bond and one of the assassins crash through a window and are apparently attacked and killed by an alligator. Octopussy is devastated, unaware that Bond escaped safely.
Bond follows her to the circus and discovers that Orlov has substituted a nuclear bomb for the jewelry without Octopussy's knowledge. At the film's climax, Bond, disguised in a clown suit, tells Magda and Octopussy that they have been betrayed by Orlov and Khan. Magda disbelieves him, but Octopussy grabs a gun and shoots off the lock of the supposed jewelry cache to reveal the bomb. In the nick of time, Bond succeeds in disarming the bomb.
Back in India, Octopussy's circus performers raid Khan's palace to avenge his betrayal, but she is kidnapped and knocked unconscious by Gobinda. She wakes up in Khan's private plane. After a struggle between Bond and Gobinda, Khan loses control of the plane. Bond and Octopussy jump out just before the plane crashes. After saving Octopussy from a literal cliffhanger, Bond returns with her to India. They are last seen making love on her boat.
Biography (book)
In the Ian Fleming novel, Octopussy and the Living Daylights, Octopussy was the name of the pet octopus that Major Dexter Smythe loved. The role of Octopussy was heavily symbolic and, towards the end of the novel, a key element in the story.
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