The clunkiest Bond-girl name award is arguably shared between Octopussy, Dr Holly Goodhead and Pussy Galore, but only one had the dubious honour of being the actual title of its respective movie. Octopussy's outrageous nature doesn't end there. The film proceeds to destroy any semblance of class left over from the Connery era. Bond poses as a corpse and scares the stereotypical gypsies who attempt to dispose of the bodybag; comedy ethnic sidekick Vijay bonks some villains over the head with a tennis racket, because he's played by ex-tennis pro Vijay Amritraj; and Q shows up in a hot air balloon to be welcomed by a bevy of adoring ladies. At least he shoos them away to continue with the action sequence at hand. Although none of the Bond movies are especially faithful to Fleming's original novels, Octopussy is a particular culprit. Perhaps not the best-suited storyline for the franchise - more a chilling morality tail involving guilt, deceit, and suicide - the novel enjoys almost nothing in common with the movie. Its only shared feature is the title, but Fleming's Octopussy refers to the actual animal, whereas the film reduced it to yet another lazy Bond-girl pun. Worst Moment: 007 disguising himself as a clown. There are some things simply too uncool for James Bond and this is one of them. If there's any image of Moore to sum up his overly-comedic take on the secret agent, its undoubtedly this.
