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This article is about film series. For the character, see James Bond (character).

This article is about film series. For the parody character, see James Bont.

The James Bond film series is a group of 22 British films focusing around the adventures of James Bond and based on Ian Fleming's novels.

References to James Bond in The Simpsons

Episodes

Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
2	28	"Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"	The McBain film Grampa watches in the theater has an end credits songs which spoofs a typical James Bond movie.
3	38	"When Flanders Failed"	Mr. Burns' stroking a white cat is similar to Ernst Stavro Blofeld stroking his cat.
3	41	"Like Father, Like Clown"	Lois Pennycandy is a pun on Lois Maxwell, the actress who played Ms. Moneypenny.
4	60	"Kamp Krusty"	Mr. Black and the counsellors escape by hydrofoil, like some Bond villains have .
4	65	"Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"	Bart is seated and strokes his hamster, just like Blofeld strokes his cat.
4	75	"Duffless"	Bart microwaves a James Bond figurine until he melts, while watching and stroking Snowball II, just like Blofeld.
5	83	"Cape Feare"	The Itchy and Scratchy cartoon Spay Anything has Scratchy tied down to be killed by a beam, just like in Goldfinger, while similar Bond music plays.
6	122	"Lisa's Wedding"	Homer says to Hugh's parents: "You know what's great about you English? 'Octopussy'. I must have seen that movie... twice!"
7	138	"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"	A deleted scene from $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) shows Homer in the casino dealing cards to James Bont, while several Bond villains (Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Oddjob and Jaws) observe. Due to Homer's stupidity Bont loses and is taken away by Blofeld and his cronies.
8	155	"You Only Move Twice"	The title references You Only Live Twice. Hank Scorpio is a send-off of a Bond villain and even ties a spy, James Bont with a Scottish accent like Sean Connery to a table with the intention of killing him by a laser, much like in Goldfinger. Miss Goodthighs from Casino Royale kills somebody with her thighs. The end song which plays over the end credits, Scorpio, is similar to Theme From Goldfinger.
15	314	"Treehouse of Horror XIV"	When Homer escapes from God's light with a motorcycle is an reference to James Bond's escape from the Icarus satellite laser from "Die Another Day".
15	317	"The Regina Monologues"	When Tony Blair flies away in a jetpack to the James Bond theme, Thunderball is referenced. The scene where Homer spots Bart and Lisa from the London Eye, pulls a lever and the whole car detaches from the Eye, before skimming across the River Thames, is similar to the water surf gadget scene in "The World Is Not Enough".
24	510	"Treehouse of Horror XXIII"	When Bart went back in time he passed all the James Bond films.
22	477	"The Blue and the Gray"	Homer imagines Marge as a Bond Girl, yet she turns into Judi Dench. He then imagines several Bond villains, namely Auric Goldfinger, Oddjob, Ernst Stavro Blofeld and Jaws.
30	645	"From Russia Without Love"	The title is a pun on the 1963 James Bond film From Russia With Love.

Comics

Picture	Comic issue	Story name	Reference
	Simpsons Comics #41	Bart Simpson and the Krusty Brand Fun Factory	The Itchy & Scratchy cartoon "Choco-Pussy or Dip and Let Die!" includes a number of references to James Bond.
	Simpsons Comics #82	Lisa Goes to Camp	Lisa meets Sean Bont at the Smart Kid's Camp. His name is most likely a reference to the aforementioned character James Bont, and Sean Connery who was the first actor to portray James Bond in the films.

Crossover characters

Cast and crew

Cast

Garry Marshall, who voiced Larry Kidkill and Sheldon Leavitt, appeared uncredited as a hoodlum in Goldfinger.
Paul McCartney, who voiced himself, performed the Live and Let Die theme of the same name.
Pierce Brosnan, who voiced the Ultrahouse 3000, along with Dan Castellaneta and Matthew Perry, as himself, appeared as Bond in four films.
Maria Grazia Cucinotta, who voiced Francesca Terwilliger, appeared as "Cigar Girl" in The World Is Not Enough.
Halle Berry, who voiced herself, appeared as Jinx Johnson in Die Another Day.

Crew

Stephen Debonrepos, who was an uncredited storyboard artist on three Simpsons episodes, was a storyboard artist for Quantum of Solace.

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