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[dunmall]

Just bumming around at work and had a bit of a thought does anyone else remember how often kids cartoons would feature parodies of James Bond? I seem to remember that almost every different Disney Adventure series ahd a Bond parody, so I thought all those who are still young at heart might like to discuss the animated tributes to OO7:

Duck Tales -- Had an episode called Double O Duck in which Lunchpad McQuack is recruited to stand in for a spy who he resembles. It is a neat parody of Goldfinger with a villain palnning on destroying the world's money, he works for an organisation caalled FOWL the Foreign Organisation for World Larceny who would return in...

Darkwing Duck -- Mostly a parody of Batman, Darkwing often faced agents of the Feindish Organisation for World Larceny, The Cold War was over by now after all. Darkwing would often work for heroic spy group SHUSH and there was an episode that paid tribute to Dereck Flint.

Batman The Animated Series -- The creators have spoken often in interviews of their love of the James Bond films and many people have spotted little tributes in various episodes of Batman, Superman and Justicec League, but perhaps their greatest was the two parter The Demon's Quest! Inspired by the classic comic books of Denny o'Neill and Neal Adams Batman and Robin pursue the immortal Ras ah'gul across the globe to his Abrabian fortress where he plans on detonating all of the mystical Lazarus Pits (the source of his immortality) across the globe causing wide spread devastation.

G.I. Joe -- I haven't seen this episode but heard about it "The Spy Who Rooked Me" a British agent of AUNTY (a nod to U.N.C.L.E or the BBC's nickname??) helps the GI Joe team transport vial of deadly nerve gas.

Can anyone else think of some more Bond tributes from good old adventure cartoons? Before they were replaced by Pokemon and it's ilk?

[Righty007]

Doug - Doug often pretended to be a secret agent named Smash Adams, a James Bond knock-off.

[Mathis05]

Wow...GREAT memory, although its been nearly 8 years since I've seen an episode of Doug. You may have been older.
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I'm almost positive there was one in Scooby Doo or the Flintstones, but I can't recount a specific instance. For that matter there may have even been one in the Jetsons. But then again I'm not too sure...

here's a link w/ SEVERAL refrences, including some support for my Flintstones claim:

http://en.wikipedia....ws_.26_episodes

(that steve martin skit was REALLY funny!)

[dunmall]

Yeah I've seen the Man Called Flintstone, it was the first flintsone movie, kind of fun

I'd forgotten about Chip n Dale rescue rangers!

[Genrewriter]

We also have to mention the many references in The Simpsons.

[dunmall]

lol, perhaps that deserves a thread all of it's own

[drmedula]

It's not exactly a parody, but I'm sure everyone who saw THE INCREDIBLES picked up on it's visual and musical tributes to Bond- especially the use of the theme from OHMSS in the trailer!

[erniecureo]

Anyone mention Jonny Quest? The original mid-60's series, that is. Great Bond-like plots, locations, gadgets and a pseudo-Bond in Race Bannon...

[dunmall]

I've never seen the original Johnny Quest (too young) but the update from the 90's was enjoyable enough plus Robert Patrick was usually the voice of Race always a plus in my book!

[Clouseau]

in 1965, there was a Pink Panther tribute to James Bond called "Pinkfinger"... in the episode, the Pink Panther is reading a book about spies, and a narrator tells the Panther that there are Russian spies in the building next door, so the Panther decides to try and catch the spies, which leads to a series of interesting encounters...

the episode is available as part of both The Pink Panther Film Collection and The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection, or for those who don't wanna shell out for the big sets, there's a smaller collection of Panther cartoons that also includes it...

Edited by Clouseau, 21 August 2006 - 01:50 PM.

[bonded56]

Besides the Flintstones "Stonefinger Caper", there's a better Flinstones parody called "Dr. Sinister". It starts with Fred and Barney watching Jay Bondrock on TV then they get involved with Madame Yes and Dr. Sinister (whose lair is inside a volcano-before YOLT was filmed). At one point Fred is fighting bad guys and saying "Judo Chop Chop" as Austin Powers says late in his first movie.

[Clouseau]

you know, while we're at it, you could almost classify any of the Inspector Gadget cartoons as Bond spoofs, at least on account of Dr. Claw, who is reminiscent of early Blofeld... he even has the cat and the evil organization with an acronym for a name!

DangerMouse is similar, too, with Col. K being kinda like M and Baron Greenback being kinda like Blofeld (with a caterpillar in place of the cat)...

there is also an episode of Garfield and Friends where Orson the pic plays a Bond-like character named "Double-oh-Orson"...

but maybe the best one that's been left out thus far is an episode of the Super Mario Bros. cartoon where they try to rescue "James Blond", who was turned to stone by "Koopfinger"... the episode was entitled "On Her Majesty's Secret Sewer Service"...

[erniecureo]

in 1965, there was a Pink Panther tribute to James Bond called "Pinkfinger"... in the episode, the Pink Panther is reading a book about spies, and a narrator tells the Panther that there are Russian spies in the building next door, so the Panther decides to try and catch the spies, which leads to a series of interesting encounters...

the episode is available as part of both The Pink Panther Film Collection and The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection, or for those who don't wanna shell out for the big sets, there's a smaller collection of Panther cartoons that also includes it...

Isn't this on one of the MGM/UA "Classics" VHS videos? They all had PP cartoons before the beginning...I know I've seen it somewhere...on the Thuderball tape, maybe?

[Clouseau]

Isn't this on one of the MGM/UA "Classics" VHS videos? They all had PP cartoons before the beginning...I know I've seen it somewhere...on the Thuderball tape, maybe?

i couldn't tell you, since i've never seen the "Classics" VHSs... it wouldn't surprise me too much, though, since Pinkfinger was released the same year as Thunderball, but Pinkfinger was released a good 7 months before Thunderball...

what would really have been nice, though, if they were gonna include a cartoon with the movie, would be if they had included the cartoon that originally debuted alongside Thunderball in theaters... it was the first episode of The Inspector (another Pink Panther spin-off cartoon), entitled "The Great DeGaulle Stone Operation"...

and "The Great DeGaulle Stone Operation" is also available on The Pink Panther Film Collection...

Edited by Clouseau, 23 August 2006 - 01:31 PM.

[Napoleon Solo]

Anyone mention Jonny Quest? The original mid-60's series, that is. Great Bond-like plots, locations, gadgets and a pseudo-Bond in Race Bannon...

In the first episode, "Mystery of the Lizard Men," Dr. Quest's lab looks similar to Ken Adam's reactor room from Dr. No.

[Shadow Syndicate]

Ed, Edd, and Eddy had a couple. I remember one episode where Eddy is trying to make conversation with a girl and he just blurts out "Edd has a third nipple just like that bad guy in james Bond." And getting back to Doug, there was an episode about his sister judy inviteing her boyfreind over for dinner. So she has her parents pose as doctors and explore's hopping to impress him. She then has Doug pose as the waiter even sporting a tux. In the course of the meal Doug drops a note in his glass that said "THERE'S A BOMB IN THE LASANGA". He later whispers "Im a Secret Agent, Im here to protect you". There was also an episode where he gets a cavity and imagines Goldfinger like circumstances when he goes to get the filling. Anyway it was hilarious

Edited by The Shadow Syndicate, 31 August 2006 - 06:56 AM.

[Safari Suit]

This is probably my all time favourite cartoon!

[Mr Twilight]

In 1966, a episode of the cartoon serie of Laurel and Hardy, was aired and involved James Bond. The sypnosis of 7 minute episode called, Bond Bombed, was that Stan and Ollie attempt to deliver a super spy car to James Bond. I haven't seen it. Anyone else had the pleasure?

Bond Bombed

[Mr. Blofeld]

It's not exactly a parody, but I'm sure everyone who saw THE INCREDIBLES picked up on it's visual and musical tributes to Bond- especially the use of the theme from OHMSS in the trailer!

Let's not forget the volcano lair Syndrome apparently stole from Blofeld...