Most Important Skills of James Bond

What are the most important skills a 00 agent should be trained on? I've already got a few, but I'm looking for many more.

Hope you can help! Thanks.


Current List:
- Firearms
- Martial Arts
- Evasive Driving
- Skydiving
- Scuba diving
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Moved to more appropriate forum.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,701MI6 Agent
    - Demolitions

    - Knowledge of fine wines and drinks

    - Piloting helicopters and planes
  • jbondresearcher97jbondresearcher97 Posts: 5MI6 Agent
    Oh, yeah! That's great! I'm trying to put together an "unofficial fan list" of every skill a 00 would need.

    Thanks for your input!
  • AugustWalkerAugustWalker Posts: 880MI6 Agent
    seduction of course!
    The name is Walker by the way.

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    Check it out, you won’t be disappointed :)
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,701MI6 Agent
    Opening zippers and bras, with or without the aid of gadgets from Q branch.
  • jbondresearcher97jbondresearcher97 Posts: 5MI6 Agent
    Yes; an essential skill for every 00!
  • JellyfishJellyfish EnglandPosts: 462MI6 Agent
    Languages & disguises.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,701MI6 Agent
    Bond hardly ever uses disguises. He was disguised as a clown in OP and I guess he was under disguise as Hilly in OHMSS.


    -Finding and using listening devices

    -skiing
  • AugustWalkerAugustWalker Posts: 880MI6 Agent
    Jellyfish wrote:
    Languages & disguises.

    I would extend ’disguise‘ to convincingly posing with alternate identities/ covers.
    The name is Walker by the way.

    IG: @thebondarchives
    Check it out, you won’t be disappointed :)
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,701MI6 Agent
    OK, even though 007 doesn't do that very often either. :)
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    OK, even though 007 doesn't do that very often either. :)

    Bond has had quite a few covers: David Somerset, Mr Fisher, Peter Franks, Robert Sterling, James St. John Smythe, James Stock, James Beech, and others. I would also consider situations like Klaus Hergersheimer to be using a cover.
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  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    OK, it's not really a skill, but c'mon -- Bond's most important trait is a cast-iron liver.
    Hilly...you old devil!
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,701MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    OK, even though 007 doesn't do that very often either. :)

    Bond has had quite a few covers: David Somerset, Mr Fisher, Peter Franks, Robert Sterling, James St. John Smythe, James Stock, James Beech, and others. I would also consider situations like Klaus Hergersheimer to be using a cover.

    James Bond has taken on many names, but I would argue he hasn't taken on many identities. In most of these cases he has another name in his identity papers and he introduces himself with another name. But does he change the way he talks, walks, jokes, his interests …. how he behaves?
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Matt S wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    OK, even though 007 doesn't do that very often either. :)

    Bond has had quite a few covers: David Somerset, Mr Fisher, Peter Franks, Robert Sterling, James St. John Smythe, James Stock, James Beech, and others. I would also consider situations like Klaus Hergersheimer to be using a cover.

    James Bond has taken on many names, but I would argue he hasn't taken on many identities. In most of these cases he has another name in his identity papers and he introduces himself with another name. But does he change the way he talks, walks, jokes, his interests …. how he behaves?

    He has only done that a few times, as Sir Hilary Bray and as James St John Smythe. But an identity for Bond usually just means papers, such as the papers he had in Octopussy.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,701MI6 Agent
    To get back on topic:

    -a knowledge of style and clothes
  • jbondresearcher97jbondresearcher97 Posts: 5MI6 Agent
    What about...

    - hacking
    - parkour
    - poker
    - knowledge of foreign cultures
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,701MI6 Agent
    I can't remember him hacking or doing parkour.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :)) you clearly haven't seen Casino Royale :p
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,701MI6 Agent
    He doesn't hack or do parkour in CR. Molakka does parkour, Bond doesn't.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    edited December 2018
    :))
    I think you're using the ....
    .... " Baby I F**ked her, But I make love to you " argument. ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    I can't remember him hacking or doing parkour.

    He shows that he can hack in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service when he goes for a ride with Tracy. He also hacks M’s computer in Casino Royale. So he can hack in two entirely different meanings of the word!
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  • jbondresearcher97jbondresearcher97 Posts: 5MI6 Agent
    Even if it was never shown in one of the films, wouldn’t it still be an important skill to have as a 00?
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,701MI6 Agent
    I forgot about Bond hacking into M's computer, but I too think doing something once make sit an important skill.
    And trying to catch a parkour runner doesn't make you one, a bit like using a motor boat to catch up with a sailboat doesn't show you have the skill to sail a sail boat .
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    So if someone is running away from me and I give chase, I'm
    Not running too. ? If we both fall in to water and he can swim
    but I can't and we both drown , then I haven't really drowned as
    I wasn't a swimmer ? :))
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,701MI6 Agent
    So if someone is running away from me and I give chase, I'm
    Not running too. ? If we both fall in to water and he can swim
    but I can't and we both drown , then I haven't really drowned as
    I wasn't a swimmer ? :))

    Yes, but Bond and Malukka use different techniques to get from A to B. Simply put Bond often uses brute force and muscle strength, while Malukka uses agility and fancy moves. The obvious example may be that Malukka jumped over a high wall and Bond smashed through it. I think my sailboat/motorboat example was pretty neat: both travel on the water, but the way to acomplish it is very different. I guess boxing and judo is another example. The way I understand parkour it's about using the environment to get somewhere in an agile and elegant way. I think what Bond did was more seeing the environment a series of obstacles that are problems that must be handled using superiour muscle power.

    It's the same task, but the philosophy and how it's done are different.
  • zaphod99zaphod99 Posts: 1,415MI6 Agent
    So if someone is running away from me and I give chase, I'm
    Not running too. ? If we both fall in to water and he can swim
    but I can't and we both drown , then I haven't really drowned as
    I wasn't a swimmer ? :))

    Zeno's paradox ? All getting very meta on AJB is it not?
    Of that of which we cannot speak we must pass over in silence- Ludwig Wittgenstein.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    So if someone is running away from me and I give chase, I'm
    Not running too. ? If we both fall in to water and he can swim
    but I can't and we both drown , then I haven't really drowned as
    I wasn't a swimmer ? :))

    Yes, but Bond and Malukka use different techniques to get from A to B. Simply put Bond often uses brute force and muscle strength, while Malukka uses agility and fancy moves. The obvious example may be that Malukka jumped over a high wall and Bond smashed through it. I think my sailboat/motorboat example was pretty neat: both travel on the water, but the way to acomplish it is very different. I guess boxing and judo is another example. The way I understand parkour it's about using the environment to get somewhere in an agile and elegant way. I think what Bond did was more seeing the environment a series of obstacles that are problems that must be handled using superiour muscle power.

    It's the same task, but the philosophy and how it's done are different.

    I have to agree with Number24 on this one. Bond is not doing parkour in CR.
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  • AugustWalkerAugustWalker Posts: 880MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    So if someone is running away from me and I give chase, I'm
    Not running too. ? If we both fall in to water and he can swim
    but I can't and we both drown , then I haven't really drowned as
    I wasn't a swimmer ? :))

    Yes, but Bond and Malukka use different techniques to get from A to B. Simply put Bond often uses brute force and muscle strength, while Malukka uses agility and fancy moves. The obvious example may be that Malukka jumped over a high wall and Bond smashed through it. I think my sailboat/motorboat example was pretty neat: both travel on the water, but the way to acomplish it is very different. I guess boxing and judo is another example. The way I understand parkour it's about using the environment to get somewhere in an agile and elegant way. I think what Bond did was more seeing the environment a series of obstacles that are problems that must be handled using superiour muscle power.

    It's the same task, but the philosophy and how it's done are different.

    The best example is, where Mollaka swings through a tiny slot at the top of a wall and Bond just runs the thing. :))
    The name is Walker by the way.

    IG: @thebondarchives
    Check it out, you won’t be disappointed :)
  • zaphod99zaphod99 Posts: 1,415MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    So if someone is running away from me and I give chase, I'm
    Not running too. ? If we both fall in to water and he can swim
    but I can't and we both drown , then I haven't really drowned as
    I wasn't a swimmer ? :))

    Yes, but Bond and Malukka use different techniques to get from A to B. Simply put Bond often uses brute force and muscle strength, while Malukka uses agility and fancy moves. The obvious example may be that Malukka jumped over a high wall and Bond smashed through it. I think my sailboat/motorboat example was pretty neat: both travel on the water, but the way to acomplish it is very different. I guess boxing and judo is another example. The way I understand parkour it's about using the environment to get somewhere in an agile and elegant way. I think what Bond did was more seeing the environment a series of obstacles that are problems that must be handled using superiour muscle power.

    It's the same task, but the philosophy and how it's done are different.

    I have to agree with Number24 on this one. Bond is not doing parkour in CR.

    Of course he isn't. The great thing about that set piece is that it's his tenacity and determination to succeed when outclassed that really works for me. These are not necessarily skills but attributes. Probably the most important aspects of his character. It's what makes him Bond and not a Superman. Of course he has skills, but it's only as a Marksman that he is anywhere near exceptional. He's proficient in unarmed combat, but not world class. Fleming describes him as 'tough and tenacious. That scene captures that perfectly as does the Train fight in SP. Two clear highlights that embody a lot of what Connery did so well. Daniel can capture this really well.
    Of that of which we cannot speak we must pass over in silence- Ludwig Wittgenstein.
  • superadosuperado Regent's Park West (CaliforniaPosts: 2,651MI6 Agent
    Most important skills? Kind of all related, innovation, problem-solving, ability to see big picture/crux of a problem, clever, ingenious, out-of-the-box thinking, all pretty obvious, but overlooked traits that have clinched success for Bond over impossible situations.
    "...the purposeful slant of his striding figure looked dangerous, as if he was making quickly for something bad that was happening further down the street." -SMERSH on 007 dossier photo, Ch. 6 FRWL.....
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