List of James Bond gadgets

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This is a list of James Bond gadgets featured in the Bond films, organised by the film eras of its actor. The original books and early adaptations had only relatively minimal pieces like the modified attache case in From Russia, with Love. The James Bond films have featured an array of exotic equipment and vehicles, which often prove to be critically useful to Bond. However, the gadgets took on a more spectacular profile starting with the film version of Goldfinger, and its tremendous success encouraged the following films to have Bond supplied with still more equipment. For instance, it became an expected scene in each film where Q would present and demonstrate Bond's assigned tools for the mission, and it was a near guarantee that each and every piece would be invaluable to Bond in the field. Bond gadgets became an example of the literary technique of Chekhov's gun. Fans eventually complained that the use of gadgets became excessive in the Roger Moore films, particularly in Moonraker, and subsequent productions struggled to find a balance in which gadgets could have a place without giving the impression that the character unduly depended on them or using stories that arbitrarily included situations that exactly fit the use of the gadgets assigned. This article concerns the gadgets James Bond typically carried on his person, along with gadgets and gimmicks used by allies and villains. It does not include the main doomsday device associated with the film. It does not include makeshift gadgets or weapons, animals, or general spy equipment and installations such as disguises / fake passports, surveillance equipment, secret passages / trap doors, remote-controlled detonations, unless particularly notable.

Sean Connery era (1962–1967; 1971)

Dr. No

From Russia with Love

Goldfinger

Thunderball

You Only Live Twice

Diamonds Are Forever

Never Say Never Again (non-Eon; 1983)

David Niven era (1967)

Casino Royale (non-Eon; 1967)

George Lazenby era (1969)

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Roger Moore era (1973–1985)

Live and Let Die

The Man with the Golden Gun

The Spy Who Loved Me

Moonraker

For Your Eyes Only

Octopussy

A View to a Kill

Timothy Dalton era (1987–1989)

The Living Daylights

Licence to Kill

Pierce Brosnan era (1995–2002)

GoldenEye

Tomorrow Never Dies

The World Is Not Enough

Die Another Day

Several gadgets from previous James Bond films are featured, including Rosa Klebb's stiletto knife shoe, the jetpack from Thunderball and the re-breather apparatus from Thunderball.

Daniel Craig era (2006–2021)

Since the reboot of the franchise with Casino Royale, the character of Q and his lab had been absent from the films until Skyfall.

Casino Royale

Quantum of Solace

Skyfall

Spectre

No Time to Die

Other media

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