List of James Bond parodies and spin-offs
The "James Bond" series of novels and films has been parodied and referenced numerous times in a number of different media, including books, comics, films, television shows, and video games. Most notable of all these parodies is the spoof "Casino Royale" in 1967, which was produced using the actual film rights purchased from Ian Fleming over a decade prior to its release. Unlike an imitation, a parody is usually protected from legal affairs by the people whose property is being parodied. Premise. James Bond parodies generally contain several elements, adopted from the  James Bond novels and films, which are featured in these parody works. These usually include the following: There are also various subgenres, within this style. Some of the most notable variants include: a female protagonist(s) (in place of the male), child protagonists, a strong science fiction element (known as spy-fi) and the erotic (adult) spy novel, comic, or film. The term Eurospy refers to the large number of films within this genre that were produced in Europe. Although many of the James Bond parodies were produced in the United States or Europe, the genre is very much an international  one, with novels, comics and films being produced across the globe. Films. Unofficial parodies. Matt Helm. First published in 1960, Matt Helm is a fictional character created by author Donald Hamilton. The character is not meant to be a spoof of James Bond, rather having attributes of an homage, but not in the strict sense. Film versions of Matt Helm, as played by Dean Martin, were meant to spoof the 007 movies as well as the character James Bond. The four movies made took their titles from Hamilton's novels, though the movies had little in common with the books  of the same name. "The Silencers" and "Murderers' Row" were released in 1966. "The Ambushers" in 1967 and "The Wrecking Crew" in 1968. Section::::"Austin Powers". "Austin Powers" is a film series created by Canadian comedian Mike Myers. Many of the characters throughout the franchise are parodies of Bond characters, including Myers' character of the same name. Myers has said that Sean Connery was the inspiration for his character, especially Powers' thick chest hair. In addition, the names of the films are also parodies of Bond novels and films. Daniel Craig cameo in "Star Wars". In the movie "" by J. J.  Abrams, after the main character, Rey, is captured by the First Order, she uses the Force to convince a stormtrooper into setting her free. The actor who played the stormtrooper was Daniel Craig, and the crew of "The Force Awakens" unofficially dubbed the character "FN-007", in reference to Craig's role as James Bond. Fans adopted this name, as well as "JB-007", for the character. However, the video game "" identified the character as FN-1824, which is now considered his official name. In addition to the above, there have been literally hundreds of films made around the world parodying the spy  film genre of the 1960s, if not directly parodying James Bond. One example is the 1966 film "Modesty Blaise", which was a parody of the spy genre rather than a faithful adaptation of the (generally serious) comic strip. Imitative films. Numerous films have attempted to use the "James Bond" formula; some have used the character of James Bond unofficially. Television. Television episodes and arcs. Section::::"American Dad!": "For Black Eyes Only". The series "American Dad!" made a parody of "For Your Eyes Only" The character Stan Smith plays as himself, but he acts like James Bond. He marries Sexpun T' Come  (Francine) after "Tearjerker", but Black Villain (Lewis) kills his wife by accident (he was actually going to kill Stan, but misses and shoots Sexpun instead) One year later, Stan hears that Black Villain will do something evil by melting the Arctic with hair dryers, and his boss tells Stan that Tearjerker (Roger) is still alive. He then finds Tearjerker in an underground jail and tells him to partner up with Stan. Tearjerker said that he used to work for Black Villain, but he betrays him. They then go to a market to find Tearjerker's partner (Klaus as a human ), but he was killed by a black mysterious woman. Stan finds out that the black woman was Sexpun (a clone that Black Villain created, but makes her black) Tearjerker betrays Stan and works for Black Villain again. Stan tells Sexpun that he is her husband, but she disagrees (Stan gives Sexpun a photo locket of their wedding, but she throws it in a fire). He brings back her memories by sucking his toes (Sexpun did the same before Black Villain kills her) and teams up with Stan to stop Tearjerker and Black Villain. Black Villain then starts the hair dryers  to melt the Arctic before Stan and Sexpun appear. The two villains try to stop the two by releasing clones of Tearjerker, but fails (the clones attack each other, then kiss each other before committing suicide). Then a big wave of water appears, but Stan, Sexpun, and Tearjerker escape while Black Villain was left behind and drowns. While they escape, Sexpun asked why they helped Tearjerker escape and kicks him and is stabbed by a pointed shark. Stan and Sexpun make out until his boss called him. He congratulates Stan for his work, even when the half of the world  was drowned and sees the two making out. Meanwhile, Tearjerker survives and was to come out of the shark, but a killer whale appears and grabs the shark's tail and drags the both of them when white letters appears on the top of the screen, saying "To be continued" and "Or was it?". Saying that it might be Tearjerker's final days. Section::::"BoJack Horseman": "Later". In "Later", a season 1 episode of "BoJack Horseman", after publication of his ghost-written memoir, BoJack Horseman is offered a role as the villain of a Bond film titled "007 GOLDHOOF". BoJack's  agent Princess Carolyn informs BoJack of the offer, which he declines. Section::::"MADtv": "For Your Files Only". Jane Bond is the name of a fictional spy played by supermodel Claudia Schiffer in the first season of "MADtv". In an obvious spoof of James Bond ("For Your Eyes Only"), Jane Bond went undercover as a temporary office secretary in order to stop an evil corporation (led by Dr. Boss, played by Mary Scheer and her office manager, Part-Time Job, played by Artie Lange) from taking over the world. Instead of having a licence to kill like James Bond, Jane Bond has  a licence to collate. Immediately after making her famous introduction, "[My/The name is] Bond, Jane Bond" to Dr. Boss, Bond proceeds to remove the clip that was holding her hair up (and then shaking it out in a prolonged slow motion shot). Jane Bond's gadgets includes standard office supplies like slingshot-like rubber bands (which she uses during a major office shootout), an extremely sharpened right index fingernail (which she uses to free herself from being tied up in rope), Whack Out (which she uses to subdue Part-Time Job, after initially seducing him), and a stapler (which  she uses to defeat Dr. Boss, who had plans on killing Bond via a nitroglycerin filled water cooler). After defeating Dr. Boss, Bond proclaims that she likes her villains "Stapled, not stirred!" Jane Bond's further adventures include: Section::::"Sabrina: The Animated Series": "La Femme Sabrina". In an episode of the 1999 of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, "La Femme Sabrina", the video release of 's favorite spy film, "On Her Majesty's Expense Account" (a parody of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service") was postponed. So Sabrina uses magic to get him a copy of the spy film that he wanted , but backfired the world into an actual spy flick. The episode parodies numerous James Bond references including the gun barrel sequence, Furfinger portrayed by Salem Saberhagen (a parody of Goldfinger), and numerous James Bond film titles including: Section::::"SpongeBob SquarePants": "Spy Buddies". The "SpongeBob SquarePants" episode "Spy Buddies" has a parody. When SpongeBob is told that Mr. Krabs wants him to spy on Plankton, SpongeBob gets excited and a scene similar to the James Bond gun barrel sequence starts. SpongeBob walks into the circle, only to find that the circle is Patrick looking through a straw. Section::::"The Backyardigans": "International Super Spy . The Backyardigans" double-length episode "International Super Spy" portrays Pablo as a parody of James Bond. He wears a tuxedo in the episode and is seen adjusting his bow tie frequently. He goes through the episode trying to recover the 3 Silver Containers before the Lady in Pink (Uniqua) and her henchman (Tyrone) does. Tasha plays the head of the International Super Spy Agency, an obvious parody of M and Austin plays his secret contact throughout the film. Austin may be a parody of Q because he gives Pablo a video phone disguised as a banana split, a cell phone  disguised as a hot dog, an astral projection device that is disguised as a snow cone, and finally he gives him a jet pack disguised as a pizza and a pizza-shaped parachute. He also has a car with many different flying attachments (like a jet, helicopter and a glider). Like the real James Bond, Pablo is able to withstand torture when he is subjected to the Lady in Pink's tickle table and he likes his apple juice, "Shaken Not Stirred". Section::::"The Office": "Threat Level Midnight". An episode of "The Office", "Threat Level Midnight", is a film made by  Michael Scott with him as Michael Scarn, the best secret agent in the business, and Jim Halpert as Goldenface, a spoof of Goldfinger. Section::::"The Simpsons": "You Only Move Twice". An episode of "The Simpsons", "You Only Move Twice", features the supervillain, Hank Scorpio. The James Bond analogue, "Mr. Bont", is based on Sean Connery's portrayal but he is captured and killed because Homer Simpson interferes with his attempted escape from captivity. The final scene at Globex contains references to several James Bond films. The episode title and many references are from "You Only Live Twice", with "A View to  a Kill" also being referenced. A character modeled after Sean Connery's Bond is tackled by Homer and killed after a parody of the laser scene from "Goldfinger". Mrs. Goodthighs from the 1967 James Bond spoof "Casino Royale" makes an appearance in the episode and a character based on Norman Schwarzkopf is attacked by Goodthighs. The incident is also a reference to the character Xenia Onatopp, from "GoldenEye", who specialises in crushing men between her thighs. The song at the end of the show, written by Ken Keeler, is a parody of various Bond themes. Keeler originally wrote it to  be three seconds longer and sound more like the "Goldfinger" theme, but the final version was shorter and the lyrics were sped up. The writers wanted the song to be sung by Shirley Bassey, who sang several Bond themes, but they could not get her to record the part. This is not the only James Bond homage in "The Simpsons", however—the "Chief Wiggum P.I." segment of "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" episode borrows heavily from "Live and Let Die", even duplicating certain shots. Also, in an alleged "deleted scene" from "$pringfield" from "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" clip  show, Homer, working as a blackjack dealer, causes James Bond to lose to Blofeld, with Oddjob and Jaws as his henchmen, when Homer fails to take out the Joker card and a card for the "Rules for Draw and Stud Poker" out of a playing deck. In addition, an opening couch gag features Homer as Bond in the gun barrel sequence that opens the Bond films. The character Rainier Wolfcastle, an action movie actor, also regularly references Bond. Also, one Halloween episode featured a computer run house with a selection of actor voices. When Bart suggests some 007, Marge asks  George Lazenby? only to get slightly disappointed when Lisa says "No, Pierce Brosnan." Adventures of Captain Wrongel. The Agent 00X is a comic version of Bond, he almost catches criminals in each episode, but at the last moment he fails, which is usually ended by his cruel death. Of course, he will be resurrected at the start of next episode. Notes and references. Notes References