The James Bond novels and films have many interesting allies and villains. Bond’s superiors and other officers of the British Secret Service are generally known by letters, such as M and Q. In the novels (but not in the films), Bond has had two secretaries, Loelia Ponsonby and Mary Goodnight, who in the films typically have their roles and lines transferred to M’s secretary, Miss Moneypenny. Occasionally Bond is assigned to work a case with his good friend, Felix Leiter of the CIA.

Bond’s women, particularly in the films, often have double entendre names, for example, “Pussy Galore” in Goldfinger (a name coined by Ian Fleming), “Plenty O’Toole” in Diamonds Are Forever, and “Xenia Onatopp” (a villainess sexually excited by strangling men with her thighs) in GoldenEye.

See also:

• Bond allies
• Bond girls
• Bond henchmen
• Bond villains