Ass-Kicking Bond Girls

As a sort of a follow-up to the Action Heroine Blogathon, and in my never-ending quest to afford Bond Girls the respect they deserve, my list herewith of truly ass-kicking Bond girls; the ones who put the “action” into action movies.

The 1960s

• Rosa Klebb: Neither a true “Bond girl” nor a heroine, she was definitely a thrilling action villain, brass knuckles, poisoned shoe, and all.
• Pussy Galore: The first really action-oriented action heroine in a Bond film, she knocked Bond flat on his ass twice.
• Domino Derval: A damsel in distress for most of the film, it is she, not Bond, who kills the villain.
• Aki: One of my favorite Bond girls, she leads Bond on a merry chase through Tokyo, and gets the better of him when he goes down the rabbit hole.
• Kissy: In my opinion, Aki shouldn’t have been killed off; Kissy sort of takes over her role.

The 1970s

• Bambi and Thumper: Really thumped. Seriously, they should have won, they totally had Bond outclassed.
• Anya Amasova: Top KGB agent, we didn’t see her fight much, but Bond respected her abilities.

The 1980s

• Melina Havelock: Killer with a crossbow.
• Octopussy: Not really an ass-kicker in the sense of, y’know, kicking anyone’s asses, she was still a criminal mastermind, an attitudinal adversary, and she ran a circus, too!
• Magda: Just ’cause of the escape out the window thing.
• May Day: Hello! May Day! Scary, weird, totally demands the submission of the villain, the hero, and the audience.
• Pam Bouvier: Not one of my favorites, but decidedly tough.

1990s

• Natalya Simonova: The escapes, the gun, the attitude
• Xenia Onatopp: Let’s get real. If this isn’t action, what is?
• Colonel Wai Lin: Oh, I see. This is. Definitely the actionest action heroine of all Bond heroines, she goes up a wall for Chrissakes!

The Double-0s

• Jinx Johnson: Runs, dives, fires a gun, all thanks to the wonders of CGI.
• Miranda Frost: Olympic fencer and double-agent, ass-kicker, bitch.

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