Reception
Entertainment Weekly ranked her as the 10th worst Bond girl in one list in 2006, but as the best "babe" of the Roger Moore James Bond films in another list in 2008. Fandango in 2006 ranked Octopussy as one of the top 10 Bond Girls and described her as "a powerful, impressive woman."
Yahoo! Movies had her name included in the 2012 list of the best Bond girl names, commenting, "This Bond girl moniker was so good, they named the film after her! It actually comes from Fleming's last Bond book Octopussy and the Living Daylights, which has little to do with Maud Adams' character."
Read more about this topic: Octopussy (character)
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