Quote:Timote wrote:Similar to what some comic writers have tried to do with Batman and Captain America (rightly so in some cases, despite the executive meddling that's screwed with good stories). It makes the name more iconic, less associated with one character, and thusly more legendary. I could easily see Craig's 007 delivering a line similar to Westley's in "The Princess Bride":
Well, an idea I've long had (and I've seen it used in at least one fanfic) is that 'James Bond' has become part of the 007 identity.
"Bond had been in the cold for so long, he wanted to retire. So M took me to his office and he told me the secret. 'That is not Special Agent James Bond' he said. 'His name is Steele; he inherited the name from the previous Special Agent James Bond, just as you will inherit it now. The man he inherited it from is not the real Special Agent James Bond either. His name was Ffolkes. And he inherited the name from a fellow named Pettigrew. The real Bond has been retired 40 years and living on a nice pension in Scotland.' "
That being said, it would be easy to say that Lupin the Third is not the grandson of Arsene Lupin, but actually the third man to call himself Lupin.
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