The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Firsts
- First Bond movie filmed in Dolby Surround Stereo
- First megalomanic villian
- First appearance of the Minister of Defence
- First appearance of Robert Brown
- First appearance of Richard Kiel (Jaws)
- First appearance of General Gogol (Walter Gotel of FRWL)
- First attempt at Euro-Soviet relations
- First appearance of Wet Nellie
- First time an Oscar-winning composer wrote the music score in a Bond film (Marvin Hamlisch)
- First film to get seperate novelisation (Novel of film is not same - NOWHERE NEAR SAME - as Fleming Novel)
- First film based on novel in first person.
- First time that the theme song focuses on 007, not the villain
- The Spy Who Loved Me is the first movie in which the leading lady has a rating as well as a name. Major Amasova is also known as "Triple X".
- First movie in which an automobile duplicates as a submarine and is used in any type of battle -- Bond shoots down the helicopter from underwater and the car springs leaks in a battle with another mini-sub.
- First time there is nudity in a Bond film (XXX in the shower)
- First appearance of the Shark Hunter mini-submarine (reappears in Licence to Kill)
- First time an American composer scored the film (Marvin Hamlisch)
- First time 007 skis off the edge of a cliff (stunt was performed by Rick Sylvester)
- First time the line "Shaked, but not stirred" was used in an action sequence (Triple X says the line after pinning Jaws behind a wall)
- First time a music score from another film was used in a Bond film (the score from Lawrence of Arabia)
- First time 007 sees someone else behind M's desk after speaking with Miss Moneypenny (General Gogol)
- First time an oil tanker ship serves as the villain's headquarters (the Liparus)
- First appearance of a jetski/waverunner (the Wetbike)
- First time 007 shoots a villain in his private parts
- First mention of Bond's late wife (by XXX showing off) since OHMSS.
- First time Q is referred to as Major Boothroyd (Anya Amasova calls him this)
