I was discussing Bond in another forum, and an idea was mentioned that I never noticed before.

Are there more than one Bond?

OHMSS-> On beach, "This never happened to that other guy!"

In the Cinematic Bondom, is there only one James Bond, or are there several, like a "special Bond team." Is "James Bond" the collective ID for numerous agents on special missions, or is there only one, very adventurous and very lucky James Bond (who is played by, now 6, different actors)?

By the way, this idea is PRESENT in the 60s Casino Royale, where the Nivem character, the "real" James Bond describes an agent taking his identity (then he describes Sean Connery). They then proceed to push it further.

Thoughts?