• Appears in many variants over the years, both in novels and films; see shaken, not stirred for details.
• First appears in the novel Diamonds Are Forever (1956) as (p. 53):
• The waiter brought the Martinis, shaken and not stirred, as Bond had stipulated, and some slivers of lemon peel in a shot glass.
• First said by Bond in the novel Dr. No (1958) as (chapter 15: Pandora's Box):
• And I would like a medium Vodka dry Martini — with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred, please. I would prefer Russian or Polish vodka.
• Popularized by the James Bond film series, first said in the first film, Dr. No (1962) by Dr. No as:
• A medium dry vodka martini, lemon peel. Shaken, not stirred.
• First said in film by Bond in the second film, Goldfinger as:
• A martini. Shaken, not stirred.
[A martini.] Shaken, not stirred.
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[A martini.] Shaken, not stirred." in the context of "Ian Fleming, character of James Bond.
• Appears in many variants over the years, both in novels and films; see shaken, not stirred for details.
• First appears in the novel Diamonds Are Forever (1956) as (p. 53):
• The waiter brought the Martinis, shaken and not stirred, as Bond had stipulated, and some slivers of lemon peel in a shot glass.
• First said by Bond in the novel Dr. No (1958) as (chapter 15: Pandora's Box):
• And I would like a medium Vodka dry Martini — with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred, please. I would prefer Russian or Polish vodka.
• Popularized by the James Bond film series, first said in the first film, Dr. No (1962) by Dr. No as:
• A medium dry vodka martini, lemon peel. Shaken, not stirred.
• First said in film by Bond in the second film, Goldfinger as:
• A martini. Shaken, not stirred." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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