James Bond Jr. villain from the films "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker", made regular appearances, usually partnered with Nick Nack, a villain from "The Man with the Golden Gun", forming a bickering comical duo. Auric Goldfinger also appears, alongside his assistant, Oddjob, from the "Goldfinger" film. It is revealed Goldfinger has a teenage daughter named Goldie Finger with equally expensive tastes. Several episode titles parodied the titles of Bond films such as "Live and Let’s Dance" and "Rubies Aren't Forever". The main characters consist of James Bond Jr., his friends, several featured members of the Warfield Academy staff, and Trevor Noseworthy
Goldfinger (novel) use of his name, Goldfinger threatened to sue over the use of the name, before the matter was settled out of court. Fleming had based the actual character on American gold tycoon Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. Fleming also used a number of his own experiences within the book, and the round of golf played with Goldfinger was based upon a tournament in 1957 at the Berkshire Golf Club in which Fleming partnered the Open winner Peter Thomson. Upon its release, "Goldfinger" went to the top of the best-seller lists; the novel was broadly well received by the critics, being favourably