You Only Live Twice (novel) was released in 1962, and Bond's personality was somewhat skewed towards the screen persona rather than simply to Fleming himself; Sean Connery's filmic depiction of Bond affected the book version, with "You Only Live Twice" giving Bond a sense of humour and Scottish antecedents that were not present in the previous stories, although Fleming himself was part Scottish. Correspondence dating back to 1960 shows that Fleming contacted a Scottish nobleman to help develop Bond's family history, in particular seeking a Scottish "Bond" family line. Fleming's first trip to Japan was as part of the "Thrilling Cities" trip undertaken for "The
You Only Move Twice not let them use it. The writers went with "Bont" because they felt it was the most similar name that they could legally use. The final scene at Globex contains several references to action and "James Bond" films. The episode title and many references are from the Bond film "You Only Live Twice", as well as an allusion to "A View to a Kill". A character modeled after Sean Connery's Bond is tackled by Homer and killed after a parody of the laser scene from "Goldfinger". Miss Goodthighs from the 1967 James Bond parody "Casino Royale" makes an appearance in