ABond was responsible for the capture of her father, Smythe, 20 years ago, after he was suspected of stealing a cache of Chinese gold and killing his partner. However, Bond gave Smythe 24 hours to settle his affairs. Smythe used those 24 hours to commit suicide and avoid the disgrace of a court martial. Instead of revenge when she finally meets Bond, Octopussy thanks him for giving her father an honorable way out of his predicament.
AAmong much fanfare, the circus train arrives at U.S. Air Force base in Feldstadt, West Germany at 2:20 and sets up for a show. The nuclear bomb in the Human Cannonball's cannon is set to go off at 3:45. Bond hitches a ride to the nearest town, then steals a car, and, with the politzei in hot pursuit, makes it to the base at 3:15, passing Kamal and Gobinda going in the opposite direction. With 5 minutes to spare, Bond dons a clown suit and walks into the main tent where the Human Cannonball's act is being announced. With 90 seconds to spare, he tries to convince the U.S. General that there is a bomb in the cannon, but the General just laughs, thinking that it's part of the act. Bond grabs an axe and tries to break the lock on the bomb, but the polizei overpower him. With 14 seconds to go, Octopussy suddenly steps forward and shoots off the lock. Bond is able to disarm the bomb just as it reaches 0. Shortly thereafter, back in India, Octopussy and Magda plot to avenge Kamal's betrayal, his having left them to die in the explosion. Octopussy's Octopus girls raid the Monsoon Palace, while Octopussy confronts Kamal. He tries to tell her that he was betrayed by Orlov and didn't know anything about the bomb. He then knocks out her down. She tries to escape but is knocked unconscious by Gobinda. When she regains consciousness, she is in Kamal's private plane. Having joined the raid in Q's hot air balloon, Bond follows the airplane and manages, while on horseback, to leap onto the tail just as the plane takes off. With the plane airborne, Bond inches forward on top the plane, Kamal all the while trying to knock him off by flying in rolls and loops. When Bond knocks out one of the plane's two engines, Kamal sends Gobinda out to kill Bond, but Bond knocks Gobinda to his death. He then gets into the cabin. Kamal begins to lose control of the plane and tries to land. As the plane skids along the ground, Bond and Octopussy jump off, just as the plane goes over a cliff and crashes. In the final scenes, Soviet General Gogol (Walter Gotell) asks M for the return of the Romanov star, while Bond recuperates in bed with Octopussy on her barge.