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This meme features a still from the 2006 James Bond film *Casino Royale* showing villain Le Chiffre (played by Mads Mikkelsen) with a smug, triumphant expression at a poker table. He's surrounded by stacks of chips with two men standing behind him. The meme is used with captions where Le Chiffre condescendingly explains to James Bond how he's violated rules, made poor strategic decisions, or lost in various games and scenarios—often following formats like "It looks like X wasn't in your best interest, Mr. Bond" or "Well Mr. Bond, it appears..." Interestingly, this exact frame doesn't actually appear in the theatrical cut of *Casino Royale*. While the chip stacks and the two men behind Le Chiffre match a scene around the 1:33 mark, this particular angle and smirk aren't shown in the film. The image likely comes from promotional material, with the highest quality version found so far appearing on the official James Bond website.
The earliest known usage was on 4chan's /tv/ board on April 22nd, 2018, when an anonymous user posted the Le Chiffre still with a caption about Monopoly: "Well Mr. Bond, it appears you have drawn the 'GO TO JAIL' card from the Community Chest." This sparked a thread where users created variations imagining Le Chiffre and Bond playing different games—Jenga, Ping Pong, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Dungeons & Dragons, and more. The format gained serious traction in late August and early September 2018, with photoshopped versions appearing alongside the original still. It went viral when Twitter (now X) user @ldrinkh20 shared several examples (This user has since been suspended leaving their tweets unavailable.) The meme has evolved many variations with satirical substituions of poker with different card games like Uno.
Origin: 2018
Also known as: le-chiffre-smirking-at-bond, it-looks-x-wasn-t-in-your-best-interest-mr-bond-casino-royale
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It looks like spending 14 hours a day updating excel and listening to earnings calls doesn’t actually mean you will outperform the market after all, Mr Bond
1:30 AM · Oct 20, 2025
Feeling strange, Mr. Bond?
That's because I've laced your drink with Tylenol.
You're autistic as fuck and can't read the room now yes
6:20 PM · Sep 28, 2025
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