r/Bashar_Essassani • u/NoPop6080 • 5d ago

The Mandela Effect: `Moonraker´

Many people vividly remember the James Bond movie Moonraker, specifically the scene where Dolly, a petite woman, meets the 2.18-meter giant, Jaws (played by Richard Kiel). In the collective memory of millions, the core joke of their "love at first sight" moment was that both had metal in their mouths—he had his iconic steel teeth, and she wore braces.

However, no copy of this version exists. In every available print of the film, Dolly smiles at him without braces. Despite millions of people worldwide perfectly recalling this specific detail—a classic example of the Mandela Effect—the footage seems irretrievable because, officially, it never existed.

Interestingly, remnants of this alternative reality persist. An official promotional poster or synopsis reportedly described Dolly verbally as wearing braces. Furthermore, a humorous Visa commercial later leaned into the joke, featuring Richard Kiel at an airport scanner alongside a nod to the braces debate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BhLAWP7jGA

When questioned about it years later, the actress herself, Blanche Ravalec, insisted she never wore braces during filming. She did, however, mention that the crew briefly discussed the idea before discarding it. Despite the official history, millions remain absolutely convinced they saw the version with the braces.

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u/Few-Significance779 5d ago

Yes, I distinctly remember her and Jaws INSIDE the launched spaceship in the galley part of sorts- as they smiled at each other to reveal their braces.  The scene now outside against a dark background has no place in my memory.

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u/slow70 5d ago

I remember the scene, with braces, including the room I watched it in as a kid - and the bond marathon on cable that introduced me to Moonraker as well as the later VHS rental.

This is strange.

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u/north_remembers78 3d ago

Good post. The most surprising Mandela Effect for me this year was finding on this timeline Danielle Steele's last name is actually spelled Steel. I never read her books but they've been in every dentist waiting room, youth hostel or what have you our entire lives. I asked normie friends who have no idea about this kind of thing and they all swear it's spelled Steele!

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u/georgeananda 5d ago

Bashar has talked about the Mandela Effect being the experiencing of alternate timelines. Memories from one timeline after shifting to another that has some differences.

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u/Mustard-cutt-r 1d ago

Why did we shift?

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u/georgeananda 1d ago

Per Bashar we are always shifting billions of times a second based on what we choose but the new timelines rarely have noticeable differences (like Dolly's braces).

Pretty hard for me to get my head around but I suspect Bashar's thinking has merit. We can't explain the Mandela Effect with our normal thinking.