PurpleOutsider posted... The first 20 Bond movies (Connery to Brosnan) are really loose with their continuity. Bond meets Blofeld in one movie, then in the next movie, Blofeld doesn't recognize him because he's doing a fake accent. Happens because they adapted the books out of order and didn't rewrite it. They also recast and reuse actors haphazardly.
And no, it's not a code name. It's just lazy writing.
Connery, Moore, Dalton, Lazenby, Brosnan, and Craig are all in separate timelines.
Yes some timelines share similarities like some Bonds were married to a Tracey Bond, fought against Blofeld, etc... Even Craig's Bond lived through Goldeneye in a form of a videogame.