History Characters / TheManWithTheGoldenGun

* AdaptationalWeaponSwap: In the novel, his titular weapon was a regular revolver painted gold. The film version is much more elaborate, being made out of different components and can be assembled.0

* AdaptationalWeaponSwap: In the novel, his titular weapon was a regular revolver painted gold. The film version is much more elaborate, being made out of different components and can be assembled.

* ShadowArchetype: He is essentially Bond without a moral compass, having [[LackOfEmpathy no real scruples]] about who he kills. He even [[AtLeastIAdmitIt freely admits being a]] ProfessionalKiller as well, invokes the NotSoDifferent trope on 007, and harbors no loyalty towards any of his employers, including Hai Fat or the KGB.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He attempts invoking the NotSoDifferent trope on Bond, though 007 considers it nonsense.

* EvilPaysBetter: Scaramanga invokes this in his NotSoDifferent speech to Bond to illustrate the one difference between the two men as Scaramanga sees it. He can afford to live on an island paradise because he gets paid a million dollars per assassination contract, while Bond, as Scaramanga puts it, "works for peanuts; a hearty 'well done' from the Queen and a pittance of a pension."

* NotSoDifferent: Scaramanga genuinely admires Bond's skill as an assassin and even invokes this card, but Bond [[ShutUpHannibal bluntly tells that he's full of a "four-letter word"]].

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the book, he was an unpleasant, one-dimensional thug. In the film, he's still a villain, but much more charismatic and charming to the point of being a dark reflection of Bond.

* IslandBase: He has a private island.

* NotSoDifferent: Scaramanga genuinely admires Bond's skill as an assassin and even invokes this card, but Bond [[ShutUpHannibal bluntly tells that he's full of a]] [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar "four-letter word"]].

* WorthyOpponent: Sees Bond this way, but 007 tells him [[ShutUpHannibal that he's full of a]] [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar "four-letter word."]]

* EdgyBackwardsChairSitting: When he first meets Bond in the book, he casually drags over a metal chair, turns and sits to face him, "ass-backwards". Bond is conscious of how, in fact, he now has not only one hand resting inches from his gun but a metal shield in front of his body.

* InformedAbility: Supposedly she's a trained agent; instead, her performance will have one wonder if standards at [=MI6=] are taking a turn for the worse.

* BullyingADragon: He thinks nothing of insulting and belittling Scaramanga, oblivious to the idea that [[spoiler:Scaramanga is perfectly able and willing to kill him]].

* CircusBrat: He worked and lived in a circus until at least the age of ten, and befriended an elephant. Said elephant's trainer abused the animal and it killed it. Scaramanga committed his first murder when he shot the trainer out of revenge for the animal's death, and continued on this path from then on.

* DeadpanSnarker: Scaramanga has a particularly wry sense of humor. He seems to speak for the audience about [[BondVillainStupidity Hai Fat's decision to send Bond to his dojo rather than simply killing him]].

* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Mary Goodnight, while being held prisoner on his private island by Scaramanga, is forbidden any clothes other than a bikini; Scaramanga's excuse is that he wants to make sure she has no weapons concealed. She's visibly uncomfortable when she sees Scaramanga's technician staring at her.