History Characters / TheManWithTheGoldenGun

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Oh, darling, I'm tempted. But killing a few hours as one of your passing fancies isn't quite my scene."'']]

* DeathBySex: [[spoiler:She gets killed by Scaramanga after having sex with Bond.]]

* DisposableWoman: [[spoiler:Scaramanga does not give much thought about her after killing her.]]

* SexSlave: She has a luxurious life on Scaramanga's secret island, but she is virtually his slave.

* AdaptationalDumbass: A particularly glaring example. In the original novels, she was a capable and intelligent field agent, and ultimately the girl Bond ends up with in the end. In the film, she's incredibly stupid and an active liability for Bond whenever she's on-screen. Bond acts annoyed with her, justifiably, for almost the entire film.

* TheDitz: Her defining characteristic seems to be her profound stupidity and/or silliness. Crosses into TooDumbToLive after she tries to put a tracer in Scaramanga's car and ends up captured by him.

* GoGoEnslavement: Scaramanga forces her to wear a bikini - a rare justification, it's so she can't have concealed weapons, a legitimate concern as Goodnight is (at least supposed to be) a trained agent.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: For all her faults, at least she is sweet and gentle.

* WalkingSwimsuitScene: Spends most of her time onscreen wearing a bikini.

* WeaponOfChoice: Scaramanga chooses to use a one bullet gun because extra bullets would imply he misses. He keeps an extra (and normal) gun, of course, plus a sizeable collection. The literary version uses a more conventional gold plated Colt SAA (with a gold plated Derringer as backup), which would still be considered impractical for modern combat (even back in the 60's), and a deliberate handicap to show off his skill.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He was based on legendary Hong Kong film producer Run Run Shaw.

* KingpinInHisGym: He has a warped relationship with his diminutive manservant Nick-Nack; in the event of his death, Nick-Nack inherits everything... in return for Nick-Nack actually ''trying'' to kill him by hiring the best assassins in the world for Scaramanga to pit his skills against.

* RedRightHand: A third nipple on his chest.

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

* RareGuns: Manufactures unique weapons, such as a rifle specifically designed for a client who has lost the index and middle fingers on his dominant hand (the trigger is housed in the butt).

* XanatosGambit: His arrangement with Scaramanga, and why they're on good terms despite his {{Starscream}} moments: Get your boss killed? Inherit his fortune and property. Fail? Lose nothing [[note]]In the beginning, Nick Nack just recovers his money from the corpse of a would-be assassin. And he doesn't even have to pay Bond, who's already there to kill Scaramanga.[[/note]], and your still-alive boss is [[BloodKnight happy]]. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted hard: Bond destroys Scaramanga's base after killing him, leaving Nick Nack with neither the inheritance nor the VillainousFriendship.]]

* PunchClockVillain: He only goes after Bond when he tries to interfere with his plans, which Bond had only uncovered because he assumed Scaramanga had been hired to take out a contract on him.

* PostFinalBoss: He's the villain of the final full length James Bond novel by Ian Fleming (published after his death), which takes place immediately after Jame's climactic final confrontation with Ernst Stavro Blofeld in ''You Only Live Twice''.

* AdaptationalNationality: He is of Catalonian origin in the novel, while he is British-born in the movie who lived in Brazil.

* CircusBrat: He worked and lived in a circus until at least the age of ten, his parents being a ringmaster and snake charmer. He 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.

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

* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's the least memorable named henchman in the film but he's the one that triggers the CollapsingLair[[spoiler: when he falls into the tank]].

* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's the least memorable named henchman in the film but he's the one that causes the ExplodingBase[[spoiler: when he falls into the tank]].

* ProngsOfPoseidon: When he attacks Bond in Hai Fat’s garden, he uses a trident.

* RailingKill: [[spoiler: Dies after Goodnight hits him while in the power source room's catwalks, causing him to fall into an uncovered cooling tank of cryogenic liquid, eventually causing the whole island to blow up. Unlike most examples of this trope, this time is justified in that [[NoOSHACompliance the railing is low enough for someone to fall over it]].]]

The following bulleted items are agents of [=MI6=] who are described on other character pages:

* [[Characters/JamesBondMajorRecurringCharacters Major Recurring Characters]]: M, Moneypenny, Q.
* [[Characters/JamesBondRecurringCharacters Recurring Characters]]: Bill Tanner.

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[[folder: Moneypenny]]
-->See [[Characters/JamesBondMoneypenny here]].
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-->See [[Characters/JamesBondQ here]].
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[[folder: Bill Tanner]]
-->See [[Characters/JamesBondRecurringCharacters here]].
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[[folder: Sheriff J. W. Pepper]]
-->See [[Characters/JamesBondRecurringCharacters here]].
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-->'''Scaramanga:''' [[spoiler:Mr. Fat has just resigned.]] I'm the new Chairman of the Board.

-->'''Scaramanga:''' Now, that's what I call solar power.
-->'''Bond:''' And, that's what I call trouble...

-->'''Assistant''': What happened?
-->'''Scaramanga''': [[spoiler: Mr. Fat]] has just resigned. I'm the new chairman of the board.
-->''(after exiting the office)''
-->'''Scaramanga''': He always did like that mausoleum. Put him in it!

-->'''[[spoiler:Hai Fat]]:''' Bond doesn't know you're in Bangkok. He's never seen you. But he knows me. That's the problem.
-->'''Scaramanga:''' ''[revealing he has assembled his Golden Gun]'' There's no problem...

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He gives a NotSoDifferentRemark to Bond, though 007 [[ShutUpHannibal bluntly tells that he's full of a "four-letter word"]].

* FatalFlaw: In the film, he holds 007 in too high of a regard. The novel version is opposite – Scaramanga held a dim view of James Bond and underestimated the threat 007 posed to him.

** Scaramanga's gun fires a 4.2mm bullet. A caliber that small (.165) has no stopping power to speak of unless you hit a vital point guaranteed to be an instant kill, which he ''always'' does.

->'''Played by:''' Richard Loo

* SurpriseSlideStaircase: He has one of these in his lair. In the opening segment he uses it to slide down and grab his golden gun to kill an assassin.

* AdaptationalJobChange: She was Bond's secretary secretary in the latter novels. In the film, she's a field agent.

* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Bond finds her sitting in a seat at the boxing match staring straight ahead, and doesn’t realize she’s dead until he sees a bullet hole in her chest]].

* DisposableWoman: [[spoiler:Scaramanga does not give much thought about her after killing her..]]