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** Blofeld's most recent incarnation, [[Characters/JamesBondFranzOberhauserErnstStavroBlofeld Franz Oberhauser]], is [[KnightOfCerebus the darkest version]] of SPECTRE's nefarious leader. He is far more ruthless and brutal than his previous versions, doesn't care for anyone -- and it's also revealed that [[spoiler:he committed {{patricide}} just because [[EvilIsPetty his father favoured James over him]]]] -- but despite this, he appears to be [[FauxAffablyEvil eerily pleasant and soft]] even when torturing Bond, and [[ItAmusedMe finds it amusing]] to wreck Bond's life, whether physical or psychological. Not only this, he [[CardCarryingVillain gleefully proclaims to]] [[GreaterScopeVillain be behind all of Bond's misery]] since ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', and wants to ruin his life in any way possible, [[Film/NoTimeToDie even indirectly ordering an attack on Bond and Madeline to drive a wedge between them out of petty revenge for foiling SPECTRE's Nine Eyes Program]], while having Mr. White, Quantum's leader, poison Safin and his family just to indulge his sadism and out of spite that Safin has a loving family.

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** Blofeld's most recent incarnation, [[Characters/JamesBondFranzOberhauserErnstStavroBlofeld Franz Oberhauser]], Oberhauser, is [[KnightOfCerebus the darkest version]] of SPECTRE's nefarious leader. He is far more ruthless and brutal than his previous versions, doesn't care for anyone -- and it's also revealed that [[spoiler:he committed {{patricide}} just because [[EvilIsPetty his father favoured James over him]]]] -- but despite this, he appears to be [[FauxAffablyEvil eerily pleasant and soft]] even when torturing Bond, and [[ItAmusedMe finds it amusing]] to wreck Bond's life, whether physical or psychological. Not only this, he [[CardCarryingVillain gleefully proclaims to]] [[GreaterScopeVillain be behind all of Bond's misery]] since ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', and wants to ruin his life in any way possible, [[Film/NoTimeToDie even indirectly ordering an attack on Bond and Madeline to drive a wedge between them out of petty revenge for foiling SPECTRE's Nine Eyes Program]], while having Mr. White, Quantum's leader, poison Safin and his family just to indulge his sadism and out of spite that Safin has a loving family.
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** Blofeld's most recent incarnation, [[Characters/JamesBondFranzOberhauserErnstStavroBlofeld Franz Oberhauser]], is [[KnightOfCerebus the darkest version]] of SPECTRE's nefarious leader. He is far more ruthless and brutal than his previous versions, doesn't care for anyone -- and it's also revealed that [[spoiler:he committed {{patricide}} just because [[EvilIsPetty his father favoured James over him]]]] -- but despite this, he appears to be [[FauxAffablyEvil eerily pleasant and soft]] even when torturing Bond, and [[ItAmusedMe finds it amusing]] to wreck Bond's life, whether physical or psychological. Not only this, he [[CardCarryingVillain gleefully proclaims to]] [[GreaterScopeVillain be behind all of Bond's misery]] since ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', and wants to ruin his life in any way possible.

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** Blofeld's most recent incarnation, [[Characters/JamesBondFranzOberhauserErnstStavroBlofeld Franz Oberhauser]], is [[KnightOfCerebus the darkest version]] of SPECTRE's nefarious leader. He is far more ruthless and brutal than his previous versions, doesn't care for anyone -- and it's also revealed that [[spoiler:he committed {{patricide}} just because [[EvilIsPetty his father favoured James over him]]]] -- but despite this, he appears to be [[FauxAffablyEvil eerily pleasant and soft]] even when torturing Bond, and [[ItAmusedMe finds it amusing]] to wreck Bond's life, whether physical or psychological. Not only this, he [[CardCarryingVillain gleefully proclaims to]] [[GreaterScopeVillain be behind all of Bond's misery]] since ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', and wants to ruin his life in any way possible.
possible, [[Film/NoTimeToDie even indirectly ordering an attack on Bond and Madeline to drive a wedge between them out of petty revenge for foiling SPECTRE's Nine Eyes Program]], while having Mr. White, Quantum's leader, poison Safin and his family just to indulge his sadism and out of spite that Safin has a loving family.
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* ''Film/{{Spectre}}'': Max Denbigh, aka "C", is an arrogant SOB. He [[ItsAllAboutMe doesn't care for anyone except himself]], believing his surveillance idea is the future, and throws rude statements to anybody who criticizes him. He's so deluded and self-righteous that he's willing to [[spoiler:bring ''his'' dream to fruition without regard as to who may get killed or maimed in the staged terrorist attacks he's conducted on behalf of Blofeld]].

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* ''Film/{{Spectre}}'': Max Denbigh, aka "C", is an arrogant SOB. He [[ItsAllAboutMe doesn't care for anyone except himself]], believing believes his surveillance idea is the future, and throws rude statements to anybody who criticizes him. He's so deluded and self-righteous that he's willing to [[spoiler:bring ''his'' dream to fruition without regard as to who may get killed or maimed in the staged terrorist attacks he's conducted on behalf of Blofeld]].
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* ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'': Dominic Greene manipulates General Maderno to [[PuppetKing install his own dictatorship]] and is willing to control the water supply of Bolivia for his own fortune. He is willing to kill people for some things as simple as [[LeaveNoWitnesses seeing him in the wrong place]] and fondly remembers assaulting a childhood crush for insulting him. He does the same to his lover Camille and shows glee at the idea of sending her to Maderno to be raped and murdered. He shows the same indifference to his own men when Bond kills them.

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* ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'': Dominic Greene manipulates General Maderno Medrano to [[PuppetKing install his own dictatorship]] and is willing to control the water supply of Bolivia for his own fortune. He is willing to kill people for some things as simple as [[LeaveNoWitnesses seeing him in the wrong place]] and fondly remembers assaulting a childhood crush for insulting him. He does the same to his lover Camille and shows glee at the idea of sending her to Maderno Medrano to be raped and murdered. He shows the same indifference to his own men when Bond kills them.
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* ''Film/GoldenEye'': Xenia Onatopp takes a disturbing amount of glee in the carnage she creates all while acting playful about it. [[OrgasmicCombat Her]] [[SexIsViolence sadomasochistic]] [[CombatSadomasochist sexual]] [[DeathBySex proclivities]], coupled with her overall lack of conscience and murderous glee in killing innocents, would seem to qualify her as an insane psychopath. She was even a SociopathicSoldier as an ex-Soviet fighter pilot.

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* ''Film/GoldenEye'': Xenia Onatopp takes a disturbing amount of glee in the carnage she creates all while acting playful about it. [[OrgasmicCombat Her]] [[SexIsViolence sadomasochistic]] [[CombatSadomasochist sexual]] [[DeathBySex proclivities]], proclivities, coupled with her overall lack of conscience and murderous glee in killing innocents, would seem to qualify her as an insane psychopath. She was even a SociopathicSoldier as an ex-Soviet fighter pilot.
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Most of the villains that Franchise/JamesBond faces are cunning but insane and homicidal maniacs to begin with, as they claim that they're WellIntentionedExtremist[=s=] to begin with, but are actually only motivated by {{Greed}} while maintaining a [[FauxAffablyEvil superficial charm]], and some are even [[OmnicidalManiac willing to kill countless innocents]] for [[ItsAllAboutMe their own selfish gain]], all without a shred of guilt or remorse.

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Most of the villains that Franchise/JamesBond faces are cunning but insane and homicidal maniacs to begin with, as they claim that they're WellIntentionedExtremist[=s=] [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned Extremists]] to begin with, but are actually only motivated by {{Greed}} while maintaining a [[FauxAffablyEvil superficial charm]], and some are even [[OmnicidalManiac willing to kill countless innocents]] for [[ItsAllAboutMe their own selfish gain]], all without a shred of guilt or remorse.
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** Blofeld's most recent incarnation, [[Characters/JamesBondBlofeld Franz Oberhauser]], is [[KnightOfCerebus the darkest version]] of SPECTRE's nefarious leader. He is far more ruthless and brutal than his previous versions, doesn't care for anyone -- and it's also revealed that [[spoiler:he committed {{patricide}} just because [[EvilIsPetty his father favoured James over him]]]] -- but despite this, he appears to be [[FauxAffablyEvil eerily pleasant and soft]] even when torturing Bond, and [[ItAmusedMe finds it amusing]] to wreck Bond's life, whether physical or psychological. Not only this, he [[CardCarryingVillain gleefully proclaims to]] [[GreaterScopeVillain be behind all of Bond's misery]] since ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', and wants to ruin his life in any way possible.

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** Blofeld's most recent incarnation, [[Characters/JamesBondBlofeld [[Characters/JamesBondFranzOberhauserErnstStavroBlofeld Franz Oberhauser]], is [[KnightOfCerebus the darkest version]] of SPECTRE's nefarious leader. He is far more ruthless and brutal than his previous versions, doesn't care for anyone -- and it's also revealed that [[spoiler:he committed {{patricide}} just because [[EvilIsPetty his father favoured James over him]]]] -- but despite this, he appears to be [[FauxAffablyEvil eerily pleasant and soft]] even when torturing Bond, and [[ItAmusedMe finds it amusing]] to wreck Bond's life, whether physical or psychological. Not only this, he [[CardCarryingVillain gleefully proclaims to]] [[GreaterScopeVillain be behind all of Bond's misery]] since ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', and wants to ruin his life in any way possible.
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Most of the villains that Franchise/JamesBond faces are cunning but insane and homicidal maniacs to begin with, as they claim that they're WellIntentionedExtremist[=s=] to begin with, but are actually only motivated by {{Greed}} while maintaining a [[FauxAffablyEvil superficial charm]], and some are even [[OmnicidalManiac willing to kill countless innocents]] for [[ItsAllAboutMe their own selfish gain]], all without a shred of guilt or remorse.

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* [[Characters/JamesBondBlofeld Ernst Stavro Blofeld]], 007's biggest ArchEnemy and the ruthless head of SPECTRE, is a textbook sociopath, as he's more than willing to condemn the world just to line up [[ForTheEvulz his own pockets]] without a shred of concern or remorse while maintaining a calm-and-collected facade, [[BadBoss kills henchmen for petty reasons]], and manipulates people (and nations) like a chess grandmaster.
** Blofeld's most recent incarnation, [[Characters/JamesBondBlofeld Franz Oberhauser]], is [[KnightOfCerebus the darkest version]] of SPECTRE's nefarious leader. He is far more ruthless and brutal than his previous versions, doesn't care for anyone -- and it's also revealed that [[spoiler:he committed {{patricide}} just because [[EvilIsPetty his father favoured James over him]]]] -- but despite this, he appears to be [[FauxAffablyEvil eerily pleasant and soft]] even when torturing Bond, and [[ItAmusedMe finds it amusing]] to wreck Bond's life, whether physical or psychological. Not only this, he [[CardCarryingVillain gleefully proclaims to]] [[GreaterScopeVillain be behind all of Bond's misery]] since ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', and wants to ruin his life in any way possible.

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* Auric Film/{{Goldfinger}} is willing to kill 60,000 people and cause economical chaos in the West for his own profit. When Bond mentions the potential death toll of Goldfinger's plan, Goldfinger just shrugs and remarks "[[AMillionIsAStatistic American motorists kill that many every two years]]".
* ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'': Karl Stromberg clearly doesn't care for humanity anymore, thinking it should be destroyed and then restarted in the ocean.
* ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'': Hugo Drax plans to KillAllHumans via a DeadlyGas to replace them with a superior race of people he sees as the perfect specimens. He is FauxAffablyEvil, but it does nothing to hide how grimy he is. And his plans show that he has a massive [[AGodAmI god-complex]].
* ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'': {{General|Ripper}} Orlov is an unhinged brute and maniac to boot, he isn't bothered by the fact that his intended bombing of a US base will kill thousands of civilians and trigger WorldWarIII.
* ''Film/AViewToAKill'': Max Zorin fits the bill of one: LackOfEmpathy, FauxAffablyEvil, TriggerHappy, AxCrazy, PutTheLaughterInSlaughter, and ForTheEvulz. [[FreudianExcuse Part of this is because he's the product of a Nazi eugenics program]], in which pregnant women were injected with steroids in an attempt to create "super-children" for the Nazis. The few babies that survived became totally insane psychopaths, partly because of the drugs administered to create these "super-babies".
* ''Film/LicenceToKill'': Franz Sanchez show AxCrazy tendencies with his fondness for dealing with people he doesn't like in brutally sadistic ways such as feeding them to sharks. Despite this, he registers no emotion while doing so. He can be charming, but it does not hide his inherent sadistic personality beneath.
* ''Film/GoldenEye'': Xenia Onatopp takes a disturbing amount of glee in the carnage she creates all while acting playful about it. [[OrgasmicCombat Her]] [[SexIsViolence sadomasochistic]] [[CombatSadomasochist sexual]] [[DeathBySex proclivities]], coupled with her overall lack of conscience and murderous glee in killing innocents, would seem to qualify her as an insane psychopath. She was even a SociopathicSoldier as an ex-Soviet fighter pilot.
* ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'': [[ImmoralJournalist Elliot Carver]] plans to incite WorldWarIII to boost his news company's ratings. The deaths of innocent people and throwing the world into nuclear war is merely a way to gain exclusive broadcasting rights in China for the next century. He is superficially charming and able to play both sides in the conflict between Britain and China. Committing murder is as easy as breathing for him, and he openly submits to the idea that IfItBleedsItLeads and takes it to his logical conclusion.
* ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'': Dominic Greene manipulates General Maderno to [[PuppetKing install his own dictatorship]] and is willing to control the water supply of Bolivia for his own fortune. He is willing to kill people for some things as simple as [[LeaveNoWitnesses seeing him in the wrong place]] and fondly remembers assaulting a childhood crush for insulting him. He does the same to his lover Camille and shows glee at the idea of sending her to Maderno to be raped and murdered. He shows the same indifference to his own men when Bond kills them.
* ''Film/{{Spectre}}'': Max Denbigh, aka "C", is an arrogant SOB. He [[ItsAllAboutMe doesn't care for anyone except himself]], believing his surveillance idea is the future, and throws rude statements to anybody who criticizes him. He's so deluded and self-righteous that he's willing to [[spoiler:bring ''his'' dream to fruition without regard as to who may get killed or maimed in the staged terrorist attacks he's conducted on behalf of Blofeld]].
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