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One of the more famous henchman, Oddjob serves as the [[Battle Butler]] to Goldfinger. |
One of the more famous henchman, Oddjob serves as the [[Battle Butler]] to Goldfinger. |
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* [[Badass in a Nice Suit]] |
* [[Badass in a Nice Suit]]: He wears formal clothing in the field. |
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* [[Battle Butler]] |
* [[Battle Butler]]: He is Goldfinger's manservant, and also his most powerful henchman. |
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* [[The Brute]]: He is much stronger than Bond and relies on wrestling if his hat doesn't do the job. |
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* [[The Brute]] |
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* [[Determinator]]: {{Spoiler|Decides to keep Goldfinger's plan going even after his own death is all but determined as he is locked inside the vault of Fort Knox with a nuclear device, with death coming either by Bond's hand or by the bomb}}. |
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* [[Determinator]] |
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* [[The Dragon]]: Goldfinger certainly is the brain and money of the operation, but he is in effective in combat as a middle-aged obese man could be against Bond. Oddjob, otherwise, it's an almost implacable, smart murder machine. |
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* [[The Dragon]] |
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* [[Iconic Characters]]: The inspiration for countless hat-throwing scenes, among his [[Captain Ersatz]] inspirations are Random Task from ''[[Austin Powers]]'' and Vimes' butler, Wilkins in ''[[Discworld]]'' |
* [[Iconic Characters]]: The inspiration for countless hat-throwing scenes, among his [[Captain Ersatz]] inspirations are Random Task from ''[[Austin Powers]]'' and Vimes' butler, Wilkins in ''[[Discworld]]'' |
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* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: He kills people with his hat. |
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: He kills people with his hat. If that fails, bare fists more than suffice. |
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* [[Made of Iron]]: Absolutely nothing that Bond throws at him works, down to a gold brick. {{Spoiler|He ends up being killed by being electrified while distracted retrieving his hat from between iron bars, where it was stuck}}. |
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* [[Made of Iron]] |
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* [[The Speechless]] |
* [[The Speechless]]: Never speaks anything even resembling a word, only noises. |
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== Auric Goldfinger <small>(Gert Fröbe)</small> == |
== Auric Goldfinger <small>(Gert Fröbe)</small> == |
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Latest revision as of 16:52, 17 April 2024
Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman)
A pilot for Auric Goldfinger and one of the most recognizable of all Bond girls
- Action Girl
- Classy Cat Burglar
- Double Entendre: In fact, it's a triple Entendre since she's also a Cat Burglar.
- Heel Face Turn
- Meaningful Name: And how!
- No Bisexuals: Ian Fleming's take on the literary character is she had yet to meet a real man. (She was unable to outrun her uncle at age 12.)
- Slap Slap Kiss
Oddjob (Harold Sakata)
One of the more famous henchman, Oddjob serves as the Battle Butler to Goldfinger.
- Badass in a Nice Suit: He wears formal clothing in the field.
- Battle Butler: He is Goldfinger's manservant, and also his most powerful henchman.
- The Brute: He is much stronger than Bond and relies on wrestling if his hat doesn't do the job.
- Determinator: Decides to keep Goldfinger's plan going even after his own death is all but determined as he is locked inside the vault of Fort Knox with a nuclear device, with death coming either by Bond's hand or by the bomb.
- The Dragon: Goldfinger certainly is the brain and money of the operation, but he is in effective in combat as a middle-aged obese man could be against Bond. Oddjob, otherwise, it's an almost implacable, smart murder machine.
- Iconic Characters: The inspiration for countless hat-throwing scenes, among his Captain Ersatz inspirations are Random Task from Austin Powers and Vimes' butler, Wilkins in Discworld
- Improbable Weapon User: He kills people with his hat. If that fails, bare fists more than suffice.
- Made of Iron: Absolutely nothing that Bond throws at him works, down to a gold brick. He ends up being killed by being electrified while distracted retrieving his hat from between iron bars, where it was stuck.
- The Speechless: Never speaks anything even resembling a word, only noises.
Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe)
- Affably Evil
- Bling Bling Bang: Has a gold-plated pistol, which makes him the first "man with the golden gun" in Bond movies.
- Blonde Guys Are Evil
- Cargo Ship: Listen as he describes how much he loves gold.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive
- Fat Bastard
- Large Ham
- Meaningful Name
- Take That: Auric Goldfinger is named after Erno Goldfinger, an architect whose buildings Ian Fleming hated. Apparently, Erno threatened to sue Fleming for unauthorised use of his name. In that event, Fleming would have changed the name to Goldprick. OUCH! This was later lampshaded by the title of the third Austin Powers movie.
- It is now speculated that he is also based on a German spy who, amongst other things, once tried to rob the Bank of England during World War One. The story has only recently come to light but Ian Fleming was a fairly high-ranking officer in Naval Intelligence, and would have had access to the records.