History Characters / TheWorldIsNotEnough

* FatalFlaw: {{Wrath}} and {{Pride}}. Her Wrath is directed towards her father and M while her {{Pride}} is such that she believes that her beauty, wealth and power render her invincible, [[spoiler:to the extent that she believed Bond wouldn't be able to kill her even when he was pointing a gun at her and she had been torturing him just a few minutes ago]].

* {{Jerkass}}: He was abusive towards his wife and daughter, conning them out of the company which rightfully belonged to his wife, and instead of forking out a ransom when Elektra was kidnapped, he abandoned her. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Assuming you trust Elektra, which is probably a bad idea.]]

* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Renard exists to make the audience believe ''he'' is the BigBad while we're meant to think Elektra is just a one-off love interest, with the major plot twist later being that Renard's actions are based on his services to Elektra's plan. The former point was [[WordOfGod confirmed by director Michael Apted]] when discussing a deleted scene involving Renard's introduction in the film]].

A MI-6 physician for agents. She diagnoses Bond with a dislocated collarbone and advises him to stay out of action. Not wanting to be taken off the active duty, Bond seduces her into clearing him as fit for duty.

--> '''Elektra''': Pretty thing! You've had her too?

* DecoyDamsel: It's a bait-and-switch: the reveal that Elektra [[spoiler: is not only a Bond girl but a villain]] is a great way of subverting audience expectations.

* EroticAsphyxiation: [[spoiler: She enjoys torturing Bond with her neck-breaking chair]].

* KlingonPromotion: [[spoiler: To her own father, no less.]]

* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Renard exists to make the audience believe ''he'' is the BigBad while we're meant to think Elektra is just a one-off love interest, with the major plot twist later being that Renard's actions are based on his services to Elektra's plan. The former point was [[WordOfGod confirmed by director Michael Apted]] when discussing a deleted scene involving Renard's introduction in the film]].
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler: She plays M, Bond and the rest of MI-6 for fools, all the while pretending to be the innocent victim]].

* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler: Her time in captivity caused Elektra to become a victim of StockholmSyndrome; however, Elektra claims she always had it in for her father, believing that he stole her mother's oil reserves]].

* NeverASelfMadeWoman: {{Subverted}}. She may talk a lot about her father and becomes the owner of his oil company through heritage, but then it turns out that it was her mother's family that built up his wealth in the first place.
* NonActionBigBad: [[spoiler: Subverted. She never does any form of active combat herself, but she shoots Valentin Zukovsky when he storms into the room were Bond is tortured, and then kicks his machine gun away from him. What she did ''not'' know however, was that Zukovsky's cane could be turned into a single-shot gun in an emergency, which he used to shoot one of the restraints holding Bond's hands so he could escape from the torture chair]].
* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler: Blows up her father to secure rights to his new pipeline]].
* PleaseKeepYourHatOn: While Renard has a gimmick scar, Elektra has [[spoiler: a grotesque disfigurement: [[RedRightHand She is missing her right ear lobe]]. Shrewdly, she conceals it behind an earring, symbolising Elektra's camouflage as a Bond girl instead of a Bond villain. Better yet, the wound was self-inflicted, as Renard refused to hurt her when she was held captive, as he had fallen in love with her]].

* ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful / ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: [[spoiler: Utterly convinced that no one will ever suspect her of wrongdoing, even in the case of blatant terrorism. The worst part is she isn't even wrong; she has to spell out for M that she's the one behind everything, and M is properly horrified.]]

** Of course the fact that these actions were supported by the Azeri military in what they viewed as [[MundaneHorror thoroughly routine pipeline clearance actions]] and the fact that Istanbul contains one of the world's most sizable Azeri diasporas [[spoiler: who would have been wiped out indiscriminately in the nuclear meltdown]] [[MoralMyopia "conveniently" escape her mind.]]

-->'''Bond''': She's waiting for you!

* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: [[spoiler: By the end of the film, Elektra only cares about money and power, which are the only things (she claims) her hated father ever cared about, and proves to be far, Far worse than he ever was.]]

-->'''Renard:''' (to M) When I took her, she was promise itself, and [[WhatTheHellHero YOU left her at the mercy of a man like me]]! You ruined her.... for what, to get to me? She's worth 50 of me!
-->'''M:''' (regretfully) For once, I agree with you.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: He doesn't die from his head bullet. Instead, Bond replugs the reactor and flips a switch to shoot the plutonium rod he inserted out and into his torso. By then, however, the rod being in for only 30 seconds had sealed the sub's fate, and it took flooding to inhibit the explosion which otherwise would have destroyed the city]].

* TragicVillain: He genuinely felt [[spoiler: Elektra's death]] deeply.

* VillainousBreakdown: Crosses with NiceJobBreakingItHero. When Bond smugly tells Renard that [[spoiler: Elektra is dead]], he loses any sanity he had and starts pummeling 007, screaming, "Liar!" And he goes forward with inserting a plutonium rod into the core, which overloads its already radioactive contents.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: The {{novelisation}} gives his name as Maurice Womasa.

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: She kills herself rather than face Renard's wrath (and possibly even [[spoiler: Elektra's]]) for her failure.

* AssholeVictim: He turned out to be kind of a {{Jerkass}}, all things considered. He was willing to destroy an ancient church in Azerbaijan--his wife's homeland, no less--for his oil pipeline (which caused the local villagers to riot), and he stole his wife's inheritance to further his own ambition and greed. Of course, [[UnreliableExpositor this is all assuming one believes Elektra]], and [[spoiler: by this point in the story she has been shown to be a thoroughly manipulative, violent woman.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When he first appears, he is very polite and courteous and M describes him as an old friend. Later, it turns out his response to project difficulties was to [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney bulldoze through countless villages and landmarks]] while [[AppealToForce using the Azeri military to quell any opposition.]] On top of this, [[spoiler:Elektra]] claims that he was a CorruptCorporateExecutive who financially abused his family, [[spoiler: but that requires trusting [[ConsummateLiar Elektra]] [[ItsAllAboutMe King]]]]

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** While not as blatant as Max Zorin in ''Film/AViewToAKill'', Elektra's plan to use Renard to nuke Istanbul in order to make her the sole transporter of Caspian oil to the west once again recalls the plot of ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''. Interestingly, Elektra also has an ally capable of resisting pain with Renard, just like Goldfinger did with Oddjob, though Renard plays more of a key role in comparison.
** She's also meant to invoke aspects of ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', as the creators suggested that Bond believed he had found another ''Tracy'' in her, but his new beloved turned out to be a ''Blofeld'', to his horror.

* MeaningfulName: The name "Elektra" comes directly from Greek mythology, where Elektra is the princess of Argos. She plans to seek revenge for the murder of her father, king Agamemnon. There are some similarities between both Elektras in the first half of the film, when the viewer still believes Elektra is the victim, not the villain.

* MsFanservice: Her scene with Bond in bed in which only her arm is (barely) covering her breasts (numerous takes were required for that scene because Sophie Marceau's nipples often showed, which is a big no-no if the filmmakers wish to retain a PG-13 rating. The final film still has one or two frames where they are visible.) There's also when she's in bed with Renard, where despite her being covered in a blanket her entire profile can be seen completely uncovered.
* {{Narcissist}}: She will stop at nothing to become a hyper-rich, successful and famous businesswoman, including nuking Istanbul, believes she is entitled to everything, considers herself to be irresistible and thus invincible and all-powerful, and is extremely vengeful.

* PsychopathicWomanchild: Just look at the positively girlish way that she runs to the window to see [[spoiler:Renard arriving, flings herself into his arms when he enters, then leads him off to present the captive M to him as a gift]].

* YoureNotMyFather: Was deeply embittered by not just her father's actions during her kidnapping but also by his actions against the Azeri people from whom she and her mother were descended. She decided that for these reasons he had lost the right to live.

* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Turns out to be the true mastermind behind Renard, though he still has more screentime as TheDragon and becomes the FinalBoss]].

* StockholmSyndrome: [[spoiler:Elektra the kidnap victim eventually joined her captor, Renard, to the point that by the time of the film, is Renard who's having LimaSyndrome]].

* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Downplayed. The movie wants to make the audience believe he is the sole BigBad. Elektra King is the true mastermind, with Renard serving as TheHeavy]].

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Although he exhibits many [[BadBoss classic]] [[DeadpanSnarker Bond]] [[BlofeldPloy villain]] [[RedRightHand traits]], Renard is uniquely humanised in his interactions with [[spoiler:Elektra]]. He's motivated by love and happy to throw away his life for it, even if his feelings might not be fully reciprocated; rather than solely presenting his DisabilitySuperpower as a weapon, the film also shows Renard privately resenting it for having robbed him of touch, as he can't have a fulfilling sexual relationship with [[spoiler:Elektra]] anymore. Bond overcoming him feels less like a triumph and more like [[TragicVillain putting a broken man out of his misery]].

* OedipusComplex: Electra Complex, rather. Literally. Although Elektra [[spoiler: hated her father rather than being attracted to him]]. This also plays into her relationship with [[spoiler:Renard, even though he's not much older]].

* AltarDiplomacy: Implied; his wife's father was an oil baron from Azerbaijan with no male heirs that could inherit t he business, and Sir King was a tycoon from the British gentry.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: When he first appears, he is very polite and courteous and M describes him as an old friend. Later, it turns out his response to project difficulties was to [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney bulldoze through countless villages and landmarks]] while [[AppealToForce using the Azeri military to quell any opposition.]] On top of this, [[spoiler:Elektra]] claims that he was a CorruptCorporateExecutive who financially abused his family, [[spoiler: but that requires trusting [[ConsummateLiar Elektra]] {[ItsAllAboutMe King]]]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: How good or bad you view him as depends heavily on how much trust you give to Elektra's posthumous characterization of him. It is confirmed that he married into the oil fortune of Elektra's maternal grandfather, and that he was willing to bulldoze his way across the countryside (and quell local protests against that with armed force) but everything else is unconfirmed hearsay.
* AssholeVictim: He turned out to be kind of a {{Jerkass}}, all things considered. He was willing to destroy an ancient church in Azerbaijan--his wife's homeland, no less--for his oil pipeline (which caused the local villagers to riot), and he stole his wife's inheritance to further his own ambition and greed.
** Of course, [[UnreliableExpositor this is all assuming one believes Elektra]], and [[spoiler: by this point in the story she has been shown to be a thoroughly manipulative, violent woman.]]

* ConspicuousConsumption: Has GoldTooth. His actor is a gold-grill wearer in real life, by the way. Lampshaded by Bond:

* GoldTooth: Has a full grill of them.

** Of course the fact that these actions were supported by the Azeri military in what they viewed as [[MundaneHorror thoroughly routine pipeline clearance actions}] and the fact that Istanbul contains one of the world's most sizable Azeri diasporas [[spoiler: who would have been wiped out indiscriminately in the nuclear meltdown]] [[MoralMyopia "conveniently" escape her mind.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: When he first appears, he is very polite and courteous and M describes him as an old friend. Later, [[spoiler:Elektra]] reveals that he was a CorruptCorporateExecutive who financially abused his family.

** A more charitable interpretation is that he was no saint but also not the monster his daughter paints him as. The only undeniable misdeeds he committed was the forced clearance of local people to make way for the oil pipelines, which is horrifying but also terribly common in the Azeri oil industry (and elsewhere; Eminent Domain is a cruel mistress). It is routine to consult with law enforcement and intelligence before paying a ransom to a hostage taking terrorist, and many companies refuse to pay [[MortonsFork precisely that gives the hostage-takers more resources and the motivation to take more hostages.]] Likewise, his father-in-law was an Azeri oil baron who viewed himself as having no (male) heirs that could inherit his business and so would have found passing the business to his son-in-law (and whatever heirs he produced with his daughter) to be a legitimate way.

* RichJerk: What he turned out to be: someone who only cared about his money, married only to gain access to oil rich lands in Central Asia, destroyed an ancient church (which caused the locals to riot) and abandoned his daughter to be kidnapped rather than paying off a ransom. [[AssholeVictim Which is when he's killed by Elektra, the audience rejoices.]] [[UnreliableNarrator Assuming you believe Elektra's justifications to murder him.]]

* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: By the end of the film, Elektra only cares about money and power, which are the only things her hated father ever cared about.

* DeathByIrony: Elektra assassinates him with a booby-trapped briefcase full of money, meaning he dies showered in the only thing he ever cared about.

* HateSink: [[FreudianExcuse He's the reason why Elektra turned to evil in the first place]]. A CorruptCorporateExecutive, he used his British citizenship to con his immigrant wife out of her own company, emotionally and financially abused her and Elektra, bulldozed centuries-old landmarks to make room for oil pipelines, badly mistreated the people living around said pipelines, and rather than pay a ransom sent his own men and later [=MI6=] to kill her hostage taker and boyfriend. Elektra assassinates him with a booby-trapped briefcase full of money, meaning he dies showered in the only thing he ever cared about and the audience rejoices.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Only cared about his money, and was quite abusive to his wife and daughter, conning them out of the company which rightfully belonged to his wife.
* {{Jerkass}}: He was abusive towards his wife and daughter, conning them out of the company which rightfully belonged to his wife, and instead of forking out a ransom when Elektra was kidnapped, he abandoned her.

* RichJerk: What he turned out to be: someone who only cared about his money, married only to gain access to oil rich lands in Central Asia, destroyed an ancient church (which caused the locals to riot) and abandoned his daughter to be kidnapped rather than paying off a ransom. [[AssholeVictim Which is when he's killed by Elektra, the audience rejoices.]]

* BareYourMidriff: She wears shorts that show her midriff for most of the film.

* ShesGotLegs: The shorts not only reveal them very well, but she also shows them off to Zukovsky when wearing a purple dress when he sees her in his office at the caviar factory.

* MsFanservice: Besides the examples mentioned below ShesGotLegs, there's also her scene with Bond in bed in which only her arm is (barely) covering her breasts (numerous takes were required for that scene because Sophie Marceau's nipples often showed, which is a big no-no if the filmmakers wish to retain a PG-13 rating. The final film still has one or two frames where they are visible.) There's also when she's in bed with Renard, where despite her being covered in a blanket her entire profile can be seen completely uncovered.

* ShesGotLegs: When she's lying naked on the bed, Renard rubs her thigh up and down, and her outfit in the scene where she tortures Bond.

* HotScientist: She wears a tank top and shorts around a nuclear testing silo, and is a brilliant physicist.