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* DiabolicalMastermind


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* NebulousEvilOrganization: SPECTRE, the Special Executive for Counter Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion.
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* SexFaceTurn: Openly mocked in the face of Bond by her.

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* SexFaceTurn: Openly Averted and openly mocked in the face of Bond by her.
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* BiggerBad

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* ** BiggerBad

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* BigBad / TheHeavy



* TheHeavy

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* TheDragon: Is this to Blofeld.

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* TheDragon: Is this to To Blofeld.



* TheHeavy



* TakingTheBullet: Unvoluntarily. She dies of it.

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* TakingTheBullet: Unvoluntarily. She dies of it.it.

!Number One (Ernst Stavro Blofeld) [-(played by Anthony Dawson and voiced by Eric Pohlmann)-]
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The mysterious chief of the SPECTRE organisation.

* BigBad
* BiggerBad
* BlofeldPloy: TropeNamer. He electrocutes one of the henchmen sitting at his conference table for embezzling money from him, only after grilling another (and totally innocent) henchman for the reason why their drug trafficking ring had turned in such poor profits.
* TheFaceless
* MinorMajorCharacter
* RightHandCat
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A high-ranking SPECTRE assassin who is charged with seeing the operation through.

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A high-ranking SPECTRE assassin who is charged with seeing the Largo's operation through.
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* FemmeFatale
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! '''Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi)'''

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! '''Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi)'''
[-(Adolfo Celi)-]'''
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*** Fiona Volpe is a little too independent to qualify.

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*** Fiona Volpe is a little too independent to qualify.qualify as his dragon.
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* SharkPool: A literal one.

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* SharkPool: A literal one.Possibly the TropeCodifier.
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''[[Characters/JamesBond James Bond Characters]]'' in the ''JamesBond'' franchise.
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''[[Characters/JamesBond James Bond Characters]]'' Characters specific to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}''. For those in the ''JamesBond'' franchise.
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entire [[Film/JamesBond film franchise]], see [[Characters/JamesBond here]].
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* SupervillainLair: Remarkably low-key for a Bond villain.

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* SupervillainLair: His yacht. Remarkably low-key for a Bond villain.
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* SexFaceTurn: Part of what makes her join Bond's side. The other part is TheReveal of [[AwfulTruth what hapenned to her brother]].
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* KarmicDeathKarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Shot InTheBack with a HarpoonGun, by his own mistress.]]

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* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: The torture of Domino.]]



* TheDogBitesBack




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* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler: She kills Largo for the murder of her brother (and for torturing her).]]
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* KarmicDeath
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! '''Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi)'''

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! '''Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi)'''
[-(Luciana Paluzzi)-]'''
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* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: In the movie, the character's name and backstory were retconned to fit the actress' nationality.

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* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: In the movie, the character's name and backstory were retconned from Italian to French to fit the actress' nationality.
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Emilio Largo's mistress and the sister of François Derval, the NATO pilot illed and impersonated by Angelo Palazzi.

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Emilio Largo's mistress and the sister of François Derval, the NATO pilot illed who was killed and impersonated by Angelo Palazzi.




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* MsFanservice
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! '''Dominique "Domino" Derval'''

* AffectionnateNickname: Her friends call her Domino.

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! '''Dominique "Domino" Derval'''

Derval''' [-(Claudine Auger)-]

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Emilio Largo's mistress and the sister of François Derval, the NATO pilot illed and impersonated by Angelo Palazzi.

* AffectionnateNickname: AffectionateNickname: Her friends call her Domino.
* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: In the movie, the character's name and backstory were retconned to fit the actress' nationality.
* GirlOfTheWeek
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! '''Dominique "Domino" Derval'''

* AffectionnateNickname: Her friends call her Domino.

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A high-ranking SPECTRE assassin who is charged with seeing Operation: Thunderball through.
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A high-ranking SPECTRE assassin who is charged with seeing Operation: Thunderball the operation through.
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* SexFaceTurn: Openly mocked by Fiona Volpe.

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* HoneyTrap
* SexFaceTurn: Openly mocked in the face of Bond by Fiona Volpe.her.
* TakingTheBullet: Unvoluntarily. She dies of it.

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* [[CoolCar Cool Boat]]: The ''Disco Volante''.

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* [[CoolCar Cool Boat]]: CoolBoat: The ''Disco Volante''.


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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Apparently a renowned socialite.
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** DragonInChief[=/=]TheHeavy


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! Emilio Largo

Played by Adolfo Celi.

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! Emilio Largo

Played by Adolfo Celi.
'''Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi)'''



! Fiona Volpe

Played by Luciana Paluzzi.

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! Fiona Volpe

Played by Luciana Paluzzi.
'''Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi)'''

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Played by Adolfo Celi.



* [[CoolCar Cool Boat]]

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* [[CoolCar Cool Boat]]Boat]]: The ''Disco Volante''.



** TheDragon to TheDragon is Vargas.
*** Fiona Volpe is a little too independent to qualify.



* SharkPool: A literal one.



* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: His reaction to one of his fellow SPECTRE boardmembers being electrocuted.

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: His reaction to one of his fellow SPECTRE boardmembers being electrocuted.electrocuted.
* TooKinkyToTorture: His proposed torture of Domino wouldn't work in life but seems designed to be sexually dominating.
* WickedCultured

! Fiona Volpe

Played by Luciana Paluzzi.

A high-ranking SPECTRE assassin who is charged with seeing Operation: Thunderball through.
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* DarkActionGirl
* DuelOfSeduction: Bond and Fiona both fail.
* EvilRedhead
* HeroesWantRedheads
* HighHeelFaceTurn: Subverted.
* SexFaceTurn: Openly mocked by Fiona Volpe.
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! Emilio Largo

The second-in-command of SPECTRE and architect of the events inside the book/movie. He is a brutal sadist.
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* [[CoolCar Cool Boat]]
* TheDragon: Is this to Blofeld.
* RedRightHand: Largo's eyepatch in the movie. His head and hands are abnormally large in the books.
* TheStarscream: Subverted. Largo seems overall content with his place as one of the richest/most powerful men in the world.
** The book illustrates that he would have taken over from Blofeld in the event of the later's death, anyway.
* SupervillainLair: Remarkably low-key for a Bond villain.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: His reaction to one of his fellow SPECTRE boardmembers being electrocuted.

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