History Characters / TomorrowNeverDies

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Alec Trevelyan. Trevelyan was a former MI6 agent who was once a colleague and friend of Bond and able to fight him on equal ground. Carver is a journalist with zero combat experience and has no prior connection to Bond. Trevelyan had a sympathetic backstory that explained his actions while Carver has no such background and is motivated solely by greed and a desire for power. Trevelyan worked from the shadows and kept his identity a secret while Carver is a well-known public figure who loves being the centre of attention. Trevelyan's plan would have caused a financial crisis but otherwise harmed no one while Carver's plan was to start nuclear war and didn't give a damn how many died in the process.

* PragmaticVillainy: While willing to [[NukeEm nuke Bejing]] and risk WorldWarIII to get exclusive broadcasting rights in China and great ratings to launch his new sattelite network, he doesn't actually ''want'' a nuclear war; his associate, General Chang, is supposed to become China's new leader, avert the war at the last minute, and then give Carver what he wants.

* RevengePornBlackmail: ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' establishes how much of a CorruptCorporateExecutive he is from the get-go by telling one of his subordinates to talk to a Congressman that unless he supports a bill lowering cable broadcast fees, the Carver Media Group will air a tape of him having sex with a younger woman -- and once the Congressman signs the bill, air the tape anyway.

* EvilIsHammy: Schiavelli certainly vent to town with zat German accent, ja?.

* WarForFunAndProfit: His EvilPlan in a nutshell — ignite WorldWarIII to get broadcasting rights in China. In the original script, there was even a line in which it's mentioned that he paid Saddam Hussein to start the Gulf War.

* AffablyEvil: He's pretty polite, even as he's describing how he will frame Bond for a MurderSuicide. He even gets a bit flustered when his plan is interrupted and he realizes he has to torture Bond if the latter won't return the GPS encoder:
--> '''Kaufman:''' This is very embarrassing. It seems there is a red box in your car. They can't get to it. They want ''me'' to make you unlock the car! I feel like an idiot, I don't know what to say… I am to torture you if you don't do it.\\

* AffablyEvil: He's pretty polite, even as he's describing how he will frame Bond for a MurderSuicide. He even gets a bit flustered when his plan is interrupted and he realizes he has to torture Bond:
--> '''Kaufman:''' This is very embarrassing. It seems there is a red box in your car. They can't get to it. They want ''me'' to make you unlock the car! I feel like an idiot. I don't know what to say… I am to torture you if you don't do it.

* {{Catchphrase}}: He tends to say "Delicious!" when things go his way and to a lesser extent, "Outstanding".

* DirtyCoward: Kaufman boasts about how he's going to kill Bond and then make it look like a suicide and get off scot-free, but Bond manages to subdue him and is pointing at him with his own gun, Kaufman beg for Bond not to kill him, claiming that he's "just a professional doing a job."

** [[AllThereInTheManual It's stated in the film's novelization]] that while working as a meteorologist, he was an ImmoralJournalist who sexually harassed his female colleagues if they rejected his unwanted advances. One of them ''even fled Hong Kong'' just to avoid him.

* AssholeVictim: The novelisation has Bond reflect that, while he's killed several people in self-defence or because he has to stop their plans, Kaufman is one of the few cases where Bond has killed someone who he is absolutely certain ''deserved'' to die.

* FauxAffablyEvil: He's pretty polite, even as he's describing how he will frame Bond for a MurderSuicide and his love of torture which he has as a hobby.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Said to be modeled on Robert Maxwell, but analysed as a satire on Rupert Murdoch and Ted Turner. He himself also quotes William Randolph Hearst.

* DeathBySex: She's killed after having sex with Bond.

* TranquilFury: When he is shown the footage confirming that Paris is protecting a spy, he keeps himself well composed as he says "I think we should [[DeadlyEuphemism set an appointment for my wife with the doctor]]", but you can see the rage in his eyes. It's a stark contrast to his usual hamminess, bordering on OOCIsSeriousBusiness. Even Gupta, who's with him in the room when he makes the call, picks up on the unusual nature of Carver's order.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He gets shot by Bond with his own gun.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: When Bond suddenly shows up four years later after abandoning her, she's not too happy to see him, and her response is to slap him in the face.

* ShesGotLegs: Her scene after having sex with Bond has her showing them off while she's adjusting her garter, which leads to...

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* {{Expy}}: Of Blofeld in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', Karl Stromberg in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' and Doctor Julius No in ''Film/DrNo''. All four have a plan to cause World War III between two countries; one from the East and another from the West, through incidents involving a government ship of some kind; kill a woman that is affiliated to them for [[YouHaveFailedMe having failed them]]. At one point, Carver even wears a black Nehru jacket; a gray/beige Nehru jacket was one of Blofeld's {{Iconic Item}}s and was also worn by Stromberg and No, although No's was white.

* AvengingTheVillain: The reason he sticks around for the FinalBattle.

* BastardBastard: He is the illegitimate son of a German woman who died in childbirth and press tycoon Lord Roverman.

* ButNotTooForeign: He's an Englishman raised in Hong Kong.

* DiabolicalMastermind: He uses his media empire to create tomorrow's headlines.
* DirtyOldMan: His demeanor when he first meets Wai Lin at his party indicates that he finds her very attractive. Considering that he has a TrophyWife, this is not at all surprising, and Paris herself is even aware that her husband's interest in Wai Lin is primarily based on lust. [[AllThereInTheManual While working as a meteorologist in Hong Kong]], if a woman rejected his advances, he harassed them extensively to the point some of them called it quits.

** In the TieInNovel, [[AllThereInTheManual it's revealed]] that while working as a meteorologist, he was an ImmoralJournalist who sexually harassed his female colleagues if they rejected his unwanted advances. One of them ''even fled Hong Kong'' just to avoid him.

* SonOfAWhore: The illegitimate son of a German prostitute who died in childbirth.

--> Elliot Carver: There's no news... like bad news.

* WeaponOfChoice: A Heckler & Koch [=P7=] pistol.

* {{Expy}}: Of Blofeld in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', Karl Stromberg in ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' and Doctor Julius No in ''Film/DrNo''. All four have a plan to cause World War III between two countries; one from the East and another from the West, through incidents involving a government ship of some kind; kill a woman that is affiliated to them for [[YouHaveFailedMe having failed them]], and are stopped by Bond and a female Asian secret agent. At one point, Carver even wears a black Nehru jacket; a gray/beige Nehru jacket was one of Blofeld's {{Iconic Item}}s and was also worn by Stromberg and No, although No's was white.

* BadBoss: He's an energetic, charismatic and jovial fellow to be around when he's having a good day, but when dealing with embarrassment or unforeseen interference his disposition turns very sour, very quickly; he fires his assistant on an irritable whim after his publicized speech is interrupted by Bond, and in a more traditionally ''Bond'' example, pulls the YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness card during the climax.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Stamper says Dr. Kaufman was like a father to him. He is also enraged with Bond for killing Carver, and tries to avenge both Carver and Kaufman in his final battle with Bond.