History Film / TheManWithTheGoldenGun

* EvilIsBigger: Scaramanga is one of the only main villains in the franchise to be taller than Bond himself.

* WrongGenreSavvy: When the Thai police catch up with Bond and Pepper, Pepper tries to explain the situation, thinking that as a Louisiana sherriff they'd surely trust him. Turns out the police aren't an international brotherhood and they handcuff him.

A loose adaptation of Creator/IanFleming's [[Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenGun novel of same name]], the film has Bond sent after the [[MacGuffin Solex Agitator]], a device that can harness solar energy, while facing the assassin Francisco Scaramanga (Creator/ChristopherLee), the "Man with the Golden Gun." The action culminates in a duel between them that settles the fate of the Solex.

A loose adaptation of Creator/IanFleming's [[Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenGun novel of same name]], the film has Bond sent after the [[MacGuffin Solex Agitator]], a device that can harness the power of the sun, while facing the assassin Francisco Scaramanga (Creator/ChristopherLee), the "Man with the Golden Gun." The action culminates in a duel between them that settles the fate of the Solex.

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TheOneWith Creator/ChristopherLee [[RuleOfCool driving a flying car]].
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* FailureHero: Other than killing Scaramanga, Bond doesn't accomplish all that much.

* FanDisservice: Sheriff J.W. Pepper. And Scaramanga showing his TripleNipple.

** Scaramanga is shown fondling his mistress with his gun as foreplay.

* BedlahBabe: The lover of one of Scaramanga's targets, whom Bond tracks down to find Scaramanga. This one is justified, because she ''is'' a belly dancer.

-->'''Bond''': ''(in a Southern accent)'' "Ah shore am, boy!" ''(normal)'' "Ever heard of Evel Knievel?"

* HeroInsurance: During filming of the chase scene in ''The Man With The Golden Gun'', they actually had a guy running following the cars with a checkbook to pay for damages.

* HolidayInCambodia: Bond travels to Thailand to question a possible associate of Scaramanga, the businessman Hai Fat.

* MarkedBullet: Bond is sent a golden bullet with the number "007" on it, which leads him and MI-6 to believe that the eponymous assassin has marked him for death. He hasn't; Scaramanga's abused lover sent the bullet in the hope that Bond would kill Scaramanga.

* ProductPlacement: Tabasco Sauce. And AMC Motors, which is why Bond isn't booting around in an [[CoolCar Aston Martin or BMW]] in this one. Also an early example of the series' long-standing love affair with Sony.

* BullyingADragon: Hai Fat is stupid enough to tell Scaramanga that he's just a lackey.

* RealityEnsues:
** Hai Fat treats Francisco Scaramanga like a junior partner or subordinate with some disdain, but the assassin proves him spectacularly wrong and quickly pulls off a KlingonPromotion.
** When the Thai police catch up with Bond and Pepper, Pepper tries to explain the situation, thinking that as a Louisiana sherriff they'd surely trust him. Turns out the police aren't an international brotherhood and they handcuff him.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Scaramanga attempts to invoke the NotSoDifferent card on Bond, sardonically mocking that he only works for "peanuts, a hearty well-done from Her Majesty the Queen, and a pittance of a pension," only for 007 to shut him down by telling that he's full of a certain "four-letter word."

* EvilPaysBetter: This is part of Scaramanga's NotSoDifferent speech to Bond, to illustrate the one difference between the two men as Scaramanga sees it. He can afford to live on an island paradise because he gets paid a million dollars per assassination contract, while Bond, as Scaramanga puts it, "work(s) for peanuts, a hearty 'well done' from Her Majesty the Queen and a pittance of a pension".

* HitmanWithAHeart: Bond himself explains his case when Scaramanga, an assassin that does ''not'' fit this Trope, tries to convince Bond that they are NotSoDifferent. Bond is disgusted by the thought, telling the villain that the people he kills are themselves killers, unlike Scaramanga who enjoys it, which leads to this:

* NotSoDifferent: Scaramanga does this with James Bond. Bond tells him that he is full of a certain bodily discharge.

* ProfessionalKiller: Scaramanga is the world's best and highest paid (one million dollars per victim) assassin who uses a gun loaded with gold-plated bullets to make hits. (He has much bigger plans over the course of the film, however.) And he also invokes the NotSoDifferent card on Bond, but 007 shuts him down on this.

* ShutUpHannibal: Bond's response to Scaramanga's assertion that, bar the paycheck, he and Bond [[NotSoDifferent are the same]]:

* FamousLastWords:
** "Bond doesn't know you're in Bangkok, he's never seen you, but he knows me. That's the problem." Hai Fat, before getting shot by Scaramanga.
** "Ready." Francisco Scaramanga, later shot by Bond.

TheOneWith Creator/ChristopherLee [[CrazyAwesome driving a flying car]].

* TheCavalry: Lt. Hip and his [[ActionGirl nieces]], who show up JustInTime to save Bond from Hi Fat's minions. This results in a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} when they accidentally drive off without him!

* DeliberatelyJumpingTheGun: James Bond is kidnapped by Hai Fat and taken to a martial arts school, where he is forced to fight the students. In a formal combat like this the opponents are supposed to bow to each other first. While Bond's opponent is bowing to him, Bond takes him out with a surprise attack.

* EatTheEvidence: Bond accidentally swallows Francisco Scaramanga's bullet (in the belly button of a belly dancer) thanks to a heavy-handed thug. Later Bond quips: "You've no idea what that went through to get here."

* TitleDrop: When Bond is asked if he has heard of Scaramanga, he uses the title to describe him.

* ATankardOfMooseUrine: Bond is offered a wine with the UnfortunateName of "Phu Yuck". Bond snarkily notes that he approves.

** Given that the room is essentially a training course where Nick Nack hires assassins to kill Scaramanga, it's plausible they'd provide extra weapons for a smart assassin in order to increase the challenge for Scaramanga

** Justifiably invoked by Scaramanga late in the film; he freely admits that he could have used his solar-powered laser to blow up Bond's plane before he even landed on the island, but chose not to do so because of how unsatisfying it would be. Scaramanga would like nothing better than to engage in a fair DuelToTheDeath with 007 himself.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics:

* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: The Walther PPK in the hands of the Bond dummy, assuming it is real and the one Bond uses [[spoiler: after he drops his own one]], appears to be loaded.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Roger Moore admitted that scenes such as Bond interrogating a woman by nearly breaking her arm felt like they were still writing for Creator/SeanConnery.

* ThemeTuneCameo:
** A piano version and a jazz version of the theme song plays in Scaramanga's funhouse.
** When Bond passes Sheriff J.W. Pepper in a speedboat, a snippet of the theme from ''Live and Let Die'' plays.

* FamousLastWords

* FatalFlaw:
** Francisco Scaramanga holds 007 in too high of a regard. The novel version is opposite – Scaramanga held a dim view of James Bond and underestimated the threat 007 posed to him.
** Hai Fat's fatal weakness is his smugness, as he thinks that his supposed Dragon Scaramanga is junior to him, but the Man with the Golden Gun proves him wrong in the most painful way.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Scaramanga is revealed to be working for Red China. At least, they appear content with letting him squat on one of their islands in exchange for a few assassinations now and then when they require the best of the best. How involved they are with the solar chip scheme is up for debate; Scaramanga implies that he personally intends to extort the oil and gas industries.