History TearJerker / GoldenEye

* Trevelyan's condescending jab about Bond's alcoholism and constant womanizing, correctly deducing that he does it to hide the grief of losing [[Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService Tracy di Vincenzo]], the one woman he truly loved. For an added dose of RealitySubtext [[Creator/PierceBrosnan James Bond's actor]] lost his wife due to ovarian cancer in 1991, four years '''before''' Brosnan's first time acting as 007.

* Trevelyan's condescending jab about Bond's alcoholism and constant womanizing, correctly deducing that he does it to hide the grief of losing [[Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService Tracy di Vincenzo]], the one woman he truly loved. HarsherInHindsight: [[Creator/PierceBrosnan James Bond’s actor ]] lost his wife due to ovarian cancer in 1991, four years BEFORE Brosnan’s first time acting as 007.

* Nine years after the mission at Arkangelsk, it's clear that Bond still bears a heavy burden on himself over Trevelyan's death. Upon being presented with a lead suspect by M in the GoldenEye case, Ourumov, Bond's demeanor rapidly turns subtlety incandescent. The mere image of his close friend's killer is enough to provoke him into a state of tranquil fury. M proposing that her analysts ruled his involvement out due to his apparently sensitive political ambitions invites a flippant rebuke from Bond. The conversation consequently devolves into a mutual strafing of barbs to one another's supposed competency for their position. After a brief pause, M outlines the operation and sternly reminds him not to let himself get lost in his mission, for his sake.

* Trevelyan's condescending jab about Bond's alcoholism and constant womanizing, correctly deducing that he does it to hide the grief of losing ([[Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService Tracy di Vincenzo]]), the one woman he truly loved. HarsherInHindsight: [[Creator/PierceBrosnan James Bond’s actor ]] lost his wife due to ovarian cancer in 1991, four years BEFORE Brosnan’s first time acting as OO7.

--->'''M:'''[...] And if you should come across Oururumov, ''guilty or not'', I ''don't'' want you [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge running off on some kind of vendetta.]] Avenging Alec Trevelyan will not bring him back.

** Think of this reveal from Bond's point of view: He clearly spent nine years mourning Alec, probably feeling responsible for his death (it's shown that he was even going to surrender and risk the mission's failure rather than let his friend die) and angry that he's never been able to avenge him. And now, just when it seems as if he'll finally be able to kill the man who murdered him and finally get some closure, he's treated to a horrible gut punch when said friend turns up alive and well, now in charge of a dangerous criminal syndicate, only now he absolutely hates his former friend's guts. Those nine years of mourning, guilt, anger, and probably shame all come down to nothing, and the revelation clearly hits Bond like a truck.

* Nine years after the mission at Arkangelsk, it's clear that Bond still bears a heavy burden on himself over Trevelyan's death. Upon being presented with a lead suspect by M in the GoldenEye case, Ourumov, Bond's demeanor rapidly turns subtlety incandescent. The mere image of his close friend's killer is enough to provoke him to a state of tranquil fury. M proposing that her analysts ruled his involvement out due to his apparently sensitive political ambitions, invites a flippant rebuke from Bond. The conversation consequently devolves into a mutual strafing of barbs to one another's supposed competency for their position. After a brief pause, M outlines the operation, and sternly reminds him no to let himself get lost in his mission, for his sake.

* Natalya mourning her murdered friends in the ruined satellite control base of Severnaya, accompanied with the sad "Severnaya Suite" theme. She even takes the time to cover the body of one especially close friend before she climbs her way out of the smoldering ruins.

** What makes this scene particularly sad and such an effective villain reveal, is that one can't help but feel sympathetic towards Trevelyan; [[VillainHasAPoint he actually has a justifiable reason]] for wanting revenge against MI-6 and Britain, whose betrayal of his people to the Soviets wound up eventually [[DrivenToSuicide driving Trevelyan's father to killing his wife and then himself.]]

--->'''Trevelyan:''' [[ArmorPiercingResponse Once again your faith is misplaced;]] ''[[ArmorPiercingResponse they knew.]]'' We're both orphans, James. But where your parents had the luxury of dying in a climbing accident, mine survived the British betrayal and Stalin's execution squads. But my father couldn't let himself or my mother live with the shame of it. MI-6 figured I was too young to remember. And in one of life's little ironies, the son went to work for the government whose betrayal caused the father to kill himself, and his wife.
** Think of this reveal from Bond's point of view: He clearly spent nine years mourning Alec, probably feeling responsible for his death (it's shown that he was even going to surrender and risk the mission's failure rather than let his friend die) and angry that he's never been able to avenge him. And now, just when it seems as if he'll finally be able to kill the man who murdered him and finally get some closure, he's treated to a horrible gut punch when said friend turns up alive and well, now in charge of a dangerous criminal syndicate, only now he absolutely hates his former friend's guts. Those nine years of mourning, guilt, anger and probably shame all come down to nothing, and the revelation clearly hits Bond like a truck.

* Trevelyan's condescending jab about Bond's alcoholism and constant womanizing, correctly deducing that he does it to hide the grief of losing ([[Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService Tracy di Vincenzo]]), the one woman he truly loved. HarsherInHindsight: [[ Creator/PierceBrosnan James Bond’s actor ]] lost his wife due to ovarian cancer in 1991, four years BEFORE Brosnan’s first time acting as OO7.

* Trevelyan's condescending jab about Bond's alcoholism and constant womanizing, correctly deducing that he does it to hide the grief of losing ([[Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService Tracy di Vincenzo]]), the one woman he truly loved. HarsherInHindsight: [[ Creator/Pierce Brosnan James Bond’s actor ]] lost his wife due to ovarian cancer in 1991, four years BEFORE Brosnan’s first time acting as OO7.

* Trevelyan's condescending jab about Bond's alcoholism and constant womanizing, correctly deducing that he does it to hide the grief of losing ([[Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService Tracy di Vincenzo]]), the one woman he truly loved. HarsherInHindsight: [[Creator/Pierce Brosnan James Bond’s actor ]] lost his wife due to ovarian cancer in 1991, four years BEFORE Brosnan’s first time acting as OO7.

* Trevelyan's condescending jab about Bond's alcoholism and constant womanizing, correctly deducing that he does it to hide the grief of losing ([[Literature/OnHerMajestysSecretService Tracy di Vincenzo]]), the one woman he truly loved.

** Think of this reveal from Bond's point of view: He clearly spent nine years mourning Alec, probably feeling responsible for his death (it's shown that he was even going to surrender and risk the mission's failure rather than let his friend die) and angry that he's never been able to avenge him. And now, just when it seems he'll finally be able to kill the man who murdered him and finally get some closure, he's treated to a horrible gut punch when said friend turns up alive and well, now in charge of a dangerous criminal syndicate, only now he absolutely hates his former friend's guts. Those nine years of mourning, guilt, anger and probably shame all come down to nothing, and the revelation clearly hits Bond like a truck.