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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''♫ No one can catch him\
3	No hitman can match him... ♫'']]
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5	->'''Bond:''' Charming trinket. Even has my number on it.\
6	'''M:''' Precisely.\
7	'''Bond:''' Well, obviously it's useless as a bullet. I mean, sir, who would pay a million dollars to have me killed?\
8	'''M:''' Jealous husbands, outraged chefs, humiliated tailors. The list is endless!
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14	''The Man with the Golden Gun'' is the ninth film in the ''Film/JamesBond'' series by Creator/EonProductions, the fourth and last to be directed by Creator/GuyHamilton, and the second to star Creator/RogerMoore, coming out on December 18, 1974. Lulu performed the TitleThemeTune.
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16	A loose adaptation of Creator/IanFleming's [[Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenGun novel of same name]], the film has Bond sent to UsefulNotes/{{Thailand}} to track and find the [[MacGuffin Solex Agitator]], a device that can harness solar energy, while facing the famous and dreaded 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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18	This was the first Bond movie allowed to be screened in the Kremlin, where a Russian official told [[Creator/AlbertRBroccoli Cubby Broccoli]] that the KGB clearly didn't train Scaramanga very well. Possibly because there is only one mention of them in the entire movie (RedChina, on the other hand ...). It's also the last film that producer Harry Saltzman worked on, the last film to be released only one year after the film before it, and the last film to be released in winter until ''Film/GoldenEye''.
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20	Preceded by ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' and followed by ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe''.
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22	!!This film contains examples of:
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24	* AccidentalKidnapping: Goodnight leans into the trunk to plant the tracking device out of sight. Scaramanga shoves her the rest of the way and decides to take her along.
25	* ActionGirl: In a delightful subversion of the FauxActionGirl trope, two karate-kicking schoolgirls save Bond from a gang of mooks while he looks on in appreciation.
26	* ActionPrologue: Par for the course, but this time focused on [[BigBad Scaramanga]] and not Bond himself. Scaramanga is seen duelling with a mafia hitman hired by Nick Nack to keep his skills sharp.
27	* ActorAllusion: In the fight in the dancer's dressing-room, Bond sprays one of the villains in the face with an aerosol can of what is clearly Brut-33, a nod to the Fabergé company with which Creator/RogerMoore was associated.
28	* AdaptationalBadass: In the book Scaramanga did have legitimate gunfighter and marksman skills, but was overall simply a mid-level thug who happened to have a streak of good luck that got him prominent enough to be on Bond's radar. In the film he's a full-on EvilCounterpart to Bond with ImprobableAimingSkills who's actually credible when he calls himself "the world's greatest assassin". He really fits the trailer description of being "The Most Dangerous Man Alive".
29	* AdaptationalDumbass: Mary Goodnight goes from a competent assistant to Bond in the novel to a classic DumbBlonde who repeatedly screws things up for him in the movie.
30	* AdaptationalLocationChange: The book largely took place in Jamaica. The movie sees Bond visit Beirut, Thailand and Hong Kong.
31	* AdaptationalNationality: Scaramanga is of Catalonian origin in the novel, while in the movie he is British-born and has lived in Brazil.
32	* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the book, Scaramanga was an unpleasant, one-dimensional thug. In the film, he's still a villain, but much more charismatic and charming to the point of being a dark reflection of Bond.
33	* AdaptedOut: Felix Leiter is in the book, but for some reason is completely absent from the film and wouldn't appear until ''Film/TheLivingDaylights''. This is the opposite of ''Film/DrNo''.
34	* AffablyEvil: Unlike other villains, Scaramanga genuinely respects Bond. It won't stop him from killing him though. He is genuinely suave, charming, and very charismatic -- until you get on his bad side. It's interesting to note that when he reveals his dangerous side, his eyes take on a very cold look that could freeze anyone where they stand, and make them squirm; he actually manages to startle and unsettle Bond on more than one occasion. Even when he's being charming, he exudes an aura of dangerous charisma that is both frightening, and very alluring at the same time. Unlike the other villains that Bond has encountered -- before and after -- Scaramanga is not a terrorist hell bent on world domination or destruction, but an assassin who actually enjoys the thrill of the hunt when on an assignment, or when facing those who have been summoned to try and kill him in his playhouse.
35	* AllAsiansWearConicalStrawHats: Sheriff J.W. Pepper refers to the people of Thailand as "pointy heads".[[note]]This could be an UnusualEuphemism for the genuine anti-Asian slur "zipperheads", as used in ''Film/GranTorino''.[[/note]]
36	* AntagonistTitle: Scaramanga of course, whose weapon is a "multipurpose" golden pistol.
37	* AntiClimax: The Bond vs. Nick Nack fight. Of all the PostFinalBoss fights Bond has had, this was, by far, the easiest.
38	* ArtisticLicencePhysics:
39	** A 95% efficient solar cell is still way outside the reach of science, even decades after this movie was made. To put things in perspective, early 21st century solar cells achieve around 25% efficiency. Assuming the technology was released in the Bond universe after the events of this movie, it would have, as stated in the movie, ended the energy crisis, but to such an extent that it would have put every other kind of energy out of business practically overnight.
40	* ArtisticLicenceGunSafety: 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.
41	** 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.
42	** Scaramanga is shown fondling Anders with his gun as foreplay.
43	* AsianDrivers: For the most part averted, but one driver in the car chase through Bangkok is so distracted cursing out Scaramanga that he drives his car onto a FruitCart and crashes into another car.
44	* AssassinOutclassin: The pre-titles sequence has Scaramanga outwit an assassin through his funhouse. It turns out that this is a test that Nick Nack regularly puts him through to keep him on his game (and get his inheritance). The climax has Scaramanga attempt to do the same to Bond, only for Bond to outfox him by swapping places with a dummy.
45	* AuctionOfEvil: Though only if you consider multinational power companies evil. Scaramanga intends to sell the secret of the Solex Agitator to the highest bidder, granting them a monopoly. Or he'll take money from the Arab oil companies to keep solar power off the market.
46	* AvengingTheVillain: Averted; after the inevitable defeat of Scaramanga, Nick Nack hides on James' escape ship -- only to be quickly overcome and serve as a makeshift figurehead for the ship. Also, Nick Nack wasn't avenging Scaramanga, who he was actually helping Bond kill, but was mad that the fancy island base he would have inherited got destroyed.
47	* BadassBoast: World's greatest assassin Francisco Scaramanga:
48	-->'''Bond''': Six bullets to your one?
49	-->'''Scaramanga''': I only need one.
50	* BadassDriver: Bond, who performs a whole manner of (very real) stunts in the car chase. Scaramanga too, for that matter (in fact, Creator/ChristopherLee was credited as a stunt driver).
51	* BallisticDiscount: Bond questions a gunsmith about a custom bullet he made by, in part, threatening to shoot him with a rifle the man is making for a customer who has lost 2 fingers on his right hand and needs something custom balanced. Apparently, the rifle fires an inch below the target for people with 5 fingers. Bond proves this by shooting at, and missing, the gunsmith's wedding tackle.
52	-->'''Bond:''' So speak [[GroinAttack or forever hold your piece]].
53	* BattleButler: Nick Nack. When not cooking, serving drinks or hiring killers to off his boss as a training exercise, he personally goes to the field on Scaramanga's orders.
54	* BavarianFireDrill: Bond attempts to masquerade as the villain, Scaramanga, to Hai Fat -- by actually ''pasting a third nipple on himself'' and hanging out proudly by the pool. He's gambling on the idea that that Fat and Scaramanga have never actually met in person, and that Fat would only know Scaramanga by his identifying physical oddity. The plan actually works [[spoiler:but then Bond gets found out and used for practice by a Thai krabi krabong school. Turns out, Scaramanga was watching the whole time, and Hai Fat knew perfectly well Bond was a fake.]]
55	* BedlahBabe: Saida, whom Bond tracks down to find Scaramanga. This one is justified, because she ''is'' a belly dancer.
56	* BerserkButton: Unless you're another girl, never cockblock James. Nick Nack learned that the hard way.
57	* BettyAndVeronica: Goodnight and Andrea.
58	* BifurcatedWeapon: Scaramanga's gun. It's made of a lighter, a cigarette box, a pen, and a cufflink.
59	* BigBadDuumvirate: Hai Fat imagines this with Francisco Scaramanga, but Scaramanga proves him spectacularly wrong.
60	* BigBadWannabe: Hai Fat imagines that he is in charge or at least part of a BigBadDuumvirate with Francisco Scaramanga in their plot to steal the Solex device, but once the assassin has what he wants he quickly uses his signature weapon to slay Fat and then takes over his company.
61	* TheBigBoard: There's a plotting board example in a Chinese air defence room.
62	* BitPartBadGuys: Bond travels to Beirut to retrieve a golden bullet that was kept as a charm by a belly dancer. While there, he gets into a messy brawl with a couple of criminals who are apparently wholly unrelated to Scaramanga or Hai Fat. In fact, the entire sequence is rather pointless, since Scaramanga had already sent him one of his golden bullets.
63	* BizarreHumanBiology: Aside from using a golden gun and requesting a million dollars for every hit, Scaramanga is distinctively known for having a supernumerary nipple. James Bond uses a prosthetic when posing as him to Hai Fat, who has hired Scaramanga, but never met him.
64	* BlingBlingBang: The eponymous Golden Gun. While Scaramanga could have conceivably made his ScaramangaSpecial out of a number of other materials, he chose gold as a way to boast about his marksmanship skills.
65	-->'''Scaramanga:''' I only need one bullet.
66	* BondOneLiner:
67	** Scaramanga kills Hai Fat and jovially explains to his dismayed assistant:
68	-->Mr. Fat has just resigned. I'm the new chairman of the board.
69	** Goodnight has one after knocking an engineer into a tank of liquid helium:
70	-->I knocked him out cold.
71	* BondVillainStupidity:
72	** Bond takes up Hai Fat's invitation to join him for dinner in his mansion while pretending to be Scaramanga, not knowing that the ''real'' Scaramanga had already gotten in touch with the guy. When he arrives there late at night, he's incapacitated by some guards in an ambush. As they're about to kill him, Hai Fat forbids them from doing so because he doesn't want Bond killed in his home. They'll just take him somewhere else to finish him off right? Nope. Hai Fat has Bond placed in a krabi krabong school to...get beaten up? Maybe? Scaramanga rightfully ridicules Hai Fat's thinking [[spoiler:before killing him]].
73	-->'''Scaramanga:''' [[DeadpanSnarker What do they teach at that school, ballet dancing?]]
74	** 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 the monent he 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. Scaramanga is such an expert killer that he really desires a SelfImposedChallenge, even allowing his minion Nick-Nack to send other assassins after him when he least expects it.
75	* BrickJoke: The Thai street kid trying to hawk the wooden elephant to Mrs. Pepper, who's not paying any attention. When she gets off the boat, she rushes off to buy one.
76	* BriefAccentImitation: Bond mimics Sherrif Pepper's accent, "Ah shoah ayum, boah!" ("I sure am, boy") just before the bridge jump.
77	* BullyingADragon: Hai Fat is stupid enough to tell Scaramanga that he's just a lackey, treating Francisco Scaramanga like a junior partner or subordinate with some disdain, but the assassin proves him spectacularly wrong and quickly pulls off a KlingonPromotion.
78	* ButHeSoundsHandsome: James Bond impersonates Francisco Scaramanga and talks with Hai Fat. During the talk, Bond warns the man about James Bond and plays up his skills.
79	* ButtMonkey: Sheriff J.W. Pepper.
80	* CallBack:
81	** When Bond confronts Andrea as she's showering in her hotel, she asks for a towel, but instead of the larger bath towel, Bond hands her a tiny hand towel. This is similar to a scene in ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', as Bond walks in on Fiona Volpe as she's bathing, she asked him to give her something to put on, so he put her slippers in front of the tub before she simply takes the towel for her hair off to cover herself.
82	** As in [[Film/LiveAndLetDie his previous outing]], Bond uses an aerosol spray as an ImprovisedWeapon.
83	* CantBatheWithoutAWeapon: Andrea pulls a gun on Bond when he walks in on her in the shower.
84	-->'''Bond''': [[{{Pun}} A water pistol?]]
85	* TheCavalry: Lt. Hip and his [[ActionGirl nieces]], who show up JustInTime to save Bond from Hi Fat's minions. This results in a funny moment when they accidentally drive off without him!
86	* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Dummy]]: The mannequin of Bond seen in Scaramanga's funhouse during the cold opening comes in handy during the final confrontation.
87	* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: A minor example; Scaramanga lives on a luxury island in Chinese waters "rent free" in return for "an occasional favour". His island has been turned into a power plant for a revolutionary solar energy device by a Thai conglomerate, but though it's in their territory, the Chinese don't seem to have much involvement in that.
88	* ClosetShuffle: Bond forces Goodnight to hide in a closet when he is visited by Andrea. She falls asleep there, and is quite dismayed when she finds out that she spent two hours there.
89	* CollapsingLair: Scaramanga's hideout, when the helium's temperature rises too high.
90	* ContinuityNod: Bond didn't like Thai beverages in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' either.
91	* CombatPragmatist: Bond faces a trained martial artist in a karate match. When the other man bows, Bond kicks him in the throat. The next opponent comes and bows while keeping a careful eye on Bond to prevent getting sucker kicked himself.
92	* ConfrontingYourImposter: Bond turns up at Hai Fat's house pretending to be Scaramanga, thinking that he would not have met a contract killer face to face. After Bond leaves, the real Scaramanga puts on an appearance — turns out Scaramanga and Hai Fat are in business together.
93	* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: After stealing the Solex Agitator from Scaramanga, Andrea Anders arranges to hand it over to Bond at a Thai boxing match, no doubt thinking her boyfriend would be [[OvertRendezvous reluctant to kill her in front of a thousand witnesses]]. Bond sits down next to Anders and starts talking to her, only to see a neat bullethole over her heart. Scaramanga then casually sits down next to him, saying it was "a difficult shot, [[YouHaveFailedMe but most gratifying."]] Presumably he'd have to inflict spinal damage as well if she DiedStandingUp with [[DiesWideOpen her eyes open]].
94	* ConvectionShmonvection:
95	** We're told that the beam of concentrated sunlight, which goes through open air with no isolation from the machine's operator, heats up to 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit. Bond later has it lit up a few centimetres from his face.
96	** Downplayed when Bond is clearly shielding his face and in considerable discomfort from being so close to the beam. He really should be ''bursting into flames'' from his proximity to that much heat, but it's notable that he's affected by it as much as he is.
97	* CoolCar: The AMC Hornet [[TheAllegedCar is really pushing it]], but is arguably saved by pulling off an incredible spiral-jump that could only have suceeded with Bond behind the wheel.
98	* CoolPlane: The Republic RC-3 [=SeaBee=] seaplane which Bond uses to fly to the SupervillainLair, donated by a wealthy American ''Film/JamesBond'' fan (though only on the condition he fly it himself. Which he did, all the way from the United States to Thailand).
99	* CountingBullets: While Bond wanders through Scaramanga's funhouse, Nick Nack taunts him over the PA by saying "You only have three bullets left!"
100	* CutLexLuthorACheck: Averted; Scaramanga has used the Solex Agitator to power a DeathRay, but it's just a toy to amuse himself. Instead he intends to sell the technology to the highest bidder, or take a larger offer from the oil producing countries not to.
101	* DaChief: M towards Bond and Hip after Gibson's assassination.
102	-->'''M:''' Gentlemen, I congratulate you. Instead of getting our hands on a perfected solex, we're left with a useless corpse and no leads.
103	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Scaramanga, whose only companion as a child was an elephant from his father's circus that was killed by a trigger-happy handler.
104	* DastardlyDapperDerby: Nick Nack wears a more conventional bowler, albeit smaller.
105	* DeadlyTrainingArea: Scaramanga's Fun House.
106	* DeadpanSnarker: J.W. Pepper, of all people, during the car chase.
107	* DeathCourse: Scaramanga's funhouse.
108	* DeathRay: One of the few supervillain tropes in this movie. It "realistically" fires an ''invisible'' laser beam, but this only occurred because the special effects team didn't have the money to make the "golden beam of laser light" the script called for.
109	-->'''Scaramanga:''' Now that's what I call solar power.
110	-->'''Bond:''' That's what I call trouble.
111	* 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 first opponent is bowing to him, Bond takes him out with a surprise attack. The second opponent keeps both eyes on Bond to make sure he can't pull the same trick again.
112	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: J.W. Pepper, upon being re-united with Bond.
113	-->'''J.W.:''' I know you! You're that secret agent! That English secret agent from England!
114	* DepravedDwarf: Downplayed with Nick Nack. He's AffablyEvil at all times, but he does work for a renowned contract killer, and does not hesitate to try and kill others when he feels like it.
115	* DidntThinkThisThrough: The rifle Lazar has built for a three-fingered shooter is on a stand in his workshop that can swivel a full 360 degrees. He realizes what a dumb idea this is only after Bond loads it and turns it on him.
116	* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage:
117	** A piano version and a jazz version of the theme song plays in Scaramanga's funhouse.
118	* DoABarrelRoll:
119	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzCIbhLUUA0&feature=related Bond jumping with a car on a destroyed bridge.]] Yes, it was real; and yes, the producers had the guts to add a slide whistle, of all things! [[note]] The director stated in the DVD commentary that he added it because he didn't think there was a way the audiences would take such stunt seriously. [[/note]]
120	--->'''J.W.''': "You're not thinkin' of--"
121	--->'''Bond''': ''(in a Southern accent)'' "Ah shore am, boy!" ''(normal)'' "Ever heard of UsefulNotes/EvelKnievel?"
122	** Also, the first time a stunt was computer-simulated before in order to get it right.
123	** Performed by American Thrill Show stunt drivers, and done in their shows for years after.
124	** In the DVD's commentary, the director admitted that after the years he had come to regret adding the slide whistle.
125	* DoomedAppointment: Bond is scheduled to meet with Andrea Anders at a boxing venue so she can give him the Solex Agitator. [[spoiler:When he gets there he finds her dead -- murdered by Scaramanga.]]
126	* DoubleMeaningTitle: Scaramanga points out that in addition to having [[BlingBlingBang a weapon made of gold]], after the solar-powered beam is shot "You must admit I am now undeniably the Man with the Golden Gun."
127	* DragonInChief: Scaramanga. Hai Fat refers to him as his "junior partner", and Fat is the one who is actually after the MacGuffin, has most of the {{Mooks}}, and his company paid for and built Scaramanga's evil lair. But there's a reason he's not the title character.
128	* DragonTheirFeet: Nick Nack, pissed off that Scaramanga's base blew up (since it was to be his after his death), attacks Bond and Goodnight as they make their way back to civilization on the junk.
129	* DueToTheDead: After murdering Hai Fat, Scaramanga is courteous enough to honour his wishes by having his body placed in the mausoleum he loved.
130	* DuelToTheDeath: Between Bond and Scaramanga.
131	* DumbBlonde: Mary Goodnight, the most blatant example in the whole Bond series. Especially bad, considering she's supposed to be a trained agent herself (albeit in the Foreign Service, but ''still''...). In the original novel, she was actually Bond's ''secretary'', who wouldn't be expected to have field training. This lack of training apparently came through.
132	* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: 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.
133	* EatTheEvidence: Bond accidentally swallows Francisco Scaramanga's bullet (worn in the navel of a belly dancer) thanks to a heavy-handed thug. Once he gets away, he asks to be taken to a pharmacy so he can buy some medicine to help get the bullet out of his system. After delivering it to Q, he quips, "You've no idea what it went through to get here."
134	* EiffelTowerEffect: The film provides a temporary example by depicting the MI-6 Hong Kong office in the burnt out and capsized hulk of RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'', the former ocean liner that had been destroyed by arson in Hong Kong harbour the year before the film was released.
135	* EpicFail: Hip and his nieces rescue James Bond from Hai Fat's dojo. The plan goes well, until Hip drives off without Bond, despite his nieces trying to tell him that the man they were sent to rescue has been left behind.
136	* EverybodyOwnsAFord: Bond drives a Hornet, Scaramanga's driving (and flying) a Matador coupe and the police cars are Matador sedans.
137	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Scaramanga attempts to invoke the NotSoDifferentRemark 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."
138	* EvilCounterpart: Scaramanga is essentially Bond if he were a freelance killer with fewer scruples. Like Bond, he also has his own CoolCar.
139	* EvilIsBigger: As you'd expect from a character played by Christopher Lee, Scaramanga is one of the only main villains in the franchise to be taller than Bond himself. For the record, Lee stood at 6'4", in contrast to Roger Moore's 6'1".
140	* EvilLaugh: One of the features of the funhouse is a recording of a deranged version of this.
141	* EvilPaysBetter: This is part of Scaramanga's NotSoDifferentRemark 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".
142	* EvilPlan: Scaramanga wants to corner the market on solar power during the '73-'74 energy crisis. Bit of an ExcusePlot- the real meat of the story is that Scaramanga has abused his girlfriend one too many times and she has duped Bond into going after him by making it look like Scaramanga has taken a contract on his life.
143	* EyeScream: Scaramanga mentions that the abusive elephant handler killed the elephant in his charge by shooting him in the eye. Then Scaramanga emptied his stage pistol into his.
144	* FatalFlaw: Hai Fat smugly thinks his supposed Dragon Scaramanga is junior to him, but the Man with the Golden Gun proves him wrong [[KlingonPromotion in the most painful way]]. Just before killing his boss, Scaramanga even points out that Hai Fat fell for BondVillainStupidity by putting Bond in a "ballet dancing" school that knocked him out instead of killing him outright.
145	* {{Fanservice}}:
146	** The whole point of Mary Goodnight wearing a bikini (despite Scaramanga's "no concealed weapons" excuse). Especially the scene where her bottom keeps knocking against the BigRedButton, activating the killer laser. Sure, it's a Crowning Moment of Stupid, but who's going to argue with a tight close-up of Britt Ekland's booty?
147	** Were it not for the ripples of the water in the pool, Chu-Mi's one appearance would constitute full-frontal nudity.
148	** The bartender at the Bottoms Up Club presents the VisualPun on her introduction.
149	* FanserviceExtra:
150	** Bond is told that Scaramanga will be at a strip club in Hong Kong, the "Bottoms Up". A VisualPun follows with a random Chinese girl's bum filling up the screen.
151	** At Hai-Fat's residence in Bangkok, Bond finds a girl swimming naked in his pool, with the PunnyName Chu-Mi. She disappears after flirting with Bond for a bit.
152	* FlashFreezingCoolant: The technician monitoring Scaramanga's solar power facility falls into the vat of liquid helium that cools the machinery, freezing him to death. [[spoiler:It also severely impairs the coolant's actual function, leading to the whole facility going haywire]].
153	* FlyingCar: A TruthInTelevision example (though apparently without the range cited in the movie).
154	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Bond speculates that if Scaramanga hears about his meeting with Anders, he'll use one of his golden bullets on her. Sure enough, he does.
155	* FreudianThreat: Bond interrogates Lazar by pointing a gun at his groin and saying, "Speak now or forever hold your piece."
156	* GiantMook: Bond had to fight two Sumo wrestlers in one scene. He just about beats them, but then Nick Nack cheats, clocking him on the head from behind.
157	* GildedCage: Scaramanga's mistress has a luxurious life on his secret island, but she is virtually his prisoner. Also, Scaramanga doesn't restrain Goodnight in any way, reasoning that there's no way for her to leave the island anyway, so there's no harm in letting her go where she pleases. (Boy, how wrong he was...)
158	* GoingCommando: Bond encounters Chu-Mi, a beautiful Thai girl swimming in Hai Fat's pool, who invites him to join her.
159	-->'''Bond:''' I don't have any swimming trunks.
160	-->'''Chu-Mi:''' Neither do I.
161	* GoingCritical: Notably averted. There's a sign in Scaramanga's lair that reads "Absolute zero must be maintained to avoid prompt criticality." [[spoiler:When Goodnight pushes Scaramanga's technician into the liquid helium, it leads to the whole base blowing up.]]
162	* GoodIsDumb: Lampshaded by Scaramanga; while he confesses to his own moment of BondVillainStupidity, he also points out that Bond himself could have quite easily shot him as soon as the two met -- seeing how the only mooks on the island are Nick Nack and a technician -- and puts it down to Bond's sense of chivalry that he didn't do so.
163	* GoGoEnslavement: In a CallBack to ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', Scaramanga forces Mary Goodnight to wear a bikini -- a rare justification, it's so she can't have concealed weapons, a legitimate concern as Goodnight is (at least [[FauxActionGirl supposed to be]]) a trained agent. The psychological effect of forcing her to be almost totally naked in the midst of her enemies, enhancing her sense of vulnerability, is also a good reason -- you can see it when the handyman openly leers at her while they are listening to the beginning of the duel, causing her to cross her arms over her exposed midriff.
164	* 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 (and Hai Fat before him) intends to extort the oil and gas industries.
165	* GroinAttack:
166	** Bond stops a sumo wrestler's BearHug by tightening his jockstrap.
167	** Hip's karate-kicking schoolgirl nieces aid Bond in a fight against a couple of mooks and near the end of the battle, one of the mooks gets kicked in the balls from behind by one of the nieces, which causes Bond to be most impressed by it.
168	* HallOfMirrors: Used in the final confrontation between Bond and Scaramanga, and in The Teaser as well. Scaramanga ends up falling for the mirror thing in the finale.
169	* HelloAgainOfficer: James Bond had a not-terribly-pleasant encounter with Louisiana Sheriff J.W. Pepper in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', and runs into him again while Pepper just happens to be vacationing in Bangkok. Weirdly enough, the sheriff's opinion on Bond seems to have done a complete one-eighty, and he gleefully appoints himself Bond's deputy on a CarChase... for all that ''[[TheLoad that's]]'' worth.
170	* HeroOfAnotherStory: Bill Fairbanks, 002, was killed before the start of the film. The fragments of the bullet that killed him are a PlotCoupon.
171	* HiddenInPlainSight: Scaramanga's golden pistol is constructed from what appears to be an ordinary gold cigarette case and lighter, a gold pen, and a cufflink, thus enabling him to take it out and assemble it in full view of his victim without them realising what he's doing until it's too late.
172	* HitmanWithAHeart: Bond himself explains his case when Scaramanga, an assassin that does ''not'' fit this Trope, tries to convince Bond that they are similar. 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:
173	--->'''Scaramanga:''' You do not enjoy it, Mr. Bond?\
174	'''Bond:''' I admit that killing ''you'' right now would be ''quite'' enjoyable...
175	** As you might expect, Scaramanga decides to stop the pleasantries right there and make his official challenge to Bond.
176	* HolidayInCambodia: Bond travels to Thailand to question a possible associate of Scaramanga, the businessman Hai Fat. Funnily enough, Cambodia was going to be a filming location, until the political situation made that impossible.
177	* HollywoodPoliceDrivingAcademy: One of the police cars pursuing Bond crashes into the wrecked car, after swerving and skidding sideways, instead of simply moving over to the right.
178	* HollywoodDarkness: The pre-credits scene has an assassin pitted against Scaramanga. He gets the drop on Scaramanga, but Nick Nack turns the lights off, causing him to miss. We see the room flooded with red light.
179	* HollywoodSilencer: Notably averted in the opening scene, where the gangster assassin's silenced weapon is still quite loud, although that might just be a foley goof.
180	* HostileAnimatronics: The cowboy and gangsters (including ''UsefulNotes/AlCapone'', of all people) inside Scaramanga's Fun House shoot at the people Scaramanga lures into it for his training with live targets, but it's only blanks. The real danger comes from Scaramanga himself, when he manages to reach his golden gun.
181	* HumanHeadOnTheWall: DiscussedTrope when Bond confronts Scaramanga.
182	-->'''Scaramanga:''' [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim I could have shot you down when you landed]], [[NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction but that would have been ridiculously easy]]. You see, Mr. Bond, like every great artist, [[MagnumOpus I want to create an indisputable masterpiece once in my lifetime]]: The death of 007, mano a mano, face to face, will be mine.
183	-->'''Bond:''' You mean stuffed and mounted over your rocky mantelpiece?
184	-->'''Scaramanga:''' It's an amusing idea, but I was thinking more in terms of history. [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny A duel between titans]]. My golden gun against your Walther PPK. Each of us with a 50-50 chance.
185	* HumanLadder: Bond stands on Lt. Hip's shoulders to get a view into Hai Fat's residence. Despite seeing loads of security, Bond hops the wall and lets himself in.
186	* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Scaramanga likes to hunt at the beginning and the end of the film.
187	* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Scaramanga's technician caresses Goodnight ''very'' suggestively while Scaramanga and Bond have their duel.
188	* IllKillYou: Nick Nack to Bond, during their fight at the end.
189	* IKEAWeaponry: Scaramanga keeps his gun disassembled to pass it safely through customs.
190	* ImprovisedWeapon
191	** In the fight at Saida's room, [[ChairmanOfTheBrawl a chair]], a spray can, [[GrievousBottleyHarm a bottle]] and lastly a mirror are used to hurt a human being.
192	** Bond wards off Fat's mooks with the prop of a longtail boat.
193	* InNameOnly: The plot of the book and the film are fairly far off. In the book Bond goes to only one place (Jamaica), Scaramanga isn't the BigBad type he is in the film and the Solex Agitator isn't even a part of it.
194	* ImprobableAimingSkills: Scaramanga's gun fires a 4.2mm bullet. A calibre that small (.165) has no stopping power to speak of unless you hit a point guaranteed to be an instant kill. But then, this is Scaramanga, a crack shot who ''always'' does.
195	** It should also be noted that a gold bullet in 4.2mm would still be twice the mass of a 7.62 NATO round (and probably require some kind of super propellant).
196	* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:Hai Fat]] coughs briefly after he's shot.
197	* InformedAbility: [[DumbBlonde Mary]] [[TheDitz Goodnight]] is a trained MI-6 agent ... apparently.
198	* InstantDeathBullet: Every single person shot by Scramanga dies immediately. This is made more notable by the fact that Scaramanga's gun uses custom made bullets of an absurdly low caliber [[note]]4.2mm[[/note]], making them ''less'' likely to kill anyone they hit than bullets fired from a normal gun... unless the man firing it is a spectacularly skilled marksman, which it is established that Scaramanga is. There are places on the human body other than the head where a bullet will indeed kill instantly, and presumably Scaramanga would know of them.
199	* IslandBase: Scaramanga's private island is probably the best example of the trope.
200	* {{Jerkass}}: [[EnforcedTrope Inflicted upon Bond by the studio, in an effort to counteract Roger Moore's natural urbanity.]] Bond is infamously a total ''asshole'' throughout this film, threatening to break a woman's arm, slapping said woman, threatening to blow off a guy's testicles, and later pushing a kid salesman ("''bloody tourist!''") into a rapid stream during a boat chase. Having sex with Anders while Goodnight, ''who he was just about to have sex with'', is hiding in the closet. [[WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack And then she still has sex with Bond at the end!]] This could be viewed as reversing the changes of previous movies, as the Bond of the books started off as a much more ruthless, cold-blooded and racist {{Jerkass}} than is generally portrayed (at least up until the second ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006''. Or ''Film/LicenceToKill'', anyway), plus the undeniable fact that this is ''exactly'' how a real life agent would behave -- you don't get to save the world without, at the very least, ''threatening'' violence. And keep in mind though that in this one, he also has a target on his back from the beginning, so like most other people who are being threatened, he's understandably willing to go to extreme lengths to save his hide. Of course, it still doesn't justify everything he does, but it's got to play a part in some of his actions. He may also be unusually angry because (to paraphrase his own sentiments) the entire affair's seemingly a massive waste of his time and caused by one assassin being bored and envious of him.
201	* JustBetweenYouAndMe: After Bond and Scaramanga finally meet, Scarmanaga shows him around his island and explains his operation, concentrating on the solar energy collection setup.
202	* KidnappedByAnAlly: Lieutenant Hip doesn't seem to feel any need to inform Bond that the reason he's being arrested and taken out on a police launch to the middle of nowhere ''isn't'' so that they can dispose of him with no witnesses - it's so that he get a mission assignment from his boss, who is cleverly concealed in a shipwreck.
203	* KingpinInHisGym: Scaramanga has a warped relationship with his diminutive manservant Nick Nack; in the event of his death, Nick Nack inherits everything... in return for Nick Nack actually ''trying'' to kill him by hiring the best assassins in the world for Scaramanga to pit his skills against.
204	* KissOfDistraction: Bond makes out with Saida in her dressing room in an attempt to get the spent golden bullet she uses as a navel charm. He then [[AnywhereButTheirLips crouched down and started intimately kissing her bare stomach, praising how sexy her abs are]]. Bond continues to make out with her belly until he manages to pluck out the gold bullet from her navel.
205	* KlingonPromotion: Scaramanga takes over [[spoiler: Hai Fat's business corporation this way, by shooting him with his Golden Gun and steals the [[McGuffin Solex Agitator]] as well. An assistant to Hai Fat arrives shortly after Scaramanga kills Hai Fat]]. Scaramanga then leaves [[spoiler: Hai Fat's]] office and makes a BondOneLiner of his own:
206	-->'''Assistant''': What happened?
207	-->'''Scaramanga''': [[spoiler: Mr. Fat]] has just resigned. I'm the new chairman of the board.
208	-->''(after exiting the office)''
209	-->'''Scaramanga''': He always did like that mausoleum. Put him in it!
210	* LandOfDragons: Two different locales, actually, none of them the mainland. The first is UsefulNotes/HongKong, the second is Scaramanga's island lair, somewhere in the Chinese-controlled part of the South China Sea.
211	* LandmarkingTheHiddenBase: The wreck of RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' is used as an [=MI6=] base.
212	* LegendaryInTheSequel: Scaramanga wishes to fight James Bond because of his reputation as the best.
213	* LetMeGetThisStraight: Bond informs of Scaramanga's getaway:
214	-->'''M:''' So if I understand it, Scaramanga got away.
215	-->'''Bond''': Yes, sir.
216	-->'''M''': In a car that sprouted wings!
217	* LighterAndSofter: Easily one of the most jarring examples of this in the series, with the film's over-reliance on comedy regularly earning it scorn from many longtime Bond fans. Notably, it has the lowest kill count of any Bond film, with Bond himself killing just one person -- [[spoiler:Scaramanga]] -- in the entire film.
218	* LittleUselessGun: The 4.2mm handgun should be this, but since it's only used by Scaramanga, who has ImprobableAimingSkills, every shot is an instant one-hit kill. Bond-based video games that include the gun continue to make both it and gold-plated variations of whichever Walther pistol Bond swears by for that game an instant kill, regardless of who's using it (or sometimes even what is being shot with it), as a MythologyGag.
219	* LoadBearingBoss: Averted. Scaramanga's death has no impact on the collapse of his lair, which was the result of Goodnight shoving Scaramanga's technician into a liquid helium vat, which destabilized the power station.
220	* MacGuffin: The Solex Agitator only exists as a reason for Bond to keep chasing after Scaramanga, once he realises that Scaramanga isn't actually intent on killing him.
221	* 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. [[spoiler:He hasn't; Anders sent the bullet in the hope that Bond would kill Scaramanga.]]
222	* MasqueradingAsTheUnseen: Subverted. M tells Bond that no one knows what Scaramanga looks like. Later Bond assumes that when Hai Fat hired Scaramanga they never met. He decides to meet Hai Fat while posing as Scaramanga. It turns out Hai Fat ''had'' met Scaramanga and knew Bond was an imposter.
223	* TheMillstone: Mary Goodnight, especially while Bond is trying to retrieve the Solex Agitator in Scaramanga's lair. She accidentally hits the giant, candy-like button with her ''ass'', almost setting off the doomsday thingy while Bond is inside it trying to disable it. Holy crow, maybe not the dumbest Bond girl ever, but a contender.
224	* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: 007 receives gold-plated bullet → theft of device used for controlling solar energy.
225	* ModestyTowel: Riffed when James Bond surprises Andrea Anders in the shower. She tells him to hand her a towel, so he does. Only it's a hand towel.
226	* {{Mooks}}:
227	** Averted. As opposed to several other Bond films, Scaramanga's hideout is staffed by only two henchmen. [[spoiler: Both of them live longer than their boss does, and one even makes it all the way through!]]
228	** Played straight with Hai Fat, who has several armed guards at his home and an entire school of homicidal martial artists.
229	* MythologyGag: Instead of the famous custom gun of the film, the titular Golden Guns of the book are a Colt Single Action Army and a Derringer. Nick Nack holds Bond up in the stadium with a Derringer and Scaramanga uses a Colt SAA to shoot a bottle of champagne on his beach - which he then proceeds to call a ''harmless toy'', which could also count as a possible TakeThat to his book counterpart who is considered one of the weaker villains of the series.
230	** As Bond arrives at Scaramanga's island, he's greeted by Nick Nack, who offers him some Dom Perignon '64, to which Bond says "I prefer the '62, myself.", referencing that the third Bond film, ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'', also directed by Guy Hamilton, was released in 1964, while the first Bond film, ''Film/DrNo'' was released in 1962. This, in turn, references the scene from ''Dr. No'' when Bond tries to attack Dr. No with a bottle of Dom Perignon '55, to which Bond said "I prefer the '53, myself.", which referenced that the third Bond novel, ''Literature/{{Moonraker}}'', was published in 1955, while the first Bond novel, ''Literature/CasinoRoyale'', was published in 1953.
231	* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: When Scaramanga meets Bond [[spoiler:after killing Andrea]], he introduces himself as "Scaramanga. Francisco Scaramanga".
232	* NearMissGroinAttack: [[InvokedTrope Invoked.]] Lazar says his custom-made rifle will fire one inch too low for anyone who has all his fingers. Bond threatens him with said rifle (see FreudianThreat, also above), but when Lazar doesn't talk, Bond fires -- between the man's legs.
233	--->'''Bond:''' You're right -- one inch too low!
234	* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
235	** Bond successfully retrieves the Solex Agitator and gives it to Lieutenant Hip, who gives it to Mary Goodnight. Instead of focusing on getting the Solex to M, Goodnight decides to plant a bug on Scaramanga's car. She succeeds...only to have Scaramanga toss her into the trunk. Worse still, Goodnight still has the Solex with her. Scaramanga had no intention of killing Bond, he was just after the Solex. Had Goodnight just taken the Solex, he'd have nothing.
236	** Also, the CollapsingLair is due to Goodnight pushing a mook into a liquid helium tank.
237	* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: Scaramanga's justification for why he [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim doesn't just shoot Bond]]; it'd be too ''easy'', and Scaramanga, considering Bond his rival (if not equal) in skill, wants an actual duel between them to make Bond's death personally satisfying.
238	* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: James Bond travels to Scaramanga's island with the intent of killing him and rescuing his partner [[Creator/BrittEkland Miss Goodnight]]. Scaramanga welcomes him to the island, gives him a guided tour and invites him to lunch (with Miss Goodnight wearing a bikini rather than evening wear). During lunch, Scaramanga challenges Bond to a duel to the death, and Bond accepts. Superbly parodied [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aMmtNpHqzs here]].
239	* NoOSHACompliance: Scaramanga's laser has a maintenance access area mere inches from the path of the beam, which can be switched on if someone so much as bumps the control panel. Additionally, his complex's power source involves uncovered vats of cryogenic liquid, which naturally have catwalks above them from which it is easy to fall (including one section right next to a vat conspicuously missing a safety railing). Did we mention the whole thing ''explodes'' if something (like, say, a body) causes the temperature to rise?
240	* NobodyHereButUsStatues:
241	** Rather convenient for Scaramanga to keep a statue of James Bond in his funhouse of death.
242	** Nick Nack and the sumo wrestlers pull the same trick in Hai Fat's house to ambush Bond when he goes through its garden the second time.
243	* NotSoAbandonedBuilding: The burned and capsized wreck of the RMS ''Queen Elizabeth'' in Hong Kong harbour serves as a base.
244	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Scaramanga is clearly envious of James Bond, putting a wax statue of the man in his shooting gallery and desiring a titanic duel so he can finally prove he is the best killer in the world. When they meet at Scaramanga's island resort in the climax, Scaramanga tells Bond how similar he feels they are, especially in how they both enjoy killing, albeit in a manner dripping with barely-veiled contempt.
245	-->'''Bond:''' You live well, Scaramanga.
246	-->'''Scaramanga:''' At a million dollars a contract I can afford to, Mr. Bond. You work for peanuts. A hearty 'Well done!' from Her Majesty and a pittance of a pension. Apart from that, we are the same.
247	* NotSoSimilar: Bond thinks Scaramanga's comparison between them is total bunk, and doesn't mind saying so. The only thing he agrees with is that he does enjoy disposing of Her Majesty's enemies.
248	-->'''Bond:''' There's a useful four letter word. And you're full of it. When I kill, it's on the direct orders of my government. And the men I kill are themselves killers.
249	* NudityEqualsHonesty: Scaramanga forces the captive Mary Goodnight into a bikini for this reason.
250	-->I like a girl in a bikini. No concealed weapons.
251	* OhCrap:
252	** Scaramanga has two of these early in the film, while evading the Mob hitman Rodney. First occurs when he tries to open his gun cabinet, only to discover it's been locked by Nick Nack. The second occurs when he tries to grab his Golden Gun, only it's just a reflection in a mirror.
253	** When Bond realizes Scaramanga is going to show him the power of the Solex Agitator on his seaplane.
254	** Bond [[PlummetPerspective drops his gun]] [[spoiler:while under the funhouse. Luckily, there's another Walther PPK nearby...in the hands of the Bond mannequin.]]
255	** Nick Nack has one when [[spoiler: he loses track of Bond in the funhouse, as he's already climbing down the scaffolding.]]
256	* OhNoNotAgain: Bond is anything but thrilled to see Sheriff Pepper again.
257	-->'''Pepper''': Now, I know you.
258	-->'''Bond''': Oh, no.
259	-->'''Pepper''': You're that secret agent. That English secret agent from England.
260	* OneBulletLeft: Happens with the final confrontation between Bond and Scaramanga; the latter only has a single-shot weapon, and Nick Nack taunts Bond with the fact that "You have only three bullets left" at one point.
261	-->'''Bond''': My six bullets against your one?
262	-->'''Scaramanga''': [[BadassBoast I only need one]].
263	* OneHitKill: The titular Golden Gun is able to kill anyone with just one shot. Probably the reason why the gun chamber was designed to hold one bullet at a time.
264	* OnlyALighter: Inversion: the titular gun is also a working cigarette lighter when not being used to shoot.
265	* OutdoorBathPeeping: Bond visits Hai Fat's compound, and comes across a young woman skinny-dipping in a fountain. (And amazingly enough, ''she'' flirts with ''him''.)
266	* OvertRendezvous: Bond is scheduled to meet with Andrea Anders at a boxing venue so she can give him the Solex Agitator. When he gets there [[spoiler: he finds her dead -- murdered by Scaramanga.]]
267	* PaperThinDisguise: {{Subverted}} when James Bond tries to pose as Francisco Scaramanga and gain information from Hai Fat simply by wearing a fake third nipple. Bond thinks this will work, because nobody knows what Scaramanga looks like, and he has always, up to now, dealt with his clients via intermediaries; the third nipple is his only known distinguishing feature. Unbeknownst to Bond, Scaramanga has a new goal in mind and ''has'' met with Hai Fat personally this time, so he isn't fooled, but plays along with Bond for now.
268	* PayEvilUntoEvil: Scaramanga tells Bond how he killed an abusive animal handler -- by emptying his stage pistol into his eye after he did the same to his favourite elephant.
269	* PhallicWeapon: Scaramanga makes love only before he kills, and it's clear from one scene with Anders that the gun is a penis substitute (he's caressing Anders with it suggestively as they lie in bed).
270	* PostClimaxConfrontation: Nick Nack tries to attack Bond on the junk after he's defeated Scaramanga... like he had any chance.
271	* PreMortemOneLiner: When Hai Fat says that Bond's presence in Bangkok has become a problem, Scaramanga, right before killing Hai Fat with the Golden Gun, replies "That's no problem."
272	* ProductPlacement: Tabasco Sauce. And AMC Motors, which is why Bond isn't booting around in an Aston Martin or BMW in this one. Also an early example of the series' long-standing love affair with Creator/{{Sony}}.
273	* 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 NotSoDifferentRemark on Bond, but 007 shuts him down on this.
274	* PsychoForHire: Scaramanga is a ProfessionalKiller who doesn't care whom he kills, even those who ''hire'' him.
275	* PunchClockVillain: Scaramanga only goes after Bond when he tries to interfere with his plans, which Bond had only uncovered because he was led to believe Scaramanga had been hired to take out a contract on him.
276	* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: Minor example when Bond faces two sumo wrestlers. After beating one off, he gets carried by the other, and tries to beat him, to the beat of the soundtrack no less -- but the guy doesn't even flinch. Bond has to give the poor wrestler a painful wedgie in order to escape.
277	* PunkInTheTrunk: While Mary Goodnight is trying to hide a homing device in the trunk of Scaramanga's car, she's shoved into the trunk and the car is driven away. She eventually gets the trunk open, only to find she's hundreds of feet in the air.
278	* PunnyName: Chu-Mi and Hai Fat.
279	* RampJump: There's a visually impressive corkscrew jump across a river, although for some reason they decided that it just ''had'' to be accompanied by a stupid cartoon-style slide whistle sound effect.
280	** Perhaps on purpose, because the originator of the Jump, who refused to ever reveal how it's done, never wanted anyone else to try it. Thus the addition of the slide-whistle would make it seem simply impossible to do.
281	* {{Ramprovisation}}: The cool broken-bridge improvised ramp that leads to the car making a 360 degree jump.
282	* RedChina: China is implied to be connected to the main villains... in fact the evil lair is located in Red Chinese waters.
283	* RedRightHand: Scaramanga has three nipples.
284	* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Mary Goodnight, while being held prisoner on his private island by Scaramanga, is forbidden any clothes other than a bikini; Scaramanga's excuse is that he wants to make sure she has no weapons concealed.
285	* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Britain really was going through an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970s_energy_crisis energy crisis in the 1970s,]] more exactly the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis 1973 oil crisis.]]
286	* RunningIntoTheWindow: Bond is trying to navigate Scaramanga's lair and walks into a clear glass wall.
287	* ScaramangaSpecial: The Golden Gun itself. Scaramanga combines specially designed parts disguised as a pen, a cigarette lighter, a cigarette box and a cuff link. The [[TropeNamers/{{Film}} Trope Namer]] and [[TropeMakers Trope Maker]].
288	* SealedWithAKiss: Bond disconnects a phone call from M to make out with Mary Goodnight.
289	* SequelEscalation: Averted. The plot is rather down-to-earth (no world domination plots), especially before ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' and ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' played this trope straight. However, as seen in LighterAndSofter above, that doesn't necessarily mean that it's regularly considered a better film for this reason.
290	* SequenceBreaking: While Bond walks into the same funhouse trap as the assassin in the intro, he fares a lot better because he refuses to play into their game and simply finds the edge of the maze so the cameras will lose track of him. This results in him beating Scaramanga since Nick Nack can't give his boss any more hints or sabotage his opponent.
291	* {{Sexophone}}: A very saucy sax soundtrack bit plays when Bond woos the belly dancer in Beirut to steal her the golden bullet of Scaramanga that she keeps as charm on her navel.
292	* SexSignalsDeath: [[spoiler:Andrea Anders has sex with Bond to help convince him to kill her boyfriend, only to be murdered by Scaramanga when he finds out.]]
293	* SexSlave: Andrea Anders serves as this for Scaramanga.
294	* ShootingGallery: Scaramanga's funhouse.
295	* ShouldersUpNudity: PlayedWith. After Mary Goodnight and Bond have a make-out session on Scaramanga's ship, she's shown holding up a sheet covering her body with her shoulders exposed. She drops the sheet and reveals that she's wearing a Modesty Towel.
296	* ShoutOut: Scaramanga's funhouse, especially the hall of mirrors, was no doubt inspired by ''Film/TheLadyFromShanghai''.
297	* ShutUpHannibal: Bond's response to Scaramanga's assertion that, bar the paycheck, he and Bond [[NotSoDifferentRemark are the same]]:
298	-->There's a useful four letter word. [[PrecisionFStrike And you're full of it.]]
299	* SightedGunsAreLowTech: Scaramanga is a good enough of a marksman that, even though the pen clip that is part of his gun is in the correct position for a sight, he only aims obviously with it once.
300	* SilverBullet: Scaramanga is equipped with a golden gun (assembled from ordinary-looking parts) which is then loaded with custom-caliber, gold bullets engraved with the name of their targets. Averted because the bullets have no supernatural powers -- Scaramanga is ''really that good''.
301	* SkinnyDipping: Bond finds a woman swimming naked in a swimming pool. She invites him to join her, and he politely declines until she asks again. The people he was waiting to meet interrupt him before he can cast off his clothes.
302	* SleepingDummy: Referenced: When Mary Goodnight is hiding under the covers, James Bond tells Andrea Anders that he was using the "three-pillow trick."
303	* SniperPistol: Scaramanga uses his golden pistol to shoot Gibson on a sidewalk while hiding on a rooftop across the street.
304	* SoldierVsWarrior: Francisco Scaramanga is a dedicated and straightforward assassin who scorns Hai Fat for trying to kill James Bond by setting him against a dojo of martial artists. On the other hand, Scaramanga is gradually established to be something of a warrior at heart, growing bored with his increasingly mundane life and being happy at finally having a WorthyOpponent in Bond.
305	* SpyShip: An odd variation. James Bond discovers that the partially sunken RMS Queen Elizabeth in Hong Kong Victoria harbor has been turned into a British listening post for spying on the Chinese.
306	* TheStarscream:
307	** "Mr. Fat has just resigned. I'm the new Chairman of the Board."
308	** Nick Nack hires various assassins to kill Scaramanga to keep him on the edge. Subverted in that unlike most other examples, Scarmanaga not only knows about it all, but has specifically made it Nick Nack's job in order to constantly test him -- if he ever succeeds, Nick Nack inherits his boss' money -- and even quite enjoys the exercise.
309	* StartOfDarkness: Halfway through the film, Scaramanga tells his backstory to Bond while watching a kickboxing match.
310	-->'''Scaramanga:''' When I was a boy, I was brought up in a circus. My only real friend was a huge, magnificent, African bull elephant. One day, his handler mistreated him and he went berserk. Bleeding, dying, he came and found me, stood on one leg, his best trick, picked me up and put me on his back. The drunken handler came along and emptied his gun into his eye. I emptied my stage pistol into his! You see, Mr. Bond, I always thought I loved animals. Then I discovered that I enjoyed killing people even more.
311	* StormingTheCastle: Bond in a plane.
312	* SumoWrestling: Hai Fat has two statues of them on his manor grounds; when Bond comes at night on a dinner invitation, the statues are replaced with real ones whom he has to deal with.
313	* SurpriseSlideStaircase: Scaramanga has one of these in his lair. In the opening segment he uses it to slide down and grab his golden gun to kill an assassin.
314	* SuspectIsHatless: As Bond talks to Miss Anders about Scaramanga. Anders does provide an actually useful description after this, such as the fact that Scaramanga is a VillainInAWhiteSuit and prefers gold jewelry.
315	-->'''Bond:''' How will I recognize him?\
316	'''Anders:''' Tall, slim and dark.\
317	'''Bond:''' So's my aunt.\
318	'''Anders:''' Yes, but how can I tell you? He's not like other men. [gestures toward her chest] He has three...\
319	'''Bond:''' Fascinating anatomical tidbit. But probably the most useless piece of information I've ever heard. Unless, of course, the "Bottoms Up" is a strip club and Scaramanga is performing.[[note]]It actually ''is'' a strip club, but Scaramanga doesn't perform.[[/note]]
320	* TakeAThirdOption: With the then-unseen Scaramanga after him, M gives Bond the choice to either resign or take a sabbatical and lay low. Bond decides instead to go on the offensive and seek out Scaramanga himself
321	-->'''Bond:''' If I find him first, sir, that might change the situation.\
322	'''M:''' Dramatically, wouldn't you say?
323	* TallDarkAndHandsome: Andrea Anders describes Scaramanga to Bond as "tall, slim, and dark." Bond remarks that his aunt matches that description, too.
324	* ATankardOfMooseUrine: Bond is offered a wine with the UnfortunateName of "Phu Yuck". Bond snarkily notes that he approves -- but he's actually referring to Goodnight's dress.
325	* TapOnTheHead: Nick Nack knocks Bond out with a trident.
326	* TemptingFate:
327	** Hai Fat building his own mausoleum.
328	** InUniverse: Scaramanga has left Nick Nack all his money in his will. Nick Nack in return arranges for various {{Professional Killer}}s to murder his boss, but this is actually ''what Scaramanga wants'', since it helps him keep his skills sharp.
329	* TenPacesAndTurn: Subverted -- it's 20 for a start. Scaramanga disappears while Bond's back is turned, leading to a hunt.
330	* ThatsWhatICallX:
331	-->'''Scaramanga''': ''[Destroys Bond's sea plane with a solar-powered weapon]'' Now that's what I call solar power.
332	-->'''Bond''': That's what I call trouble.
333	* ThemeTuneCameo: When Sherriff J.W Pepper sees Bond pass by on a speedboat, a snippet of the theme from ''Live and Let Die'' plays.
334	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Bond visibly thinks this when Sheriff Pepper recognises him.
335	* ThugDojo: The martial arts school where Hai Fat has Bond sent to is a place where students DuelToTheDeath in front of the kru[[note]]the Thai equivalent of "sensei"[[/note]], likely what Hai Fat intended for Bond. (Bond cheats against the first student who tries to fight him, the second is far more careful.)
336	* TitleDrop: When Bond is asked if he has heard of Scaramanga, he uses the title to describe him. Scaramanga later uses it as well, referring to his solar-powered laser.
337	* TooDumbToLive: Mary Goodnight and Sheriff J.W. Pepper. Unfortunately, they both do.
338	* TrackingDevice: Mary Goodnight has one as a button on her clothing. [=MI6=] uses it to locate her after Scaramanga kidnaps her.
339	* TripleNipple: As Andrea Anders says, "Scaramanga is not like other men." The gene that triggers breast formation [[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16140987 was named after him]].
340	* UnknownRival: This is the case for the first half of the film. James Bond is tracking down Scaramanga on the basis of the bullet carved with his number which was sent to [=MI6=] and interpreted as a threat. The bullet was actually [[spoiler:sent by Scaramanga's assistant Andrea, who wanted Bond to kill him, and Scaramanga even admits when he meets Bond that he has nothing against him.]]
341	* UnwantedAssistance: Goodnight blocks Bond's taxi, gets kidnapped uselessly trying to plant an unnecessary tracking bug while carrying the Solex Agitator, causes a chain reaction by knocking out the man keeping watch on her, and triggers the solar beam where Bond is working.
342	* UselessProtagonist: Other than retrieving the Solex Agitator [[spoiler: and killing Scaramanga]], Bond doesn't really accomplish anything throughout the film. Albeit at least retrieving the Solex Agitator was Bond's original mission.
343	* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Mary Goodnight and Scaramanga use their Compartments.
344	* VillainOpeningScene: The pre-credits sequence focuses on Scaramanga.
345	* VillainousFriendship: Scaramanga and Nick Nack, who have a peculiar but affectionate relationship. The former in general is one of the few Bond villains to avert the BadBoss trope, no doubt helped by only having two employees and one of them being his heir.
346	* TheVillainSucksSong: The innuendo-laden Lulu song. "He has a powerful weapon", apparently. "Who will he bang? We shall see..."
347	* WackySoundEffect: The ''visually'' impressive RampJump car stunt which is accompanied by a silly cartoony slide-whistle sound. Many fans were very upset that one of the most spectacular car stunts in film history was essentially ruined this way, effectively sabotaging the entire chase scene of which the stunt was part. The scene is thus often considered to symbolize everything that many considered wrong about the 1970's Bond films.
348	* WackyWaysideTribe: The gangster Scaramanga uses to test his abilities in the opening.
349	* WaitHere: After killing Scaramanga, Bond tells Mary Goodknight to "wait here" while he takes care of the maintenance man. Goodknight enthusiastically tells him that she's already taken care of the maintenance man (she hit him over the head with a wrench).
350	* WalkingDisasterArea: Goodnight's incompetence and clumsiness causes so many disasters, you almost wonder how she manages to survive to the climax, where she slugs Scaramanga's crony, causing him to fall into a cooling tank (eventually causing the whole island to blow up) then backing into the starter button for the laser, turning it on. (Bond is ''very'' lucky the cloud didn't move a second earlier...)
351	* WeDontNeedRoads: Scaramanga has a car that can fly (with an attachable wing and engine).
352	* WealthyYachtOwner: Scaramanga owns a Chinese junk.
353	* WhamShot: During the big duel at the funhouse, Scaramanga goes near the statue of Bond where he finished off the last person out to get him. Then there's a shot from behind the statue, and its fingers that he shot off before has [[NobodyHereButUsStatues somehow come back]]....
354	* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: {{Lampshaded}}.
355	-->'''Scaramanga:''' I could've shot you down when you were in your plane, [[NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction but it would've been ridiculously easy.]]
356	** Notably, this is the first of only four Bond movies (the others being ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'', ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', and ''Film/NoTimeToDie'') where Bond dispatches a BigBad by gunshot.
357	* WickedCultured: Scaramanga is rich, played by Christopher Lee, which already makes him suave and dangerous, and he even had an eco-friendly SupervillainLair... located in the Phang Nga Bay.
358	** Somewhat averted when Scaramanga shows Bond the solar energy plant built by Hai Fat and then says:
359	-->'''Scaramanga:''' Science was never my strong point.
360	* WorthyOpponent: How Scaramanga sees Bond. Bond begs to differ.
361	* WouldHitAGirl: Bond nearly breaks Andrea Anders' arm interrogating her.
362	* WrongGenreSavvy: When the Thai police catch up with Bond and Pepper, Pepper tries to explain the situation, thinking that as a Louisiana sheriff they'd surely trust him. Turns out, the police aren't an international brotherhood, and they handcuff him.
363	* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: The Bottom's Up Club is indeed a strip club; making 007's remark earlier coincidentally accurate. The waitress' chest is concealed via GodivaHair.
364	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Scaramanga practically telegraphs this just with his glance immediately after Hai Fat naively hands him over the Solex Agitator in a move to keep it out of Bond's reach.
365	* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Bond is very displeased by [[BigBad Scaramanga]]'s compliments as one ProfessionalKiller to another.
366	-->'''Scaramanga:''' (''raising his glass'') To us, Mr. Bond. We are the best.
367	-->'''Bond:''' [[ShutUpHannibal There's a useful 4-letter word, and you're full of it]].

Context Film / TheManWithTheGoldenGun