Character sheet for the novel and James Bond film Thunderball.
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MI6
Pinder
Pinder
Played by: Earl Cameron
Pinder, a native Bahamian, works for the British Secret Service in Nassau. Operating from the basement of his boating supplies shop, Symonette Marine Store, he assists James Bond in his investigation of Emilio Largo.
- Only One Name: Pinder's first name is never mentioned.
Bond's Allies
Domino
Dominique "Domino" Derval (film) / Dominetta "Domino" Vitali (novel)
"So... what sharp little eyes you've got!"
Played by: Claudine Auger
"You don't get far in the Italian theatre by being able to walk about with a book balanced on your head."
In the film, Dominique "Domino" Derval is Emilio Largo's French mistress and the sister of François Derval, the NATO pilot who was killed and impersonated by Angelo Palazzi.
In the novel, Dominetta "Domino" Vitali (born Petacchi) is a former Italian actress and the sister of Giuseppe Petacchi, who was secretly murdered by Largo.
- Adaptational Backstory Change: The film omits her backstory about being a former actress.
- Adaptational Name Change: She was originally called Dominetta Vitali (born Petacchi).
- Adaptational Nationality: Italian in the novel, French in the movie.
- Adaptational Wimp: Downplayed. While she still kills Largo and saves Bond, in the novel she escaped on her own (rather than Kutz doing a Heel–Face Turn and freeing her) and Bond is fighting Largo underwater, so that she both kills Largo and saves Bond from drowning.
- Affectionate Nickname: Her friends nickname her Domino.
- Alliterative Name: In the film, where her real name is Dominique Derval.
- Beware the Nice Ones: After beating and torturing her, she has no problems with putting a harpoon in Largo's back.
- Break the Cutie: First her brother dies, then she finds out that her guardian is a master criminal who murdered her brother, then said guardian tortures her.
- Color Motif: In keeping with her namesake, her clothes are black and white - black swimsuit, white dress and black and white bikini.
- Damsel in Distress: She gets captured trying to locate the bombs with a Geiger counter hidden in a photo camera.
- The Dog Bites Back: Comes back to shoot a spear in Largo's back after he tortured her.
- Everything Sounds Sexier in French: In the movie, the character's name and backstory were retconned from Italian to French to fit the actress' nationality.
- Fluffy Fashion Feathers: First appears in a white wrap trimmed with white feathers.
- Girl of the Week: She's the main Bond Girl of the film.
- Horrible Judge of Character: Downplayed, but she seems to legitimately have no idea Largo is evil until Bond tells her about his plot near the end, despite him having a pool filled with killer sharks on his property, among other things.
- The Mistress: When Bond meets her, she's publicly known as Largo's niece, which she thinks is better than "mistress" or "kept woman". She implies she currently feels trapped in the relationship, which helps explain why she was so receptive to Bond's advances.Bond: I understand you're Mr Largo's niece.
Domino: It sounds better than... What would you say? "Mistress"? "Kept woman"?
Bond: I wouldn't say that. Where did you meet him?
Domino: In Capri. I was there with my brother, François. Strange. I found Emilio attractive... then. - Ms. Fanservice: Claudine Auger was Miss France Monde and was also the first runner-up in the 1958 Miss World contest, and it shows.
- Nice Girl: Undoubtedly one of the sweetest and most pleasant Bond girls and is always friendly to Bond. She's also the nicest person on a boat filled with sadists and murderers. This makes her being tortured by Largo even more cruel.
- Revenge: She shoots Largo in the back with a harpoon gun for the murder of her brother and for torturing her.
- Sex–Face Turn: Part of what makes her join Bond's side. The other part is The Reveal of what actually happened to her brother.
- Walking Swimsuit Scene: Out of all the actresses in the film, she has the most prominent amount of swimsuit scenes.
- You Killed My Father: She kills Largo to avenge her brother.
Paula Caplan
Paula Caplan
Played by: Martine Beswick
A MI6 operative in Nassau in the film.
- Better to Die than Be Killed: She takes a Cyanide Pill after being abducted by Fiona Volpe.
- Ms. Fanservice: She has a Walking Swimsuit Scene at one point.
- Sacrificial Lion: She's killed partway through the story to show that the mission is as dangerous as it seems.
- Walking Swimsuit Scene: She wears a swimsuit at one point.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Little is known about her before her death.
SPECTRE
Emilio Largo
Emilio Largo
"You wish to put the evil eye on me, eh? We have a way to deal with that where I come from."
Played by: Adolfo Celi
"But you are hunting me, my dear fellow. You are pursuing me. What is this? Vendetta?"
Second-in-command of SPECTRE under Blofeld, and architect/supervisor of the events inside the book/movie. He is a brutal sadist and ruthless criminal.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: The books' version of Largo has a freakishly large head and hands, along with pointed ears and brown hair. The film's version is Adolfo Celi, a handsome Silver Fox with a simpler, more iconic eyepatch.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: He has brown hair in the book and white hair in the film.
- Animal Motifs: In the novel, he's described as having hairy hands which are likened to crawling tarantulas.
- Bad Boss: He has Quist thrown in his Shark Pool for failing him and later close the pool when Bond is fighting a mook down there, leaving them both for the sharks. He also shoots a potential traitor three times during a tense meeting in the book.
- Big Bad: The main antagonist of the book/movie. This is especially the case in the latter, where the Greater-Scope Villain Blofeld has less of an active role.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He seems to be a gentlemanly rich guy, but is really a sadistic crime lord and murderer plotting a nuclear terrorist attack. Furthermore, it's implied he doesn't really love Domino and just sees her as basically his property, as he has no problem with torturing her when he thinks she's impeding his plans.
- Bond Villain Stupidity: He provides a classic example. He catches Bond in his pool fighting with one of his men. The mook with him is just about to shoot Bond, while Largo stops him and instead traps Bond in there to be eaten by his sharks. Naturally, Bond uses this to escape - there were no security precautions keeping Bond from swimming to the shark pool and leaving from there apart from the sharks themselves.
- Born in the Wrong Century: The novel narrates that he would have been right at home in the time of pirates, effectively calling him a murderous cut-throat.
- Cigarette Burns: On the giving end. He uses a combination of a lit cigarette and ice cubes to torture his mistress for information, when he finds out she's in league with James Bond.
- Cool Boat: He owns a yacht, the Disco Volante. A luxurious craft decked out with sleeping quarters, living areas and many other luxuries, it also possesses a number of smaller underwater submarine craft and its front part is a detachable hydrofoil.
- Conveniently Timed Attack from Behind: On the receiving end. As Largo is about to shoot Bond, Domino shoots him from behind with a speargun.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: The book and the film have him killed by Domino with a speargun, but in different circumstances. In the novel, this happened underwater and she shot him through the neck, while in the film, it happens onboard the Disco Volante and she shoots him in the back.
- Disabled in the Adaptation: He didn't have an eyepatch in the novel.
- The Dragon: He's this for SPECTRE overall, as the number two of the organization. In Thunderball itself he's more of a Dragon-in-Chief, serving as the Big Bad of the book/movie while his boss lurks behind him.
- Establishing Character Moment: When Blofeld suddenly executes SPECTRE Number 9 for embezzling from SPECTRE's heroin sales, everyone present is shocked at the man's sudden painful death... except for Largo, who just looks up from the brief he's reading at the noise to see what happened, then goes right back to what he was doing without a word. It shows both his loyalty to Blofeld and his Lack of Empathy.
- Evil Running Good: He is in charge of the International Brotherhood for Assistance of Stateless Persons, a philanthropic organization based in Paris. He is also "Number Two" in SPECTRE. The Brotherhood acts as a front group for SPECTRE.
- Eyepatch of Power: Wears an eyepatch over his eye and is the number two of SPECTRE.
- Face of a Thug: Downplayed in that "scary-looking" would be kind of a stretch for him, but he's still a bad guy with an eyepatch, of all things. It certainly gives an unique first impression.
- Faux Affably Evil: He keeps his socialite manners for most of the film, but when things go south, he tortures Domino and tries to kill Bond after his plan is completely foiled.
- The Heavy: Largo's the one directly moving along SPECTRE'S plan from start to finish, forming the primary focus of the story of the book/movie.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Like Vargas, he gets speared, but in Largo's case, it's a spear in the back.
- In the Back: Gets killed with a spear in the back.
- Lack of Empathy: Shows almost no emotion when a fellow operative embezzling from within SPECTRE is summarily executed by Number One, only showing mild disgust at his comrade's disloyalty before returning to the files before him.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Shot In the Back with a Harpoon Gun by his own mistress, who's brother was murdered on Largo's orders. If, for some reason, that didn't kill him, the explosive crash of his hydrofoil did.
- Kick the Dog: Torturing Domino for several hours.
- Kingpin in His Gym: He enjoys skeet shooting with Fiona Volpe.
- Man of Wealth and Taste: Always well-dressed, has a large estate in Nassau and owns a yacht.
- Meaningful Name: Largo means "play slowly and broadly".
- No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine: Well, lunch. He invites Bond for lunch.
- Number Two: In the SPECTRE organization, just below Number One (Blofeld).
- Obviously Evil: Shockingly, the guy with white hair, a sinister voice and an eyepatch turns out to be less than virtuous.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: With Number One (Blofeld). While in this and the previous film Blofeld was icy cold and calculating, Largo is hot-blooded with a side of Large Ham.
- Red Right Hand: One of the cases where the film is more down-to-earth than the book. In the book, Largo has an abnormally large head and hands, and pointed ears. In the film, he has a simpler (and more iconic) eyepatch.
- Sadist: His proposed torture of Domino seems designed to be sexually dominating.
- Same Language Dub: Celi was dubbed by Robert Rietti due to his strong Italian accent.
- Soft-Spoken Sadist: Rarely raises his voice and gets noticeably quiet when subjecting Domino to horrific torture.
- Sore Loser: He tries to kill Bond once his plan is foiled. This is made even more notable in that his henchmen actually surrender after the battle in the climax.
- Supervillain Lair: His yacht, which is noticeably low-key for a Bond villain.
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: His reaction to one of his fellow SPECTRE boardmembers being electrocuted.
- Torture Technician: Uses a cigarette and ice to torture Domino.
- Villain with Good Publicity: Apparently a renowned socialite.
- Villainous Breakdown: Once his plans go south, he tortures Domino and tries to kill Bond after his plan is completely foiled.
- Wicked Cultured: Has a large estate in Nassau.
- Wealthy Yacht Owner: Owns a yacht, the Disco Volante ("Flying Saucer"). Its front part is a detachable hydrofoil.
- You Are Number 6: In the book, SPECTRE changes numbers each month, with him currently Number One. In the film, his SPECTRE number is Number Two, which indicates his status as Blofeld's second-in-command.
- You Have Failed Me: He has Quist fed to Largo's sharks after Quist is bested by Bond.
Fiona Volpe
Fiona Volpe
"James Bond, the one where he has to make love to a woman, and she starts to hear heavenly choirs singing. She repents, and turns to the side of right and virtue... but not this one!"
Played by: Luciana Paluzzi
A high-ranking SPECTRE assassin who is charged with seeing Largo's operation through.
- Badass Driver: At one point, Fiona drives at high speed (with Bond as her passenger) without breaking a sweat. It says something that Bond ends up a little unnerved by the experience.
- The Baroness: A female bad guy with a chilly disposition, she steers more towards the sexpot variety, although unlike most examples, her ice facade doesn't crack one bit.
- Bulletproof Human Shield: She's killed by the bullet meant for Bond when he sees the shooter.
- Buxom Beauty Standard: She has a very ample bust, which she makes use in order to seduce Bond by lowering her Modesty Towel to flash her breasts. The next time we see them, they're in bed.
- Cool Bike: Her rocket-armed motorcycle that she uses to murder Count Lippe; she promptly ditches it in a lake to destroy the evidence. The bike, incidentally, is a BSA Lightning A65L
with a custom-made front fairing to accommodate the rocket launchers. - Corporate Samurai: Meets much of the criteria. Orders around Mooks including Count Lippe, negotiates a new deal with Angelo and has a strange relationship with Bond.
- Dark Action Girl: Blows up Lippe with a motorcycle.
- The Dragon: To a degree. She's charged with overseeing Largo's operation, but she is a little too independent to qualify as Largo's dragon.
- Drives Like Crazy: Bond certainly seems to think so after the really fast drive she gives him.
- Duel of Seduction: Bond and Fiona have an odd relationship as they both know they're enemy spies trying to out-seduce the other.
- Evil Counterpart: To Bond himself. Fiona is a versatile, highly skilled and charismatic special operative who uses special gadgets in her missions and is unusually independent minded to her superiors (she noticably isn't afraid of Largo.) Essentially she seems like the SPECTRE equivalent to a '00' agent. The argument she has with Bond after they have sex really underlines how uncomfortably similar the two characters are, especially since they both are obviously getting under each others skin.
- Evil Redhead: She's a redhead and Largo's right hand.
- Faux Affably Evil: Like most Bond girls, she's charming to Bond, but once she's exposed as a SPECTRE agent, she drops the act and turns downright spiteful.
- Femme Fatale: Seemingly her speciality in SPECTRE. She drove François Derval to his doom, and tried the same with Bond.
- Fluffy Fashion Feathers: Wears a blue feather boa.
- High-Heel–Face Turn: Averted. She's the lone female among the cast of villains, but she doesn't switch sides, and even mocks Bond telling him that she will not.
- Honey Trap: She's a specialist in setting them, and seems to actively enjoy doing it.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick: Aside from being a Honey Trap, she spends the whole first half of the film cleaning up other SPECTRE operatives' messes, starting with getting Fake Derval to play ball by negotiating when he demands a higher payday at zero hour (overriding a goon who tries to hold him at gunpoint). She then ties up the loose end of the idiots who tried and failed to kill Bond at the spa and clued him in that something weird was going on, followed by capturing Paula, and then flawlessly seducing and then capturing Bond despite the fact he was already pretty sure she was a SPECTRE operative. In the end she's only done in by dumb luck: if she actually succeeded in taking Bond prisoner at that point, the movie would probably be over.
- Instant Death Bullet: She seems to be killed instantly the moment she gets shot in the back.
- Karmic Death: Accidentaly shot by her own henchman in ploy to assassinate Bond, when he uses her as a Human Shield to block the bullet.
- Lousy Lovers Are Losers: Bond makes a point to insult her bedroom prowess in an attempt to rile her up. It doesn't quite work, and she instead mocks his own ego for thinking he's such a Sex God he could do a Sex–Face Turn on her.Bond: My dear girl, don't flatter yourself. What I did this evening was for King and country. You don't think it gave me any pleasure, do you?
- Meaningful Name: Her surname means "fox", an animal often associated in fiction with guile, predatory sadism, and sexuality — all of which fit Fiona perfectly.
- Ms. Fanservice: She's very attractive, as expected from a Bond villainess who's trying to seduce him. She has one Bathtub Scene where the camera angle only barely manages to conceal her breasts, followed by a conversation with Bond where she stands up from her bath while wearing nothing but a small Modesty Towel.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: She blows up Lippe as he is chasing Bond. Considering the fact that Bond is in the Aston Martin and Lippe is seemingly only armed with a .38 revolver it probably would have ended badly for Lippe either way, but Bond is as puzzled about the accidental Villainous Rescue as you'd expect.
- Pragmatic Villainy: When Angelo extorts her for more money, Lippe just wants to kill him, but she puts a stop to it, knowing just paying Angelo is better than the complications of killing him and training someone else. Her boss agrees with her judgment, and orders her to have Lippe killed instead, for his poor judgment in hiring Angelo in the first place.
- Sex–Face Turn: Averted and openly mocked in the face of Bond by her, followed by her stepping on his foot.Fiona: But of course, I forgot your ego, Mr. Bond. James Bond, who only has to make love to a woman and she stars to hear heavenly choirs singing. She repents, then immediately returns to the side of right and virtue... but not this one!
- Sexy Secretary: She answers the phone as Major Derval's 'social secretary'.
- The Vamp: She uses her feminine wiles to drive François Derval to his doom, and tries the same with Bond, but while she succeeds in sleeping and manipulating him, he never completely lets his guard down around her.
Vargas
Vargas
Played by: Phillip Locke
Largo's personal assistant and henchman in the film.
- Consummate Professional: If Largo's quote about the things he doesn't do is any indication, he lives only for his job.
- The Dividual: With Janni. When Largo introduces them as "Mr. Vargas and Mr. Janni," Bond quips "Which is which?"
- The Dragon: To Largo, being his assistant and main henchman.
- Evil Wears Black: Spends most of the movie dressed entirely in black.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Bond casually shoots him with a speargun on Love Beach.
- Not So Above It All: Is pretty much an ice-cold Spectre goon throughout most of the movie, but when Bond tries to photograph the Volante he's shown to be quite excitable after he and the other goons think they've killed him.
- Sinister Shades: Seen wearing these when Largo says the "Does not drink. Does not smoke. Does not make love." quote.
- Straight Edge Evil: As lampshaded by Largo.Largo: Vargas does not drink. Does not smoke. Does not make love. What do you do, Vargas?
- The Teetotaler: According to Largo, he doesn't drink.
Janni
Janni
Played by: Michael Brennan
A henchman often seen with Vargas.
- The Dividual: With Janni. When Largo introduces them as "Mr. Vargas and Mr. Janni," Bond quips "Which is which?"
- Evil Wears Black: Never seen without a black polo shirt and slacks.
- Fat Bastard: Pretty chubby.
- Mook Lieutenant: Fiona and Vargas delegate a few duties to him such as commanding smaller groups of Largo's henchmen.
- Satellite Character: Mostly just hangs around Vargas and lacks any real agency of his own.
- Uncertain Doom: The main part of the Disco Volante, which he was left on, is blown up, but it's not shown if he was one of the henchmen who jumped overboard before the explosion. If so, did he get out of range of the explosion?
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Is left behind on the main part of the Disco Volante after Largo detaches the front and escapes. His ultimate fate after this is unknown.
Quist
Quist
Played by: Bill Cummings
A henchman sent by Largo to murder Bond in his Nassau hotel suite, but blundered into a booby-trap the spy had prepared and quickly overpowered. Rather than kill the man, 007 sends him back to Largo. Quist promptly reports back to Largo at Palmyra, only to be thrown into the Shark Pool for failing his mission.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Being eaten by sharks is not a pleasant way to go.
- Fed to the Beast: His punishment for failing.
- Mauve Shirt: He's one of many Mooks serving Largo, albeit one given a name.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Only appears twice before dying.
- You Have Failed Me: He gets caught by Bond in the hotel, and sent back to Largo with the words, "The little fish I throw back into the sea." He doesn't say this or anything else when Largo questions him about Bond, and Largo realizes immediately that he failed. He then becomes shark food.
Ladislav Kutze
Ladislav Kutze
Played by: George Pravda
"But I am in favour of a most rigorous interrogation. There are certain uses of electricity of which I have knowledge. The human body cannot resist them. If I can be of any service...?"
A Polish nuclear physicist who aids Largo with the captured bombs. He eventually redeems himself by releasing Domino following her torture at Largo's hands and expresses regret over his part in enabling use of the atomic weapons, stating that he had disposed of the arming device by throwing it overboard - thus rendering the bombs harmless. Curiously, his fate is unknown. At the end of the film, Bond (perhaps unintentionally) abandons him somewhere off the coast of Florida. His last words were "I never learned to swim," to which Bond replied "never too late to learn" before throwing him a life preserver.
- Adaptational Heroism: In the book, he was an amoral physicist who had a passion for electrocuting people to test voltages aside nuclear physics. In the film, however, he redeems himself by saving Domino and regretting taking part in Largo's scheme.
- Bald of Evil: He's described as being bald in the book.
- Everyone Has Standards: He was horrified that Largo intended to use the bombs, so he disarmed the second one (the first was captured by MI6).
- Averted in the book, where he's really enthusiastic about using electricity to torture Domino, although Largo doesn't go along with it.
- Evil Genius: He's the brains in regards to science for Largo's operation. This is more zig-zagged in the movie where he's regretful over having worked with Largo, but played straight in the book where he doesn't show any remorse.
- Heel–Face Turn: Frees Domino from her hold in the Disco Volante in the film, which allows her to kill Largo.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Only in the movie.
- Uncertain Doom: In the film, Bond abandons him off the East Coast, throwing him the water with a lifesaver after he says he can't swim. This leaves the possibility that he was left in the sea to drown or die from exposure. Averted in the book, where he definitely survives and is captured.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: The last we see of him, Bond throws him off the Disco Volante with a lifesaver after he reveals that he never learned to swim.
- You Are Number 6: He is Number Five in the book.
Angelo Palazzi/Giuseppe Petacchi
Angelo Palazzi/Giuseppe Petacchi
"Ciao!"
Played by: Paul Stassino
"Good evening, good evening. I am delivering one plane in good condition. Please sign here."
—Giuseppe Petacchi joking with Largo's henchmen, Thunderball
In the film, Angelo Palazzi is a SPECTRE operative trained and surgically modified to impersonate French military officer Colonel and pilot François Derval.
In the novel, the characters of Palazzi and Derval were one and the same individual; Giuseppe Petacchi, an Italian pilot and playboy who defected from Fascist Italy to the Allies in World War II.
- Ace Pilot: In the book, we get to see him at the controls, and he is indeed a very talented pilot.
- Adaptational Heroism: By way of Decomposite Character. In the novel, Giuseppe Petacchi is an Italian pilot who served Fascist Italy in World War II before defecting to the Allies out of pure convenience, and after the war became a henchman for hire for a high enough price by the time SPECTRE hires him to steal the nuclear warheads. In the film, he's split into François Derval, a NATO pilot and Domino's brother, and the thoroughly-evil Angelo Palazzi, a henchman hired to kill him and take his place, making François innocent.
- Asshole Victim: It's hard to feel bad for him when Largo leaves him to drown given he's a smug murderer fully on board with SPECTRE's plot.
- Bandaged Face: When he is undergoing the plastic surgery necessary to make him look like Major Derval.
- Can't Kill You, Still Need You: Count Lippe was sorely tempted to kill Angelo for demanding his raise, but Angelo smugly points out he's the only person who can do his job. But when word of his behaviour reaches Blofeld, Blofeld orders both Angelo and Lippe to be eliminated.
- Decomposite Character: One half of one with the aforementioned François Derval — in the book, he was a pilot named Giuseppe Petacchi from Fascist Italy (who had kind of an interesting story for which the movie didn't have time) planted on the plane by SPECTRE.
- Death by Materialism: He's killed after asking Count Lippe and Fiona to increase his reward because he's smugly knows he's the only one who can do the job.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: The novel, Largo's henchmen stab him through the jaw. In the film, Largo slices through his airhose and leaves him to drown.
- Kill and Replace: Gasses the real Derval in his apartment.
- Magic Plastic Surgery: Underwent this at Shrublands; he's played by the same actor who plays Francois.
- Smug Snake: Before he goes on his mission, he makes Count Lippe and Fiona increase his reward simply because he's the only one who can do their job. This gets him killed when Blofeld and Largo hear of his new demand, but Largo leaves his body, with Francois Derval's face AND personal belongings, in the sunken jet for Bond to find later.
- Too Dumb to Live: He thinks it's a brilliant idea to, at the last minute, try to hold out for more money from a group clearly ready to kill anyone to get their way. It's even hinted they were always going to eliminate him once he finished the job and he just gave them a better excuse to do it.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: In response to his behaviour, he is executed by Largo himself, who cuts his air hose underwater after Palazzi's seat belt jammed. In the book, he gets stabbed through the mouth with a knife by one of Largo's henchmen.
Count Lippe
Count Lippe
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!"
Played by: Guy Doleman
"Goddammit, Beresford. Let me out of this thing. I'm sweating like a pig."
A SPECTRE agent who is charged to guard Angelo Palazzi while the latter recovers from his plastic surgery at Shrublands. There, he tries to kill Bond.
- Aristocrats Are Evil: It is never known why he is a Count.
- Horrible Judge of Character: His decision to hire the greedy, disloyal Angelo nearly jepordises SPECTRE's plan, so Blofeld has him killed.
- Improperly Paranoid: Bond sees he has a weird tattoo on his wrist and looks around, but he does not sees any kind of foul game (so far). Lippe's fear of probably having been made by Bond leads to him trying to kill 007, which leads to Bond investigating further and finding Derval's body, which leads to the plan being ruined. This detail is more clear in the novel, with Number One actually pointing it out and calling Lippe an idiot.
- Kill It with Fire: His car is blown up by Fiona's rocket-armed motorcycle during his attempt to pursue Bond, and he is quickly consumed in the explosion.
- Minor Crime Reveals Major Plot: If he hadn't tried to kill Bond, SPECTRE's plan might've succeeded.
- Smug Snake: Had a condescending tone when he traps Bond in a machine, but didn't take the advantage of killing Bond, which is part of the reason that gets him killed and ultimately seals the fate of the NATO project and the top major players (Largo, Volpe, and Vargas) in them.
- Tattooed Crook: He has a Red Dragon Tong tattoo on the left wrist.
- Villain Ball: His goof-up with both Bond and Angelo Palazzi starts the chain of events that ultimately derail SPECTRE's NATO project. When the Palazzi incident reaches Largo and Blofeld, the latter orders Lippe's death.
- You Have Failed Me: The Villain Ball is unforgiving, Count Lippe.
Colonel Jacques Bouvar
Colonel Jacques Bouvar
Played by: Bob Simmons
The villain of the pre-credits sequence and an influential member of SPECTRE (number 6). Bond and his French liason were present at his funeral, investigating his apparent death. As the pair stand on the balcony outside the chapel, Bond observes Bouvar's widow behaving suspiciously. It is revealed that in an attempt to evade reprisals, Colonel Bouvar has faked his death and disguised himself as his own widow. Bond surprises him at his French château, where a fight ensues and ends with Bond breaking his neck and escaping with the jet-pack.
He was played by Bob Simmons, the main stuntman of the Bond franchise until A View to a Kill, as well as the guy in the gunbarrel sequence in the previous three films.
- Attending Your Own Funeral: Plays this card to try to escape MI6, but when he opens the door to his car, it tips Bond off to the ruse.
- Disguised in Drag: Poses as his widow.
- Faking the Dead: Disguised as his widow after supposedly dying in his sleep.
- Harmless Lady Disguise: Poses as his widow.
- Hero Killer: Bond laments that he did not have the opportunity to kill him, stating that he had murdered two of his colleagues.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Bond breaks Bouvar's neck with his fire poker.
- Improbable Weapon User: Uses a fire poker against Bond.
- Just One Little Mistake:Bond: Madame, I've come to offer my sincere condolences. [punches Bouvar] My dear Colonel Bouvar, I don't think you should have opened that car door by yourself!
- Talent Double: Rose Alba plays the character whilst in drag, giving him considerable more attractive legs.
- Widow's Weeds: Disguises himself as his own widow with black feminine mourning clothes.
- You Are Number 6: His code name was Number 6 when Blofeld holds the NATO meeting after the opening credits.
Pierre Borraud
Pierre Borraud
Played by: Clive Cazes
Another influential SPECTRE agent who is killed by Blofeld for raping a hostage in the book, and stealing from SPECTRE in the movie. He is Number 12 in the book, and Number 9 in the movie.
- Asshole Victim:
- In the book: Blofeld kills him for raping a hostage and refunds a portion of the ransom money to the victim's family as compensation.
- In the movie: he tried to steal from SPECTRE. Number One zaps him, but only after grilling Number 11 on why their drug-running operation generated less than expected revenues.
- Board to Death: Gets zapped by Blofeld for raping a hostage in the book and stealing from SPECTRE in the movie.
- Hate Sink: Establishes himself as a loathsome person for raping a hostage his organization took in for ransom. Thankfully, Blofeld deals with his misconduct severely by subjecting him to a High-Voltage Death during the SPECTRE board meeting. Blofeld also returns a portion of the ransom to the victim's family as compensation for his henchman's devious actions.
- High-Voltage Death:
- In the book, he is zapped in his chair by Blofeld for raping a hostage. To compensate for his henchman's devious behaviour, Blofeld refunds a portion of the ransom money to the victim's family.
- Dies in the same manner in the movie, albeit for Stealing from the Till.
- Karmic Death: Gets electrocuted by Blofeld during the SPECTRE meeting.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Just when he thinks he won't be noticed for his crimes, he's proven wrong.
- Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: In the book, Borraud raped one of their kidnapping victims. When Blofeld gets wind of it, he dealt with his misconduct severely by having his chair rigged to deliver a massive electric shock.
- Smug Snake: In the movie, he smugly tries to let Number 11 be the fall guy when Blofeld asks them why their drug sales generated poor profits. He is proven spectacularly wrong.
- Stealing from the Till: In the movie, he steals from SPECTRE's drug-running rackets in the United States, lets Number 11 take the bait, and thinks nobody will notice it. Blofeld proves him spectacularly wrong in the SPECTRE meeting. Truth in Television as IRL criminal gangs have killed wayward members for embezzlement.
- Too Dumb to Live: What's more stupid? Trying to steal from SPECTRE or thinking they won't notice it?
- Would Hit a Girl: In the book, he rapes a hostage victim and gets killed for it.
- You Are Number 6:
- He is SPECTRE Number 12 in the book.
- His code name was Number 9 when Blofeld holds the NATO meeting after the opening credits.
- You Have Failed Me: Gets zapped for for raping a hostage in the book and embezzlement after sweating his partner on their drug-smuggling ring in the movie. While the other members were clearly spooked when Blofeld zaps him, Largo doesn't even flinch a bit. This also sends a clear message to the SPECTRE henchmen - betray Blofeld and you face the music.
Other Characters
Patricia Fearing
Patricia Fearing
"Really? I'd have thought you were just the type for a widow."
Played by: Molly Peters
"Well, it's all over now. And thank heavens nothing's badly strained. Another two days of treatment and you'll be as right as rain."
A physical therapist at Shrublands Clinic.
- Black Comedy Rape: One of the most unnerving pieces of Values Dissonance in the series, as Bond actually blackmails her into having sex with him. She had been sternly rebuffing his advances the whole time beforehand. Afterward though she is hopelessly infatuated with Bond and wants more of his manliness. Interestingly, though, Bond is a little freaked out by how infatuated she is with him post-coitus. In the book, Bond simply flirts with her, asks her out and they consensually do it together a few days before he leaves Shrublands.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: It may take a while, but she does warm to Bond.
- Florence Nightingale Effect: Her relationship with Bond is this, as she was his therapist.
- Hospital Hottie: She's an attractive physiotherapist.
- Ms. Fanservice: She's even nude post-coitus, covered only by being down in bed.
