This is discussion archived from a time before the current discussion method was installed.
Working Title: Five Bad Band:: From YKTTW
Medinoc: Be careful, this seems to overlap a bit with Psycho for Hire at times. Especially Xenia.
DieHard: A Psycho for Hire could very well be The Brute. Nothing preventing villainous organizations from contracting their work out, after all.
Eponymous Kid: Most of the Bond examples seem shoehorned. The only guys I'd call The Brute from that entire series are Oddjob and Jaws. And I guess that big guy from The Living Daylights.
DieHard: Oddjob and Jaws are both closer to The Dragon in terms of their role and importance.
Dausuul: Uhh... Tsukiko (Order Of The Stick)? WTF? The Monster in the Darkness is the obvious choice for Xykon's Brute. Tsukiko is the Dark Chick, if anything.