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** In the book, his [[ReallyGetsAround extreme lust]] is noted to be his AchillesHeel; he embezzled 50 million francs from SMERSH to buy a chain of brothels. This backfired when the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loi_Marthe_Richard Marthe Richard Law]]'' suddenly closed all brothels in France and ruined his investment, putting him in severe debt. In addition, one of his mistresses was working for [=MI6=], and was able to uncover the state of his financials, leading to the operation to bankrupt him.
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** In the book, his [[ReallyGetsAround extreme lust]] is noted to be his AchillesHeel; he embezzled 50 million francs from SMERSH to buy a chain of brothels. This backfired when the ''[[https://en.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loi_Marthe_Richard Marthe Richard Law]]'' Law]] suddenly closed all brothels in France and ruined his investment, putting him in severe debt. In addition, one of his mistresses was working for [=MI6=], and was able to uncover the state of his financials, leading to the operation to bankrupt him.
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* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: He flirts with a waitress at the casino and spurns Solange. His wife cheats back at him with Bond and gives away his flight to Miami as part of a terrorist plot.
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* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: He flirts with a waitress at the casino and spurns Solange. His wife cheats back at him with Bond and gives away his flight to Miami as part of a in his latest terrorist plot.
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* NeckSnap: How Bond kills him, after putting him in a {{choke hold}} for nearly a minute.
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* ButtMonkey: Not much goes well for him. He loses his car and money in a poker game to Bond, his wife cheats on him, he's baselessly accused of being a traitor by Le Chiffre, and finally stabbed by Bond. Mind you, he deserves all of it.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: He thinks very little of his wife. When Solange comes up to him in the evening while he's playing poker and gives him a kiss, he curtly scolds her for being late. He even ogles other women despite her beauty.
* ButtMonkey: Not much goes well for him. He loses his car and money in a poker game to Bond, his wife cheats on him, he's baselessly accused of being a traitor by Le Chiffre, and finally stabbed by Bond. Mind you, [[AssholeVictim he deserves all ofit.it]].
* ButtMonkey: Not much goes well for him. He loses his car and money in a poker game to Bond, his wife cheats on him, he's baselessly accused of being a traitor by Le Chiffre, and finally stabbed by Bond. Mind you, [[AssholeVictim he deserves all of
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* GenreBlindness: He assumes that if M wanted him dead, she'd have sent a Double O. Turns out M doesn't seem to consider him quite as important as he does, though she does send him the next best thing- someone about to qualify for the role.
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* GenreBlindness: He assumes that if M wanted him dead, she'd have sent a Double O. Turns It turns out M doesn't seem to consider him quite as important as he does, though she does send him the next best thing- thing – someone about to qualify for the role.
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The wife of Alex Dimitrios, she's in an [[AwfulWeddedLife increasingly loveless relationship]] and willingly spends the night with Bond in order to spite her husband. She indirectly helps Bond stop Le Chiffre's criminal scheme but ends up getting tortured to death for this.
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The wife of Alex Dimitrios, she's in an [[AwfulWeddedLife increasingly loveless relationship]] relationship and willingly spends the night with Bond in order to spite her husband. She indirectly helps Bond stop Le Chiffre's criminal scheme but ends up getting tortured to death for this.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Her marriage is clearly bereft of any love. Efforts at affection are ignored or outright belittled by Dimitrios, and this lack of regard on his side makes it easy for her to fall for Bond's charms.
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* KillTheCutie: She's introduced as a sweet and lovable woman trapped in an unhappy marriage with one of the bad guys, and then gets killed for telling Bond what she knows about her husband's plans.
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* KillTheCutie: She's introduced as a sweet and sweet, lovable woman trapped in an unhappy marriage with one of the bad guys, and then gets killed for telling Bond what she knows about her husband's plans.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In his first scene, he uses Obanno's money to short-sell a large amount of stock, ''against'' his stock broker's advice (right after he agreed to ''not'' gamble with the money). In his second scene, he handily [[CunningPeoplePlayPoker wins a poker game]] aboard his yacht, then [[LackOfEmpathy throws his guests out]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: He has his girlfriend walk into the room wearing only a skimpy bathing suit whilst he's gambling on his yacht in order to distract his opponent. He gives her a quick admiring look but is NotDistractedByTheSexy. That's why he doesn't fall for it when Bond tries the same trick on him later with Vesper (although he does take a quick glance at Vesper's ass).
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: He has his girlfriend walk into the room wearing only a skimpy bathing suit whilst he's gambling on his yacht in order to distract his opponent. He gives her a quick admiring look but is NotDistractedByTheSexy. That's why he doesn't fall for it when Bond tries the same trick on him later with Vesper (although he does take a quick glance at Vesper's ass).
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* TheGamblingAddict: Loves playing poker so much he's ready to sacrifice his beautiful vintage car. Too bad he plays against ''James Bond'', who's a poker [[TheAce ace]].
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* TheGamblingAddict: Loves playing poker so much he's ready to sacrifice his beautiful vintage car. Too bad he plays against ''James Bond'', who's a poker [[TheAce ace]].ace with TheMagicPokerEquation.
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: He flirts with a waitress at the casino and spurns Solange. His wife cheats back at him with Bond and gives away his flight to Miami as part of a terrorist plot.
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: He flirts with a waitress at the casino and spurns Solange. His wife cheats back at him with Bond and gives away his flight to Miami as part of a terrorist plot.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Bond stabs him with his own knife.
* UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem: Bond stabs him with his own knife.
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* PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo: Le Chiffre prompts her to give Bond a poisoned drink during the card game.
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* PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo: Le Chiffre prompts her to give Bond a poisoned poison Bond's drink during the card game.
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* TheMillstone: Carter causes nothing but trouble for Bond in their attempt to apprehend Mollaka, first alerting him to [=MI6=]'s presence with his constant ear-touching, then taking out his gun when they need to capture Mollaka alive, and finally causing a stampede that impedes Bond's chase.
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* GirlOfTheWeek: More than that actually. She becomes Bond's true LoveInterest in the Craig era Bond [[spoiler: and her loss is [[TheLostLenore just as influential]] on Craig's Bond as the loss of Tracy was on the other Bonds.]]
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* GirlOfTheWeek: More than that actually. She becomes Bond's true LoveInterest in the Craig era Bond [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and her loss is [[TheLostLenore just as influential]] on Craig's Bond as the loss of Tracy was on the other Bonds.]]
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-->'''Le Chiffre''': Chiffre:''' I'll feed you what you seem not to value.
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* FlatCharacter: She’s Le Chiffre’s girlfriend, other than that we know nothing about her.
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* FlatCharacter: She’s She's Le Chiffre’s Chiffre's girlfriend, other than that we know nothing about her.
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* HumanShield: [[spoiler: Uses Vesper briefly as this]].
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* HumanShield: [[spoiler: Uses [[spoiler:Uses Vesper briefly as this]].
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted. While Le Chiffre ''does'' have a girlfriend, he doesn't seem to harbor any romantic feelings or general affection for her, with the film presenting her as TheBeard.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted. While Le Chiffre ''does'' have a girlfriend, he doesn't seem to harbor any romantic feelings or general affection for her, with the film presenting her as TheBeard.her.
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* TheBeard: Le Chiffre never shows any affection for (or attraction to) her, or tries to convince Obanno not to cut her hand off. This suggests she may simply be an employee playing a role, rather than a girlfriend.
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* ButtMonkey: Not much goes well for him. He loses his car in a poker game to Bond, his wife cheats on him, he's baselessly accused of being a traitor by Le Chiffre, and finally stabbed by Bond. Mind you, he deserves all of it.
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* ButtMonkey: Not much goes well for him. He loses his car and money in a poker game to Bond, his wife cheats on him, he's baselessly accused of being a traitor by Le Chiffre, and finally stabbed by Bond. Mind you, he deserves all of it.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: While we don't see how Le Chiffre's men killed her, the fact that her body was found in a state of undress implies that she had been raped as she was being tortured to death.
* DiesWideOpen: Her eyes are wide open as she lies dead in a hammock.
* DiesWideOpen: Her eyes are wide open as she lies dead in a hammock.
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* KillTheCutie: She's introduced as a sweet and lovable woman trapped into the bad guys' plans, and then gets killed for telling Bond what she knows about her husband's plans.
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* KillTheCutie: She's introduced as a sweet and lovable woman trapped into in an unhappy marriage with one of the bad guys' plans, guys, and then gets killed for telling Bond what she knows about her husband's plans.
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* SacrificialLamb: Her death showcases Le Chiffre's ruthlessness and how dangerous Bond's upcoming mission will be.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The one woman in Le Chiffre's crew.
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* PeekABangs: Her hair covers one of her eyes.
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* JackBaurInterrogationTechnique: Desperate to reclaim his funds he lost to Bond in gambling, he conducts an interrogation by torture via whacking his crotch with a knotted rope for the password to his winnings. He also threatens to castrate him and would've done so had Mr. White not intervened and shot him dead.
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* JackBaurInterrogationTechnique: JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Desperate to reclaim his funds he lost to Bond in gambling, he conducts an interrogation by torture via whacking his crotch with a knotted rope for the password to his winnings. He also threatens to castrate him and would've done so had Mr. White not intervened and shot him dead.
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* GroinAttack: What he does with a knotted rope to torture Bond. He's just about to castrate Bond when [[spoiler:Mr. White shoots Kratt and Valenka offscreen, then walks through the door to shoot Le Chiffre in the head]].
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* GroinAttack: What he does with a knotted rope to interrogate and torture Bond. He's just about to castrate Bond when [[spoiler:Mr. White shoots Kratt and Valenka offscreen, then walks through the door to shoot Le Chiffre in the head]].
* JackBaurInterrogationTechnique: Desperate to reclaim his funds he lost to Bond in gambling, he conducts an interrogation by torture via whacking his crotch with a knotted rope for the password to his winnings. He also threatens to castrate him and would've done so had Mr. White not intervened and shot him dead.
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** When he's torturing Bond for the password to the winnings, he tells him that Valenka and one of his henchmen are questioning Vesper. Then, gunshots and a woman's scream are heard in another room, and Le Chiffre assumes that they killed Vesper, and gloats about it to Bond. Just when Le Chiffre is about to kill Bond, Mr. White bursts from said room, revealing that the gunshots heard before came from him and implying that he killed Valenka and the henchman, and shoots Le Chiffre dead.
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** When he's interrogating and torturing Bond for the password to the winnings, he tells him that Valenka and one of his henchmen are questioning Vesper. Then, gunshots and a woman's scream are heard in another room, and Le Chiffre assumes that they killed Vesper, and gloats about it to Bond. Just when Le Chiffre is about to kill Bond, Mr. White bursts from said room, revealing that the gunshots heard before came from him and implying that he killed Valenka and the henchman, and shoots Le Chiffre dead.
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* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: [=MI6=] wants him alive and bankrupted so that he'll sell out his terrorist clients for protection. Le Chiffre even invokes this as he's torturing Bond. In the book, M was advised that assassination would only [[DontCreateAMartyr martyr him]] to his Communist allies and sympathisers.
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* KarmicDeath: When he's torturing Bond for the password to the winnings, he tells him that Valenka and one of his henchmen are questioning Vesper. Then, gunshots and a woman's scream are heard in another room, and Le Chiffre assumes that they killed Vesper, and gloats about it to Bond. Just when Le Chiffre is about to kill Bond, Mr. White bursts from said room, revealing that the gunshots heard before came from him and implying that he killed Valenka and the henchman, and shoots Le Chiffre dead.
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** When he's torturing Bond for the password to the winnings, he tells him that Valenka and one of his henchmen are questioning Vesper. Then, gunshots and a woman's scream are heard in another room, and Le Chiffre assumes that they killed Vesper, and gloats about it to Bond. Just when Le Chiffre is about to kill Bond, Mr. White bursts from said room, revealing that the gunshots heard before came from him and implying that he killed Valenka and the henchman, and shoots Le Chiffre dead.
** When he's torturing Bond for the password to the winnings, he tells him that Valenka and one of his henchmen are questioning Vesper. Then, gunshots and a woman's scream are heard in another room, and Le Chiffre assumes that they killed Vesper, and gloats about it to Bond. Just when Le Chiffre is about to kill Bond, Mr. White bursts from said room, revealing that the gunshots heard before came from him and implying that he killed Valenka and the henchman, and shoots Le Chiffre dead.
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* TheUnfettered: Mikkelsen describes him as a "greedy bastard" who doesn't care if people get killed as long as he can make some money.
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* HiddenDepths: When he's about to cut off Valenka's hand as a lesson to Le Chiffre, he pauses at the last instant, notes that Le Chiffre hasn't uttered "a word of protest", and suggests Valenka find a new boyfriend. A few seconds later, his partner notices Bond's earpiece, which most people wouldn't, and ''immediately'' attacks. Obanno trusts his man enough to immediately back him up.
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* MacheteMayhem: His signature weapon is a machete. He uses it to intimidate Valenka while menacing Le Chiffre and when fighting Bond.
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* SpottingTheThread: His accomplice notices that Bond (despite skilfully evading notice by making out with Vesper in a spur of the moment fashion) is wearing an earpiece, identifying him as a member of law enforcement or a government agent. Thus, they both violently attack Bond and Vesper, forcing Bond to [[CharacterDeath kill them both]] to contain the situation.
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* SpottingTheThread: His accomplice walks past Bond's FakeOutMakeOut with Vesper, notices that Bond (despite skilfully evading notice by making out with Vesper in a spur of the moment fashion) is wearing an Bond's earpiece, identifying him as and assumes Bond must be a member of law enforcement cop or a government agent. agent[[note]]It's also possible he's a security guard, someone's bodyguard, or someone with a hearing aid, but better safe than sorry.[[/note]]. Thus, they both Africans violently attack Bond and Vesper, forcing Bond to [[CharacterDeath kill them both]] to contain the situation.
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* MythologyGag: The name "Solange" comes from the name of a character in ''[[Literature/OctopussyAndTheLivingDaylights 007 in New York]]''.
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* MirrorCharacter: Much like in the book, he and Bond are set up as mirror images of each other, in certain ways: both a TuxedoAndMartini DeadpanSnarker with a glamorous [[MsFanservice sexily-dressed]] lady serving as their sidekick.
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* MirrorCharacter: Much like in the book, he and Bond are set up as mirror images of each other, in certain ways: both a TuxedoAndMartini DeadpanSnarker with a glamorous [[MsFanservice sexily-dressed]] lady serving as their sidekick. However, while Le Chiffre is trying to win to protect himself from his employers, and is desperate to save his own skin, Bond is competing to protect the world on behalf of his government, and is fully prepared to die if necessary to complete the mission.
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Vesper Lynd is the very first Bond Girl to appear in the novels (defining his later relationships with women in them), and she is arguably the love of Bond's life in the Craig continuity.
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* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the novel, she runs the emotional gambit throughout. She's upbeat when we first met her, but then after the game, she's down. She's upbeat when she's planning what they're going to do in Bond's hotel room, and then she's down on the way to the seaside getaway. In the film, she remains emotionally stable throughout, except at the end.
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* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the novel, she runs the emotional gambit gamut throughout. She's upbeat when we first met her, but then after the game, she's down. She's upbeat when she's planning what they're going to do in Bond's hotel room, and then she's down on the way to the seaside getaway. In the film, she remains emotionally stable throughout, except at the end.
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* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:She's directly working against Bond and his mission the entire time, but it's clear that it wasn't her choice. The sequel makes her even more sympathetic.]]
* BrainyBrunette: A brunette accountant that works for Her Majesty's Treasury.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:She has to play along with everything to steal Bond's money and rescue her kidnapped boyfriend.]]
* BuxomBeautyStandard: She's very well-endowed and wears cleavage-heavy outfits to emphasize it. Bond makes reference to this when he gives her the alias "Stephanie ''Broadchest''".
* BrainyBrunette: A brunette accountant that works for Her Majesty's Treasury.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:She has to play along with everything to steal Bond's money and rescue her kidnapped boyfriend.]]
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* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:She's directly working against Bond and his mission the entire time, but it's clear that it wasn't her choice. [[Film/QuantumOfSolace The sequel sequel]] makes her even more sympathetic.]]
* BrainyBrunette: A brunette accountantthat who works for Her Majesty's Treasury.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:She has to play along with everything to stealBond's the staked money and rescue her kidnapped boyfriend.]]
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* RavenHairIvorySkin: She has fair skin, dark hair, and is outstandingly attractive. Mathis even remarks how outstandingly attractive she is towards the end of the poker game.
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* AllForNothing: Much of the movie was him desperately trying to find a way to pay back his clients less they kill him, only for Mr. White to do just that before Le Chiffre could get the poker winnings out from Bond. To rub salt to the wound, Mr. White implies that Le Chiffre was dead regardless of whether he paid back the money or not because he had betrayed Quantum's trust by embezzling their money in the first place.
* AssholeVictim: He's executed in cold blood by Mr. White for his failure. But considering that Le Chiffre was a psychopath who previously had Solange tortured and murdered on a hunch that she snitched (she didn't), didn't lift a finger when Obanno threatened to cut off his girlfriend's arm, and was just torturing Bond in a cruel and painful way, one can't deny that he had it coming.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Le Chiffre always wears all-black. His tuxedo shirt is also this color.
* AssholeVictim: He's executed in cold blood by Mr. White for his failure. But considering that Le Chiffre was a psychopath who previously had Solange tortured and murdered on a hunch that she snitched (she didn't), didn't lift a finger when Obanno threatened to cut off his girlfriend's arm, and was just torturing Bond in a cruel and painful way, one can't deny that he had it coming.
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* AllForNothing: Much of the movie was him desperately trying to find a way to pay back his clients less lest they kill him, only for Mr. White to do just that before Le Chiffre could get the poker winnings out from Bond. To rub salt to the wound, Mr. White implies that Le Chiffre was dead regardless of whether he paid back the money or not because he had betrayed Quantum's trust by embezzling their money in the first place.
* AssholeVictim: He's executed in cold blood by Mr. White for his failure. But considering that Le Chiffre was a psychopath who previously had Solange tortured and murdered on a hunch that she snitched (she didn't), didn't lift a finger when Obanno threatened to cut off his girlfriend's arm, and was just torturing Bond in a cruel and painfulway, way (not to mention very nearly poisoned him to death), one can't deny that he had it coming.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Le Chiffre always wears all-black. His tuxedo shirt is also thiscolor.colour.
* AssholeVictim: He's executed in cold blood by Mr. White for his failure. But considering that Le Chiffre was a psychopath who previously had Solange tortured and murdered on a hunch that she snitched (she didn't), didn't lift a finger when Obanno threatened to cut off his girlfriend's arm, and was just torturing Bond in a cruel and painful
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* BigBadWannabe: He is introduced controlling the money of terrorists world wide. Despite this, a risky bet that causes him to lose the money reveals him as little more than a well paid SmugSnake. He is pretty much powerless when two terrorists threaten him if he fails to get the money back. After he loses to Bond in poker, he's reduced to a desperate state and decides to just torture Bond to get the money, and when Bond proves to be unwavering, he totally loses it and decides to kill him in a fit of anger. Then Mr. White arrives, tired with his failure and shoots him in the head with half an hour of film still left to go.
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* BigBadWannabe: He is introduced controlling the money of terrorists world wide. Despite this, a risky bet that causes him to lose the money reveals him as little more than a well paid SmugSnake. He is pretty much powerless when two terrorists threaten him if he fails to get the money back. After he loses to Bond in poker, he's reduced to a desperate state and decides to just torture Bond to get the money, and when Bond proves to be unwavering, he totally loses it and decides prepares to kill him in a fit of anger. Then Mr. White arrives, tired with his failure and shoots him in the head with half an hour of film still left to go.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: He's calm, collected, and polite, even when interrogating and torturing Bond for the password to the winnings, but loses it when he realizes that Bond has no intention of giving him said information.
* TheGamblingAddict: Oddly enough, while he does seem to enjoy cards, his ''real'' gambling addiction is the stock market, which he tilts in his favor by sabotaging companies into bankruptcy to plummet their stock.
* TheGamblingAddict: Oddly enough, while he does seem to enjoy cards, his ''real'' gambling addiction is the stock market, which he tilts in his favor by sabotaging companies into bankruptcy to plummet their stock.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: He's calm, collected, and polite, even when interrogating and torturing Bond for the password to the winnings, but loses it when he realizes realises that Bond has no intention of giving him said information.
* TheGamblingAddict: Oddly enough, while he does seem to enjoy cards, his ''real'' gambling addiction is the stock market, which he tilts in hisfavor favour by sabotaging companies into bankruptcy to plummet their stock.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: He has his girlfriend walk into the room wearing only a skimpy bathing suit whilst he's gambling on his yacht in order to distract his opponent. He gives her a quick admiring look but is NotDistractedByTheSexy. That's why he doesn't fall for it when Bond tries the same trick on him later with Vesper (although he does take a quick glance at Vesper's arse).
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: He has his girlfriend walk into the room wearing only a skimpy bathing suit whilst he's gambling on his yacht in order to distract his opponent. He gives her a quick admiring look but is NotDistractedByTheSexy. That's why he doesn't fall for it when Bond tries the same trick on him later with Vesper (although he does take a quick glance at Vesper's arse).ass).
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* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Obanno threatens to mutilate his girlfriend Valenka if he doesn't secure his money. Le Chiffre doesn't do much about it, though it's never explicitly stated whether this is because he doesn't care, is just too cowardly, or is calling Obanno's bluff.
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* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Obanno threatens to mutilate his girlfriend Valenka if he doesn't secure his money. Le Chiffre doesn't do much about it, though it's never explicitly stated whether this is because he doesn't care, is just too cowardly, or is calling Obanno's bluff. Note, he's also being restrained himself, so about all he ''could'' have done would be to verbally protest.
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* MorallyBankruptBanker: His day job is handling the money of terrorists and other organized crime, which he uses to fund his own terrorist attacks for even more wealth.
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* MorallyBankruptBanker: His day job is handling the money of terrorists and other organized organised crime, which he uses to fund his own terrorist attacks for even more wealth.
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* ObviouslyEvil: If the [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience all black tuxedo]] and his bearing and demeanor wasn't enough, he tells his [[TheDragon second-in-command]] to throw the guests he had just beaten in poker overboard if they weren't gone in five minutes. Ironically, he lampshades the fact that he has [[RedRightHand an eye injury]] that makes him weep blood when stressed, saying that it's "[[BlatantLies nothing sinister]]."
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* ObviouslyEvil: If the [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience all black tuxedo]] and his bearing and demeanor demeanour wasn't enough, he tells his [[TheDragon second-in-command]] to throw the guests he had just beaten in poker overboard if they weren't gone in five minutes. Ironically, he lampshades the fact that he has [[RedRightHand an eye injury]] that makes him weep blood when stressed, saying that it's "[[BlatantLies nothing sinister]]."
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* SuppressedRage: His reaction after his latest terrorist plot has failed and he's lost over $100 million--He takes a long drag from his inhaler and remarks "Someone talked" before having Dmitrios' wife interrogated and killed offscreen.
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* SuppressedRage: His reaction after his latest terrorist plot has failed and he's lost over $100 million--He million-- he takes a long drag from his inhaler and remarks "Someone talked" before having Dmitrios' wife interrogated and killed offscreen.
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* VillainsWantMercy: One of the interesting things about him is that, despite him being the film's BigBad, the plot largely revolves around him being in financial trouble with some other criminal organizations and desperately trying to save his own ass.
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* VillainsWantMercy: One of the interesting things about him is that, despite him being the film's BigBad, the plot largely revolves around him being in financial trouble with some other criminal organizations organisations and desperately trying to save his own ass.
* SpottingTheThread: His accomplice notices that Bond (despite skilfully evading notice by making out with Vesper in a spur of the moment fashion) is wearing an earpiece, identifying him as a member of law enforcement or a government agent. Thus, they both violently attack Bond and Vesper, forcing Bond to [[CharacterDeath kill them both]] to contain the situation.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Once he realizes Bond has the drop on him, he resigns himself to it and doesn't bother begging for his life and even assures Bond that it'll be easy.
* GenreBlindness: He assumes that if M wanted him dead, she'd have sent a Double O. Turns out M doesn't seem to consider him quite as important as he does, though she does send him the next best thing.
* GenreBlindness: He assumes that if M wanted him dead, she'd have sent a Double O. Turns out M doesn't seem to consider him quite as important as he does, though she does send him the next best thing.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Once he realizes realises Bond has the drop on him, he resigns himself to it and doesn't bother begging for his life and even assures Bond that it'll be easy.
easy. Ironically, Bond agreeing that it would be easier reflects more on how Dryden was resigned to his death (and how Bond's first on-screen kill was quite a physical struggle), rather than it being less of a psychological burden; because Bond's military and intelligence agent history means he's probably killed people on at least several occasions before these two instances.
* GenreBlindness: He assumes that if M wanted him dead, she'd have sent a Double O. Turns out M doesn't seem to consider him quite as important as he does, though she does send him the next bestthing.thing- someone about to qualify for the role.
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Appears in the prologue. Dryden's contact who is first shown in a cricket match in Lahore, Pakistan (this is shown in a deleted scene). Bond follows him into the cricket club's toilets and they start brawling. He is notable as the first man to be killed by Bond in the Craig continuity, and the first of two kills required in order for Bond to qualify for 00-status.
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Appears in the prologue. Dryden's contact who is first shown in a cricket match in Lahore, Pakistan (this is shown in a deleted scene). Bond follows him into the cricket club's toilets and they start brawling. He is notable as the first man to be killed on-screen by Bond in the Craig continuity, and the first of two kills required in order for Bond to qualify for 00-status.
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* {{Mooks}}: He's Dryden's contact who Bond mows down, but not after a brutal fight.
* NotQuiteDead: Bond attempts to drown him in a sink. After several seconds of struggling, the man's body goes limp and crumples to the floor. Fisher is [[FakingTheDead feigning his death]] and as Bond turns to retrieve his pistol from the floor, the thug snatches his own weapon and takes aim. With lightening-fast reflexes, Bond turns and shoots first. Silhouetted against the white tiles and shot from the perspective of Fisher's gun barrel, this is shown on screen as a modified version of the traditional BondGunBarrel sequence and leads into the film's opening credits.
* NotQuiteDead: Bond attempts to drown him in a sink. After several seconds of struggling, the man's body goes limp and crumples to the floor. Fisher is [[FakingTheDead feigning his death]] and as Bond turns to retrieve his pistol from the floor, the thug snatches his own weapon and takes aim. With lightening-fast reflexes, Bond turns and shoots first. Silhouetted against the white tiles and shot from the perspective of Fisher's gun barrel, this is shown on screen as a modified version of the traditional BondGunBarrel sequence and leads into the film's opening credits.
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* {{Mooks}}: He's Dryden's contact who Bond mows down, but not until after a brutal fight.
* NotQuiteDead: Bond attempts to drown him in a sink. After several seconds of struggling, the man's body goes limp and crumples to the floor. Fisher is [[FakingTheDead feigning his death]] and as Bond turns to retrieve his pistol from the floor, the thug snatches his own weapon and takes aim. Withlightening-fast lightning-fast reflexes, Bond turns and shoots first. Silhouetted against the white tiles and shot from the perspective of Fisher's gun barrel, this is shown on screen as a modified version of the traditional BondGunBarrel sequence and leads into the film's opening credits.
* NotQuiteDead: Bond attempts to drown him in a sink. After several seconds of struggling, the man's body goes limp and crumples to the floor. Fisher is [[FakingTheDead feigning his death]] and as Bond turns to retrieve his pistol from the floor, the thug snatches his own weapon and takes aim. With
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* {{Foil}}: To Le Chiffre. They're both bankers, but he is utterly courteous and follows through on his promise to deliver clients their owed monies.
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Dryden appears in the DeliberatelyMonochrome prologue of the film. He is a corrupt [[UsefulNotes/SecretIntelligenceService MI6]] section chief in Prague, shot by Bond during his last mission before becoming a 00 Agent. Bond's second kill in the Craig continuity.
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Dryden appears in the DeliberatelyMonochrome prologue of the film. He is a corrupt [[UsefulNotes/SecretIntelligenceService MI6]] section chief in Prague, shot by Bond during his last mission before becoming a 00 Agent. Bond's second on-screen kill in the Craig continuity.
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* MoralMyopia: She's terrified when Obanno attacks her boyfriend and threatens to mutilate her. Later in the film, however, she's shown smug and devoid of pity when Le Chiffre kidnaps Vesper and brutalizes Bond.
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* MoralMyopia: She's terrified when Obanno attacks her boyfriend and threatens to mutilate her. Later in the film, however, she's shown smug and devoid of pity when Le Chiffre kidnaps Vesper and brutalizes brutalises Bond.
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* NoHonorAmongThieves: Something Le Chiffre should have remembered. He brutalizes Le Chiffre and threatens to mutilate Valenka unless Le Chiffre secures his money.
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* NoHonorAmongThieves: Something Le Chiffre should have remembered. He brutalizes brutalises Le Chiffre and threatens to mutilate (and likely murder) Valenka unless Le Chiffre secures his money.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: When he comes to the Casino Royale to reclaim his money to Le Chiffre.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: When he comes to the Casino Royale to reclaim his money to from Le Chiffre.
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[[caption-width-right:290:''"If the theatrics are suppose to scare me, you've got the wrong man, Bond."'']]
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[[caption-width-right:290:''"If the theatrics are suppose supposed to scare me, you've got the wrong man, Bond."'']]
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* AdaptationalSexuality: Le Chiffre in the novel was described as having large sexual appetites, kept multiple mistresses (one of whom was spying on him for [=MI6=]) and invested in a chain of brothels with the benefit of having unlimited women for his personal use (which would indirectly lead to his downfall). Movie Le Chiffre doesn't show much sex drive, even for his supposed girlfriend.
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* AdaptationalSexuality: Le Chiffre in the novel was described as having large sexual appetites, kept multiple mistresses (one of whom was [[HoneyTrap spying on him for [=MI6=]) MI6]]) and invested in a chain of brothels with the benefit of having unlimited women for his personal use (which would indirectly lead to his downfall). Movie Le Chiffre doesn't show much sex drive, even for his supposed girlfriend.
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* AllForNothing: Much of the movie was him desperately trying to find a way to pay back his clients less they kill him, only for Mr. White to do just that before Le Chiffre could get its location out from Bond. To rub salt to the wound, Mr. White implies that Le Chiffre was dead regardless of whether he paid back the money or not because he had betrayed Quantum's trust by embezzling their money in the first place.
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* AllForNothing: Much of the movie was him desperately trying to find a way to pay back his clients less they kill him, only for Mr. White to do just that before Le Chiffre could get its location the poker winnings out from Bond. To rub salt to the wound, Mr. White implies that Le Chiffre was dead regardless of whether he paid back the money or not because he had betrayed Quantum's trust by embezzling their money in the first place.
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** Also, he drove companies to bankruptcy to make a profit, and by the end, he is made bankrupt himself.
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** Also, Also in a financial sense, he drove companies to bankruptcy to make a profit, and by the end, he is made bankrupt himself.
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* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: He sends Bond informations about the plane prototype that Le Chiffre wants to have blown up by Carlos so Bond can act quickly to stop Carlos.
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* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: He sends Bond informations information about the plane prototype that Le Chiffre wants to have blown up by Carlos so Bond can act quickly to stop Carlos.
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A British field operative who worked alongside James Bond in Madagascar while scouting for bomb maker Mollaka. Carter touching his ear piece leads Mollaka to spot him and run away, forcing Bond to leave his position and run off in pursuit of Mollaka.
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A British field operative who worked alongside James Bond in Madagascar while scouting for bomb maker Mollaka. Carter touching his ear piece earpiece leads Mollaka to spot him and run away, forcing Bond to leave his position and run off in pursuit of Mollaka.
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* LastNameBasis: He's only refered to as "Carter" in the film. When he reappears in the ''Quantum of Solace'' video game, his first name is given as Brian.
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* LastNameBasis: He's only refered referred to as "Carter" in the film. When he reappears in the ''Quantum of Solace'' video game, his first name is given as Brian.
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* AfraidOfBlood: She sobs about the blood that's on her while [[ShowerOfAngst sitting in the shower]], clothed, consumed by feelings of guilt after watching Obanno and his {{mooks}} getting killed by Bond.
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* AfraidOfBlood: She sobs about the blood that's on her while [[ShowerOfAngst sitting in the shower]], clothed, consumed by feelings of guilt after watching Obanno and his {{mooks}} {{Mooks}} getting killed by Bond.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: She's very well-endowed and wears cleavage-heavy outfits to emphasize it. Bond makes reference to this when he gives her the alias "Stephanie ''Broadchest''".
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* DefrostingIceQueen: She starts out as cold towards Bond, before gradually warming out to him. [[spoiler:This becomes much dramatic with the revelation later on (and the possible reason for this) that she had a boyfriend kidnapped by Quantum, which forced her to work for them, only to fall for Bond for real.]]
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the novel, she commits suicide via poison. In the film, she drowns herself.]]
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the novel, she commits suicide via poison. In the film, she drowns herself.]]
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* DefrostingIceQueen: She starts out as cold towards Bond, before gradually warming out to him. [[spoiler:This becomes much more dramatic with the revelation later on (and the possible reason for this) that she had a boyfriend kidnapped by Quantum, which forced her to work for them, only to fall for Bond for real.]]
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the novel, she [[DrivenToSuicide commitssuicide suicide]] via poison. In the film, she drowns herself.]]
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the novel, she [[DrivenToSuicide commits
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* LoveInterestTraitor: [[spoiler:Bond's love interest who turned out to work for Quantum. She has no choice however, as Quantum coerced her to work for them, and she doesn't want to harm Bond.]]
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* LoveInterestTraitor: [[spoiler:Bond's love interest LoveInterest who turned out to work for Quantum. She has no choice however, as Quantum coerced her to work for them, and she doesn't want to harm Bond.]]
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* MsFanservice: When she walks into the poker room in either dress, but especially the latter; a black dress that lets her cleavage (and there is ''[[https://i.redd.it/m0vomy7tdr651.jpg a lot]]'' of it) on full display. This is shown when she revives Bond via MagicalDefibrillator. Creator/EvaGreen's... erm, ''ample proportions'' are even referenced in-universe when, as they're about to register into a hotel, Bond says that he prepared aliases for both of them and jokes that he gave Vesper "Stephanie ''Broadchest''", which results in him getting an elbow from Vesper.
* MeaningfulName: Vesper Lynd is a {{pun|nyName}} on "West Berlin". Berlin was a city split down the middle during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar. Vesper's loyalties are equally split.
* MeaningfulName: Vesper Lynd is a {{pun|nyName}} on "West Berlin". Berlin was a city split down the middle during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar. Vesper's loyalties are equally split.
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* MsFanservice: When she walks into the poker room in either dress, but especially the latter; a black dress that lets her cleavage (and there is ''[[https://i.redd.it/m0vomy7tdr651.jpg a lot]]'' of it) on full display. This is shown when she revives Bond via MagicalDefibrillator. Creator/EvaGreen's... erm, ''ample proportions'' Her ''[[BuxomBeautyStandard ample proportions]]'' are even referenced in-universe InUniverse when, as they're about to register into a hotel, Bond says that he prepared aliases for both of them and jokes that he gave Vesper "Stephanie ''Broadchest''", which results in him getting an elbow from Vesper.
* MeaningfulName: Vesper Lynd is a{{pun|nyName}} [[PunnyName pun]] on "West Berlin". Berlin was a city split down the middle during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar. Vesper's loyalties are equally split.
* MeaningfulName: Vesper Lynd is a
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* ShowSomeLeg: She wears a low-cut dress given by Bond to be a distraction during the card game.
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* ShowSomeLeg: She wears a low-cut dress given by Bond to be a distraction during the card game.game, even walking with a [[SupermodelStrut deliberate hip-swaying strut]] around the table. Funny enough, it works so well that even [[SpiesAreLecherous Bond himself is distracted.]]
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* AllForNothing: Much of the movie was him desperately trying to find a way to pay back his clients less they kill him, only for Mr. White to do just that before Le Chiffre could get its location out from Bond. To rub salt to the wound, Mr. White implies that Le Chiffre was dead regardless of whether he paid back the money or not because he had betrayed Quantum's trust by embezzling their money in the first place.
* AssholeVictim: He's executed in cold blood by Mr. White for his failure. But considering that Le Chiffre was a psychopath who previously had Solange tortured and murdered on a hunch that she snitched (she didn't), didn't lift a finger when Obanno threatened to cut off his girlfriend's arm, and was just torturing Bond in a cruel and painful way, one can't deny that he had it coming.
* AssholeVictim: He's executed in cold blood by Mr. White for his failure. But considering that Le Chiffre was a psychopath who previously had Solange tortured and murdered on a hunch that she snitched (she didn't), didn't lift a finger when Obanno threatened to cut off his girlfriend's arm, and was just torturing Bond in a cruel and painful way, one can't deny that he had it coming.
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* TheTell: His is putting his left hand to his forehead just above his left eye, as if he's pondering his next move
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* TheTell: His is putting his left hand to his forehead just above his left eye, as if he's pondering his next movemove.
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* VillainsWantMercy: One of the interesting things about him is that, despite him being the film's BigBad, the plot largely revolves around he himself being in financial trouble with some other criminal organizations and desperately trying to save his own ass.
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* VillainsWantMercy: One of the interesting things about him is that, despite him being the film's BigBad, the plot largely revolves around he himself him being in financial trouble with some other criminal organizations and desperately trying to save his own ass.
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* LoveMartyr: Assuming that she actually is Le Chiffre's girlfriend and not just an employee, considering how she stays with him even after he's willing to lt her arm get cut off.
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* LoveMartyr: Assuming that she actually is Le Chiffre's girlfriend and not just an employee, considering how she stays with him even after he's willing to lt let her arm get cut off.
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* ButtMonkey: Not much goes well for him. He loses his car in a poker game to Bond, his wife cheats on him, he's baselessly accused of being a traitor by Le Chiffre, and finally stabbed by Bond. Mind you, he deserves all of it.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: He's rather gregarious and friendly, but he's a ruthless warlord who is quick to jump to violence and drops the niceties very quickly when he feels slighted.