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* AffablyEvil: Hetreats James Bond to dinner and shows him around his evil lair!

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* AffablyEvil: Hetreats He treats James Bond to dinner and shows him around his evil lair!



** In the novel, [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs the Tongs]] chopped his hands off after he stole them a million dollars worth of gold when he was their treasurer. In the film he still robbed them but managed to get away with it, and he implies that his hands were an accident during his research.

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** In the novel, [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs the Tongs]] chopped his hands off after he stole them embezzled a million dollars worth of gold when he was their treasurer. In the film he still robbed them but managed to get away with it, and he implies that his hands were an accident during his research.
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* PantsPositiveSafety: After shooting Strangways' secretary, one of the Mice shoves his pistol down the front of his trousers while he searches her body for the keys.

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* BabiesEverAfter: In later novels, Bond divulges that she moved to Philadelphia, where she worked as an actress. She married a doctor by the name of Wilder and had two children with him.



* GirlOfTheWeek: The main Bond Girl for this film, and the first of many Bond Girls with whom Bond ends up with by the end of a film... and also the first of many that do not return in the next film, without a single quote about her fate.

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* FriendToAllLivingThings: She expressed great value for life, animals, and humans.
* GirlOfTheWeek: The main Bond Girl for this film, and the first of many Bond Girls with whom Bond ends up with by the end of a film... and also the first of many that do not return in the next film, without a single quote about her fate.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Her full name in the novel is Honeychile Ryder.


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* AscendedExtra: In the novel, she's mentioned in passing. Her role was greatly expanded and embellished for this film.
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* BlindPeopleWearSunglasses: The Three Blind Mice wear sunglasses and have canes so they appear blind. In reality, they are assassins for [[BigBad Dr. No]].
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* GirlOfTheWeek: The main Bond Girl for this film, and the first of many Bond Girls with whom Bond ends up with by the end of a film.

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* GirlOfTheWeek: The main Bond Girl for this film, and the first of many Bond Girls with whom Bond ends up with by the end of a film.film... and also the first of many that do not return in the next film, without a single quote about her fate.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: She spends most of the film without shoes.

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* EvilIsPetty: In the book, he torched an entire bird sanctuary and its staff brutally murdered ''[[KickTheDog simply]] [[DisproportionateRetribution because]]'' it was a bit too close to his base.

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In the book, he torched an entire bird sanctuary and its staff brutally murdered ''[[KickTheDog simply]] [[DisproportionateRetribution because]]'' it was a bit too close to his base.base.
** He sabotages American space rockets because they rejected his scientific services.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: His novel counterpart completely deserve his CruelAndUnusualDeath, due of his Konzentrationslager-like control on base, his torturous experiments, his DeathCourse to Bond and many other crimes.]]

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: His novel counterpart completely deserve his CruelAndUnusualDeath, due of his Konzentrationslager-like concentration camp-like control on base, his torturous experiments, his DeathCourse to Bond and many other crimes.]]
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He ''far'' less sadistic and more [[AffablyEvil charming]], than his novel counterpart.


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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: His novel counterpart completely deserve his CruelAndUnusualDeath, due of his Konzentrationslager-like control on base, his torturous experiments, his DeathCourse to Bond and many other crimes.]]
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** In the book, he has no eyelashes, eyebrows, or any hair on top of his head. Instead of hands, he has a pair of steel pincers.

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** In the book, he has no eyelashes, eyebrows, or any hair on top of his head. Instead of hands, he has a pair of steel pincers.pincers, and he has ''situs inversus'' - his organs are flipped, so his heart is on his right side.
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* AbledInTheAdaptation: He has an eyepatch in the books.
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!!! '''Played by:''' Zena Marshall

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!!! '''Played by:''' Zena Marshall
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* Affably Evil: Hetreats James Bond to dinner and shows him around his evil lair!

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* Affably Evil: AffablyEvil: Hetreats James Bond to dinner and shows him around his evil lair!



* Cruel and Unusual Death: In the film, he boils in the cooling pool of his nuclear reactor.

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* Cruel and Unusual Death: CruelAndUnusualDeath: In the film, he boils in the cooling pool of his nuclear reactor.



* Dies Differently in Adaptation: In the novel, he is buried under a pile of guano. In the film, he is knocked into the boiling water of his reactor pool, and his metal hands make it impossible for him to get a grip on the wet metal of the gantry and he slides beneath the water.

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* Dies Differently in Adaptation: DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the novel, he is buried under a pile of guano. In the film, he is knocked into the boiling water of his reactor pool, and his metal hands make it impossible for him to get a grip on the wet metal of the gantry and he slides beneath the water.



* Elaborate Underground Base: He has an elaborate nuclear facility but it's not clear that it was underground. Although fairly likely, given that it explicitly is in the book and in the film they dine in a glass-windowed room below the waterline and thus presumably underground as well.

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* Elaborate Underground Base: ElaborateUndergroundBase: He has an elaborate nuclear facility but it's not clear that it was underground. Although fairly likely, given that it explicitly is in the book and in the film they dine in a glass-windowed room below the waterline and thus presumably underground as well.

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* Affably Evil: Hetreats James Bond to dinner and shows him around his evil lair!



* Cruel and Unusual Death: In the film, he boils in the cooling pool of his nuclear reactor.



* Dies Differently in Adaptation: In the novel, he is buried under a pile of guano. In the film, he is knocked into the boiling water of his reactor pool, and his metal hands make it impossible for him to get a grip on the wet metal of the gantry and he slides beneath the water.



* Elaborate Underground Base: He has an elaborate nuclear facility but it's not clear that it was underground. Although fairly likely, given that it explicitly is in the book and in the film they dine in a glass-windowed room below the waterline and thus presumably underground as well.
* EnigmaticMinion: In the film, he is a member of SPECTRE.
* EpicFail: In the novel, his deathtrap for Honey involves him stringing her up in the way of a seemingly-endless mass of crabs which will very slowly pinch her to death. Except that Honey knows that this particular breed of crab isn't hostile and won't attack unless provoked, so she simply holds still until the crabs disperse. She's not even frightened by them and grows fond of their company as she waits. Once they're gone, she tugs the poles she's tied to out of their cracks and just walks away.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He explains his motive to join SPECTRE, claiming that it's led by geniuses, rudely dismissing 007 as a "stupid policeman", only for Bond to correct him that SPECTRE is actually led by "criminal brains".



* FamousLastWords: "Shut it down, you fools, it's running wild! Shut down!"
* FatalFlaw: His MadScientist tendencies, and the fact that he dismisses 007 as a "stupid policeman". As Bond sums it up:
-->World domination. The same old dream. Our asylums are full of people who think they are Napoleon. Or God.



* AGlassInTheHand: He crushes a golden Buddha statue with his metal hand to intimidate Bond.



* HazmatSuit: His radiation suit.



* TheHeavy: The is the main antagonist of both the book and the film. However he works for SMERSH in the book, and SPECTRE in the film.



* IslandBase: His base is on Crab Key, albeit more of an ElaborateUndergroundBase.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: A not too blatant example, since the US had worked out before the events of the film that their rockets were being toppled; they just didn't know who the culprit was, and Bond works out by himself that Dr. No is responsible. However, Dr. No also freely gives away the existence of SPECTRE, who Bond and, presumably, [=MI6=] had been totally ignorant of until that point. In fairness, he only told him because he was trying to recruit him, and Russia and China definitely know because they keep doing business with them (No is on a mission for SPECTRE, but it is strongly implied that they were hired by Red China; No even has an army of Chinese henchmen), so its not so bad if half the world knows anyway.



* KickTheDog: In the book, he had an entire bird sanctuary burned to the ground and its staff murdered just because it was a bit too close to his base.
* LastGraspAtLife: The last we see of him is his hand trying to grasp a metal support beam as he drowns in the cooling tank of a nuclear reactor.



* OrganDodge: In the book, he tells Bond how he survived reprisal from the Tong after embezzling funds - after hours of prison torture, they chopped off his hands and shot him through the heart, or thought they did. As it turned out, he was a rare case with his heart on the right side of his body.



* RedRightHand: His [[ArtificialLimbs mechanical hands]].

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* RedRightHand: His RedRightHand:
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** In the book, he has no eyelashes, eyebrows, or any hair on top of his head. Instead of hands, he has a pair of steel pincers.


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* TankGoodness: His lair is guarded by an armored car with a flamethrower that is painted with teeth, and is appropriately referred to as "The Dragon".
* VillainousBreakdown: He loses his temper after Bond foils his plans to sabotage American missile tests and desperately tries to kill 007, but falls into a vat of boiling radioactive water.
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* BlackBestFriend: He quickly becomes Bond's friend and is liked by everyone in his district.

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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the novel, his hands were cut off by the Tongs, who tortured him to find their missing money. The film implies that he lost them due to his work with radiation.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: BaldOfEvil in the novel, short black hair in the film.



* {{Yellowface}}: Ms Taro is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Jamaicans Chinese Jamaican]], played by an Anglo-French actress. It's not as noticeable as some, because Terence Young wanted her to be somewhat ethnically ambiguous, but her house is decorated in an Asian style.

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* {{Yellowface}}: Ms Taro is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Jamaicans Chinese Jamaican]], played by an Anglo-French actress. It's not as noticeable as some, because Terence Young Creator/TerenceYoung wanted her to be somewhat ethnically ambiguous, but her house is decorated in an Asian style.
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* ManInWhite: When it's not gray.
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* {{Yellowface}}: Ms Taro is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Jamaicans Chinese Jamaican]], played by an Anglo-French actress. It's not as noticeable as some, because Terence Young wanted her to be somewhat ethnically ambiguous, but her house is decorated in an Asian style.
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* HandicappedBadass: Besides being strong enough to crush a metal figurine, his mechanical hands also give him one hell of a punch, as seen in his short fight with Bond at the end of the film. Too bad for him their lack of manual dexterity puts him at a disadvantage while grappling and makes it impossible for him to climb out of a nuclear reactor.

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* HandicappedBadass: Deconstructed. Besides being strong enough to crush a metal figurine, his mechanical hands also give him one hell of a punch, as seen in his short fight with Bond at the end of the film. Too bad for him their lack of manual dexterity puts him at a disadvantage while grappling and makes it impossible for him to climb out of a nuclear reactor. pool of superheated water.
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* TheLoad: In the film, she just goes along with Bond instead of helping him do anything. Averted in the book, where she warns Bond of incoming threats as they drive the Dragon to safety, is a skilled sailor, worked out how to sell her seashells for profit very quickly and escapes on her own without Bond's help.

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* TheLoad: In For such an unforgettable and fan-loved Bond Girl, it is shocking to realize how Honey does nothing important to the film, she just goes along plot of the movie. She seems to be there only to be saved by Bond in the third act and to have sex with Bond instead of helping him do anything.in the end. Averted in the book, where she warns Bond of incoming threats as they drive the Dragon to safety, is a skilled sailor, worked out how to sell her seashells for profit very quickly and escapes on her own without Bond's help.
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* EvilIsPetty: In the book, he torched an entire bird sanctuary and its staff brutally murdered ''[[KickTheDog simply]] [[DisproportionateRetribution because]]'' it was a bit too close to his base.
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!!! '''Played by:''' Timothy Moxon (on-set actor), Robert Rietty (voice)

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!!! '''Played !!!'''Played by:''' Timothy Moxon (on-set actor), Robert Rietty (voice)
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** The book version shows that he adopted the name Julius No as a symbol of how his father abandoned him as a child.
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He is the first British spy to appear on screen in the franchise. He lives in Jamaica, has a membership in the Queen's Club and investigates Dr. No's activities around Crab Key island. He is shot down (along with his secretary) by the Three Blind Mice at the beginning of the movie and the novel, and all of his files about Dr. No are stolen. His disappearance prompts the MI6 to send James Bond to Jamaica.

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He is the first British spy to appear on screen in the franchise. He lives in Jamaica, has a membership in the Queen's Club and investigates Dr. No's activities around Crab Key island. He is shot down (along with his secretary) by the Three Blind Mice at the beginning of the movie and the novel, and all of his files about Dr. No are stolen. His disappearance prompts the MI6 [=MI6=] to send James Bond to Jamaica.

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Character sheet for [[Literature/DrNo the novel]] and Film/JamesBond film ''Film/DrNo''.


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Character sheet for [[Literature/DrNo the novel]] and Film/JamesBond film ''Film/DrNo''.
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The first main Bond Girl in the film series. Her iconic first appearance has her coming out of the ocean for beachcombing in Crab Key. She then accompanies Bond and Quarrel during their exploration on the island and Dr. No's facility.

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The first main Bond Girl in the film series. Her iconic first appearance has her [[SexySurfacingShot coming out of the ocean ocean]] for beachcombing in Crab Key. She then accompanies Bond and Quarrel during their exploration on the island and Dr. No's facility.



* AdaptationalModesty: In the book, she's completely naked when Bond meets her. This would never have met with the censor's approval in 1962, so she wears a white bikini in the film.

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* AdaptationalModesty: In the book, she's [[NakedFirstImpression completely naked when Bond meets her. her]]. This would never have met with the censor's approval in 1962, so she wears a white bikini when [[SexySurfacingShot coming out of the water]] in the film.
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The first main Bond Girl in the film series. He iconic first appearance has her coming out of the ocean for beachcombing in Crab Key. She then accompanies Bond and Quarrel during their exploration on the island and Dr. No's facility.

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The first main Bond Girl in the film series. He Her iconic first appearance has her coming out of the ocean for beachcombing in Crab Key. She then accompanies Bond and Quarrel during their exploration on the island and Dr. No's facility.
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!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/UrsulaAndress (on-set actress), Nikki Van der Zyl (voice), Diana Coupland (singing voice)

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!!! '''Played by:''' Creator/UrsulaAndress (on-set actress), Creator/UrsulaAndress, Nikki Van der Zyl (voice), Diana Coupland (singing voice)

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