History Characters / GoldenEye

* DrivenByEnvy: Besides mocking Bond's abilities, he harbors some resentment against 007 for "having the luxury of losing his parents to a climbing accident" while his own parents killed themselves out of survivors' guilt.

* TheResenter: While he and Bond are both orphans, he hates 007's parents "had the luxury" of dying in a climbing accident while his own killed themselves out of SurvivorsGuilt.

!!!'''Played by:''' Gottfried John

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Subverted. While he did consider [[WeCanRuleTogether asking Bond to join his scheme]], he knew that Bond will refuse and [[JustFollowingOrders prioritize the mission]] over his friends.

* {{Jerkass}}: An utterly obnoxious prick. How his co-workers resisted killing him for so long will forever be a mystery.

* BigBad:

* DiabolicalMastermind: A massively powerful criminal and renegade.

* DisproportionateRetribution: In the words of Bond himself, Trevelyan's EvilPlan consists of "a worldwide financial meltdown, and all so he can settle a grudge with the British Government fifty years on."

* EvilGloating: Following an intense fist fight, Trevelyan is armed, 007 is at gunpoint... and he stops to breathe and then say "You know, James? I was always better," before shooting - and he misses, because his pause gave Bond a chance to kick open a trapdoor and go down a staircase.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: His EyeTake reaction at Xenia after she looks like she [[CombatSadomasochist got off on massacring]] the Severnaya staff looks like he's thinking "What kind of ''insane psychopath'' did Trevelyan hire?"

* StartOfDarkness: He describes how his parents' suicide out of the [[SurvivorGuilt shame of surviving]] the British betrayal and Stalin's death squads after WWII became the moment he decided he'll get his revenge against England.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: When he rants how he plans to steal from the Bank of England and cover it up with an EMP blast as part of his revenge against the British government for having his parents killed, Bond simply states that it still doesn't justify his crimes by calling him a "common thief", which does infuriate Trevelyan.

** He even (correctly) thinks that Bond's constant womanizing is actually a mask to hide the inner sadness of losing the only woman he truly loved (Tracy di Vicenzo).

LeaveNoWitnesses: She and Ourumov massacre the staff of the Bunker to ensure none of them could accuse the former of stealing the second eponymous satellite. The exceptions are Boris Grishenko, intentionally spared and offered a new job with Janus; and Natalya, who knew how to survive it.

* AffablyEvil: He's actually pretty polite, being one of Bond's old friends. [[spoiler:Slips into FauxAffablyEvil side near the end of the film when he asks James to be a good boy and die.]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: After outing himself as the true villain, Trevelyan's HiddenDisdainReveal of Bond is laced with condescension. Near the end, he even tries to kill Bond.

* FreudianExcuse: Deconstructed. He claims that what he is after isn't money, but revenge on Great Britain for the death of his parents (who were Lienz Cossacks). Bond, however questions both his reason and motive; there is no way in hell the son of Lienz cossacks would have passed the necessary background checks to join MI-6, and his clearance would have allowed him to hurt Britain immensely just by turning whistleblower, so if he was just after revenge, why wait for decades for an opportunity to strike that just happens to be profitable?

-->'''Bond''': A worldwide financial meltdown... and all so mad little Alec can settle a score with the world 50 years on.

* TheResenter: While he and Bond are both , he resents the fact that 007's parents "had the luxury" of dying in a climbing accident, his own parents killed themselves out of SurvivorsGuilt.

* StartOfDarkness: He describes how [[SurvivorGuilt his parents' suicide out of the shame of surviving]] the British betrayal and Stalin's death squads after WWII became the moment he decided he'll get his revenge against England.

* {{Revenge}}: Deconstructed. He seeks revenge against Britain for the betrayal of the Lienz Cossacks, who were executed by Stalin for supporting the Nazis. These events caused his parents kill themselves out of survivor's guilt. However, Bond thinks Alec is only after the money, with his FreudianExcuse being a lousy cover for the theft, and that most of the people he plans to kill have nothing to do with it. Which does makes sense: 006 appears to have faithfully served England for years before faking his death.

* WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell: A major motivation for his schemes.

* YoureInsane: Bond calls him out on his plot to ruin the world, though [[ShutUpKirk 006 chews him out]] on his flaws.

* AssholeVictim: Considering her depraved, murderous actions her death was satisfying.

* EyeTake: He does one at Xenia after she looks like she [[CombatSadomasochist got off on massacring]] the Severnaya staff.

* NotWhatISignedOnFor: He briefly gets second thoughts as Bond informs him that Trevelyan is a Lienz Cossack, but doesn't switch sides.

* BeyondRedemption: When Trevelyan reveals he's alive and outs himself as Janus, Bond's reaction changed to shock and tried reasoning with him. Trevelyan even laces his BreakingSpeech to 007 with derision, mocking his outdated loyalties to England and whether he has any qualms killing people. Having realized what a monster his friend has become, Bond [[TranquilFury pays]] Trevelyan's treachery by ''deliberately'' dumping him down to his death, but not before making it clear ItsPersonal.

* {{Revenge}}: Trevelyan is seeking revenge for the betrayal of his family, who were part of the Lienz Cossacks who worked with the Nazis against the Russians during WWII. The Cossacks, who believed that they were under British protection near the end of the war, were sent back to Stalin, who promptly had them all shot. Trevelyan, needless to say, is pissed about this, and seeks to make the British government pay, as these events caused his father (a surviving Cossack) to kill Alec's mom then himself. Averted in Bond's opinion though. He believes Alec is simply in it for the money, with his FreudianExcuse just that, an excuse. Which kind of makes sense: 006 appears to have faithfully served the British Government for years before faking his death.

* FreudianExcuse: He claims that what he is after isn't money, but revenge on Great Britain for the death of his parents (who were Lienz Cossacks). Bond, however questions both his reason and motive; there is no way in hell the son of Lienz cossacks would have passed the necessary background checks to join MI-6, and his clearance would have allowed him to hurt Britain immensely just by turning whistleblower, so if he was just after revenge, why wait for decades for an opportunity to strike that just happens to be profitable?

** It's ironic for him to chastise 007 for being [=MI6=]'s "loyal terrier," when "mad little" Alec himself is still stuck in the past, considering his grudge against England involves settling a grudge that caused his parents to kill themselves of the shame of surviving Stalin's death squads at the end of WWII.

* IdiotBall: Despite remembering how Q Branch operates, he still lets Boris to play with Bond's confiscated pen.

* BerserkButton: Downplayed. While he didn't explode in anger, 006 certainly looked pissed off when Bond deconstructs his FreudianExcuse.