History Characters / Goldfinger

* CutLexLuthorACheck: He runs a number of successful businesses to the point where he really doesn't need to engage in crime to achieve the level of wealth he has. He just wants even more and doesn't care how he gets it, and takes pride in what he describes as a major achievement in crime.

* EatTheDog: In the novel, Oddjob survived a famine that wracked his homeland as a child by eating the local cats, [[TradeMarkFavoriteFood and still retains a fondness for cat meat]]. After Bond uses Goldfinger's cat to cover up a bit of spying on his part, Goldfinger gives the animal to Oddjob and tells him that he may eat it, in an act overlapping with KickTheDog.

* TrademarkFavouriteFood: In the novel, Oddjob has a fondness for cat flesh, [[EatTheDog apparently a result of surviving a famine as a child by eating cats]].

* BellyDancer: Latino version.

* ColorMotifs: Gold, of course. Nearly all of his outfits in the movie feature the colour prominently, drives a gold-plated Rolls-Royce Phantom III and carries a golden gun. Even Goldfinger's hair is gold. Lampshaded when he states that all his life he has been fond of the colour.

* CutLexLuthorACheck: He runs a number of successful businesses to the point where he really doesn't need to engage in crime to achieve the level of wealth he has. He just wants even more and doesn't care how he gets it and takes pride in what he describes as a major achievement in crime.

* CoolGuns: He wields a gold-plated Colt Official Police as his sidearm, although he uses a gold-plated Colt 1908 in the book. He and Bond struggle over later on his plane during the climax. The gun eventually fires, breaking a window and sucking Goldfinger out. One of Goldfinger's guards also pulls one on Bond when Bond escapes from his cell

* CutLexLuthorACheck: He runs a number of successful businesses to the point where he really doesn't need to engage in crime to achieve the level of wealth he has.

* FauxAffablyEvil: He swings back and forth with this. He threatens Bond with the crotch laser, but when Bond convinces him that he's more worthy alive than dead, he even has him served a mint julep at his estate. Then Goldfinger reveals that he plan includes a nerve gas attack on Fort Knox, and when Bond points out that it will kill thousands, military and civilian alike, Goldfinger dismisses the casualties as no greater than the number of deaths that occur every year due to auto accidents.

* LackOfEmpathy: When Bond mentions the potential death toll of Goldfinger's plan, Goldfinger just shrugs and remarks "[[AMillionIsAStatistic American motorists kill that many every two years]]".

* FreudianExcuse: In the novel, Bond infers, and is never shown different, that Goldfinger might have been teased and bullied over not only being short, but strangely-proportioned "with red hair and a bizarre face".

** He brags about his plan to his business partners, knowing that he's going to kill them all anyway and that it won't make the slightest bit of difference if he tells them. What he doesn't realize is that Bond is listening in on his little presentation; however, Bond misinterprets his plan and thinks that he intends to steal all of Fort Knox's gold, when in actual fact he intends to make it radioactive.

** "Man has climbed Mount Everest, gone to the bottom of the ocean. He's fired rockets at the Moon, split the atom, achieved miracles in every field of human endeavor... EXCEPT CRIME!!!"

* LovesOnlyGold: Even more so in the book, where he goes so far as to have yellow-bound erotic photographs, and have his lovers painted head to toe in gold so that he can make love to gold. The Music/ShirleyBassey song even states "He loves only gold, only gold".
* LyingByOmission: He offers his creditors a tenfold increase in repayment of the gold he owes them if they wait for the completion of his plan to break into Fort Knox. While they conclude he means to just steal the gold, he actually intends [[spoiler:to just [[NukeEm set off a nuclear bomb inside]], changing the value of the gold he's paying them]].

* MeaningfulName: He's got a passion for gold, though he has anything but a heart of gold. Even his first name is a reference to gold, "Auric" being a measurement for a ion of gold and "aurum" being Latin for gold.

* TheNapoleon: In the book, when Bond takes note on his short stature, he wonders if his money hoarding is a case of Napoleon Complex, and continues the train of thought by noting that "smallest men cause the worst problems".

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: In the book, he is on the receiving end from Bond delivers and it ends in Bond strangling him to death.
* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: He serves Bond a mint julep, explains his plan and has Pussy give him a tour. Trope namer, more or less.

** Also, in a more personal note, upon capturing Bond, he decides to keep him alive as a means of fooling [=MI6=] into believing that he is safe, all part of his true intent to have Bond strapped to the nuke that will destroy Fort Knox.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: He's gotten out many a jam by throwing money at it.

* TheSociopath: He's willing to kill 60,000 people and cause economical chaos in the West for his own profit.

** Auric Goldfinger is named after [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/jun/03/film.hayfestival2005 Erno Goldfinger]], an architect who whose buildings Creator/IanFleming hated. Apparently, Erno threatened to sue Fleming for unauthorized use of his name. In that event, Fleming would have changed the name to Goldprick. OUCH! This was later [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by the title of the third ''Austin Powers'' movie, ''[[Film/AustinPowersInGoldmember Goldmember]]''.
** It is now speculated that he is also based on a German spy who, amongst other things, once tried to rob the Bank of England during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. The story has only recently come to light but Ian Fleming was a fairly high-ranking officer in Naval Intelligence, and would have had access to the records (ironically, Frobe was a Nazi spy, but one who assisted Jews in escaping the regime, a fact that prevented a boycott of the movie).

* AlasPoorVillain: He is not a good guy by any stretch of the imagination, but he is a loyal, brave, and self-sacrificing to a fault without having the kind of sadistic psychopathy of his boss. In any case his death is absolutely horrifying and Bond's expression as he is electrocuted to death says it all. Made worse when you realize [[RealLifeWritesThePlot that the electrocution wasn't entirely acted out.]]
* ArsenalAttire: His razor brimmed bowler hat.
* ArtisticLicenceBiology: In the novel, it's explained that Oddjob is so strong and tough in part because his martial arts training has built up a thick layer of protective callus, not just on his hands and feet, but even across other parts of his body, giving him a kind of natural armour. Whilst martial artists do develop callus, they don't grow it on their whole body and certainly not to the thickness implied of Oddjob.

* BreakoutVillain: Oddjob is easily one of the most popular and recognizable Bond villains in the whole franchise due to his iconic hat, steely demeanor and sheer toughness.

** He also crushes a golf ball ion his bare hands, displaying his physical skill and toughness.

* PsychoticSmirk: He flashes a lot of these, especially during his climatic fight with Bond.
* RedRightHand: In the book, his rigorous training has left the skin on his hands and feet extremely hardened (and former is described to be without nails), he has a cleft palate that makes his speech [[TheUnintelligible hard to understand]] to everyone except his master and lastly, all his teeth are blackened.

* StoutStrength: Harold Sakata weighed some 280 lbs and won a Silver Medal in Weightlifting at the 1948 Olympics. Oddjob might look very overweight but his build is pure muscle.

* TheStraightAndArrowPath: In the book, he's not only talented at karate, but wields a bow and arrow. Just to show how good of a shot he is, he pins a ring that was being passed to Bond to a tree trunk, and Bond notes that even if he could draw his PPK, Oddjob would have slammed an arrow into him before he could even aim.
* TakingYouWithMe: When he, Kisch and Bond are locked in a vault at Fort Knox with an active bomb, he chases down Kisch as he tries to disable the bomb and throws him to his death in order to make sure Bond dies, not caring if it kills him too.

* UndyingLoyalty: Would die to ensure his master's plan's success, as seen when Goldfinger seals him in the vault with the bomb in the film and he kills Kisch, also trapped with them, rather than let him free them or turn the bomb off.
* TheUnintelligible: In the novel, where he has a cleft palate.

** Of the "can't[=/=]doesn't speak another language" varient. He doesn't speak English, so he never talks. The only sounds he ever makes are "Ah, Ah!" when notifying Goldfinger during their golf game, and his screaming as he's electrocuted while holding trying to grab his metal hat when he tries retrieving it from metal bars that's it's stuck in as Bond electrocutes the metal bars.

* TheGenericGuy: He appears regularly throughout the film carrying out several plot relevant errands for Goldfinger but has almost no characterization.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: When he gets locked in the vault with the bomb (and Bond and Oddjob) during operation Grand Slam he scrambles to disarm it.
* MookLieutenant: The most prominent of Goldfinger's regular henchmen, and given some authority during the attack on Fort Knox.

* BigBadWannabe: He acts like a superior to Goldfinger in their interactions, reminding him of deadlines and receiving progress reports from him, as the "on-paper" aim of Goldfinger's scheme is to destabilize the West's economy to benefit the Communist countries. He realizes he's being gamed perhaps half a second before [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Goldfinger puts a round through his heart]].

->''"Mister, I been watching you. You are a very relaxed man for someone who speaks such big things. Last man I knew was so much relaxed that he got himself totally relaxed by a quick burst of the chopper. OK, OK. So I come in, yes. But mister-either we get that billion or you get dead."''

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Goldfinger has him killed after he refuses to take part in his plan after the others got a taste of the Delta Nine nerve gas. In the book, he gets shot by Goldfinger with the other gangsters at a deserted location at the coastline of Cape Hattaras.

A belly dancer seen in the pre-title sequence. Bond walks into a bar after planting his explosives at the drug refining hideout belonging to Mr. Ramirez. Bonita is seen dancing there much to the delight of the men gathered around her. Most of the customers disappear when the detonator explodes, leaving her to retire to her room and take a bath. Bond then follows her for (apparently) some unfinished business.

* HoneyTrap: She seduces Bond into a trap by a mook. It didn't end well for neither her or the mook.

* RevealingHug: After she kisses Bond, he camera hangs around her for a few seconds in a close-up as Capungo starts creeping up behind Bond as a way to let the audience know that she and Capungo are in cahoots.

A mook briefly seen in the pre-title sequence, very little is learnt about him. He seemingly works for [[TheUnseen Mr Ramirez]], and is sent to capture Bond. Whilst Bonita has Bond distracted, he appears from behind a wardrobe and starts to sneak up with a bludgeon behind Bond, who manages to see him reflected off Bonita's eye. At the last moment Bond turns round so Bonita gets the full force of his attack. After a brutal fight, he is thrown into Bonita's bath where just as he grabs Bond's gun, Bond throws an electrical lamp into the bath, electrocuting him.

* ElectrifiedBathtub: Bond throws Capungo into Bonita's bathtub. Just as Capungo grabs Bond's PPK, Bond throws a plugged-in lamp in the bathtub, which electrocutes him.

* PaidHarem: Subverted; Goldfinger pays her to be seen with him in public, but according to her [[AmbiguouslyGay that's all he pays her for.]]

* SexFaceTurn: Bond convinces her to ruin Goldfinger's scheme, then she gets into bed with Bond.

* BadLiar: She tells Bond that her name is Tilly Soames and she's in Geneva to ice skate. Bond sees right through it by noticing her attache case which has T.M. on it
* BuryYourGays: In the book, she's revealed to be lesbian, and becomes sexually obsessed with Pussy Galore. She later dies during Operation Grand Slam because of her devotion to her.
* ColdSniper: Makes an unsuccessful assassination attempt by firing a sniper rifle at Goldfinger in Switzerland. She nearly hits Bond, [[RedHerring which makes him think that Tilly is trying to assassinate him]]..

* DroppedABridgeOnHer: We're led to believe that she could be an important character, maybe even the GirlOfTheWeek, but she's killed by Obbjob soon after.

* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: He serves Bond a mint julep, explains his plan and has Pussy give him a tour. Trope namer, [[JustForPun more or less]].