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Blofeld was the OverarchingVillain for most of the first batch of Bond films, but [[ScrewedByTheLawyers an enduring legal battle]] that started between Creator/IanFleming and Kevin [=McClory=][[note]](Fleming's associate on a scriptwriting attempt that would give birth to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'')[[/note]] extended to the production team behind the Bond films, Eon productions (Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, then Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson), and prevented them from using both Blofeld and SPECTRE after ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' in 1971, forcing them to rely on Blofeld {{Expy}}s and various other [[OneShotCharacter one-shot villains]] for 40 years. The legal troubles ended once and for all in 2013, when Eon bought the rights to [=McClory=]'s estate, which directly led to the official return of SPECTRE and Blofeld in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the aptly named]] ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' in 2015.
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Blofeld was the OverarchingVillain for most of the first batch of Bond films, but [[ScrewedByTheLawyers an enduring legal battle]] that started between Creator/IanFleming and Kevin [=McClory=][[note]](Fleming's associate on a scriptwriting attempt that would give birth to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'')[[/note]] extended to the production team behind the Bond films, Eon productions (Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, then Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson), and prevented them from using both Blofeld and SPECTRE after ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' in 1971, forcing them to rely on Blofeld {{Expy}}s and various other [[OneShotCharacter one-shot villains]] for 40 years. The legal troubles ended once and for all in 2013, when Eon bought the rights to [=McClory=]'s estate, which directly led to the official return of SPECTRE and Blofeld in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly named]] ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' in 2015.
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Blofeld was the OverarchingVillain for most of the first batch of Bond films, but [[ScrewedByTheLawyers an enduring legal battle]] that started between Creator/IanFleming and Kevin [=McClory=][[note]](Fleming's associate on a scriptwriting attempt that would give birth to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'')[[/note]] extended to the production team behind the Bond films, Eon productions (Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, then Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson), and prevented them from using both Blofeld and SPECTRE after ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' in 1971, forcing them to rely on Blofeld {{Expy}}s and various other [[OneShotCharacter one-shot villains]] for 40 years. The legal troubles ended once and for all in 2013, when Eon bought the rights to [=McClory=]'s estate, which directly led to the official return of SPECTRE and Blofeld in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.''Film/{{Spectre}}'' in 2015.
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Blofeld was the OverarchingVillain for most of the first batch of Bond films, but [[ScrewedByTheLawyers an enduring legal battle]] that started between Creator/IanFleming and Kevin [=McClory=][[note]](Fleming's associate on a scriptwriting attempt that would give birth to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'')[[/note]] extended to the production team behind the Bond films, Eon productions (Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, then Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson), and prevented them from using both Blofeld and SPECTRE after ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', forcing them to rely on Blofeld {{Expy}}s and various other [[OneShotCharacter one-shot villains]] for 40 years. The legal troubles ended once and for all in 2013, when Eon bought the rights to [=McClory=]'s estate, which directly led to official return of SPECTRE and Blofeld in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
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Blofeld was the OverarchingVillain for most of the fist first batch of Bond films, but [[ScrewedByTheLawyers an enduring legal battle]] that started between Creator/IanFleming and Kevin [=McClory=][[note]](Fleming's associate on a scriptwriting attempt that would give birth to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'')[[/note]] extended to the production team behind the Bond films, Eon productions (Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, then Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson), and prevented them from using both Blofeld and SPECTRE after ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', forcing them to rely on [[OneShotCharacter one-shot villains]] for 40 years. The legal troubles ended once and for all in 2013, when Eon bought the rights to [=McClory=]'s estate, which directly led to official return of SPECTRE and Blofeld in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
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Blofeld was the OverarchingVillain for most of the fist batch of Bond films, but [[ScrewedByTheLawyers an enduring legal battle]] that started between Creator/IanFleming and Kevin [=McClory=][[note]](Fleming's associate on a scriptwriting attempt that would give birth to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'')[[/note]]extended ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'')[[/note]] extended to the production team behind the Bond films, Eon productions (Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, then Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson), and prevented them from using both Blofeld and SPECTRE after ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', forcing them to rely on [[OneShotCharacter one-shot villains]] for 40 years. The legal troubles ended once and for all in 2013, when Eon bought the rights to [=McClory=]'s estate, which directly led to official return of SPECTRE and Blofeld in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
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Blofeld was the OverarchingVillain for most of the fist batch of Bond films, but [[ScrewedByTheLawyers an enduring legal battle]] that started between Creator/IanFleming and Kevin [=McClory=][[note]](Fleming's associate on a scriptwriting attempt that would give birth to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'')[[/note]]extended to the production team behind the Bond films, Eon productions (Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, then Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson), and prevented them from using both Blofeld and SPECTRE after ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', forcing them to rely on [[OneShotCharacter one-shot villains]] for 40 years. The legal troubles ended once and for all in 2013, when Eon bought the rights to [=McClory=]'s estate, which directly led to SPECTRE's and Blofeld's official return of SPECTRE and Blofeld in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
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Blofeld was the OverarchingVillain for most of the fist batch of Bond films, but [[ScrewedByTheLawyers an enduring legal battle]] that started between Creator/IanFleming and Kevin [=McClory=][[note]](Fleming's associate on a scriptwriting attempt that would give birth to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'')[[/note]]extended to the production team behind the Bond films, Eon productions (Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, then Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson), and prevented them from using both Blofeld and SPECTRE after ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', forcing them to rely on [[OneShotCharacter one-shot villains]] for 40 years. The legal troubles ended once and for all in 2013, when Eon bought the rights tto to [=McClory=]'s estate, which directly led to SPECTRE's and Blofeld's official return in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Blofeld is also at his most snarkier in ''Diamonds Are Forever''. He's especially having a ball in the third act at the oil rig.
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* IdentityImpersonator: Impersonates Willard Whyte in order to use the latter's wealth and space research facility for his scheme.
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* IdentityImpersonator: Impersonates Willard Whyte with a voice modulator in order to use the latter's wealth and space research facility for his scheme.scheme.
* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: This Blofeld has hair, unlike in the two previous films.
* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: This Blofeld has hair, unlike in the two previous films.
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!!Ernst Stavro Blofeld / SPECTRE Number One
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->'''Played by:''' Charles Gray
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/DiamondsAreForever''
Having escaped justice, this Blofeld uses [[MagicPlasticSurgery plastic surgery]] body doubles and hides behind the apparatus of Williard Whyte's business, whom he kidnapped to use the wealth and space research center for his next diabolical scheme involving a diamond smuggling chain. ''Diamonds Are Forever'' was the last time Bond tangled with Blofeld[[note]](apart from a LawyerFriendlyCameo in ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' and the non-Eon canon ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'')[[/note]] until the release of ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' 44 years later.
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* BodyDouble: He has created several body doubles of himself using MagicPlasticSurgery on his henchmen.
* CampStraight: Probably the most blatant case in the franchise. He even gets DisguisedInDrag at one point.
* TheChessmaster: Blofeld's EvilPlan this time is using a diamond-powered KillSat to destroy nuclear weapons in China, the Soviet Union and the United States, then propose "an international auction, with nuclear supremacy going to the highest bidder."
* DeadpanSnarker: Blofeld is also at his most snarkier in ''Diamonds Are Forever''. He's especially having a ball in the third act at the oil rig.
--> '''Blofeld:''' The satellite is at present over... Kansas. Well, if we destroy Kansas the world may not hear about it for years. Perhaps New York, with all that smut and traffic... might give them a chance for a fresh start.
* DisguisedInDrag: The way he escapes from Whyte's casino.
* EvilIsHammy: Makes more ham-style comments and snarks a lot this time.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: The cigarette holder as an Evil Smoking indicator.
* IdentityImpersonator: Impersonates Willard Whyte in order to use the latter's wealth and space research facility for his scheme.
* MagicPlasticSurgery: He creates doubles of himself using plastic surgery and ... mud baths (?!) on his henchmen.
* NotQuiteDead: In the pre-credits sequence of ''Diamonds Are Forever'', Bond finds him at a facility where Blofeld look-alikes are being created through surgery. Bond kills a test subject, and later the "real" Blofeld, by drowning him in a pool of superheated mud. Turns out ''that'' Blofeld was also a look-alike.
* SupervillainLair: Two: Willard Whyte's penthouse atop a hotel in Las Vegas, and an oil rig.
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!!Ernst Stavro Blofeld / Comte Balthazar de Bleuchamp / SPECTRE Number One
->'''Played by:''' Creator/TellySavalas
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''
In hiding after his defeat in ''You Only Live Twice'', Blofeld has now resurfaced atop Piz Gloria in the Swiss Alps. Savalas' Blofeld is more of a social climber -- a foil to the well-born Bond. He doesn't just want piles of money, he wants respect, too: his plot is undermined because he wanted the claim title of Comte de Bleuchamp, allowing Bond to infiltrate the base posing as a genealogy researcher.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: FakeAristocrat, but Blofeld is still a thoroughly evil individual.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: This Blofeld leads a ski chase to hunt Bond down himself, and a freaking drive-by ambush.
* BadassBaritone: This version of Blofeld is much more active, and he has Telly Savalas' deep voice as well.
* BaldOfEvil: Just like in the previous film, Blofeld is bald.
* DiabolusExMachina: [[spoiler:He and Bunt come out of almost nowhere in the final scene to gun down Tracy]].
* DirtyOldMan: Judging by [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty the way he courts Tracy]].
* EvilGenius: He's an EvilutionaryBiologist this time around, capable of engineering a global sterility virus. He's also an expert on psychotherapy.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He has Telly Savalas' impressively deep voice.
* FakeAristocrat: He claims the title of 'Comte Balthazar de Bleuchamp' ("Blue Field" in French) to disguise himself. Recognition of the title on his retirement is even a condition of his EvilPlan--though snobbery is also a factor, since its implied he is trying to ''con'' his way into the title.
--> '''Bond:''' It'll take more than cutting off your earlobes, Blofeld, to make you a Count.
* GeniusBruiser: Blofeld has a more physical role than usual in ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', even having a hint of TheBrute in his fight with Bond in the bobsled chase.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: He cut off his own earlobes to fit the Bleuchamp lineage trademark.
* KarmaHoudini: This is actually one of Blofeld's two demands in ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service''. He won't unleash devastation with his virus if the United Nations grants him amnesty for all past crimes, the other demand being recognising him as Comte de Bleuchamp. He doesn't totally succeed in this in the end, as he has broken his neck and lost a lot of money and resources by the end of the movie, but he manages to escape justice.
* MadScientist: He involves himself in the conception of the virus he plans to unleash.
* MadeOfIron: He's still alive after getting his neck broken and is functional enough to drive a car.
* SinisterSchnoz: One of Telly Savalas' trademark features.
* SupervillainLair: A fortress atop Piz Gloria in Switzerland. The business cover of it takes the form of a clinical allergy-research institute.
* TookALevelInBadass: This time he is more involved in the field work of SPECTRE and takes part to the chase against Bond.
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* NonActionBigBad: Most of the time, Blofeld avoids direct involvement in the field, while his agents carry out his plans.
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* DiabolicalMastermind: Blofeld became the textbook example of this in fiction; sitting in a chair with one hand idly tapping a TrapDoor button and the other stroking [[RightHandCat his pet cat]] while at the top of SPECTRE, his criminal resources [[NGOSuperpower rival those of a developed nation]].
* LackOfEmpathy: A complete megalomaniac.
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* RightHandCat: He is ''always'' seen with his beloved pet, a Persian cat. Definitely the TropeCodifier.
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* RightHandCat: He is ''always'' seen with his beloved pet, a Persian cat.an ever-present fluffy white cat (it even provides the trope's page image). Definitely the TropeCodifier. It is responsible for most, if not all, of the parodies and references of it in media. A FunnyBackgroundEvent in ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' shows that while the base is being attacked in the climax, the cat is dead scared and trying to escape Blofeld's grasp!
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Blofeld is a mastermind standing behind a number of minions.
* TheSpook: The film version. The book version gets a very detailed backstory however.
* TerroristWithoutACause: His plan aren't motivated by any specific ideology.
* TheSpook: The film version. The book version gets a very detailed backstory however.
* TerroristWithoutACause: His plan aren't motivated by any specific ideology.
* WesternTerrorists: He is not interested in choosing a side or a country (especially during the Cold War), he would spread terror anywhere if it means profit.
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''You Only Live Twice'' is both the start of Blofeld as a central villain in the movies and the end of his role [[Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice in the books]]. In many ways, the quintessential Bond baddie (camp, horribly scarred, vaguely-European), which might explain his longevity.
As hinted in the other films, Pleasence's Blofeld is revealed to be a businessman in the business of terror; a man willing to push the world towards nuclear war for his own material gains.
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''You Only Live Twice'' is both the start of Blofeld as a central villain in the movies and the end of his role [[Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice in the books]]. In many ways, the quintessential Bond baddie (camp, horribly scarred, vaguely-European), which might explain his longevity.
As hinted in the other films, Pleasence's Blofeld is revealed to be a businessman in the business of terror; a man willing to push the world towards nuclear war for his own material gains.
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* BaldOfEvil: Possibly the TropeCodifier.
* TheChessmaster: His EvilPlan involves pitting the United States and the USSR against each other by making each think that the other is stealing its spacecrafts to ignite a global nuclear war.
* DeathTrap: His [[PiranhaProblem pirahna]] [[SharkPool pool]] as a mean of executing troublesome / incompetent minions.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: The vertical scar over his right eye.
* KarmaHoudini: Escapes after activating his base's SelfDestructMechanism.
* PsychoForHire: SPECTRE is hiring out its services to Communist China in ''You only Live Twice''.
* RedRightHand: A disfigured eye and scar. His baldness has also become somewhat synonymous with the character in a manner similar to [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Lex Luthor]].
* StockShoutOuts: Practically ''every Bond parody'', in ''any medium'', will base the villain on this version of Blofeld.
* TitleDrop: "You only live twice, Mr. Bond!"
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* BaldOfEvil: Possibly the TropeCodifier.
* TheChessmaster: His EvilPlan involves pitting the United States and the USSR against each other by making each think that the other is stealing its spacecrafts to ignite a global nuclear war.
* DeathTrap: His [[PiranhaProblem pirahna]] [[SharkPool pool]] as a mean of executing troublesome / incompetent minions.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: The vertical scar over his right eye.
* KarmaHoudini: Escapes after activating his base's SelfDestructMechanism.
* PsychoForHire: SPECTRE is hiring out its services to Communist China in ''You only Live Twice''.
* RedRightHand: A disfigured eye and scar. His baldness has also become somewhat synonymous with the character in a manner similar to [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Lex Luthor]].
* StockShoutOuts: Practically ''every Bond parody'', in ''any medium'', will base the villain on this version of Blofeld.
* TitleDrop: "You only live twice, Mr. Bond!"
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* BigBad: Technically, of Creator/SeanConnery's and Creator/GeorgeLazenby's tenures as Bond.
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* BigBad: Technically, of Creator/SeanConnery's and Creator/GeorgeLazenby's tenures as Bond.Bond, as well as that of Creator/DanielCraig's ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
* BlofeldPloy: TropeNamer. In ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' for instance, he electrocutes one of the henchmen sitting at his conference table for embezzling money from him, only after interrogating another (and totally innocent) henchman for the reason why their drug trafficking ring had turned in such poor profits.
* BlofeldPloy: TropeNamer. In ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'' for instance, he electrocutes one of the henchmen sitting at his conference table for embezzling money from him, only after interrogating another (and totally innocent) henchman for the reason why their drug trafficking ring had turned in such poor profits.
* OmnicidalManiac: He has no regard for human lives when planning mass destruction schemes and disasters if it means profit for his organisation.
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* SoftSpokenSadist: He doesn't rise his voice, even when threatening his underlings with death.
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* SoftSpokenSadist: He doesn't rise rarely rises his voice, even when threatening his underlings with death.death.
* WarForFunAndProfit: He is very willing to pit the two sides of the Cold War against each other or engineer mass destruction schemes if it means profit for SPECTRE.
* WarForFunAndProfit: He is very willing to pit the two sides of the Cold War against each other or engineer mass destruction schemes if it means profit for SPECTRE.
->'''Played by:''' Anthony Dawson (body), Eric Pohlmann (voice)
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* EvilSoundsDeep: Speaks in a deep, rich baritone that shows off his intelligence and villainy.
* TheFaceless: For the viewers only.
* TheFaceless: For the viewers only.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: Speaks As dubbed by Eric Pohlman, he speaks in a deep, rich baritone that shows off his intelligence and villainy.
* TheFaceless:For In ''From Russia With Love'', his face is visible to his underlings but not to the viewers. He is hidden behind blinds in ''Thunderball'', but viewers only.can still see small parts of Anthony Dawson's face.
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[[folder:Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Donald Pleasence)]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/DonaldPleasence
''You Only Live Twice'' is both the start of Blofeld as a central villain in the movies and the end of his role [[Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice in the books]]. In many ways, the quintessential Bond baddie (camp, horribly scarred, vaguely-European), which might explain his longevity.
As hinted in the other films, Pleasence's Blofeld is revealed to be a businessman in the business of terror; a man willing to push the world towards nuclear war for his own material gains.
[[folder:Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Donald Pleasence)]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/DonaldPleasence
''You Only Live Twice'' is both the start of Blofeld as a central villain in the movies and the end of his role [[Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice in the books]]. In many ways, the quintessential Bond baddie (camp, horribly scarred, vaguely-European), which might explain his longevity.
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* BadBoss: Does not He does NOT tolerate failure.failure, and his underlings often pay it with their life.
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* ArchEnemy: The closest character Bond ever had to a recurring powerful adversary. It has become [[ItsPersonal very personal]] over time.
* NebulousEvilOrganization: Blofeld created and heads SPECTRE, the Special Executive for Counter Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion.
* RightHandCat: He is ''always'' seen with his beloved pet, a Persian cat. Definitely the TropeCodifier.
* SoftSpokenSadist: He doesn't rise his voice, even when threatening his underlings with death.
* RightHandCat: He is ''always'' seen with his beloved pet, a Persian cat. Definitely the TropeCodifier.
* SoftSpokenSadist: He doesn't rise his voice, even when threatening his underlings with death.
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* DissonantSerenity: After Kronsteen is killed by the poisoned blade, Number One simply quietly comments that "one of these days we have to invent a faster working venom."
* EvilSoundsDeep:Blofeld speaks Speaks in a deep, rich baritone that shows off his intelligence and villainy.
* EvilSoundsDeep:
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Klebb, Kronsteen and Largo are the antagonists most directly involved in the plots, nevertheless Blofeld oversees and has greater authority.
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* NoNameGiven: Subverted and played straight. Number One is identified as "Ernst Blofeld" in the closing credits of ''From Russia With Love'', but the audience during the initial run of the film is only given a "?" when presented with the identity of the actor.
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Blofeld was the OverarchingVillain for most of the Creator/SeanConnery Bond films, but [[ScrewedByTheLawyers an enduring legal battle]] that started between Creator/IanFleming and Kevin [=McClory=][[note]](Fleming's associate on a scriptwriting attempt that would give birth to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'')[[/note]]extended to the production team behind the Bond films, Eon productions (Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, then Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson), and prevented them from using both Blofeld and SPECTRE after ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', forcing them to rely on [[OneShotCharacter one-shot villains]] for 40 years. The legal troubles ended once and for all in 2013, when Eon bought the rights tto [=McClory=]'s estate, which directly led to SPECTRE's and Blofeld's return in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
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Blofeld was the OverarchingVillain for most of the Creator/SeanConnery fist batch of Bond films, but [[ScrewedByTheLawyers an enduring legal battle]] that started between Creator/IanFleming and Kevin [=McClory=][[note]](Fleming's associate on a scriptwriting attempt that would give birth to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'')[[/note]]extended to the production team behind the Bond films, Eon productions (Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, then Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson), and prevented them from using both Blofeld and SPECTRE after ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', forcing them to rely on [[OneShotCharacter one-shot villains]] for 40 years. The legal troubles ended once and for all in 2013, when Eon bought the rights tto [=McClory=]'s estate, which directly led to SPECTRE's and Blofeld's return in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
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[[folder:The Character in General]]
* AnimalMotifs: Uses a black octopus as a symbol for the SPECTRE
* ArchEnemy:
* BadBoss: Does not tolerate failure.
* BigBad: Technically, of Creator/SeanConnery's and Creator/GeorgeLazenby's tenures as Bond.
* TheDreaded: By his subordinates, and how.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's polite and calm with his subordinates, but he has very little regard for their lives and has no tolerance for mistakes.
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[[SPECTRE Number One]]
!!SPECTRE Number One
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Our organization did not arrange for you to come over from the Russians just for amusement, Number 3."'']]
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' | ''Film/{{Thunderball}}''
->'''Played by:''' Anthony Dawson (body), Eric Pohlmann (voice)
''From Russia With Love'' marks the first appearance of the mysterious chief of the SPECTRE organization. His face and name were not revealed on screen until ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice''.
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* AnimalMotifs: He enjoys making parallels between fish fights and his current evil plan in ''From Russia With Love''.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Blofeld speaks in a deep, rich baritone that shows off his intelligence and villainy.
* TheFaceless: For the viewers only.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Klebb, Kronsteen and Largo are the antagonists most directly involved in the plots, nevertheless Blofeld oversees and has greater authority.
* KarmaHoudini: In ''From Russia With Love'' and ''Thunderball'', he stays far from the action and Bond never encounters him. As such, he is neither harmed nor brought to justice.
* MinorMajorCharacter: Has limited screentime, in true GreaterScopeVillain fashion, he is an ominous, far off threat who only appears to occasionally order subordinates or hand out punishments.
* NonActionBigBad: This Blofeld avoids direct involvement in the field, while his agents carry out his plans.
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[[folder:The Character in General]]
* AnimalMotifs: Uses a black octopus as a symbol for the SPECTRE
* ArchEnemy:
* BadBoss: Does not tolerate failure.
* BigBad: Technically, of Creator/SeanConnery's and Creator/GeorgeLazenby's tenures as Bond.
* TheDreaded: By his subordinates, and how.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's polite and calm with his subordinates, but he has very little regard for their lives and has no tolerance for mistakes.
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[[SPECTRE Number One]]
!!SPECTRE Number One
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Our organization did not arrange for you to come over from the Russians just for amusement, Number 3."'']]
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' | ''Film/{{Thunderball}}''
->'''Played by:''' Anthony Dawson (body), Eric Pohlmann (voice)
''From Russia With Love'' marks the first appearance of the mysterious chief of the SPECTRE organization. His face and name were not revealed on screen until ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice''.
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* AnimalMotifs: He enjoys making parallels between fish fights and his current evil plan in ''From Russia With Love''.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Blofeld speaks in a deep, rich baritone that shows off his intelligence and villainy.
* TheFaceless: For the viewers only.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Klebb, Kronsteen and Largo are the antagonists most directly involved in the plots, nevertheless Blofeld oversees and has greater authority.
* KarmaHoudini: In ''From Russia With Love'' and ''Thunderball'', he stays far from the action and Bond never encounters him. As such, he is neither harmed nor brought to justice.
* MinorMajorCharacter: Has limited screentime, in true GreaterScopeVillain fashion, he is an ominous, far off threat who only appears to occasionally order subordinates or hand out punishments.
* NonActionBigBad: This Blofeld avoids direct involvement in the field, while his agents carry out his plans.
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Blofeld was the OverarchingVillain for most of the Creator/SeanConnery Bond films, but [[ScrewedByTheLawyers an enduring legal battle]] that started between Creator/IanFleming and Kevin [=McClory=] (Fleming's [=McClory=][[note]](Fleming's associate on a scriptwriting attempt that would give birth to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'') extended ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'')[[/note]]extended to the production team behind the Bond films, Eon productions (Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, then Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson), and prevented them from using both Blofeld and SPECTRE after ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', forcing them to rely on [[OneShotCharacter one-shot villains]] for 40 years. The legal troubles ended once and for all in 2013, when Eon bought the rights tto [=McClory=]'s estate, which directly led to SPECTRE's and Blofeld's return in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
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Blofeld was the OverarchingVillain for most of the Creator/SeanConnery Bond films, but [[ScrewedByTheLawyer [[ScrewedByTheLawyers an enduring legal battle]] that started between Creator/IanFleming and Kevin [=McClory=] (Fleming's associate on a scriptwriting attempt that would give birth to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'') extended to the production team behind the Bond films, Eon productions (Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, then Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson), and prevented them from using both Blofeld and SPECTRE after ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', forcing them to rely on [[OneShotCharacter one-shot villains]] for 40 years. The legal troubles ended once and for all in 2013, when Eon bought the rights tto [=McClory=]'s estate, which directly led to SPECTRE's and Blofeld's return in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
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'''Ernst Stavro Blofeld''' is a mysterious and powerful criminal mastermind and the closest figure James Bond ever had to an ArchEnemy. As the cruel and unforgiving chief of the SPECTRE organization, he does not tolerate failures or betrayal. He is known to frequently kill underlings who fail to meet his expectations (or fail to kill Bond).
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'''Ernst Stavro Blofeld''' is a mysterious and powerful criminal mastermind and the closest figure James Bond ever had to an ArchEnemy. As the cruel and unforgiving chief of the SPECTRE organization, he does not tolerate failures or betrayal. He is known to frequently kill underlings who fail to meet his expectations (or fail to kill Bond).Bond).
Blofeld was the OverarchingVillain for most of the Creator/SeanConnery Bond films, but [[ScrewedByTheLawyer an enduring legal battle]] that started between Creator/IanFleming and Kevin [=McClory=] (Fleming's associate on a scriptwriting attempt that would give birth to ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'') extended to the production team behind the Bond films, Eon productions (Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, then Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson), and prevented them from using both Blofeld and SPECTRE after ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', forcing them to rely on [[OneShotCharacter one-shot villains]] for 40 years. The legal troubles ended once and for all in 2013, when Eon bought the rights tto [=McClory=]'s estate, which directly led to SPECTRE's and Blofeld's return in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.
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