History Characters / JamesBondBlofeld

* DissonantSerenity: Eerily calm when torturing Bond, and during the Spectre meetings he conducts.

* HijackedByGanon: Spectre and their boss Blofeld were the ManBehindTheMan for [[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 Le Chiffre]], Film/{{Quantum|Of Solace}} and [[Film/{{Skyfall}} Raoul Silva]]. Interestingly, this is James Bond's first time facing Spectre in this timeline, making it only a meta-example.

* TheManBehindTheMan: As the head of Spectre, he claims to be behind every single one of Bond's enemies since the start of the Daniel Craig era.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In a huge break from the original canon, he's Bond's older foster brother

* {{Sadist}}: Takes glee in making Bond's life miserable by any means possible.

* FauxAffablyEvil: He's polite and calm with his subordinates, but he has very little regard for their lives and has no tolerance for mistakes.

* OhCrap: Blofeld himself when he realizes his helicopter is about to crash near Westminster. Probably the only time in ''Spectre'' when his calm and collected demeanor slips.

** A secret headquarters at the No. 35 Avenue d'Eylau in Paris, with a meeting room for SPECTRE mission reports and briefings. Its bsuiness cover is named 'International center for assistance to refugees'.

* TheSociopath: BadBoss? Check. FauxAffablyEvil? Check. [[LackOfEmpathy Show no remorse]]? Check. [[ManipulativeBastard A master manipulator]]? Check. [[OmnicidalManiac Willing to condemn the whole world]] [[ForTheEvulz all for lining]] [[WarForFunAndProfit up his own pockets]]? Check.

* TheSociopath: Arguably the most sociopathic version of Blofeld. Oberhauser clearly has [[LackOfEmpathy zero empathy]] for anyone (including subordinates such as Mr. White; [[SelfMadeOrphan he even also committed patricide]] [[FreudianExcuse just]] [[EvilIsPetty because his father favored Bond over him]]), but despite this, he appears to be [[FauxAffablyEvil eerily pleasant]] [[SoftSpokenSadist and soft]] even when [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing Bond.]] Not only this, he proclaims [[TheChessmaster to be behind]] [[GreaterScopeVillain all of Bond's misery]], and wants to make his life miserable in any way possible. This obsession to [[DisproportionateRetribution destroy his step-brother]], combined with the fact that he's running a NebulousEvilOrganization bent on condemning the world to chaos for his own interests, shows how Oberhauser is a textbook sociopath.

* ArchEnemy: The closest character Bond ever had to a recurring powerful adversary. It has become [[ItsPersonal very personal]] over time.

* SoftSpokenSadist: He rarely rises his voice, even when threatening his underlings with death.

* DiabolicalMastermind: Oberhauser seemingly masterminded Bond's miseries since ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'', and wants to screw around with his life in any way possible. He's also the head of a NebulousEvilOrgainization and even his subordinates are [[TheDreaded clearly terrified of what]] [[BadBoss he could do]], with the Pale King being a good example.

* EvilCounterpart: Where [[Film/{{Skyfall}} Silva]] was Bond's, Oberhauser appears to be M's - the head of a secret organization, and an "older brother" figure to Bond instead of a surrogate mother. Ironically, Silva went after M while Oberhauser went after Bond. Also plays the NotSoDifferent card with Bond.

* GreaterScopeVillain: How he proclaims to be behind Bond's troubles, and wants to make it even more miserable in any way possible. All of Bond's enemies (Mr. White, Raoul Silva, Dominic Greene and Le Chiffre) were working for him; not only this, he EVEN claims he orchestrated the deaths of [[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 Vesper]] and [[Film/{{Skyfall}} M]].

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[ThatManIsDead Calls himself Ernst Stavro Blofeld]], and he's the head of a terrifying criminal syndicate called Spectre.

* TheSociopath: Oberhauser / Blofeld clearly has [[LackOfEmpathy zero empathy]] for anyone (including subordinates such as Mr. White; [[SelfMadeOrphan he even also committed patricide]] [[FreudianExcuse just]] [[EvilIsPetty because his father favored Bond over him]]), but despite this, he appears to be [[FauxAffablyEvil eerily pleasant]] [[SoftSpokenSadist and soft]] even when [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing Bond.]] Not only this, he proclaims [[TheChessmaster to be behind]] [[GreaterScopeVillain all of Bond's misery]], and wants to make his life miserable in any way possible. This obsession to [[DisproportionateRetribution destroy his step-brother]], combined with the fact that he's running a NebulousEvilOrganization bent on condemning the world to chaos for his own interests, shows how Oberhauser is a textbook sociopath.

* KnightOfCerebus: UpToEleven. With [[spoiler: Blofeld not only being revealed as the mastermind behind everything since ''Casino Royale'', but also Bond's adopted brother who killed his own father out of jealousy for the time he spent with Bond, drills holes into Bond's head as torture and forces him into a SadisticChoice in which Bond has to save Madeleine from the former MI6 building in three minutes before the demolition explosives go off]].

* SupervillainLair: A fortress atop Piz Gloria in Switzerland. The business cover of it takes the form of a clinical allergy-research institute.

* SupervillainLair: Two: Willard Whyte's penthouse atop a hotel in Las Vegas, and an oil rig.

* DiabolicalMastermind: Oberhauser seemingly masterminded Bond's miseries since ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'', and wants to screw around with his life in any way possible. He's also the head of a NebulousEvilOrgainizationa nd even his subordinates are [[TheDreaded clearly terrified of what]] [[BadBoss he could do]], with the Pale King being a good example.

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 {{Ex|py}}ies and various other [[OneShotCharacter one-shot villains]] for 40 years.

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 producers were unable to name him "Blofeld" but Bond's visit to Tracy's grave, the baldness and crippling condition of the character (which might have resulted from the exploding oil rig at the end of ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', alternatively from his tree crash in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', given the neck brace) as well as his fluffy white RightHandCat leave no serious doubt about his real identity.

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[[note]](Re-stylized as such for the occasion, as the name is no longer used as an acronym)[[/note]] and Blofeld in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the aptly named]] ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' in 2015, with a new backstory this time, as they are now part of the "Creator/DanielCraig continuity".

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[[note]](Re-stylized "Spectre" for the occasion, as the name is no more an acronym)[[/note]] and Blofeld in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the aptly named]] ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' in 2015, with a new backstory this time, as they are now part of the "Creator/DanielCraig continuity".

* AdaptationalVillainy: Quite possibly the nastiest incarnation of Blofeld, what with the SelfMadeOrphan, [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil human trafficking]], sadistice torture and BigBrotherIsWatching.

* BadBoss: He orders Hinx to kill a SPECTRE agent who was supposed to replace Sciarra. Clearly, Oberhauser's subordinates are terrified of what he could do (Mr. White learned this the hard way when [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he chose to defect]]).

* DiabolicalMastermind: Oberhauser seemingly masterminded Bond's miseries since ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'', and wants to screw around with his life in any way possible. He's also the head of a NebulousEvilOrgainizationand even his subordinates are [[TheDreaded clearly terrified of what]] [[BadBoss he could do]], with the Pale King being a good example.

* CardCarryingVillain: "Me. It was me, James. [[WhamLne It's always been me.]] [[GreaterScopeVillain The author of all your pain.]]"

* AdaptationNameChange: [[spoiler: In contrast to the original novels and the previous films, Blofeld's real name is revealed to be Franz Oberhauser. "Blofeld" is his mother's maiden name, which he uses after rejecting the name his father gave him.]]
* TheAnticipator: Played for creepy effects with Oberhauser/[[spoiler:Blofeld]], who always seems to know when Bond will show up, even outfitting rooms in his SupervillainLair with personal photographs for his 'guests'.
* AnimalMotifs: Like his previous incarnations, he uses a black octopus as a symbol for SPECTRE. Also [[TermsOfEndangerment mockingly calls Bond a "cuckoo".]] because the latter was [[ParentalFavoritism favored by Oberhauser's father]] when both were younger.
* ArchEnemy: Is this to Daniel Craig's Bond, without a doubt.

* BadBoss: He orders Hinx to kill a SPECTRE agent who was supposed to replace Sciarra. Clearly, Oberhauser's subordinates are terrified of what he could do (The Pale King aka [[spoiler:Mr. White]] learned this the hard way when [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he chose to defect]]).
* BigBad: The head of SPECTRE, and the self-proclaimed "author of all of (Bond's) pain".
* BigBadDuumvirate: It's never made clear whether he or [[spoiler:Denbigh]] are equals but they both take drastic effect on the plot, with Obenhauser torturing and pursuing Bond while [[spoiler:Denbigh works to bring world intelligence agencies under SPECTRE's command]].
* BigBrotherBully: [[spoiler:He and Bond were foster brothers, but Bond was highly favored by Oberhauser's father. How he proclaims to be behind all of Bond's miseries, and [[DisproportionateRetribution wants to make his life even more miserable]] in any way possible]].

** First, when Oberhauser/[[spoiler: Blofeld]] has Bond at his mercy in his secret base, he [[spoiler: decided to go all EvilGloating and BreakTheBadass on both Bond and his girl, and then he'd get to killing Bond after the ColdBloodedTorture. This gave Bond time enough to bail out and make his escape.]] The second time [[spoiler: (in the climax), he constructs an elaborate DeathTrap, giving Bond a SadisticChoice: escape now on your own (and [[MyGreatestFailure live with the guilt of not saving Swann in time]], or try to rescue Swann and die together. In the latter case, he was playing on Bond's feelings to get him to fall, but since he was more interested in tormenting Bond rather than killing him, this gave Bond plenty of time to find Swann and then escape.]]

* TheBusCameBack: The NebulousEvilOrganization SPECTRE and its notorious head Ernst Stavro Blofeld return after a 44-year absence from the main franchise, last appearing in 1971's ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', though their involvement in the [[spoiler:Craig series is retroactively applied to all of his movies, making the last film to have a villain not tied to SPECTRE Pierce Brosnan's last movie, ''Film/DieAnotherDay''.]]
* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Oberhauser is Bond's foster brother, as he was taken in by Oberhauser's father after he was orphaned, and wishes to see him die.]]
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Revealed to be Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Bond's old nemesis from the earlier films.
* CardCarryingVillain: "Me. It was me, James. [[WhamLine It's always been me.]] [[GreaterScopeVillain The author of all your pain.]]"
* TheChessmaster: His plan [[spoiler:is to take control of the world's intelligence services by getting an asset in position to propose and implement a global electronic surveillance system through instigating terrorist incidents.]] As a result [[spoiler: he even manages to put MI6 and Bond briefly out of business and cause more long-term damage to them than his character's previous incarnations.]]

* DiabolicalMastermind: Oberhauser masterminded Bond's miseries since ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', and wants to screw around with his life in any way possible. He's also the head of a NebulousEvilOrgainization called SPECTRE, and even his subordinates are [[TheDreaded clearly terrified of what]] [[BadBoss he could do]], with the Pale King aka [[spoiler:Mr. White]] being a good example.
* DisproportionateRetribution: His motive for his vendetta on Bond and creating SPECTRE [[spoiler:was because his father who adopted James after the death of his parents liked him more than his own son and forced him to act like a big brother, thus causing Oberhauser to murder his father and fake his own death before starting his criminal empire.]]
* DissonantSerenity: Eerily calm when torturing Bond, and during the SPECTRE meetings he conducts.
* TheDreaded: His subordinates are clearly terrified of him, and even the Pale King [[spoiler: aka Mr. White]] warns Bond of the scope of his influence.
* DrivenByEnvy: The reason that he hates Bond so much is that [[spoiler: he thinks that Bond was favored by Oberhauser's father over him]].

* EvilIsPetty: It's not just his motivations for antagonizing James that are petty, it's his machinations. [[spoiler: One of Blofeld's desires is to remove Bond' ability to recognize faces, so he won't recognize Madeline's.]]
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Gets his trademark scar over his right eye after Bond throws his exploding watch at him. Blood can be seen flying off his face as he falls.]]
* FatalFlaw: [[spoiler: His envy. This stems from Oberhauser's father lavishing more attention to an orphaned Bond and forcing Oberhauser to take care of Bond as an "older brother", thus driving him to be jealous of Bond. This eventually becomes a CainAndAbel situation, where Oberhauser ends up killing his own father and faking his own death before going on to become the leader of a terrorist syndicate and orchestrating all of Bond's troubles in the Daniel Craig era.]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Faked his own death in an avalanche after [[FreudianExcuse killing his own father]] [[DrivenByEnvy out of]] [[TheResenter jealousy for]] [[ParentalFavoritism favoring an orphaned Bond over him]] when both were younger.]]

* ForcedToWatch: Oberhauser forces Madeleine to watch Bond tortured by a Mind Probe, and before that, shows her the recording of her father's conversation with Bond before shooting himself. Subverted in the latter case, as Bond manages to get her to look at him instead of the screen.
* FreudianExcuse: Oberhauser has made his life's mission to screw over the world in general and Bond [[spoiler:at every turn in particular because [[DaddyIssues his dad paid more attention to Bond than him when they were in their teens]].]]

* GetItOverWith: [[spoiler: Blofeld tells Bond to kill him when both his plot is foiled and his attempted escape thwarted. Bond hesitates, but ultimately puts down his gun and lets Blofeld be taken in alive.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: How he proclaims to be behind Bond's troubles, and wants to make it even more miserable in any way possible. All of Bond's enemies (The Pale King/[[spoiler:Mr. White]], Raoul Silva, Dominic Greene and Le Chiffre) were working for him; not only this, he EVEN orchestrated the deaths of [[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 Vesper]] and [[Film/{{Skyfall}} M]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars: See RedRightHand. [[spoiler:Following the destruction of his Moroccan lair, Oberhauser/Blofeld sports a raw version of Donald Pleasance's iconic facial scar.]]

* BigBad: Technically, of Creator/SeanConnery's and Creator/GeorgeLazenby's tenures as Bond, as well as that of Creator/DanielCraig's ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.

* HiddenVillain: Claims he is responsible for Bond's miseries since ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', and even says it word-for-word.

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, with a new backstory this time, as they are now part of the "Creator/DanielCraig continuity".

* LackOfEmpathy: A complete megalomaniac.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Quite possibly the nastiest incarnation of Blofeld, what with the SelfMadeOrphan, [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil human trafficking]] and BigBrotherIsWatching.

* HiddenVillain: Was responsible for Bond's miseries since ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', and even says it word-for-word.
* HijackedByGanon: SPECTRE and their boss [[spoiler: Blofeld were the ManBehindTheMan for Quantum and Raoul Silva, the villains of the previous Craig-era movies.]] Interestingly, this is James Bond's first time facing SPECTRE in this timeline, making it only a meta-example.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: [[spoiler: Oberhauser's entire plan was ultimately to force this trope on Bond via a TraumaCongaLine. Instead, Bond turns things around by wrecking Oberhauser's primary base of operations, depriving him of his resources and network, leaving him battered and at the mercy of the British government, then refuses to kill him, instead letting him get a view of Bond and Madeleine having [[EarnYourHappyEnding earned their happy ending]].]]

* KickTheDog: Oberhauser shows Madeline the recording of her father shooting himself, and then forces her to watch Bond tortured by having holes drilled into various parts of his brain, while pointing out that he can take away Bond's ability to recognize faces, just because he knows that upsetting Madeline is a surefire way to also upset Bond.

* LackOfEmpathy: Shows no remorse even when he [[spoiler:killed his own father out of jealousy]], and is a disturbing example of a sociopath.
* ManipulativeBastard: The head and brains of SPECTRE.
* TheManBehindTheMan: As the head of SPECTRE, he claims to be behind every single one of Bond's enemies since the Craig era.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Now [[spoiler:[[ThatManIsDead calls himself Ernst Stavro Blofeld]]]], and he's the head of a terrifying criminal syndicate called SPECTRE.
* NebulousEvilOrganization: The head of SPECTRE.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: When Blofeld pins Bond's arms behind him on the torture chair, [[spoiler: it gives Bond the opportunity to take off his watch and arm the explosive alarm which he hands to Madeline for her to toss at Blofeld.]]
* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Oberhauser sends a classic car to pick up Bond and Madeleine, gives them exquisite quarters in his lodgings, and serves them drinks. He's still planning to torture and kill them, but it's a FauxAffablyEvil approach to a mind game, mainly because of his ItsPersonal relationship with Bond.
* NomDeMom: [[spoiler:"Blofeld"]] is his mother's maiden name.
* NonActionBigBad: Even in the final battle, he doesn't engage in personal combat with Bond at the [[spoiler:ruins of the MI6 building, other than engaging in a climactic boat and helicopter chase across the Thames river]].
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Bond takes this view of Oberhauser. [[spoiler:He refers to him as the "recently deceased leader of SPECTRE" when talking to M, after the attack on the Morocco base.]]
* ObviouslyEvil: Just in case that the description in TheSociopath didn't make it clear.
* OedipusComplex: [[spoiler:Adopts his mother's maiden name after murdering his own father out of jealousy.]]
* OhCrap: Blofeld himself when he realizes [[spoiler:his helicopter is about to crash. Probably the only time in the film when his calm and collected demeanor slips.]]
* OmnicidalManiac: Oberhauser runs a NebulousEvilOrganization from behind the scenes and is bent on condemning the world to chaos to suit his interests.
* ParentalFavoritism: [[spoiler: Bond supposedly received more endearment than Oberhauser after Oberhauser's father adopted an orphaned Bond.]]
* {{Patricide}}: Oberhauser kills his own father out of [[TheResenter resentment]] and [[DrivenByEnvy jealousy]] for [[spoiler: favoring Bond over him]].
* PsychopathicManchild: His villainy came from [[spoiler:Bond supposedly receiving more endearment as his foster brother.]]
* RightHandCat: Franz Oberhauser has a white cat hanging around his torture chamber. [[spoiler: Or rather, ''Blofeld'' (as he prefers to call himself) does.]]
* RedRightHand: [[spoiler:Following the destruction of his Moroccan lair, Oberhauser/Blofeld sports a raw version of Donald Pleasance's iconic facial scar and disfigured face.]]
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: In a huge break from the original canon, he's Bond's older foster brother here]].
* TheResenter: [[spoiler: The fact that his father loved Bond was enough to make Oberhauser kill him and destroy Bond's life]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives Bond a very harsh one in the climax, considering how he was behind all of Bond's miseries since ''Casino Royale''.

* {{Sadist}}: Takes glee in making Bond's life miserable by any means possible. Also the nastiest incarnation of Blofeld to date.

* SelfMadeOrphan: It's unknown what happened to his mother, [[spoiler:but Oberhauser kills his own father out of]] [[TheResenter resentment]] and [[DrivenByEnvy jealousy]] for [[spoiler: favoring Bond over him]]. This all occurred before he fakes his own death and establish a NebulousEvilOrganization that sponsors terrorist activities, topples governments and is dabbling in human trafficking.
* TheSociopath: Oberhauser/[[spoiler:Blofeld]] clearly has [[LackOfEmpathy zero empathy]] for anyone (including subordinates such as Mr. White; [[SelfMadeOrphan he even also committed patricide]] [[FreudianExcuse just]] [[EvilIsPetty because his father favored Bond over him]]), but despite this, he appears to be [[FauxAffablyEvil eerily pleasant]] [[SoftSpokenSadist and soft]] even when [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing Bond.]] Not only this, he proclaims [[TheChessmaster to be behind]] [[GreaterScopeVillain all of Bond's misery]], and wants to make his life miserable in any way possible. This obsession to [[DisproportionateRetribution destroy his step-brother]], combined with the fact that he's running a NebulousEvilOrganization bent on condemning the world to chaos for his own interests, shows how Oberhauser is a textbook sociopath.
* SmugSnake: Doesn't hold Bond in high regards, and is willing to go great lengths to make his life miserable in any way. It costs him dearly, [[spoiler:first by losing an eye, and in the chase scene during the climax, getting injured (and fracturing his leg) in a helicopter crash.]]
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Blofeld is the mastermind in this movie but he's still behind a number of minions, [[spoiler: including Max Denbigh]].
* SoftSpokenSadist: As befits [[Creator/ChristophWaltz his actor]] as well as [[spoiler:his previous incarnations]].
* TheSpymaster: What he effectively is, running assets such as [[spoiler:"C" who attempts to help him acquire control over the intel gathered by the world's intelligence services by implementing a electronic surveillance system that SPECTRE can access.]]
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Bond is strapped to a high-tech version (more like a dentist chair) while he is remotely tortured by Oberhauser.
* SupervillainLair: His base is a high-tech satellite relay station and server farm that also has an observatory and high-end guest quarters. It's also built inside a crater.
* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:Oberhauser still uses his birth name professionally, despite having faked his death many years earlier, but he considers that man to have actually died. He truly identifies himself as Ernst Stavro Blofeld. See the WhamLine below.]]
-->'''Oberhauser:''' [[spoiler:Franz Oberhauser died twenty years ago, in an avalanche together with his father. The man you're talking to now, the man inside your head... is Ernst Stavro Blofeld.]]
* TermsOfEndangerment: [[spoiler: Oberhauser mockingly calls Bond a "cuckoo" because the latter was [[ParentalFavoritism favored by Oberhauser's father]] when they were younger.]]
* TortureTechnician: Tortures Bond by drilling holes into various parts of his brain while explaining what effect this is having on him throughout. This goes UpToEleven as he's [[FauxAffablyEvil disturbingly calm throughout this]], especially when he threatens to take away Bond's ability to recognize faces.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Doesn't flinch a bit even when he's berating and torturing Bond or having one of his henchmen killed off in the SPECTRE meeting.
* VillainousValour: Even after his plans backfire, [[spoiler: Oberhauser attempts to make Bond shoot him without a shred of fear]].

** [[spoiler: "Franz Oberhauser died twenty years ago, in an avalanche together with his father. The man you're talking to now, the man inside your head... is Ernst Stavro Blofeld."]] Punctuated even more by the fact that he [[spoiler: strokes his pet cat]] as he says it.
* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: Oberhauser shows off SPECTRE's surveillance abilities by replaying [[spoiler:Mr. White's]] last moments to Madeleine.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Does this to a SPECTRE member who was supposed to replace Marco Sciarra, and to the Pale King aka [[spoiler:Mr. White]] after he quit the organization and is now fighting for his life.

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, with a new backstory this time, as they are now part of the "Creator/DanielCraig continuity".

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.

[[Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Christoph Waltz)]]

* StarterVillain / DiscOneFinalBoss: The first villain Bond fights in ''For Your Eyes Only''.

[[caption-width-right:350: ''"We are prose, Mr. Bond."'']]

''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''.

''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]]. 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.

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.

The nameless villain of the pre-credits sequence of ''For Your Eyes Only''. He is a crippled man in a wheelchair who wants to take his revenge on Bond using a remote-controlled helicopter as a trap after the latter's visit to Tracy's grave. The producers were unable to name him "Blofeld" but Bond's visit to Tracy's grave, the baldness and crippling condition of the character (which might have resulted from the exploding oil rig at the end of ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'', alternatively from his tree crash in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', given the neck brace) as well as his fluffy white RightHandCat leave no serious doubt about his real identity.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"In a few short hours, the United Nations will receive a Yultide greeting. The information that I now possess the scientific means to control, or to destroy, the economy of the whole world."'']]