History Characters / JamesBondTheCharacter

* CompositeCharacter: Of Moore's snarky British gentleman and Dalton's gritty secret agent, with some of Lazenby's vulnerability and Connery's masculinity. Brosnan's interpretation of 007 was therefore the most versatile among the actors.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Well, I understand Double 0s have a very short life expectancy... so your mistake will be short-lived."'']]

* DentedIron: In ''Skyfall'', he has accumulated the injuries anyone would expect from 6 years of espionage.

%%* GuileHero

%%* VigilanteMan: He has shades of this.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"What, no small talk? No chit-chat? That's the trouble with the world today, no one takes the time to do a really sinister interrogation anymore."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I've always liked a challenge."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Keeping the British end up, Sir!"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"There's no hurry you see-- we have all the time in the world."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"That's a Smith & Wesson, and you've had your six."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:325:''"Goldfinger's dead. If anyone makes a move or disobeys an order I shall kill him."'']]

* HeroesWantRedheads: Zigzagged. He claims that he's never cared for redheads, but of all the Bonds, he's slept with more redheads than the others. He actually seems delighted when seeing Tiffany Case in a redhead wig in ''Diamonds Are Forever''.

* CoolCar: The Lotus Esprit. It could turn into ''a submarine'' when needed. The Lotus seen in ''For Your Eyes Only'' had a selfdestruct system that would activate if anyone tried to break into the car.
* TheDandy: Roger Moore loves his clothes, and used his own tailors for his version of Bond. Also, the tradition of Bond wearing a tuxedo in the gunbarrel sequence started with him.

* DoesNotLikeGuns: Roger Moore kills a ridiculous amount of bad guys on screen--167 according to at least some counts, and recently was revealed to have the highest body count in the series, at 121 kills. However, he only rarely does so using a gun. He prefers to toss them off buildings or use elaborately odd weapons like a explosive air pellet. In ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'', he never carries his PPK, instead preferring a concealed wrist-mounted dartgun. That said, he's also actually shot the BigBad on at least two occasions, the only other Bond to do so being Pierce Brosnan, though one of those occasions was specifically in a pistol duel.

* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: With Kananga in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' and Max Zorin and May Day in ''Film/AViewToAKill''. Inverted with [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun Scaramanga]], [[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Stromberg]] and [[Film/{{Octopussy}} Kamal Khan]].

[[caption-width-right:350:''"All those feathers and he still can't fly!"'']]

* HeroicBSOD[=/=]DespairEventHorizon: He nearly crosses this in ''Spectre'', when Oberhauser/[[spoiler:Blofeld]] tells Bond that he's taken Madeleine hostage and left her somewhere in the building which is elaborately rigged with explosives. [[spoiler:Blofeld]] then gives James [[SadisticChoice two options]]: either [[HeroicSacrifice die in the explosions]] while trying to save Swann, or to [[DespairEventHorizon save himself but leave Swann to die]], [[MyGreatestFailure living with the pain and guilt of not saving her for the rest of his life]]. [[spoiler: Bond takes the first option.]]

* OneManArmy: Especially in his last film, where hesingle-handedly kills the whole lair of the BigBad.

'''Oberhauser:''' Am I? ''[snickers [[SmugSnake smugly]]]'' [[{{Sadist}} I've really put you through it, haven't I?]] [[CainAndAbel Oh, that's brothers for you.]] '''[[BigBrotherBully They always know which buttons to press!]]'''

* TuxedoAndMartini: Bond is the TropeMaker, TropeNamer ''and'' TropeCodifier. Although pop culture tends to exaggerate this one, as he normally opts for a regular suit or suitable clothing in woodland/tropical environments, unless he's infiltrating a formal occasion.
* WaistcoatOfStyle: Every Bond has worn at least two. The only films Bond doesn't wear a tuxedo in are ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'' and ''Film/LiveAndLetDie''.

* WaistcoatOfStyle: Every Bond has worn at least two.

* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: With Kananga in ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' and Max Zorin and May Day in ''Film/AViewToAKill''. Inverted with [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun Scaramanga]], [[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Stromberg]] and [[Film/{{Octopus}} Kamal Khan]].

* WeaponOfChoice: The legendary Walther PPK, normally equipped with a suppressor. Different Bonds had a preference for different calibres; Connery, Dalton and Brosnan carried it in .32 ACP, while Moore, Lazenby and Craig opted for the .380 ACP version. In ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' and ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'', both Roger Moore and Sean Connery carried the 9x19mm Walther P5. Later in ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'', Brosnan's Bond gets a brand new 9x19mm Walther P99 which is used up until ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}''. Then in ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and ''Fim/{{Spectre}}, the PPK returns due to "artistic reasons".

* DeadpanSnarker: [[BondOneLiner Always has a quip ready for any situation]]. He's often been known to insult his captors [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine when they invite him to dinner]].

* TheGambler: Bond is often seen in casinos. Generally, Bond's card game of choice is Baccarat, but in ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'', [[WereStillRelevantDammit the game of choice is Texas Hold 'Em]].

* ThePornomancer: Many women who revile him at first end up in his bed, [[StrangledByTheRedString at times with no rational explanation why]].

* PerpetualFrowner: Looks unhappy even when smiling.

As the first cinematic Bond,[[note]]but not the first person to play him--that title goes to Barry Nelson in the 1954 TV movie ''Casino Royale'' while the first person to play a British Bond was Bob "I'll have a Q, Bob" Holness in a 1956 South African radio version of ''Moonraker''[[/note]] Connery is perhaps the best known. When people think of Bond, they often think of his distinctive accent and his suave sophistication. In fact, it was due to Connery's portrayal that Bond was canonically established as half-Scottish. First to employ the BondOneLiner, naturally.

* TheAlcoholic: Just like the novel counterpart, he drinks far too much. On average, Craig's Bond consumes the most alcohol per movie in comparison to his cinematic predecessors. ''Spectre'' has him flat out admitting that he has a drinking problem.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Unlike his bubblier predecessors, he's a ByronicHero with an even bigger penchant for {{revenge}}, much colder and more methodical.

* GeniusBruiser: He is en ex-SBS and has the skills to match, yet he is very intelligent, capable of outsmart both his opponents and his superiors,

* ItsPersonal: Though he never admits it, he takes his cases far more personally than any of his predeccesors.

* LadykillerInLove: He's ready to give up everything he's ever known (including his career at MI6) in order to start a new life with Vesper Lynd, the love of his life, [[spoiler: and again with Madeleine Swann]]

* ManlyTears: The '''only''' Bond to date to shed tears ''onscreen'', in response to [[spoiler:the death of M, the closest thing he had to a mother left in this world.]]

* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: In ''Literature/{{Moonraker}}'' Bond worries that his work as a professional killer has somehow made him 'un-English', and that other Englishmen can immediately perceive this.