History Characters / Spectre

* [[Characters/JamesBondChristophWaltzsBlofeld Franz Oberhauser]] (spoilers ahoy)

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[[folder: James Bond]]
-->See [[Characters/JamesBondTheCharacter here]].
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[[folder: M]]
-->See [[Characters/JamesBondM here]].
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[[folder: Moneypenny]]
-->See [[Characters/JamesBondMoneypenny here]].
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[[folder: Q]]
-->See [[Characters/JamesBondQ here]].
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[[folder: Bill Tanner]]
-->See [[Characters/JamesBondRecurringCharacters here]].
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!!Bond's Allies

[[folder:Madeleine Swann]]
-->See [[Characters/JamesBondRecurringCharacters here]].
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[[folder:Franz Oberhauser]]
-->See [[Characters/JamesBondChristophWaltzsBlofeld here]].
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[[folder: Mr. White]]
-->See [[Characters/JamesBondRecurringCharacters here]].
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler: He may be a towering juggernaut of a man but he's still human. His size and strength don't make him bulletproof as seen when he hides from Madeleine firing a gun at him or immune to strangulation which is how Bond gains the upper hand on him and his (possible) demise comes from being dragged out of a speeding train, either dying from impact or having his neck broken from the force. He also has to be cautious when Bond pulls an ice pick on him and even has a brief moment of panic when he's set on fire.]]

%%* BeardOfEvil

-->See [[Characters/JamesBondBlofeld here]].

* HateSink: A sleazeball placed in charge of a merger between [=MI5=] and [=MI6=] and [[TyrantTakesTheHelm posing a threat to MI6's operations]], C jacks it up by acting like a [[SmugSnake douche]] to Bond and M and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything advocating the replacement of human agents with]] {{Attack Drone}}s and [[BigBrotherIsWatching mass surveillance]]. [[spoiler:Later on, he is revealed to be in cahoots with Blofeld, and plans to turn control of the new surveillance system he's designing over to SPECTRE. At the end of the film, he suffers a KarmicDeath when he plummets to the bottom of the headquarters of the merged intelligence service, which he had paid for with SPECTRE blood money]].

* TotalitarianUtilitarian: Justifies working with [[spoiler:SPECTRE]] to create a global PoliceState because he sees it as the best way to bring order to a chaotic world.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: His widowed wife Lucia talks with 007 about his death and sends him to a SPECTRE meeting in Rome, while Bond gets a WhatTheHellHero speech from M for his unauthorized mission in Mexico.

* SilentAntagonist: [[spoiler:His FamousLastWords after he is attached to various steel barrels and is about to be thrown off the train are a simple "[[OhCrap Shit]]".]]

* FamousLastWords: "Why can't you just face it, M? You don't matter anymore." [[spoiler:Said to M just before they get into a struggle with M's gun, eventually leading to Max falling to his death]].

* PsychopathicManchild: Type C: For all his supposed wit and sophistication, his reaction to others questioning his ideas isn't that different from a spoiled child being told "No" for the first time. [[spoiler:This culminates into a VillainousBreakdown once [[EvilAllAlong he's revealed]] [[TheMole to be]] Blofeld's lapdog]].

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: M explains to C that a man having a license to kill also means having a license ''not'' to kill in difficult situations, and asks C if he's ever actually killed anyone in person (as Bond and M both have). C refuses to answer, and instead states that he's monitoring all [=MI6=] employees, including 007.

--->'''M:''' You're a cocky little bastard, aren't you?\\

** After mocking M by saying that it stands for "moron" [[spoiler:and then finding out that M took the bullets out of the gun he was about to shoot him with]], M responds by saying it's clear what C stands for... then after a beat using the milder "careless", [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar though with a clear indication of another word coming to mind.]]

* HateSink: A sleazeball placed in charge of a merger between [=MI5=] and [=MI6=] and [[TyrantTakesTheHelm posing a threat to MI6's operations]], C jacks it up by acting like a [[SmugSnake douche]] to Bond and M and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything advocating the replacement of human agents with]] {{Attack Drone}}s and [[BigBrotherIsWatching mass surveillance]].[[spoiler:Later on, he is revealed to be in cahoots with Blofeld, and plans to turn control of the new surveillance system he's designing over to SPECTRE. At the end of the film, he suffers a KarmicDeath when he plummets to the bottom of the headquarters of the merged intelligence service, which he had paid for with SPECTRE blood money]].

* BerserkButton: Downplayed, but he looks annoyed when people question his motives behind dismantling the 00-section.

* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Although Bond refers to him as Blofeld's disciple, it would much be more accurate to describe him as a senior partner. He holds infinitely more power in Spectre than Le Chiffre and Silva (the {{Big Bad}}s of previous movies), and arguably more than even Dominic Greene and Mr. White. It's also implied that Nine Eyes really is his idea and that he will be the one controlling it, merely loaning it to Blofeld. It should be noted that an earlier draft of the script even had Denbigh as the BigBad... as in, higher than '''BLOFELD''' of all people.]]
* BigBrotherIsWatching: He believes that the best way to make the world safe for people is by handing over complete control of international surveillance systems to his Nine Eyes project (which would conveniently put him in power over it). When he's questioned by M about this, he mocks the prospect of democracy and refuses to entertain any rationale against his global spyware.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: In his first scene, it's actually mostly Bond who is being rude to him, while Denbigh is trying to take his job but remains fairly level headed and polite throughout. As the movie goes on, this devolves and Denbigh becomes more of a {{jerkass}}, belittling his colleagues and even insulting M. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that he's a [[EvilAllAlong member of Spectre all along]].]]
* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler:He himself is guilty of this, as he had many chances to kill M so he won't hinder his EvilPlan, but opts for BreakThemByTalking near the climax. He also failed to recognize M as a potential threat, given that M managed to do a total sweep of his office and empty his gun before he got there, being that M is a former field agent unlike C, who's more of a corrupt paper-shuffler. He finally tries to kill M, but M manages to grab C's gun and send him down his DisneyVillainDeath.]]

* CoDragons: [[spoiler:He's this alongside Mr. Hinx to Blofeld, albeit more of the EvilChancellor type.]]
* ControlFreak: He's a narcissistic and arrogant SOB who advocates BigBrotherIsWatching and {{Attack Drone}}s, but insults and demeans those who question his real motives behind the "Nine Eyes" program. [[spoiler:And once he's exposed for being Blofeld's lapdog, he's willing to have M killed for interfering in his operations.]]
* CorruptBureaucrat: He's a paper-shuffler who interferes in [=MI6=]'s operations, and [[spoiler:once more of his motivations to shut down the 00 agent program are exposed, he's revealed [[TheMole to be Blofeld's stooge]]. Blofeld is using him as a way to humiliate 007.]]

* DeathGlare: Just look at his eyes.
* DeathFromAbove: [[spoiler:Related to DisneyVillainDeath, C falls to his death after being hit off balance by shattered glass falling on him from above.]]
* DiabolicalMastermind: C is in charge of a proposed merger of MI5 and [=MI6=], but [[spoiler:uses it as a cover to give control of his "Nine Eyes" surveillance plan to Blofeld, which would further enable Blofeld to humiliate 007.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Ironically happens in the building he worked so hard to build.]]

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:After he's revealed to be in cahoots with Blofeld, he uses PsychologicalProjection to give a MotiveRant on his plans by calling M a "moron", only for M to [[ShutUpHannibal shut him down]] by calling him [[CountryMatters "careless".]] At first glance, it may seem that he's insulting M for his failures, but it's obvious to M that Denbigh is [[ItsAllAboutMe only ranting about himself and his insanity]].]]
* EvilChancellor: At first, he's an ObstructiveBureaucrat advocating BigBrotherIsWatching, the replacement of field agents like 007 with {{Attack Drone}}s, and total surveillance. [[spoiler:As the film progresses, it's later revealed that he cut a deal with Blofeld so Spectre could use "Nine Eyes" as a way to counteract any attempts to investigate into their operations.]]

* EvilGenius: [[spoiler:Of Spectre, as the man who was sent to infiltrate the British spy agencies and put forth their own world-dominating security system. [[NearVillainVictory He nearly succeeds in getting it activated too]].]]
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: He believes that [[DemocracyIsBad democracy has utterly failed]] to protect humanity's interests and that only by giving total control over to Nine Eyes [[spoiler:aka Spectre]] can we truly know peace.
* EvilRunningGood: C effortlessly concocts his [[spoiler:EvilPlan without being suspected as a Spectre agent. This way, Spectre has unlimited access to the data gathered from the "Nine Eyes" project, and use it to secretly dominate the world and destroy anybody who tries to meddle in their affairs. Heck, they even do more harm to [=MI6=] in the long run than in the original continuity. The Centre for National Security is actually a front for Spectre.]]

* FatalFlaw: [[SmugSnake Overconfidence and arrogance]]. He effortlessly manipulates the meeting nations to buy into his Nine Eyes plan and weasels his way up to being the head of the [=MI5=] and [=MI6=] merger without being suspected as a [[spoiler:Spectre agent. However, as his more smug characteristics pop up, he condescendingly looks down on and hurls rude insults to others, including M, whom he failed to realize as a potential threat to his plans.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: It's quite clear that despite his calm manner, [[spoiler:he really wants to have M killed for interfering in his fiendish schemes.]]
* FirstNameBasis: M and everybody within [=MI6=] except James always addressed him by his first name. Even if he's revealed to work for [[spoiler:Blofeld. M calmly calls him by his first name as he attempts to take him in and decided to kill him when it went off the tracks.]]
* {{Foil}}: To M, as both have different ideas of running spy agencies in many ways. While C is interested in BigBrotherIsWatching, {{Attack Drone}}s, and shutting down the 00-agent program, M questions the role of total surveillance in society, and even asks C if an AttackDrone can do the job of field agents like 007. C is also over-reliant on technology like [[Film/{{Skyfall}} Silva.]] Also, while M sticks to his principles like 007, [[spoiler:C is willing to sell-out others in order to gain more power at the expense of killing countless innocents in staged terrorist attacks.]]
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: He heads up the Centre for National Surveillance system, which [[spoiler:is really a Trojan horse for world domination for Spectre, so they could use it to counteract any intelligence operations into their activities.]]
* GunStruggle: [[spoiler:Between him and M. Noticeably, neither party gets shot, instead the stray bullets bring shattered glass falling down on them, which causes C to fall to his DisneyVillainDeath.]]

* HobbesWasRight: Best exemplified by his MotiveRant once he's revealed [[spoiler:to be a Blofeld toady. He thinks only totalitarianism and BigBrotherIsWatching will solve all of the world's problems.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Has a DisneyVillainDeath in the building representing the culmination of his hopes and dreams.]]

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler:Tries to justify his MotiveRant during the climax, but M doesn't buy it [[ShutUpHannibal and]] [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar calls him]] [[CountryMatters "careless"]].]]

* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: [[spoiler:M calls him out on his carelessness, after the latter tries to shoot him without checking if his gun is still loaded (the bullets are all in M's hand).]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He's not just a well-meaning but slightly stressed sleazeball who starts insulting everyone because they disagree with his actions as a new higher-up to begin with, [[spoiler:he's a high-ranking member of [[NebulousEvilOrganization Spectre]] and plans to turn over the new surveillance system over to Blofeld]]. Also, as his SmugSnake characteristics begin to pop up, he devolves into a PsychopathicManchild once M begins to question his surveillance plan, [[spoiler:culminating into a VillainousBreakdown once he's revealed to be TheMole for Blofeld.]]
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Being the movie's HateSink, it's no surprise that he received this at the end, when he was revealed to be a toady for Blofeld.]]
* KnightTemplar: Utterly dedicated to the idea that 24/7 surveillance is the way of the future. [[spoiler:He's willing to cut a deal with Blofeld for its sake — not quite an UnwittingPawn given his cognizance of his role.]]
* KubrickStare: In his most menacing DeathGlare as shown above [[spoiler:when he reveals to M that he is spying on Bond.]]
* LameComeback: When he's questioned by M about his rationale behind Nine Eyes and advocating the replacement of field agents like 007 with {{Attack Drone}}s, he simply ridicules M and refuses to entertain any reasoning against his global spyware program.
* LuddWasRight: Discussed and [[spoiler:justified]]. C believes that [[BigBrotherIsWatching digital surveillance]] has made the "00" program obsolete. Later on, the suspicions of 007 and M towards C are proven right, when it turns out [[spoiler:that C is a Spectre operative and that the [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction Centre for National Surveillance]] system is really a Trojan horse for world domination.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: A corrupt paper-pusher and ObstructiveBureaucrat to begin with, he advocated the replacement of field agents like 007 with total surveillance. He also effortlessly works the meeting nations to buy into his "Nine Eyes" scheme and weasels his way up to being the head of the [=MI5=] and [=MI6=] merger without being suspected as a [[spoiler:Spectre agent.]]
* MoleInCharge: [[spoiler:Revealed to have been working for Blofeld [[EvilAllAlong all along]], as he's basically the Kim Philby or Vidkun Quisling of the Bond universe. Spectre cultivated him as an asset. In return for helping him get his electronic surveillance system implemented, he'll ensure all the data it collects gets forwarded to them.]]
* MotiveRant: [[spoiler:His ReasonYouSuckSpeech to M is basically this.]]

* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:If it weren't for Bond realizing that C was TheMole for Spectre and relaying this info to M, Denbigh would have managed to get Nine Eyes implemented and Blofeld would have succeeded in further humiliating 007.]]
* NewEraSpeech: His speech to the Nine Eyes committee about intelligence-sharing is effective, as while South Africa initially balked at it, a terrorist attack conducted by [[spoiler:Spectre, the real backers of the Nine Eyes project]], forces them back into the fold.
* NonActionGuy: Predictably, as someone who doesn't see the use of field agents, he prefers using technology for intelligence gathering and accordingly, spends his time in an office. [[spoiler:He's later revealed to be the evil version of this trope, when his allegiance to Spectre comes into light. He tries to pull a gun on M, only for it to have had the bullets removed and lasts only a few seconds in hand-to-hand combat before falling to his death.]]
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: At first, he's perceived as a sleazeball who expresses ignorant opinions on hot-button issues such as 24/7 surveillance, [[spoiler:but when revealed [[TheMole to be Spectre's lapdog]] within the British government, he sics goons on 007 and M so they won't interfere in his plans.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype Deconstructed]]. He attempts to shut the 00 branch of [=MI6=] in favor of a 24/7 SinisterSurveillance system he calls "NCB". [[spoiler:In reality, he's cut a deal with Blofeld to hand control of the world's intelligence network to Spectre via the "Nine Eyes" program, which would allow them to stay permanently ahead of their enemies.]]
* OhCrap: Gets one [[spoiler:in the climax when he's about to shoot M after delivering his MotiveRant, only to realize that M emptied his gun's magazine beforehand.]]
** Has another one when [[spoiler:he's about to plunge to his death.]]

* PsychologicalProjection: [[spoiler:Near the climax, he projects his own flaws on M, though M obviously knows he's just a nutcase.]]
* PsychopathicManchild: Type C: For all his supposed wit and sophistication, his reaction to others questioning his ideas isn't that different from a spoiled child being told "No" for the first time. [[spoiler:This culminates into a VillainousBreakdown once [[EvilAllAlong he's revealed]] [[TheMole to be]] Blofeld's lapdog.]]
* TheQuisling: [[spoiler:Revealed to have been working for Spectre all along. Blofeld had been cultivating him as a way to further humiliate 007. In return for helping him get his electronic surveillance system implemented, he'll ensure all the info it collects gets sent to Spectre.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Near the climax, [[spoiler:[[PsychologicalProjection he]] [[MotiveRant rants]] to M on BigBrotherIsWatching and DemocracyIsBad, calling M a moron. M fires back with a brief but blunt ShutUpHannibal reply when C [[OhCrap realizes]] that M emptied his gun magazine.]]
* ShadowArchetype: He's revealed to be an [[spoiler:EvilCounterpart of M]] as the viewer gets to know more about his rationale to scrap the 00-agent program in favor of the "Nine Eyes" surveillance system. The difference in their ages is also parallel to the new vs. old ideas of running spy agencies they adhere to. [[spoiler:In short, Denbigh is M without a moral compass, someone who's willing to sell out his country in exchange for more political power, as he is later revealed to be a Blofeld flunky.]]
* ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler:After being exposed as TheMole within the British government, he rants about M's failures and calls him a "moron," only for M to shut him down by calling him [[CountryMatters "careless"]].]]
* SmugSnake: To the bitter end. Even finding his Glock 17 empty does nothing to break his composure. But, it costs him greatly when he makes the mistake of taking on "M", the veteran SAS soldier who sends him slipping on broken glass [[spoiler:and off the edge of a blown out stairwell.]]

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: From the start, he's an oily new superior who [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain expresses ignorant opinions on hot-button real-world issues]] [[spoiler:and furthermore, is a terrorist himself]]. And from the moment the audience learns he's a [[PrivateMilitaryContractors civilian contractor]] placed in charge of a merger between [=MI5=] and [=MI6=], [[TyrantTakesTheHelm we know he's going to be trouble]], and he proves it by acting like a SmugSnake to Bond and M and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything advocating the replacement of human agents with]] {{Attack Drone}}s and [[BigBrotherIsWatching mass surveillance]]. It's later revealed that [[spoiler:he's not just a sleazeball to begin with — [[BigBadDuumvirate he's a Blofeld ally]] and plans to turn control of the new surveillance system he's designing over to him.]]

* VillainHasAPoint: During his MotiveRant, [[spoiler:he points out the flaws of democracy and the failure of elected officials who don't get things done in time or fall back on their promises.]]

** A subtle one in the end. [[spoiler:Max tries one last time to break M by saying that he doesn't matter anymore and face it. After M says "Maybe I don't, but something has to," C abruptly starts fighting M over the gun.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: C fancies himself as a KnightTemplar who believes that BigBrotherIsWatching and {{Attack Drone}}s will solve all of the world's problems. M begs to differ, and [[spoiler:once C is revealed to be TheMole within the British government, M and 007 refer to [[BigBadDuumvirate him and Blofeld]] [[YoureInsane as insane loons]]. Denbigh even tries to give a ReasonYouSuckSpeech to M, but M fires back with a brief but ShutUpHannibal statement, causing him to enter VillainousBreakdown mode.]]

* BigBrotherIsWatching: He believes that the best way to make the world safe for people is by handing over complete control of international surveillance systems to his Nine Eyes project (which would conveniently put him in power of it). When he's questioned by M about this, he mocks the prospect of democracy and refuses to entertain any rationale against his global spyware.

* HateSink: A [[PrivateMilitaryContractors sleazy civilian contractor]] placed in charge of a merger between [=MI5=] and [=MI6=] and [[TyrantTakesTheHelm posing a threat to MI6's operations]], C jacks it up by acting like a [[SmugSnake douche]] to Bond and M and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything advocating the replacement of human agents with]] {{Attack Drone}}s and [[BigBrotherIsWatching mass surveillance]].[[spoiler:Later on, C is revealed to be in cahoots with [[Characters/JamesBondBlofeld Blofeld]], and plans to turn control of the new surveillance system he's designing over to him. At the end of the film, he suffers a KarmicDeath when he plummets to the bottom of the headquarters of the merged intelligence service, which he had paid for with SPECTRE blood money]].

* PsychopathicManchild: Type C: For all his supposed wit and sophistication, his reaction to others questioning his ideas isn't that different from a spoiled child being told "No" for the first time. [[spoiler:This culminates into a VillainousBreakdown once [[EvilAllAlong he's revealed]] [[TheMole to be]] [[BigBadDuumvirate Blofeld's lapdog]].]]
* TheQuisling: [[spoiler:Revealed to have been [[EvilAllAlong working for Spectre all along]]. Blofeld had been cultivating him as a way to further humiliate 007. In return for helping him get his electronic surveillance system implemented, he'll ensure all the info it collects gets sent to Spectre.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Near the climax, [[spoiler:[[PsychologicalProjection he]] [[MotiveRant rants]] [[EvilCannotComprehendGood to M]] on BigBrotherIsWatching and DemocracyIsBad, calling M a moron. M fires back with a brief but blunt ShutUpHannibal reply when C [[OhCrap realizes]] that M emptied his gun magazine.]]

* StrawNihilist: Has shades of this as evident in his ReasonYouSuckSpeech against M [[spoiler:in the climax — he thinks DemocracyIsBad and that it's a CrapsackWorld out there.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: {{Subverted|Trope}. Lucia doesn't mourn his death out of love, she hated him; she was mourning for the impending assassination attempts on her life that would occur as a result of his death.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Attempts to shut the 00 branch of [=MI6=] in favor of a 24/7 SinisterSurveillance system he calls "NCB". [[spoiler:In reality, he's cut a deal with Blofeld to hand control of the world's intelligence network to Spectre via the "Nine Eyes" program.]]

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Even though he didn't get along with his wife, she still grieved at his death.
** {{Subverted}} actually. Lucia wasn't mourning his death for love, she hated him; she was mourning for the impending assassination attempts on her life that would occur as a result of his death.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: His death leads to Bond uncovering the AwfulTruth behind Spectre.

!!Max Denbigh (C)

->'''Played by:''' [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Dave Bautista]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/AndrewScott

->'''Played by:''' Alessandro Cremona

->'''Played by:''' Creator/MonicaBellucci

->'''Played by:''' Thomas Kretschmann

* LikeASonToMe: After 007 lost his parents in a climbing accident, Hannes adopted him and began treating him like a second son. This causes Franz to be bitter about this, and [[{{Patricide}} kills him]] [[DrivenByEnvy out of envy]], before faking his death and creating Spectre.

* PosthumousCharacter: He was already dead by the time ''Spectre'' takes place, but his role formulated the CainAndAbel relationship between 007 and Blofeld in later years, and indirectly shaped the events of ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'' and ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.

Character sheet for the Film/JamesBond film ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.

* {{Manchild}}: Devolves into this once people question his opinions, and starts insulting others, including M. [[spoiler:This culminates into a VillainousBreakdown once [[EvilAllAlong he's revealed]] [[TheMole to be]] [[BigBadDuumvirate Blofeld's lapdog]].]]

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: M explains to C that a man having a license to kill also means having a license ''not'' to kill in difficult situations, and asks C if he's ever actually killed anyone in person (as Bond and M both have). C refuses to answer, and instead states that he's monitoring all MI6 employees, including 007.

* CorruptBureaucrat: He's a paper-shuffler who interferes in MI6's operations, and [[spoiler:once more of his motivations to shut down the 00 agent program are exposed, he's revealed [[TheMole to be Blofeld's stooge]]. Blofeld is using him as a way to humiliate 007.]]

** After being introduced as the man who is trying to get rid of the agent system used by MI6, he is promptly nicknamed "C" by Bond. When Denbigh gives his actual name, Bond responds with a smirk and notes that he prefers to call him C.

* DiabolicalMastermind: C is in charge of a proposed merger of MI5 and MI6, but [[spoiler:uses it as a cover to give control of his "Nine Eyes" surveillance plan to Blofeld, which would further enable Blofeld to humiliate 007.]]

* EvilAllAlong: He was always a snarky {{Jerkass}} but eventually [[spoiler:it comes to light that he's in cahoots with Blofeld, merely using MI6 as a base to install his Nine Eyes program]].

* EvilRunningGood: C effortlessly concocts his [[spoiler:EvilPlan without being suspected as a Spectre agent. This way, Spectre has unlimited access to the data gathered from the "Nine Eyes" project, and use it to secretly dominate the world and destroy anybody who tries to meddle in their affairs. Heck, they even do more harm to MI6 in the long run than in the original continuity. The Centre for National Security is actually a front for Spectre.]]

* FirstNameBasis: M and everybody within MI6 except James always addressed him by his first name. Even if he's revealed to work for [[spoiler:Blofeld. M calmly calls him by his first name as he attempts to take him in and decided to kill him when it went off the tracks.]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:For a guy who's actively involved in shutting down MI6 and sold himself out to Spectre to enhance his EvilPlan, and furthermore, is an ObstructiveBureaucrat to begin with, it's ironic that he calls M a "paper-pusher" when he ''himself'' is one once he's exposed for being the MoleInCharge within the British government.]]

* InterserviceRivalry: Is a former [=MI5=] employee who has managed to get himself in charge of the merged [=MI5=] and MI6. As a result, he comes into conflict with M, whose power has been crippled due to the shake-up. The fact Denbigh is from a rival service doesn't help matters in the slightest.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Attempts to shut the 00 branch of MI6 in favor of a 24/7 SinisterSurveillance system he calls "NCB". [[spoiler:In reality, he's cut a deal with Blofeld to hand control of the world's intelligence network to Spectre via the "Nine Eyes" program.]]

-->'''M:''' [[spoiler:''[after shutting C's access to the mainframe]'' Not a good feeling being watched, is it?]]\\
'''C:''' [[spoiler:Don't tell me ''you're'' responsible for this.]]\\
'''M:''' [[spoiler:''[to Q]'' No, but my Quartermaster is, and he's extremely talented.]]\\
'''C:''' [[spoiler:Oh, bravo. But in case you hadn't realized it, you two are out of a job, so you're trespassing.]]\\
'''M:''' [[spoiler:I'm afraid you've got the wrong end of the stick, Max. We're going to stop this system going online, and then I'm going to bring you in.]]\\
'''C:''' [[spoiler:On what grounds, exactly?]]\\
'''M:''' [[spoiler:Poor taste in friends.]]\\
'''C:''' [[spoiler:[[StrawNihilist Take a look at the world]] [[CrapsackWorld — chaos]]. Because people like you, paper-pushers and politicians, are too spineless to do what needs to be done — so I made [[BigBadDuumvirate an alliance]] to put the power where it should be, [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill and now you want to throw it away for the sake of democracy]], whatever the hell that is? How predictably moronic. ''[aims his Glock 17 at M]'' But then, isn't that what 'M' stands for — 'moron'? ''[squeezes trigger, realizes the gun is unloaded]'']]\\
'''M:''' [[spoiler:''[opens fist to reveal he's emptied the magazine]'' [[ShutUpHannibal And now we know what 'C' stands for —]] [[CountryMatters 'careless'.]]]]
* ShadowArchetype: He's revealed to be an [[spoiler:EvilCounterpart of M]] as the viewer gets to know more about his rationale to scrap the 00-agent program in favor of the "Nine Eyes" surveillance system, [[spoiler:In short, Denbigh is M without a moral compass, someone who's willing to sell out his country in exchange for more political power, as he is later revealed to be a Blofeld flunky.]]

* PsychopathicManchild: Devolves into this once people question his opinions, and starts insulting others, including M. [[spoiler:This culminates into a VillainousBreakdown once [[EvilAllAlong he's revealed]] [[TheMole to be]] [[BigBadDuumvirate Blofeld's lapdog]].]]