# 007 fans, a question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 1999, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682 "1999-12-03T19:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/1 "1999-12-03T19:28:00Z")
Who was this character (and in what film): a stocky Chinese assassin who flung a bowler hat with a razor-sharp brim? Thanx! ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/2 "1999-12-03T19:30:00Z")
Oddjob, Goldfinger, and he was Korean. ---
**Author:** ![Ursa\_Major](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a88e57/32.png) [@Ursa\_Major](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ursa_Major)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/3 "1999-12-03T19:31:00Z")
Odd Job. Goldfinger. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/4 "1999-12-03T19:47:00Z")
P.S. Odd Job was electrocuted in Fort Knox. God rest his soul. * * * La franchise ne consiste pas à dire tout ce que l’on pense, mais à penser tout ce que l’on dit. H. de Livry ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/5 "1999-12-03T19:50:00Z")
But in the book he was sucked out the window of an airplane. Strangely, the screenwriters assigned Oddjob’s death to Goldfinger. In the novel, I recall that Goldfinger was merely throttled to death by Our Hero. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/6 "1999-12-03T20:07:00Z")
Thanx, one and all! ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/7 "1999-12-03T21:46:00Z")
Uke, the movie also changed the classic confrontation scene between Bond and Goldfinger. In the book, Goldfinger strapped a naked Bond to a seatless chair and beat him with a cane. Now, THAT’S Hollywood! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/8 "1999-12-03T21:52:00Z")
Sorry, Guy, the seatless chair scene was from the novel CASINO ROYALE. Le Chiffre did it to him. GOLDFINGER (the movie) DID have an industrial laser instead of the buzz-saw used in GOLDFINGER (the book). * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/9 "1999-12-03T21:52:00Z")
Oh…and a carpet-beater, not a cane. Whacked 'im in the nuts with it. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/10 "1999-12-03T21:54:00Z")
“Do you expect me to talk?” “No, Mr. Bond…I expect you to DIE!” Damn, I loved that movie. * * * “Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.” - George Carlin ---
**Author:** ![makphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@makphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/makphisto)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/11 "1999-12-03T23:48:00Z")
Random Task. No, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 1999, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/12 "1999-12-03T23:53:00Z")
I must be getting the guy with the facial scar and grey mandarin jacket confused with the big Korean. I thought Blojob was the one electrocuted in Fort Knox. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/13 "1999-12-04T00:17:00Z")
Another 007 question-- what’s the name of Goldfinger’s cat (it is Goldfinger, right? Or… the fluffy white one, anyway)? Is that ever provided? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/14 "1999-12-04T00:32:00Z")
The fluffy white cat was the trademark of Blofeld, head of S.P.E.C.T.R.E. The character of Blofeld was introduced in the novel “Thunderball”. He was originally seen in the movies “From Russia with Love” and “Thunderball” as a faceless villain. Subsequent movies showed his face. (But I can’t remember which movies.) In the movies, the Russian organization “Smersh” meaning “death to spies” was changed to SPECTRE (in “From Russia With Love”). * * * La franchise ne consiste pas à dire tout ce que l’on pense, mais à penser tout ce que l’on dit. H. de Livry ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/15 "1999-12-04T00:34:00Z")
## I believe the cat was Blofeld’s. I don’t remember a name. (Goldfinger just had Pussy, no cat. ::In the distance, a rimshot is heard: 🙂 ‘They couldn’t hit an Elephant from this dist…!’ Last words of General John Sedgwick ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/16 "1999-12-04T01:04:00Z")
Ah, right right right. You are absolutely right. But still ,what was the cat’s name? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/17 "1999-12-04T01:48:00Z")
Uhhh… Fluffy? I don’t think the cat was ever given a name in the movie(s), and the cat was not mentioned in the novel(s). ---
**Author:** ![Heath\_Doolin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Heath\_Doolin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heath_Doolin)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/007-fans-a-question/11682/18 "1999-12-04T09:06:00Z")
The cat was called “Hey the camera is on the cat, one of the lowers in SPECTRE is gonna die” Think about it. Even Dr. Evil showcased it * * * I know that I have put you through hell, and I know that I have been one rough pecker. But from here on, you are all in my cool book.- Seth Gecko From Dusk Till Dawn