The Last Words Of Every Fallen James Bond Villain

A major component of any good Bond film is a solid villain. They need to be interestingly twisted, memorably designed, and powerful enough to match the legendary prowess of James Bond — no small order for any actor to pull off. Over the decades, the Bond franchise has given us more than two dozen Bond villains, some of them better than others. What makes the best of them succeed? Sometimes it's their unique evil plans. Other times, it's their fascinating personality. And often, it's due to the actor's talent. But one thing that makes or breaks all Bond villain is their dialogue — especially the last words they utter before dying. Some of these final lines are profound and rich with meaning, while others offer rather simple words before passing away. Either way, they're worth examining — and that's just what we're going to do. These are the last words of every fallen James Bond villain. Take note: We're only covering the main villains of each film, and the ones we're sure are dead.

In From Russia With Love, Bond foils the evil plans of Rosa Klebb, played by Lotte Lenya. Klebb is a high-ranking member of Russia's counterintelligence agency. Secretly, she's also part of the sinister organization known as SPECTRE. Klebb wants to take revenge on Bond for Dr. No's death, and also seeks to steal a decoding device in the process. After Bond secures the decoding device, he goes on vacation with Tatiana Romanova to celebrate his victory. But surprise, surprise — Klebb makes one last effort to slay Bond. 

Klebb disguises herself as a maid at the hotel Bond is staying at. When Bond and Romanova order room service, it's delivered by a gun-wielding Klebb. Klebb's orders Romanova to take the decoding device, and delivers her final words: "Romanova! Take this." Presumably, Klebb was going to follow her at gunpoint, but it never happens because a fight breaks out. While Bond and Klebb struggle, Romanova finds a gun and shoots Klebb dead.

To be honest, these final words are pretty bland, as far as Bond villains go. Emilio Largo, Thunderball's bad guy, is the Bond villain with the unforgettable eye patch. Largo plans to steal nuclear weapons and extort world governments by threatening to use them. So yeah, let's just say that Bond really wants to stop this guy. 

The last major fight in the film is a speedy chase on boats. Largo is sailing away, firing at the authorities behind him. During the chaos, Bond subtly boards Largo's boat and ambushes his crew. When Bond finally reveals himself, Largo shouts at his henchmen: "Get him!" The henchmen do their thing — they swing, miss, and die. Finally, Bond and Largo face each other, but it isn't Bond who delivers the final blow. That honor goes to Domino, Largo's mistress, who shoots him in the back with a harpoon. Ouch. Not every villain gets an awesome, memorable last line. In the case of Emilio Largo, his final words are a generic command that pretty much every villain ever has said.

It's amazing how much time there is between Francisco Scaramanga's final words and his death in The Man With the Golden Gun. Scaramanga, played by Christopher Lee, is a talented assassin who wishes to duel Bond to the death. In Scaramanga's mind, it's not about killing Bond — it's about besting a worthy opponent. So instead of killing Bond when he has the chance, Scaramanga arranges a duel on his island. Both men have their backs to each other with their signature guns in hand, Scaramanga with his golden pistol and Bond with his Walther PPK. Scaramanga's henchman serves as a referee of sorts, and asks both duelers if they are ready, to which both reply, "ready." The henchman counts down, the men take 20 paces, but when Bond turns and shoots, Scaramanga is gone. Bond and Scaramanga play cat and mouse throughout the island, and then inside a maze of illusions. Scaramanga knows his way around and Bond does not. Still, Bond surprises Scaramanga, and shoots him dead.

The rich and sophisticated Hugo Drax, played by Michael Lonsdale in Moonraker, is a businessman who builds space crafts. Secretly, however, he plans to start humanity over. Drax's scheme is to poison the entire Earth, then orbit the planet with a few selected humans he considers to be the "Master Race." Once the gas settles, he'll repopulate Earth with his chosen few. 

Bond foils his plan and finally corners Drax on his space station. For a brief moment, Drax gets the upper hand: He spots a gun on the floor, quickly picks it up, and points it at Bond. Just as he's about to shoot, Drax says, "At least I shall have the pleasure of putting you out of my misery ... Desolated, Mr. Bond." Sure, Drax's plans are ruined, but hey — he'll at least have the joy of killing the jerk who stopped him. But at that moment, Bond makes his play, shooting Drax and ejecting him into outer space. Peace out, Space Hitler.

Played by Julian Glover in For Your Eyes Only, Aristotle Kristatos, nicknamed Aris, is a loathsome fellow. The British government awarded him an honor for his service in the war, but during that time, Aris was actually a double agent. On top of that, he's a huge heroin smuggler. Oh, and did we mention he also tried tricking Bond into killing Columbo, who used to be Aris' business partner? 

Aris' evil plan is to steal a valuable device from the British military and sell it to the Soviets. Bond ends up joining forces with Columbo and tracking down Aris to his hideout. Aris gives one last command to his niece Bibi Dahl. After a fight, he yells at her, "Go back to your room!" But soon after, Bond begins his assault. As good guys and bad guys beat each other up, Aris makes a run for it. Eventually, they catch up, and Columbo deals the final blow by throwing a knife into Aris' back, killing him.

General Orlov, played by Steven Berkoff in Octopussy, is a Soviet military man who would love nothing more than to expand the glorious power of his motherland. He's basically a bloodthirsty warmonger, and a bit delusional as well. Orlov's plan is to sneak a bomb into Europe on a train. He hopes to set off a nuke, which will force Europe to disarm their nuclear weapons, allowing the Soviets to expand into Europe. 

Bond boards the train, and Orlov chases after him. In an ironic twist of fate, the nearby guards shoot Orlov, believing he's a defector. A fellow Soviet stands over Orlov and says, "A disgrace to the uniform." Orlov, while bleeding to death, proclaims "Yes. But tomorrow I shall be a hero of the Soviet Union." Meaning, he may look like a defector and failure now, but after his plan succeeds, he'll go down in history as a hero among the Soviets. Talk about delusion.

Brad Whitaker, played by Joe Don Baker in The Living Daylights, is a war-obsessed arms dealer, although he's never fought in a war himself. Whitaker's plan is to obtain and sell a large about of opium so that he can deal arms far into the future. At his base, Whitaker has a room full of various figures, statues, maps, and army toys. This is where Whitaker and Bond have their final battle, playing a game of cat and mouse through the elaborate room. Whitaker naturally has the upper hand since he's on familiar turf: He activates various traps with a remote and throws Bond off his game. But the room is large, dark, and very complicated, so Bond has quite a few hiding spots. Bond places a small bomb and lures Whitaker towards it. Meanwhile, Whitaker scolds Bond for hiding behind a particular statue: "Should've known you'd take refuge behind that British vulture, Wellington!" Then he gives Bond a mini-lesson in history, saying, "You know he had to buy German mercenaries to beat Napoleon, don't you?" Right then, Bond activates his bomb, which knocks over a statue and kills Whitaker.

If you've watched GoldenEye, you already know this final line carries a lot of meaning. Alec Trevelyan, played by Sean Bean, used to work alongside Bond as a fellow MI6 spy. Trevelyan ended up faking his death, then went on to betray MI6 and attempt to destroy the organization. So not only does Bond have to kill a villain in this movie, he also has to kill a friend. 

Before faking his death, Trevelyan asked Bond, "For England, James?" Meaning the two heroes were about to do what they were going to do for their country. Years later, Bond and Trevelyan face each other again, and Trevelyan realizes that he's about to die for real. But Trevelyan wants to know why Bond is killing him, and so he asks, "For England, James?" But this time, Bond responds, "No, for me." In other words, Bond isn't being a patriot at this moment: He's avenging his own betrayal. Trevelyan falls, briefly survives, and is finally crushed by a giant satellite that falls on top of him. That's what you get for hurting James Bond's feelings.

Viktor "Renard" Zokas, played by Robert Carlyle, is one of two villains in The World is Not Enough. Renard is helping his accomplice Elektra King in her quest to cause a nuclear meltdown in Istanbul using a submarine. Theirs' is a long story, containing many twists and turns: Originally, Renard kidnapped Elektra, but the two eventually became lovers and accomplices. 

Bond kills Elektra, then boards the submarine that Renard is using to carry out his evil plan. Renard is an especially tough villain to take down: He can't feel pain due to a bullet lodged in his head. But that doesn't mean Renard is immune to emotional pain. While fighting, Bond loses the advantage, and so he throws Renard off his game by telling him that Elektra is dead. A furious Renard shouts, "Liar!" He then shoves Bond away and continues to carry out his plan to detonate the submarine, even though this means they'll both die in its explosion. But, of course, Bond saves the day. Renard is impaled by a rod, shot from the submarine's reactor at high speed. But hey — he wasn't in any pain from it.

Gustav Graves, played by Toby Stephens and Will Yun Lee in Die Another Day, is a man of grandeur who is prone to making epic speeches. He also has a crazy backstory. Originally, he was a North Korean arms dealer, but he fakes his death, alters his appearance, and resurfaces as a British billionaire. If that wasn't wild enough for you, Graves builds a space weapon and plans to use it to cut through the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, provoking a war. 

Bond sabotages Graves' plan and the film culminates on a traveling aircraft, where Graves and Bond duke it out. Graves gains the advantage, and, like all classic villains, gives Bond a lecture before delivering the death blow. Full of self-importance, Graves tells Bond, "You see, Mr. Bond, you can't kill my dreams. But my dreams can kill you. Time to face destiny." At that moment, Bond quickly pulls the parachute cord attached to Graves, which sucks Graves out of the airplane and right into a turbine. Bond gives a snarky comment in response: "Time to face gravity!"

Dominic Greene, played by Mathieu Amalric in Quantum of Solace, is a very successful businessman and a member of the secret organization known as Quantum. Greene's sinister plan is to collect freshwater sources, create an artificial drought, then profit from selling water. Specifically, Greene wants to take advantage of the Bolivian government: If Bolivia refuses to buy Greene's expensive water, he plans to deprive them of water entirely. Bond locates Greene's complex and single-handedly eliminates Greene's security detail. After capturing Greene, Bond interrogates him, but not so much about the water scheme. Bond is much more interested in the organization that Greene works for.

After Bond extracts all the useful information he can out of Greene, Bond leaves him in the middle of a desert with a can of oil. Greene wants Bond to spare him, arguing, "I told you everything you wanted to know about Quantum." But Bond drives off anyway. It's later reported that Greene was shot by an assassin and apparently  did try to drink the oil before dying. A fitting fate for a man who threatened to kill millions through dehydration.