Written by Mr. Mouseburger 26th Jun 2005
Bond and Oddjob have been locked in the vault with the nuclear device by Goldfinger (q.v.). Oddjob, like all faithful menservants, accepts that dying for his boss is all part of his remit and works on trying to stop Bond from disarming the device. Bond villains always have an overly elaborate way of killing their victims; Oddjob's method is by breaking their necks with his deadly, steel rimmed bowler hat.
Bond initially tries hand to hand combat with Oddjob, which is completely futile as he has already seen a gold bar he hurled bounce harmlessly off Oddjob's chest. When the two separate, Oddjob throws his hat at Bond, missing him, but cutting through a really thick electric cable.
Bond picks up the hat and throws it at Oddjob, who skillfully sidesteps and the hat gets wedged between the bars of the cage holding all the gold.
Oddjob goes over to collect the hat, and as he does so, Bond notices the severed electric cable. Diving for the cable, Bond grabs the cable and connects it to the metal bars, at the precise moment Oddjob grabs his hat.
The result is electrifying, and Oddjob treats the audience to a fantastically flamboyant collapse to the ground.
wouldn't it also count as "own weapon"?
Again i can see where you are coming from, but i think in order for it to count as "own weapon" he would need to get hit by his own bowler hat.
Mouseburger
Is it possible it may be a Grab Bag entry? I definetly know it qualifies for a One on One, as it's the conclusion of a fight between Bond and Oddjob.
Not "Grab Bag" see my argument on the Rosa Klebb forum to clarify. "One on One" however, would definitely work.
I suppose I still stand by my "Own Weapon" argument, as the fight would have turned out differently without it, isn't there a rule that henchmen must be killed by their own gimmick?
Mr. Briggs Incorporated Wrote:
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> I suppose I still stand by my "Own Weapon"
> argument, as the fight would have turned out
> differently without it, isn't there a rule that
> henchmen must be killed by their own gimmick?
It says...
"When someone suffers the ignominy of being slain by their own weapon. This is an especially embarassing death if the weapon is a "signature" one, used by the character for many killings."
I guess it means that the character has to be directly killed by the weapon. I'm not sure how direct this one is. The electricity was the direct cause, but that hat not been lined with metal... You get the idea.