"Bubi" was a fictional unnamed West German civilian who, along with his wife, unknowingly assists James Bond in his pursuit of a primed nuclear device. A minor ally portrayed by British actor Gertan Klauber, the character appeared briefly in the 1983 James Bond film, Octopussy.
Biography[]
While attempting to prevent the detonation of a nuclear device at an American airforce base in West Germany, James Bond fell from the train transporting it and was forced to hitchhike in pursuit. With less than an hour until detonation, a kindly, food-obsessed couple picked him up in their Volkswagen Beetle and took him to a nearby town with 20 minutes to go. As 007 urgently ran to make a phone call - turning down yet more well-intentioned offers of sausage and beer from "Schatzi" - Bubi remarked that the English are crazy.
Trivia[]
- Gertan Klauber returns in the 1987 film The Living Daylights as the Fairground Cafe Owner.
- Bubi is something of a German stereotype and spends much of his screentime munching on Wurst. Like Schatzi, his character's moniker is a cloying nickname in German.