Austin Powers: How to be an International Man of Mystery

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In the third film, the strange object resembles breasts instead. The gag runs for a while and then is duly Lampshaded (by Ozzy Osbourne, no less).

Alotta’s Eastern-inspired apartment recalls the ex-pat Dikko Henderson’s (Charles Gray) Japanese apartment in You Only Live Twice. Tough Room: Nobody laughs at Dr. Evil's "long and hard and full of seamen" joke, prompting him to say, "Tough sub." Spontaneous Choreography: During the opening titles of each movie, Austin engages in this with supposedly random bystanders. Separated by a Common Language: There's a scene where Nigel Powers is talking about his sexual exploits and Austin requests that they speak in "English" English in front of the Americans. The proceeding conversation has subtitles. ( But not all of it.) GPS Evidence: The heroes are able to find the location of Dr. Evil's volcano lair by analyzing Fat Bastard's stool sample, discovering traces of a rare vegetable that only grows on one island in the entire world.

7. The plot was lifted from a 60s British TV series

In the second movie, Dr. Evil demands one hundred billion dollars from the United States government in 1969. The president, while laughing, informs Dr. Evil that such an amount of money doesn't even exist. Bait-and-Switch: While in his pad at 1969, Austin stands beside a woman, and suddenly says "Get your hands off my Heinie, baby!" The womand moves her hand into shot, revealing that she's holding a Heineken beer. Like the operatives of S.P.E.C.T.R.E., Dr. Evil has a ring with insignia. The Bond baddies have an octopus. Dr. Evil has a fancy “E.” THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; Big marketers are betting on 'Austin Powers' to endear them to young people". The New York Times. 1999-06-14 . Retrieved 2010-11-05.

Austin Powers is a series of American satirical spy comedy films created by Mike Myers, who also stars as the eponymous title character as well as his arch-nemesis, Dr. Evil. The series consists of 1997's International Man of Mystery, 1999's The Spy Who Shagged Me and 2002's Goldmember, all of which were directed by Jay Roach. In November 2010, he was voted #23 in Entertainment Weekly 's list "The 100 Greatest Characters of The Last 20 Years." [17] See also [ edit ] Big Red Button: Two of them. One aborts the underground drill carrying the nuke, the other activates the base's Self-Destruct Mechanism. Like Blofeld in the Bond movies, before we see Dr. Evil’s face introduced in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, we see his cat.

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Author Appeal: Mike Myers said that the reason Divinyls was chosen for the music during the scene with the Fembots was because he was a fan of the song and convinced the studio it was the perfect choice for that moment. The Last of These Is Not Like the Others: When Number Two shows a map of the United States with miniature models of businesses he acquired during Dr. Evil's time being frozen, he concludes the list with a factory that makes miniature models... of factories. Sexy Silhouette: Alotta Fagina undresses behind a semi-transparent wall, causing Austin's libido to go crazy more than usual. Intimate Artistry: Austin was flirting with Vanessa from the very instant that he awoke from his cryogenic freezing, but he only seemed to progress from purely-physical attraction to an emotional connection when she briefly posed for photographs for him when they were on a surveillance mission. After saying how beautiful she was he took her out for a night on the town, where she first began to return his affections. Take That!: "Carrot Top Movie" is among the Evil Corp's evil plans. note Chairman of the Board would have been in production around the same time as International Man of Mystery, because it was originally planned for a 1997 release.

Bond Villain Stupidity: Used and lampshaded, most notably in the scene where Scott asks " Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?" Punny Name: According to the DVD Commentary, the Sphynx cat playing Mr. Bigglesworth was called Ted Nude-Gent. In retrospect, the Craig era of Bond films—which in terms of years is longer than any other actor’s—feels as much like a direct reaction to the ribbing Eon Productions took from Austin Powers as it does a desire to rewrite Bond in the mid-2000s for a post-9/11 world. And with movies this self-serious, where is the room for a shagadelic character like Austin? Can a Comedy Ever Dominate the Zeitgeist Again? Fourth 'Austin Powers' Movie Will Go 'Somewhere You Haven't Though Of,' Jay Roach Says". MTV . Retrieved October 14, 2010. The name’s Bond. Bondathon. With twenty-four official James Bond films to conquer before No Time To Die hits theaters, Bond fan Anna Swanson and Bond newbie Meg Shields are diving deep on 007. Martinis shaken and beluga caviar in hand, the Double Take duo are making their way through the Bond corpus. In this entry, they’re on a quest to identify every single James Bond reference in the Austin Powers trilogy.In May 2007, at the Shrek the Third premiere, Mike Myers announced that a fourth Austin Powers film was planned, but that it would focus more on Dr. Evil rather than Austin. He also said that he would start work on it after he started work on The Love Guru, which became a box office bomb. [28] In February 2008, it was announced that Jay Roach would return as director. In April 2008, it was reported that Gisele Bündchen had been offered a role in the film. [29] Offscreen Villain Dark Matter: Each movie begins with Number Two revealing a wildly successful business venture that he embarked on in Dr. Evil's absence. The funding for Dr. Evil's projects most likely comes from there. The Canadian Press (August 25, 2016). "Mike Myers talks

The video games he appears in are Austin Powers Pinball, Austin Powers: Welcome to My Underground Lair!, Austin Powers: Oh, Behave!, and Austin Powers Operation: Trivia. Seiler, Andy (June 21, 1999). "The spy who won't go away HBO will animate 'Austin Powers,' and a third movie is expected". USA Today. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013 . Retrieved November 5, 2010. There's a point during the Overly-Long Gag of the evil laughing scene in the first film where Mike Myers reverts to his normal voice. By Goldmember, they frequent hang a lampshade on their own jokes, old and new. Goldmember implies that his weird accent automatically makes him funny and makes sure everyone notices his "subtle" references to music lyrics. Austin and Mr. Roboto point out that they could just speak English to avoid confusion, and Ozzy's dialogue under Didn't We Use This Joke Already?

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Euphemistic Names: Being an Affectionate Parody of the James Bond films, the Austin Powers films have at least one example of this in each film and it's Played for Laughs. Such examples include Number Two's companion Alotta Fagina, Austin's Love Interest in the second film Felicity Shagwell ("Shagwell by name, Shag very well by reputation"), Dr. Evil's spies Ivana Humpalot and Robin Swallows and an In-Universe film character named Dixie Normous. Stealth Pun: The movie-within-a-movie has Mini-Me firing off an M-249 machine gun, also known as the "Minimi". Armor-Piercing Question: Upon being asked if he's happy, Fat Bastard breaks down in tears when he admits he's not. Unusually for this series, it's played relatively straight until he lets out a fart.