Sir Austin Danger Powers, (presumably born in the mid 1950's, judging by the car seen in the flashback in the third movie) played by Mike Myers, is the title character of a series of parodies of 1960s spy films, primarily James Bond, Derek Flint, Harry Palmer, and Matt Helm, and incorporates myriad other elements of popular culture.
The three films, in order of release are Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Austin Powers in Goldmember.
The satiric elements of the suave male super-spy cliché arise from Powers' lack of physical beauty – his bad teeth, for example, are mocked in several scenes.Characters
- Alotta Fagina -Fabiana Udenio- She is Number 2's Italian Secretary. Alotta is based mostly on James Bond characters. Her name is quite similar to that of the Bond girl in "Goldfinger", Pussy Galore. She also has a resemblance to Ursula Andress' character in "Dr. No", Honey Ryder. Austin Powers explores her apartment, looking for clues about the plans of Dr. Evil, and he ends up seducing her, which is typical James Bond behavior. (On the television version, her characters name was changed to Alotta Cleavaga.)
- Austin Powers -Mike Myers- A secret agent frozen in the 1960s and defrosted in the 1990s in order to battle his arch enemy, Dr. Evil. Austin embodies all that is groovy in 1960s Britain and is irresistable to women, even when he experiences culture shock after being tossed into the 1990s, and even when he loses his 'mojo' (the mystical libido-enhancing secret to Powers' sexual success) in the second film.
- Basil Exposition -Michael York- One of Austin's allies, Basil is in charge of most of the secret agents, Austin, and his various female partners included. Basil comes up with all kinds of gadgets to help Austin complete the mission. This might also be a parody of the Q and M (James Bond) characters from the Bond series.
- Dixie Normous - Gwyneth Paltrow - Fictional character within the movie Goldmember. Dixie Normous is the female lead in the movie within the movie titled Austinpussy. Name is a parody of the short-lived Plenty O'Toole in the Bond film Diamonds Are Forever.
- Dr. Evil -Mike Myers- Austin's archnemesis, a satirical parody of Donald Pleasence's Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the main villain in the James Bond films. Dr. Evil shares many physical similarities to this version of Blofeld, including a long scar on his face that runs from a bit above his right eye to his chin. They also wear Nehru jackets, and possess white Angora cats, although Dr. Evil's cat loses its hair due to cryogenic freezing. Allegedly has a Canadian accent.
- * Also, extremely rumored to be based on Lorne Michaels of Saturday Night Live fame. (In fact, explicity so.)
- Fat Bastard -Mike Myers- A Scottish henchman of Dr. Evil. In the second movie, he steals Austin's "mojo". But his greatest accomplishment is becoming a famous sumo wrestler in Tokyo, aside from infiltrating the Defense Department as a pipe-blower for entertaining.
- Felicity Shagwell -Heather Graham- Austin's lascivious sidekick in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. She meets Austin back in the 1960s and helps him to save the world from being zapped by Dr. Evil's "Laser" on his "Death Star". In the name of duty, she betrays Austin by bedding Fat Bastard, but he later forgives her.
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