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A movie trilogy about a [[Fish Out of Temporal Water|temporally displaced]] British Ministry of Defence agent Austin Powers, and his
The three films are [[Affectionate Parody|parodies]] of the [[Spy Drama]] genre, particularly ''[[James Bond]]'', to the point that two of the three movie titles are direct spoofs of James Bond movie titles. ([[Word of God]] has also acknowledged ''[[Jason King]]'' as an influence, but they don't make such a big deal of it because modern audiences are more likely to have heard of James Bond.) [[Lampshade Hanging]] is everywhere, and forget [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]], Austin dances on top of it. The series consists of:
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=== '''These movies provide examples of:''' ===
* [[Above the Influence]]: In the first film, Austin, for all his
▲* [[Above the Influence]]: In the first film, Austin, for all his womanising, turns down a kiss from Vanessa because she's drunk.
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Dr. Evil's [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood|ridiculously traumatic]] upbringing.
* [[Academy of Evil]]: The evil medical school Dr. Evil went to.
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** And again in ''The Spy Who Shagged Me''. When Dr. Evil hits the self-destruct button, then throws the bottle containing Austin's "mojo" into the air, [[Time Travel|Both Austins]] do this while they try to catch the jar.
* [[Big Red Button]]: Two in ''International Man of Mystery''. One aborts the underground drill carrying the nuke, the other activates the base's [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]].
* [[Bland-Name Product]]: Nigel Powers appears on the cover of [[Playboy|PYLABYO]] magazine in ''Goldmember
* [[Bond Girl]]: In each film.
* [[Bond One-Liner]]: Spoofed. A lot.
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Catch Dr. Evil [[You Can't Thwart Stage One|in the First Act]].<br />
[[Twin Threesome Fantasy|Threesome With Japanese Twins]].<br />
[["Well Done, Son" Guy|Earn Daddy's Respect]].
* [[Brick Joke]]: In the first film, Austin claims to hate Carnies (or "circus folk") because they "smell like cabbage". Two films later, ''his father'' is ambushed by Mini-Me. His response? "I thought I smelled cabbage."
** When the first movie begins Austin has just propositioned a pair of Japanese twins before he's called away to save the world, much to his dismay. Two movies later (again) the list above appears.
** In the first movie, Dr. Evil says to Austin that they are [[Not So Different|'not so different']] (which also doubles as a comedic [[Actor Allusion]]). In the third movie it is revealed that they are
* [[British Royal Guards]]: ''The Spy Who Shagged Me'' has a montage where Austin and Felicity goad a royal guard into participating in a [[Motionless Makeover]].
* [[British English]]: In ''Goldmember'', 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.
* [[British Teeth]]: Austin's teeth are so horrible they ''crack his car's mirror''. Becomes a [[Brick Joke]] later when Vanessa tells him to use the [[Shoe Phone|toothpaste explosive]] and he responds "I know, I have bad teeth!"
* [[Bulletproof Human Shield]]: Robin Swallows, from ''The Spy Who Shagged Me''.
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* [[Cosmopolitan Council]]: Dr. Evil's Council. The United Nations.
* [[Crazy Memory]]: Dr. Evil describes his father as this.
{{quote|Dr. Evil: He would make outrageous claims, like he invented the question mark.
* [[Culture Equals Costume]]: In ''International Man of Mystery''. When Dr. Evil calls up the United Nations Secret Meeting Room to give his ultimatum, many of the occupants are dressed in costumes indicating their native countries (two Japanese are dressed as a geisha and a sumo wrestler, a British representative is wearing a Beefeater costume, a Spaniard is dressed as a matador, etc
** When we first see Fat Bastard he's wearing a tam o'shanter and a kilt while bagpipe music plays.
* [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]] (spoofed): Dr. Evil keeps pursuing outlandish things instead of going on to the much easier evil-world dealings. Like Starbucks.
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* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: The main reason why Number 2 attempted to betray Dr. Evil was because he was nearly ruining his business after he returned.
** Similarly, and quite ironically, even Dr. Evil fitted into this trope. He has no qualms with taking over the world or just outright destroying it (at least until the ending of Austin Powers in ''Goldmember''), but when he meets Goldmember, the eponymous villain of the third movie, even he was quite disturbed by him and his actions. Apparently, he also gets quite disturbed when Scott Evil seems to act extremely exhilarated at the death of a minion in the same movie.
*** It was less Scott's enthusiasm and more that he just let the evil laugh run away with him. Evil has standards, alright... but about not being too weird with your villain laugh, not about the sanctity of life. Same with Goldmember... it's not that he goes too far, it's that he's just too ''weird''
* [[Even the Subtitler Is Stumped]]: Two words -- ''English'' English.
* [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks|Everything's Even Worse With Frickin' Sharks With]] [[Frickin' Laser Beams]] [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Attatched to Their Frickin' Heads]].
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* [[Fat Bastard]]: [[Trope Namer|Obvious]].
* [[Fat Suit]]: Did you think Mike Myers was really that fat?
* [[Fetal Position Rebirth]]: Austin Powers.
* [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]: Austin and Dr. Evil, in the first film.
* [[Flanderization]]: Especially evident in ''Austinpussy'' (the movie-within-a-movie in ''Goldmember'').
{{quote|'''[[John Travolta]] as Goldmember''': Hey guys, do I have time for one last smoke and pancake or what!?}}
* [[Flirting Under Fire]]: In ''The Spy Who Shagged Me'', Austin and Felicity have a tender moment... while standing in a laughably pathetic [[Death Trap]].
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{{quote|'''Austin''': "This coffee smells like shit."
'''Basil''': "It ''is'' shit, Austin."
'''Austin''': "Oh, good, then it's not just me. (''drinks more'') It's a bit nutty."
* [[Ignore the Disability]]: Number Three's mole. Around it, everyone feels inclined to unintentionally make stupid puns.
** "Why, thank yo-- '''''MOLE!!!'''''"
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'''Scott Evil''': Blow me.
'''Dr. Evil''': What?
'''Scott Evil''': Show me.
** And the TV edited version, which arguably works just as well:
{{quote|'''Dr. Evil''': Son, wouldn't you like to see what daddy does for a living?
'''Scott Evil''': Bite me.
'''Dr. Evil''': What?
'''Scott Evil''': Might be - fun.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Ubiquitous.
* [[Latex Perfection]]
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* [[Medium Awareness]]: Austin uses the subtitles to understand Japanese in the third movie. What makes it funny is that the white subtitles are sometimes placed in front of white items, resulting in the subtitles looking entirely lewd.
{{quote|"Why don't I just-a speak in English?"
"Yes, that would be helpful! Then we wouldn't continue to misread your subtitles, making it seem that you're saying things that are dirty!" *cracks smile just before camera cuts away*
* [[Meta Guy]]: Scott is [[Straight Man|the only one]] who seems to see through Dr. Evil's ridiculous plans and is [[Genre Savvy|well-aware]] they won't work.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: In the extended version of the first film, every time Austin kills a [[Mooks]], the film immediately clips to about 30 seconds worth of the mook's mourning friends and family.
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{{quote|'''Dr. Evil''': Save the world... or save your girlfriend.}}
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: Basil, whose last name [[Lampshade Hanging|IS Exposition]].
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Alotta Fagina from the first movie is a pretty straight example. Her only real role (besides acting as a plot device to
* [[Naked People Are Funny]]: The opening credits of ''The Spy who Shagged Me'' play over a scene wherein Austin decides to celebrate his
* [[Never the Selves Shall Meet]]: Averted in ''The Spy Who Shagged Me'', when Austin not only interacts with a ten-minute-younger version of himself, but the two of them apparently wind up engaging in a three-way with Felicity Shagwell.
{{quote|"Technically it's not cheating, baby!"}}
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'''Japanese Man 2:''' "It looks like Godzilla, but due to international copyright laws, it's not."
'''Japanese Man 1:''' "STILL! WE SHOULD RUN LIKE IT IS GODZILLA!"
'''Japanese Man 2:''' "Though it isn't." ''*winks at camera*''
* [[No Fourth Wall]]: The third film. An obvious example is when Austin and Fat Bastard are fighting and Fat Bastard does "the ultimate wire-fighting maneuver", only for one of his wires to break.
** Not to mention the numerous times when Austin looks directly at the camera when saying something. One example is during the Mr. Roboto scene. Austin, after misreading several subtitles for Mr. Roboto's dialogue, is pretty weirded out. Mr. Roboto says "Why don't I just speak English?" This leads to:
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{{quote|'''Austin''': You know, Dr. Evil, I used to think you were crazy.
'''Dr. Evil''': I know.
'''Austin''': [[Double Entendre|But now I can see you're nuts.]] [''looks at camera''] Ah, thank you.
**** Austin's camera-look with "Ah-thankyou" is really a [[Running Gag]] in the entire third movie, likely as a parody of the franchise's earlier tendency of heavily lampshading and/or explaining the joke.
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: "I'm finding it hard to control THE VOLUME OF MY VOICE!"
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*** Although this instance seems to be a subtle foreshadowing {{spoiler|of them finding out that they do have something in common - a father - at the end of the movie}}.
* [[Number Two]]: Literally, Number Two.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Nathan Lane in ''Goldmember''.
** And Will Ferrell as Mustafa.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: [[Seth Green|Scott Evil,]] to an extent.
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* [[Reverse Polarity]]: Trying to stop the MIDAS asteroid from crashing into Earth and flooding it.
* [[Right-Hand-Cat]]: Mr. Bigglesworth.
* [[Rule of Funny]]: Honestly, the series has a time-traveling car that travels [[Back to the Future (film)|not by accelerating to 88 miles per hour]], but by bouncing really hard on its seventies-style tricked out suspension. If you can swallow that but not
* [[Rule of Three]]: Spoofed in the second film, where one of Dr. Evil's assassins always answers a question truthfully the third time it's asked, because he can't stand being asked the same question three times.
** Unless you ask a different question in between (like "Do I really have to ask you two more times?") which resets the counter.
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* [[Suddenly Shouting]]:
{{quote|'''Basil Exposition''': The shouting is a temporary side effect of the unfreezing.
'''Austin Powers''': Yes... I'm having difficulty controlling THE VOLUME OF MY VOICE.
* [[Supervillain Lair]]: "Welcome to my underground lair!!"
** Brought to its ultimate when Dr. Evil travels back in time and starts getting all the stuff he's used to having as a sixties supervillain:
{{quote|"Dr. Evil! Welcome to your secret island lair!"
"Is it a hollowed-out volcano with my face on it as requested?"
"Of course."
* [[Surrounded by Idiots]]: Dr. Evil used to provide the page quote:
{{quote|'''Dr. Evil''': Why must I be constantly surrounded by frickin' idiots?}}
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