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{{Austin Powers character| name = Austin Powers| image = as
Austin Powers in
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.| caption = Mike Myers (actor) as Austin Powers| first =
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery]| birth_name =
AUSTIN DANGER POWERS| dob = November 12th, 1939| gender = Male| country = | role = Member of the Ministry of Defence| brother = Douglas "Dougie" Powers/Dr. Evil| mother =| spouse = [Vanessa Kensington (widower)]-->__FORCETOC__
Sir Austin Danger Powers, Order of the British Empire, is a fictional character portrayed by Mike Myers (actor) in the Austin Powers (series) parody
1960s spy-films.
Fictional character biography
The character known as Austin Powers was born on November 12th, 1939. In a
1958 flashback in
Goldmember he is clearly in his late teens. His parents' holiday in
Belgium during his infancy would have predated the German invasion on May 10,
1940. He is the son of
Nigel Powers (played by
Michael Caine), a respected Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) agent, and the twin brother of Dougie Powers, otherwise known as
Doctor Evil. While attending boarding school, he was awarded the title of "International Man of Mystery" - much to the dismay of his brother, who believed himself to be more deserving. This would play a prominent role in their future relationship, having turned Dr. Evil against Austin.
image:Austins_jet.jpgFollowing his schooling, Powers joined the Ministry of Defence and, partnered with Mrs. Kensington, faithfully protected Queen and country from Dr. Evil and his diabolical schemes while working under the cover of a fashion photographer. To avoid capture, Dr. Evil had himself
Cryopreservation in 1967; Powers had himself frozen in turn, to be brought back should the world ever require protection from Dr. Evil again. They were subsequently unfrozen in 1997, and continued their adversarial relationship while attempting to adjust to the culture shock of losing 30 years' worth of time.
Powers has been married once, to
Vanessa Kensington (daughter of Mrs. Kensington). The marriage ended in Vanessa's self-destruction, when she was revealed to be a
kamikaze Fembots (Austin Powers) sent by
Dr. Evil to
assassin Austin.
Personal characteristics
Apart from being a satire of
James Bond, and bearing a distinct resemblance to
Manfred Mann, Austin Powers also represents the archetypal 1960s
Mod (lifestyle), with his constant advocacy for free love, his use of obscure expressions and his outrageously out-of-date clothes, though the womanizing side of him could be said to neatly combine his 1960s side with his James Bond template in itself. With his flamboyant ways and never-changing dress-sense, he is deliberately made to stick out from his surroundings (though invariably escaping detection when disguised)- particularly when he talks about things that would have had no place in the 1990s, or when he tries to play a CD on a record player.
Apart from his large, discolored teeth, unkempt hair and
glasses, when he takes off his clothes he is revealed to have a very hairy body (perhaps an exaggerated version of Sean Connery's as seen in his shirtless scenes) and—although we never see it—it is implied that he has a small
penis. This in turn could be interpreted as exaggerating what many see as the stupidity of the
James Bond girls' being in many cases besotted with a secret agent even though he will invariably vanish after the ceremonious "warming up of bodies" that is detected when most of the Bond-films come to an end. Austin similarly parodied Bond's lack of reflection with regard to the loss of a girl when Vanessa explodes: after a second or two of mourning, Austin joyously exclaims "Wait a tick... that means I'm single again!" and proceeds to frolic around the hotel naked.
Some of his abilities include a kind of
hypnosis he learned in
India from Guru Shastri, a chaste man who mysteriously died of
syphilis. "I learned this mind control from my guru, the late guru Shastri, a chaste man, who died from a disease that had all the hallmarks of Syphilis."
Fears
As heard in
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, he is only afraid of two things:
nuclear war and
Carny. But in
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, he showed an additional fear towards whether or not Felicity Shagwell would want to seduce him when he does not have his mojo.
In Popular Culture
Austin Powers appeared in the movie
Monster Night. It is not known whether the actor was Mike Myers or another actor playing his part.
When registering for hotel stays, Ruben Sierra used the alias "Austin Powers" to avoid unwanted fan attention .
Austin Powers appears in the music video for
Beautiful Stranger by
Madonna (entertainer), which was released alongside the second film.
External links
{{Austin Powers character| name = Austin Powers| image = as
Austin Powers in
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.| caption =
Mike Myers (actor) as Austin Powers| first =
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery]| birth_name =
AUSTIN DANGER POWERS| dob = November 12th, 1939| gender = Male| country = | role = Member of the
Ministry of Defence| brother = Douglas "Dougie" Powers/Dr. Evil| mother =| spouse = [Vanessa Kensington (
widower)]-->__FORCETOC__
Sir Austin Danger Powers, Order of the British Empire, is a fictional character portrayed by Mike Myers (actor) in the
Austin Powers (series) parody 1960s spy-films.
Fictional character biography
The character known as Austin Powers was born on November 12th, 1939. In a
1958 flashback in
Goldmember he is clearly in his late teens. His parents' holiday in Belgium during his infancy would have predated the German invasion on
May 10, 1940. He is the son of Nigel Powers (played by
Michael Caine), a respected Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) agent, and the twin brother of Dougie Powers, otherwise known as Doctor Evil. While attending boarding school, he was awarded the title of "International Man of Mystery" - much to the dismay of his brother, who believed himself to be more deserving. This would play a prominent role in their future relationship, having turned Dr. Evil against Austin.
image:Austins_jet.jpgFollowing his schooling, Powers joined the Ministry of Defence and, partnered with Mrs. Kensington, faithfully protected Queen and country from Dr. Evil and his diabolical schemes while working under the cover of a fashion photographer. To avoid capture,
Dr. Evil had himself Cryopreservation in 1967; Powers had himself frozen in turn, to be brought back should the world ever require protection from Dr. Evil again. They were subsequently unfrozen in 1997, and continued their adversarial relationship while attempting to adjust to the culture shock of losing 30 years' worth of time.
Powers has been married once, to Vanessa Kensington (daughter of Mrs. Kensington). The marriage ended in Vanessa's self-destruction, when she was revealed to be a
kamikaze Fembots (Austin Powers) sent by
Dr. Evil to assassin Austin.
Personal characteristics
Apart from being a satire of
James Bond, and bearing a distinct resemblance to Manfred Mann, Austin Powers also represents the archetypal 1960s Mod (lifestyle), with his constant advocacy for
free love, his use of obscure expressions and his outrageously out-of-date clothes, though the womanizing side of him could be said to neatly combine his 1960s side with his James Bond template in itself. With his flamboyant ways and never-changing dress-sense, he is deliberately made to stick out from his surroundings (though invariably escaping detection when disguised)- particularly when he talks about things that would have had no place in the 1990s, or when he tries to play a
CD on a
record player.
Apart from his large, discolored teeth, unkempt hair and
glasses, when he takes off his clothes he is revealed to have a very hairy body (perhaps an exaggerated version of
Sean Connery's as seen in his shirtless scenes) and—although we never see it—it is implied that he has a small
penis. This in turn could be interpreted as exaggerating what many see as the stupidity of the
James Bond girls' being in many cases besotted with a secret agent even though he will invariably vanish after the ceremonious "warming up of bodies" that is detected when most of the Bond-films come to an end. Austin similarly parodied Bond's lack of reflection with regard to the loss of a girl when Vanessa explodes: after a second or two of mourning, Austin joyously exclaims "Wait a tick... that means I'm single again!" and proceeds to frolic around the hotel naked.
Some of his abilities include a kind of hypnosis he learned in India from Guru Shastri, a chaste man who mysteriously died of syphilis. "I learned this mind control from my guru, the late guru Shastri, a chaste man, who died from a disease that had all the hallmarks of Syphilis."
Fears
As heard in
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, he is only afraid of two things:
nuclear war and
Carny. But in
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, he showed an additional fear towards whether or not Felicity Shagwell would want to seduce him when he does not have his
mojo.
In Popular Culture
Austin Powers appeared in the movie
Monster Night. It is not known whether the actor was Mike Myers or another actor playing his part.
When registering for hotel stays,
Ruben Sierra used the alias "Austin Powers" to avoid unwanted fan attention .
Austin Powers appears in the music video for
Beautiful Stranger by
Madonna (entertainer), which was released alongside the second film.
External links
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