Austin Powers

Sir Austin Danger Powers, KBE, is a fictional character portrayed by Mike Myers in the Austin Powers movie series parodying 1960s spy-films. He first appears in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, released in 1997. more...

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Biography

The character known as Austin Powers was born on November 12, 1939. In a 1958 flashback in Goldmember he is clearly in his late teens. He is the son of Nigel Powers (played by Michael Caine), a respected Ministry of Defence agent, and the twin brother of Dougie Powers (Austin eventually learns this fact in Goldmember), otherwise known as Doctor Evil. While attending a spy boarding school, he was awarded the title of "International Man of Mystery," much to the dismay of his brother, (during the brothers' time at school the brothers did not know they were brothers). This event would destroy the relationship between the two and cause them to become enemies.

Following his schooling, Powers went on to join the Ministry of Defense and became a famous spy. After exiling Dr. Evil to space, Austin was cryopreserved in 1967 in case Dr. Evil should return from space. Eventually, Dr. Evil returned and Austin was unfrozen and partnered with Miss Kensington, who was the daughter of another spy working with the ministry of defense. Once he had been unfrozen, they started their adversarial relationship while he attempted to adjust to the culture shock of losing 30 years' worth of time.

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the archetypal 1960s mod, with his constant advocacy for free love, his use of obscure expressions and his outrageously out-of-date clothes, though the womanizing side of him could be said to neatly combine his 1960s side with his James Bond template in itself.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.

In the many instances he takes off his clothes, he is revealed to have a very hairy chest, with his chest hair in the shape of 'male genitalia'. Much of his attitude toward relationships could be a parody of Bond's lack of reflection with regard to the loss of a girl. For example, 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 dance through the hotel they were staying at naked.

Some of his abilities include a kind of hypnosis he learned in India from Guru Shastri, "a chaste man, who died from a disease that had all the hallmarks of syphilis."

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