10 Funniest James Bond References In The Austin Powers Movies
10 Funniest James Bond References In The Austin Powers Movies
On top of spoofing ’60s swinging culture, the Austin Powers franchise is a pitch-perfect parody of the James Bond movies.
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The Austin Powers movies draw from a few different sources of inspiration. The International Man of Mystery’s dress sense and worldview satirized ‘60s swinging culture and there are references to such pop culture staples as Star Wars, Starbucks, and The Jerry Springer Show.
But above all, the Austin Powers franchise is a spot-on spoof of the James Bond movies. Austin Powers’ ribbing inspired the 007 producers to move beyond their outdated tropes and bring some gritty realism to the franchise in Casino Royale. The Austin Powers movies are filled with hilarious nods to Bond iconography.
10 Bond Girl Pun Names
One of the most common tropes of the 007 franchise is the “Bond girl” archetype. In each movie, Bond encounters a new love interest with a different on-the-nose euphemistic name like Pussy Galore or Holly Goodhead or Plenty O’Toole.
The Austin Powers movies were even more on-the-nose with the names of their romantic interests: Ivana Humpalot, Alotta Fagina, Fook Mi and Fook Yu, Robin Swallows (maiden name Spitz), Dixie Normous, Felicity Shagwell – “Shagwell by name, shag very well by reputation” – the list goes on.
9 Mr. Bigglesworth
Dr. Evil is the quintessential Bond villain spoof. His aesthetic is a combination of Dr. No and Blofeld. He wears a collarless gray jacket just like Dr. No’s and he has a distinctive facial scar just like Blofeld’s.
Much like Blofeld, Dr. Evil has a little cat that he strokes menacingly. But, whereas Blofeld has no tangible emotional connection to his feline companion, Dr. Evil shares a cute, playful dynamic with his. Blofeld never named his cat, but Dr. Evil gave his cat the adorable name Mr. Bigglesworth.
8 Austin’s Hairy Chest
Whenever Austin goes shirtless, he has ridiculously thick chest hair. It’s so luscious and prominent that it’s as if the prop department took a wig for a full head of hair and glued it to Mike Myers’ chest.
Austin’s hairy chest is more than just a gross-out sight gag; it’s a nod to Sean Connery’s own notorious chest hair from the early Bond movies.
7 The Spy Who Shagged Me
The subtitle of the first Austin Powers movie, International Man of Mystery, is a vague nod to a nickname commonly applied to James Bond. But the subtitles of its two sequels directly reference the titles of classic Bond stories.
The second movie’s title, The Spy Who Shagged Me, is a crasser version of The Spy Who Loved Me, and the third movie’s title, Goldmember, replaces the “finger” in Goldfinger with a cruder part of the male anatomy.
6 “Why Don’t You Just Shoot Him Now?”
When Dr. Evil finally captures Austin and sits him down for a nice dinner, Scott is astounded that he doesn’t just execute him: “What, you’re feeding him? Why don’t you just kill him?” Dr. Evil outlines an elaborate scheme to have a henchman take Austin away to another room to be discreetly killed there.
But, like the viewers of so many Bond films, Scott wonders why he doesn’t just kill him there and then. The reason in the Bond movies, of course, is because 007 is protected by plot armor so he needs a chance to escape. But Austin Powers points out that it doesn’t make any sense.
5 Frau Farbissina
Dr. Evil is undoubtedly the most memorable villain in the Austin Powers franchise, but his circle of enforcers is filled with a handful of memorable side villains – like Frau Farbissina, played by Mindy Sterling.
One of Dr. Evil’s most trusted confidants, Frau is a direct parody of Rosa Klebb, one of the secondary antagonists from the second-ever Bond movie, From Russia with Love.
4 Tasteless 007-Style One-Liners
One of the staples of the Bond series is the style of quippy one-liner that 007 dispenses after taking out a henchman. The Austin Powers movies point out how tasteless it is to fire off a one-liner right after a human being’s death.
After killing a henchman, Austin will rattle off a series of terrible puns about the circumstances of their death before an unamused supporting character has to step in to stop him.
3 Random Task
Random Task is a spoof of Oddjob who gets his name from a thesaurus. Oddjob is one of the most iconic henchmen from the Bond franchise’s history, famed for throwing his deadly bowler hat at his opponents.
Instead of throwing his hat, Random Task throws his shoe. There’s a terrific anticlimactic moment when Austin is hit with the shoe and simply says, “Ow! That really hurt! I’m gonna have a lump there, you idiot! Who throws a shoe? Honestly!”
2 Dr. Evil Goes To Space
In The Spy Who Shagged Me, part of Dr. Evil’s plan involves going to space. This is a reference to the controversial Bond movie Moonraker, in which 007 followed the villainous Hugo Drax into space.
The Bond producers only did a movie set in space because of the success of Star Wars, so it’s appropriate that The Spy Who Shagged Me is filled with nods to Star Wars – like Dr. Evil telling Austin, “I am your father,” then instantly saying, “No, not really. I can’t back that up.”
1 Basil Exposition
Played brilliantly by Michael York, Basil Exposition is the Austin Powers series’ parody of M. His name is a hysterical self-aware nod to the fact that M’s primary function as a character is to provide exposition through mission briefings.
Basil also has the additional function of being a deadpan foil for Austin, brought to life hilariously by York and Myers’ chemistry. A prime example of this is when Austin accidentally drinks Fat B*stard’s stool sample and says, “This coffee tastes like sh*t!” Basil says, “It is sh*t, Austin!” and Austin replies, “Oh, good, then it’s not just me,” and keeps drinking it. Austin and Basil might be the funniest character pairing in the whole series.
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