Austin Powers
First appearance	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Member of the British Secret Service
Portrayed by	Mike Myers

Sir Austin Danger Powers, KBE, is a fictional character portrayed by Mike Myers in a series of 1960s spy films parodies, known as the Austin Powers series. Austin Powers is the name of a comedy film series from New Line Cinema released from 1997 to 2002 that star Mike Myers as the title character. ... Download high resolution version (848x440, 86 KB)Austin Powers This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, directed by Jay Roach, is the first film of the Austin Powers series. ... Because of both the secrecy of secret services and the controversial nature of the issues involved, there is some difficulty in separating the definitions of secret service, secret police, intelligence agency etc. ... // This article is about the actor. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire (Military division) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority... // This article is about the actor. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Parody of Back to the Future In contemporary usage, a parody is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... Austin Powers is the name of a comedy film series from New Line Cinema released from 1997 to 2002 that star Mike Myers as the title character. ...

Character Biography

The character known as Austin Powers was presumably born in 1939 or early 1940: 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, a respected Ministry of Defence agent (played by Michael Caine), 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 he himself was more deserving. This would play a prominent role in their future relationship, having turned Dr. Evil against Austin. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (131st in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Nigel Powers (played by Michael Caine), is the father of Austin Powers, who appears in the third Austin Powers movie, Austin Powers in Goldmember. ... The Ministry of Defence building, Whitehall, Westminster, London Tri-service badge of the UK armed forces The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and the headquarters of the UK military. ... Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite CBE (born March 14, 1933), known professionally as Michael Caine, is a two-time Academy Award-winning British film actor. ... Fraternal twin boys bathing Identical Twin Girls Sleeping Twins in animal biology is a form of multiple birth in which the mother gives birth to two offspring from the same pregnancy, some of the same gender, others of opposite. ... Dr. Evil is a fictional supervillain played by Mike Myers in the Austin Powers film series. ...

Following 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 cryogenically froze himself 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 acclimate to the culture shock of losing 30 years' worth of time. Cryogenics is the study of very low temperatures or the production of the same, and is often confused with cryobiology, the study of the effect of low temperatures on organisms, or the study of cryopreservation. ...

Powers has been married once, to Vanessa Kensington (daughter of Mrs. Kensington). The marriage ended in Vanessa's combustion, when she was revealed to be a Fembot programmed by Dr. Evil to assassinate Austin. Vanessa Kensington was a character in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. ... A Fembot (sometimes spelled Femmebot) is an alternate name for a gynoid depicted in two major productions, The Bionic Woman television series and the Austin Powers film series, which parodied the name. ...

Personal characteristics

Apart from being a satire of James Bond, Austin Powers also represents the archetypal 1960s hippie, 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. At the same time, a running joke alongside the fact that women are always around him is that he has very few redeeming features whatsoever. Flemings commissioned image of James Bond to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... Singer at a modern Hippie movement in Russia Hippie or Hippy refers to a subgroup of the 1960s and early 1970s counterculture, that began in the United States and influenced Europe, becoming an established social group by 1965 before declining during the mid-1970s. ... The term free love has been used since at least the nineteenth century to describe a social movement that rejects marriage, which is seen as a form of social bondage, especially for women. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... Edison cylinder phonograph from about 1899 The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded sound from the 1870s through the 1980s. ...

Apart from his large 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 reflected Bond's lack of reflection with regard to the loss of a girl when Vanessa exploded. This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is an Academy Award-winning Scottish actor and producer who is best known as the first actor to portray James Bond on film. ... The penis (plural penises, penes) is an external male sexual organ. ... Bond Girl Diana Rigg as Tracy di Vicenzo in On Her Majestys Secret Service. ...

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