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'''Dr. Evil''' (played by [[Mike Myers (actor)|Mike Myers]]) is an [[evil genius]], the chief [[villain]] of the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' series of [[film]]s. He is a [[parody]] of [[James Bond]] villains, most particularly [[Donald Pleasance]]'s portrayal of [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]], in the film ''[[You Only Live Twice]]''. Dr. Evil is bald, and wears a [[gray (color)|gray]] [[Nehru Jacket]] [[jumpsuit]], which is also a reference to Joseph Wiseman's costume as [[Dr. Julius No|Dr. No]] from the 1962 film of the same name. Some of Dr. Evil's facial and vocal expressions are allegedly patterned after [[Lorne Michaels]], producer of television's ''[[Saturday Night Live]].'' It |
'''Dr. Evil''' (played by [[Mike Myers (actor)|Mike Myers]]) is an [[evil genius]], the chief [[villain]] of the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' series of [[film]]s. He is a [[parody]] of [[James Bond]] villains, most particularly [[Donald Pleasance]]'s portrayal of [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]], in the film ''[[You Only Live Twice]]''. Dr. Evil is bald, and wears a [[gray (color)|gray]] [[Nehru Jacket]] [[jumpsuit]], which is also a reference to Joseph Wiseman's costume as [[Dr. Julius No|Dr. No]] from the 1962 film of the same name. Some of Dr. Evil's facial and vocal expressions are allegedly patterned after [[Lorne Michaels]], producer of television's ''[[Saturday Night Live]].'' It also sound like he has what sounds like a thick [[Canada|Canadian]] accent. |
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Dr. Evil (played by Mike Myers) is an evil genius, the chief villain of the Austin Powers series of films. He is a parody of James Bond villains, most particularly Donald Pleasance's portrayal of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, in the film You Only Live Twice. Dr. Evil is bald, and wears a gray Nehru Jacket jumpsuit, which is also a reference to Joseph Wiseman's costume as Dr. No from the 1962 film of the same name. Some of Dr. Evil's facial and vocal expressions are allegedly patterned after Lorne Michaels, producer of television's Saturday Night Live. It also sound like he has what sounds like a thick Canadian accent.
Like Blofeld, Dr. Evil has a white Angora cat (Mr. Bigglesworth), though it was later rendered hairless as a side effect from cryogenic freezing and henceforth played by a Sphinx cat. Dr. Evil has a son named Scott Evil and a clone called Mini-Me, who is 1/8th his size. His home town is Bruges, located in Belgium.
Speaking about his upbringing in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, the first film in the series, while at a therapy session with his estranged son Scott, Evil says:
- "The details of my life are quite inconsequential.... very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen-year-old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize; he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes, he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament... My childhood was typical: summers in Rangoon... luge lessons... In the spring, we'd make meat helmets... When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds—pretty standard really. At the age of 12, I received my first scribe. At the age of 14, a Zoroastrian named Wilma ritualistically shaved my testicles— there really is nothing like a shorn scrotum—it's quite breathtaking... I suggest you try it."
Dr. Evil has three testicles, as proven in Goldmember when he checks to see if "they're all there" following a rather painful blow to his unmentionalbles. This is most likely a nod to James Bond villain Francisco Scaramanga from The Man with the Golden Gun, who had three nipples. Mini-Me is another reference to Scaramanga, for he had a dwarf servant named Nick Nack.
He has a tattoo on his butt that reads "E. Diddy"
Dr. Evil's real name has been revealed to be Douglas "Dougie" Powers; he is in fact Austin Powers' brother, and the son of Nigel Powers— a fact revealed in the third Austin Powers film, Goldmember. He also claims to have attended evil medical school for "six frickin' years", and he didn't do so to be called "'mister,' thank you very much." He also attended a school with Austin, and is frustrated that Austin won the 'International Man of Mystery' award, while Dr. Evil, the school's best student, got nothing. His signature gesture is placing his little finger near his mouth (see picture), and the repetitive usage of the "frickin'" word. Occasionally when talking about a weapon he'll use finger quotes when saying the name of the weapon. His plans often are named after pop culture trademarks (Death Star, Alan Parson's Project, Preparation H), but he remains unaware of the accidental pun, prompting his son to often crack jokes; for example, when Dr. Evil says he will turn the moon into a "Death Star" (said with finger quotes), Scott laughs and calls him "Darth", as in Darth Vader. Scott also coughs and mutters "Rip-off!"
Dr. Evil also seems to have a problem with understanding the American economy. In the first film, he intends to hold the world ransom for... ONE MILLION DOLLARS (said in a very dramatic fashion), but doesn't understand that, while one million dollars is considered a lot of money in the 60's, it doesn't come too much in the 90's. In the second film, however, Dr. Evil goes back to the 60's for his plan to hold the world ransom for... ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS, which, in the 60's, is too ridiculously high to be reasonable. In the third movie, his demand is for 1 BILLION, MILLION, FAFILLION, SHABOLUBALU MILLION ILLION YILLION...YEN.
Dr. Evil also has several passions in his evil plans. He can't resist cracking puns at his own work (saying his submarine lair is 'long, hard, and full of seamen), and has wanted "Frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams attatched to their frickin' heads" since the first movie. He finally gets said sharks in the third movie as a gift from his son Scott, which prompts them to finally bond. He creates models of his plans, worried that they are too complicated for his minions to understand. He also cares nothing for the companies (Virticon, Starbucks, Hollywood Talent Agency) that fund his plans, ignoring all suggestions from Number 2 on how to increase the profits of such companies.
As said in the first movie, Dr. Evil frequently tries to have Scott killed, but cannot because "He's quite wily, like his old man". He liquidates their therapy group because "They were insolent", and usually doesn't hesitate to incinerate his minions when they fail him. Oddly enough, both Mustafa and Number 2 were incinerated in the first film, but appeared in the second film (Mustafa was also shot and died; he appears only in scenes when Austin has time traveled back to the 60's, while Number 2 has several visible burns scars now). His lairs are also often right in the open. Dr. Evil has had his lair atop the Starbucks HQ in Seattle, behind the famous HOLLYWOOD sign in Hollywood, and a gigantic submarine shaped like himself. In the second movie, his lair in 1969 is inside a volcano carved to resemble him with his finger to his mouth.
Catchphrases
"You mean I finally have frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams attatched to their frickin' heads?"
"Riiiiiigh...t"
"How 'bout no?!"
"I will not tolerate your insolence!"
"One... Hundred... Billion Dollars!"
"Shhhh!"
"Why must I be surrounded by frickin' idiots?!"
"One Million Dollars!"
(while doing the macarena)"duca duca duca duca duca duca duca duca..."