Austin Powers Austin Powers The "Austin Powers" series is a series of American spy action comedy films: "" (1997), "" (1999) and "Austin Powers in Goldmember" (2002). The films were directed by Jay Roach; produced, written by and starring Mike Myers as both the title character and Dr. Evil; and distributed by New Line Cinema. The franchise parodies numerous films and characters, including James Bond and "Jason King", and incorporates myriad other elements of popular culture as it follows a British spy's quest to bring his nemesis down. The character represents an archetype of 1960s Swinging London, with his advocacy of free
Gag name names of Bond girls, such as "Honey Rider" from "Dr. No", "Bibi Dahl" from "For Your Eyes Only", "Holly Goodhead" from "Moonraker", "Xenia Onatopp" from "GoldenEye", "Chu Mei" (chew me) from "The Man with the Golden Gun", "Plenty O'Toole" from "Diamonds Are Forever" and, most famously, "Pussy Galore" from "Goldfinger". This is parodied in the "Austin Powers" series of spoofs on the spy genre; "" features a villain named "Alotta Fagina", who must repeat her name several times because Austin misunderstands it. In Monty Python's "Life of Brian", there is an extensive use of Dog Latin as a tool for