Number 2 (Austin Powers) of Dr. Evil's plan to take over or destroy the world; he has been overseeing Dr. Evil's empire for 30 years, and turned it into a profitable business, an enterprise that would be ruined if Dr. Evil poured all of its resources into his half-baked bids for world domination. In the first movie's final scenes, Number 2 betrays his boss, offering to build a partnership with Powers. In a deleted scene from "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery", he even offers Austin $1 billion (U.S.) contained in a Fendi briefcase. When Austin counts the money, he says, "You're 832 dollars
Austin Powers Bond, "I can't even tell you how huge it was in our house ... That's really why I wanted to do Austin Powers. Austin Powers is out of pure love for James Bond". Though Myers is Canadian by birth, his parents are natives of Liverpool, England, and Myers holds dual nationality. Although the films parody the plots and characters of 1960s spy movies and the Swinging London fashion scene of the era, the humour is influenced by Myers's British heritage, particularly the "Carry On" films and the comedic works of Benny Hill and Peter Sellers, the latter of whom Myers