Number 2 (Austin Powers) is a reference to this while also a commonly used slang term for defecating. After one of Dr. Evil's henchmen attempts to assassinate Austin Powers in a bathroom stall, Austin Powers grunts and drowns him in a toilet and issues the exchange: In the original release and pressings, Austin grunted "Do you work for Number 2? Do you work for Number 2?" The reason of replacing the clips with the also-filmed clips of "Who does Number 2 work for?" are unknown. Number 2, as his name implies, is the second-in-command of Dr. Evil's empire, and was also ranked second only
Austin Motor Company and the Morris version outsold its Austin twin, so the Austin's name was changed to Mini to follow suit. In 1970, British Leyland dropped the separate Austin and Morris branding of the Mini, and it was subsequently simply "Mini", under the Austin Morris division of BLMC. The principle of a transverse engine with gearbox in the sump and driving the front wheels was applied to larger cars, beginning with the 1100 of 1963, (although the Morris-badged version was launched 13 months earlier than the Austin, in August 1962), the 1800 of 1964 and the Maxi of 1969. This meant that