Dr. Evil his right testicle Vinegar", he was "the first person to use quotation fingers", he "slept in a horse", he once made a "marzipan voodoo effigy of the Fonz while in a coma after smoking some Bolivian prayer hash at Sammy Davis Jr.'s house", and that he's the "Princess of Canada". In the third "Austin Powers" film, "Goldmember", Dr. Evil claims that his adopted mother was the love-slave of the Belgian baker rather than a prostitute. In "Goldmember", Nigel Powers reveals that Dr. Evil is Austin Powers' twin brother and that his real name is Douglas ("Dougie") Powers. He explains that
Dr. Evil "Number 12 Looks Just Like You," an episode of "The Twilight Zone" in which Dr. Rex uses the same gesture several times. Although the idiosyncrasy was intended to be a humorous "signature move" for Evil, the only apparent reason for Rex's use of it was to differentiate him from several other characters (played by the same actor) who were intentionally physically identical to him. Evil also repetitively uses the euphemism "frickin<nowiki>'</nowiki>". He occasionally uses unnecessary finger quotes around now-familiar technical terms such as ""laser"". The scar on his face is a reference to similar scars on early 20th century movie