Dr. Evil with Austin (along with Basil Exposition and Number 2), and is angered that Austin won the "International Man of Mystery" award, while he, the academy's best student, was overlooked. In the first film, Dr. Evil is an internationally known criminal genius cryogenically frozen in 1967 and reawakened in 1997. Like Austin Powers, he faces challenges in acclimating to the new period (although he has his staff, who remained behind, to help him). He often places his little finger near his mouth, especially when excited or to emphasize a statement. Although expanded upon, this signature move may have been taken from
Dr. Evil is most likely a nod to James Bond villain Francisco Scaramanga from 1974's "The Man with the Golden Gun", who has three nipples. Some of Dr. Evil's facial and vocal expressions are allegedly patterned after Lorne Michaels, producer of television's "Saturday Night Live", where Myers worked for a number of years. Most notably, Dr. Evil's statement "throw me a frickin' bone here, people," was supposedly something Michaels said many times at script meetings for SNL. As Dr. Evil, Myers occasionally affects an Ontario accent, reflecting his (and Michaels') upbringing. Dr. Evil Dr. Evil (Douglas "Dougie" Powers) is a fictional character