Dr. Evil pulling them out of a bag, or Austin's genitalia, which is really Mini-Me's arm, tossing him an apple). In "The Spy Who Shagged Me", it is revealed that Vanessa Kensington is actually one of Dr. Evil's Fembots and was sent by him as a wedding gift for Austin. Parodying the many Bond villains, Dr. Evil inhabits a sequence of elaborate lairs. In "Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery", Dr. Evil's first lair is underground in the Nevada desert, "somewhere outside Las Vegas"; which are obvious homages to "You Only Live Twice" and "Diamonds Are Forever". Following a successful investment by
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