Dr. Evil also known for pointing out Dr. Evil's incompetence and immaturity as well as obvious mistakes and flaws in Dr. Evil's plans. For instance, when Dr. Evil asks why Austin Powers always foils their plans, Scott says "Because you never kill him when you have the chance and you're a big dope". Dr. Evil mocks Scott and ignores his corrections, which often leads to failure. Scott later grows more "evil", thus losing his hair; this gains his father's respect momentarily, especially after Scott provides him a pool filled with "frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their frickin' heads". When
Dr. Evil shoot him to death. The first shot hits him in the arm, which only causes Mustafa to complain, before a second shot quiets him. The second film introduces Dr. Evil's clone, Mini-Me, who is 1/8 his size but twice as evil. Dr. Evil considers him more of a real son than Scott, provoking the latter's jealousy. However, upon Scott becoming more evil in the third film, Mini-Me is rejected by Dr. Evil, leading Mini-Me to join Austin and become a miniature version of him. As revealed by Myers in the audio commentary for the 2nd film, Mini-Me is a parody