Charactor
Dr. Evil (born Douglas Powers) is a fictional character, played by Mike Myers, in the Austin Powers film series. He is the chief villain of the movies, and Austin Powers' nemesis with aspirations of world domination. A parody of any number of James Bond villains, primarily Donald Pleasance's Ernst Stavro Blofeld of SPECTRE, he also bears a some resemblance in appearance and affect to the French philosopher Michel Foucault. Dr. Evil routinely hatches schemes to terrorize and take over the world, and is typically accompanied by his cat Mr. Bigglesworth and his side-kick Mini-Me.
On May 10, 2007, Mike Myers announced that he is developing a 4th film in the Austin Powers universe; it will focus more on the character of Dr. Evil.[1]
Contents[hide]
1 Background
2 Entourage
2.1 Frau Farbissina
2.2 Scott Evil
2.3 Number 2
2.4 Mr. Bigglesworth
2.5 Fat Bastard
2.6 Random Task
2.7 Patty O'Brien
2.8 Mustafa
2.9 Mini-Me
2.10 Other assistants
3 Lairs
4 Schemes
5 Parody
5.1 The James Bond Films
5.2 Others
6 References
7 External links
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[edit] Background
According to his own account in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, delivered in a group therapy session with his estranged son Scott, Dr. Evil's upbringing went as follows:
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The details of my life are quite inconsequential.... Very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low-grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a 15-year-old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize; he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes, he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament... My childhood was typical: summers in Rangoon... luge lessons... In the spring, we'd make meat helmets... When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds — pretty standard, really. At the age of 12, I received my first scribe. At the age of 14, a Zoroastrian named Wilma ritualistically shaved my testicles — there really is nothing like a shorn scrotum — it's breathtaking... I suggest you try it.
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TV versions skipped the hyphenated dialogue and added
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"When I was 18 I went to evil medical school. At age 25 I took up tap dancing. I wanted to be a quadruple threat: an actor, dancer....
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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 was born on November 12, 1939. He explains that Douglas and Austin were separated as babies following a car explosion, and that he thought that only Austin had survived. Douglas was raised by Belgians, which is what made him so complex and evil. His home town is Bruges, a Dutch-speaking town (despite this, he claims to not know how to speak " Freaky-Deaky Dutch", although this may be an oversight on the writer's part).
He also attended the British Intelligence Academy 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 "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. Also the "signature move" of the little finger near the mouth can also be attributed to Bram Stroker's character: the eponymous Dracula.
Evil also repetitively uses the euphemism frickin'. He occasionally uses unnecessary finger quotes around now-familiar technical terms such as laser.
The scar on Dr. Evil's face is very likely a remnant of Mensur fencing, an activity in which secretive elite European student groups participate; it may also be a reference to similar scars on early 20th century movie villains such as several portrayed by Erich von Stroheim (as well as a homage to Donald Pleasance as Blofeld in You Only Live Twice). In Goldmember it is revealed that he has a tattoo on his buttocks that reads "E. Diddy" and he also claimed to have three testicles.
In the first Austin Powers film and half of the second, Dr. Evil's eyes are brown, but in the third, Mike Myers wore contact lenses to give his eyes an icy blue color
Austin Powers
character
Dr. Evil
Birth name
Douglas Powers
Gender
Male
Nationality
England - Belgium
Role
Villain
Father
Nigel Powers (biological)
Mother
Chloe (adoptive deceased)
Relationships
Vanessa Kensington (Sister-in-law, deceased), Mr. Bigglesworth (Pet Cat), Frau Farbissina,
Children
Scott Evil (Son), Mini-Me (Clone/Son)
Filmography
First appearance
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Last appearance
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Film count
3
Portrayed by
Mike Myers, Josh Zuckerman, Kevin Spacey