The following is a list of fictional characters from the Austin Powers series of films. The films were produced and written by Mike Myers , who also starred as the title character and Dr. The character represents an archetype of s Swinging London , with his advocacy of free love , his use of obscure impressions and his clothing style. The general theme of the films is that the arch villain Dr.
Evil plots to extort large sums of money from governments or international bodies but is constantly thwarted by Powers, and to a degree his own inexperience with life and culture in the s. Evil are awakened after being cryogenically frozen for thirty years.
Continuing to incorporate cultural elements of the s and s, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Austin Powers in Goldmember feature time travel as a plot device and deliberately overlook inconsistencies. A proposed fourth film, Austin Powers 4 , has reportedly been in development since , but due to numerous issues regarding the death of Verne Troyer [1] and sensibilities regarding minors being exposed to explicit sexual content , [2] [3] it is currently being stalled. Austin Powers is a British secret agent , an "international man of mystery.
He is the main protagonist of the series. In all three films, Austin learns of a new plot by Dr. Evil and intervenes to prevent it. His quests to prevent Dr. Evil from carrying out his schemes often involve his meeting various types of people, getting into fights, and getting caught up in wacky situations. He has a new young and sexy female ally in every film not counting Marie Kensington. Douglas Powers , better known as Dr. Evil , is the incredibly bumbling, as well as extremely dimwitted evil genius and nemesis of Austin Powers, and the main antagonist of the series.
He is the leader of an evil organization, Virtucon, with many henchmen as his allies. He concocts ridiculous schemes in every film, with Austin attempting to stop him from his doings. However, he never wins, often because his plans are always ridiculously overcomplicated; he is far too stupid to realize how much easier they can be. Other times, it is because something happens that interferes. Evil and Austin Powers were raised as brothers before the car explosion , much like James Bond and Alec Trevelyan, who were raised at the same orphanage before they were recruited by MI6.
