Austin Powers

Austin Powers is the titular character of the 1997-2002 Jay Roach film trilogy. He was portrayed and created by Mike Myers.

Why He Behaves

 * 1) Austin is very quotable with lines such as “Oh behave!” and “Yeah, baby!”
 * 2) He is a clever parody of James Bond. It went to the point where the Daniel Craig films starting with Casino Royale became more serious instead of campy.
 * 3) Mike Myers did a great job portraying him. It helps that he is of British ancestry.
 * 4) Austin learns how to accept what was okay in the 1960s and isn’t okay in the 1990s and 2000s.
 * 5) He is considered one of Mike Myers’ most notable roles alongside Shrek, Dr. Evil and Wayne Campbell.
 * 6) Austin had amazing chemistry with Felicity Shagwell and Vanessa Kensington in the first two movies.
 * 7) He decides not to have sex with Vanessa Kensington while she is drunk. This moment aged surprisingly well from a 1997 movie, back when the issue wasn’t properly touched upon.
 * 8) His theme song “Soul Bossa Nova” by Quincy Jones is very catchy and well made. It went to the point where Quincy Jones himself made a cameo in the third film.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) He had little chemistry with Foxxy Cleopatra compared to Vanessa Kensington and Felicity Shagwell. This is justified because Austin rarely knows Foxxy Cleopatra.
 * 2) His innuendos can be repetitive.

Trivia

 * An Austin Powers animated series was in development by HBO in 1999 but was scrapped.
 * There was an Austin Powers action figure that says either “Do I make you horny” or “Yeah, baby, yeah!” The earlier version was accidentally sent to a toy store and caused some controversy in 1999.