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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Connery’s Bond dishes out one to each of his opponents: Powers for trying to get back into the battle, Craig's Bond for saying that he's not English.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Bond calls Austin a rip-off of himself, ignoring that ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' copied the PlotTwist of Bond and Blofeld being brothers from ''Austin Powers in Goldmember''.

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** Not only does Austin Powers consider himself sexually attractive despite his odd appearance deficits, but he genuinely doesn’t understand why someone as conventionally attractive as Daniel Craig would be considered handsome at all. Since powers was frozen in suspended animation in the 1960s, this can be excused that sexual norms back then were different.

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** Not only does Austin Powers consider himself sexually attractive despite his odd appearance deficits, but he genuinely doesn’t understand why someone as conventionally attractive as Daniel Craig would be considered handsome at all. Since powers Powers was frozen in suspended animation in the 1960s, this can be excused that sexual norms back then were different.different. This is especially ironic that one of the qualities that he considers makes him attractive -- in this case, his copious amount of body-hair -- applies to Connery's version of Bond.



* EveryoneHasStandards:
** While the present-day Bond’s got quite a few notches on his bedpost, he still calls Connery's bond a "rug-wearing misogynist" for his more... [[DeliberateValuesDissonance questionable]] [[QuestionableConsent sexual encounters]].
** Powers may be an unabashed womanizer, but he finds Connery's Bond "a bit rapey."
-->'''Austin Powers''': I mean, I like to swing, but Dr. No means no, baby!

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* EveryoneHasStandards:
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EveryoneHasStandards: While the present-day Bond’s got Craig-Bond has quite a few notches on his bedpost, he still calls Connery's bond a "rug-wearing misogynist" for his more... [[DeliberateValuesDissonance questionable]] [[QuestionableConsent sexual encounters]].
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encounters]]. Powers may be an unabashed womanizer, but he also finds Connery's Bond "a bit rapey."
-->'''Austin Powers''': [[AboveTheInfluence I mean, I like to swing, but Dr. No means no, baby!baby!]]



* OtherMeAnnoysMe: When Sean Connery's Bond appears, he spends his entire verse belittling his Daniel Craig counterpart, only for Craig-Bond to start ripping into him right back.



** Austin is the red oni. He's much more lively and fun-loving than both of his opponents.

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** Austin is the red oni. He's much more lively and fun-loving than both of his opponents.opponents, something he counts as a positive compared to Bond during his segment.

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* FormulaBreakingEpisode: This battle has the first physical set that matches the authenticity of the costumes and makeup, a homage to the music video for "BBC" by Ming Tea as well as the first movie's Eye Catch. It's also the first battle where a third-party rapper (Sean Connery's Bond) not only shows up but actually has mutual back-and-forth exchange of insults with the other two, as opposed to just finishing the battle with his first verse.



* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: This battle has the first physical set that matches the authenticity of the costumes and makeup, a homage to the music video for "BBC" by Ming Tea as well as the first movie's Eye Catch. It's also the first battle where a third-party rapper (Sean Connery's Bond) not only shows up but actually has mutual back-and-forth exchange of insults with the other two, as opposed to just finishing the battle with his first verse.

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* SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers: Austin Powers attacks Bond's "gritty reality" as boring to the audiences.

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* SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers: Austin Powers attacks Bond's "gritty reality" DarkerAndEdgier modern films as boring to the audiences.audiences.
-->'''Austin Powers:''' The people want a hero with a little personality!\\
No one wants to sit through ''your'' gritty reality!
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Powers has the biggest shit-eating grin when [[spoiler:Connery's Bond]] slaps Craig's Bond.

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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Powers has the biggest shit-eating grin when [[spoiler:Connery's Bond]] Connery's Bond slaps Craig's Bond.

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--> "Spell my name! The ladies wanna B on D!"

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--> "Spell -->Spell my name! The ladies wanna B on D!"D!



-->"Now, you listen here, you duck-faced runt! I'm all in! I'm ready to [[Film/DieAnotherDay die any day]] that you want!"

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-->"Now, -->'''60's Bond''': '''Now, you listen here, you duck-faced runt! runt!''' I'm all in! I'm ready to [[Film/DieAnotherDay die any day]] that you want!" want!



* ButtMonkey: Austin Powers gets stepped on in the second half of the battle. When Connery's Bond enters the scene, Powers gets DemotedToExtra in his own battle. When he tries to interrupt Bond's second verse, he just gets told off.

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* ButtMonkey: Austin Powers gets stepped on in the second half of the battle. When Connery's Bond enters the scene, Powers gets DemotedToExtra in his own battle. When he tries to interrupt Bond's second verse, he just gets slapped and then told off.



-->"Birds flock to the musk of my chest bush!"

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-->"Birds -->Birds flock to the musk of my chest bush!"bush!



--> '''60s Bond''': If they made a Mini-Me, they'd have to cast Creator/PeterDinklage!\\

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--> '''60s -->'''60s Bond''': If they made a Mini-Me, they'd have to cast Creator/PeterDinklage!\\



* DemotedToExtra: Powers gets cast aside in his own battle when Connery's Bond joins the battle.

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* DemotedToExtra: Powers gets cast aside in ''[[ButtMonkey his own battle battle]]'' when Connery's Bond joins the battle.



-->"I mean, I like to swing, but Dr. No means no, baby!"

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-->"I -->'''Austin Powers''': I mean, I like to swing, but Dr. No means no, baby!"baby!



--> '''Bond''': (Ugh!) I can't believe I'm wasting my time with this clown! I should be on an island with a fucking model by now!

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--> '''Bond''': -->'''Bond''': (Ugh!) I can't believe I'm wasting my time with this clown! I should be on an island with a fucking model by now!


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* WhamShot: As Craig's Bond rants about how Austin is below him as a secret agent, [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} a familiar duck hat]] can be seen slowly rising up behind him.

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* TheCameo: Members of Austin Powers’ band appear in his verse.



* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: He brushes off Powers accusing him of raping women, but gets enraged when Craig points out that he's not actually English.

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* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: He Connery brushes off Powers accusing him of raping women, but gets enraged when Craig points out that he's not actually English.


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*SpecialGuest: Ben Atha as the modern James Bond

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* {{Jerkass}}: Not only does he slap Powers for politely asking to go back into ''his own battle'', both of his opponents point out his poor views on women.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Not only does he Connery’s Bond slap Powers for politely asking to go back into ''his own battle'', both of his opponents point out his poor views on women.



* WhatTheHellHero: Craig's Bond and Austin Powers point out that his sex scenes are "a bit rape-y".

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* TropicalEpilogue: Craig’s Bond complains that the battle against Austin Powers is a waste of time and that he should be on an island sipping martinis and getting laid by now.
* WhatTheHellHero: Craig's Bond and Austin Powers point out that his Connery-Bond’s sex scenes are "a bit rape-y".
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The Creator/DanielCraig version of Film/JamesBond (played by Ben Atha) battles Film/AustinPowers (played by Peter Shukoff) to see which of them is cinema’s best spy… until Creator/SeanConnery’s Bond (played by Lloyd Ahlquist) steps up to the plate.
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* AgentPeacock: Just because Austin’s flamboyant doesn't mean he can't drop a verse.
* ArmorPiercingSlap: Connery’s Bond dishes out one to each of his opponents: Powers for trying to get back into the battle, Craig's Bond for saying that he's not English.
* {{Backronym}}: Craig’s Bond comes up with a ''beautiful'' one.
--> "Spell my name! The ladies wanna B on D!"
* BerserkButton: Connery’s Bond finally loses his cool when Craig's Bond mentions he uses a stunt-double.
* BondGunBarrel: Craig-Bond does the "shot the guy with the gun" thing at the end of his first verse, because it is his thing, obviously.
* BoringInsult: Austin Powers claims even his mojo fell asleep during his opponent's rap.
* BraveScot: 60’s Bond is based on Sean Connery, so it's a given. The character is Scottish but raised in England (which makes Craig's Bond's comment about "actually English" count as research failure, especially since this fact is referenced [[Film/{{Skyfall}} in one of his own movies]]).
* BringIt: Classic Bond’s final lines are said while he makes the bring it motion with both hands.
-->"Now, you listen here, you duck-faced runt! I'm all in! I'm ready to [[Film/DieAnotherDay die any day]] that you want!"
* BritishTeeth: As Bond points out right off the bat, Powers’ teeth are more crooked and rotten than Bond's villains.
* ButtMonkey: Austin Powers gets stepped on in the second half of the battle. When Connery's Bond enters the scene, Powers gets DemotedToExtra in his own battle. When he tries to interrupt Bond's second verse, he just gets told off.
* CarpetOfVirility: Austin Powers -- as he puts it:
-->"Birds flock to the musk of my chest bush!"
* TheCasanova:
** Halfway through the battle, Craig-Bond even complains that he could be on an island with a model instead of wasting time against Powers.
** Austin Powers gets a lot of shagging as well, although Bond fails to see where his sex appeal comes from.
* ChivalrousPervert: Austin’s a horny bastard through-and-through, but he respects that "no" means "no."
* CountryMatters: Connery's Bond calls Craig’s Bond a pussy. Craig indirectly calls Connery an old cunt in response. It should be noted that both James and Ben Atha are from Britain, where the insult doesn't hold as much weight as it does in the United States.
* TheCynic: Due to what he's had [[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 to go]] [[Film/{{Skyfall}} through]], Craig-Bond has little to believe in or hope for.
* DeadpanSnarker: Craig-Bond gets in a few dry jabs at Connery's Bond.
--> '''60s Bond''': If they made a Mini-Me, they'd have to cast Creator/PeterDinklage!\\
'''Modern Bond''': Or maybe they should cast a Bond who's ''actually'' English.
* DecompositeCharacter: The Sean Connery and Daniel Craig versions of James Bond are split into two different characters. who end up rapping against each other. Even within the battle itself, the verses start out referring to the character of Bond in general before later becoming specifically about Craig or Connery.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance:
** Not only does Austin Powers consider himself sexually attractive despite his odd appearance deficits, but he genuinely doesn’t understand why someone as conventionally attractive as Daniel Craig would be considered handsome at all. Since powers was frozen in suspended animation in the 1960s, this can be excused that sexual norms back then were different.
** Both Craig's Bond and Powers point out that some of Classic Bond’s love scenes are rather... questionable to modern viewers.
* DemotedToExtra: Powers gets cast aside in his own battle when Connery's Bond joins the battle.
* DodgyToupee: Craig's Bond calls Connery’s Bond a "rug-wearing misogynist", a reference to Connery going PrematurelyBald.
* EnemyMine: Connery Bond’s interruption of the rap battle and dated views on women get Craig's Bond and Powers to indirectly team up against him.
* EnemyWithout: Technically speaking, Connery’s Bond is one to Craig's Bond, given that they're different versions of the same character.
* EthicalSlut: Practically every line out of Austin Powers’ mouth involves sex in some way, and he's presented as much more upbeat compared to Bond. He also agrees with Craig's Bond that Connery's Bond has an unfortunate view on women.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** While the present-day Bond’s got quite a few notches on his bedpost, he still calls Connery's bond a "rug-wearing misogynist" for his more... [[DeliberateValuesDissonance questionable]] [[QuestionableConsent sexual encounters]].
** Powers may be an unabashed womanizer, but he finds Connery's Bond "a bit rapey."
-->"I mean, I like to swing, but Dr. No means no, baby!"
* FollowTheLeader: Craig’s Bond is accused of being a ripoff by Connery's Bond. [[{{Irony}} Right after he claims to be the "original model" that Powers ripped off]].
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Powers has the biggest shit-eating grin when [[spoiler:Connery's Bond]] slaps Craig's Bond.
* HashtagRap: Quoth Modern Bond: “I only need one round -- [[BondGunBarrel (BANG)]] -- Golden Gun!"
* IfIWantedXIWouldY: 60s Bond tells his modern counterpart that ”If I wanted shitty acting in my action film, [[TakeThat I'd go and watch]] ''Film/{{Taken}}.''"
* IgnoredEnemy: When Connery's Bond enters the battle, Austin Powers is completely ignored by Craig's Bond and barely gets any attention from Connery's Bond as the two of them duke it out.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: He brushes off Powers accusing him of raping women, but gets enraged when Craig points out that he's not actually English.
* {{Jerkass}}: Not only does he slap Powers for politely asking to go back into ''his own battle'', both of his opponents point out his poor views on women.
* KavorkaMan: Despite being a scrawny weirdo with a hairy chest and crooked yellow teeth, Austin Powers is ''very'' popular with the ladies.
* OfficerAndAGentleman: When Craig's Bond and Powers call Connery’s Bond a misogynist who's "rapey", he replies he's a distinguished and extraordinary gentleman whose Mini Me would be Creator/PeterDinklage, the implication being regardless how it looks to outsiders he treats his women with respect.
* PoesLaw: InUniverse. Present-day James Bond seems unaware that Austin is a parody of himself, and is genuinely confused at what he perceives as an inexplicably-silly imitator.
* PyrrhicVictory: James Bond (both of them) considers Austin Powers to be irrelevant and undeserving of any attention, causing Daniel Craig’s Bond to bemoan the entire battle against him as a pointless endeavor, even if he wins.
--> '''Bond''': (Ugh!) I can't believe I'm wasting my time with this clown! I should be on an island with a fucking model by now!
* QuestionableConsent: Craig Bond and Austin Powers both call out Connery Bond for the "rapey" nature of his encounters with women.
* RedOniBlueOni:
** Austin is the red oni. He's much more lively and fun-loving than both of his opponents.
** James Bond (the Daniel Craig version) is the blue to Powers’ red; he’s much more sophisticated and composed than the flamboyant Powers. He's also the red to Connery's Bond’s blue. He's visibly more worked up than the latter during his verses.
** Connery Bond is the blue to Craig's Bond's red. Throughout his verses, he generally remains cool and composed, until the last verse when his BerserkButton is pressed.
* SharpDressedMan: It wouldn't be Bond without that sharp tux. In modern Bond’s own words, he's "bespoke from [his] head to [his] toe". Classic Bond, meanwhile, raps while dressed in his white dinner jacket from ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.
* SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers: Austin Powers attacks Bond's "gritty reality" as boring to the audiences.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Craig-Bond is firmly in the cynical end with his films being grittier and he himself not believing in anything as opposed to Powers's more fun, idealistic style.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: This battle has the first physical set that matches the authenticity of the costumes and makeup, a homage to the music video for "BBC" by Ming Tea as well as the first movie's Eye Catch. It's also the first battle where a third-party rapper (Sean Connery's Bond) not only shows up but actually has mutual back-and-forth exchange of insults with the other two, as opposed to just finishing the battle with his first verse.
* TemptingFate: Craig’s Bond calls himself the "original model" as a PretenderDiss against Austin Powers. Enter Sean Connery.
* WhatTheHellHero: Craig's Bond and Austin Powers point out that his sex scenes are "a bit rape-y".

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