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* CreatorBacklash: [[Series/DancingWithTheStars Carrie Ann Inaba]] isn't the biggest fan of her bit part as [[PunnyName Fook Yu]].



* OldShame: [[Series/DancingWithTheStars Carrie Ann Inaba]] isn't the biggest fan of her bit part as [[PunnyName Fook Yu]].
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* DevelopmentGag: Two jokes from the draft of ''The Spy Who Shagged Me'' were used in ''Goldmember''.
** Goldmember refers to other men as "toite (tight) like a tiger". In the draft of ''The Spy Who Shagged Me'', Number Two used this term to describe the "He-Bots" created to counter Felicity.
** Nigel jokes that he got a Viagra pill stuck in his throat, and has had a ''[[{{Pun}} stiff]]'' neck for hours. Austin originally would have made that claim not long after losing his mojo.
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** Mini-Me originally had a much [[JustForPun smaller]] role, and was planned to die at the end of the second film. Due to the character being so well-liked at test screenings, the ending was revised so that Mini-Me survives.

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** Mini-Me originally had a much [[JustForPun smaller]] "smaller" role, and was planned to die at the end of the second film. Due to the character being so well-liked at test screenings, the ending was revised so that Mini-Me survives.
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* BabyNameTrendKiller: A lot fewer parents wanted to name their newborn sons [[https://www.behindthename.com/name/austin/top "Austin"]] after this film gave that name to a sexist DiscoDan KavorkaMan. While he ''was'' the hero, he was also the butt of a lot of the film's jokes.

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* BabyNameTrendKiller: A lot fewer parents wanted to name their newborn sons [[https://www.behindthename.com/name/austin/top "Austin"]] after this film gave that name to In 1997, "Austin" was one of the top ten boy's names in America, That year, however, ''Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'' premiered, starring as its titular protagonist an AffectionateParody of a TuxedoAndMartini super-spy who, while presented as a hero, is also presented as a sexist DiscoDan KavorkaMan. While he ''was'' KavorkaMan who's [[DiscoDan stuck in the hero, he was also '60s]] and whose [[DeliberateValuesDissonance retrograde attitudes]] make him [[ButtMonkey the butt of a lot of the film's jokes.jokes]]. The name fell off quickly after that, though it remains in the top 100 boy's names.
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* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: The actors cast as Young Austin, Basil, Dr Evil and Number 2 in ''Goldmember'' are note perfect in the roles, particularly Young Austin.
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* ActingForTwo: Creator/MikeMyers as Austin Powers, Dr. Evil, Fat Bastard in the second movie and Goldmember in the third. He also voiced the astronaut at the beginning of the second film ("Oh my gentle Jesus").

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* ActingForTwo: Creator/MikeMyers as played both Austin Powers, Powers and Dr. Evil, Evil in all three films. He also played Fat Bastard in the second movie and Goldmember in the third. He also voiced the astronaut at the beginning of the second film ("Oh my gentle Jesus").
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* ColbertBump: Alan Parsons of Music/TheAlanParsonsProject said Dr. Evil's mentioning of his band in the second movie led to an increase in record sales.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://austinpowers.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page The Austin Powers Wiki]].
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* TheOtherDarrin: In the French dub, Creator/EmmanuelJacomy (the usual voice actor of Creator/PierceBrosnan, Film/JamesBond included) voiced Austin Powers in the first film, and Creator/EmmanuelCurtil took over for the two subsequent films.
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!! ''Film/AustinPowers'' is the {{Trope Namer|s}} for:
** Frickin' Laser Beams (Now renamed to SlowLaser)
** FatBastard
** MiniMe
** Almost the {{Trope Namer|s}} for PreemptiveShutUp
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** An early draft for the second film included Dr. Evil's forces creating a trio of "He-Bots" to counter Felicity, each one armed with a unique weapon hidden under a panel in their crotch. Felicity would have defeated them through the power of her mojo, just as Austin did with the Fembots in the first movie.
** Robin Swallows and Fat Bastard were originally intended to be lovers.
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** The subtitle "''... in Goldmember''" gets changed to "''... contre l'homme au membre d'or''" for the French version of the movie, which instead of spoofing ''{{Film/Goldfinger}}'', translates to "the man with the golden member", or a parody of ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun''.

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** The subtitle "''... in Goldmember''" gets changed to "''... contre l'homme au membre d'or''" for the Canadian French version of the movie, which instead of spoofing ''{{Film/Goldfinger}}'', translates to "the man with the golden member", or a parody of ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun''.

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