History YMMV / AustinPowers

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:While the series itself is homage to 60's spy movies, the first film is generally rooted in 90's when it marked the end of Cold War. This is more present when a member of British Ministry of Defense referring on Russians being on their side, which became less relevant after relations of Russia and the West soured due to the former's annexation of Crimea in 2014.

** ''Austin Powers Pinball'', one of the later releases for the original [=PlayStation=]. It was clearly made as cheaply as possible, and has SNES-level graphics and LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading. Also, there's no table based on Goldmember despite being out three months prior to the game's release.

** The death of one of Doctor Evil's henchman under a steamroller would be horrifying... if he hadn't stood in place for what seems like a full minute screaming {{Big No}}s while the machine sloooooooowly approaches him (and is played by ''Series/MadTV1995'''s Michael [=McDonald=] who's [[HamAndCheese making the absolute most of his brief performance]]).

** The death of one of Doctor Evil's henchman under a steamroller would be horrifying... if he hadn't stood in place for what seems like a full minute screaming {{Big No}}s while the machine sloooooooowly approaches him (and is played by ''MadTV1995'''s Michael [=McDonald=] who's [[HamAndCheese making the absolute most of his brief performance]]).

** The death of one of Doctor Evil's henchman under a steamroller would be horrifying... if he hadn't stood in place for what seems like a full minute screaming {{Big No}}s while the machine sloooooooowly approaches him.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny:
** While Austin Powers wasn't the first comedy film to use an OverlyLongGag [[note]]Before this, films would maybe have one or two.[[/note]], it was one of the first to ''primarily'' derive its humor from it. At the time it came out, it really was something new and unique. Now that the OverlyLongGag has become a staple of comedies, it's become harder to see why ''Austin Powers'' was treated as such a big deal in the 90's.
** Also, the bigger sequels relied heavily on broad slapstick, body humor, DontExplainTheJoke and celebrity cameos, aspects not all that present in the original, which is a direct spoof of 60s spy movies in the same way a movie like ''Film/WalkHardTheDeweyCoxStory'' is a music biopic spoof. As a result, the more you know about James Bond tropes and films of that ilk, the funnier ''International Man of Mystery'' is, as it's quite clear through the production notes and commentary that Myers and his crew are vastly knowledgeable about that culture and root much of the film's humor in it.

* EvilIsSexy:
** Alotta Fagina and Ivana Humpalot are this because they are TheVamp for their movies.
** The Music/BritneySpears fembot from ''Goldmember'' is this, too, thanks to her revealing black outfit, the beauty of the pop singer in her early 20s, her personality and the sensual dance moves that she pulls out on Austin Powers.

** Speaking of Danil Craig, in ''Goldmember'', it's revealed that Austin Powers and Dr. Evil [[spoiler: are [[LongLostRelative actually brothers]]]]. This plot-twist would be used in earnest in the 2015 Bond film ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', where [[spoiler:James Bond and Ernst Stavro Blofeld are revealed to be adoptive brothers.]]

* {{Sequelitis}}: The first movie was very popular at the time of its release and did reasonably well critically. Depending on who you ask, its two sequels were either seen as retreads of the same jokes or just as regarded for its handling of said jokes. The movies themselves actually [[InvokedTrope invoke]] this for humour, with Music/OzzyOsbourne and his family making a cameo in the third film complaining about the very film they are in reusing the old jokes.

** In ''Goldmember'', it's revealed that Austin Powers and Dr. Evil [[spoiler: are [[LongLostRelative actually brothers]]]]. This reveal would be used in earnest in the 2015 Bond film ''Film/{{Spectre}}'', where [[spoiler:James Bond and Ernst Stavro Blofeld are revealed to be adoptive brothers.]]

** Mike Myers plays a heavyset Scotsman with a foul temper whose bowel movements could suffocate a donkey. [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} Sound familiar?]]

** The Austin Powers character actually predates the movie's. Originally played by Myers in a 60s themed band called ''Ming Tea''.

** The young actors for Austin and Dr. Evil in the flashback scene in ''Goldmember'' are impeccable, despite only being in the film for a few minutes.

** The opening scene from ''The Spy Who Shagged Me'' where Austin is strutting around a resort in the nude, startling several women along the way doesn't seem as innocent as it used to with indecent exposure being taken much more seriously.

* ValuesDissonance: Mustafa. First and foremost, he was played by the very white Will Ferrell wearing brown facepaint (yes, it ''very'' slightly works as a joke about the common tendency to do this kind of thing in films of the time period, but it's still uncomfortable). Secondly, his only purpose in the first two movies is to suffer horrifying injuries.