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References to Austin Powers in other media.

Advertising

  • A 2022 General Motors commercial has Mike Myers, Seth Green, Mindy Sterling and Rob Lowe reprising their villain roles from the films.

Films — Live-Action

  • Baby Driver: The crooks ask JD to buy them Michael Myers masks to disguise themselves. Unfortunately, JD thought they said Mike Myers, so he got them Austin Powers masks.
  • Halloween II (2009): Dr. Samuel Loomis appears on a talk show alongside "Weird Al" Yankovic. When they mention the killer Michael Myers, Yankovic ignorantly asks if they are talking about the Austin Powers guy.
  • Hobbs & Shaw: During the last scene before the end credits, Hobbs refers to Shaw as his sidekick and compares him to other sidekicks, saying "Dr. Evil had Mini-Me, you're my Mini-Me."
  • The House Bunny: While practicing showing off, Natalie imitates Austin Powers' signature grin, which she lampshades.
  • Space Jam: A New Legacy: One of the planets in the Serververse is an Austin Powers world, which is where LeBron James and Bugs Bunny go to find Elmer Fudd and Sylvester. Here, in a scene taken directly from The Spy Who Shagged Me, Elmer take the place of Mini-Me, and a shaved Sylvester is Mr. Bigglesworth.
  • The Station Agent: When one of Joe's friends first sees Fin, a dwarf, he says, "Check out Mini-Me!"

Literature

  • In There's More Than One Way Home, Anna wonders if two mysterious women in bright suits are trying to spy on Alex, even though they fit in as well as two female Austin Powers.

Live-Action TV

  • The Amanda Show: One "Blockblister" sketch had a parody called Austin Powders.
  • The Office (US): In "Dwight K. Schedule, (Acting) Manager", Jim tells Dwight that he must work in multiple uses of "Shagadelic, Baby" into his conversation with CEO Jo Bennett (among other things), or they'll tell Jo that he fired a gun in the office.

Music

Newspaper Comics

  • The title panel of the January 9, 2000 strip of Garfield depicts Garfield dressed like Dr. Evil and Odie dressed like Austin Powers.

Video Games

  • In Animal Crossing (2001), when a bagworm is caught, the player's comment is "This kind of worm's not my bag, baby!"
  • In Gex: Enter the Gecko, Gex's lines include "Judo Chop, baby! Yeah!" and a few more lines with Austin Powers-esque "Baby"s and "Yeah"s.

Web Animation

  • Dragon Ball Z Abridged: There’s a scene in The History of Trunks Abridged where radio personalities TJ and the Wombat comment that the latter’s fiancée is most likely a casualty of the cyborgs’ rampage, to which they look at the silver lining, "I'm single again!" Cue Austin’s "Oh behave!" and Soul Bossa Nova starts to play like the beginning of The Spy Who Shagged Me before Future Bulma turns off the radio and laments the death of country music.
  • Everything Is Broken: Flippy's Big "NO!" in part 7 is a borrowed voice clip from Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery.

Western Animation

  • ReBoot: In "Daemon Rising", the heroes enter a Game that is blatantly Austin Powers, with Matrix becoming Dr. Evil, Enzo becoming Mini-Me, Frisket becoming a Chihuahua version of Mr. Bigglesworth, and AndrAIa wearing a costume similar to the Fembots. When AndrAIa captures Austin, Matrix shoots him in the head instead of using a death trap.
  • The Simpsons: In "Gump Roast", as Chief Wiggum talks about Springfield's law against impersonating movie characters, Moe is shown getting arrested for imitating Austin Powers.
  • In the Family Guy episode "We Love You Conrad" Brian wears a pair of noveltly Austin Powers glasses that he says are his reading glasses to impress Lauren Conrad.

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