History Film / AustinPowers

** Dr. Evil leads his underlings in an extended evil laugh, which goes on for several seconds until [[UnexpectedlyRealisticOutcome it awkwardly peters out.]]

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: When Number Two shows a map of the United States with miniature models of businesses he acquired during Dr. Evil's time being frozen, he concludes the list with a factory that makes miniature models... of factories.

* EpicFail: The first time Dr. Evil tries to time travel and just runs into the time machine without remembering to turn it on. Also when Austin gets ready to drive a time-travelling VW Bug into the future...but forgets that it's in reverse.

* FauxPaw: When Austin first sees Felicity, He licks his hand and grooms himself like a cat, in some kind of enticement ritual.

* MeetingTheParentsSequel: Austin’s Father is introduced. Kind of odd that his dad is still alive, given how Austin is from the 60s, though the movie doesn’t even bother to explain it.

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Mini-Me is ejected out into space unprotected, and survives completely unharmed though Dr. Evil thinks this warrants a flu shot).

* SigilSpam: Dr. Evil's embossed logo can be found on nearly anything — makeup cases, motorized scooters, record turntables, even the doors of Dr. Evil's secret moon rocket.

* ChekhovsGag: An example that doubles as a proper ChekhovsGun. When Dr. Evil is [[GroinAttack smacked in the nuts]] during a demonstration of his evil plan, he counts ''three'' testicles in order to ensure that everything was alright. A few minutes later, Mini-Me escorts Nigel Powers to his prison cell and Nigel asks to see Mini-Me's genitals, seemingly out of morbid curiosity. Nigel calls Mini-Me a “tripod” for this.

* RuleOfFunny: Honestly, the series has a time-traveling car that travels [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture not by accelerating to 88 miles per hour]], but by bouncing really hard on its seventies-style tricked out suspension. If you can swallow that but not [[spoiler:Vanessa being a [[RobotGirl Fembot]]]], you need to recite [[MST3KMantra the mantra]].

** Attempted in the first movie, but they couldn't get sharks due to environmental regulations. They had to make do with (mutant, ill-tempered) sea bass instead.
** They finally get one in the third movie.

* TorpedoTits: The basic weapon of the Fembots.

* UnguidedLabTour: In ''International Man of Mystery'', this is part of how Austin and Vanessa are able to get into a compound.

** Even if Austin hadn't been able to stop the bomb from going off, it would not have happened anyway since the heat in the outer core, which can reach almost 10'000 degrees Fahrenheit, would have long-since melted the detonation devices into useless clumps of slag and the warhead would have just melted, provided the extreme temperatures didn't cause the drill itself to melt.

* ConvenientlyEmptyRoads: In the second movie, Austin and Felicity are chased down the countryside by one of Dr. Evil's assassins. Not only do they not pass a single other car during the chase, but no one drives by after they capture and interrogate the assassin.

* CultureEqualsCostume: When Dr. Evil calls up the United Nations Secret Meeting Room to give his ultimatum, many of the occupants are dressed in costumes indicating their native countries (two Japanese are dressed as a geisha and a sumo wrestler, a British representative is wearing a Beefeater costume, a Spaniard is dressed as a matador, etc.). [[AmericansAreCowboys One of the characters (presumably an American) is dressed as a cowboy]].

* ConvenientlyEmptyRoads: The road Mustafa chases Austin and Felicity down (and is soon after the scene of his interrogation) doesn't see any other cars.
* CultureEqualsCostume: When we first see Fat Bastard he's wearing a tam o'shanter and a kilt while bagpipe music plays.

* FlirtingUnderFire: In ''The Spy Who Shagged Me'', Austin and Felicity have a tender moment... while standing in a laughably pathetic DeathTrap.

* ChekhovsGag: An example that doubles as a proper ChekhovsGun. When Dr. Evil is [[GroinAttack smacked in the nuts]] during a demonstration of his evil plan, he counts ''three'' testicles in order to ensure that everything was alright. A few minutes later, Mini-Me escorts Nigel Powers to his prison cell and Nigel asks to see Mini-Me's genitals, seemingly out of morbid curiosity. Nigel calls Mini-Me a “tripod” and uses this information to confirm his suspicions that Dr. Evil is really his son.

* FreudianSlip: Austin repeatedly saying "dad" or "father" instead of other words.
--> '''Dr. Evil:''' Uh oh! Somebody's got some daddy issues!\\

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: While the group are pursuing Goldmember, Nigel's car crashes into a float that looks like Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, but due to international copyright laws, isn't ''actuall'' Godzilla.

* NextStallShenanigans: Austin's visit to the can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-YVt4gfquA is interrupted by an assassin]], who he eventually overpowers and drowns in the toilet. While this is going on, the guy in the next stall is keeping a running commentary on what he's hearing.
-->*''Austin puts the assassin head-first into the toilet''*\\
'''Austin:''' Who does Number Two work for?!\\
'''Other guy:''' That's right, buddy, you show that turd who's boss!\\
''[the assassin starts noisily drowning]''\\
'''Other guy:''' Hey, uh, that sounds pretty nasty. How about a courtesy flush over there?

* BaitAndSwitch: While in his pad at 1969, Austin stands beside a woman, and suddenly says "Get your hands off my Heinie, baby!" The womand moves her hand into shot, revealing that she's holding a Heineken beer.

* BinocularShot: Two in this movie:
** The first is seen when Felicity observes Austin meeting Robin Swallows.
** The second occurs when Austin scopes out Dr. Evil's headquarters.

* WritersCannotDoMath: Mini-Me is described as being "one-eighth" Dr. Evil's size. But he's clearly closer to a third of the doctor's size.

* NoodleIncident: After leaving Mr. Roboto's office, Austin comments that Mr. Roboto knows more than he was telling. Foxy replies "Tell me something I don't know", to which Austin says "I open-mouth kissed a horse once." Foxy replies "What?", and Austin says "That's something you don't know."

-->'''Goldmember:''' Your ''fajah'' is about to have an [[{{Catchphrase}} unfortunate smelting accident]]!

* DenserAndWackier: ''Goldmember'' relies less on parodies of the spy genre and more on broad humour, celebrity cameos and pop culture references that were trending in 2002.

* DullSurprise: The street-market shopper who appears in the third section of the montage ("Are they nice and firm?") has this reaction to the satellite's coming into view.

--> '''Creator/JohnTravolta as Goldmember:''' Hey guys, do I have time for one last smoke and pancake or what!?

* OvertRendezvous: Austin and Foxxy Cleopatra meet on a public bench, but with a man sitting in between them, who moves his lips without speaking while Foxxy is the one actually talking. This way, to any outsider, it looks like Austin and the man are the only ones having a conversation.

* UnstoppableRage: Dr. Evil, after a Klansmen called Scott Evil a "freak", ends up going ballistic. He ends up fighting even when being restrained by [[Series/TheSteveWilkosShow Steve Wilkos]] and the other members of security, and after seemingly calming down, he then rushes to attack him again (something that never happens on the Jerry Springer show). And then instigates a full-out brawl on the set. Eventually, he seems calmed down... until Jerry Springer tells security to get Dr. Evil out of the premises ("get this jerk out of here"), upon which his rage was reawakened, and starts fighting with the host, eventually managing to smash a globe in the ensuing stage riot.

---> '''Austin:''' Basil! It turns out Vanessa ''[the female sidekick from the previous film and Austin's wife]'' was a Fembot!\\

* ShakingTheRump: Felicity does this in front of Austin in her first scene, while wearing [[PaintedOnPants skin-tight shorts]], no less.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Mini-Me's ISurrenderSuckers stunt in the previous movie comes back to bite him in the ass when [[spoiler:he defects for real and Austin (who was left out of the loop) thinks the clone's here to try to kill him again. When Mini-Me tries tries to peacefully surrender, Austin remembers what happened on the Moon Base and thinks Mini-Me's trying to sucker him again.]]

* AnachronismStew: Elvis Costello performed in ''The Spy Who Shagged Me'', but the scene in question took place in 1969, which meant he would've only been fifteen years old (and looked much older than that). This is played for laughs like everything else. Burt Bacharach and Woody Harrelson also look to be as old as they were in 1999 in 1969.

--->'''Felicity:''' Well, Austin, I think this time you may have finally met your match.\\

-->'''Austin:''' Those are skintight. How do you get into those pants, baby?\\

%% I don't know which "Artistic License" category (if any) this fits, so for now am using the parent one.

--->'''Austin:''' Yeah, why don't you? That way I wouldn't misread the subtitles making it seem like you are saying things which are dirty. ''[[[AsideGlance looks to camera]]]''

* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: The actors for Young Austin, Basil, Dr Evil and Number 2 are note perfect in the roles, particularly Young Austin.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: A rather infamous error on the setting titles renders Japan's largest city as "Toyko". Yeah.

* TaughtByExperience: Played for dramatic irony with Austin when [[spoiler:Mini-Me tries to defect (and Austin thinks the clone's trying to kill him again). When Mini-Me tries to peacefully surrender, Austin (who's been left out of the loop about the defection) doesn't believe him. After all, this is ''exactly'' what Mini-Me did on the Moon Base in the previous film before kicking the crap out of Austin. So, Austin not unreasonably thinks he's being suckered again and refuses to fall for this stunt twice (and thus doesn't realize it's ''not'' an act).]]