Mr. Bigglesworth

Mr. Bigglesworth
Mr. Bigglesworth in International Man of Mystery

Mr. Bigglesworth is a fictional cat belonging to Dr. Evil. He was originally similar to Blofeld's cat, a typical white Persian cat from the James Bond movie series. Having escaped with Dr. Evil in a cryonic capsule, he lost all his fur due to an error in the thawing process. Mr. Bigglesworth has subsequently become bald, played by a Sphynx cat, whilst Dr. Evil's miniature clone, Mini-Me, has a kitten named Mini Mr. Bigglesworth.^[3]

In the third instalment of the franchise, Mr. Bigglesworth is only seen once.^[4]

Dr. Evil

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Douglas "Dougie" Powers
Austin Powers character
Mike Myers as Dr. Evil
First appearance	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Last appearance	Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Created by	Mike Myers
Based on	Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Portrayed by	Mike Myers Josh Zuckerman (young)
In-universe information
Title	Dr. Evil
Family	Nigel Powers (father) Austin Powers (brother) Scott Evil (son) Chloé (adoptive mother) Mini-Me (clone)
Significant other	Frau Farbissina

Dr. Evil is a fictional character portrayed by Mike Myers in the Austin Powers film series. He is the main antagonist and Austin Powers' nemesis. He is a parody of James Bond villains, primarily Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Dr. Evil routinely hatches schemes to terrorize and take over the world, and is usually accompanied by "Number Two", a goon who fronts his evil corporation Virtucon Industries, his cat Mr. Bigglesworth and his sidekick Mini-Me, a dwarf clone of himself.

Fictional background

According to his own account in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, delivered in a group therapy session with his estranged son Scott, Dr. Evil's upbringing went as follows:

The details of my life are quite inconsequential.... My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low-grade narcolepsy.... My mother was a 15-year-old French prostitute named Chloé with webbed feet. My father would womanize; he would drink; he would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometime, he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy, the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.^[1][2]

In the second film, he went on the Jerry Springer show and declared that he had once made a "marzipan voodoo effigy of the Fonz while in a coma after smoking some Bolivian prayer hash at Sammy Davis Jr.'s house", and that he's the "Princess of Canada".

In the third Austin Powers film, Goldmember, Nigel Powers reveals that Dr. Evil is in fact Austin Powers' twin brother, Douglas "Dougie" Powers. He explains that Douglas and Austin were separated as babies following a car explosion, and that he had thought that only Austin had survived. Following the explosion, Dougie was raised by Belgians in Bruges, situated in the Dutch-speaking Flemish Region of Belgium but he claims to not know how to speak "freaky-deeky Dutch".

He also attended and graduated from the British Intelligence Academy with Austin (along with Basil Exposition and Number 2), and is angered that Austin won the "International Man of Mystery" award, while he, the academy's best student, was overlooked.

In the first film, Dr. Evil is an internationally known criminal genius, cryogenically frozen in 1967 and reawakened in 1997. Like Austin Powers, he faces challenges in acclimating to the new period. He often places his little finger near his mouth, especially when excited or to emphasize a statement. The gesture seems to have been borrowed from Dr. Rex, a character in "Number 12 Looks Just Like You," an episode of The Twilight Zone. Dr. Evil occasionally uses unnecessary air quotes around now-familiar technical terms such as "laser".

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jay Roach
Produced by	Suzanne Todd Demi Moore Jennifer Todd Mike Myers[1]
Written by	Mike Myers
Starring	Mike Myers Elizabeth Hurley Michael York Mimi Rogers
Music by	George S. Clinton[1]
Cinematography	Peter Deming[1]
Edited by	Debra Neil-Fisher[1]
Production companies	New Line Productions Capella International Moving Pictures Eric's Boy KC Medien[2]
Distributed by	New Line Cinema[1]
Release date	May 2, 1997
Running time	91 minutes[3]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$16.5 million
Box office	$67.7 million[4]

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (or simply Austin Powers^[2]) is a 1997 American spy comedy film directed by Jay Roach. It is the first installment in the Austin Powers series. It stars franchise co-producer and writer Mike Myers, playing the role as Austin Powers and Dr. Evil,^[5][6] Powers' arch-enemy. Supporting roles are played by Elizabeth Hurley, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, and Michael York. The film is a parody of the James Bond films and other popular culture from the 1960s.^[7]

The film, which cost US$16.5 million, opened on May 2, 1997, grossing US$53 million from its North American release and over $67 million worldwide. The film spawned two sequels, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002).

In the years following Austin Powers in Goldmember, Myers has discussed the possibility of a fourth film.^[8][9]