Nigel Powers
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| Austin Powers character |
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| Nigel Powers | |
| Gender | Male |
| Nationality |  England |
| Role | British super-spy |
| Relationships | Unnamed |
| Children | Austin Powers Douglas Powers aka Doctor Evil |
| Filmography | |
| First appearance | Austin Powers in Goldmember |
| Film count | 1 |
| Portrayed by | Michael Caine |
Nigel Powers (played by Michael Caine), is the father of Austin Powers and Dr. Evil, who appears in the third Austin Powers movie, Austin Powers in Goldmember.
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[edit] Pre-Goldmember
When Austin and Dr. Evil were infants, Nigel took the family on their first family outing to Belgium (presumably somewhere near Brugge). Nigel left the car to urinate, leaving his wife and two children in the car alone. When he came back, he found Austin lying on the ground, scarred. Mrs. Powers was dead and "Dougie" (aka Dr. Evil) was nowhere to be found, leading Nigel to assume he was dead; however Dougie was actually hiding inside his mother's carcass. Dougie was later found by a Belgian man and his 15-year-old love slave with webbed feet. The two raised him in the Belgian town of Brugge and taught him to be evil.
[edit] Austin Powers in Goldmember
Much of the film revolves around Austin trying to rescue his father. After Austin and Foxxy Cleopatra saved Nigel from experiencing the same "unfortunate smelting accident" that Goldmember underwent, Nigel and Austin separated in attempt to thwart Dr. Evil's plans of world destruction. When they met in Dr. Evil's main chamber, Nigel revealed that Dr. Evil was Austin's long-lost brother.
[edit] Similarities to Austin
Austin inherits many of Nigel's character traits. For instance, they are both irresistible to women (much like James Bond). They both are optically challenged, thus forcing them to wear glasses. Much like Austin, Nigel doesn't have particularly good teeth, either. Despite their similarities, Nigel has a tendency to miss many of the most important events in Austin's life, such as his knighting and his reception of the International Man of Mystery award (coincidentally, the very same janitor from the academy was at Buckingham Palace for Austin's knighting). Austin was also rather surprised at Nigel's revelation that there were only two things he hated - "people who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch."
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Nigel is a pastiche of Michael Caine's film contributions in the 1960s. His car, for instance, is a Mini Cooper, a clear reference to Caine's performance in The Italian Job. Nigel and therefore Austin are both directly spoofs of Harry Palmer, Caine's "Anti-Bond" secret agent of the '60s. Nigel at one point notes that he was in the RAF, in reference to his taking part in 1968's film Battle of Britain.
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