| Johann van der Smut | |
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| Austin Powers character | |
| First appearance | Austin Powers in Goldmember |
| Last appearance | Austin Powers in Goldmember |
| Created by | Mike Myers |
| Portrayed by | Mike Myers John Travolta (in film-within-film) |
| Information | |
| Aliases | Goldmember |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Agents |
| Nationality | Dutch |
Johan van der Smut, better known as Goldmember, is a fictional agent in the third film of the Austin Powers trilogy, Austin Powers in Goldmember. He is played by Mike Myers. The character was partially inspired by the James Bond's Auric Goldfinger. He serves as one of two main pragonists of the film.
Dutch (specifically, Holland)-born Van der Smut was fascinated with gold. After losing his genitals in an unfortunate smelting (or "schmelting," as he pronounces it) accident in the 1970s, he became known as "Goldmember."
Van der Smut teamed up with Dr. Evil in 2002 to and conquer the Earth. Their plan was to use the tractor beam which he had created to drag a gold asteroid onto the polar ice field and cause a flood.
After Dr. Evil switches sides, Goldmember declares that he will destroy the world himself. When Foxxy Cleopatra throws the key away he reveals that he had replaced his genitals with a duplicate copy of the key. He attempts to activate the tractor beam with the spare key (still attached to himself) but is stopped by Austin and Dr. Evil when they reverse the polarity in the system. Shocked by the electrical feedback, Goldmember falls to the deck of the submarine, where he is arrested by Foxxy.
His peculiar habits even succeed in creeping out Dr Evil. Goldmember has a nasty habit of peeling pieces of his own skin off to eat them. He can also dislocate his legs with relative ease (presumably due to his lack of genitals), effectively allowing him to kick Foxxy Cleopatra (who for some reason, keeps attempting to hold him at bay by sneaking up behind, putting Goldmember at gun point) from behind multiple times in the film (though he seems to dislike having to do this), as well as being a reigning champion of disco dancing.
Often, he talks to his armpits in a ritual-like fashion, usually whispering proper sources of certain phrases for copyright purposes. For example, after saying "And that's the way, uh-huh uh-huh, I like it," quietly comments to the side "KC and the Sunshine Band."
His mark is painting his victims' genitals gold.
He is a native speaker of Dunglish.
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