Here are 25 memorable Austin Powers quotes from the trilogy, selected for their catchphrases, wordplay, and recurring jokes—not as an official or objectively ranked list. Each entry names the speaker and film and gives just enough scene context to make the line land.
Catchphrases that became Austin Powers shorthand
1. “Oh, behave!” — Austin Powers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Austin’s teasing response turns a simple admonition into one of the character’s signature catchphrases.
2. “Yeah, baby!” — Austin Powers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Austin’s delighted catchphrase is a quick burst of swinger-era enthusiasm, often paired with an exaggerated pose.
3. “Very shagadelic.” — Austin Powers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Austin applies his own retro vocabulary to anything he finds stylish or exciting.
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4. “I like to live dangerously.” — Austin Powers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
His mock-serious declaration makes an ordinary choice sound like a daring spy mission.
Austin’s innuendo and fearless wordplay
5. “Do I make you horny, baby?” — Austin Powers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Austin asks with the confidence of a practiced seducer, while the blunt phrasing and comic delivery undercut the swagger.
6. “Pardon me for being rude. It was my food. It just popped up to say hello…” — Austin Powers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
After an awkward bodily interruption, Austin improvises a rhyme that treats embarrassment as another opportunity for a gag.
7. “…and now it’s gone back down below.” — Austin Powers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
The second half completes Austin’s rhyming explanation, extending the same crude joke rather than letting the awkward moment pass.
8. “Fancy a shag?” — Austin Powers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Austin’s blunt invitation is part of the film’s repeated contrast between his old-fashioned sexual confidence and modern reactions.
Dr. Evil’s villainy, taken literally
9. “Why make a trillion when we could make… billions?” — Dr. Evil, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
In a discussion with Number Two and Scott, Dr. Evil proposes a smaller ransom as if “billions” were a shrewd improvement on a trillion.
10. “I’m going to put the moon in front of the sun.” — Dr. Evil, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Dr. Evil presents an outlandish threat with the self-importance of a classic supervillain.
11. “How about no, Scott?” — Dr. Evil, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
When his son challenges or questions him, Dr. Evil answers with a flat dismissal that makes their strained father-son dynamic part of the joke.
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12. “Zip it!” — Dr. Evil, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
His abrupt order to Scott is funny partly because the supposedly formidable villain sounds like an irritated parent.
Jokes built on the spy-movie setup
13. “Who does Number Two work for?” — Dr. Evil, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Dr. Evil mistakes his henchman’s name for a toilet joke, then presses the misunderstanding with escalating impatience.
14. “That’s right, sir. Number Two.” — Number Two, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Number Two’s dutiful reply only encourages Dr. Evil’s increasingly literal interrogation.
15. “I’m not sure if you know this, but sharks are not very sophisticated.” — Austin Powers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Austin treats a stock villain’s shark-filled death trap as a practical problem, puncturing the melodrama of the setup.
16. “There’s nothing more pathetic than an aging hipster.” — Austin Powers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
The joke points back at Austin himself: his swinging persona is as out of place as the spy gadgets and attitudes he brought from the past.
Ensemble banter and the sequels’ recurring bits
17. “I’m with you, baby.” — Felicity Shagwell, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Felicity’s easy embrace of Austin’s catchphrase lets the film play with how quickly his peculiar vocabulary spreads.
18. “I’m a bigger, better version of you.” — Mini-Me, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Mini-Me’s silent physical imitation of Dr. Evil makes the clone’s claim to be a superior version an ongoing visual gag.
19. “You’re a freaky little monkey-man!” — Scott Evil, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Scott’s exasperation at Mini-Me turns Dr. Evil’s bizarre family arrangement into an argument between siblings.
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Fat Bastard’s grand declaration is delivered with a bluntness that fits the character’s deliberately over-the-top menace.
21. “I love gold.” — Goldmember, Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Goldmember’s fixation on gold is repeated so insistently that the simple line becomes a comic signature.
22. “Daddy wasn’t there.” — Dr. Evil, Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
The musical number turns Dr. Evil’s resentment toward his absent father into an absurdly earnest family grievance.
23. “I’m a man of mystery.” — Austin Powers, Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Austin’s self-description nods to spy-film glamour even as the series keeps puncturing his self-image.
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Austin’s dated slang is part of the joke: his confidence remains intact even when his language belongs to another era.
25. “Yeah, baby, yeah!” — Austin Powers, Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
The familiar catchphrase returns in an amplified form, relying on recognition as much as the line itself.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Why the catchphrases stuck
Mike Myers said the character’s voice began after he heard Burt Bacharach’s “The Look of Love.” He recalled coming home speaking like a British swinger and saying, “Do I make you hawny, baby? Do I? Oh. be-have!” His wife encouraged him to write it up; Myers said he wrote a script three weeks later. That origin account explains the initial voice and catchphrase, not the source of every joke that followed. CBS News, June 15, 1999.
Myers also described “mojo” in the same interview as “the essence, the life force, the libido.” In The Spy Who Shagged Me, the word is more than a catchphrase: recovering Austin’s mojo is central to the plot. CBS News, June 15, 1999.
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