In the second and third films, Fat Bastard gives a heartfelt speech about his weight... then farts. Everyone Went to School Together: Austin, Basil, Dr. Evil, and Number Two were all in Spy Academy together. Somehow.

By Goldmember, they frequent hang a lampshade on their own jokes, old and new. Goldmember implies that his weird accent automatically makes him funny and makes sure everyone notices his "subtle" references to music lyrics. Austin and Mr. Roboto point out that they could just speak English to avoid confusion, and Ozzy's dialogue under Didn't We Use This Joke Already? Our Man Flint, another James Bond parody film; Austin calls its sequel, In Like Flint, his favorite movie Borrowed Catchphrase: At the end, Dr. Evil says "Yeah baby!" Everyone stares blankly at him, and he adds: "No? Just trying it on." It's Personal: Both Dr. Evil and Austin say this this in reference to how Dr. Evil's stolen Austin's mojo.

In the third film, the strange object resembles breasts instead. The gag runs for a while and then is duly Lampshaded (by Ozzy Osbourne, no less). Felicity does this in front of Austin in her first scene, while wearing skin-tight shorts, no less.

And the Adventure Continues: Scotty becomes the new Dr. Evil, and is apparently slightly more crazy, meaning the Powers family will have many more adventures to come. Orange, B. Alan (April 14, 2008). "Is Gisele Bundchen the Next 'Austin Powers' Girl?". Movieweb.com . Retrieved April 26, 2015. Spontaneous Choreography: During the opening titles of each movie, Austin engages in this with supposedly random bystanders.Many of the Bond films of the Sean Connery era feature rear projection of varying quality. The Austin Powers films regularly employ the effect, and intentionally draw attention to it. Noodle Incident: 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."