Number 2 (Austin Powers)
| Number 2 | |
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| Austin Powers character | |
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| First appearance | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery |
| Last appearance | Austin Powers in Goldmember |
| Created by | Mike Myers |
| Portrayed by |
Robert Wagner Rob Lowe (young adult) Evan Farmer (teenager) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Henchman and businessman |
| Spouse(s) | Young himself (Rob Lowe) |
| Nationality | American |
Number 2 is a fictional character in the Austin Powers franchise. He is played by Robert Wagner in all three movies, while his younger self is played by Rob Lowe in The Spy Who Shagged Me. He briefly appears as a teenager in a flashback in Austin Powers in Goldmember, portrayed by Evan Farmer. The character was modeled on the James Bond villain Emilio Largo who was number 2 of SPECTRE in the 1965 James Bond movie Thunderball.
His name is intended as a humorous dual parody. Number One is the traditional term for a First Officer in the British Navy. "Number 2" is a reference to this but is also a common slang term for defecation. After one of Dr. Evil's henchmen attempts to assassinate Austin Powers in the bathroom stall, Austin Powers grunts and drowns him in a toilet and issues the exchange:
In the original release and pressings, Austin grunted "Do you work for Number 2? Do you work for Number 2?" The reason of replacing the clips with the also-filmed clips of "Who does Number 2 work for?" are unknown.
Number 2, as his name implies, is the second-in-command of Dr. Evil's empire, and was also ranked second only to Evil in test grades during their school years. He wears an eye patch over his right eye, though it is still functional; In the first film, he used the patch as an X-ray to see what playing card was at the top of a pack. He oversees the finances of the companies that fund Dr. Evil's evil plans, foremost of them Virtucon. He also frequently reminds the doctor to stay focused on his plan when Dr. Evil is distracted, usually by his clone, Mini-Me, or his son, Scott. He has worked for Dr. Evil for at least 30 years. He also takes care to inform Dr. Evil of flaws in his plans, such as the fact that a one million dollar ransom, in 1997, is not a tremendous amount of money compared to 30 years previous. In the first film, Number 2 informs Dr. Evil that his plans (implicating Prince Charles in an extramarital affair, destroying the ozone layer) have already been done. When Dr. Evil says he wants "frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their frickin' heads", Number 2 carefully explains that after Dr. Evil was placed in suspended animation, sharks became an endangered species, and Virtucon was unable to acquire them. He instead attempts to placate Evil with mutated, ill-tempered sea bass, much to Evil's chagrin.
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