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  1. craft (visual design): Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery → Young Frankenstein. A host says the first Austin Powers has the well-designed look of a Young Frankenstein-style spoof.
    “One of the spoofs that like young Frankenstein style gets the look, right?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:32:07 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. industry (franchise decline): Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery → Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. The sequels try to top themselves and Austin stops being funny once he figures himself out at the end of the first film.
    “The 2nd and thirds are just trying to top themselves.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 1:32:19 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. theme (theme): Thor: The Dark World → Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Skarsgard's penis-showing in the Dark World is likened to the Swedish made penis enlarger pump gag.
    “This feels like the Austin Powers, Swedish made penis enlarger pump.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Thor: The Dark World · 1:26:37 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. programming (programming): Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me → Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. DVD momentum from the first made the sequel open bigger than the first's total.
    “DVD could actually get momentum for a sequel”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:08 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (lineage): Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me → Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Mini-Me/Scott Evil fight calls back to the toilet sequence in the first movie.
    “Great callback to the toilet sequence in the in the 1st movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:25:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. craft (craft): Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me → Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. The first was ramshackle on a small budget; this is bigger and more expensive.
    “The 1st one, pretty ramshackle”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:31:55 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. lineage (lineage): Burt Bacharach → Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Bacharach's 'The Look of Love' on the car radio set Myers thinking about where the swingers went, and he wrote Austin Powers in three weeks.
    “So one day, Burt Bacharach's look of love was playing on the car radio, Lady Mike Myers, to think about where the swingers of the world went to.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ With Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:43:24 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)