Fat Bastard
Fat Bastard is a fictional character in the second and third films of the Austin Powers series. A morbidly obese henchman hailing from Clydebank, Scotland, Fat Bastard serves Dr. Evil in his quest to destroy Austin Powers. The character is portrayed by Mike Myers.
| Fat Bastard | |
|---|---|
| Austin Powers character | |
Mike Myers as Fat Bastard in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) | |
| First appearance | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) |
| Last appearance | Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) |
| Created by | Mike Myers Michael McCullers |
| Portrayed by | Mike Myers |
| In-universe information | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Henchman Sumo wrestler |
| Affiliation | British Army
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| Nationality | Scottish |
His extreme size and weight (1 tonne, according to Dr. Evil) endows Fat Bastard with massive strength. He exhibits this prowess in the sumo ring during the third movie.
Fat Bastard is noted for his foul temper, his emotional monologues that culminate in flatulence, his vulgar, crude manners, and his unusual diet. These go as far as to include a cannibalistic taste for human infants and people with dwarfism, whom he calls "the other, other white meat". In Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, he boasts that he once ate a baby, and tries to refuse Dr. Evil's money for his services in exchange for getting to eat Mini-Me.
The character utilizes many tropes associated with a very negative view of fat people, namely that they are greedy, obsessed with eating, possibly cannibalistic, and grotesque.