Talk:Austin Powers

Apart from lacking a bibliography, this article is much too close to Wikipedia (or websites that copy Wikipedia). Just to make sure what the difference between "using one's own words" and "plagiarism" is:

Finding synonyms is not enough...

"The franchise parodies numerous James Bond, Derek Flint, Jason King, and Matt Helm films, characters, and video games, incorporates a myriad of other elements of popular culture and follows the British spy's heroic quest to bring the villain Doctor Evil to justice" (Wikipedia)

"The movies parodies [!] numerous James Bond, Derek Flint, Jason King, and Matt Helm films, characters, and video games, incorporates a myriad of other elements of popular culture and follows the British spy's heroic quest to bring the villain Doctor Evil to justice" (your article)

...nor is finding synonyms and changing the tense...

"Mike Myers has stated that he was inspired to create the character after hearing the song "The Look of Love" on the radio, which was the theme song of Ursula Andress' character, Vesper Lynd, in the 1967 version of Casino Royale" (Wikipedia).

"Mike Myers said that he was inspired to create the character after hearing the song "The Look of Love" on the radio, which was the theme song of Ursula Andress' character, Vesper Lynd, in the 1967 version of Casino Royale" (your article)

...nor is finding synonyms, changing the word order and the type of subclause:

"When the film was released, the title proved controversial in the United Kingdom, where the word shag is used to refer to sexual intercourse" (Wikipedia)

"When the film was released in the United Kingdom the title proved controversial, because the word "shag" is used fpr [!] sexual intercourse" (your article)