In "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me", what did Austin start to give Felicity?

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In "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me," Austin starts to give Felicity a sensual massage.

The moment occurs after Austin and Felicity Shagwell meet while he is investigating Dr. Evil's plan in 1969. Austin is still trying to behave like his famously confident, flirtatious spy persona, even though Dr. Evil has stolen his “mojo,” the film’s comic term for his sexual confidence and vitality. When he offers Felicity one of his massages, she clarifies that he means a “sensual massage.”

The scene is part of the movie’s larger joke: Austin looks like a classic womanizing secret agent, but his lost mojo leaves him unusually hesitant. That situation gives Felicity a more active role than the typical Bond-style companion. The film intentionally mixes exaggerated 1960s spy-film conventions with modern parody, including innuendo, anachronistic technology and deliberately silly dialogue.

A common mix-up is confusing the massage with Austin’s later romantic or sexual interactions with Felicity. The quiz asks what he starts to give her, and the canonical answer is the massage—not his mojo, a kiss or sex.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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