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I'm still going to melt every city on the planet with liquid hot magma.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The joke is that the ransom was never the point: Dr. Evil wants the money and to melt the planet anyway. 'Liquid hot magma' is gloriously redundant, since magma is already liquid and hot, which is exactly how a pompous villain would say it. Fans quote it for any plan that is bigger and sillier than it needs to be, and the sequel, set inside a volcano, turned it into a running gag.
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In context
Spoilers for Austin Powers: International Man of MysteryShow the scene
In the lair, Dr. Evil introduces his son Scott to 'Daddy's nemesis' and sets up the escapable death trap. Austin asks whether he really expects the world to pay the ransom. Dr. Evil answers: no, he expects them to die. Even after they pay, he says, he will still melt every city on the planet with liquid hot magma. This is Project Vulcan, the scheme to drill a nuclear warhead into the Earth's core and set off volcanoes everywhere. 'Release the sharks!' follows. In The Spy Who Shagged Me, Dr. Evil tells Scott they are surrounded by liquid hot magma in his volcano lair.
Sources (3)
- Springfield! Springfield! script: International Man of MysteryLair scene before the shark tankReference checked
- Wikipedia: Austin Powers: International Man of MysteryPlotReference checked
- Springfield! Springfield! script: The Spy Who Shagged MeVolcano lair, near the endReference checked
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