A pale yellow wedge and a plain silver drinks can stand together on a small ceramic plate against a light green background.

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Dr. Evil

You're not quite evil enough. You're semi-evil. You're quasi-evil. You're the margarine of evil. You're the Diet Coke of evil, just one calorie, not evil enough.

— Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me  ·  1999

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Our interpretation.

Dr. Evil insults someone by calling them a weaker version of evil. Comparisons with margarine and diet soda turn menace into a joke about substitutes. The repeated put-downs make being insufficiently wicked sound like a serious failure.

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