History Headscratchers / DespicableMe

* I have always had this impression since I saw the film, but maybe Vector was responsible that the "Swan Lake" recital ended early? When Gru flew the rocket back to the Earth to go to the recital, he noted that he still had time to arrive at the recital, but the janitor tells him that the recital had ended. Maybe Gru did arrive in time but Vector caused such a mess to capture the girls? I don't think he just took them with him once the recital ended, as he couldn't lie that he was their father because the girls are orphans and the ballet instructor likely is aware of it.

* This last headscratchers must have been in all people's heads since the film was released, but...[[WhatHappenedToTheMouse what happened to Mr. Perkins following Vector's defeat?]] Is he still running the Bank of Evil? Is he even aware of what happened to his son? If the latter is the case, shouldn't he have sent a rocket to rescue him or try to get revenge on Gru in case Vector is dead?

* When Miss Hattie comes to pick up the girls due Nefario's call, why Gru let her do it? He could have said something like "Sorry Miss Hattie for the misunderstanding, but I didn't make that call. The girls are okay with me and I still want to be their father". After all, Miss Hattie hated the girls and would surely have no interest in bringing them back to the orphanage...

* When Greg tried to leave the girls alone at Super Silly Fun Land, didn't he think that he would most likely be arrested later on for child abandonment? Even if the girls could get into the game alone without the company of an adult, the operator had seen that Gru was accompanying them and would surely give his description to the authorities as soon as he saw that Gru had left and did not return for his daughters.

** Gru's plan to recover the shrink ray from Vector required him to be as inconspicuous as possible, and this was on top of the time crunch he had to retrieve the ray, get the loans, and build the rocket in time to steal the moon. Gru may have figured the most ideal way to get the shrink ray without running into any more setbacks was to actively involve the girls in his scheme so he can sneak the cookie bots in their stash. Something as simple as programming the cookie bots to sneak into the girls' cookie wagon as they entered Vector's fortress would have gone south quickly if one of the girls were to take notice, so my best guess is he wanted to at least take a crack at adopting the girls first before trying anything smaller.

** Gru's plan to recover the shrink ray from Vector required him to be as inconspicuous as possible, and this was on top of the time crunch he had to retrieve the ray, get the loans, and build the rocket in time to steal the moon. Gru may have figured the most ideal way to get the shrink ray without running into any more setbacks was to actively involve the girls in his scheme so he can sneak the cookie bots in their stash. Something as simple as programming the cookie bots to sneak into the girls' cookie wagon as they entered Vector's fortress would have gone south quickly if one of the girls were to take notice, so my best guess is he wanted to at least take a crack at adopting the girls first before trying anything less pragmatic.

* Gru's plan to recover the shrink ray from Vector required him to be as inconspicuous as possible, and this was on top of the time crunch he had to retrieve the ray, get the loans, and build the rocket in time to steal the moon. Gru may have figured the most ideal way to get the shrink ray without running into any more setbacks was to actively involve the girls in his scheme so he can sneak the cookie bots in their stash. Something as simple as programming the cookie bots to sneak into the girls' cookie wagon as they entered Vector's fortress would have gone south quickly if one of the girls were to take notice, so my best guess is he wanted to at least take a crack at adopting the girls first before trying anything less pragmatic.

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* Why did Gru think he had to adopt the Girls to get them to sell cookies to Victor/Vector again? It seems like the girls have a daily routine of selling cookies. Why not just wait until the girls come to Vector again? Is he just too impatient? It's better than going through the hassle of interviewing with Miss Hattie, the minister of the orphanage.

** In addition to all 3 points made above, a nanny or babysitter can't and won't watch your kids 24/7. Nefario seems to want the girls parted from Gru indefinitely so that Gru would go back to concentrating on evil plans. Dr. Nefario even told Gru at one point, "''We can't afford any distractions!''"

* It's hard to say exactly what would happen if the moon were made to instantly disappear (an equivalent to the shrinking effect, because the mass went away along with the volume). Arguably, it's nonsensical to model such a situation without including a plausible cause for it. (For example, exactly what ''direct'' effect would something capable of destroying/pushing the moon have on Earth?) But here's what ''wouldn't'' happen: [[PhysicsGoof waves instantly collapsing]]. '''Waves are not tides'''[[note]]Tides are the gradual daily changes in sea levels, and the moon is just one of several factors that add to them. Waves are caused by plain ol' wind.[[/note]] and of course the loss of tides wouldn't be '''instantaneous'''. This one bothers me because of the perpetuation of that common conflation (tides are waves) and related misconception (the moon causes waves) — Even I held that last notion until writing this and researching! (I was originally just going to complain about the speed of the effect.)

** Vector is Mr. Perkins' dad and Mr. Perkins is the owner of the Bank of Evil, the primary financial source that Gru relies upon for funding his evil plans. Although Gru didn't know that Mr. Perkins and Vector were father and son at the time, he did know that Mr. Perkins had great admiration for Vector because Perkins boasted to Gru about his son's evil accomplishments. Gru may have figured that if he shrunk Vector, then Vector can just rat him out to Mr. Perkins and Perkins would terminate all business ties with him - therefore no money for the rocket to the moon.

** 1. Victor sounds like and is a regular name, which is comparatively boring. 2. Who is going to make the connection between a name and what it technically means? A real alias at least makes people think about why he calls himself 'Vector'.
** Vector himself explains that he likes that name better than Victor because it's about quantity and magnitude, indicating he has a love for math and physics.

** Margo may be the oldest of the girls, but she's still young so she may still want to do childish things like delivering cookies to customers by their name in alphabetical order just for the fun of it.

** If you had nothing to look forward to but returning to Mrs. Hattie's House From Hell, wouldn't you come up with a plan that took as long as possible? Trying to stick to it with Gru was just habit by then.

** Margo may be the oldest of the girls, but she's still young so she may still want to do childish things like delivering cookies to customers by their name in alphabetical order just for the fun of it.

** Margo may be the oldest of the girls, but she's still young so she may still want to do childish things like delivering cookies to customers by their name in alphabetical order just for the fun of it.

** Morals? Gru just shot Vector in the face with his freeze ray out of jealousy. Why would Gru feel guilty about shrinking Vector as well? He even tried killing Vector with rocket missiles in the sky.

** two possibilities: 1. Gru has his morals, if he didn't, Nefario would have been "let go" the first time he screwed up a plan and he would not have taken all the crap he got from his mother. he doesn't know what would happen to vector if he was hit with the shrink ray and dident want to find out. 2. Gru and his minions were panicking and didn't think of doing so.

* Why couldn't Dr. Nefario just get a nanny or a babysitter to look after the girls since he considered them a distraction? It would have been a better choice than to send the girls back to the orphanage.

* Why couldn't Dr. Nefario just get a nanny or a babysitter to look after the girls since he considered them a distraction? It would have been a better choice than to send the girls back to the orphanage?

** two possibilities: 1. Gru has his morals, if he didn't, Nefario would have been "let go" the first time he screwed up a plan and
he would not have taken all the crap he got from his mother. he doesn't know what would happen to vector if he was hit with the shrink ray and dident want to find out. 2. Gru and his minions were panicking and didn't think of doing so.