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* PicturePerfectPose: When Mr. Perkins is chewing out his son, [[https://youtu.be/1wz-VsL4528?si=J5TZtLiRzelsMMfC&t=42s he at one point stands next to a bust of his exact likeness.]]
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-->'''Margo:''' ''Actually,'' we CAN'T "skeep de dens kles today." We have a big recital coming up. We're doing an excerpt from Swan Lake.
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-->'''Margo:''' ''Actually,'' we CAN'T "skeep de dens kles today.tudei." We have a big recital coming up. We're doing an excerpt from Swan Lake.
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* BriefAccentImitation: Margo imitates Gru's accent during a DeadpanSnarker moment when she says she, Edith and Agnes can't skip their dance class.
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* BriefAccentImitation: Margo imitates Gru's accent during a DeadpanSnarker moment when she says she, Edith and Agnes can't skip their before dragging him to the girls' dance class. class.
-->'''Gru:''' Girls, let's go! Time to deliver the cookies!
-->'''Margo:''' OK. But first we're going to dance class.
-->'''Gru:''' Actually, we're going to have to skip the dance class today.
-->'''Margo:''' ''Actually,'' we CAN'T "skeep de dens kles today." We have a big recital coming up. We're doing an excerpt from Swan Lake.
-->'''Gru:''' Girls, let's go! Time to deliver the cookies!
-->'''Margo:''' OK. But first we're going to dance class.
-->'''Gru:''' Actually, we're going to have to skip the dance class today.
-->'''Margo:''' ''Actually,'' we CAN'T "skeep de dens kles today." We have a big recital coming up. We're doing an excerpt from Swan Lake.
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''Despicable Me'' is Creator/{{Universal}}'s first in-house CGI animated feature[[note]]they distributed [[WesternAnimation/ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnythingAVeggieTalesMovie two computer-animated]] [[Literature/TheTaleOfDespereaux films produced by other companies]] in 2008[[/note]], and the first animated film from Creator/IlluminationEntertainment, executive-produced by former Creator/BlueSkyStudios head Chris Meledandri. The plot revolves around a {{Supervillain}} named Felonious Gru (Creator/SteveCarell) plotting to steal the moon while he hides in his ElaborateUndergroundBase with his army of Minions in a suburban neighborhood.
Unfortunately, a younger villain, Vector (Creator/JasonSegel), steals the shrink ray Gru was in the middle of stealing, and he needs to get it back. That's when Gru notices how willing Vector is to let orphans selling cookies into his house and ... [[CharacterCatchphrase lightbulb]]! Gru proceeds to adopt the three orphans - Margo, Edith and Agnes (Creator/MirandaCosgrove, Creator/DanaGaier and Creator/ElsieFisher respectively) - to carry out his EvilPlan.
Unfortunately, a younger villain, Vector (Creator/JasonSegel), steals the shrink ray Gru was in the middle of stealing, and he needs to get it back. That's when Gru notices how willing Vector is to let orphans selling cookies into his house and ... [[CharacterCatchphrase lightbulb]]! Gru proceeds to adopt the three orphans - Margo, Edith and Agnes (Creator/MirandaCosgrove, Creator/DanaGaier and Creator/ElsieFisher respectively) - to carry out his EvilPlan.
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''Despicable Me'' is Creator/{{Universal}}'s first in-house CGI animated feature[[note]]they distributed [[WesternAnimation/ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnythingAVeggieTalesMovie two computer-animated]] [[Literature/TheTaleOfDespereaux films produced by other companies]] in 2008[[/note]], and the first animated film from Creator/IlluminationEntertainment, executive-produced by former Creator/BlueSkyStudios head Chris Meledandri. The plot revolves around Felonious Gru (Creator/SteveCarell), a once-famous {{Supervillain}} now struggling to keep up with younger, more ambitious villains. After an upstart villain named Felonious Gru (Creator/SteveCarell) plotting to steal Vector (Creator/JasonSegel) commits what the moon while he hides media hails as "the crime of the century" by stealing a pyramid from Egypt, Gru, who has been hiding out in his ElaborateUndergroundBase with his army of Minions in a suburban neighborhood.
neighborhood, puts into motion a plan to make a new name for himself with the most audacious heist of all time: stealing ''the Moon itself''.
Unfortunately,a younger villain, Vector (Creator/JasonSegel), steals ends up stealing the shrink ray Gru was in the middle of stealing, and he needs to get it back.threatening Gru's entire plan. That's when Gru notices how willing Vector is to let orphans selling cookies into his house and ... [[CharacterCatchphrase lightbulb]]! Gru proceeds to adopt the three orphans - Margo, Edith and Agnes (Creator/MirandaCosgrove, Creator/DanaGaier and Creator/ElsieFisher respectively) - to carry out his EvilPlan.
Unfortunately,
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** Also a bit subtle, but when Gru presents the shrink ray to Mr. Perkins after retrieving it from Vector, Perkins has a rather surprised reaction, though not because Gru has the shrink ray, but rather [[spoiler:because he managed to steal the shrink ray that Vector, his son, had already claimed.]]
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* CringeComedy: Gru's initial attempts at taking care of the girls. It's ''painfully'' obvious that he has no idea how to be a competent parent, let alone a good one.
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* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Downplayed. Gru's mother was more neglectful than abusive, but her constant "eh" reaction to young Gru's moon interests, even when he '''[[SerialEscalation builds an actual rocket by himself]]''', achieve the same effect as most examples of this trope.
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* HiddenInPlainSight: How does Vector hide the Pyramid he stole? By placing it in his backyard and painting it blue so it'll look like the sky. Bonus points for also drawing some clouds in a more cartoony style.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Downplayed. Gru's mother was more neglectful than abusive, but her constant "eh" reaction to young Gru's moon interests, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight even whenhe he]] '''[[SerialEscalation builds an actual rocket by himself]]''', achieve the same effect as most examples of this trope.
* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Downplayed. Gru's mother was more neglectful than abusive, but her constant "eh" reaction to young Gru's moon interests, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight even when
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* HeelFaceTurn: Surprisingly averted in a kids' movie with a VillainProtagonist. Gru hasn't reformed so much as just accepted a handful of new people into the [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes small circle of people]] he cares about.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Surprisingly averted in Zigzagged. On one hand it's the whole plot of the movie: a kids' movie with supervillain finds that his latest EvilPlan requires that he pretend to adopt three orphan girls, and much to his surprise he finds that [[GoodFeelsGood being a VillainProtagonist. good dad is more satisfying than being a supervillain.]] On the other hand, it's possible to argue that Gru hasn't reformed so much as he's just accepted a handful of new people into the [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes small circle of people]] he cares about.about. It isn't til the sequel that Gru is shown as being fully reformed.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Gru pulls out his plasma gun and aims at the Space Killer game, off to the side you can see the booth attendant's eyes go wide, and then he dives for cover. A moment later, as the girls and Gru are walking away, behind them you can see the attendant still staring in shock and shaking like a leaf.
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* DeathGlare: Gru when he finds Jerry, Stuart and the girls throwing toilet paper around the living room.
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* DeathGlare: Gru has a good one. It's indicative of his CharacterDevelopment that the first time it appears it's aimed at the girls, while the second and third times it's in their defense.
** The first time is whenhe Gru finds Jerry, Stuart and the girls throwing toilet paper around the living room. room.
** The second time is [[spoiler:at Super Silly Fun Land, when he tries to glare down the Space Killer booth attendant.]] It's a measure of how stupid the kid is that he thinks he can laugh it off.
--->'''Attendant:''' Uh-oh! Somebody's got a frowny face!
** The first time is when
** The second time is [[spoiler:at Super Silly Fun Land, when he tries to glare down the Space Killer booth attendant.]] It's a measure of how stupid the kid is that he thinks he can laugh it off.
--->'''Attendant:''' Uh-oh! Somebody's got a frowny face!
