History YMMV / DespicableMe2

* MemeticMutation:
** The minions' imitation of a fire engine's siren: "BEE-DO BEE-DO BEE-DO....."
** The 24-hour music video of "Happy" spawned many covers from people around the world where they sing and dance along with the song. Its title is "Pharrell Williams – Happy – We Are From [name of the city]"
** The minions' "Ba-Na-Na" song (sung to the tune of "Barbara Anne") from the trailer. A scene from ''the god-damned trailer'' made it onto t-shirts!
** Gru whispering, "''El macho...''" has become a form of praise on Spanish-speaking parts of the Internet. There also has been a joke about fans of El Macho being called "machistas", which is actually a word for those sexist against women.

** The Margo/Antonio subplot is immediately dropped after Gru goes PapaWolf on Antonio. Antonio completely disappears from the plot after that.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Gru was quite the OverprotectiveDad towards Margo when she was dating Antonio, but at one point he mentions that they hardly know each other. And seeing how they literally just met, yet are already making googly-eyes at each other, it's hard to call it true love. [[spoiler:The fact that Antonio basically cheated on Margo in the end proved that Gru was right not to trust him.]]

** Gru whispering, "''El macho...''" has become a form of praise on Spanish-speaking parts of the Internet.

* AcceptableTargets: Shannon is totally a Creator/ParisHilton parody.

* AwardSnub: ''Despicable Me 2'' dominated the 2014 Kids' Choice Awards winning "Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie" for Miranda Cosgrove and "Favorite Mobile App," but getting shut out of "Favorite Animated Movie" by ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013''. Yes, ''Frozen'' was ''a lot'' bigger than ''[=DM2=]'' was, but still, it put a blemish on a despicable night of awards.

** The Margo/Antonio subplot is immediately dropped after Gru goes PapaWolf on Antonio. Antonio completely disappears from the plot after that.
* UnfortunateImplications: The first movie received glowing praise for its positive portrayal of single parenting. This movie, [[http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2013/06/second-opinion-despicable-me-2-2013.html as some people argue]], implies that a child isn't truly happy without a mother, an opinion worsened by Gru's on-screen criminal negligence.

* MagnificentBastard: Eduardo "[[MaskedLuchador El Macho]]" Perez is a legendary supervillain famous for being ruthless, dangerous and, as the name implies, [[TestosteronePoisoning very macho]]. Faking his death to get to evade his enemies, he returns twenty years laters where he plans to create an army to help him conquer the world: creating his army by stealing a secret laboratory from the Arctic Circle; recruiting [[MadScientist Dr. Nefario]] and having him create the mind-controlling mutagen PX-41; and kidnapping the Minions to experiment on, using the PX-41 to bring them under his control. El Macho also offers the retired super villain [[Characters/DespicableMeFeloniousGru Felonious Gru]] an opportunity to rule by his side, but when Gru refuses to, El Macho kidnaps Gru's LoveInterest, Lucy Wilde, and holds her hostage to keep Gru from interfering before drinking the PX-11 to gain monstrous strength in his attempt to kill Gru.

* AwardSnub: ''Despicable Me 2'' dominated the 2014 Kids' Choice Awards winning "Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie" for Miranda Cosgrove and "Favorite Mobile App," but getting shut out of "Favorite Animated Movie" by ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''. Yes, ''Frozen'' was ''a lot'' bigger than ''[=DM2=]'' was, but still, it put a blemish on a despicable night of awards.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: This was not the [[Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues only film released in 2013]] [[spoiler: where Creator/SteveCarell and Creator/KristenWiig's character fall in love and get married]].

* HarsherInHindsight:
** Lucy smiling while watching Gru and his daughters interact and then referring to him as a "fun dad" takes a sadder note when WordOfGod revealed later on that Lucy's parents were killed when she was very young.
** Gru telling Margo that there must be the standard six feet of distance between her and boys takes on a different meaning in the era of social distancing.

* HarsherInHindsight: Lucy smiling while watching Gru and his daughters interact and then referring to him as a "fun dad" takes a sadder note when WordOfGod revealed later on that Lucy's parents were killed when she was very young.

* MagnificentBastard: [[BigBad Eduardo Perez]] is the legendary super villain El Macho, famous for being ruthless, dangerous and as the name implies [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin very macho]]. Faking his death to get to evade his enemies, he returns twenty years laters where he plans to create an army to help him {{take over the world}}: creating his army by stealing a secret laboratory from the Arctic Circle, recruiting [[MadScientist Dr. Nefario]] having him create the mind controlling mutagen PX-41, and kidnappings the Minions to experiment on, using the PX-41 to bring them under his control. El Macho also offers the retired super villain Felonious Gru an opportunity to rule by his side but when Gru refuses to, El Macho kidnaps Gru's LoveInterest, Lucy Wilde, and holds her hostage to keep Gru from interfering before drinking the PX-11 to gain monstrous strength in his attempt to kill Gru.

* MagnificentBastard: ** [[BadassBookworm Shockwave]] is the military commander of the Decepticons and has devoted his entire life to [[TheSpock logic]] and conquest. After masterminding the original attack on the Ark that left both sides stranded on Earth, Shockwave emerged from stasis to destroy all the Autobots in a single blow. He [[TheStarscream seized control of the Decepticons away from Megatron]], and attempted to use the Creation Matrix to create new soldiers for his army. Although he eventually stepped down as the Decepticons' leader, he soon manipulated Megatron into seemingly killing himself by taking advantage of his paranoid delusions. Shockwave entered a brief alliance with [[ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel Cobra]] to gain control of Power Station Alpha and betrayed them, all so he could steal the Earth's resources for himself. When he lost his forces after being left for dead, Shockwave teamed up with Starscream to stage a coup against Scorponok and try to take command again. With intelligence to match his strength, Shockwave is one of the most dangerous Decepticons the Autobots have ever faced.
** [[NonActionBigBad Ratbat]] was once the Decepticon's fuel auditor, but he [[FromNobodyToNightmare rose through the ranks]] to eventually become the leader of the Decepticons. Obsessed with maximizing efficiency on all aspects of the war effort, Ratbat [[PragmaticVillainy refused to take unnecessary risks]] and waste precious energy. Upon arriving to Earth, he brainwashed G.B. Blackrock into producing a line of car washes that would hypnotize its customers into supplying fuel for the Decepticons. Ratbat soon took Buster Witwicky as a hostage, and seized command over Shockwave's forces after his supposed death. Ratbat took advantage of the Autobot's splintered command after Optimus's death, and launched a surprise attack on the Ark that nearly wiped them all out. When Starscream betrayed the Decepticons to steal the power of the Underbase, Ratbat helped coordinate an offensive against him, all while planning to take the Underbase's power for himself. Despite not being the strongest Decepticon, Ratbat proved to be one of their most efficient leaders.

* MagnificentBastard: [[BigBad Eduardo Perez]] is the legendary super villain El Macho, famous for being ruthless, dangerous and as the name implies [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin very macho]]. Faking his death to get to evade his enemies, he returns twenty years laters where he plans to create an army to help him {{take over the world}}; he creates his army by stealing a secret laboratory from the Arctic Circle, recruits [[MadScientist Dr. Nefario]] having him create the mind controlling mutagen PX-41, and kidnaps the Minions to experiment on, using the PX-41 to bring them under his control. El Macho also offers the retired super villain Felonious Gru an opportunity to rule by his side but when Gru refuses to, El Macho kidnaps Gru's LoveInterest, Lucy Wilde, and holds her hostage to keep Gru from interfering before drinking the PX-11 to gain monstrous strength in his attempt to kill Gru.

* EarWorm:
** "Another Irish Drinking Song" as sung by the minions.
** Pharrell Williams' "Happy" which makes you sing and dance while walking on the streets. And then it became one of the most popular songs of 2014.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: Gru was quite the OverprotectiveDad towards Margo when she was dating Antonio, but at one point he mentions that they hardly know each other. And seeing how they literally just met, yet are already making googly-eyes at each other, it's hard to call it true love. [[spoiler:That's not even getting into what Antonio does later...]]

* HoYay: When Gru's girls are first introduced to Lucy, the first thing Agnes does is stare at her dumbfounded.
-->'''Agnes:''' Are you single?

* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Shannon, the annoying woman Gru gets set up on a date with. This is partly due to her being voiced by Kristen Schaal, a voice actor whose popularity has exploded recently due to her brilliantly [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls voicing certain other]] [[WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers eccentric female characters]].
** Lucy Wilde quickly became a hit with fans because of her [[{{Adorkable}} quirkiness]], [[ActionGirl job at the AVL]], {{nice girl}} personality, and chemistry with Gru.

* TheScrappy: Much like Gru, there's plenty of people who hate that chicken.

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel[=/=]EvenBetterSequel: Goes both ways, seeing how the original was somewhat of a divisive movie. Nonetheless, many felt that the sequel had much better jokes, a more interesting story and, at the very least, put the Minions to better use.

* EnsembleDarkHorse:

* {{Squick}}: Margo, Edith, & Agnes have an understandable InUniverse reaction when they see a photo of Gru in his swimwear.