!Trivia Tropes For ''Franchise/DespicableMe''
!!Trivia With Their Own Pages
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* [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/DespicableMe What Could Have Been]]
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!!Trivia pages for works in the franchise:
* ''Trivia/DespicableMe1''
* ''Trivia/DespicableMe2''
* ''Trivia/{{Minions}}''
* ''Trivia/DespicableMe3''
* ''Trivia/MinionsTheRiseOfGru''
[[/index]]
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!!Trivia for the franchise as a whole:
* CashCowFranchise: The film series has become this for Creator/IlluminationEntertainment, becoming its most profitable work. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films#Highest-grossing_franchises_and_film_series As of 2020]], it is the ''highest grossing animated film franchise of all time.'' [[note]]Technically, many of the other listed franchises had animated installments; notably, ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' both had animated movies made before their more well-known live action installments, while ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' had both a [[WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm theatrical entry in an animated series]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie a LEGO adaptation in 2018]], not to mention various direct-to-video animated films. At the same time, they usually only make up a very minor portion of the overall take, compared to ''Despicable Me'', which is entirely animation.[[/note]] On top of that, the Minions are pretty much everywhere in one way or another. Their faces are up there with [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob]] and WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons in terms of "cartoon characters we can slap onto a yellow product".
* ReferencedBy:
** ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'': In his review of the Platform/AmigaCD32, when the Nerd plays ''Morph'', he describes Dr. Krankenpot and Morris Rolph as "[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Doc and Marty]] if they were crossbred with the Minions".
** In the ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' episode "What We Owe to Each Other", Michael wins a stuffed Minion from a claw machine. He calls it an ugly yellow toddler, but thinks it's one of the most beautiful things he's ever seen.
** ''ComicStrip/OffTheMark'': In [[https://www.offthemark.com/cartoon/holidays-seasons/halloween/2015-10-25 this strip]], Humpy Dumpty, [[Franchise/MonstersInc Mike Wazowski]], [[Advertising/MAndMs Yellow]], VideoGame/PacMan, and [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2]], all dressed in Minion costumes, attend a Halloween party.
** ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'': In a photo [[spoiler:from their honeymoon to Florida]], Scott and Ramona are seen interacting with a Minion outside Universal Studios Orlando.
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