Characters / Despicable Me – The Antagonists

Despicable Me franchise character index
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Unmarked spoilers up to Despicable Me 2 and Minions.

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In General

This folder lists tropes that apply to all the villains

• Bad Boss: All of them treat their subordinates/partners like crap, contrasting Gru who respects his minions enough.
• Card-Carrying Villain: None of them care for subtlety or hiding, and they all parade their villainous selves and deeds with glee.
• Evil Will Fail: See below.
• It's All About Me: The villains within Despicable Me all have one thing in common and that's their huge egos and prominent sense of self-worth. None of them are even extremists and just destroy things For the Evulz.
• Laser-Guided Karma: Being villains, they always end up getting defeated by their own actions:
  • Vector got stranded on the moon by hijacking Gru's moon heist plan,
  • Balthazar Bratt kidnapping the girls gets Gru's attention and a swift Curb-Stomp Battle
  • Scarlet Overkill couldn't control her temper with the Minions and ended up losing everything... especially her crown, which was taken by Gru.
  • The Vicious 5 are beaten down by one of their own members, who they betrayed and turned into rats by Gru.
• Motifs: All of them are reverted, being either spoiled immature brats (Vector, Balthazar Bratt) or seeking to revive their Glory Days (El Macho, Bratt too) or unable to move beyond their glory days (Scarlet Overkill, the Vicious 6). This serves as a counterpart to Gru, who evolves and achieves maturity and responsibility and finds a life outside villainy.
• Villain Ball: They pretty much stick to it like glue and never let go, unlike Gru who eventually does.

Despicable Me Antagonists

Victor "Vector" Perkins

Voiced by: Jason Segel

"Vector! That's me! Because I'm committing crimes with both direction and magnitude! Oh yeeeah!"

The primary antagonist of the first film, a nerdy and immature young man who just happens to have very good technology. He stole the Pyramid of Giza, which kicks the film off. He took the shrink ray that Gru requires for his plan. Has a thing for sea life.

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• Accidental Hero: Although still a villain, before the start of the movie he stole the Pyramid of Giza and replaced it with an inflatable pyramid that looked exactly like the real thing. This is only discovered when a young boy climbs some scaffolding near the fake pyramid and falls onto it. Had the pyramid not been replaced with the inflatable the boy likely would have fallen to his death.
• Ambiguous Situation: He is ultimately stranded on the Moon while it's in orbit, with no way to get back to Earth. His fate is unknown after this. His appearance in Minion Rush suggests he's back on Earth, but the AVL files on the Despicable Me 3 DVD says he's still on there, somehow surviving the moon's atmosphere all this time. Make of that what you will. Mooned short finally clarifies that he does trying to get back to Earth the moment he's stuck in there, only to wind up stranded on Mars instead.
• Animal Motifs: Fishes. He uses piranhas for one of his weapons, has a pet shark, and uses a squid launcher as another useful tool. His father is also a business shark. Furthermore, in his cameo in Minions: The Rise of Gru, he plays with a toy shark.
• Attention Whore: Vector's first moment is trying to show-off to Gru about his latest scheme.
• Beware the Silly Ones: He manages to be the Big Bad and a Butt-Monkey at the same time.
• Big Bad: He hijacks Gru's mission to steal the Moon with the shrink ray, and eventually kidnaps the girls in the climax, which causes all of the conflict Gru has to deal with. Surprisingly, it's combined with Butt-Monkey and Genius Ditz, and it still works. He's also The Dragon to the Greater-Scope Villain, his father Mr. Perkins, who is considered to be the true villain of the film.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He acts nice to the girls at first, but he would've already hurt them if it weren't for the cookies.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: He's an immature and dramatic goofball, but he's an impressive villain.
• The Bus Came Back: He made his grand return in Mooned short, which takes place shortly after the first movie.
• Character Catchphrase: "Oh yeaah!"
• Color Motifs: Orange. He wears an orange tracksuit, has an orange couch, and some of the furniture in his room has the color in it.
  • White to go with his iPod style and to contrast Gru's black. Anything that isn't orange is white (with orange highlights)
• Devil in Plain Sight: Even before he says anything, it's quite obvious that he's not a good person (or even a selfless person) when he starts interfering with Gru's personal space in their first meeting and doesn't get the hint that he wants to be left alone. Gru decides to freeze his head in retaliation for stealing the pyramids before him, and Vector, being the villain he actually is, starts their well-known rivalry.
• Dirty Coward: By the time of the climax, he has abducted Gru's adoptive daughters, taken them to his mansion, and kept them for ransom as a way to persuade Gru into sacrifising the Moon to him on the condition that Vector release the girls. But Vector breaks the deal and keeps the girls instead, which prompts Gru to go in there and get them himself. Vector then sends more missiles at Gru, and Gru successfully dodges them before preparing to delicately confront Vector. Realizing this has backfired, Vector then launches his escape pod and flees rather than engage in the confrontation because he simply lacks the guts to face off against his rival. This also backfires thanks to Gru's remarkable athleticism and reflexes, as he is able to rescue the girls.
• Do Not Call Me "Paul": "Victor was my nerd name, now I am Vector!"
• The Dragon:
  • He owns a pet shark to keep out intruders such as Gru.
  • Victor himself serves as this to his father since evil schemes are said to pull in big bucks.
• Evil Counterpart: To Gru — Gru is old-fashioned, has mommy issues, and is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold; Vector is new-fashioned, has daddy issues, and is just a plain Jerkass. They both are amazingly good with technology, comically evil (for the fun of it, and for us watching), and have a few personality flaws.
• Evil Genius: Vector is highly intelligent but also cocky and has an extreme side of arrogance.
• Evil Nerd: With the Nerd Glasses to match the look.
• Fat Bastard: Not as obviously as his father Mr. Perkins with him being closer toward Lean and Mean territory, but Vector has a definite pot-belly.
• Gadgeteer's House: His house is filled with nifty gadgets and tools to keep perpetrators away.
• Grappling-Hook Pistol: When Gru goes to steal the moon, Vector uses his squid launcher to latch onto the rocket with a rope that pulls him after it.
• Harmless Villain: Somewhat; he manages to steal the shrinking gun from Gru and prevent him from re-taking it. When it comes to being evil though, yeah not so much.
• Hidden Depths: He has an interest in sea life and has had a good relationship with his dad in the past.
• High Collar of Doom: His tracksuit comes with one to cement his villain cred.
• I Have Your Daughter: Vector kidnaps Margo, Edith and Agnes and uses them as hostages against Gru in exchange for the moon shrunken down.
• I Lied: He "promises" to return the girls in exchange for the Moon when he kidnaps them in the climax. He doesn't do that, and instead runs away to fulfill his own evil plans instead when Gru proves he can fight back.
  Vector: Oh yeah!! Un-pre-dictable!!
• Insistent Terminology: He gets irritated at Agnes calling his work-out suit "pajamas."
• Iron Butt Monkey: He's prone to suffer many Amusing Injuries and shrug them off just fine.
• Jerkass: Vector is a rich-spoiled brat and an annoying show-off who gets everything that he wants.
• Karmic Butt-Monkey: In both Despicable Me and the "Mooned" short, he is constantly injured by his own stupid decisions. However, he's a Jerkass and an incredibly selfish person, so he brings it upon himself.
• Laughably Evil: No one would expect someone with a pudding bowl haircut and prone to slapsticks to be taken seriously.
• Manchild: He is rather immature and acts like a spoiled rich kid.
• Meaningful Rename: His original name was Victor before he renamed himself as a supervillain. "Victor" was the name of his nerdy loser self, while "Vector" represents direction with magnitude!
• Nerd Glasses: He sports large, black glasses that clash horribly with his orange and white Color Motif.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: By taking back the moon, he assured that Gru wouldn't suffer the effects of its re-enlarging. It's the thing that stops him after he tries to prevent Margo from reaching Gru. What's more as all of this was in the air when it happened, he wound up unwittingly returning the moon to its proper orbit.
• No Sense of Personal Space: As mentioned in No Social Skills, Gru makes attempts at moving away from Vector due to the latter constantly being a talkative nuisance and constantly getting near Gru's personal space.
• No Social Skills: When they first met, Gru intentionally ignores Vector's attempts at getting his attention, but the latter doesn't take the hint that Gru isn't interested in speaking with him and continues making attempts at getting Gru's attention. This doesn't mean Gru is not enacting this trope either.
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome: He somehow managed to steal the Great Pyramid of Giza and replace it with an inflatable lookalike, which only gets discovered due to sheer accident. How he managed to do this is never elaborated, especially since neither he or Gru had stolen the shrink ray at that point.
• Oh, Crap!: Says a G rated version of this when he realizes he's stuck on the moon with no way to get back down to Earth.
  Vector: Oh poop.
• Older Than They Look: Implied. In Minions: The Rise of Gru, which takes place in 1976, his father has a photo of him that suggests that he is at least five or six years old by that point. However, Vector looks like if he were in his late twenties or his early thirties in Despicable Me, which is assumed to take place in 2010.
• Smug Snake: He is arrogant and prideful of himself to the point he usually ignores his surroundings, which ends up being the cause of his downfall.
• Starter Villain: Not just because he's the first major antagonist of the movie series, he also doesn't have as strong motives or personality as later villains would have.
• Too Dumb to Live: He ignores the rapidly-expanding moon rolling around his escape pod in order to stop Margo from leaving. Even after it knocks him out of the pod, he doesn't learn. He climbs back into the pod, laughs triumphantly, and is promptly steamrollered by it.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Cookies - with COCONUT!
• A Twinkle in the Sky: He got this in the commercial crossover with Inazuma Eleven, when Gru toss him into the sky, Team Rocket style.
• Villain Ball: Pretty much the only reason he refused to give the girls back to Gru for the moon. Or in preventing Margo from jumping while said enlarging moon was wrecking havoc on his ship.
• Villains Out Shopping: He likes to buy Girl Scout Cookies from Margot, Edith and Agnes. Gru exploits this to steal the Shrink Ray from his lair.
• Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?: Although he didn't build them, Vector has a lot of impressive gadgets.
• Would Hit a Girl: He almost vaporized Margo, Edith, and Agnes when he first meets them.
• Would Hurt a Child: Vector showed no qualms over aiming one of his weapons at Margo, Edith, and Agnes. He would've shot at them too, had they not mentioned his Trademark Favorite Food.

Mr. Perkins

Voiced by: Will Arnett (English), Jean-Michel Martial (European French)

"Do you have any idea of the capital that this bank has invested in you, Gru, with far too few of your sinister plots actually turning a profit?"

Owner of the Bank of Evil (formerly Lehman Brothers), where supervillains get loans for their schemes. Not a good person.

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• '70s Hair: In the Minions sequel, he is seen already with a bald spot on top but with heavy hair and long muttonchops.
• The Cameo: A younger version of him can be seen cheering on Scarlet Overkill in Minions. This suggests that she was a huge inspiration for his career. He also appears in The Rise of Gru as a teller at the Bank of Evil.
• Card-Carrying Villain: While he doesn't actually do villainy himself, he's the power behind other villains. He's clearly aware of what side of the alignment charts they're on, given that he calls the bank he runs the Bank of Evil.
• The Chessmaster: As he runs the Bank of Evil, he pretty much has the entire criminal underworld in his pocket. When they want to get some money for a scheme, they go to him. He can choose who gets the money, and who doesn't. The longer you think about it, the scarier it becomes when you realise that he possibly was responsible for funding every single villainous scheme in the franchise.
• Conspicuous Consumption: Conducts his business on a solid gold laptop, of course.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive: Of an entire corrupt corporation, though, so it doesn't stand out much.
• Deadpan Snarker: After Gru loses focus due to the girls' distractions.
  Gru: Now, where were we?
  Perkins: You were sitting on the toilet.
• Devilish Hair Horns: His hair forms two pointy tips resembling horns.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He's actually Vector's father, which explains why he's so hellbent on ruining Gru's plan. Heck he actually steals Gru's plan so that Vector could carry it out instead. And he's a good father to Vector, as a photo shows the two happily playing when Vector was a child.
• Evil Sounds Deep: When he's voiced by Will Arnett using what would later become his Batman voice.
• Fat Bastard: A fat man who runs the Bank of Evil and is quite unpleasant to Gru during their meetings.
• From Nobody to Nightmare: While he's the head of the Bank of Evil in the present day, The Rise of Gru shows him as a mere teller there, implying he started out small and had to work his way to the top.
• Greater-Scope Villain: Considered to be the true villain of the first film, and also the entire franchise, because he virtually has the entire criminal underworld in his pocket, and he is potentially the biggest threat of the whole franchise. However, while he's the power behind many other villains, he's not shown doing much in the way of villainy himself.
• Hidden Depths: The family photo of him and Vector in the office implies that he does indeed love his family, and seems somewhat uncomfortable, if not annoyed, with his son changing his name.
• Implied Death Threat: As he's explaining to Gru how little patience the Bank of Evil truly has left for his shortcomings.
  Perkins: How can I put it? Let's say this apple is you. If we don't start getting our money back... [crushes the apple into wet chunks in his grip] Get the picture?
• Jerkass: Mr. Perkins is a selfish, aggressive and short-tempered man.
• Jerkass Has a Point: Mr. Perkins refuses to give Gru any money because he doesn't have the shrink ray that's central to the plot he's applying the loan for, which screams of short-sightedness. Not to mention how almost none of his evil plots in the past turned a profit, which again puts his reliability into question.
• Karma Houdini: Not quite as glaring, but he is the closest thing the movie has to a Big Bad - and then he's never mentioned again after his involvement in Vector's schemes is revealed. One assumes he just kept on running the Bank of Evil.
• Large and in Charge: He is a tall and plump man who runs the Bank of Evil.
• Let Me Get This Straight...: At first he seems rather interested in Gru's moon heist plan enough to tell Vector about it, but then his mood sours when Gru weakly admits he doesn't have the Shrink Ray central to the scheme's success already.
  Perkins: You don't have it? And yet you have the audacity to ask the bank for money?
• Morally Bankrupt Banker: He's a villainous bank manager who provides loans to supervillains for their evil schemes. It's even called the Bank of Evil.
• Nepotism: Is implied to be a believer in this, showing more favoritism to Vector (his own son) than Gru, though considering Gru's string of failures in the past and Vector's recent pyramid heist, he's not wrong to show it.
• Obviously Evil: Even in a world of Card Carrying Villains, this guy still stands out. The shape of his head, the fact that his hair seems to form horns, his small, sunken eyes, and his eyebrows give him a near demonic appearance. His appearance resembles an exaggeration of that of the Pointy-Haired Boss from Dilbert, which was done for similar effect.
• Pointy-Haired Boss: He's an out-and-out Expy of the trope namer, only even more villainous.
• So Proud of You: Downplayed, but when he says "he (Vector) just stole a pyramid!", it's clear he was very impressed with how well his son did for his first heist.
• Top-Heavy Guy: His legs are relatively small compared to his massively fat upper body.
• Villain Has a Point: He points out Gru needed to steal the shrink ray he has the loan for.

Miss Hattie

Voiced by: Kristen Wiig

"You're never gonna get adopted, Edith. You know that, don't you?"

Owner of Miss Hattie's Home for Little Girls... which she runs as something of a sweatshop cookie-sales outfit. Under the sweet surface is a cold, ruthless woman who has no affection whatsoever for the girls in her care.

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• '60s Hair: Has a bouffant bob haircut befitting that era.
• Abusive Parent: Technically, Miss Hattie isn't the girls' mother. She is, however, a mother figure and she is cruel, abusive and passive-aggressive to not only Margo, Agnes, and Edith, but to the other girls who were in her care and are in her care.
• All Take and No Give: Keeps all the children's rightfully-deserved money for herself.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She acts the part of a kindly maternal figure, but in reality, she's anything but.
• Child Hater: She does not care for the kids in her care.
• Devil in Plain Sight: Aside from the children in her care and (unsurprisingly) the audience, nobody ever figures out how much of an unpleasant woman she truly is. This is actually what results in her being a Karma Houdini.
• Establishing Character Moment: Miss Hattie firmly establishes herself as a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing when she cheerily greets the girls. But as soon as Agnes asks if anyone has come to adopt them, she brutally tells them "Hmm, let me think ... NO!"
• Evil Orphanage Lady: She runs an orphanage for girls, emotionally abuses them, and forces them to sell cookies so she can make a profit.
• Expy:
  • Clearly based on Miss Hannigan, as lampshaded by Edith. Hattie manages to be even meaner, in the most chillingly realistic way possible. At least Hannigan's villainy was rather cartoonish, and she was such a Large Ham that she became enjoyable to watch.
  • Her outwardly saccharine nastiness, combined with that pink outfit, gives Hattie a possible hint of Dolores Umbridge.
• Fat Bitch: She's notably overweight, and she's downright emotionally abusive to the orphans in her care.
• Faux Affably Evil: Her motherly nature is seen through in her first scene.
• For the Evulz: She abuses and tortures the girls for no reason other than her own amusement.
• Hate Sink: Ms. Hattie has no redeeming qualities, whatsoever. She's not only antagonistic towards Margo, Edith and Agnes, but to the other girls in her orphanage. So it's obvious that the writers want the viewers to hate her.
• Jerkass: An abusive and mean-spirited mother figure to orphans.
• Karma Houdini: Ms. Hattie doesn't receive any comeuppance for her actions towards the girls under her orphanage.
• Kick the Dog:
  • After Edith give her a mud-pie (out of kindness), Miss Hattie looks at it in disgust, before throwing it away and saying Edith will never get adopted.
  • Gets another one when she puts the girls in the "Box of Shame" after Gru sends them back to her.
• Smug Snake: Especially when it comes to the girls and giving them "tough love."
• The Sociopath: She fits every criteria. She puts a nice and caring facade but underneath she is sadistic and abuses the girls with no remorse.
• Sugary Malice: Her tone of voice and how she speaks harshly to the girls come off as this.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: After taking the girls back following Dr. Nefario's call to the orphanage, which he did to get the girls out of the way so he and Gru could complete their plan to steal the moon, she simply disappears and presumably continues her job, receiving no comeuppance whatsoever.

Despicable Me 2 Antagonists

Eduardo Perez (El Macho)

^{click to see his El Macho persona}

Voiced by: Benjamin Bratt

"You have not lost your touch, my friend."

The main antagonist of the sequel and Antonio's father.

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• Acrofatic: He's quite fat, but Eduardo sure knows how to salsa!
• Action Dad: The evil version — an action-y supervillain and the father of Antonio.
• Affably Evil: Actually a very fun, cheerful and nice guy, Planning the utter destruction of the modern world nonwithstanding. Also, in his introductory flashback, even though he drank a shot of tequila in the most aggressive way possible, he at least paid for it.
• Badass Bookworm: Able to fake his own death with little to no evidence? Check. Build a huge, magnetic machine and plane to get the PX-41? Check. With said PX-41, he was able to not leave any clues that he had it in his store. Check. Manage to pull a Red Herring on Floyd with no suggestions of foul play? Check. This man is a macho planner.
• Badass Cape: What he wore as El Macho in his younger years and in the climax.
• Badass Decay: In-Universe. Gru initially describes him as a truly unstoppable powerhouse of a man. When we finally see him in action, he never does anything so impressive and takes the transformation serum to take on Gru. While justified by his old age and being out of practice, this is oddly never commented on.
• Bad Boss: To the Mutated!Minions. Thankfully, it was only temporary.
• Bald of Evil: Well, he's technically half bald, but it counts.
• Beard of Evil: He has a nice-looking beard and is the Big Bad for Despicable Me 2.
• Big Bad: The main antagonist of Despicable Me 2.
• Big Bad Friend: He is quite an admirer of Gru's.
• Big Beautiful Man: Eduardo is a heavyset man and charms some ladies in his restaurant.
• Brainy Brunette: See Badass Bookworm and you'll know why.
• The Cameo: He made a brief appearance in Minions.
• Carpet of Virility: Has a pretty impressive one; only a clump of chest hair was left behind as "proof" of his death.
• Charles Atlas Superpower: In his younger days he had the ability to heist armored trucks with his bare hands, which included stopping them in their tracks by simply standing there, and lifting them with ease.
• The Charmer: Which helps him win over a lot of people.
• Chick Magnet: During his dance sequence, Eduardo managed to successfully woo at least three women.
• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: He is different from Vector in many ways. For starters, Vector had been trying to one-up Gru in his schemes, but Eduardo was inspired by him. Secondly, Vector's juvenile and childish behavior clashes with Eduardo's charisma. Most importantly, though, Eduardo is focused on ruling the world, whereas Vector seems more concerned to show off that he's the greatest villain—a path that Gru almost went down in the first movie.
• Drowning My Sorrows: When Eduardo consoled Gru over his depression with Lucy leaving for Australia, he admits that he knows the look of heartbreak. How? Because Eduardo, also like Gru, tried to forget his sadness with guacamole.
• Dying Moment of Awesome: Well it's a faked death moment of awesome, but it was still in the manliest way possible!
• Empowered Badass Normal: In the climax, Eduardo injects the Super Serum into himself; considering his Charles Atlas Superpower he already had, Super Serum! Eduardo is practically unstoppable.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He deeply cares about his pet chicken, El Polito. It's strongly implied he loves his son dearly too.
• Faking the Dead: El Macho was thought to be dead long before the events of the film.
• Fan Disservice: Eduardo ripping his shirt open to display his prominent chest and gut...which jiggles.
• Fat and Skinny: A parent version. Eduardo is the Fat to his son's Skinny.
• Fat Bastard: Heavyset and plans to take over the world.
• Fat Flex: Super Serum! Eduardo initially appears top heavy, but soon regains his body fat, briefly embarrassing him.
• Formerly Fit: He was quite muscular in his youth, but now is a very overweight.
• Genius Bruiser: A competent mastermind and one hell of a brawler.
• Kubrick Stare: Played for badass in his introduction montage.
• Large and in Charge: He owns his own restaurant, "Salsa y Salsa."
• Latin Lover: Evokes this image, but isn't that much of a ladykiller.
• Living Legend: Oh where to begin with this guy! Gru even calls him "one of the greats!"
• Macho Latino: As his nickname implies.
• Masked Luchador: His mask is why no one recognizes his older self at first.
• Never Found the Body: After his death, which turns out to have been faked.
• One-Winged Angel: After drinking the Psycho Serum.
• Pec Flex: Eduardo does this the first time he meets Gru and Lucy.
• Pet the Dog: Done by his attempt to genuinely console Gru as mentioned above.
• Rasputinian Death: He allegedly died riding a shark into the mouth of an active volcano, with a hundred pounds of dynamite strapped to his chest.
  Gru: It was glorious.
• Red and Black and Evil All Over: His normal attire and his costume as "El Macho" both consist of red and black and he is the Big Bad of the sequel.
• Red Baron: Eduardo was known as "El Macho" in his younger villain days.
• Red Is Violent: He wears red both on his normal attire and his El Macho persona, in addition to his lair having red all over.
• Shipper on Deck: He even states that Margo and Antonio are "young and in love."
• Spell My Name with a "The": El Macho. El is Spanish definite article.
• Stout Strength: Eduardo may have became fatter, but he hasn't lost his great strength.
• Tattooed Crook: Has a tattoo on his chest and is a professional villain.
• Testosterone Poisoning: Especially in his introduction sequence, where he does everything in the most ridiculously aggressive ways possible. For example: taking the most potent alcoholic drink at the bar, breaking the bottle over his head once he's filled his glass, and then adding rattlesnake venom to said glass, and OUTRIGHT EATING THE WHOLE GLASS INSTEAD OF DRINKING FROM IT.
• Walking Spoiler: He can technically be considered this considering El Macho was thought to be dead all this time, and Eduardo's identity as the elusive supervillain is a major shock.
• We Can Rule Together: Makes this offer to Gru when he reveals his plan.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: His fate is unknown after Nefario knocked him out with the fart gun.
• Would Hit a Girl: He did tie up Lucy to a rocket, intending to send her into a volcano.

Minions Antagonists

Scarlet Overkill

Voiced by: Sandra Bullock (English), Marion Cotillard (European French)

"Good luck getting that crown tomorrow, little piggies. I know you won't disappoint me."

The ambitious Number One Villain of The '60s. A charming and unhinged woman whose one wish is to become a true queen and be adored by everyone around her.

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• '60s Hair: Has a very tall and inflated bouffant with long, skinny flips at the end.
• All of the Other Reindeer: She was bullied as a child.
• Animal Motifs: In her "fairytale" to the Minions, she's shown as the wolf. Makes perfect sense, since she and wolves are associated with the following list: intelligence, endurance/ambition, and ruthlessness.
• Bad Boss: In a vast contrast to Gru. Her bedtime story to the minions spells out exactly what she'll have done to them should they fail her.
• Battle Ballgown: Her coronation dress has armor underneath, which not only helps her survive a Falling Chandelier of Doom, but also a giant lava bomb. And the worst that happens is the skirt gets shredded.
• Benevolent Boss: While she DOES have very strong Bad Boss qualities, there's a couple moments that indicate that, like Gru, she isn't exactly as heartless as it seems.
  • When she first poses the Jewel challenge and the minions complete it, she takes them on as recruits with zero hesitation.
  • She helps Bob when he's climbing down from the rocket, even complimenting his bear in earnest.
  • She has no problem with them ogling her spoils and riches and even showcases a few in particular (notably the soup painting).
  • She compliments them after seeing them in Herb's gear.
  • The bedroom gives them to rest up in before the heist is pretty plush with a sweet bed.
  • And one huge in particular... when she DOES sentence the minions to imprisonment, notice that when she's berating them, she never says it's because of how they look, but because they, in her eyes, "usurped her dream." This heavily implies that, had the heist for the crown gone as planned and the Minions succeeded, it's likely that Scarlet would have kept them on in the same lavish conditions as at the start.
• Big Bad: Of the Minions film, being the Minions' leader and eventual enemy.
• Broken Ace: One of the greatest supervillains of her time. But has a plethora of flaws, many of which stem from her life as orphan and never receiving a lot of love then.
• Card-Carrying Villain: She's even featured in a magazine for villains.
• Color Motifs: Red, given her signature dress and to represent her passion for being the number #1 villain.
• Cultured Badass: A lover of England and its entire culture (i.e. clothing, food, etc).
• Dark Action Girl: Big Bad? Check. Skilled fighter? Double check.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Word of St. Paul revealed Scarlet grew up in the streets then a horrible orphanage where she was bullied. Then, she somehow ended up in villainy.
• Disproportionate Retribution: She handles even the slightest insult to her, like this. Her name is Overkill, after all.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She and Herb genuinely love each other.
• Evil Counterpart:
  • Or rather eviler counterpart to Gru. They're both driven by ambition to be the number one supervillain, but Scarlet is more cruel to her underlings.
  • Also an evil counterpart to Margo, Edith and Agnes. They were all orphans, desperate to find a family to love them. Except Scarlet was never adopted and turned to villainy.
  • To Lucy Wilde. Both are slim, action girls who married gadgeteer geniuses. Also both Lucy and Scarlet have big noses, something that their husbands have as well. However, Lucy works on the side of good, is a definite nice girl, and loves the Minions (even giving them a Affectionate Nickname "Munchkins"); Scarlet is a supervillain with no sign of any form of kindness (outside of Herb) and only associates with the Minions because they prove of some use and doesn't actually care about them.
• Evil Is Hammy: She revels in larger-than-life statements.
• Fatal Flaw: Wrath. She takes any slight against her, even an unintentional one, as a major insult to be avenged grievously. And her rage and frustration easily distracts her and clouds her vision, leading to her undoing.
  • Her Near-Villain Victory at the end of her film occurs when she focuses on getting the crown and puts aside revenge on the Minions.
• Faux Affably Evil: Scarlet adopts a Affably Evil attitude in the beginning, but when the Minions apparently rob her of the throne, she drops it quick.
• Flower Motifs: Roses. A lot of them can be found on her coronation dress.
• Freudian Excuse: Her ambition is fueled by low self-esteem brought on by growing up in an orphanage and never being adopted.
• Gag Nose: Has a similar huge nose shape like Lucy's.
• Happily Married: She and Herb are in a unabashedly loving marriage.
• High-Class Gloves: Her royalty aspirations show in the long, black gloves in her main outfit. Her would-be coronation dress also includes long gloves.
• High Collar of Doom: Her coronation dress has a classical renaissance era collar, which Herb remarks still adds to her villainous aura.
• How the Mighty Have Fallen: At the start, she was the top supervillain that everyone looked up to. By the end, she's lost her mansion and influence with the most she could do was a messy snatch-and-grab for the crown until Gru one-upped her.
• I Just Want to Be Loved: It's heavily implied that Scarlet turning to villainy was because of her orphaned childhood and being bullied by her peers.
• Improbable Age: A darker example. She started her own criminal organization by the time she was 13.
• Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: Wears a stylish red dress while going on dangerous missions.
• Kill It with Fire: She has a real liking for lava-based weapons, such as the lava blaster loaned to Kevin and the dual cannons she uses at the climax.
• Laser-Guided Karma: If she had just treated the Minions fairly, she would have won it all.
• Lean and Mean: Skinny and set up to be a Bad Boss.
• Loved by All: Her introduction scene shows how she's adored and worshipped by almost everyone in the villain community.
• Made of Iron: This very slim woman managed to survive an iron made chandelier falling on top of her.
• Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: With Herb. Scarlet is The Face of their criminal organization and is the most experienced in fighting.
• Meaningful Name: "Scarlet" is another term for red.
• Mini Dress Of Power: Her main outfit is a knee-length scarlet dress. She takes on most of the baddies at Villain-Con while wearing it, and barely brakes a sweat.
• Ms. Fanservice: Everyone wants Scarlet. "Foxy Lady" plays when she appears in the second trailer.
• Muscles Are Meaningless: Scarlet is a slim woman who was able to toss a grown man, who is more bulkier, across a room like a ragdoll.
• Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Scarlet Overkill.
• Noodle People: Scarlet has a trim build.
• No Historical Figures Were Harmed:She very much resembles 1960s fashion icon and former American first lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis, as she wears similar lenses, the same gloves and has a hairstyle similar to hers.
• One-Woman Army: Scarlet can take on 20 men without breaking a sweat.
• Opposites Attract: Scarlet (passionate and a Dark Action Girl) married Herb (laid-back and doesn't do a lot of fighting).
• Pimped-Out Dress: She likes dresses where the skirts transform, usually into rockets. In a more traditional form of this trope, her coronation dress has frills, small puff sleeves, embroidery, and still has a transforming skirt.
• Princess Phase: She not only didn't get over hers as a child, she wants to overthrow the English monarchy.
• Red and Black and Evil All Over: The coronation outfit she always wanted as a child has a red bodice and a black skirt with red roses speckled all over it. Black boots and long, black gloves accent her regular dress as well.
• Revenge Before Reason: She devolves into this in the final act of the film.
• Sinister Schnoz: Has a fairly big nose and is bent on being the top supervillain of her time.
• Strong Girl, Smart Guy: Scarlet is proficient in Waif-Fu, can take on dozens of foes at once, and has a penchant for armored dresses armed with missiles. Her husband, the evil, but chill, Herb is a prolific inventor, makes all of Scarlet's gear and seems to find her megalomania incredibly attractive.
• Take This Job and Shove It: She has fallen into this by the end of her film, the Minions having destroyed her resources, Gru having taken her crown, and her villainous reputation utterly wrecked. She does get a pepup from Bob's crown though, and Wordof God said this was enough to give up her grudge against the Minions
• Teens Are Monsters: Scarlet built a criminal empire by the time she was 13.
• Throw It In!: In-Universe. When she gives her speech about conquering England, Stuart adds BANANA to her speech. She decides to roll with it.
• Tragic Villain: All Scarlet wanted was to be loved and appreciated, which stems from growing up as an orphan, never adopted, and bullied by other kids.
• Ungrateful Bitch: Even after Bob gives her England, Scarlet still can't get over the Minions' initial, accidental "betrayal" and has them locked in a dungeon to be tortured.
• Unholy Matrimony: Scarlet is married to Herb, a criminal like her.
• Villainous Breakdown: After surviving the (entirely accidental) Falling Chandelier of Doom at her coronation: "Villains, this is no longer a coronation! It is AN EXECUTION!!" After which she grows more and more disheveled trying to take revenge. Even after her defeat, she tries to make off with the crown, only to be stopped, not by the Minions, but by a young Gru.
• Villainous Valour: After losing everything, including her gadgets and any semblance of the position she hoped for, she's still sticking to the plan until she's frozen in her tracks by the unexpected appearance of a young Felonious Gru.
  "They took everything from me! My castle! My reputation! Things look bleak, baby, I'm not gonna lie! But now, at least, I have my crowwwwww—!"
• Waif-Fu: Scarlet is quite slim and agile.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: What became of her and Herb after a young Gru freezes them is left unclear; Word of God reveals that she and Herb spent a year in jail, ruled it utterly, and escaped. It's also said that she gave up her vedetta against the Minions, genuinely touched by the gift of the tiny crown.

Herb Overkill

Voiced by: Jon Hamm (English), Guillaume Canet (European French)

"So you're here for gear."

Scarlet's hubby. A mellow, fun-loving inventor who supplies Scarlet with all the weapons she can ever want.

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• '60s Hair: Has the hair length and fullness of The Beatles in their Sgt. Pepper era.
• Affably Evil: Herb is quite the laid-back, friendly villain.
• Amazon Chaser: He finds Scarlet's megalomania attitude attractive.
• Badass Bookworm: Cemented because of his brilliant inventions.
• Brainy Brunette: Black hair? Check. The inventor behind all of Scarlet's amazing weapons? Double check.
• Color Motifs: Green. Representing his more calm demeanor, especially when in comparison with his wife.
• Conspicuous Gloves: Almost always wears black leather gloves.
• The Dragon: Scarlet's husband and number one supporter.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He and Scarlet genuinely love each other.
• Evil Genius: Herb is the genius behind of all of Scarlet's impressive weapons.
• Gadgeteer Genius: Herb invents all of Scarlet's gadgets.
• Gag Nose: Herb has a huge honker of a nose.
• Genius Ditz: A genius when it comes to inventing, but not so much when it comes to anything else.
• Green and Mean: Zig-Zagged. Herb wears a green pinstripe suit, but is surprisingly a nice guy, only shows malice when it's justified (see Violently Protective Girlfriend) and has no moral qualms over following Scarlet's lead. Plus, even before he and Scarlet met, Herb was still a villain.
• Happily Married: He and Scarlet are in an unabashedly loving marriage.
• Lean and Mean: Zig-Zagged. Herb is a skinny fella, but he's one of the most affably evil guys in Western Animation. However, he shows no hesitation over following Scarlet wherever she wants.
• Manchild: Gets over-excited over storytime and is quite the ditz.
• Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: With Scarlet. Herb isn't exactly "feminine", but he's more calm and polite (for a villain) to the Minions.
• Meaningful Name: His name is linked to his Color Motif: it's a word that is used specifically to describe the leafy green parts of a plant.
• Mellow Fellow: Besides being nice, Herb is one of the most laid-back and easygoing.
• Messy Hair: Look at his character image! The man needs a comb.
• Morality Pet: Herb is the sole being that Scarlet cares for.
• Nice Guy: Despite being a villain, Herb is one of the most affable guys to meet.
• The Nicknamer: He gave nicknames to Kevin, Stuart and Bob while giving them gear for their mission in stealing the crown of Queen Elizabeth II.
• Noodle People: Like Scarlet, Herb has a very trim figure.
• One Head Taller: Than Scarlet; her forehead reaches to his shoulders.
• Only Friend: The only one that Scarlet fully trusts.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business: When it looks like Scarlet has been killed under the iron chandelier, Herb loses his cool and desperately tries to get her out.
• Opposites Attract: Herb (laid-back and doesn't do a lot of fighting) married Scarlet (passionate and a Dark Action Girl).
• Sinister Schnoz: A larger nose than his wife and dabbles in his own criminal activities besides supporting his wife in her evil goals.
• Smarter Than You Look: For all his ditziness, Herb is an absolute genius when it comes to invention.
• Strong Girl, Smart Guy: Herb's wife, Scarlet is proficient in Waif-Fu, can take on dozens of foes at once, and has a penchant for armored dresses armed with missiles. Herb, on the other hand, is a prolific inventor, makes all of Scarlet's gear and seems to find her megalomania incredibly attractive.
• Took the Wife's Name: He took the Overkill last name when he married Scarlet.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Discussed. He stole a painting because it captured his love of soup.
• Undying Loyalty: Herb will follow Scarlet anywhere.
• Unholy Matrimony: He's married to famous super-villainous Scarlet Overkill.
• Violently Protective Girlfriend: Gender-flipped and a husband variant. The only time he shows any actual malice is when someone tries to hurt Scarlet.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: What became of him and Scarlet after a young Gru freezes them is left unclear; Word of God reveals that she and Herb spent a year in jail, ruled it utterly, and escaped.

Despicable Me 3 Antagonists

Balthazar Bratt

Voiced by: Trey Parker

"You know what, Clive? Playing a villain on TV was fun, but being one in real life is even better!"

Former child star, he played a child villain in a very popular 80s show called Evil Bratt. When he hit puberty, fans stopped tuning in to the show and it was abruptly cancelled, resulting in his fame withering. To get revenge, Bratt becomes a supervillain and attempts to take over the world.

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• '80s Hair: His hairstyle is a combination of a high top and a mullet, with a thick bushy mustache as well.
• Alliterative Name: Balthazar Bratt.
• Archenemy: Implied to have played this role to Gru in the past. The two are well familiar with each other during the movie, having apparently had multiple encounters and a serious enmity before its events - Gru constantly standing in the way of Bratt's plans, but Bratt always getting away.
• Bald of Evil: Downplayed; while he does have '80s Hair, Bratt also has a bald spot.
• Becoming the Mask: He decides to become an actual supervillain after his show fails. He even states outright that he finds it more fun to be an actual supervillain than he does acting as one.
• Benevolent Boss: He gets along well enough with his robot sidekick Clive.
• Beware the Silly Ones: While he looks and acts insanely goofy with his 80s vibe, his arsenal of weaponry is insanely dangerous.
• Big Bad: He is the main antagonist in Despicable Me 3.
• Bond Villain Stupidity: At the end, despite having Gru dead to rights at Instrument of Murder-point, he accepts Gru's challenge to a dance battle, and it costs him dearly.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Despite being a Psychopathic Manchild with a severe case of Peter Pan Syndrome and an unhealthy obsession with The '80s, he was able to infiltrate an incredibly secure bunker housing the world's largest diamond all on his own and evade capture from the AVL multiple times, even being referred to as their most wanted. Not only that, but he is a Master of Disguise, is a talented Dance Battler and was able to create various super-weapons, robots and a volatile, ever-expanding chewing gum powerful enough to lift a large metal ship and cover all of Hollywood.
• Character Catchphrase: "I've been a baaaad boy" was his back when he was a child star, and he maintains it in the present day.
• Conflict Killer: When Gru and Dru hear that Bratt kidnapped the girls, they immediately fix their Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure to stop him.
• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Whereas El Macho was as manly as can be, Bratt is childish and can't stop living in the past. In a twist, this makes him more similar to the first film's antagonist, Vector, as they are both far more juvenile than El Macho.
• Dance Battler: Bratt uses a variety of dances during his heists. Though he tends to focus more on the "dance" side of trope and not enough on the "battle."
• The Danza: In-Universe. He had the same last name as his childhood character.
• Disco Dan: For this guy, the eighties never ended, which is not only reflected in the way he dresses, but also his gadgets (such a rubiks cube grenade or a keytar that shoots sonic blasts). Furthermore, these were the things he used in his role as a spy back when he was a child star.
• Driven to Villainy: Turned to crime after losing his celebrity status.
• Fashion-Victim Villain: In-Universe.
  "There's only one supervillain whose fashion sense is quite that dated: Balthazar Bratt."
• Former Child Star: Played a child spy in the 80s, hence the gadget motif. His fame withered once he hit puberty.
• From Nobody to Nightmare: From a washed-up child star to a pretty capable supervillain.
• Hairstyle Inertia: Kept the same high top mullet from his actor days. Justified given Bratt wants to emulate his glory days.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Gru defeats him with his own keytar blaster.
• Improbable Weapon User: Among his arsenal is expanding bubblegum, a Rubik's Cube bomb, and a sonic wave keytar. Apparently, they were all the sort of gadgets he used back as a child star.
• Informed Flaw: The opening report on Bratt claims that he became delusional after being fired, to the point where he genuinely believed he was the character he played. Despite this, the following scene has him note that he only played a villain before.
• Instrument of Murder: Has a keytar that fires sonic blasts.
• Laser-Guided Karma: He ultimately is defeated by Gru the same way he escaped from him at the beginning of the movie— blasted by his keytar, left naked, and stuck inside his own expanding bubblegum.
• Last-Name Basis: He's never referred to exclusively by his first name Balthazar.
• Latex Perfection: Twice, he puts on disguises that make him look like someone completely different. The second time, he disguises himself as Lucy and even imitates her voice almost flawlessly.
• Lost in Character: As the opening narration makes clear, he was so dedicated to playing the villain that he began to believe that he was Evil Bratt.
• Master of Disguise: Uses his acting ability and very lifelike costumes, first disguising himself as a jeweler to steal the diamond, and second as Lucy, to fool Gru and kidnap the girls.
• Meaningful Name: He was a bratty child star and hasn't grown out of his old persona.
• Misplaced Retribution: He wants to destroy all of Hollywood and everyone in it over his being cast aside - even though most of the people who rejected him have either passed away or retired since then, meaning his plan will mostly harm people who had nothing to do with his fall from grace.
• Never My Fault: Blames his declining fame on the fact that his show was cancelled rather than the fact that he couldn't accept that shows end (especially ones whose very premise depends on the youth of the lead actor) and that he needed to get a new one instead of trying to cash in on the dwindling fame of his first role forever.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Bratt indirectly ensures his own defeat by kidnapping the girls right after Dru and Gru have just had a major argument, as the girls being in danger causes the brothers to quickly resolve their issues with each other in a single plane ride so they can concentrate on rescuing the girls and not on their argument.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: His career trajectory paints him as one to Michael Jackson. Unfortunately, Bratt never got better after puberty subsided and he descended into cartoonish supervillainy. From an appearance standpoint, he looks like a hybrid of Prince and John Oates.
• Offscreen Moment of Awesome: He captures Lucy, who was repeatedly shown to be a badass martial artist Action Girl, who was also strong enough to lift a portly woman off the ground with little effort, offscreen.
• Outdated Outfit: He wears shoulder pads under a purple outfit reminiscent of Michael Jackson's Thriller outfit.
• Psychopathic Manchild: He refuses to grow up from his days as a child star.
• Purple Is Powerful: Wears a purple suit and is a formidable opponent against Gru.
• Russian Reversal: Bratt's plan hinges on his desire to do this: Hollywood canceled his show? Well now "I'm canceling you!" Cue evil laughter.
• Take Over the World: Along with revenge for the cancellation of his show, this is what Bratt hopes to achieve as a supervillain.
• Two Decades Behind: Well, more like three decades behind since the film was released in 2010s and he's stuck in the 80s.
• Villain Protagonist: In his show.
• Villainous Crossdresser: When disguised as Lucy, he also includes her dress.
• Would Hit a Girl: An off-screen example. He somehow manages to get the drop on Lucy so he can tie her up and take her place.
• Would Hurt a Child: Not only does he kidnap the girls (and Lucky the goat) and trap them inside his giant robot, but he "releases" them by casually placing them on the edge of a skyscraper, not concerned at all that they could potentially fall to their deaths.

Clive

Voiced by: Andy Nyman

"What's today's plan, boss?"

Balthazar Bratt's robot sidekick.

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• Flat Character: We don't know much about him other than the fact that he follows Bratt's evil bidding.
• Light Is Not Good: He is a white robot and follows along with Bratt's evil plans.
• Morality Pet: The only living creature Bratt shows any semblance of compassion towards.
• Robot Buddy: Clive is a robot who assists Bratt in his diabolical schemes.
• Uncertain Doom: We don't know for sure whether or not he survived Bratt's giant robotic self-replica collapsing.

Minions: Rise of Gru Antagonists

The Vicious Six

Yeah, they may be bad. But they're so good at it.

^{Click here to see their Chinese Zodiac Forms}

A criminal cartel that operated and dominated the 1970s.

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• Artifact Name: Acknowledged by the criminal gang themselves. The Vicious Six were initially shown having six members in their group until they betrayed Wild Knuckles leaving them with only five members left. They eventually looked for another new criminal to join them to uphold their title, until Gru stole the talisman causing them to pursue Gru for most of the movie pushing aside their interest to find a sixth member.
• Broken Pedestal: Gru was their biggest fan until they dismissed him for being a kid and then marked him as an enemy to be eliminated for stealing the Zodiac talisman. He truly turns on them once he realizes how horrible they treated their former leader and mentor Wild Knuckles.
• Card-Carrying Villain: They call themselves the Vicious Six, openly take pride in being powerful supervillains, and use that as the reason for betraying Wild Knuckles.
• Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: To Scarlet Overkill. While Mrs. Overkill was the primary Big Bad while her husband Herb and their fans followed her lead, the Vicious Six function as a villain team with all of the members being treated as equal threats. Scarlet was mostly an antagonist to the Minions, while the Vicious Six were a primary antagonist to Gru. Also Scarlet portrays herself as Faux Affably Evil, while the Vicious Six are Card Carrying Villains that show themselves as evil and mean inside and out.
• Cool Car: Each member has their own advanced vehicle that's stylized to their personal tastes and themes.
• Equal-Opportunity Evil: Belle is African American, Jean is French, Stronghold is Mexican (given his voice actor and toro form), Svengeance is Swedish and Nun-Chuck is white (specific nationality unknown).
• Even Evil Has Standards: After one of their potential candidates suffers an equipment malfunction, they all pitch in to help him get down.
• Forced Transformation: They're turned into rats by Gru using the Zodiac talisman, and will most likely remain in such forms during their incarceration.
• I'm Your Biggest Fan: Little Gru was once a huge fan of them and wanted to join their legion after Wild Knuckles was kicked out.
• Jerkass: They all laugh at Gru for thinking he can be a supervillain despite being a kid. And this was after one of them invited him to join their ranks (thinking he was a dwarf), thus breaking the boys heart in two ways.
• Laser-Guided Karma: They backstab their former leader, Wild Knuckles, and later hunt down Gru for stealing the Zodiac talisman despite the fact he only did it because they rejected him for not being villainous enough. They end up being defeated by both Knuckles and Gru, who permanently turns them into rats with the talisman. Even better, Knuckles ends up being the only Vicious Six member to have a happy ending while Gru will grow up to be the number-one supervillain (until the events of the first Despicable Me film).
• Legion of Doom: A crew consisting of high-ranking supervillains who dominated the 70s.
• No Honor Among Thieves: The opening scene in the movie has them overthrowing their leader Wild Knuckles while stealing the Zodiac talisman. They even retort that they're villains so it was expected of them.
• One-Winged Angel: In the climax of the movie, Belle Bottom uses the Zodiac talisman to transform herself and her teammates into powerful beasts relating to the Chinese Zodiac.
• Punny Name: Their names are either puns or a play on certain words.
• Thememobile: All of them but Wild Knuckles have a vehicle that fits there theme. Jean-Clawed has a crab mech, Stronghold has a tank, Nun-Chuck has a floating pod with a pipe organ on the back, Svengeance has a bike with a drill on the front, and Belle Bottom has a red flying car.
• The Starscream: In the opening of the film, they backstab Wild Knuckles and leave him for dead to have the Zodiac talisman all to themselves, much to his surprise and horror.
• Two Girls to a Team: Belle Bottom and Nun-Chuck are the only women on the team.
• Ungrateful Bastard: Wild Knuckles was the one who brought them together, and taught them everything he knew about villainy. This doesn't stop them from doublecrossing and casting him out once he attains the Zodiac talisman for them.
• Villains Out Shopping: A promotion for The Super Mario Bros. Movie shows them at a movie theater, sitting next to Jimmy Crystal.
• Would Hurt a Child: They immediately hunt down Gru with the lethal intent for stealing their stolen Zodiac talisman.

Belle Bottom

"Why don't we make this a fair fight?"

Voiced by: Taraji P. Henson

The former second in command turned current leader of the Vicious 6 after usurping Wild Knuckles.

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• '70s Hair: Her very full and luscious afro was fashionable in the era.
• Afro Asskicker: She has a huge afro and is one of the greatest fighters of her generation.
• Alliterative Name: Belle Bottom.
• Badass Cape: Belle Bottom's main outfit features a purple cape complete with fur collar and she's one of the top supervillains of The '70s.
• Big Bad: As the new leader of the Vicious Six, she's the biggest threat to Gru and the Minions, being the brains behind the team.
• Black Boss Lady: An African American woman who is also the Queen Bee of the Vicious Six.
• Chain Pain: She carries a long golden chain as her weapon.
• Dragons Are Demonic: A rare example with a Chinese dragon, Belle Bottom's One-Winged Angel form being one.
• Pink Means Feminine: Her attire uses different shades of hot pink and purple and she's depicted as a foxy lady.
• Playing with Fire: She gains this quirk when she turns herself into a dragon.
• Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: When the Vicious Six (sans Wild Knuckles) are cornered in a Chinese New Year parade, it's believed they'll get caught. But the AVL forgot one thing, and Belle reminds them with this line before they go full-blown One-Winged Angel.
  Belle: "Happy New Year!"
• Scaled Up: Belle Bottom turns into a purple, fire-breathing dragon after using the talisman.
• Underestimating Badassery: She thinks Gru can't have a chance against her. Partially justified since he is a child, but this is a child who at the time beat Scarlet Overkill, the previous decade's Number One Villain.
• The Usurper: Took over the position of leader from her boss, Wild Knuckles.

Jean Clawed

"It's time for the next generation!"

Voiced by: Jean-Claude Van Damme

A lobster-clawed Frenchman.

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• '70s Hair: Has long muttonchops as fashionable for businessmen of the era.
• The Dragon: Technically serves as Belle's right-claw man after she ascends the throne and leaves Wild Knuckles for dead.
• Failed a Spot Check: Apparently he mistook Gru for a tiny man and accepted his audition form. Even after he's exposed and steals their talisman, Jean still refers to him as a tiny man.
• French Jerk: A French man who indulges in sinister operations.
• Maniac Monkeys: He turns into an enlarged rabid monkey (possibly baboon) during the final showdown.
• Power Pincers: He possesses one lobster claw for a hand.
• Punny Name: "Jean Clawed", Jean-Claude Van Damme, get it?
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: The team's ultimate defeat and fall from grace would never have happened if he hadn't accepted Gru's application to join the team (under the belief that Gru was a "tiny man" rather than a kid).

Nun-Chuck

"Hallelujah!"

Voiced by: Lucy Lawless

A nunchuk-wielding sister.

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• Beyond the Impossible: By invoking the power of God, she can float on command.
• Evil Old Folks: Second to Wild Knuckles, she's one of the oldest members of the team.
• Four Eyes, Zero Soul: She has square, nerdy glasses and is a hardened criminal.
• Hypocrite: She gladly joined the rest of her team to expel Wild Knuckles for being old, despite the face that she's just as old as him. Makes you wonder why they didn't kick her out too.
• Nigh-Invulnerability: Even after crashing into a Chevy passenger van, she manages to get out without injury.
• Nun Too Holy: She's a nun who's turned to villainy.
• Prayer Pose: Her hands are always shown in prayer form.
• Scaled Up: She becomes a 50-foot-long cobra in the climax of the movie.

Stronghold

"GO GET HIM!!"

Voiced by: Danny Trejo

A hulking brawler who possesses superhuman strength through the metal gauntlets that he wears.

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• '70s Hair: His hair isn't particularly long but the muttonchops and his length reach his neck and he has that stache.
• Brutish Bulls: He was already a brute as a human and turns into a bigger one when he's turned into a toro by Belle Bottom.
• Hidden Depths: If you think he is Dumb Muscle or The Brute, Stronghold is very smart himself
• Power Fist: He wields giant metal gauntlets to unleash all forms of needless violence.
• World's Strongest Man: Is considered the strongest man out of the group and vicinity and certainly has the skills to prove it.

Svengeance

Voiced by: Dolph Lundgren

A Swedish strongman with a roller-derby twist.

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• '70s Hair: Has the stylish shag haircut and a long stache to match.
• Cats Are Mean: Turns into a titanic tiger and hunts down the Minions during the last act.
• Light Is Not Good: Has luscious blond hair who commits crimes for the thrill of it.
• Rollerblade Good: His theme revolves around roller-skating while performing incredible skate moves.
• Spikes of Villainy: His helmet and elbow/kneepads feature sharp spikes.

Wild Knuckles

You don't get older, you get better.

Voiced by: Alan Arkin

Dubbed by: Gérard Darmon (European French)

The ex-leader of the Vicious 6.

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• '70s Hair: Sports a shag haircut and a pair of long sideburns that nearly wrap around his chin.
• Cool Old Guy: An old man who founded the Vicious 6. He also becomes an honorary grandfather to Gru by teaching him his ways and pulls off some epic fight moves in the final fight to save him.
• Dub Name Change: Is known as "Will Karnage" in the French Dub.
• Dude, Where's My Respect?: He has a hard time gaining respect from his colleagues because of his old age.
• Evil Old Folks: He's the oldest member of the Vicious 6, and he founded the team in the first place.
• Evil Mentor: He becomes this to Gru after his henchmen bail on him, leading the elderly evildoer to teach the tiny tyke his wicked ways.
• Faking the Dead: He sustains serious burns during the final showdown and "perishes." He turns out to be okay and is able to reunite with his honorary grandson.
• Foil: To Master Chow. Both of them are senior citizens with incredible talents and become mentors to the protagonists. But while Master Chow is a short fat woman who knows everything kung fu, Wild Knuckles is a tall, skinny man who's wise in the ways of the wicked. And while Master Chow treats the Minions as regular students, Wild Knuckles takes a strong liking to Gru and treats him like a grandson. Additionally, Master Chow is exceptionally fit and can pull off impressive acrobatic fits while Wild Knuckles is handicapped by his old age.
• Heel–Face Turn: Okay, he ends the movie still a supervillain, so he technically hasn't made one of these, but he goes from seeing Gru as a means to an end of getting what he wants to genuinely taking a liking to the boy, so he's gone Face for all intents and purposes.
• How the Mighty Have Fallen: He was the founder of the Vicious 6 and considered to be the best, with young Gru idolizing him the most. But age has taken its toll on him, and his team were vicious enough to kick him out of the team. Despite surviving their betrayal, Knuckles finds himself as a wash-up villain unable to pay his henchmen who bail on him after getting beaten up by a kung fu teacher and nearly eaten by his pet crocodiles that he used to tame.
• Morality Pet: After losing his team and later his henchmen, Knuckles decides to recruit Gru under his wing and teach him a few things of being a super villain. The young Gru brings out the best in Knuckles, who not only finds a new purpose but also the strength to stand up to his former teammates.
• Noble Demon: He's a supervillain alright, but he takes loyalty very seriously and would never betray an associate. In fact, his own team betraying him took him completely by surprise, as he never expected them to stab him in the back even though, as Belle Bottom points out to him, they are villains.
• No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Despite helping to fight and defeat his former crew, he's arrested by the Anti-Villain League but he manages to escape by faking his death.
• Papa Wolf: Once he and Gru form a father-son relationship, he becomes instantly protective of the young kid. While he doesn't have the will to fight for his lost glory days, he has more than enough will to fight for Gru.
• Posthumous Character: He's implied to have passed away from old age in the time of the main series, but his presence is felt — Gru is implied to have inherited his house, and he is the one who introduced Gru to the Bank of Evil. Additionally, an errant line heavily implies he's the one who gave Gru the idea to steal the moon.
• Remember the New Guy?: Despite being Gru's idol for villainy and teaching Gru in the ways of being a supercriminal, he was never so much as alluded to in the main trilogy.
• Sinister Schnoz: He has a long, pointy nose like future Gru.
• Token Good Teammate: While he was a bit rough around the edges and is still committed to a life of crime, he was not nearly as petty or treacherous as his former teammates, and he valued what he thought was their loyalty.
• Villainous Virtues: Loyalty. He also appears to genuinely care about his associates, as shown when he develops a grandfather-like bond with young Gru.
• Would Hurt a Child: After kidnapping Gru, he places him in a record playing death machine as part of his hostage gambit.

Despicable Me 4 Antagonists

Maxime Le Mal

Voiced by: Will Ferrell

The main antagonist of the fourth movie who wants revenge on Gru and his family.

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• Cool Car: It has insect legs and wings.
• French Jerk: Judging by his name and vendetta, he means no good for Gru.

Valentina

Voiced by: Sofía Vergara

Le Mal's Femme Fatale girlfriend.

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