History Fridge / Minions

** Probably yes. But Gru isn't a dictator. He's a career criminal. A very good one. So his evilness comes down more to breaking as much laws as possible rather than living in a dellusion whit an entire country at his disposal.

** It actually seems the writers realized this and had the Minions live in some isolated ice cave after botching their gig with UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte to avoid this, but this does ''not'' discount the possibility that they worked for UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}, his nephew UsefulNotes/{{Nero}}, UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun, UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, or UsefulNotes/TimurTheLame.

** Bob and Agnes: The youngest/smallest, has a stuffed animal companion, the most naive and kind-hearted of the trio, TheChick[=/=]TheHeart of the group.

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* According to this movie, the Minions are immortal. Which means, soon or later, they are going to outlive Gru, Margo, Edith and Agnes. [[spoiler: And also their new master Dru.]] [[WhoWantsToLiveForever It also raises the question if they are doomed to keep looking for a new master for the rest of eternity...]]

* According to this movie, the Minions are immortal. Which means, soon or later, they are going to outlive Gru, Margo, Edith and Agnes. [[spoiler: Also their new master Dru.]] [[WhoWantsToLiveForever It also raises the question if they are doomed to keep looking for a new master for the rest of eternity...]]

* According to this movie, the Minions are immortal. Which means, soon or later, they are going to outlive Gru, Margo, Edith and Agnes. [[spoiler: Also their new master Dru.]] [[WhoWantsToLiveForever It also raises the question if they doomed to keep looking for a new master for the rest of eternity...]]

* According to this movie, the Minions are immortal. Which means, soon or later, they are going to outlive Gru, Margo, Edith and Agnes. [[spoiler: Also their master Dru.]] [[WhoWantsToLiveForever It also raises the question if they doomed to keep looking for a new master for the rest of eternity...]]

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* The Minions always follow someone who is the most evil, which is usually someone who has defeated/killed their last boss. So, what if Gru gets defeated by someone who doesn't have a HiddenHeartOfGold like our favorite protagonist does? ''Even after 42 years of friendship?'' This could be slightly averted, as if this were true, the Minions would be submitting to Vector from the first movie and El Macho from the second movie (even then, Dr. Nefario turned on Gru and his minions temporarily). The point is also further driven to when Gru softens down as well. However, if Gru were to die ...

* Scarlet Overkill, described as the first ever female supervillain, certainly had to work a lot to be adored this much. After all, the 60s are when the feminist movement really kicked in and women began trying to become equal to men. This also means Scarlet had to work a lot more to get recognition, and perhaps her extreme measures (she is called Overkill, after all) were the way she found to get said recognition. She didn't have another choice but to be more brutal, more dangerous and more heartless to gain this title... and thus pave the way for every female supervillain that exists in the Despicable Me universe.
** This also explains why despite being the most popular supervillain, Scarlet was looking for minions in the beginning. She explicitly states that women were believed incapable of robbing a bank, with that kind of mindset (which wasn't unheard of in the 1960s), a lot of villains, (male or female) wouldn't deem working for a female supervillain great choice. So, Scarlet had to reach the top so no one would underestimate her.
* The Nelson children are the EvilCounterpart [[{{Foil}} foils]] to Margo, Edith, and Agnes.
** Walter Jr. and Margo = Oldest and tallest of the children. However, while Margo is quite smart, Jr. isn't exactly...all there.
** Tina and Edith = Middle child and love destruction. However, Edith is more reserved and tomboyish; Tina is a girly GenkiGirl.
** Baby Joe and Agnes: The youngest child. Baby Joe is quiet and growing into a villain; Agnes is the most excitable of her siblings and will probably grow into a proper hero (as seen in the short, "Training Wheels").

* If Scarlet had just rewarded the minions fairly for giving her the throne of England, then in all probability her reign would have been secure and she would have been queen for the rest of her life. There's AnAesop in that...

* Scarlet flipping out at her Minions comes off as hypocritical given that they are a bunch of idiots. However, in the Despicable Me universe, the villains are generally rivals constantly trying to one-up each other. Scarlet may have seen their actions as trying to betray her and take her position as top villain.
** Even if she saw they’d made a honest mistake, that wouldn’t really be better. An incompetent underling, no matter how loyal, can only be tolerated to a limit and then they become a pain and an embarrassment. If Scarlet wasn’t going to kill the Minions for treachery, she’d have killed them for messing up her coronation.

* The Minions always follow someone who is the most evil, which is usually someone who has defeated/killed their last boss. So, what if Gru gets defeated by someone who doesn't have a HiddenHeartOfGold like our favorite protagonist does? ''Even after 42 years of friendship?''
** This could be slightly averted, as if this were true, the Minions would be submitting to Vector from the first movie and El Macho from the second movie (even then, Dr. Nefario turned on Gru and his minions temporarily). The point is also further driven to when Gru softens down as well. However, if Gru were to die ...
*** It probably won't happen because the creators will want the Minions staying with the Gru family.
*** The Minions clearly don't care about serving the most evil villain by the second movie. Gru's a legitimate businessman and they still work for him. If he died, they'd default leadership to Lucy or one of his kids.
*** It's also quite possible that the Minions aren't especially interested in "evil" as much as "badass and authoritative", since they're quite willing to follow a dinosaur and Napoleon, neither of whom are portrayed as supervillains (and "evil" in the Despicable Me universe seems to be used as a buzzword for "roguish-but-lovable mischief" in any case; even in the first film, the most ''evil'' characters were otherwise normal people like Miss Hattie). In addition, while naïve, they still won't serve someone who's openly hostile to them. Gru may no longer be a supervillain, but he's still the coolest guy they know, and anyone who would harm him would probably harm the minions themselves.
*** If they are interested in evil, it does seem rather horrific that creatures would be biologically driven to help the most evil person they can find. Just think, they might have ended up helping Hitler (or should we wish they had tried, with their incompetence?) This is probably why the movie keeps the Minions in the cave from Napoleon's time to the present.
*** Actually, watching back, I noticed something: Every boss the minions had, they chose to follow.
* Looks like Herb suffocated to death in that ice at the end. Scarlet's mouth is free but not his (or his nose).
** Then again, Herb is perfectly willing to (try to) torture innocent creatures. Has he done so before?
** Vector's head got frozen in the first movie to no ill effect. Presumably, complete freezing halts all biological processes.
*** He's a [[HarmlessFreezing cartoon character. Freezing wouldn't effect him much]].