The Incredibles is set in 2004.Monsters Vs. Aliens is set in 2009.Megamind is set in 2010.The Despicable Me/Minions films are set from 1968 to 2012.
- Think of it, Gru has been more than cut off from support by The Bank of Evil, he may have also inadvertently killed the Bank President's son.
Doubtless, the bank president is going to retaliate and that could mean targeting the girls to draw him out into a place to make an example of Gru. Now, imagine a open battle where Gru and his Minions are fighting the Bank President's forces where the media sees them and interpret it as Gru appearing to performing a rescue operation for children against long odds. Furthermore, there could be collateral damage, and Gru has a crisis of conscience and sends minions to deal with the damage since the girls would never forgive him if he didn't.
After Gru wins, rescues his daughters and exits the area, the authorities follow him to his house and make him a deal: since he obviously has made some powerful enemies with the criminal underworld and he himself has several pending charges himself, he could become a work release contractor providing his expertise to counter the massive international crimes that the governments can't seem to stop themselves and they will fund his operations.
Gru accepts on the condition that his daughters will be protected and he decides to start teaching them with special tutoring to enable them to defend themselves. The girls understand the situation and they nurse the idea of becoming Gru's Angels when they are older.
- Love this idea, but Vector didn't die. He was seen dancing on the moon (Yeah.). He'll probably be rescued by his father and be back in time for the sequel.
- It would still work. Even if Vector is alive, I can't see his dad being very happy about Gru ruining his plans and getting him stuck on the moon.
Alternative scenario leading to Gru turning superhero: After Vector is rescued from the moon by his dad, he accidentally maliciously lets it slip, to an entire convention of supervillains, that he knows Gru's weaknesses. All three of 'em. Suddenly, every supervillain in the world starts scheming at once—if they can get Gru's kids, they'll have him in the palm of their hands (or at the very least, can set traps for him). The way's opened for every villain who's ever had any beef with him. Ever.
Cue Gru suddenly realizing he's in the center of a very big bullseye as the attacks start piling up. Gru has to focus all of his technologies on defending himself from them instead of doing new evil deeds, and he eventually figures he might as well start making preemptive strikes on some other villains while they're still busy finishing off their last moves. Cue one of the girls (I'd imagine Edith) pointing out that—hey, if he's fighting supervillains, doesn't that make him kind of a super... hero? Liiightbuuulb. Superheroism might not be quite as lucrative as supervillainy, but you get much better PR, and—and—the Bank of Good offers much lower interest rates on loans!
The movie would then be about Gru's attempts to reinvent himself, all the while playing an effective Tower Defense game with his home base to keep the girls safe. Unfortunately, in the list of skills Gru could bring to heroism, "not being a jerk" isn't really one of them, and he turns into the ultimate Hero with an F in Good. ("Note to self—after rescuing baby, do not take their candy!") And, of course, attempting to stop other villains makes him even more of a target.
Just for kicks, the title could be "Impeccable Me."
- Confirmed to a degree with the sequel trailer. Gru gets abducted and hired by a secret organization to fight against some new evil. There isn't much more information than that.
- That would explain why she would dress up young Gru to look like a girl.
- They didn't seem to upset about Gru's plan to steal the moon, after all. You'd think if they cared they might say something like, "Hey, uh, what about the Tides and Weather?" But no, they don't.
- Well, Agnes is too young to really understand why stealing the Moon is a very bad idea, Edith might be too young, and Margo is old enough, but...yeah, I wondered about that too.
- Both films also have similar musical scores, with focus on brass instrumental sounds and a shared range of keys and pitches.
- If the films are in the same universe, looking at the Minions movie, this would make Gru be in the same generation as Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack.
- Nope. The Incredibles universe takes place in the year 1962, and this film takes place during modern times. Plus, if these films were in the same universe then surely their world would be more technologically advanced than it was back then.
- Films can be set in different time periods but in the same universe. Also the technology in the Incredibles is mostly for the Supers and not really for normal people.
- Nope. The Incredibles universe takes place in the year 1962, and this film takes place during modern times. Plus, if these films were in the same universe then surely their world would be more technologically advanced than it was back then.
- That is actually the only reason for a tightwad like her to shell out money for the dance classes. It would teach her future minions coordination and agility so they can more easily master martial arts later on.
- Actually J.K Rowling herself said that Dolores Umbridge was sent to Azkaban for her actions while Voldermort was in charge.
- Maybe she broke out of jail.
- This could very well be true. Who knows what happened to the dementors after the events of the seventh book? Rowling never really cleared up who or what is guarding Azkaban now.
- Umbridge looks middle aged in Harry Potter. Miss Hattie looks like my grandmother. There is about a ten year gap from Deathly Hallows and this movie. And the accent... it sounds like someone who has spent some time in America, but is actually British. This makes so much sense and someone should go write a fanfiction of it.
- Not to mention; the books make it clear that Umbridge despises muggles. So hiding among muggles would be the perfect thing to do to stay out of the hands of the wizard authorities, since it would be the last place they would look for her considering her reputation.
- This could very well be true. Who knows what happened to the dementors after the events of the seventh book? Rowling never really cleared up who or what is guarding Azkaban now.
- I have a theory similar to this. We never find out Miss Hattie's last name. Who's to say it isn't Umbridge? Miss Hattie is Dolores's Squib sister, made evil and bitter by being mistreated and looked down on by her family.
- Jossed. Vector doesn't make any appearance in the sequel.
- When I first watched the movie, I actually thought that he was canonically his dad and that the mom had left him, because he thought he was a failure as well.
- Seconded. The whole movie I was staring at their noses and there's a definite resemblance in their shape, even if Nefario's nose is angled differently. Nefario could be another relation, if not Gru's father. Uncle, maybe?
- He and Gru's mother have similar accents, and their hair color was the same in youth, so Nefario may be a maternal relation of Gru.
- Jossed, Robert Gru is Gru's birth father. That being said, I think Dr. Nefario is a father to Gru in the same way Gru is to the girls.
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- What.
- What?!!
- I suppose the trees also have epilepsy?
- Jossed. Word of God states they're genetically modified corn kernels.
- Jossed too. They are actually little creatures evolved from single cell organisms that have predated the human race
- Jossed for the second half of this WMG too. Nothing in any of the films remotely suggests that Edith is actually a cross dressing boy. Frankly, the assumption that a girl may not be a girl at all simply because of her tomboy personality is extremely naive.
- If you go after physical appearances, it's exactly reverse: Vector looks very much like Bill Gates, and Gru's appearance is definitely closer to Steve Jobs than Vector's.
- Lol, I was thinking just that.
- Heck, they should make a prequel movie called "Despicable Me First"
- So that would make Boris Badanov his father. It explains the accent and why he wanted to go into villainy.
- Not necessarily. Maybe his father is Bullwinkle. It would explain his long-suppressed heroic tendencies, and terrible luck.
- That still describes Boris, though. Boris wasn't necessarily evil, just following orders.
- Not necessarily. Maybe his father is Bullwinkle. It would explain his long-suppressed heroic tendencies, and terrible luck.
The girls will find about his villainy and which will cause drama. And Gru will be punished because we can't just tell kids they can wreck havoc and get away scotch free be becoming a nice guy.
- Although, if the hero is a James Bond expy, he will be the girls' real father and probably Lawful Stupid and/or a Inspector Javert. (The girls each have different mothers, because hey - Captain Ersatz James Bond). Then the girls have to choose between a Jerkass real father and Gru.
- This could be resolved by the hero finding out about Gru's turn and how he saved the girls and lets Gru go free. Alternatively, he could make a full report about Gru's change of heart and his new dependents, and his superiors see an opportunity, leading the first idea on this page.
- Now imagine that spy and/or superhero is female, which could give the sequel a romantic element to go with the crisis of conscience.
- Whoa. Mandark's dad went from super-hippie to Lawful Evil supervillain/ bank manager in the space of about 15 years? What the hell happened to him?!
- Maybe he's adopted.
- He did that to himself. Or more.
- Maybe he's adopted.
- Oooh, I like this! Especially with the way she gets scared when she thinks the minions are a monster in her closet! (Mainly because their shadow is shaped similiar to Randall, you know, thin with skinny arms.)
- Jossed (even though I would love this to be true), Boo's real name is Mary in Monster's Inc cannon.
- Maybe Agnes is her middle name.
- Vector is living off daddy's money.
- Vector plays COOKING MAMA. * I thought he played Spore Heroes. Maybe it was the director's cut...
- You don't want to make Vector angry.
- Vector is an adorable brunette with glasses, and an affinity for trainers.
- Vector is prone to clutziness and has an arsenal of sea-themed weaponry.
- Mr Perkins is NEVER proud of Vector. I wonder why.
- Or he's just gay.
- Smarter too - he's not exactly Stupid Evil.
- But it will end with her falling in love with Gru and she becomes the kid's mother. Or maybe it'll just stick to Ship Tease.
- It's more likely that Gru is related to Dr.Evil
- "Under what circumstances would we use this?"
- Freeze ray confirmed, baring Missing Trailer Scene
- Fart Gun confirmed as well.
- I presume it's not. I mean don't you ever try to play those carnival games at amusement parks? I haven't. But anyone with the sense knows those kind of games are rigged. I mean Agnes WAS getting upset and she's only like 3 years old at the most.
- The narrator in the trailer is actually reading the story's text.
- Kevin, Stuart, and Bob are based off Margo, Edith, and Agnes respectively. Kevin is the intelligent, capable leader who picks up everyone else's slack, Stuart is the self-important, morally ambiguous troublemaker, and Bob is the young, cute one. (Which, like Agnes, is Gru's favorite.)
- While there aren't direct nods, Balthazar Bratt is a master of disguise, like Portia, and one setting has roots in Italy.
- Before he blew it up, he made sure the orphans, and any kind staff won't be hurt.
- Every time they came across a Big Bad Wannabe every since they came on to dry land, they killed them off. Whether it be the dinosaur, the caveman, Dracula, Napoleon, or even Scarlet. They may act cute and innocent but they are secretly killing off super villains and wannabe super villains.
- not a Supervillain but a Well-Intentioned Extremist Anti-Hero.
- prove to be Eviler than Thou to the supervillains by seeking world destruction instead of world domination.
- Child of Scarlet Overkill and Herb Overkill.
- a corrupted Minion.
- a team-up of previous antagonists.
- The Vicious Six, either surviving members or a new incarnation of the team.
- Catalyst is either Hoffnung (they tend to favor the Axiom of Katastrophoi, and the majority of Gru's mad science devices are weapons of one sort or another) or Neid (they catalyze through rejection, and Gru's defining trait throughout all the movies is the desire to win the approval of those he loves and get people to take him seriously).
- Foundation is almost certainly The Center for Circumferential Navigation:
- Their two favoured Axioms are Katastrofi (weapons) and Skafoi (transportation), which are two of the three categories into which the vast majority of Gru's mad science tech falls. (The third being Automata, for his robots and the minions).
- Their Grant lets them spend Mania to boost physical ability, and Gru regularly displays feats of extraordinary physical prowess.
- Navigators more than any other foundation tend to be adventurers and soldiers, fighting or committing crime in person and generally being hands-on. This strongly matches Gru's behavior throughout the story.
- This explains why Gru never tried to sell any of his creations (a Genius's creations break when interfered with by normals, and Jabir makes their theories incomprehensible to anyone else).
- Since Kevin, Stuart and Bob parallel Margo, Edith and Agnes, respectively, both trios will befriend each other.
- Y'know what? Their personalities might actually be different.
- Playing on Bond's womanizing ways, the spy may show amorous intent towards Lucy, making Gru jealous and worry about her leaving him for "James". He and Lucy may have even been romantically involved in the past, causing additional worry for Gru.
- Since Dr. Nefario basically fills the role of Q for Gru, he may meet his Anti-Villain League counterpart. There would probably be friction between the two before a reconcilliation at the end.