History Characters / DespicableMeTheAntagonists

* EvilOldFolks: He's an elderly supervillain.

* BecomingTheMask: He decides to become an actual supervillain after his show fails.

* AmbiguousSituation: 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, [[spoiler:only to wind up stranded on the ''Mars'' instead.]]

* FatBastard: Not as obviously as his father Mr. Perkins, but Vector has a definite pot-belly.

* LaughablyEvil: No one would expect someone with a pudding bowl haircut to be taken seriously.

* AmbiguousSituation: 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, [[spoiler:only to wind up stranded on ''Mars'' instead.]]

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: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.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: 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, [[spoiler:only to wind up on ''Mars'' instead.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: 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.

* StarterVillain: Not just because he's the first major antagonist of the movie series, he also doesn't have as strong motives or personality as El Macho, Balthazaar Bratt, and even Scartlet Overkill would later have.

* SeventiesHair: In the Minions sequel, he is seen already with a baldspot on top but with heavy hair and long muttonchops.

* GreaterScopeVillain: 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.

* ObviouslyEvil: Even in a world of {{Card Carrying Villain}}s, this guy still stands out. The shape of his head, the fact that his hair seem 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 ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'', which was done for similar effect.
* PointyHairedBoss: He's an out-and-out {{Expy}} of the trope namer, only even more villainous.
* SoProudOfYou: 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.

* CatchPhrase: "Oh yeaah!"

* CatchPhrase: "I've been a baaaad boy" was his back when he was a child star, and he maintains it in the present day.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Mr. Perkins refuses to give Gru any money because he doesn't have the shrink ray he's applying the loan for. Not to mention how almost none of his evil plots in the past turned a profit.

* {{Nepotism}}: Is implied to be a believer in this, showing more favoritism to Vector (his own son) than Gru.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Gru defeats him with his own keyboard blaster.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:He ultimately is defeated by Gru the same way he escaped from him at the beginning of the movie-- blasted by his keyboard, left naked, and stuck inside his own expanding bubblegum.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WillArnett (English), Creator/OmarSy (European French)

%%* ManChild

* JerkassHasAPoint: Mr. Perkins refuses to give Gru any money because he doesn't have the shrink ray he's applying the loan for. Not to mention how almost none of his evil plots in the past turned a profit. WebVideo/CinemaSins puts it best:
-->"Gotta side with the asshole bank guy here. Why the hell wouldn't Gru steal the shrink ray ''before'' applying for the loan?"

* FatBastard: A fat man who runs the Bank of ''Evil''.

* MorallyBankruptBanker: It's even called the Bank of Evil.

* EvilCounterpart: To Gru -- Gru is old-fashioned, has mommy issues and a JerkWithAHeartOfGold; Vector is new-fashioned, has daddy issues and a plain JerkAss. They both are amazingly good with technology, comically evil (for the fun of it, and for us watching), a few personality flaws.

* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:By the time of the climax, he abducts Gru's adoptive daughters and takes them to his mansion and keeps them for ransom as a way to persuade Gru into sacrifising moon to him on the condition that Vector realeases the girls. But Vector breaks the deal the keeps the girls instead, which prompts Gru to go in there and get them himself. Vector then sends more missles at Gru, and Gru sucessfully dodges them before preparing to driectly confront Vector. Realising this has backfired, Vector then launches his escape pod, and flees rather than of engaing in the confrintation, because he simple lacks the guts to face off against his rival. This also backfires thanks to Gru's remarkable athletism and reflexes, as he is able to rescue the girls.]]

* LightIsNotGood: Has luscious blonde hair who commits crimes for the thrill of it.

%%* AntiVillain: Unlike Bratt, Clive doesn't seem to be evil at all. He also would rather prefer it if Bratt would just stop his revenge of his fall of disgrace 30 years ago and just move on. Yet he goes along with with Bratt's plans anyway.

* AntiVillain: Unlike Bratt, Clive doesn't seem to be evil at all. He also would rather prefer it if Bratt would just stop his revenge of his fall of disgrace 30 years ago and just move on. Yet he goes along with with Bratt's plans anyway.

* EvilOrphanageLady: She runs an orphanage for girls, emotionally abuses them, and forces them to sell cookies so she can make a profit. Provides the page image.

* RatedMForManly: "He was ruthless! He was ''dangerous''! And ''as'' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the name implies...]]''very macho''!"

* BadassDecay: 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, this is oddly never commented on.

%%* AntiVillain: Unlike Bratt, Clive doesn't seem to be evil at all. He also would rather prefer it if Bratt would just stop his revenge of his fall of disgrace 30 years ago and just move on. Yet he goes along with with Bratt's plans anyway.