History Headscratchers / MinionsTheRiseOfGru

* When Gru and Wild Knuckles infiltrate the Bank of Evil to steal ''Art/TheMonaLisa'', Mr. Perkins shows them a picture of his son Vector, the same one seen in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1''. Nice EasterEgg, without doubt, but... does this mean that Vector doesn't really show his age, à la Creator/TomCruise? This film takes place in 1976 and the original ''Despicable Me'' takes place at the very least in the late 2000s or the early 2010s (evidenced by the fact that Vector has a [[UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} Nintendo Wii]], which were released in 2006). In the photo, Vector is at the very least five or six years old, while Gru states to be eleven years old here, which proves that Gru is at least five or four years older than Vector. However, in the first film, Vector is at the very least in his late twenties or early thirties, and his father's comments about Gru's age making him an unfavorable candidate for a loan in contrast to younger successful villains like Vector, suggests that the age gap between Vector and Gru is far more than just four or five years.

** Unless if you support the Vector Grimwalker theory, this will be hard to explain.

* When Gru and Wild Knuckles infiltrate the Bank of Evil to steal ''Art/TheMonaLisa'', Mr. Perkins shows them a picture of his son Vector, the same one seen in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe''. Nice EasterEgg, without doubt, but... does this mean that Vector doesn't really show his age, à la Creator/TomCruise? This film takes place in 1976 and the original ''Despicable Me'' takes place at the very least in the late 2000s or the early 2010s (evidenced by the fact that Vector has a [[UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} Nintendo Wii]], which were released in 2006). In the photo, Vector is at the very least five or six years old, while Gru states to be eleven years old here, which proves that Gru is at least five or four years older than Vector. However, in the first film, Vector is at the very least in his late twenties or early thirties, and his father's comments about Gru's age making him an unfavorable candidate for a loan in contrast to younger successful villains like Vector, suggests that the age gap between Vector and Gru is far more than just four or five years.

* When Gru and Wild Knuckles infiltrate the Bank of Evil to steal ''Art/MonaLisa'', Mr. Perkins shows them a picture of his son Vector, the same one seen in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe''. Nice EasterEgg, without doubt, but... does this mean that Vector doesn't really show his age, à la Creator/TomCruise? This film takes place in 1976 and the original ''Despicable Me'' takes place at the very least in the late 2000s or the early 2010s (evidenced by the fact that Vector has a [[UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} Nintendo Wii]], which were released in 2006). In the photo, Vector is at the very least five or six years old, while Gru states to be eleven years old here, which proves that Gru is at least five or four years older than Vector. However, in the first film, Vector is at the very least in his late twenties or early thirties, and his father's comments about Gru's age making him an unfavorable candidate for a loan in contrast to younger successful villains like Vector, suggests that the age gap between Vector and Gru is far more than just four or five years.

** Spoken language isn't the only way the minions communicate with others. There are also their various facial expressions and overall body language which can say lots. These random people likely use that, plus the little words that they do understand.

* When Gru and Wild Knuckles infiltrate the Bank of Evil to steal ''Art/TheMonaLisa'', Mr. Perkins shows them a picture of his son Vector, the same one seen in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe''. Nice EasterEgg, without doubt, but... does this mean that Vector doesn't really show his age, à la Creator/TomCruise? This film takes place in 1976 and the original ''Despicable Me'' takes place at the very least in the late 2000s or the early 2010s (evidenced by the fact that Vector has a [[UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} Nintendo Wii]], which were released in 2006). In the photo, Vector is at the very least five or six years old, while Gru states to be eleven years old here, which proves that Gru is at least five or four years older than Vector. However, in the first film, Vector is at the very least in his late twenties or early thirties, and his father's comments about Gru's age making him an unfavorable candidate for a loan in contrast to younger successful villains like Vector, suggests that the age gap between Vector and Gru is far more than just four or five years.

** Here's another surprise: The first Minions movie says the minions existed before humans, but a short film from the first Despicable Me movie says they all came from a single strand of mutated DNA. This could mean that these two prequels are just set in a parallel universe from the main franchise(might also explain why we never see Bob in the main franchise).

** Here's another surprise: The first Minions movie says the minions existed before humans, but a short film from the first Despicable Me movie says they came from a single strand of mutated DNA. This could mean that both movies are just set in a parallel universe from the main franchise(might also explain why we never see Bob in the main franchise).

* How do random people understand the minions and vise versa? Even if they served humanity's evilest members, after Napoleon, most of them were stuck in an ice cave and had no human contact. And as we all know, language is not static. It evolves over time and 100+ years is no small time. Not to mention that the Minion language seems to be a mix of all other languages in the world

** Kevin shows up in the second film, he's the minion who El Macho sets loose and attacks the house before Dr. Nefario cures him.