History WesternAnimation / DespicableMe3

* BlueIsHeroic: As with the previous film, Lucy carries on this trend with her attire of turquoise dress and longcoat.

''Minions: The Rise of Gru'' is coming very soon, though the date is unconfirmed.

* InTheBlood: Dru wants to be a villain just like Gru was and he discusses the trope in regards to villainy running in their family.

* SoProudOfYou: Dru tells Gru that their deceased father, himself a great villain, was very proud of Gru for his former supervillain deeds, something that makes Gru smile.

* SpecialEffectFailure: InUniverse. The ''Evil Bratt'' TV show uses blatantly unconvincing effects, where wires and sets are clearly visible. The episode with the giant robot is especially egregious, as the robot is clearly just Bratt wearing a costume (his real eyes are visible behind the mask) and walking on a city of miniature model buildings.

-->'''Adult Bratt:''' Seriously, how did this show never win an Emmy?

* StylisticSuck: The clip of "Evil Bratt" showing Bratt's evil plan has ridiculously cheap miniature effects.

** Gru was always TheUnfavorite to his mother, and his mother even confirms in this movie that she got "second pick" as to which child to raise, as she is much prouder of Dru -- but ironically, Dru ended up TheUnfavorite to his father, who was much prouder of Gru. So each twin actually made the parent who ''didn't'' rear them proud. This is doubly ironic as what made each parent proud was a direct result of the other parent, as Gru only became the great villain his father admired because he pushed himself to gain his mother's admiration, and Dru only became the wealthy success that his mother admired because of all the money given to him by his father because he was too incompetent to earn or steal his own.

** At one point, [[spoiler:Lucy applies Margo's earlier "tough love" advice at the wrong time, causing Margo to pick up an unwanted admirer and causing Lucy to temporarily lose Margo's trust. Fortunately, this is resolved quickly: Lucy shoots down the boy's marriage proposal, and then intimidates the boy's mother into ''not'' cursing Margo for it. This restores Margo's trust in Lucy, and also earns Lucy a hug from Margo.]]

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After Gru gets fired from the AVL, the Minions suggest he goes back to villainy, but he refuses. So they angrily quit and storm out, leaving Gru with only two Minions for most of the movie. [[spoiler:The rest of the Minions rejoin Gru to help him stop Bratt, then join him for good after Bratt is defeated]].

** Also, when the Minions [[spoiler:build a hot air balloon to escape the prison, they leave behind one minion who was waving the "runway lights". The balloon takes off without him and we never see what happens to him, not even in a [[TheStinger stinger]]. The human prisoner they inadvertently abducted during the escape is also never seen again once the balloon reaches Hollywood.]]

** When the girls are getting on the plane home, Lucy tells Gru that he has been a "bad boy" for lying to her before going with them. [[spoiler:It's Bratt's CatchPhrase, hinting that Lucy here is actually Bratt in disguise]]. And Lucy sings part of Michael Sembello's hit song "Maniac" as she's fetching the girls. [[spoiler: Who do we know in this movie who loves '80s music?]]

* ColorMotif: To show the contrast in their personalities, Dru wears all white (both in his casual wear and his spandex villain suit), while Gru wears all black. Fittingly, Dru is SpoiledSweet and naive while Gru is grumpy and serious. ''Even more'' so, Gru and Dru's father wore grey.

* SpoiledSweet: Dru Gru. This man is ''loaded'', but still seems like a pretty benevolent guy, despite wanting to be as much of a villain that Gru used to be.

* AscendedExtra: [[https://twitter.com/cincopedia/status/809516704866791424 One of the writers stated that]] the girls would be getting bigger roles than the ones they had in ''Despicable Me 2''. And they do, especially Edith, who now has roughly equal screen-time to that of Margo and Agnes.

''Minions: The Rise of Gru'' is scheduled to be released on July 3, 2020.

* VisualPun: During the final chase, we have [[Music/TheBeatles Lucy in the sky with a diamond]].

* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: Played with. Bratt steals the Dumont Diamond from the Paris museum and says his CatchPhrase, "I've been a bad boy! Or should I say, ''je suis sommes un mal garçon''!" That actually means "I ''am'' a bad boy". A more literal translation would be "''J'ai été un mauvais garçon''" ("I have been a bad boy"), but it would just sound weird.

* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: Played with. Bratt steals the Dumont Diamond from the Paris museum and says his CatchPhrase, "I've been a bad boy! Or should I say, ''je suis un mal garçon''!" That actually means "I ''am'' a bad boy". A more literal translation would be "''J'ai été un mauvais garçon''" ("I have been a bad boy"), but it would just sound weird.

* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: Played with. Bratt steals the Dumont Diamond from the Paris museum and says his CatchPhrase, "I've been a bad boy! Or should I say, ''je suis un mauvais garçon''!" That actually means "I ''am'' a bad boy". A more literal translation would be "''J'ai été un mauvais garçon''" ("I have been a bad boy"), but it would just sound weird.

* MisplacedRetribution: Bratt wants to destroy Hollywood in revenge for his acting career fizzling out when he hit puberty. Given that it's been thirty plus years since ''Evil Bratt'' was cancelled, it's likely that everyone involved in his show ending has since retired and moved away from Hollywood, making his revenge hit people who've done nothing to him.

* InformedPower: Although the laser was activated, Balthazar had never tried to aim his laser at several buildings, averting MonumentalDamage and SceneryGorn. The only building destroyed (partially) onscreen was a [[BlandNameProduct Capitol Records building ripoff]].

!!''Despicable Me 3'' contains examples of:

** Near the climax, [[spoiler: Bratt pretends to be Lucy (gagging and sticking the real Lucy in a closet) and kidnaps Margo, Edith, and Agnes along with the diamond.]] And if that wasn't enough, [[spoiler:he almost gets the girls ''killed'' by placing them on top of an unsafe skyscraper.]]
* AerithAndBob: (Felonious) Gru and Lucy.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Spanish version has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SC0Ze4ta9o Yo Contigo, Tú Conmigo]] by the band Morat, which also features Alvaro Soler.
* AmusingInjuries: In the Tipsy Unicorn bar, the bartender says the Crooked Forest is the only place on the planet where unicorns still live. The other patrons laugh, and one throws a dart into another patron's nose.

* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: Dru with the Minions steal Gru's ship with plans to do villainy; Gru and Lucy decide to give them a five minute headstart.]]

* ApocalypseWow:
** Subverted as the laser used by Bratt only destroys the road and majority of the destruction of Hollywood is happening offscreen. Plus, when the city was rising, unlike in Sokovia (from another [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron franchise]]), the buildings don't collapse down.
* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: Played with. Bratt steals the Dumont Diamond from the Paris museum and says his CatchPhrase, "I've been a bad boy! Or should I say, ''je suis un mauvais garçon''!" That actually means "I ''am'' a bad boy". A more literal translation would be "''J'ai été un mauvais garçon''" ("I have been a bad boy"), but it would just sound weird.

* BadBoss: Valerie da Vinci. She rudely kicks Silas out of the AVL as he is in the middle of giving his resignation speech, calls every present agent a loser when asking for Gru to identify himself, unceremoniously fires him for not capturing Bratt, and when Lucy objects and says that she's also out if Gru is fired, da Vinci fires her too [[KickTheDog and throws her and Gru out of the AVL blimp]].

* BigNo: [[spoiler:Lucy when the girls fall off the skyscraper ledge when the building tilts due to the expanding gum. She jumps after them and catches them using a piece of gum as a bungee line.]]

* BigYes: Lucy does a quiet one after she gets a hug from Margo. [[spoiler:This was after they were both cursed by Niko's angry mother after Margo refused Niko's engagement present of a pig, and [[MamaBear Lucy angrily warned Niko's mother to back off]].]]
** Dru does one when Gru suggests he and Dru steal the Dumont Diamond. [[spoiler: What Dru doesn't yet know is that Gru's motive is to do it solely so he and Lucy can get their jobs back at the AVL.]]

** [[spoiler: After his argument with Gru]], Dru is seen [[HeartbreakAndIceCream eating ice cream]] called ''Brad And Larry's'', an obvious parody of ''Ben And Jerry's''.

** The first two films began with the film's {{Macguffin}} being mysteriously stolen by the films' yet-to-be-revealed antagonist before cutting to Gru and his life. This film's prologue explains Bratt's backstory before showing Gru and Lucy in the middle of a chase against him.

* ButtMonkey: Fritz goes through a bit of abuse, usually at the hands of Kyle, Edith, Dave and Jerry.

** Lucy follows a similar plot to Gru in ''Despicable Me'' -- struggling with becoming a parental figure to the girls, has a bonding moment with each of them, and going [[spoiler: MamaBear when they are kidnapped by the BigBad.]]

* ChekhovsGun: Dru shows off many of his expensive-looking vehicles, and there is one helicopter present. Lucy uses that helicopter to rescue Gru and Dru from Bratt's lair.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler: Gru teaches Dru about villainy, and ends up opposing him upon getting his job back.]]
* CreativeClosingCredits: Rather than the DancePartyEnding that was used in the other films, this film's credits show [=2D=]-animated scenes of Gru and Dru chasing each other.

** Another one happens near the end of the film. Bratt's robot [[spoiler:is 'destroying' Hollywood, but several instances of it were subverted as the Robot wasn't causing mass destruction upon arrival, its lasers '''never''' aim at the buildings, the buildings don't collapse when the city rises and even if buildings were destroyed, they would be heavily obscured offscreen from the expanding bubblegum.]]

** The first time, she hears Agnes scream from inside the bar Agnes and Edith are in (the Tipsy Unicorn), and, [[AdultFear thinking Agnes is in trouble]], proceeds to beat up the patrons, who are almost all men. Once she learns the girls are fine, she apologises to the patrons and leaves with the girls.

** When the girls are getting on the plane home, Lucy tells Gru that he has been a "bad boy" for lying to her before going with them. [[spoiler:It's Bratt's CatchPhrase, hinting that Lucy here is actually Bratt in disguise]].
*** And Lucy sings part of Michael Sembello's hit song "Maniac" as she's fetching the girls. [[spoiler: Who do we know in this movie who loves 80's music?]]

* GoodIsNotNice: Valerie da Vinci may be the head of the AVL, an organisation dedicated to battling crime on a global scale, but she's very much a BadBoss and a {{Jerkass}}.

* HeroesGoneFishing: Gru and Lucy after they get fired, as the girls have prepared a makeshift honeymoon for them once they get home.

* {{Irony}}: Gru was always TheUnfavorite to his mother, and his mother even confirms in this movie that she got "second pick" as to which child to raise, as she is much prouder of Dru--but ironically, Dru ended up TheUnfavorite to his father, who was much prouder of Gru. So each twin actually made the parent who ''didn't'' raise them proud.
** This is doubly ironic as what made each parent proud was a direct result of the other parent, as Gru only became the great villain his father admired because he pushed himself to gain his mother's admiration, and Dru only became the wealthy success that his mother admired because of all the money given to him by his father because he was too incompetent to earn or steal his own.

* {{Jerkass}}: Valerie da Vinci, even if just by being a BadBoss and throwing Gru and Lucy off the AVL blimp after she fires them.

* LatexPerfection: Balthazar Bratt disguises himself as a fat diamond inspector, complete with fake skin, to infiltrate a French museum to steal the Dumont Diamond. [[spoiler: He also disguises himself as Lucy when he kidnaps the girls.]]

* LeftStuckAfterAttack: This happens to Gru in the climax. Gru attempts to hit Bratt and initially gets his hand stuck in Bratt's hair, thanks to all the hair gel.

* MamaBear: When a local woman and mother of the boy Margo met earlier, delivers a curse and tirade of insults about Margo [[spoiler:after Margo rejects Niko's marriage proposal]] with Lucy standing behind her, cue Lucy getting in the woman's face and grabbing the woman's collar. Then the scene is shown from a wide angle and Lucy has lifted the heavyset woman into the air by her collar!
-->'''Lucy''': Nobody, ''nobody'' curses my daughter, you got that? Because if you mess with Margo, you mess with me! And I promise, you do not want to mess with me! Do you understand me?

** Lucy uses this trope by name when she hears Agnes scream and ''thought'' that a room full of ruffians were hurting Edith and Agnes and apologizes after beating up all of them.
-->'''Lucy''': Sorry, [[LampshadeHanging went a little mama bear on ya. You know, I heard a scream and...]] Yeah, okay. Have a good one!

* MasterOfDisguise: Being a disgraced former actor, Bratt disguises himself as a fat inspector to steal the diamond, and later [[spoiler: dresses up as Lucy to kidnap the girls]]. And they're actually ''convincing''. [[spoiler:He even says, after shedding his Lucy mask, "Now ''that's'' acting!"]]
* MercyLead: [[spoiler:At the end, Dru takes the Minions and sets off on a life of villainy. Lucy is ready to go after him, but Gru says that because he's family, they'll give him a five minute head start.]]

* MilitariesAreUseless: An episode of Evil Bratt has Bratt floating off Hollywood into space and the United States Army being unable to stop him with their weapons. The general even orders a retreat of his soldiers when Bratt commences the bubble gum.

** Downplayed when [[spoiler:Bratt's mecha robot only partially destroys the 'Hollywood' Sign and when his expanding bubblegum destroys the 'World Records Building' (which is a parody of the Capitol Records Building), but with the collapse partially on-screen]].

* NeverTrustATrailer: Or TV Spots, as they made the viewers assume Gru would go back to villainy after getting fired from the AVL.

** The French museum director when Monsieur Pompeux is revealed to be Bratt in disguise, after Bratt tranquilises the other present staff and throws his mask at him.

* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: Bratt is the Young Villain (possibly in his thirties) to Gru's Old Villain (confirmed to be in his fifties).
** Although given that Bratt was a preteen during the '80's, there's a good chance he's actually in his forties.

** [[spoiler: After Gru and Dru successfully manage to steal back the diamond from Bratt, they both get into an argument over how the former wants to go back to the AVL and the latter wants to continue their family's villainy tradition.]]

* PortmanteauCoupleName: InUniverse; Lucy calls herself and Gru "Grucy." Gru doesn't like it very much. This doubles as AscendedFanon, as Grucy is the fan couple name for Gru and Lucy.
* PosthumousCharacter: Marlena's ex-husband, Robert, father of Gru and Dru, who was a legendary suppervillain. Dru hopes to follow in his father's footsteps and become one himself due to, like his brother was in the first film, being a WellDoneSonGuy.

* ProphecyTwist: Midway through the movie, a bartender tells Agnes that according to legend, if a maiden who is pure of heart goes into the Crooked Forest, then she'll find a real live unicorn. Naturally, when Agnes tries it the next day, [[spoiler:there is no real unicorn, just a goat with one horn--however, the one-horned goat takes a liking to Agnes the ''instant'' it meets her, since Agnes really is a nice girl.]]
* PurpleIsPowerful: The BigBad, Balthazar Bratt, dresses in purple when he's not in disguise.

** Gru has spent almost his entire life in villainy. Dru has not. While he's an enthusiastic amateur he still has no clue what he's doing and it's explicitly pointed out after they [[spoiler: successfully rob Bratt that their success was in spite of Dru, not because of him]], which is precisely why he was kept out of the way.

* SayMyName: Lucy yells Agnes's name after she hears Agnes scream inside the Tipsy Unicorn while looking for her and Edith.

** The credits have a sequence similar to Mad Magazine's ''SpyVsSpy'' comics.
** The TalentShow the Minions appear in is the same as in ''{{WesternAnimation/Sing}}''.
** During the movie, Margo is wearing a top with a picture of TheGrinch.

* UnusualEuphemism: Bratt's OhCrap on the ship at the beginning, where he exclaims, "Son of a Betamax!".

* WouldHurtAChild: Bratt. [[spoiler: He dresses up as Lucy to kidnap the girls, then, when Edith demands he let them out of his robot, he deposits them on the narrow ledge near the top of a skyscraper, knowing full well they will likely fall to their deaths, which they almost do.]]

** Lucy checking up on the girls while they are asleep and "There's Something Special" plays. The difference is that the first time, Lucy checks on them and then leaves. The second time, she checks on them and then tucks Agnes into bed. Agnes stirs and says, "[[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments I love you, Mom]]".