History YMMV / Minions

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: True to being Illumination, the soundtrack includes scads of 60s hits. [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand]], Music/TheWho, Music/TheDoors, Music/JimiHendrix, Music/TheTurtles, and even a couple songs from [[Music/TheBeatles]], who's music can be hard to license.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: True to being Illumination, the soundtrack includes scads of 60s hits. [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand The Stones]], Music/TheWho, Music/TheDoors, and even a handful of notoriously-hard-to-license [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] songs.

** Gru also became this once people realized that if the Minions continued to serve him from 1968, he must be worse than [[UsefulNotes/{{Cambodia}} Pol Pot]], UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein, UsefulNotes/IdiAmin, UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden, [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea the Kim family]], and [[UsefulNotes/{{Afghanistan}} the Taliban]].

* {{Squick}}:
** A Minion in a thong is already a gross image on it’s own, but having to see a backshot of as much? You may need some heavy doses of bleach on your eyes afterwards.

* StockParodyJokes: The Minions work for the evilest master they can find, so they served any dictator throughout human history and were involved in any atrocity (usually Hitler and the Holocaust).

* TearJerker: Throughout almost the whole movie, the Minions were sad about losing boss after boss to various tragic accidents--or in Scarlet's case, just plain not liking them.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The movie really could have gone better if it was a Gru origin story, like he was Scarlet Overkill’s newest apprentice instead of the Minions.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The general reception of the movie (especially [[CriticalDissonance by critics]]). They say that while it's not as good as either of [[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe the first]] [[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2 two films]] in its franchise or the [[Film/JurassicWorld movies]] [[WesternAnimation/InsideOut that competed]] [[Film/AntMan1 with it]] in the box office, it's still a decent family film.

* MemeticMutation: "What were the Minions doing during [insert horrific historical event]?"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A key part of the Minions' backstory is that they are naturally inclined to serve the most villainous master possible, and at one point they're shown at the command of UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte. A number of viewers online, especially the Minions' detractors, ran with the idea, depicting the Minions as helping various historical despots and participating in various atrocities. Because the Minions stuck with Gru since 1968, other jokes posit that Gru must be ''worse'' than every dictator, despot, and criminal who came to prominence since then.[[/labelnote]]

* MemeticMutation:
** "What were Minions doing between 1933 and 1945?" [[labelnote:Explanation]] A common joke online, especially among Minion haters, is that the reason the writers had them living in the Arctic for most of the 20th century was because the "searching for the most evil person available" thing unintentionally implied that the Minions would end up [[CrossesTheLineTwice working for Adolf Hitler.]] Note that, since the last master they served before the cave was UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, the implication that they worked for tyrants ''before'' him, like UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}, UsefulNotes/{{Nero}}, UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun, UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, UsefulNotes/TimurTheLame, UsefulNotes/MaryTudor, or UsefulNotes/IvanTheTerrible is still on the table.[[/labelnote]]
** "What were Minions doing between 1975 and 1979?" [[labelnote:Explanation]] Taking the "searching for the most evil person available" rule the other way, and depicting the Minions as working for real-world genocidal tyrants ''after'' they left the ice cave, such as [[UsefulNotes/{{Cambodia}} Pol Pot]] and UsefulNotes/SlobodanMilosevic. Which, again, unintentionally implies that Gru is more heinous than them.[[/labelnote]]
** "What were Minions doing on September 11, 2001?" [[labelnote:Explanation]] Yet another case of taking the "most despicable master" shtick to its logical conclusion, proposing that the Minions were members of Al-Qaeda and helped bomb the World Trade Center or that ''Gru'' was either responsible for 9/11 in the ''Despicable Me'' universe or did ''something even worse''.[[/labelnote]]

* ItsPopularNowItSucks: Through WolverinePublicity, this film made the already popular minions ''even more popular'' (as well as turning their marketing UpToEleven), and people who don't like them or are indifferent to them aren't too thrilled.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: True to being Illumination, the soundtrack includes scads of 60s hits. [[Music/TheRollingStones The Stones]], Music/TheWho, Music/TheDoors, and even a handful of notoriously-hard-to-license [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] songs.

** "What were Minions doing between 1933 and 1945?" [[labelnote:Explanation]] A common joke online, especially among Minion haters, is that the reason the writers had them living in the Arctic for most of the 20th century was because the "searching for the most evil person available" thing [[UnfortunateImplications unintentionally implied]] that the Minions would end up [[CrossesTheLineTwice working for Adolf Hitler.]] Note that, since the last master they served before the cave was UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, the implication that they worked for tyrants ''before'' him, like UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}, UsefulNotes/{{Nero}}, UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun, UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, UsefulNotes/TimurTheLame, UsefulNotes/MaryTudor, or UsefulNotes/IvanTheTerrible is still on the table.[[/labelnote]]
** "What were Minions doing between 1975 and 1979?" [[labelnote:Explanation]] Taking the "searching for the most evil person available" rule the other way, and depicting the Minions as working for real-world genocidal tyrants ''after'' they left the ice cave, such as [[UsefulNotes/{{Cambodia}} Pol Pot]] and UsefulNotes/SlobodanMilosevic. Which, again, [[UnfortunateImplications unintentionally implies]] that Gru is more heinous than them.[[/labelnote]]

** While the Minions canonically work for the evilest and most ruthless organism they can find, the bosses shown are just generic scary or intimidating historical figures and creatures and they're so idiotically incompetent that they bring more pain upon themselves and their masters than other people. This doesn't stop memes that they would have without question worked for the ''truly'' despicable men and women throughout history, most commonly UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.

* MemeticPsychopath: While the Minions canonically work for the evilest and most ruthless organism they can find, the bosses shown are just generic scary or intimidating historical figures and creatures and they're so idiotically incompetent that they bring more pain upon themselves and their masters than other people. This doesn't stop memes that they would have without question worked for the ''truly'' despicable men and women throughout history, most commonly UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.

* MemeticMutation: "What were Minions doing between 1933 and 1945?" [[labelnote:Explanation]] A common joke online, especially among Minion haters, is that the reason the writers had them living in the Arctic for most of the 20th century was because the "searching for the most evil person available" thing [[UnfortunateImplications unintentionally implied]] that the Minions would end up [[CrossesTheLineTwice working for Adolf Hitler.]] Note that, since the last master they served before the cave was UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, the implication that they worked for tyrants ''before'' him, like UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}, UsefulNotes/{{Nero}}, UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun, UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, UsefulNotes/TimurTheLame, UsefulNotes/MaryTudor, or UsefulNotes/IvanTheTerrible is still on the table.[[/labelnote]]

** "What were Minions doing between 1975 and 1979?" [[labelnote:Explanation]] Taking the "searching for the most evil person available" rule the other way, and depicting the Minions as working for real-world genocidal tyrants ''after'' they left the ice cave, such as [[UsefulNotes/{{Cambodia}} Pol Pot]] and UsefulNotes/SlobodanMilošević. Which, again, [[UnfortunateImplications unintentionally implies]] that Gru is more heinous than them.[[/labelnote]]

* MemeticMutation: A common joke online, especially among Minion haters, is that the reason the writers had them living in the Arctic for most of the 20th century was because the "searching for the most evil person available" thing [[UnfortunateImplications unintentionally implied]] that the Minions would be [[CrossesTheLineTwice working for Adolf Hitler.]][[note]]Note that, since the last master they served before the cave was UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, the implication that they worked for tyrants ''before'' him, like UsefulNotes/{{Caligula}}, UsefulNotes/{{Nero}}, UsefulNotes/AttilaTheHun, UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, UsefulNotes/TimurTheLame, UsefulNotes/MaryTudor, or UsefulNotes/IvanTheTerrible is still on the table.[[/note]]

* MemeticMutation: A common joke online, especially among Minion haters, is that the reason the writers had them living in the Arctic for most of the 20th century was because the "searching for the most evil person available" thing [[UnfortunateImplications unintentionally implied]] that the Minions would be [[CrossesTheLineTwice working for Adolf Hitler.]]

* CriticalDissonance: While the movie has been well-received by the audience and has definitely become a huge box office success, having passed the billion dollar mark outgrossing both ''Despicable Me'' films, and becoming the third highest-grossing animated film of all time, it holds a largely mediocre critical reception with a below average 55% on Rotten Tomatoes. Of all the films that have passed the billion dollar mark, only ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'', ''Film/TransformersDarkOfTheMoon'', ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'', ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', and ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' have worse critical reception than ''Minions''.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: This was the highest grossing movie of 2015 in Mexico.

* CreatorBacklash: director Pierre Coffin [[https://en.tempo.co/read/912805/pierre-louis-padang-coffin-no-more-minions can't tell if the movie he made was good or not]].

*** [[GadgeteerGenius Herb Overkill]] is the laidback, swaggering husband of the world's greatest villain Scarlet, and plays a key role in her years of success with his technological genius. Outfitting Scarlet with every sort of weapon and tool she could ever need, Herb's skills are so useful that he even successfully supplies the Minions with such good gadgets that they [[TeamRocketWins pull off a heist]] for the Overkills handily. Designing Scarlet's coronation dress with defensive and offensive capabilities that save her life and make her a massive threat in the climax, Herb maintains a [[MellowFellow chill, friendly attitude]] the whole film, never holding any real malice towards anyone he goes up against, simply working with Scarlet because he loves her and enjoys goofing around.
*** [[OutlawCouple Walter and Madge Nelson]] are a pair of successful supervillains who [[TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether raise their children]] to be as skilled and dangerous as them. Walter and Madge make family trips out of bank robberies and high security museum infiltration, doing such a good job in ripping the places off that even their [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior infant son Binky]] becomes a deadly villain in no time. Genuinely befriending the Minions and offering them advice in villainy, the Nelsons are the only bad guys who [[EvenEvilHasStandards refuse to ally with Scarlet Overkill]] in hunting the Minions, urging their friends to escape.