| 1 | [[header:[[center:''Franchise/DespicableMe'' [[Characters/DespicableMe franchise character index]]\ |
| 2 | [-'''The Gru Family''' | [[Characters/DespicableMeTheAntagonists The Antagonists]] | [[Characters/DespicableMeOtherCharacters Other Characters]]-]]]]] |
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| 4 | Unmarked spoilers up to ''Despicable Me 2'' and ''Minions''. |
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| 8 | [[folder:General]] |
| 9 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/19d75077fc023ee5f1c27599b4260380.jpg]] |
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| 11 | A family of strange, but tight-knit characters. |
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| 13 | * BadassFamily: |
| 14 | ** [[ActionDad Gru]] was the former number one supervillain before retiring and was recuited by the AVL so he could help them find the BigBad of ''Despicable Me 2''. He's also a GadgeteerGenius (since he was ''[[ChildProdigy eight]]'') who's able to ''[[GeniusBruiser one-punch a shark]]''. And his most of his badass moments come from an enemy [[PapaWolf threatening his family]]. |
| 15 | ** [[LittleMissBadass The girls]] may not get a lot of action moments in comparison to their other family members, but they have proven to be tougher than they look and helped defeat the BigBad of ''Despicable Me 2''. |
| 16 | ** [[ActionMom Lucy]] is an AVL spy who was able one-up and kidnap Gru when they first met. She's a master of four fighting styles and is quite intelligent despite her goofy nature. Also, like her husband, it's best to ''not'' [[MamaBear mess with her family.]] |
| 17 | ** Dr. Nefario may be old and hard of hearing, but he's Gru's most trusted ally ''because'' he's a genius at inventing. |
| 18 | ** [[GeniusDitz The Minions]], despite their goofiness that often make them look like idiots, are quite brilliant at inventing stuff and, thanks to their BizarreAlienBiology, are able to provide a variety of helpful talents. |
| 19 | ** [[ScarfOfAsskicking Dru]] starts off as an incompetent villain-wannabe...[[spoiler:before his [[PapaWolf nieces were threatened]]. Then, he TookALevelInBadass and was one of the key deciding factors to stop Bratt.]] |
| 20 | ** Gru and Dru's parents, [[NeverMessWithGranny Marlena]] and [[BaldOfEvil Robert]]. They may not be the nicest (especially towards their sons), but the former is a karate practitioner despite her old age and the latter was renowned supervillain in his life. |
| 21 | ** [[BewareOfViciousDog Kyle]] is the family's pet "dog", and by "dog", he's a half-dog, half-piranha. |
| 22 | * ColorCodedCharacters: Most of them have their own color scheme. |
| 23 | ** Gru -- Black/Grey. |
| 24 | ** Margo -- Green. |
| 25 | ** Edith -- Pink. |
| 26 | ** Agnes -- Blue. |
| 27 | ** Dr. Nefario, Dru, and Robert -- White. |
| 28 | ** Marlena -- Purple. |
| 29 | ** Lucy -- Turquoise. |
| 30 | ** Minions -- Yellow. |
| 31 | ** Kyle -- Black. |
| 32 | * FamilyOfChoice: All of them (except the Minions) are not blood-related, but even so, they are family all the same. |
| 33 | * LimitedWardrobe: Unless there is a special occasion, they will usually wear the same outfit. |
| 34 | * UnlikelyHero: No one would expect them to save the day, especially in regards to the more villainous ones. |
| 35 | * VagueAge: Their exact ages can only be hypothesized. Though Gru's birthday is shown to be September 28, 1960 in the [[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1 first film]], which would make him at least 52 in the [[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2 second film]]. And WordOfGod [[https://twitter.com/cincopedia/status/700718522385563649 confirms]] the ages of the girls -- Margo is 12, Edith is 9, and Agnes is 6. |
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| 37 | |
| 38 | !!Title Character |
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| 40 | [[folder:Felonious Gru]] |
| 41 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/felonious_gru.png]] |
| 42 | [[caption-width-right:250:''"Life is full of disappointments... for '''some''' people. [[EvilLaugh Hmhmhmhmhmhm]]!"'']] |
| 43 | |
| 44 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SteveCarell |
| 45 | ->'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/GadElmaleh (European French), Florentino Fernández (European Spanish), Andrés Bustamante (Latin American Spanish), Leandro Hassum (Brazilian Portuguese) |
| 46 | |
| 47 | ->''"We are going to steal...[--pause, for effect...--]THE MOON!!! And once the moon is mine, the world will give me whatever I want to get it back! And I will be the greatest villain of all time!"'' |
| 48 | |
| 49 | The strong, smart, big, hot-tempered, yet reluctant and serious protagonist of the ''Franchise/DespicableMe'' franchise who has a Russian accent. A supervillain whose previous schemes included stealing the Times Square Jumbotron, the Art/StatueOfLiberty (actually the Las Vegas one), and the Eiffel Tower (also Vegas). When another villain shows him up by stealing the Pyramid of Giza, he decides to top that by stealing the moon. This will require a {{shrink ray}}, and to get his hands on it, he comes up with a plan involving three little orphan girls... |
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| 51 | * {{Acrofatic}}: Well, while he's probably more bulky than fat, he can be far more agile than one would think. [[spoiler:At the climax of the first movie, he is able to use his acrobatic skills to maneuver around a group of rockets sent his way and when Vector's aircraft is taking off with the girls inside, Gru scales up the entire Pyramid of Giza that is behind the fortress in pretty much no-time to catch a ride.]] |
| 52 | * ActionDad: Gru eventually becomes a true father figure of Margo, Edith, and Agnes as well as going through action-packed moments in order to accomplish a goal or [[PapaWolf protect his family]]. |
| 53 | * AffablyEvil: While Gru is a {{jerkass}} to anyone he personally doesn't care about, he shows a friendly side to his loved ones. |
| 54 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: |
| 55 | ** Judging from his flashback in the sequel, the children of Gru's elementary school didn't like to be near him. They even said that being near him would give them "Gruties". |
| 56 | ** Gets this treatment in ''Despicable Me 2'' by the AVL agents, except Lucy. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] given that the organization are a group dedicated to fighting evil, and Gru was a villain. |
| 57 | * AlwaysIdenticalTwins: He and Dru are near identical, the only differences being in hair color (Gru had black and is now bald while Dru has a full head of blonde hair) and different color wardrobes (Gru is black and grey, Dru is white). |
| 58 | * AmazonChaser: For Lucy. Initially, Gru was completely annoyed with working with her in the sequel... until she shot [[JerkJock Shannon]] (his obnoxious date) with a moose tranquilizer. Cue his LoveEpiphany. |
| 59 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: He was a villain in the past, and would still be a full-fledged one if it weren't for his PetTheDog moments with his adopted daughters. In the sequel he's turned his back completely on his villainous ways and has a legitimate business as a jelly maker. |
| 60 | * AnimalMotifs: Gru's profile resembles an emperor penguin because emperor penguins (male ones) take very good care of their young. |
| 61 | * AntiHero: After turning in his villainous ways, Gru switches to the hero side, but still keeps his negative qualities. |
| 62 | * AntiVillain: He started off as a villain, but he was still kind to Professor Nefario, the Minions, and eventually, the girls. |
| 63 | * AttentionWhore: He especially wants recognition from his mother. |
| 64 | * BackToBackBadasses: With Lucy in the sequel; they were posed this way in one of the sequel's posters. |
| 65 | * BadassAdorable: Child Gru at the end of the Minions film. |
| 66 | * BadassArmFold: He even does it in the movies' logo....and does the arm fold with his body turned sideways. |
| 67 | * BadassBiker: |
| 68 | ** In the sequel, Gru is one of these as she reveals his apparently custom-made motorcycle when he goes to rescue Lucy from Eduardo. |
| 69 | ** In ''Minions'', he was one of these as a child. |
| 70 | * BadassBoast: At the end of ''Minions''. |
| 71 | -->'''Scarlet Overkill:''' [[YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith You have no idea who you're messing with!]] I am the greatest supervillain of all time!\ |
| 72 | '''Young Gru:''' ''(Chuckles)'' Oh! ''Were'' you? ''(Chuckles again)'' |
| 73 | * BadassBookworm: Smart enough to build his own rocket as a child. Strong enough to punch a shark with one arm. |
| 74 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Wears a snazzy black suit at his and Lucy's wedding. |
| 75 | * BadBadActing: When Gru and the two remaining Minions Stuart and Dave sneak into El Macho's base. "Curses! Foiled again! These guys captured me!" While striking exaggeratedly-upset poses and waving his fake handcuffs around. |
| 76 | * TheBadGuyWins: Gru succeeds in stealing the moon. Subverted in that Gru puts it back into orbit after finding out that shrink ray's effects on the moon are only temporary. |
| 77 | * BadLiar: Gru doesn't seem to understand how to tell an effective lie. It's like he doesn't put any effort into making them convincing, because he doesn't even know he needs to work at it. |
| 78 | ** In the first film, when the girls first come to his house selling cookies, his attempts to convince them he's not home become steadily less believable. |
| 79 | ** Later, when he goes to adopt the girls for his plan, Gru claims that he wishes to adopt to fill the void left by his deceased wife Debbie. Not only did Gru take a pause when coming up with the name of his "wife," when the orphanage's owner brings her up moments after, he's already forgotten who Debbie is supposed to be. |
| 80 | ** In the ending bedtime scene, Edith notices that the three little kittens in Gru's book look like the girls. |
| 81 | --->'''Gru:''' What are you talking about? These are kittens! Any resemblance to persons living or dead is completely coincidental. |
| 82 | --->'''Edith:''' (''[[SilentSnarker gives Agnes a sidelong "Yeah, right" look]]'') |
| 83 | ** In the second film, when Director Ramsbottom indicates that the AVL knows that Gru was the one who stole the moon, Gru first claims there's no proof he did that. He then adds that after he ''did'' do that, he put the moon back. |
| 84 | ** Later, after El Macho catches Gru spying on him, Gru tries to convince El Macho that he's up for joining the latter's EvilPlan. Needless to say, it doesn't work. |
| 85 | ** Dru clearly shares this part of Gru's personality. When they try to switch places in the third film, neither one is any good at pretending to be the other. |
| 86 | * BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: It is heavily implied that he killed his neighbor's dog and turned its corpse into a pair of binoculars [[DisproportionateRetribution all because it did its business on his lawn]]. |
| 87 | * BaldOfEvil: He's the VillainProtagonist who plans to steal the moon. And it's been repeatedly noted on how bald he is. |
| 88 | * BattleCouple: After he and Lucy marry in the sequel, they have become this as the third movie shows them going on a mission to stop Bratt from stealing an important diamond. |
| 89 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The main reason behind Gru's LoveEpiphany is Lucy doing a parody of RescueRomance (see section below for more details) and after helping return the date home, Lucy comforts him about the disastrous date and then tells him that she personally likes his original appearance (i.e., his bald head) and then giving the guy a kiss on the cheek before leaving for the night. |
| 90 | * BecomingTheMask: Gru as the girls' adoptive father -- at first he only adopted them for his plans to steal back the shrinking ray from Vector. However, spending more and more time with the girls allows Gru to come and care for them like a real father to his daughters. Case in point, he ''gave up the moon'' for them so Vector would release the girls. |
| 91 | * BenevolentBoss: The Minions adore him... and the feeling is mutual. He knows each of the almost-interchangeable Minions ''by name'', they have holiday ''weeks'' and love their work. In the sequel, he was horrified to see the majority of his Minions locked in cages, and acting like a bunch of wild animals, and when he, Dave and Stuart try to infiltrate El Macho's base, he sends them up an antenna to get away from the mutated Minions that are surrounding them even though it meant there was no room for him. |
| 92 | * BerserkButton: Do '''not''' outshine him in villainy. It will get your head frozen, just ask Vector. |
| 93 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Gains this for Dru -- when his younger twin brother is seemingly [[spoiler:killed by Bratt]], Gru goes into TranquilFury to fight [[spoiler:and defeat Bratt]] before frantically searching for his brother. |
| 94 | * BigEgoHiddenDepths: Gru may act like the usual villain: Egotistical, rude, selfish, dreams of achieving great evil, little empathy, and an all around {{Jerkass}}......get to actually know him and your opinion might change. |
| 95 | * BigOlEyebrows: Has thick eyebrows. |
| 96 | * BoyfriendBlockingDad: Become this in the sequel as he's against Margo having a relationship with a boy. |
| 97 | * BrainyBrunette: It was seen clearly in Gru's flashback in the sequel that he had black hair in his youth. Plus, at only 8 Gru was able to build a prototype rocket with some scraps he managed to find. |
| 98 | * BrattyHalfPint: Gru definitely counts as a former one when he steals a crown from Scarlet, after freezing her and Herb, and not returning said crown to the Queen. |
| 99 | * BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: Gru's mother was extremely abusive to Gru via deliberate neglect, while his father was a non-entity due to Marlena and Robert refusing to allow the other to see the child they got out of the divorce. Gru, however, actively cares for Edith, Agnes, and Margo and willingly humiliates himself for their sakes. |
| 100 | * BreakTheCutie: |
| 101 | ** His mother not being emotionally supportive during his childhood. |
| 102 | ** The sequel reveals he was harshly rejected by his crush, who was a part of [[KidsAreCruel the rest of mean children who]] [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer actively shunned the young Gru.]] |
| 103 | * BrokenAce: Introduced as the number one supervillain in the world, has the command of 10,000 Minions, and is a GadgeteerGenius. And beneath his arrogant and jerkass nature, Gru has many insecurities that stem from his [[ParentalNeglect emotionally neglectful mother]] and [[FriendlessBackground lonely childhood.]] |
| 104 | * BrokenPedestal: For El Macho. He was inspired by Gru's villainy and tried to persuade him into ruling the world with him. But when El Macho catches on that Gru is not a villain anymore, he wants him dead. |
| 105 | * BroodingBoyGentleGirl: The Brooding Boy (anti-social and secretly insecure) to Lucy's Gentle Girl (comforting and energetic). |
| 106 | * BumblingDad: {{Subverted|Trope}}. He's far from an idiot and his initial poor parenting skills of the girls was mainly an attitude of indifference since he was using them in his scheme. After standing up for them at Super Silly Funland, he starts taking his fatherly duties more seriously and turns out to be ''very'' [[GoodParents good at it]]. |
| 107 | * ButtMonkey: Gru gets the most {{Slapstick}} inflicted on him out of everybody. No wonder he's so grumpy. |
| 108 | * CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:{{Downplayed|Trope}}. He opposes Dru at the end due to returning to the AVL while his brother becomes a supervillain, but they are still friendly with each other.]] |
| 109 | * CallingTheOldManOut: In the third movie, Gru calls out his mother for the latter not telling him about his long lost twin brother Dru. |
| 110 | * CallingYourAttacks: Gru has a habit of announcing his FreezeRay, which Lucy lampshades. |
| 111 | * CannotSpitItOut: To Lucy. To the point where he gets mad at the ''phone'' and burns it with a flamethrower. |
| 112 | * CardCarryingVillain: In an EstablishingCharacterMoment, he makes a balloon animal for a sad child and then pops it. He lives in a world where card-carrying supervillains are common enough to have their own bank to finance their schemes. |
| 113 | * CelibateHero: It was revealed in the sequel, that due to a childhood incident, Gru feared rejection and gave up seeking a romantic relationship as a result. Then, he met Lucy Wilde; he became a subversion after they fall in love, date, and marry. |
| 114 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Light bulb..." But this only applies to the first movie. |
| 115 | * CharacterDevelopment: Over the course of two films, he goes from a Jerk with a Hidden Heart of Gold to Heart of Gold with some jerky tendencies. |
| 116 | * CharacterTics: He often puts both of his hands behind his back. |
| 117 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: This is one strong man. He can deliver a OffhandBackhand punch to a Shark and crush a glass wih his bare hand, to say nothing of his capabilities as a [[PintSizedPowerhouse child]]. Nothing in any movie establish why Gru has so much strength, suggesting that it's all due to hard training. It could, however, be something he inherited from his mother, who seemed to function the same way judging by how strong she was during her karate training scene in the first movie. |
| 118 | * ChildProdigy: Gru managed to build a working prototype rocket at the age of ''eight''. |
| 119 | * AChildShallLeadThem: The Minions have been following Gru as their boss when they saw him defeat their former boss, Scarlet, via freezing her (along with Herb) when he was eight. |
| 120 | * CoolBike: It's like the motorcycle version of the Grumobile. |
| 121 | * CosmicMotifs: Of the moon, especially in the first movie. His main goal in the movie was to steal the actual moon (which he succeeded) and his childhood dream was to be an astronaut. Furthermore, his freeze ray brings to mind the freezing cold of the moon and he dresses in black, the colour of space surrounding the moon. |
| 122 | * CrazyJealousGuy: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He was visibly annoyed and angry at his twin brother Dru for charming Lucy while holding her, but doesn't do anything violent. |
| 123 | * CrazyPrepared: When the fairy princess doesn't show up for Agnes' birthday party in the second movie, Gru fills in for her with his own fairy princess costume. And it fits perfectly, to boot. |
| 124 | * CreateYourOwnHero: When Vector stole the shrink ray from him, Gru adopted three orphan girls in order to get back the shrink ray, which led him to his redemption and to become a crime fighting hero. |
| 125 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: The trailers of the first film make him out to be an exceptional villain, but in the film, he's fairly low-key and far too nice to be an effective villain. It takes Vector kidnapping the girls for his true potential to show up. |
| 126 | * CruellaToAnimals: {{Implied|Trope}}. The main example is the ''crocodile'' couch in his living room. |
| 127 | * CutLexLuthorACheck: Manages to set up a surprisingly effective jam-and-jelly manufacturing plant using his old inventions, though there are some teething problems. Turns out that making a jelly out of ''every known kind of berry'' doesn't yield a particularly tasty product. |
| 128 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: His early life wasn't easy. [[DisappearedDad His father left him after he divorced his mother]] [[SeparatedAtBirth and his father took his brother away as well]]; during his childhood his mother was [[AbusiveParents emotionally abusive]]; [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer all of his peers rejected him]]; [[UsedToBeASweetKid and he at some point turned to villainy.]] |
| 129 | * DarkIsEvil: Gru wears dark clothing and is evil, or more precisely 'despicable', anyone can get. |
| 130 | * DarkIsNotEvil: What Gru truly is due to his HiddenHeartOfGold. It was finally brought out with the adoption of his three girls. |
| 131 | * DeadpanSnarker: If there's one thing Gru loves to do, it's snarking it up. |
| 132 | * DefrostingIceKing: His basic M.O. on how he gets close to people -- He initially acts like a jerk to them, but after a significant turning point he grows to care for them a lot. |
| 133 | ** In the first movie, he initially only takes in the girls as a way to further his scheme of stealing back the shrinking ray from Vector. But after winning Agnes a unicorn toy and bonding with them more, Gru gradually falls in love (platonically) with the trio. |
| 134 | ** In the second movie, his first meeting with Lucy wasn't ideal as he attempted to freeze ray her and he retaliated by using her lipstick taser on him. And even when they working together, he maintained a cold attitude towards her... until Lucy saved him from an obnoxious date and told him she liked his bald head better than the wig. Cue LoveEpiphany. |
| 135 | ** In the third movie, Gru has trouble with his younger twin brother, Dru, but then they bond and when Bratt hurts and seemingly kills Dru, Gru's BerserkButton about his loved ones being hurt is pushed and finally gives him the motivation to defeat Bratt. When he sees Dru alive, Gru is overjoyed. At the end of the movie, Dru seems to have moved into Gru's house. |
| 136 | ** The credits in ''Minions'' show that he was initially cold towards the Minions but gradually came to love them. |
| 137 | * {{Determinator}}: When he wants something, he'll stop at nothing to get it. |
| 138 | * DiabolicalMastermind: Gru's plenty smart, and he comes up with a plan to ''steal the moon'' (although has to put it back since the shrink ray was temporary). |
| 139 | * DotingParent: To all his daughters. He gives them all the love he has. |
| 140 | * DrivesLikeCrazy: He's extremely aggressive and drives a massive tank of a car. |
| 141 | * ElaborateUndergroundBase: His lab located underground of his home. |
| 142 | * EmbarrassingFirstName: It's ''Felonious''. There's a reason he's just Gru to nearly everyone. |
| 143 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Gru is shown to be AffablyEvil as he makes a balloon for a crying boy only to pop it and when he goes into a coffee shop, he freezes everyone around him so he could be first in line but [[NiceToTheWaiter tips the cashier]] before he leaves (though he doesn't actually pay for the coffee or muffin). |
| 144 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: The ''whole'' reason Gru wanted to steal the moon is to [[WellDoneSonGuy finally impress his mother.]] |
| 145 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Gru truly cares about his Minions and later begins to truly love the girls. Then, he falls head over heels with Lucy. He grows to love and be very protective of his brother, Dru, in the third movie. |
| 146 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: He was appalled that a carnie cheated Agnes out of a stuffed unicorn (that she won legitimately) on a technicality. This, and his smile shortly after are the first signs of him BecomingTheMask. |
| 147 | * EvilIsPetty: Prior to his HeelFaceTurn. Gru hits the cars in front and back of his monstrosity of a vehicle repeatedly while he's parallel parking. Not out of ineptitude, mind you, he parks perfectly; he does it just because it will make two strangers' days a little worse. |
| 148 | * EvilLaugh: Wouldn't be a villain without one. It has even become his SignatureLaugh following his HeelFaceTurn. |
| 149 | * EvilVersusEvil: Him vs. Vector in ''Despicable Me''. Both are trying to steal the shrinking ray for their own reasons. |
| 150 | * {{Expy}}: |
| 151 | ** Being a [[Franchise/JamesBond Bond Villain]] parody he takes cues from Ernst Stavros Blofeld, particularly in his visual design and his accent. |
| 152 | ** By proxy of being an AntiVillain parody of Blofeld who is LaughablyEvil, he's also one to [[Film/AustinPowers Dr. Evil]]. |
| 153 | * {{Facepalm}}: Gru's reaction to Dr. Nefario's "Boogie Robots" and the "Fart Gun". |
| 154 | * FamilyMan: Gru is considered a "family man" because of his treatment of his Minions, not hesitating to rescue them if they're in trouble (as seen in [=DM2=].) This trope becomes straight when he adopts and later cares about the 3 young orphaned girls who ended up loving him as a real father. |
| 155 | * FanDisservice: Some may consider the two separate shots of Gru in a swimsuit to be this too. |
| 156 | * FatBastard: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He's not fat, but has a lot of muscular bulk that could be mistaken for fatty tissue. And way back in ''Despicable Me'', he's a {{jerkass}}, but is nice to those he cares for, mainly his family, and his CharacterDevelopment has him become more kinder (albeit, still more to his family). |
| 157 | * AFatherToHisMen: On top of being a BenevolentBoss, ''Despicable Me 3'' implies that the minions see him as a father-figure, Mel's flashbacks showing him wrapping his wounded leg after crashing his bike, cheering him up with his paper-plane fails and fishing with him by a pier. |
| 158 | * FemaleFlatfootAndSnarkyGuy: The Snarky Guy to Lucy's Female Flatfoot. In ''Despicable Me 2'', Gru is now a retired villain and he's assigned by the AVL to work with the rookie agent Lucy in a mission. While initially not thrilled to work with her, he comes to get along with Lucy and even falls in love with her. |
| 159 | * TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: In ''Despicable Me 2'', Gru's fear of romantic love was a result of his apparent first crush, Lisa, harshly rejecting him ''before'' he told her he liked her as she was part of the KidsAreCruel group who alienated a young Gru. |
| 160 | * FreezeRay: His main weapon. He has one that he uses on several customers in a coffee shop. As well as Vector at one point. |
| 161 | * FreudianExcuse: He tried to gain his mother's respect ever since he was little, but she never acknowledged his talents. His school life also wasn't great either, because the other kids treated him like he was a walking fatal disease and didn't want to be near him. |
| 162 | * FriendlessBackground: Before he met Dr. Nefario and the Minions, Gru didn't have any friends, as seen in his flashback in ''Despicable Me 2''. |
| 163 | * FriendlyRivalry: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Despicable Me 3'', his brother Dru keeps on with villainy while Gru stays with the AVL, but they show no open hostility towards each other and view their chases as a fun game.]] |
| 164 | * GadgeteerGenius: Gru doesn't build most of things in his lab, but he was able to build a prototype rocket and hadn't hit puberty yet. |
| 165 | * GagNose: He has a distinctly big pointed nose. During his wedding at the end of the sequel, he and Lucy (who also has a large nose) try to kiss, but they both touch, so they tilt their heads to kiss. |
| 166 | * GeniusBruiser: He's smart enough to build workable rockets out of whatever scrap he can find (or even [[BambooTechnology macaroni]] when he was a kid), and is strong enough to punch out a shark. |
| 167 | * GoodParents: Gru eventually becomes a caring and devoted father to his three girls. |
| 168 | * GoofyPrintUnderwear: |
| 169 | ** Gru wears underpants with smileys, as seen in their escape from Vector's fortress. |
| 170 | ** In ''Despicable Me 3'', he is shown wearing a skull printed black boxer shorts. |
| 171 | * GroinAttack: A constant victim of this in each ''Despicable Me'' movie. |
| 172 | ** ''Despicable Me'' -- Twice from a robotic arm when breaking into Vector's lair, once later on, and a fourth one at the end. |
| 173 | ** ''Despicable Me 2'' -- Antonio does this to Gru at the Cinco de Mayo party when the latter keeps the former from dancing with Margo. |
| 174 | ** ''Despicable Me 3'' -- Gru gets this again from a pig. |
| 175 | * GunFu: Shows incredible skill for this in the ''Despicable Me 2'' climax. |
| 176 | * GunsAkimbo: In the second movie's climax, Gru wield two guns with the serum's antidote. |
| 177 | * HappilyMarried: To Lucy -- they work effectively as a BattleCouple, provide comfort to one another during a time of stress, and have a healthy communication with each other. |
| 178 | * HarmlessVillain: He doesn't really do anything overly dastardly, at least in the animated film's universe (in RealLife, the consequences of stealing the Moon would be much more horrific). Yes, Gru freezes a few people, but the freezing is implied to be harmless. |
| 179 | * HeartbrokenBadass: |
| 180 | ** In ''Despicable Me'', when the girls are taken away by Miss Hattie because Nefario called her. He doesn't clear up the misunderstanding and becomes depressed over his inaction. |
| 181 | ** In ''Despicable Me 2'', Gru began to develop romantic feelings for Lucy after she saved him from a very bad date. The next day? He was practically beaming with joy! Then, the whole case they were working on ends and Silas informs Gru that Lucy will be reassigned to Australia. Despite how he doesn't want her to leave, Gru wishes her all the best; and they say their sad goodbyes. Needless to say, Gru immediately became depressed and heartbroken over the strong possibility of never seeing Lucy again; his conversation with Agnes only made it worse. |
| 182 | * HeelFaceTurn: This is a plot of the first film. It begins when he experiences this at the amusement park. After a Jerkass target shooting booth attendant rips off little Agnes, who hits the target but fails to knock it over, Gru (whom the Jerk Ass also insults, before learning he's been BullyingADragon - or, rather, MuggingTheMonster, since the schmuck had no idea Gru was a Pistol Packing EvilGenius) growls "My turn!", whips an absolutely freaking GINORMOUS disintegrator pistol out of his HyperspaceArsenal and not only destroys the target, but also the rest of the booth and most of the smug Attendant's hair, thus winning the prize for Agnes. ("Knocked O-VER!!!") The look on Gru's face as the girls react by showing true affection for him for the very first time is wonderful. Even Margo, the most skeptical one, pays tribute to his Moment of Awesome. When they arrive back home after a GilliganCut, Gru is laughing along with the girls and his redemption is complete. |
| 183 | * HeroesLoveDogs: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. Gru is initially terrified of Kyle, his pet "dog" (to be honest Gru isn't entirely sure of Kyle's species). Gru also started off as a villain before his HeelFaceTurn. |
| 184 | * HeroicBuild: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. Gru does have a broad build, but he starts off as a CardCarryingVillain in the first movie before an official HeelFaceTurn. |
| 185 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Dr. Nefario -- Partners in villainy and close friends for a long time. By the end of the third movie, he's implied to have become this with brother, Dru. |
| 186 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 187 | ** Gru spends most of the first film relying on technology to do his dirty work; in almost every case, it doesn't work properly, doesn't work well enough, or isn't what he needed or wanted in the first place. And then he takes on heat seeking missiles, followed by a shark. Bare handed. And doesn't break a sweat. |
| 188 | ** His original dream was to be an astronaut. |
| 189 | ** Him making pancakes in different shapes for the girls and creating a near-identical macaroni design of a space rocket (as a child) shows that Gru is a pretty good artist. |
| 190 | ** He's a pretty good dancer. |
| 191 | * HighSpeedMissileDodge: He pulls this off very impressively. Not only are the missiles in question heat-seeking, but he ''jumps over'' them and even runs '''on top''' of one. |
| 192 | * HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: The emotional abuse he received from his mother is often PlayedForLaughs. |
| 193 | * HopelessSuitor: To his childhood crush, Lisa [[note]]shown in a flashback in Despicable Me 2[[/note]]. He attempted to ask her out, but she was part of the KidsAreCruel group who [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer wanted to be as far away from a young Gru as possible]]. |
| 194 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: The Huge Guy to Lucy's Tiny Girl. To note, Lucy is taller than Gru because she wears high heels (without her heels she might still be taller than him or just about his height). Gru is still more muscular and bulky than Lucy. |
| 195 | * HuskyRusskie: Gru is a big guy with a thick, Russian-like accent. |
| 196 | * IcyBlueEyes: To represent his aloof, {{jerkass}} demeanor. |
| 197 | * IJustWantToBeLoved: His AttentionWhore attitude stems from the lack of his mother's emotional support and having zero friends in his childhood. |
| 198 | * ImagineSpot: Twice in the first film and one in the third. |
| 199 | ** The first one in ''Despicable Me'' -- he imagines the girls carrying out the shrink ray from Vector's house. |
| 200 | ** The second one in ''Despicable Me'' -- he imagines sending the girls away via in a rollercoaster and then doing a ballet dance in celebration. |
| 201 | ** The only one he had in ''Despicable Me 3'' -- he imagines smugly returning the Dupont diamond to Valerie, who is showering Gru with gratitude before he smacks the diamond in her face. Lucy then playfully squishes his face while congratulating before he lifts her in the air surrounded by applause. |
| 202 | * InkSuitActor: At least in the ''Minions'' movies, where the black haired young Gru could pass for a caricature of Steve Carell. |
| 203 | * InsecureLoveInterest: Towards Lucy. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because of a traumatic experience he had dealing with his first crush. |
| 204 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: With Nefario. [[https://twitter.com/cincopedia/status/702366909812117504 This]] post from WordOfGod reveals they met in Gru's youth after he created a science fair project that caught Nefario's attention. And they have been close friends well into Gru's fifties and Nefario's seventies/eighties. |
| 205 | * {{Jerkass}}: At first. His first on-screen time is committing a number of KickTheDog moments; he's a DiabolicalMastermind who revels in his status as a CardCarryingVillain. He adopts three orphaned girls for selfish reasons and initially treats them quite poorly prior to his CharacterDevelopment. |
| 206 | * JerkassHasAPoint: In ''Despicable Me 2''. He was quite the BoyfriendBlockingDad towards Margo when she was dating Antonio, but at one point he mentions that they hardly know each other. And seeing how they literally just met, yet are already making googly-eyes at each other, it's hard to call it true love. That's not even getting into what Antonio does later... |
| 207 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He eventually has a HeelFaceTurn and becomes a true father to the girls he adopts as part of his plan, even going PapaWolf for them in the end. He's also a BenevolentBoss who treats his minions as individuals rather than FacelessMooks (though they are used as guinea pigs for experiments). |
| 208 | * KarmaHoudini: Gru goes unpunished for all of his crimes he committed before and during the first movie. Silas comments in the sequel that had Gru kept on with his villainy, he would've been the AVL's next target. |
| 209 | * KickTheDog: This is even Gru's EstablishingCharacterMoment in the first movie -- In his first appearance, Gru comforts a child who has dropped an ice-cream cone by... giving him a balloon, after twisting it into some kind of four-legged animal. He then produces a pin and pops said balloon, and walks off contentedly. Cut to a shocked child with bits of balloon stuck to his face. Yes, he's despicable. His jerkness is further established in the car he drives, an ugly polluting rocket shaped monstrosity; in the fact that he bumps other cars out of the way to park, and when he goes in to the cafe to get a coffee he freezes all the other customers with his freeze ray and goes to the front of the line to get his coffee (which probably was meant for someone else). At least he tips well. |
| 210 | * LargeAndInCharge: A broad-chested man with the loyalty of 10,000 Minions. |
| 211 | * LastNameBasis: Gru is almost exclusively referred to by his last name. Even his twin brother, who shares his surname, calls him "Gru", and not "Felonious". |
| 212 | * LaughablyEvil: Introduced as an exceptional villain and DiabolicalMastermind. Some of his worst schemes include successfully stealing the miniature Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower from Las Vegas. |
| 213 | * LaughOfLove: At their wedding, he and Lucy are laughing while dancing together. |
| 214 | * LegacySeeker: Gru plots to steal the moon to cement his place as the greatest criminal mastermind ever |
| 215 | * {{Leitmotif}}: |
| 216 | ** In the first movie, notice how the ''Franchise/JamesBond''-worthy soundtrack in the initial stages of Gru's villainy turn into something out of ''Film/IronMan'' to mark his HeelFaceTurn. |
| 217 | ** His signature one is ''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SohHv0z4K0E I'm having a bad, bad day]]"''. |
| 218 | * LetsGetDangerous: In the first film's climax when he raids Vector's base to rescue the girls. |
| 219 | * LightningBruiser: He's pretty agile for a guy drawn so top-heavy. Of course, this really only comes into play when he [[StormingTheCastle breaks into Vector's compound]] to rescue the girls. |
| 220 | * LooksLikeOrlok: He is bald, has a hooked nose, a hunched back, and a trenchcoat. |
| 221 | * LoveAtFirstPunch: More like love at first lipstick taser zap! Courtesy of AVL Agent, Lucy Wilde. It might have been a more subconscious desire for Lucy, but it began there. |
| 222 | * LoveRedeems: His love for the girls causes him to pull HeelFaceTurn. |
| 223 | * MacrossMissileMassacre: Gru's Villainmobile can do this. |
| 224 | * MadeOfIron: While trying to get into Vector's base, Gru gets repeatedly hit with stuff, bitten, and ''missiled''... but suffers no visible damage other than comically blackened skin. The same thing happens when he breaks into El Macho's base in the sequel, with darts being substituted for missiles. |
| 225 | * MadScientist: Downplayed. He lets Dr. Nefario do most of the scientific/mechanical work but he is seen helping him from time to time (Gru was able to build a real rocket ''when he was a child''). |
| 226 | * AMatchMadeInStockholm: In the second movie, he meets Lucy, who would soon become his wife, when she stuns him with her lipstick taser and kidnaps him. |
| 227 | * MayDecemberRomance: Lucy's age is left ambiguous, but she doesn't look any than older than 20-30. WordOfGod confirmed Gru to be in his fifties, and they end up marrying each other, so it counts. |
| 228 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 229 | ** Gru [[CharacterDevelopment grew]]. |
| 230 | ** You'd expect a villain to be '''Gru'''some. |
| 231 | ** He's also a felon named '''Felon'''ious. Alternatively, "felonious" as a whole English adjective means related to crime. |
| 232 | ** GRU is also the acronym for ''Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye'', the Soviet (and later Russian) military intelligence directorate. Early drafts played the UsefulNotes/ColdWar elements more heavily than the final script, so it may be an ArtifactTitle. |
| 233 | ** Grus is the genus for Cranes, which have long, pointed beaks, just like Gru. |
| 234 | * MeaninglessVillainVictory: After spending the whole first movie trying to steal the moon, Gru eventually manages to succeed in just that. However, he quickly finds that the girls he adopted in the process have made him happier and that they were more important than the moon. Plus, the effects on the shrink ray used for the moon theft wear off overtime, making the moon impossible to keep forever. |
| 235 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: At least in the first film before he has a HeelFaceTurn, the "felon" part of his name is indicative of his criminal identity. The girls he adopts do not understand this part of his name while he's still a villain. |
| 236 | * NerdGlasses: In the sequel. When the girls are signing up Gru for online dating, they see a picture of him, in his 20s, wearing glasses. |
| 237 | * NervesOfSteel: Combined with TranquilFury, and ''only'' achieved if someone hurts his loved ones. |
| 238 | * NobleDemon: He ''is'' the supervillain who goes out of his way to support a trio of orphans who seem to have become attached to him. And before that, his treatment of his minions. |
| 239 | * OffhandBackhand: Gru does one...to ''a shark''! |
| 240 | * OlderHeroVersusYoungerVillain: The older hero to Vector's--and later Balthazar Bratt's--younger villain. [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with Scarlet Overkill and Belle Bottom. [[spoiler: Although Vector's example ends up being retroactively subverted, when in the second minion movie it is revealed that they were in fact almost the same age.]] |
| 241 | * OlderThanHeLooks: Although his age isn't specifically known, at first glance Gru may look like he's around his early 40s or mid 30s. Gru is actually in his early 50s; the sequel makes this clear by having another kid mention the Apollo 11 moon landing in Gru's flashback. |
| 242 | * OppositesAttract: The sarcastic, JerkWithAHeartOfGold, (near) PerpetualFrowner [[NobleDemon Gru]] fell in love with the bubbly, NiceGirl, (near) PerpetualSmiler [[GenkiGirl Lucy]]. |
| 243 | * PapaWolf: Do ''not'' mess with Agnes, Edith, or Margo unless you want to ''suffer''. In general, anyone hurting his loved ones is just asking for a death sentence. |
| 244 | * PaperThinDisguise: |
| 245 | ** In the beginning of ''Despicable Me 2'' he dresses up as a Fairy Princess for Agnes' birthday. While Agnes, Margo, and Edith were able to see through the disguise, the other kids are easily fooled. |
| 246 | ** He and his brother also pretend to act like one another in the 3rd movie. Nobody buys the disguises. |
| 247 | * ParentalAbandonment: {{Subverted}}. He attempts to leave the girls at Super Silly Funland after his scheme was successful, but after winning a prize for Agnes, he doesn't go through with it. |
| 248 | * ParentalNeglect: To the girls in the first movie. Although he is more of a "ridiculously clueless parent" at that point. [[CharacterDevelopment He gets better.]] |
| 249 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: When he obliterates the carny's booth with his plasma cannon after the latter makes fun of Agnes' failed attempt to win her stuffed unicorn. |
| 250 | * PetTheDog: Gru might be a villain, but he is a boss who knows the names to all of his employees. |
| 251 | * PolarOppositeTwins: Gru is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold who only shows his soft side to his family and friends, and wears black and grey, while Dru is a friendly NiceGuy who wears all white. |
| 252 | * PrematurelyBald: It is known that he started balding before the age of 40. |
| 253 | * PsychoticSmirk: Being an ex-villain, he tends toward this expression rather than the CheshireCatGrin when he's up to something. It's most noticeable in the first film, when he decides to take out the "Space Killer" game. The sidelong smirk he flashes just before he draws his plasma blaster would set any sane human who saw it running for the hills. |
| 254 | * PunchClockVillain: Implied. Despite being fairly talented at being a super villain, it does not take much for him to give up the villain lifestyle. His KickTheDog moments come across as more signs of his anti-social behavior and a desire to impress his emotionally-distant mother, eventually becoming more open and less cynical when he bonds with his adopted daughters. While Dr. Nefario and the minions miss committing evil acts, even leaving on occasion to explore new opportunities, Gru shows no signs of being tempted back into the lifestyle. When Dru convinces him to stage a heist, he lies about wanting to get back into villainy in order to use his deceased father's resources to get back into the Anti-Villain League's good graces. |
| 255 | * PunnyName: Gru speaks with a Russian accent. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRU The GRU]] is one of Russia's intelligence services. When the girls find Gru's underground base, he admits that he's not a dentist, but instead a spy. Likewise, Felonious started out as a felon. |
| 256 | * RealMenWearPink: In the first film, Gru wears a pink astronaut suit by the time he gets to the moon to shrink it. Of course, [[RuleOfSymbolism the reason it's pink is because he washed it in the same load as the girls' pink tutus]], but hey, he still wears it! He also attends his daughters' ballet recitals after some resistance that had more to do with being busy than with not wanting to be seen at a ballet class. In the sequel he dresses up in a pink fairy costume when the woman he hired to come to Agnes' birthday party cancels at the last minute. |
| 257 | * RedOniBlueOni: The deadpan, blunt blue to Lucy's excitable, HotBlooded red. |
| 258 | * ReformedButNotTamed: He may be retired from being a villain, but his villainous tendencies still show occasionally. He can still be an outright {{Jerkass}} on a few occasions and is very much still a badass. |
| 259 | * RefusalOfTheCall: Gru initially refuses to help the AV track down the PX-41 serum, citing that he is now a father and can't get involved in any danger. |
| 260 | * ReformedCriminal: He retires from being a villain after adopting Margo, Edith and Agnes. |
| 261 | * RescueRomance: His relationship with Lucy started to change after she saved him from an obnoxious date via moose tranquilizer; he returns the favor by saving her from a rocket headed to a volcano. |
| 262 | * ReverseArmFold: Tends to do this often. |
| 263 | * RudeHeroNiceSidekick: The Rude Hero to Lucy's Nice Sidekick. In the sequel, Gru may have retired as a villain, but he's still a jerk to anyone who isn't part of his family. His partner Lucy, on the other hand, is a bubbly NiceGirl who's friendly to everyone. |
| 264 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The sarcastic, aloof Savvy Guy to Lucy's peppy, spunky Energetic Girl. |
| 265 | * ScarfOfAsskicking: Gru wears a gray and black striped one. |
| 266 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Dru's sensitive guy. |
| 267 | * SeparatedAtBirth: Not long after Gru and Dru were born, their parents, Robert and Marlena, got divorced. Baby Gru and Baby Dru are crying and reaching their arms out to each other when Marlena (holding Gru) and Robert (holding Dru) permanently go their separate ways. Robert took Dru with him and Gru stayed with Marlena. |
| 268 | * SiblingRivalry: Gru towards Dru. This happens when Gru immediately sees Dru's blond hair and his wide grin. |
| 269 | * SignatureLaugh: ''"Mm. Mm. Ha ha ha ha ha!"'' |
| 270 | * SinisterSchnoz: He has a long and pointy nose and starts off as a full-fledged villain. Subverted on the villain part after his HeelFaceTurn. |
| 271 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: [[http://despicableme.wikia.com/wiki/File:1625482_10151875989162592_991185186_n.jpg This old photo]] shows Gru used to wear glasses in youth, presumably at the time he was getting into his villain business. |
| 272 | * SolarAndLunar: A subtle one with Lucy and he's the Lunar. He uses a freeze ray (the moon is known for being extremely cold), has a bald head, his LoveEpiphany for Lucy was at night, and he mainly wears black clothing (the usual color that surrounds the moon). |
| 273 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: In the first film, when Gru's profile is shown on Miss Hattie's computer, his first name is spelled as "Felonious," and in the Gru Family Tree, it's spelled as "Felonius." |
| 274 | * StoutStrength: {{Downplayed}}. Gru is on the large side (Lucy even called him "fat man"), but it's more broad muscle than actual fat. |
| 275 | * StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Gru once took down a shark in one hit but struggles a lot against a small chicken. |
| 276 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: |
| 277 | ** If you look closely at [[http://orig06.deviantart.net/fb53/f/2010/299/8/c/the_gru_family_by_ares89-d31k42c.jpg his family tree]], he's the spitting image of his father, Robert Gru, just with no hair on his head or chin. |
| 278 | ** Him and his identical twin brother look almost exactly alike, the only differences are the hair color and the fact that Gru is bald and a different choice in clothing. {{Justified|Trope}} since they are identical twin brothers. |
| 279 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Gru only acts caring and friendly to those he's closest too, mainly his family. To everyone else, he's indifferent and aloof. |
| 280 | * SuperStrength: He's had this ever since he was young. In ''Minions: The Rise of Gru'', he was able to wield a clock tower's metal arrow to knock out one of the Vicious Six [[spoiler:as a Zodiac animal]] and later throw it into a building far enough so it can hold the combined weight of him and one Minion. |
| 281 | * TallDarkAndSnarky: Gru checks all three. Especially in the height department. He looks to well over ten feet tall considering he's about four minions tall and the average minion looks to be 3.5 feet. Officially however, he's only 5'9 according to Illumination Entertainment. |
| 282 | * TookALevelInBadass: He goes from IneffectualSympatheticVillain to PapaWolf who punches out a shark and dodges a MacrossMissileMassacre. |
| 283 | * TookALevelInKindness: His {{character development}} has him developing a real bond with the girls and quitting his life as a villain to become a good father for them. |
| 284 | * TranquilFury: Gru does lose his temper and can yell, but only for comedic purposes. If someone truly enrages him, he won't even raise his voice, the only real exception in the series being when he learns that Otto traded the Zodiac Stone for a pet rock, and even then, he quickly regains his composure...and tells the Minions that they're fired. |
| 285 | * {{Tsundere}}: A male example of a Type A. He acts like quite the uncaring, neglectful jerk to the girls before softening up. |
| 286 | * TwiceShy: With Lucy in ''Despicable Me 2'' -- both have feelings for one another, but don't act on them either out of job getting in the way (Lucy being transferred to Australia) or shyness and insecurity (Gru). Thankfully, they both managed to get their feelings across. |
| 287 | * UglyGuyHotWife: The Ugly Guy to Lucy's Hot Wife. A downplayed example: Lucy is pretty average herself, but she's still more attractive than Gru who is bald, big-nosed and weird looking. |
| 288 | * UglyHeroGoodLookingVillain: |
| 289 | ** The Ugly Hero to El Macho's Good Looking Villain. Granted, Gru isn't exactly ''hideous'', but his bald head and pointy nose make him look cartoony, while the second movie has gone to great lengths to show us how attractive El Macho is. |
| 290 | ** Less attention is drawn to it, but Balthazar Bratt is also more traditionally attractive, albeit with 80's preferences in mind. |
| 291 | * UncannyFamilyResemblance: His ancestors look surprisingly like him, his brother, and their father. |
| 292 | * TheUnfavorite: His mother claims this to be true of Gru, stating she had "second pick" as to which son she got. However it turns out Gru was actually his father's favorite son. |
| 293 | * UnflinchingWalk: At the first film's near end, Gru does this while raiding Vector's base to rescue the girls. |
| 294 | * UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Though the "Unsympathetic" part is gone by the time his HeelFaceTurn came around. |
| 295 | * UptightLovesWild: The serious, stoic Gru fell for the emotional, energetic Lucy. Bonus points for her last name actually being "Wilde". |
| 296 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: Flashbacks in the first and second movie showed he was a nice kid. Unfortunately, [[AbusiveParents his mother]] and [[KidsAreCruel a group of children]] didn't help him. |
| 297 | * VillainousBSOD: What happens to Gru when Dr. Nefario convinces Gru to give the girls away for becoming too much of a distraction. Or Gru when Vector's NoKillLikeOverkill missile targeting lasers fix on Gru. |
| 298 | * VillainProtagonist: A literal example, he's the protagonist and proud to be a supervillain. He later has a HeelFaceTurn. |
| 299 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Gender-flipped. In the sequel, to Lucy; when El Macho kidnaps her, he goes to rescue her while under TranquilFury. |
| 300 | * VocalEvolution: Gru's voice becomes slightly gruffer and more gravelly in the second and third ''Despicable Me'' films. |
| 301 | * TheVoiceless: In some of the Minions shorts, you don't hear his voice in his appearances, likely because Steve Carell costed too much money for them. |
| 302 | * WantingIsBetterThanHaving: All his life, Gru fantasized about stealing the moon. This goal ends up clashing with his commitments to the girls. The final shot of the film suggests that Gru has been rewarded with both: the family is [[RuleOfSymbolism silhouetted against the moon]], now returned to its place in the sky. |
| 303 | * WellDoneSonGuy: To his mother. The first movie revolved around him trying to steal the moon so he can ''finally'' impress his mother. |
| 304 | * WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: A funny one, clearly. [[WordOfStPaul Steve Carell]] describes Gru's accent as "a cross between Creator/RicardoMontalban and Creator/BelaLugosi." |
| 305 | * WouldHitAGirl: He shows no qualms about freezing women with his ice ray and he was ready to fight Lucy in hand-to-hand combat when they first met. |
| 306 | * WouldHurtAChild: He uses his freeze ray on Antonio after the young boy was revealed to be KidANova and broke Margo's heart. To be fair, he had [[KickTheSonOfABitch coming]]. |
| 307 | * YouExclamation: Gru said this when he discovers Vector stealing the shrink ray from him. |
| 308 | [[/folder]] |
| 309 | |
| 310 | !!The Three Girls |
| 311 | |
| 312 | [[folder:General]] |
| 313 | [[quoteright:261:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/here-come-the-girls-despicable-me-2-club-37310941-640-345.png]] |
| 314 | |
| 315 | Gru's three adopted daughters that somehow boss him around and make him act more emotional, caring, & friendly. |
| 316 | ---- |
| 317 | * ActionGirl: All of them become this at the sequel's climax. See GirlsWithGuns. |
| 318 | * AdaptedOut: They make no appearance in the video game adaptation of the first movie. |
| 319 | * AnimalMotifs: Cats, or more precisely, ''kittens''. |
| 320 | * AscendedExtra: [[https://twitter.com/cincopedia/status/809516704866791424 According to one of the writers]], the girls will be getting bigger roles in ''Despicable Me 3'' than the ones they had in ''Despicable Me 2''. |
| 321 | * BadassAdorable: On the outside they are very adorable girls, but in the inside, they're quite capable of protecting themselves. |
| 322 | * BadassArmFold: All of them did this in the first movie when Gru initially refused to take them to ballet practice. Agnes [[IsThisWhatAngerFeelsLike takes a little longer to learn it]], but she gets it down pretty quickly. |
| 323 | * {{Ballet}}: A recital of ''Theatre/SwanLake'' featuring them is a major plot point of the first film. |
| 324 | * BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Agnes, Margo and Edith. Although all three of them are very lovely, intelligent, and act like tough girls. |
| 325 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Edith, Margo, and Agnes (although she has black hair and a red headband). Later, Edith is the blonde to Lucy's redhead; Margo and Agnes are the brunettes to Lucy's redhead in the sequel. |
| 326 | * BreakTheCutie: |
| 327 | ** When Gru gives the girls back to Miss Hattie, thanks to Nefario. Agnes clinging to Gru's leg, begging him to not send them back; Edith is too angry to even speak and doesn't give Gru one last look before leaving; and Margo is obviously heartbroken, but still thanks Gru in a sad voice. |
| 328 | ** In the sequel, Margo's first heartbreak, thanks to Antonio; and Agnes immediately stops smiling after Gru tells her that Lucy is being relocated to Australia. |
| 329 | * CallingParentsByTheirName: While the girls don't refer to Gru or Lucy as "dad" or "mom", it's not out of disrespect, that's just something they're used to. |
| 330 | ** Inverted with Gru as they refer to him by his (and therefore ''their'') last name. |
| 331 | ** Played straight with Lucy. Subverted just once at the end of the third film with Agnes, who says to Lucy, "Love you, Mom", as Lucy is tucking her into bed. |
| 332 | * ChildrenRaiseYou: In the first movie, the girls' presence allows for Gru to not only become a slightly better person, but also a good father to them. Something similar happens with Margo and Lucy in the third movie. |
| 333 | * ChromaticArrangement: Margo (green), Edith (pink), and Agnes (blue). It was even lampshaded by Gru at the end of the first movie. |
| 334 | * TheCutie: All three of them are certainly this, but mostly Agnes, as she is the youngest. |
| 335 | * DaddysGirl: All of them are fond of Gru. |
| 336 | * DaddysLittleVillain: Possibly. In the first film, all three of the girls show extreme enthusiasm for Gru's penchant for destruction, with Agnes even excitedly saying they should destroy more games. In the second film, Edith is actively training to be a ''ninja'' and Gru has to remind her not to kill anyone at one point. For what it's worth, Creator/MirandaCosgrove talked in an interview about what she would like to see as a premise for the fourth movie--Gru's daughters becoming supervillains. The proof is [[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1676000/what-miranda-cosgrove-wants-to-see-happen-in-despicable-me-4 here]]. |
| 337 | * DamselInDistress: They are kidnapped in the first and third movie, providing a chance for Gru and Lucy to play the PapaWolf and MamaBear, respectively. |
| 338 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: All three of them were abandoned by their biological parents at one point. And were raised in an OrphanageOfFear by Miss Hattie, their emotionally abusive caretaker who would make them sell cookies (and clean her things) so she could get the money. And should the trio not meet their quota or annoy her, she would put them in the ''"Box of Shame"''. |
| 339 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: All three of them, but mostly Margo in the first movie. |
| 340 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: When the girls make their first scene trying to sell Gru cookies in the first movie, their key personality traits come out -- Margo keeps on the task of selling cookies and keeping guiding her sisters when they get distracted, and pointing out the clearly obvious lie when Gru claims he's not at home when he's clearly talking; Edith surprises Gru through the door lens and then kicks the area where his knees are when he refuses to buy their cookies; Agnes actually believes that she and her sisters were talking to a talking door and gives a friendly "bye". |
| 341 | * FamilyOfChoice: They aren't blood relatives, and it hasn't been shown how they met and bonded at the orphanage, but it's clear from the start that they consider themselves sisters. |
| 342 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While Margo (responsible) tends to be more level-headed and mature than either Edith or Agnes (foolish), she can be just as silly as them, and the younger sisters aren't as mischievous as they could be. |
| 343 | * FreeRangeChildren: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. The girls go off on their own to sell cookies to earn money for their abusive caretaker. |
| 344 | * FreudianTrio: Margo (Superego - level-headed and acts as the OnlySaneWoman), Agnes (Ego - not as mischievous as Edith, but not as realistic as Margo), and Edith (Id - the resident prankster of the trio). |
| 345 | * GirlsWithGuns: The girls help Gru, Dr. Nefario, and the Minions free and unmutate the Minions that Eduardo and (initially) Dr. Nefario captured to help take over the world. They used guns filled with jellies Gru and the Minions manufactured that was combined with the antidote Dr. Nefario created. |
| 346 | * HappilyAdopted: They get it in the end of the first film, naturally. |
| 347 | * HeartwarmingOrphan: They're cute and heartwarming enough to propel Gru into a HeelFaceTurn. |
| 348 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: The girls are always seen together and value one another's company. |
| 349 | * HiddenDepths: They each have something more to them then meets the eye. |
| 350 | * IJustWantToBeLoved: The first movie has the trio, especially Agnes, wanting to be adopted by a loving family. |
| 351 | * KidAppealCharacter: To a lesser extent than the Minions. They are usually helpless in action-packed moments, but have unique personalities and vulnerable moments that make them lovable. |
| 352 | * {{Leitmotif}}: |
| 353 | ** More so in the ''Despicable Me'' -- In any scene involving the girls, you can hear instrumental versions of the chorus of "Prettiest Girls". |
| 354 | ** They gain another one in ''Despicable Me 3'' -- "There's Something Special". |
| 355 | * LittleMissBadass: All of them are pre-teens and are tough cookies. |
| 356 | * MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: The three adorable daughters of evil genius, Gru. |
| 357 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 358 | ** Margo's name is Greek for "pearl" (and the Greek word for pearl is "margarites"), which could allude to the type of glasses she wears are pearl. Added to that, Margo is the eldest of the trio, she acts (or at least tries to) as their leader and guide through the unpleasant life they live until they find their [[HappilyAdopted happy home with Gru]]. Now how are pearls made? By taking something irritating/painful and covering it with a stop measure (Margo's sarcasm and biting wit qualify for this) until it turns into something both beautiful and valuable. |
| 359 | ** Edith's name is from Old English and means "war" which hints her fondness for destruction and love of Gru's weapons. |
| 360 | ** Agnes's name is of Greek descent and translates to "pure", which is perfect given her innocent and childlike nature. |
| 361 | * {{Mentors}}: Of ''Minion Rush'', where they walk you through the basics of the game. |
| 362 | * MoralityChain: In ''Despicable Me 2'', [[ReformedButNotTamed Gru]] mentions that he's given up his villain lifestyle in order to be a better father to them. |
| 363 | * MoralityPet: |
| 364 | ** For [[VillainProtagonist Gru]], who gradually warms up to them over the course of the first film and becomes fiercely protective of them by the end. They even provide the image page. |
| 365 | ** They bring out the softer side of their grandmother, [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior Marlena]], who is far nicer to them than she is to her own son. |
| 366 | ** [[BewareOfViciousDog Kyle]] becomes a nicer "dog" thanks to their influence, especially Agnes's. |
| 367 | * MysteriousPast: It was never revealed when Margo, Edith, and Agnes arrived at the orphanage. |
| 368 | * NiceMeanAndInBetween: It's [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] in that they're all varying degrees of nice but Agnes is by far the most innocent and affectionate, Edith is a mischievous prankster, and Margo is the caring but also cynical and snarky older sibling. |
| 369 | * NotAllowedToGrowUp: It's been three movies in the course of seven years and they haven't aged a day. Lampshaded by Gru in the third movie, who says Margo "looks twelve, and will always be twelve." |
| 370 | * NotBloodSiblings: WordOfGod stated that the girls aren't "technically" related, but they're always together; they do consider each other sisters. |
| 371 | * OutOfFocus: After being the main characters along with Gru in the first film, in the sequel they essentially serve as living props in favor of giving the Minions more sequences. |
| 372 | * ParentWithNewParamour: When Lucy was first introduced to the girls, Agnes was the first one to [[ShipperOnDeck ship her]] with her adoptive father Gru. Later on, when Gru married Lucy, all the girls were certainly happy to have a new mother. |
| 373 | * PintSizedKid: Margo is the oldest and a pre-teen, but only reaches around Gru's waistline. Edith is around Gru's knees or a little lower on his waistline. Agnes, being the youngest, automatically reaches to the lower portion of his legs. |
| 374 | * PluckyComicRelief: Oh, god, up to the level as the Minions. |
| 375 | * RiddleForTheAges: It is never explained what happened to the girls' biological parents or how they ended up in the orphanage. |
| 376 | * SiblingYinYang: Margo is cynical and serious, Edith is trouble-making and sarcastic, and Agnes is innocent and imaginative. |
| 377 | * TookALevelInBadass: |
| 378 | ** Mildly in the original. While they do act as damsels in distress, they have a calmer attitude when Vector kidnaps them instead of a horrified one like their earlier reaction to Vector pointing a gun at them. |
| 379 | ** In the sequel, they join in the action of returning the Minions to normal. |
| 380 | * TownGirls: Margo as the neither (the oldest, smartest and more level-headed one), Edith as the butch (the middle one who could well be One of the Boys) and Agnes as the femme (the youngest, sickeningly cute one). |
| 381 | [[/folder]] |
| 382 | |
| 383 | [[folder:Margo Gru]] |
| 384 | ->''"Don't worry. Everything's going to be fine. We're gonna be really happy here."'' |
| 385 | [[quoteright:176:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/personaje_53_1.png]] |
| 386 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MirandaCosgrove |
| 387 | |
| 388 | Oldest, cynical, somewhat bossy, yet the coolest of the three girls Gru adopts. She acts as a guardian to her younger sisters, and as such is slow to trust anyone. She was the most suspicious of Gru when encountering him for the first time, so she took a liking to everything of Gru's possessions the least. |
| 389 | ---- |
| 390 | * AdorablyPrecociousChild: She's mature and serious, but still a cute little girl. |
| 391 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: In ''Despicable Me 2'', Margo has a LoveAtFirstSight for the suave and bad boyish Antonio. Sadly, Antonio dumps Margo for another random girl, leaving the poor Margo with her first heartbreak. Thankfully, she got over it the next day. |
| 392 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In the third movie. All Margo wanted was for Lucy to be a tougher mother--which gets the former [[spoiler:forcefully engaged to a foreign boy she's not interested in]]. |
| 393 | * BigSisterInstinct: She's pretty protective of Agnes and Edith, especially the latter due to Agnes' naive nature. |
| 394 | * BrainyBrunette: Has brown hair, the most responsible of her sisters, one of the sane member of the Gru family. |
| 395 | * CallingTheOldManOut: She is, understandably, upset with Lucy because the latter accidentally [[spoiler:got her engaged.]] |
| 396 | * CharacterTics: [[LikeParentLikeChild Like her adoptive father]], Margo often puts both of her hands behind her back. |
| 397 | * CoolBigSis: To the other two girls, despite them not being actually related. Otherwise, she's always putting their needs and having fun whenever she can with them. |
| 398 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Brown hair and eyes; she's the only one out of her siblings who fits this trope. |
| 399 | * DatingWhatDaddyHates: In ''Despicable Me 2'', Margo develops a crush on Antonio, the son of the said sequel's antagonist, and Gru is less than thrilled. Antonio later dumps Margo to dance with another girl and she's heartbroken. Thankfully, Gru had his FreezeRay. |
| 400 | * DeadpanSnarker: She's very dry-witted and sarcastic. |
| 401 | * DefrostingIceQueen: Very distrusting of Gru at first, but she warms up to him eventually. |
| 402 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: In the first movie, she's the second main focus after Gru. |
| 403 | * DoggedNiceGirl: To Antonio -- while she liked him and ''thought'' he liked her, it turns out that he is a {{Kidanova}} and dumps for the next pretty girl he sees. |
| 404 | * DudeMagnet: In ''Despicable Me 2'', [[KidANova Antonio]] flirted with her the first second they met, but ended up dumping her in the end. In ''Despicable Me 3'', a boy, Niko, becomes infatuated with Margo just because Margo ate some of his cheese (and only because Lucy asked her to); the boy even later calls Margo a "goddess". |
| 405 | * TheDutifulDaughter: Her bio for ''Despicable Me 3'' states that while she may be going through an angsty, teenager phase she's still the most responsible daughters of her sisters and will always put her family first. |
| 406 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 407 | ** She is quite optimistic despite her difficulty trusting people, telling the girls that they will be happy with Gru eventually. |
| 408 | ** If her shirts are of any indication, she's a fan of Creator/DrSeuss. |
| 409 | * KnightInShiningArmor: She dresses up as a knight at Agnes's birthday party in ''Despicable Me 2''. |
| 410 | * KnightInSourArmor: Margo apparently grew up in abusive orphanage with her sisters, resulting in her cynical outlook on life and trust issues. |
| 411 | * LaughOfLove: She giggles nervously when Antonio sweeps her off her feet on their first meeting. |
| 412 | * TheLeader: Of the trio, since she's the oldest and gets the most focus in the first movie. |
| 413 | * LikeParentLikeChild: Margo's initial reaction to her break-up mirrors Gru's to the fact that he lost his chance with Lucy. This even includes them both wearing chip hats. |
| 414 | * LittleMissSnarker: Doesn't hesitate to snark, especially to Gru. |
| 415 | * LoveAtFirstSight: For Antonio -- the moment she saw him walk across the fountain at the mall she goes awestruck for him. Unfortunately, he didn't feel the same way. |
| 416 | * NerdGlasses: Downplayed. Her glasses aren't ''that'' nerdy, but she can be pretty dorky at times. |
| 417 | * NotSoAboveItAll: She does join in with Edith's antics if it's against someone she doesn't like. |
| 418 | * OnlySaneWoman: Of the three girls, she's the most rational and responsible. Justified as she is the oldest of all of them. |
| 419 | * ProductionForeshadowing: |
| 420 | ** In the first movie, there is a design of The Lorax on Margo's shirt which hinted at the release of [[WesternAnimation/TheLorax2012 Dr. Seuss' The Lorax]] in 2012. |
| 421 | ** Averted in ''Despicable Me 2'' being more of a ShoutOut -- the Lorax design was replaced by a graphic of Wangan-Kun from the Japanese series ''Bayside Shakedown''. |
| 422 | ** In the third movie, the graphic of Wangan-Kun is replaced by a design of The Grinch, another future Illumination movie, set to be released in 2018. |
| 423 | * PromotionToParent: Before being adopted by Gru, Margo acted as TeamMom to her younger sisters. |
| 424 | * ReverseArmFold: [[LikeParentLikeChild Like her adoptive father]], she tends to do this often. |
| 425 | * TheShortGuyWithGlasses: Downplayed. She wears glasses and is the tallest of her sisters, but is shorter than the adult members of her family. |
| 426 | * ShortTeensTallAdults: She's around Gru's waistline. |
| 427 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: NerdGlasses + TheSpock + OnlySaneWoman + BrainyBrunette equals this trope. |
| 428 | * SpecsOfAwesome: Margo is both [[BadassAdorable badass and downright cute]] since the first film, the glasses just give it off more. |
| 429 | * TheSpock: She's the most intelligent, rational, and controlled of the three, and more than a little cynical. |
| 430 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Especially in the first movie. Margo was cynical and no-nonsense but did have a playful side and was a nice CoolBigSis. And due to her correct suspicions about Gru, she acted quite snarky and distant. |
| 431 | * TeamMom: To her younger sisters, especially before being adopted by Gru. |
| 432 | * TomboyishPonytail: Margo keeps her hair in a ponytail. |
| 433 | * WiseBeyondHerYears: She outsmarts Gru several times by threatening to cause him grief or bargaining with him to get her own way, one occasion where he refuses to read to them and she says they will disturb all night long. |
| 434 | [[/folder]] |
| 435 | |
| 436 | [[folder:Edith Gru]] |
| 437 | ->''"When we got adopted by a bald guy, I thought this would be more like ''Theatre/{{Annie}}''."'' |
| 438 | [[quoteright:166:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/personaje_50.png]] |
| 439 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DanaGaier |
| 440 | |
| 441 | Middle, sarcastic, curious, and the tomboy of the three girls Gru adopts. Somewhat disagreeable, though she was the first to take a liking to Gru's weapons, Minions and talent as both father and villain. She likes to scare her siblings, but is easily irritated when Agnes sings. |
| 442 | ---- |
| 443 | * AffectionHatingKid: In the sequel, we get the clear message that Edith does ''not'' like romance. She has the same reaction when she sees Margo and Antonio, and later, Gru and Lucy exchanging affections with each other: |
| 444 | -->'''Edith:''' "Can I be the first to say: ''EW!''" |
| 445 | * AgentScully: In the third movie, she is positive unicorns don't exist, even when evidence starts to point to there actually being a unicorn. {{Downplayed}} since she was correct the entire time. |
| 446 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While Edith's antics can annoy her older sister, Margo, the two usually get along well. |
| 447 | * TheBigGirl: Class 4. Edith is a lot more tougher and violent than she first appears. She also likes gross and dangerous stuff. |
| 448 | * BigSisterBully: {{Downplayed}}. Edith gets along great with Agnes, but she did tease her a little in the first movie about monsters coming to get them. |
| 449 | * BloodKnight: She shows signs of becoming one; in the sequel after she successfully knocked the pinata down, she proceeds to hit it more viciously and even kick it. |
| 450 | * ABloodyMess: The incident with the iron maiden. Of course, it turns out to be grape juice. |
| 451 | * BrattyHalfPint: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Edith is very cute and nice like her sisters, but can be more annoying than either of them; which is usually not that much. |
| 452 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: A quirky little girl who thinks FreakyIsCool. |
| 453 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Edith sports a black ninja garb in ''Despicable Me 2'' and helps cure the Evil!Minions with the jelly antidote in the climax. |
| 454 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: In ''Despicable Me 3'', she is seen pushing away the broccoli on her plate. |
| 455 | * DrearyHalfLiddedEyes: Her always-present hat covers the top of her eyes, giving her a partially-lidded look fitting with her sarcastic personality and contrasting with wide-eyed CheerfulChild Agnes. |
| 456 | * GatlingGood: Edith uses a Gatling jelly gun in the climax of the sequel to help cure the mutated Minions. |
| 457 | * GratuitousNinja: What she becomes in the sequel and is an awesome one at that -- Able to perform athletic feats on a whim, carrying a katana, and even being able to play ping-pong with her ''nun-chucks''. |
| 458 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: {{Downplayed}}. The only blonde member of the Gru family and is an overall good person, but both of her sisters are nicer than her, and she likes violence. |
| 459 | * HiddenDepths: Despite Edith not being the best at ballet like her sisters, she shows a surprising amount of athleticism in the sequel. |
| 460 | * InkSuitActor: Dana Gaier looks a lot like Edith. |
| 461 | * InnocentBlueEyes: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Her eyes have been described as "bluish-grey" and they represent her childlike (to an extent) and fun-loving nature. |
| 462 | * JawDrop: When she meets Gru for the first time. |
| 463 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She is mostly a NiceGirl, but she does have tendency to be a bit bratty, snarky and she loves messing with her sisters a bit. That said, there's no doubt that she loves her family. |
| 464 | * KatanasAreJustBetter: At Agnes' birthday and the Cinco de Mayo Party, Edith is seen with her trusty katana. Whether it's real or fake is up for discussion. |
| 465 | * LikeParentLikeChild: She shares many traits with Gru, being very destructive, tomboyish and sports a macabre sense of humor. |
| 466 | * LittleMissSnarker: She's a very cute and sarcastic {{Tomboy}}. |
| 467 | * LoopholeAbuse: Used this in the sequel when she was grabbing coins from a wishing fountain and Agnes asked if it was stealing. Edith quipped that it wasn't stealing if she wished for a lot of free coins. |
| 468 | * McNinja: By the sequel Edith is going through her "Ninja Phase". Judging by a few scenes, she would make an excellent ninja! |
| 469 | * MiddleChildSyndrome: She got hit with this, particularly in the second film, where she gets the least development of her sisters (fighting the mutated Kevin) at the climax is interrupted by Dr. Nefario using the PX-41 antidote on Kevin at the very last second. She even gets ignored by the marketing team, as the theatrical trailers for the three films don't show any of her speaking parts, instead focusing on Margo and Agnes in the first two, and Agnes in the third. |
| 470 | * MouthyKid: Doesn't usually hesitate to speak her mind. |
| 471 | * NervesOfSteel: When Mutated Kevin was sent from El Macho to get of the girls, Edith was prepared to defend her sisters if Mutated Kevin got too close until Dr. Nefario showed up at the right moment. |
| 472 | * NeverBareheaded: Edith is never seen without her sherpa hat. She wears it to her ballet recitals, at her parents' wedding, and while asleep. |
| 473 | * NightmareFetishist: "Yes! My pancake's shaped like a dead guy!" |
| 474 | * OutOfFocus: Out of the three sisters she's the one who gets the least amount of lines and screen-time, especially in the second film, where she is basically DemotedToExtra. This is rectified in the third film, where her characterization is more fleshed out due to having more of both lines and screen-time that is roughly equal to that of her sisters. |
| 475 | * PinkMeansFeminine: {{Inverted|Trope}}. Despite the pink clothing, she's the tomboy out of the three orphans. |
| 476 | * ThePrankster: It's part of her personality. It gets expanded on in ''Despicable Me 3'', as she is mostly seen pulling pranks with the support of Dru. |
| 477 | * TheQuietOne: In the first film, Edith was more quiet and reserved than her sisters. |
| 478 | * SignatureHeadgear: Her pink sherpa hat. It never comes off... not even when she develops an enthusiasm for ninjas and is otherwise dressed in black. Or even when she's asleep. |
| 479 | * SilentSnarker: Her sarcastic facial expressions definitely fall into this trope. |
| 480 | * SmallGirlBigGun: In the ''Despicable Me 2'' climax, uses a giant gun filled with the jelly containing the antidote to cure the Evil!Minions. |
| 481 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Out of the three girls, Edith is the most likely to join in her adoptive father's (former) footsteps as a villain. When introduced to Gru's home in ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'', she is the least disturbed by the macabre atmosphere of the house and [[NightmareFetishist even gets excited when Gru makes her a pancake shaped like a “dead guy”]]. In ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2'', she takes on a more sinister personality, carrying around ninja weapons, violently beats a piniata after having knocked it down and steals change from the mall’s fountain. In ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe3'', she spends the film tormenting Dru's butler with pranks with Dave and Jerry. |
| 482 | * {{Tomboy}}: She is interested in Gru's cool high-tech gadgets, thinks its cool that her bed is a hollowed-out bomb, was excited about Gru shaping her pancakes like a "dead guy", is violent to grown-ups she doesn't like and has a generally gross sense of humor. |
| 483 | * TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She wears pink and, like her sisters, enjoys ballet, but she's the least good at it. |
| 484 | * YoungEntrepreneur: In ''Despicable Me 3'', Edith decides that in the unlikely event that Agnes actually finds a real unicorn, Edith will film the unicorn with her phone and get rich. |
| 485 | [[/folder]] |
| 486 | |
| 487 | [[folder:Agnes Gru]] |
| 488 | ->''"Oh my gosh! Look at that fluffy unicorn! He's so fluffy, I'm gonna die!"'' |
| 489 | [[quoteright:162:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/personaje_20.png]] |
| 490 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ElsieFisher (2010-2013), Creator/NevScharrel (2017), Madison Polan (2024) |
| 491 | |
| 492 | Youngest, most tender, and most joyful of the three girls Gru adopts. She's an oddball who loves unicorns and anything that's fluffy, a ''lot''. Also, the first to take a liking to Gru and Kyle, his "pet dog", rather than seeing them with suspicion. |
| 493 | ---- |
| 494 | * AgentMulder: In the third movie, she believes there is a unicorn in the forest with very little evidence, and even believes that the goat with a broken horn is a unicorn since it checks off all the boxes. |
| 495 | * AllGirlsLikePonies: Unicorns, in her case. She loves her stuffed unicorn, sings about unicorns, and in the third movie she believes that unicorns are real. |
| 496 | * AllLovingHeroine: {{Justified|Trope}}. She has the innocent personality of a typical child. And all she wants is to be loved and love her family. |
| 497 | * AndCallHimGeorge: Kyle happens to be hugged by her, and ended up being dressed by her and Edith to look like a girl. |
| 498 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: To Edith, at least, despite them not being actually related. It's {{Downplayed}} because the "annoying" part doesn't come up as much and they get along great. |
| 499 | * TheBabyOfTheBunch: The youngest of the girls, as well as the youngest member of the Gru family. And she acts like it, and gets treated like it. Nobody can say no to her. |
| 500 | * BadassBiker: Proved to be this in her [[ADayInTheLimelight spotlight short]] ''Training Wheels''. |
| 501 | * BerserkButton: Remember that stuffed unicorn she won from the first movie? "IT'S SO FLUFFY!" Well in the sequel, Evil Kevin tries to eat her stuffed unicorn, only for her to let out [[SuperScream an extended, nails-on-chalkboard shriek]] which breaks Evil Kevin's goggles, buying Margo and Agnes some time to escape to the underground laboratory. |
| 502 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: This child can ''shatter rock'' with her screaming. Making her angry is... not a good idea. |
| 503 | * BigEater: Lampshaded by Gru, "Agnes, easy on the churros!" |
| 504 | * BlueIsHeroic: Her signature blue overalls and being the nicest of the Grus. |
| 505 | * BreakoutCharacter: While not to the Minions' level, Agnes is the most popular of the girls, usually being the one marketed alongside Gru and the Minions. She even got her own [[ADayInTheLimelight spotlight short]] ''Training Wheels''. |
| 506 | * BreathHoldingBrat: Agnes' prefered tactic to get what she wants, and when it fails, she pretends to faint. When he first sees her do it, even Gru is freaked out by it, and Margo implies she has done this numerous times before. |
| 507 | * CheerfulChild: The most joyful, happy-go-lucky and innocent of the girls. Justified, as she's the youngest. |
| 508 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: The most innocent and naive of her sisters. Which is why Margo is so protective of her. |
| 509 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Justified given her age and innocence. She lives in the real world well enough, but she sees things the way she wishes they were, not the way they really are. And she doesn't yet know how to filter her thoughts, so what she says sometimes comes out sounding a little ''odd''. |
| 510 | -->'''Agnes''' ''(to Gru):'' I know what makes you a boy...Your big, bald head. It's so smooth. Sometimes I look at it and imagine a little chick popping out! Peep, peep, peep. |
| 511 | * CuteButCacophonic: When Agnes sees her toy unicorn about to be eaten at the near end of the second movie, she lets out a loud shriek. Said shriek breaks things in the house. |
| 512 | * TheCutie: In every sense. She's sweet, innocent, naive, loving, and lovable. She occasionally shows flashes of being not-as-innocent-as-she-seems, but only flashes. Most of the time she's just what she looks like: a little girl who's so cute that it takes a genuine villain to be mean to her. |
| 513 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Stars in her own Minion short, "Training Wheels". |
| 514 | * EverybodyHatesMathematics: Her prayer in the third movie implies this. |
| 515 | -->''"Um, and please bless that when I find a unicorn, he'll want to come home with me, and sleep in my room, and that I can ride him to school every day. And he'll use his magic powers to help me do math. Amen."'' |
| 516 | * FacialProfiling: Averted. She definitely looks Asian, but is American. This is most likely due to her young age. |
| 517 | * FluffyTamer: "It's so fluffy, I'm gonna DIE!!" She manages to "tame" Kyle so that, while still ill-tempered, he no longer violently attacks Gru and is willing to let Agnes and Edith dress him up like a girl, complete with make-up. |
| 518 | * GenkiGirl: The first time Gru meets the girls, Agnes is the one only excited and she starts happily hugging his leg. |
| 519 | * GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Especially if they happen to be unicorns. |
| 520 | * GlassShatteringSound: Her screams can shatter not only glass but also plaster. |
| 521 | * TheHeart: She's been described as being the "heart" of the Gru family. |
| 522 | * HeroesLoveDogs: Out of her sisters, Agnes is the closest to Kyle, their pet "dog". |
| 523 | * HeroicSacrifice: Non-death example. In the third movie, Agnes was willing to sell her prized stuffed unicorn to make money for Gru and Lucy after they got fired from the AVL. |
| 524 | * HiddenDepths: "Training Wheels" shows Agnes handling a motorcycle fairly well. |
| 525 | * ImprobableHairstyle: How does Agnes's ponytail manage to stand straight up? |
| 526 | * TheIngenue: The most innocent, nice, and naive of her sisters and family, in general. |
| 527 | * {{Leitmotif}}: ''"Unicorns, I love them."'' |
| 528 | * LoveAtFirstSight: A parent version: |
| 529 | ** Upon meeting Gru, she has about half a second of confusion before delightedly squealing and hugging his leg. Some of the first conflicts between Gru and the girls are based on Agnes not understanding that Gru isn't interested in being an actual father (bed-time stories, good night kisses, etc) |
| 530 | ** In the sequel, Agnes instantly has a connection with Lucy Wilde and ask Gru if he's going to marry Lucy. He denies it, but after coming to realize his feelings for her and after 147 dates, he does marry Lucy. |
| 531 | * MythicalMotifs: Unicorns, given her love for them, and later the stuffed unicorn she carries around. |
| 532 | * NeverSayDie: Averted in the most adorable way possible. "It's so fluffy, I'm gonna DIE!!" |
| 533 | * NiceGirl: Her sisters aren't mean by a long shot, but with Margo being a DeadpanSnarker and Edith having the role of ThePrankster and a BrattyHalfPint (to an extent), Agnes is by far the most kind-hearted and innocent. |
| 534 | * ObliviousYoungerSibling: Didn't suspect or question Gru's adoption of her and her sisters in the first film, although when the tube to Gru's lair was revealed after she stepped on the button to activate it, she did tell Margo that she didn't think Gru was a dentist as he had earlier said he was. |
| 535 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Agnes is shown to be very protective of her beloved stuffed unicorn toy but willingly ''sells'' it in the third movie when Gru and Lucy tell her and her sisters about them getting fired. |
| 536 | * PluckyGirl: Goes hand-and-hand with being ThePollyanna. Agnes is ''full'' of optimism. |
| 537 | * ThePollyanna: She always looks on the brighter side of things. |
| 538 | * PrincessPhase: In ''Despicable Me 2'', at her birthday party, Agnes was wearing a princess costume that had a unicorn "steed" sewn to her dress. |
| 539 | * PuppyDogEyes: She's very good at this, as is to be expected given her age and personality. |
| 540 | ** At the amusement park, after the booth attendant refuses to give her the coveted unicorn plushie, she mutely appeals to Gru this way. It would take a much harder heart than his to say no to her huge eyes and quivering lip. |
| 541 | ** She does it again to postpone the start of the ''Theatre/SwanLake'' recital for a few minutes. Gru misses it anyway. |
| 542 | * RavenHairIvorySkin: Relatively pale skin and black hair. |
| 543 | * RedIsHeroic: Agnes's red hairband and the fact she's a good person. |
| 544 | * SarcasmBlind: {{Justified|Trope}} since Agnes is only 6 and therefore has no idea when someone is being sarcastic. |
| 545 | * ShipperOnDeck: Ships Lucy with Gru the instance she meets the former. |
| 546 | -->'''Agnes:''' ''(To Lucy)'' Are you single? |
| 547 | * SuperScream: Seems to have a hyper sonic voice. She's been shown multiple times throughout the series to be capable of shattering large amounts of glass when she screams. |
| 548 | * SweetTooth: In the first film, Agnes dug straight into a ''doggy bowl'' that Gru filled up with candy. In the second film, she tried eating dozens of churros but Gru intervened. In the third film, Margo pressured Lucy to make Agnes cut down on sweets but Lucy buys more candy for Agnes instead. |
| 549 | [[/folder]] |
| 550 | |
| 551 | !!Other Family Members |
| 552 | |
| 553 | [[folder:Lucy Wilde]] |
| 554 | ->''"I'm your new partner! Yay!"'' |
| 555 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gru_2_mi_villano_favorito_arte_020.jpg]] |
| 556 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KristenWiig |
| 557 | |
| 558 | Lucy Wilde is a cunning secret agent who has teamed up with Gru in ''Despicable Me 2'' to hunt down an extremely dangerous super-villain. She loves one-upping Gru with her quirky gadgets and has perfected her own form of martial arts by combining jujitsu, krav maga, Aztec warfare and krumping. |
| 559 | ---- |
| 560 | * AcePilot: Shows this skill in ''Despicable Me 3'' when she goes to rescue Gru and Dru in the latter's helicopter all the while dodging missiles from Bratt. |
| 561 | * ActionGirl: She knows Jiu-jitsu, Krav Maga, and ''Aztec Warfare''. |
| 562 | * ActionMom: Not only can Lucy kick some serious ass, but she and Gru marry, becoming the butt-kicking mother of the couple's three adorable girls. |
| 563 | * AdoptivePeerParent: To the girls, after she marries Gru. The oldest, Margo, is 12 and it's left [[VagueAge ambiguous]] of her exact age, but it's presumed to be in between her twenties and thirties. |
| 564 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She admits Gru's work as a villain was "kind of amazing". |
| 565 | * AscendedFangirl: She was a big fan of Gru's when he was a villain and she ends up marrying him. |
| 566 | * BackToBackBadasses: With Gru in one of the sequel's posters. |
| 567 | * BadassAdorable: She can kick some serious butt, yet she's still awkward and says the sweetest and funniest things. |
| 568 | * BadassDriver: ''Despicable Me 2'' shows Lucy being able to pull off impressive driving feats with her CoolCar. |
| 569 | * BadassLongcoat: A matching turquoise long coat. |
| 570 | * BattleCouple: After she and Gru marry in the sequel, they have become this as the third movie shows them going on a mission to stop Bratt from stealing an important diamond. |
| 571 | * BelatedLoveEpiphany: After Eduardo pulled a RedHerring on Floyd, Silas ordered Lucy to go to the AVL Branch in Australia. While on the plane, she realizes she is in love with Gru and returns. |
| 572 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: A ''very'' nice woman, but is a skilled super secret agent nonetheless. |
| 573 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Lucy is an eccentric person who also happens to be trained in three combat styles. |
| 574 | * BlueIsHeroic: Her outfit and overall color theme is turquoises (bluish-green). |
| 575 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The redhead to Edith's blonde; the redhead to Margo and Agnes' brunettes. |
| 576 | * BoundAndGagged: Briefly in the third movie. [[spoiler:Balthazar Bratt managed to [[OffScreenMomentOfAwesome get the drop on her offscreen]] and locks her up bound and gagged and BangingForHelp in a closet while he impersonates her]]. |
| 577 | * BroodingBoyGentleGirl: The Gentle Girl (comforting and energetic) to Gru's Brooding Boy (anti-social and secretly insecure). |
| 578 | * BumblingDad: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, {{justified|Trope}}, and rare {{gender inverted|Trope}} example. For the first one, Lucy is ''not'' a moron, but makes a few mistakes when parenting her daughters due to inexperience. And for the second one, her being inexperienced at motherhood makes sense given her being relatively new to being a mother. |
| 579 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Lucy can be overly talkative and sometimes she borders on being a little crazy, but when it comes to doing her spy job? She's the first person you know you can count on. |
| 580 | * CallingYourAttacks: She announces her weapons ''after'' firing them. For instance: "LIPSTICK TASER!!!!" |
| 581 | * CharacterDevelopment: As Lucy embraces motherhood in ''Despicable Me 3'', Margo tries to advise her on being a "tough" mom. While Lucy does make a few mistakes (see the NiceJobBreakingItHero section below), she eventually learns on how to be tough but fair and authoritative but loving. |
| 582 | * ClingyJealousGirl: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. She shows mild irritation at Gru being on a date with Shannon, but doesn't directly interfere. And even when she does it's only because Shannon was about to publicly humiliate Gru. |
| 583 | * CloudCuckooLander: Case in point, she meets Gru the second time by surprising him through a bowl which surprises him and then surprises her, which causes her to accidentally knock over the cupcakes above her. She manages to ''beat up'' the cupcakes in a truly awesome, if bizarre way. |
| 584 | * CombatStilettos: Lucy's heels are about 6 inches high, but that doesn't stop from getting the job done! |
| 585 | * TheConfidant: To Gru by ''Despicable Me 3'', as he opens up to her about his feelings and insecurities the most out of anyone in the franchise. |
| 586 | * CoolCar: It can convert to underwater and flight mode. |
| 587 | * CoolShades: Briefly wearing them when she first meets Gru. They are the same color of turquoise like her outfit. |
| 588 | * CoyGirlishFlirtPose: After Lucy gives Gru a business card, she appears to be doing this at him, including possibly looking at him with a flirtful eye, when she turns to leave. |
| 589 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Silly and talkative, but alert and skilled. However, her skilled parts are shown earlier and the silly parts are rather visible later. |
| 590 | * DamselInDistress: Becomes this in the climax of ''Despicable Me 2'', when El Macho kidnaps her. Also counts as BadassInDistress. |
| 591 | * DanceBattler: Lucy claims that her combat style involves elements of ''krumping''. |
| 592 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: WordOfGod revealed that [[https://twitter.com/cincopedia/status/648936716728823808?p=v Lucy's parents were killed by a villain]] when she was very young. That's the reason why she joined AVL. |
| 593 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: In ''Despicable Me 2'', she's the second main focus after Gru. |
| 594 | * DorkKnight: A spy of the AVL...and a complete dorky basket-case. |
| 595 | * DrivesLikeCrazy: Shown to drive quite aggressively. {{Justified|Trope}} since both times she drove crazy, [[CoolCar her car had the equipment to handle both.]] |
| 596 | * DudeMagnet: Lucy is quite popular with the opposite sex. |
| 597 | ** While [[ReformedCriminal Gru]] was initially put off with her presence he came to like her after she saved him from an obnoxious date by shooting said date with a moose tranquilizer. Cue Gru's LoveEpiphany and Lucy being his FirstLove. |
| 598 | ** She gets the immediate love from [[AdorableEvilMinions Minions Dave, Stuart, and Jerry]], especially Dave. |
| 599 | ** Eduardo also seems to appreciate her good looks when they first meet. |
| 600 | ** She makes a passing mention to Gru that she went on a couple of dates in the past but had to [[NoodleIncident use her lipstick taser on them]]. |
| 601 | ** In ''Despicable Me 3'', while Dru doesn't flirt with her, he does refer to her as Gru's "beautiful wife". |
| 602 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: When Lucy goes to recruits to Gru she greets him with a cheery "Hi" and then presents her badge (upside down at first) and then gets serious when saying he has to come with her. And when Gru pulls out his freeze ray on her, she nonchalantly counters it with her flamethrower gun. She then casually walks up to him, tases him with her lipstick taser, while goofily saying "Lipstick taser!". This one scene proves that despite her dorky NiceGirl personality she is a skilled and clever agent. |
| 603 | * FairCop: In some points, Lucy is portrayed as attractive and a beautiful person, catching the eyes of Minions including Dave, Stuart and Tom. When Agnes first meets Lucy, it is clear that she notices her beauty and then asks her "Are you single?". |
| 604 | * FemaleFlatfootAndSnarkyGuy: The Female Flatfoot to Gru's Snarky Guy. She's an enthusiastic rookie secret agent trying her best to be professional. She's assigned to work with the grumpy former villain Gru for a mission and she eventually gets on his good side, falling in love with him and marrying him at the end. |
| 605 | * FieryRedhead: Downplayed. Lucy has orange hair and is an excitable, happy GenkiGirl, but otherwise keeps her temper in check. |
| 606 | * FightingIrish: {{Implied|Trope}}. Lucy's last name "Wilde" is another name for an Irish restaurant or bar, so she may be of Irish ancestry. |
| 607 | * FirstLove: To Gru. He did have a crush during his childhood, but she was a part of KidsAreCruel group who would ostracize a young Gru. After which he gave up on seeking romantic love out of fear of rejection. But after Gru's LoveEpiphany (see his section for more details) he began to gain romantic feelings for Lucy, which would develop into love. So, despite his childhood crush, Lucy is Gru's truly first love. |
| 608 | * FriendToAllChildren: It's heavily implied during her first meeting with the girls. The first second she meets them, she instantly smiles at them while getting down to their level. And while surprised at Agnes's awkward question if she was single, Lucy remains polite and doesn't even get upset. The implication becomes more stronger when Agnes said, "My new mom Lucy is beyond compare" at Gru and Lucy's wedding. The girls and Lucy must have done some real bonding for Agnes to say that. |
| 609 | * GadgetWatches: Her watch can release a liquid that temporarily blinds or freezes someone. It also can shoot darts that have a mild dose of moose tranquilizer. |
| 610 | * GagNose: She has a curved nose and it's fairly large in comparison to her face. During her wedding, she and Gru (who has a nice honker to begin with) try to kiss, but they both touch, so they tilt their heads to kiss. |
| 611 | * GeniusDitz: Lucy is a CloudCuckooLander with mild WomanChild tendencies, but she knows how villains think and is an impressive spy in her field. |
| 612 | * GenkiGirl: Lucy, although initially introduced as a serious and stoic woman, is generally very happy, enthusiastic, cheerful, and perky, shown when she exclaims, "Yay!" after telling Gru she is his new partner. |
| 613 | * GirlyBruiser: Lucy is a master of Jiu-Jitsu, Krav Maga, Aztec Warfare, and krumping! She also wears a knee-length cyan dress with heels. |
| 614 | * GoodCounterpart: To Miss Hattie. Both are voiced by the same actress and have some relation to Gru and the girls -- Miss Hattie was an abusive parental figure to the girls (and thus the girls hated her) and was only wooed by Gru to get what he wanted (i.e., the girls for his scheme); Lucy is a positive mother figure to the girls and while Gru acted [[DefrostingIceKing cold to her]] at the start, he developed real and strong romantic feelings for her. In terms of contrasting appearances and personalities -- Miss Hattie is [[FatBastard a fat]] jerk who only uses the girls in her care to make money and [[ChildHater doesn't really care for any of them]], and appears to be quite [[LazyBum lazy]] at her job; Lucy is a [[NoodlePeople thin]], extremely nice person who is heavily implied to be a FriendToAllChildren, and is ''very'' pro-active in her work as an AVL agent. |
| 615 | * GoodIsNotDumb: While Lucy is a quirky, NiceGirl she is ''not'' stupid -- Her easy capture of Gru shows her competency; Making sure there were no infrared lasers at Eduardo's restaurant because of the possibility of there being a booby trap (which there was); and would (correctly) assume that both Gru and Dru were doing something behind her back. |
| 616 | * GoodParents: A few mistakes here and there, but Lucy is ''dedicated'' to being a good mother to her daughters and [[MamaBear should anyone endanger them...]] |
| 617 | * HappilyMarried: To Gru -- they work effectively as a BattleCouple, provide comfort to one another during a time of stress, and have a healthy communication with each other. |
| 618 | * HartmanHips: Lucy is quite thin, but has some curvy hips. |
| 619 | * HeartwarmingOrphan: She grew up as an orphan after her parents' deaths and she's a quirky, lovable spy agent that quickly became [[IconicSequelCharacter popular]] with fans of the franchise. |
| 620 | * HiddenDepths: |
| 621 | ** WordOfGod reveals that Lucy's parents were killed by a villain when she was a child. Despite that, she isn't antagonistic towards Gru when they first meet even though he is a villain (technically, ''ex''-villain). |
| 622 | ** ''Despicable Me 3'' implies she might have some knowledge over performing card games and/or tricks. |
| 623 | * HotBlooded: Always passionate and excited for a mission. |
| 624 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: The Tiny Girl to Gru's Huge Guy. To be more precise, Lucy is taller than Gru because of her heels; without them she might be around his height or still a little taller than him. Gru, on the other hand, is more bulky and muscular than Lucy. |
| 625 | * IconicSequelCharacter: Lucy doesn't show up until the second movie in the series (and second in the franchise), but has proven to be quite popular nonetheless. |
| 626 | * KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Wears a long, cyan dress on dangerous, action-packed missions. |
| 627 | * LaughOfLove: At their wedding, she and Gru are laughing while dancing together. |
| 628 | * MakeupWeapon: She carries around a Lipstick Taser, which she uses on Gru to demonstrate why one should announce their gadgets ''after'' you use them. |
| 629 | * MamaBear: Lucy becomes this to the girls by ''Despicable Me 3''. |
| 630 | ** She goes OneWomanArmy on a bunch of men she ''thought'' were harming Agnes and Edith. |
| 631 | ** When a local woman delivers a tirade of insults about Margo with Lucy standing behind her, cue the [=InYourFace=] aggression 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! |
| 632 | ** And during the climax, [[spoiler:she air-dives out of Dru's car-helicopter, jumps/runs on bubble gum buildings, and performing ''another'' dive in order to save the girls.]] |
| 633 | * ManicPixieDreamGirl: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Gru was able to find more meaning in life than villainy when he met the girls in the first movie; Lucy only adds in this trope from a romantic aspect. |
| 634 | * MaternallyChallenged: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. ''Despicable Me 3'' has Lucy step into motherhood with a near obsession. While she's not ''awful'' at being a mother to her daughters, she doesn't have any experience with how a mother should act or talk to her children, especially when she has to be a "tough" mother dealing with free spirited daughters. |
| 635 | * MayDecemberRomance: Lucy's age is left ambiguous, but she doesn't look any than older than 20-30. WordOfGod confirmed Gru to be in his fifties, and they end up marrying each other, so it counts. |
| 636 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 637 | ** "Lucy" is an English and French feminine given name derived from Latin masculine given name ''Lucius'' with the meaning as of light (born at dawn or daylight, shiny, or of light complexion)-- reflecting either her cheerful, bright personality or skin complexion. |
| 638 | ** Lucy can be quite the ''wild(e) woman'' given her excitable nature. |
| 639 | * MuggedForDisguise: In the third movie, [[spoiler:[[BigBad Balthazar Bratt]] impersonates her to kidnap the girls and steal back the diamond. Gru finds the real Lucy BoundAndGagged in a closet.]] |
| 640 | * MusclesAreMeaningless: Skinny as heck, but is strong enough to easily toss the more bulky Gru around with ease. |
| 641 | * MysteriousPast: Her background into her family life or why she became an AVL agent is left a mystery. |
| 642 | * NervesOfSteel: Lucy is very good at keeping cool in dangerous situations, shown when she hijacked Gru, is attacked by Gru whom is using his Freeze Ray. She also remained somewhat cheerful and calm when she is strapped to Eduardo's rocket, although in reality she is freaking out. |
| 643 | * NiceGirl: Lucy is friendly, bubbly, polite, reliable, honest, and hardworking; she's rarely sarcastic or angry..... even with being the subordinate of someone like [[{{Jerkass}} Silas Ramsbottom]] or a partner and later wife of [[DeadpanSnarker Gru]]. |
| 644 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Lucy gets a slight moment of this in the third movie when she [[spoiler:applies Margo's "tough love" advice at the wrong time, which ends up with an unwanted admirer showing up at the house to propose to Margo. Margo briefly wonders why she ever listened to Lucy, but fortunately Lucy fixes her mistake: she shoots down the boy's marriage proposal, and then when the boy's mother shows up threatening to curse Margo, Lucy intimidates the woman into backing down. This causes Lucy and Margo to make up.]] |
| 645 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: She often gets into Gru's personal space, much to his chagrin. After the second movie's climax, he now doesn't mind it, which is a given since he grew romantic feelings for her by that time. |
| 646 | * NoodleIncident: Apparently she had to use her lipstick taser for a couple of bad dates. |
| 647 | * NoodlePeople: She's quite thin. |
| 648 | * OnlyFriend: Lucy is the only one in the AVL who will work with Gru. Becomes more justified in ''Despicable Me 3'' since she and him are married by then and she is more than willing to stand up for him when the other AVL agents refuse to. |
| 649 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: A subtle one, but Lucy usually remains quiet and obedient to her superiors unlike Gru. However, when new AVL boss, Valeria da Vinci, unjustly fires Gru, Lucy stands up for her husband and even threatens to leave. |
| 650 | * OppositesAttract: The bubbly, NiceGirl, and all smiles [[GenkiGirl Lucy]] fell in love with the sarcastic, JerkWithAHeartOfGold, all frowns [[NobleDemon Gru]]. |
| 651 | * PlayingWithFire: When Gru attempted to use his FreezeRay on Lucy, she reacted by using her small flame thrower. |
| 652 | * PluckyComicRelief: One of the main sources of comedy in ''Despicable Me 2'' due to her friendly, dorky, and odd personality. But don't let her goofy behavior fool you. |
| 653 | * PluckyGirl: Like Gru, she ''never'' gives up. |
| 654 | * ThePollyanna: Her unwavering support contrasts Gru's pessimism. |
| 655 | * PrimAndProperBun: {{Averted|Trope}}. Lucy sports a bun and is quite tomboyish. |
| 656 | * PushoverParents: Invoked. When Lucy is reluctant to give Edith and Agnes spending money so the two can indulge in large amounts of candy at a festival, she gives in and allows them. This prompts [[OnlySaneMan Margo]] to inform Lucy that it’s okay for the later to say no to them sometimes. |
| 657 | * QuirkyCurls: Her bun contains curls rolled up in it, which is perfect to match her quirky nature. |
| 658 | * RedHeadedStepchild: {{Inverted|Trope}}. She's the red-headed stepmother to the girls by the second movie's ending, but is nonetheless loved by Gru, the girls, and the Minions. |
| 659 | * RedIsHeroic: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Lucy's main color scheme is turquoise, but both of her fingernails and toenails are painted red and she is an agent of the Anti-Villain League (AVL), a global organization dedicated to fighting crime on a global scale. She also wears red lipstick. |
| 660 | * RedOniBlueOni: The excitable, HotBlooded red to Gru's deadpan, blunt blue. |
| 661 | * RescueRomance: Her relationship with Gru started to change after she saved him from an obnoxious date via moose tranquilizer; he returns the favor by saving her from a rocket headed to a volcano. |
| 662 | * RudeHeroNiceSidekick: The Nice Sidekick to Gru's Rude Hero. She's Gru's much more friendly and cheerful partner in the sequel. |
| 663 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: The peppy, spunky Energetic Girl to Gru's sarcastic, aloof Savvy Guy. |
| 664 | * ScarfOfAsskicking: Wears a white scarf with pink polka dots while going on action-packed misions |
| 665 | * SheFu: She incorporates a lot of flips when she's attacking someone. |
| 666 | * ShoePhone: "You know, you really should announce your weapons ''after'' you fire them, Mr. Gru. For example...''(shocks Gru)'' Lipstick Taser!" |
| 667 | * SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Orange hair, green eyes, and Gru's LoveInterest and eventual wife. |
| 668 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Despite admiring [[NobleDemon Gru]] for his villainous reputation, Lucy admired him more for his [[GoodParents good parenting to the girls]] and really started to like him after he [[HeelFaceTurn became an official good guy.]] |
| 669 | * SolarAndLunar: A subtle one with Gru and she's the Solar. She uses a flamethrower (the sun is known for being extremely hot), has a head full of fiery and red locks, her LoveEpiphany for Gru was at daytime, and she mainly wears light blue clothing (the usual color that surrounds the sun). |
| 670 | * StaticStunGun: Her Lipstick Taser. She later gives it to Gru to remember her by when she has to go to Australia. But after having a LoveEpiphany, she stays, but is captured by El Macho. Gru comes to rescue her and uses the taser to knock out the OneWingedAngel El Macho. |
| 671 | * TheStoic: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Her first appearance sets her up to be this serious and ''stoic'' woman, but not a moment later and it's learned that Lucy is the ''opposite'' of stoicism. |
| 672 | * TrueBlueFemininity: Downplayed. Lucy wears turquoise clothing and is very sweet, but not entirely feminine. |
| 673 | * TwiceShy: With Gru in ''Despicable Me 2'' -- both have feelings for one another, but don't act on them either out of job getting in the way (Lucy being transferred to Australia) or shyness and insecurity (Gru). Thankfully, they both managed to get their feelings across. |
| 674 | * UglyGuyHotWife: The Hot Wife to Gru's Ugly Guy. A downplayed example: Lucy is pretty average herself, but she's still more attractive than Gru who is bald, big-nosed and weird looking. |
| 675 | * VillainousCrush: {{Inverted|Trope}}. She has the crush on the villain, or ex-villain. Eventually, Gru does grow feelings for Lucy. |
| 676 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Wife variant. Valeris firing Gru for not capturing Bratt is what made the usually obedient Lucy [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness vocally call her out.]] |
| 677 | * WaifFu: A relatively small woman with skills that can send larger enemies flying. |
| 678 | * WellDoneDadGuy: {{Gender Inverted|Trope}}. [[http://www.despicable.me/biography/lucy According to her bio on the official Despicable Me 3 website]], she will most likely become this. |
| 679 | -->''After losing her job as a super secret agent for standing up for her husband, Gru, Lucy redirects her workaholic energy and becomes obsessed with being the perfect mom to their three girls.'' |
| 680 | * WomanChild: Sometimes exhibits the mind of a child due to her oddball nature. |
| 681 | * YouKilledMyFather: The reason Lucy joined the AVL was to find the villain responsible for killing her parents. At this point, it's unknown if Lucy has caught the said villain or not. |
| 682 | * YouthfulFreckles: Has a few of them spread on her face to represent her friendly, energetic nature. |
| 683 | [[/folder]] |
| 684 | |
| 685 | [[folder:Marlena Gru]] |
| 686 | ->''"I just wanted to congratulate you on stealing the pyramid. That was you, wasn't it? Or was it a villain who's actually successful?"'' |
| 687 | [[quoteright:196:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marlena_gru.jpg]] |
| 688 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JulieAndrews |
| 689 | |
| 690 | Gru and Dru's mother and Robert's ex-wife. She is the main reason why Gru decided to steal the moon, so he can finally impress her. |
| 691 | ---- |
| 692 | * SixtiesHair: Has a different form of her BeehiveHairdo for every movie (even the hair color has changed) with her younger self letting some of her hair go loose. |
| 693 | * AbusiveParents: More on the emotional and mental side than physical side. She is cold towards her son, is a bit disinterested in his achievements, and even mentally scarred him by saying that his father died of disappointment when he was born. |
| 694 | * ActionMom: While she doesn't have any action scenes, she knows karate! And knows how to use it! |
| 695 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Just once, but Gru isn't happy when he finds her sharing the family album with the girls and showing him in... less than dignified positions. |
| 696 | -->'''Gru:''' Mom... not cool. |
| 697 | * BeehiveHairdo: Her hair was kept in this style since Gru's childhood. |
| 698 | * CoolOldLady: Even before she met her granddaughters, she was trained and skilled in karate. She can also dance pretty good, as seen at the end of the first and second movies. |
| 699 | * DeadpanSnarker: Marlena uses witty, dry humor. Usually at Gru's expense. |
| 700 | * DecemberDecemberRomance: Implied to be this with Dr. Nefario given their flirtatious dancing at end of the first and second movies. |
| 701 | * DemotedToExtra: She only has one silent appearance with Dr. Nefario at the end of the second film. She does get her own scene in the third movie though. |
| 702 | * DirtyOldWoman: In ''Despicable Me 3'', she is seen ''excitedly'' training with her young and muscular swimming coaches. |
| 703 | * DotingGrandparent: {{Implied|Trope}}. The first time she showed her soft, kinder side was when she was spending time with the girls by showing Gru's baby pictures. |
| 704 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Her first on-screen interaction with Gru involves her first asking her son if he stole the Pyramids before making a sarcastic remark that it was probably stolen by an ''actual'' villain. And before she hangs up, she dryly tells him "good luck" when he states he's planning on something that will make her proud of him. |
| 705 | * GracefulLadiesLikePurple: In the first movie, Marlena is almost always seen in her purple coat and gives off an air of cold elegance. |
| 706 | * GrandparentFavoritism: Despite her emotional abuse of her son she bonds quickly with her granddaughters, even before they're formally adopted. |
| 707 | * IWantGrandkids: Implied when we see her spending time with her granddaughters, being the first time to show her soft side. |
| 708 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Like mother, like son. She was an atrocious mother figure for Gru during his childhood (and still is in his adulthood), but she ''does'' have a tender side (as seen with her grandkids) and even tells her son how proud she is of him for being a better parent than she was. Granted these good sides don't excuse the years of emotional abuse she gave Gru but at least it is enough to make her qualify for this trope. |
| 709 | * MiniatureSeniorCitizens: She's still at the same height as she was in Gru's childhood. |
| 710 | * MissingMom: To Dru, since after she and Robert divorced, she took Gru while her ex took Dru and no contact between them was made. |
| 711 | * NeverMessWithGranny: Becomes this to the girls before Gru adopts the girls officially. This trope comes from her knowing karate so well that she was able to not only knock out the bag, but her instructor too! |
| 712 | * ParentalNeglect: She was quite neglectful of Gru when it came to being emotionally supportive. She also didn't seem to be very concerned with Gru's sudden disappearance when he got kidnappped by Wild Knuckles. |
| 713 | * ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Judging from her relationship with Gru, Marlena might be this trope. |
| 714 | * ShipTease: Marlena can be seen dancing with Dr. Nefario in a very flirtatious manner in both the endings of the original and sequel. Other than that, they don't interact much. |
| 715 | * SinisterSchnoz: Has a larger nose than her sons and ex-husband, and while it's unknown if she participated in any villainy, she certainly was involved in it (i.e., going to Villain Con in ''Minions''). |
| 716 | * SoProudOfYou: At the end of the first movie, she gives [[WellDoneSonGuy Gru]] what he's always wanted from her: praise. |
| 717 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Marlena is (initially) cold towards Gru, but quickly warms up to the girls. |
| 718 | [[/folder]] |
| 719 | |
| 720 | [[folder:Dru Gru]] |
| 721 | ->''"Brother...teach me the art of villainy!"'' |
| 722 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_0252_6.PNG]] |
| 723 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SteveCarell |
| 724 | |
| 725 | Dru is Gru's long-lost identical twin brother. The two brothers look exactly alike, but with the following differences: Dru has a full head of blond hair, wears all-white clothing, and presents a good-humored and sociable personality. He lives in the small country of Freedonia and works as a pig farmer. He wants to start taking part in his family's tradition of villainy, and persuades Gru to participate in a heist with him. Dru is in the film ''Despicable Me 3''. |
| 726 | ---- |
| 727 | * AffablyEvil: While he wants to follow in his family's footsteps by becoming a supervillain [[spoiler:and ultimately does at the very end]] he's otherwise a pretty nice guy. |
| 728 | * AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Aside from the head full of hair and different clothing, Dru looks exactly like Gru. |
| 729 | * AnimalMotif: Pigs. He seems to love them as much as Agnes loves unicorns. Almost every decoration in his mansion is pig-themed, and he's got tons of them waddling all over his private island. |
| 730 | * AntiVillain: Dru aspires to follow in his family's villainous tradition, but is an ultimate NiceGuy who genuinely loves his family. |
| 731 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Inverted. Dru's the younger brother, but during the climax, [[spoiler:he destroys Bratt's giant robot to save Gru from getting burned alive.]] |
| 732 | * BigFun: Aspiring to be a villain or not, Dru is a fun guy who has the same body type as his brother. |
| 733 | * BigOlEyebrows: Like his brother, Dru has some thick eyebrows. |
| 734 | * CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:{{Downplayed|Trope}}. He opposes Gru at the end due to becoming a supervillain while his brother returns to the AVL, but they are still friendly with each other.]] |
| 735 | * TheCharmer: The second he meets Lucy, he flirts with her, much to Gru's displeasure. |
| 736 | -->'''Dru:''' You must be the beautiful wife!\ |
| 737 | '''Lucy:''' Oh, stop it! Sweet talker. |
| 738 | * CoolShades: Dru puts them on just before showing off his collection of ''many'' red vehicles and one helicopter. |
| 739 | * CoolUncle: Upon formally meeting his nieces, Dru is nothing but friendly to all of them. In fact, [[spoiler:them being in danger causes Dru to ''immediately'' drop his anger at Gru and help him and Lucy rescue the girls.]] |
| 740 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: In ''Despicable Me 3'', he's the second main focus after Gru. |
| 741 | * DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: When Bratt is about to kill Gru with his robot's laser, Dru breaks into the giant robot and destroys the generator, causing it to collapse, seemingly sacrificing his life for his brother. After defeating Bratt, Gru desperately searches through the robot's wreckage for his brother... only for Dru to pop out from behind him and hug him from behind his back, to Gru's extreme joy.]] |
| 742 | * EccentricMillionaire: Dru lives in a mansion on a private island and owns a lot of vehicles. |
| 743 | * FaceHeelTurn: From NiceGuy pork magnate to world-class supervillain. This being the franchise it is, though, this ends up being a largely positive piece of CharacterDevelopment that earns him the friendship and respect of his long-lost brother, [[spoiler:with the trivial fact that they're on opposite sides of the law at the end [[FriendlyEnemy only adding to the fun]].]] |
| 744 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite his ambitions to become a supervillain, Dru cares very much for his family. |
| 745 | * FollowInMyFootsteps: His bio on the official ''Despicable Me 3'' website has him wanting to follow in his family's villainous reputation. |
| 746 | * FriendlyEnemy: [[spoiler:While Gru and Lucy are reinstated with the AVL, Dru decides to continue being a supervillain, meaning they'll be enemies from now on. Aside from that though, it's clear they'll still be getting along, with both brothers appearing to be looking forward to their new cat-and-mouse game. Gru also gives him a five-minute headstart before going after him.]] |
| 747 | * HighHopesZeroTalent: He desperately wants to be a villain like his father and brother, but his lack of skill (and habit of falling to pieces when things go south) severely undermine this dream. |
| 748 | * {{Keet}}: He's quite peppy and excitable. |
| 749 | * TheKlutz: If the scene where he and Gru attempt to break into Balthazar's lair is any indication, Dru is a bit clumsier than his brother at times. |
| 750 | * LightIsNotGood: He wears white and has golden hair, but wants to be every bit a villain Gru used to be. |
| 751 | * LongLostRelative: Dru is Gru's long-lost twin brother. |
| 752 | * {{Manchild}}: He is a very ecstatic man with an enthusiasm towards being evil that mirrors that of a child being excited to play a game. |
| 753 | * TheMillstone: Gru does not steal the diamond from Bratt "with" him. He steals it in ''spite'' of him. [[spoiler:He gets better during the final battle.]] |
| 754 | * OlderThanTheyLook: As the twin of Gru, Dru is in his fifties, but due to a lack of grey hair, looks considerably younger. |
| 755 | * PapaWolf: To his nieces. [[spoiler:Hearing from Gru and Lucy that they were kidnapped by Bratt made him ''immediately'' stop being angry at Gru so the three could go and rescue them.]] |
| 756 | * PolarOppositeTwins: Dru is a friendly, happy, seemingly NiceGuy who wears all white, while Gru is a grumpy JerkWithAHeartOfGold who only shows his soft side to his family and friends, and wears black and grey. |
| 757 | * RhymingNames: Unlike his twin, Dru's given name is just one letter away from being a RepetitiveName from his surname, Gru. |
| 758 | * ScarfOfAsskicking: Dru wears a white scarf. |
| 759 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Gru's manly man. |
| 760 | * SeparatedAtBirth: Not long after Dru and Gru were born, their parents, Robert and Marlena, got divorced. Baby Dru and Baby Gru are crying and reaching their arms out to each other when Robert (holding Dru) and Marlena (holding Gru) permanently go their separate ways. Robert took Dru with him and Gru stayed with Marlena. |
| 761 | * SinisterSchnoz: The same nose as his twin nose who is an AffablyEvil supervillain-wannabe. |
| 762 | * TheSocialExpert: Unlike the anti-social Gru, Dru is very approachable, being able to read and acclimate with Lucy, Margo, Edith and Agnes the instant he meets them, something that took Gru ''two whole movies'' to do. |
| 763 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: |
| 764 | ** Just like his brother, Dru strongly resembles their father. Perhaps even more so as he and his father both have the same blond hair. |
| 765 | ** Him and his identical twin brother look almost exactly alike, the only differences are the hair color and the fact that Gru is bald and a different choice in clothing. {{Justified|Trope}} since they are identical twin brothers. |
| 766 | * TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:He goes from being TheMillstone during his and Gru's heist to recover the diamond from Bratt to singlehandedly destroying Bratt's giant robot when it nearly ends up killing his brother.]] |
| 767 | * UncannyFamilyResemblance: His ancestors look surprisingly like him, his brother, and their father. |
| 768 | * TheUnfavorite: His father was really proud of Gru becoming a villain like him, making Dru the unfavorite due to his absolute ineptitude at villainy. |
| 769 | [[/folder]] |
| 770 | |
| 771 | [[folder:Robert Gru]] |
| 772 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dm3___watching_roberts_portrait.png]] |
| 773 | ->'''Voiced by:''' N/A |
| 774 | |
| 775 | Gru and Dru's father and Marlena's ex-husband. |
| 776 | ---- |
| 777 | * AbusiveParents: {{Implied|Trope}}. A few statements that he made in his life implies he was emotionally abusive to Dru, like Marlena was to Gru. However, Dru does tell Gru that Robert was SoProudOfYou for his work as a villain, which makes Gru smile. |
| 778 | * ActionDad: He was a renowned supervillain and a father of two. |
| 779 | * BaldOfEvil: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. A portrait of Robert in ''Despicable Me 3'' showed him having a bald spot but still with most of hair left. And Dru reveals to Gru that their father was a famous supervillain. |
| 780 | * DisappearedDad: To Gru; he divorced Marlena when their sons were only infants and dies before Gru and Dru reunite as adults, which is why we never see him except in his portrait. |
| 781 | * EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: The family tree from ''Despicable Me'' shows him with black hair. His portrait in ''Despicable Me 3'' has him with blond hair. |
| 782 | * PlotTriggeringDeath: [[spoiler:His death is what kicks off most of the plot in ''Despicable Me 3''.]] |
| 783 | * PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:In ''Despicable Me 3'', Dru's butler informs Gru that Robert recently died.]] |
| 784 | * RedBaron: During his career, he became known to many as "The Bald Terror." Rather fitting considering his appearance, as shown in his portrait above. |
| 785 | * SinisterSchnoz: His sons inherited his long, pointed nose shape and Robert was a renowned supervillain. |
| 786 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: His twin sons take after him physically, especially Dru given they share the same hair color. |
| 787 | * UncannyFamilyResemblance: His ancestors look surprisingly like him and his two sons. |
| 788 | [[/folder]] |
| 789 | |
| 790 | [[folder:Gru Jr.]] |
| 791 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_2569_1.jpeg]] |
| 792 | |
| 793 | Gru and Lucy's newborn baby son introduced in 4. |
| 794 | [[/folder]] |
| 795 | |
| 796 | !!Honorary Family Members |
| 797 | |
| 798 | [[folder:The Minions]] |
| 799 | ->''"Boss!"'' |
| 800 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/minions_movie_poster.jpg]] |
| 801 | [[caption-width-right:350:Pictured are the three leading minions of the film, ''Minions'' (from left-to-right): Stuart, Kevin, and Bob]] |
| 802 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PierreCoffin (Stuart, Kevin, Bob, most others), Creator/ChrisRenaud (Dave), Creator/JemaineClement (Jerry) |
| 803 | |
| 804 | An army of small, yellow, cute, loyal, and childish begoggled humanoids in overalls who do the grunt work for Gru. When meeting the girls for the first time, they immediately form a big-hearted relationship with them. They're often classified as the scene-stealers of the film because of their remarkable humor. They adore their boss, who surprisingly enough returns the affection. This doesn't mean they're all that ''effective'' sometimes... |
| 805 | ---- |
| 806 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Through being {{retcon}}ned -- WordOfGod explained their origin by being genetically engineered corn kernels. However, in their own spin-off/prequel movie, their main goal is to find and serve under an evil boss. |
| 807 | * AdorableEvilMinions: The modern TropeCodifier. |
| 808 | * AffablyEvil: Despite being workers of a DiabolicalMastermind, ''all'' of them are pretty upbeat, fun-loving, {{Nice Guy}}s. |
| 809 | * AffectionateNickname: Called "munchkins" by Lucy. |
| 810 | * TheAgeless: The Minions have shown absolutely no signs of aging in spite of having existed before humans even did. |
| 811 | * AmbiguousGender: While they are referred to using male pronouns and have male names (Jerry, Norbert, Bob, Dave, etc.), their BarbieDollAnatomy and androgynous voices make it difficult to tell if they really ''are'' male or if they're just called that because ItIsDehumanizing. WordOfGod is that they are all male. |
| 812 | * AmusingInjuries: At least in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsiayV5LuD0 this]] trailer. |
| 813 | * AscendedExtra: Stuart was just one of the crowd during the first two ''Despicable Me'' movies. Both ''Minions'' films made him part of the main cast alongside Kevin and Bob. |
| 814 | * AntiHero: Kevin, Stuart and Bob, the three main minions from the prequel ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'', are the examples to this trope, in a way. Although they intend to find their sinister master for them to serve, they perform acts of goodness, such as looking out for each other, as well as (unintentionally) save England from Scarlett's influence. |
| 815 | * AntiVillain: They may want to serve under an evil boss, but "evil" isn't a word to describe them. |
| 816 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In the first film, when Gru is about to announce what they're going to steal, several minions in the crowd pull out various weapons including an axe, a missile launcher (Dave), a sword, a meat cleaver, a spiked mace, a scythe, [[RuleOfFunny and an eggbeater.]] |
| 817 | * ArtEvolution: The Minions look a bit different in the first movie, looking off- model sometimes. They get redesigned in the second film, which sticks. |
| 818 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: The minions are driven to serve the baddest villain they can find. |
| 819 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Things that are shiny... or tasty... or mysterious... or look like they could be fun... in short, ''most'' things distract the minions. |
| 820 | * BadassAdorable: They're a lot tougher than you might think. |
| 821 | * BadassArmy: 10,400 strong. Their own film, however, only focuses on three of them. |
| 822 | * BarbieDollAnatomy: None of them have any nipples or genitalia. |
| 823 | * BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: At the end of the first movie, it's revealed that minions can survive in low Earth orbit, and even in the vacuum of space. Although it's pretty boring up there. |
| 824 | * BeenThereShapedHistory: ''Minions'' shows that they've been around even longer than humans, and have served (and accidentally killed) many of history's most notorious evil masterminds. Their previous masters include a T. rex, {{Dracula}}, and UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte. The downfall of all three can be directly attributed to the Minions' incompetence. |
| 825 | * BilingualBonus: Sometimes their gibberish is somewhat intelligible. |
| 826 | ** When a minion hands the makeshift unicorn to Agnes he says, "Para tú!" which is Spanish[=/=]Portuguese for "For you!" |
| 827 | ** They also call ice cream "gelato", wich is the italian word for, well... ice cream. |
| 828 | ** In the sequel, minions making a toast say "Kampai!" (the Japanese equivalent of "Cheers!") |
| 829 | ** When shown a picture of the then Queen of the United Kingdom, UsefulNotes/ElizabethII, one of them says "Uh... la cucaracha?" |
| 830 | * BizarreAlienBiology: Loyal, adorable, and can be shaken and used as a glowstick, or plugged headfirst into a socket for a makeshift lightbulb. They can also breathe in space and survive being hit on the head with a hammer. |
| 831 | * BreakoutMookCharacter: They have starred in several of their own shorts and even got their own feature film. |
| 832 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: What happens after they are injected with the [[PsychoSerum PX-41.]] Suffice to say, they aren't the same adorable little guys we all know and love. |
| 833 | * ButNotTooEvil: Their goal of serving the most despicable master they could find was fun and games up until the twentieth century, which saw the rise of a [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler certain fellow with a toothbrush mustache]], and if [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust the logical conclusion]] was followed, any likability the Minions had would be torpedoed to a negative value. Hence, the writers had them retreat to and isolate themselves in an ice cave after running afoul of UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte's army until after WWII ended. |
| 834 | * ButtMonkey: They are the go-to test subjects for new weapons and serums. |
| 835 | * ChainOfPeople: One of their basic skills. |
| 836 | * CharacterCatchphrase: In Illumination's logos today, the Minions tend to shout the studio's name. |
| 837 | * ChekhovsSkill: [[spoiler:The aforementioned skill is what helps them save Gru and Margo during the climax of the first film.]] |
| 838 | * CompleteImmortality: The Minions appear to be physically invincible and immortal. Not only have they existed since the beginning of time, but they show no ill effects to any of the injuries they've sustained in all films they appeared. |
| 839 | * ConflictKiller: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lh6q1Vu_Qo this commercial]] for the Xfinity X1 Voice Remote, Stuart, Kevin and several other minions fight over whether to watch soccer or ''Series/TopChef'' before Bob shows up and changes the channel to disco, which makes everyone happy. |
| 840 | * CoolBigBro: The Minions collectively all take up this role toward The Girls almost immediately after Gru adopts them in the first film, especially toward Agnes. |
| 841 | * CreatorCameo: Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud voice almost all the minions. |
| 842 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: They're a lot tougher than you might think. When most of them end up in prison in the third film, they're able to bully all of the other prisoners into submission through numbers and willpower. |
| 843 | * TheCutie: Just like Agnes, Bob is portrayed as this in the ''Minions'' movie, being the "baby brother" with a childlike personality and even a Toys/TeddyBear named Tim. If he and Agnes met, they'd bond like magnets and metal! |
| 844 | * {{Cyclops}}: Some of the Minions only have one eye. |
| 845 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: PlayedForLaughs. ''Minions'' showed them losing one boss after another due to accidental incompetence on their part. And when they had no master ''all'' of them went into a depressed-like state. |
| 846 | * DesperatelyNeedsOrders: From the very beginning, the Minions were driven by the overriding need to serve the baddest boss they could find. In ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'', they're forced to spend years without anyone to work for, and collectively fall into depression and listlessness. |
| 847 | * DopeSlap: They do this to each other a lot. Retaliation usually degrades into a WimpFight. |
| 848 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Otto, the newest and one the most prominent minions in ''Rise of Gru'', actually made his first appearance half a year earlier in the Illumination logo for ''WesternAnimation/Sing2''. |
| 849 | ** And also, Mel from ''Despicable Me 3'': did this in the logo for the first installment. |
| 850 | ** Bob is first seen during the credits for the ''Despicable Me 2'' (fittingly, as part of "auditions" for the first ''Minions'' movie). |
| 851 | * EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Kevin was a short, one-eyed minion in the original movie. |
| 852 | * EvilCostumeSwitch: As Purple Minions, their uniform is black. |
| 853 | * EvilMinions: Literally in the second film after being injected with PX-41 serum. Only a few do not get subjected to it. Luckily, Nefario had prepared an antidote so they could all be returned to normal. |
| 854 | * ExtremeOmnivore: A result of their mutations in the sequel. |
| 855 | * EyeColorChange: When dosed with the PX-14, their eyes turn purple. |
| 856 | * FailureIsTheOnlyOption: One scene involves three of them fighting over a banana. None of them get it. And they start chasing an apple instead. |
| 857 | * GadgeteerGenius: They build all of Gru's gadgets, ships and weapons, and they all work perfectly. This reaches ridiculous levels in "Training Wheels", when they build Agnes a rocket bike, [[spoiler: and a bike that can break apart and form into a ''PoweredArmor''.]] |
| 858 | * GeniusDitz: They're destructive in their bumbling but also capable of great feats of science and engineering. For example, in the first movie, they're able to hack a computer and develop a fake profile for Gru on the fly, but can't come up with a reasonable backstory so end up giving him accomplishments both outlandish and painfully mundane (having received knighthood, the Medal of Honor, and being able to hold his breath for 30 seconds). |
| 859 | * GogglesDoNothing: Both one- and two-eyed Minions wear pairs of goggles at all times. The prequel even shows them emerging from the sea wearing primitive goggles made from leaves. |
| 860 | * {{Hammerspace}}: Comes standard for the Minions, who all have one huge weapon ([[DualWielding or two]]) and possibly a crude disguise each. |
| 861 | * HehHehYouSaidX: They laughed at Mr. Ramsbottom's name in the second movie. He isn't amused in the slightest. |
| 862 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: In the VitriolicBestBuds sense. Despite the occasional infighting, the Minions truly love one another. |
| 863 | * HiddenDepths: According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lh6q1Vu_Qo this]] commercial, when it comes to TV preferences, Stuart likes soccer, Kevin likes ''Series/TopChef'', and Bob likes disco. |
| 864 | * ImpossibleShadowPuppets: During the credits of the first film, one of the Minions makes a perfect shadow puppet of Gru. |
| 865 | -->"Hello! I am Gru! Back to work! Back to work!" |
| 866 | * IronButtMonkey: They take a lot of abuse, which is always PlayedForLaughs. The Minions themselves will often laugh at the other's misfortunes, and most of them will usually suffer it shortly afterwards as well. |
| 867 | * KidAppealCharacter: Of the Clown variety. They're annoying, they're hilarious, they're yellow and they make Illumination millions. |
| 868 | * LethallyStupid: |
| 869 | ** Before they came under Gru's service, they had dozens of other masters, all of whom they accidentally killed. |
| 870 | ** Only their extreme resilience keeps them from accidentally killing each other, or themselves. |
| 871 | * TheLoad: In the "Stars are Brighter!" short, one Minion continually laughs at the others as they try to change a fizzled lightbulb, and then accidentally drops and breaks the replacement lightbulb. He ends up getting plugged into the socket himself. |
| 872 | * MascotMook: Not just for their own movie, but for Illumination Entertainment as a whole. And boy, does it show. They're on cereal boxes, balloons, toys, school supplies, books, shirts, and pretty much everything else that can be merchandised, up to and including their own film. |
| 873 | * MinionWithAnFInEvil: They seem compelled to do the bidding of bad people, but they're not malevolent. Or particularly effective. They also happily adapt to pretty much any situation. One of the DVD mini-movies features some new Minions watching an introductory video to working at Gru's "company" which proclaims, among other things, great opportunities for evil. The picture on the screen shows several Minions [[PokeThePoodle arguing with and slapping each other]]. |
| 874 | * MisterSeahorse: [[spoiler:In ''WesternAnimation/MinionsTheRiseOfGru'', when transformed into a Minion-chicken hybrid by the Vicious Five, Stuart hatches an egg as a projectile against Nun-chuk, and from the egg comes a chick, which he takes care of for the rest of the film.]] |
| 875 | * {{Mooks}}: Totally defied. Despite their barely-variable appearances, and their inborn desire to serve the cruelest master in the land, they are treated as neither interchangeable nor expendable. |
| 876 | * {{Morality Pet}}s: The first sign that showed [[VillainProtagonist Gru]] wasn't an evil guy was him being a BenevolentBoss to the Minions. |
| 877 | * MultipleChoicePast: Some supplementary material for the first movie claims that they're genetically engineered corn kernels, but the ''Minions'' movie retcons this to say that they originated from the sea and have existed since the formation of Earth, latching on to various bad guys in order to serve them. |
| 878 | * NighInvulnerable: The only reason they manage to survive their own LethallyStupid nature. They can survive anything from blunt force trauma to freezing to even being outside Earth's atmosphere unaided. |
| 879 | * NotSoAboveItAll: In one early commercial for the first film, one Minion [[AmusingInjuries non-verbally]] scolds another for playing with a mooing cow can, then walks offscreen to play with it himself. |
| 880 | * OneGenderRace: Okay, it's unclear exactly ''what'' gender they are -- assuming they even have one at all -- but from the looks of it, there isn't a single minion that has any sort of female attributes (the occasional crossdressing notwithstanding). Allegedly, WordOfGod once stated that, because the minions are so incredibly stupid, they didn't want female minions. |
| 881 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. There are at least two Minions named Jerry and another two are both named Kevin [[spoiler:(though ''Minions'' reveals that the taller one is technically ''Sir'' Kevin).]] |
| 882 | * OnlySaneMan: In the second movie, Stuart (the minion dressed as Lucy) calmly extinguishes Gru's flaming telephone while the others are running around with axes and fire hoses and screaming, "BEE-DO BEE-DO BEE-DO..." |
| 883 | * PapaWolf: In ''Minions'', [[spoiler: Giant!Kevin doesn't actually attack Scarlet until she tries to kill the Minion tribe, when he smacks her through a couple buildings and into a third.]] |
| 884 | * PaperThinDisguise: Whenever out amongst people, they generally wear a wig (beard optional), clothes (may or may not include a hat of some kind), and nothing else to hide the fact they're tiny yellow three-fingered creatures, or that some of them clearly have only one eye in the center of their "face". [[WeirdnessCensor No human has ever noticed.]] |
| 885 | %%* (missing context) PluckyComicRelief |
| 886 | * PunchClockVillain: Serving the most powerful villains is their sole purpose in life. |
| 887 | * RebelLeader: A Minion named [[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe3 Mel]] who convinces other Minions to revolt against Gru. |
| 888 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Later films introduce new Minions, with distinctive appearances (Bob, Mel and Otto), yet they are all treated like they were always there. |
| 889 | * SilentSnarker: A few of them fit TheUnintelligible variation. |
| 890 | * SimilarSquad: The main minions in ''Minions'' are this to the girls. |
| 891 | ** Kevin and Margo: The eldest, tallest, [[DeadpanSnarker snarkiest]], protective over the youngest/smallest, TheLeader of the group. |
| 892 | ** Stuart and Edith: The middle child, enjoy destruction, the impulsive one of the trio, sometimes gets annoyed with the youngest, TheLancer of the group. |
| 893 | ** Bob and Agnes: The youngest/smallest, has a stuffed animal companion, the most naive and kind-hearted of the trio, TheHeart of the group. |
| 894 | * SpeakingSimlish: But with a little BilingualBonus [[ThrowItIn thrown in]]. Also, they get a few English lines, like "banana", "Despicable Me", "oh poop", "boss", "stuffed crust", "fight", and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5fKfWMcD48 "July 2010".]] A bit of Russian thrown in, like "da" (yes). And some Japanese at least once; two minions say "kampai" (cheers) and then toast (with bananas, of course). They also count in Korean. And in the credits, one speaks intelligibly while mimicking Gru as a shadow puppet. |
| 895 | * SpotlightStealingSquad: Stuart is the only minion named to appear in all 3 movies, though isn't named in 3. Although some fans think that the minion playing the guitar in the airship is him in 3. There was a Kevin in the first movie, but his appearance was totally different from his looks in 2 and the Minion movie. |
| 896 | ** Dave appears in the 3 Despicable Me movies and, [[AllThereInTheManual according to the script]], is the minion in Minions to take over leading the minion tribe to England, [[NoSenseOfDirection eventually]]. |
| 897 | * SycophanticServant: They all adore their villain boss Gru. Their movie shows they will worship any bad guy they encounter, but they tend to bring their bosses more troubles than anything due to their incompetence. |
| 898 | * TattooedCrook: They are seen in a lineup getting their own tattoos from Mel when they are in prison. |
| 899 | * TimeAbyss: The Minions have been around since the beginnings of life itself, 3.8 ''billion'' years ago. Though they only reached their present form in the Cretaceous Period. |
| 900 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Jerry and Stuart, the Minions who are tasked with watching over the girls, thus have the most screentime. Both appear in the sequel, but eventually Dave takes Jerry's place. |
| 901 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: |
| 902 | ** BANANAAAA! |
| 903 | ** In the sequel, coming in a strong second: GELATOOO! (Italian for "ice cream"). |
| 904 | * TrueCompanions: To each other, Gru, and his family. |
| 905 | * UndyingLoyalty: Faithful to Gru, except when he gives up villainy. And then they come back later on. |
| 906 | * VitriolicBestBuds: They argue, hit, punch, kick and slap each other all the time, but when working together they're unstoppable. |
| 907 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Bob is nowhere to be seen in the ''Despicable Me'' trilogy, and nobody ever speaks of him. |
| 908 | [[/folder]] |
| 909 | |
| 910 | [[folder:Dr. Joseph Albert Nefario]] |
| 911 | ->''"In my eyes, you will always be one of the greats."'' |
| 912 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dm2_nefario_001.jpg]] |
| 913 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RussellBrand |
| 914 | |
| 915 | Gru's hearing-impaired gadget man and MadScientist friend, builder of the devices he uses in his schemes. |
| 916 | ---- |
| 917 | * SixtiesHair[=/=]SeventiesHair: Wore long muttonchops in 1968 and 1976, of course for the latter he teased his hair into something resembling a punk rock mohawk and a [[FiftiesHair pompadour]]. |
| 918 | * AbsentMindedProfessor: He's very old, which makes him quite hearing impaired. |
| 919 | * AllThereInTheManual: [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bb3JvybgluU/VQsXfGAgClI/AAAAAAAABeA/qNyY5eRzIEM/s1600/diploma.jpg This concept poster]] confirms his full name to be Joseph Albert Nefario. |
| 920 | * AnIcePerson: He invented Gru's Freeze Ray. |
| 921 | * AntiHero: Dr. Nefario can be seen as this in the sequel, showing he's loyal to Gru and his family. However, he's also the family's TokenEvilTeammate. |
| 922 | * BearerOfBadNews: His first scene in the franchise is telling Gru about the pyramid heist and that it makes other supervillain plots look lame, prompting Gru to start the moon heist. |
| 923 | * BigDamnHeroes: |
| 924 | ** When Gru falls off of Vector's ship, Dr. Nefario flies Gru's own - newly unshrunk - ship to rescue him and give him the tools he needs to rescue the girls. |
| 925 | ** Does this ''twice'' in ''Despicable Me 2''. First by making an antidote to the PX-41 serum and saving the girls from a mutated Kevin, then by showing up in Gru's ship with tons of said antidote to save Gru from El Macho's army of mutated Minions. |
| 926 | * BrainyBrunette: His cameo in ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' shows he had black hair in his younger years. It also shows him demonstrating his invention of the freeze ray. |
| 927 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Dr. Nefario lampshades this quite a few times. |
| 928 | * DecemberDecemberRomance: Implied to be this with Marlena given their flirtatious dancing at end of the first and second movies. |
| 929 | * TheDragon: Gru's right hand man in villainy. |
| 930 | * EasilyForgiven: Seriously, he's responsible for everything going wrong in the third acts of ''both'' films; even if he's immediately repentant, we never see him get called out for ''any'' of it. |
| 931 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He genuinely cares for Gru, the Minions, and eventually, the girls. It's what made him turn on El Macho in ''Despicable Me 2''. |
| 932 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Building an army for El Macho and attempting to take over the world? Not a problem. Hurting Gru and the rest of his "family"? [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes All bets are off]]. |
| 933 | * EvilBrit: Has a thick English accent and has been in the villain game for a long time. |
| 934 | * {{Expy}}: Doctor Nefario resembles another animated elderly MadScientist: Professor Farnsworth in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. |
| 935 | * ForYourOwnGood: His excuse for having the kids taken back to the orphanage so they stop distracting Gru from his evil plan. Though then again, the least he could've done was tell Gru about it. |
| 936 | * GadgeteerGenius: Built most of the inventions that Gru uses and was able to create PX-47, the antidote for the Minions that were mutated by PX-41. |
| 937 | * GogglesDoNothing: It's a mystery of what his real eyes look like in the present day. As a young man he simply wore blue-tinted glasses which did not hide his eyes. |
| 938 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Goes through this during the second movie. He quits working for Gru, and goes to work for Eduardo, injecting Gru's Minions with a serum that makes them go nuts (more nuts than normal) but later comes back to Gru's side and saves Edith from a Minion. |
| 939 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Gru -- they've been partners in villainy and close friends for a long time. |
| 940 | * HumanPopsicle: In ''Despicable Me 3'', he is accidentally frozen in carbonite. |
| 941 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: He believes that Gru's affection for the girls is holding back from the moon theft (which they've been working towards for years) and felt he had no choice but to call up the orphanage to have Miss Hattie pick up the girls. |
| 942 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: With Gru. [[https://twitter.com/cincopedia/status/702366909812117504 This]] post from WordOfGod reveals they met in Gru's youth after he created a science fair project that caught Nefario's attention. And they have been close friends well into Gru's fifties and Nefario's seventies/eighties. |
| 943 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dr. Nefario is Gru's closest and most loyal friend coming to his rescue when Gru fell off Vectors ship and helping him rescue Agnes, Edith, and Margo even though he didn't seem to like them much [[spoiler:and sent them back to Miss Hattie when he felt that Gru is not putting enough effort into their plot to steal the moon.]] In time, he came to accept the girls being a prominent facet of Gru's life. |
| 944 | * KarmaHoudini: |
| 945 | ** In ''Despicable Me'', he called up Miss Hattie to take back the girls without informing Gru? The protagonist just agrees with Nefario's reasoning. |
| 946 | ** In ''Despicable Me 2'', he kidnapped the Minions to turn them into BrainwashedAndCrazy monsters for El Macho to rule the world? The only comeuppance he gets is a ''very'' mild call out from Gru... who later forgives him, along with the Minions, and the girls. |
| 947 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In ''Despicable Me 3'' he spends the entirety of the film [[HumanPopsicle frozen in]] [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack carbonite]]. |
| 948 | * LastNameBasis: We only know his title and last name. |
| 949 | * MadScientist: Nefario is a scientific genius and invented "the Nefario principle" when he explained that the larger an object or person's mass is, the quicker the effects of the Shrink Ray that they stole wear off. |
| 950 | * MeaningfulName: Dr. ''Nefario'' loves to do evil, ''nefarious'' deeds. |
| 951 | * {{Mentors}}: He walks you through the controls in the first movie's video game adaptation. |
| 952 | * MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: The most amoral and truly villainous one in Gru's family. In the sequel he explicitly says that he enjoys being evil and he misses their old villainous days. |
| 953 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Not really. He's rather absent minded. |
| 954 | * OnlySaneMan: The only person who notices that the girls' continued presence is causing Gru to neglect his career and lifelong dream. |
| 955 | * OutOfFocus: In ''Despicable Me 3''. He accidentally froze himself in carbonite at some point before the start of the movie. His frozen form is seen a couple of times, and his unfrozen self only briefly appears in a Flashback. |
| 956 | * PapaWolf: Becomes one in the sequel. When El Macho tries to take over the world with an army of BrainwashedAndCrazy Minions, the good doctor, who helped him with the plan, develops an antidote when the villain decides to attack Margo, Edith, and Agnes. A quote after the fact sums up this trope: |
| 957 | --->'''Dr. Nefario:''' I mean, I'm happy with creating an evil army to destroy the world...but ''nobody'' messes with my family. |
| 958 | * {{Retcon}}: ExpandedUniverse materials for the first movie stated that Dr. Nefario first met Gru in the closing days of his own criminal career (when they robbed the same place), and offered his services to Gru upon realizing he was the future of villainy. ''Minions: The Rise of Gru'' instead has him and Gru first meeting when both are in their youth. |
| 959 | * ScienceHero: "Hero" is debatable, but Dr. Nefario is a genius when it comes to science and inventing. |
| 960 | * ShipTease: He was dancing in a flirtatious manner with Gru's mother, Marlena, in both of the endings of the original and sequel. Other than that, the audience hardly sees them interact at all. |
| 961 | * SinisterSchnoz: His nose isn't as long or pointy as Gru's, but it's bigger than the average nose and he loves to commit villainous acts. |
| 962 | * TheSmartGuy: Dr. Nefario is Gru's gadgeteer residing in his underground lair and laboratories, who builds and designs most of Gru's machines. |
| 963 | * TokenEvilTeammate: In ''Despicable Me 2'', he helps with El Macho's plan for world conquest by kidnapping the Minions and brainwashed them. But, he does help Gru in the end and makes an antidote... yet, he still wants a life in evil. So, Nefario probably qualifies. |
| 964 | * TookALevelInKindness: Dr. Nefario didn't seem to like the girls in the first movie because he saw them as a distraction to Gru. Although, he does help in saving them from Vector. Come the sequel, he considers them as part of his family. |
| 965 | * WhatYouAreInTheDark: In ''Despicable Me 2'', Dr. Nefario--who, unlike Gru, hasn't pulled a HeelFaceTurn--goes to work for El Macho and develops a PsychoSerum that transforms Minions into nigh-unstoppable monsters. El Macho plans to launch the Minions all over the planet to conquer it, which is what Dr. Nefario has always wanted, and he's perfectly willing to go along with the plan. But just before the launch, El Macho orders the Evil!Minions to go after Margo, Edith, and Agnes. Ultimately, Nefario can't go through with seeing them hurt and chooses to develop an antidote, save the girls, and launch an all-out attack on El Macho's compound, giving up on the one chance he has to truly TakeOverTheWorld. And why? Because, in his own words, "''nobody'' messes with my family." |
| 966 | [[/folder]] |
| 967 | |
| 968 | [[folder:Kyle]] |
| 969 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kylewhite.png]] |
| 970 | ->'''Voiced by:''' N/A |
| 971 | |
| 972 | Gru's pet. Gru calls him a dog, but he doesn't look much like one. For that matter, he doesn't look much like any known animal. |
| 973 | ---- |
| 974 | * AndCallHimGeorge: Agnes has this attitude the moment she sees him. |
| 975 | * BewareOfViciousDog: A savage snarling beast that attacks even Gru... at first. |
| 976 | * CartoonDogBreed: He barely looks like a ''dog,'' with long skinny ears, a prominent underbite, and strange puffy gray-black fur. He turns out to be half-dog, half-piranha, which is definitely unlike any real-world dog breeds. |
| 977 | * CharacterDevelopment: While he's still an aggressive "dog", he at least doesn't attack Gru or any of the girls on sight after the first movie. |
| 978 | * DarkIsEvil: What he starts off as. He's a black "dog" who often tries and ''does'' bite Gru. CharacterDevelopment gets rid of this. |
| 979 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Upon being introduced, Kyle terrifies ''Gru'' -- the man who just a few moments ago casually freeze-rayed a group of people to get a ''bagel'' and then, with equal casualness, implied he killed his neighbor Fred's dog. |
| 980 | * FluffyTheTerrible: Kyle is rather vicious toward Gru, even going so far as to bite his arm! Then he meets the girls and becomes a much more gentler, but still ill-tempered dog. |
| 981 | * LongLived: The prequels confirm he's been around since Gru was eight. In other words, he's ''at least 42 years old'', way older than any dog in history; few dogs reach 20, and even the oldest dog on record is only 31. |
| 982 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Strongly implied from the start, since Gru doesn't know what kind of dog he is, and he doesn't really look like a dog at all. It's strongly implied again in the sequel, in which one of Lucy's gadgets couldn't figure out what kind of species Kyle was. WordOfGod finally confirmed Kyle to be half-dog, half-piranha. |
| 983 | * SilentSnarker: Kyle makes a lot of irritated huffs and eye rolls to show his annoyance. |
| 984 | * TeamPet: He is the 'pet dog' of the Gru family. |
| 985 | * TookALevelInKindness: Kyle is first introduced as being foul-tempered and nasty toward everyone, even his master Gru. By the end of the first film, though, he's acting like a good family dog: playing with the girls, wagging his tail, and sleeping on Agnes's bed. |
| 986 | * UncattyResemblance: He's basically like his owner, Gru. From the open hostility to others, initial dislike of the girls that eventually transforms into genuine love, main color scheme is black, and so on. |
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