History Characters / DespicableMeTheGruFamily

* 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]].

* ParentalNeglect: She was quite neglectful of Gru when it came to being emotionally supportive.

* NerdGlasses: Downplayed. Her glasses aren't ''that'' nerdy, but she is very dorky at times.

** 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 nastier heart than his to say no to her huge eyes and quivering lip.

[-'''The Gru Family''' ([[Characters/DespicableMeFeloniousGru Felonious Gru]]) | [[Characters/DespicableMeTheAntagonists The Antagonists]] | [[Characters/DespicableMeOtherCharacters Other Characters]]-]]]]]

-->See his [[Characters/DespicableMeFeloniousGru character page]].
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!!The Three Girls

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Gru's three adopted daughters that somehow boss him around and make him act more emotional, caring, & friendly.

* ActionGirl: All of them become this at the sequel's climax. See GirlsWithGuns.
* AdaptedOut: They make no appearance in the video game adaptation of the first movie.
* AnimalMotifs: Cats, or more precisely, ''kittens''.
* 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''.
* BadassAdorable: On the outside they are very adorable girls, but in the inside, they're quite capable of protecting themselves.
* 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.
* {{Ballet}}: A recital of ''Theatre/SwanLake'' featuring them is a major plot point of the first film.
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Agnes, Margo and Edith. Although all three of them are very lovely, intelligent, and act like tough girls.
* 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.

** 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.
** 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.
* 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.
** Inverted with Gru as they refer to him by his (and therefore ''their'') last name.
** 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.
* 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.
* ChromaticArrangement: Margo (green), Edith (pink), and Agnes (blue). It was even lampshaded by Gru at the end of the first movie.
* TheCutie: All three of them are certainly this, but mostly Agnes, as she is the youngest.
* DaddysGirl: All of them are fond of Gru.
* 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]].
* DamselInDistress: They are kidnapped in the first and third movie, providing a chance for Gru and Lucy to play the PapaWolf and MamaBear, respectively.
* 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"''.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: All three of them, but mostly Margo in the first movie.
* 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".
* 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.
* FreeRangeChildren: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. The girls go off on their own to sell cookies to earn money for their abusive caretaker.
* 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).
* 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.
* HappilyAdopted: They get it in the end of the first film, naturally.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: They're cute and heartwarming enough to propel Gru into a HeelFaceTurn.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: The girls are always seen together and value one another's company.
* HiddenDepths: They each have something more to them then meets the eye.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: The first movie has the trio, especially Agnes, wanting to be adopted by a loving family.
* 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.
* {{Leitmotif}}:
** More so in the ''Despicable Me'' -- In any scene involving the girls, you can hear instrumental versions of the chorus of "Prettiest Girls".
** They gain another one in ''Despicable Me 3'' -- "There's Something Special".
* LittleMissBadass: All of them are pre-teens and are tough cookies.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: The three adorable daughters of evil genius, Gru.
* MeaningfulName:
** 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.
** Edith's name is from Old English and means "war" which hints her fondness for destruction and love of Gru's weapons.
** Agnes's name is of Greek descent and translates to "pure", which is perfect given her innocent and childlike nature.
* {{Mentors}}: Of ''Minion Rush'', where they walk you through the basics of the game.
* 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.
* MoralityPet:
** 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.
** They bring out the softer side of their grandmother, [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior Marlena]], who is far nicer to them than she is to her own son.
** [[BewareOfViciousDog Kyle]] becomes a nicer "dog" thanks to their influence, especially Agnes's.
* MysteriousPast: It was never revealed when Margo, Edith, and Agnes arrived at the orphanage.
* 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.
* 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."
* NotBloodSiblings: WordOfGod stated that the girls aren't "technically" related, but they're always together; they do consider each other sisters.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* PluckyComicRelief: Oh, god, up to the level as the Minions.
* RiddleForTheAges: It is never explained what happened to the girls' biological parents or how they ended up in the orphanage.
* SiblingYinYang: Margo is cynical and serious, Edith is trouble-making and sarcastic, and Agnes is innocent and imaginative.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** 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.
** In the sequel, they join in the action of returning the Minions to normal.
* 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).
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[[folder:Margo Gru]]
->''"Don't worry. Everything's going to be fine. We're gonna be really happy here."''
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MirandaCosgrove

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.
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: She's mature and serious, but still a cute little girl.
* 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.
* 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]].
* BigSisterInstinct: She's pretty protective of Agnes and Edith, especially the latter due to Agnes' naive nature.
* BrainyBrunette: Has brown hair, the most responsible of her sisters, one of the sane member of the Gru family.
* CallingTheOldManOut: She is, understandably, upset with Lucy because the latter accidentally [[spoiler:got her engaged.]]
* CharacterTics: [[LikeParentLikeChild Like her adoptive father]], Margo often puts both of her hands behind her back.
* 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.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Brown hair and eyes; she's the only one out of her siblings who fits this trope.
* 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.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's very dry-witted and sarcastic.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Very distrusting of Gru at first, but she warms up to him eventually.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: In the first movie, she's the second main focus after Gru.
* 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.
* 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".
* 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.

** She is quite optimistic despite her difficulty trusting people, telling the girls that they will be happy with Gru eventually.
** If her shirts are of any indication, she's a fan of Creator/DrSeuss.
* KnightInShiningArmor: She dresses up as a knight at Agnes's birthday party in ''Despicable Me 2''.
* KnightInSourArmor: Margo apparently grew up in abusive orphanage with her sisters, resulting in her cynical outlook on life and trust issues.
* LaughOfLove: She giggles nervously when Antonio sweeps her off her feet on their first meeting.
* TheLeader: Of the trio, since she's the oldest and gets the most focus in the first movie.
* 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.
* LittleMissSnarker: Doesn't hesitate to snark, especially to Gru.
* 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.
* NerdGlasses: Downplayed. Her glasses aren't ''that'' nerdy, but she is very dorky at times.
* NotSoAboveItAll: She does join in with Edith's antics if it's against someone she doesn't like.
* OnlySaneWoman: Of the three girls, she's the most rational and responsible. Justified as she is the oldest of all of them.
* ProductionForeshadowing:
** 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.
** 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''.
** 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.
* PromotionToParent: Before being adopted by Gru, Margo acted as TeamMom to her younger sisters.
* ReverseArmFold: [[LikeParentLikeChild Like her adoptive father]], she tends to do this often.
* TheShortGuyWithGlasses: Downplayed. She wears glasses and is the tallest of her sisters, but is shorter than the adult members of her family.
* ShortTeensTallAdults: She's around Gru's waistline.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: NerdGlasses + TheSpock + OnlySaneWoman + BrainyBrunette equals this trope.
* SpecsOfAwesome: Margo is both [[BadassAdorable badass and downright cute]] since the first film, the glasses just give it off more.
* TheSpock: She's the most intelligent, rational, and controlled of the three, and more than a little cynical.
* 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.
* TeamMom: To her younger sisters, especially before being adopted by Gru.
* TomboyishPonytail: Margo keeps her hair in a ponytail.
* 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.

[[folder:Edith Gru]]
->''"When we got adopted by a bald guy, I thought this would be more like ''Theatre/{{Annie}}''."''
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DanaGaier

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.

* 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:
-->'''Edith:''' "Can I be the first to say: ''EW!''"
* 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.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While Edith's antics can annoy her older sister, Margo, the two usually get along well.
* TheBigGirl: Class 4. Edith is a lot more tougher and violent than she first appears. She also likes gross and dangerous stuff.
* 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.
* 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.
* ABloodyMess: The incident with the iron maiden. Of course, it turns out to be grape juice.
* 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.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: A quirky little girl who thinks FreakyIsCool.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Edith sports a black ninja garb in ''Despicable Me 2'' and helps cure the Evil!Minions with the jelly antidote in the climax.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: In ''Despicable Me 3'', she is seen pushing away the broccoli on her plate.
* 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.
* GatlingGood: Edith uses a Gatling jelly gun in the climax of the sequel to help cure the mutated Minions.
* 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''.
* 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.
* HiddenDepths: Despite Edith not being the best at ballet like her sisters, she shows a surprising amount of athleticism in the sequel.
* InkSuitActor: Dana Gaier looks a lot like Edith.
* InnocentBlueEyes: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Her eyes have been described as "bluish-grey" and they represent her childlike (to an extent) and fun-loving nature.
* JawDrop: When she meets Gru for the first time.
* 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.
* 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.
* LikeParentLikeChild: She shares many traits with Gru, being very destructive, tomboyish and sports a macabre sense of humor.
* LittleMissSnarker: She's a very cute and sarcastic {{Tomboy}}.
* 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.
* McNinja: By the sequel Edith is going through her "Ninja Phase". Judging by a few scenes, she would make an excellent ninja!
* 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.
* MouthyKid: Doesn't usually hesitate to speak her mind.
* 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.
* NeverBareheaded: Edith is never seen without her sherpa hat. She wears it to her ballet recitals, at her parents' wedding, and while asleep.
* NightmareFetishist: "Yes! My pancake's shaped like a dead guy!"
* 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.
* PinkMeansFeminine: {{Inverted|Trope}}. Despite the pink clothing, she's the tomboy out of the three orphans.
* 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.
* TheQuietOne: In the first film, Edith was more quiet and reserved than her sisters.
* 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.
* SilentSnarker: Her sarcastic facial expressions definitely fall into this trope.
* SmallGirlBigGun: In the ''Despicable Me 2'' climax, uses a giant gun filled with the jelly containing the antidote to cure the Evil!Minions.
* 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.
* {{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.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She wears pink and, like her sisters, enjoys ballet, but she's the least good at it.
* 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.

[[folder:Agnes Gru]]
->''"Oh my gosh! Look at that fluffy unicorn! He's so fluffy, I'm gonna die!"''
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ElsieFisher (2010-2013), Creator/NevScharrel (2017), Madison Polan (2024)

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.

* 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.
* AllGirlsLikePonies: Unicorns, in her case. She loves her stuffed unicorn, sings about unicorns, and in the third movie she believes that unicorns are real.
* AllLovingHeroine: {{Justified|Trope}}. She has the innocent personality of a typical child. And all she wants is to be loved and love her family.
* AndCallHimGeorge: Kyle happens to be hugged by her, and ended up being dressed by her and Edith to look like a girl.
* 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.
* 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.
* BadassBiker: Proved to be this in her [[ADayInTheLimelight spotlight short]] ''Training Wheels''.
* 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.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: This child can ''shatter rock'' with her screaming. Making her angry is... not a good idea.
* BigEater: Lampshaded by Gru, "Agnes, easy on the churros!"
* BlueIsHeroic: Her signature blue overalls and being the nicest of the Grus.
* 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''.
* 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.
* CheerfulChild: The most joyful, happy-go-lucky and innocent of the girls. Justified, as she's the youngest.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: The most innocent and naive of her sisters. Which is why Margo is so protective of her.
* {{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''.
-->'''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.
* 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.
* 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.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Stars in her own Minion short, "Training Wheels".
* EverybodyHatesMathematics: Her prayer in the third movie implies this.
-->''"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."''
* FacialProfiling: Averted. She definitely looks Asian, but is American. This is most likely due to her young age.
* 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.
* GenkiGirl: The first time Gru meets the girls, Agnes is the one only excited and she starts happily hugging his leg.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Especially if they happen to be unicorns.
* GlassShatteringSound: Her screams can shatter not only glass but also plaster.
* TheHeart: She's been described as being the "heart" of the Gru family.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Out of her sisters, Agnes is the closest to Kyle, their pet "dog".
* 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.
* HiddenDepths: "Training Wheels" shows Agnes handling a motorcycle fairly well.
* ImprobableHairstyle: How does Agnes's ponytail manage to stand straight up?
* TheIngenue: The most innocent, nice, and naive of her sisters and family, in general.
* {{Leitmotif}}: ''"Unicorns, I love them."''
* LoveAtFirstSight: A parent version:
** 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)
** 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.
* MythicalMotifs: Unicorns, given her love for them, and later the stuffed unicorn she carries around.
* NeverSayDie: Averted in the most adorable way possible. "It's so fluffy, I'm gonna DIE!!"
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* PluckyGirl: Goes hand-and-hand with being ThePollyanna. Agnes is ''full'' of optimism.
* ThePollyanna: She always looks on the brighter side of things.
* PrincessPhase: In ''Despicable Me 2'', at her birthday party, Agnes was wearing a princess costume that had a unicorn "steed" sewn to her dress.
* PuppyDogEyes: She's very good at this, as is to be expected given her age and personality.
** 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 nastier heart than his to say no to her huge eyes and quivering lip.
** She does it again to postpone the start of the ''Theatre/SwanLake'' recital for a few minutes. Gru misses it anyway.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Relatively pale skin and black hair.
* RedIsHeroic: Agnes's red hairband and the fact she's a good person.
* SarcasmBlind: {{Justified|Trope}} since Agnes is only 6 and therefore has no idea when someone is being sarcastic.
* ShipperOnDeck: Ships Lucy with Gru the instance she meets the former.
-->'''Agnes:''' ''(To Lucy)'' Are you single?
* 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.
* 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.

!!Other Family Members

[[folder:Lucy Wilde]]
->''"I'm your new partner! Yay!"''
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KristenWiig

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.

* TheCutie: All three of the girls are adorable, but Agnes is widely considered the cutest one.

* GlassShatteringSound: Her screams have this property.

** She does it again to postpone the start of the ''Theatre/SwanLake'' recital for a few minutes. [[spoiler:Gru misses it anyway]].

* BoundAndGagged: Briefly in the third movie. [[spoiler:Balthazard 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]].

* 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, just inexperienced. And for the second one, her being inexperienced at motherhood makes sense given her being relatively new to being a mother.

* 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 an extended, nails-on-chalkboard shriek which breaks Evil Kevin's goggles, buying Margo and Agnes some time to escape to the underground laboratory.

* ChildrenAreInnocent: The most innocent and naive of her sisters. Which is why Margo is so protective of her.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Agnes has shown to be very protective over her stuffed unicorn toy but willingly ''sells'' it in the third movie when Gru and Lucy tell her and her sisters about them getting fired.
* PintSizedPowerHouse: Agnes can ''break rocks'' with her screams.

Youngest, tender, and 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.

* TheBabyOfTheBunch: The youngest of the girls, as well as the youngest member of the Gru family.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: This child can ''smash rock'' with her screaming. Making her angry is... not a good idea.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Young, cute, innocent, and naive. 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''.

* MakeMeWannaShout: Seems to have a hyper sonic voice which has been shown multiple times throughout the series to be capable of shattering large amounts of glass when she screams.

Gru's pet. Gru calls him a dog, but he doesn't look much like one. Come to that, he doesn't look much like any known animal.

* AllAnimalsAreDogs: "Dog" is the closest thing to a species Gru can come up with. He does have the temperament of a rather nasty dog, but he doesn't look like one.

* MixAndMatchCritters: A possibility since Gru doesn't know what kind of dog he is. 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.

Youngest, tender, and 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", the most, rather than seeing them with suspicion.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: And it is ''cute''.

* TheSpock: The most cynical of the trio.

* TheKirk: Not as cynical as Margo, but not as rambunctious as Edith.

* BadassAdorable: On the outside they are very adorable girls, but in the inside, they're capable to protect themselves very well.

* TheMcCoy: The most HotBlooded of the trio.

* AllGirlsLikePonies: Her stuffed unicorn.

* BadassAdorable: Kick some serious butt and is still be awkward and say the sweetest and funniest things.

Gru's pet that looks like... nothing on this earth, actually.

* AllAnimalsAreDogs: "Dog" is the closest thing to a species Gru can come up with. Even allowing for the fact he's animated, Kyle looks like no animal that has ever lived on earth.

* FluffyTheTerrible: Kyle was rather vicious toward Gru, even going so far as to bite his arm! Then he met the girls and became a much more gentler, but still ill tempered dog.

* TookALevelInKindness: By the end of the first film, Kyle acts like an ordinary dog, wagging his tail, and sleeping on Agnes's bed.

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* 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''.
** And also, Mel from "Despicable Me 3" did this in the logo for the first installment.

* GogglesDoNothing: It's a mystery of what his real eyes look like.

Gru's pet that looks like... nothing at all, actually.

* AllAnimalsAreDogs: "Dog" is the closest thing to a species Gru can come up with.

* 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; even the longest-lived dog is 31.
* MixAndMatchCritters: A possibility since Gru doesn't what kind of dog he is. 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.

* MyBelovedSmother: Extinguished her only child's dream of wanting to go on the moon, along with his other achievements.

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: At the end of the first movie, it's revealed that minions can survive in low Earth orbit. Although it's pretty boring up there.

* 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 appear to be looking forward to their new cat-and-mouse game. Gru also gives him a five-minute headstart before going after him.]]

* 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.

** 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.

[[folder: Gru Jr.]]