With her ever-changing wardrobe and enormous Afro, (which is animated with an impressive amount of texture) Belle looks like Cleopatra Jones. Henson), who cruelly explains that honor among thieves is a myth before dropping him to his presumed death from their plane. Granted, that song came out in 1977, but “Minions: The Rise of Gru” uses Lipps Inc.’s 1980 banger, “Funkytown” not once, but twice.Īfter braving death to retrieve the gems, Wild Knuckles is betrayed by team member Belle Bottom ( Taraji P. Unfortunately, the filmmakers are not that clever.

Considering all the groan-inducing needle drops that occur in this series, I expected The Zodiac Stones to be accompanied by that trash classic-slash-astrology lesson “Float On” by the Floaters. Once retrieved, it will give the Vicious 6 an unlimited amount of power on the night of the Chinese New Year. They are there to retrieve a necklace of gems called The Zodiac Stones. We see Wild Knuckles and his crew in action in an exotic, Indiana Jones-style locale. They affectionately call him 'mini-boss.' When he’s not wondering how his employees “got so much denim” for their outfits, Gru is fantasizing about joining The Vicious 6, an Avengers-like conglomerate of villains created by Wild Knuckles ( Alan Arkin). After their own prequel, “ Minions,” and a pit stop for the lackluster present-day sibling rivalry plot of “ Despicable Me 3,” Kevin Le Minion and his one and two-eyed pals have returned to the past to support the “eleven and three-quarters” years old version of Gru. They make me laugh and I’m not even remotely remorseful about that. YouTube is rife with fan-made covers, including ‘All About That Bass’ ‘Uptown Funk’ and ‘Let It Go’.ġ7. All Minions playing a significant role in the films are given male names.ġ8. If Minions have a sex and how they reproduce is unknown.Ģ0. Tall minions all have the same haircut.Ģ1. There are only 5 natural hairstyles for Minions in the Despicable Me films, including being bald.Ģ2. To promote Despicable Me 2, a blimp fashioned after a Minion was flown around the US.Ģ3. The directors of Despicable Me have stated that Minions were written into the script to make Gru more likeable. They found the easiest way to do this was to surround him with incompetence.Readers of this site know of my soft spot for the Minions, those yellow, pill-shaped purveyors of trouble who are hopelessly devoted to Gru ( Steve Carell). Τhe Minions love to croon, and as such they’ve sang versions of ‘I Swear’, ‘YMCA’ and ‘Barbara Ann’ across the movies. They still share their yellow compatriots’ love of bananas and getting up to no good, though!ġ6. The film nabbed a nom for Best Animated Film and Best Original Song for Pharrell’s ‘Happy’.ġ5. The “evil” purple Minions were created with a PX-41 serum and were designed to be indestructible. He’s in good company – David Bowie, Kate Bosworth and Mila Kunis and also have a similar eye discolouration.Ĩ. Short film Orientation Day suggests that the Minions were spawned from a single strand of mutated DNA that transformed into one-cell organisms.ĩ. In total, seven short films featuring the Minions have been released: Orientation Day, Home Makeover, Brady & Gary, Minion Mayhem 3D, Training Wheels, Puppy, Panic in the Mailroom.ġ0. The Minions have two Oscar nominations under their belts – both for Despicable Me 2. For the latter he reportedly voices 899 different Minion characters.ħ. Bob suffers from heterochromia iridum, making his eyes two different colours. He came up with the concept for the scene-stealers on the first Despicable Me, and the creatures are now the official mascots for studio Illumination Entertainment.Ħ. Who voices Kevin, Bob, Stu and the Minions? It’s none other than Pierre Coffin, the French animator who co-directed both Despicable Me films and Minions. French art director Eric Guillon is creator of the Minions.

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