Minions (Despicable Me)

For the film, see Minions (movie).

Minions are characters that are yellow and have glasses. They appear in all Despicable Me movies. Some minions have different eyes and sizes. There are some that are small and have 2 eyes, some that are large-sized and also have 2 eyes, and some that are medium-sized that have one eye. They like to eat bananas. They can turn purple and then transform to an evil minion.

Gender	All males

They are also the official mascots of Illumination, the movie studio that created the Despicable Me movies.

They are known for their gibberish language. They are voiced by Pierre Coffin.

Minions

Role in the Films

In the first movie, the Minions work for Gru as his sidekicks and he sometimes experiments on them. In Despicable Me 2, El Macho kidnaps them and turns them into purple monsters. In Despicable Me 3, most of them stop working for Gru to go back to being evil even though they come back to him at the end of the movie.

The movie Minions is a prequel about their origin story. They also help Gru in the sequel Minions: The Rise of Gru.

Kevin, Stuart, and Bob

Kevin, Stuart, and Bob are the familiar minions. They appear in Minions (2015) and Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022).

Minions (Despicable Me) Media

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  Tires recycled as Minion garden art in Brodalen, Sweden

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  Since British media and telecommunications enterprise Sky Group was acquired by Comcast in 2018, the Minions were advertising mascots for Sky Broadband from 2020 to 2024 and decorations with themes of Minions could be seen in Sky's retail shops.

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  Minion Land at Universal Studios Beijing.

Related pages

• Gru