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## Minions (2015)

***Minions*** is a 2015 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film served as a spin-off/prequel to the Despicable Me franchise, being directed by Kyle Balda, being released on July 10th, 2015.

### Premise

Minions are small, yellow creatures who have existed since the beginning of time, evolving from yellow single-celled organisms into beings which exist only to serve history's most evil masters, but they accidentally end up killing all their masters—including a Tyrannosaurus, a caveman, a Pharaoh, and Count Dracula. They are driven into isolation after firing a cannon at Napoleon while in Russia, and start a new life inside a cave, but after many years the Minions become sad and unmotivated without a master to serve. To regain their dignity and sense of purpose, a minion named Kevin recruits two Minions called Stuart and Bob, setting out to look for a new master.

The three journey in 1968 to New York City, where they end up in a department store for the night, and accidentally discover a hidden commercial broadcast for villains advertising Villain-Con, a convention for all villains and supervillains in Orlando, Florida. The next day, they manage to hitchhike a ride with the Nelsons, a family of thieves. At the convention, they see Scarlet Overkill, the world's first supervillainess, who unexpectedly hires them and takes them to her home in London. They phone the rest of the Minions to get them to join. Scarlet plans to steal the Imperial State Crown from Queen Elizabeth II, and promises to reward the Minions if they steal it, and kill them if they do not.

Her husband Herb supplies them with inventions to aid in the heist, but they are nearly caught when they break into the Tower of London. The chase leads to Bob accidentally crashing into the Sword in the Stone and pulling it free to defend himself and his friends, causing Bob to remove the Queen from the throne and become King. Enraged that someone else accomplished her dream of stealing the throne, Scarlet confronts the Minions, so Bob abdicates the throne in her favor. Undeterred, Scarlet imprisons the three in a dungeon, and Herb attempts to torture the trio, but they escape with the intention to apologize to Scarlet at her coronation.

After making their way to Westminster Abbey, Stuart and Bob interrupt the coronation by inadvertently dropping a chandelier on Scarlet, who survives the falling fixture and orders their execution. Stuart and Bob are captured by other villains, while Kevin hides in a pub. He sees Scarlet on television, promising that she will kill Stuart and Bob if Kevin does not show up by dawn. With the villains still searching for him, Kevin sneaks into Scarlet's castle to steal weapons, and accidentally triggers a machine Herb was building, which causes him to grow into a gigantic Minion. Kevin tramples through London, rescues his friends, and battles Scarlet, just as the other Minions turn up in London. Scarlet tries to eradicate them by firing a massive missile, but Kevin swallows it. Scarlet and Herb attempt to escape with her rocket dress, only for Kevin to hold onto it and get pulled into the sky. The missile explodes, presumably killing Kevin, Scarlet, and Herb. As the Minions mourn the loss of their leader, Kevin survives, and returns to his normal size.

The Queen gets her throne and crown back. She rewards Bob with a tiny crown for his teddy bear Tim, Stuart with an electric guitar, and Kevin with a knighthood. The still alive Scarlet and Herb steal the crown again, but a young Gru uses a freeze ray on them and flees with the crown on a rocket-powered motorbike. The Minions run after him, deciding he is the new master they were looking for.

#### Voice cast

* Pierre Coffin as Kevin, Stuart, Bob, and the Minions
* Sandra Bullock as Scarlet Overkill, the world's first female supervillain and Herb's wife
* Jon Hamm as Herb Overkill, a genius inventor and Scarlet's husband
* Michael Keaton as Walter Nelson, Madge's thief husband and Tina, Walter Jr. and Binky's father
* Allison Janney as Madge Nelson, Walter's thief wife and Tina, Walter Jr. and Binky's mother
* Steve Coogan as a Tower Guard
	+ Coogan also voices Professor Flux, a scientist
* Jennifer Saunders as Queen Elizabeth II
* Geoffrey Rush as the Narrator
* Steve Carell as Gru, who only appears at the end of the film as a younger version of himself.
* John Ratzenberger as TBD.

#### Trivia

* This is the first Illumination film to be produced by Pixar Animation Studios, with John Lasseter as a executive producer.
* This is the second Pixar's prequel film, after Monsters University (2013).
	+ This is also the first Pixar's spin-off film, followed by Minions: The Rise of Gru (2020) and Lightyear (2022).

* This is the first Pixar film to be released in July.
* This is the fourth Pixar film of the 2010s to be produced at 1.85:1 aspect ratio, after Toy Story 3 (2010), Monsters University (2013), and Inside Out (2015).

## Minions: The Rise of Gru (2020)

***Minions: The Rise of Gru*** is a 2020 American computer-animated comedy film, the film served as a spin-off to the prequel/spin-off 2015's Minions, being directed by Kyle Balda. It is produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, being released on July 3rd, 2020.

Minions: The Rise of Gru was scheduled to be theatrically released on July 3, but it was delayed released on Disney+ on July 3, 2020.

### Premise

In 1976, eight years after the events of the first film, 11-year-old Gru has allowed the Minions to work for him as their new leader.

One day, Gru receives an audition invitation from the Vicious 6, a criminal organization founded by the supervillain Wild Knuckles; now led by newly-appointed leader Belle Bottom following Knuckles' death, who hope to find a new member. Gru's interview goes poorly but, much to the outrage of the Vicious 6, he manages to steal a stone capable of turning anyone into one of the animals of the Chinese Zodiac by Chinese New Year.

After an escape with Kevin, Stuart, and Bob, Gru finds out that Otto, a large, rounded, blabbering Minion with braces, has traded the stone for a pet rock, causing him to fire the Minions before going alone to find the stone. However, Wild Knuckles, who is revealed to be alive, kidnaps Gru before taking him to San Francisco.

Without the stone, Kevin, Stuart, Bob set out to San Francisco to find him, ending up piloting a plane there. When they reach Wild Knuckles' house, they are chased by his goons until Master Chow, a former Kung Fu teacher, helps them out. Chow decides to teach them after they beg for her to do so. When their teaching is complete, the trio head back to Wild Knuckles' home to try and get Gru back. Meanwhile, Otto tries to chase a biker who has the stone as a necklace. When he manages to catch up to him at Death Valley, the biker gives the stone back to Otto and takes him to San Francisco.

Gru starts to bond with Wild Knuckles after the latter's goons quit on him. After saving Knuckles from a crocodile eating him alive in his pool, they decide to rob the Bank of Evil, managing to steal the *Mona Lisa*. After they get home, they see that Wild Knuckles' home has been destroyed by the Vicious 6, thanks to Kevin, Stuart and Bob breaking in earlier. Knuckles decides to give up, causing Gru to take it upon himself to stop them.

At a Chinese New Year parade in Chinatown, Otto and Gru find each other with the stone but are cornered by the Vicious 6, who in turn are confronted by the Anti-Villain League. However, after the clock strikes midnight, the Vicious 6 use the stone to turn themselves into animals (Bottom as a dragon, Jean-Clawed as a baboon, Nunchuck as a cobra, Svengeance as a tiger, and Stronghold as a bull) from the Zodiac, and kidnap Gru, planning to kill him at a clock tower as revenge. Kevin, Stuart, and Bob manage to find Gru, but are turned into weak animals (Kevin as a rabbit, Bob as a goat, and Stuart as a chicken).

Wild Knuckles returns and fights the dragon Bottom with the Minions. Encouraged by Chow's teaching, the Minions finds their inner beast and manage to defeat most of the Vicious 6 but Knuckles is badly burnt by Belle when trying to take the stone back. Otto manages to save Gru, who uses the stone to turn the Vicious 6 into rats and impressed by the Minions' Kung-Fu, making him rehire him for saving his life. The Vicious 6 are arrested, including Wild Knuckles, who is taken to a hospital where he succumbs to his injuries offscreen. At Knuckles' funeral, Gru gives a heartfelt eulogy, but it is revealed that Knuckles faked his death. Later, he and Gru drive off vicariously into the sunset.

In a mid-credits scene, Gru hires Dr. Nefario in gratitude for an invention of his that helped him steal the stone. Nefario originally declines but decides to join him after he and the Minions beg, giving them a ride on a jet, same one Gru would ride in the future.

### Voice cast

* Steve Carell as Gru
* Pierre Coffin as Kevin, Stuart, Bob, Otto, and the rest of the Minions
* John Ratzenberger as TBD
* Taraji P. Henson as Belle Bottom, the newly-appointed leader of The Vicious 6
* Michelle Yeoh as Master Chow, a Kung Fu fighter who helps the Minions on their quest
* Jean-Claude Van Damme as Jean Clawed, a member of The Vicious 6 with a giant lobster claw
* Lucy Lawless as Nunchuck, a member of The Vicious 6 who is a nun and wields nunchucks
* Dolph Lundgren as Svengeance, a member of The Vicious 6 who is a roller skater
* Danny Trejo as Stronghold, a member of The Vicious 6 with big metal hands
* Russell Brand as Dr. Nefario, an absent-minded scientist who eventually becomes Gru's assistant in the future
* Julie Andrews as Marlena Gru, Gru's mother
* Will Arnett as Mr. Perkins
* Alan Arkin as Wild Knuckles, the former leader of The Vicious 6
* RZA as a biker Otto befriends on his way to San Francisco
* Steve Coogan as Silas Ramsbottom

#### Trivia

* The fourth animated series that originated in 1.85:1 to have a 2.35:1 aspect ratio for its second film, after Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014), Sherlock Gnomes (2018), A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019).
* This is the fifth Pixar follow-up/sequel to focus on the secondary character rather than the protagonist of the original film, in this case it being Gru, after Cars 2 (2011; Mater), Monsters University (2013; Mike), Finding Dory (2016; Dory), and Incredibles 2 (2018; Elastigirl).
* This is the second Disney theatrically-produced film to be preceded by the Disney+ Original logo after Noelle (2019), due to being released as a Disney+ original film.
	+ This is the second animated film to be released straight to digital instead of having a theatrical release in the United States following the COVID-19 pandemic, after Scoob! (2020).
	+ This is also the first Pixar film that was originally going to be released in theaters, but delayed to Disney+.
	+ This is the second Pixar film to be released on Ultra HD Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray, and DVD two months after its theatrical release, in this case being September.
* This is the first time that Pixar has released a third film in the same year.
* This is the second Pixar film of the 2020s to be produced at 2.35:1 aspect ratio, after Onward (2020).