{"id":23089,"date":"2024-07-03T08:55:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T15:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/?p=23089"},"modified":"2024-07-11T09:47:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T16:47:54","slug":"despicable-me-4-minions-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/despicable-me-4-minions-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Despicable Me 4 Promises Even More Minion Mayhem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s been an explosion of Minions ever since the little yellow creatures first made their appearance in 2010\u2019s Despicable Me<\/em> and they’re back for Despicable Me 4<\/a><\/strong><\/em>. That means it\u2019s been 14 years of the Minions taking over the entire world with their big goggles and blue overalls, and they did all of it while speaking mostly gibberish \u2013 aside from the word \u201cbanana\u201d. The Minions have played a huge part in pushing the Despicable Me<\/em> franchise into becoming the highest-grossing animated film franchise of all time, and they have exploded beyond multiple big screen movies and into short films, video games, and even taking over theme parks. Not to mention, of course, becoming the mascot for many banana-flavored snacks in our grocery aisles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With their mischievous antics and alarmingly great engineering skills, the Minions have charmed both young and old audiences alike. We can\u2019t wait to see the hilarity that will ensue when the Minions receive superpowers from the Anti-Villain league and become the Mega-Minions, larger-than-life agents of the AVL in Despicable Me 4.<\/em> Before they join the AVL, though, let\u2019s look back at some of our favorite Minion moments throughout the franchise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minions Go Shopping for a Unicorn Toy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Minions might work for a supervillain, but that doesn\u2019t mean they can\u2019t be little sweethearts too. In the first Despicable Me<\/em>, the order for a new unicorn toy \u2013 or, as the Minions call it, a \u201cpapoy\u201d \u2013 for the young Agnes comes from Gru, but the Minions sure do make the mission their own. It\u2019s presumably their first trip inside a giant superstore, and while searching for the perfect unicorn toy, the Minions enjoy testing out a massage chair, trying way too much soda, and singing \u201cCopacabana\u201d at karaoke in front of a wall of television sets. But they are Minions of their word, and if they are tasked with finding a new unicorn toy, then they will do just that once all their antics are done with. They might not end up with the most traditional unicorn toy \u2013 and instead return home with an ice cream cone and googly eyes strapped to a bottle brush \u2013 but Agnes loves it just the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firefighting Minions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Working in all sorts of scenarios involving new, experimental devices, of course it makes sense that the Minions would have some experience putting out fires. Whether or not they are professionally trained on it is a whole other question, and we would venture to guess that they most likely are not. They may not even be all that helpful with extinguishing flames \u2013 as one haphazardly chops through Gru\u2019s wall and desk, and one only makes siren sounds into a megaphone while wearing flashing red lights, rather than putting out the fire in the room in Despicable Me 2<\/em> (2013). But they sure are enthusiastic while trying to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minions Perform at Gru and Lucy\u2019s Wedding<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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It can be bittersweet sending off a loved one into a marriage, hoping for the best for them with their newfound happiness, while thinking back on all the times you shared with them when it was just the two of you. Or, in the case of the Minions, the several hundred of you. While many couples might opt for a DJ at their wedding, others might prefer a live band. And sometimes that band is made up of Minions. Trading out their blue overalls for all white ensembles, the Minions call upon the stylings of R&B group All-4-One as they send Gru and Lucy off into matrimonial bliss with their rendition of \u201cI Swear\u201d. A tiered wedding cake \u2013 also complete with Minion decorations \u2013 and white doves really seal the romantic moment with the harmonizing Minions.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minions Bust Out the Village People<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Don\u2019t think that the Minions are just a one-act special, because they have plenty more where that\u2019s from. A wedding is a party after all, and there has to be both slow and romantic songs for the newlywed couple to share a dance to, while also offering some upbeat classics for everyone else to get up and groove to. And the Minions, as always, have just the thing. It wouldn\u2019t be a party with the Minions without an elaborate, hilarious costume change, and as further proof that disco never dies, the Minions call upon the Village People\u2019s beloved \u201cY.M.C.A.\u201d while matching the band\u2019s outfits from the original 1978 music video. Really, it just makes you wonder, where are the Minions keeping all these outfits?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Origins of Minions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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After two movies, you might be asking, where did Minions come from? How did they get here? Did they have a life before Gru? What is the purpose of a Minion? Their standalone film, Minions<\/em> (2015), offers answers to all these questions and more. To put it simply, Minions have always existed, having evolved from single-celled organisms under the water into the round, yellow creatures that we know and love today. Their purpose? To serve a despicable master. Only, finding their purpose doesn\u2019t always go as planned. In a montage, the Minions are the demise of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, early Stone Age men, Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs, Count Dracula, and even Napoleon. Honestly, it\u2019s a miracle Gru has lasted as their master for this long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minions Crash a Singing Competition<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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After the Minions (temporarily) leave Gru in Despicable Me 3<\/em> (2017), they find themselves breaking into a television studio lot, winding up on a singing competition show. While their talents are typically in the engineering field, building all kinds of villainous weaponry for Gru, the group of Minions charm the live studio audience with their singing and dancing routine, which consists of outfit changes and plenty of toilet paper tosses. Their song of choice? An unintelligible version of \u201cModern Major-General\u2019s Song\u201d from The Pirates of Penzance<\/em>. And while we think they would have gone far in the competition as an audience favorite, they\u2019re arrested for trespassing at the end of their performance and swiftly tossed into jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minions Rule Behind Bars<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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After following villains all throughout history, it seems like it was only a matter of time before the Minions\u2019 luck ran out. After trespassing, the Minions are thrown into the slammer to do some hard time, and though they might be smaller than their fellow inmates, they quickly start to rule over the prison yard \u2013 even making other inmates lift weights for them and chasing them out of the showers. The Minions manage to escape jail, realizing they miss all the good times they had with Gru, who was always more of a father figure than a despicable boss, but not before they get some fresh ink in the form of banana tattoos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enter a whole new era of Minions mayhem with Gru, Lucy, the girls, and the new Gru Jr. in Despicable Me 4, exclusively in theaters on July 3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get Despicable Me 4<\/em> tickets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been an explosion of Minions ever since the little yellow creatures first made their appearance in 2010\u2019s Despicable Me and they’re back for Despicable Me 4. That means it\u2019s been 14 years of the Minions taking over the entire world with their big goggles and blue overalls, and they did all of it while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":23092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[40,37],"class_list":["post-23089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial","tag-featuredpage","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23089"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23100,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23089\/revisions\/23100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}