Minion

Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem 3D (2012)

Actors: Miranda Cosgrove (actress), Steve Carell (actor), Pierre Coffin (actor), Pierre Coffin (director), Christopher Meledandri (producer), Sherril Schlesinger (editor), Brian Lynch (writer), Tiffany Leigh Kieran (miscellaneous crew), Elsie Fisher (actress), Dana Gaier (actress), Arnauld Boulard (producer), Kelly Lake (miscellaneous crew), Matt Stewart (editor), Lori Schilling (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Gru, one of the world's greatest villains and fathers, has invented a new weapon , the Minion Gun, a machine capable of turning ordinary humans into Minions. He has let his three daughters (Margo, Edith and Agnes) in charge of training some guests. However, because of a distraction in the middle of the training, the Minion-transformed riders, along with Gru and his daughters are forced to recover Agnes' one-year anniversary adoption gift for Gru in the depths of his own laboratory.

Keywords: 11-year-old, 2010s, 21st-century, 3d-animation, 8-year-old, adopted-daughter, adoption, adoptive-father, adoptive-father-adopted-daughter-relationship, alarm-signal
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi, Short,

Quotes:

[during the ride; in the bomb transportation room]::Agnes: Gru, is "now" the good time to give you my present?::Gru: [hanging on to the girls' saucer] Honey, it's seriously "not" the perfect time...::[gets hit by a giant mallet unseen]

Gru: [sighs; to himself] Now, where was I?::[Margo approaches the camera's lens, removing Kyle's smudge off it]::Gru: [looks behind her suspiciously] Margo!::Margo: What? There was a smudge.::Edith: [impersonating her sock puppet in front of the camera's lens] I'm a evil clown. Fear my red nose.::[laughs evilly; when Gru and Margo grow suspicious of her antics, the former almost gets a ticklish feeling from Kyle]::Gru: [furious] That's enough!::[the girls suddenly stop their actions]::Gru: Girls, will you *please* just let me do this?::[gestures to the audience irately]::Edith: [appears next to Gru] Oh! We're just trying to keep things interesting!::Agnes: [appears next to Margo; disappointed] Sheesh.::Gru: [calmly] Okay, just... just be still, don't say anymore... words.::[clears his throat, then gestures to his daughters, stepping forward at the same time; to the audience]::Gru: These are my daughters.::[to the girls]::Gru: Say hello briefly.::Edith: [steps forward styling] Hello out there!::Margo: [steps forward] S'up?::Agnes: [skips forward; in a sing-song voice] Greetings from the television!

[in Gru's laboratory/Minionisation Prep Room, the second pre-show room]::Agnes: [holding a present] Uh, Gru, I was wondering if I could give you something.::Gru: Aw, sure, sweetie. We'll get it later, but I'm really behind schedule, and I have to train these guys.::[gestures to the audience]::Margo: [eager] Oh! can we help?::Gru: [confused] What?::Edith: Yeah, we can train 'em!::[Gru thinks a moment]::Edith: [impatient] Come on!::Gru: Let me... no! I do not think so.::Edith: [begging] Please?::Gru: No, no. It's very technical.::Edith: Come on! We've seen you do it hundreds of times!::Margo: Yeah, it's not like it's rocket science, or even fourth grade science.::Edith: [determined] Yeah, a training monkey can do it!::Gru: [irate] Alright!::[to the audience]::Gru: Okay, future-Minions. The girls are going to handle your training.::[the girls cheer out of excitement]::Edith: [sinisterly] You people are *so* doomed.::Gru: Aw, don't listen to her. Although, she's usually right. Good luck, everyone!::[exits the room]

[last lines of the living room, the first pre-show room]::Gru: Okay, got all that? Good! Do as I say, heed my words, or pay the price!::Margo: And have fun!::Edith: [imitating an evil clown with her sock puppet] It's gonna be great!::[laughs evilly]::Agnes: Come on! Smile, Gru!::[pause]::Gru: [sighs; somewhat incomprehensible] I hate smiling.

[first lines of the ride]::Margo: Ready? Great, prepare to be minionized!::[the Transformation Pods rise up, becoming capable of movement]::Edith: [gets out of her seat and points to the audience] Zap 'em, Kevin!::Minions: Ah, okay.::[pulls a lever which adjusts the Minion Ray Gun, aiming it at the audience and presses a button that activates the Minion Ray Gun, which then enshrouds the whole screen with a blue laser beam as it fires. During the transformation, the girls fly behind the screen revealing the riders in their Transformation Pods. Once the transformation is completed, the girls fly back in front of the screen, now revealing the riders as Minions]::Margo: [impressed] Wow! It worked!::Agnes: Aww, they're so cute!::[the Minions in the lab start laughing at the audience]::Margo: [as flies out the vehicle to the audience] Okay, let's begin your training!::[presses a button which causes the audience to drop into a tunnel]::Agnes: Have fun, Minions!::[the riders continue through the tunnel until they reach a training ground and see the girls]::Margo: You're now in the Minion Training Grounds.::[the riders, along with some Minions, slide down the loop-de-loop and onto the cource]::Margo: [about the Minion Training Grounds; as the riders dodge the water sprayers] This is where we test your strength, speed and ability to not die.::[the riders continue dodging water sprayers; some of the Minions are sprayed off the course. The riders then jump over a giant cactus; some Minions are stuck in the needles. The riders then encounter fly swatters]::Agnes: [as the riders avoid the giant fly swatters] Look out, Minions! Don't get fly swatted!::[the guests are able to dodge the fly swatters; some Minions are caught up being swatted]::Edith: [as the riders enter a tunnel with lasers zapping at different intervals] Avoid the lasers... or be doomed!::[the riders are able to avoid the lasers and reach the other side; one of the Minions gets zapped]::Agnes: [pointing to the zapped minion] HE'S SO FLUFFY!::[Margo gets her back in the vehicle]

[during the ride; in the antigravity recycling room, after being dropped onto a conveyor belt]::Margo: [out of breath] It's okay.::Edith: Except we're floating!::Margo: [looking around her] In the antigravity recycling room?'!::[Suddenly, a giant robot arm rises under the girls. Fortunately, they quickly grab hold to its joints]::Agnes: Oh no!::[the trio barely avoids the surrounding machinery]::Margo: Everyone just hold on!::[When a smasher nearby startles the girls, Agnes loses her present]::Agnes: [seeing her present floating away] NO!::[tries to free herself of Margo's grasp and floats off]::Margo: [concerned] Agnes!::Agnes: [attempts to recover her present, barely avoiding a bomb] No, no!::[catches the gift between the giant, spiked crushers]::Agnes: I've got it!::[looks behind her, seeing a giant fan; gasps]::Agnes: Oh no!::Gru: [blocks the smashers with a steel beam, then grabs Agnes] I got you!::Agnes: Gru!::[they hug eachother when suddenly, the crushers start moving again, nearly denting the steel beam]::Gru: [quickly puts Agnes on his shoulders and stops] Uh oh!::[barely stops the crusher in time, saving everyone from being smashed and causing a blackout]::Gru: [plummeting down to save his daughters] Margo! Edith! Grab my hand!::[Agnes, Edith and Margo all grab hold to Gru, ending up in his arms]::Gru: Minions!

Gru: Girls!::Margo, Edith, Agnes: Gru!::[they give each other a big hug]::Gru: What's this for?::Agnes: I made you a present. It's a little squashed. And burnt.::Gru: It's absolutely perfect...::[gives his daughters a hug]::Gru: ...and I made you girls a little something too.::[automatic doors open, revealing a amusement park-like party]::Gru: Happy Anniversary!::[the four get on the vehicle]::Edith: Awesome!::Agnes: You remembered!::Gru: How could I forget the most important day of my life?::Margo: Thank you, Gru!

[during the ride; the riders stumble on a giant gap; the girls elevates, with the Minions, who are holding to the rocket attached to the saucer]::Margo: Well done, Minions! Now it's time to test your problem solving and teamwork skills.::Agnes: [in a singsong voice] Find a way across!::[the guests start to create a hand-like Minion-chain]::Margo: Go, Minions, go!::Agnes: [referring to the audience] These are the best Minions EVER!::Edith: [holding a fishing rod] Resist the banana!::Minions: [suddenly stop and pick up the scent] Banana? Banana! Banana! Banana!::Agnes: [holding on to Margo] Avoid the urge!::Edith: [trying to pull the rod] Whoa!::[Unfortunately, the chain breaks apart, and the banana falls with a Minion holding, who loses it]::Margo: This is bad!

[during the ride; in the bomb transportation room]::Margo: [to the riders] Minions! We gotta get you out of here!::Minions: Uh oh.::[Bombs come loose and drop, causing explosions in the area. Once the girls get startled by them, Margo loses control of the saucer]::Agnes: No!::[to the riders]::Agnes: Minions, save Gru's present!::[the guests start to chase Agnes' present on giant gears]::Agnes: [struggling] Almost there...::[pulls back from the giant triple saw blades, then waits to grab the present. She grabs the gift, but drops the present again when steam erupts, startling the girls again. Agnes' present drops onto a steel beam, falls off it soon after, but the girls arrive from below]::Margo: [catches the gift] We've got it!::[hands it over to Agnes]::Agnes: Yay!::[the riders fall off the steel beam and run into bombs]::Minions: [seeing the riders coming; screaming] Bomba, bomba, bomba...::Gru: [arrives, saving two Minions] Don't worry! I got you!::[falls from the platform]::Gru: Whoa-Whoa-Whoahhh!

[first lines of the living room, the first pre-show room]::Gru: [stands face-to-face with the camera, maintaining it] Testing... Testing... Ah-oo-wee-a-hoo-ha!::[clears his throat and steps away from the camera]::Gru: Greetings, recruits. Welcome to my home. I am Gru, master villain, scourge of humanity. So... you want to be a Minion? Your training will begin soon, but be warned: danger lurks::[evilly]::Gru: at every turn.::Agnes: [appears onscreen, chasing Kyle, forcing Gru to suddenly jump away from the camera] Kyle! Come here, Kyle!::Gru: Agnes, please! Please! Dad... Daddy's trying to be evil!::[Edith sticks her tongue out at the camera]::Margo: [appears right next to Gru; scoffs] What are you doing?::Gru: [irate] I am trying to...::Agnes: [suddenly pops up at the camera with Kyle, blocking Gru's vision; in a sing-song voice; to the audience] Who's the cutest puppy in the world?::[kisses Kyle on the camera, leaving a smudge, then continues chasing him]

Despicable Me Presents: Minion Madness (2010)

Actors: Rob Huebel (actor), Miranda Cosgrove (actress), Pierre Coffin (actor), Pierre Coffin (director), Pierre Coffin (writer), Pierre Coffin (actor), Pierre Coffin (producer), Christopher Meledandri (producer), Christopher Westlake (composer), Chris Renaud (director), Chris Renaud (producer), Janet Healy (producer), Elsie Fisher (actress), Brett Hoffman (writer), John Cohen (producer),

Plot: Three new mini-movies from the creators of Despicable Me. Orientation Day: Three freshly cloned minions go through the wacky orientation process at the evil laboratories of Gru. Home Makeover: The minions "assist" Edith, Margo & Agnes in a home makeover when they find out a social worker is going to pay them a visit. Watch the crazy antics ensue! Banana: A minion finds a banana in his lunch bag. To what lengths will the other minions go through to steal away that coveted yellow goodness?

Keywords: 10-year-old, 4-year-old, 7-year-old, apple, banana, child-protagonist, computer-animation, extreme-makeover, father-daughter-relationship, iron-maiden
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Short,

Home Makeover (2010)

Actors: Miranda Cosgrove (actress), Pierre Coffin (actor), Pierre Coffin (actor), Pierre Coffin (producer), Christopher Meledandri (producer), Christopher Westlake (composer), Chris Renaud (producer), Janet Healy (producer), Elsie Fisher (actress), Brett Hoffman (writer), Kyle Balda (director), John Cohen (producer), Samuel Tourneux (director), John Cohen (producer), Arnauld Boulard (producer),

Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Short,

Quotes:

[first lines]::Margo: [picks up the phone] Hello, Gru residence.::[shocked; to herself]::Margo: It's the orphanage.::[to Agnes holding a box of Toffee Totes]::Margo: Where's Mr. Gru?::Agnes: He's out getting more plutonium.::Margo: [gets back on the phone; imitating Gru] Um, hello. This is the Mr. Gru you are looking for.::[stunned; in regular voice]::Margo: Today?::[nearly drops the phone; sarcastically imitating Gru]::Margo: Um, no. That is fine.::[puts back the phone; to Agnes and two Minions]::Margo: The social worker is coming to make sure this home is suitable for children. If not, we'll be sent back to Miss Hattie's!::Edith: Please! This house "was" built for kids!::[accidentally causes a lance to drop on the ground, causing it to land between two Minions; Margo angrily turns to Edith]::Agnes: [to the Minions] Assemble the troops!::Minions: [performing a soldier salute] Yes, m'am!

[Dave peeks through the window and sees a limousine]::Minions: [to the girls; panicking] Big guy, big guy! [shudders] Big guy!::Agnes: But Mr. Gru is not back yet!

[last lines]::Agnes: [referring to Gru's opinion after he became unconscious] I think he likes it.

Orientation Day (2010)

Actors: Rob Huebel (actor), Pierre Coffin (actor), Christopher Westlake (composer), John Cohen (producer), Kyle Balda (director), Samuel Tourneux (director), Arnauld Boulard (producer),

Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi, Short,