107 Minions Facts You Should Know Part 2 | Channel Frederator

What's up frederaters? It's been a while since the first

part

of our video series about the successful Lighting Entertainment franchise where we introduced you to the world of the Minions. If you haven't seen it yet, check it out after spending so much time with Gru. The main character who is an adult and with that is something quite rare to see in most animated children's films, the studio decided to go back a little, about 40 years to be exact, to a time when the

minions

had no one who they could truly call their Master. is where the two prequels come in to tell us the story of how an entire race found their purpose in a world seemingly devoid of evil masterminds to serve.

I'm Keegan with Channel Frederator and here are 107

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about

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and minions. Rise of Gru Number one director Pierre Coffin voiced all 899 minions in this film. Minions Number Two is the first non-Disney, non-Pixar animated film to gross $1 billion worldwide at the number three box office. It is also the first of the franchise to earn one billion worldwide, followed by Despicable Me 3. Number four to be exact, it reached one billion worldwide in 49 days or seven weeks at the time, it was the longest-running animated film. fastest in history, however, in 2018, Incredibles 2 surpassed that record and if we ask ourselves in just 46 days or around 6.6 weeks number five is the only film with a budget less than 100 million that crosses the mark of the billion worldwide without being re-released number six after having been a box office success, it is not surprising that The Minions is the highest-grossing prequel worldwide and the fourth highest-grossing animated film of all time after the remake from The Lion King Frozen and The Incredibles 2. number seven this is the first enlightenment film to feature minions Kevin Bob and Stuart from Despicable Me 2 as protagonists number eight The film was first teased in the end credits of Despicable Me 2, where three minions are auditioning for this same movie, although that audition features the same three minions, their visual appearance has changed slightly to look more different, which is why Bob has one green eye and another. es Brown from this film onwards, number nine, the three main minions Kevin Bob and Stuart were designed to look like the three girls from the Despicable Me movies, Margot Agnes and Edith, number 10 is the first prequel to the franchise , this movie shows how the minions meet. their iconic breastplates, of course, since at the time of this film they were not yet working for Gru, so they are missing their number 11 logo.

Some of the Minionese words are taken from Indonesian, such as Tamiya Kasi, which means thank you, and yang Malia, which means Your Highness, among others, this is mainly because Pierre Coffin's mother is a 12th Indonesian writer. Minionese was

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ially inspired by the slang of Salvatore, a character in the historical mystery film The Name of 1986's Rose, who is a 13th deformed monk. Kevin Stewart and Bob travel to Orlando, Florida, for Villain Con. Orlando is currently home to the Universal Studios Florida theme park, which features a Despicable Me attraction in which visitors transform into minions, which we'll return to later in issue #14.

If Villain Con sounds familiar to you. It's because it shares similarities with Comic-Con, as evidenced by the fact that the Scarlet Overkill panel takes place in Hall h, which is commonly used for some of Comic-Con's biggest events. I've never been there, but visiting Comic-Con is definitely in my plans. To-do list, there are so many things you can do and so many people to meet with number 15, like Gargamel from The Smurfs, who makes an appearance in front of the row where the number 16 minions are sitting. before the test begins. Scarlet to identify his henchmen, you can see Richard Nixon in the front row preparing to face his challenge before being pushed away by the villain fighter.

I'm not sure if the team just thought including a US president as a fan of a villain was funny or if they were trying to tell him Give us something here, we'll leave this up to you, but considering the trio of minions did not consider him their potential boss, he cannot have been such a great villain, so we have nothing to fear here, number 17 in the scene where Frankie Fishlips looks, you can see El Macho from Despicable Me 2 in the top right, number 18. Professor Flux is named after the flux capacitor from the Back to the Future trilogy.

The flux capacitor was what made time travel possible as Professor Flux invented it the first time. machine he uses to collect future versions of himself and bring them back as his assistants. Despicable Me 3 also features a reference to the flux capacitor when Drew brought out a similar mechanism when taking down robot number 19. At Professor Flux's booth, one of the video screens in the background is a stylized version of the pdp vector screen. -1, which was the first computer in the series of programmed data processors that consisted of several number 20 mini computers. During Scarlet's speech on stage, Mr.

Perkins from Despicable Me can be seen in the background just off-center with a red vest and black tie doing a 21st mid-air punch during the villain's con. Dr. Nefario can be seen showing off his latest invention, the freeze ray gun, to a young Gru and his mother later in the credits. finals. Young Gru is shown using it against a 22nd dinosaur. This is the only film in the franchise to have voiceover narration number 23. The narrator states that there is a minion named Paul, but the minion is never officially identified in all of the films. of the franchise so far. number 24.

Scarlet Overkill is voiced by Sandra Bullock and is her first villainous role number 25. Bullock has openly expressed that she is a fan of the film and even wore minion-inspired shoes to the premiere of the film number 26 on the carpet of the Overkill herb lab. It is the same as the carpet at the Overlook Hotel in the 1980s psychological horror film The Shining which is based on Stephen King's novel of the same name number 27 the film is set in 1968 42 years BG meaning before grew up adding 42 years to 1968 gives 2010 the year he grew up and the minions made their debut in Despicable Me, although the timeline in Minions marks this as the time before he grew up, a young guru appears in the film, it is likely referring to the time when that the minions began to work. below it, instead of referring to Gru's 28th birth moment, did you

know

that there are two minions named Kevin?

The first one named Kevin appeared in the original Despicable Me movie when Gru picked him out of a crowd and Kevin was never seen again. and was apparently replaced by the new Kevin who was introduced in this movie and would have appearances in these later entries in the franchise, maybe giving the same name to similar looking minions wasn't a good idea just to say it's hard to tell them apart anymore. each other and having two caves around doesn't make things easier number 29 in the first trailer, a minion picks up a banana from under a rock and exclaims "banana yum yum" in French, which translates to a delicious banana number 30.

Kevin often uses the phrase says Pala, which could be interpreted as the French words, says Pala, which means it's that way, or as says Pala, which sounds similar but would be translated because it's not there. The film's 31st trailer also contained an extended scene of Kevin being punched in the groin by the elderly Tower guard showing that Kevin does not feel any pain, suggesting either a lack of genitalia among the minions or a real pain tolerance. high Considering that the minions' reproduction process is left up in the air and that the survival of Kevin's tribe depends more on serving a master than on active procreation, it is safe to assume that the minions do not in fact have genitals due to a lack of evolutionary need number 32 the entrance fees displayed at the Tower of London are shown in decimal currency but England did not adopt a decimal currency until 1971. in 1968 the currency in England was pounds, shillings and pence number 33, the butler of the palace is the same butler from Despicable Me 2.

He can be seen serving tea in the anti-villain. link to number 34 in Agent Ram's fund. At the beginning of the film, when the minions emerge from the water to become land creatures, the last one places a pair of starfish on his chest, the narrator refers to him as Norbert and calls him. an idiot the term Norbert is old British slang for someone who is a few bricks away from a load seems legit the number 35 the alley that Kevin Bob and Stewart enter in New York City is the same alley that appears in the movie The Secret Life of Pets which is another Illumination Entertainment franchise and was directed by Chris Reynold, who co-directed the 36th Despicable Me franchise, when the minions come out of the sewers in Abbey Road, you see them appear just as the members of The Beatles cross the street. famous zebra crossing which is the cover photo of their album Abbey Road, however, the Beatles are in a different order than shown on the album cover, as evidenced by the bare feet of Sir Paul McCartney, who appears second in the movie but third in the current one.

Photo of album number 37 among the collection of treasures you can see a guitar signed by Jimi Hendrix represented by the performance of the song Purple Haze. The trailer for the film also features a Hendrix song when it shows how the minions arrive in New York City, the song called the Foxy Lady, the song can be interpreted as a hint towards the film's villain Scarlet Overkill number 38. The song Hair is sung in Minionese by Stewart to hypnotize the guards with his Hypno hat. This was the main song of the musical. name and was written by Galt McDermott the musical which was a celebration of hippie culture debuted in 1968 the year the film takes place at number 39 one of Scarlett's painting collections are Andy Warhol's Campbell's soup cans.

There are 32 of these paintings, each of them featuring a The different taste that Scarlett has in her collection is tomato soup that debuted in 1897 by the Campbell's Soup company. The company still makes this soup. Warhol first exhibited these 32 paintings in 1962. Since the film is set in 1968, it fits into the story of the film. Timeline, these 32 paintings are now part of the 40th permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. After the minions leave the hall of mirrors, you can see a mannequin that looks like Lucy from Despicable Me 2. Number 41, the stained glass window at Westminster Cathedral features three priests resembling Kevin Bob and Stewart, one tall and one short both with two eyes and a third of average height with his hand over one eye number 42 the crown in the Tower of London is guarded by several guards Beefeater the guard came out most of the crown looks exactly like that of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the time of the film's release, David Cameron, in case you're wondering why they're called Flesh Eaters, that's because the official title is too long and since King Henry VII employed the guards permanently to guards the Tower of London, he made sure his guards could eat as much meat as they wanted, we promise we didn't make this up. issue #43, the British royal crown that Bob wore during his coronation scene can be seen briefly in Despicable Me When All the Minions Offer Treasure to Help Fund Crews' Attempt to Steal the Moon, We Love Each Other, Certain Continuity #44 When Bob makes a speech at the end of his coronation, the music playing is Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March number one.

D this is one of the pieces used for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 this piece is also the most popular music for graduation marches in the US number 45 the television in the department store where the minions camped out to spending the night is a Dodge without a nod to editor Claire Dodgson number 46 the three notable TV shows seen in the department stores were the saint Haunted and the dating game number 47 the fire hydrant in London is red American style the Fire hydrants in the UK are covered by yellow drain covers marked with an H.

Additionally, there is always a yellow sign with a large black h on a nearby wall so that the location is easily identified. Number 48 in New York City, the store next to the record store is named after Meladandri, a nod to director Chris. melodandri number 49 Stewart's haircut in this film is different from his appearance in Despicable Me, even the minions need a change of style number 50. When the trio first arrived at Scarlett Overkill's castle, one teases Romance turning his back to her and wrapping his hands around her. from the side to make it look like she is kissing someone, this is a nod to thefake kiss trick used by James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever #51 when Scarlet Overkill asks the minions if they

know

who Queen Elizabeth is.

Kevin responds in Spanish saying La Cucaracha which means the Cockroach, this is probably a nod to the fact that cockroaches are notoriously difficult to get rid of and manage to survive for so long and yes we are aware that this did not age well, long live the queen number 52 in a review by the late American film critic Roger Ebert of Despicable Me 2, the phrase there it is, the problem is used in the first paragraph two years later, the line is used in the opening scenes of this film describing the difficulty of maintaining a 53rd boss when the minions come ashore.

New York City, the ship in the background is the SS France, a land-based ocean hub that was later purchased by Norwegian Cruise Lines and renamed the SS Norway in her later life following a boiler explosion. The SS Norway was scrapped off the coast of India. The SS France. was first put into service in February 1962, so at the time of the film it had been in service for six years, number 54. As with Despicable Me 2, some cast members from previous films in the franchise They appear with a different role that applies to Steve Coogan. who voices Professor Flux in this film and Silas Ram's butt in the other films of the 55th franchise: this is the first Lighting Entertainment film in which a member of the studio is mentioned during the casting of the main members of the uncredited cast, in this case director Pierre Coffin, who voiced the 56th minions.

This is also the first entry in the franchise. is not voiced by any character by Ken Jong, who had a minor role in Despicable Me and later voiced Floyd Eagleson in Despicable Me 2. Number 57, the minions' glasses changed during the film after arriving in New York. Stuart Bob and Kevin receive their shiny silver glasses from the Despicable Me movies while the other Minions who arrive after The Showdown with Scarlet still have the original gold colored ones in the last scene with the Queen the rest of the minions have all the new style glasses also number 58 the Despicable Me theme is heard at least three times in the film, when Kevin Stewart and Bob hitchhike to Orlando, at the end when young Gru appears and when Kevin Stewart and Bob break into the Tower of London number 59 in the trailer, the minions had another boss, a gentleman who was killed because the minions were mopping the floor and he slipped.

This character does not appear in the final cut of the 60th film. In anticipation of the film's release, the company Pantone, known for its personalized color system, announced its first color-based branding character. In Lighting Entertainment's signature minions, which were dubbed Minion Yellow, the idea of ​​a custom color based on the Minions was proposed by singer Pharrell Williams, who helped create the music for the 61st film franchise, depending on the country in the one found Shonen the. most of the minions travel from Australia to different countries, including at least India and Japan, number 62 after the family robs the bank, the song that plays is I'm a Man by the group Spencer Davis.

This song also plays in one of the episodes of the The final season of Mad Men features the show's main character, Don Draper, played by Jon Hamm. Jon Hamm voices Herb Overkill number 63. There are references to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute sprinkled throughout the minions' gibberish in scenes associated with fire hydrants that Stewart calls fire hydrant falls in love with papa gina in the opera by Mozart papa gina is the name of a female figure who is the love interest of a bird hunter named papa Gino the melody that Kevin later whistles when releasing the spray under a fire hydrant resembles the first line of r Arya his vogelfanger bin icha from the same opera that is sung by Papa Gino number 64. during the wolf's bedtime story, the background music is Peter and the Wolf Opus 67 Allegro number 65 by Sergey Prokofiev when Stewart is presented with the guitar at the end of the movie He plays the guitar solo from Van Halen's Eruption Since the movie was set in 1968 while Eruption was released in 1978, this means Stewart played this almost 10 years before Van Halen Stewart , you better secure the copyright to this song and get those royalties number 66 the song the Minions sing to the Yetis is by Donald O'Connor they make him laugh from Singing in the Rain number 67 minions was the last of their franchise in being produced at 1.85 to 1. number 68 the newscast broadcast along with many The television programs shown in the film are in color;

However, in 1968 the only British color television

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was BB C2, which did not show news bulletins; The other two

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s at the time, BBC One and ITV did not broadcast color until 1969. One year after the time of the 69th film there is a brief musical scene after the credits where all the characters in the film dance together until being chased away by the T-Rex from the beginning of the 70th film. A young Gru appears in the At the end of the film, the minions follow him and have some escapades with him during the end credits, which serves as an introduction to the sequel, the rise del Gru number 71 Due to production taking place during the covid-19 pandemic, the film was affected in several ways that would later change the course of events number 72, the film was originally scheduled to be released in time for the tenth franchise anniversary on July 3, 2020 to coincide with the release of the original Despicable Me film on July 9, 2010 after a series of rejections.

The film eventually received its final release date of July 1, 2022, almost two full years after the originally planned release number 73, making it the longest announced animated film in Motion Picture history, as well as in the longest delayed Lighting movie due to nearly two and a half year gap between its first trailer and its 74th official release because it was originally going to be released in July 2020. McDonald's had Happy Meal toys made for the movie from the end of June 2020 to the end of July 2020. Even though the movie didn't come out until 2022, in addition, there were 50 different toys on the set, two of which were special 75th golden minions.

Similarly, the The LEGO Group released a line of sets based on the film in 2020 ahead of its 76th release, The Rise of Gru marking the first film. in the franchise that will not be directed by Pierre Coffin, the film was directed by Kyle Balda, who previously co-directed the Minions prequel and The Lorax, another 77th Lighting Entertainment film, The Rise of Gru, was dedicated in memory of the anime animator Madeline Montero, who died. During the production of the 78th film, young Gru has the same voice actor as the adult version of him. Both are spoken by Steve Carell, whose voice has been adapted to make him sound more youthful.

In the 79th film, the Despicable Me trilogy features main antagonists who are men, those being Vector El Macho and Balthazar Brat, the prequels introduce main villains Scarlet Overkill and Bell Bottom Number 80. The original soundtrack contains covers of hits from the 1970s, while the film features real versions by real artists, for example, Goodbye, My Love. performed by Phoebe Bridgers on the soundtrack, while in the film it is performed by the Carpenters number 81 during Gru's Escape From The Vicious 6, a pedestrian can be heard shouting hey, I'm coming in here, this is a tribute to the improvisation of Dustin Hoffman in the drama film Midnight.

Cowboy when a taxi intruded on the filming and Hoffman improvised the famous lion number 82 Gru enters an ice cream parlor and jumps the line spraying all the customers with his cheese Ray shouting cheese Ray cheese Ray cheese Ray this is a reference to the first movie from Despicable Me in which he freezes all the customers in a coffee shop with his screaming freeze ray. This could be a clue that he probably kept the frozen ray that was first introduced to him by Dr. Nefario in Villancón or modified it later in the teenagers number 83. belonging to generation Z created a viral trend Tic-Tock under the hashtag gentle minions attending the movie en masse dressed in suits, it was so prevalent that several movie theaters had to ban teenagers due to the 84th interruptions from sitting during a running time of 1 hour and 27 minutes, this is the movie Shortest in the franchise after Despicable Me 3, 1 hour 29 minutes, number 85, the film begins with a traditional James Bond opening credits sequence.

Michelle Yeoh, who voices Master Chao, starred in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never. Dies number 86, the film parodies the Wushya film Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, which also stars Michelle I 87. The Rise of Gru takes place in 1976, eight years after the previous film in the prequel series, this is made clear in the Initial shot showing the number. 1976 on a large poster number 88 when Gru enters the waiting room at the Vious Six headquarters, one of the villains is reading a copy of Mad Magazine, the cover has an image of a poster congratulating Richard's presidential victory Nixon, this particular magazine had two covers, one on the front and one on the back when you flipped the back cover they had the same scene, but congratulating John F.

Kennedy's presidential campaign, this was issue 60 that came out in January 1961. At the time it was being prepared, the elections were about to begin. takes place, making it impossible to guess the actual 89th winner. The beginning of the film shows an advertisement for Jaws that was first released in 1975, a year before the events of the film. Jaws was the movie that made director Kyle Balda want to become the 90th filmmaker. Gru's mother listens to funky town funky town was also used in the Shrek series when Shrek was visiting the queen. Both Gru's mother and Shrek's queen are played by Julie Andrews number 91 during the Easy Rider scene as they walk down the highway one of the The minions grimace at their reflection in the back of a tanker truck copying Mac from Cars when he did the same at number 92 in China.

The film receives an alternate ending that retcons Wild Knuckles' death by replacing his funeral scene with a slideshow explaining that he was arrested for 20 years and then pursued a career in the 93rd performance Stewart has a lunchbox Scarlet Overkill the villain which the minions worked for in the previous movie number 94 Universal spent a whopping 285 million on the marketing of the movie the biggest campaign for a Despicable My movie to date number 95, if you ever visit Universal Studios, be sure to visit the Minion Mayhem motion simulator, which features the film's voice cast and invites attendees to join Gru and his group of minions in its ranks, the right attraction was the As a result of a collaborative operation between Lighting Entertainment and Universal Orlando, which involved creating a new story around Gru and his minions with new animation for the Number 96 attraction, according to director Kyle Balda, the majority of the film was completed in the first three years of production spanned the idea to completion, in fact, production was almost complete just before the pandemic hit, from then on it was a waiting game that the team carried out for two years before they finished the work and could see the light since Universal intended to release the film. in theaters number 97 to celebrate the film's release, Universal created an official reimagining of The Office and uploaded it to the series' official YouTube channel in place of the original cast.

The opening features Gru in the role of Michael Scott, both played by Steve Carell, and his henchmen. in CGI number 98, this is the first theatrically released animated film of all time to confirm its bbfc age rating before the first trailer number 99 before the releases of minions and minions the rise of Gru, a related young adult novel was published based on each movie. published by American publisher Little Brown number 100. If you want more of the Minions, look no further, British publisher Titan Comics has been releasing a series of comics and graphic novels since 2015 that are based on the prequels number 101, as well as Books and comics.

The franchise has also spawned a ton of video games featuring the minions, including Minion Rush, which is an endless running game that shares similarities with Sega's mobile game, Sonic Dash, number 102 among the franchise's video game series, there are an interesting link to the aforementioned theme park. Simulator of the video game Despicable Me the game comes in three versions, two of which are for the Wii and home consoles.Playstation version for Nintendo DS however was released under the title Despicable Me the game Minion Mayhem Number 103 the minions also make another appearance at Universal Studios Beijing, in their Minionland area, which is part of the complex or their Land themed series, The area offers several attractions based on the 104th film franchise in terms of size, although Universal Studios Japan's Minions park is ahead of the aforementioned theme.

The park's attractions, reportedly the largest minion area in the world, not only feature themed attractions, but also feature minion-themed restaurants, several shops, and other fun and unique attractions for visitors of all ages. ages. Number 105. Bob being immortalized through his pants on the cement of Grauman's Chinese Theater located on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is a funny image especially when you consider that there was a real person inside the person who came to live the minion Fame think of her in that costume I would have simply replaced the fake feet with mine, but that's certainly one way to make your mark 106.

In 2017 it was confirmed that a fourth Despicable Me movie is in development which later received a release date for on July 3, 2024 number 107 after its release, this will mark the franchise as Lighting Entertainment's first tetralogy. Did you enjoy our list? What fact do you think we missed? Let us know in the comments below and while you're there, like and subscribe for more great videos every week and remember that Frederator loves you.