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Minions are the numberous, fictional creatures that appear in the Despicable Me franchise, which began with the eponymous 2010 film. They are small, yellow, comical henchmen who have one or two eyes. The Minions mostly speak their own creole-like language called "Minionese", which is partly derived from French, English, Italian, Spanish and Hindi language. Although seemingly nonsensical, the English-sounding words are dubbed for every country, in order to make them recognizable. It is shown in Minions that they have existed since the beginning of life on Earth, and desire above all else to serve the most terrible of villains. In the short film "Banana", the Minions are revealed to have an uncontrollable craving for fruits, especially bananas.

The principal minions are Kevin, Bob and Stuart, the heroes in Minions. Bob always carries his teddy bear with him and befriends small animals. Mentioned in the films and other media are Dave, Stuart, Kevin, Jerry, Carl, Phil, Paul, Jorge, Tim, Donny, Mark, Lance, Mike, Ken, Tom, John, Steve, Norbert, Bob, Tony, Chris and Eric.

Minions are small, yellow creatures who have existed since the beginning of time, evolving from single-celled organisms into beings who exist only to serve history's most despicable masters.

In popular culture

In 2015 town of Minions, Cornwall built a road sign paid for by Universal Studios featuring minions. In October removed it due to safety concerns that resulted from people stopping their cars to take photos although townspeople have campaigned to get the sign put back in another location.

On April Fool's Day 2016, Google created a button on its gmail service that sent a mic drop along with a GIF of a minion. However, the feature immediately caused backlash. Many people complained about accidentally sending the GIF to people at businesses, which resulted in some people being dropped from job consideration or even being fired. Google removed the feature not long after, citing those reasons and a bug that caused the GIF to be sent after hitting the regular send button.

References

1. http://www.visualhollywood.com/movies_2013/despicable_me_2/notes.pdf
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3. Debruge, Peter (June 11, 2015). "Chris Meledandri on How the 'Minions' Came to Life". Variety. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
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5. "Despicable Me Minion Dave Plush". Universal Orlando. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
6. ^ Standal, Jeanne (June 28, 2013). "Meet The Minions: DESPICABLE ME 2 Character Posters With Phil, Carl, Tim, Kevin & Stuart". FilmoFilia. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
7. ^ "Desicable Me 2". Happy Meal Toys Collection. June 19, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
8. "Despicable Me Minion Jorge Plush". Universal Orlando. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
9. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-34410847
10. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/7073910/Fury-after-Cornwall-Council-removes-Minions-sign-for-distracting-drivers.html
11. http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Campaign-reinstate-Minions-road-sign-taken-safety/story-29103484-detail/story.html
12. http://nypost.com/2016/04/01/googles-april-fools-minions-prank-was-so-not-funny/
13. Natt Garun. "Gmail's Mic Drop tool is the April Fools joke we wish was real". The Next Web.
14. Jon Russell. "Google reverses Gmail April 1 prank after users mistakently put GIFs into important emails". TechCrunch.
15. Victor-bogdan Anchidin. "Introducing Gmail Mic Drop". Gmail Blog.

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