2010 gave the world new favorites - characters in the animated film Despicable Me. Who are the minions who have instantly won the love of millions of children around the world?
First appearance
For the first time, viewers saw minions in the cartoon "Despicable Me," talking about the supervillain Grew, who, in order to confirm his status as the most dangerous criminal, planned to kidnap the moon. In many ways, the great success of the cartoon was facilitated by the numerous assistants of Grew - the minions. Funny creatures of yellow color, armed with huge lenses on their eyes and speaking in an incomprehensible language, instantly won the love of small spectators.
But the main intrigue was the question of the origin of the minions. Who are they - living creatures, existing for thousands of years next to man, or a product of genetic engineering? The answer to this question was received in 2015, when the cartoon "Minions" was released.
A prequel revealing all the secrets of origin
At the very beginning of the cartoon "Minions", the viewer will find out where all these funny creatures came from. As it turned out, minions, like all other living organisms on the planet, originated on Earth millions of years ago. They appeared long before man and lived in the time of dinosaurs. From the moment they were born, they served one purpose - the most ugly villain. At first it was a Tyrannosaurus, then a primitive man, Egyptian pharaohs and other famous attackers.
The cartoon "Minions" became the box office record holder - at the box office, the history of the minions raised more than a billion dollars.
Appearance and abilities of minions
These are creatures of small stature and yellow color, outwardly similar to the Kinder Surprise chocolate egg boxes. They have one or two eyes, wear large round glasses and blue overalls. Minions have several superpowers. They can do without oxygen and feel quite comfortable in outer space. Minions glow in the dark if necessary. Extremely hardworking and have sincere affection for their master.
Without serving the villain, they lose interest in life and become apathetic. Minions love their work, but with no less pleasure they like to have fun and have parties. The main delicacy is bananas. At the sight of this fruit, they lose their temper.
Minions are impulsive and easily lose control. At the same time, they are extremely simple-minded and look at the world like children with their eyes wide open. Very curious and can be extremely annoying.
Minions can hardly be called a full-fledged people, since they do not have children and the elderly. Apparently, they are all about the same age.
Minion tongue is an incredible mix
The little minions of the villains speak a strange language that sounds very funny. It was not as carefully designed as, for example, the language of the Navi race for the "Avatar" by James Cameron, which was created by a professional linguist. But the speech of the minions is not just a collection of sounds. To create their funny language, slightly modified words were used in Italian, Spanish, French, Indian, Japanese, Indonesian and English.
The minions in the cartoon speak with the voices of the directors - Pierre Coffin and Chris Renault. In fact, the characters were supposed to be voiced by the actors. But when the creators of the cartoon were testing how, according to their idea, the speech of the minions should sound, it was decided that no one could do it better than them. Coffin voiced the minions in all the cartoons.
Who are minions - good or evil?
Concerning these funny cartoon characters in adults, the opinion is diametrically opposite. Some parents consider them completely harmless and cute creatures. For some viewers, it’s not so simple. They reproach the creators of the cartoon about the minions that their characters have many negative features: unconditional submission to their master, inability to behave in a team, the struggle for a leader’s position, which is becoming threatening, with selfishness and love for cruel practical jokes.
For children, the answer to the question of who the minions are is simple and clear - these are the funniest helpers of supervillains, who speak the Tarabar language and commit a lot of meaningless but ridiculous actions.
Minions - one of the most popular global brands
As soon as they appeared on the screen, the little minions of the villain Grew turned into one of the most famous trademarks. Funny creatures became characters in computer and mobile games, their images adorn children's clothes and utensils. There was even a flying minion. This is a new toy released in 2015. The principle of her work is the same as that of Flying Fairy. Kids can choose one of two characters - Dave or Stewart.
So who are the minions? For children, these are some of the favorite cartoon characters. Funny and funny kids, simple-minded, impulsive and awkward, they continue to be favorites of adults and children.