Who are the minions: the story of amateur villains

2010 has presented the world with new favorites - characters of the animated film "The Ugly I". Who are the minions who overnight won the love of millions of children around the world?

First appearance

For the first time, viewers saw minions in the cartoon "Ugly I", which tells about the super-villain Grü who, in order to confirm his status as the most dangerous criminal, planned to kidnap the Moon. In many respects the great success of the cartoon was aided by the numerous helpers of Grew, the minions. Funny creatures of yellow color, armed with huge lenses in their eyes and speaking in an incomprehensible language, instantly won the love of small viewers.

But the main intrigue was the question of the origin of the minions. Who are they - living creatures that exist for thousands of years with a person, or a product of genetic engineering? The answer to this question was received in 2015, when the screens went to the cartoon "Minions".

Prequel revealing all the secrets of origin

At the very beginning of the animated film "Minions", the viewer discovers where all these funny creatures came from. As it turned out, minions, like all other living organisms of the planet, were born on Earth millions of years ago. They appeared long before man and lived in the time of dinosaurs. Since their birth, they served one purpose - the most vile villain. At first it was Tyrannosaurus, then primitive man, Egyptian pharaohs and other famous intruders.

Cartoon "Minions" became the record holder at the box office - at the box office the history of minions collected more than a billion dollars.

Appearance and abilities of minions

They are small and yellow, outwardly similar to the boxes of chocolate eggs "Kinder-surprise." They have one or two eyes, wear large round glasses and blue overalls. There are several extra abilities in minions. They can do without oxygen and feel quite comfortable in the open space. Minions, if necessary, glow in the dark. Extremely hardworking and have a sincere attachment to their master.

Without serving a villain they lose interest in life and become apathetic. Minions adore their work, but with no less pleasure they like to have fun and make parties. The main delicacy is bananas. At the sight of this fruit, self-control is lost.

Minions are impulsive and easily lose self-control. At the same time, they are very simple-minded and look at the world like children, opening their eyes wide. Very curious and can be extremely annoying.

Mignons can hardly be called a full-fledged people, because they do not have children and the elderly. Apparently, they are all about the same age.

The language of the minions is an incredible mixture

Little minions of villains speak a strange language, sounding very funny. It was not so elaborate, as, for example, the language of the Navi race for the "Avatar" of James Cameron, which was created by a professional linguist. But the speech of the minions is not just a set of sounds. To create their funny language used slightly modified words in Italian, Spanish, French, Indian, Japanese, Indonesian and English.

The minions in the cartoon are spoken by the directors - Pierre Coffen and Chris Reno. In fact, the characters had 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 else could do it better. Coffen voiced minions in all the cartoons.

Who are the minions - good or evil?

In regard to these funny cartoon characters in adults, the opinion is diametrically opposed. Some parents consider them to be completely harmless and sweet creatures. For some viewers, everything is not so simple. They reproach the creators of cartoons about minions in that their characters have many negative features: unconditional submission to their master, inability to behave in a team, struggle for a leader's place, which acquires a threatening character, selfishness and love for violent rallies.

For children, the answer to the question of who these minions are is simple and clear - these are the funest assistants of supervillains speaking in the baroque language and performing many meaningless but ridiculous acts.

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 have become characters in computer and mobile games, their images adorn children's clothes and dishes. There was even a flying minion. This is a new toy, released in 2015. The principle of its operation is the same as that of Flying Fairy. Kids can choose one of two characters - Dave or Stuart.

So, who are the minions? For children, this is one of the favorite cartoon characters. Funny and funny kids, simple-hearted, impulsive and clumsy, they continue to be favorites of adults and children.