In Despicable Me, Gru has an army of minions who do everything from looking after the girls to assist him in his attempts to become a super villain.
But what are they? Are they aliens? Are they modeled on some sort of creatures?
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9TWINKIES! TWINKIES OF DOOM!– TablemakerCommented Jun 21, 2013 at 14:48
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1Kind of a silly question... They're fictional, what kind of answer could you possibly expect? Nonetheless, great answer by Ankit though.– paddotkCommented Jun 24, 2013 at 17:40
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@poepje Superman is fictional but we know what species he is!– LiathCommented Jun 25, 2013 at 8:36
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1@poepje well that's kind of the question isn't it? As Ankit said - they're not named. That doesn't mean that it's a silly question, it just means that there isn't an answer (yet)!– LiathCommented Jun 26, 2013 at 13:14
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2Just a meta observation; it's a fair question. Sometimes issues like this come up and this site is perfect to help. The collected base of users may have a better eye on interviews, quote memory, additional media which might give sufficient data that the average person might not know or have missed. The site gives a fantastic place to correlate that data if it exists.– Andrei FreemanCommented Dec 10, 2013 at 17:08
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It may be explored in Minions (film) which would act as a prequel or spin off to the Despicable Me franchise coming in 2014. The movie description in Wikipedia it states -
Minions are yellow henchmen who have existed since the beginning of time, serving history's most ambitious villains.
But for now they are just servants/followers etc etc. If they are alien, humanoid, or some different species any guess is still just speculation.
Update: As per then Minions (film)
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.
answered Jun 21, 2013 at 16:19
