Nordyke, Kimberly (March 2, 2014). "Oscars 2014 Winners: The Complete List". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 16, 2021 . Retrieved August 18, 2022. Minions Holiday Special is a half-hour compilation of Minions mini-movies, containing Santa's Little Helpers, Training Wheels, Puppy, and Minion Scouts. Additionally, the special includes holiday-themed interstitials featuring characters from Illumination's The Secret Life of Pets and Sing franchises. The special aired on NBC on November 27, 2020. [35] Hopewell, John; Keslassy, Elsa (June 3, 2010). " Despicable, Adventures bow at Annecy". Variety. Archived from the original on December 27, 2022 . Retrieved January 13, 2023. Ntim, Zac; Evans, Greg (June 30, 2023). "Alan Arkin Dies: Oscar-Winning Little Miss Sunshine& Argo Actor Was 89". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on June 30, 2023 . Retrieved August 14, 2023. An empty, dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.

Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019 . Retrieved August 22, 2023. Dr. Nefario (voiced by Russell Brand, JB Blanc in the video game): Gru's hearing-impaired inventor and partner-in-crime who speaks with a British accent. He seems to have a romantic interest in Gru's mother, Marlena. In the second film, he misses being a villain so he goes to work for El Macho, but abandons him after he turns the Minions into monsters. He is absent in most of the third film, having accidentally frozen himself in carbonite, similar to that of Han Solo from Star Wars. In Minions: Rise of Gru, it is revealed Nefario previously worked at a record shop called "Criminal Records", which the Vicious 6 use as a cover for their lair before going to work for Gru a b c "Dr. Seuss' 'The Grinch' Coming to Blu-Ray and DVD". Animation World Network. January 3, 2019. Archived from the original on January 24, 2019 . Retrieved December 17, 2020. Graser, Marc (September 10, 2013). "Minion Mania Helps Universal Score with 'Despicable Me 2' Game". Variety. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013 . Retrieved September 11, 2013.Russell, Calum (August 16, 2022). "Steve Carell names his five favourite movie villains of all time". Far Out Magazine. Archived from the original on August 17, 2022 . Retrieved August 17, 2022.

A short film titled Mower Minions was released in 2016 with The Secret Life of Pets, being the first short film to be released theatrically. [31] A second theatrical short film was released in 2018 with The Grinch, while another one was released in The Grinch's DVD and Blu-ray. [32] Home Makeover (2010) My eight-year-old loves the Despicable Me movie series. She says the Minions are funny. Who can help but to laugh at their language, which I've read is a combination of English, Spanish, and French?

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