Minions are often inserted into already popular image macro memes including Ancient Aliens (shown below, left) and Grumpy Cat (below center). Fan Artists often put the Minions into different fandoms, like The Simpsons (below, right). The films Minions, yellow oval shaped creatures that help Gru in the films and are often featured heavily in the films’ trailers, have gained their own following, especially on Tumblr and DeviantArt, where there are over 67,000 submissions under the Minion tag. As of March 2014, the the page for the film has more than 300 submissions and the film's DeviantArt page has over 16,000 submissions. Tags fans use on Tumblr include #DespicableMe and #Minions. There are several Tumblr blogs dedicated to the film such as fuckyeahdespicableme, despicableminionlove, and despicablemeconfessions. In addition to the branded social media presence, there are numerous fan sites for the film including the film's page on Fanpop and the Despicable Me forum on Proboards. The film is available to watch in its entirety on YouTube for $2.99 through Universal Movies’ official YouTube channel. Online PresenceĪs of March 2014, Despicable Me's Facebook page has over 13.9 million likes and its Twitter account has over 99,000 followers. It was nominated for seven 2011 Annie Awards and one 2011 BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film. The film was nominated for a 2011 Golden Globe for Best Animated Film. The success promoted three follow up films: Despicable Me 2 (2013), Minions (2015), and Despicable Me 3 (2017). During its theatrical run the film grossed more than 540 million dollars worldwide. The film earned a rating of 81% on Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 72 on Metacritic. Upon its release, Despicable Me was a critical and commercial success. Nefario manage to save the girls, and Gru decides to raise them as his own. As they fly off in a spaceship with a moon that is rapidly un-shrinking, Gru and Dr. Gru gives him the moon, but Vector keeps the children. Gru steals the moon, then discovers the girl's have been taken by Vector, and will be returned if he hands the moon over to him. Nefario (Russell Brand) kidnaps the girls so Gru can regain his focus. When his affection for the children beings to distract him from his evil plan, his friend Dr. Gru manages to get the shrink ray, and also begins to care for the children. When the shrink ray is stolen by rival supervillain Vector (Jason Segel), Gru gets the idea to adopt three orphan girl's after he sees how they easily gain access to the supervillain's lair while they're selling cookies. To accomplish that feat, he will need to steal a shrink ray. Gru (Steve Carell) decides to become a great supervillain by stealing the moon. The film stars the voices of Steve Carell as supervillain Gru, Jason Segel as Gru's rival Victor Perkins, Julie Andrews as Gru's mom, and Russell Brand as Dr. Despicable Me was released on July 9th, 2010.
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