Despicable Me (film)
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Despicable Me is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated comedy film about a criminal mastermind who uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, but finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better.
- Directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin. Written by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio.
Superbad. Superdad. taglines
Gru
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- [To his Minions] What did we do? Well, we stole the Times Square JumboTron! Nice. [all cheering] Ah? That's how I roll. Yeah, you all like watching football on that, huh?! But that's not all! We stole the Statue of Liberty! [Minions cheer] The small one from Las Vegas. [Minions groan with disappointment] And I won't even mention the Eiffel Tower! Also Vegas.
- Now, we have located a shrink ray in a secret lab, and once we take this shrink ray, we will have the capability to pull off the true crime of the century! We... are going... to steal... [all the minions pull out weapons] Wait, wait! I have not told you what it is yet! [Dave the minion fires a missile that scatters another group of minions] Hey. Dave, listen up, please! [Dave looks down and murmurs in embarrassment; one of the singed minions walks over and punches Dave] Next, we are going to steal... [long pause] pause for effect… [opens skylight] ...THE MOON!
- [repeated line, whenever he has an idea] Light bulb...
- (to Dr. Nefario) Cookie robots! I said cookie robots! Ah, why... why are you so old?
Vector
[edit]- [to Gru] I'm applying for a new villain loan, go by the name of... Vector! [no response] That's a mathematical term, a quantity represented by an arrow, composed of both direction and magnitude! [no response] Vector! That's me! Because I'm committing crimes, with both direction and magnitude! OH YEAH!
- [to Gru] Check out my new weapon! Piranha gun! Oh yes! Fires live piranhas. Have you ever seen one before? No! That's because I invented it.
- [after shrinking his toilet to amuse himself] Aw, look at you, a little tiny toilet. [mumbling in baby-talk] For a little, tiny baby people toi— [toilet flies off pipe, resulting in it spraying water in his face] AAAAAH! CURSE YOU, TINY TOILET!
Edith
[edit]- When we got adopted by a bald guy, I thought this would be more like Annie.
- [referring to the pancake that Gru baked for her] Yes! Mine's shaped like a dead guy!
Mr. Perkins
[edit]- [Gru is applying for a loan] Let's say this apple is you. If we don't start getting our money back… [viciously crushes the apple] Get the picture? [Gru gulps nervously]
Agnes
[edit]- Aah! Oh my gosh! Look at that fluffy unicorn! He is so fluffy, I'm going to die!
- It's so fluffy!
- He's gonna kick your butt!
- Does this count as annoying? [pats her face rapidly] [Gru: Very!]
Dialogue
[edit]- Fred: Morning, Gru! How you doing?
- Gru: Hello, Fred. FYI, your dog has been leaving little bombs all over my yard and I don't appreciate it.
- Fred: [chuckles] Sorry. You know dogs, they go wherever they wanna go.
- Gru: Unless they're dead. [laughs] I'm joking! Although it is true. Anyway, have a good one.
- Fred: [confused] Oh, okay. Uh... yeah!
- Dr. Nefario: I know how you must be feeling. I too have encountered great disappointment, but in my eyes, you'll always be one of the greats.
- Gru: What? What happened?
- Dr. Nefario: It's all over the news! Some fella just stole a pyramid! He said it makes all other villains look... lame.
- Gru: [responds angrily] Assemble the Minions!
- Gru: [takes phone call] Hello, Mom. Sorry. I meant to call, but...
- Marlena: I just wanted to congratulate you on stealing the pyramid. [Gru sighs in disgust] That was you, wasn't it? Or was it a villain who was actually successful? [laughs]
- Gru: Just so you know, mom, I'm about to do something that's very very big, very important! When you hear about it, you're going to be very proud!
- Marlena: Ha! Good luck with that! Okay, I'm outta here! [ends the call and kicks a punching bag in her dojo, knocking another man across the room] Ha!
- [A minion drinks a flask of purple liquid and starts floating upwards as Gru and Dr. Nefario watch on.]
- Dr. Nefario: We've been working on this one for a while. It's a Anti-Gravity Serum.
- [The minion suddenly drifts towards a conveniently open hatch, screaming as he floats up and out of sight.]
- Dr. Nefario: ...I meant to close that. He'll be all right, I'm sure.
- Gru: Do the effects wear off?
- [Dr Nefario looks up at a bunch of minions floating under one of the walkways overhead.]
- Dr. Nefario: Err, so far... no. No, they don't.
- [The minions wave to them and Gru hesitantly waves back at them.]
- Dr. Nefario: Oh, here is the new weapon you ordered [fires cloud of foul-smelling gas at minion, making a flatulent noise and knocking the minion out]
- Gru: No, I said dart gun, not— [wafts stench away from face] Ooh! Okay…
- Dr. Nefario: Oh, yeah. 'Cos I was wondering under what circumstances would we use this.
- Young Gru: [Watching Apollo 11 landings] Mom, someday I'm going to go to the moon!
- Marlena: Oh, I'm afraid you're too late, son. NASA isn't sending the monkeys anymore.
- Gru: Okey-dokey, beddy-bye, all tucked in. Sweet dreams.
- Margo: Just so you know, you're never gonna be my dad.
- Gru: I think I can live with that. [pulls the lever up]
- Edith: Are these beds made out of bombs?
- Gru: Yes, but they are very old and highly unlikely to blow up... but try not to toss and turn.
- Edith: Cool.
- Agnes: Will you read us a bedtime story?
- Gru: No.
- Agnes: But we can't go to sleep without a bedtime story.
- Gru: Well, then, it's going to be a long night for you, isn't it? So good night, sleep tight, and don't let the bed bugs bite. Because there are literally thousands of them. [whispers] Oh, and there's probably something in your closet. [closes the door]
- Margo: He's just kidding, Agnes.
- [Gru turns on the TV which shows Mr. Perkins]
- Gru: Sorry to bother you, Mr. Perkins, but I figured that you would want to see this! [shows the shrink ray] Huh? [Jerry manages to get off the couch, but Kevin, who is still sitting on it, is shrunk]
- Mr. Perkins: Well done, Gru. Rather impressive.
- Gru: Now, the rest of the plan is simple. [shows a picture] I fly to the moon... [shows another picture] ...I shrink the moon... [shows another picture] ...I grab the moon... [shows a poorly drawn picture, signed by Edith] I sit on the toilet... Wait, what?! [the girls laugh; nervous]
- Margo: Hey, can we order pizza?
- Gru: [picks up Agnes and puts her back] Pizza? You just had lunch!
- Edith: Not now, for dinner.
- Gru: Dinner?! Just fine, fine, fine, whatever! Just get back in there.
- Margo: Oh, uh, can we get stuffed crust?
- [Gru suddenly stops with an irate look on his face]
- Edith, Agnes, Kevin and Jerry: Ooh, stuffed crust!
- Gru: I'll stuff you all in the crust!
- Agnes: [giggles] You're funny!
- Gru: Just don't come out of that room again! [closes the door; to Mr. Perkins] Alright. Sorry about that. Where were we?
- Mr. Perkins: You were sitting on the toilet.
- Agnes: [sees Super Silly Fun Land] Super Silly Fun Land! Can we go, please?
- Gru: No.
- Gru: [furious] What are you doing?! I told you to stay out of here! [chases the girls out of the room, then backpedals when Edith and Agnes aim the freeze ray at him] No, no, no!
- Edith: Freeze ray!
- Mr. Perkins: Mr. Gru?
- Gru: [makes karate sounds, but arrives with a frozen body, with the exception of his head, arms, and buttocks] As I was saying...
- Mr. Perkins: No need to continue, I've seen quite enough.
- Gru: But my plan--
- Mr. Perkins: Is a great plan, I love everything about your plan, except for one thing: you.
- [Gru remembers some of his memories]
- Young Gru: Look, Mom! I drew a picture of me landing on the moon!
- Marlena: [looks at Gru's picture, but turns back] Ehh.
- Young Gru: Look, Mom! I made a prototype of the rocket out of macaroni!
- Marlena: [looks at he macaroni prototype, but regrets] Ehh.
- Young Gru: [excitedly] Look, Mom! I made the real rocket, based on the macaroni prototype! [presses a button and sends the rocket into space]
- Marlena: [looks at Gru's rocket as it flies off] Ooo... [looks back at Gru] Ehh.
- [Reality hits Gru]
- Gru: [falls down and breaks the ice encasing him; confused] I... don't understand.
- Mr. Perkins: Let's face reality, Gru. You've been at this for far too long, with far too little success. We're gonna put our faith, our money, into a... well, a younger villain.
- Gru: But... I...
- Mr. Perkins: It's over. Goodbye, Gru. [crushes his apple and the TV turns off]
- [Vector is discussing the shrink ray with his father, Mr. Perkins]
- Mr. Perkins: Do you know where the shrink ray is?
- Vector: Duh! Back at my place.
- Mr. Perkins: Oh, is that right? Back at your place? Oh, that's cool. I guess Gru must just have one that looks EXACTLY LIKE IT!! [shows Vector the image on his laptop]
- Vector: What the...? Those- Those girls sold me cookies!
- Mr. Perkins: Do you have any idea how lucrative this moon heist could be?! I give you the opportunity of a lifetime and you just blow it!
- Vector: No, I didn’t.
- Mr. Perkins: Oh, really?
- Vector: Now you just wait until Gru sees my latest weapon! [opens his weapon case] Squid launcher! Oh, yeah! [fires a squid into the lobby, which lands on man off-screen]
- Man: Aah! There's a squid on my face!
- Vector: [chuckles and reloads his launcher] Don't worry. The Moon is as good as ours!
- Gru: [trying to put the girls in bed] Come on now. It's bed time. [to Agnes] Did you brush your teeth? [Agnes nods] Let me smell, Let me smell... [Agnes opens her mouth; sniffs, but nearly gags] You did not! [Edith suddenly lands on him] Put on your PJs. Hold still. Okay, seriously! Seriously! This is beddie-bye time, right now. I'm not kidding around. I mean it!
- Edith: But we're not tired!
- Gru: Well, I am tired!
- Agnes: [holding the book Sleepy Kittens] Will you read us a bedtime story?
- [silence]
- Gru: [in a deep voice] No. [attempts to leave the room]
- Agnes: Pretty please?
- Gru: The physical appearance of the please makes no difference. It is still no, so go to sleep.
- Edith: But we can't! We're all hyper!
- Margo: And without a bedtime story, we'll just keep getting up and bugging you... All night long.
- [pause]
- Gru: [sighs; giving in] Fine.
- Agnes: I like him. He's nice.
- Edith: But scary. [turns off her light]
- Agnes: Like Santa! [turns off her light]
- [Gru is gathering the girls' toys in the hallway, when Dr. Nefario enters.]
- Dr. Nefario: Only 48 hours til the launch and all systems are go.
- Gru: About that, I was thinking that maybe wecould move the date of the heist.
- Dr. Nefario: Please tell me that this not as a result of the girls' dance recital?
- Gru: No, no, no! The recital? Don't... That's stupid! I just think it's kind of weird to do it on a Saturday. I was thinking, maybe a heist is a Tuesday thing, right?
- Dr. Nefario: Gru! You and I have been working on this for years! It’s everything we’ve dreamed of! Your chance to make history: become “The Man Who Stole the Moon.” But these girls are becoming a major distraction! They need to go! If you don’t do something about it, I will.
- Gru: I understand. [leaves]
- Dr. Nefario: Good.
- [after the girls leave Gru's house]
- Dr. Nefario: I did it for your own good. Come on, let’s go get that Moon.
- Gru: [sadly] Right.
- Man: [stacks some chairs, rolling away] Sorry, buddy. Show's over.
- Gru: [sadly] Over?
- Gru: [leans into the camera lens] Listen close, you little punk! When I get in there, you are in for a world of pain!
- Vector: [laughs sarcastically] Ooh, I'm really scared!
- [Enraged, Gru punches the camera screen, making Vector jump and fumble not to drop the moon.]
- Agnes: [smugly] He is gonna kick your butt.
- Vector: [grabs Margo] Not so fast!
- Gru: [to Vector] No!
- Margo: Let me go!
- [Vector laughs as he tries to shoot Gru but gets hurt by the moon]
- Gru: Okay, girls, time for bed.
- Edith: Ah, come on, we want a story.
- Agnes: [excited] Three Sleepy Kittens!
- Gru: Oh, no, sorry, that book was accidentally destroyed maliciously.
- [Kyle snorts]
- Gru: Tonight, we are going to read a new book. [shows his homemade book to the girls] This one is called, One Big Unicorn! by Gru, Who wrote it? Oh, me! I wrote it! [opens the book] Oh, look, it's a puppet book. Hey, watch this. [sticks his nose through a small hole] That's the horn.
- [the girls laugh along with Gru]
- Agnes: This is gonna be the best book ever.
- Gru: Not to pat myself on the back, but yes, it probably will be. [opens the book] Here we go. "One big unicorn, strong and free, thought he was happy as he could be. Then three little kittens came around, and turned his whole life upside down."
- Edith: [points to the page] Hey, that one looks like me!
- Gru: [pulls back the book] No, what are you talking about? These are kittens. Any relation to persons living or dead is completely coincidental. [continues reading] "They made him laugh. Ho-ho! They made him cry. Aw! He never should have said goodbye. And now he knows he could never part, from those three little kittens that changed his heart." [beats] The End. [closes the book] Okay then, all right. Goodnight!
- [Gru starts to leave the girls' bedroom, but comes back and kisses Agnes and then Edith on the forehead; he bends over to kiss Margo, but she jumps up and throws her arms around his neck]
- Margo: I love you.
- Gru: [hugging her back; whispering] I love you too.
- [watching the girls' dance recital]
- Gru: They're very good.
- Marlena: Ah, I'm so proud of you, son. You turned out to be a great parent. Just like me. [Gru rolls his eyes] Maybe even better. [Gru smiles]
About Despicable Me (film)
[edit]- Sergio’s character was gothic, although he had the trappings of other things; he sort of looked like Dracula and he had these big, hulking, ogre-like henchmen. As a departure from the original pitch, we sort of went into the world of James Bond, thinking of characters like Goldfinger and obviously the Bond-ian world of technology.
- Chris Renaud in "Directors Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin on Creative Choices and Challenges in “Despicable Me” Films", by C. Edwards, Cartoon Brew, 01/03/2014.
Taglines
[edit]- Superbad. Superdad.
- Being good is so overrated.
- Some call him bad; they call him dad. (British tagline)
- Who is afraid of the Big Bad Gru? (French tagline)
- Happy Father is Day
- Just because he is a bad guy, does not mean he's a bad guy.
- From Chris Meledandri, executive producer of Ice Age, Ice Age two and Horton Hears a Who.
- What if the world's greatest super-villain, was also your dad?
- His gadgets, despicable... his tiny army, despicable... his new family, not despicable.
- It's hard to balance work and family, but this summer, one dad will give it his best shot.
Cast
[edit]- Steve Carell - Gru
- Jason Segel - Vector
- Russell Brand - Dr. Nefario
- Julie Andrews - Marlena Gru (credited as "Gru's Mom")
- Will Arnett - Mr. Perkins
- Kristen Wiig - Ms. Hattie
- Miranda Cosgrove - Margo
- Dana Gaier - Edith
- Elsie Fisher - Agnes
- Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud, and Jemaine Clement - The Minions
- Jack McBrayer - Justin's Dad, Carnival Barker
- Ken Jeong - Talk Show Host
- Danny McBride - Fred McDade
- Mindy Kaling - Justin's Mom
- Rob Huebel - Anchorman, Newscaster
- Ken Daurio - Egyptian Guard
- Frank Welker - Kyle (uncredited)
External links
[edit]
- Official website
- Despicable Me quotes at the Internet Movie Database
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| Films | Despicable Me (2010) · Despicable Me 2 (2013) · Despicable Me 3 (2017) · Despicable Me 4 (2024) |
| Spin‑offs | Minions (2015) · Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) |
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| Feature films | Despicable Me (2010) · Hop (2011) · The Lorax (2012) · Despicable Me 2 (2013) · Minions (2015) · The Secret Life of Pets (2016) · Sing (2016) · Despicable Me 3 (2017) · The Grinch (2018) · The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) · Sing 2 (2021) · Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) · The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) · Migration (2023) · Despicable Me 4 (2024) · | |
Categories:
- 2010 computer-animated films
- 2010 American animated films
- American computer-animated films
- American 3D animated films
- American children's animated comic science fiction films
- Animated films set in California
- Animated films set in Egypt
- Black comedy films
- Criminal comedy films
- Moon-related films
- Animated films about revenge
- Animated films about orphans
- Films directed by Chris Renaud
- Films about size change