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Gru has spent years as a supervillain, and his pride suffers when an unknown rival makes off with the Great Pyramid of Giza. Determined to be remembered as the greatest criminal of the century, he and his elderly assistant Dr. Nefario settle on stealing the Moon, a job that calls for a shrink ray. At the Bank of Evil, its president, Mr. Perkins, orders Gru to procure the device first. Gru and two Minions raid a research base in East Asia for it, but Vector, the villain responsible for the pyramid theft, ambushes them and takes it. Noticing that Vector lets the orphan girls Margo, Edith and Agnes into his fortress to sell cookies, Gru adopts them under a dentist persona and has them distract his rival.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Despicable Me (2010)
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- The Minions did not exist in the original script and were added during production; early designs made them humans and robots before they were finalized as small yellow pill-shaped creatures inspired by Willy Wonka's Oompa-Loompas, Star Wars' Jawas, Buster Keaton and Bugs Bunny.
- After release, the Minions became Illumination's mascots, and the film inspired Internet memes including "Gorl", from Gru's pronunciation of "girl", and "Gru's Plan"; it also helped launch the career of Elsie Fisher, the voice of Agnes.
- Producer Chris Meledandri worried that Gru's behavior would become stale and ordered the directors to lighten the film's tone; Steve Carell suggested a sharper edge, and two scenes were written, Gru popping a balloon and freezing customers.
- To save costs, the film's CGI animation and visual effects were handled by the Paris-based studio Mac Guff with only 100 artists.
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