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Minion
Biographical Information
Homeworld

Unknown name, Glaupunk Quadrant

Residence

Megamind's Lair, Metro City

Aliases
  • Fantastic Fish, Dimwitted Creation of Science, Fillet Minion, Sentimental Simian (Megamind)
  • Space Step Mom (former Alter Ego)
Physical Description
Gender

Male

Species

Alien fish

Eye color

Brown

Skin color

Green

Personal Information
Allies

Megamind, Roxanne Ritchi, Metro Man

Enemies

Hal Stewart

Abilities

Intelligence, Strength, Cooking

Family Information
Family members

Megamind (best friend and ward)

Chronological and political Information
Profession

Sidekick

Position
  • Last member of his species
  • Megamind's sidekick and caretaker
Affiliation

Megamind

First Appearance

Megamind

Voiced by

David Cross
Josh Brener (second film and Megamind Rules!)

Minion is Megamind's loyal sidekick.

History

Background

As their home planet was being destroyed by a black hole, Megamind's parents placed Minion with their infant son in his escape pod, so Minion could care for Megamind. Since they landed on Metro City, more specifically in the Metro City Prison For The Criminally Gifted, Minion continues to serve as Megamind's friend and assistant, with Megamind eventually constructing a mech suit for Minion's convenience. When they have finally succeeded in getting rid of Metro Man, Minion and Megamind celebrated by causing havoc on the city and taking over town hall until Megamind grew bored and decided to create a new superhero to fight, despite Minion's own objections. Minion helped Megamind train Hal (who was shot with a defuser gun containing a serum of Metro Man's DNA) disguised as his "Space Step Mom".

After Hal's training was over, Minion finds out about Megamind's relationship with Roxanne Ritchi, their frequent kidnap victim, and quarrels with him over it, claiming that "the bad guy doesn't get the girl!". Frustrated, Megamind claims that he doesn't want to be the "bad guy" anymore. He declares he no longer needs Minion, who promptly leaves. However, Minion does become aware of Tighten's rampage and, disguised as the Warden again, reconciles with Megamind, so the two could escape and save Roxanne. Minion disguises himself as Megamind and takes Megamind's Hoverbike to rescued Roxanne. The Hoverbike however loses power as Tighten throws the Metro Tower to the streets, forcing Minion to throw Roxanne off. His glass dome shatters in the impact and his disguise fails, though he soon reveals Megamind is already at work. After Megamind successfully defeats Tighten and sees to Minion, he seemingly dies of dehydration. In response, Megamind scarcastically tosses Minion into the fountain, and he is revived before celebrating their victory.

At the inauguration of the Megamind Museum, Minion, with his suit fully repaired, is seen playing music and dancing inside Megamind's battle suit.

Megamind: The Button of Doom

On their first day as Metro City's new heroes Megamind and Minion set a yard sale to sell all of their evil gadgets. Minion tries to hide the Spider Bot but Megamind finds it, Minion pleads to him to keep it but Megamind refuses, claiming that heroes don't ride on terrible Spider Bots. After the sale is over Megamind finds a button that Minion was unable to sell (along with the orbital Death Ray). Megamind presses the button, which resulted on it activating one of Megamind's old inventions: The Mega-Megamind. The robot mistakes Megamind for Metro Man due to him wearing his new white superhero outfit but can't identify Minion, calling him Megamind's "mysterious friend who's dressed up as Minion for some reason" and attempts to destroy him too until Megamind lures it to the observatory and Minion activates the Death Ray, which destroys The Mega-Megamind just like it "destroyed" Metro Man, he later accompanies Megamind to retrieve the De-Gun from Damien and rehydrate his and his friends' parents before driving off in The Invisible Car to patrol the city heroically after seeing their first distress signal in the night sky.

Appearance

Minion is an alien that resembles a fish, more specifically a piranha with big light brown eyes and sharp teeth.

Minion's mech suit resembles a humanoid exosleketon that contains simian features, complete with a liquid-filled glass dome as a fish tank. The suit additionally contains a castle where he rests in, and he is able to freely control its movements. Prior to obtaining his suit, Minion is only seen in transparent, spherical fish tanks that only allow him to move around.

Personality

Minion is witty, polite, loyal, easygoing, caring, clumsy, comical and sometimes can be a bit overdramatic. Aptly matching his name and role, Minion cares deeply for Megamind and looks after him physically and emotionally, often acting as their voice of reason. In Megamind: The Button of Doom, he gave Megamind the advice of "maybe you should stop trying to be Metro-Man and just be you".

He is shown to have a soft spot for children. In The Reign of Megamind, he plays with a group of children, making them balloon chupacabras, feeding them, and also gently scolding them not to make fun of Megamind. However, in Megamind: The Button of Doom, he showed no sympathy towards Damien or his friends when he and Megamind went to retrieve the De-Gun, because he knew that what they did (dehydrating their parents and running riot) was wrong. He rarely gets angry in situations but can be somewhat sensitive.

Relationships

Main article: Minion's Relationships

Minion's Image Gallery

Trivia

  • Minions robot gorilla body was probably inspired by Ro-Man from the 1953 film Robot Monster.
  • Minion was created by at least one of Megamind's parents in order to have someone to look after Megamind once he was sent off of their home planet. In the movie, Megamind calls Minion a "dimwitted creation of science" and when they argue about Roxanne Ritchi, Minion claims that his sole purpose in life is to look after Megamind.
  • Minion was at first going to be a human then he was going to be a fish attached to a gorilla body before settling on his final design.
  • His favorite song is "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne, which he is heard singing when bursting into Megamind's office.
  • Known as "Minion" in the original film, his name is changed to "Ol' Chum" in the sequel film Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate and the television series Megamind Rules!
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