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Steve Carell's criminal mastermind Gru had everything in 2010's Despicable Me — he was the guy in the title role with the cool underground laboratory and the audacious super-villain plot.
But this wasn't enough to keep him from being overshadowed by his troublemaking yellow henchmen. Even Carell's son, John, then 6, caught minion mania.
"As we left the theater, my son was raving about the minions. He wanted a minion toy," Carell says. "I took no offense. There is no competing with these masters of upstagery. You just have to bow down to minion appeal."
The worshiping is underway again as Despicable Me 2 hits theaters Wednesday. Directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud had little choice but to give the popular pill-shaped creatures an enhanced role even more integral to the main plot. Minions have their own ride, Minion Mayhem, at Universal Studios Orlando. They are the sole images covering entire city buses and billboards. There's even a minion blimp. 


Despicable Me is a franchise based on the 2010 animated film Despicable Me by Illumination Entertainment. It centres on Gru, a super-villain; his yellow-coloured minions; and on three orphans, Margo, Edith, and Agnes. In addition to three short animated films, the franchise also includes a simulator ride attraction Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem. A sequel, Despicable Me 2, was released on July 3, 2013, and is to be followed by a spin-off film in 2014 focusing on the minions.