Things About The Despicable Me Movies You Only Notice As An Adult

When you're a kid, the Despicable Me movies seem like a sweet example of how the impact
of love and family can change a man from a villain to a hero.
But seen through older eyes, the movies are full of plot holes and questionable actions
that should bug anyone over the age of 18.
Here are some of the weird things about the Despicable Me movies that you only notice
as an adult.
Public enemy
Being a villain obviously puts you on the wrong side of the law, but Gru doesn't put
much effort into hiding his villainous ways — in fact, he shows it off through the clothes
he wears, the car he drives, and, most notably, the house he owns.
Plus, he kind of pulls out his weapons in public all the time.
"Freeze ray!
Freeze ray!
Freeze ray!
Hahaha!"
While it fits with the over-the-top humor in the Despicable Me franchise, it doesn't
make a ton of sense for a super villain.
The Bank of Evil
Gru funded his villainy through loans from the Bank of Evil, a behemoth of a building
decorated with men getting crushed under pillars.
The bank is the epitome of nefariousness — and if you watch closely, you can see that it
has real-life roots.
In tiny letters under the logo, you can read the words "Formerly Lehman Brothers."
That one probably went right over most kids' heads.
Dad problems
When Gru first adopts the girls, he's completely clueless about what to do with them.
"As you can see, I have provided everything a child might need."
However, when you really think about it, Gru should be an expert at handling children by
now, considering he lives with an army of them.
We're talking, of course, about the Minions.
"Hmm.
Bluhuhh!"
Developmentally, they're probably around the same scale as a 10-year-old, always getting
into mischief and not thinking through the consequences of their actions.
While Gru may not have been prepared for raising a child as young as Agnes, he should have
been ready for anything Edith and Margo would throw at him, considering his history with
his banana-loving sidekicks.
Murky finances
Gru isn't exactly the most impressive villain, which means he probably isn't bringing in
much cash to help pay back those Bank of Evil loans.
Likely somewhere in his mid-40s, Gru's been engaging in villainy since he was a young
boy.
So why would the bank continue to lend him money after all those years?
He's clearly taken out a lot of cash to build his lab and pay the Minions and Dr. Nefario.
He's only a cartoon, but Gru's financial situation is still extremely murky.
And while we're on the topic...
Gru's car insurance
Gru is an awful driver.
Like, painfully awful.
Every time he takes out his huge, gas-guzzling car, he leaves a path of destruction in his
wake.
He also literally kills a guy in the first film.
"Ahhh!"
And it's not like there aren't police in the Despicable Me universe.
While Gru is a villain, he's also presumably an adult with a driver's license — and,
probably, car insurance.
You can't help but wonder about the sky-high premiums he must be paying.
Agnes is heartbreaking
If you're watching the Despicable Me movies a kid, Agnes is a cute, unicorn-loving little
girl.
"It's so fluffy."
But as an adult, you start to realize just how heartbreaking she is.
Some of her lines are pretty tragic, especially when she's looking to be adopted at the beginning
of Despicable Me, and when she's looking for a mother throughout Despicable Me 2.
Her character is literally "orphan girl who wants to be loved."
That's kinda rough for a kid's movie, isn't it?
Miss Hattie is horrible
Everyone knows orphanage caretaker Miss Hattie is one of the villains in Despicable Me.
But when you watch as an adult, it becomes apparent just how abominable she is.
"You're never gonna get adopted, Edith.
You know that, don't you?"
"Yeah, I know."
"Good."
First off, Miss Hattie sends the kids out on the street alone to sell cookies, which
is pretty much child labor.
When kids don't meet her quotas, she puts them in a cardboard box called the Box of
Shame and keeps them there for the weekend, which is just straight-up child abuse.
Yeah, this woman has no business being in charge of children.
Wiigging out
In the first movie, Saturday Night Live veteran Kristen Wiig voiced the girls' evil caretaker,
Miss Hattie.
But adults may have noticed that Wiig came back for the sequel, this time as Lucy, the
super-spy who becomes Gru's girlfriend and then wife.
Wiig reprised the role again in Despicable Me 3, and although she dropped Miss Hattie's
accent, it's still hard not to hear the similarity between the two characters.
"I think we can do a little better than that, don't you?"
"Oh, hey, Gru!
Turns out you were right about the… whole El Macho thing, huh?"
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Things About The Despicable Me Movies You Only Notice As An Adult

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