![]() Win Back the Crowd: After the mixed reception of Minions and Despicable Me 3, it seemed like the Despicable Me franchise was starting to be on its last legs, with the possibility that Minions: The Rise of Gru could be a Franchise Killer.Visual Effects of Awesome: As expected for an Illumination film, despite the low budget, the animation looks gorgeous and is a massive step-up from the first film due to being extremely colorful and bright.It also doesn't help that they have an All-Star Cast voicing them but have very few lines, leaving them underutilized. The issue is that many of them (barring their leader Belle Bottom) receive very little screentime and don't display significant characterization or in-depth interactions with each other, thus making them come off as Flat Characters. They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: The Vicious 6 are regarded as the movie's weakest points by movie goers.Surprisingly Improved Sequel: Continuity errors aside, the film is considered to be a massive improvement from its predecessor, as it focuses more on Gru, tones down the Toilet Humour, and redeems the Minions themselves. ![]() Thank goodness for Wild Knuckles, Gru, Kevin, Stuart and Bob combining their forces to stop them for good. And when Gru tries to escape, she catches him and ties him to the hands of a clock tower that will rip him in two when it strikes a certain minute, but Otto saves him in the nick of time. In fact, Belle demonstrates her incredible power by demolishing the AVL's equipment and vehicles, causing them to flee. Nightmare Fuel: Despite all the slapstick that occurs in the climax, it's when the Vicious 5 transform into Zodiac animals when the gloves come off.Memetic Mutation: See this film's section on the franchise's meme page.Knuckles kidnaps Gru in an attempt to claim the Zodiac Stone, and though this fails, Knuckles takes on a mentorship role to Gru and the two's first outing is ripping off the Bank of Evil, and succeeding! After seemingly sacrificing himself to help Gru take down the Vicious 6, Knuckles reveals he faked his demise and escapes to continue being a mentor to Gru. Having lead the 6 to successful crime for decades, Knuckles survives the betrayal by his team and begins scheming to pay them back dearly for their treachery. Magnificent Bastard: Wild Knuckles is the elderly founder of the Vicious 6, and shows that despite his age, he's still one of the world's greatest villains.Also, it's implied he died for real before the events of the Despicable Me movie series.Yet, he was the last character played by Alan Arkin, who died in 2023. Harsher in Hindsight: In the end of the film, it's revealed that Wild Knuckles faked his death in order to escape jail and become both Gru's mentor for his future villainous career and a grandfather figure to him.Adorkable: Otto, the new Minion in the film, is quite dorky with his braces, making him come across as a nerdy Minion.
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