T he Despicable Mefranchise has featured many iterations of minions over the past decade. The minions were first introduced in 2010 in the series' first film, Despicable Me. Since ...

Ever since the dawn of time, the Minions have lived to serve the most despicable of masters. From the T-Rex to Napoleon, the easily distracted tribe has helped the biggest and the baddest of villains.

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Luckily, he gets some mayhem-making back-up from his loyal followers, the Minions. Together, Kevin, Stuart, Bob, and Otto - a new Minion sporting braces and a desperate need to please - deploy ...

Gru - along with his minions - ambles his way into this power struggle... 'Despicable Me' spin-off series, focusing on the Minions characters.

Take, for instance, Minions: The Rise of Gru – the second prequel to the main movie series and the sequel ... a Lucy Lawless-voiced character who, yes, is a nun-chucks-wielding nun.

They love the characters and they love the franchise ... 2013 and 2017), plus the first Minions movie (in 2015). Minions: The Rise of Gru hits theaters July 1.