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'Despicable Me' writer on 'Minions' movies retconning their lore: 'My first reaction was, Wait, what? The Minions were made in a lab by Dr. Nefario, how can this be?'

There are two competing schools of thought when it comes to the little yellow henchmen’s origins.

The Minions decimated the entire dinosaur population, crushed pharaohs to death with a faulty pyramid design, and even disintegrated Dracula into dust due to a mistimed birthday party. According to those, Gru had the Minions created by Dr. Nefario, his prodigious designer, gadgeteer, and right-hand man, in their laboratory to spawn a new breed of loyal (and cute) henchmen. Minions was green-lit in between the first two Despicable Me films in 2012, with co-director and voice actor Pierre Coffin — who also co-created the creatures’ likeness — suggesting a narrative change.

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