
He speaks in an unusual accent (probably east European) which, according to Steve Carell, was described as "a mix of Ricardo Montalban and Bela Lugosi". Gru also has a tendency to say "lightbulb" whenever he has an idea. He also did his best to get to their dance performance after stealing the moon and was upset when he discovered he is too late. Though Gru didn't attempt to stop Miss Hattie from taking them, he was clearly upset about them leaving and later said that giving them up is the worst mistake he'd ever made. Nefario disapproved of the fact that Gru's warmer side was starting to reveal itself and sent the girls back to the orphanage. However, he also said that he had no intention of giving his minions a raise, though this never caused any protest in them.Īs time went on, Gru started to enjoy spending time with his three adopted daughters and in the end he grew to genuinely love them, putting aside his dream of stealing the moon and risking his life to rescue them from Vector.ĭr. Nefario and also treated his Minions quite well interacting with them and calling each one of them by name (he can also understand their language) instead of just treating them like slaves. He is rather warm with his allies, such as Dr. He enjoyed using his Freeze Ray, his signature weapon, often freezing people just for the sake of it. Gru was also rather cruel and even sadistic at first. He was self-centered in the beginning, as he only adopted the girls so that he could get the shrink ray, which he intended to use to shrink the moon so that he could steal it. At first he showed a dislike of children being easily irritated by Agnes, Edith and Margo. Gru is also capable of forming smart plans, such as his plan to steal the shrink ray from Vector.Īt first, Gru was a cunning and somewhat cold-hearted man, who was determined to become the greatest villain in the world. For example, as a child he built a real rocket, although later on his minions and Nefario did most of his work instead. He is very strong and athletic, being capable of dodging and leaping off several heat-seeking missiles (all going at the speed of sound), backhanding Vector's shark with a single punch (with the apparent force of a truck), and smashing his fist into Vector's monitor, easily cracking the screen without damaging his hand.Īpart from his remarkable agility and strength, Gru is also considerably intelligent. He has a thick accent, and his arms and legs are notably disproportionate in size to his body.

Gru is a tall, bald man with blue eyes, long nose and broad, powerful physique and dresses in a dark stone-grey sweater with a zipper, underneath a black collared coat along with striped grey and space blue scarf, black trousers, and shoes. The Minions and Nefario would eventually become his only friends and, differently than the usual villain, he treated them like friends and appreciated every effort they made instead of treating them like slaves. Attracted to the scientist's contraptions, he would later employ Nefario in 1976, as well as a group of yellow pillow-shaped creatures called the Minions, whom he met shortly afterwards. This trauma is probably the reason that made him become evil eventually.īaby Gru watching his brother leaving him.Īt some point in 1968, he and his mother visited Villain-Con and met Dr. Gru was also constantly bullied by other students and one of these events made him afraid of ever asking a girl for a date, leaving him traumatized. Robert Gru, Gru's father, although never in contact with his son prior to the former's death, was quite proud of his son's achievements. For most of his childhood he was neglected by his mother. He once made a "prototype" rocket out of macaroni and an actual working prototype rocket. Although born with his twin brother, Dru Gru, he was separated from his brother since birth and stayed with his mother Marlena Gru.Īs a child he had always dreamed of going to the moon.
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Although his hometown is unknown, in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres on her TV show, he claimed he was from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Gru comes from a long lineage of villains as shown with dozen of statues of his ancestors in Dru's hideout. Nefario and is also the twin brother of Dru Gru. Gru is also the leader of the Minions, is friends with Dr. He has three adopted daughters Margo, Edith, and Agnes. He is a former supervillain and is the husband of AVL agent Lucy Wilde.


Perkinsįelonius Gru (or simply Gru) (born sometime in 1960), is the son of Marlena Gru and the late Robert Gru, grandson of Madeleine Gru and Henry Gru, and is the main protagonist of the Despicable Me franchise.

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