What came first minions or despicable me?

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Despicable Me (franchise)

**Despicable Me**   Owned by Illumination Universal Pictures   Films and television   Film(s) **Despicable Me** (2010) **Despicable Me** 2 (2013) **Despicable Me** 3 (2017) **Minions** (2015) **Minions**: The Rise of Gru (2020)   Short film(s) See below

[brownzebra122]

Minions is a spinoff and prequel to Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2, but instead of focusing on Steve Carells Gru, it puts the spotlight on the Minions alone. Set in the late 1960s, the movie follows three Minions as they search for a new evil boss to rule their species.

Secondly, how did minions come about? A rather horrible recent internet conspiracy theory alleges that the lovable yellow Minions, created for the Despicable Me franchise, were inspired by Jewish children adopted by Nazi scientists for the sole purpose of using them in poison gas experiments.

Thereof, how old are minions from Despicable Me?

200 million years

What is the order of the minions movies?

Minions 2015 Yellow Is the New Black 2018 Minions: The Rise of Gru 2020