Despicable Me

Trivia: When Gru enters the Bank of Evil, you can see it says in small letters,"Formerly Lehman Brothers"

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Trivia: Throughout the movie, you can see Dr. Seuss's Lorax character imprinted on Margo's shirt under her jacket. This movie was made by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, who then went on to make The Lorax.

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Trivia: During the scene in which a minion is standing behind a record deck, on the front left of the deck is a logo not too dissimilar from the Blu-Ray logo, but for the use in this film it was edited to read as Gru-Ray. (01:20:00)

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Trivia: Jack McBrayer has two roles in the film: the mean carnival barker and the tourist dad.

Trivia: After this film, Miss Hattie is never seen in any other, and her voice actress switches to Lucy Wilde in the following two movies.

Trivia: When Mother Gru hits the punching bag and her trainer flies through the air you can hear the famous Wilhelm scream. (00:13:50)

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Mistakes

Continuity mistake: At the very end of the movie the 3 girls are performing on stage. Agnes is wearing white tights, but after the platform raises them all above the house she no longer has tights, just bare legs.

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Quotes

Gru: We are going to pull of the TRUE crime of the century... We are going to steal the MOON!

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Questions

Question: How is Edith able to keep the drinking box straw in her mouth while in the coffin yet talk at the same time?

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Chosen answer: It is not very difficult to hold a straw between one's teeth, or gums and speak at the same time. A coworker of mine does it all the time with a pen.

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