Pint-Sized Kid: Margo is the oldest and a pre-teen, but only reaches around Gru's waistline. Edith is around Gru's knees or a little lower on his waistline. Agnes, being the youngest, automatically reaches to the lower portion of his legs. Okay, koo koo. I'm sorry but my dad died when I was a baby." Gru getting telling Fritz that his dad passed away when he was an infant.

Ebert, Roger (July 7, 2010). "Despicable Me movie review & film summary". RogerEbert.com . Retrieved September 9, 2022. Those Two Guys: Jerry and Stuart, the Minions who are tasked with watching over the girls, thus have the most screentime. Both appear in the sequel, but eventually Dave takes Jerry's place.She is quite optimistic despite her difficulty trusting people, telling the girls that they will be happy with Gru eventually. Cool Uncle: Upon formally meeting his nieces, Dru is nothing but friendly to all of them. In fact, them being in danger causes Dru to immediately drop his anger at Gru and help him and Lucy rescue the girls.

On The Ellen DeGeneres Show he showed he could do many kinds of dances but Ellen is unable to guess the last one before time ran out (Irish Jig). The Social Expert: Unlike the anti-social Gru, Dru is very approachable, being able to read and acclimate with Lucy, Margo, Edith and Agnes the instant he meets them, something that took Gru two whole movies to do.

Brainwashed and Crazy: What happens after they are injected with the PX-41. Suffice to say, they aren't the same adorable little guys we all know and love.

More so in the Despicable Me— In any scene involving the girls, you can hear instrumental versions of the chorus of "Prettiest Girls".

December–December Romance: Implied to be this with Dr. Nefario given their flirtatious dancing at end of the first and second movies. Bumbling Dad: Downplayed, justified, and rare gender inverted example. For the first one, Lucy is not a moron, but makes a few mistakes when parenting her daughters, just inexperienced. And for the second one, her being inexperienced at motherhood makes sense given her being relatively new to being a mother.