There is no doubting that Minions are one of the most widespread and popular movie characters of this century! Love them or hate them, they are everywhere! On t-shirts, shoes, backpacks, memes, jewelry, cars- you name it and someone has tried to put a Minion on it! With a potential sequel to The Minion Movie in the works (starring Chris Pratt maybe!) it is not a bad idea to get on board with the Minion wave and brush up on your knowledge. Plus, if you work, talk to, or are related to any kids, they will be ultimately impressed with your Minion knowledge!

1) Minions are voiced by the directors of Despicable Me

2) Minions only have 3 fingers on each hand

3) Minions are the official mascots for Illumination Entertainment

4) So far there have been 5 different minion hair styles

5) Minions do not need oxygen to survive

6) Minions are resistant to freezing

7) In the first Despicable Me film, minions have slightly crooked teeth, but in the second their teeth are straight

8) Minions speak Minionese, which is a mix of French, English, Italian, Spanish, Korean, and Russian

9) Minions have only had male names

10) Minions love bananas, apples, and papayas

11) A minion blimp was made and flown around the US to promote Despicable Me 2- one of the only airships being flown worldwide at that time

12) Evil minions are purple because purple is the opposite of yellow on the color spectrum

13) Evil minions are created when normal minions are injected with PX-41

14) Evil minions are almost indestructible- they are immune to flamethrowers, guns, axes, and bombs

15) The minion population contains 899 minions

16) Minions average to be three and a half feet tall

17) Minions were originally supposed to be giant ogre like creatures, but writers thought that would not help make Gru more likable

18) Another idea was to have them be human like henchmen (like the men in the beginning of Despicable Me 2)

19) Bob has heterochromia- two different color eyes

20) Minions are thought to have come from a single strand of DNA

21) Minions have one purpose in life “seek out and serve the most despicable master they can find”

22) Minions accidently helped to kill Dracula, Genghis Kahn, Napolean, and even the T Rex

23) Minions love to sing

24) There is a Minion in the beginning scene from Dr Seuss’ The Lorax

25) One eyed minions are usually shorter

26) Minions have no set gender

27) McDonald's, Hasbro, and General Mills have all licensed Minions

28) Despicable Me 2 was the first Universal Studios film since Jurassic Park that hard both McDonald's and General Mills supporting it

29) Minions can double as glow sticks

30) There are only 48 combinations of features to make minions (height, hair, build, eyes)

31) Minions have sparked an entire meme series

32) Minions originated from the water

33) “bi-do” means I’m sorry

34) “bapple” means apple

35) “gelato” means ice-cream

36) “bananoninal” means ugly

37) Kevin, Dave, and Stuart, the stars of the Minion Movie were designed to resemble Gru’s daughters Margo, Agnes, and Edith

38) The minions were originally going to be genetically modified corn kernels

39) Both Despicable Me movies ended with a minion dance party

40) Dict is an app that translates the minions words

41) Mark is known as the Mom Minion

42) Kevin is the minion who manages the wireless

43) The Minion Movie is Sandra Bullock's first time playing a villain

44) In the Minions move, they attend Villain Con, which was based off of San Diego’s Comic Con

45) The minions movie is 1 hour 44 min long

46) Titan Comics is publishing a get of comics and graphic novels based on the minions

47) One of the minions in Despicable Me 2 acts exactly as one of the main characters from Invasion of the Body Snatchers

48) The scene with the row of Minions sitting and eating lunch on a girder is designed to be a replica of the famous photo “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper”

49) Despicable Me 3 has been confirmed for 2017 release

50) Evil Minions were inspired by a Tweedy Bird cartoon

There you have it! 50 things you never thought you needed to know about Minions! Now go out there and spread the Minion love!