| “ | Gru! Gru! | „ |
| ~ Mel when he re-encounters Gru in the sky. |
Mel is the tritagonist of Illumination's 8th full-length feature film, Despicable Me 3, and a supporting character its 2024 sequel, Despicable Me 4.
Mel is the new leader of the Minions and one of Felonious Gru's most trusted Minions, and Mel is perceived as a son-like figure by Gru. Mel initially betrayed Gru due to no longer participating in villainy, but eventually decided to reunite with Gru after realizing the sweet memories he had with him. Thus, Mel eventually assisted in defeating Balthazar Bratt, eventually became an agent of the Anti-Villain League and became a member of the Mega Minions.
Mel is voiced by the same actor and director, Pierre Coffin, as with the other Minions.
Biography[]
Despicable Me 3[]
Mel is the introduced leader of the Minions in the film's storyline and the protagonist of the minions' subplot. Felonious Gru has retired from being a supervillain for years, much to Mel and the Minions' dismay. Mel and the Minions, however, want Gru to become a villain again as he has lost his job being an agent for the Anti-Villain League, but Gru declines nonetheless. Thus, a rebellion against Gru, led by Mel, is formed, as they decide to leave Gru for another possible villain; excluding Dave and Jerry, who just accessed the lab after the performance for Gru's family moments after Mel and the other Minions' departure.
After Mel and the Minions quit on Gru, the group walks out through the rain before bumping into Dru's butler, Fritz, in the process, who asks for the whereabouts of Mr. Gru's address. Mel and the minions, still angry at Gru for dismissing villainy, instead dismiss Fritz's offering in hostility and refuse to tell him as to where Gru lives. The next morning, the Minions get fatigued of walking for the whole night and were starving excluding Mel. The latter gets the idea to chase after a pizza delivery guy to steal his food. However, they trespass into a TV studio lot, which causes the police to chase after them. They decide to hide, but end up on the set for a singing competition in the process. Then, they start singing a Minionese rendition of the famous patter song, "I Am The Very Model of a Modern Major General" from the Gilbert and Sullivan opera, the Pirates of Penzance, which they dub "Papa Mama Loca Pipa." The song is a hit with the judges and audience, but Mel and the Minions get arrested soon after.
Mel and the Minions learn to rule out the prison, but eventually, Mel realizes how much he misses and needs Gru in his life, so Mel and the Minions create a plane so they can escape from the prison. They escape successfully when it was dark, but a Minion is left behind as he requires to wave light signals for the aircraft. Mel, who pilots the plane, witnesses Gru, Lucy and Dru, much to his surprise, so Mel and the Minions follow them to the Hollywood, which is endangered by Balthazar Bratt, and attempt to destroy Bratt's bubble-gum with their weapons. Upon's Bratt defeat, Mel and the Minions succeed in destroying the bubblegum before it could rise Hollywood into space, along with everyone else. After this, Mel and Gru finally reconcile, thus returning with Gru's family, along with Dru Gru.
After Lucy settles the girls and Gru calls the Minions and Dru to sleep (including Mel), Mel, along with other Minions, removes their dungarees and Dru drives Gru's Airship, which Gru's emblem is replaced by a "D," to "continue the family tradition."
Despicable Me 4[]
After becoming an agent of the Anti-Villain League, Mel eventually becomes a member of the Mega Minions, and as a result of the experiment involving the Super-Serum, his eye is now equipped with a laser that can cut through the earth. After the microwave is destroyed, Mel assists Jiminy by heating his coffee with his laser, which gets to hot until it shatters, but it gets worse because he also destroys a glass window, an igloo and a satellite, which terrifies Mel as it almost makes contact with Jiminy as well until being prevented by Jerry. Later on, Mel assists in defeating Maxime Le Mal.
Appearance[]
Like the rest of the Minions, Mel is an single-eyed short minion with combed, half-bald and thick hair.
Personality[]
Mel is characterized as the faithful and dedicated leader of the Minions. Thus, Mel is mature, intelligent, wise and paragonic in comparison to the other Minions. He shares the same personality as the other Minions, with the exceptions being characterized with high intelligence and desire of justice to dwell into villainy once again. However, by the other side, he is sentimental when he reaches his relationship with Gru, as Mel is perceived as one of the closest Minions to Gru.
Mel is argued to be the most impertinent and independent Minion across the Despicable Me franchise. He speaks the same language as the rest of the Minions, but what sets Mel apart is his insistence that the troupe can go criminal without supervision.
History[]
Despicable Me 3[]
Beginning[]
Mel is the leader of the Minions in the film's story-line. In the movie, Mel gives Gru a call, so Gru goes down to the lab. He and the rest of the Minions are excited to see that Gru has been fired of his AVL job. However, Gru declines when Mel and the Minions think they're going back to villainy. Then, Mel and the Minions gets against Gru and they decide to quit and he leave with the rest of the gang (Except 2 Minions, Dave and Jerry). In the way, they run into Fritz, Dru's butler, who ask of where lives Gru. Mel doesn't help him, because he is still angry at Gru for his refusal to return to villainy, and they leave Fritz with questions.
Pizza and Singing Contest[]
The next morning, the Minions gets tired and hungry except Mel who still go walking in his way. They found pizza in the way and they run with that only to be enter in a studio in an attempt to hide from being persecuted by the police. Mel and the Minions enter in a Singing Contest and they sing "Papa Mama Loca Pipa" (a Minionese parody of "Modern Major General" from the Gilbert and Sullivan opera "Pirates of Penzance") in the studio and makes the Minions win the singing contest. However, the police came on and they take Mel and the Minions to Prison.
Life in Prison and Missing Gru[]
In the Prison (Maybe in Texas), Mel and the Minions are the bosses of the Prison and make the other prisoners afraid of them. Mel gets emotional when he suddenly remembers Gru some sweetest memories with him when he was in a shower, so he carves the mashed potatoes in the dish and when the Minions and other prisoners are having meal.
Escape from Prison[]
During that night, the Minions decide to escape the Prison and go find Gru to reconcile with him. They manage to escape using all the elements of the Prison (Including toilets, laundry machines, and prison uniforms) to make a giant plane and using all the Minions as passengers. Mel manages to drive the plane, but they left one Minion behind at the Prison.
Unexpected Reunion[]
The next morning, the Minions as passengers are having fun for the one side and the other side getting bored. Mel gets sleepy during the journey until he unexpectedly crosses with Gru, Lucy and Dru. He manages to see Gru and he turns the plane back following Gru to Hollywood.
Saving Hollywood[]
Although he didn't actually know why Gru was going to Hollywood or Balthzar Bratt evil plans to destroy Hollywood, he witnesses in shock that there is a lot of giant gum in Hollywood. With the help of the rest of the Minions, as an heroic fact, they leave the plane and they using all the elements to destroy the gum while Gru was fighting with Balthazar Bratt and his giant robot. After finally destroying the gum with using dynamite, they finally reunite with Gru and the rest and finally reconcile with Gru and back to being a family.
Back to Villainy[]
After Gru calls the Minions and Dru to sleep, and with Dru living now in Gru's house with Mel and the Minions, they go back to villainy thanks to Dru. Mel with the other Minions remove their dungarees and Dru drives Gru's Airship, which Gru's emblem is replaced by a "D", to "continue the family tradition". Gru and Lucy gets shocked and they decide to follow them, but before give them a five-minute head-start.
Despicable Me 4[]
Mel appears in Despicable Me 4 as one of the five Minions hired by the AVL to experiment with a serum that epuld turn them into mechanically modified Mega Minions with powers unlike the other Minions. With his power, his goggle has been changed into a slender goggle capable of shooting out a red laser whenever Mel desires.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- His design is based on Illumination's producer and founder, Chris Melenandri, who also produces all of the Despicable Me films.
- Because of his relationship with Gru, it shown that the two are father-and-son relationship epitome.
- Mel's superpowers as a member of the Mega Minions are inspired by Scott Summers/Cyclops in the Marvel universe.
See Also[]
- Mel on the Villains Wiki
- Mel on the Despicable Me Wiki
- Mel on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
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