A DNA test result posted online gives Gru's genetic background as 55% Freedonian (a fictional country), 18% Balkan, 10% Sardinian, 7% each Native American and Middle Eastern, and 2% Japanese.
The GRU in Russia is a military foreign intelligence agency that is part of the Russian Armed Forces.
However, there was a DNA test done on Gru back in 2017 via “23andMe” and it revealed that Gru's genetic background as 55% Freedonian (a fictional country), 18% Balkan, 10% Sardinian, 7% Native American (exact tribe is unknown), 7% Middle Eastern (exacts are also unknown), and 2% Japanese.
Gru's distinctive accent, described as "quasi-Russian" by A. O. Scott and "halfway between a Russian mafioso and a crazed Nazi" by Roger Ebert, was largely a product of his voice actor Steve Carell's experimentation.
What is Gru's (Despicable Me) accent? Americanized Russian. It's the same version of a Russian accent that was used in cartoons (e.g. Bullwinkle) and commercials and movies that used a Russian stereotype back during the cold war (60s - 80s ).
What kind of language do the Minions speak? The Minions speak Minionese, sometimes called “the Banana language”. Minionese is what's known as a constructed language – or “conlang”.
Most Minions appear either bald or with a few wispy strands of black hair on their heads. After leaving their home country of Switzerland in favor of a new life in America during the late 1960s, their clothing consists of blue overalls emblazoned with Gru's logo, black rubber gloves, shoes, and goggles.
He speaks in an unusual accent (probably east European) which, according to Steve Carell, was described as "a mix of Ricardo Montalban and Bela Lugosi". When asked about his accent by Ellen DeGeneres he said he was from Albuquerque, New Mexico and asked Ellen not to push this topic any further.
To answer one of the biggest questions in the Despicable Me franchise, the Minions speak a made-up language known as Minionese, sometimes additionally known as Banana Language or Minion Language.
One of the main reasons some fans are declaring the Minions as Mexican is because of the unique language they speak known as “Minionese.” The language, it seems, is a mix of several languages, including Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Hindi, French, Russian and, of course, English (they only say the word “banana” about a ...
The country in which Dru lives and from which Gru originates is the fictional European country of Freedonia. This is the same name as a similar fictional European country in the The Marx Brothers movie Duck Soup (1933).
GRU, abbreviation of Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravlenie, (Russian: Chief Intelligence Office), Soviet military intelligence organization. It had no formal connection to the KGB, the Soviet political police and security agency, though Western intelligence authorities believed that the KGB had agents within the GRU.
Gru's accent may come from Bella Lugosi's Dracula, but the character and its universe has Hispanic roots. His creator is Sergio Pablo, a Spaniard that came up with Despicable Me after working in the Disney's animation department for many years.
Inherited from Old French gru, from Frankish *grūt. Cognate with English grout, groats.
Similar to Spanglish or Swiss-German, it turns out that the Minions actually use a combination of dialects when they speak. According to Day Translations, their language is mostly made up of: "Minionese" (a totally made-up language), in addition to English, Spanish, French, Filipino, and also, a little bit of Italian.
The meme comes from the Despicable Me series of movies. Gru, the pointy-nosed main character voiced by Steve Carell, is of unknown origin but carries a thick eastern European accent. Because of that accent, when he says "girls," it sounds like "gorls." And he says it a lot because of his three adopted daughters.
Dr. Nefario is Gru's closest and most loyal friend who always comes to his rescue.
Of foreign accents, the British accent is the #1 most liked, chosen by 69% of respondents. In addition to being the general favorite, it also ranked among the sexiest and most intelligent.
Otto has a tuft of hair, a mouth full of braces, and, most excitingly, he's fat. In fact—and it truly blows my mind to say this—Otto is the best fat character in a major animated film since the iconic Shrek. “So what if he's fat?” you might ask.
Now, as the "Despicable Me" spinoff movie "Minions" hits theaters, the filmmaker has spoken, and it's official: all Minions are, in fact, male.
Bob is a short and bald Minion with heterocromia. He often carries around a teddy bear that he owns called Tim, which is brown with yellow buttoned eyes.