About
Minions are yellow dwarf like characters from the movie franchise Despicable me,[1] being presented as the goofy lunatic henchman of the main protagonist. The minions have gathered a hate fandom on the internet due to their intrusiveness on multiple products organized by comcast as well as unrelated motivational posts and images.
Origin
The minions first appeared as the henchman of “gru”, they would speak in a jumbled barely understandable language and would be the cause of many maistakes in the background. due to their weird adorable apearances they quickly became popular.
Spread
Despicable me was met with positive reviews, which also noted the adorability of the curious and mischievous minions, which caused an uprise of their popularity in media, mostly due to publicity by brands[5]
On August 18, 2013 a compilation of best minions moments from despicable me 1 and 2 was posted, as of today it has gathered 33,392,177 views
Buzzfeed popular media site made multiple quizes related to the minions.[6][7]
Hate Fandom
Due to the mass publicity and merchandising minions got from comcast and other brands, multiple people became annoyed and enraged by their intrussion, mostly on facebook in unrelated motivational quotes
On June 5, 2015 the subreddit /r/MinionHate was created in which users post minions intruding in brands as well as social media while having a negative reaction to them.[2] On June 29, 2015, the popular media site Buzzfeed wrote an article in which it posts multiple instances of people “struggling” with minion posts.[3] On july. 1, 2015 buzzfeed made another article titled “33 Things that prove minions are officially over”.[4]
Search Interest
External References
[1]Wikipedia – Despicable Me
[2]Reddit – Minion Hate
[3]BuzzFeed – 17 Struggles Everyone Who F*cking Hates Minions Will Understand
[4]Buzzfeed – 33 Things That Prove Minions Are Officially Over
[5]Imgur – My fucking amazon homepage
[6]Buzzfeed – Which Minion Should You Hook Up With?
[7]Buzzfeed – Which Minion Should Be Your BFF?