[imagesource: Twitter / @evilvillanelle]
I never thought I would say this, but the Minions are tickling me pink (yellow?).
Okay, well, it’s more the “Gru in suits” meme trend that is taking over at the moment.
Let me explain: audience members are showing up to watch Minions: The Rise of Gru, the latest film in the Despicable Me/Minions film series, in actual suits – and this has sparked a major meme.
Or perhaps it is the other way around. It is hard to tell with the internet of things.
The “babbling Twinkie-shaped underlings” as Mashable phrased it, “transcend language and culture, to unite us as one Gru-tiful family”, which this new Minions movie seems to be doing to the tune of $129 million.
That’s how much the film is set to make in the US, breaking the Fourth of July weekend box office record.
Here’s the trailer before the memes:
Fewer thanks go to the Minions marketing team and more kudos go to the Gen Zs who can’t get enough of memes and yellow things:
Fans have borrowed the “Tickets to X, please” meme that gained popularity after the release of The Joker and added a minion spin. Movie-goers and their memes have donned suits for reasons including: as a tongue-in-cheek sign of respect for the franchise, to joke that being a fan of a kid’s film is mature and attractive, and to revel in the irony of wearing a straight-up suit to a children’s movie.
See:
5 tickets for minions please pic.twitter.com/cm7fgUUlSQ
— Lebbertoxd (@InsaneLetterbox) July 2, 2022
“5 tickets to minions: rise of gru pls” pic.twitter.com/QNzKswDHQH
— nasti (@hsunflowers28) July 2, 2022
Which, in real life, translates as such:
i am LIVING for all the teenagers/young adults on tiktok going to see minions: rise of gru in suits, formal attire, or dressed like minions
it’s so funny for no reason pic.twitter.com/vCsue0XP81
— talia (@evilvillanelle) July 2, 2022
Never working minions opening night ever again pic.twitter.com/kwWc2xwhjF
— Wowza-subway (@SubwayWowza) July 2, 2022
we’re ready for the minion movie premiere #minion pic.twitter.com/cgKMtIEScs
— ElasticDroid (@ElasticDroid) July 1, 2022
At this stage, there’s no point trying to figure out if Minions is for adults or children because it is clearly something that defies categorisation:
Minions Rise of Gru is the movie ever pic.twitter.com/kGphD4g89i
— നocha (@bigwanger12) June 30, 2022
The Jack Antonoff-made soundtrack might have also played a hand in this diverse audience, too, featuring covers of hits from Diana Ross, Brockhampton, Kali Uchis, Phoebe Bridgers, Jackson Wang, Thundercat, and more:
Why is the Minions 2 soundtrack so stacked???? pic.twitter.com/bmSaZJjPfW
— e a r l y b o i (@early_boiii) July 1, 2022
Phoebe has proven to be an interesting addition:
calling out sick to work after accidentally becoming too emotionally vulnerable listening to the phoebe bridgers song from the minions: rise of gru soundtrack while looking out the bus window
— Andrew, The Lark (@king_of_limb) July 1, 2022
At the end of the day:
love em or hate em there’s one thing u can’t deny about em and it’s that the minions get people talking
— kelbin (@pissboymcgee) July 2, 2022
Yes, it is idiotic, but it is also hilarious.
[source:mashable]
