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Travel Bug Dog Tag Geo-Minion Travel Bug #2

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Released:
Monday, July 29, 2013
Origin:
Massachusetts, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of henrik_sloth.

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This minion is on a mission to be photographed in front of interesting places (or with interesting people) around the world!

About This Item

minion

Minions are small, yellow, cylinder-shaped, genetically humanized kernels that have one or two eyes and are one of the most notable characters in the film, Despicable Me. The minions possess one additional physiological characteristic; with a snap and a shake, they can double as glow sticks for activities in the dark, such as going through ventilation ducts.

A rambunctious bunch of simple-minded homunculi, the Minions are a similar size and shape, but have unique features to tell them apart, such as height, number of eyes, roundness or secondary features such as hair, eye/pupil size or clothing. They choose to express themselves through actions, not words: their "language" is fairly basic, they speak in a strange jabber; except for the odd human word every now and again and occasional Spanish-sounding words like "para tú" (roughly "for you") and "la boda" (during the second movie, meaning "marriage") as well as french in the second movie (poulet tikka masala, et pis c'est tout) , their language is incomprehensible to most humans, though they do understand English. It is also possible to isolate elements of Japanese from their speech patterns.

Their existence as artificial beings is noted by the final schematics in the little girls' room. the minions are possibly made from humans by a ray that turns humans into minions as seen in the Minions Mayhem ride at Universal Studios. This is generally considered non-canon, however. (Or just something Gru invented for the express purpose of the ride) One of the shorts in the DVD suggests they are made from a single strand of mutated DNA. The minions wear metal goggles accommodating their number of eyes, blue overalls with Gru's emblem on the front, and black gloves. They enjoy playing with Agnes, Edith, and Margo, as seen in the toilet paper fight scene.

They are impulsive creatures with little self-control, but with a wide-eyed wonder and odd innocence that endears them to viewers and makes them relatable. They can be pesky when they are doing weird interactions with other people, animals, or objects. The Minions have standard English names such as Dave, Stuart, Jorge, Kevin, Jerry, Carl, Donny, Bob, Tom, Steve, Larry, John, and the Tim-Mark-Phil trio. They are fiercely loyal to Gru and Dr. Nefario and extremely eager to please, willingly helping with any evil plans, but at the same time they are friendly and fun-loving. Despite being relatively simple-minded, they are capable of building weapons, operating those weapons, using computers, and even driving.

Unlike most other criminal masterminds and their usual doctrine of abusing their henchmen, Gru gets along famously with his minions. He genuinely seems to like them and even shows appreciation for their hard work and support. He even seems to know each of them by name.

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They are the official mascots for Illumination Entertainment. Minions love bananas and apples (or "papples", as they call them), and the mere sight of one of these fruits can result in complete chaos. They also enjoy fine arts and find anything having to do with butts extremely funny. There are few things these little guys do not find funny. They also love spitting, frog legs, bunnies, and building things. They love trying new things. They dislike being unsure of themselves, and when Gru leaves questions unanswered.

According to Pierre Coffin there are over 899 minions. However, on the Ellen DeGeneres show, Gru himself claims there are actually only 7 minions. He explains that the editor of the photo cuts and reimposes extra minions, and that two of the minions in the the picture above are "Ted", though the accuracy of his statements must be taken with a grain of salt, given the need to maintain the true strength of his forces secret from the public. Strangely, the minion Ellen first pointed that Gru called "Ted" is one-eyed while the second one has two eyes, though it may be that Gru thought Ellen was pointing at the two-eyed minion as he points back to the first picture of "Ted". Several minions (such as Kevin and Jerry) were redesigned for the second film which further adds to the confusion.

Though there are several hundred minions, there are only about 30 possible combinations of height (short, medium, tall), hair (tall buzzcut, short buzzcut, sprout, combed, spread out), and eyes (one, two).

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Tracking History (5092.4mi) View Map

Discovered It 4/7/2019 BernhardGruber discovered it   Visit Log

I saw most of the tags on shirts or stickers during the GIGA event in Munich the 16th of August 2014 or at the Geocoinfest in Berchtesgaden the 24th of September 2016. Greetings to all of you!
Bernhard

Retrieve It from a Cache 7/5/2018 henrik_sloth retrieved it from Niels-Peter på Bornholm Region Hovedstaden, Denmark   Visit Log

Glostrup

Dropped Off 7/1/2018 Pendorff placed it in Niels-Peter på Bornholm Region Hovedstaden, Denmark - 260.15 miles  Visit Log

Efter lang tids uvis skæbne er han tilbage - god tur videre !

After a long break the journey now goes on !

Grab It (Not from a Cache) 7/1/2018 Pendorff grabbed it   Visit Log

Have been lost for a while, now back on track 😊

Mark Missing 12/28/2017 TinySuperman marked it as missing   Visit Log

The owner has set this Trackable as missing.

Visited 4/6/2015 Pendorff took it to Defender Region Syddanmark, Denmark - 259.48 miles  Visit Log

1,2 km

Retrieve It from a Cache 4/6/2015 Pendorff retrieved it from Danmarks ældste og mindste skole Region Syddanmark, Denmark   Visit Log

I'll take your Picture!

Dropped Off 4/6/2015 Diestel9 placed it in Danmarks ældste og mindste skole Region Syddanmark, Denmark - 259.45 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 1/26/2015 Diestel9 grabbed it   Visit Log

This little TB visited us together with Team Grautvornix last Saturday. We like it, so we grabbed it from Team Grautvornix and at the first opportunity we will send it back to the trip.

Team Diestel9

Visited 12/28/2014 Team Grautvornix took it to Grenzwertig 1 Brandenburg, Germany - 15.27 miles  Visit Log
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