The Despicable Me Films · Gru

Despicable Me

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A supervillain adopts three girls as part of a heist and does not think it through.

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Can you skip Despicable Me?

No. It carries part of the main Despicable Me throughline, and what comes after it assumes you have seen it. See the full Despicable Me order.

Despicable Me guides

Despicable Me orderSeven films, and the newest one is set eighty years before the first. One of the biggest release-versus-story gaps anywhere.
Before Minions & MonstersNothing, as it turns out. It is the earliest film in the franchise by about forty-five years.

Where it sits in the Despicable Me order

Release order: #1 of 7
Chronological order: #4 of 7
Released: 9 July 2010
In-universe era: The Gru Years

In release order

First in this order

Despicable Me 2

In chronological order

Minions: The Rise of Gru Despicable Me 2

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