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Despicable Me (franchise) was released in 2016, with "The Secret Life of Pets", being the first short "Minions" film released theatrically. After the events of "Despicable Me", two Minions help Margo, Edith and Agnes renovate Gru's house, so the inspector does not take the girls back to Miss Hattie's Home for Girls. Three new Minions go for bomb-carrying duty, which was harder than they thought when they suddenly have an argument with two others carrying a giant bomb. Three minions fight over a banana. In the process, they wreak havoc in the Minions' workplace. A minion watches neighbors walking their dogs on the