Trope Talk: Evil Minions

"We're just clones, sir. We're meant to be expendable." "Not to me."

Let's all remember that one minion who got it right in Iron Man 3: "Honestly, I don't even like working here, they're all so weird"

Notice how the moment Yzma crossed the line, the moment we ALL decided she was irredeemable and had to go, was the moment she told Kronk, her sweet, loyal, enthusiastic minion who loves cooking (and always cooked for her) that she never liked his spinach puffs.

I'm reminded of a quote: "Minions; Evil, competent, loyal. Pick any two."

For some reasons, Minion from Megamind was million times better than those yellow creatures from Despicable Me.

Lord Evil: "Thank you for coming to this interview. I've read your resume, and was wondering if you can tell me a little about why you'd like to join the evil empire?" Kronk da Ork: "Kronk smash!" Lord Evil: "Well, we offer a wide range of 'smashing' opportunities, ha, ha. Do you have any other skills you bring to the table?" Kronk da Ork: "Kronk have diploma in graphic design from Mordor Community College. Kronk volunteer, design uniform for college dwarf-smashing team." Lord Evil: "Excellent, we value creativity here at the evil empire. All these gloomy, Gothic fortresses don't design themselves. We'll check your references, and someone from Minion Relations will be call you to let you know if you got the position."

"...crowns himself super cool god-emperor of everything, and then takes off on his blimp to burn the world down" is now my favorite combination of words in the english language.

Frieza: "Sometimes I get the feeling my minions don't understand what I pay them for." Zarbon: "You don't pay us, sir." Frieza:" I mean allow them to live for."

This whole time my mind was just going: ”K r O N k”

At this point, the biggest lesson taught by Trope Talks is that Avatar the Last Airbender is a fantastic series.

Every time i hear azula is 14 it hurts me. She's just a kid. Even when its a character, i hate when people drive children to ruin, especially if its a parent.

“It’s time we talk about the underrated and ignored minions!” ATLA fandom: I am 5 parallel universes ahead of you.

She made a pun with Azula. "A piping hot mess."

I never thought about the parallel of Zuko and Azula losing the symmetry of their appearence before. That shit's deep.

The first half didn't feel like a Trope Talk. It felt like a 101 lesson on how to have good and effective minions

Idea for a trope talk I'd love to hear covered. Protagonists and their persistent "No Kill Rule". I mean, like, seriously I'd LOVE to hear your opinion on this

"Avatar is so good, you guys" Truer words have never been spoken and you keep teaching me new things about why.

"Mad Love does more for the Joker's characterization than the entirety of The Killing Joke" THANK YOU

"You just can't find good minions these days." -Julius Caesar, 44 BC

Let us not forget the greatest minion of all time: that guy in BTAS who saw Batman going through his boss' stuff and, recalling that he still had a black eye from the last time this happened, quietly closed the door and walked away.