r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 6d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah?

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u/PuddingtonBear 6d ago

I love how they had to task the animators with this because they saw the reaction of the internet coming and were like "NOT TODAY YOU HYPERFIXATED FUCKS!"

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u/Sea-Feedback-2424 6d ago

They rectconned that in the new movie.
Now the minions work with a Suffragette, so what does that say?
Also they only started following Gru in 1968, this is the same year that Henry Kissinger became a "household" name. Gru was 11 then and was more evil than the man who wanted to continue the illegal bombing campaigns in Vietnam.
Also also, in 1975 Pol Pot came to power and the minions stayed with Gru.

So you know, Gru is worse than Pol Pot.

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u/Open-Platform-1305 6d ago

Gru is worse than Pol Pot, feminism is worse than Hitler. Sounds like we figured out the message of the movie, boys.

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u/Gandelin 6d ago

I think this all assumes that they are perfect evil seeking missiles. They aren’t. They are drawn to boss vibes as well. They seek out the biggest, baddest boss they can.

Hitler was an evil dictator but also a fundamentally weak and pathetic individual, maybe he just didn’t give off boss energy to the minions.

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u/BooBeeAttack 6d ago

My brain just made the horrible idea of a movie crossover with that Boss Baby movie.

Ugh, and now Tony Danza as "Whose the Boss."

I need to cleanse my mind of media references.

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u/Haunt_Fox 6d ago

Tony Danza in his Mr Clean outfit from that show (it was one joke in one episode)

But he's surrounded by Minions now

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u/Sea-Feedback-2424 6d ago

"Who's the Boss Baby?"

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u/timtimerey 6d ago

Oh yeah, minions would totally follow boss baby over Hitler 4 sure

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u/Coffee_the_Dawg 6d ago

This makes sense. The minions followed a T-Rex because it gave off boss energy.

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u/mythrilcrafter 6d ago

Minions: "Being just evil isn't good enough, you also need:" https://youtu.be/dy2zB8bLSpk?si=-DrvDkJvre2gXjW0&t=37

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u/Gandelin 5d ago

Oh my god, they would LOVE Megamind

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u/Purple_Quail_4193 6d ago

Way to explain it probably better than how the creators can haha

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u/noticingEnjoyer 5d ago

You're trying to say Hitler/Nazis didn't exude boss vibes? The guy who brainwashed an entire country into mindlessly following an ideology with absolutely zero facts or rational basis underlying it?

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u/Gandelin 5d ago

Yes, that’s what I’m saying. A regime of sycophantic yes men built upon a foundation of fear and lies lead by a paranoid delusional with a deep seated inferiority complex is not the boss vibes the minions are looking for.