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Frequently asked about Despicable Me

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• What movie almost ruined Disney?▾

  The 1985 film The Black Cauldron is widely cited as the movie that almost ruined Disney; its troubled production, large budget, and weak box office nearly led the company to shut down its animation division.

• Why does Gru adopt the three girls in the first place?▾

  Gru adopts Margo, Edith, and Agnes purely as a tactical move to infiltrate Vector's fortress. The girls sell cookies for their orphanage, and Vector has a weakness for them, so Gru uses the adoption to get the girls inside and plant a shrink ray heist device. His intention from the start is to return them to the orphanage once the plan is complete.

• What is the shrink ray and why does Gru need it so badly?▾

  The shrink ray is a device stolen from a secret research lab that can reduce objects to a fraction of their original size. Gru needs it to miniaturize the Moon so he can steal it — the culmination of his lifelong dream to pull off the greatest heist in history. Vector steals the shrink ray from Gru first, which forces Gru to pivot to using the girls as unwitting couriers to recover it.

• Does Gru actually shrink and steal the Moon?▾

  Yes — Gru successfully miniaturizes the Moon and pockets it. However, the shrink ray's effect is temporary and the Moon begins growing back to normal size while still in his possession, pulling him helplessly upward. He is ultimately forced to let it go, and it expands back to its normal orbit, making the heist a technical success but a practical failure.

• Why does Gru change his mind about abandoning the girls?▾

  Over the course of the adoption, Gru genuinely bonds with the girls through bedtime stories, theme park trips, and their unfiltered affection for him. The turning point is reading Agnes's book 'One in a Million,' which mirrors how he has come to see the three of them. When Vector kidnaps the girls to trade for the Moon, Gru abandons the heist entirely and races to rescue them, revealing his transformation from self-centered villain to a father figure.

• What happens to Vector at the end of the film?▾

  When the shrink ray's effect reverses and the Moon expands back to full size, Vector is still holding it and is carried up into space. The final post-credits scene shows him stranded on the Moon's surface, still orbiting Earth with no apparent way to return. His fate is played for dark comedy rather than given a definitive resolution.