Originally known as Minion, he was forced to change his name due to an in-universe cease and desist order from Mr.Minion's Meatsicles, a fast-food chain containing Chum's former name.
Post replaces Tina Fey from the original film. Josh Brener as Ol' Chum (formerly Minion), a talking alien fish who has been Megamind's sidekick and best friend since childhood. In the sequel, it is revealed that he changed his name after a cease-and-desist from fast food chain Mr. Minion's Meatsicles.
Megamind's sidekick Minion was renamed Old Chum, after a complaint from Mr. Minion's Meatsicles. He was actually renamed to avoid confusion with Despicable Me (2010)'s Minions. Chum is a pun on the term "chum" (meaning "friend") and the fish food chum.
Eventually, Minion's friendship with Megamind was put at stake when he learned that Megamind has been secretly dating Roxanne under his "Bernard" disguise. After a heated argument, Minion left Megamind in a angry huff, much to Megamind's dismay.
Fans slammed the sequel for its lower budget, replacement voice actors, and weak storyline, with a 0% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. DreamWorks missed the opportunity to turn Megamind into a successful franchise like Shrek or Kung Fu Panda.
Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate features an entirely different voice cast, with Will Ferrell replaced by Keith Ferguson. The creators of the film explained the recasting was due to scheduling and the ability to find fresh talent to expand the characters' relationships.
Megamind (his birth name remains unknown) was born to his unnamedparents in his home planet. Eight days after Megamind's birth, the planet was destroyed by a black hole but he was able to survive thanks to his parents, who packed him in a escape pod with Minion and his binky and sent him off the planet.
Although Megamind did have the intelligence advantage and could defintely keep Gru at bay, with his main way of fighting being countered by Gru's weaponry, Megamind simply couldn't win this battle no matter how many tricks he had up his sleeve.
After a short time, they both become infatuated with one another. Because of an accident, Roxanne learns Bernard's true identity and becomes furious with Megamind for tricking her into falling in love with him. She dumps him and they walk away from one another.
Megamind is a satiric take on the Superman mythos, seen through the eyes of a supervillain who's part Lex Luthor, part Brainiac. Instead of a rocket ship bearing an infant survivor from a doomed planet to Earth, there are two ships from two planets.
Why make such a choice in a time when male-dominated children's movies are so rare? “Seeing how dumb and stupid they often are, I just couldn't imagine Minions being girls,” Coffin told TheWrap. According to the French animator, all of the title characters are voiced by male actors.
Because the Minions have existed since the dawn of time, it is reasonable to assume that they will live on forever. The Minions also seem not to age and are shown to have a high degree of invulnerability, surviving otherwise deadly encounters and dangers.
At the climax of the film, Kevin, accidentally transformed into a giant, actually saves his brothers from Scarlet Overkill. Kevin is actually the smartest Minion in the entire species.
Voiced by American actor Steve Carell, he has appeared in all five films in the series. Gru is a grouchy, quick-witted and cynical former supervillain, who serves as a secret agent in order to fight other supervillains.
His exact height is not specified in the movies, but he is often portrayed as towering over other characters, with a stature that appears to be well above the average height for a human. In the films, Gru is typically shown to be around 14 feet (4.27 meters) tall.
Megamind has blue skin with pink accents at his ears, cheeks and lips, suggesting he does have red blood, just like humans. In fact, aside from skin color and a few physical size differences, most notedly the large head, he appears to be just like any other human male.
Supervillain Megamind and his archnemesis, the superhero Metro Man, are both aliens who were sent to Earth as infants before their planets were sucked into a black hole. Though both land in Metro City at the same time, Metro Man is raised in a mansion, while Megamind is raised in a prison.
The Will Ferrell-starring flick followed the titular supervillain in his attempt to create a more powerful hero to fight. While it was a critical success, it didn't perform so well at the box office, grossing only $322 million on a $130 million budget, one of DreamWorks' lowest-grossing films of the 2010s.
However, Titan becomes greed and evil and destroys Metro City. Now Megamind is the only hope to save the world from the mean Titan. "Megamind" is a funny animation with a parody to the origins of Superman and a satire to superhero movies with an adorable villain.
Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate is a Peacock original film from director Eric Fogel. Keith Ferguson replaces Will Ferrell as Megamind, who, this time, must stop his former villainous organization from shooting Metro City into the moon.
