I think I read it somewhere, but I forgot. From who did the animators get inspired to draw Gru? He reminds me of a very old actor playing villains.
shareReminds me of The Mule from Assimov's Foundation saga.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/19/Foundation_and_empire_cover.jpg/200px-Foundation_and_empire_cover.jpg
He reminds me of Corvax from Muzzy in Gondoland:
http://cdn.epicski.com/a/a8/a8eb5bef_228589.jpeg
I believe the grammar for which you are searching is "Gru is based on whom?"
Folks forget "Whom" is a wonderful objective case that is woefully under used.
And WHOM are you to tell me how I should write it??
Ok, I'm kidding, sorry, English is not my first language, and I often translate it from my original language. But, wouldn't it be more correct like "who is Gru based on?". I mean, like I had it, but without "from"?
Dream, if you had said "Gru is based on whom?" you would have been technically correct . . . and everyone would know you are not a native English speaker because noboby but nobody ever uses "whom," ever.
"Who is Gru based on?", while technically incorrect, because you should never end a sentence with a preposition, is the way everyone would say it.
Which reminds me of a joke about this very subject:
A new student arrives on campus and is looking for the library.
Student to a professor: Where's the library at?
Professor: Young man, you should not end your sentence with a preposition.
Student: OK. Where is the library at, a$$hole?
I want the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.
But "whom" exists, doesn't it? Why nobody says it?
So, which is the best way to say my Gru question??
LOL on the joke!
p.s.: In your signature line, does he mean "picture" as an "X-ray"??
Whom exists, but it is very stiff and formal. Casual language does not use whom. People who do use whom are made fun of.
The best way to ask the Gru question is, "Who is Gru based on?" This is true, even though that sentence ends in a preposition. No one would correct you for that "mistake".
Yes, picture means x-ray. It's a line from the song "Turning Japanese."
I want the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.
Based on Obama.
I think he looks a lot like Irish comedian Dara O'Briain. Google it!
Think I'm just too white and nerdy...
I thought he looked like Peter Lorre from "The Hands of Orlac"/"Mad Love"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026663/?ref_=sr_4
Your mother.
shareHis appearance is very like Alan Tudyk.
shareShe was based on my mother.
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