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Question about the Minions


Is there a reason why some Minions have two eyes and others have one eye? Any significance?

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The creators didn't want the minions to all look the same, like Oompa Loompas in Charlie and the chocolate factory. They made each minion individually, so they all look different. I think the eyes is just a way to provide some variation.

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Why do they all wear goggles?

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Safety first.

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Well they do work in a science lab, and they appear to be Gru's guinea pigs for his inventions. I gotta imagine that job can be quite hazardous!

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Two, one, or zero, they're equally as annoying.

My guess is, the marketing boys are subliminally tapping into some sort of subconscious fondness for cyclopeans hardwired into people's psyches or something?

Nothing to say, nothing to hear, nothing to see.

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Hardwired subconcious fondness for cyclopeans - wow, interesting theory and way to put it.

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I had no idea they were supposed to be glow sticks. We see this demonstrated at 47:00.

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." - Yogi Berra

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Same reason why some humans are short and some are tall, some have blue eyes some have brown eyes. There is genetic diversity within the species.

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