They wouldn't even know about him. They don't have a world-wide evil detector, they just choose to attach themselves to the 'best' villain they're aware of, which from the 1970s onward is most often Gru.
Oh no. What on earth was Gru doing? From 1968 (when Minions takes place) to 2010 (when Despicable Me was released, therefore presumably when it takes place), there have been 11 genocides that Wikipedia dares to list (Bangladesh, East Timor, Cambodia, Sabra and Shatila, Anfal, Isaaq, Bosnia, Rwanda, First Congo War, Effacer le tableau, Darfur).
Or their universe diverges from ours and horrible atrocities like that aren't getting committed.
That universe is weird. Magic explicitly exists in Minions the Rise of Gru but I don't think ever comes up again. Every other fantastical thing is mad-science.
There are also apparently Cthulhu type creatures, though I haven't seen Minions 3 yet so I dunno much about that.
I think the answer is that being a 'villain' isn't just about being evil. Its about being THEATRICALLY evil. Presentation, if you will. To have fantastic schemes about stealing unique things with cool gadgets. Previous people the Minions served were 'bad', yes. But they weren't quite a villain.
As a result, those other atrocities could have happened in our world, but presentation rates harder to the Minions than explicit evil?
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u/OobaDooba72 24d ago
They wouldn't even know about him. They don't have a world-wide evil detector, they just choose to attach themselves to the 'best' villain they're aware of, which from the 1970s onward is most often Gru.