In “Despicable Me,” the supervillain who adopts three girls is Gru.
Gru, whose full name is Felonious Gru, begins the film as an ambitious and calculating supervillain determined to steal the Moon. To obtain a crucial weapon from his rival Vector, he adopts three orphaned sisters—Margo, Edith, and Agnes—and plans to use them in his scheme. He initially treats the adoption as a tool, but the girls gradually become his family.
That relationship is the emotional core of the film. Gru’s stern, villainous persona softens as he learns to care for the children, attend to their needs, and put their safety ahead of his criminal ambitions. The adoption transforms him from a self-centered rival obsessed with notoriety into a protective father figure.
Dr. Nefario is Gru’s eccentric inventor and longtime associate, not the adoptive parent. Vector is Gru’s younger rival and the thief who steals the Great Pyramid of Giza. “Minion” refers to the small yellow creatures who work for Gru, rather than to a specific supervillain. Gru is voiced by Steve Carell.