Now that Minions & Monsters is the latest 2026 movie release to take a banana at the summer box office, a long-standing question I’ve had about the franchise has once again resurfaced: "Why aren’t there female Minions?" Pierre Coffin, who is the voice behind the Minions themselves and the director of multiple movies in the series, has big opinions on the subject.
The Minions have been causing chaos in Despicable Me and Minions movies for over 15 years now, but I've noticed not once has a girl minion shown up. Coffin has been behind the yellow ones since the beginning, and has now helmed five movies, with Minions & Monsters being the latest. When asked about the prospect, he had a pretty blunt take, noting:
