# Why the Minions were designed as male?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-the-minions-were-designed-as-male/680881>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [April 26, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-the-minions-were-designed-as-male/680881 "2026-04-26T12:00:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![sarah\_connor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sarah_connor/32/31258_2.png) [@sarah\_connor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah_connor)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-the-minions-were-designed-as-male/680881/1 "2026-04-26T12:00:24Z")

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apparently the Minions are all male because the creators wanted them to feel like little childlike sidekicks, not a mixed-gender cast.

> **[Are the Minions sexist?](https://www.creativebloq.com/art/animation/people-are-just-discovering-why-the-minions-are-all-male)**
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> The are no girls, but the reason why won't please the manosphere.

Here’s the image from the article:.

 ![tEgnwyGYxg3wBwphsy7fre-1182-80](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/1/4/148672ee07d792f04c2e6ac0b1d8b8e9c2a00272.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![WaffleFries](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/wafflefries/32/31185_2.png) [@WaffleFries](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WaffleFries)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-the-minions-were-designed-as-male/680881/2 "2026-04-26T13:56:23Z")

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“Little childlike sidekicks” is doing a ton of work as an explanation. Did the article say what they were actually trying to avoid if even one Minion read as female—like the jokes shifting, merch/marketing getting weirdly gendered, or the whole group dynamic getting interpreted differently? not sure, might be wrong.