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Villain Overview

Evil is for adults, who steal powerful ancient stones and wreak havoc. And not for tubby little punks who should be at school, learning, taking a recess, sucking his thumb!
~ Belle Bottom's most famous quote as she dissuades Gru from joining the Vicious 6 for being a kid.

Belle Bottom is the main antagonist of Illumination's 12th full-length feature film Minions: The Rise of Gru and a minor character in the 2024 film Despicable Me 4.

In her characterisation, she is a disco-themed supervillain and the supreme new leader of the Vicious 6. It was then she became the arch-nemesis of Wild Knuckles after betraying him and usurping his position in the end.

She was voiced by Taraji P. Henson, who also played Miss Hannigan in Annie, Constance Hatchaway in Muppets Haunted Mansion and Victoria Vance in PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie.

Biography[]

Belle Bottom was first seen being chased by the Anti-Villain League and made her escape when she reveals she had stolen the map to the Zodiac Stone. Later, after she and the other Vicious 6 members betrayed their leader Wild Knuckles, she took over as the leader of the group.

Sometime after she became the leader of the Vicious 6, she decided to recruit a new member. Felonious Gru, who was a big fan of the Vicious 6, especially Wild Knuckles, went to be elected but only for Belle to reject him by saying that evil is for adults and not for children, but when Gru stole the Zodiac Stone, he makes a run for it, hoping they will recruit him for his talent. However, Belle decides to kill him instead. Later, after Belle and the gang interrogate the Minions, they learn that Wild Knuckles is alive and has kidnapped Gru in San Francisco.

Belle and the gang reach San Francisco and destroy Wild Knuckles' house when they realized he's not home. Meanwhile, Otto retrieves the Zodiac Stone from Gru after giving it away earlier, but Belle and the Vicious 5 arrived at the Chinese New Year parade and stole it. The Anti-Villain League arrived to apprehend them. but before they can, Belle and the Vicious 5 manage to transform into beasts due to time reaching midnight. Belle transformed into a massive Eastern dragon while getting the upper hand, but Kevin, Stuart and Bob managed to team up with Wild Knuckles and the fight begins. Despite being turned into weaker animals, the Minions manage to fight back by remembering Master Chows' advice find their inner beast from earlier in the film.

Later after Belle manages to burn Wild Knuckles and when she and the other Vicious 5 members were about to kill Gru, the Minions Kevin, Stuart and Bob protected Gru at the last second and altogether used a powerful force shout (what Master Chow used to protect the trio earlier in the film) to repel the villains away and causing the stone to fall off of Belle. Gru was able to get hold of the stone and finally defeats the Vicious 6 by turning them into rats as Belle screams in defeat and terror. Gru taunts the Vicious 5 for being defeated by a kid and changes his Minions back and rehires them. The Anti-Villain League show up again and arrested them. They were never seen again & imprisoned forever while they are now rats, thus ending the Vicious 6. Heard by angry rat squeaking, Belle argues with her crewmates that they should've been better by being careful before they were turned out of their almighty animal forms into rats & failing to kill Gru.

Wild Knuckles on the other hand faked his death and enjoyed his life retirement with Gru. The Vicious Six’s headquarters was probably taken down as well since the music shop was officially closed.

Many years later she is seen in an AVL maximum security prison with the rest of her team while revealed to be turned back into humans. She and her partners are later joined in the concert by a now adult Gru and Maxime Le Mal on the song "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", during which she greets Scarlet Overkill by high-fiving her.

Appearance[]

Belle is a tall and slim African-American woman with her curly hair styled in an afro. She wears a golden choker, hoop earrings, a leopard-printed purple coat with pink fur trim, platform boots, and a purple jumpsuit with a golden chain belt that doubles as a grappling hook with a small disco ball that functions as the hook. She also wears pink eye-shadow and lipstick to complete the look.

Many decades later, Belle Bottom's face has acquired only a few wrinkles and her hair has grayed, but the rest of her physique has remained unchanged.

Personality[]

Belle can best be described as rude, sassy, egotistical and immoral. She was willing to let Wild Knuckles fall to his death and take his place as the leader of the Vicious 6. She's willing to cause complete chaos and mass destruction to get what she wanted, she even destroyed Wild Knuckles' house. She's also shown to be petty, evidenced by her tying Gru to the hands of a clock to be torn apart even after getting what she wanted. Although she's portrayed in a comedic way, she's just as threatening as the other Despicable Me villains.

Powers and Abilities[]

  • Chain-Lasso Skills: Belle carries a long golden chain as her weapon. She is extremely skilled with it as she manage to use it to evade the AVL on her motocycle and when attempting to capture Gru.
  • Dragon Physiology: Her dragon form is by far the largest of any of the Vicious 6's zodiac forms, measuring multiple stories tall at the head in an average standing position on all fours. Kevin is less than one-half the height of her hind-paws even when they're bent and roughly the length of her toes, and goat Bob is only slightly taller than her toes. Her hind feet are comparable in size to a van or small car.
    • Superhuman Strength: As a massive Eastern dragon, the ground shakes under every step of her huge paws. This is only occasionally true for one other member's zodiac form, Stronghold's ox form. She can easily flatten a van by whipping her tail.
    • Superhuman Durability: Attempts to physically damage her are ill-advised. Many rapid shots from AVL's laser guns to her face and neck went completely ignored. She is also much more durable than the other Vicious 6 members: while the enraged Zodiac minions could individually blindside and injure the other members very easily, the three of them combined could only resort to trying to distract the dragon by attacking her paws and eyes. Goat Bob's charge, which was capable of knocking down and Jean-Clawed and Stronghold one after another, only managed to bump her hindpaw slightly. Even then, she could simultaneously shake all of them off with no harm done to her at all.
    • Superhuman Speed: Despite her huge size she can make incredibly swift movements. She moves quickly by snaking her body through the air.
    • Superhuman agility: Her dragon form allows her to climb and cling onto the sides of buildings. Her movements are very quick and graceful, going from a standstill to zooming through the air in a fraction of a second.
    • Fire Breath: As a dragon she was able to breathe fire from her mouth. One blast of fire managed to surround a chinatown marketplace in flames, and a direct blast to Wild Knuckles incapacitated him for the remainder of the fight. The gusts from her breath and convection currents from the heat toppled entire market stands, tables and chairs well before the flames engulfed them.
  • Zodiac Stone powers: With the stone around her neck, she can will the stone's powers onto her enemies and turn them into weaker versions of their zodiac forms.

Quotes[]

Yeah, baby!
~ Belle Bottom’s first words when she was being chased by the Anti Villain League.
Ooh, baby! The Anti-Villain League can’t catch this. Guess who stole the map.
~ Belle Bottom revealing she stole a map to the Zodiac Stone.
Villains of the world, in three days, when the clock strikes midnight and the Chinese New Year begins, this bad boy’s power is gonna be unleashed. With the power of the Zodiac, we’re gonna take out the Anti-Villain League. And the Vicious Six will be the most powerful villains on the planet. Can you dig it?
~ Belle announcing she and her team are going to take out the Anti Villain League with the Zodiac Stone during Chinese New Year.
HE TOOK THE STONE!
~ Belle Bottom when noticing Gru taking the Zodiac Stone.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, everybody. Did you forget what time it is? (clock brll chimes, activates the Zodiac Stone) Happy new year! (laughing)
~ Belle Bottom, before she and her fellow Vicious 6 members transform into animals with the Zodiac Stone.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Where do you think you’re going? Hmm? You stole from us, and now you’re gonna PAY!
~ Belle Bottom preparing to get revenge on Gru for stealing the Zodiac Stone.
Why don't we make this a fair fight? (Laughs, minions transform) Oh, you thought I was serious. (Laughs again)
~ The transformed Belle, before transforming Kevin, Stuart, and Bob into animals by using the Zodiac Stone.
DESTROY THE KID!
~ Belle Bottom during the final battle before she and the other Vicious 6 members try to kill Gru.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO…!
~ Belle's last words before she gets turned into a rat with her fellow Vicious 6 members by Gru using the Zodiac Stone.

Trivia[]

  • Belle Bottom is the second female Illumination villain along with Scarlet Overkill from the first Minions film. Interestingly, the main antagonists from the Minions films are both females.
  • Belle could be seen as a dark foil to Kevin: They are according to Gru, both idiots and wannabes who start off as second-in-commands to their respective leaders. Unlike Belle, however, who betrayed and took Wild Knuckles for granted so she could be almighty for world domination with her team via Zodiac Stone because she makes it like "loyalty" never exists, Kevin still remains absolute loyal to Gru because all he and his tribe ever wanted was to serve a master and have a home and perfect boss, which Belle will never learn to have. If Kevin ever ditched his tribe & do everything just all for himself that he never cares about his friends and Gru, he would've ended up like Belle.
  • Belle Bottom is currently and so far the only Despicable Me villain who has interacted with Gru’s mom "Marlena Gru."
  • In some countries, Belle's name was changed to "Donna Disco" in order to fit better her disco-themed appearance.
  • Belle Bottom may be an alias/super villain name. Which would mean her real name is unknown.
  • Despite being turned into a rat by the Zodiac Stone at the end of Rise of Gru, she was show to be human again in the fourth film. This could suggest that the stone's affects wear off over time.
  • She appears to be friends with Scarlet Overkill in Despicable Me 4.

Navigation[]

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Gru's Family and Servants
Felonious Gru | Minions (Purple Minions) | Dr. Nefario | Dru Gru | The Bald Terror | Cookie Robots

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Scarlet Overkill | Herb Overkill | Nelson Family | Glam Slammer | Dumo The Sumo | Frankie Fishlips | Mr. Spikey

Vicious 6
Wild Knuckles | Belle Bottom | Jean-Clawed | Svengeance | Stronghold | Nun-Chuck

Bank of Evil
Mr. Perkins | Victor "Vector" Perkins | Vector's Drones

El Macho's Lair
Eduardo "El Macho" Perez | Purple Minions | El Pollito

Balthazar Bratt's Lair
Balthazar Bratt (Evil Bratt) | Clive | Bratt Pack

Lycee Pas Bon School of Villainy
Maxime Le Mal | Valentina | Felonious Gru | Poppy Prescott | Principal Übelschlecht

Others
Miss Hattie | Wild Knuckles' Henchmen | Valerie Da Vinci | Melora | Cockroaches | Meena the Cookie Scout | The Villaintriloquist | Temple Guards

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