| “ | I got this. | „ |
| ~ Svengeance's first line in the film. |
Svengeance is one of the four secondary antagonists (Alongside Jean-Clawed, Nun-Chuck, and Stronghold) of Illumination's 12th feature film, Minions: The Rise of Gru, the second prequel in the Despicable Me franchise. He is a Swedish roller-skating supervillain and a member of the Vicious 6.
He was voiced by Dolph Lundgren, who also played portrayed Konstantin Kovar in the fifth season of the Arrowverse TV series Arrow, Andrew Scott in Universal Soldier, and Ivan Drago in Rocky IV and Creed II.
Appearance[]
Svengeance is a Swedish with a muscular and athletic physique and wears roller skates, a red, black, and white sweater, and wears black fingerless gloves with spikes on it. He has blonde hair and a mustache. He also has a black and red helmet with spikes on it.
During the final battle, the Vicious 6 use the Zodiac Stone's power to transform into giant animals, with Svengeance becoming a giant tiger. In this form, he retains his blonde hair and mustache, helmet, shoulder and knee pads, and his skates, with his gloves becoming a second pair of skates as well.
Several decades later, Svengeance's hair and blond mustache had turned gray, but he remained physically identical to his younger years.
Biography[]
Svengeance first appears happily giving the stolen Map to Wild Knuckles to retrieve the Zodiac Stone. He next appeared with the rest of the villains in Asia as they betrayed Knuckles.
He and the other villains next appeared in their lair during Gru's interview. He and the other villains joined in on a laugh while Belle made fun of him. When the villain Wind Man came in to try out, his jetpack machine malfunctioned, and so he and the other male villains held Belle back as she lassoed him down. Gru took this time while they were distracted to steal the stone, causing them all to go after him. Svengeance was the first to go after Gru on his roller-skates. He followed them until a door was smashed into him. He would later be seen with his head still in the door.
He and the other villains were next seen all getting into their own individual cars that they would use to pursue Gru. His car consisted of four wheels aligned all in front of one another, a spear, and rockets on the pack. They used their vehicles to arrive at Gru's house, where they were met with Gru's mother. After some interrogating, they learned where Gru was, so they left.
They all appeared again in San Francisco while invading Wild Knuckles home with their machines. After finding nothing, he and the others left. They eventually found Gru at the Chinese New Year festival that was taking place that night. After capturing Gru, they took the stone, but at the same time were confronted with the Anti-Villain League. Just then the clock stuck twelve, and Belle embedded herself and the other villains with the gem's power. Svengeance turned into a tiger-like creature while the others turned into their respective beasts. He and Stronghold were seen rampaging while Belle took care of Gru. They all reconvened when Wild Knuckles appeared.
During the fight, Svengeance went after the Minion that had been changed into a rabbit. He eventually chased him into an alley and cornered him. Just before he could attack, the minion found his "Inner Beast", and used his powers of agility to temporarily daze Svengeance. As he lay in agony, Belle ordered everyone to destroy Gru, and so they all prepared to pounce. Just then, all the Minions used their abilities to create a force to push them all back, allowing Gru to grab the stone. Once he did, he turned them all into rats. In the end, they were all arrested. He is old in the present at the saga films of Despicable Me.
Many years later, an older Svengeance is seen in AVL Prison during the talent show organized by Maxime Le Mal and a now adult Gru, enthusiastically joining in the song "Everybody Want To Rule The World" with all the inmates.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Roller-Skating Expertise - Svengeance is an expert roller-skater. This allows him to have super-human speed capable of going as fast as a motor vehicle. He is also able to maneuver his way around obstacles, and, at times, skate along walls.
- Tiger Physiology: The Zodiac-Stone was able to turn Svengeance into a giant tiger-like monster. This imbued him with a variety of abilities
- Superhuman Speed: Svengeance demonstrated himself to be able to quickly move faster than Kevin. Although he was caught off guard by Kevin's inner beast mode..
- Superhuman Agility: Svengeance demonstrated himself to be able to jump to super-human heights in his tiger-form.
- Superhuman Durability: Svengeance was able to survive several harsh attacks without sustaining much damage.
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Trivia[]
- His name crosses between the names Sven and Vengeance.
- His voice actor Dolph Lundgren is also Swedish.
- His real name is revealed to be Magnus, making him one of the two only members of Vicious 6 to have confirmed real names, with Belle Bottom being first.
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