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A tour guide in a museum speaks to a group, standing near Minion figures, film posters, and screens showing Minions.

A tour guide in a museum speaks to a group, standing near Minion figures, film posters, and screens showing Minions.

At a film history museum, tour guide Olivia begins telling her group the story of Minions James and Henry, who, according to her, made a significant impact. Thousands of years ago, a different tribe of Minions from the one that would go on to serve Gru are on a hunt to serve the world's greatest villains, but in many different ways inadvertently kill their masters. James, more artistic with a passion for painting and drawing, quickly develops a close friendship with two others, Henry and Ed. Among the many masters the Minions serve is a Russian warlock, killed by a monster after Henry summoned it from his spellbook, which Ed then takes along with them. While fighting amongst each other in the desert, the Minions stumble across a train robbery, deciding to chase after the robber to become his henchmen. However, it is revealed that the robbery is all staged for a Hollywood film production. Though filmmaker Max is furious with the Minions, studio executives Frank and Elwood Bright are enamored by their antics, so Max hires the Minions to star in his films. The Minions soon become a global phenomenon, appearing in several silent films, allowing them to live a life of Hollywood stardom. When sound film is introduced, the Minions are unable to adapt to the new technology due to their incomprehensible language. Costing the studio millions in failed material, the Minions are fired. Not wanting to give up on his passion, James comes up with an idea to make his own movie titled Voir plus