Gru is a supervillain who adopts three girls, Margo, Edith, and Agnes, from an orphanage and lives with them in a secret underground lair hidden beneath his black house. Along with his daughters, Gru cares for many small, one-eyed yellow creatures called Minions and takes his family to enjoy activities like riding rollercoasters at theme parks, forming a loving family unit despite Gru's criminal profession.