User blog comment:Molothrus Aeneus/Thoughts on Minions?/@comment-14310002-20150712195328/@comment-27401113-20150712200444

When you think about it, Gru had already know what the Minions were before he could ever start thinking about going to the moon. In the first DM, during one of the flashbacks, there are no signs of Minions when Gru saw the moon landing, and the moon landing happened one year after the Minions events. So, unless he didn't take them immediately, this contradicts the flashback events in DM.

Not to go with the "hurr durr Gru created the minions, there are the blueprints in the girls' improvised bedroom". The blueprints maybe are an improvement to the Minion species...

That's my point though...