| General | Trivia | Gallery | Quotes |
| “ | Wow, these cats are pumped! | ” |
— Herb Overkill
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| Herb Overkill | |
|---|---|
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| Information | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 42 (In 1968; Minions)
91 (Despicable Me 4) |
| Status | Incarcerated |
| Eye color | Green |
| Hair color | Black |
| Occupation |
Supervillain genius and Inventor |
| Allies |
Scarlet Overkill |
| Enemies | |
| Spouse |
Scarlet Overkill (wife) |
| Appearances |
Minions |
| Voiced by |
Jon Hamm (in movies) |
Herbert "Herb" Overkill (born 1926) is the secondary antagonist of the movie Minions. He is the husband of Scarlet Overkill and an inventor who helps create her various weapons alongside other inventions.
When he married Scarlet, he adopted her surname as he hero-worships her.
Appearance[]
Herb Overkill is a male with short dark brown hair and dark eyebrows. He wears a light purple button-up shirt with a black tie, a navy blue and white pinstriped coat, blue jeans has a black belt with a golden oval buckle, purple knee-high socks and white and brown boots. He also wears a pair of black gloves.
Personality[]
Herb is an even-tempered man; he, unlike Scarlet, does not become visibly angry with the minions when Bob is crowned king.
Although Herb tortures the minions at Scarlet's request, he is still less antagonistic than her; when the torture methods do not work, he willingly has fun with the minions instead of attempting more punishments, demonstrating a playful and even amiable side.
He is very supporting of Scarlet, never showing jealousy of her success. He took Scarlet's surname upon getting married due to his admiration of her, and they are very affectionate and loving. Herb gets noticeably upset with the minions only after the chandelier falls on Scarlet, implying protective feelings towards her.
Even when Herb is angry, he never resorts to violence, instead merely glaring while Scarlet does the physical labor.
Herb is quite intelligent, as indicated by his numerous inventions.
Plot[]
Minions[]
When Scarlet and the Minions arrive in her castle from Villain-Con, Herb gives his wife a love letter and says it was given from the bird, but when he reads the content for Scarlet, he says it's written by himself. Feeling pleased, Scarlet says that she would like to dig out William Shakespeare to show him "what true writing is".
After Scarlet explains her wish to get Queen Elizabeth II's crown, Herb gives the Minions gear so they can do their mission easier. Later, the minions are in a cozy room, about to sleep, and Scarlet tells them a bedtime story, while Herb runs out happily for cookies and milk.
Also, after the Minions were trapped in a dungeon by Scarlet, he was there and the three minions easily recognizes him as Herb but he claims his name as “Blerb". He then put the trio on torture equipment but they don't get hurt at all. Then, they even begin to fool around and start taking pictures. He then reveals that he was Herb all along when exiting the room, leaving Kevin, Stuart, and Bob, heading to his wife to help with her dress for the coronation ceremony.
During the coronation, a chandelier falls directly onto Scarlet, causing him to scream and try to lift up the chandelier to save her, only to reveal that she was alive thanks to her coronation dress. After the capture of Stuart and Bob, Herb aids Scarlet in setting up explosives around them; however, Kevin, who becomes a giant, saves them, so Scarlet decides to fight him and asks Herb to hold Bob's teddy bear. At last, Scarlet is defeated and she tries to escape and takes Herb with her, but they are stopped by Kevin, and they disappear after an explosion in the air.
Herb and Scarlet get frozen by Felonius Gru after trying to escape with the royal crown. Herb gets sent to jail along with his wife, but they break out a year in. As Scarlet gave up her grudge against the minions due to appreciating Bob's tiny crown, it can be inferred that Herb also forgave them for accidentally dropping the chandelier on his wife.
At the end of the credits, he and Scarlet escape the ice cube. They (along with the other cast members) sing Revolution.
Despicable Me 4[]
In Despicable Me 4, an elderly Herb Overkill and his wife appear in a short cameo in the finale. He is seen singing with the other AVL prisoners.