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| “ | I'm unstoppable! | ” |
— Maxime Le Mal
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| Maxime Le Mal | |
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| Species | Human-cockroach hybrid (formerly) Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 47 |
| Status | Incarcerated |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Height | 191 cm |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Occupation |
Supervillain |
| Allies |
Valentina (girlfriend) |
| Enemies |
Gru |
| Appearances | |
| Voiced by | |
Maxime Le Mal is the main antagonist of Despicable Me 4.
Maxime, nicknamed as the "Insect Man" or "Cockroach Man" by himself, is a former student of the villain school, Lycée Pas Bon, who is a cockroach hybrid who sought revenge on Gru. He developed a hatred for Gru after the latter stole his song at the 9th grade talent show. Maxime sought revenge on Gru and his family after Gru successfully arrested Maxime, causing his internment in AVL prison.
He is also the boyfriend of Valentina. Maxime was voiced by Will Ferrell.
Personality[]
Maxime during his initial appearance showed up to be a sadistic and aggressive supervillain with plans to take down Gru for revenge, turning innocent people into insect hybrids that mindlessly follow his orders. Also being a stubborn person for his revenge plan, he focuses on the task of finding Gru and even kidnapping his son, Gru Jr. to accomplish his goal.
Unlike Gru, he is completely evil and did not show any mercy during the fight. During the ending events of Despicable Me 4, he was shown to be more friendly when singing with Gru in the AVL prison Talent Show, but Gru and Maxime pushing each other over their microphone and get into a slapping fight.
Appearance[]
Maxime is a giant mutant cockroach with brown eyes and slicked chestnut brown hair, with a long nose and pointy chin. He wears round glasses and a yellow bow tie. Additionally, he wears a green coat with a golden cockroach motif and an ermine fur collar. And he talks in a strange French accent because he might be from France or Belgium.
History[]
Past[]
| “ | "I'm coming for my revenge, Gru!" | ” |
— - Maxime Le Mal
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A long time ago, Gru and Maxime met in villain school and became enemies at their villain school Lycée Pas Bon. The rivalry between Maxime and Gru would begin when he pulled down Gru’s pants at their homecoming party. As Payback, Gru stole his performance of "Karma Chameleon" during a High School talent show. Outside of their rivalry, Maxime was recognized as one of the best students of Principal Übelschlecht and he began dating Valentina.
Despicable Me 4[]
During the reunion party, he is awarded, and reveals that he has fused himself with a cockroach to be an unstoppable force of evil. He is, however, outsmarted by Gru and the AVL, and taken into custody. During a cell visit, he breaks out of his binds and threatens Gru and his family, forcing Silas Ramsbottom to transfer them to Mayflower.
After he is broken out of prison by his girlfriend Valentina, he reveals his newest invention, a device that can also turn people into human-roach hybrids, and targets Gru's son. The pair go off in a roach airship, but run out of fuel on the way. They stop by at a gas station and Maxime fails to go through with refilling the ship, so he turns to the attendant for help. However, he is angered by his response and uses his device on him.
Later, he is contacted by Principal Übelschlecht on Gru's whereabouts and kidnaps Gru Jr., turning him into a human-roach hybrid and putting him under his control. Eventually, Gru Jr. turns on him and he is taken out by falling off a construction area and being trampled by the Mega Minions. Once he is arrested again (alongside Valentina), Gru visits him to put their differences aside. They sing "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", in front of the AVL prison.
Trivia[]
- He is a dark reflection of Gru. This is shown by being a thickly accented character voiced by a boss from The Office (USA), His ability to manipulate and summon roaches (most likely via pheromones) is played as analogous to Gru's ability to control and summon the minions and his relationship to Valentina is played as analogous to Gru's relationship to Lucy.
- In the Asian edit of the movie, Maxime's cockroach form, ship, army, and device are colored green instead of brown as seen in other continent's versions.
- He is the only Despicable Me villain who does not know Margo, Edith and Agnes.
- El Macho from the second film was originally the only despicable me villain in the main series that didn’t abduct any Margo, Edith and Agnes although he adduct Lucy Wilde. It was changed to Gru’s children as Maxime Le Mal abducted Gru Jr.
- He was obsessed with cockroaches in high school and was made fun of because of it.
- He also seems to be a supervillain originating from France, due to his French accent and continuous repetition of French words.
- Maxime’s last name “le Mal” translates to “the bad” in French. Meaning his last name takes on the form of an epithet.
- In the german Version he is voiced by Jens Heinz Richard Knossalla, an YouTuber guest voice.[1]
- He resembles Dr. Doofensmirtz from Phineas and Ferb.