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Despicable Me character
Felonious Gru, typically referred to by his surname Gru, is a fictional character and the protagonist of Illumination's Despicable Me franchise. He first
Gru
Topics referred to by the same term
up GRU, gru, or Gru in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gru is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Despicable Me film series. Gru or
Gru_(disambiguation)
2022 American animated film
Minions: The Rise of Gru is a 2022 American animated comedy film directed by Kyle Balda, and written by Matthew Fogel from a story by Fogel and Brian
Minions:_The_Rise_of_Gru
Russian military intelligence agency
Intelligence Directorate, and commonly known by its previous abbreviation GRU, is the foreign military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the
GRU_(Russian_Federation)
Russian special forces unit
Spetsnaz GRU, formally known as Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, (Russian: Части и подразделения
Spetsnaz_GRU
Illumination media franchise
by Sergio Pablos. It centers on a supervillain turned secret agent named Gru, his adoptive daughters, Margo, Edith, and Agnes, and his yellow-colored
Despicable_Me
Soviet military intelligence agency (1918–92)
[ˈglavnəjə rɐzˈvʲɛdɨvətʲɪlʲnəjə ʊprɐˈvlʲenʲɪjə]), abbreviated GRU (Russian: ГРУ, IPA: [ɡɨ̞‿rɨ̞‿ˈu], [gru]), was the foreign military intelligence agency of the
Main Intelligence Directorate (Soviet Union)
Main_Intelligence_Directorate_(Soviet_Union)
2010 American animated film
Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Will Arnett, and Julie Andrews. The story follows Gru, a longtime supervillain who adopts three orphan girls to use as pawns in
Despicable_Me_(film)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up grus, Grus, or Gruß in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Grus may refer to: Grus (bird), a genus of birds in the crane family Grus grus, the common
Grus
2024 American animated film
agent Gru temporarily relocating his family to a safe house when his old rival, Maxime Le Mal (Ferrell), seeks revenge. Meanwhile, some of Gru's Minions
Despicable_Me_4
Serbian musician (1973–2019)
known professionally as Gru,[needs Serbian IPA] was a Serbian musician, DJ, rapper and actor. His song Biću tu from the 1996 album Gru 2, gained him popularity
Gru_(rapper)
Unit of the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate
Unit 29155 is a Russian military intelligence unit of the GRU. It is associated with foreign assassinations and other activities aimed at destabilising
GRU_Unit_29155
Fictional film characters
they serve as the henchmen of the film's protagonist, a supervillain named Gru. The Minions are characterized by their comedic behavior and their fictional
Minions_(Despicable_Me)
The Grus Wall is a superstructure of galaxies ("wall of galaxies") formed in the early universe, named for the Grus constellation in which it is found
Grus_Wall
Memory unit used in neural networks
gated recurrent unit (GRU) is a gating mechanism used in recurrent neural networks, introduced in 2014 by Kyunghyun Cho et al. The GRU is like a long short-term
Gated_recurrent_unit
2017 American animated film
and Julie Andrews. Some time after the events of Despicable Me 2 (2013), Gru teams up with his long-lost twin brother Dru to stop Balthazar Bratt (Parker)
Despicable_Me_3
American film series
is a spin-off to the Despicable Me franchise, focusing on the origins of Gru's Minions. Like the original franchise, it is produced by Illumination and
Minions_(film_series)
Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere
Grus (/ˈɡrʌs/, or colloquially /ˈɡruːs/) is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the crane, a type of bird. It is one of twelve constellations
Grus_(constellation)
Organization controlled by the Russian GRU
The GRU Volunteer Corps (GRU VC) is a volunteer group controlled by the GRU, the foreign military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Armed
GRU_Volunteer_Corps
Russian term for special operations forces
Soviet Union's Spetsnaz GRU, special operations units of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Soviet General Staff (GRU). Today it refers to special
Spetsnaz
1985 book by Viktor Suvorov
Аквариум) is a partly-autobiographical description by Viktor Suvorov of the GRU (Soviet military intelligence directorate). The book was initially released
Aquarium_(Suvorov)
2013 Illumination film
In the film, secret agent Lucy Wilde (Wiig) recruits retired supervillain Gru to investigate the theft of a powerful mutagen by an unknown criminal suspected
Despicable_Me_2
Attraction at Universal Studios parks
Illumination's animated film Despicable Me (2010) and its franchise. Steve Carell as Gru Miranda Cosgrove as Margo Dana Gaier as Edith Elsie Fisher as Agnes Russell
Despicable_Me_Minion_Mayhem
Genus of birds
Grus is a genus of large birds in the crane family. The genus Grus erected by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. The name Grus is the
Grus_(bird)
Russian officer of military intelligence service GRU
Usharal, Kazakhstan) is a Russian officer of military intelligence service GRU. He is suspected to have been the local coordinator of the poisoning of Sergei
Denis_Sergeev_(GRU_officer)
list of notable stars in the constellation Grus, sorted by decreasing brightness. Notes Labelled Psi Gruis (ψ Gru/ψ Gruis) by Bode in his Uranographia Ioannis
List_of_stars_in_Grus
2018 attempted murder in Salisbury, England
the highly decorated GRU Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga, that Alexander Petrov was Alexander Mishkin, also of the GRU, and that a third GRU officer present in
Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
Poisoning_of_Sergei_and_Yulia_Skripal
Primary airport serving São Paulo, Brazil
Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (IATA: GRU, ICAO: SBGR), commonly known as São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport
São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport
São_Paulo/Guarulhos_International_Airport
Soviet major general and spy (1921–1988)
Поляков; 6 July 1921 – 15 March 1988) was a major general in the Soviet GRU during the Cold War. According to former high-level KGB officer Sergey Kondrashev
Dmitri_Polyakov
Russian GRU unit
and Communication Service of the State Technical University) is a Russian GRU unit reportedly responsible for psychological operations. Unit 54777 retains
GRU_Unit_54777
Russian Armed Forces Brigade
Brigade is a Spetsnaz GRU brigade of the Russian Armed Forces based in Promezhitsy, Pskov Oblast. As part of increases to the GRU's Spetsnaz, on July 19
2nd_Guards_Spetsnaz_Brigade
American actor and comedian (born 1962)
on June 26, 2020. In 2022, Carell reprised his role as Gru in the film Minions: The Rise of Gru. He also starred in (and served as executive producer for)
Steve_Carell
Type of machine learning model
Autoencoder Deep learning Feedforward neural network Recurrent neural network LSTM GRU ESN reservoir computing Boltzmann machine Restricted GAN Diffusion model
Large_language_model
This is the list of the proper names for the stars in the constellation Grus. (Used modern western astronomy and uranography only). Alnair, Al Nair (Al
List_of_star_names_in_Grus
Sand and gravel fragments accumulation
Grus is an accumulation of angular, coarse-grained fragments (particles of sand and gravel) resulting from the granular disintegration by the processes
Grus_(geology)
Russian intelligence officer and militant leader (born 1970)
portions of intercepted calls in which another Russian citizen, alleged GRU officer and Girkin's subordinate Igor Bezler orders Rybak to be "neutralized"
Igor_Girkin
The discography of Serbian recording artist and producer Gru contains 5 studio albums, 2 compilation albums and 8 singles and EP's. He debuted on the
Gru_discography
The 2025 GRU exposure in Prague concerned a Russian influence operation uncovered by the Czech Security Information Service (BIS) involving Belarusian
2025_GRU_Exposure_in_Prague
Subset of artificial intelligence
Autoencoder Deep learning Feedforward neural network Recurrent neural network LSTM GRU ESN reservoir computing Boltzmann machine Restricted GAN Diffusion model
Machine_learning
2022 soundtrack album
Minions: The Rise of Gru (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album for the film of the same name, released on July 1, 2022, through
Minions: The Rise of Gru (soundtrack)
Minions:_The_Rise_of_Gru_(soundtrack)
Species of bird
cited Edwards' work. The sandhill crane was formerly placed in the genus Grus, but a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that the genus
Sandhill_crane
2026 American animated comedy film by Pierre Coffin
ago, a tribe of Minions, different from the one that would go on to serve Gru, are on a hunt to serve the world's greatest villains but inadvertently kill
Minions_&_Monsters
2005 video game
events of the first Devil May Cry in an enchanted tower called the Temen-ni-gru, the story follows Dante as he attempts to stop his twin brother, Vergil
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
Devil_May_Cry_3:_Dante's_Awakening
The modern constellation Grus lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ), and The Southern
Grus_in_Chinese_astronomy
Species of bird also known as Eurasian crane
The common crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. A medium-sized species, it is the only crane
Common_crane
Species of large bird from East Asia
The red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis), also called the Japanese crane and the Manchurian crane, is a large Northeast Asian crane among the rarest cranes
Red-crowned_crane
Warm-blooded animals with wings and feathers
"Family-based territoriality vs flocking in wintering common cranes Grus grus". Journal of Avian Biology. 35 (5): 434–444. doi:10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004
Bird
Russian state-sponsored cyber espionage group
confidence that it is associated with the Russian military intelligence agency GRU. The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office as well as security firms SecureWorks
Fancy_Bear
Ongoing conflict since 2014
insignia. They included fighters from Russia and Ukraine, commanded by former GRU colonel Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin. In an interview for Russian ultranationalist
Russo-Ukrainian_war
1996 studio album by Gru
Gru 2 is the second studio album published by Serbian recording artist Gru. Gru 2 remains Gru's most critically acclaimed album, and it is considered
Gru_2
Chemical enriched dwarf galaxy
Grus ll is an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy (UFD) located at a distance of 55 kiloparsecs from the Milky Way in the constellation of Grus. It has a higher than
Grus_II
Galaxy containing the Solar System
7 kpc) (or about 1/4 of the galaxy's estimated diameter); they stretch up to Grus and to Virgo on the night-sky of the Southern Hemisphere. Subsequently, observations
Milky_Way
British police procedural television serial
MI5 reveal to the police that the suspected murderer of Jade was a Russian GRU spy with diplomatic immunity. The police, MI5 and the navy present their
Vigil_(TV_series)
Russian soldiers in occupation of Crimea
from the Special Operations Forces and various other units of the Spetsnaz GRU. It likely also included paratroopers of the 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade
Little green men (Russo-Ukrainian war)
Little_green_men_(Russo-Ukrainian_war)
American double agent and spy (1944–2023)
joining the FBI, Hanssen approached the Soviet Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) to offer his services, beginning his first espionage cycle, lasting until
Robert_Hanssen
Cohort born from 1997 to 2012
movies part of youth culture once again. Films such as Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) and A Minecraft Movie (2025) were successful in part because discussions
Generation_Z
Shia Islamist organization in Yemen
Middle East Eye, citing a US official, reported that personnel of Russia's GRU were stationed in Houthi-controlled parts of Yemen to assist the militia's
Houthis
Species of large bird from North America
The whooping crane (Grus americana) is an endangered crane species, native to North America, named for its "whooping" calls. Along with the sandhill crane
Whooping_crane
Country in South America
June 2010. Scheina (1987), p. 81. "Grupamento de Mergulhadores de Combate – GruMeC". tropaselite.t35.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved
Brazil
Russian admiral (b. 1961)
of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (formerly known as the GRU) since 2018. After graduating from the Military Diplomatic Academy of the
Igor_Kostyukov
Intelligence agency of the Czech Republic
military intelligence agency, the GRU. Active in the Czech Republic since 1999, Sudliankova allegedly published GRU-directed content, collaborated with
Security_Information_Service
Australian WikiLeaks editor (born 1971)
attributed the attack on the DNC server to the Russian government and 12 Russian GRU military intelligence agents were later indicted for the attack. The Senate
Julian_Assange
2026-03-25. Retrieved 2026-03-25. "Resumo da movimentação aeroportuária". GRU Airport (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 January 2026. "ACI World's Busiest
List of busiest airports by passenger traffic
List_of_busiest_airports_by_passenger_traffic
Russian military officer
acronym GRU) since 2022. He is believed to be the commander of the Africa Corps since it was created in 2023. Averyanov previously commanded GRU Unit 29155
Andrey_Averyanov
Country in Southeastern and Central Europe
influential performers across underground and commercial styles, including Gru, Bad Copy, and Beogradski Sindikat. In recent years, trap has become particularly
Serbia
27, 2021. "Minions: The Rise of Gru". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 1, 2026. "Minions: The Rise of Gru". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved
List of Illumination productions
List_of_Illumination_productions
Ice hockey team in Nagoya, Japan
The Hokkaido Grus is an ice hockey team based in Kushiro, Japan playing in the Extreme Ice Hockey League. The Hokkaido Grus began operations as a new team
Hokkaido_Grus
Alleged and confirmed Russian-linked sabotage incidents across Europe since 2022
say the sabotage campaign is largely coordinated by Russian intelligence (GRU) and executed by covert operatives or locally recruited perpetrators, with
Russian sabotage operations in Europe
Russian_sabotage_operations_in_Europe
Russian spy, military doctor
a doctor in the Russian General Staff's Main Directorate (also known as GRU), the military intelligence service of the Russian Federation. On 8 October
Alexander_Mishkin
American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)
1961. Operating mainly through a private, backchannel connection to Soviet GRU officer Georgi Bolshakov, he relayed important diplomatic communications
Robert_F._Kennedy
American labor leader (1913–1976)
secret apparatus and who allegedly worked for Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU). He was the son of Clara Lemlich Shavelson and changed his name to Velson
Irving_Charles_Velson
Notes Labelled Chi Gruis (χ Gru/χ Gruis) by Bode in his Uranographia Ioannis Elerte Bode uranographia Labelled Omega Gruis (ω Gru/ω Gruis) by Bode in his
List_of_stars_in_Phoenix
Balearica, and Gruinae, containing the genera Leucogeranus, Antigone, and Grus. Grus is sometimes further divided into three distinct genera, with the wattled
List_of_cranes
American musician (born 1984)
Fifty Shades Darker (2018), Love, Simon (2018), and Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022); singles from the first two soundtracks, "Sweeter Than Fiction" by
Jack_Antonoff
Revelation of a Soviet spy ring in Canada
given to events in Canada surrounding the defection of Igor Gouzenko, a GRU cipher clerk stationed at the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, from the Soviet Union
Gouzenko_Affair
Moroccan-French comedian and actor (born 1971)
French voice of Gru Huge in France (2019), TV series by Netflix Flashback (2021) Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022), French voice of Gru (young) Reste un
Gad_Elmaleh
Italian artist (1719–1776)
Angelica Le Gru Perotti (1719 – 1 September 1776) was an Italian painter and pastellist of the Rococo period, active at first in Northern Italy and Venice
Angelica_Le_Gru_Perotti
American actor and filmmaker (1934–2023)
series BoJack Horseman (2015–16), and Wild Knuckles in Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022). From 2018 to 2019, Arkin starred in the Netflix comedy series The
Alan_Arkin
Group of galaxies in the constellation Grus
The Grus Quartet is a galaxy cluster in the constellation Grus that includes four interacting spiral galaxies, NGC 7582, NGC 7552, NGC 7590, and NGC 7599
Grus_Quartet
Russian hacker group
advanced persistent threat operated by MUN 74455, a cyberwarfare unit of the GRU, Russia's military intelligence service. Other names for the group, given
Sandworm_(hacker_group)
Russian-Spanish journalist (born 1982)
Рубцов; born 28 April 1982) is a Russian–Spanish journalist and an alleged GRU operative. On 27 February 2022, González was arrested by Polish authorities
Pablo_González_Yagüe
Russian intelligence agency
counterpart, the Main Intelligence Directorate, better known as the GRU. As of 1997, the GRU reportedly deploys six times as many spies abroad as the SVR. The
Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)
Foreign_Intelligence_Service_(Russia)
Species of bird
formally described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1773 and given the binomial name Grus leucogeranus. The specific epithet is derived from the classical Greek words
Siberian_crane
First election of Donald Trump
National Committee (DNC)". As a result, the GRU obtained hundreds of thousands of hacked documents, and the GRU proceeded by arranging releases of damaging
2016 United States presidential election
2016_United_States_presidential_election
Nepalese military unit in Brunei
Gurkha, Jawi: ڤاسوكن سيکوريتي ڬورخا), formerly known as Gurkha Reserve Unit (GRU; Malay: Pasukan Simpanan Gurkha, PSG; also referred to as the Royal Brunei
Gurkha_Reserve_Unit
American singer and songwriter (born 1994)
The Carpenters' 1972 single "Goodbye to Love" for the Minions: The Rise of Gru soundtrack, and on July 12 was announced to be featured on a song titled
Phoebe_Bridgers
Swedish and American actor and martial artist (born 1957)
His voice acting work includes Seal Team (2021) and Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022). Lundgren received a degree in chemical engineering from the KTH Royal
Dolph_Lundgren
Clade of birds
inclusive crown clade containing Otis tarda and Musophaga violacea, but not Grus grus or Mesitornis variegatus". While the bustards seem to be related to the
Otidimorphae
Season of television series
evicted. Big Brother organised unexpected nominations. Housemates nominated Gru, Tijana and Kalimero. One of them would be evicted on next Friday. Kalimero
Big Brother VIP (Serbian TV series) season 3
Big_Brother_VIP_(Serbian_TV_series)_season_3
Lego products are divided in series of sets known as themes, which are based around a specific license or concept. This article contains an inexhaustive
List_of_Lego_themes
Musical artist
songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She is the lead singer of the band Neon Gru and has toured with Harry Styles as a multi-instrumentalist for his Love
Ny_Oh
2015 American animated film
tenth-highest-grossing film of all time. A sequel, Minions: The Rise of Gru, was released in 2022. Minions are small, yellow pill-shaped creatures which
Minions_(film)
Transit system in São Paulo, Brazil
The GRU Airport People Mover is a people mover at the São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport to connect the nearby CPTM railway station to the airport's
GRU_Airport_People_Mover
Star in the constellation of Grus
abbreviated Beta Gru, β Gru), formally named Tiaki /tiˈɑːki/, is the second brightest star in the southern constellation of Grus. It was once considered
Beta_Gruis
Russian private military company acting as mercenary umbrella organization
According to an RFE/RL investigation, concurrent "Redut" is controlled by the GRU and acts as a proxy umbrella organization for mercenaries, managing finances
Redut
English actress, singer and author (born 1935)
which Andrews lent her voice to Marlena Gru, the thoughtless and soul-crushing mother of the main character Gru (voiced by Steve Carell), opened to rave
Julie_Andrews
American singer and actress (born 1944)
Antonoff-produced original soundtrack album of the film Minions: The Rise of Gru. With the exception of this track, the album primarily features new spins
Diana_Ross
Soviet military intelligence officer and Western spy (1919–1963)
Yoga by MI6, was a Soviet military intelligence officer and colonel in the GRU who supplied intelligence to the United States and the United Kingdom during
Oleg_Penkovsky
Species of bird
and a member of the genus Antigone. Ornithologist John Gould used the name Grus australasianus when he wrote about it and noted it to be widespread in the
Brolga
Soviet GRU spy, English teacher and translator (1903–1986)
Ulanovskaya (1903–1986), nicknamed Nadia or Nadya, was a Soviet intelligence GRU officer, translator, English teacher, wife of Alexander Ulanovsky, and mother
Nadezhda_Ulanovskaya
travel, tourism, insurance
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