Eduardo Perez, better known as El Macho, is the main antagonist of Despicable Me 2.
He is a former supervillain who faked his death to start a new life. Secretly, he was kidnapping all of the minions and transforming them into very destructive and homicidal purple minions to take over the entire world.
He was voiced by Benjamin Bratt.
Actions and Characteristics[]
- He has vast resources as he has several powerful gadgets, an entire army of purple minions and the courage to commit his crimes and acts by himself. For example, he planned a bank robbery with no help nor aid. He is also very strong, being able to carry and knock out people with ease and as he drank the PX-41, he became a much stronger opponent against Gru in their fight where only the lipstick taser could defeat him.
- While it’s true that villains such as Scarlet Overkill and Vector have more resources than him, he still stands out for being a much bigger global threat than them.
- He is by far the most heinous villain in the franchise as he mass brainwashed the minions into becoming barbaric killing machines so he could destroy 10 cities thus killing off millions of innocent people including children and take over the world, a scale that no other villain in the series is even close to matching. His attempted body count is far higher than Scarlett Overkill and Balthazar Bratt, and Vector and Maxim Le Mal have nothing remotely comparable to a Moral Event Horizon.
- He is highly intelligent with him managing to successfully fake his death 20 years prior to the events of the film, manipulating everyone apart from Gru into believing he isn't associated with the theft of PX-41, kidnapping the majority of Gru's minions to use them in his goal for world domination and having the skills to create 10 rockets that will send all the minions to vastly populated cities across the world for them to attack.
- Despite showing some comedic moments (with him being subjected to the infamous fart gun really speaking for itself), he is still taken seriously most of the time, unlike the majority of villains who are played for laughs nonstop. A lot of his comedy happens before he is revealed to be a villain and after he is revealed to be a villain, he is taken seriously and his plan to unleash purple minions on the world is treated with horror by other characters.
Stats[]
Intelligence | 4 / 5 | |
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Skills | 4 / 5 | |
Speed | 2 / 5 | |
Stamina | 4 / 5 | |
Strength | 4 / 5 |
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