Not So Despicable: China Changes Minions Movie Ending

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The latest film in the Despicable Me franchise premiered in China on Friday, but with a different ending, as local viewers discovered. the anti-hero Gru as a teenager and sets up his evolution into a supervillain later in the series.

Warning: there are spoilers coming soon.

But unlike the original film, the Chinese version doesn't end with Gru and his mentor Wild Knuckles riding into the sunset.

Instead, Wild Knuckles is imprisoned while Gru "become one of the good guys".

In it they explain that Wild Knuckles was caught and locked up for 20 years after a failed heist. He also discovered a "love of acting" and set up a theater troupe.

Gru, meanwhile, "returned to his family" and being a father to his three daughters became his "greatest achievement".

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"The real story takes place in a parallel universe," one person wrote.