Vector Perkins

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Villainous Benchmark

Full Name

Victor Perkins

Alias

Vector

Vector Perkins
Younger Villain (by Mr. Perkins)

Origin

Despicable Me

Allies

Mr. Perkins

His shark
An unnamed squid
Various piranhas (both unwillingly)

Powers / Skills

High intelligence

Technological genius
Piloting skills
Manipulation
Advanced technology and weaponry
Marksmanship
Shocking durability
Access to immense financial resources and inside information through his father's company

Goals

Vindicate his title as the world's #1 supervillain by outsmarting and outpacing Gru and take over his plan to steal the moon and hence get revenge for freezing his head. (succeeded, but then backfired)

Stop Gru from ruining his plans in any way possible. (failed)
Get back to Earth. (succeeded)

MEH or Worst Act

Threatening to kill Margo, Edith and Agnes just for showing up on his doorstep to give him cookies.

Continuing to have the girls held hostage even after Gru gave up the moon.
Trying to kill Margo in front of Gru, knowing that his own escape pod is about to blow up.

Kill Count

1 (confirmed; unknowingly)

4 (attempted)
1 (inadvertently endangered)

Crimes

Grand larceny
Smuggling
Child abuse
Attempted mass murder
Breaking and entering
Child abduction
Extortion
Assault and battery
Negligence
Fraud
Manslaughter
Animal cruelty
Child endangerment
Forgery
Conspiracy
Stalking

Type of Villain

Egotistical Supervillain

“	I'm applying for a new supervillain loan. Go by the name of Vector. It's a mathematical term, a quantity represented by an arrow, with both direction and magnitude. Vector! That's me, 'cause I'm committing crimes with both direction and magnitude. Oh, yeah!	„
	~ Vector introducing himself to Gru.

“	Maybe next time you'll think twice before you freeze someone's head! So long, Gru!	„
	~ Vector declaring his undying hatred for Mr. Gru.

“	Oh, poop.	„
	~ Vector stranded on the moon.

Vector, real name Victor Perkins, is the main antagonist of Illumination's 1st feature film Despicable Me, the main protagonist of the short film Mooned and a minor character in Despicable Me 4.

He is a young, aspiring supervillain and the son of Mr. Perkins, the president of the Bank of Evil, as well as the first villain to fight Felonious Gru. He is one of Gru's archenemies and also the reason why Gru became a hero and adopted Margo, Edith, and Agnes.

In the film, he was voiced by Jason Segel. In the videogame adaptation of the film, he was voiced by Jason Harris Katz.

His Evil Ranking[]

His Villainous Deeds[]

In the opening, he steals the Great Pyramid of Giza offscreen, replacing it with a giant replica, which is deemed the greatest crime of the century.
- He inadvertently endangered a kid named Justin as he jumped off of it and could've fallen to his death had it not been for his father saving him.
He steals the shrink ray from Gru and shrinks Gru's ship with Gru and two Minions inside out of revenge for having his head frozen.
When Gru tries to steal the shrink ray back, Vector has the house's security system constantly attack Gru until the latter thinks of a different plan, although it can be argued he does this out of self-defense since Gru was trespassing.
- One of these attacks involves firing a number of missiles at him in an attempt to not just send him away but take his life, only to learn how supernaturally durable he is.
When Margo, Edith, and Agnes arrive to give him cookies, he threatens to fire missiles at them, even though none of the girls have done anything to provoke him.
After Gru launches his rocket to steal the moon, Vector hitches a ride in order to hit Gru with his squid gun and steal the shrink ray again.
Still determined to spite Gru, he sneaks into the girls' dance recital, kidnapping the trio in hopes of receiving the moon from his rival.
When Gru discovers the ransom note, redeems himself, and surrenders the moon as promised, Vector double-crosses him, deciding to keep the girls as his hostages, this reveals he has no honor in the slightest.
He attempts to kill off Gru with missiles to stop him from rescuing the girls before cowardly taking off in his escape pod with both the moon and the girls.
When Margo tries to jump from Vector's escape pod to Gru's ship, Vector snaps and quickly grabs her in order to keep him from rescuing her, highly aware that his ship is about to explode and kill both of them thanks to the regrowing moon.
- Due to this, Margo has to cling for her life onto the grappling hook wires while panicking and hyperventilating as she waits for Gru to rescue her, risking his life in the process, and once the wires break off the claw, Gru and Margo almost fall to their deaths only for the Minions to save them.
He was constantly mean to the minion that was on the moon, even though the minion did nothing wrong.
His escape attempt from the moon resulted in four minions getting stranded on Mars, where they would have likely had to spend the rest of their lives had they not been saved. While he didn't intend to strand them, he didn't show remorse for it.

Why He Doesn't Stand Out?[]

Even though he has a good deal of personal villainy towards Gru and was willing to murder children before they become heroic characters, he fails the high heinous standard with his crimes, This is especially notable when taking his high resources into account. Due to this, he fails the heinous standards to Balthazar Bratt, who does worse than him with less resources. In addition while stealing the moon would cause several tsunamis to happen around the world, this isn’t brought up at all.
Despite his great intelligence, he is incredibly incompetent and is constantly played for laughs in both films, such as:
- His introduction scene and his scenes with his father where he shows off his talents.
- Him playing games on his Wii, eating chips and drinking iced tea.
- Agnes thinking he wears pajamas by asking if he would use his suit for sleeping even after Vector pointed out that they are not pajamas.
- Him not being aware of a Cookie Robot’s sentience as he eats it.
- Him showing off with his Shrink Ray and being unaware that their effects would wear off later on, especially when the shrunken moon starts brutally crushing him and making him lose control of his escape pod.
- While he slightly gets taken more seriously in the climax, he is still not a dangerous enough threat to be Near Pure Evil, as he calls Margo a Happy Meal while she, Agnes and Edith are stuck in his escape pod.
- Him getting back up into his escape pod after surviving another injury from the moon before being crushed by it two more times.
- Him dancing to Dancing Again by Pharrell on the moon by imitating a guitar and slapping his butt.
- Him being pranked by the Minions and him accidentally taking his clothes off in the short film.
- Him saying “oh, poop” after realizing the minions are flying back to Earth while he’s stuck on Mars.
- During Gru's song, he can be shown flossing.
- Additionally, he was put into a lot of brutal slapstick comedy moments.
Since Despicable Me is a highly comedic franchise, Victor isn't taken seriously.
He was originally genuinely affable towards Gru, as he tried to befriend him, that is, until Gru froze his head making his hatred for Gru understandable.
He cares for his father, as he does his villainous deeds under his orders and sincerely wants to please him. He’s also show happily dancing with him at the end of Despicable Me 4.
He also cares of his pet shark because he is annoyed when Gru hit him.
Even if there's no indication he redeemed himself, he happily dances to the song Gru and Maxime Le Mal perform in prison, implying that he no longer has a grudge against Gru.
He is a scapegoat as he get stuck in the moon and later mars while not knowing that the minions were trying to help him because he don't understand their language.