- Gru from "Despicable Me" pronounces "girl" like "gorl."
- Now, his pronunciation has turned into a meme.
- People are Photoshopping the character's face onto pop stars to reimagine the songs.
The last "Despicable Me" movie came out a year ago, but Gru — the franchise's supervillain-turned-dad-with-a-heart-of-gold — is making a resurgence.
The character is voiced by Steve Carrell, who uses some kind of high-pitched, vaguely Eastern European accent. That means that words like "girl" are pronounced more like "gorl."
A new meme is playing around with what might happen if a bunch of pop stars suddently Gru-ed out.
Observe: Avril Lavigne singing "Sk8ter Boi," but as Gru.
—braaaan (@branfllakes) April 30, 2018And there are plenty of other examples, too.
—LK (@thelocalemo) April 30, 2018—rena 🧡 (@selfieswitho2l) April 30, 2018—Kylo Ryan (@RynoOstar) April 30, 2018—❣️tia bates (@tiarabates_) April 30, 2018—❦ (@amorejimin_) April 30, 2018—Hatun⚡ ¨̮ (@hatunozkul) April 29, 2018—Jude (@JudeFxrbes) April 30, 2018—doodlerob (@RobertLaing_) April 26, 2018—kushandlyriks.tumblr (@SwagginSoup) April 30, 2018—Andrew Robertson (@OnlyAndrew_) April 30, 2018—Anya Mccrimmon (@AnyaMcCrimm) April 29, 2018—Kayla Kuhajda (@KKuhajda) April 30, 2018—Josie (@josie_knip) April 30, 2018—mac (@mcgwirerappe) April 30, 2018—millie💧/ gcses (@rickysnecklace) April 30, 2018—Devin 🌶 (@devin_smc) April 29, 2018You can listen to how Gru pronounces "girl" at the 10-second mark here:
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