58 Fun Facts About Megamind

Who voices Megamind in the 2010 film?

Will Ferrell voices Megamind, the blue-skinned supervillain with the oversized cranium; the Saturday Night Live alumnus had earlier starred in Elf (2003) and Anchorman (2004).

Which comedian voices reporter Roxanne Ritchi?

Tina Fey voices Roxanne Ritchi, the television reporter modelled on Lois Lane; Fey was then starring in and writing the NBC sitcom 30 Rock.

Which A-list actor voices Megamind's nemesis Metro Man?

Brad Pitt voices Metro Man, the invulnerable, perfectly coiffed hero; it was Pitt's first animated feature voice role since Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003).

Who voices Hal Stewart, the cameraman Megamind accidentally turns into a superpowered menace?

Jonah Hill voices Hal Stewart, Roxanne's lovesick cameraman, who becomes the villain Tighten; Hill had recently starred in Superbad (2007) and Get Him to the Greek.

Who voices Minion, the talking fish who has been Megamind's sidekick since childhood?

David Cross voices Minion, the talking fish who has served Megamind since their shared childhood; the Arrested Development actor returned for the 2011 short but was replaced by Josh Brener in 2024.

Which actor, first suggested for the title role, ended up voicing the museum curator Bernard?

Ben Stiller voices the curator; Stiller also served as an executive producer of the film through his production company Red Hour.

Who was attached to voice the title character before dropping out over 'scheduling conflicts'?

Robert Downey Jr. was originally cast as Megamind but dropped out, citing scheduling conflicts, and the title role was recast before production finished.

Who voices the Warden who keeps locking Megamind up?

J. K. Simmons voices the Warden; the actor had already played J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's three Spider-Man films (2002–2007).

Who directed the film?

Tom McGrath directed Megamind; the Madagascar co-director also voices Skipper the penguin in that franchise.

What does Megamind call his hovering, dog-like robot helpers?

Megamind's hovering, dome-headed robot helpers are the brainbots; they behave like eager pet dogs, chewing on things and fetching on command.

Megamind and Metro Man were sent to Earth as infants when what destroyed their home planets?

A black hole swallowed both infants' home planets, so their parents launched them toward Earth in escape pods that arrived in Metro City at the same moment.

Where was baby Megamind raised after his pod landed on Earth?

Baby Megamind's pod crashed into the yard of the Metro City prison, where the inmates raised him, while his rival's pod landed in a wealthy mansion.

Metro Man claims his powers are weakened by which metal lining the observatory roof?

The hero claims copper lines the observatory dome and saps his powers; he later admits he invented the weakness because he was tired of being a hero.

Megamind apparently kills Metro Man with a death ray powered by what?

Megamind's death ray draws its power from the sun, so it must charge before it can fire; that delay is what lets the hero stage his apparent death.

After faking his death, Metro Man reinvents himself under what name?

The retired hero becomes Music Man, a guitar-strumming songwriter hiding in the old schoolhouse; he refuses to return even when the city is under threat.

What does Megamind's dehydration gun turn a person into?

The dehydration gun shrinks its target into a small blue cube that rehydrates on contact with water; Megamind later uses it on himself, landing as a cube in a fountain.

Megamind creates a new hero to fight using DNA taken from whom?

Megamind extracts Metro Man's DNA from the hero's discarded cape; the injector gun then hits Roxanne's cameraman by accident during a scuffle in the lair.

Megamind trains Hal while disguised by hologram as which persona?

Megamind's 'Space Dad' persona mimics Marlon Brando's white-haired Jor-El from Superman (1978), while the voice spoofs Brando's mumbling Vito Corleone.

How does Megamind, disguised as the supposedly dead hero, give himself away to Hal?

Megamind's speech patterns betray him: his habitual mispronunciation of 'Metro City' as 'Metrocity' tips Hal off, and the unmasked villain is hurled into the sky.

Megamind's costume and showmanship were deliberately evocative of which rock star, per the commentary?

The two rivals are styled as opposite kinds of showman, one glam-rock villain and one Vegas headliner.

Metro Man's costume and showmanship were designed to evoke which performer?

The hero is modelled on Elvis Presley, complete with Vegas-era swagger and a stadium entrance scored to 'A Little Less Conversation'.

Megamind's character is a parody of which pair of Superman villains?

Megamind mashes up Lex Luthor and Brainiac, Superman's two great scientific foes: Luthor's bald-genius villainy and Brainiac's oversized alien cranium.

Hal Stewart's name references two characters from which comic-book franchise?

Hal Jordan and John Stewart are both Green Lanterns, bearers of DC's power ring, and Hal Stewart's name splices the two together.

Before it was Megamind, the film went through which two working titles?

The project was announced as Master Mind and later retitled Oobermind before the studio settled on Megamind; Alan J. Schoolcraft and Brent Simons wrote the screenplay.

Which filmmaker, brought onto Megamind late as a consultant, suggested the opening fall-to-his-death scene?

Guillermo del Toro joined as a consultant near the end of production and suggested opening with Megamind's plunge; he later executive-produced Puss in Boots (2011) and Rise of the Guardians (2012).

How many minutes of finished animation did the consultant persuade the filmmakers to cut?

Cutting finished animation is unusually expensive, which shows how much weight his opinion carried.

Who composed the score?

Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe composed the score, blending orchestral themes with the film's classic-rock needle drops; Balfe was a regular Zimmer collaborator at Remote Control Productions.

Which Guns N' Roses song is heard in Megamind?

'Welcome to the Jungle' (1987) is the Guns N' Roses track on Megamind's classic-rock soundtrack, alongside cuts from AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne and Michael Jackson.

In which country did the film have its world premiere, a week before the US release?

Megamind had its world premiere in Russia on 28 October, about a week ahead of its 5 November opening in the United States.

Which studio distributed the film in US cinemas in 2010?

Paramount Pictures distributed Megamind in US cinemas under its multi-year deal with the animation studio; that deal ended in 2012, and the studio later reacquired the film's rights.

Why was the film's release in Japan cancelled in March 2011?

The Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami struck on 11 March 2011, the day before Megamind's scheduled 12 March opening in Japan, and the release was cancelled.

What was the film's production budget?

Megamind cost $130 million to produce and grossed about $322 million worldwide — profitable, but well short of the studio's biggest hits.

Megamind's $46M opening weekend was slightly higher than which earlier 2010 DreamWorks release?

How to Train Your Dragon had opened to $43.7 million in March; Megamind's $46 million debut edged it and held No. 1 for two weekends before Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 arrived.

Which animated film was the highest-grossing of 2010 worldwide?

Toy Story 3 passed a billion dollars; Megamind also finished behind Shrek Forever After, Tangled and Despicable Me.

Megamind stayed the highest-grossing film of its lead voice actor's career until which 2014 film?

The Lego Movie (2014) grossed about $468 million worldwide, overtaking Megamind's $322 million as the biggest box-office hit of the lead voice actor's career.

What grade did CinemaScore audiences give the film?

Critics were cooler: Rotten Tomatoes settled at 73 percent, with 'lack of originality' the main complaint.

Which company published the film's video-game tie-ins in November 2010?

THQ published the three Megamind tie-in games in November 2010, with separate versions for Xbox 360/PlayStation 3, Wii, and the handheld DS and PSP.

The Wii tie-in game was titled Megamind: what?

Megamind: Mega Team Unite was the Wii release; the DS and PSP versions were titled The Blue Defender, while Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 got Ultimate Showdown.

What is the title of the short film released with the DVD and Blu-ray in February 2011?

Megamind: The Button of Doom follows Megamind's first day as Metro City's new defender; it shipped with the home-video release on 25 February 2011 and later aired on Nickelodeon.

In the short, Megamind sells off his old gadgets but reluctantly keeps which one?

The De-Gun goes to a boy named Damien, who promptly dehydrates his mother into a cube.

Pushing the mysterious button in the short activates an AI that takes over a giant robot called what?

The button activates Mega-Megamind, a giant robotic version of Megamind that he built during his villain days and had forgotten about.

Which old gadget does Minion admit he secretly kept as a pet in the 2011 short?

Riding it, Megamind lures the rogue robot to the observatory where Metro Man faked his death.

Megamind's home-video sales in 2011 made it what rank among the year's best-selling DVDs?

It sold over 3 million units and $70.4 million worth of discs, and by late 2012 5.6 million units worldwide.

The 2024 sequel, Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate, was released on which streaming service?

Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate premiered on Peacock on 1 March 2024, the same day the spin-off series Megamind Rules! began streaming there.

Who voices Megamind in the 2024 sequel and series?

Keith Ferguson voices Megamind in the 2024 film and series; the sound-alike specialist had already voiced the character in the original film's tie-in video games.

In the sequel, Minion goes by what new name?

Minion is rebranded Ol' Chum in the sequel, with Josh Brener taking over the voice from the original film's actor.

Why did Minion have to change his name in the sequel?

The offending chain is called Mr. Minion's Meatsicles, a wink at a certain other studio's yellow henchmen.

How many villains make up the Doom Syndicate in the 2024 sequel?

The Doom Syndicate has four members: Lady Doppler, Pierre Pressure, Behemoth and Lord Nighty-Knight, old villain colleagues who return to Metro City.

Doom Syndicate villain Pierre Pressure is themed on what?

Pierre Pressure is a beret-wearing, mime-themed villain whose theatrical gestures double as hypnosis; his name puns on 'peer pressure'.

Behemoth, the Doom Syndicate's muscle, is what kind of creature?

Behemoth is a hulking lava golem, the Doom Syndicate's brute force, with a molten body of rock and magma rather than flesh.

What abandoned villainous scheme does Megamind reveal to the Doom Syndicate to keep them fooled?

He had planted rockets under the city; the Syndicate decide to launch it themselves.

Who is Keiko Morita in the 2024 sequel?

She becomes his second sidekick and launches a hero signal at the end of the film.

At the end of the sequel, Roxanne takes on which new role?

In the series she is briefly mind-controlled into villainy by Megamind's old mentor.

The sequel's mid-credits scene introduces Megamind's former mentor, named what?

Machiavillain, Megamind's former mentor, is teased at the end of the film and becomes the recurring antagonist of the Megamind Rules! series.

Which American Idol star voices Megamind's old mentor in Megamind Rules!?

Adam Lambert, the American Idol season-eight runner-up, voices Megamind's old mentor in Megamind Rules!, lending his theatrical glam-rock persona to a cartoon villain.

When the follow-up series was first ordered in 2022, what was its working title?

Megamind's Guide to Defending Your City was the working title when the series was ordered in 2022; it reached screens in 2024 as Megamind Rules!

Who directed Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate?

Eric Fogel, creator of MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch, directed Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate, which doubled as the launch of the Megamind Rules! series.

In the sequel's opening, Megamind and his sidekick stop a criminal trio from stealing what?

For his trouble he receives the key to the city, while his sidekick feels overlooked.