List of Illumination Variants

In the beginning of each film, there are different variants of Illumination. The variants feature minions appearing before the film starts.

Title	Variant	Released
Despicable Me	A one-eyed minion sees the screen and says hello, but the logo reveals and the lights disturb the minion. The minion is now deaf from the light in which he falls to the floor and tries to move.	July 9, 2010
Hop	A one-eyed minion is embarrassed looking at the screen. A different minion (who is two-eyed) dresses as an easter bunny and drops candy from the basket. Then he asks the other minion but refuses to.	April 1, 2011
The Lorax	Two minions try to use a chainsaw on a Truffula tree, but as they activate the chainsaw, a Bar-Ba-Loot falls onto one of the minions. The Bar-Ba-Loot eats two apples while the orchestra plays.	March 2, 2012
Despicable Me 2	Stuart and Jerry want to say "Ta-Da!" on the screen, but they fight over it.	July 3, 2013
Minions	Five minions sing in the Universal film, but one of them sings it very high and badly until he falls on the floor due to exhaustion.	July 10, 2015
The Secret Life of Pets	Bob is seen singing 'Lalalalala' until he gleefully shouts Illumination when he sees the logo.	July 8, 2016
Sing	Kevin, Stuart, Bob and Mel sing Illumination, but Bob screams in which part of the logo deactivates.	December 21, 2016
Despicable Me 3	Kevin tries to say Illumination but gets hit by a flower pot used by Stuart; but Stuart later gets hit by a mallet used by Mel; but Mel gets stunk by a Fart Gun used by Bob. Finally, Bob tries to say Illumination but Mel farts in his face.	June 30, 2017
The Grinch	Bob holds a firework and says Illumination. Snowball comes crashing in the scene, saying "YEAH! ILLUMINATION!" while launching three fireworks, scaring Bob. Three shower holes appear and extinguish the fireworks. Bob thinks Snowball is sad so gives his firework to him.	November 9, 2018
The Secret Life of Pets 2	A squishy football bounces near the Illumination logo and five dogs try to get it, with Stuart holding onto their leashes and telling them to stop. Stuart sighs in relief if they get the ball, but then bounces off the dogs, prompting the dogs get the ball. Stuart drags off the screen, screaming Illumination.	June 7, 2019
Sing 2	Bob sings the Illumination song, followed by Stuart who sings the backing vocals, then Kevin and Stuart both sing the backing vocals, then the whole minions follow them.	December 22, 2021
Minions: The Rise of Gru	Stuart is seen swinging on a disco ball which he then gets crushed between two words, "MIN-ION".	July 1, 2022
The Super Mario Bros. Movie	The text is darkened and seen above a minion of a rocket-powered go-kart (similar to these in the film and the Mario Kart series). He is behind the starting line, and starts to rev his engine. As the countdown sound from Mario Kart 8 plays, segments of the text light up red like race starting lights, then all light up green. The minion attempts to start the go-kart, only for it to stall out. As that happens, the text turns white. The minion hits the go-kart in frustration, causing it to suddenly blast off-screen. The minion yells out the company name as he blasts away.	April 5, 2023
Migration	As the Universal logo is shown (in shortened version). A Kazoo sound is heard playing the logo’s fanfare. It then shows Kevin (who is seen fishing), Stuart (playing a Guitar) and Bob (playing the Kazoo) sitting in a rock in a Lake and the camera zooms out revealing the studio logo above them. After he finishes playing, Bob says the company name. Then a voice is heard saying “And Now for our Bedtime Story”. The three then sigh happily and the a page turns starting the film.	December 22, 2023
Despicable Me 4	Bob was seen putting toy pegs in to the walls, when Stuart comes with a toy peg blaster shooting the words "Illumination" then lights up, he then goes to shoot Bob with it.	July 3, 2024