Do Minions Happy Meal Toys Curse?

By Dennis Robaugh (Patch staff)

Do Minions curse? Some parents believe so, and they aren’t happy.

Moms and dads say Minions toys in McDonald’s Happy Meals are exclaiming “I’ll be damned” and “What the f___”. McDonald’s, based in Oak Brook, IL, says Minions speak gibberish. The popular movie characters debuted as Happy Meal toys this week to promote the new “Minions” movie, featuring Sandra Bullock, opening on July 10.

McDonald’s Media Relations Director Lisa McComb released this statement:

“Minions speak ‘Minionese’ which is a random combination of many languages and nonsense words and sounds. ‘Minionese’ has no translation to, or meaning in any recognized language. Any perceived similarities to words used within the English language is purely coincidental.”

Dad Paul Butts posted this video to YouTube after buying his kid a Happy Meal.

What do you think?

GrubStreet.com notes that the foul-mouthed minion, specifically, is “the one with two eyes and a loincloth.”

“I heard what it said and I’m like, ‘Whoa, hang on here.’ It clearly says what it says,” Taylor King told Fox 28 in Columbus, OH. “[My kids] are old enough now where they’re going to mock anything they hear from a toy. It’s coming from a toy. So they’re going to assume it’s OK to say that.”

The company, which offered Minions in Happy Meals in 2013 for the movie “Despicable Me,” says the toys will continue to be sold with Happy Meals regardless of what parents think they hear.