Purple Minions first appeared in Despicable Me 2 in 2013, where the PX-41 serum transforms regular yellow Minions into wild, indestructible purple versions with frizzy hair and sharp teeth. Their unintelligible chattering became a recognisable part of the joke, contrasting the cute originals with a feral parody. Clips of their noises later circulated on soundboards and in meme edits, where the short gibberish burst works as a standalone reaction. It remains popular because Despicable Me and the wider Minions franchise stayed in constant rotation online.