Minions first appeared in Despicable Me, the 2010 animated film from Illumination, as small yellow helpers whose invented gibberish language, often called Minionese, mixes sounds from several real languages. Their high voices and chaotic group behaviour quickly made them internet favourites, and short clips of their chatter are widely shared as reaction sounds on soundboards and in short videos. A telephone version works especially well because it turns an everyday annoyance into something absurd, keeping the characters recognisable even in a clip lasting only a few seconds.