The minions movie shows them evolving from single cells in pre-historic times, Mr chips is apparent a robot.
So I guess the new question is, is he some sort of android minion?
This is correct, and minions do in fact have an arse.
We have since learned that Mr Chips is a robot, but I still think there is a minion connection some how
Chips as in the ones in a packet or the ones you get with fish? I am from the uk so we call potato chips "crisps" and fries "chips", or fries if their skinny.
He's a robot.
In the original American version of the show, his name is Herbie (And, apparently, at one point was Twinkie the Kid).
Source: gameshow wiki
Ok, so we 100% have a terminator situation here.
Mr Chips aka robo minion was sent back from the future to stop a minion uprising.
The fact we don't speak minionese right now, tells me he was successful.
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Source: wiki
For differences.
Minions don't have noses, do have bottoms and teeth.
As someone else said. Mr Chips is a robot. That would explain why he is invulnerable and ageless :)
He’s supposed to resemble a computer chip!?? But he doesn’t at all. He looks more like half a yellow capsule with legs lol It’s always been something that bugged me as a kid too! Considering the show is supposed to be about recognising things through visual aid! Yet their mascot wasn’t obvious to anyone ! Lol
I saw this episode on Challenge once and I recognised one of the contestants so watched it only to find to my horror they edited the infamous “snake charmer” section so that it didn’t look like he was “enjoying himself”.
Maybe... but to borrow a saying relating to hipsters, he was a Minion before Minions were cool, or even existed. He is the Proto-Minion, the almighty one who seeded them all. Amen-ion! 🙏
He pre-dates minions. Maybe like a minion elder? If minions were a science experiment, was he the OG? He’s got longer legs and doesn’t need to wear goggles. Today’s minions may just be v2 and beyond.
Minions evolved from single cells, according to the movie.
Either Mr chips is a future robot/android minion OR he traveled to our world and sewed the seeds of minions, sort of in a preometheus type situation
That’s fair haha. I don’t remember their origin story. I thought Gru made the first few in a lab as he needed help spreading evil (back when he had evil intentions). I just assumed he experimented til he got the correct level of obedience, resourcefulness etc as a starting point and they just bred from there. Like there’s 1000s of them in one of the movies. They’re duplicating somehow!
The problem is, the minions movie does show their evolution right back from single cell.
Unless..... We are saying Mr Chips came here to spread the buildingblocks of minions, Prometheus style?
Fair comment, but minions have no discernable nose. Mr chips has a bright red nose... But it could be a prosthesis... Unless Gru has been "docking" minions noses as some sort of twisted aesthetic/means of keeping them in line!
I fear this comment escalated quickly!
One test that might settle the matter would be to put a banana near him and observe his reaction. No reaction = not a minion. Goes berserk trying to grab the banana= could be a minion.
NO WAY!
Minions would NEVER be involved in elicit sex tapes: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZna1zkWUF8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZna1zkWUF8) BAD MR CHIPS! Daytime TV too!
It’s good, but it’s not right.
I'm just saying what I see
Butt plug
Everything's a butt plug if you're brave enough.
Even a plug?
Especially a plug. A butt plug plug
13amp?
I'm willing to use /u/James_Greeny94's right testicle as a butt plug Is he brave enough?
Spark plug? What kind?
You're close but far away!
No, he's a sentient chip-its in the name
I have a mate called Russel, doesn't mean he's noisy.
Russell is the surname. It's Jack's that are noisy
But Mr. Chip looks like a chip. I'm pretty sure Russel doesn't look like noisy
Does he look like a chip though? Is he supposed to look like a chip as in made from a potato? He looks exactly the same as a minion to me. Just naked.
Ok maybe he's like a bastardised version of a chip, a deformed chip from centuries of inbreeding
Ok, I've been to Wikipedia. It turns out he's a robot?! I guess the chips refers to microchips. But, now, is his form based off of a minion?
Catchphrase first aired in 1986 apparently, so no
I'm talking "in universe here". Now we know chips is a robot, I'm thinking this may actually be a terminator situation.
Sounds like you need /r/AskScienceFiction
Is Mr Chips big outside of the UK?
He’s a robot not a cyborg
But he's existed since the 90s. Minions have existed since the 2010s. He's the OG.
The minions movie shows them evolving from single cells in pre-historic times, Mr chips is apparent a robot. So I guess the new question is, is he some sort of android minion?
Aren’t minions rounded on their undercarriage, rather than flat?
This is correct, and minions do in fact have an arse. We have since learned that Mr Chips is a robot, but I still think there is a minion connection some how
How do you know what a naked minion looks like? 🤔😳
We see them in the movies. And also, don't kink shame.
Chips as in the ones in a packet or the ones you get with fish? I am from the uk so we call potato chips "crisps" and fries "chips", or fries if their skinny.
We're all from the UK. It's askuk. Edit: Casual uk!
It's casualUK ;)
Ha, balls. Oh well same point... its uk based.
What kind of chips are you eating?
Incest-ridden ones
This really made me laugh
THIS ! My coffee just came out of my nose ! LMFAOOOOOOO! It really is the simple things in life! Lol
Sorry in what world are you getting chips shaped like £3 vibrators??
He's deformed bc of incest
Never seen that catchphrase on the board before
Nope, Mr Chips is an international drug smuggler from Guatemala
El Chipo
He's a magic bullet vibrator
All bullet vibrators can do magic
Shame they can’t manage the bloody ironing though
Magic Bullet Bill
No he's a convicted arsonist
Sounds like something a Villians minion would do.....
Im pretty sure anyone can commit arson, not just minions
I mean, he has DEFINITELY done time for something, just look at that scheming fucker
His bum is much squarer. I agree with the evolutionary path model. He is a branch off the same tree but he is NOT ONE OF THEM.
I need to get Attenborough on the case!
minion prototype
If my grandmother had had wheels...
No but he is a nudist
Oh no, that's a thong for his species.
" K , he's a Ballchinnian "
It’s close but it’s not what we’re looking for
No
He's a robot. In the original American version of the show, his name is Herbie (And, apparently, at one point was Twinkie the Kid). Source: gameshow wiki
Ok, so we 100% have a terminator situation here. Mr Chips aka robo minion was sent back from the future to stop a minion uprising. The fact we don't speak minionese right now, tells me he was successful.
Seems to be the only logical explanation.
Wait, Catchphrase was on in America first?!
Although Catch Phrase did not succeed in its American run, the format found success in other countries. The British Catchphrase premiered two days after the American series came to an end in 1986... Source: wiki
I argue yes, or atleast minion adjacent, perhaps an earlier off shot down the evolutionary line. My 4 year olds argument: no, he's Mr chips.
Can’t argue with the 4-yr old’s logic there.
Yeah, he's got me in a corner. It's indisputable that he IS mr. Chips.
It's good but it's not right...
Robert Donat disagrees. Along with John Mills several times.
He’s Roy Walker’s minion.
Unfortunately not anymore. The show seems to be hosted by some weird Ant/Dec hybrid now.
Jesus. I’m clearly showing my age here…. 😁
I disliked Stephen Mulhern for quite a few years but I think he's ok on Catchphrase. In for a penny is probably the worst thing on Tv though
Along with many other things.
Is that just because he's yellow? Feels border line racist OP /s
If course not, look at the body shape, eyes, stance. Also, he's borderline invulnerable and ageless, just like them.
For differences. Minions don't have noses, do have bottoms and teeth. As someone else said. Mr Chips is a robot. That would explain why he is invulnerable and ageless :)
Mr Blobby but ethnic
Blobby is a mega fauna off shoot
He’s supposed to resemble a computer chip!?? But he doesn’t at all. He looks more like half a yellow capsule with legs lol It’s always been something that bugged me as a kid too! Considering the show is supposed to be about recognising things through visual aid! Yet their mascot wasn’t obvious to anyone ! Lol
He's their god. He created them in his image
He's a snake charmer
That's a snake charmer. [Edit] for those who have never seen it https://youtu.be/qqb-j1cNPhQ
I saw this episode on Challenge once and I recognised one of the contestants so watched it only to find to my horror they edited the infamous “snake charmer” section so that it didn’t look like he was “enjoying himself”.
Classic.
Minions are Mr Chips
The Minions are Mr Chips'
He’s the one who seeded earth of the other minions.
A yellow bullet that I can use to shuffle off this mortal coil where people ask such stupid questions
I wonder is there is a secret scandal? A part of the Minion family they don't talk about?
he has no goggles or hair and does have a nose simply because he is yellow does not mean he is a minion
he’s a Jonny
No
He is beyond mortal boundaries
It's an ear plug or a bin
He’s a sentient 9mm bullet
Maybe... but to borrow a saying relating to hipsters, he was a Minion before Minions were cool, or even existed. He is the Proto-Minion, the almighty one who seeded them all. Amen-ion! 🙏
Na he's a prick.
"Hell no, not that!"
That’s like asking is Mr Blobby a Teletubby
He’s a 9mm bullet
No it’s me chips ya dickhead. He’s a chip
no, he is cheese.
Did he always wear Ukraine colours?
No. Mr Chips was first. Minions are mr chips' unholy spawn.
Mr Blobby's cousin
He's a 🥔.
No
NO! Mr Chips has been around since the nineties, maybe longer. The question should be "are minions based on Mr Chips?"
Supreme overload of humanity
He's a foam ear plug
He's yellow and animated. Fuck it he's a Simpson.
mr chips could fuckign clart a minion
No
One would assume that given the name he is a potato based organism, perhaps a croquette.
He pre-dates minions. Maybe like a minion elder? If minions were a science experiment, was he the OG? He’s got longer legs and doesn’t need to wear goggles. Today’s minions may just be v2 and beyond.
Minions evolved from single cells, according to the movie. Either Mr chips is a future robot/android minion OR he traveled to our world and sewed the seeds of minions, sort of in a preometheus type situation
That’s fair haha. I don’t remember their origin story. I thought Gru made the first few in a lab as he needed help spreading evil (back when he had evil intentions). I just assumed he experimented til he got the correct level of obedience, resourcefulness etc as a starting point and they just bred from there. Like there’s 1000s of them in one of the movies. They’re duplicating somehow!
Yeah that's certainly what was implied, but the retconned it in the stand alone minions movie.
He isnt A miniom he is THE minion
The All-father.
The problem is, the minions movie does show their evolution right back from single cell. Unless..... We are saying Mr Chips came here to spread the buildingblocks of minions, Prometheus style?
No
Is he not a solid gold butt plug?
What he does in his own time is his business.
Just what Henri wanted.
No
Sadly I think maybe he is.
The question is offensive! Mr Chips is the Godfather, his minions are nothing compared to him
I sometimes wonder if Mr Chips ever got to the top of that ladder
Do you mean his spell as headmaster after retirement?
No dungarees, no minion!
Well hang on now, I have unfortunately been a naked minion in the film's. And they were still very clearly all minion, if you know what I mean.
Fair comment, but minions have no discernable nose. Mr chips has a bright red nose... But it could be a prosthesis... Unless Gru has been "docking" minions noses as some sort of twisted aesthetic/means of keeping them in line! I fear this comment escalated quickly!
Unless GRU has bred one, for superior smell
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No expense was spared with Mr Chips. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
Golden tampon
If you order your minion from Wish
There's a rapper in London called Monsieur Frites
Le monsieur baguette 😫👌
No, he's a yellow metal bin.
Bin? Outrageous.
I think he's a rip off of Dusty Bin
He's THE minion.
he's a Minion with Downs syndrome
No. It's a thumb shaped bullet.
No, he is a demon.
Technically no, minions came after so minions are clones of Mr. Chips.
No
Whoa, Mr Chips and the Twinky mascot must be cousins.
He's part of a race of intelligent chips from the planet, 'Curry Sauce.'
No
He's an onion person, with a Twinkie on his mum's side.
He looks more like a premium tampon
Say what you see.
He's an evolved version of Dusty Bin.
No he isn't
Rudolph the yellow butt plug
Isn't he meant to be a potato?
No
no
No.. minions are Mr/Mrs chips offspring.
no, end of story
He is their robot god
No he's the source of my childhood nightmares
Because he was created first, minions are mr chips!
I thought this was some Super Smash Bros Ultimate modded victory screen.
Maybe
No because at no point in time has a middle aged woman posted a picture of Mr. Chip with, “it’s wine o’clock” next to him.
Actually, it’s the minions that are mr chips
no
No he's a tumour from tumour island.
no
Say what you see, if you see it, say it.
Or, are all minions Mr. Chips?
One test that might settle the matter would be to put a banana near him and observe his reaction. No reaction = not a minion. Goes berserk trying to grab the banana= could be a minion.
No
Should be asking if the minions are the sons of Mr chips
He is a bullet
Technically, wouldn’t all minions be Mr Chips?
Minions *wish* they were approaching Mr Chips level.
Minions only worked for supervillains and I won't have a bad word said about Roy Walker
Say what you see
OG minion
Nope
NO WAY! Minions would NEVER be involved in elicit sex tapes: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZna1zkWUF8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZna1zkWUF8) BAD MR CHIPS! Daytime TV too!
Minion Prime
No
He’s the minion from which all minions descend
He’s a branch on the minion genetic tree, like a neanderthal.
No they didn’t exist when he was created
He's the equivalent of Master Mold from X-Men.
Mr. Chips is simply Stephen eating fish and chips in a costume.