By the way, I really like your bear.Minions · 2015 — Chapter 7 of 14 · 6'47" · B1
Scarlet Assigns the Crown Heist, Explained: get down to business
Scarlet shows the Minions her lair, introduces her husband Herb, and hands out inventions before naming the real job: stealing the Queen's crown. "Steal me the crown and all your dreams come true," she promises, then turns the bedtime story of the three little pigs into a threat about what happens to those who fail her.
What happens
Scarlet welcomes the Minions into her secret lair, introduces her husband Herb and outfits each of them with an invention: a stretch suit, a lava lamp gun and a hypno-hat. Then she gets down to business and tells them what she really wants — the Queen of England's crown — and ends with a bedtime story that is really a warning.
Listen for
get down to businessfill the voidblew them off the face of the earthup to the challenge
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Phrase of the scene
get down to business
to stop chatting and start the real work
斯嘉丽招呼吵闹的小黄人安静下来，宣布该讲这次要交给他们的任务了。
Enough small talk; let's get down to business.
Also in this scene
- fill the void
to replace something missing with something else
- blew them off the face of the earth
to destroy someone completely
- up to the challenge
能胜任、扛得住这个挑战
Everything marked in this scene
22 notes across 109 lines
A little bird dropped this off today.Herb, seriously, I wanna dig up that William Shakespeare so he can see what true writing is.Ah, that works out because I love... (CHUCKLES)Right on! You guys are crazy little and way yellow, And I dig that!Right on! You guys are crazy little and way yellow, And I dig that!to replace something missing with something else
Just a few things I stole to help fill the void.to stop chatting and start the real work
Okay, listen up! It is time to get down to business.flap
Okay, listen up! It is time to get down to business.I'm her biggest fan, love her work!Steal me the crown and all your dreams come true.imperative plus and
Steal me the crown and all your dreams come true.liaison
Steal me the crown and all your dreams come true.But right now, it's leaking radiation like you would not believe!It's getting late. You've had a big day, you must be exhausted!It's getting late. You've had a big day, you must be exhausted!must for deduction
It's getting late. You've had a big day, you must be exhausted!Well, maybe I'll settle them down with a bedtime story?That is a groovy idea! I'll go get some cookies and warm milk.Once upon a time, there were three little pigs.liaison
Once upon a time, there were three little pigs.Good luck getting that crown tomorrow, little piggies.Scarlet Assigns the Crown Heist, explained
What's really going on
The scene is where the film's villain finally explains her motive, and it is deliberately childish. Scarlet does not want power or money in the abstract; she wants a crown because it would make her a princess, and the narration says as much: "But that crown would mean she was a princess, and everybody loves a princess!" Her whole speech is built like a fairy tale because her ambition is a fairy tale, and the bedtime story turns it into a threat, since the pigs who fail are blown off the earth. The comedy comes from the mismatch between how cute she sounds and what she is actually promising to do, and the Minions, who understand none of it, simply cheer.
Theme
Dark humorA villain delivers a fairy-tale bedtime story that is really a death threat, and the cute tone is the joke.
AmbitionScarlet's whole plan comes down to a childlike wish for a crown, yet she will threaten anyone to get it.
What you'll learn
- Use blew them off the face of the earth in a comparable exchange.
- Listen for the attitude around blew them off the face of the earth.
- Notice how the reply changes the scene.
Listen for
- get down — flap
- all your dreams — liaison
- Once upon — liaison
Steal me the crown and all your dreams come true.Scarlet offering the Minions everything they want in exchange for the crown, framing a crime as a reward.
But that crown would mean she was a princess, and everybody loves a princess!The bedtime story's real point: Scarlet's ambition is to be loved and admired as a princess, not merely to rule.
I know you won't disappoint me.A friendly-sounding line that is also a threat, spoken after a story about what happens to those who fail her.
I'm her biggest fan, love her work!Her exaggerated praise for the Queen, which shows the obsession behind her plan to steal the crown.
Questions about this scene
Why does Scarlet want the crown so badly?
Because the crown would make her a princess, and the narration says everybody loves a princess. Under her ambition is a childish wish to be admired and adored, not just obeyed.
Why does Scarlet tell the three little pigs story?
It's a threat, not a bedtime story. The pigs stand for the Minions, the wolf is Scarlet, and the ending shows exactly what happens to anyone who fails to bring back the crown.
What does "get down to business" mean?
It means to stop chatting and start on the real matter. Scarlet says it after introducing Herb and handing out the inventions, when she finally gets around to explaining the mission.
What inventions do the Minions get?
Bob gets a stretch suit, Kevin is given a lava lamp gun that shoots real lava, and Stuart receives a hypno-hat that can hypnotize anyone. Each gift is part of the deal for stealing the crown.
Who is Herb?
Herb is Scarlet's husband. She introduces him as an inventor, a super genius and a fox, and he is the one who suits the Minions up with their new gadgets.
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Chapter 1therein lies the rubMinions Can't Keep a Boss
Chapter 2Truth be toldKevin Volunteers to Find a New Master
Chapter 3marked downMinions Wreck a Department Store
Chapter 4a new bad man in townScarlet Overkill's Villain-Con Ad
Chapter 5stretch one's legsThe Nelsons Give the Minions a Ride
Chapter 6let's not kid ourselvesScarlet's Henchmen Tryout
Watching · Chapter 7get down to businessScarlet Assigns the Crown Heist
Chapter 8Bob's your uncleBob Pulls the Sword from the Stone
Chapter 9above and beyond the call of dutyScarlet Confronts the Minions
Chapter 10take this the wrong wayScarlet Breaks Up with the Minions
Chapter 11I proclaim theeScarlet's Coronation Turns into a Chase
Chapter 12how's that working out for youScarlet Gives Kevin Until Dawn
Chapter 13so help meScarlet Taunts Kevin, Then Flees
Chapter 14from here on outThe Queen Knights KevinChapter 7 of 14 · about 35 min to go