

Perkins (revealed to be his father) that the shrink ray is currently in Gru's custody, Vector tries to hitch a ride on Gru's rocket with his Squid Launcher, only to be thrown off when Gru electrifies its exterior before proceeding to successfully shrink the moon. However, the bots accidentally seal the entrance, and the three nearly fail while dodging Vector's senses. Nefario's cookie robots emerge and shut down his security before giving Gru and two minions access. However, when he lets Margo, Edith and Agnes to order cookies from them, he unwittingly inspires Gru to reluctantly adopt the girls and use them to get the shrink ray back. When Gru tries to infiltrate his fortress, Vector defeats him several times over, all with the push of a button. When Gru first steals a shrink ray from an East Asian facility, Vector steals it from him in turn, evades all his efforts to shoot him down, and to add insult to injury, uses the shrink ray to shrink Gru's aircraft, leaving him and his two Minions to putter home in defeat. However, with the right tools, though, Vector proves to be a significant threat to his own plans to steal the moon.

Perkins, confirms it, Gru only reacts with disbelief and plans to steal the moon to mend his broken pride. When Felonious Gru first encounters Vector at the Bank of Evil, he does not seem like the type of guy who would be competent enough to steal an ice cream cone, let alone the Great Pyramid of Giza, as his boasts only irritate, and his latest invention, the Piranha Gun, falls flat. While unconfirmed, it's possible that Vector looks younger than he really is, given how he was likely circa five or six years old in 1976 yet looked like if he were in his late 20s or his early 30s in 2010. He has a pudding-bowl haircut, brown eyes and a sharp nose. His apparel is often mistaken for pajamas by Agnes, much to Vector's annoyance. Vector is always shown wearing an orange and white tracksuit which can convert into a flight suit enabling the owner to fly and a fully functional spacesuit. When Gru got past his missiles and shark to save the girls, Vector panicked and used the escape pod to get away, not having any guts to fight back.

He can also be sadistic, laughing, and cheering at his evil-doings or when he thinks he has outsmarted someone.ĭespite the fact that he has become the number 1 villain for a short while as he claims to be, he is ultimately a coward. To that end, he stole the shrink ray from Gru and used it on his ship, put him through an ordeal with his traps when he tried to steal it back, and later kidnapped the girls Gru eventually came to love as his own to get the moon, and even scammed Gru by revealing he had no intent on releasing them after he kept his part of the bargain. However, he developed a grudge against him for freezing his head and stopped at nothing to spite his newfound rival. Initially, he was friendly to Gru, despite being a villain. As an adult, he still maintains a good status with him, as his father boasts about his talents but was harsh on him for losing the shrink ray to Gru. Vector gets along well with his father, as both are seen having fun in a picture together when Vector was a kid. Vector can be quite deceitful as well, as he "procrastinates" on safely returning Margo, Edith, and Agnes when Gru simply surrenders the moon as promised, most likely to spite Gru. He is arrogant and boastful, and often takes time to congratulate himself and revel in his achievements. Despite being a genius in mechanics, strategy, and inventing, Vector is socially awkward and mischievous.
