Gru is a criminal mastermind and supervillain with an ambitious plan to prove he is the greatest of all: steal the Moon. To help carry out the biggest heist in history, he adopts three orphaned girls, Margo, Edith, and Agnes, intending to use them as pawns in his scheme. But the girls see something more in him, and as they grow closer, Gru’s cold villainous exterior begins to soften.