AboutWhat does the meme depict?

The 'Gru Holding a Gun' meme, also referred to as 'Things Are About to Get GRUesome', features an image macro of Gru, a character from the animated film 'Despicable Me', wielding a firearm. The humor usually stems from the stark contrast between Gru's typically benign character in the movies and the aggressive imagery of him holding a gun.

OriginWho did it first?

The meme originated with an iFunny post by the user clex on March 18th, 2018, combining Gru from 'Despicable Me' holding a gun with the final location background from the 2017 video game 'Doki Doki Literature Club'. Following this, a significant spread occurred when a Reddit post was made by user Cuntclitpussy on May 7th, 2019. The post featured this peculiar image of Gru with a gun, captioned as 'Things are about to get GRUesome', playing on a spelling mistake joke.^[1]

Origin: 2019