So let’s do some math, right?

Gru, in the video below, catches a minion at about 2:50 seconds, at about an angle of 87 degrees from horizontal, over the course of about three meters \(given that Gru is 14 feet tall\) and over a time period of about one frame, with an additional third assumed frame from the animations.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Gg\_VQP2zw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Gg_VQP2zw)

Because the equation for physical force is one half the product of mass times velocity\^2, we need to figure out what those variables are. The first step is to determine the mass of a minion, which we know by comparing them to the mass of similarly figured humans \(midgets of \~3.5 feet are about 85 pounds\), converting to Kilograms, and multiplying by the force of gravity, which is 9.8 m/\(s\*s\), we get a normal force of the object being 672 Newtons. The velocity, which is distance/time, or 3/\(1.333/60\), gives a speed of 135 m/s.

Now, 39 Kg \* 135\^2, divide it all by two, makes a physical energy of 355,500 Joules.

If we want to convert this into watts for a horsepower measurement, we need to divide it again by the amount of time applied to stop the minion, which is \(1.333/60\), or about one fiftieth of a second, and then divide the calculated Joules number by the time required, or 355,500/0.022 =

\*16,200,000 WATTS OF POWER\*

Now, we can convert this colossal number by 746 to determine the horsepower of Gru’s catch, which is twenty two thousand horsepower. The current most powerful engine in the world, producing 108,000 horsepower, is absolutely dwarfed by Gru’s arms alone, being 150x more powerful.

Now, the premise of the first movie was to collect the moon, but let’s see how quickly Gru can obliterate it. The equation for gravitational binding energy of a planet is 3/5 \* the force of gravity \* the mass of the planet \* the radius of the planet. Because we know that one raise of his arms is capable of generating 355,000 joules of energy per one and a third of a sixtieth of a second, we just need to make a ratio and scale it up. Assuming Gru takes one second per each of his arm raises, it would then be equal to the amount of watts he can produce, or 16,200,000 Joules of physical energy. Now, we just need to set the equation of his energy to the equation of gravitational binding energy, and allow for a variable with the number of times Gru raises his arms, and we get

16,200,000 \* X = 3/5 \* 1.62 \* \(7.35 \* 10\^22\) \* 1,737,000

X = 395,068 times

If we average once per second, then 395,068 divided by sixty, for minutes, sixty again for hours, then twenty\-four for days, we get 4.57 days.In conclusion, Gru is actually a god of destruction, and we lowly mortals do not deserve to look upon his unfathomable strength.Praise be to Gru.