Minions

What it looks like

The Minions is a Common card that is unlocked in the Training Camp. It spawns three single-target, air-targeting, short-ranged, and air troops with low hitpoints and low damage, deployed in a triangular formation. The Minions take the appearance of small, light blue gargoyles with team-colored eyes, an underbite, two large, team-colored horns, two stubby silver wings on their backs, and large hands and legs with vicious-looking claws covered in Dark Elixir, while wearing two team-colored bands on their arms, and producing blackish purple orbs of Dark Elixir as their ammunition. They are also the same as the Minions spawned by the Minion Horde card. A Minions card costs 3 Elixir to deploy.

Trivia

• The Minions' design resembles gargoyles. The gargoyle is a fantasy and horror monster inspired by the gargoyle architectural element. While they were believed in mythology to frighten away evil spirits, the idea of such statues physically coming to life is a more recent notion. They are usually magically animated or transformed stone, but have animal or chimera traits and are often guardians of a place such as a cathedral or castle. They can also be depicted as vessels for demonic possession or as a statue-resembling living species. In the French and Japanese language settings of the game, the Minions' name translates to "Gargoyles".
• The Minions are 1 of 19 troops which first existed in Clash of Clans, the others being Archers, Goblins, Skeletons, Barbarians, Giant, Valkyrie, Wizard, Hog Rider, Witch, P.E.K.K.A., Balloon, Golem, Wall Breakers, Bowler, Cannon Cart, Phoenix, Lava Hound, and the Archer Queen. The Minions resemble the Level 1-2 Minion from Clash of Clans. Their Star Level 3 skin resembles the Level 7-8 Minion in Clash of Clans. Minions in Clash Royale share an attack sound effect with their Clash of Clans counterpart. In Clash of Clans, their projectile comes from their mouths, however, in Clash Royale, it comes from their fists instead.
• The Minions are 1 of 7 cards that are already unlocked for the player when they start playing the game, the others being Archers, Knight, Arrows, Tower Princess, Giant, and Fireball. Despite this, the game recognizes that those cards are unlocked in the Training Camp.
• The Minions are one of the first troops to be featured in Clash-A-Rama, alongside the Goblins, Barbarians, and Giant.
• The Minions are one of the first troop cards to be featured in a Trainer's deck, alongside the Archers, Knight, Sperar Goblins, Goblins, Bomber, Skeletons, Barbarians, Minion Horde, Mini P.E.K.K.A., Musketeer, Giant, Valkyrie, Wizard, Hog Rider, Baby Dragon, Skeleton Army, Witch, P.E.K.K.A., Prince, and Balloon.
• In the card's description, the "Roses are red, Minions are blue" line is from the classic love poem starting "Roses are red, Violets are blue". In the Spanish, Japanese, and Portuguese language settings of the game, the Minions' card description says "It is a bird? It is a plane? No, it's a super minion!", which is a reference to Superman. In the Korean language setting of the game, the Minions' card description says "fly like butterflies, sting like bees", which is a reference to a quote mentioned by Muhammad Ali.
• The Minion Horde's description describes 3 Minions as a crowd, while six as a horde for obvious reasons.
• The Minions' description says that the regular Minions are "unarmored", which hinted at the addition of the Mega Minion, an armored Minion. According to a Clash-A-Rama comic strip, a Minion is the Mega Minion's child.
• The Minions appear to have an underbite, similar to the Guards, Giant Skeleton, Lava Hound, and the Super Lava Hound.
• The Minions in the card image are darker in skin color compared to the Minion Horde. They also appear to be wearing indigo gloves, as opposed to the burgundy gloves worn by the Minion Horde. They also seem to have team-colored eyes in battle, instead of purple eyes like on their card.
• Using the Minions card to summon 6 Minions would cost 6 Elixir, whereas using the Minion Horde card to summon 6 Minions costs 5 Elixir.
• The Minions, along with the Mini P.E.K.K.A., Bomber, Skeletons, Skeleton Dragons, Ice Spirit, Mega Minion, Ice Golem, Dart Goblin, Elixir Golem, Goblin Brawler, Guards, Baby Dragon, P.E.K.K.A., Giant Skeleton, Golem, Wall Breakers, Bowler, Executioner, Mega Knight, Inferno Dragon, Royal Ghost, and Lava Hound, are featured as a monster in Squad Busters.