When Minion had his mind set on something, he could be quite a determined fish. Knowing the best ways to ply Megamind, Minion saunters up and offers him a hot cup of coffee (with five teaspoons of sugar) and jelly filled donuts from the best donut shop in town.

While Megamind's mouth was happily full, munching on a donut, powder fluttering onto his leather pants, Minion pounced with his question: "Sir? Can we get a cat?"

Megamind paused mid-chew and gave Minion an annoyed look, eyebrows meeting in the middle. "No, Minion. Every time you ask that, I tell you the same thing - no. How will we ever find the cat when it comes time to move the Evil Lair? What if it gets eaten by a brain bot? And the last time you asked, I looked into it and read that cats chew on wires! Can you see how that would be a problem, Minion?" Megamind waves his arm around the room, full of wires hanging from the walls, lights blinking and machines humming.

But Minion was prepared to counter all arguments.

"I will train the brainbots to not eat the kitty and the kitty to not eat the wires. We can always find it by just setting out some food. That's how I find you, Sir; when you are buried deep in the lair on some project. I just set out some coffee near the air ducts and you magically appear!"

Megamind glared at Minion over his cup of coffee, which he had been drinking while listening to Minion's counter argument, and quickly spouted off, "I don't see how having some walking pile of fur is going to help us with destroying Metroman. Therefore, it's not beneficial for our cause to have a cat."

Prepared to stand firm, Minion answered, "Yes, but.. most of the lairs we've been in have had a rat problem. Remember when Metroman defeated us because the robo-laser-deathswine shorted out due to rat poop in the circuits? Cats will defeat the rats, which will help you defeat Metroman! It's a full circle of defeat!"

Minion could see the gears whizzing in his best friend's head, as Megamind pondered the rat vs cat debate. Megamind's long fingers grasped another donut and brought it halfway to his mouth. Megamind then quickly jutted the donut out at Minion, flinging forth a cloud of powder, and growled "Cats are not evil at all! Having a cat would make us look weak and un...evil!"

"Untrue!", cried Minion. "A lot of villains are known to tout cats. Just look at Dr. Evil, Gargamel, and Dr. Claw! Also, we can get you a black cat, so its fur won't be seen on your clothes, and will look extra menacing. Also, the cat can sit in your lap and won't bite as hard as a brainbot next time you have Ms. Ritchie in your evil grasp!"

Minion could see he was winning the argument. Megamind's pride ensured that he must have what all the other evil villains had, and much more. He always had to one up the other villains, and if there was a deficit, it would be quickly filled.

Minion took advantage, jumping in and and continuing: "I'll take care of the kitty. Feed it, clean it, and let it sleep with me. Plus, it gets so lonely around Evil Lair when you are in jail, Sir."

With this final plea, Minion turned on his best 'super adorable fishy face', staring down at Megamind. He could see Megamind's shoulders start to slump in defeat. The ol' fishy face ploy was working!

Megamind stood up, brushed the donut powder off his clothes, and walked over to the bulletin board. His eyes searched the board until he saw the yellow sticky note Minion posted months ago, with the words "Get cat" scribbled on with a red pen. He plucked the note off the board and walked back over to Minion. With a sigh, Megamind handed the note over to Minion and said "I guess you should change this to "Get Kibble".