Bob is one of the Minions from the Despicable Me franchise, and one of the three main protagonists (alongside Kevin and Stuart) as well as the deuteragonist of the film Minions. He is a short and bald minion with green and brown eyes. He often carries around a teddy bear that he owns called Tim, which is brown with yellow buttoned eyes.
History with the Macy's Parade[]
A balloon of Bob the Minion was announced in April of 2017, alongside several other floats as a larger announcement for the new Universal's Holiday Parade Featuring Macy's at the Universal Orlando Resort. The design of the balloon features Bob sporting a red-knitted holiday sweater, as he eagerly runs down the Parade route, in hopes of delivering his letter to Ol' Saint Nick.
The Bob balloon is part of the Despicable Me unit of the Parade, and appears alongside three floats, a balloon of his teddy bear, Tim, and various dancers in Minion-inspired outfits.
Between November 14th 2020 and January 3rd 2021, the balloon was on display at Universal's Holiday Experience Featuring Macy's Balloons, a walk-through attraction held in place of the Holiday Parade during the 2020 holiday season.
Bob was able to bring back the holiday love in the 2021 Holiday Parade. Despite coming back to the 2022 holiday parade, fellow Minion friend of Bob, Stuart, joined the 2022 Macy's Parade.