Gru's Plan template
The four-panel plan-backfire format. Steps 1–3 sound great; step 4 reveals the fatal flaw.
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Gru's Plan is a four-panel template from Despicable Me showing Gru presenting a plan on a whiteboard. The first three panels lay out steps that sound great; the fourth reveals a fatal flaw — and Gru's horrified double-take at his own plan.
Caption positions
- Panel 1: Step one The text starts near the top of the image and remains editable.
- Panel 2: Step two The text starts near the top of the image and remains editable.
- Panel 3 (and 4 — same text): The fatal flaw The text starts near the bottom of the image and remains editable.
- Panel 4 (repeat of 3): The fatal flaw The text starts near the bottom of the image and remains editable.
This template starts at 1000 × 641 pixels. Choose Canvas to change the shape, then Text to edit captions without dragging. Keep labels away from the visual detail that carries the joke. Follow the caption workshop for an example.
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