Minion Shimeji For Chrome Browser
Kevin, Stuart and Bob waddle around your browser, chase bananas and giggle at everything.
Minion Shimeji is part of Shimeji Buddy, a free Chrome extension that adds small animated characters to every web page you open. Switch Minion on and the buddy appears at the bottom of the page, walks around, climbs the sides of the window, sits on top of images and reacts when you click or drag it. It works on Google, YouTube, Reddit, your school portal and almost any other site.
What is Minion Shimeji?
A Shimeji (しめじ) is a tiny desktop mascot that lives on the edge of your screen. The idea started as a Japanese desktop-pet program and Shimeji Buddy brings it to the browser. Minion Shimeji is our films buddy inspired by Minion. It uses a hand-drawn sprite sheet with walking, climbing, falling, sitting and special animations, so it looks like a real little animation rather than a static sticker.
What Minion does on your screen
- Cute animated Minion characters that walk, run, climb and jump on every web page.
- Drag and drop any buddy to wherever you want on the screen.
- Click a character to trigger its special animation.
- Run one buddy or a whole crew at the same time.
- Lightweight sprite animations that will not slow down Chrome.
- Pause, hide or remove buddies with one click from the toolbar panel.
- Works on Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave and other Chromium browsers.
- 100% free, no account, no sign-up and no personal data collected.
How to add Minion Shimeji to Chrome
- 1
Install Shimeji Buddy
Open the Chrome Web Store page, click Add to Chrome and confirm. It takes a few seconds and no account is needed.
- 2
Open the buddy panel
Click the Shimeji Buddy icon next to your address bar. Pin it from the puzzle-piece menu if you do not see it.
- 3
Switch on Minion
Find Minion in the Films tab and flip the toggle. The character drops onto the page right away.
- 4
Play with it
Click Minion for its special animation, drag it anywhere on the screen and drop it to let it walk off again. Add more buddies for a crowd.
- 5
Pause or remove
Use the same toggle to pause, or the trash icon to remove it. Buddies stay off on sites you mark as focus sites.
Need more detail? See the full install guide with screenshots and troubleshooting tips.
About Minion
Minions are the small yellow helpers from Illumination’s Despicable Me films and their own Minions movies. They wear denim overalls and goggles, speak their own Minionese and will do almost anything for a banana.
Minion Shimeji puts Kevin, Stuart and Bob on your browser. They waddle along the bottom of the page, climb the sides of the window, chase a banana when you click them and occasionally fall over laughing. The pack also includes Otto from Minions: The Rise of Gru, who is slower but just as determined.
Minion Shimeji FAQ
Which Minions are included?
Kevin, Stuart, Bob and Otto are included, each with slightly different idle animations.
Do the Minions make noise?
No. Shimeji Buddy characters are silent, so the Minions giggle in speech bubbles rather than with sound.
Is Minion Shimeji free?
Yes. Minion Shimeji is completely free as part of the Shimeji Buddy Chrome extension. There is no sign-up, no subscription and no in-app purchase.
Does Minion Shimeji slow down Chrome?
No. Each buddy is a small sprite animation that uses almost no memory. You can pause or hide it at any time from the toolbar panel.
Artists and developers making free animated Shimeji characters for Chrome since 2026. Every buddy is drawn frame by frame and tested on the latest Chrome release.
