Dave was present when Gru was telling the minions of his next great plan. Before Gru could tell the Minions what they were going to steal, they all whipped out weapons, Dave arming himself with a ROCKET LAUNCHER, which he then fired into a group of Minions. One of the minions, STEVE, walked over to Dave while Gru was telling him to stop and punched him in the shoulder for payback
In the sequel, Dave and Stuart are in a cupcake shop in The Paradise Shopping Mall along with Gru who works undercover as the owner of the shop with LUCY being assigned as his partner. Dave is shown having a crush for the AVL agent Lucy Wilde. His first introduction with Lucy starts when he show his cupcake, which she kicks into the air and smashes it onto the bench. Directly after Lucy crushed the cupcake the grabs Dave and pin him against the bench ready to hit him. After everything is cleared and Lucy learned Dave works for Gru she tells Dave he's free to go. Dave start to walk away, but before that he looking up to Lucy and starts daydreaming about dating her, leaving him kissing in the air.