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No,
Not only don't minions trigger such effects but neither does any creature that is killed while not previously bloodied.
From the Rules Compendium, pg257:
When an unbloodied creature is killed outright, the creature does not become bloodied in the process. It is just dead. This rule means a minion ... is bloodied only if an attacker reduces the ...
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Yes, they do.
But, because of they deal plain damage (no damage roll) their "maximized" damage is equal to their base damage.
However, they could have traits or powers that trigger on a critical hit, or they could receive such properties by a nearby leader monster. For example, the Ankheg BroodlingDDI's mandibles (from Monster Manual 2) work this way:
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Yes, because the trigger was the minion making an attack that doesn't include you. Whether or not that attack misses does not matter. The minion has to be missed by an attack that deals damage on a miss for it to ignore that damage.
Monster Manual, page 282
A minion is destroyed when it takes any amount of damage. Damage from an attack or from a ...
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I would rule this one as a No.
From DDI - Minions: A minion is destroyed when it takes any damage. If a minion is missed by an attack that deals damage on a miss, the minion doesn’t take that damage.
I take this to mean that a minion can not be bloodied in the normal sense, since it either is at full HP or it is dead. A dead opponent is not considered ...
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Yes.
I would read the line 'It acts just after you do' as purely a matter of setting the Servitor's initiative score for encounters. With this interpretation there is then no reason to expect your character's death to affect the Servitor, beyond not being able to provide it with new commands.
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No
The corpse shudders, then clambers to its feet. At your direction, it shoulders your gear and lumbers after you.DDI
An Undead Servitor is more of a pack mule than a henchman.
You imbue a humanoid corpse of natural origin and Medium or smaller size with the ability to move under its own power and an understanding of one language of your choice.
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