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Grimlock
Nickname: Grimmy
Allegiance: Autobot
Sub-Group: Dinobot
Function: Dinobot Commander
First Comic Appearance: Transformers #4
"Among the winners, there is no room for the weak."
Profile:
The most fearsome and powerful of the Dinobots, Grimlock would gladly
usurp Optimus Prime's role as Autobot Commander if he thought he could
get away with it. For now, he's happy to tear into the enemy
Decepticons whenever he can and wait for a more opportune moment to try
for the leadership. He can be cold and merciless, and shows contempt
for those he views as weak, such as humans and even some fellow
Autobots. But he is a valiant warrior and his actions command respect
from all who are witness to them, both friend and foe.
Abilities: Grimlock's strength is second only
to Optimus Prime's, and even that is arguable. In Dinobot mode he can
use his powerful jaws to snap in two virtually anything that comes
between them- from a 4-foot diameter steel cable to a Decepticon leg.
In Autobot mode he wields an energo-sword, which can slice a 2-foot
thick concrete wall with one sweep of its crackling blade. He also uses
a double-barreled self-propelled rocket launcher.
Weaknesses: Other than arrogance and lack of speed, Grimlock has no significant weaknesses.
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Undisputed leader of the powerful Dinobots, Grimlock has shown himself
to be a born warrior if there ever was one. Able to transform between
robot and tyrannosaurus mode, he is one of the more powerful Autobots
ever.
Facinated by Earth's dinosaurs, Wheeljack was inspired to build
Autobots able to transform into the giant behemoths. Using holograms of
museum skeletons from Hound, he and Ratchet were able to successfully
construct three Dinobots: Grimlock, Slag, and Sludge. Grimlock
immediately took command, being the most powerful fighter of the three.
Initially incredibly stupid, Grimlock and the other Dinobots had their
intelligences boosted somewhat before being allowed into their first
engagement with the Decepticons. Megatron, disabled temporarily by
Wheeljack's gyro inhibitor shell, watched helplessly while his troops
were routed. Soon after, Megatron convinced the three original Dinobots
to join him against Prime. When Optimus, after being defeated by them,
saved Grimlock's life, the Dinobot leader rejected the Decepticons.
Although not always a model soldier, Grimlock has remained a loyal
Autobot ever since.
In 2006, Grimlock was accidentally fused with incredible
intelligence, which allowed him to create the Technobots. The
intelligence was lost as a result. Around this time, Grimlock also
deactivated Primacron's energy creature, who threatened the galaxy.
In addition to what happened in US Cartoon Continuity, Grimlock played a minor role
in defending Seibertron during Galvatron's first strike on Seibertron.
Neither Grimlock or any of the Dinobots have been seen since that battle
Article submitted by Nick Peron.
Originally from Cybertron, Grimlock and his Dinobots were revived by
the Ark 4 million years ago (and modified to resemble dinosaurs in the
Savage Land) to combat Shockwave. Although Shockwave was winning, the
Dinobots managed to trap him (and themselves) under several tons of
rock and tar. After Shockwave escaped, Ratchet freed the Dinobots to
fight him free the Autobots. Megatron easily beat the Dinobots, but
then fell off a cliff to disappear for several months.
When Optimus Prime ordered a diversionary attack on a temporary
Decepticon base, Grimlock (with his Dinobots) left in disgust. They
returned months later with the intention of taking command of the
then-leaderless Autobots. Trypticon attacked the Ark, making short work
of the Autobots, while Grimlock watched impassively. However, when
Trypticon threatened to kill a human who had demonstated courage
earlier, Grimlock lept into the fight. The Dinobots joined in
immediately and forced Ratbat, who was monitoring the situation, to
recall Trypticon due to his skyrocketing energy expenditure and rising
damage. The Autobots unanimously proclaimed Grimlock Autobot Leader.
Power soon corrupted Grimlock, however, and he ordered the Autobots
to leave Earth once the Ark was repaired. Blaster and Goldbug deserted
in protest of his leadership, and Grimlock soon became obsessed with
punishing them for mutiny. [The UK comic has a subplot at this point called
Ancient Relics, in which Grimlock battles Megatron in London.]
Blaster was captured when Grimlock offers the lives of several
human children in exchange for him. Goldbug, in the meanwhile, mets up
with Fortress Maximus, who sympathized with him and offered to fight
Grimlock for the leadership. Realizing how damaged Fortress Maximus was
in his fight with Shockwave, Goldbug convinced Blaster to fight in his
place. With the Ark and the Steelhaven landed on the Earth's moon, the
two parties gathered to watch Grimlock and Blaster duel. The fight was
so ferocious that the two combatants soon tossed themselves (and each
other) out of sight of the others. At this point, Decepticons, led by
Ratbat, attacked the spectators.
Blaster and Grimlock eventually paused long enough to see the
attack and by working together, were able to push the Decepticons back.
Grimlock apologized for his obssessive behavior and didn't complain
when Optimus returned from the dead to take back the leadership.
During the Underbase incident, Grimlock was used by Starscream as a
shield and was shot by the combined firepower of the Decepticon
Pretenders (ouch). Ratchet was eventually able to repair him using one
of Megatron's experimental Pretender shells, but Grimlock was still not
powerful enough to defeat either Megatron or Thunderwing in personal
combat. In an incident involving several new Decepticon Pretenders,
Grimlock was transported to Cybertron's underground and was forced to
fight in the vicinity of the sleeping Primus. A shot ricocheted off of
him onto Primus, waking him and alerting Unicron to his presence.
Grimlock eventually joined the other Autobots in the Sol system and
ceased using his Pretender shell.
Depressed by the deactivation of the Dinobots, Grimlock became
determined to find a miracle cure for them. He journeyed to a planet
where a new fuel source, Nucleon, was rumored to be able to repair
whatever it is used in. Although warned of possible side effects,
Grimlock nonetheless used it on himself first, then on the Dinobots.
Seeing no harm, Grimlock returned to the Ark, only to find it abandoned
because Primus had teleported the active occupants to Cybertron. The
Nucleon was pumped into all the life support chambers in the Ark,
including Megatron's (the Dinobots were unaware he was there).
Following the battle with Unicron, Optimus made it his dying wish
to have Grimlock secede him as leader (shocking Prowl, who believed he
was next in line). Grimlock agreed and immediately went off with the
Dinobots to scout the area in search of the Ark, which had been stolen
by Shockwave and Starscream. They met up with Hi-Q, who was being
pursued by some powerful and ancient Cybertronian creatures. Grimlock's
systems froze up because of the Nucleon, forcing the Dinobots to fight
a standing defensive battle. Hi-Q determined that the Nucleon had
locked his systems for the purpose of reconfiguring his energy systems.
Realizing time was of the essence, Hi-Q used his Powermaster abilities
and accelerated the process in Grimlock. The Dinobot emerged from this
more powerful than ever before, but no longer possessed the ability to
transform into his T-Rex mode.
The Decepticons doublecrossed the Autobots, sabotaging their ships
and heading for the planet Klo. Grimlock, however, had already taken
the precaution of locating replacement ships and planting a homing
signal on one of the Decepticon ships. Unfortunately for him, the bug
was found and a trap was laid for them at Klo. Grimlock escaped the
trap with several others, but most of the Autobots were decimated.
Hi-Q, recreated as Optimus Prime by the Last Autobot, arrived at this
point, and their combined attack, along with the Last Autobot's ability
to resurrect dead Transformers, caused Bludgeon to back down. Grimlock
again returned command to Prime.
Years later, Grimlock (no longer in possession of his Pretender
shell and able to transform) discovered a series of planets in the
galaxy that had been conquered and terraformed by Transformers. He led
a series of attacks which resulted in numerous casualties for the
opposition, but called in Prime for reinforcements once he found out
the sheer size of the new enemy's forces. Although Grimlock disobeyed
orders and tried to sneak aboard the Cybertronian flagship Twilight,
Prime regarded Grimlock as a trusted second-in-command. When Optimus
insisted on meeting with Megatron alone, it was Grimlock who organized
the team which kept Megatron from killing Prime. Later, when Optimus
and Megatron left for space to get the Matrix, Grimlock was considered
by many to be in command over Razorclaw's objections. Grimlock's
charisma and skill, apparently, convinced some of the new Decepticons
to switch sides during the battle against the Swarm.
In addition to the US Comic Continuity, the following events occurred:
While Blaster and Goldbug were escaping the Autobot patrols sent
after them, Blades located a Transformer signal in the ancient Roman
sewers beneath London. Believing it was the errant Autobots, Grimlock
took his newly-repaired friend Centurion to Europe. There, instead of
Blaster and Goldbug, he discovered what he believed was Megatron (but
was actually Straxus's mind in a duplicate of Megatron's body). A
fierce battle ensued, during which Action Force saved Grimlock's life.
Returning the favour, Grimlock saved several members from being crushed
by Megatron. The fight culminated in Centurion and Megatron being
caught in an enormous explosion and falling into the Thames river.