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:''Me Grimlock am [[Autobot]] [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] and later [[Maximal]] from [[Generation 1 continuity family

[[Image:BoUK Dinobots 5a .jpg|right|300px|thumb|Me Grimlock here to kick ass and eat Seekers. And me Grimlock all out of eating Seekers.]
Some Autobots wonder why '''Grimlock''' is even on their side. His disposition is much more suited to the [[Decepticon]]s. After all, he values power and strength over wisdom and compassion, and furthermore, he doesn't really get along with most Autobots. When faced with a problem, his usual responses are to slice it with his [[Energo weapon|energo-sword]], tear it to pieces with his bare hands, or outright eat it. He is more willing to accept casualties than most of the Autobot leadership, and doesn't seem particularly concerned about the [[Human|fleshies]] either. These things, coupled with his dislike of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], have led to a defection or two on Grimlock's part. He'd have no problem offing the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] if he thought he could get away with it, though.

What the Autobots don't realize is that the only thing he hates more than weakness is those who abuse their strength, meaning when push comes to shove, Grimlock will always fall in on the right side of the fence. And despite their disagreements, Grimlock holds a respect for Prime's strength and leadership.

Grimlock is the leader of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], a small but powerful strike squad. Grimlock himself is extremely strong and durable, and is one of the few Transformers who can not only stand toe-to-toe with Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], but actually give them a run for their money. Despite his strength and prowess, Grimlock continually struggles with his pronouns.

{{bigquote|"Me, Grimlock — '''BADASS'''!"|Grimlock on himself|[[The War Within issue 5|''The War Within'' #5]]}}

{{note|Grimlock's intelligence level in the cartoon was substantially lower than in most of his other portrayals. See the entries below for details.}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{main|Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}
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Inspired by dinosaur fossils, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] built Grimlock, [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], who promptly went on a rampage. Wheeljack convinced Optimus to lock up the Dinobots, rather than destroy them. Upgrading them to be smarter and more obedient, Wheeljack sent the Dinobots to rescue the Autobots. Frustrated by the Dinobots' success, Megatron learned Grimlock desired to be Autobot leader and tried to trick the Dinobots into serving him, but Optimus's selflessness convinced Grimlock otherwise. The Autobots called upon the Dinobots whenever they were overwhelmed, but Optimus deemed them too chaotic to work at the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]] and even had them sent to [[Dinobot Island (G1)|an island populated by living dinosaurs]]. Angered by being taken for granted, Grimlock left, until [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] convinced him to help when the Autobots began to suffer from [[Cybertonium]] deficiency.http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Grimlockskywarp.jpg

In 2005, Grimlock battled [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] at the [[Battle of Autobot City]], rescued [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] on [[Quintessa]], received his first [[kiss]] from [[Re-Cycle]] on [[Junkion (planet)|planet Junk]], and kicked the butt of [[Unicron|a god]]. Still an active Autobot soldier, Grimlock even received a temporary boost to his intelligence, allowing him to create the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].

===Marvel Comics continuity==
{{main|Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}
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Grimlock lay dormant on the Ark when the ship detected [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] in the [[Savage Land]]. Fitting Grimlock and his four comrades with alternate modes based on the local fauna, the Dinobots battled Shockwave until they became stuck in a tar pit. In the present, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] discovered their location. Grimlock almost immediately began butting heads with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and soon he and his team left the Autobots.

Following Prime's death, Grimlock returned to nominate himself for the position of leadership, and proved his worth by leading the Autobots in battle against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Unfortunately, power corrupted Grimlock, who lived up to his alternate mode's name by constructing a [[variable voltage harness]] to torture defectors like [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], and picking a fight with Autobots from [[Nebulos]] led by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Prime was rebuilt as a [[Powermaster]], and appointed Grimlock and Fortress Maximus as his lieutenants.

Grimlock was deactivated in the wake of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s [[Underbase]]-fueled rampage, but Ratchet revived him as a [[Pretender]] to battle [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. Battling the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]], Grimlock found himself in the heart of Cybertron where [[Primus]] lay, much to his [[atechnogenesis|disbelief]]. A blast by [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] intended for Grimlock hit Primus, awakening him and alerting [[Unicron]] to his presence. After returning to Earth and warning Prime, Grimlock joined the search to recover the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. During this time he stocked up on [[Nucleon]], which gave him a more powerful body, but at the cost of his [[transformation]] abilities. After Prime sacrificed himself to defeat Unicron, Grimlock was Autobot leader once more, and participated in a disastrous battle with [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s soldiers on the planet [[Klo]]. Astonishingly, Prime returned with the [[Last Autobot]], who resurrected the fallen Autobots and ended the war.

In various [[splinter timeline]]s, Grimlock led the [[Earthforce]], helped Optimus and Megatron battle [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]], and rallied with [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] to hold out against the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. In one Grimlock captained the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]'', patrolling the universe for signs of Decepticon activity for over a decade of peace before Megatron returned and in another, he lived with the effects of Nucleon for twenty-one years before travelling to [[Nebulos]] to seek a cure.

===Transformers PD-Type===
[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] recruited Grimlock as backup for a duel with [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]. Grimlock became bored watching the two of them fight in the sky, but when Star Saber finally succeeded in knocking Deathsaurus to the ground, Grimlock gnawed on his head while Star Saber looked on, pleased at the outcome of his clever plan. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##8 "Me Strongest! Me Grimlock!"|Me Strongest! Me Grimlock!}}

===3H comics===
Grimlock was among the legendary Transformers summoned from [[J'nwan]] by [[Sandstorm (BW)|Sandstorm]] to help battle [[Shokaract]]. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}

Grimlock was one of several Transformers being monitored by [[Primus]] and [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] as the Universe war began. {{storylink|Abduction}}

Hailing from an earlier era of the Cybertronian wars, Grimlock arrived in the [[Cauldron]] and soon found the unlikely allies of [[Megatron [[Link title]](Armada)|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Primal]]. They were confronted by two of [[Unicron]]'s Dark Generals, [[Reptilion]] and [[Striker]]. {{storylink|OTFCC Live-Action Drama}}

Striker was overpowered and held prisoner beneath Grimlock's mighty boot. Using his spark telepathy, Primal was able to at least temporarily override Unicron's corruptive influence on Striker (although Grimlock remained somewhat unconvinced). Grimlock's concerns became academic as Reptilion returned with Unicron's other generals, [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]. Luckily, [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] managed to orchestrate a jailbreak among the Cauldron's other "guests", so Grimlock and Megatron soon had all the reinforcements they needed. The [[Matrix Templar]] known as [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]] helped forge a connection with Primus, creating a way out for the escapees. Grimlock was apparently dispatched back to his own era along with the other displaced [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]]. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' comics===
{{bigquote|Me not like Optimus Prime or Autobots that much... but me like you and yours even less!|Grimlock's voice recording on a bomb he left for the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]|"[[The War Within Preview]]"}}

Years ago, before the war, Grimlock was part of a cage-fighting arena. He and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] fought beside and against each other on numerous occasions. Starscream believed Grimlock was a natural born killer, but Grimlock really just carried a lot of rage and needed an outlet.

[[Image:Skidswheeljackgrimlockkupironhidetww.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Me Grimlock great at retreating.]]
When the war began, Grimlock sided with the Decepticons. Then, after a while, he switched sides and went to the Autobots. Nobody is quite sure why or what happened. {{storylink|The War Within Preview}} He eventually became leader of a squad including [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]].

By the time [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] was killed and a new leader had to be chosen, the Autobots were losing the war, and Grimlock was growing impatient with the [[Council of Ancients]]' strategy. Grimlock called a secret meeting at the [[Helix Gardens]] with Prowl, Jazz, and his running crew: If the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] wasn't up to doing what had to be done, then they'd do it for him—and take the Prime out in the process. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}}

Optimus Prime, having defeated a team of Decepticons by himself, still didn't settle Grimlock's nerves. Prime's decision to evacuate Cybertron did it; Grimlock had enough. He left and went to brood by himself. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} Starscream and his Seekers dropped by while Grimlock was alone. Starscream baited Grimlock, telling him he was a Decepticon inside and was just in denial. He gave him a choice: go to [[Protihex|Sector Zero-Six]] and help the Seekers take out the Autobot command post, or warn the post about their arrival. Grimlock, out of spite, instead evacuated the Autobots from the base and left the Decepticons a present: a bomb. {{storylink|The War Within Preview}}

[[Image:Grimlocktwwmycall.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Me Grimlock squat a lot.]]
While he was on his way back to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to help with the defense, Prowl ordered him away, instead telling him to go find Optimus Prime. Grimlock decided that it was a good opportunity to give the new Prime a piece of his mind. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} While he and the team went deep into Cybertron's core to find Prime, they found out about Megatron's plan to win the war and turn Cybertron into a mobile battle station with which to conquer the universe. Grimlock split up his team: He would go find Optimus Prime, and the rest of the team would shut down the transformation system for Cybertron. To his surprise, Prime abruptly was standing next to him. Prime ordered Grimlock to help him find Megatron. Grimlock shoved his [[Energo weapon|energo-sword]] into Prime's hands and gave clear instructions: If Megatron is the problem, then fix it. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} When the crisis was over, Grimlock no longer questioned Optimus Prime. He knew that Prime had figured things out, and though he hadn't executed Megatron, he wasn't going to spend his time in the war running away. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

[[Image:Grimlockultramagnusnoooo.jpg|left|200px|thumb|ME GRIMLOCK DAMN YOU, SALAZAR!]]
During the Dark Ages, Optimus Prime and Megatron were seemingly destroyed in a [[space bridge]] explosion, which created a crack in space through which the ancient being known as [[The Fallen]] emerged. With the loss of Optimus Prime, Grimlock broke off from the Autobots now led by Prowl and formed the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. Grimlock was targeted, along with [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], by The Fallen, who wished to use their apparently unique [[Spark]]s to help in his revival of [[Primus]], which would allow Unicron to locate him. {{storylink|Fragmentation}}

The Fallen sent [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] and [[Bugly]], who arranged for Grimlock to receive a communication between Jetfire and Shockwave. {{storylink|Devastation}} Believing Jetfire was intending to defect, Grimlock headed for the meeting. However, when the [[Chaos Trinity]] arrived and captured Jetfire, Grimlock jumped out of the shadows and attacked. The Fallen had to watch his followers take a sound beating. After dispatching the mystics, Grimlock attempted to execute Jetfire. The Autobot scientist was saved only because The Fallen himself soon arrived. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}}

Grimlock being Grimlock, he launched himself at The Fallen, but was completely overwhelmed. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} He woke up later strapped to a table and had to listen to Jetfire trying to convince him to help them both escape. Grimlock broke free with ease and was part of the multi-faction army that attempted to halt The Fallen's plans. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

Later, Grimlock served both as leader of the Dynobots and the right-hand bot to Ultra Magnus, who had taken control in Optimus' absence and had managed to secure a truce with Shockwave. Grimlock was less than happy about this, partly because he didn't trust the Decepticons, and partly because he had no idea what to do with himself in peacetime. He never got to find out, as the truce was betrayed by Starscream's forces, and Grimlock was apparently killed when he dove in front of a shot meant for Magnus. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

{{note|Due to [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s closure, the conclusion of the ''War Within'' series was never seen, though years later [[Simon Furman]] released the unpublished scripts to the final three issues. Primus preserved Grimlock's lifeforce within an [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] drone, for Grimlock's lineage stretched back to the [[Thirteen]] and with the Prime lineage at risk, there was need for a new savior. After repelling a second Quintesson invasion, Perceptor rebuilds Grimlock into his old form. <ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/the-war-within-the-age-of-wrath-issues-5-and-6-summary-173018/</ref>}}

[[Image:Extermination-Grimlock.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Yes, definitely refer to "[[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Rules of Extinction|Rules of Extinction]]."]]
Millennia later, the Ark and the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' left Cybertron in search of new resources to fuel the war, but never returned. Grimlock and the Dynobots followed a [[Insecticon (G1)|group of Decepticons]] to a primitive world that would later be known to them as Earth, all of them looking for the lost Ark. The Dynobots assumed alternate forms similar to Earth's indigenous giant reptiles, dinosaurs, and fought off an attempted ambush by the small crew of Decepticons they had been tracking. {{storylink|Extermination}}

[[Image:DWPrimeDirective3_Grimlock.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Me fight with all me—"? Me Grimlock not Irish!]]
Millions of years later in [[1984]], the other Autobots and Decepticons on Earth awakened and the Great War began anew. The Autobots and humans eventually defeated the Decepticons and all the Transformers were to be sent back to Cybertron on the ''[[Ark II]]''. However, the ship was destroyed during launch due to sabotage by General [[Robert Hallo]] and [[Lazarus|Adam Rook]], in the hopes of recovering the Transformers and reprogramming them to be war machines. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1}}

At some point, Megatron captured the other four Dinobots, a fact which he used as leverage to get Grimlock to turn traitor and join the Decepticons after they were reactivated by Lazarus. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} Grimlock's only real contribution to the Decepticons was crushing unoccupied cars in [[San Francisco]] {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} and being beaten up, and beaten down by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]. After the Decepticons abandoned him, Optimus Prime offered to take Grimlock back, but he refused, stating circumstances had changed too much. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

[[Image:NewWorldOrder Grimlock Blitzwing.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Me Grimlock silence Blitzwing, then Prime next.]]
Grimlock's apparent allegiance to the Decepticons didn't last very long, though, as [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] soon showed up with his [[Triple Changer]]s. Grimlock's true loyalty became obvious when he stopped Blitzwing from blowing off Optimus's head by grabbing his tank turret and bending it into a pretzel with one hand. After that, Shockwave sent Megatron off to Cybertron, prompting Grimlock to rejoin the Autobots in the ''Ark''. {{storylink|New World Order}} When Optimus's group surrendered to Ultra Magnus, some of the Autobots remained on Earth, Grimlock among them. He travelled to the frozen north, and freed the other Dinobots from Megatron's holding tank. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}}

Stealing a Decepticon shuttle, the Dinobots then headed for Cybertron, intending to free Optimus Prime and his group. After a rough landing in the [[Wastelands]], they acquired [[Sixshot|some transportation]] from [[Octane]] and hurried to Iacon. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} There, Grimlock did his part by leading a massive Dinobot assault on [[Shockwave's Tower]], before breaking off to take care of the Decepticon leader himself. Blitzwing again got in his way, and Grimlock was forced to battle both, a battle that was going his way until Ultra Magnus shot him in the face. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Perceptor repaired the Dinobot commander, and Grimlock did his part for the rebellion by giving Hot Rod some back-up. For a third and final time, he fought Blitzwing, this time taking out the Decepticon with ease, grabbing him by the tank turret and throwing him into a [[Guardian robot|Guardian]]. Leaving the main conflict, Grimlock followed Shockwave, Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus into the citadel, and ended up saving the two Autobots, stating that he'd hate to lose the chance to pay back the "stuffy traitor". Optimus Prime thanked Primus, but Grimlock said Prime should be thanking ''him''. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

While the main group of Earth Autobots returned, the Dinobots remained on Cybertron to give Ultra Magnus some needed muscle. They were assigned to help Kup fortify the new Autobot bases on Cybertron's moons. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{note|As noted above, any further exploits of Grimlock in the present were cut short due to Dreamwave's bankruptcy.}}

===Dreamwave ''Transformers/G.I. Joe'' comics===
Grimlock was among the Autobots who were awakened by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] in [[1939]] after laying dormant on the [[Fera Islands]] for three million years. He was eager to start smashing Decepticons again, and probably would've smashed the humans as well if [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] hadn't been here to tell him they were friendly. While the other Autobots were a bit wishy-washy about helping G.I. Joe in their fight against [[Cobra]] and their Decepticon allies, Grimlock threw himself into battle almost immediately, using his [[World War II]]-era tank mode to destroy one or two incoming [[Rattler]]s. {{storylink|Transformed}}

With [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] as company, Grimlock fought his way across the Fera Islands until he ran into [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], whose earthquakes were too much for him and the other Autobot tanks to handle. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}} Grimlock was knocked off a cliff by Rumble's attacks, and as he was struggling to keep himself from falling to his doom, he urged Roadblock to save himself. However, the human refused to let Grimlock give up, and stayed behind to motivate him, drill sergeant style. While the human's words did give Grimlock newfound strength, the cliff still crumbled, and he and Roadblock fell. Thankfully, [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] saved them just in time, although Grimlock didn't enjoy feeling small in comparison to the combiner. {{storylink|Wolves}}

On the way to the Cobra [[Terrordrome]], Grimlock listened to [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]] being pessimistic about their chances of survival, and casually asked the human if he was a coward. Upon reaching the Terrordrome, Grimlock fought and defeated [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], having always hated him for his cowardly guerilla tactics back on Cybertron. Shortly thereafter, the Autobots and Joes came under attack from [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], and Roadblock suggested that Grimlock show the giant some real firepower... only for the Dinobot to be swatted aside like a fly. Grimlock presumably died along with the other Transformers when the [[Matrix of Leadership]] was destroyed in order to stop Bruticus. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

===''G.I. Joe vs the Transformers''===
{{bigquote|It just isn't a proper party without Grimlock around. That guy is nuts.|Hot Rod}}

[[Image:DDGrimlock.jpg|right|120px|thumb|All the grace of an earthquake.]]
Grimlock and his team were transported to Earth's prehistoric past by a malfunctioning [[Teletran 3]]. A joint [[Cobra]]/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] team traveled through a time portal to bring them back. Unfortunately, Shockwave's Decepticons blocked their return. Just as Shockwave's victory appeared complete, [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] and [[Lady Jaye]] successfully opened up the final time portal, and the humans returned, with some heavy artillery in the form of the five Autobots, now reformatted in huge, powerful dinosaur bodies. Grimlock took the lead by knocking Shockwave through a wall, and beating the tar out of the 'Cons, alongside his new Dinobots, their new abilities more than a match for the Decepticon forces. When the Decepticons retreated, Grimlock transformed and requested an audience with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

Grimlock was part of the small team sent to help with the Joes' decommissioning of their Cybertronian mechs. Grimlock was more than a little vocal about his distaste for the post, and lack of interest in the humans. He was, willing to help the Joes fight Cobra, when the latter attacked en masse... even if he complained about helping the weak fleshlings. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} When [[Cobra Commander]] was cornered in an underground facility, Grimlock did his part by terrifying him into talking. They were interrupted when [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] appeared, and attempted to take control of both Grimlock, and [[G.I. Joe battle mech|Roadblock's robot]]. Grimlock resisted, but Roadblock's robot turned around and punched him in the face. Grimlock responded by ripping its arm off. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

As Serpent O.R. teleported to Cybertron, Grimlock's team pursued him, but ended up having to fight off [[cannibalizer]]s in a junkyard. Although Grimlock was shot in the face and knocked down, he soon got back up and continued the hunt for Serpent O.R., only to run into his new troops—the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] and [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. The Autobots and their human companions were captured and imprisoned in the Decepticons' base in the [[Gladiator Zone]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} They eventually managed to escape thanks to [[Snake-Eyes]], but Grimlock insulted the humans anyway. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

After hearing that Serpent O.R. had captured Optimus Prime, Grimlock violently interrogated [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] for directions to where Prime was being kept. By the time the team arrived, they found that Serpent O.R. had stolen the [[Matrix of Leadership]], only to have his new "Serpentor Prime" body taken from him by Cobra Commander. Grimlock and Snake-Eyes attacked him, but were smashed into a wall by his tentacles and taken out of action. After [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] defeated Cobra Commander, Grimlock admitted that the humans were great warriors and great friends, and apologized for being hard on them. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===The Beast Within===
In a devastating battle with the Decepticons, Grimlock made the decision to combine with the other Dinobots to form the "[[Beast (G1)|Beast]]". {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Grimlock's response to the Autobots finding a badly-damaged and helpless Starscream was to suggest that they should throw the garbage out in as many pieces as possible. When that turned out to be off the table, he was happily in support of brainwashing Starscream instead. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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{{bigquote|Will he be pleased to see us?|[[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]]}}
{{bigquote|Hell no. He's never pleased to see '''''anyone'''''.|Kup|[[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #4]]}}
[[Image:Dinobots Autocracy Endgame.jpg|left|250px|thumb|]]
Grimlock is the leader of the D'''y'''nobots, a group of close knit hunters and guardsmen who, in no small part due to Grimlock's influence, prefer to work outside the Autobot rulebook.

At the start of Megatron's rise to power, the Dynobots turned out to an open casting call for Megatron's underground gladiatorial games, and got a good deal more respect from the Predacons than the other attendees. It turned out to be a recruitment drive for the Decepticon army. What they thought of that is unknown, as Autobot security forces raided the party soon after. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}}

He later met Slag again in a brig; Grimlock had angered a field commander but Slag had shot a vice-admiral in the back to con him into a frontal assault, so Slag won. Grimlock thought this Slag guy sounded like a good bloke, and the two of them discussed the formation of their own rule-breaking strike team. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2}}

Later, Grimlock responded to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus]]' rallying call for additional support and fought in the following battle for control of Cybertron. {{storylink|Broadcast}} During the battle, he and his Dynobots took out [[Onslaught (G1)|a lot]] [[Brawl (G1)|of tanks]]. {{storylink|Endgame}}

[[Image:SpotlightShockwave GrimlockSlag trexscan.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Me Grimlock in love!]]
After [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] destroyed a cache of energon the Dynobots had been hoarding, causing them severe energon burns and equally severe humiliation, they swore revenge. So, against orders from Optimus Prime, they followed Shockwave when he left Cybertron to stabilize "[[ultra-Energon]]" deposits he had sent to other worlds as a precaution against the depletion of Cybertron's own energon reserves.

When Shockwave reached his first destination—Earth, at the end of the last Ice Age—the Dynobots destroyed his ship, but Slag revealed that the high energon levels of the planet would put them in stasis lock, since they hadn't come prepared like Shockwave. Slag then came up with the idea that they should scan the local life forms and create alt-modes based on those animals, but with synthetic flesh coatings to protect against the high levels of energon radiation. Grimlock was
completely against the idea, but since Slag couldn't come up with something better, he relented. However, he refused to take on the form of the weak mammalians that dominated the planet, demanding "something with some... bite." Scanning fossil deposits, Slag found the remains of some [[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|extinct reptilian animals]] and brought up a holographic representation of one to see if Grimlock approved. What popped up was a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', which Grimlock seemed to fall in love with the moment he saw it. The choice made, Grimlock took the Tyrannosaur as his altmode and had Slag find more dinosaurs as templates for the rest of the Dynobots.

[[Image:SpotlightShockwave Grimlock stasislock.jpg|left|180px|thumb|One, two three... Red light!]]
On teleporting down to the planet's surface to confront Shockwave, they gained an initial advantage, as Shockwave's logic was unable to comprehend the effort and risks they had taken for their revenge. However, when Shockwave recognized this weakness, he shut down his logic processors and executed a "rage" program to enable him to operate on pure instinct. He shrugged off the Dynobots' attacks and beat them severely, ending the assault by burning off their organic coatings.
Unable to accept another defeat, Grimlock transformed to robot mode and fought against his imminent [[Stasis lock|stasis lock]] to no avail.

However, before leaving the Dynobots' ship, he had enabled a "dead man's switch" designed to take Shockwave with them if they were defeated. When he entered stasis lock, this failsafe activated, firing on a nearby dormant volcano and causing an eruption which buried Shockwave and the Dynobots under ash and lava. Thousands of years later, their entombed bodies were discovered by a human archaeological team. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

[[Image:SpotlightGrimlock punch KLUNG.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, Punch!<br> Daylight come and me Grimlock wanna go home.]]
Thousands of years later in 2007, the [[human]] organization [[Skywatch]] took over jurisdiction of the dig site and excavated Shockwave and the Dynobots. {{storylink|Escalation issue 5}}

When the [[Reaper]]s attacked the Decepticons, Skywatch decided to awaken the most advanced of their "Eureka Six", which turned out to be Grimlock. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5}}

Grimlock's reactivation was sabotaged by an agent of the [[Machination]] and when he awoke, they had no control over him. He escaped the facility, confused and angry. His escape was engineered by the head of the Machination, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], who wanted Grimlock to join him in the Machination plot to dominate the Earth by running interference and delaying Megatron's plans long enough for the Machination to put their plans into action.

[[Image:GrimlockMaxDino01.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Me Grimlock's roar sound funny...]]
Grimlock considered for a second, but refused the offer for two reasons: he could turn Scorponok in to Ultra Magnus for redemption, and as revenge for Scorponok once robbing an installation the Dynobots were guarding. The two fought and Scorponok quickly gained the upper hand, mostly due to his [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] upgrade. Grimlock was able to activate his transporter chip, which beamed him back to his ship, the ''[[Skyfire (ship)|Skyfire]]'', which was buried deep in ice somewhere. Grimlock hoped he could use the ship to find the other Dynobots. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}

Finding himself trapped, both on a useless ship and in a less than inconspicuous form, Grimlock was forced to try and contact some of his less reputable acquaintances in an attempt to get the ''Skyfire'' into some sort of working order. Meanwhile, the Machination had tracked him down and had sent their [[Sunstreaker clone|Tsunami Unit]] to apprehend him. Grimlock's early warning system detected them, and he circled round as they began to attack, bursting from the ice and transforming. The battle very quickly turned in his favor with four of the clones falling in the opening moments. The surviving Headmasters were rather shaken, but managed to fulfill their mission: attach a device which would [[Orbital jump|orbital bounce]] him to Nevada, near Skywatch's base. Grimlock materialized in the middle of a busy street in [[Fallon]]. As a car crashed into his toe, he realized things had just gone from bad to worse. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1}}

[[Image:GrimlockSludgeSwoopMaxDino02.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Hey... he stole that move from Shockwave!]]
Grimlock knew Scorponok was trying to deliberately set him up as a rampaging monster, but ''didn't'' expect his fellow Dynobots to be sent to take him down! He was able to fight them all off but unable to break their reprogramming by appealing to their team ethos ... and when they ''did'' regain sentience and memory, it was because Scorponok let them so they could get pissed off at the knowledge Grimlock had set up a "dead man's switch" ''without'' informing them. Grimlock's defence was that such a sneaky, amoral and rule-breaking act was what the Dynobots were ''all about'', which surprisingly worked. While saying this, he grudgingly and with much moaning saved a human from burning to death. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2}}

Convinced he'd brought his team round, Grimlock began issuing orders, only to be met by an icy silence. Swoop spoke for the group, saying his trust was hard earned and Grimlock tossed it away. Disgusted he abandoned the team, prompting the others to follow. Grimlock tried pleading with them, then turned in a huff, stating he'd be better off on his own. He was interrupted by the arrival of the Sunstreaker clones, who blasted him in the chest. Enraged, he vented his frustrations on the clones until their numbers began to tell. He was saved by the arrival of the other Dynobots, who felt that whatever had happened, they were still a team. However, they were overwhelmed by the sheer number of clones, until the arrival of the "help" Grimlock had requested earlier: the [[Monsterbot]]s. Seeing the newcomers take the fight to the enemy, Grimlock extolled his unit to show the Monsterbots how it's ''really'' done. Decimated and demoralized, the surviving Machination clones escaped with their lives. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3}}

[[Image:MaxDinos3 Grimlock SS clone.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Me Grimlock best is at what do. And it not very nice.]]
Aboard the Monsterbots' ship, the Dynobots wondered why Grimlock would side with the outcasts. They gave Grimlock a stern look when he exited the cockpit. The Dynobots didn't see the point of fighting Scorponok, but Grimlock said that Scorponok made it their fight when he turned the Dynobots against him. Snarl disagreed, saying that it had always been Grimlock's fight, that he and the other Dynobots went along with him, and that it was now Grimlock's wounded pride at stake. After the Monsterbots blasted away the defenses, Grimlock exited the ship, saying that there was no way he could let this go, and that with or without the Dynobots, there would be a reckoning for Scorponok. The Dynobots decided that arguing was pointless and followed Grimlock. When [[Hunter O'Nion]] pulled the cords from [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]'s head, shutting him down, the clones ceased to function. Sludge cried out in victory, but the moment was short-lived as Scorponok blasted Sludge into stasis. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}}

[[Image:MaxDinos5 Grimlock Sludge.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He's dead, Grim.]]
Grimlock stared down at Sludge's dead body, brooding about how it was his fault Sludge was dead... while a battle between Scorponok and Shockwave (for rights of revenge upon Grimlock) raged on around him. Eventually Snarl, Slag, and Swoop decide to get to the Monsterbots' ship while the getting was good, but Grimlock stayed behind with Sludge. Grimlock tried infusing some of his [[spark]] energy into Sludge to revive him, but it seemed to have no effect. Shockwave got the upper hand and let Scorponok escape, and in frustration, Grimlock attacked Shockwave. Grimlock and Shockwave were too busy fighting to notice the return of Slag, Snarl, and Swoop, who reasoned that, while helping Grimlock might not be much of a cause, it still beat being no better than the Monsterbots. They were noticed by Sludge, who seemed to have recovered due to Grimlock's treatment after all. The four of them dove into the fray proper, but Grimlock ordered them to go after Scorponok instead. When [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] was about to get squished by Scorponok, the remaining Dynobots showed up in just the nick of time. At Hot Rod's urgings, Swoop severed the connections keeping Scorponok's head conscious. Grimlock in the mean time had found out Shockwave was using their battle to stall for time so that Soundwave could free him from Skywatch's control. The Decepticon attempted to abandon the fight, but Grimlock stubbornly refused to let him walk away, and rolled out a grenade, which incapacitated them both.

[[Image:MaxDinos5 Grimlock Magnus.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Magnus was unaware that Grimlock had watched ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', and had already hired a fat man to bring the fences down.]]
By this time [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] had arrived and taken Scorponok into custody. Grimlock and Shockwave were both arrested and taken off-world. Ultra Magnus later told Grimlock that having Scorponok and Shockwave in custody could help offset Grimlock's own sentence. Grimlock wasn't interested, asking only that the blame was put squarely on him and that the other Dynobots' warrants were cancelled. Magnus agreed, and Grimlock was left to muse on the fact that Sludge and his team were alive and well, thanks to him. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

Grimlock was taken to [[Garrus-9]]. However, shortly afterward, [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] and the [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]] launched a devastating assault on the detention facility, killing or capturing most of the Autobot guards. When the [[Wrecker]]s broke into the jail in an attempt to liberate the facility, Kup and Guzzle were sent to maximum security to fetch Grimlock as back-up. However, upon reaching his cell, they found it was empty. The Decepticon [[Snare]] revealed that Grimlock was "long gone". When asked if Overlord had killed him, Snare replied that instead he had kept him alive, sending him footage of the pit fighting, forcing to watch the horrific events while he was powerless to intervene. Snare believed it may have driven him mad. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4}}

[[Image:MTMTE_ROE_Grimlock.jpg|right|250px|]]
When a member of the crew of the ''[[Weak Anthropic Principle]]'' was targeted by the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] not long after discovering a crashed [[Worldsweeper]], they were told that if they handed over the D.J.D.'s target, the remaining six could watch him suffer. The problem was there were only six Decepticons. The seventh lifesign, as discovered by [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], was Grimlock, unconscious, somewhat damaged and sealed in a [[Stasis pod|stasis tube]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement}}

The [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]] decided to use Grimlock to fight the D.J.D. and lugged the stasis tube outside claiming they had put the D.J.D.'s target inside. When the D.J.D. approached the tube, Krok activated a set of [[circuit speeder]]s he had placed in it jolting Grimlock awake and sending him flying into battle with the D.J.D. Despite his rage, the battle quickly went south and the DJD began brutally beating down Grimlock and the Scavengers, killing [[Flywheels]] in the process. [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]] attempted to turn his weaponized speech on Grimlock but the Dinobot was saved when [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] used a [[Cybernought|suit of battle armor]] he found in the ship to fight off the D.J.D. briefly. Just as the D.J.D. prepared to counterattack however, they detected Overlord's energy signature and left to hunt him down. In the aftermath the Scavengers discovered that Grimlock was heavily brain damaged. They then decided to bring Grimlock with them as they left, believing they could use him as a bargaining chip when and if they got back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}
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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
{{bigquote|Shadows lengthen. The twilight of the Cybertronian race gathers. The end is nigh.|[[Shokaract]]}}
{{bigquote|Reminds me of the good ol' days.|Grimlock}}

[[Image:BWTheGathering4_Grimlock_KingofBeasts.jpg|thumb|200px|Intelligent, sickle toed murder-lizard.]]
Grimlock was less than thrilled about being forced to go through the [[Maximal]] downsizing. To add insult to injury, the resulting peace meant he had no outlet for his warlike tendencies. As such, he frequently volunteered for any dangerous, potentially risky or outright suicidal missions, and when forced on to a science or exploration vessel, he preferred to spend the entire trip in stasis, rather than dealing with the prolonged inactivity. He had a personalized reformatting chip installed that deliberately seeks out only the strongest, deadliest beast modes (alive or extinct) on a planet. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook 2}}

Grimlock was among the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s protoforms when the ship crashed on Earth. When [[Razorbeast]] and [[Optimus Minor]] were attempting to "rescue" [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] from [[Magmatron]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] detected a spark signature that was apparently off the scale, big and mad. Grimlock showed up and acted as the perfect distraction, making ''very'' short work of the Predacons. (Apparently, he was in a very bad mood after waking up and took it out on the Preds.) Magmatron offered Grimlock the chance to withdraw, and when the incredulous Grimlock refused, the Predacon general attacked. Magmatron narrowly arose as the victor by use of his triple beast modes. Grimlock was knocked out, but later helped to construct the Maximals' new base. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

Later, when [[Prowl II|Prowl]] remarked they had work to do on Earth, with [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s Predacon militia still a threat, [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]] reminded him that they had Grimlock on their side. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}} The bot in question was patrolling the jungle around the base at the time and bumped into the three-mech team of [[Manterror]], [[Retrax]] and [[Snapper]]. He only noticed Manterror and Retrax however, as Snapper was being crushed under his right foot at the time. While Retrax rolled for his life, Manterror had to face Grimlock on his own, and lost his wings for his trouble. This little group turned out to be a distraction, however, intended to lure the Maximals' big gun away while Ravage led an all-out strike on the base.

[[Image:BWTheAscending4_Grimlock_Convoys_Ravage.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Me Grimlock have to pull newbies out of fire.]]
The former Dinobot wasn't about to be left out in the cold, however, and he returned to base ready for "the main course," which consisted of crushing [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] under his foot and tearing apart [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]] and half a dozen other Predacons. Still, even with him and [[Torca]] working overtime, things might have gone poorly without [[Lio Convoy]]'s arrival. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

When Lio Convoy and Ravage led a joint force to stop [[Shokaract]], Grimlock accompanied them. The former Autobot and former Decepticon had a moment of antagonism when the fight started. But once the battle got underway, Grimlock fell in with the Convoys. As Shokaract declared the end of the Cybertronian race, Grimlock seemed to reminisce, even as he transformed to his beast mode and led a charge. He was one of the survivors, although presumably, he would be a victim of Megatron's [[Transformation virus]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comics===
[[Image:Henkei grimlock pack in.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Me Grimlock no understand what I said.]]
When [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Megatron]] and the Decepticons attacked Earth in the 21st century, Grimlock and the Autobots were there to stop them. During a battle in Tokyo, when [[Bumblebee (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Bumblebee]] doused [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Starscream]] with a fire engine's hose, Grimlock exploited the opening to lash the Decepticon with his tail and sending him crashing into Megatron. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 1}}

Later, Grimlock saved a runaway train when it was forced off the tracks by [[Astrotrain (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Astrotrain]], {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 2}} then joined the other Autobots in battling the rampaging Triple Changer. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 3}}

Some time later, when the newcomer [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] was brought into the Autobot ranks, he and Grimlock decided to fight immediately upon meeting each other. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 11}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' manga===
Grimlock was part of a small Autobot team led by Optimus Prime who left Cybertron to pursue the [[Energon Cube]] through space. When the giant energy source crashed on Earth, in the Japanese town of [[Hoshinochō]], it shattered into fragments that were scattered far and wide. Grimlock and the other Autobots set up a subterranean base below the Cube's impact crater, and began their search for the shards, taking the forms of local vehicles to hide their activities (Grimlock, in contrast to his comrades, took the conspicuous form of a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', for reasons best known to himself). Despite their attempts at remianing unseen, glimpses of the Autobots only magnified the reputation the crash of the Cube (believed by humans to be a meteor) had given Hoshinochō: that of a hotbed of rumored alien and UFO activity, Japan's answer to [[United States of America|America]]'s Roswell.

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===''Wings Universe''===
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==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Grimlock is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
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===3D Battle-Card Game===
Grimlock battled [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Decepticon forces under [[Optimus Primal]]'s leadership, alongside several Autobot allies. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''Sector Seven'' game===
Dubbed "Non-Biological Entity - 08", a video of Grimlock stomping through a construction site in dino-mode reached the public through "hacked evidence" files. {{storylink|Sector Seven (game)}}

===Transformers G1: Awakening===
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==Toys==
:''Main article: [[Grimlock (G1)/toys]]''

==Merchandise==
:''Main article: [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (G1) merchandise]]''

==Notes==
*Grimlock is the only Dinobot whose name has two syllables, and the only Dinobot whose name doesn't start with the letter S.
*Grimlock has had a number of preliminary names, one being '''Tyrannobot'''. The [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''Transformers'' cartoon]] [[production bible|series bible]] contains one description of him that was originally typed with the name "'''Trapjaw'''", then its title was crossed out by hand and rewritten "Grimlock". Another description was typed with "'''Jawbreaker'''", again crossed out and relabeled "Grimlock". Another preliminary name is "'''Tyrex'''", from the [[Sunbow Productions]] cast list page for "[[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]]"; this was evidently coined by writer [[Donald F. Glut]].<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070217131842/http://members.aol.com/tfencyc/interview_glut.html ZMFTS interview with Donald F. Glut] (archive copy)</ref>
*An actor in a Grimlock costume was among "live" Transformers one could meet at the [[1985]] [[The Transformers Universal Studios Tour|Universal Studios Tour]].
*Grimlock's speech impediment is caused by varying conditions, depending on continuity. The difference between Grimlock's speech in the UK and US Marvel comics' writing styles was explained in the UK booklet "[[Transformers: The Facts]]" to be a ruse, as Grimlock didn't want to sound intelligent because he regarded intellectuals as weak. In the cartoon it was a result of primitive thought processes, something found in all Dinobots. In Dreamwave's ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'', it is explained as the result of a virus, while the [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] blames it on a battle with Scorponok. In ''[[Spotlight: Grimlock]]'', there was a brief mention of a damaged vocal processor; this was not only ignored by subsequent issues, but the rest of the spotlight. IDW's later ''[[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?]]'' gave him the speech impediment by saying he'd been brain damaged. Devil's Due didn't bother explaining, they just got him in the "Me Grimlock's" during part three.
*Grimlock is generally regarded as [[Simon Furman]]'s signature character.
*Grimlock has his very own fanboy, [[Noise]], who someday wants to grow up and be just like him—a godless killing machine.
*Grimlock's beast mode in ''The Gathering'' does not actually match any dromaeosaur on record, seeming to combine elements of both the dromaeosaur body type with that of a carnosaur or tyrannosaurid. The ''Beast Wars Sourcebook'' profile seems to have tried to rectify this by calling him a ''Megaraptor''. Which is fine...except ''Megaraptor'' was later determined to be a misidentified carnosaur.
*In almost every instance in which Grimlock is drawn by [[Pat Lee]], [[:Image:PatLeeGrimlockHead.jpg|Grimlock's eyes protrude past his faceplate]], rather than sitting behind it like normal. This becomes especially pronounced (and comical) towards the end of Dreamwave's [[Prime Directive|first mini-series]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Grimlock''' (グリムロック ''Gurimurokku'')
*''French:'' '''La Menace''' (Canada, "The Threat"), '''Menace''' (Canada ''Beast Wars'', "Threat")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Mogorva''' (''The Movie'', "Grimlock")
*''Italian:'' '''Tiran''', '''Drago''' ("Set Commandos" four-pack)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Gāng Sǔo''' (鋼鎖, "Steel Lock"), '''Sz Sǔo''' (Taiwan ''Generation 2'' cartoon, 死鎖, "Dead Lock")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Trancoso''', '''Grunhido''' (Brazil comics, "Grunt"), '''Implacável''' (Portugal, "Cutthroat")
*''Russian:'' '''Smel'chak''' (Смельчак, "Daredevil")
*''Spanish:'' '''Ferozaurio''' (''Beast Wars'')
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Tverdokhvat''' (ICTV, Твердохват, "One Who Snaps Firmly")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Grimlock Grimlock's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Grimlock (G1)

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:''Me Grimlock am [[Autobot]] [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] and later [[Maximal]] from [[Generation 1 continuity family

[[Image:BoUK Dinobots 5a .jpg|right|300px|thumb|Me Grimlock here to kick ass and eat Seekers. And me Grimlock all out of eating Seekers.]
Some Autobots wonder why '''Grimlock''' is even on their side. His disposition is much more suited to the [[Decepticon]]s. After all, he values power and strength over wisdom and compassion, and furthermore, he doesn't really get along with most Autobots. When faced with a problem, his usual responses are to slice it with his [[Energo weapon|energo-sword]], tear it to pieces with his bare hands, or outright eat it. He is more willing to accept casualties than most of the Autobot leadership, and doesn't seem particularly concerned about the [[Human|fleshies]] either. These things, coupled with his dislike of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], have led to a defection or two on Grimlock's part. He'd have no problem offing the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] if he thought he could get away with it, though.

What the Autobots don't realize is that the only thing he hates more than weakness is those who abuse their strength, meaning when push comes to shove, Grimlock will always fall in on the right side of the fence. And despite their disagreements, Grimlock holds a respect for Prime's strength and leadership.

Grimlock is the leader of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], a small but powerful strike squad. Grimlock himself is extremely strong and durable, and is one of the few Transformers who can not only stand toe-to-toe with Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], but actually give them a run for their money. Despite his strength and prowess, Grimlock continually struggles with his pronouns.

{{bigquote|"Me, Grimlock — '''BADASS'''!"|Grimlock on himself|[[The War Within issue 5|''The War Within'' #5]]}}

{{note|Grimlock's intelligence level in the cartoon was substantially lower than in most of his other portrayals. See the entries below for details.}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{main|Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}
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Inspired by dinosaur fossils, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] built Grimlock, [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], who promptly went on a rampage. Wheeljack convinced Optimus to lock up the Dinobots, rather than destroy them. Upgrading them to be smarter and more obedient, Wheeljack sent the Dinobots to rescue the Autobots. Frustrated by the Dinobots' success, Megatron learned Grimlock desired to be Autobot leader and tried to trick the Dinobots into serving him, but Optimus's selflessness convinced Grimlock otherwise. The Autobots called upon the Dinobots whenever they were overwhelmed, but Optimus deemed them too chaotic to work at the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]] and even had them sent to [[Dinobot Island (G1)|an island populated by living dinosaurs]]. Angered by being taken for granted, Grimlock left, until [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] convinced him to help when the Autobots began to suffer from [[Cybertonium]] deficiency.

In 2005, Grimlock battled [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] at the [[Battle of Autobot City]], rescued [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] on [[Quintessa]], received his first [[kiss]] from [[Re-Cycle]] on [[Junkion (planet)|planet Junk]], and kicked the butt of [[Unicron|a god]]. Still an active Autobot soldier, Grimlock even received a temporary boost to his intelligence, allowing him to create the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].

===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{main|Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}
[[Image:Variablevoltageharness.jpg|left|250px|thumb]]
Grimlock lay dormant on the Ark when the ship detected [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] in the [[Savage Land]]. Fitting Grimlock and his four comrades with alternate modes based on the local fauna, the Dinobots battled Shockwave until they became stuck in a tar pit. In the present, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] discovered their location. Grimlock almost immediately began butting heads with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and soon he and his team left the Autobots.

Following Prime's death, Grimlock returned to nominate himself for the position of leadership, and proved his worth by leading the Autobots in battle against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Unfortunately, power corrupted Grimlock, who lived up to his alternate mode's name by constructing a [[variable voltage harness]] to torture defectors like [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], and picking a fight with Autobots from [[Nebulos]] led by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Prime was rebuilt as a [[Powermaster]], and appointed Grimlock and Fortress Maximus as his lieutenants.

Grimlock was deactivated in the wake of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s [[Underbase]]-fueled rampage, but Ratchet revived him as a [[Pretender]] to battle [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. Battling the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]], Grimlock found himself in the heart of Cybertron where [[Primus]] lay, much to his [[atechnogenesis|disbelief]]. A blast by [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] intended for Grimlock hit Primus, awakening him and alerting [[Unicron]] to his presence. After returning to Earth and warning Prime, Grimlock joined the search to recover the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. During this time he stocked up on [[Nucleon]], which gave him a more powerful body, but at the cost of his [[transformation]] abilities. After Prime sacrificed himself to defeat Unicron, Grimlock was Autobot leader once more, and participated in a disastrous battle with [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s soldiers on the planet [[Klo]]. Astonishingly, Prime returned with the [[Last Autobot]], who resurrected the fallen Autobots and ended the war.

In various [[splinter timeline]]s, Grimlock led the [[Earthforce]], helped Optimus and Megatron battle [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]], and rallied with [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] to hold out against the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. In one Grimlock captained the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]'', patrolling the universe for signs of Decepticon activity for over a decade of peace before Megatron returned and in another, he lived with the effects of Nucleon for twenty-one years before travelling to [[Nebulos]] to seek a cure.

===Transformers PD-Type===
[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] recruited Grimlock as backup for a duel with [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]. Grimlock became bored watching the two of them fight in the sky, but when Star Saber finally succeeded in knocking Deathsaurus to the ground, Grimlock gnawed on his head while Star Saber looked on, pleased at the outcome of his clever plan. {{storylink|Transformers PD Type##8 "Me Strongest! Me Grimlock!"|Me Strongest! Me Grimlock!}}

===3H comics===
Grimlock was among the legendary Transformers summoned from [[J'nwan]] by [[Sandstorm (BW)|Sandstorm]] to help battle [[Shokaract]]. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}

Grimlock was one of several Transformers being monitored by [[Primus]] and [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] as the Universe war began. {{storylink|Abduction}}

Hailing from an earlier era of the Cybertronian wars, Grimlock arrived in the [[Cauldron]] and soon found the unlikely allies of [[Megatron [[Link title]](Armada)|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Primal]]. They were confronted by two of [[Unicron]]'s Dark Generals, [[Reptilion]] and [[Striker]]. {{storylink|OTFCC Live-Action Drama}}

Striker was overpowered and held prisoner beneath Grimlock's mighty boot. Using his spark telepathy, Primal was able to at least temporarily override Unicron's corruptive influence on Striker (although Grimlock remained somewhat unconvinced). Grimlock's concerns became academic as Reptilion returned with Unicron's other generals, [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]. Luckily, [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] managed to orchestrate a jailbreak among the Cauldron's other "guests", so Grimlock and Megatron soon had all the reinforcements they needed. The [[Matrix Templar]] known as [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]] helped forge a connection with Primus, creating a way out for the escapees. Grimlock was apparently dispatched back to his own era along with the other displaced [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]]. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' comics===
{{bigquote|Me not like Optimus Prime or Autobots that much... but me like you and yours even less!|Grimlock's voice recording on a bomb he left for the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]|"[[The War Within Preview]]"}}

Years ago, before the war, Grimlock was part of a cage-fighting arena. He and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] fought beside and against each other on numerous occasions. Starscream believed Grimlock was a natural born killer, but Grimlock really just carried a lot of rage and needed an outlet.

[[Image:Skidswheeljackgrimlockkupironhidetww.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Me Grimlock great at retreating.]]
When the war began, Grimlock sided with the Decepticons. Then, after a while, he switched sides and went to the Autobots. Nobody is quite sure why or what happened. {{storylink|The War Within Preview}} He eventually became leader of a squad including [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]].

By the time [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] was killed and a new leader had to be chosen, the Autobots were losing the war, and Grimlock was growing impatient with the [[Council of Ancients]]' strategy. Grimlock called a secret meeting at the [[Helix Gardens]] with Prowl, Jazz, and his running crew: If the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] wasn't up to doing what had to be done, then they'd do it for him—and take the Prime out in the process. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}}

Optimus Prime, having defeated a team of Decepticons by himself, still didn't settle Grimlock's nerves. Prime's decision to evacuate Cybertron did it; Grimlock had enough. He left and went to brood by himself. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} Starscream and his Seekers dropped by while Grimlock was alone. Starscream baited Grimlock, telling him he was a Decepticon inside and was just in denial. He gave him a choice: go to [[Protihex|Sector Zero-Six]] and help the Seekers take out the Autobot command post, or warn the post about their arrival. Grimlock, out of spite, instead evacuated the Autobots from the base and left the Decepticons a present: a bomb. {{storylink|The War Within Preview}}

[[Image:Grimlocktwwmycall.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Me Grimlock squat a lot.]]
While he was on his way back to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to help with the defense, Prowl ordered him away, instead telling him to go find Optimus Prime. Grimlock decided that it was a good opportunity to give the new Prime a piece of his mind. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} While he and the team went deep into Cybertron's core to find Prime, they found out about Megatron's plan to win the war and turn Cybertron into a mobile battle station with which to conquer the universe. Grimlock split up his team: He would go find Optimus Prime, and the rest of the team would shut down the transformation system for Cybertron. To his surprise, Prime abruptly was standing next to him. Prime ordered Grimlock to help him find Megatron. Grimlock shoved his [[Energo weapon|energo-sword]] into Prime's hands and gave clear instructions: If Megatron is the problem, then fix it. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} When the crisis was over, Grimlock no longer questioned Optimus Prime. He knew that Prime had figured things out, and though he hadn't executed Megatron, he wasn't going to spend his time in the war running away. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

[[Image:Grimlockultramagnusnoooo.jpg|left|200px|thumb|ME GRIMLOCK DAMN YOU, SALAZAR!]]
During the Dark Ages, Optimus Prime and Megatron were seemingly destroyed in a [[space bridge]] explosion, which created a crack in space through which the ancient being known as [[The Fallen]] emerged. With the loss of Optimus Prime, Grimlock broke off from the Autobots now led by Prowl and formed the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. Grimlock was targeted, along with [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], by The Fallen, who wished to use their apparently unique [[Spark]]s to help in his revival of [[Primus]], which would allow Unicron to locate him. {{storylink|Fragmentation}}

The Fallen sent [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] and [[Bugly]], who arranged for Grimlock to receive a communication between Jetfire and Shockwave. {{storylink|Devastation}} Believing Jetfire was intending to defect, Grimlock headed for the meeting. However, when the [[Chaos Trinity]] arrived and captured Jetfire, Grimlock jumped out of the shadows and attacked. The Fallen had to watch his followers take a sound beating. After dispatching the mystics, Grimlock attempted to execute Jetfire. The Autobot scientist was saved only because The Fallen himself soon arrived. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}}

Grimlock being Grimlock, he launched himself at The Fallen, but was completely overwhelmed. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} He woke up later strapped to a table and had to listen to Jetfire trying to convince him to help them both escape. Grimlock broke free with ease and was part of the multi-faction army that attempted to halt The Fallen's plans. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

Later, Grimlock served both as leader of the Dynobots and the right-hand bot to Ultra Magnus, who had taken control in Optimus' absence and had managed to secure a truce with Shockwave. Grimlock was less than happy about this, partly because he didn't trust the Decepticons, and partly because he had no idea what to do with himself in peacetime. He never got to find out, as the truce was betrayed by Starscream's forces, and Grimlock was apparently killed when he dove in front of a shot meant for Magnus. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

{{note|Due to [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s closure, the conclusion of the ''War Within'' series was never seen, though years later [[Simon Furman]] released the unpublished scripts to the final three issues. Primus preserved Grimlock's lifeforce within an [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] drone, for Grimlock's lineage stretched back to the [[Thirteen]] and with the Prime lineage at risk, there was need for a new savior. After repelling a second Quintesson invasion, Perceptor rebuilds Grimlock into his old form. <ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/the-war-within-the-age-of-wrath-issues-5-and-6-summary-173018/</ref>}}

[[Image:Extermination-Grimlock.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Yes, definitely refer to "[[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Rules of Extinction|Rules of Extinction]]."]]
Millennia later, the Ark and the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' left Cybertron in search of new resources to fuel the war, but never returned. Grimlock and the Dynobots followed a [[Insecticon (G1)|group of Decepticons]] to a primitive world that would later be known to them as Earth, all of them looking for the lost Ark. The Dynobots assumed alternate forms similar to Earth's indigenous giant reptiles, dinosaurs, and fought off an attempted ambush by the small crew of Decepticons they had been tracking. {{storylink|Extermination}}

[[Image:DWPrimeDirective3_Grimlock.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Me fight with all me—"? Me Grimlock not Irish!]]
Millions of years later in [[1984]], the other Autobots and Decepticons on Earth awakened and the Great War began anew. The Autobots and humans eventually defeated the Decepticons and all the Transformers were to be sent back to Cybertron on the ''[[Ark II]]''. However, the ship was destroyed during launch due to sabotage by General [[Robert Hallo]] and [[Lazarus|Adam Rook]], in the hopes of recovering the Transformers and reprogramming them to be war machines. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1}}

At some point, Megatron captured the other four Dinobots, a fact which he used as leverage to get Grimlock to turn traitor and join the Decepticons after they were reactivated by Lazarus. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} Grimlock's only real contribution to the Decepticons was crushing unoccupied cars in [[San Francisco]] {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} and being beaten up, and beaten down by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]. After the Decepticons abandoned him, Optimus Prime offered to take Grimlock back, but he refused, stating circumstances had changed too much. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

[[Image:NewWorldOrder Grimlock Blitzwing.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Me Grimlock silence Blitzwing, then Prime next.]]
Grimlock's apparent allegiance to the Decepticons didn't last very long, though, as [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] soon showed up with his [[Triple Changer]]s. Grimlock's true loyalty became obvious when he stopped Blitzwing from blowing off Optimus's head by grabbing his tank turret and bending it into a pretzel with one hand. After that, Shockwave sent Megatron off to Cybertron, prompting Grimlock to rejoin the Autobots in the ''Ark''. {{storylink|New World Order}} When Optimus's group surrendered to Ultra Magnus, some of the Autobots remained on Earth, Grimlock among them. He travelled to the frozen north, and freed the other Dinobots from Megatron's holding tank. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}}

Stealing a Decepticon shuttle, the Dinobots then headed for Cybertron, intending to free Optimus Prime and his group. After a rough landing in the [[Wastelands]], they acquired [[Sixshot|some transportation]] from [[Octane]] and hurried to Iacon. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} There, Grimlock did his part by leading a massive Dinobot assault on [[Shockwave's Tower]], before breaking off to take care of the Decepticon leader himself. Blitzwing again got in his way, and Grimlock was forced to battle both, a battle that was going his way until Ultra Magnus shot him in the face. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Perceptor repaired the Dinobot commander, and Grimlock did his part for the rebellion by giving Hot Rod some back-up. For a third and final time, he fought Blitzwing, this time taking out the Decepticon with ease, grabbing him by the tank turret and throwing him into a [[Guardian robot|Guardian]]. Leaving the main conflict, Grimlock followed Shockwave, Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus into the citadel, and ended up saving the two Autobots, stating that he'd hate to lose the chance to pay back the "stuffy traitor". Optimus Prime thanked Primus, but Grimlock said Prime should be thanking ''him''. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

While the main group of Earth Autobots returned, the Dinobots remained on Cybertron to give Ultra Magnus some needed muscle. They were assigned to help Kup fortify the new Autobot bases on Cybertron's moons. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{note|As noted above, any further exploits of Grimlock in the present were cut short due to Dreamwave's bankruptcy.}}

===Dreamwave ''Transformers/G.I. Joe'' comics===
Grimlock was among the Autobots who were awakened by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] in [[1939]] after laying dormant on the [[Fera Islands]] for three million years. He was eager to start smashing Decepticons again, and probably would've smashed the humans as well if [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] hadn't been here to tell him they were friendly. While the other Autobots were a bit wishy-washy about helping G.I. Joe in their fight against [[Cobra]] and their Decepticon allies, Grimlock threw himself into battle almost immediately, using his [[World War II]]-era tank mode to destroy one or two incoming [[Rattler]]s. {{storylink|Transformed}}

With [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] as company, Grimlock fought his way across the Fera Islands until he ran into [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], whose earthquakes were too much for him and the other Autobot tanks to handle. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}} Grimlock was knocked off a cliff by Rumble's attacks, and as he was struggling to keep himself from falling to his doom, he urged Roadblock to save himself. However, the human refused to let Grimlock give up, and stayed behind to motivate him, drill sergeant style. While the human's words did give Grimlock newfound strength, the cliff still crumbled, and he and Roadblock fell. Thankfully, [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] saved them just in time, although Grimlock didn't enjoy feeling small in comparison to the combiner. {{storylink|Wolves}}

On the way to the Cobra [[Terrordrome]], Grimlock listened to [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]] being pessimistic about their chances of survival, and casually asked the human if he was a coward. Upon reaching the Terrordrome, Grimlock fought and defeated [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], having always hated him for his cowardly guerilla tactics back on Cybertron. Shortly thereafter, the Autobots and Joes came under attack from [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], and Roadblock suggested that Grimlock show the giant some real firepower... only for the Dinobot to be swatted aside like a fly. Grimlock presumably died along with the other Transformers when the [[Matrix of Leadership]] was destroyed in order to stop Bruticus. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

===''G.I. Joe vs the Transformers''===
{{bigquote|It just isn't a proper party without Grimlock around. That guy is nuts.|Hot Rod}}

[[Image:DDGrimlock.jpg|right|120px|thumb|All the grace of an earthquake.]]
Grimlock and his team were transported to Earth's prehistoric past by a malfunctioning [[Teletran 3]]. A joint [[Cobra]]/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] team traveled through a time portal to bring them back. Unfortunately, Shockwave's Decepticons blocked their return. Just as Shockwave's victory appeared complete, [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] and [[Lady Jaye]] successfully opened up the final time portal, and the humans returned, with some heavy artillery in the form of the five Autobots, now reformatted in huge, powerful dinosaur bodies. Grimlock took the lead by knocking Shockwave through a wall, and beating the tar out of the 'Cons, alongside his new Dinobots, their new abilities more than a match for the Decepticon forces. When the Decepticons retreated, Grimlock transformed and requested an audience with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

Grimlock was part of the small team sent to help with the Joes' decommissioning of their Cybertronian mechs. Grimlock was more than a little vocal about his distaste for the post, and lack of interest in the humans. He was, willing to help the Joes fight Cobra, when the latter attacked en masse... even if he complained about helping the weak fleshlings. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} When [[Cobra Commander]] was cornered in an underground facility, Grimlock did his part by terrifying him into talking. They were interrupted when [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] appeared, and attempted to take control of both Grimlock, and [[G.I. Joe battle mech|Roadblock's robot]]. Grimlock resisted, but Roadblock's robot turned around and punched him in the face. Grimlock responded by ripping its arm off. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

As Serpent O.R. teleported to Cybertron, Grimlock's team pursued him, but ended up having to fight off [[cannibalizer]]s in a junkyard. Although Grimlock was shot in the face and knocked down, he soon got back up and continued the hunt for Serpent O.R., only to run into his new troops—the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] and [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. The Autobots and their human companions were captured and imprisoned in the Decepticons' base in the [[Gladiator Zone]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} They eventually managed to escape thanks to [[Snake-Eyes]], but Grimlock insulted the humans anyway. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

After hearing that Serpent O.R. had captured Optimus Prime, Grimlock violently interrogated [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] for directions to where Prime was being kept. By the time the team arrived, they found that Serpent O.R. had stolen the [[Matrix of Leadership]], only to have his new "Serpentor Prime" body taken from him by Cobra Commander. Grimlock and Snake-Eyes attacked him, but were smashed into a wall by his tentacles and taken out of action. After [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] defeated Cobra Commander, Grimlock admitted that the humans were great warriors and great friends, and apologized for being hard on them. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===The Beast Within===
In a devastating battle with the Decepticons, Grimlock made the decision to combine with the other Dinobots to form the "[[Beast (G1)|Beast]]". {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Grimlock's response to the Autobots finding a badly-damaged and helpless Starscream was to suggest that they should throw the garbage out in as many pieces as possible. When that turned out to be off the table, he was happily in support of brainwashing Starscream instead. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{ongoing}}

{{bigquote|Will he be pleased to see us?|[[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]]}}
{{bigquote|Hell no. He's never pleased to see '''''anyone'''''.|Kup|[[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #4]]}}
[[Image:Dinobots Autocracy Endgame.jpg|left|250px|thumb|]]
Grimlock is the leader of the D'''y'''nobots, a group of close knit hunters and guardsmen who, in no small part due to Grimlock's influence, prefer to work outside the Autobot rulebook.

At the start of Megatron's rise to power, the Dynobots turned out to an open casting call for Megatron's underground gladiatorial games, and got a good deal more respect from the Predacons than the other attendees. It turned out to be a recruitment drive for the Decepticon army. What they thought of that is unknown, as Autobot security forces raided the party soon after. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}}

He later met Slag again in a brig; Grimlock had angered a field commander but Slag had shot a vice-admiral in the back to con him into a frontal assault, so Slag won. Grimlock thought this Slag guy sounded like a good bloke, and the two of them discussed the formation of their own rule-breaking strike team. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2}}

Later, Grimlock responded to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus]]' rallying call for additional support and fought in the following battle for control of Cybertron. {{storylink|Broadcast}} During the battle, he and his Dynobots took out [[Onslaught (G1)|a lot]] [[Brawl (G1)|of tanks]]. {{storylink|Endgame}}

[[Image:SpotlightShockwave GrimlockSlag trexscan.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Me Grimlock in love!]]
After [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] destroyed a cache of energon the Dynobots had been hoarding, causing them severe energon burns and equally severe humiliation, they swore revenge. So, against orders from Optimus Prime, they followed Shockwave when he left Cybertron to stabilize "[[ultra-Energon]]" deposits he had sent to other worlds as a precaution against the depletion of Cybertron's own energon reserves.

When Shockwave reached his first destination—Earth, at the end of the last Ice Age—the Dynobots destroyed his ship, but Slag revealed that the high energon levels of the planet would put them in stasis lock, since they hadn't come prepared like Shockwave. Slag then came up with the idea that they should scan the local life forms and create alt-modes based on those animals, but with synthetic flesh coatings to protect against the high levels of energon radiation. Grimlock was
completely against the idea, but since Slag couldn't come up with something better, he relented. However, he refused to take on the form of the weak mammalians that dominated the planet, demanding "something with some... bite." Scanning fossil deposits, Slag found the remains of some [[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|extinct reptilian animals]] and brought up a holographic representation of one to see if Grimlock approved. What popped up was a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', which Grimlock seemed to fall in love with the moment he saw it. The choice made, Grimlock took the Tyrannosaur as his altmode and had Slag find more dinosaurs as templates for the rest of the Dynobots.

[[Image:SpotlightShockwave Grimlock stasislock.jpg|left|180px|thumb|One, two three... Red light!]]
On teleporting down to the planet's surface to confront Shockwave, they gained an initial advantage, as Shockwave's logic was unable to comprehend the effort and risks they had taken for their revenge. However, when Shockwave recognized this weakness, he shut down his logic processors and executed a "rage" program to enable him to operate on pure instinct. He shrugged off the Dynobots' attacks and beat them severely, ending the assault by burning off their organic coatings.
Unable to accept another defeat, Grimlock transformed to robot mode and fought against his imminent [[Stasis lock|stasis lock]] to no avail.

However, before leaving the Dynobots' ship, he had enabled a "dead man's switch" designed to take Shockwave with them if they were defeated. When he entered stasis lock, this failsafe activated, firing on a nearby dormant volcano and causing an eruption which buried Shockwave and the Dynobots under ash and lava. Thousands of years later, their entombed bodies were discovered by a human archaeological team. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

[[Image:SpotlightGrimlock punch KLUNG.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, Punch!<br> Daylight come and me Grimlock wanna go home.]]
Thousands of years later in 2007, the [[human]] organization [[Skywatch]] took over jurisdiction of the dig site and excavated Shockwave and the Dynobots. {{storylink|Escalation issue 5}}

When the [[Reaper]]s attacked the Decepticons, Skywatch decided to awaken the most advanced of their "Eureka Six", which turned out to be Grimlock. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5}}

Grimlock's reactivation was sabotaged by an agent of the [[Machination]] and when he awoke, they had no control over him. He escaped the facility, confused and angry. His escape was engineered by the head of the Machination, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], who wanted Grimlock to join him in the Machination plot to dominate the Earth by running interference and delaying Megatron's plans long enough for the Machination to put their plans into action.

[[Image:GrimlockMaxDino01.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Me Grimlock's roar sound funny...]]
Grimlock considered for a second, but refused the offer for two reasons: he could turn Scorponok in to Ultra Magnus for redemption, and as revenge for Scorponok once robbing an installation the Dynobots were guarding. The two fought and Scorponok quickly gained the upper hand, mostly due to his [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] upgrade. Grimlock was able to activate his transporter chip, which beamed him back to his ship, the ''[[Skyfire (ship)|Skyfire]]'', which was buried deep in ice somewhere. Grimlock hoped he could use the ship to find the other Dynobots. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}

Finding himself trapped, both on a useless ship and in a less than inconspicuous form, Grimlock was forced to try and contact some of his less reputable acquaintances in an attempt to get the ''Skyfire'' into some sort of working order. Meanwhile, the Machination had tracked him down and had sent their [[Sunstreaker clone|Tsunami Unit]] to apprehend him. Grimlock's early warning system detected them, and he circled round as they began to attack, bursting from the ice and transforming. The battle very quickly turned in his favor with four of the clones falling in the opening moments. The surviving Headmasters were rather shaken, but managed to fulfill their mission: attach a device which would [[Orbital jump|orbital bounce]] him to Nevada, near Skywatch's base. Grimlock materialized in the middle of a busy street in [[Fallon]]. As a car crashed into his toe, he realized things had just gone from bad to worse. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1}}

[[Image:GrimlockSludgeSwoopMaxDino02.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Hey... he stole that move from Shockwave!]]
Grimlock knew Scorponok was trying to deliberately set him up as a rampaging monster, but ''didn't'' expect his fellow Dynobots to be sent to take him down! He was able to fight them all off but unable to break their reprogramming by appealing to their team ethos ... and when they ''did'' regain sentience and memory, it was because Scorponok let them so they could get pissed off at the knowledge Grimlock had set up a "dead man's switch" ''without'' informing them. Grimlock's defence was that such a sneaky, amoral and rule-breaking act was what the Dynobots were ''all about'', which surprisingly worked. While saying this, he grudgingly and with much moaning saved a human from burning to death. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2}}

Convinced he'd brought his team round, Grimlock began issuing orders, only to be met by an icy silence. Swoop spoke for the group, saying his trust was hard earned and Grimlock tossed it away. Disgusted he abandoned the team, prompting the others to follow. Grimlock tried pleading with them, then turned in a huff, stating he'd be better off on his own. He was interrupted by the arrival of the Sunstreaker clones, who blasted him in the chest. Enraged, he vented his frustrations on the clones until their numbers began to tell. He was saved by the arrival of the other Dynobots, who felt that whatever had happened, they were still a team. However, they were overwhelmed by the sheer number of clones, until the arrival of the "help" Grimlock had requested earlier: the [[Monsterbot]]s. Seeing the newcomers take the fight to the enemy, Grimlock extolled his unit to show the Monsterbots how it's ''really'' done. Decimated and demoralized, the surviving Machination clones escaped with their lives. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3}}

[[Image:MaxDinos3 Grimlock SS clone.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Me Grimlock best is at what do. And it not very nice.]]
Aboard the Monsterbots' ship, the Dynobots wondered why Grimlock would side with the outcasts. They gave Grimlock a stern look when he exited the cockpit. The Dynobots didn't see the point of fighting Scorponok, but Grimlock said that Scorponok made it their fight when he turned the Dynobots against him. Snarl disagreed, saying that it had always been Grimlock's fight, that he and the other Dynobots went along with him, and that it was now Grimlock's wounded pride at stake. After the Monsterbots blasted away the defenses, Grimlock exited the ship, saying that there was no way he could let this go, and that with or without the Dynobots, there would be a reckoning for Scorponok. The Dynobots decided that arguing was pointless and followed Grimlock. When [[Hunter O'Nion]] pulled the cords from [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]'s head, shutting him down, the clones ceased to function. Sludge cried out in victory, but the moment was short-lived as Scorponok blasted Sludge into stasis. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}}

[[Image:MaxDinos5 Grimlock Sludge.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He's dead, Grim.]]
Grimlock stared down at Sludge's dead body, brooding about how it was his fault Sludge was dead... while a battle between Scorponok and Shockwave (for rights of revenge upon Grimlock) raged on around him. Eventually Snarl, Slag, and Swoop decide to get to the Monsterbots' ship while the getting was good, but Grimlock stayed behind with Sludge. Grimlock tried infusing some of his [[spark]] energy into Sludge to revive him, but it seemed to have no effect. Shockwave got the upper hand and let Scorponok escape, and in frustration, Grimlock attacked Shockwave. Grimlock and Shockwave were too busy fighting to notice the return of Slag, Snarl, and Swoop, who reasoned that, while helping Grimlock might not be much of a cause, it still beat being no better than the Monsterbots. They were noticed by Sludge, who seemed to have recovered due to Grimlock's treatment after all. The four of them dove into the fray proper, but Grimlock ordered them to go after Scorponok instead. When [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] was about to get squished by Scorponok, the remaining Dynobots showed up in just the nick of time. At Hot Rod's urgings, Swoop severed the connections keeping Scorponok's head conscious. Grimlock in the mean time had found out Shockwave was using their battle to stall for time so that Soundwave could free him from Skywatch's control. The Decepticon attempted to abandon the fight, but Grimlock stubbornly refused to let him walk away, and rolled out a grenade, which incapacitated them both.

[[Image:MaxDinos5 Grimlock Magnus.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Magnus was unaware that Grimlock had watched ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', and had already hired a fat man to bring the fences down.]]
By this time [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] had arrived and taken Scorponok into custody. Grimlock and Shockwave were both arrested and taken off-world. Ultra Magnus later told Grimlock that having Scorponok and Shockwave in custody could help offset Grimlock's own sentence. Grimlock wasn't interested, asking only that the blame was put squarely on him and that the other Dynobots' warrants were cancelled. Magnus agreed, and Grimlock was left to muse on the fact that Sludge and his team were alive and well, thanks to him. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

Grimlock was taken to [[Garrus-9]]. However, shortly afterward, [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] and the [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]] launched a devastating assault on the detention facility, killing or capturing most of the Autobot guards. When the [[Wrecker]]s broke into the jail in an attempt to liberate the facility, Kup and Guzzle were sent to maximum security to fetch Grimlock as back-up. However, upon reaching his cell, they found it was empty. The Decepticon [[Snare]] revealed that Grimlock was "long gone". When asked if Overlord had killed him, Snare replied that instead he had kept him alive, sending him footage of the pit fighting, forcing to watch the horrific events while he was powerless to intervene. Snare believed it may have driven him mad. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4}}

[[Image:MTMTE_ROE_Grimlock.jpg|right|250px|]]
When a member of the crew of the ''[[Weak Anthropic Principle]]'' was targeted by the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] not long after discovering a crashed [[Worldsweeper]], they were told that if they handed over the D.J.D.'s target, the remaining six could watch him suffer. The problem was there were only six Decepticons. The seventh lifesign, as discovered by [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], was Grimlock, unconscious, somewhat damaged and sealed in a [[Stasis pod|stasis tube]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement}}

The [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]] decided to use Grimlock to fight the D.J.D. and lugged the stasis tube outside claiming they had put the D.J.D.'s target inside. When the D.J.D. approached the tube, Krok activated a set of [[circuit speeder]]s he had placed in it jolting Grimlock awake and sending him flying into battle with the D.J.D. Despite his rage, the battle quickly went south and the DJD began brutally beating down Grimlock and the Scavengers, killing [[Flywheels]] in the process. [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]] attempted to turn his weaponized speech on Grimlock but the Dinobot was saved when [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] used a [[Cybernought|suit of battle armor]] he found in the ship to fight off the D.J.D. briefly. Just as the D.J.D. prepared to counterattack however, they detected Overlord's energy signature and left to hunt him down. In the aftermath the Scavengers discovered that Grimlock was heavily brain damaged. They then decided to bring Grimlock with them as they left, believing they could use him as a bargaining chip when and if they got back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}
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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
{{bigquote|Shadows lengthen. The twilight of the Cybertronian race gathers. The end is nigh.|[[Shokaract]]}}
{{bigquote|Reminds me of the good ol' days.|Grimlock}}

[[Image:BWTheGathering4_Grimlock_KingofBeasts.jpg|thumb|200px|Intelligent, sickle toed murder-lizard.]]
Grimlock was less than thrilled about being forced to go through the [[Maximal]] downsizing. To add insult to injury, the resulting peace meant he had no outlet for his warlike tendencies. As such, he frequently volunteered for any dangerous, potentially risky or outright suicidal missions, and when forced on to a science or exploration vessel, he preferred to spend the entire trip in stasis, rather than dealing with the prolonged inactivity. He had a personalized reformatting chip installed that deliberately seeks out only the strongest, deadliest beast modes (alive or extinct) on a planet. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook 2}}

Grimlock was among the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s protoforms when the ship crashed on Earth. When [[Razorbeast]] and [[Optimus Minor]] were attempting to "rescue" [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] from [[Magmatron]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] detected a spark signature that was apparently off the scale, big and mad. Grimlock showed up and acted as the perfect distraction, making ''very'' short work of the Predacons. (Apparently, he was in a very bad mood after waking up and took it out on the Preds.) Magmatron offered Grimlock the chance to withdraw, and when the incredulous Grimlock refused, the Predacon general attacked. Magmatron narrowly arose as the victor by use of his triple beast modes. Grimlock was knocked out, but later helped to construct the Maximals' new base. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

Later, when [[Prowl II|Prowl]] remarked they had work to do on Earth, with [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s Predacon militia still a threat, [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]] reminded him that they had Grimlock on their side. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}} The bot in question was patrolling the jungle around the base at the time and bumped into the three-mech team of [[Manterror]], [[Retrax]] and [[Snapper]]. He only noticed Manterror and Retrax however, as Snapper was being crushed under his right foot at the time. While Retrax rolled for his life, Manterror had to face Grimlock on his own, and lost his wings for his trouble. This little group turned out to be a distraction, however, intended to lure the Maximals' big gun away while Ravage led an all-out strike on the base.

[[Image:BWTheAscending4_Grimlock_Convoys_Ravage.jpg|left|400px|thumb|Me Grimlock have to pull newbies out of fire.]]
The former Dinobot wasn't about to be left out in the cold, however, and he returned to base ready for "the main course," which consisted of crushing [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] under his foot and tearing apart [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]] and half a dozen other Predacons. Still, even with him and [[Torca]] working overtime, things might have gone poorly without [[Lio Convoy]]'s arrival. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

When Lio Convoy and Ravage led a joint force to stop [[Shokaract]], Grimlock accompanied them. The former Autobot and former Decepticon had a moment of antagonism when the fight started. But once the battle got underway, Grimlock fell in with the Convoys. As Shokaract declared the end of the Cybertronian race, Grimlock seemed to reminisce, even as he transformed to his beast mode and led a charge. He was one of the survivors, although presumably, he would be a victim of Megatron's [[Transformation virus]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comics===
[[Image:Henkei grimlock pack in.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Me Grimlock no understand what I said.]]
When [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Megatron]] and the Decepticons attacked Earth in the 21st century, Grimlock and the Autobots were there to stop them. During a battle in Tokyo, when [[Bumblebee (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Bumblebee]] doused [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Starscream]] with a fire engine's hose, Grimlock exploited the opening to lash the Decepticon with his tail and sending him crashing into Megatron. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 1}}

Later, Grimlock saved a runaway train when it was forced off the tracks by [[Astrotrain (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Astrotrain]], {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 2}} then joined the other Autobots in battling the rampaging Triple Changer. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 3}}

Some time later, when the newcomer [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] was brought into the Autobot ranks, he and Grimlock decided to fight immediately upon meeting each other. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 11}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' manga===
Grimlock was part of a small Autobot team led by Optimus Prime who left Cybertron to pursue the [[Energon Cube]] through space. When the giant energy source crashed on Earth, in the Japanese town of [[Hoshinochō]], it shattered into fragments that were scattered far and wide. Grimlock and the other Autobots set up a subterranean base below the Cube's impact crater, and began their search for the shards, taking the forms of local vehicles to hide their activities (Grimlock, in contrast to his comrades, took the conspicuous form of a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', for reasons best known to himself). Despite their attempts at remianing unseen, glimpses of the Autobots only magnified the reputation the crash of the Cube (believed by humans to be a meteor) had given Hoshinochō: that of a hotbed of rumored alien and UFO activity, Japan's answer to [[United States of America|America]]'s Roswell.

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===''Wings Universe''===
{{storylink|Wings of Honor}}
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==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Grimlock is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===3D Battle-Card Game===
Grimlock battled [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Decepticon forces under [[Optimus Primal]]'s leadership, alongside several Autobot allies. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''Sector Seven'' game===
Dubbed "Non-Biological Entity - 08", a video of Grimlock stomping through a construction site in dino-mode reached the public through "hacked evidence" files. {{storylink|Sector Seven (game)}}

===Transformers G1: Awakening===
{{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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==Toys==
:''Main article: [[Grimlock (G1)/toys]]''

==Merchandise==
:''Main article: [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (G1) merchandise]]''

==Notes==
*Grimlock is the only Dinobot whose name has two syllables, and the only Dinobot whose name doesn't start with the letter S.
*Grimlock has had a number of preliminary names, one being '''Tyrannobot'''. The [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''Transformers'' cartoon]] [[production bible|series bible]] contains one description of him that was originally typed with the name "'''Trapjaw'''", then its title was crossed out by hand and rewritten "Grimlock". Another description was typed with "'''Jawbreaker'''", again crossed out and relabeled "Grimlock". Another preliminary name is "'''Tyrex'''", from the [[Sunbow Productions]] cast list page for "[[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]]"; this was evidently coined by writer [[Donald F. Glut]].<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070217131842/http://members.aol.com/tfencyc/interview_glut.html ZMFTS interview with Donald F. Glut] (archive copy)</ref>
*An actor in a Grimlock costume was among "live" Transformers one could meet at the [[1985]] [[The Transformers Universal Studios Tour|Universal Studios Tour]].
*Grimlock's speech impediment is caused by varying conditions, depending on continuity. The difference between Grimlock's speech in the UK and US Marvel comics' writing styles was explained in the UK booklet "[[Transformers: The Facts]]" to be a ruse, as Grimlock didn't want to sound intelligent because he regarded intellectuals as weak. In the cartoon it was a result of primitive thought processes, something found in all Dinobots. In Dreamwave's ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'', it is explained as the result of a virus, while the [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] blames it on a battle with Scorponok. In ''[[Spotlight: Grimlock]]'', there was a brief mention of a damaged vocal processor; this was not only ignored by subsequent issues, but the rest of the spotlight. IDW's later ''[[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?]]'' gave him the speech impediment by saying he'd been brain damaged. Devil's Due didn't bother explaining, they just got him in the "Me Grimlock's" during part three.
*Grimlock is generally regarded as [[Simon Furman]]'s signature character.
*Grimlock has his very own fanboy, [[Noise]], who someday wants to grow up and be just like him—a godless killing machine.
*Grimlock's beast mode in ''The Gathering'' does not actually match any dromaeosaur on record, seeming to combine elements of both the dromaeosaur body type with that of a carnosaur or tyrannosaurid. The ''Beast Wars Sourcebook'' profile seems to have tried to rectify this by calling him a ''Megaraptor''. Which is fine...except ''Megaraptor'' was later determined to be a misidentified carnosaur.
*In almost every instance in which Grimlock is drawn by [[Pat Lee]], [[:Image:PatLeeGrimlockHead.jpg|Grimlock's eyes protrude past his faceplate]], rather than sitting behind it like normal. This becomes especially pronounced (and comical) towards the end of Dreamwave's [[Prime Directive|first mini-series]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Grimlock''' (グリムロック ''Gurimurokku'')
*''French:'' '''La Menace''' (Canada, "The Threat"), '''Menace''' (Canada ''Beast Wars'', "Threat")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Mogorva''' (''The Movie'', "Grimlock")
*''Italian:'' '''Tiran''', '''Drago''' ("Set Commandos" four-pack)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Gāng Sǔo''' (鋼鎖, "Steel Lock"), '''Sz Sǔo''' (Taiwan ''Generation 2'' cartoon, 死鎖, "Dead Lock")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Trancoso''', '''Grunhido''' (Brazil comics, "Grunt"), '''Implacável''' (Portugal, "Cutthroat")
*''Russian:'' '''Smel'chak''' (Смельчак, "Daredevil")
*''Spanish:'' '''Ferozaurio''' (''Beast Wars'')
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Tverdokhvat''' (ICTV, Твердохват, "One Who Snaps Firmly")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Grimlock Grimlock's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Teeth

2012-10-10T17:58:43Z

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[[Image:Teeth.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Green spittle not always included.]]
'''Teeth''' are a part of [[Transformer]] anatomy sometimes found inside the mouth, surrounding the [[tongue]]. Though Transformer teeth seem similar in structure and appearance to the teeth of [[Human|humans]], what function they serve on Transformers can be a subject of debate.

Humans use teeth primarily for breaking down the foods they consume into digestible portions, but Transformers fuel is mostly, if not entirely, [[Energon|liquid]]. Human teeth are also used to help form certain sounds in their language, in conjunction with the tongue. Transformers are capable of human speech, and sometimes are shown to have both teeth and a tongue, so it's possible their teeth may be used for communication. Two functions of teeth definitely shared between humans and Transformers are [[Galvatron II|using them as a weapon]] and baring them to indicate hostility.When Stalker tortred Twin Twist,he (painfully)removed Twin Twist's lower teeth

Transformers who have animal-based [[alternate mode]]s tend to have [[Mecha molar|teeth]] in those adopted forms. Most of these alternate modes were acquired after contact with other planets such as [[Earth]], so the inclusion of teeth in Transformer anatomy is often irrelevant to understanding why some Transformers have them. However, eons of conflict have taught the Transformers to take advantage of whatever weapons one can find, and [[Dinobot (G1)|some]] have taken quite a liking to teeth.

{{quote|I'll rip you to pieces with my ''bare claws'', tear out your circuits with my teeth and spit your diodes back at you!|[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] demonstrates one use of Transformer teeth|[[On the Edge of Extinction!]]}}

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{{note|The only medium which ultimately avoided Transformer teeth entirely was the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]], in which the inside of the mouth was for the majority of the time depicted as a solid dark gray. Occasional shots from the series' [[The Transformers (cartoon)#Season_1|first season]] do show Transformers with gray teeth (matching the inside of their mouths), but these numerous instances are now regarded as [[Animation error|goofs]]. In all other media, teeth were either uniformly used (such as in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'') or their appearance varied by artist (such as in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics]]).}}

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Image:Megatronmarvelteeth.jpg|[[Don Perlin]] gave [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] teeth when he felt like it. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}} {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}}
Image:Noteethcartoon.jpg|Transformer mouths had no interior detail in the original cartoon. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM}}
Image:Galvatroniiteeth.jpg|"Using teeth as a weapon," check. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}
Image:15arm.jpg|We discern a trend. {{storylink|Information Administration Teletraan 15 Go! Go!|15 Go! Go!}}
Image:BWDinobot arrival.jpg|Many animal-based alternate modes require teeth. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}}
Image:Megatronbwteeth.jpg|Teeth are helpful in creating a variety of facial expressions. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}
Image:Opoptooth.jpg|One of [[Optimus Primal|Optimal Optimus]]'s teeth was knocked out during a fight. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}
Image:Hotshotarmada.jpg|Teeth are helpful in demonstrating a love of [[JaAm]]. {{storylink|Palace}}
Image:Override-Teeth.jpg|A vanishingly-brief moment of somebody actually having a [[Dull surprise|facial expression]] in ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]''. {{storylink|Ambush}}
Image:Movie Megatron teeth.JPG|I don't even want to ''know'' why he has teeth. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}
Image:DOTM-Shockwavecloseup.jpg|This guy too. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
Image:Barnicle bots.jpg|Specialized teeth, called fangs, are EXTREMELY useful in creating a more menacing appearance. {{storylink|Nature Calls}}
Image:SG-Ricochet-bio.jpg|Teeth are instrumental in making terrifying evil grins of doom. {{storylink|Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass}}
Image:LegionRape1.jpg|[[Transformers: Kiss Players]] found a way to make them MORE sinister.
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Nemesis Prime (Prime)

2012-04-11T18:51:52Z

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:''Nemesis Prime is a MECH-created Transformer from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:NemesisPrime-NemesisPrime.jpg|right|thumb|300px|He's ''Prime'' Nemesis Prime from "Nemesis Prime."]]

The human-manufactured robot known as '''Nemesis Prime''' is a mindless drone created by [[MECH]], controlled remotely by a human operator. In order to cause psychological, as well as literal, damage, the machine was built in the exact likeness of [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], the leader of the [[Autobot]]s. Nemesis is capable of operating as both a semi-rig truck and a humanoid combat robot with the same strength, agility, and firepower as the original article, except with MECH leader [[Silas]] in control. It has none of Prime's moral strengths and also lacks any form of pain receptors, making it an utterly merciless killer.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Clancy Brown]] (English)|}}

{{spoiler|Nemesis Prime (episode)|April 14, 2012}}
Nemesis Prime was the culmination of MECH's [[Project Chimera]], an almost exact copy of [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] controlled by [[Silas]] from MECH's base of operations. On its first excursion, Nemesis Prime attempted to ram [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] off a bridge, but retreated when Autobots arrived on the scene. It later attempted to frame Optimus and the Autobots by transforming and attacking [[Alden Military Base]]. It, again, retreated when the ''real'' Autobots showed up. Nemesis Prime soon confronted the Autobots in battle when they were close to MECH's base, taking them out one-by-one. Eventually, Optimus confronted it in combat after the other Autobots had been defeated. After a lengthy battle, the true Optimus Prime came out victorious, and Nemesis fell through the roof of MECH's base of operations; landing on the equipment controlling it and crushing Silas. The injured MECH leader was pulled to safety by his men. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}}

TRIVIA

♦ HOW did the autobots not notice that nemisis prime had yellow eyes and barrel openings,and his paint was faded,
while optimus prime had blue eyes and waepons and his paint looked fresh?

==Toys==
===Bot Shots===
[[Image:Bot Shots S1 BP005 Nemesis Prime.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Nemesis Prime / Megatron / Acid Storm''' (Multi-pack, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''BP005'''
***''Fist strength'': '''855'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''555'''
***''Sword strength'': '''215'''

: A [[redeco]] of ''[[Bot Shots]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Prime)#Bot Shots|Optimus Prime]], Nemesis Prime is a teeny little longnosed semi truck with "trailer", with a spring-loaded automatic transformation to robot mode triggered when his front bumper is pressed. He has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. He was only available in a three-pack with a black version of [[Megatron (Prime)#Bot Shots|Megatron]] and [[Acid Storm (BS)|Acid Storm]].

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