Grandus (Animated)

This article is about the Autobot from Animated. For the Autobot Battlestar from Return of Convoy, see Grandus (ROC).

Grandus is an Autobot from the Animated continuity family.

"Big guy" would be an understatement, yes?

Grandus is fat and faaaabulous, and thanks to this, he is a sumo wrestler. He is also a gushing fanboy for Rosanna. She, in turn, wrote a song about him.

Fiction

Animated cartoon continuity

Voice actor: Jeff Glen Bennett (English)

He's big in France. Technically, he's big everywhere.

Grandus's accomplishments as a member of the Cyber-Ninja Corps were immortalized by a holographic bust inside Master Yoketron's dojo. Five Servos of Doom

Grandus, in vehicle mode, carried a triumphant "Sentinel Magnus", along with Perceptor and Alpha Trion, in a victory parade before adoring masses. Behind them, the Decepticon prisoners were carried by another Transformer of the same model. Decepticon Air

He was later seen on Cybertron, minding his own business when an organic transwarped right in front of him, so close that he almost stepped on it. Grandus recoiled in fear and disgust while a crowd gathered. Most of the other then bots proceeded to run from it while it insulted him for almost crushing it. Grandus was told by Flareup to step on it, which he tried, only to be stopped by some old bot who took Fanzone in vehicle mode and rolled out.

Needless to say, Grandus and Flareup were horrified by the old bot's actions. He touched it! This Is Why I Hate Machines

Grandus was in the audience for The Motor Master's Stunt Convoy show, and as he was cheering, his flailing arm unwittingly set off a chain reaction of events that culminated in Warpath's cannon smashing Wheelie on the head. Everyone around him was horrified. Later that evening, a video recording would catch Wildrider invoking his name for a fat joke. He was not pleased. The Stunti-Con Job

Notes

• Grandus is a homage to the Generation 1 character of the same name.
• Grandus was first revealed in a Transformers Collectors' Club interview with Derrick J. Wyatt and Eric Siebenaler.
• According to Wyatt, Grandus's voice is an intentional nod to actor Paul Lynde. [1]
• He's not Dug Base.
• He also screams like a little girl.