Grimlock

Grimlock

Grimlock Generation 1 box art
Autobot/Maximal
Information
Sub-group	Action Masters, Deluxe Beasts, Dinobots, Pretenders
Function	Dinobot Commander, Lieutenant Commander
Rank	9 (Generation 1), 5 (Beast Wars)
Partner	Optimus Prime, Jetfire, Swoop, Slag, Sludge, Snarl
Motto	"Me Grimlock want to munch metal!" "Among the winners, there is no room for the weak."
Alternate modes	Mechanical Tyrannosaurus, Cybertronian tank, Megaraptor, Ford Mustang GT, Optical mouse
Series	Transformers: Generation 1 Transformers: Generation 2 Beast Wars Transformers: Alternators Transformers: Titanium Transformers Classics
English voice actor	Gregg Berger (Television series, Transformers: Devastation)

Grimlock

Grimlock in Robots in Disguise
Autobot
Information
Sub-group	Build Team, Deluxe Vehicles
Function	Autobot Backhoe,(Hasbro) Tactician, Forrest King (Takara)
Rank	7
Partner	Heavy Load, Hightower & Wedge
Motto	"Respect builds great warriors."
Alternate modes	Backhoe
Series	Transformers: Robots in Disguise
English voice actor	Tom Wyner
Japanese voice actor	Hiroki Takahashi

Grimlock

Grimlock in Shattered Expectations
Autobot
Information
Sub-group	Convention Exclusives, Deluxe Beasts
Function	Berserker
Rank	8
Partner	Goldbug, Jazz and Optimus Prime
Motto	"Total victory requires total destruction."
Alternate modes	Mechanical dinosaur
Series	Transformers: Timelines

Grimlock

Grimlock concept art from the DS War For Cybertron game.
Autobot/Decepticon
Information
Sub-group	Lightning Strike Coalition, Dinobots
Function	Dinobot Commander, Dinobot Leader
Rank	6/9
Partner	Swoop, Slug, Sludge, Snarl
Motto	"' Among the winners there is no room for the weak."'(motto) "Me Grimlock ready for battle!"(WFC) No one controls Grimlock!(FOC)
English voice actor	Crispin Freeman (War for Cybertron) Gregg Berger (Fall of Cybertron) Khary Payton (Robots in Disguise)
Japanese voice actor	Masaomi Yamahashi

Grimlock is the name of several fictional robot characters in the Transformers franchise. He is usually portrayed as the immensely strong, power-mongering leader of the Dinobots, a small subfaction of Autobots that transform into dinosaurs. In 2007, USA Today polled people as to which Transformer they want to appear in the second installment in the Transformers film series; Grimlock came in tied for second with Devastator.

"Me Grimlock want to munch metal!"

Grimlock is the most fearsome and powerful member of the Dinobots. Grimlock can be cold, merciless and contemptuous of those he considers beneath him, such as human beings, and at times, even Autobot leader Optimus Prime himself, who Grimlock would gladly supplant as Autobot leader if he were able to, giving him a superiority complex as indicated by his Generation 1 tech specs. Nevertheless, he is a valiant warrior whose actions command respect from all who are witness to them, both friend and foe. One of his most distinguishing features is his famous speech impediment, which leads him to shorten sentences and refer to himself constantly as "Me Grimlock", never "I" (e.g. "Me Grimlock no bozo! Me KING!") - the reason for this varies from depiction to depiction, with some making it the result of true mental limitations, and others vocal processor damage or a ruse Grimlock perpetrates to allow others to think of him as less intelligent than he actually is. However he is still an Autobot and is willing to protect the Earth as much as the Autobots, and does also show a begrudging respect for Optimus Prime, however he was more accepting for Rodimus as leader when he became a Prime.

Grimlock is among the strongest of the Transformers, possibly an equal to, or even superior to Optimus Prime and Megatron in certain continuities (he was shown to be stronger than Megatron in the G1 cartoon, but in the Marvel comics, Megatron was able to defeat Grimlock and the rest of the Dinobots in their initial encounter). In Tyrannosaurus rex mode, his powerful jaws can snap virtually anything that comes between them - from steel cables to a Decepticon limb. He also can shoot an energy ray from his mouth. In robot mode, Grimlock wields an energon sword, whose blade is sheathed in crackling energon and can slice a 2-foot-thick (0.61 m) concrete wall in one slash. He also uses a double-barreled, self-propelled rocket launcher. He is almost invulnerable in his Tyrannosaurus Rex mode as shown with his battle with Megatron due to Megatron's primary weapon, his arm-mounted fusion cannon having little or no effect on Grimlock. Unlike the other Dinobots, Grimlock is the only one whose name doesn't begin with an S.