Grappling Hook

The Grappling Hook being used.

The Grappling Hook (also known as the Grappler Claw) is a universal device used mainly by the Teku & Metal Maniacs. The tool is very versatile, being used as a way to save yourself, save other drivers, sabotage other drivers, hitch a ride with other drivers, or even as a substitute to brakes. The humans' Grappling Hooks were upgraded to military grade following the Micro Realm.

## Usage

### Clash on the Coast

* Leonidas Aewar used Spinebuster's grappling hook to latch into the side of a cliff face while he was freefalling.

### Storm Realm

* David Pliskin used the device to hook Twin Mill into the ground while he was freefalling.
* An RD-S1 was ordered by RD-L1 to latch the grappling hook into the backside of Krazy 8s. RD-08 then knocked the grappling RD-06 off, taking Brian Kadeem with it.
* Patrick Smith attempted to use Mega-Duty's grappling hook to catch a freefalling Krazy 8s. However, the grappling hook was destroyed by an Energy Ball from RD-08.
* Silavet Kitomyia attempted to use a grapple hook to latch into and stop RD-08 at the final stretch, however a Self-Destructing RD-06 blew up both the grappling hook and the front end of Backdraft before it could impact, flipping Silavet's vehicle over.

### Swamp Realm

* David attempted to use a grapple hook to get Rip Rod out of murky swamp waters, but instead fished up a wrecked and empty Ballistik. The vehicles reversed out of the water instead.
* Kyle Jackson tried to use Synkro's grappling hook to latch on to a 2-D RD-08, but overshot the angle. The grappling hook was, instead, cut in half.

### Lava Realm

* Synkro's grappling hook was used to catch Hollowback and prevent it and its driver, Blake Tyler, from falling into a sea of lava.
* A spinning RD-06 attempted to grapple onto Rip Rod and drag David Pliskin off of the track, but it missed.
* Kyle attempted to grapple a 2-D RD-08 again, but missed for the second time and only narrowly avoided being cut in half.

### Water Realm

* Prior to the events of the Water Realm, Adam Carter used Spectyte's grappling hook to latch onto the wall of the Test Track and stop himself from plummeting into a spiky pit of rocks.
* During the Realm, an RD-02 grappled itself into the rear bumper of Boss Hoss in order to perform Maneuver 7 on Patrick Smith.

### Cliffside Realm

* Thomas Schmitt used Bully Goat's grapple to prevent Silavet and Track Ripper from falling into the endless abyss below the track.

### Ice Realm

* Kyle attempted to use Synkro's grapple to prevent himself from taking a hard fall onto ice. The grapple was, however, not needed, as he landed safely on a path made by Adam Carter's Swamp Realm Accelecharger.

### Junk Realm

* Thomas Schmitt used the Grappling Hook on Spectyte to help pull it out of a trash compactor. Combined with Spectyte's Jump Jets, the attempt was successful, but the grapple line did snap afterwards.
* Technetium sunk a grapple into MS-T Suzuka to leave it open for Anthracite to use an EMP.
* David Pliskin used Twin Mill III's skewer grapple to pull a Climber Hyperpod out from a pile of rubble.

### Ruins Realm

* Patrick Smith used Symbolic's Grappling Hook to position the vehicle upright after it was caught in a roll and landed on its side.
* Henry Caine used Avant Garde to grapple into Covelight for his "secret plan" which ended in most of the Silencerz crashing.
* Patrick grappled to RD-05 to attempt to stop it, however it mass shifted into the Slam Ram Hyperpod to snap the grapple line.

### Canyon Realm

* Before the Realm, Henry tested out the newly-reinforced Grappling Hooks, skewering one through a barrel as a test.
* Henry attempted to grapple onto a Racing Drone Jet, however the hook missed.
* Patrick used dual grapples to try to take out the same jet, this time latching in and allowing Patrick to take the jet down.
* Patrick did the same thing later to take down another jet.

### Cybergrid Realm

* Henry attempted to perform the same tactic as he did in the Ruins Realm, however his target, Octainium, was sent spinning by Iridium, thus sending Henry spinning hard as his grapple line snapped.

### Solar Realm

* Two RD-01 attempted to grapple into Chicane and Twinduction to impede the humans' progress, however they both missed and ended up driving into their own grappling hooks and flying into the air.
* Leonidas Aewar used Flathead Fury's grapple to latch onto the back of a Rocket Socket Hyperpod.

### Wind Realm

* David, being blown off the track by a tornado, tried to get back to the ground by grappling into Drift Tech, being driven by Mike Jones, to no avail.
* An RD-01 tried to launch a rear-mounted grappling hook into Drift Tech, but missed.
* Patrick Smith grappled back to the track after being thrown off by an Energy Ball.
* Thomas Schmitt tried to grapple a falling Steel Flame onto the track, narrowly missing.

### Chrome Realm

* After being sent flying off the track, Kyle, driving Drift Tech, tried to grapple back onto a track. The grapple missed, forcing him to resort to Jump Jets.

### Blizzard Realm

* In this Realm, Thomas Schmitt's Muscle Bound suffered a grapple malfunction, causing it to plummet towards a deep ice crevasse.
* Adam Carter used Impavido 1's grapple to catch Muscle Bound as it was falling, saving Thomas from a dreadful fall.
* David grappled onto the track in order to get out of a huge pile of snow.

### Cosmic Realm

* After coming out of the portal with a Climber Hyperpod, Blake Tyler used his grapple to latch onto Thomas Schmitt's Rocket Socket Hyperpod and use its speed boost as well.

## Known Users

* Spinebuster
* Twin Mill
* RD-06
* Mega-Duty
* Backdraft
* Rip Rod
* Synkro
* Spectyte
* RD-02
* Bully Goat
* Dieselboy
* Technetium
* Twin Mill III
* Symbolic
* Avant Garde
* Twinduction
* RD-01
* Flathead Fury
* Steel Flame
* Drift Tech
* Muscle Bound
* Impavido 1
* Rollin' Thunder
* Rivited

## Trivia

* This was the first mod used in High Octane.
* This mod has the most usages throughout its life span.
* It is likely that more vehicles are equipped with the Grappling Hook, however they are not shown using it on screen.