Grimlock

Grimlock, Dinobot Leader

Formerly:

* Tank (Cybertronian; original)
* Challenger II Main Battle Tank (Earth; adapted)

**Grimlock**, is both a fictional character and protagonist of the *MDC's* *Transformer Titans* series created by Sam Register and Bob Haney. He is the leader of the Dinobots and an Autobot, having fought alongside Optimus during the war.

Although dedicated and exceptionally loyal to the Autobot cause, he is oftentimes a loose cannon, who sometimes resents authority. He views Optimus Prime as a leader, who is afraid to make the tough calls and act on instinct.

He leads a powerful group of similar minded individuals, which he would do anything for. Together, they have a famous reputations for winning seemingly impossible battles and jobs that the Autobots would never have the stomach for.

He says he prefers to work alone, but knows deep down the value of friendship and teamwork. That is what also gives him his redeeming features: his attachment to his team.

"*No one controls **GRIMLOCK**!*"

—Grimlock, to Shockwave.

## Appearance

*Voice Actor*: Gregg Berger (English), Tesshō Genda (Japanese), (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Pekka Lehtosaari (Finnish), Not Known (French), Klaus-Dieter Klebsch (German), Marco Balzarotti (Italian), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Finnish), Wan-gyeong Seong (Korean), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Poland), Dariusz Odija (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Andrei Yaroslavtsev (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Blas Garcia (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Alfredo Martinez (Spain-Spanish)

### Appearance

#### Alternate Mode

His vehicle mode on Cybertron was a Cybertronian Truck, when arriving to Earth he adapts the Earth vehicle mode of a tractor trailer.

* Hair Color: N/A
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Blue
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Alpha Trion
* Dynasty of Primes
	+ Nova Prime
	+ Zeta Prime
* Autobots
	+ Bumblebee
	+ Elita-1
	+ Sideswipe
	+ Ratchet
	+ Arcee
	+ Warpath
	+ Prowl
	+ Hot Shot
	+ Drift
	+ Kup
	+ Cliffjumper
	+ Windblade
	+ Wreck-Gar
* Omega Sentinels
	+ Omega Supreme
* Mini-Cons
* Dinobots
* Dinobots
	+ Volcanicus
		- Scorn
		- Swoop
		- Snarl
		- Slug
		- Sludge
* Wreckers
	+ Ultra Magnus
	+ Springer
	+ Bulkhead
	+ Wheeljack
* Cybertron Elite Guard
	+ Smokescreen
	+ Strongarm
	+ Jazz
	+ Blurr
	+ Safeguard
		- Jetfire
		- Jetstorm
* Aerialbots
	+ Superion
		- Air Raid
		- Silverbolt

### Enemies

* Decepticons
	+ Megatron
	+ Shockwave
	+ Barricade
	+ Blitzwing
	+ Lugnut
	+ Soundwave
		- Frenzy
		- Rumble
		- Laserbeak
		- Buzzsaw
		- Ravage
	+ Airachnid
	+ Insecticons
		- Kickback
		- Sharpshot
		- Hardshell
	+ Seekers
		- Starscream
		- Thundercracker
		- Dirge
		- Thrust
		- Sunstorm
		- Ramjet
		- Skywarp
		- Slipstream
	+ Lockdown
	+ Astrotrain
	+ Trypticon
	+ Galvatronus
		- Cyclonus
		- Cyberwarp
		- Skyjack
		- Treadshock
		- Riotgear
* Combaticons
	+ Bruticus
		- Onslaught
		- Vortex
		- Brawl
		- Blast Off
		- Swindle
* Constructicons
	+ Devastator
		- Dirt Boss
		- Scrapper
		- Scavenger
		- Mixmaster
		- Long Haul
		- Bonecrusher
		- Hook
* Predacons
	+ Predaking
* Stunticons
	+ Menasor
		- Motormaster
		- Dead End
		- Wildrider
		- Drag Strip
		- Breakdown
		- Offroad
		- Blackjack
* Ancient Decepticons
	+ the Fallen
* Unicron

## History

### Past

#### Preparing Departure

Over the following five million years of war of attrition on Cybertron’s current state, which resulted in countless casualties and left the Core of Cybertron itself poisoned, Cybertron was drained of almost all of its energy. Optimus reflected on how he had failed to account for the debilitating effects that the AllSpark's absence would have on Cybertron. This confirms the only solution was Alpha Trion and the Council are to shut down and reboot the core, which would take millions of years, during which the planet would be unusable, and Optimus realized the mistake he'd made in launching the artifact, the Autobots would have to leave their home.

In order to continue the fight, Optimus ordered the construction of a new *Vanguard*-class vessel so that the AllSpark could be located and retrieved.

When the *Ark* was completed, it launched from Iacon. Among the Autobots joining him was Bumblebee, who shared a heartfelt goodbye with Windblade before Optimus called him to the ship. Loading his best and brightest aboard a huge spacecraft, Optimus was stopped by a cry from Elita-1, who came running up to the launch platform and was intent on joining him on the mission. Optimus told her that he would return for her as soon as he could, but Elita was intent on joining Prime on the mission. No debate was to be had, however, as a Decepticon attack on the platform caused an explosion that seemingly destroyed Elita. Crestfallen, Prime boarded the spacecraft and ordered a take-off.

During their travels, the Autobots' spacecraft had a troubled flight. After navigating a treacherous asteroid field, the ship was caught up by Decepticons in a *Decepticon space cruiser* that had been shadowing them, under the command of Megatron himself. Megatron's forces attacked the Autobot ship, and Optimus headed to the engine room to assist with the defenses there, only to encounter Megatron himself.

As the two fought, the pair's fight wasn't yet finished when both they and their ships were sucked by the G-force of the nearby planet Earth took hold of both ships, dragged them down, and knocked Megatron overboard. Although Prime tried valiantly to pull their ship up, he ordered the entire crew to enter stasis before it collided with a mountain.

## External links

* Grimlock *Wikipedia*
* Optimus Prime *Heroes Wiki*
* Optimus Prime *Teletraan 1: The Transformers Wiki*
* Optimus Prime *Transformers Wiki*