Grover the Superdog

**Grover the Superdog** is a minor character in *Turtle Man and DaPhantom*, being a dog with space superpowers. He was previously just a regular dog owned by Doctor M, but after Mort tried to clone him he unintentionally had his genes spliced up which gave him powers.

## Appearance

Grover is a moderately-sized white dog with big ears, a relatively long tail and a light gray coloured belly. He has a black nose with grey whiskers on it, grey coloured fur eyebrows, a black dot under his mouth and black eyes, with pupils that used to be grey but have become a light cyan ever since his super mutation. While he was Doctor M's dog he wore a red collar, but after Mort took him he instead gave him a light turquoise one with "SUPER" written on it.

## Background

There is no real background to Grover that is indifferent to that of any regular dog: he was born into the business of a dog breeder in Yoshi Resort who taught him some basic tricks and skills before he was ready to be sold off to an owner. This owner happened to be Doctor M, who brought him when he was already a few months old and grown a bit which he wanted and was happy to spend a lot of money on. He introduced the dog to his girlfriend Katie who also loved him, and they spent some time with the dog. Though after getting married and wanting to go on a honeymoon to the most exotic and cheap place that they could think of, Goblinsville USA, the couple realised that they would need someone to watch the dog whilst they were away. Doctor M. decided that he could place trust in his cousin Officer M. and his friends Turtle Man and DaPhantom to look after Grover whilst they were away, which they came over to do. This dogsitting session proved to be stranger then the trio expected, with Grover being quite aggressive at first and trying to bite the three of them; he even bit The Devourer after he showed up to antagonise them which scared him off. They then were led into doing several things that triggered Doctor M's mess senses and so he had to keep coming back to check if they were ok which they seemed to be. They managed to feed Grover, take him to the park whilst bickering, put on some TV which accidentally annoyed him even more, almost lost him a few times and eventually received a package from Llama which had some toys and a mysterious syringe inside of it. The trio call down Mort to help them figure out what the syringe is for by saying his trigger phrase, and he instantly shows interest in the dog but informs them that the syringe is a vaccine for the Yoshuenza diseases that has been spreading around the Resort lately. Doctor M. and Katie return to the house after Doctor M’s senses were tingling to find Mort there, asking the doctor if he can keep the dog for himself since he likes him so much. Doctor M. refuses to give Grover though, and Mort decides to offer him literally anything he wants in exchange until finally coming up with the proposition that he could clone the dog so they could both have it. Doctor M. and Katie reluctantly agree, so Mort grabs a cloning machine from his spaceship and puts Grover in there before activating it. But to everyone’s shock the machine malfunctions and explodes, though the dog actually survived and had his genes mutated by the machine which turned him into Superdog. He flew around and shattered Llama into pieces by ramming into him, then used his new laser vision to blast Shumi until he turned to dust. Grover then decided to follow Mort onto his spaceship as they flew away and embarked on some adventures together; Doctor M. was a little upset over losing his dog but did feel that he would be happier with Mort from now on and let it go.

Grover has been trained by Mort to control his abilities and unleash some new ones and he also fought alongside his new owner during the Soul War, using his many abilities to fight off the many villainous soul ghosts.

## Personality and Relationships

Grover is usually a pretty nice and affectionate dog who enjoys spending time with those around him, but can have mood swings which make him incredibly angry and hostile, biting people he doesn’t like. But when peaceful he enjoys being petted and stroked and sometimes playing with anything he finds as well as toys. He did like Doctor M. and Katie and enjoyed being around them, but also grew to like Mort a lot after he had adopted him into his own life and is always happy to embark on adventures with him across the galaxy.

## Abilities

Before becoming Superdog, Grover was just a regular dog with no special abilities at all. He could run around at decent speeds and had pretty sharp teeth compared to many other adult dogs, but other than this there wasn't really anything unique about him. After his genetic mutation though, he gained a plethora of powers such as being able to fly through the air at high speeds, tough durability like metal, a ram attack which could send victims flying away and even the ability to fire scorching blue lasers out of his eyes. There are probably some other powers he has that haven't even been witnessed yet, but will in the future as Mort has been training him to do new stuff.

## Appearances

* S8E9 - Dogsittin'
* S8E15 - Soul War
* S9E7 - Cursed

## Trivia

* He shares his name of Grover with Groovin' Grover.

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