James Thaddeus Grenger

James Thaddeus Grenger

**James Thaddeus Grenger** is a male dog who is the CEO of Grenger Enterprises, the main competitor of Retriever Industries in Petropolis. He is a corrupt businessman who dabbles in criminal activity who often serves as a minor antagonist in most Super Animal Squadron series, most notably in Fantasy Squadron: Medievalger and Justice Squadron: Comicger.

## History

Grenger appeared in the chapter Puppets of Misfortune from Medievalger where he threatened to shut down the Medievalgers' school so he can build a mall in its place. The Medievalgers and their classmates held a fair to raise enough money to pay back Grenger to save the school. Unknown to them, Grenger placed a time bomb in a fortune telling machine that was later taken by Lord Wiz's minions for him to turn it into Pork Jester, and he exploded while the Medievalgers were fighting him. After finding out that Grenger was trying to destroy the fair, the school forced him to pay the school, and the school remained where it was.

Grenger returned in the chapter The Need For Speed from Comicger where he had a similar plot: to close down the Petropolis Children's Hospital and convert it into an insane asylum. However, Katie Bengalo and Dr. Julian Capuchin participated in the Petropolis 500 to win the prize money so they can pay him back, but Grenger hired the mercenary Bullzeye to sabotage their efforts alongside Joyrider, who was summoned by Darkanos to participate in the race. Steve Baldwin and Maple Howler dealt with Bullzeye while Katie and Julian continued the race, and they learned that Grenger hired him to deal with Katie and Julian. After they defeated Bullzeye, they were able to get word out that Grenger was behind the sabotage, and he was forced to pay the children's hospital a fine. But before he left, Monica Scaleman snatched his belt, causing his pants to fall down, humiliating him in the process.

Grenger made a brief appearance in Swarm of the Century where he planned to have the statue of Arachne in the park destroyed and replaced with a tennis court. However, when the city decided to cancel his plans and kept the statue standing permanently, as well as putting in a recreational field and a learning center to commemorate it, he was furious, and left the park in a huff.

During the events of Silent Night, Holy Smokes, Grenger saw that his humiliation at the children's hospital has been uploaded on the Internet, and he went to Stanley Chippendale's studio to have him arrested. When he arrived, he learned about the Comicgers' true identities, so he ordered them to be arrested under the belief that they were frauds and that the monsters they've been fighting never existed. Grenger then stupidly unplugged the tracking system that the Comicgers have been using, and it triggered TUFF's defense mechanism against anyone who hacks into their satellite system, and it exploded, destroying the studio in the process. After the Comicgers defeated Silent Night, an enraged Grenger had them arrested, allowing Darkanos to unleash his army on Petropolis.

During Turning the Last Page, Gerald and Harold were able to bail the Comicgers out of jail, and they started to plead their case to the mayor. However, Grenger tried to convince the mayor that they've been using gases to make people hallucinate monsters so that Stanley could sell more comic books. But he didn't have any convincing evidence to back up his claims, so he was dismissed, and the Comicgers were given back their powers so they can battle Darkanos and his army. After they destroyed the Styx Destructor, Grenger demanded that their Robos be dismantled immediately, still believing that the Comicgers were frauds. But Stanley was able to give him a well-deserved punch in the face, and he was arrested afterwards.

At the beginning of Justice Squadron: Comicger Returns, Grenger was put on trial for the false arrest of the Comicgers. After being found guilty, he was given a life sentence in Albatrozz State Prison.

During the events of Nature Squadron: Fangranger Vs. Lord Zedd, a couple of criminals on his payroll including Wolf Spider-Man, Bomberhead, Chili Pepper, Eight-Arm Eddie, Komodo Kong and Hacker broke into a TUFF warehouse to steal a device to break Grenger out of Albatrozz. However, Katie brought a group of veteran Super Animal Squadron rangers, along with Tommy Oliver, to retrieve that same device, but they encountered the villains as they were trying to steal it. After fighting them, the rangers thwarted their plan, and the TUFF Troopers put them under arrest, and took them to jail.

During the events of the episode An Inked-Up Incident from Jurassic Squadron: Shinobiger, Grenger was confirmed to be dead after a failed prison escape attempt from Albatrozz. A couple of villains on his payroll broke him out, and they tried to ferry him back to Petropolis on his private yacht, only for it to crash into a rock in the water and sink. The other villains jumped ship to escape from the police, but Grenger, who was reportedly locked in the bathroom when it happened, went down with the yacht. He supposedly drowned in the depths of the ocean, and his body was washed ashore on Albatrozz, where he was confirmed to be dead by the prison doctors.

## Non-Canon Appearances

In Kirby Crab vs the Saurusgers, Grenger decided to revive Shalliam Wilm and Veojay inside of a pair of Attack Bots dubbed the Sandbag Bot and the Glasscutter Bot using his AI, a copy of Venjix. The Attack Bots were then sent to attack Axaxlyl and Yomamnwii and destroy the Saurusgers' morphers. After that, he saw that Venjix had somehow grew wheels and arms and went with the Sandbag-bot and Glasscutter Bot to ruin Christmas. They decided to have a change of heart and get rid of Venjix. Grenger used his taser to make the two attack bots explode, and he used the Saurusger Hurricane to create an actual Football which exploded in the Venjix copy's face, annihilating him instantly. James was eventually given a pardon by the governor.

## Trivia

* Grenger was based off of the following villains:
	+ Justin Hammer from Marvel comics
	+ Dolores Umbridge from the Harry Potter franchise
	+ Walter Peck from the Ghostbusters franchise
* Grenger is one of the few TUFF original characters to make frequent appearances throughout the Super Animal Squadron series.
* Wobbley has been demanding TUFFAgentShepherd to have Grenger escape from Albatrozz so he can exact his revenge on the Comicgers, but he has shown no interest in doing so.
	+ It was this very reason that TUFFAgentShepherd had Grenger killed off during the events of Shinobiger in the first place.