Grimlock (RID)/Relationships

These are Grimlock's relationships.

Bumblebee
Grimlock encountered Bumblebee in Pilot (Part 2). At first, Bumblebee saw Grimlock as another trouble next to Underbite. However, Grimlock proved to be helpful when he joined Bumblebee and his team in stopping Underbite from reaching Crown City. Since then, Bumblebee placed Grimlock on probation and Grimlock was overjoyed by this.

In Trust Exercises, Bumblebee and Grimlock preformed their trust exercise test, which proved successful, but Sideswipe and Strongarm laughed when they saw Grimlock carrying Bumblebee. Bumblebee took Grimlock to capture Hammerstrike but failed to capture him when Grimlock was stuck on the bottom of the sea. Bumblebee explained to Grimlock that they are steps to winning a race. They worked as a team and they were able to capture Hammerstrike.

In W.W.O.D.?, Grimlock laughed along with Sideswipe and Strongarm when Bumblebee tried to act like Optimus Prime. When the team captured Terrashock, Grimlock questioned about what would cowboys do after a successful mission and Bumblebee replied by stating they ride off into the sunset, which the team did in the end.

In Collect 'Em All, Bumblebee helped Grimlock lift up the almost collapsing bridge with a pillar.

In True Colors, Bumblebee could not believe Grimlock began attacking the team. Minitron was controlling Grimlock the whole time and Grimlock managed to defeat him. Bumblebee told Grimlock that he was one of them and that Fixit will change his Decepticon symbols to Autobot symbols, which Grimlock was excited and stood proudly to thank Bee.

In Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!, Grimlock was the first one to get pranked by Bumblebee, who's maturity levels went down after an attack by Quillfire. Grimlock wiped his face from the oil pie that Bee threw at his face and stated it was mean. Grimlock and Strongarm had to watch Bumblebee when he showed up with them to an amusement park near Crown City. Despite not agreeing to it, Grimlock was forced to give Bumblebee a ride in his dino mode while Bee rode on his back, like a cowboy on a horse.

In Brainpower, Bumblebee had little inner doubts about Grimlock's intelligence but eventually he was impressed at Grimlock as he captured Simicore and his Mini-Cons.

In Impounded, Bumblebee banned Grimlock from missions but was convinced to let him go back on missions by Grimlock's new disguise courtesy of Fixit since Grimlock helped the Autobots capture Quillfire and Mini-Cons.

In the ending of Decepticon Island (Part 2), Grimlock remains on Bumblebee's team as he states Bee should show the team more about Earth.

Bumblebee respects Grimlock and sees him as a noble dinobot warrior and friend on his team.

Strongarm
Strongarm met Grimlock in Pilot (Part 2). While Strongarm and the other Autobots saw Grimlock as another fugitive, Grimlock was fighting Underbite. When Grimlock awoke from being unconscious, Strongarm filled him in on what happened and that nobody was hurt. Grimlock joined the team in stopping Underbite from getting to Crown City. After Underbite was captured, Grimlock was concerned about Bumblebee putting back into stasis. While Strongarm wanted to follow protocol, Bumblebee placed Grimlock on probation. Filled with overjoy, Grimlock happily hugged Strongarm around until Strongarm pulled away. Grimlock grabbed onto Sideswipe and Strongarm's shoulders as he was singing his probation song.

In Trust Exercises, Strongarm laughed when Grimlock was carrying Bumblebee.

In W.W.O.D.?, Grimlock, Strongarm, and Sideswipe all laughed when Bumblebee tried to impersonate Optimus Prime.

In As the Kospego Commands!, when Grimlock was hit by Thunderhoof, Bumblebee ordered Strongarm to help Grimlock back to base.

In True Colors, Grimlock began attacking his teammates. Strongarm felt played for falling for the "innocent T-rex routine" and felt Grimlock was playing the team the entire time. However, it was shown that Minitron was controlling Grimlock and making the Dinobot do things against his will. When Minitron was defeated by Grimlock, Strongarm apologized to Grimlock and Grimlock told her she was just doing her job.

In Can You Dig It?, Grimlock caught Strongarm when they were stuck in the hole.

In Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!, Strongarm acted as temporary leader when Bumblebee's maturity levels were down. Grimlock and Strongarm had to watch over Bumblebee when he came to them at an amusement park near Crown City. Bumblebee rode on Grimlock while Strongarm stood by watching them and praising them. When Bumblebee reverted to his normal state, Grimlock informed him that Strongarm did well as substitute commander.

In Even Robots Have Nightmares, Grimlock freed Strongarm from her cocoon.

In Deep Trouble, Strongarm told Grimlock that he does not always have to be the one to do the heavy lifting and they work as a team.

In Battlegrounds, Part 1, Grimlock was angered when Strongarm, Sideswipe, and Windblade were being hurt by the arch that they were tied underneath to.

In Metal Meltdown, Grimlock and Strongarm tried to work together like Sideswipe did with Strongarm. While they did get off on a rough start with Grimlock demolishing their training course that Strongarm had made for them and their first failure to capture Saberhorn, they worked together in saving Bumblebee and Russell. Yet while Grimlock threw Saberhorn through a wall that allowed him to escape, Strongarm stated to Grimlock to not worry as she made a lot of mistakes with Sideswipe and promised they will capture Saberhorn.

In Brainpower, Strongarm had some inner doubts about Grimlock's strategic skills, she was very impressed at him for helping in taking down Simicore and his Mini-Cons.

In Impounded, she covered for Grimlock when his cover was almost revealed in front of humans. Although she was opposed to not letting Grimlock come on missions, she was glad Grimlock's new disguise aided them in capturing Quillfire and his Mini-Cons.

Strongarm did not trust Grimlock at first, but as the team became closer together, she became close friends with him. She respects and cares for Grimlock and fights by his side. Their friendship is similar to Bulkhead and Arcee's friendship.

Sideswipe
Sideswipe met Grimlock in Pilot (Part 2). Grimlock helped the team in capturing Underbite and Grimlock grabbed onto Sideswipe and Strongarm's shoulders to sing.

In Trust Exercises, Sideswipe laughed when Grimlock was carrying Bumblebee.

In W.W.O.D.?, Grimlock, Sideswipe and Strongarm all laughed at Bumblebee's impersonation.

In As the Kospego Commands!, Sideswipe and Grimlock were ordered by Bumblebee to remain on guard by the generator. After a while of waiting, Sideswipe felt bored and went to scout the perimeter. Grimlock told him that Bee ordered them to stat there and Sideswipe replied that here meant the area around there too. Grimlock was left alone to guard while Sideswipe went off in the woods to listen to music. When Bumblebee and Strongarm caught Sideswipe in the act, Grimlock was attacked by Thunderhoof. Bumblebee was disappointed in Sideswipe for leaving Grimlock alone.

In True Colors, Sideswipe joked around with Grimlock about being slow on their mission to retrieve an empty pod but suddenly Grimlock began attacking Sideswipe. During the short squabble, Sideswipe tried to reason with Grimlock but to no avail. After Grimlock took Underbite in his stasis pod, Sideswipe tried to explain to Bumblebee that Grimlock was under someone's control. Minitron was controlling Grimlock and Grimlock defeated him. Back at the base, Grimlock was officially made an Autobot by Bumblebee, which Grimlock happily hugged Sideswipe and Russell.

In Decepticon Island (Part 2), Grimlock patted Sideswipe on the back after he was able to incapacitate Thunderhoof and Grounpounder with a signal.

Sideswipe and Grimlock appear to get along well. Sideswipe would refer to Grimlock as Big guy due to them fact that Grimlock is a huge Cybertronian. They both act like good friends and almost like brothers.

Fixit
Fixit zapped Grimlock's head in Pilot (Part 1) and told him to get back in his cell. After the team captured Underbite, Grimlock was placed on probation by Bumblebee.

In More than Meets the Eye, Grimlock was surprised to hear that Fixit punched around Chop Shop and congrats him for it.

In True Colors, Minitron controlled Grimlock to beat up the team and flicked Fixit aside. Fixit and Russell realized that Minitron was controlling Grimlock and informed the team about it.

In Rumble in the Jungle, Grimlock was involved in settling Fixit and Denny Clay's argument.

In Can You Dig It?, when the team was stuck in a hole, Bee ordered the team and Jazz to get on each other's shoulders. Grimlock stepped on Fixit and stated he should have tried it the other way around.

In The Champ, Fixit acted as Grimlock's coach in his fight against Groundpounder and his coach Headlock. When Fixit was battling Headlock, Fixit showed Grimlock a move that Fixit demonstrated on Headlock. Grimlock used Fixit's strategy and was able to take down Groundpounder. Russell gave Grimlock and Fixit the winning trophy. Grimlock held it up, which Fixit hanged onto it, and they both giggled in their victory.

In Brainpower, Fixit helped Grimlock download a police academy entrance exam for Grimlock to take so that he could study for it and pass it. While Grimlock did ended up getting a lot of intelligence from a download from the Cybertronian data cylinder, Fixit helped him get the intelligence out for Grimlock to take out Simicore and in the end, Grimlock asked Fixit for a study guide that has pictures for him to learn from.

In Impounded, Fixit setup a new disguise for Grimlock which he also helped Grimlock with dealing with Quillfire and his Mini-Cons. When Bumblebee allows Grimlock to go back on missions, Grimlock and Fixit sing in Fixit's accomplishment.

Fixit and Grimlock have a respectable and caring friendship. Despite his small size, Fixit tries his best to help or play with his buddy Grimlock however he can.

Denny Clay
Grimlock interacts the least with Denny. However, Denny does appear to connect with Grimlock in most occasions and they both have a good friendship.

Russell Clay
Grimlock seems to interact with Russell more than he does with Denny.

In True Colors, Russell knew there was source to Grimlock attacking his teammates for no reason and when Grimlock was found innocent, he happily hugged Sideswipe and Russell for believing in him.

In Rumble in the Jungle, Grimlock and Sideswipe helped Russell settle a feud between Fixit and Denny and fist bumped with him when their plan was a success.

Russell is Grimlock's close human friend and he is like a little brother to Grimlock.

Optimus Prime
Grimlock helped Optimus get clear of the statue's falling arm in Battlegrounds, Part 2. They both appear to get along well as allies.

Drift
While Drift referred to Grimlock as an oafish Dinobot, they appear to get along after Drift came back with his Mini-Cons to stay on Bee's team.

In Hunting Season and in Lockout, Grimlock is seen to provide as backup for Drift when he was facing Fracture.

In Decepticon Island (Part 1), Grimlock decided to follow under the idea of "team within the team" and wanted to team with Drift, who opposed to it.

However, in the ending of Decepticon Island (Part 2), Drift accepted Grimlock as he stated it will be an honor to stand alongside Grimlock and called him "teamie".

They both appear to be good friends and teammates.

Jetstorm and Slipstream
Grimlock interacts the least with Jetstorm and Slipstream, but they appear to be good friends to him.

Windblade
Grimlock seems to look up to Windblade like he does with Strongarm.

In Battlegrounds, Part 1, he seemed angered when Windblade was getting hurt along with Sideswipe and Strongarm.

Underbite
Grimlock made an enemy out of Underbite in Pilot (Part 1) and in Pilot (Part 2) where they battled each other in the scrapyard. Underbite seems to dislike Grimlock as he would refer to him as a lowly Dinobot. Grimlock seems to get the better of Underbite in most of their fights even in Sideways where Grimlock made Underbite devour a cubed form made from plastic as it made Underbite weak in energy.

Scowl
Ever since Scowl and Grimlock met in Similarly Different, they've become close friends due to their habits of smashing things and both being Dinobots, so close that Scowl even considered Grimlock to be his brother. All that changed when Grimlock told the Autobots about Scowl and Scowl found Grimlock about the ordeal and felt betrayed by him. Grimlock even tried to make amends with him by trying to convince Scowl to defect to the good side, where he rejected Grimlock's offer, stating that there is no fun in doing good and states that he is all about smashing. They became enemies and despite having a grudge on each other, Grimlock even pretended to see things his own way after a fight with Scowl. Scowl seems to welcome Grimlock back, hinting that Scowl really sees Grimlock as his friend/brother figure. However, Grimlock dispatched Scowl with a large stone ball and told Scowl that just because something seemed fun, does not make it right.

Simacore
Grimlock first encountered Simacore in Brainpower where Grimlock had gained the power of knowledge and couldn't engage Simacore in a one on one fight though he was able to get the circuit board away from the Decepticon and hide himself in a secured room. However, when Simacore puts Grimlock's friends in danger, Fixit, Denny, and Russell came to help cure Grimlock and he was able to challenge Simacore in a battle of wits where Simacore's question of Nuon City left Grimlock to state that Underbite destroyed the city which made Simacore's question invalid. Grimlock used his own question for Simacore against the Decepticon and left him unconscious with his cannonball move which resulted in Simacore's defeat.

In The Fastest Bot Alive!, Simacore had a faulty stasis pod which he escaped from before being transported with the other prisoners back to Cybertron. He plotted his revenge, particularly to lure Grimlock and his friends so he could destroy the Dinobot in a battle of strength. Simacore revealed his plans to Grimlock as he was tossing him around. Simacore informs Grimlock that he is his greatest foe which made Grimlock impressed that he was a true superhero with an arch-enemy like Simacore. Despite Grimlock not being able to engage Simacore in a fair fight due to his new power of speed, Bumblebee had advised Grimlock to use a move he learned which he whacked Simacore and defeated him for good.