Grindor (Movie)

Grindor is a cold and calculating warrior, making note of every possible outcome before he makes his move.

Revenge of the Fallen film

 * Voice actor: Frank Welker



Grindor kidnaps Sam, Mikaela, and Leo, and brings them to Megatron. After Optimus and Bumblebee arrive, he joins Starscream and Megatron in fighting Optimus Prime in a nearby forest. He puts Optimus in a headlock but he elbows Grindor in the face. So, Grindor tries to saw him in half with his rotor weapon, but Optimus wriggles free of Grindor's grip. When Optimus shouts, "I'LL TAKE YOU ALL ON!", he slices a couple off Grindor's helicopter blades in half and then cuts off his right arm which flies into Megatron's hand causing him to miss his aim and shoot a tree. Then, Optimus slashes at Grindor's chest who is then hit by Starscream's gatling cannon, so he tries to shoot Optimus with his machine gun but Optimus throws one of his blades at him, impaling him in the leg. So, Grindor goes out of the battle for a bit. When Optimus slices off Starscream's arm, Grindor comes back into the battle & pulls the sword out of his leg, but Optimus runs up to him with his hooks. He then stabs one hook into Grindor's eye then pulls himself up on top of him. Optimus then stabs his other hook in his mouth then Optimus completely rips his head in two while Grindor roars in pain. Optimus then pushes Grindor's headless, dead body to the ground.

Titan Magazines
While Skids, Mudflap and Ironhide are training, the N.E.S.T team track Grindor to Las Vegas. Ironhide gathers the twins and they head for Vegas by C-17. In Vegas, Grindor asks Soundwave what he's looking for. He reveals that he's looking for some old Cybertronian Tech. Hovering over a classic car shop, Grindor Transforms, lands ans starts searching. He chops up a car and finds "The memory tree". Some N.E.S.T choppers begin to appear, then Ironhide Arrives by smashing a fence down. Grindor throws cars at Ironhide. One hits, disorientating him for a while. The N.E.S.T forces manage to hit Grindor with an E.M.P harpoon, and Anchor him down. Skids and Mudflap come and start shooting, accidently breaking the wire and letting Grindor go. Ironhide wasn't happy.

Video Game

 * Voice actor: Fred Tatsciore


 * He is a playable character in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen the video game.


 * His primary weapon is a machine gun. His secondary weapon is an energon wave cannon. His vehicle mode weapons are four-at-a-time lock on missiles. His vehicle mode is a Super Stallion. His special ability will launch a machine gun turret that fires on enemies.

Toys

 * Grindor (Legend, 2009)
 * The same Blackout legends figure, but lighter in color, has Cybertronian "tattoos" here and there, and his face is a different color.


 * Grindor (Voyager, 2009)


 * Grindor is a redeco of Blackout and comes with a Stalker Scorponok mini-figure.


 * Grindor (Fast Action Battler, 2009)

Grindor and Blackout
""Blackout. Grindor. They all look the same to me.""

- Ironhide, "Law and Disorder"


 * His name is not mentioned in the film.


 * In the novelization of Revenge of the Fallen, his is not given a name, but called Huge Russian helicopter instead. It is unknown if he had a different alternate mode in the novel or it is simply an error.


 * He transforms into a CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopter which resembles another Decepticon, though he is a lighter grey, and the forward fuselage has a different refueling probe and sensors.


 * The CG model for Blackout (sans same head) and a similar model of helicopter (CH-53E "Super Stallion") was used for Grindor in Revenge of the Fallen.


 * Revenge of the Fallen film never explicitly establishes Grindor as a separate character from Blackout. Screenwriter Roberto Orci, when asked, was not sure whether they were supposed to be the same character or not. Despite Orci's statement, Hasbro has confirmed that it is Grindor featured in the film instead of Blackout.


 * However, during the fight in the forest between Optimus and Megatron, just as Grindor has just finished attacking Optimus, Blackout's Pave Low Bulb is seen next to Grindor's head and in the left corner on the armor.


 * Dreamworks stated there isn't a character in the Revenge of the Fallen film named "Gridor" [sic] because it indeed is Blackout. They claimed that Grindor's Voyager toy wasn't going to be shown until the final Revenge of the Fallen trailer and Dreamworks felt it would ruin the surprise of Blackout's return if the toy was leaked with that name..


 * Despite being called "Grindor" in the Revenge of the Fallen game, internal files identify him Blackout, possibly indicating the game had been developed with the understanding that they were the same character.


 * In the Revenge of the Fallen DVD extra, it is Blackout, who is 33-foot tall, stood next to Megatron instead of Grindor.


 * Grindor's alternate mode can't be a Super Stallion as his only has six main rotor blades as shown in the Revenge of the Fallen film and the game while a normal Super Stallion has seven main rotor blades. It must be a MH-53M Pave Low IV. Strangely, his anti-torque tail rotor blade weapon in the film appears to have over four blades while a normal Super Stallion has four blades on the anti-torque tail rotor.