TFtember: Grimlock

Grimlock 

The Leader of the Dinobots, AKA the bad ass dude on the show. The toy was a real beaut, starting in life as a Diaclone Dinosaur Robo Tyrannosaurus. Gun, sword and a tiny pilot (in Japan anyway) all rolled up to make one mean mother of a toy. The figure was largely unchanged from his Japanese counterpart, save for a few paint details. The file card paints a study in contrasts; cares for the Autobot cause but hates weakness (especially humans), Dinobot commander but resents authority, aside from lack of speed has no weakness. 

Grimlock proved popular enough to be part of the Pretenders line (yet they did very little with his disguise being a human) and part of the Action Masters too. The latter being pretty basic but they did get the basic visual of the character down. 

The comic was pretty similar to the file card but goes in a darker direction. Seriously, gets named Autobot leader and half a panel later he's sporting a crown and issuing death to his enemies and boy, does he have enemies. Mostly people who disrespect him; pity that Grimlock has a very board definition of the concept of disrespect. He manages to stick around, usually being the hothead on the Autobots side. 

Grimlock was eventually humbled and even made it to the last issue

The cartoon was probably the most known version of the character. Voiced by Gregg Berger, here Grimlock was a monosyllabic destroyer, usually starting every line with "Me Grimlock". He was the wild card and the episodes that featured the Dinobots made it clear Grimlock was the smartest of the Dinobots, even if that doesn't mean a whole lot. A real nutty character but it is easy to see why he's in most versions of the show. It's also odd in the consistency. Comic, cartoon, and toyline takes on the character are nearly identical. Brash, a little dim, but willing to put everything aside to kick some metal ass.