OK, I’ll be annoying and explain (as simply as possible)-
-The intro to the whole show are two characters on Red Team, Grif (in orange armor) and Simmons (in dark red/maroon armor). The conversation they have, containing the lines “Do you ever wonder why we’re here?”/“It’s one of life’s great mysteries” becomes a repeated theme through the series (sometimes as a joke, sometimes as something more deep)
-Grif is a lazy rule-breaker, Simmons is a bossy know-it all. They are constantly side-by-side, talking and bickering. Sometimes they agree and vibe with the same ideas, but they also know exactly how to drive each other crazy. Even when the plot splits the main characters up, Grif and Simmons were still stuck together every time. They’ve had to be roommates, with all the arguments that come from sharing the same space
-They also know each other better than anybody else, and though they don’t like to admit it, are pretty much best friends. Other characters have called them an “Old married couple”, and their leader Sarge automatically assumes one will always know where the other is, like that is just their job. Once, during a big battle, Grif started to go over a cliff, Simmons grabbed his hand, and Grif called out “Don’t let go!”. It was all very dramatic
-The voice actor for Grif once shared fun-facts about the character in an interview, and said “He’s secretly in love with Simmons”. In recent years, both voice actors for Grif and Simmons played as the characters doing a “talk show” together, and even used the ship name that fans came up with “Grimmons”
-At one point, there was a magic sci-fi alien temple that, when activated, made everybody on the planet super-duper aroused. Grif and Simmons were “stuck in a closet together” during that event
-In a later season, there was a whole plot line with Grif wanting to stop with all the dangerous adventures, and a scene involved him looking at Simmons saying “I quit”/“Quit what?”/“You”. Simmons couldn’t shut up about how annoying Grif was and how he DEFINITELY doesn’t miss Grif at ALL the whole time they were separated. Grif became depressed with guilt and loneliness, gathered up a bunch of volleyballs, put designs of all the helmets of his friends on them, and kept trying to apologize for leaving the group. He was especially awkward when trying to talk to the Simmons-volleyball. When they finally reunite, and have a moment where they apologize and say it is good to see each other again, another character implies he is expecting them to kiss
-The characters meet some evil look-alikes. Most of them have the same armor color but different voice actors, except for Simmons; Gene has the same VA (Simmons claims there is no similarity, and Gene is sooo annoying). In a scene with Gene and Simmons fighting, Grif arrives, and that cliche of “Shoot him, I’M the real Simmons!”/“No, I’M Simmons, shoot HIM!” plays out. Grif asks “Why are we here?”. One guy in maroon armor says they’re here to kill the bad-guys. The other one says “We don’t know why we’re here. It’s still one of life’s great mysteries”
-OK, now FORGET everything with the magic sci-fi temple, being in a closet, the evil look-alikes, getting “divorced” and the call-back to “Why are we here”. After 18 seasons, the finale of the series did a ret-con, so season 19 takes place after season 13. In this story line, Simmons offers Grif the chance to finally be discharged and leave all this fighting nonsense behind, which Grif has always wanted. He immediately says to Simmons “Come with me”. Simmons wants to finish dealing with one last problem, so Grif stays to help. It gets resolved, and before Grif leaves, he asks if Simmons will come visit him. Simmons just says he wont. After 21 years of being glued at the hip, they are separated. The end
(this is just the high-light reel, I’m leaving out SO MUCH of them just being stupid for each other)
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