Dinobots Attack!

"Among the winners, there is no room for the weak." Me Grimlock often wonder about the finer things in life. Like "Where will you get new head after me crush it?" [Member of Citta Alveare] Apartment: S-2 Able to transform into a toy T-Rex Wields a (quickly broken) wooden sword

[menotbozomeking]

Desperate times called for desperate measures. In the park there's a giant metal dinosaur, next to it is a crudely painted sign:

Dinosaur ride: $5 or ee-quiv-el-ant

[menotbozomeking]

"Hurr. ME GRIMLOCK BARA!"

"STRENGTH OF TEN-HUNDRED MEN. WARRIOR FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS... ME CONQUER MUSCLE MEETING AND BUILT ARMY OF TOUGH MEATBAGS!"

[menotbozomeking]

You are at the lavish ball. Eyeing the guests, sampling the food, soaking in the atmosphere perhaps. Whatever it is you are doing you at this time you can't help but shake off one realisation...

Ah yes, you are quite parched.

Suddenly a massive shadow looms overhead, you turn around to find a gigantic fuzzy dinosaur in a little bowtie and apron - a tray of drink in its tiny little hands.

"Come-plea-ment-ah-ree cocktail sir and/or mad-am?" it asks.

Jesus fucking christ where did this dinosaur come from and why is it serving drinks?!

[menotbozomeking]

[[I think you'd be a jawbreaker because.. Well it's self explanatory :'3 ]]

What about those super spicy cinnamon ones?

[menotbozomeking]

Screws and bolts.

Me Grimlock think you’d be a right spanner to think otherwise!

[murderousmorality]

Blinking and getting a better look, Ryoko once again wondered if this was something the scientists had made or someone’s very advanced plaything. The last time she had ever seen a real-life dinosaur was way back before she had even gained a body, and the first Tyrannosaurus Rex was just crawling its way out of the primordial soup of life. If her memory served her correctly, that one had been covered from head to tail in mud-colored stripes.

Not random patches of color that looked like they could be made out of… felt? Was that what it was?

Clearing her throat, the alien tried to make as much sense out of the situation as she could. “So your name is Grimlock, is it?” She hoped she had gotten it right. “I’m Ryoko. And in what way am I a loser to you? That’s not very nice to say, considering we’ve just met.” 

[menotbozomeking]

"Ruh-yoke-oh. Me got it." Grimlock slowly slurred his poor attempt to say the girl's name, before chuckling to himself and nodding. His tail wagged happily, and it tried to give the girl a friendly poke every few swings.

"Me get that it dumb name! Good for puny weak human! All humans weak! Think they smarter than Grimlock, but smart means they squish better. Weak means loser! Me Grimlock knows these things because it law of the jungle and me King of Beasts!"

[menotbozomeking]

Can Grimlock serve drinks?

[menotbozomeking]

Open the door, get on the floor | Intro

[eneccentricity]

Certain sights were boring in the every day life of the city, while others had been the most fascinating events the cyber girl had ever seen in her life. Sometimes people would show off some kind of magical power they possessed, others would cause some commotion and authorities were called in (or not called in) and other times, things happened that were just unexplainable. Every event that happened was usually part of its own world as she watched from the chair in which she sat outside the cafe she visited regularly, enjoying from the outside view the scenes which she normally wasn’t a part of.

This time, though, it was different. She saw something completely unexpected, something mind blowing, awe-inspiring, something so miraculous it made her blue eyes light up a few shades and sparkle at the marvelous sight. Gigantic robot dinosaurs were one thing — big fluffy plush toy ones that flipped over cars and roared were another thing entirely.

"Ahh!!" Her wail was much different from the other alarmed screams of the citizens, and instead of running away with the rest of the group, her boots kicked off the ground to give her a running start. This was the kind of enemy that would have been seen in the video game she and Haruka created before their deaths, and this was not to be missed, but embraced.

The hair the same blue shade as the rest of her bounced about as she made her way towards the rather large, plush Godzilla. She continued running until she collided head-on with the fluffy goodness of his foot. She waited a moment, face pressed against the fabric, until she leaned back to question. “How did you get so big?! I’ve never seen a robot like that before!!”

[menotbozomeking]

The fluffy destruction continued unabated for what seemed like a whole block as Grimlock rampaged. With every soft step the dinosaur attempted some sort of random act of violence, quite happy in the fact that nearby humans ran for their lives as he did so. It was the small stuff that made the millions of years worth it.

Suddenly the Autobot heard a voice, followed by what felt like the wrapping of arms around his leg. The beast quickly tried to shake a little to get whatever latched onto his leg off him, but found that, whatever it was, it was stuck on tight. Looking down, Grimlock found this child had snuck up on him, and had begun to ask him questions. The girl's cheery voice had the unusual effect of slightly calming the raging beast.

"Me Grimlock... meant to be much bigger! Many Grimlock's high! But scientists shrink Grimlock. Grimlock still big, but not Grimlock big..."

The dinosaur lowered his head down to the girl's level, before attempting to give a whisper, though his voice made it some more akin to a growl;

"Me Grimlock... not nobody, yes?"

[murderousmorality]

To her bemusement, the beast took one huge footstep and peered down at her with its metallic mug. Had she made it angry? Or was she really just dealing with one of the scientists’ toys?  

Ryoko leaned back a few inches away from the robotic dinosaur. Somehow, having this thing right in her face wasn’t as bad as a smiling esper. “Can I…. help you with something?”

[menotbozomeking]

Grimlock didn't move for several seconds, optics trained on the girl. The Dinobot stare was so concentrated that you'd almost think he was actually able to blink.

As the squishy humanoid leaned back the T-Rex raised his head high in the air and waved his tiny arms in victory, giving a metallic cry of further assert his dominance.

"Help... Grimlock? Maybe if you know where me can eat... or know where me can smash stuff... otherwise just go back to you being a loser!" he finally said, his voice giving off a completely carefree attitude that went against his appearance.

[menotbozomeking]

"Oh, me Grimlock want to be in the "nood" too!"

TSCHE-CHU-CHU-CHU-TSCHE

[plegixn-deactivated20200416]

"What in the world are you supposed to be?"

[menotbozomeking]

"Umm.... Me Grimlock. Is silly dress girl not able to tell? You're stuuupid!"

[menotbozomeking]

"Me Grimlock no need to thank!"

"Me take what me can get!"

[menotbozomeking]

Masamune can never be married to a Dairy Queen.

Harsh times...

[murderousmorality]

…Hmmmm? Is that a dinosaur holding a tray of drinks? Now she’s almost sure that she’s seen it all.

Of course, it’s always rude to stare at someone, but staring at strange sights is what Ryoko did best.  

[menotbozomeking]

...Hurrr? Is that a little human staring at him?

Not one to lose a staring contest, the Dinobot leans in and begins peering at the child intently, because Grimlock was never one to back down from a challenge.

[menotbozomeking]

␛ ♆ †

␛ for an ANGER headcanon.

Grimlock loves being angry. It’s easier to think when your rage is focused on just one point, you get stronger too with that raw emotion behind your blows. Grimlock actually takes this rather literally, because the angrier he gets the dumber and stronger he becomes. He’s also incredibly petty, letting grudges bubble away for millions of years.

Send ♆ for a BODY headcanon.

He loves being in Dinosaur mode. Dinosaurs are big and tough, like him and he feels like it’s more natural to move around as a waddling T-Rex than simply walking like a normal person.

And just as an aside, his last alt mode back home was a tank, for exactly the same reasons he’s a T-Rex now. Big and tough.

Send † for a RELIGION headcanon.

Grimlock subscribes to the school of thoughts that the Cybertronian god Primus doesn’t exist, because who’s stupid enough to believe that your creator is actually a planet?! That’s just dumb.

[menotbozomeking]

"Me Grimlock learning how to mix drinks! So far, me learn that humans cannot hold their oil. Hurr, humans... lightweights!"

[menotbozomeking]

what kind of role does he have in the seriesss

Honestly not a looooot. Given the merchandise driven background of the series, the main characters are either who is the newest toy, or who does the author like the most. Grimlock is mostly a pure fan service character, appearing mostly to quench the fans’ hunger. Given that the TF series has quite literally thousands of characters it’s hard to get enough time in the limelight if you’re not Optimus Prime. 

Grimlock’s role actually differs depending on which sub-continuity you look at. To put it mildly, there are a lot. Generation One has at least 30 sub-continuities under its umbrella. To put them into father umbrellas:

80s cartoon - Pure comic relief. He’s dumb and rash. He once kicked the Transformer’s planet sized devil on the ass IN SPAAAAAACE

Marvel 80s comic - Became leader of the Autobots for a bit, slouched on a throne with a crown, tried to execute four human kids because he didn’t like them. Is actually the physical manifestation of the Transformer’s God or… something IDK the series was actually revived this year to celebrate 30 years of Transformers so that’s still a mystery.

Current IDW comic - Ate a human, was arrested by the space police, is now brain dead.

Yeah so he’s SUPER IMPORTANT.