Supervillain Origins: Gorilla Grodd

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As with most comic book characters, there are often re-imaginations and different versions to a character's past. We have chosen primarily to follow the storyline which unfolded in 1959's Flash #106 and was expanded upon in 1989's Secret Origins #40 and 2012's Flash #9.
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[@geardog24]

I always liked how the Justice League cartoon made Grodd an intelligent and powerful strategist, instead of a blood thirsty psycho with no personality.

[@bbtfan4617]

Actually, Comic Book Grodd is BOTH a blood thirsty psycho and an intelligent strategist.

[@gabestein1377]

geardog24 he's all this

[@dakotanelson8523]

There was almost no point in him being a Gorilla, since he acted pretty much exactly like a human. Might as well of been Ultra-Humanite, or even just Maxwell Lord.

[@DDRUTOU]

Well after finding out his big plan was to turn everyone into apes, I'm not too sure anymore

[@r3d_toxin274]

Grodd was such a smooth talker in the Justice League tv show lol

[@StephySon]

Yeah his voice actor was quite smooth. No wonder that female scientist fell for him XD

[@hydrocannons7573]

As did Tala.

[@EpicJoker295]

but then you hear him in injustice 2

[@zacharybosley5740]

Powers Booth, if you were wondering his name. Great actor, won an Emmy at one point I believe.

[@dragonhunter1315]

He was also Gideon Malick in The Avengers and Agent's of SHIELD

[@williamnorton9547]

My simple description of Grodd: He has the scientific intelligence of Einstein, the criminal genius of Moriarty and the athletic physique of King Kong. Any questions? (snickering)

[@spectralquill1810]

Uh yes why am I asking you this?

[@princevegeta9763]

King Kong? Dude King Kong towers over grodd

[@duskoverhere]

Grodd hate banana

[@jackcrim9426]

It all started when his brother was killed when s human threw their child at him.

[@jackcrim9426]

A*

[@garythelobster9574]

#Harambewillberemembered

[@cameronmcewen7192]

Jack Crim ENOUGH WITH HARAMBE!!!

[@jackcrim9426]

That was 50 weeks ago!!!!

[@bruhballs45]

Jack Crim 2 years later

[@hankflitz7409]

I love how Netherrealm introduced Grodd in the Injustice series as a mix of both an extraordinary genius *and* ruthless, carnivorous killer who eats brains and hearts.

[@astropunch7708]

Wow Flash sure had a great villain to deal with. Batman has an insane clown, Supes deals a bald guy in a suit, and what does Flash have? A talking gorilla

[@adrulsalid7721]

Pixel Soldier flash has a thug with a freez ray.

[@astropunch7708]

Mr Presence you mean Mr Freeze?

[@jhoslinpena4310]

@@astropunch7708 Captain Cold idiot

[@theofficalchairmanrevoluti614]

@@jhoslinpena4310 Don't have to be rude!

[@caleblambert1222]

@@theofficalchairmanrevoluti614 He can be as rude as he wants, when someone cannot get a simple fact correct.

[@aicarrie1]

I just love how Superman handled him in Justice League. When Grodd discovered that his mind control powers were no problem for Superman, Grodd let out a pathetic "Oh!" before Superman used two of his fingers to launch Grodd for a field goal. Imagine what would have happened if Superman had used his whole fist.

[@mar2fire]

One of my favorite Flash villains.

[@jhoslinpena4310]

Mine too

[@sastryvnk4402]

I've never understood exactly why he's an enemy of Flash and not, say Green Lantern or something. What would a guy who can run fast do fighting against a talking gorilla who can control minds?

[@mar2fire]

@@sastryvnk4402 Lmao aye fam it’s a lot of villains that don’t match up with some of these heroes

[@iswitchedsidesforthiscat]

​@@sastryvnk4402ok so what does a woman who likes to act like a feline and a gigantic woman have to do with wonder woman exactly? None. They're not suppose to be one-to-one mirror villains. There's already reverse flash and zoom.

[@ellislamai]

Thanks WatchMojo for honoring Harambe, he'll be missed. R.I.P

[@BreakfastSnack]

Injustice 2 anyone?

[@kennyluc4868]

Saw him in the trailer yesterday and was looking for the orgin

[@ashmorris5969]

I flipped when I saw him. All aboard the Hype-train

[@vishwanathhiremath9473]

me here

[@cameronmcewen7192]

Maybe in a redux video.

[@yourmotherheaux]

He's a savage

[@Burning-Twilight]

Id kill to see Grodd appear on the big screen in any live action Flash movie.

[@TheAnchorArmsChad]

This Ape was badass enough to fight toe-to-toe against the Son of DARKSEID!

[@larrycopes5637]

grodd has solomon grundy level strength with 6 or 7 level intelligence and his telepathic skills are some of the best in Dc and Marvel thats why people like grodd.

[@yoda6862]

Who's here from injustice 2?

[@Azhan.J777]

ScumBagSteve me

[@WARIK]

Same

[@princevegeta9763]

Reject humanity, Embrace monke - Grodd

[@therainbowdoge5378]

Supervillian Origins: Trickster

[@therealyvngty2871]

grodd is my favorite supervillain

[@StephySon]

He's one of mine as well ^^ I love Gorilla's in general and Grod's motivations have always been cool to me :)

[@user-rr7qf5hq3c]

+StephySon Mine is The Purple Man

[@arnoud9614]

+Jaylan Vergara I hope that's not only because of the tv series

[@StephySon]

Jaylan Vergara That dudes a creep XD

[@cameronmcewen7192]

He’s even worse than the Joker!

[@Alantexans888]

Last time I was this early messi still played for Argentina

[@sabya9314]

Lol

[@hazeychai1644]

The Flash outruns time, still loses to an intellectual gorilla.

[@marijunealejo1780]

whoa... I've just recently finished reading the The Flash's Gorilla Warfare story arc

[@tomjackson1370]

Villain origins for: The Scorpion (Marvel) Killer Moth (DC) Whiplash (Marvel) Scream (Marvel) Mad Mod (DC) Trigon (DC)

[@jerrydixon1305]

why not professor pyg

[@tomjackson1370]

+Jerry Dixon I had a lot of ideas that I forget about

[@jerrydixon1305]

just wanted to add something to yours after playing batman arkham knight I want to know more about him

[@tomjackson1370]

+Jerry Dixon I'm fine with anything

[@jakebryant3445]

And Giganta don't forget about her

[@odolmseth]

Spoiler Aleart he got shot

[@nathanb4348]

lmao

[@steveempiremantra2120]

lmaooo

[@primalgroudon397]

Funny how drodd is just an ant to superman

[@stendo1x907]

Spoiler Alert: He's going to be in a video game

[@MrKrock870]

Crzy man and it's gonna be fuckin great

[@Mrclean-eu3pp]

harambe's long lost brother

[@cameronmcewen7192]

Colorox Black Goo Is that a joke?

[@Mrclean-eu3pp]

Cameron McEwen yep

[@cameronmcewen7192]

Mr. clean Your joke sucks!

[@alexanderm.635]

Dead fucking meme

[@Gort7]

@@alexanderm.635 Dead like Harambe

[@bbtfan4617]

Next to Captain Cold, my favorite Flash villain.

[@nickp2271]

2:03 and 2:18, That's David Ogden Stiers' voice!

[@GeneralHeavy]

Nick p RIP him and Powers Boothe

[@cameronmcewen7192]

David Ogden Stiers voiced King Solovar.

[@lexmatthewtheurbanavenger7801]

top ten Flash enemies PLEEEESE

[@jtyler603]

Top 10 Flash villains

[@Gamerafighter76]

Interesting origin.

[@Octillionaire]

RIP Harambe 🙏🏻 🙌🏻

[@jadecrooks4856]

I like the CW's Flash Grodd. :) Have you done a Talia/ Ra's Al Ghul one? Or Captain Cold? Or Artemis from Bana-Mighdall?? Ooo Brainic!

[@joeyriddle7191]

grodd is my favriote flash villan beseids heatwave

[@renji90998]

No notification needed

[@WatchMojo]

squad

[@seandorsman2164]

well imma still say it: notification sqaud assemble

[@Zinogre5730]

watchmojo actually replied you are lucky

[@blankname2809]

+AMAZING PLANET The excessive use of emojis and capital letters isn't going to convince them to do it, all it does is make you look like a 5 year old. Oh wait... you probably are one.

[@notkobe8593]

+AMAZING PLANET chill

[@prometheusdazza2485]

This was uploaded one month after harambe died

[@gabrielgathers523]

I'm only watching this because I love The Flash so I'll watch anything related to it.

[@TheRainbowSquirtle]

I was expecting so many Harambe comments..

[@traverser6624]

you should of showed us the part where the flash kicks his ass

[@robybalde5742]

I consider Grodd to be like Scar while Solovar is Mufasa. Scar wants to be King, so does Grodd and the Lions' leader is Mufasa, Solovar is also the Gorilla King.

[@letib3450]

YES I"M A HUGE GORILLA GRODD FAN!

[@chrishansen4418]

I thought Grodd could use the Speed Force at one point

[@KeijiMaeda86]

Yes, that's part of the n52 origins for sure. Instead of getting their high intellect and mental abilities from "aliens" in the n52 the speedforce was the source. Grodd himself learned to use the speedforce to boost his mental abilities further.

[@parkerpshebnisky1051]

I love this character!

[@jhoslinpena4310]

Same

[@Looneykid2011]

harambe?

[@cameronmcewen7192]

GoofyTheYung You’re an idiot.

[@Ashanlifts]

I prefer the flash tv series version of grood

[@Ashanlifts]

grodd

[@adamalsubaihi]

Same here

[@bigboijenkins_5615]

Tru

[@insertwittynamehere1411]

It's grodd not grood

[@philrm99]

The CG used to create him look's pretty good

[@BLANK-rk4ju]

Today a new age dawns

[@Mackypesh]

Watching your guises videos is Like having a test one day at school and convincing your mom not to go that day

[@Mackypesh]

Guys

[@DPMAN206]

Totally thought they just made this dude up just for The Flash TV show, for some reason lol

[@looneysnipes4611]

Another beginning is when STAR Labs was expirementing on a gorilla, then the dark matter from the particle accelerator hit him, and he became large and smart.

[@firespinner1276]

I love grodd, he's like king kong.

[@SofiaMBurdiles]

what kind of fate! Today I saw the Flash's episode about Grodd

[@isaiahsanders9418]

Grodd Is One Of My Favorites Of The Flash’s Nemesis Now Because Of His Telepathic Powers But Because He Will Do Anything To Control The Whole World And Become The Only Intelligent Gorilla In The Universe And The Most Superior And Ruler Ape King And Will Do Anything To Stop From Standing In His Way So It’s No Wonder He’s A Formidable Nemesis Of The Scarlet Speedster And A Memorable Villain In The CW’s Flash TV Series

[@randomjunk555]

when i seen this i thought of that overwatch meme "commencing attack" with grod and that one guy

[@MGrey-qb5xz]

Justice league Grodd is basically what people know him as,don't know what flash show did with him but it doesn't matter,tv series are a dying medium anyways.

[@abelm8189]

Awesome

[@bartjeyeyo]

This story is crazy.

[@comedyshortsgamer568]

liked the video next do beyond batman😃

[@vishawnjarvismaximoff3355]

My favourite villain

[@WackityHQ]

And he has returned into injustice 2 😊😊😊😊

[@chrisjimenez2192]

In the tv show he was created by Harrison Wells (Eobard Thawne) and General Eiling

[@KefkaJr]

Powers Boothe... Such a good voice

[@abitdodgy2844]

I'm here after watching Armored Gorilla vs Martial Gorilla in One Punch Man. It makes me interested about gorillas being in any superhero stories.

[@angelruiz5475]

You need to do a video about Mirror Master

[@sirtimothy92]

I want to see Winston vs Grodd

[@WARIK]

Harambe is that you

[@adamwashburn3566]

Please do The Comic Book Origin: Orion and The Comic Book Origin: Mogo the Planet Green Lantern

[@Hayyden]

Always come here if there's a player in Injustice I am not very familiar with.

[@blueraccoon1088]

David sobolov voices GG on the flash, also depth charge a mantaray, maybe he should have called gary chalk to voice another munkee Beast wars maximize!

[@Pnuem]

grood is my favorite super villain

[@thedakii1]

CW made him look so good.

[@Obey-bk8bn]

Caesar's long lost brother

[@Midsomnyx]

Now do Ultra Humanite! Loved that justice league episode where he betrays Lex.

[@31FilmTalk]

Hes going to be in Injustice 2!

[@StxrzForEthan]

He’s in the flash

[@maxwelljw8400]

I just clicked on this video to see how many harambe comments there would be.

[@tgnoat910]

Kermit DaFrog same

[@Novelist1029]

Oh my God thank you finally

[@csquared84]

This dude is now a playable character in Injustice 2.

[@Wilkanas]

God, I wish for the justice league cartoon to come back.

[@nightwingnum1226]

I liked there flashpoint version of Gordd.

[@robertmendez9490]

My second favorite supervillain

[@RexyRonin]

Gorilla Grodd was returning to Monke before it was cool.

[@josephlowry4320]

Gorilla Grodd's appearance in CW's The Flash really hypend me.

[@blueraccoon1088]

I cant stop hearing him as a manta ray :-]

[@decaytred9500]

Do Annihilus next week

[@williamchastain9510]

Grodds my favorite

[@ellnats]

new 52 grodd eats brains, thanks for keeping it classy DC *sarcasm*

[@hennygodx8587]

R.I.P Harambe

[@brnsugaffrey]

Do a origin video about professor pug posted by John David

[@tanuki4063]

THEY SHOULD HAVE CALLED HIS MOM (drumming begins) THE ONE AND ONLY KING KONG!!!

[@MeepMeep88]

I already know the Origins of Grodd CEASERRRRRRRRRRRR HOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

[@fvillag1]

You should have mentioned its appearances in Justice League, Batman the brave and the bold and the new Flash series.

[@sadlobster1]

The versions from Batman: the Brave and the Bold and The Flash TV series were much more intimidating

[@BowmansWorld]

No the flash tv series is hot garbage and they didnt get grodd right

[@rashad6367]

Look it's Winston.

[@moon-it7df]

💯 gorilla grodd got a sharingan and rennigon in that thumbnail😂😂💯🔥

[@dylanmearas4459]

AND ITS GOOOOOOD

[@mr.noname9390]

Got to start off somewhere with some of my dc characters I'm just a marvel boy, and I know Batman a lot more than others

[@sylvesterxd8285]

Harambe's Revenge

[@karamsidhu946]

Do the comic book origins of kid flash impulse max Mercury Jesse quick and iris west

[@bradleykeys3092]

Cool

[@Poppomatic64]

Was this is like Watch Mojojojo

[@Clane1217]

Harambe lives!

[@sladikk]

i love how in young justice they give him a fucking minigun

[@Burning-Twilight]

That was Monsieur Maliah he has no relations with Grodd.

[@fennex4329]

Right in time for the new Gorillaz video reuploads!

[@TheLuisPulido]

very true my friend

[@The_Essential_Review]

Who is the villain next to Grodd at 4:38 onward towards the end?