Grover Underwood (Percy Jackson)
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Grover Underwood is a fictional character
in Rick Riordan
's Percy Jackson and the Olympians
series. He is a satyr
, a mythological Greek being that is half goat
and half human
. He has the upper body of a human and the legs and horns of a goat. He wears jeans or false feet with sneakers when he wants to look like a human. His horns are usually hidden by his curly brown hair, although they eventually grow too tall for him to hide them and must wear a rasta
cap to hide them. Despite being 32 Grover looks and acts like a teenager this is because satyrs mature half as fast as humans.
Grover is portrayed by Brandon T. Jackson
in the movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
, a film adaptation of the first book in the series, The Lightning Thief
.
Grover is shown to be a bit cowardly, getting afraid easily. When this happens, his eyes turn to slits like a goat's and he starts eating tin cans. He always tries to defend his friends and is very loyal. He also can cope with dangerous situations fairly well, for example, when he was kidnapped by Polyphemus
the Cyclops. He is known to like cheese enchiladas, as mentioned several times throughout the series. It is also revealed in The Last Olympian
that he is afraid of rabbit
s (leporiphobia) (which Thalia calls his "bunny phobia").
Being a satyr, Grover loves nature very much and hates pollution
. In the third book, it is revealed he has a crush on Artemis
, the goddess of the hunt. He comments, "She's so...into nature." He also likes to be near the Hunters of Artemis. Grover's girlfriend is a nymph named Juniper. They are first shown together in The Battle of the Labyrinth
. He often helps out animals and can talk to them. Grover's ambition is to find Pan
, the god of the wild. He is also afraid of cyclopes, which makes it hard for him to interact with Tyson, Percy's younger half-brother.
In the movie: curly brown hair, brown eyes, hairy brown goat legs and brown skin.
Grover, a satyr, goes undercover at a boarding school as a disabled student in order to discover if there are any half-bloods who attend it because most half-bloods have ADHD and dyslexia and can do special things. There he discovers Percy Jackson, a half-blood, and alerts Mr. Brunner the Latin teacher, who really is Chiron
, Camp Half-Blood's activities director. Grover reveals his satyr form to Percy when the Jacksons go to a beach house in Montauk, New York
before they are attacked by a minotaur. He accompanies Percy along with Annabeth Chase, Athena's daughter, on a quest to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's stolen Master Lightning Bolt,and Sally Jackson. At the end of the book Grover gets his searchers license to go look for Pan, the god of the Wild. (In the film adaptation, Grover stays in the underworld instead of Sally Jackson.)
, the cyclops that once held Odysseus
captive, and is about to meet the same gruesome ending as all satyrs before him who went searching for Pan and got trapped there. Along with Annabeth and Percy's half brother Tyson
, Percy journeys on an unapproved quest to find Grover. At the end they get Grover and the Golden Fleece
(a powerful healing item) from the cyclopses island. And the Golden Fleece
releases Thalia's spirit from the pine tree that kept it.
, where the presence of Pan made the birds on Grover's coffee cup and a rubber rat come to life, also bringing a giant wild boar to help Percy, Thalia, him, Bianca and Zoe escape the skeletal army. The second incident happened when Grover was alone. Pan spoke to him, saying, "I await you." Both times, Grover was drinking coffee, so he and the other satyrs believe, that this had something to do with Pan's appearance.
and finds him under a giant elm tree, whereupon Percy wakes him up by yelling, (via empathy link) "FOOD, PANCAKES!" Grover tells them he just took a nap and they figure out that Morpheus
, the god of dreams, put Grover to sleep. In that way, Grover gives Percy and Nico information that some minor gods are on Kronos's side. He helps Nico and Percy get into the Underworld by playing his reed pipes to open up an entrance in Central Park. He open the Door of Orpheus, which needs to be opened with music.
At the end of the book, his exile comes to an end and he is given a position in the Council of Cloven Elders. Grover is then appointed as the Lord of the Wild, causing him to collapse with joy on the spot.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
in Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan
Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. is an American author best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. He also wrote the Tres Navarre mystery series for adults and helped to edit Demigods and Monsters, a collection of essays on the topic of his Percy Jackson series...
's Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Percy Jackson & the Olympians is a pentalogy of adventure and fantasy fiction books authored by Rick Riordan. The series consists of five books, as well as spin-off titles such as The Demigod Files and Demigods and Monsters. Set in the United States, the books are predominantly based on Greek...
series. He is a satyr
Satyr
In Greek mythology, satyrs are a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus — "satyresses" were a late invention of poets — that roamed the woods and mountains. In myths they are often associated with pipe-playing....
, a mythological Greek being that is half goat
Goat
The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of...
and half human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
. He has the upper body of a human and the legs and horns of a goat. He wears jeans or false feet with sneakers when he wants to look like a human. His horns are usually hidden by his curly brown hair, although they eventually grow too tall for him to hide them and must wear a rasta
Rasta
Rasta may refer to:* The Rastafari movement or, particularly, a follower of that movement* Rasta, a Persian/Farsi name and word meaning "truth"...
cap to hide them. Despite being 32 Grover looks and acts like a teenager this is because satyrs mature half as fast as humans.
Grover is portrayed by Brandon T. Jackson
Brandon T. Jackson
Brandon Timothy Jackson is an American stand-up comedian, actor, rapper, writer, and comedian. He is best known for his supporting roles in Roll Bounce, Tropic Thunder, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Lottery Ticket, and a leading role in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son.-Early...
in the movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is a 2010 fantasy-adventure film directed by Chris Columbus. The film is loosely based on The Lightning Thief, the first novel in the Percy Jackson & The Olympians series by Rick Riordan...
, a film adaptation of the first book in the series, The Lightning Thief
The Lightning Thief
The Lightning Thief is a 2005 fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology, the first young adult novel written by Rick Riordan. It is the first novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, which charts the adventures of modern-day twelve-year-old Percy Jackson as he discovers he is a...
.
Background
Grover is the best friend of Percy Jackson, with whom he has an "empathy link", allowing them to share emotions, but also means if one of the two dies, the other will probably die, too (or that they will be left in a permanently vegetative state).Grover is shown to be a bit cowardly, getting afraid easily. When this happens, his eyes turn to slits like a goat's and he starts eating tin cans. He always tries to defend his friends and is very loyal. He also can cope with dangerous situations fairly well, for example, when he was kidnapped by Polyphemus
Polyphemus
Polyphemus is the gigantic one-eyed son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes. His name means "much spoken of" or "famous". Polyphemus plays a pivotal role in Homer's Odyssey.-In Homer's Odyssey:...
the Cyclops. He is known to like cheese enchiladas, as mentioned several times throughout the series. It is also revealed in The Last Olympian
The Last Olympian
The Last Olympian is a fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology by Rick Riordan, published on May 5, 2009. It is the fifth and final novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series and serves as the direct sequel to The Battle of the Labyrinth...
that he is afraid of rabbit
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
s (leporiphobia) (which Thalia calls his "bunny phobia").
Being a satyr, Grover loves nature very much and hates pollution
Pollution
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light...
. In the third book, it is revealed he has a crush on Artemis
Artemis
Artemis was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities. Her Roman equivalent is Diana. Some scholars believe that the name and indeed the goddess herself was originally pre-Greek. Homer refers to her as Artemis Agrotera, Potnia Theron: "Artemis of the wildland, Mistress of Animals"...
, the goddess of the hunt. He comments, "She's so...into nature." He also likes to be near the Hunters of Artemis. Grover's girlfriend is a nymph named Juniper. They are first shown together in The Battle of the Labyrinth
The Battle of the Labyrinth
The Battle of the Labyrinth is a 2008 fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology; it is the fourth novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan...
. He often helps out animals and can talk to them. Grover's ambition is to find Pan
Pan (mythology)
Pan , in Greek religion and mythology, is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music, as well as the companion of the nymphs. His name originates within the Greek language, from the word paein , meaning "to pasture." He has the hindquarters, legs,...
, the god of the wild. He is also afraid of cyclopes, which makes it hard for him to interact with Tyson, Percy's younger half-brother.
Physical Description
Grover is a curly brown-haired satyr with brown eyes, white skin, brown chin beard and hairy brown goat legs. His height is 4'5, but later in the Last Olympian, it is noted that he is the same height as Percy, which is 5'10.In the movie: curly brown hair, brown eyes, hairy brown goat legs and brown skin.
Diet
Grover is known to eat tin cans, furniture (preferably Louis XVl), bottle caps, banana peels, mushrooms, hair, apples, rocks, magic dust, markers, potato chips, napkins, any kind of paper, and enchiladas along with a whole host of other things, but does not eat meat as he is a protector of the wild.The Lightning Thief
.Grover, a satyr, goes undercover at a boarding school as a disabled student in order to discover if there are any half-bloods who attend it because most half-bloods have ADHD and dyslexia and can do special things. There he discovers Percy Jackson, a half-blood, and alerts Mr. Brunner the Latin teacher, who really is Chiron
Chiron
In Greek mythology, Chiron was held to be the superlative centaur among his brethren.-History:Like the satyrs, centaurs were notorious for being wild and lusty, overly indulgent drinkers and carousers, given to violence when intoxicated, and generally uncultured delinquents...
, Camp Half-Blood's activities director. Grover reveals his satyr form to Percy when the Jacksons go to a beach house in Montauk, New York
Montauk, New York
Montauk [ˈmɒntɒk] is a census-designated place that roughly corresponds to the hamlet with the same name located in the town of East Hampton in Suffolk County, New York, United States on the South Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 3,851 as of 2000...
before they are attacked by a minotaur. He accompanies Percy along with Annabeth Chase, Athena's daughter, on a quest to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's stolen Master Lightning Bolt,and Sally Jackson. At the end of the book Grover gets his searchers license to go look for Pan, the god of the Wild. (In the film adaptation, Grover stays in the underworld instead of Sally Jackson.)
The Sea of Monsters
In The Sea of Monsters, Grover is searching for the lost god Pan, god of the Wild, when he is captured by Polyphemus the Cyclops. Grover is trapped in a bridal boutique, mistaken for a female Cyclops and is taken to Polyphemus's lair in the Sea of Monsters, where he creates the empathy link between him and Percy. In his dreams, Percy sees how Grover is trapped by PolyphemusPolyphemus
Polyphemus is the gigantic one-eyed son of Poseidon and Thoosa in Greek mythology, one of the Cyclopes. His name means "much spoken of" or "famous". Polyphemus plays a pivotal role in Homer's Odyssey.-In Homer's Odyssey:...
, the cyclops that once held Odysseus
Odysseus
Odysseus or Ulysses was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
captive, and is about to meet the same gruesome ending as all satyrs before him who went searching for Pan and got trapped there. Along with Annabeth and Percy's half brother Tyson
Tyson the Cyclops
Tyson is a fictional character in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. He is a cyclops and the half brother of the protagonist of the series, Percy Jackson, with whom he shares a father, Poseidon. He first appears as a homeless boy in the second book of the series, The Sea of...
, Percy journeys on an unapproved quest to find Grover. At the end they get Grover and the Golden Fleece
Golden Fleece
In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is the fleece of the gold-haired winged ram, which can be procured in Colchis. It figures in the tale of Jason and his band of Argonauts, who set out on a quest by order of King Pelias for the fleece in order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus...
(a powerful healing item) from the cyclopses island. And the Golden Fleece
Golden Fleece
In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is the fleece of the gold-haired winged ram, which can be procured in Colchis. It figures in the tale of Jason and his band of Argonauts, who set out on a quest by order of King Pelias for the fleece in order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus...
releases Thalia's spirit from the pine tree that kept it.
The Titan's Curse
Grover is undercover once again, this time at a military school, where he discovers two children, Nico and Bianca Di Angelo, that he suspects are half-bloods. Grover then asks Percy, Annabeth, and Thalia to come and help him safely bring the half-bloods to camp half-blood. In the process of trying to get to the di Angelos, Dr.Thorn (who is a manticore) attempts to kidnap Percy, Bianca, and Nico. As they battle Dr. Thorn, the Hunters of Artemis step in and rid of the monster by making him trip off a cliff, which led to the loss of Annabeth, her being on Thorn's back. Artemis leaves her Hunters to be escorted to Camp Half-Blood by Percy, Grover, and Thalia. Artemis is then kidnapped, which means that a quest must be launched to save her. That quest consists of Grover, Bianca (who is a new Hunter of Artemis), Zoe Nightshade (The chief Hunter of Artemis), Thalia, and Percy, who journey across the country to Mt. Tampalais. On the way, Grover is involved in several situations where Pan, god of the Wild, speaks to him. The first was in Cloudcroft, New MexicoCloudcroft, New Mexico
Cloudcroft is a village in Otero County, New Mexico and is within the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 749 at the 2000 census. Despite being located in an otherwise arid region, its extremely high elevation allows for a relatively mild summer that makes it a popular tourist attraction...
, where the presence of Pan made the birds on Grover's coffee cup and a rubber rat come to life, also bringing a giant wild boar to help Percy, Thalia, him, Bianca and Zoe escape the skeletal army. The second incident happened when Grover was alone. Pan spoke to him, saying, "I await you." Both times, Grover was drinking coffee, so he and the other satyrs believe, that this had something to do with Pan's appearance.
The Battle of the Labyrinth
It is in this book that we meet Juniper, Grover's wood-nymph girlfriend, who is sobbing hysterically as The Council of Cloven Elders' decide that Grover has been searching far too long for the god Pan so they give him a week to find Pan, and if he doesn't, his searcher's license will be revoked. He, Percy, Annabeth and Tyson head into the Labyrinth this time to find its creator, Daedalus, and his workshop. Sometime in the book, Grover senses Pan's presence, so he and Tyson split up from Percy and Annabeth. However, Grover meets a monster. Later, Grover finds Pan and learns the truth about his disappearance and that he, the God of Wild Things, must fade away and leave the job of making the earth green again to Grover, Annabeth, Percy, Tyson and everyone else on the planet. Later, when Kronos's army tries to invade Camp Half-Blood, Grover unleashes the cry of Panic, greatly disrupting the Battle, and scaring Kronos's monster army back into the Labyrinth. Afterword, the three satyrs on Council of Cloven Elders try to vote Grover into exile, but Chiron and Dionysus(who says that a god's vote counts for two) stop them.The Last Olympian
Grover has been missing for two months; Percy and Nico decide to go to the underworld (to visit the river styx) but need him so they look for him on their way. Percy locates Grover through his empathy link in Central ParkCentral Park
Central Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan...
and finds him under a giant elm tree, whereupon Percy wakes him up by yelling, (via empathy link) "FOOD, PANCAKES!" Grover tells them he just took a nap and they figure out that Morpheus
Morpheus (mythology)
Morpheus in Greek mythology is the god of dreams, leader of the Oneiroi. Morpheus has the ability to take any human form and appear in dreams...
, the god of dreams, put Grover to sleep. In that way, Grover gives Percy and Nico information that some minor gods are on Kronos's side. He helps Nico and Percy get into the Underworld by playing his reed pipes to open up an entrance in Central Park. He open the Door of Orpheus, which needs to be opened with music.
At the end of the book, his exile comes to an end and he is given a position in the Council of Cloven Elders. Grover is then appointed as the Lord of the Wild, causing him to collapse with joy on the spot.
The Lost Hero
Grover doesn't appear in the book but is mentioned by Annabeth to be looking for Percy.Weapons/Magical Items
- Nature-powered reed pipes, on which he can play many songs that sound terrible but improve as the books go on.
- Cursed magic flying tennis shoes (given to him by Luke) in The Lightning Thief
- Panic- can summon the cry of Pan, acquired in Battle of the Labyrinth
- Like many satyrs, Grover can ingest inorganic matter without any ill effects