Gorilla Grodd (DCAU)

History

Grodd was the founder of the Secret Society and the Legion of Doom. Lex Luthor overthrew him as leader of the latter after Grodd tried to rewrite human DNA to gorilla DNA. Tala released him from captivity, and Grodd started a mutiny whilst the Legion of Doom was in deep space. Luthor reversed Grodd's mind control, and ordered him to walk out an airlock. For one last insult, Luthor frees Grodd of his mind control, only to realize he's lost. Grodd is then sucked into space, killing him.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

• Gorilla Physiology
  • Superhuman Agility
  • Superhuman Strength: Grodd's simian strength enabled him to scale buildings and hold people aloft with a single hand.^[1]
• Telepathy: As a result of Flash's sabotage of his Mind-Control Helmet, Grodd's brain was infused with vast telepathic abilities.^[2]
  • Empathy^[3]
  • Illusion Casting^[4]
  • Mind Control^[4]
  • Psionic Blast^[3]

Abilities

• Charisma^[2]
• Genius Level Intellect
  • Gadgetry^[5]
  • Tactical Analysis^[3]
• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)^[6]
• Leadership^[3]
  

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Mind-Control Helmet: It amplifies his own psionic abilities to place other beings under his mental control.

Weapons

• Devolver Ray
  

Notes

• This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the DC Animated Universe and is an adaptation of Gorilla Grodd. The original character was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino and first appeared in The Flash #106.
• Grodd was voiced by Powers Boothe.

Related

• 19 Appearances of Gorilla Grodd (DCAU)
• 2 Images featuring Gorilla Grodd (DCAU)
• 4 Quotations by or about Gorilla Grodd (DCAU)
• Character Gallery: Gorilla Grodd (DCAU)

Links

• Gorilla Grodd at dccomics.com
• Gorilla Grodd at Wikipedia.org
• Grodd at the DC Animated Universe Wiki

Footnotes

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