Grover Underwood is the tritagonist of Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. He debuts in the first episode of Season one.
Grover is a satyr who has a strong connection with Percy Jackson and acts as his protector.
History[]
Grover Underwood is a young satyr who is really twenty-four years old; but due to being a satyr, he ages slower than humans do. During his youth, his uncle disappeared on a quest looking for Pan, the god of the seas.
During one of his assignments, Grover was sent by Chiron to retrieve Thalia, daughter of Zeus. However, he came across Annabeth and Luke as well. Despite his assignment only to bring Thalia back, Grover became so three of the heroes' protectors. Unfortunately, the group had run-ins with Cyclopes and found that Hades sent the three Furies after them. Thalia opted to stay behind and fight Alecto and her sisters despite Grover's protests. Unfortunately, the monsters were able to overwhelm the young daughter of Zeus and kill her in front of Annabeth, Grover and Luke. Taking pity on his daughter, Zeus turned Thalia into a pine tree and provided a barrier around the camp so she can protect future heroes. So when the opportunity to save Percy Jackson after he is accused of stealing the lightning bolt comes to play, Grover takes the opportunity to go to Yancy Academy. He becomes best friends with Percy Jackson and helps secretly train him with mythomagic cards. Grover is secretly Jackson's sworn protector and sent to keep an eye on him.
Season one[]
On the class's field trip the Metropolitan Museum of artwork, the class was tasked with studying Greek mythology. Nancy tormens both Grover and Percy at the museum and during lunch, she throws a sandwhich at them. Angered Percy goes to confront her and suddenly launches her into the water fountain. As this happens, Grover sees Mrs. Dodds approaches Percy and transforms into a fury. Percy is terrified and completely unaware that his pen tranformed into a sword. Percy ends up killing her and knocks himsel fout. When Percy comes to, everyone acknowledges or rememebrs who Mrs. Dodds is. The next afternoon, Percy and Grover are called into the Headmaster's office. Beleiving this is the only way to protect Percy, Grover admits that Percy was going to do something to get back at Percy. As the boy leaves, upset at being expelled, Percy is comforted by Mr Brenner, who tells Percy he is destined for greatness.
After Sally tires to explain to Percy that he is a demigod, Grover finally catches up to them, where Sally says he came in early. The latter coming to warn the Jacksons that they are in terrible danger. However, Percy is distracted by Gover's goat legs; realizing he is outed, Grover tells Percy that he is a Satyr. They have no time to explain in the cabin. While they are in the car, Grover takes the opportunity to explain to Percy that he is his guardian. He also reveals that because of the events that took place in the museum, various Greek mythological creatures are now after him. Grover goes on to explain that no one could see Mrs. Dodds as a fury because of The Mist. It is a veil that prevents the human world from seeing the magic world. Grover couldn't see her because the magic in their world was in flux.
While driving, the group is suddenly attacked by a minotaur who tries to run them off the road. They spot Thalia's tree in the distance. Sally, meanwhile stays behidn to ward of the minotaur so Percy and Grover can maek their escape. Grover swears to Sally that he will protect her son. During the commotion, the minotaur grabs Sally and she suddenly disintegrates. Enraged, Percy takes his pen out, turns it into a sword, and attacks the minotaur. He ultimately manages to defeat it with its own horn, with Grover watching in the distance.
When he awakens fully, he is greeted by Grover who tells him that his mother is gone and that he is at Camp Half Blood. Percy has no time to talk and wants to look for his father. Instead, he comes across Dionysus, better known as Mr. D, who sarcastically toys with Percy and tries to order him to get him wine. Mr. Brunner arrives and reveals himself as the centaur Chiron who shows Percy around the camp. Grover attempted to follow but was told to stay behind.
Grover, feeling uneasy about recent events, seeks advice from the Council of Cloven Elders. Later, he informs Chiron and Mr. D that he has found out that Sally is likely still alive. However, Chiron and Mr. D reveal that they already knew about this fact and warn Grover not to tell Percy about it, as it could have serious consequences for his future and destiny.
After Percy learns he is the demigod son of Poseidon and that he was accused of stealing the Master Bolt, Grover disobeys Chiron and informs Percy that his mother is still alive but she is a prisoner of Hades.
Personality[]
Grover Underwood failed a task at protecting Thalia Grace many years ago, but hoped to make up for it by acting as Percy Jackson's guardian. After revealing his true self to him, Grover joins Percy, as well as fellow demigod Annabeth Chase, in going on a journey that will change all their lives. However, prior to revealing his true form, Grover will do whatever it takes to protect Percy, even if it means lying about Percy purposefully pushing Nancy Bobofit so he can get expelled. This leads to their strained relationship but they manage to absolve it when Grover purposefully disobeys Chiron and Dionysus and tells Percy that his mother is still alive.
Grover is a humorous satyr who is always supportive of his friends. However, he can also be nervous and over emotional and fears for his own safety. Despite this, he always sticks up for those he cares about and will jump into danger if necessary.
Physical appearance[]
Grover is depicted as a tall Indian boy, who despite looking young, is actually much older than he looks. Despite appearing as twelve years old, he is actually twenty four, as Satyrs age slower and mature slower than humans[1].
His outfit consists of a yellow shirt, blue jacket, and baggy beige pants that cover his goat legs. He also pretends to be a handicapped, using it as a disguise.
Powers and abilities[]
- Satyr Physiology
- Super Agility: Grover has goat legs that allow him to be agile.
- Animal Empathy: Grover can speak to all kinds of animals due to his connection to nature.
- Satyr Magic: He has access to some form of magic.
- Control over the Mist: Grover has some access to this form of magic and he uses the Mist to hide his goat legs, and disguise them as human ones.[2]
Gallery[]
Promotional Images[]
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Trivia[]
- In most adaptations, Grover is depicted as being white with reddish-brown hair, while in the two live-action movies, he is portrayed as African-American, and the Broadway adaptation he is Filipino. This is the first time he is portrayed as being Indian.
- Prior to Aryan Simhadri portraying him, Grover was played by Brandon T. Jackson in the two live-action film adaptations and Jorrel Javier in the Broadway musical.
