Enough of the heroes, let's talk villains. Let’s just take a moment to appreciate some of the bad guys…
The heroes and heroines of the DC Universe often get the respect they greatly deserve, but what about all the villains that make heroes even possible? Admittedly, some villains are discussed more frequently, but I would say that it always tends to be the strongest and most popular villains out there; i.e. Darkseid, Doomsday, But what about him being a giant, TELEPATHIC gorilla. The thought of coming face to face with a normal gorilla is terrifying, then you go ahead and make him bigger, stronger, and give him an I.Q. that dwarfs that of us normal humans.
I mean c’mon he has the power of freaking MIND CONTROL, I mean how cool is that? Being a giant gorilla, Grodd is already capable of easily picking someone off the ground and removing a limb or two, but granted his awesome telekinetic powers he could just force them to do whatever he wants them to or use his telepathy to incapacitate his enemies. In the Flashpoint timeline, Grodd even goes on to help create and eventually rule over “Gorilla City”, which is set up like a Planet of the Apes situation on steroids. Grodd has made numerous attempts to take over both the world and individual cities, but one of his most memorable attempts is when he creates a device that turns humans into gorillas, thus turning the enirety of the Justice League into gorilla heroes!
Live action debut!
As a fan of the DC Universe and the CW’s The Flash, I could hardly contain my excitement the first time Grodd made an appearance on the show. Personally, the episodes with Grodd as the main focus are probably my favorite (certainly can’t forget the one with King Shark, but that’s for another time), Grodd certainly lived up to my expectations as he commands your attention whenever he’s on the screen, I mean it’s just hard to look away from something as large and intimidating as he is. No matter how much you enjoy or dislike the actual show (I love it), Gorilla Grodd is reason alone to pick up your remote and tune to the Flash if he's the focal point of the episode.
