Evolution of Gorilla Grodd In Tv Shows & Movies (2023)

Seeking revenge on the Justice League, Grodd eventually escapes and recruits Sinestro, Parasite, Killer Frost, Giganta, Clayface and the Shade to form a new group of villains known as the Secret Society. Grodd also builds robotic drones that he uses to spy on the members of the League, learning about their various resentments and insecurities. Utilizing his psychic powers, Grodd is able to subtly provoke the heroes into arguing with one another, which divides the team and leads to its members splitting apart. This makes the heroes an easy target for the members of the Society, who are able to pick them off one by one. Grodd plans to execute the captive heroes in a football stadium filled with spectators, but it turns out that Martian Manhunter had switched places with Clayface and infiltrated the Secret Society. The freed Justice League members manage to defeat the Secret Society, with Superman taking out Grodd.

Some time later, Lex Luthor escapes from prison and is taken by The Key to Grodd's secret hideout. Grodd then tells Lex that he has assembled all of the super villains to form an even more powerful version of the Secret Society, and plans on an another assault on the Justice League Unlimited. Lex originally refuses to join but changes his mind when Grodd shows him a fragment of Brainiac's technology. Throughout the season, Luthor and Grodd vie for control of the Society, with Lex eventually betraying Grodd and imprisoning him. Grodd later is freed by Tala and gathers his own villainous supporters, causing a schism within the team. During a massive brawl between the two factions of the Society, Grodd tries to hypnotize Lex, but Lex reflects the hypnosis wave back onto Grodd himself. A helpless Grodd is then jettisoned into the vacuum of space, presumably killing him.

Episode Appearances

Brave and the Bold
Secret Society
I Am Legion
To Another Shore
Dead Reckoning
Great Brain Robbery
Alive
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Gorilla Grodd in Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Gorilla Grodd in Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Gorilla Grodd appears as a recurring villain in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by John DiMaggio. Grodd first appears in Terror of Dinosaur Island, Batman and Plastic Man team up and stop him. Gorilla Grodd next appears in Game Over for Owlman where he is seen amongst the villains helping Owlman. He next appears in the intro of the episode Mystery of Space where Batman helps save his life from Equinox. In Last Bat on Earth he travels to the future where he leads the gorilla army against the Tiger Army, Batman once again takes him down. Gorillas in Our Midst has him and G.A.S.P. (Gorillas and Apes Seizing Power) invading Gotham City. His final appearance is in Requiem for a Scarlet Speedster where he makes a cameo which hints at him being Flash's villain before being Batman's.

Justice League Action
Gorilla Grodd appears in Justice League Action, voiced by David Sobolov.

Arrowverse
Gorilla Grodd in The Flash
Gorilla Grodd in The Flash
Gorilla Grodd appears as as recurring character in the CW's Arrowverse, voiced by David Sobolov. He first appears in The Flash, where he is said to be a normal gorilla that being experimented on in a military program led by General Wade Eiling. The S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator explosion in the first episode granted Grodd psychic abilities, which he used to escape and plan revenge on his captors. He clashes with the members of Team Flash multiple times, and is eventually exiled to Gorilla City, a refuge for gorillas that had been experimented on over on Earth-2. Despite this, Grodd returns multiple times to threaten humanity, including several episodes of Legends of Tomorrow, where he teams up with Damien Darhk.

Harley Quinn
Gorilla Grodd appears in Harley Quinn as a member of the Legion of Doom.

Animated Film
Gorilla Grodd in Batman: Ninja
Gorilla Grodd in Batman: Ninja
Gorilla Grodd makes a cameo appearance in Justice League: The New Frontier.
Gorilla Grodd appears in Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, voiced by Brian George.
Gorilla Grodd appears in JLA Adventures: Trapped in Time, voiced by Travis Willingham.
Gorilla Grodd appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League, voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.
Gorilla Grodd appears in the TV special Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise, voiced by Clancy Brown.
Gorilla Grodd appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Attack of the Legion of Doom, again voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.
Gorilla Grodd is a main antagonist in Batman: Ninja, voiced by Fred Tatasciore in the English dub and by Takehito Koyasu in the original Japanese audio track.