Grover Underwood

"Stop it! You're as bad as Juniper. I think she wants me to run for president next."

- Grover to Percy

Grover Underwood is a satyr, and a friend of Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase. He was also the satyr that found Thalia, and later was assigned to protect Percy. He also discovered Nico and Bianca di Angelo, all children of the Big Three. He was the individual who initially recognized Percy as a Half-Blood and brought him to Camp Half-Blood. He doesn't like any Cyclopes, as he was captured in Polyphemus' cave(except for Tyson, but even that took some getting use to). Grover is portrayed by Brandon T. Jackson in The Lightning Thief (film). He is also known as G -man by Percy.

History
Not much is known about Grover's past before he met Percy, but Grover is a young satyr and spent his time as a protector (like most satyrs). However, because he was not granted a searchers license before bringing Percy back to camp, he may not have had a completely successful quest to bring back demigods. At one point, he ran across Thalia, Luke, and Annabeth traveling together and tried to get him back to camp while at the same time avoiding the forces of the Underworld. Hades, after learning that a child of Zeus had been born sent hellhounds after her. Along the way, Grover makes a few wrong turns which leads them into danger with other monsters, including a cyclops that gave Annabeth a fear of the species for a long time. While Grover claims it is his fault that they kept making wrong turns, Thalia later tells Percy Luke was the reason as he kept looking for fights with monsters as he was angry with his father, who he had met at his mother's home. As they came close to the edge of Camp Half-Blood, Thalia held back and told Grover to take Luke and Annabeth back to camp. He did as he was told and got the two back to camp, but at the cost of Thalia's safety. Grover was later assigned to Percy's school and spent enough time with him to know he was a demigod. He eventually called in Chiron who took the form of Percy's Latin teacher.

The Lost Hero
Grover doesn't appear in the book, but was mentioned by Annabeth to be looking for Percy.

Personality
"Grover, you're the bravest satyr I ever knew."

- Luke Castellan Grover is usually cheerful and upbeat. He cries when he is upset, which makes him an easy target for bullies. He can often be philosophical. He sometimes mopes around a bit though. He has an obsession with coffee (due to feeling the presence of Pan in New Mexico while drinking it), tin cans and enchiladas. He believes that cheese enchiladas are better than chicken ones. This may be due to the fact he is a vegetarian. His girlfriend is Juniper, a wood nymph. They deeply care for one another. It is also revealed in The Last Olympian that he has leporiphobia, (which Thalia calls his "bunny phobia").

He and Tyson don't seem to get on very well but he is helped looking for Pan by Tyson in The Battle of the Labyrinth.

It is mentioned in The Lightning Thief that two of the only songs he knows how to play on his reed pipes are "So Yesterday" by Hilary Duff and Mozart's 12 symphony.

His reed pipe music is so bad it makes the strawberry plants try to strangle people. It is said in The Demigod Files that his favorite song to play is 'Muskrat Love'.

Irrational Fears
He is terrified of underground places, which smells of death and monsters, so he can't tell if it's real or not. He is deathly afraid of Cyclopes so he initially didn't get along to well with Tyson. It was also mentioned that he has leporiphobia (fear of rabbits) and describes them as "big bullies who always steal celery from defenseless satyrs." He is also terrified of Dionysus, Juniper's anger, and ghosts. He cries when he is upset which makes easy prey for bullies.

Appearance
Grover is described as a tall satyr with curly brown hair, brown eyes, small horns, caucasian skin, chin wispy beard and hairy brown goat legs.



Powers

 * He can talk to animals.
 * He has an empathy link with Percy. ( They can speak to each other mentally)
 * His music can affect things in nature.
 * He's a great climber.
 * He Can smell when gods/goddesses, demigods, powerful creatures, or monsters are near. (He can't use this power underground because the underground smells like monsters, however).
 * Grover is the best satyr seeker in history. He found Percy, Thalia, Bianca and Nico, children of the Big Three. He is also the satyr that found Pan.
 * Grover can use panic to instill fear into enemies, a gift from Pan. It creates a horrible fear in you that urges you to flee.
 * He is a great runner.
 * He can read emotions.
 * He is able to use woodland magic.

Love Interests
Juniper - Juniper is a wood nymph and Grover's girlfriend, and the two seem to have a deep and caring relationship.

Grover is also known to have had a crush on a blueberry bush and Artemis.

In The Demigod Files, during his interview, he comments on the dryads up in Lake Placid, New York, before remembering Juniper; which is when he asks the interviewer if they could edit that part out for fear that Juniper would kill him.

Friends
Percy Jackson - Grover met Percy at Middle School, and realizing that he was a demigod befriended him and helped him reach Camp Half-Blood. The two are best friends, have an Empathy Link, and have had many adventures. In The Lost Hero, Grover is heard to be looking for Percy.

Annabeth Chase - Annabeth is one of Grover's close friends, ever since he helped her get to Camp Half-Blood.

Thalia Grace - Thalia is one Grover's closest and oldest friends who also traveled with him.

Tyson - Despite Grover's fear of cyclopes, Grover has grown to like Tyson, and is one of his good friends.

Council of Cloven Elders and Satyrs
Though originally ridiculed for claiming to have found Pan, Grover was accepted after being proclaimed a member of the Council.

Achievements

 * Best Seeker - Grover is the only known satyr in the series to have found four children of the Big Three, namely: Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, Nico and Bianca di Angelo, children of Hades.
 * Greatest Searcher - He is the second searcher that has found Pan.

The Lightning Thief
In the film, The Lightning Thief, Grover is played by Brandon T. Jackson. Aside from his ethnicity being changed from Caucasian to African American, Grover's personality is also changed from being somewhat timid and self-doubting, to being confident and smooth. He also wears a hoodie and long pants to cover up his goat legs. Where in the books he physically looks to be 12 years old, in the movies he's between 16 and 17 in appearance. He not only hits on the daughters of Aphrodite who attend the camp, and the naiads or nymphs at camp when they asked if Percy can come to their party and asks if he can come too, telling them he is available; but also assorted women in Las Vegas (when he is in a trance and wants to marry a lot of girls and go to a chapel). He then spends some time as a lover of Persephone in the Underworld when they have dinner and talk about them (this highly implies he's not yet met Juniper). PLHjjv5UlfA

Video Game
Grover is one of the main characters in the video game for The Lightning Thief. He has no resistance or vulnerability to any types of moves.

Trivia

 * His favorite song to play on his reed pipes is "Muskrat Love".
 * His favorite food are cheese enchiladas.
 * Grover was the last Searcher.
 * Grover found or protected all the children of the Big Three in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series: Thalia, Percy, Nico, and Bianca
 * In the books he is caucasian but in the film, he is african-american.