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|name = Grundel Toad
  
|name = Grundel Toad
 
|image = Grundel.png
  
|image = Grundel.png
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|films = ''[[Thumbelina (1994 film)|Thumbelina]]''
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|films = ''[[Thumbelina]]''
 
|voice = [[Joe Lynch]]
  
|voice = [[Joe Lynch]]
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|personality = Prideful, self-absorbed, sardonic, spoiled, serious, paranoid, determined, irascible, quarrelsome, grouchy, ruthless, unkind, snide, cold-blooded, gentlemanly, roguish, ungenerous, negative, desperate, efficient, loquacious, tough, obstinate, aggressive, dignified
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|personality = Prideful, self-absorbed, sardonic, spoiled, serious, strict, paranoid, determined, irascible, quarrelsome, grouchy, ruthless, unkind, snide, cold-blooded, gentlemanly, roguish, ungenerous, negative, desperate, efficient, loquacious, tough, obstinate, aggressive, dignified
 
|appearance = Slender green toad, black mustache, almost white nightwear
  
|appearance = Slender green toad, black mustache, almost white nightwear
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|occupation = Mrs. Toad's son and backup singer<br>Thumbelina's fiancé (formerly)<br>Berkeley Beetle's boss (briefy)<br>Prince Cornelius's enemy
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|occupation = Mrs. Toad's son and backup singer<br>Mr. Mole's henchman
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|alignment = Bad, later neutral
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|alignment = Bad
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|goal = To find Thumbelina and marry her (failed)
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|goal = To marry Thumbelina (failed)
 
|home = The marsh
  
|home = The marsh
 
|family = [[Mrs. Toad]] (mother)<br>[[Mozo Toad]], [[Gringo Toad]] (brothers)
  
|family = [[Mrs. Toad]] (mother)<br>[[Mozo Toad]], [[Gringo Toad]] (brothers)
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|friends = [[Berkeley Beetle]] (formerly), [[Ms. Fieldmouse]], [[Mr. Mole]]
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|friends = [[Ms. Fieldmouse]], [[Mr. Mole]]
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|enemies = [[Thumbelina (character)|Thumbelina]], [[Prince Cornelius]], [[Jacquimo]], [[Li'l Bee, Gnatty, & Baby Bug]]
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|enemies = [[Thumbelina (character)|Thumbelina]], [[Prince Cornelius]], [[Jacquimo]], [[Li'l Bee, Gnatty, & Baby Bug]], [[Berkeley Beetle]]
 
|likes = Thumbelina's voice, flies, singing, scaring kids
  
|likes = Thumbelina's voice, flies, singing, scaring kids
 
|dislikes = Being humiliated, laughed at, anyone wooing Thumbelina
  
|dislikes = Being humiliated, laughed at, anyone wooing Thumbelina
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|fate = Survives the bad fall by a broken leg and is seen wooing another toad during the credits
  
|fate = Survives the bad fall by a broken leg and is seen wooing another toad during the credits
 
|quote = "I CRUSH fairy prince!"
  
|quote = "I CRUSH fairy prince!"
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|inspirational = Stromboli from ''Pinocchio''<br>Pete from ''Mickey Mouse''|minions = [[Berkeley Beetle]]}}'''Grundel''' is the main antagonist of ''[[Thumbelina (1994 film)|Thumbelina]]''.
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|inspirational = Stromboli from ''Pinocchio''<br>Pete from ''Mickey Mouse''|minions = [[Berkeley Beetle]] (formerly)}}'''Grundel''' is the central antagonist of ''[[Thumbelina]]''.
   
 
He is the eldest of Mrs. Toad's sons who intends to marry [[Thumbelina (character)|Thumbelina]] (much to the latter's dismay). He was voiced by the late Joe Lynch in his final film after his retirement that same year and his death in 2001.
  
He is the eldest of Mrs. Toad's sons who intends to marry [[Thumbelina (character)|Thumbelina]] (much to the latter's dismay). He was voiced by the late Joe Lynch in his final film after his retirement that same year and his death in 2001.
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===Personality===
  
===Personality===
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He is seen as an aloof toad in need of companionship and assumes he's in love with Thumbelina because she blows a kiss in front of him. He is seen hellbent with obsession and as we seen in the climax a would've been certain death.
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He is seen as an aloof toad in need of companionship and assumes he's in love with Thumbelina because she blows a kiss in front of him. He is seen hellbent with obsession and as we seen in the climax it would've been a certain death.
   
 
==Role in Film==
  
==Role in Film==
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===[[Thumbelina (1994 film)|Thumbelina]]===
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===[[Thumbelina]]===
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Grundel plots to capture and marry Thumbelina and defeat his three other competitors for her: [[Berkeley Beetle]] (whom he pulls the wings off of to make sure he helped find her), [[Mr. Mole]], and [[Prince Cornelius]].
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Grundel plots to capture and marry Thumbelina and defeat his three other competitors for her: [[Berkeley Beetle]] (whom he pulls the wings off of to make sure the Beetle helped find her), [[Mr. Mole]], and [[Prince Cornelius]].
   
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In the climax, Grundel fights Cornelius with a torch. Grundel knocks him out and disarms him, but Cornelius grabs his leg and they both fall into the bottomless pit in Mr. Mole's tunnel.
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In the climax, Grundel fights Cornelius with a torch. Grundel knocks the fairy prince out and disarms him, but Cornelius grabs the Toad's leg and they both fall into the bottomless pit in Mr. Mole's tunnel.
   
 
In the credits, he is seen in the book and married to a female toad.
  
In the credits, he is seen in the book and married to a female toad.
   
 
==Gallery==
  
==Gallery==
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*Grundel is the eldest of Mrs. Toad's sons of the film Thumbelina.
  
*Grundel is the eldest of Mrs. Toad's sons of the film Thumbelina.
 
*His name is similar to Grendel from the Beowulf story only more into the humor and on a play.
  
*His name is similar to Grendel from the Beowulf story only more into the humor and on a play.
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*He is also considered someone confused and not sure if he's in love with somebody.
  
 
*He is similar to the main villain of Better Off Dead and is often considered a bully.
  
*He is similar to the main villain of Better Off Dead and is often considered a bully.
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*In one book, Grundel and Berkeley are shown to have fought Cornelius, until they give up and run away. This is different from the movie, in which the toad bashes the beetle's head in, and eventually tumbles off the tunnel bridge to his doom, taking the prince with him.
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*In one book, Grundel and Berkeley are shown to have fought Cornelius, until they give up and run away. This is different from the movie, in which the toad bashes the beetle's head in, and eventually tumbles off the tunnel bridge to the chasm below, taking the prince with him.
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*Even though [[Mr. Mole]] proved to be the bigger threat, Grundel was the main antagonist because he was the immediate threat that Thumbelina had to face.
  
 
[[Category:Antagonists]]
  
[[Category:Antagonists]]
 
[[Category:Thumbelina characters]]
  
[[Category:Thumbelina characters]]
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[[Category:Males]]
  
[[Category:Males]]
 
[[Category:Villians who aren't revealed to be bad at first]]
  
[[Category:Villians who aren't revealed to be bad at first]]
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[[Category:Reformed Characters]]
  
 
[[Category:Masters of Evil]]
  
[[Category:Masters of Evil]]
 
[[Category:Bullies]]
  
[[Category:Bullies]]
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[[Category:Sons]]
  
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[[Category:Main Antagonists]]
  

Revision as of 20:57, 25 March 2020

Grundel is the central antagonist of Thumbelina.

He is the eldest of Mrs. Toad's sons who intends to marry Thumbelina (much to the latter's dismay). He was voiced by the late Joe Lynch in his final film after his retirement that same year and his death in 2001.

Background

Physical Appearance

Grundel is seen to have attributes like a natural toad, but with a thin mustache that is above his lips, in scenes you see few teeth, but as he grins more comes in. He wears a a baby blue clown outfit with a blue orbs on it while the bottom is sky blue. He wears slippers with an indigo fuzz ball on top of them.

Personality

He is seen as an aloof toad in need of companionship and assumes he's in love with Thumbelina because she blows a kiss in front of him. He is seen hellbent with obsession and as we seen in the climax it would've been a certain death.

Role in Film

Thumbelina

Grundel plots to capture and marry Thumbelina and defeat his three other competitors for her: Berkeley Beetle (whom he pulls the wings off of to make sure the Beetle helped find her), Mr. Mole, and Prince Cornelius.

In the climax, Grundel fights Cornelius with a torch. Grundel knocks the fairy prince out and disarms him, but Cornelius grabs the Toad's leg and they both fall into the bottomless pit in Mr. Mole's tunnel.

In the credits, he is seen in the book and married to a female toad.

Gallery

Trivia

  • Grundel was voiced by the late Joe Lynch in his final film after, his retirement that same year and his death in 2001.
  • Grundel is the eldest of Mrs. Toad's sons of the film Thumbelina.
  • His name is similar to Grendel from the Beowulf story only more into the humor and on a play.
  • He is similar to the main villain of Better Off Dead and is often considered a bully.
  • In one book, Grundel and Berkeley are shown to have fought Cornelius, until they give up and run away. This is different from the movie, in which the toad bashes the beetle's head in, and eventually tumbles off the tunnel bridge to the chasm below, taking the prince with him.
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