| “ | Suffer, pitiful humans! | „ |
| ~ Grifforzer wreaking havoc in city. |
Grifforzer is Bandora's second in command, the leading warrior of the Bandora Gang, Lamie's husband, the archenemy of Geki and Burai and the secondary antagonist of Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger.
Grifforzer is initially voiced by Yoshimasa Chida and later by the late Kan Tokumaru. Chida previously voiced Kabutogin in Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman and later voiced Nurarihyon and Daradara in Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, YY Bingo and ZokuYellow in Gekisou Sentai Carranger, Chameleon Nezire, Elephant Nezire, Scorpion Nezilar and Thorn-Needle Nezilar in Denji Sentai Megaranger, Gaaragaara in Seijuu Sentai Gingaman, and Vacuuma in Kyukyu Sentai GoGoV. Tokumaru previously voiced Transmission Brain, Maze Brain and Shark Brain in Choujuu Sentai Liveman, Memory Bōma and Seal Bōma in Kousoku Sentai Turboranger, Kumorugin, Kanigin, Kaniarigin, Hiruagehagin and Galactic Beast Anmonaiton in Fiveman, Toxic Rat and Armor Snake in Choujin Sentai Jetman and later voiced Dora Argus and Dora Antaeus also in Zyuranger.
Biography[]
Past[]
170 million years ago, Grifforzer was a member of the Fairy Tribe on Earth who met and fell in love with Lamie. All was well until Bandora's son Kai was inadvertently killed by a Tyrannosaurus. Torn by grief, Bandora went mad and sold her soul to Dai Satan for the power to avenge her son and slaughtered the dinosaurs. At part of the pact, Bandora lost almost all memory of Kai, though it reflected in her hatred towards all children, as she and her followers were all sealed away on the planetoid Nemesis.
Over time, Grifforzer was saving his voice for Lamie but apparently forgot how to speak after "saving" his voice far too long.
Zyuranger[]
However, in 1992, Bandora and her forces are released by astronauts that are sent to explore Nemesis when it appears near the Milky Way. Killing the adult astronauts as her way of thanks, Bandora takes two child astronauts hostage to kill at her leisure as she and her posse return to Earth and creates the Bandora Palace before sending Grifforzer with the Golem Soldiers to take over Tokyo. However, having forseen this, Barza awakens the Zyurangers from suspended animation to fight Bandora the moment she was freed and they fight off the attack.
After the death of Dora Mirage, Dai Satan returns and resurrects Kai for the final battle against the Guardian Beasts. As such, Bandora stops using any Dora Monsters and sending her generals to Earth but the final attack fails and Grifforzer is ultimately sealed away forever with his comrades. Though trapped, Bandora is able to start fresh when she cradles Grifforzer and Lamie's newborn son.
Gaoranger vs Super Sentai[]
Grifforzer and the Golem Soldiers that aided him in fighting Burai during his final hours are recalled by Gouki of the Gingamen to Sotaro Ushi of the Gaorangers when he tells of the past fights that other Sentai have had after Lost Highness Duke Rakushaasa makes him lose hope. Burai's use of a tree log is used as an example of how many Sentai warriors used their brute strength to defeat their many enemies.
Personality[]
Being a man of few words, he only spoke only when necessary. Initially, Grifforzer was mute and spoke exclusively in snarls as he claimed that he was saving his voice for Lamie. Despite initially being unable to speak, he was still capable of driving command to his soldiers with his vicious personality. In spite of being a stern warrior, he was capable of sociability as Grifforzer was seen interacting with Totpat and Bookback, singling along with Bandora Gang etc. If he withdrew from battlefield, it was mostly because either his other objectives were more important or his opponents were incapable of fighting him earnestly; indicating that he shows a sense of honour. Unlike the others, he was much less comedic relief and was far more vicious than the others unless he was around Lamie.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Power: Grifforzer was the third most powerful member of the Bandora Gang, stronger than Bookback, Totpat, and Pleprechaun and roughly on par with Lamie but weaker than Witch Bandora and Dai Satan.
- Strength: Grifforzer seriously shook up Daizyuzin with a single slash and an extremely powerful double kick was enough to knock back the Dino Megazord. Later on, in the 20th episode, he was strong enough to take down Daizyuzin with Lamie's help.
- Agility: Whilst fighting Daizyuzin for the first time, Grifforzer was able to quickly dodge around the mecha and land some blows without being hit.
- Longevity: Grifforzer was alive for over 170 million years with no negative effects.
- Teleportation: Grifforzer could make himself vanish into thin air in order to teleport away.
- Golem Soldier Summoning: Grifforzer could summon Golem Soldiers to aid him in fighting the Zyurangers.
- Eye Fireballs: Grifforzer could shoot fireball blasts from his eyes which were powerful enough to cause massive explosions around Geki whilst fleeing from him and Dora Sphinx.
- Master Swordsman: Grifforzer was better than any other villain at combat with a weapon as he completely defeated the Zyurangers in battle.
Arsenal[]
- Griffocalibur IV: Grifforzer wielded a large golden sword to aid him in combat. It was sharp enough to take down the Zyurangers with one hit each and cleave straight through the middle of a building.
- Flame Wave: Grifforzer could engulf his sword in flames and fling a large horizontal wave of fire at his enemies strong enough to seriously shake up DinoTanker and knock around Guardian Beasts Mastodon, Triceratops, and Sabertooth Tiger Dinozords with one hit.
- Fireballs: Grifforzer could fire blue energy from his sword that turned into orange fireballs capable of causing massive explosions and knocking down all five Zyurangers with one hit.
- Homing Fireballs-As seen during the battle with Dora Sphinx, Grifforzer could fire fireballs that homed in on his enemies and forced them to dodge towards his allies.
- Lightning Strike: When combined with Lamie's fin blade, Grifforzer could fire forth blue lightning from his sword with enough power to take down all five Rangers.
Trivia[]
- Grifforzer's initial inability to speak might have been a reference to the fact that his design was based off a mix of a griffin and manticore and manticores in the mythology could not speak human languages.
See Also[]
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