Grundo

Grundo
Description:	Grundo
Info Page:	Grundo
Special Day:	24 August
Amount Created:	8,785,431 (11th - 3.14%)
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Grundos are a species of Neopet that are alien to Neopia. They were originally stated to come from a planet called Doran, although it was later revealed they originate from Kreludor, Neopia's moon, where they still have an active presence.

Many Grundos were abducted by Dr. Frank Sloth to experiment on, and to use as a slave labour force on the Space Station. Dr. Sloth engineered mutated Grundos in order to mass produce an army. After being freed from Dr Sloth's clutches, many Grundos left the Space Station and have set up homes all over the planet.

Players cannot adopt Grundos through the Create-a-Pet system. New Grundos are adopted from a cannot be adopted by a player through the usual create-a-pet screen - they are a restricted pet, and are instead acquired in the Space Station's Space Adoption Agency. During the Arrival of Virtupets plot, 20,000 Grundos needed to be adopted in this way to free the Space Faerie.

Grundos are the only Neopets that can be created in colours other than blue, green, red, and yellow: they can also be created in brown, purple, or white. When adopted, all Grundos begin with an intelligence level of Dim Witted. In the Neopets Trading Card Game, they are associated with the element of light.

Battledome

In the Battledome, Grundos receive 30% less damage from Darkness attacks. There are also five species abilities that can be used by Grundos:

• Grundo Blast - Attack: 2 x Air; Defence: none; available from level 1;
• Grundo Stare - Attack: 2 x Darkness; Defence: none; available from level 10;
• Grundo Glower - Attack: none; Defence: none; says "your opponent's ability power decreases" but doesn't seem to do anything; available from level 20;
• Grundo Fire - Attack: 2 x Fire, 2 x Darkness, 1 - 2 x Physical; Defence: none; available on Grundo Independence Day only;
• Grundo Power Shield - Attack: none; Defence: 3 x Water, 3 x Physical; available on Grundo Independence Day only;

There are also nine pieces of equipment that can only be used by a Grundo.

Colours

As of August 2010, the Grundo can come in 47 different colours:

Baby - July 18, 2002 Blue - Natural Brown - October 11, 2001 Camouflage - August 25, 2009 Checkered - August 24, 2004 Christmas - December 7, 2000 Cloud - December 20, 2001 Darigan - March 15, 2004 Desert - August 23, 2008 Disco - August 24, 2004 Electric - August 24, 2010 Faerie - ? Fire - August 24, 2005 Ghost - May 16, 2003 Glowing - January 14, 2003 Green - Natural

Grey - September 3, 2004 Ice - August 24, 2006 Island - August 25, 2003 Jelly - July 3, 2007 Magma - December 15, 2009 Mallow - August 12, 2005 Maraquan - August 24, 2005 Mutant - August 24, 2001 Orange - May 5, 2004 Pink - August 25, 2003 Pirate - October 9, 2003 Plushie - December 4, 2002 Purple - August 25, 2003 Rainbow - August 23, 2002 Red - Natural Robot - August 23, 2002

Royal - August 24, 2007 Shadow - May 31, 2001 Silver - December 12, 2000 Snot - January 6, 2004 Snow - December 29, 2003 Speckled - August 23, 2008 Split - May 30, 2003 Sponge - July 22, 2003 Spotted - April 16, 2001 Starry - September 26, 2001 Striped - May 10, 2004 Tyrannian - August 24, 2010 White - July 8, 2003 Yellow - Natural Zombie - August 25, 2009

Trivia

• Over 8.3 million Grundo's have been created as of March 2010. They are currently at 11th place in Neopet popularity. They are also featured in 172 different items.
• Random Events involving the Grundos...
  • The Grundo Leader attacks!!! He steals (random item)!
• The Mutant Grundo how to draw tutorial added August 24, 2007.

See also

• Famous Grundos: Gargarox Isafuhlarg, Gorix, Parlax, Qyldae Wegg, Spider Grundo, Truggdon, Weldar Xupenfarb, Xarthab, Xila Kitae, Zayle Sufhaux, Zenor Kevix, Zorlix, Zygorax,
• Games: Escape to Kreludor, Moon Rock Rampage, Evil Fuzzles from Beyond the Stars 2 Gormball

External links

• Grundo Comic
• Neopets TCG: Cosmic Yellow Grundo, Galactic Green Grundo, Grundo Programmer, Mutant Grundo
• Caption Competition: #13, #19, #35, #37, #40, #47, #84, #107, #127, #131, #134, #144, #150, #170, #174, #206, #215, #229, #249, #260, #293, #313, #318, #321, #334, #346, #348, #354, #362, #375, #395, #398, #410, #414, #425, #427, #452, #454, #458, #460, #478, #488, #490, #510, #511, #518, #547, #551, #564, #606, #618, #619, #630, #636, #651, #707, #715, #731, #733, #740, #750, #752, #767, #774
• How To Draw: The Grundo, The Mutant Grundo