Grimlock MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Grimlock? Grimlock is an ESFP personality type in MBTI, 8w7 - sp/sx - 863 in Enneagram, in Big 5, in Socionics.
Uh… Where him ESFP 8w9 sp/sx find generic thingy? MBTI — Se-Fi-Te-Ni —> Se-Ni: I feel that Grimlock was most likely focused on maintaining a “direct relationship to the world via physical sensation”, having been “bold” and “resilient”. — In his debut episode in “Blast from the Past” (Season 1), I feel that Grimlock demonstrated a very realistic and practical worldview - DIFFERENT from being simple-minded - having sought to assert his boundaries in relation to others and his surroundings with immediacy, such as viewing automotive technology and humanity as bad and threatening to his present existence. —> Se-Fi: I know I might be reaching here, but I feel that auxiliary Fi fits the bill for Grimlock in terms of having “good emotional intelligence” about where he stood in relation to others. — In “A Fistful of Energon”, Prowl understood the Grimlock and the other Dinobots to primarily concerned with leaving to be in their own peace and only be fully hostile when threatened, which I feel tracked with Grimlock making straightforwardly clear to others that he and the Dinobots were not to be messed with. —> Fi-Te: I feel that Grimlock largely struggled with being “domineering, vindictive, [and] territorial when threatened” and understandably so. — In “Human Error”, Grimlock’s coarse, stubborn resistance against others might have manifested in his having refused to help Sari rescue the Autobots, as well as in his having excommunicated Snarl. ENNEAGRAM — 8w9 sp/sx —> Type 8: I feel that Grimlock most likely viewed “life as a struggle for existence in which only the fittest survive”, having taken an “‘opting out’” approach when it involved his relation to the overall survival hierarchy on Earth. — In “Megatron Rising”, Grimlock had no interest in being part of a fight that he felt had no consequences to him and was willing to attack the Autobots if they continued to threaten his and the other Dinobots’ autonomy. —> Wing 9: I honestly feel that Grimlock leaned more into exhibiting “more of a grounded, even stubborn quality” that could be attributed to a “Nine wing”, but could still “slip just as radically into open aggression when pushed”. — I wonder that if in “Black Friday” (Season 2), Grimlock’s aggression against humanity was to show that he wanted to simply be left the slag alone and did not want anyone trying to intrude on his boundaries, rather than ambitiously taking control of opportunities. —> sp/sx: I feel that Grimlock was most concerned with practical needs as a “SP8”, having focused on “zones of resource management & domesticity” — …Sorry to reference the same episode and instance, but again, in “Human Error” (Season 3), his refusal to help Sari was a testament to his possible Social blindspot, in which he felt apathetic about contributing to social spheres outside of his and the other Dinobots’ own bubble of survival. SOURCES —> Grimlock: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grimlock_(Animated) —> MBTI: https://mbti-notes.tumblr.com/theory —> Enneagram: https://oceanmoonshine9.wordpress.com/eights/ —> Enneagram’s Instincts: https://www.docdroid.net/QTXfwgk/hudson-subtypes-pdf#page=25 LINGERING THOUGHTS —> Again, I agree with and feel that Fi-Te might be more fitting for Grimlock as opposed to Ti-Fe; he was individualistic and straightforward about his feelings and was coarse in his territorial assertions of his feelings as opposed to being more impartial. —> I can understand where 8w7 is coming from, but I feel that Grimlock would be more willing to go out and about in the world and cause trouble if such were the case; I feel that his preferring to stay within his own bubble and protect it fiercely speaks more so to a Wing 9. —> THEN GIVE THEM THINGY! NOW!!! Thanks.
Biography
Grimlock is the leader of the Dinobots. He and the other Dinobots are simpleminded and aggressive creatures who started out as animatronic dinosaurs for a theme park, which Megatron upgraded with weapons in the hopes of using one of them as a new body. This plan went off the rails when they were brought to life in an accident involving the Key. They tend to get violent very fast the moment they sense hostility, and Prowl is the only one who can calm them down...usually.
