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The Grievers are the secondary antagonists of The Maze Runner, the first installment in The Maze Runner trilogy and its film adaptation.

Appearance[]

The Grievers are cyborg-like creatures resembling both slugs and spiders. They were artificially created by WCKD for their labyrinths. In the movies, their bodies are long, green, and slimy and have four mechanical legs as well as a robotic tail with a gripper at the end that can throw anything like Gladers.

Behavior[]

The behavior of the Grievers is little exploited, except that they are aggressive, murderous and ruthless.

Biography[]

The Maze Runner[]

Before a while, the Grievers are mentioned several times by Newt or Gally. We can also hear them growling or screaming in the Maze without seeing them. One morning, one of them stings Ben, a Runner who then attacks Thomas, and he is banished in the Maze.

Later, Minho and Alby also leave there to retrace his path, but Alby is stung. Minho tries in vain to bring him back to the Glade and Thomas rushes into the Maze to help them, but finds himself locked inside with them. Night falls and Thomas, with the help of Minho, hides Alby in the vines. The walls of the maze moving, they let go, a Griever walks towards them and Minho, scared, runs away. Thomas hides under the wall but is quickly found and chased by the creature. Minho then finds him and run away together. However, Thomas slows down to lure the Griever between two walls about to close, crushing and killing the monster.

One evening, none of the doors of the Glade close and the Grievers enter the area. They then kill many Gladers, including Alby, Zart, and Clint.

The next day, Thomas goes into the Maze with his friends and some Gladers who survived the last attack. They travel to the Griever Hole to face the monsters and attempt to leave the maze once and for all. During the fight, three teenagers are killed, including Jeff. The Grievers are trapped and crushed by the various walls which close one by one and put the Gladers remaining safe. It is unknown what happened to the other Grievers at the end of the film and after the survivors were evacuated by WCKD soldiers.

The Scorch Trials[]

As Thomas and his friends are taken to a fortress, Thomas doubts the intentions of those who run the place. With Aris, he spies on a laboratory where he finds with astonishment the fetuses of Grievers.

Later in the movie, Thomas gets drugged by Marcus and hallucinates Grievers before passing out.

The Death Cure[]

In the third movie, Minho is tested by WCKD to recover his antibody to fight the Flare virus. Then, during a simulation, he is chased by a Griever in tunnels.

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Grievers | Ben | Gally | Cranks | Barkley

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