History Fanfic / IGrieve

** Weiss initially reminds Grievous of the Intergalactic Banking Clan executives he used to work for prior to his conversion into a cyborg, Nute Gunray, and Ziro the Hutt with her aristocratic mannerisms before he gets to know her better.

* AdaptationalBadass: Team RWBY receive training in lightsaber combat and the Force from Obi-Wan, Aayla, and Ahsoka
** Grievous unlocks his latent potential for the Force after the Son and Daughter pay him a visit in his sleep
* AdaptationalJerkass: Oobleck is not as friendly towards RWBY as in canon thanks to Grievous' arrival shaking up everything Remnant knew about history and even mocks them for using lightsabers instead of their usual MixAndMatchWeapon[=s=]
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Grievous is ''far'' nicer towards others even considering how much of his characterization is drawn from ''Legends''
* AdaptationalSexuality: Ruby and Weiss are a couple along with Yang and Blake
* AliensOfLondon: Aayla has her French accent from ''Clone Wars''
* BerserkButton: As in canon, Grievous hates being called a robot and/or droid
** He also hates gross inefficiency and mismanagement, as shown by his restructuring of Vale's military into an competent fighting force
** Insulting Ronderu is also one for Grievous, as Dooku finds out
* BloodKnight: Grievous and Yang share this trait
* BullyingADragon: Cardin tries to get a rise out of Grievous while Ruby is escorting him to Ozpin's office. If it wasn't for Ruby keeping Grievous calm and Glynda's timely arrival, Grievous would have probably shot him with his blaster
* CharacterDevelopment: Grievous grows to care for Team RWBY and Remnant and even refuses Dooku's offer to return to the Separatists when they confront each other
* CoolOldGuy: Ki-Ai Mundi is Ruby's mentor in the ways of the Force prior to Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, and Aayla arriving on Remnant with 327th Star Corps on his orders and plays this trope straight with his interactions with her
* CurbStompBattle: Grievous handily owns most of Beacon's students during their sparring session until Pyrrha immobilizes him with her magnetism Semblance while he's unaware
** The same happens again for his live combat class, with Blake the sole winner of his capture the flag trial by concealing herself among the other students and slicing his hand off to take the ribbon he wrapped around it
* DarkAndTroubledPast: It's no surprise Grievous has this considering his past as a Kaleesh freedom fighter who lost everything he ever cared about
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Blake manages to inflict this on Grievous in his live combat class by slicing off his hand while he was preoccupied with beating the other students
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Nora takes Grievous to a pancake bar after he decides to peace out of Jaune's bowling trip with the other guys. Problem is, Grievous doesn't have a mouth to eat food with
* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy[=/=]DreamingOfThingsToCome: Grievous receives glimpses into Remnant's ancient past and a vision of what is heavily implied to be the future selves of Team RWBY fighting against the Imperial invasion of Remnant led by Darth Vader
* EurekaMoment: Grievous has one when he realizes that ''everyone'' on Remnant is technically Force-sensitive thanks to the existence of Semblances and Aura
* FusionFic: [[spoiler: As it turns out, Remnant is just in a ''very'' remote corner of the ''Star Wars'' galaxy, which proves to be the case when Count Dooku shows up]]
** Grievous' dream reveals that the Son and the Daughter created the Gods of Light and Darkness responsible for creating and destroying Remnant
** Obi-Wan Kenobi, Aayla Secura, Ahsoka Tano, and the 327th Star Corps are sent to Remnant by Ki-Ai-Mundi after Grievous departs with Dooku for the forthcoming invasion of Coruscant
* HeartbrokenBadass: Grievous sums up who he is under his ruthless exterior quite succinctly when he recounts his past to Team RWBY

* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Grievous still retains this thanks to the lubricant fluid from his cybernetics irritating his lungs
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Beacon's students unintentionally press Grievous' BerserkButton when they call him a robot
** Ozpin does the same when Grievous meets him in his office

* LargeAndInCharge: Grievous stands at a towering 7'1 when he chooses to straighten his posture out of its usual hunch, enabling him to outstrip even Yatsuhashi in height
* OneLastJob: The upcoming Separatist invasion of Coruscant will serve as this for Grievous before he cuts ties with the Seps for good
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Grievous states that the first thing he did after his conversion into a cyborg and his inauguration as Supreme Commander of the of the Separatist army was to bomb Huk into oblivion and put a bounty on the head of any Yam'rii who survived in his retelling of his past to Team RWBY. Considering how they were responsible for enslaving his people and received a KarmaHoudini for their actions, it's more of a KarmaHoudiniWarranty for them than an atrocity
* ShoutOut: Pyrrha uses Obi-Wan's iconic "Hello there" line after she immobilizes Grievous
** Grievous uses [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia All Might's]] "I am here" line as he lays out his plans to retake the territory Vale lost to the Grimm to Qrow, Winter, and Ironwood
* SoProudOfYou: Dooku is pleased that Grievous has finally managed to prove himself the better warrior after his defeat before requesting that he return for OneLastJob with the Separatists regarding the Coruscant invasion
* TrainingFromHell: Grievous utilizes this for his live combat class to make Beacon's students better prepared to actual combat outside of the academy
* UnreliableNarrator: Considering how Grievous had been deliberately kept in the dark about the true circumstances behind the shuttle explosion that forced him to become the cyborg he is, he definitely counts as this to an extent
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Grievous chooses to spare Dooku just as he's about to deliver the killing blow, proving that he's no longer the bloodthirsty general he once was before he arrived on Remnant
* TheWorfEffect: A number of subterranean Grimm are seen running from ''something'' in the caves Team RWBY and their Jedi and clone trooper allies are exploring during their search for Kyber crystals to power their lightsabers with. Said something reveals itself to be a [[BioweaponBeast terentatek]] that proceeds to thrash Obi-Wan, Aayla, and Ruby before Blake, Weiss, and Bly finally defeat it by [[AttackItsWeakPoint exposing its vulnerable upper left half of its belly for Weiss to stab it in its heart]]

** Ki-Ai-Mundi is closer towards his characterization in movie canon than ''Legends'', which his shown by his interactions with Ruby after Grievous gives her Mundi's old lightsaber

* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy[=/=]DreamingOfThingsToCome: Grievous receives glimpses into Remnant's ancient past and a vision of Darth Vader invading Remnant with the forces of the Empire in his sleep

* JourneyToFindOneself: Grievous makes preparations for the journey to Utapau must take to decipher the meaning behind the vision of the future in his dream

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Grievous states ithat the first thing he did after his conversion into a cyborg and his inauguration as Supreme Commander of the of the Separatist army was to bomb Huk into oblivion and put a bounty on the head of any Yam'rii who survived in his retelling of his past to Team RWBY. Considering how they were responsible for enslaving his people and received a KarmaHoudini for their actions, it's more of a KarmaHoudiniWarranty for them than an atrocity

* ButNowIMustGo: Grievous makes preparations for the journey to Utapau he and Ruby must take to decipher the meaning behind the vision of the future in his dream

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, there lived a Kaleesh warrior named Qymaen jai Sheelal, a great warrior who defended his world against its attackers. He paid a grave price for his world, lost his dearest friend, lost his humanity, and even his body, but if he were to appear in Remnant and meet a certain few huntresses and hunters, could they save him?

* TheWorfEffect: A number of subterranean Grimm are seen running from ''something'' in the caves RWBY and their comrades are exploring during their search for Kyber crystals to power their lightsabers with. Said something reveals itself to be a [[BioweaponBeast terentatek]] that proceeds to thrash Obi-Wan, Aayla, and Ruby before Blake, Weiss, and Bly finally defeat it by exposing its vulnerable upper left half of its belly for Weiss to stab it in its heart

* ButNowIMustGo: Grievous makes preparation for the journey to Utapau he and Ruby must take to decipher the meaning behind the vision of the future in his dream

* AdaptationalJerkass: Oobleck is not as friendly towards RWBY as in canon thanks to Grievous' arrival shaking up Remnant knew about history and even mocks them for using lightsabers instead of their MixAndMatchWeapon[=s=]

** Grievous himself unlocks his latent potential for the Force after the Son and Daughter pay him a visit in his sleep

** He also hates gross inefficiency and mismanagement, as shown by his efforts to restructure Vale's military into an actually competent fighting force

* BullyingADragon: Cardin tries to get a rise out of Grievous while Ruby is escorting him to Ozpin's office. If it wasn't for Ruby keeping Grievous calm and Glynda's timely arrival, Grievous would have absolutely decimated him without mercy

* LargeAndInCharge: Grievous stands at a towering 7'1, enabling him to outstrip even Yatsuhashi in height

** Grievous uses All Might's "I am here" line as he lays out his plans to retake the territory Vale lost to the Grimm to Qrow, Winter, and Ironwood
* SoProudOfYou: Dooku is happy that Grievous has finally surpassed him in fighting skills after he is defeated

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Grievous chooses to spare Dooku just as he's about to deliver the killing blow on him, proving that he's no longer the bloodthirsty general he once was before he arrived on Remnant

* AdaptationalJerkass: Oobleck is not as friendly towards RWBY as in canon and even mocks them for using lightsabers instead of their MixAndMatchWeaponry

* AdaptationalBadass: Team RWBY learn about lightsaber combat from Grievous and receive training in the Force from Obi-Wan

* CharacterDevelopment: Grievous grows to care for Team RWBY and Remnant and even refuses Dooku's offer to return to the Separatists when they have their confrontation

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Grievous receives a vision of Darth Vader invading Remnant with the forces of the Empire in his sleep

* UnreliableNarrator: Considering how Grievous had been deliberately kept in the dark about the true circumstances behind the shuttle explosion that forced him to become the cyborg he is, he definitely counts as this to an extent

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, there lived a Kaleesh warrior named Qymaen jai Sheelal, a great warrior who defended his world against its attackers. But for his world he paid a grave price, lost his dearest friend, lost his humanity, and even his body, but if he were to appear in Remnant and meet a certain few huntresses and hunters, could they save him?

--> '''Grievous''': IAmWhoIAm today because of them. I became the Jedi killer of legend because of them. I became the monster the clones of the Republic feared, the destroyer of their world and their kind, because of them. I became all of these things because [[TitleDrop I grieve]].

* UnreliableNarrator: Considering how Grievous had been deliberately kept in the dark about the true circumstances behind the shuttle explosion that forced him to become the cyborg he is today, he definitely counts as this to an extent

* TrainingFromHell: Grievous' modus operandi for the live combat class he teaches at Beacon revolves around this to better prepare its students for actual combat

* TrainingFromHell: How does Grievous train Beacon's students to be better combatants? Simple. He doesn't hold back ''at all'' in their sparring sessions

** Grievous himself unlocks his latent potential for the Force

* FusionFic: [[spoiler: As it turns out, Remnant is just in a ''very'' remote corner of the ''Star Wars'' galaxy, which proves to be the case when Count Dooku shows up]]

* DreamingOfThingsToCome:

* AdaptationalBadass: Team RWBY learn about lightsaber combat from Grievous and Force usage from Obi-Wan

After his defeat on Mandalore, Grievous crash-lands on Remnant after his starfighter's hyperdrive malfunctions during his escape.