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''[[Characters/RWBYTheHeroes The Heroes]]:'' [[Characters/RWBYRubyRose Ruby Rose]] | [[Characters/RWBYWeissSchnee Weiss Schnee]] | [[Characters/RWBYBlakeBelladonna Blake Belladonna]] | [[Characters/RWBYYangXiaoLong Yang Xiao Long]] | [[Characters/RWBYTeamJNPR Team JNPR]] ([[Characters/RWBYJauneArc Jaune Arc]]) | [[Characters/RWBYOzpinAndOscar Ozpin and Oscar]]\\

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: In contrast to the Grimm Dragon, which was based off a wyvern, this one has an appearance based off Eastern dragons, notably featuring a long serpentine body and whiskers commonly associated with such dragons.

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* MadeOfBologna: When Grimm are sliced open, their insides are shown to be a glowing, solid red mass before they begin to dissipate into black smoke or ash. This has later been downplayed in the later Volumes, with Grimm that are sliced open just disintegrating instantly.

* MadeOfBologna: When Grimm are sliced open, their insides are shown to be a glowing, solid red mass before they begin to dissipate into black smoke or ash. This has later been downplayed in recent Volumes, with Grimm that are sliced open just disintegrating instantly.

* MadeOfBologna: When Grimm are sliced open, their insides are shown to be a glowing, solid red mass before they begin to dissipate into black smoke or ash.

''[[Characters/RWBYRemnantMythos Remnant]]:'' [[Characters/RWBYEasternSanus Sanus (Eastern)]] | [[Characters/RWBYWesternSanus Sanus (Western)]] | [[Characters/RWBYAnima Anima]] | [[Characters/RWBYSolitas Solitas]] ([[Characters/RWBYJamesIronwood James Ironwood]])\\

''Kingdoms:'' [[Characters/RWBYEasternSanus Sanus (Eastern)]] | [[Characters/RWBYWesternSanus Sanus (Western)]] | [[Characters/RWBYAnima Anima]] | [[Characters/RWBYSolitas Solitas]] ([[Characters/RWBYJamesIronwood James Ironwood]])\\
''Antagonists:'' [[Characters/RWBYSalemsFaction Salem's Faction]] ([[Characters/RWBYSalem Salem]] | [[Characters/RWBYCinderFall Cinder Fall]]) | [[Characters/RWBYWhiteFang White Fang]] ([[Characters/RWBYAdamTaurus Adam Taurus]])\\
''Beyond Remnant:'' [[Characters/RWBYTheEverAfter The Ever After]]\\
''World of Remnant:'' [[Characters/RWBYRemnantMythos Remnant Mythos]] | '''Grimm Bestiary'''-]]]]]

* GiantFlyer: This Grimm is a flying whale that is used as a vessel for Salem and her forces. It is so enormous that it dwarfs most other Grimm around it, even Grimm that are considered huge in their own right. The only thing that makes it look small is ''Atlas itself'', of which it's roughly 1/20th the size of.

* MonsterWhale: This creature is a Grimm whale of gigantic proportions, shaped like a sperm whale with baluga whale elements. It has huge teeth, gouges in the side of its body that act as landing platforms for airships, and enormous, multiple flippers that extend from its body like the fins of a lionfish. Its upper and lower body is covered in Gravity Dust.

A large, winged Grimm that travels with a pack of Manticores and appears to command them. It has the ability to produce fireballs from the mouth and possesses a second head on its tail. One attacks a train that is travelling to Argus along with a pack of Manticores.

* AHeadAtEachEnd: A Sphinx's tail ends in a serpentine head and the Sphinx itself can clearly be seen to react to threats noticed by the tail. When the body is injured, both heads react with pain.

* TragicMonster: The Hound only exists because of the experimentation that Salem inflicted upon it. Salem trapped a silver-eyed Faunus inside the body of a Grimm; the Grimm has human-like intelligence and the ability to speak, but the Faunus looks like it has been tortured, skin is stretched and torn across muscle and there is massive scarring across one eye.

* SuperScream: The Apathy use a piercing screaming attack that drains the will to fight or struggle from anyone who hears it. Those afflicted cannot even raise their weapons to resist, and repeated screams can reduce the victims to lying helplessly on the ground, unwilling to even move.

''World of Remnant:'' [[Characters/RWBYWorldOfRemnant Remnant Mythos]] | '''Grimm Bestiary'''-]]]]]

''Beyond Remnant:'' [[Characters/RWBYTheEverAfter The Ever After]]\\
''World of Remnant:'' '''Remnant Mythos''' | [[Characters/RWBYCreaturesOfGrimm Grimm Bestiary]]-]]]]]

''Antagonists:'' [[Characters/RWBYSalemsFaction Salem's Faction]] ([[Characters/RWBYSalem Salem]] | [[Characters/RWBYCinderFall Cinder Fall]]) | [[Characters/RWBYWhiteFang White Fang]] ([[Characters/RWBYAdamTaurus Adam Taurus]]) | '''Creatures of Grimm'''\\
''World Building:'' [[Characters/RWBYWorldOfRemnant World of Remnant]] | [[Characters/RWBYTheEverAfter The Ever After]]-]]]]]

[[folder:Cenitaur]]
!!Cenitaur
!!!'''Debut:''' Dark[[labelnote:*]]Volume 8 Episode 8[[/labelnote]]

An unusual aberrant Grimm that attacks Ruby and Blake at the Schnee Manor.

* AcidAttack: Its underbelly bears a bulging sack of acid that is piped into its throat; this allows it to spew acid as a weapon.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: The Cenitaur has very humanoid shoulders and upper arms, but the lower part of the limbs end in long white blades. It holds and stabs the blades in a similar way to a preying mantis.
* BodyHorror: Its acid sack does ''not'' look natural, resembling some sort of tumorous mass topped with a distinctly external tangle of organs that connects to the underside of its throat.
* CreepyCentipedes: Its basic form is that of an enormous centipede, with a segmented black body that is protected by bone dorsal plates and contains pairs of legs that end in bone talons. However, its head is more like a beastial skull than an arthropd and it contains humanoid sholders and arms that end in blades. Its underside also contains a massive, bloated green sack that is connected to its throat.
* PunnyName: The name is a play on the "centaur"; while the bottom half remains a centipede, the top half takes on some humanoid elements, such as having a pair of arms that end in spikes that match the centipede legs instead of human hands.
* SuperReflexes: Despite its huge size and bizarre bulk, the Cenitaur is capable of reacting extremely fast to everything Blake attempts. Even though she is a fast, mobile fighter, the Cenitaur constantly keeps her on the back foot with its speed, acid attacks and bladed arms.

[[folder:Cephalopod Grimm]]
!!Cephalopod Grimm
!!!'''Debut:''' Manga/RWBY2015, Chapter 10 [[labelnote:*]]The very first manga series produced for ''RWBY'', also titled ''[[Manga/RWBY2015 RWBY]]'', was described by the show's creators as "canon until it's not", with certain events being further confirmed during interviews or DVD commentary.[[/labelnote]]

A Grimm that looks like a giant skull with multiple tentacles sprouting from it. In ''Manga/RWBY2015'', it initially appears when Roman is investigating Mountain Glenn.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: Much like the Geist's mask, its body is the weak point of the gestalt Grimm it creates. Attacking the 'core' at the center of the merged Taijitus is how teams RWBY and JNPR manage to weaken and defeat the monster.
* CombatTentacles: Its main form of attack is to use its myriad of tentacles.
* DemBones: Its main body looks like a giant horned skull.
* DemonicPossession: According to Weiss, it's a possession-type Grimm similar to the one possessing the Knight's armor in the White Trailer (later revealed by in the show's Volume 4 DVD commentary to be a Geist variant), in which case it does this to [[SerialEscalation other Grimm]] as opposed to inanimate objects.
* FusionDance: It is capable of forcing itself and four King Taijitu to combine into one giant hydra-like Grimm.

[[folder:The Monstra]]
!!The Monstra
!!!'''Debut:''' The Enemy of Trust[[labelnote:*]]Volume 7 Episode 13[[/labelnote]]
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A titanic flying whale serving as the "flagship" of Salem's forces during her assault on Atlas.

* GiantFlyer: This Grimm is a flying whale that is used as a vessel for Salem and her forces. It is so enormous that it dwarfs most other Grimm around it, even Grimm that are considered huge in their own right. The only thing that makes it look small is ''Atlas itself'', of which it's roughly 1/20th the size of.
* KrakenAndLeviathan: The Monstra is a whale Grimm of such enormous size that it dwarfs everything around it. It even competes with entire city of Atlas for size. A single Manta-class airship is barely the same size as one of its teeth, and it contains sections of its body that act as landing platforms for airships, each one individually larger than the airship that lands there. It floats through the sky as easily as a natural whale swims through the sea but functions as Salem's flagship for her Grimm army.
* LivingShip: The Monstra is a living Grimm, but also serves as the flagship of Salem's monstrous fleet. It uses organic features to replicate technological and architectural functions, allowing Salem to use it for numerous purposes. The key to her control appears to be a throne in which sits, functioning as a command chair that relies on her connection with Grimm rather than technology to control what she needs the whale to do. With a touch and some concentration, she can send a pulse through the throne and whale to produce a viewing screen of the outside world in the whale's otherwise impenetrable body, which allows her to observe the city of Atlas. She can even summon new Grimm from membranes inside it.
* MixAndMatchCritters: The creature is predominantly a sperm whale in appearance, but includes elements based on the baluga whale. Its multiple flippers, however, are based on lionfish fins instead of whale flippers, making it look like it has ribbon streamers along the side of its body and giving its tail a very elaborate, fish-like appearance.
* MonsterWhale: This creature is a Grimm whale of gigantic proportions, shaped like a sperm whale with baluga whale elements. It has huge teeth, gouges in the side of its body that act as landing platforms for airships, and enormous, multiple flippers that extend from its body like the fins of a lionfish. Its upper and lower body is covered in Gravity Dust.


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[[folder:The Nuckelavee]]
!!The Nuckelavee
!!!'''Debut:''' Kuroyuri[[labelnote:*]]Volume 4 Episode 10[[/labelnote]]
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A Grimm that combines elements of both human and equine creatures. It destroyed the village of Kuroyuri during Ren's childhood, and still roams the wilds around the town's remains. Based off the demon of the same name in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuckelavee Orcadian mythology]].
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[[folder:Centinel]]
!!Centinel
!!!'''Debut:''' Ace Operatives[[labelnote:*]]Volume 7 Episode 3[[/labelnote]]
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Burrowing Grimm that resemble centipedes.

* CreepyCentipedes: Centinels resemble massive centipedes; their bodies are long and segmented with a pair of white legs on each segment that look like bone talons. The head is a white mask with red designs but no visible eyes, and the body segments are protected dorsally by bone plates.
* {{Mooks}}: By virtue of having a ranged attack and their ability to ambush through walls, they're slightly more threatening than Beowolves, but not by much.
* ThisIsADrill: They can rotate the segments of their bodies, essentially becoming living drills to burrow through stone and soil.

[[folder:Chill]]
!!Chill
!!!'''Debut:''''''' Fairy Tales of Remnant: The Grimm Child

A Grimm that is only found in shadows and can possess its victims with just the slightest touch. Most people will never survive an encounter with these Grimm, and they are a favourite monster for Remnant's horror genre as a result.

* AdaptationalBadass: The most famous and notorious fairy tale on Remnant is a tale called "The Grimm Child", which features a Chill. In the tale, a single Chill goes unrecognised for what it is, hopping from human to human until it wipes out an entire town in a single night. However, Professor Ozpin warns that the real Chill is incapable of this feat. It cannot control its victims for more than a few minutes, and it is incapable of speech; the most a possessed human can do is repeat the last word they spoke before they died. Chills are also heavily reliant on people being hesitant to harm a loved one. As a result, real Chills are incapable of the feats the story claims.
* BodySurf: Chills can possess a human with the slightest of touches, and it only needs these very slight touches to be able to move from one victim to another. There's very little most people can do to defend against these Grimm, but they're limited to shadows and can only control a possessed human for a few minutes at most.
* DarknessEqualsDeath: In regions where Chills dwell, going near shadows can get humans killed. Chills live in the shadows and a human only has to barely contact one to be instantly possessed. The act of possessing a human kills them. Where Chills roam, darkness and shadow needs to be avoided.
* MadnessMantra: A Chill-possessed human is incapable of normal speech. They either cannot speak at all or they can only say the very last word the human said at the moment of death. In these cases, the possessed human will repeat this word over and over and over again.
* StakingTheLovedOne: Chills can only control a possessed human for a few minutes so they depend heavily on people's hesitation to harm loved ones. Even the slightest contact allows a Chill to move to a new person, usually almost always a loved one or close friend of the possessed.
* TouchOfDeath: It requires only the slightest touch for a Chill to be able to move from a possessed human to a new one. The act of possession instantly kills the victim.

[[folder:Creep]]
!!Creep
!!!'''Debut:''' No Brakes[[labelnote:*]]Volume 2 Episode 11[[/labelnote]]
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A bestial Grimm with a very little neck and a stunted snout. It has two limbs that act as legs and end in large claws and also possesses a long tail. It has no direct animal counterpart.

* ArmlessBiped: Subverted Trope. These creatures look like they run on two massive legs, upon which they run quite fast. They have a tail and appear to have no arms or wings. However, the 'legs' are actually their arms; it's therefore legs that they lack.
* FasterThanTheyLook: They're bulky, two-legged creatures with large, heavy snouts. They don't look fast, but Velvet is caught off-guard by their speed when Team CFVY travel to Lower Cairn, and doesn't even have time to draw her weapon. Yatsuhashi has to intervene to save her.
* {{Mook}}: During the brief Grimm invasion in Volume 2, Team RWBY have no problem dealing with Creeps, defeating them easily as they move on to more dangerous threats. In ''Grimm Eclipse'', they're the weakest of all the Grimm enemies. Even their [[EliteMook extra durable version]] are of minimal threat.
* NaturalWeapon: The Creep's legs end in claws that can be used for kicking and slashing.
* TailSlap: The Creeps are able to fight by swinging their tails to club their enemies.
* TunnelKing: Creeps are shown in the video game ''Grimm Eclipse'' to quickly tunnel underground and pop up elsewhere.
* UseYourHead: Their skulls are thick and armoured, allowing them to attack with their heads like battering rams.

[[folder:Death Stalker]]
!!Death Stalker
!!!'''Debut:''' The Emerald Forest Pt. 2[[labelnote:*]]Volume 1 Episode 7[[/labelnote]]
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Giant scorpion Grimm. One first appears in Episode 7, fighting Team JNPR in Episode 8.

* ItCanThink: While smaller, younger Grimm are simple-minded, impulsive and reckless, the older and larger a Grimm becomes, the more it thinks about its behaviour. It learns from experience and becomes wise to the behaviour and tactics of humans. Older Grimm are therefore much more dangerous, patient and tactical opponents for Huntsmen to fight. Some Grimm can command lesser Grimm, creating large, co-ordinated packs, such as Manticores being led by a Sphinx. Other Grimm learn how to use the environment around them as weapons: Beringel can use rubble or even other Grimm as projectiles to toss towards their enemies; Geist can possess rocks, trees, or even volatile Dust to make themselves harder to harm or destroy, and tactically retreat if their main body is destroyed.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Official subtitles for show, beginning with their introduction in the eighth episode of Volume 1, often spell it "Deathstalker", like the real life species. However, the ninth episode introduces the "Death Stalker" spelling on the walls of Professor Port's lecture theatre. Official material indicates two words are correct; it's the subtitles that tend to be inconsistent.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In Ruby's notes and the credits, "Grimm" has a double ''m'', though the official subtitles in the first episode used only one.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The official spelling of the plural form of Ursa in the show is U-R-S-A-I.

* BearyFunny: The only Grimm to get any role other than "Snarling Monster".

* MakeMeWannaShout: When it opens its mouth far enough to snap the webbing between its jaws its cries are loud enough to cause those nearby pain.

* EmotionEater: The Apathy drain people's will to go on, sapping away their emotions in the process. Proximity to the Apathy can calm people down by "taking the edge off" their emotions, and the number of Apathy increases the impact. With enough of them, they can cause entire settlements to stop living and die of starvation or dehydration. At closer range, the Apathy can also [[MakeMeWannaShout unleash a piercing scream]] that dramatically amplifies this effect, causing victims to collapse and lose all will to continue; they'll just lie down in front of the Apathy and wait to die.

* MakeMeWannaShout: The Apathy use a piercing screaming attack that drains the will to fight or struggle from anyone who hears it. Those afflicted cannot even raise their weapons to resist, and repeated screams can reduce the victims to lying helplessly on the ground, unwilling to even move.

* MakeMeWannaShout: They are capable of producing an ear-piercing shriek. Painful in its own right, the shriek also produces a sonic wave that it uses to blast its opponents.

'''[[Characters/RWBYTheHeroes The Heroes]]:''' [[Characters/RWBYRubyRose Ruby Rose]] | [[Characters/RWBYWeissSchnee Weiss Schnee]] | [[Characters/RWBYBlakeBelladonna Blake Belladonna]] | [[Characters/RWBYYangXiaoLong Yang Xiao Long]] | [[Characters/RWBYTeamJNPR Team JNPR]] ([[Characters/RWBYJauneArc Jaune Arc]]) | [[Characters/RWBYOzpinAndOscar Ozpin and Oscar]]\\
'''Kingdoms:''' [[Characters/RWBYEasternSanus Sanus (Eastern)]] | [[Characters/RWBYWesternSanus Sanus (Western)]] | [[Characters/RWBYAnima Anima]] | [[Characters/RWBYSolitas Solitas]] ([[Characters/RWBYJamesIronwood James Ironwood]])\\
'''Antagonists:''' [[Characters/RWBYSalemsFaction Salem's Faction]] ([[Characters/RWBYSalem Salem]] | [[Characters/RWBYCinderFall Cinder Fall]]) | [[Characters/RWBYWhiteFang White Fang]] ([[Characters/RWBYAdamTaurus Adam Taurus]]) | '''Creatures of Grimm'''\\
'''World Building:''' [[Characters/RWBYWorldOfRemnant World of Remnant]] | [[Characters/RWBYTheEverAfter The Ever After]]-]]]]]

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* AlluringAnglerfish: When travelling through a dark cave, Jaune and Pyrrha are drawn to something glowing in the darkness. Jaune hopes its the relics they're searching for, but it turns out to be the Death Stalker's tail stinger.

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