History Series / Grimm

* PowerWalk: We get one in "Tribunal" as the rest of the gang launch Monroe's rescue from the Wesenrein.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the first couple of episodes Nick was a master of the SherlockScan, instantly and accurately profiling whomever he came across.

* HybridMonster: Though uncommon, it seems interbreeding Wesen can produce these. Monroe and Rosalee vaguely and awkwardly mention this being the possibility of the two of them having kids.

** Monroe nearly as strong as Nick [[GameFace if he goes wolfy]], which admittedly isn't his favorite thing, [[GeniusBruiser and knows way more about Wesen traditions and the supernatural than Nick does]].

*** As of mid-Season 4, [[spoiler:she's also now a hexenbiest who can blow the top of a guy's skull off with her mind.]] So there's that.

** Played straight with [[spoiler:Juliette]] in the second half of Season 4.

* INeedAFreakingDrink:
** Monroe’s response to finding out that a hardcore Grimm might be in town, he keeps drinking a glass of red wine like it’s a life line while telling Hank and Nick about it.
** In "The Three Bad Wolves", after finding out that Hap was willing to cooperate with a Grimm (and also that none of them were trying to kill each other), this was Angelina's response. Later in the episode, after [[spoiler: Hap is killed and Angelina goes after revenge]], Monroe does this too.
** Happens a lot to Monroe in "Season of the Hexenbiest", though the circumstances are more emotional than physical in the above cases.
** Nick and Monroe both do this in ''Face Off'', Nick after [[spoiler: seeing Renard kissing Juliette and being told they're probably under a spell]] and Monroe a bit later. They're having that kind of day--at the end of that kind of week.
** Monroe does this when he and Nick are trying to figure out how to undo the spell on Renard and Juliette. The reason he needs one is because all the twists and complications in the process pretty much involve every character in the show.
** A lighter version occurs in "Mr. Sandman" as Nick, Hank, Monroe, and Rosalee talk about Captain Renard and his... complex backstory.
** In "The Waking Dead", Juliette, Monroe, Rosalee, and Bud are unanimous on this point after [[InternalReveal events in the spice shop]].

** Weirdly not to long after this Rosalee starts calling them potions
* InterspeciesRomance: While it isn't known how taboo it is, the ziegevolk in "Lonelyhearts" was able to reproduce with humans, so humans and Wesen are genetically compatible. [[spoiler:While it isn't known how human-Wesen lovers are seen, to the Old Land wesen wedding outside their species is a big no-no and will result in being hunted down and killed.]]

** Occurs in "The Good Shepherd". [[spoiler: As a byproduct, it also reveals that yes, wesen of different types can have children together with no real issue.]]

* TheyDo: In "Good Night, Sweet Grimm" [[spoiler:Nick and Juliette finish reconciling their relationship with Juliette a full partner in the Grimm side of things, while [[BetaCouple Monroe and Rosalee]] consummate their own relationship.]]
** [[spoiler: Later, in "Key Move", the same thing happens to Nick and Adalind, after their son is born, and they spend some time living together, and they sleep together.]]

** Juliette is not just [[TheChick a kind and diplomatic person who comforts Nick and Hank]]. She is a vet, [[ScienceHero with skills in science]] and an impressive knowledge of Spanish. [[CombatPragmatist Also, she can take down an ogre]].

''Grimm'' is a [[CopsAndDetectives detective series]] with significant {{Fantasy| Series}} and {{Horror| Series}} elements. It premiered in October 2011.

Nick Burkhardt, a new on the beat homicide police detective with the Portland Police Bureau in Oregon, is about to propose to the woman of his dreams. He comes home to discover his Aunt Marie has turned up unexpectedly. They take a walk and she hits him with the truth she's been keeping secret from him: he is one of the last descendants of the Grimm family -- as in Creator/TheBrothersGrimm -- and as such, is gifted with the ability to see monsters, or "Wesen", walking among us, and that his family has hunted and slain these monsters for generations.

Now Nick must cope with his new abilities, the knowledge that comes with them, and still do his job as a police officer.

Over the course of the first season, the series has moved away from MonstersOfTheWeek and PoliceProcedural elements wrapped up in self-contained episodes into a more of a ongoing drama with various subplots all running concurrently that happens to be centered around police work and Wesen life. At the same time, the show has branched off from focusing on Nick as the central character into more of a ensemble feel by giving other characters more screen time and involvement in various plots. Not a surprising development, since the show was co-created by two alumni of influential and famously MythArc- and ensemble-heavy UrbanFantasy ''{{Series/Angel}}''.

There was a web series to hold fans over during the off season (winter hiatus 2012-2013). They deal with the misadventures of Monroe helping Rosalee in the spice shop. Another web series was posted between Season 2 and Season 3 showing Bud the Eisbiber having to deal with a problem of his own. A third web series set around Valentine's Day 2014 shows Juliette and Rosalee dealing with a Ziegevolk.

Creator/DynamiteComics tie-in comic books, ''Grimm'' (2013-2014), ''Grimm: The Warlock'' (2013-2014), ''Grimm Portland, Wu'' (2014) and ''Grimm'' (2016-2017).

Three novels based on the series were released ''The Icy Touch'' by John Shirley, ''The Chopping Block'' by John Passarella and ''The Killing Time'' by Tim Waggoner.

A companion book called ''Aunt Marie's Book of Lore'' written from an InUniverse perspective was released in 2013.

The show ended its run on March 31, 2017, after a shortened sixth season.

!! Provides Examples Of:

* SinisterScythe: Seems to be the WeaponOfChoice for the Reapers of the Grimms.

* OurMonstersAreDifferent: Called 'Wesen' in-universe. Wiki/TheOtherWiki has a more complete list.

* TheGrimReaper: Played with. In this continuity, it isn't the ''Grim'' Reaper, but Reapers of the ''Grimms'', an organization of (as-yet-unidentified) Wesen dedicated to wiping out the Grimms and who use scythes as weapons. According to Wiki/TheOtherWiki the Reapers of Grimms are an organization of trolls with strong evidence from the name of the first to appear (Hulda).

* SeldomSeenSpecies: A lot of Wesen are inspired by animals. While you have your usual lions, tigers, and bears, there are also some that take cues from more unique species. There are pufferfish, lamprey, porcupine, Saber-toothed cat, badger, otter, and gecko-like wesen. And while it's never been seen in the show, the books in Nick's trailer have images of a platypus wesen.

* BigNO: In "Law of Sacrifice" Adalind has one [[spoiler:when she realizes that her baby Diana has been taken away.]] [[UpToEleven It's so big it blows out every car window on the street.]]

* MindOverMatter: [[spoiler:Adalind's baby]] is rapidly showing to be proficient in this, even forcing a Verrat to commit a PsychicAssistedSuicide. Presumably, all Hexenbiests and Zauberbiests have this to a limited extent, but [[spoiler:the baby]] turns this UpToEleven having been supercharged by [[spoiler:the ritual that returned Adalind's powers]].

* Foil: Juliette and Adalind. Juliette is calm and collected but also independent, but shows intent to help others for the sake of helping others. Adalind is emotional but submissive and will obey the worst people near-mindlessly to get what she wants. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:while trained Hexenbeists are self-entitled bitches that will do anything to attain more power, they ''handle'' power well. Those that don't realize what they have until adulthood go DrunkWithPower and rip apart their own lives]].

* FantasticTerrorists: Season Five involves Nick facing the Wesennote a collective term used to describe the creatures visible to the Grimms; they are the basis not only of the fairy tales that the Brothers Grimm have compiled, but also of the many legends and folklore from many cultures Supremacist group Black Claw. Already responsible for much upheaval in the Middle East, South America, Africa and Europe, their now planning to take over America staring in Portland. Black Claw holds the belief that world should belong to Wesen, forcing them to come out of hiding and to re-embrace the barbaric traditions most have left in the past (such as hunting humans for food, human sacrifice rituals etc.) Their methodology involves positioning their operatives in key positions through corruption and assassination, radicalising peaceful Wesen, brainwashing children and terrorising any Wesen who don't join or oppose them.

-> You have to hunt down the bad ones, just like your ancestors did. There's a reason that you're a cop. You have an ability, and you must use it.

* TheDreaded: Grimms have a nasty reputation among all Wesen and merely being in the presence of a Grimm can cause some of the meeker ones to go into panic mode. For the Grimms that have gone up against the more nastier aspects of Wesen society such as that featured in "Organ Grinder" on a regular basis, their cynical KillEmAll mentality is perhaps justified/rationalized in their minds simply due to the infrequent instances of running into people like Hap and Monroe.

** The Endezeichen Grimms are even ''worse''. They are the torture technicians of the Grimm world, who loathe Wesen with a burning passion and their entire goal is simply to KillEmAll; but not before ritually branding them and dismembering their limbs, fingers, testicles, etc. Compared to them, the Grimms who cut off heads are downright ''cuddly!''

** The Grimms have been killing Wesen for centuries, and the families of the dead hold grudges. Monroe's grandfather was killed by a Grimm and he is afraid that he will be disowned if his family finds out that he is helping Grimms instead of killing them. Of course this is somewhat one-sided since the KillEmAll mentality many Grimms have means that while most wesen dread and hate Grimms, for many Grimms [[ButForMeItWasTuesday it was just Tuesday]].

* BadBoss: Prince Eric has the Baron turn one of his underlings into a zombie apparently just for the lulz of it

* ChekhovsGunman: The first Wesen Nick sees, Adalind, [[spoiler:is working with the forces attempting to kill off Marie, and almost succeeds at the end of the pilot]].

* MagicalSecurityCam: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] in 'Beeware' when Nick asks if they can "do anything" (answer: "no, the camera's stationary") with recorded footage of a [[FlashMobCoverup flash mob murder]].

* AdultFear:
** La Llorona: a ghost/wesen ''thing'' who kidnaps children and then proceeds to drown them every year on Halloween.
** Blutbaden. The first episode has one who kidnaps a little girl wearing red and hides her in his home, planning on fattening her up and later eating her. According to Monroe, this is common.
** See RapeAsDrama
** The Graussen: Your child becomes afflicted with something that makes them unpredictably violent and seemingly monstrous and there's nothing anybody can do to identify or cure it.
** TheKrampus: An evil Santa that kidnaps naughty children, hangs them in baskets from the highest tree in the area, and then [[spoiler: eats them alive]]. (This may also be wish fulfillment; anyone who is or has ever been a high school or middle school teacher can think of more than a few teenagers he'd gladly turn over to Krampus.)
** Your spouse [[DomesticAbuse hits you]] and you leave him, only for him to start pursuing you. Besides which, you know he really is a literal monster and you can't tell your friends because you don't know that they'd believe you (or that one of them is a Grimm).
** Just the Aswangs. [[spoiler: Especially if you're a pregnant woman. Some creature comes in the middle of the night, drugs you so you can't stop them, and ''devours your unborn child.'' Bonus points in the case in "Mommy Dearest" for the perpetrator being the pregnant woman's ''mother-in-law''.]]
** [[spoiler: Zerstörer's EvilPlan involves taking Diana as his ''bride.'']]

* ImperiledInPregnancy: One of Sgt. Wu's Filipino friends gets attacked by an aswang, which nearly kills her fetus while she was sleeping. Nick and Hank were able to resolve the situation and save her again from the monster.

* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Although the show seems to delight in showing [[AdultFear kids in terrible danger]] and seems to imply infanticide in the past, there have not been any children deaths within the show itself.