Grunt

Grunt or Grunts may refer to:

• a deep guttural sound
  • death grunt, the death metal singing style
• "The Grunt", a 1970 instrumental recording by The J.B.'s
• Fobos-Grunt, a failed Russian mission to Phobos, one of the moons of Mars
• A food preparation similar to a cobbler

Fish

• fish of the family Haemulidae
• Grunt sculpin, the only member of the fish family Rhamphocottidae

Military contexts

• An infantryman, in military slang
• Grunt (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe

Games

• Grunt (board wargame), a 1971 tactical wargame
• Gruntz, a 1999 puzzle/strategy game
• Gruntz 15mm SCI-FI, a table top wargame

Many games use the "simple soldier" meaning:

• A Warcraft orcish warrior
• The simplest unit in the video game Z
• The smallest enemy in the video game Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
• A class in the multiplayer mode of the video game Conker: Live & Reloaded
• An enemy in the Half-Life universe
• The weakest monster in Quake (video game)
• Grunt (Halo), an alien in the game Halo
• A Krogan squadmate in Mass Effect 2

• In the Pokemon games, especially on Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal versions the main character battles Grunts, members of the Team Rocket crime syndicate that rank below the executives.

Fiction

• Grunts!, a 1992 fantasy by Mary Gentle
• Grunts (film), a gay pornographic film
• Grunts (film), a 1983 Italian film featured in the movie Troll 2
• Grunts (comics), a comic book mini-series by Keith Giffen

See also

• Grunting (tennis), in tennis refers to the loud noise, sometimes described as "shrieking" or "screaming", made by some players during their strokes

• Grunt Records, a vanity label founded in 1971 by Jefferson Airplane and distributed by RCA Records.