The grizzly bear was Rachel's primary battle morph, replacing her African elephant's primary combat duties.
Acquiring[]
- "I was thinking about flying out to The Gardens, to the zoo. Maybe acquiring some new morph. Something really strong and mean in case we get into a fight down there. A lion. Or a grizzly bear or something."
- ―Rachel to Tobias
This is the only primary battle morph of one of the six core Animorphs that was not acquired in The Invasion. Rachel acquired the grizzly bear in The Stranger, when she is informed that the Animorphs would be revisiting the Yeerk pool. Deciding to upgrade her battle morph from an African elephant, she flies out to The Gardens at night and enters the grizzly enclosure, electing to acquire the male grizzly, whom she awakens. Later in The Ultimate, despite Rachel's jealously, Julio decides to acquire a grizzly morph as well.
Usage[]
- "My favorite morph was the grizzly bear. Seven feet tall standing erect. You cannot imagine the power, especially when united with human intelligence and knowledge. Compared to my grizzly morph a human being is like something made out of glued-together Popsicle sticks. How many times have I felt that change as muscle piles on muscle, as the thick brown fur covers me, as the rail spike claws grow from my fingers? The grizzly bear and I had been through a lot together."
- ―Rachel
This morph quickly replaced African elephant, as Rachel's main battle morph. It was her favorite and her most used morph. It was used in most of the battles. In the alternate timeline, shown in Elfangor's Secret, Marco used this morph.
Apperances[]
- The Stranger (acquired and morphed by Rachel; cover morph)
- The Andalite's Gift (morphed by Rachel)
- The Alien (morphed by Rachel)
- The Secret (morphed by Rachel)
- The Android (morphed by Rachel)
- The Forgotten (morphed by Rachel)
- The Reaction (accidentally morphed by Rachel)
- The Change (morphed by Rachel)
- The Unknown (morphed by Rachel)
- The Escape (morphed by Rachel)
- The Warning (morphed by Rachel)
- The Underground (morphed by Rachel)
- In the Time of Dinosaurs (morphed by Rachel)
- The Discovery (morphed by Rachel)
- The Threat (morphed by Rachel)
- The Solution (mentioned)
- The Pretender (morphed by Rachel)
- The Suspicion (morphed by Rachel)
- The Extreme (morphed by Rachel)
- The Attack (morphed by Rachel)
- The Exposed (morphed by Rachel)
- The Experiment (morphed by Rachel)
- Elfangor's Secret (partially morphed by Marco; alternate timeline)
- The Conspiracy (morphed by Rachel)
- The Separation (morphed by Mean Rachel)
- The Illusion (morphed by Rachel)
- The Prophecy (morphed by Rachel)
- The Proposal (morphed by Rachel)
- VISSER (wild grizzly bear)
- The Mutation (morphed by Rachel)
- The Weakness (morphed by Rachel)
- The Arrival (morphed by Rachel)
- The Hidden (morphed by Rachel)
- The Other (morphed by Rachel)
- Back to Before (morphed by Rachel)
- The Familiar (morphed by Rachel)
- The Journey (morphed by Rachel)
- The Test (morphed by Rachel)
- The Unexpected (morphed by Rachel)
- The Revelation (morphed by Rachel)
- The Deception (morphed by Rachel)
- The Resistance (morphed by Rachel)
- The Return (morphed by Rachel)
- The Diversion (morphed by Rachel)
- The Ultimate (acquired by Julio; morphed by Rachel and Julio)
- The Sacrifice (morphed by Rachel)
- The Answer (morphed by Rachel)
- The Beginning (morphed by Rachel)