The Grim Reaper's Scythe, or simply called "the Scythe", was designed to "carve a swath of despair and destruction through the world of men, to blacken the skies and redden the seas, leaving nothing behind but entropy and uncomfortable silence...".
As the Grim Reaper, Grim is the "Master of the Forces of Life and Death" his said weapon is an "Underworld Object of Ultimate Power."
Description[]
In the first five episodes, the scythe had a brown handle, was somewhat bent, and had a knob on it.
In the rest of the series as the 2D hand-drawn animation had further improved and evolved over the years, it has a smooth, straight black handle and slanted sickle.
Supernatural Properties[]
All the most prominent of Grim's powers stem from this scythe. For the most point, Grim is dependent upon the scythe in the series for his powers and is usually rendered powerless when disarmed, but has been seen shown as capable of a few magical feats without it, such as minor telekinesis and levitation, and emitting a supernatural energy beam that transfigures things.
The Reaper's Scythe has the ability to cut and slice through anything and, according to Jack O'Lantern in Billy and Mandy's Jacked Up Halloween, anything that has been cut by the scythe's blade cannot ever be repaired; however, when Billy cut off Grim's head with the scythe in The Incredible Shrinking Mandy Grim put his head back on. This may suggest that the wielder must intend for the object to stay off in order for it to work.
The Reaper's Scythe can be used to open rifts to 'the other side' it's main purpose being to open the way for the souls of the recently deceased to pass through.
The scythe, however, is not limited to just cutting through obstacles and opening portals, as Grim has also used it to open inter-and-extra-dimensional portals and rifts in the fabric of time and space, and cast spells. The scythe's blade can be used to fire bolts of energy at targets, give off light, deflect incoming energy blasts and put up protective barriers (Which Came First?,) and the handle can be used like a Light-saber, (Brown Evil).
In "Hurter Monkey", it was shown that the Scythe is able to uphold Grim's promise to be Billy and Mandy's best friend forever, preventing Grim from leaving Mandy's house with the intention of never coming back. In Billy Idiot, Grim admits that the only way a evil witch can overpower his scythe is if she can first turn it into a snake, and then turns it against him. In The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door it is shown that Grim could feel that the scythe had become fused with a bunch of children who were evil, but oddly delightful.
In Billy's fabrication of how he and Mandy first met Grim, in "Billy & Mandy Begins," it was referred to as his "gift of ultimate power" which Grim would willingly share with them in gratitude for reconstructing and revitalizing him from his bones, robe, to his skull. He and Billy had then joked that everyone knew that ultimate power came from dancing.
Known Thefts[]
A running gag in the show involves various people hilariously and pathetically stealing his scythe for their own gain.
According to the Boogeyman in Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure[]
- Jack O'Lantern ("Billy & Mandy's Jacked-Up Halloween")
- Billy ("Big Trouble in Billy's Basement", "Attack of the Clowns", "My Peeps")
- Mandy ("Which Came First?")
- Irwin ("Scythe For Sale", Irwin Live!)
- Harold ("Mommy Fiercest")
- Gladys ("Mommy Fiercest", "Reap Walking")
- Billy's Cousin (not Nergal Jr.)
- Milkshakes
- Dracula
- General Skarr ("Skarred For Life", "A Grim Day")
- Principal Goodvibes (As Goodbling)
- Mrs. Claus ("Billy and Mandy Save Christmas")
- The Secret Snake Club ("The Secret Snake Club")
- The Army
- Scout Troop 701
- The Sleestecks
- The President
- The Mailman
- The Dinglesmidght Sisters
- Boogey Man
- A llama
- A Turkey Salad Sandwich (Hold the Mayo)
Those Not Mentioned in Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure[]
- Eldridge Johnson-Mayer ("The Taking Tree")
- Puddin (Episode "A Grim Day")
- Sperg (Episode "The Secret Snake Club vs P.E.", to which Grim declares "I stopped caring, like, five episodes ago".)
- Nigel Planter ("Nigel Planter and the Order of the Peanuts")
- Velma Green ("Wrath of the Spider Queen")
- The-Delightful-Children-From-Down-the-Lane and millions of others while they were merged with "the Delightful Reaper"
- Numbuh 3 (temporarily gained the right as Grim Reaper)
- Dinobonoids ("Toys Will Be Toys")
Deaths[]
- Jack O' Lantern ("Billy & Mandy's Jacked-Up Halloween")
- Irwin Dracula ("Attack of the Clowns"; nightmare)
- The Schlubs ("The Schlubs")
Trivia[]
It is slightly similar to the immensely powerful Silence Glaive/Silent Scythe wielded by Sailor Saturn, the Sailor Guardian of Death and Rebirth, of the Sailor Moon manga, the 1990s anime's third season and fifth season, 2014 Sailor Moon Crystal anime and and two-part movie; both weapons belong to a being of considerable destructive and deathly power that is capable of destroying all that exists with it.
About Grim's Scythe[]
- "Can I use your hockey stick?"
- "Can't you use your scythe to stop her?"
- "I forgot to mention, the only an extremely powerful dark witch can overpower my scythe is by turning it into a snake and using it to tie us up."
- "Billy must have sold me Grim's scythe! With its power, I can make Mandy like me."
- "Have you seen me scythe?"
- "Do you know what could happen if me scythe falls into the wrong hands!!?"
- "It could open a vortex in the time and space, bringing about the end of time as we know it!!"
- "It must be me scythe at work."
- "Give me back me scythe!"
- "Irwin's using me scythe to control you!"
- "I'll be back to reap you as soon as I get the gum off me scythe."
- "We want you to use your scythe to open a rift to some place fun and creepy."
- "Me scythe must be getting dull from all that gardening."
- "Your crummy scythe is a piece of crud."
- "Me crummy scythe is not- I mean, my scythe is not a piece of crud!!"
- "Is too."
- "Is not."
- "All she needs is a good sharpening and she'll be good as new!!"
- "I must take it to F in the Underworld at once; only he can repair it."
- "How do we get there without the scythe?"
- "I busted me scythe, Man."
- "How old it it? One thousand?"
- "Two thousand."
- "I like me old scythe. it's a classic, I had it forever."
- "Your no match for me without your scythe."
- "You got your old scythe back."
- "The power of the Scythe."
- "Me scythe! Why is everyone always stealing me scythe!!?"
- "Where you think he took it, Mandy?"
- "I'll never seen my scythe again."
- "Behold, the power of the Scythe!!"
- "Give me that!"
Movies[]
- "Remember what I told you about my scythe."
- "What did I just say about me scythe?"
- "The scythe."
- "Jack O' Lantern, give me my scythe!"
- "I'll be needing it to control the universe and cut your head off like you did mine."
- "Any head cut off with the Grim Reaper's scythe stays off. Forever."
- "Me scythe got stolen.I wasn't anywhere near it when those giant pumpkins wrecked half of Endsville."
- "...And use the Grim Reaper's scythe to unplug their toilets?"
- "It is true that your scythe was not only stolen by a headless man wearing a pumpkin on his neck, but it was also stolen by Billy, Mandy, Irwin, Billy's mother, Billy's father, Billy's cousin, Billy's cat, Dracula, General Skarr, Principal Goodvibes, Mrs. Claus, the Secret Snake Club, the Army, Scout Troop 701, the Sleestecks, the President, the mailman, the Dinglesmidt Sisters, the Boogey Man, a llama, and a turkey salad sandwich...hold the mayo?"
- "He admits to irresponsibly losing his scythe, an epic and ancient tool filled with terrible magics beyond mortal understanding, on multiple occasions."
- "I've lost me scythe!! I love that scythe!!"
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