Editing Thirsty Grunt

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|image = [[File:Food_nipple_grunt.jpg|300px|The Thirsty Grunt]]
|name = "Thirsty Grunt"
|homeworld = [[Balaho]]
|death = [[2552|September 22nd, 2552]]
|rank = [[Special Operations]]
|species = [[Unggoy]]
|gender = Male
|height = 4'6 without armor
|weapons = [[Plasma Pistol]]
|equipment = *[[Unggoy Combat Harness]]
*[[Methane Tank]]
|eyes = White
|era = [[Human-Covenant War]] and
[[9th Age of Reclamation]]
|notable = [[Battle of Installation 04]]
|affiliation = [[Covenant Empire]]
}}

The '''Thirsty Grunt''', was an [[Unggoy]] soldier who served during the [[Battle of Installation 04]]. It appears in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' as an easter egg.

==Appearances==
In the ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' level, {{Levelname|The Maw}}, after the bridge where you see [[Foe Hammer]] get shot down, keep to the right side of the tunnel. You will eventually see a small tunnel in the side of the wall. Go down there and you find a tunnel to your right.

You will see many [[Flood]] corpses, and one [[Special Ops Grunts|SpecOps]] Unggoy that is still alive. He will stand there until you approach, after which he will look up and say, ''"Good thing that [[food-nipple]]'s waiting for me at the starship 'cause man, have I worked up a big, grunty thirst!"'' ([http://images.wikia.com/halo/images/0/07/Thirsty_Grunt.ogg listen]) He will say nothing else and will continue to sit there unless you [[melee]] him. In this case, he will stagger back, like meleeing a normal Unggoy, or he will die. He will not attack you and will simply treat you like an ally. He is also one of the few enemies in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' who happens to have a fully loaded [[Plasma Pistol]].

Note that he is the only SpecOps Grunt in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' who carries a Plasma Pistol. All others in the game carry [[Needler]]s or [[Fuel Rod Gun]]s.

The Thirsty Grunt, and the [[Final Grunt]] are the only enemy Grunts that [[Special Dialogue Unggoy|never shoot you]]. The [[Cowardly Grunt]] of [[Halo 2]] is actually an ally.

==Quotes==
*"Good thing that food nipple's waiting for me at the [[starship]], 'cause man, have I worked up a big grunty thirst!"
*"Bite me!" (This is a rare quote that happens if you do not kill him)
*"Crikey!" (This is a rare quote that happens if you do not kill him)
*"No! Please no!" (If you melee him)

''Note'': If you kill him before he says his dialogue he will sometimes re-animate to say it.

==Trivia==
*This Unggoy is one of the three Special Dialogue Unggoy, the other two being the Final Grunt and the Cowardly Grunt.
*On the old page for the Grunt water bottle at the [[Bungie]] store, the description mentions a "grunty thirst."
*If you pick up the Grunt's [[Plasma Pistol]] and overcharge it, the green orb of energy will not appear, only the sparks do.
*Of all three of the Special Dialogue Unggoy, this Unggoy seems to be the most highly ranked.
*The Unggoy will only spawn if the player goes in the first entrance to the passage. If the player goes around to the second entrance he will not spawn.

==Related Pages==
*[[Cowardly Grunt]]
*[[Final Grunt]]

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' {{1st}}
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