Grover Underwood: The Mother of Monsters.
Annabeth Chase: Echidna.
Echidna: Monster. It’s an odd word, considering my grandmother is your great-grandmother, and this has always been a family story. But… to my eye, the demigod is the more dangerous creature. Disruptive. Violent. If I exist for anything, it is to stand in the way of monsters like you.
Where does this quote come from? (Source)
This quote comes from a TV series ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’. The scene where this moment comes from is in Season 1 Episode 4, with the title of ‘I Plunge to My Death’ (1×04). Percy Jackson is based on a book series of the same name written by Rick Riordan. The series Percy Jackson and the Olympians is produced by Disney Branded Television and 20th Television (Disney+)
- TV Series: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023)
- Season: 1
- Episode: 4
- Episode Name: I Plunge to My Death
- Production: Disney Branded Television, 20th Television (Disney+)
Why we collected this quote
We included this because, like the Medusa quote, it flips the script on who the “bad guy” is. It challenges the idea that demigods are always the heroes.
What does this quote mean? (Meaning & Context)
Grover calls Echidna the “Mother of Monsters,” and she gets offended. She argues that from her perspective, demigods are the real monsters because they go around killing her children and disrupting the world. It’s all a matter of perspective.
Book vs TV Series
In the book, Echidna simply challenges Percy at the St. Louis Arch to prove he’s the son of Poseidon. The show gives Echidna a specific, crucial critique that flips the entire hero/monster narrative. By explicitly calling demigods the “dangerous creature,” the show deepens its theme of questioning authority. It suggests that we (the heroes) are the violent disruption in the gods’ world, not the other way around.
