Grover Underwood: Was she always like that?
Ares: Who?
Grover Underwood: Your sister. Athena.
Ares: What do you mean?
Grover Underwood: Always making things more complicated than they need to be so people will think she’s smarter than you.
Ares: Thank you! I can’t be the only one who sees it, right?
Grover Underwood: No. Not at all.
Ares: It certainly feels that way sometimes. And seriously, she’s the smart one? Really? If she’s so smart, explain the owl. She talks to it, like, all the time. This fat, nasty little feathered rodent. And it’s like her best friend. And we’re so sure that she’s a genius and I, no owl, am not?
Grover Underwood: Totally!
Ares: It’s like people only see what they wanna see and ignore anything at all that doesn’t fit the story they like to tell themselves.
Grover Underwood: Exactly!
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 5, with the title of ‘A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers’ (1×05). 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: 5
- Episode Name: A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers
- Production: Disney Branded Television, 20th Television (Disney+)
Why we collected this quote
We chose this because the dynamic between Grover and Ares is unexpectedly hilarious. It’s just two guys vibing and roasting a goddess.
What does this quote mean? (Meaning & Context)
Ares is insecure about Athena being the “smart” war god, so he tries to convince Grover she’s actually crazy because she talks to her owl. Grover, trying to stay on Ares’ good side, happily agrees. It’s a rare moment of comic relief.
Book vs TV Series
The book focuses on Ares and the stolen master bolt during the Denver diner scene. This is an added moment of pure, petty, god-level drama! This line highlights Ares’s cynical nature and his need to mock his sister, Athena. It reinforces the show’s theme that the gods are flawed, prone to gossip, and deeply immature, fitting the general characterization we’ve seen from Dionysus.
