Lex Luthor knew that if he was going to have a serious chance against the Super Friends, he needed an animal on the team. Cheetah was pretty close since her pajamas had a tail taped on to the back of them, but Luthor still had his heart set on a real super-powered animal. He held open call tryouts and interviewed a bear with the super power of bike-riding, a jellyfish that smelled like peach, a dog that could count. . .But even with all of those qualified applicants, he decided on a gorilla that could talk. . .In all seriousness, talking is a pretty handy ability (unless you're Riddler). If all Grodd hung out with was regular gorillas, he'd be like the Superman of the group. He could order a pizza or explain the lyrics to love songs... he'd be a monkey hero. Around humans, all he can really do is carry the groceries from the car to the kitchen in fewer trips. Gorillas are strong, but not unstoppable rampage strong. What made him sadder was that he couldn't even get talking quite right. His grammar was fine, and he knew all the sinister words you need to use when you're evil, but every three or four syllables he'd have to pause and slurp a chin full of drool back into his mouth. . . I don't understand how Grodd ever tried to take us over with his power of talking. You can talk all you want to the army. They still have guns, and they still work on monkeys. If your face isn't bulletproof, that means it's going to explode when the National Guard shoots it no matter what you say to the bullet. And once Grodd's martial law falls apart and we're reclaiming our planet from him, he won't be able to hide from the revolutionaries with that noisy spit slurping problem.