Ms. Grunion is a cruel, rude, strict, pompous, manipulative, selfish, untrustworthy, fat and ugly social worker that is attempting to get Sherman taken away from Mr. Peabody. She doesn't actually care for Sherman's well being, she actually wants to make his and Peabody's lives miserable.
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Ms. Grunion is first introduced when Mr. Peabody is meeting with the principal about Sherman biting Penny in the lunch room. She walks out of an office in the side of the Principal's office. She is shown to have more power over the principal and she is defeated by Agamemmon and the Police. In the end, as she says that one day, Mr. Peabody will make a wrong move and that then, she will get him, Agamemmon grabs her as he is taken back to his time, taking her as well.
She bares a slight resemblance to Jane Kangaroo from the book, Horton Hears a Who!, as both are antagonists who attempt to protect children and lead a rebellion against the main protagonists. However, Grunion doesn't actually care about any of our heroes and Jane isn't really evil or cruel, she just didn't believe Horton and was ignorant of the Who's exisistence.
Although she is the main antagonist of the film, her role was not very large, since a majority of the film focuses on Mr. Peabody, Sherman, and Penny.