While Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase had to retrieve the God of War's shield from Hephaestus' water park, Grover was left eating cheeseburgers with Ares. At the time, he decided to cheekily mention his favorite wars, namely, the Turbot, Lobster, and 335-year wars. The question is, are these wars real outside the series?
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Grover Slams the God of War in the Latest Percy Jackson Episode
The latest episode of Percy Jackson and the Olympians titled "A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers" leads the trio, Percy, Annabeth, and Grover to Ares the God of War.
Considering that the Olympians want nothing from the demigods apart from them abiding by their orders, Ares asks the same thing from the kids — to retrieve his shield from the water park.
To make sure that Ares had leverage and that the trio wouldn't run away from his task, he holds Grover 'hostage' by keeping him in his company, while Percy and Annabeth fetch his shield.
Grover willingly surrendered to keep the God of War at bay. Once the two left, Grover brought up that he was a big fan of Ares, which God didn't take lightly. He refused to believe it.
The only thing that captured the God of War's attention was when Grover mentioned three specific wars: the Turbot War, the Lobster War, and the 335-year War, all of which, as Ares described, had the least deaths in his time.
This caused fans to question: did these wars exist in real life, too? The short answer is yes. Here's what happened.
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Were the Turbot, Lobster, and 335-Year Real Wars?
The thing about Ares from the Percy Jackson series is that he is a huge fan of wars. Plus points if they end in multiple deaths and destruction.
However, the Turbot War, the Lobster War, and the 335-year War were the least of his favorites and were considered his biggest defeats in Rick Riordan's universe because of their bloodless wars.
Did you know these wars happened in real life, too?
The Turbot War
The Turbot War all began with a dispute between Canada and Spain in 1995, over protecting fish stock that eventually led to a territorial dispute.
While the main goal of Canadians was to protect their exclusive fish species, the Greenland turbot, within their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to revive their fishing industry, the Spanish happened to be after this fish, too, considering that its rarity meant it had high economic value.
Nevertheless, the dispute was settled by Spain being forced to leave the disputed zone, while Canada earned the right to reject foreign fishing vessels from their EEZ.
The Lobster War
As the war name implies, the Lobster War has a similar notion to the Turbot War — a fishing dispute turned into a territorial dispute. This time, between the French and the Brazilian Navy.
The war ensued due to the French fishermen refusing to cooperate in retreating their fishing boats from Brazilian fishing borders.
After three years, the dispute was settled through an agreement, with Brazil expanding its territorial waters, while the French could fish for the infamous lobsters for five years.
The 335-Year War
Another bloodless war was the 335-year war. A "bloodless conflict between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly" back in 1651. As the name suggests, it was the world's longest war which only ended in 1986.
It would appear that the 335-year war also happened to have been dubbed the "forgotten war" until locals checked the records that a peace treaty had not been signed. Thus, ending the past dispute without so much as firing a shot.
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