Groot is a Flora colossus from Planet X, the capital of the branch worlds. The Flora colossi are tree-like beings whose language is almost impossible to understand due to the stiffness of their larynxes, causing their speech to sound like they are repeating the phrase "I am Groot".
Galactic Roots. Hailing from the Branch Worlds' Planet X, Groot is part of a species called Groot, so his name is also the title of his taxonomic classification.
It's never been stated that Groot was the last of his kind. In fact, the Groot that appeared at the end of the Guardians of the Galaxy movie and grew during the second film and Infinity War was the offspring of the first.
It should be noted that Annihilators #1 suggests that Groot is only pretending to be a monarch, and the events of Tales to Astonish fall under his rebellious younger years, though his birthright has yet to be definitely disproven. Either way, he's one smart tree.
The Flora colossi are tree like beings from Planet X, the capital of the branch worlds. They were all created, alongside other species like the Whitecaps, by the Elder of the Universe known as the Gardener who seeded many worlds with life using the Time Stone.
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How powerful is Alpha Groot?
Like, king Groots' powers contain, resurrecting the dead, incredible and very durable armor to his body, can control all plant-life via psychokinesis, which btw, he can absorb other plants life forces to make himself stronger…and etc.
Groot appears in Guardians of the Galaxy (2015), voiced again by Kevin Michael Richardson. This version's home planet was invaded by Ronan the Accuser, which left Groot the last of his kind.
Towards the end of the Marvel Cinematic Universe sequel, Groot says, “I love you guys” — a departure from his usual dialogue of “I am Groot.” James Gunn has confirmed that this isn't actually Groot vocalizing the words “I love you guys,” but rather, the moment signifies that the audience has spent enough time with the ...
How does Gravik get Groot's powers in Secret Invasion? Though not yet confirmed, it seems like Gravik will get Groot's powers by using the Guardians of the Galaxy hero's harvested DNA. In the show's trailer, Gravik can be seen wielding powers that are very similar to Groot's.
In the mainstream Marvel universe, Groot is part of the species dubbed 'Flora colossus,' with repetitive speech due to a stiff larynx that causes the tree-like beings to repeat the same phrases over and over.
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The fight is remarkably close - Hulk's blows fail to knock Groot down (since he's rooted to the ground), and the Flora Colossus is able to both send Hulk flying with a punch and restrain him with vines and branches.
We're meant to believe that Groot transcends the laws of nature by absorbing wood, acting as a monster with consciousness and generally behaving in manners that do not apply to trees as we know them. Yet Groot's weakness is actually termites.
Groot's language is known to Thor, but he's likely just calling Groot “tree” by his looks rather than his name. In the comics, Groot's actual full name is “His Divine Majesty King Groot the 23rd, Monarch of Planet X, custodian of the branch worlds, ruler of all the shades.”
But one godly connection might technically give one of Earth's Mightiest Heroes an unlikely brother. The revelations about Phoenix and Gaea in Avengers 1,000,000 BC #1 (by Jason Aaron, Kev Walker, Dean White, and VC's Cory Petit) suggest that Thor might actually be brothers with Groot of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
"Baby Groot is the result of a form of asexual reproduction known as vegetative propagation," Wong explained. "Plants, unlike most animals, retain their stem cells through their lives. So cloning them is super easy. Baby Groot is therefore a perfect genetic clone of Big Groot."
The movie's post-credits scene revealed his adolescent form, which is the term James Gunn prefers over designating Groot as a teen. An adolescent is defined as being between 10-19 years old, but Gunn's preference could mean he is a pre-teen.
As we all saw at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy when Groot heroically turns into a wooden roll cage and sacrifices himself for his fellow teammates, he can grow back from almost anything. So long as there's some good soil and a pot around, he is basically immortal.
We last saw Groot continuing his journey with the Guardians, now a bit more mature and bulky. The Skrulls likely were able to obtain Groot's DNA through some left-over detached branches during his time on Earth during either Infinity War or Endgame.
In the fifth episode "Harvest," Nick Fury explained to Sonya Falsworth that almost every Avenger shed blood during the Battle of Earth, which took place in and around the demolished ruins of the Avengers Compound. Afterward, Fury sent the Skrulls in to sift through the wreckage to obtain the DNA samples.
Gunn said in a now-deleted tweet that Baby Groot "drops about 50 f-bombs in Guardians 2." They can't be heard since Groot only says, "I am Groot," which is how the director was able to get away with so many uses of the F-word without the movie being rated R.
When the Gardener is defeated, he uses his powers to restore Groot to his full-grown self, and Groot is able to speak English - though he refers to himself in third person.
During this reformative time, Groot follows a growth cycle similar to humans, from infant to adolescent and finally to adulthood, with each stage bringing with it evolving intelligence and temperament levels.
Back in Guardians 1, Groot grew into a giant sphere to encase the rest of the Guardians as the spaceship that they were on crashed. While this saved his friends, Groot died from the impact.
Real trees use energy from photosynthesis to absorb carbon from the atmosphere, and that carbon becomes their physical "body." Given that we don't see Groot eat anything but one of his own leaves in the first Guardians of the Galaxy, and some candy in Vol.
