Why can't Groot speak English?

When Groot was first introduced in the Marvel Comics as a villain, he was able to speak English fluently. However, he was retooled as a hero and his vocabulary was reduced to the phrase, "I am Groot." More recently in the 2018 comics series Infinity Countdown, Groot was changed to have a much wider vocabulary.
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Why can Groot only say I am Groot?

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".
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Who can understand Groot's language?

As a longtime associate of Rocket though, the raccoon is able to understand what Groot is saying from the moment they're introduced.
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Does Groot say the F word?

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.
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Why could Gamora understand Groot?

Gamora (and the viewer) understands Groot verbally because he is finally understood on an emotional level. After getting to know him across three movies, the audience understands him - without the need for a violent mind-meld.
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Why could Drax speak the language?

Drax knew the language from his childhood. It's not in anyone's translators.
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What is the last word of Groot?

“Dad”. When some twitter users asked Gunn (the writer and director of both GoTG movies), he replied that Groot's last words were “Dad” while he was speaking to Rocket when he was vanishing.
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Is Groot autistic?

He is an autistic-coded character because he only says three words but understands everything his friends say to and about him, which autistic people, who often have speech delays, can relate to. However, he is not literally autistic because he is a tree alien with a neurology that is totally different from a human's.
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Who said the first F word in Marvel?

Chris Pratt is "proud" to be the first person to drop an F-bomb in a Marvel movie.
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How did Groot say I love you?

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 ...
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Can Thor speak Groot?

Thor revealed that he understood the angsty adolescent because he once took Groot's specific language as an elective on Asgard.
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What is Groot's weakness?

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.
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Can Groot lift Stormbreaker?

However, the weapon wasn't ready until Groot completed it by dismembering himself - and, in doing so, he became the first person to lift Stormbreaker.
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What does Groot say before he dies?

As he fades away into dust, Groot says his whole “I am Groot” to Rocket Raccoon, but what he really means, according to Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn, is much sadder. The tree thinks the raccoon with the voice of Bradley Cooper doing an accent is his dad!
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Can Groot live forever?

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.
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Can adult Groot talk?

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.
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What superhero has autism?

Fantastic is both a claimed and a named autistic character. Reed Richards, or Mr. Fantastic, is a seminal character in the Marvel Universe, emblematic of the Silver Age collaboration between Jack Kirby and Stan Lee.
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Is Baby Groot a boy?

Though he's said this before, Gunn recently clarified in a tweet that Baby Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is Groot's son, not a baby version or a clone of Groot himself.
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How many years is Groot?

Original Groot has to be a couple of hundred years old, he's from another galaxy entirely. That's why the Collector was slobbering over him.
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What happens when Groot dies?

Well,he dies only once in Guardians Of The Galaxy,and Rocket kept a piece of him which grows into another groot. The big/adult Groot we saw in GOTG is dead,the baby groot is more like his son. They are not the same Groot.
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Why does gravy have Groot powers?

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.
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Who is Groot's mom?

Groot - his mother is Gamora, to him, in his eyes. We've seen Baby Groot, and how much Gamora loves him in Volume 2, and how much he loves her. Like... that is his mom.
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How old is Groot in human years?

Different aspects of his growth may take longer or shorter than a human's." So there we have it! "Infinity War" Groot could easily be the equivalent of say, a 12-year-old, while the 2014 Groot could have been more akin to a 19-year-old, even if the human math doesn't exactly line up.
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