I Am Groot
Groot
Groot is a Marvel Comics character created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Jack Kirby, first appearing in Tales to Astonish #13 (November, 1960).
Groot is an extraterrestrial, sentient tree-like creature, and the monarch of Planet X. He is a founding member of Star-Lord's Guardians of the Galaxy, and is known for his longtime friendship with Rocket Raccoon.
Groot appears in:
Notable ComicsAnime
- Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers voiced by Masato Funaki
Film
- Marvel Cinematic Universe (2014 — present), voiced by Vin Diesel
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
- I Am Groot (2022)
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Rides
- Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! (2017), voiced by Fred Tatasciore
Video Games
- Marvel Heroes (2013)
- Marvel Puzzle Quest (2013)
- LEGO Marvel Super Heroes (2014), voiced by Troy Baker
- Marvel: Avengers Alliance (2014)
- Marvel: Contest of Champions (2014)
- Marvel Future Fight (2015)
- Disney Infinity (2015), voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson
- Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series (2017), voiced by Adam Harrington
- Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (2017), voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson
- LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 (2017), voiced by Stefan Ashton Frank
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order (2019), voiced by Adam Harrington
- Fortnite
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2021)
Web Animation
- Rocket & Groot voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson
Western Animation
- The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010-2012), voiced by Troy Baker
- Ultimate Spider-Man (2012-2017), initially voiced by Michael Clarke Duncan (in "Guardians of the Galaxy"), and later by Kevin Michael Richardson (for subsequent episodes)
- Avengers Assemble (2013-2019), voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson
- Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (2013-2015), voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson
- Guardians Of TheGalaxy (2015-2019), voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson
- Marvel's Spider-Man (2020) voiced by Connor Andrade
- Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) voiced by Vin Diesel
I am Tropes:
- All of the Other Reindeer: Groot was the smallest and kindest of Planet X's Flora colossus and was thus barely minded by the others.
- The Big Guy: Shares this with Drax.
- Big Guy, Little Guy: The big guy to Rocket Raccoon's little guy.
- Characterisation Marches On: In Annihilation: Conquest and the earlier issues of the series, he was capable of saying other things than "I am Groot". During Star-Lord's miniseries, he was also a colossal jerk (think Doctor Doom, but in tree form). He mellowed out after that. This is likely because when he was first introduced to modern audiences, he was intended to be the same "Groot" who had attacked Earth in one of Marvel's early pre-Fantastic Four "giant monster" comics. After he'd developed into a more sympathetic character, it was heavily implied that he is not, in fact, the same being that attacked Earth, but merely another member of the same species.
- Deus Exit Machina: Generally regarded as the team's heaviest hitter, Groot was absent from the team's official foundation as he was still recovering from his sacrifice in Annihilation: Conquest. Likewise, whenever he needs to be written out for drama they simply have him make a slow recovery from a prior battle.
- The Exile: Banished from his home planet after A) killing another member of his species to defend a maintenance mammal it was brutalizing, and B) releasing a human subject that was kidnapped for scientific purposes.
- Fake King: He's not actually a king.
- Genius Bruiser: He is apparently quite smart and eloquent, we just can't understand what he's saying. He's also got a fantastic right hook.
- Gentle Giant: Big as a tree and a pretty friendly guy.
- Glass Cannon: In Bendis stories he gets destroyed easily.
- Healing Factor: A very impressive one. Groot can, depending on the circumstances, regenerate lost limbs and even his entire body within seconds of being destroyed. Though going from a single splinter usually takes much longer and requires water.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Rocket.
- The Idealist: Groot is almost nothing but optimism.
- Noodle Incident: Groot somehow has a higher bounty than Rocket.
- Plant Aliens: He's an alien being resembling a walking tree.
- Pokémon Speak: "I am Groot!" As it turns out, his species's larynxes are so stiff, any speech they try to make comes out as that single phrase. Whenever Groot says this phrase, he's saying quite a lot, and it takes careful noting of his inflections to find out what he's saying.
- Red Baron: Groot, King of Planet X, Ruler of All He Shades, Flora Colossus.
- Restored My Faith in Humanity: Groot comes across Numinus in space. She's currently in a Heroic BSoD after witnessing the recent tragedies of the Marvel Universe such as Wanda's mental breakdown, the Civil War, and Dark Phoenix Cyclops killing Xavier. She questions if anything is even salvageable anymore but Groot restores her faith with three words. Of course, since this is Groot, those three words hold infinitely more meaning than they seem.
- Retcon: The Groot from Tales To Astonish #13 is not the Groot that joined the Guardians of the Galaxy, rather another larger member of the species of which Guardians!Groot is the smallest and least cruel.
- Treants: Groot is a rare science fiction example of this trope, appearing as a towering, plant-like humanoid alien chiefly composed of wood. A bit of a borderline case, as he doesn't share many traits associated with this trope such as an association with forests, although he does posses some degree of control over plant life.
- Verbal Tic Name: I am Groot!
- When Trees Attack: He's a tree-like alien called the Flora colossus, with a very strong right hook.
- The Worf Effect: He's generally the team's strongest member, and if not, always the largest. Combined with his ability to recover, he's probably the one that will go down first against a villain who needs to establish their cred.
I Am Allies
Rocket Raccoon
Rocket Raccoon is a Marvel Comics character created by Bill Mantlo and Keith Giffen, first appearing in Marvel Preview #7 (June, 1976).
Partially inspired by the song "Rocky Raccoon" by The Beatles, Rocket mostly served as a joke character for the majority of his existence in the Marvel Universe, only appearing in ten issues over thirty years.
It wasn't until the Annihilation: Conquest event that Rocket would gain some prominence, showing up as a supporting character in the Star-Lord tie-in series. His role there then segued into the rebooted Guardians of the Galaxy title, where he'd establish himself as a prominent member of the team, appearing in just about every iteration of the lineup ever since.
Rocket is notable for his deceptively scrappy attitude, extensive knowledge of weaponry, and plentiful connections in the cosmic underworld. He's also become synonymous for his friendship with sentient tree Groot since Annihilation: Conquest, and they're rarely seen apart from one another.
Because of his popularity with audiences, Rocket appears in most interpretations of Guardians of the Galaxy in other media. He made his first appearance outside of the comics in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes on Disney XD, where he was voiced by Greg Ellis. He also appeared on the Guardians of the Galaxy (2015) cartoon on Disney XD, voiced there by Trevor Devall, while Nolan North portrays him in Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series. Rocket is also voiced by Bradley Cooper (with motion capture performed by Sean Gunn) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making his debut in their 2014 film of the same name. Cooper and Gunn reprise the role in its 2017 sequel, as well as Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
For the original version of Rocket (pre-Annihilation), see also Rocket Raccoon (1985).
