As clarified by Gunn, Baby Groot is a different character than the original Groot, proving that Baby Groot does not remember adult Groot's life, even if his drawing seems to suggest otherwise. However, Groot's species is complex — Groots genetically passing memories between generations isn't implausible.
In the comics, Groot is immortal, as he can regrow for the tiniest splinter, keeping his memories, skills, and experience intact.
Groot died, and his son, Baby Groot, was born
After the crash, Rocket picked up a few twigs and mourned Groot.
Star-Lord's team fought their way through the Phalanx, but after the death of Deathcry the team decided to escape through a drainage pipe that Groot could not fit into. As a consequence of the battle, Groot dies, buying the team some time to escape.
During the Battle of Xandar, Groot sacrificed his own life to save his new friends. However, part of his destroyed body was planted by Rocket to birth a new Groot, as they joined the Guardians of the Galaxy. As the new Groot began to grow, he stayed with the Guardians and endeavored with them on many adventures.
Director James Gunn broke a million hearts today when he confirmed that, yes, Groot dies at the end of the first Guardians of the Galaxy. Baby Groot is his son, not his resurrected form.
Sorry, Guardians of the Galaxy fans, but James Gunn has confirmed that Groot really did die at the end of the first film. And despite all those theories about Baby Groot being the reincarnation of the original character, the answer is a lot simpler than that. Baby Groot is simply the son of Groot.
By the end of the second Guardians movie, Baby Groot is growing up. According to director James Gunn, however, that wasn't Groot using his neat regeneration powers, and he's never going to grow back into the original Groot.
Groot was the last of his kind once Ronan's army had erased the Flora colossus, however Groot was able to save the World Pod within himself, which he could use to recreate the Flora colossus race by planting it in the sacred pool.
Groot only says I Am Groot because he cannot say any other word correlating with his species and origins from Planet X. As we know, Groot is part of the plant-like species called Flora Colossi, which are extremely intelligent and powerful beings.
Just before Groot vanishes into dust, he shouts one final “I Am Groot.” One Twitter user wondered what Groot's final line meant and asked Gunn what he said. Gunn translated Groot's last word: “Dad.” Fans reacted in devastation to Gunn's confirmation.
Meanwhile, Groot was around four years old during the events of the Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame. Then, in The Holiday Special and Vol. 3, he is around five to six years old. If you count the time he was snapped as lifespan, in that case, he is around 11 years old in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
Regenerative Healing Factor: Groot has been seemingly killed on three occasions, each time regrowing from a sprig.
Both Groots are depicted as tree-like humanoids, with the original being Rocket's associate, and the second becoming his adoptive son. Groot I becomes a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy and sacrifices himself to save his allies during the battle against Ronan the Accuser.
Groot's abilities are all-natural and stem from the dendronic wood that makes up his entire body. The extraterrestrial bark he was born with makes him invulnerable to most projectiles and even fire. He can control all plant life via psychokinesis, absorbing it into his body and making himself stronger.
Groot, along with several other members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, was killed when Thanos gathered the Infinity Stones and snapped his fingers, right after Thor failed to kill him with Stormbreaker. The only Guardians who were left standing after the snap were Rocket and Nebula.
As it turns out, it was this bond that allowed us to finally understand Groot in the heartwarming final goodbye sequence of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, when he turned to his family and said, "I love you, guys."
His Weakness Is Termites
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.
While he is perceived in a completely casual light everywhere, he is known as “His Divine Majesty King Groot the 23rd, Monarch of Planet X," as far as the branch worlds are concerned.
James Gunn's final entry in the franchise lets us hear Groot say new words and speak the way his friends hear him. “I love you guys.” Before the end of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
At first, it just seems like Rocket makes up whatever Groot intends with his words, but the truth is that Rocket really understands Groot's strange language. Because Rocket has spent more time with Groot than anyone else, he understands all the nuances of the words and the way Groot says them.
In the Marvel Comics, Groot is generally referred to as male. However, the character is a member of an alien species that does not conform to traditional gender norms, and so Groot's gender is not always explicitly stated. In the Guardians of the Galaxy films, Groot is also referred to using male pronouns.
Here is how Baby Groot was born in the MCU
He picked Groot's remaining twig and planted it into a pot. The twig gradually started to grow and shape itself into Baby Groot.
This new Groot is actually the biological son of the creature from the first movie. So when teen Groot calls Rocket dad, he's talking to the man who raised him—his adopted father. Great.
2, audiences were introduced to “Baby Groot.” The young version of the Vin Diesel-voiced character came about as a result of Groot's sacrifice at the end of the first Guardians movie, after which Baby Groot sprouted up.