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Marvel fans were shocked when "Guardians of the Galaxy" writer James Gunn revealed that Groot actually died in the first movie and Baby Groot was his son.
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.
At the end of Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014, Groot sacrificed himself to save the rest of the lovable space crew. Thankfully, the credits revealed that Baby Groot had formed from the original character, and he went on to become a fan favorite in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
2, the anthropomorphic tree-man Groot is no longer the towering, full-sized version voiced by Vin Diesel in the first film, but rather a pint-sized pipsqueak known as Baby Groot. This is because [clears throat for spoilers] according to writer and director James Gunn, the Groot we knew is dead.
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.
Origins. 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".
Flora Colossus Physiology: Groot is the member of an alien race of humanoid trees and as such, possesses various abilities unique to his species.
He might be a hero in the minds of millions, but Groot began as an outright villain. He made his debut in 1960's Tales to Astonish #13 as a member of a race of unfathomably large tree people. His size and strength are used to portray him as a horrific beast, a Flora colossi from Planet X.
No, Rocket Raccoon is not Groot's actual father. Gunn previously explained that Baby Groot, a version of the character we saw in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, is the genetic son of the adult Groot from the first Guardians. Still, although Rocket isn't Groot's biological father, he is the closest emotional equivalent.
As Gunn has previously explained, Baby Groot isn't the same Groot from the Guardians of the Galaxy. 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.
"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."
So Gunn has decided that Groot's sacrifice in Guardians was real—he didn't come back, but instead one of his spores grew a new seed, which became Groot's son.
' Exclusively in that order.” Groot, like most nonverbal autistic people, is nonetheless highly expressive and certainly manages to communicate with his friends. Those around him even learn to understand his inflection.
The best explanation is that The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special takes place in Christmas 2025, meaning over a year has passed since Groot's last appearance. Based on what can be deduced about his species' aging, it is possible that Groot is around 14-18 years old in The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.
Initially, he was a fully grown character who sacrificed his life for his friends. The audience then witnessed the hero's journey from Baby Groot to Teenage Groot. Now, in The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, James Gunn brings a reimagined "Swoll Groot" created entirely through CGI rather than motion capture.
The theorist also says that Thor has a habit of referring to people by their surname (Stark, Rogers, Banner), so it's possible that Groot's full name is Groot Tree.
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.
In the shocking final moments of Infinity War, no one was safe from the snap of the Infinity Gauntlet, and Nebula and Rocket were the only ones to be spared. In his final moments, Groot utters one last "I am Groot" to Rocket before fading away, and what it translates to makes the moment all the more heartbreaking.
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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.
If you only know one thing about Guardians of the Galaxy's Groot, you know he's a walking tree. If you know two things about him, you know that the only words he ever says are “I am Groot.” But why does Groot only say “I am Groot,” though?
Groot's sacrifice resulted in, what many of us assumed, was his own rebirth. He became an infant version of his previous self, losing all memory of who he was in the process, though we were left to believe that he made it out alive.