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!''ComicBook/{{Groot}}''
!!''Groot I''
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!!! '''Species:''' ''Flora colossus''
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Guardians of the Galaxy
!!! '''Portrayed By:''' Krystian Godlewski (MotionCapture)
!!! '''Voiced By:''' Creator/VinDiesel (English, Latin-American Spanish, French and Canadian French dubs), Gonzalo Martín (European Spanish dub), Kenichi Endo (Japanese dub)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}''
->''"Groot: He's been traveling recently as Rocket's personal houseplant slash muscle."''
-->-- '''Rhomann Dey'''
A mobile, sapient tree-like alien who serves as Rocket's friend/transportation.
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[[folder:Tropes involving Groot I]]
* AccidentalKidnapping: At the beginning of the first film, he and Rocket attempt to capture Peter Quill to get the bounty on his head, but Groot ties up and almost kidnaps Gamora instead of him due to his difficulty to differentiate the various genders and species.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He has the face of a stuffed animal here if it were stuck on the body of a strong tree man, whereas his design in the comics and most other adaptations emphasize that he's an alien with a monstrous appearance.
* AdaptationalDumbass: Despite his limited vocabulary, the Groot from the comics is a bona fide GeniusBruiser. His MCU counterpart is more of a straight-up DumbMuscle, though he does have a few moments that show he can occasionally be smarter than he looks.
* AdaptationalHeroism: The first time he appeared in the comics, Groot was a villain who tried to attack Earth, and it wasn't until much later that he became a hero. In the MCU, Groot is portrayed as a good guy from the start.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the comics, he can be reduced to a ''mere splinter'' without actually dying. In the MCU, being reduced to a twig protecting the other Guardians from a Kree warship's explosion resulted in his death.
* AlienGenderConfusion: When Groot tries to kidnap Gamora instead of Peter Quill in ''Vol. 1'', Rocket tells him to learn his genders.
* AmbiguousInnocence: Groot can only speak one sentence, and is nearly at all times just following his friend Rocket's instructions. He seems childlike, growing flowers for people he likes, and fiercely protective when people threaten his friends. He also '''impales a line of soldiers, thrashes them around until everyone stops moving''', only to turn around to the rest of the group and give them a dopey smiley almost as if he's looking for approval for what he's just done.
* AnArmAndALeg: Owing to his ability to easily regrow lost limbs, Groot is regularly subjected to this.
* BadassAdorable:
** After [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaling]] several Sakaaran soldiers and [[GrievousHarmWithABody beating several more soldiers to death with them]], he turns to Peter and Drax and gives a huge, adorable grin.
** No other character goes out of his way to be nice as much as Groot. He is only ever violent when his friends are threatened, and he's constantly kind and gentle to everyone around him. But when he's pissed, he's ''[[BewareTheNiceOnes scary]]''.
* BadassBaritone: "I am Groot" is always said in a deep, rumbling voice.
* BadassBoast: While he always says the same thing, he does manage to get one of these at the start of the prison riot on the Kyln, based entirely on the tone and bellowing volume he uses.
-->'''Groot:''' '''''I... AM... GROOT!'''''
* BagOfKidnapping: When Groot and Rocket go after Peter Quill on Xandar to get Yondu's reward in ''Vol. 1'', Groot brings a large bag to put him inside.
* BarrierWarrior: He can form his arms into wooden shields capable of taking beatings and even gunfire. [[HeroicSacrifice He also does this with his entire body and around the entire team to save them]] when the ''Dark Aster'' is crashing.
* BashSiblings: With his best friend Rocket and the other Guardians of the Galaxy.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a GentleGiant in the first film, but mess with him or his friends and you ''will'' feel pain.
* BigGuyFatalitySyndrome: At the end of the first film, Groot performs a HeroicSacrifice to shield the other members from the ''Dark Aster'''s crash-landing.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: His partner is Rocket, the short-tempered planner.
* BrainsAndBrawn: The brawn to Rocket's brains. Rocket is the resident GadgeteerGenius while Groot is one of the team's muscles.
* BreakoutCharacter: He and Rocket became explosively popular due to their unique and quirky designs and personalities, and are heavily used in the promotion of the films. This caused both of them to get their own comic series in the mainstream Marvel Universe.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Groot is incredibly tough, but he's also a big, adorable softie.
* CatchPhrase. "I am Groot", which is [[PokemonSpeak his only phrase]], really.
* CharacterDeath: [[WordOfGod James Gunn]] confirmed that Groot died during his heroic sacrifice, and Baby Groot is actually his son.
* CloudCuckoolander: Groot can be quite goofy at times. Drinking from a decorative public fountain, eating a leaf that grew from his own shoulder, and accidentally setting off a prison riot, for instance.
* CombatTentacles: His main form of attack is to grow his arms into these.
* ComboPlatterPowers: He's a PlantPerson, with all the associated abilities. He has SuperStrength and SuperToughness as well as a HealingFactor, can reshape his own body at will (including limb extensions and forming shields out of branches), and can also manipulate his own biology, producing anything from simple flowers and leaves to clouds of bioluminescent spores.
* DoAnythingRobot: An organic version, but he fulfills the exact same role nonetheless. Drax has drowned? Groot can create a hollow needle with his finger to help him breathe and clear the fluid. Room pitch dark? Groot can make glowing spores. Spaceship going to crash? He can form a shield around everyone.
* DumbMuscle: As opposed to his GeniusBruiser comic counterpart, Groot is powerful, but [[CloudCuckoolander incredibly airheaded]]. It's played with in that he makes use of creative attack strategies and knows how to resuscitate a drowned Drax without causing him fatal injury via a punctured lung, suggesting that he's more of a GeniusDitz.
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: A single instance of "I am Groot" can contain a paragraph's worth of meaning. Vin Diesel's script had the ''meanings'' of what he was saying laid out so he could convey just the right tone, although what he actually ''said'' was... well, you know.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His FriendToAllChildren scene makes it clear who's the most kind on this team.
* ExposedExtraterrestrials: Groot doesn't bother wearing any clothes.
* FriendToAllChildren: Goes out of his way to give one of the impoverished asteroid-dwelling children a flower, just 'cause it's a nice thing to do.
* FullFrontalAssault: He never wears any clothes, not that it stops him from kicking his enemies' asses.
* GentleGiant: The biggest member of the team, and by far the nicest, though pissing him off would be hazardous to your health.
* GiganticAdultsTinyBabies: Groot I is about twice the height of a human, but his offspring Groot II is only a few inches high.
* GlowingFlora: One of his powers. When the Guardians break into the ''Dark Aster'' to retrieve the Orb from Ronan at the end of ''Vol. 1'' and explores a dark chamber, [[{{Treants}} Groot]] expels a cloud of bioluminescent seeds to light the darkness.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Groot gets beaten up quite a bit during his first fight on Xandar, even losing both of his arms. However, as Rocket points out, he has a HealingFactor that allows him to regrow them so it's no big deal.
* GreenThumb: Groot can manipulate his own biology, producing virtually anything that is plant-related. This includes flowers and bioluminescent spores, in addition to regrowing limbs or altering his physical structure to fit the situation.
* HealingFactor: After Gamora cut off both of Groot's arms, we can see stubby arms partially regrown during the mugshot scene, and they're fully regrown once they're in the Kyln.
* TheHeart: Is the kindest and most heroic member of the team and ultimately holds them together.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Having a GreenThumb is a whole lot more versatile when you're a ten-foot tall walking tree and can use your powers on yourself.
* HeroicSacrifice: Uses his body to form a sphere to protect his team as the ''Dark Aster'' crashes. This kills him, leaving Rocket his son.
* ImplausibleDeniability: During their first scene, Groot gets scolded by Rocket for drinking water from the fountains of Xandar. Groot tries to pretend that he didn't do anything, even though he just did it right in front of him, as Rocket is quick to point out.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: After Drax mentioned his dead wife and daughter at the Knowhere bar in a deleted scene, Groot curiously asks him if he cried when he saw them being slaughtered by Ronan, to which Rocket immediately calls him out for being insensitive.
* InnocentPlantChildren: Inverted since he is an adult with a playful personality.
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: While in some cases, the meaning is obvious, in most cases only Rocket understands Groot.
* ITasteDelicious: Groot is not averse to the taste of... himself. Or at least the taste of his leaves. [[JustifiedTrope Granted]], being a tree creature, he could be an autotroph[[labelnote:*]]an organism that creates its own food[[/labelnote]], but leaves are normally used to ''make'' food for the plant, not ''be'' food.
* KilledOffForReal: The Groot who dies at the end of the first movie and the one from ''Vol. 2'' and onward are two separate characters.
* LeeroyJenkins: Groot has a tendency to run into action before Rocket finishes explaining his plan.
* LegacyCharacter: The Groot that died in ''Vol. 1'' stayed dead. The Groot that appears in subsequent movies is his son.
* LetsGetDangerous: Groot has this move where he extends dozens of quills from his body, which serve no purpose other than to make him look more intimidating. [[BadassAdorable Like he would need to.]]
* LightEmUp: Can send spores and flowers glowing in a rich golden light to illuminate the darkness. LightIsGood applies, since he's the kindest character in the movie.
* LightningBruiser: Groot is huge, strong, fast, and is barely fazed by most attacks.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Groot can manipulate his body to form a bulletproof wooden shield on his arms, which he does to protect himself and Rocket from the drones' gunfire during the prison fight.
* MeaningfulName: Groot is actually a Dutch surname meaning "big/tall", which is appropriate given that he's a GentleGiant.
** In Dutch, "groot" would be pronounced [groht] with the double o pronounced as a long 'o' sound.
* MightyGlacier: Groot is tough and strong with [[InstantDeathRadius a lot of reach]], but not really fast.
* MoralityPet: For Rocket, and eventually to the others as well, he brings out their inner hero.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Both Gamora and Peter Quill constantly forget to include Groot whenever they discuss splitting the money for the Orb between them in ''Vol. 1''.
-->'''Gamora:''' If you free us, I'll lead you to the buyer directly and I'll split the profit between the three of us.\\
'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Rocket:''' Four of us. Asleep for the danger, awake for the money, as per frickin' usual.\\
''[Later]''\\
'''Drax:''' I have no interest in money!\\
'''Peter:''' Great. That means more money for the three of us. ''[Groot makes a noise]'' For the four of us. Partners.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Groot can do anything as long as it's plant-related, often to the surprise of his teammates.
-->'''Drax:''' ''[after seeing Groot release luminescent spores]'' [[LampshadeHanging When did you learn to do that?]]\\
'''Peter:''' Pretty sure the answer is "[[PokemonSpeak I am Groot]]".\\
''[Groot nods]''
* NiceGuy: Unlike [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold the other Guardians]], Groot is gentle, supportive, and cooperative.
* NoBiologicalSex: Implied with Rocket's frustrated exclamation of "Learn genders, man!". Of course, being a sentient plant, he really ''wouldn't'' have any need for sex to procreate.
* OddFriendship: With Rocket: One is a PintsizedPowerhouse with a HairTriggerTemper, the other a GentleGiant.
* OhCrap: Outside of combat, and when [[CloudCuckooLander fully lucid]], Groot seems to live in a perpetual state of mild distress.
* OneManArmy: Best demonstrated during the final battle in the ''Dark Aster'' when a large squad of Sakaaran soldiers arrives to fight the Guardians, only for Groot to stick his arm through a whole row of Sakaarans at once before using them as a bludgeon to batter the rest of the squad into submission. Once there are no Sakaarans left standing, Groot turns to Quill and Drax and flashes a huge grin.
* OnlyAFleshWound: Groot gets both of his arms chopped off by Gamora during their first encounter on Xandar but it doesn't seem to bother him. Justified, as he can [[HealingFactor grow his limbs back]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In the first movie, when he prepares to perform a HeroicSacrifice to save his comrades, he parts ways with his friend Rocket by re-assuring him: "''We are Groot.''" -- something which seemed to be impossible, due to his limited vocabulary.
* OutrunTheFireball: When The Collector's [[CollapsingLair residence gets blown up]] by the Power Stone in ''Vol. 1'', Groot grabs Rocket and hightails it outta there.
* PlantAliens: He's an alien that looks like a tree.
* PlantPerson: He's also capable of speech and cares about being paid.
* PokemonSpeak: The only thing Groot ever says is "I am Groot", which only Rocket is able to understand. However, you sometimes have an idea of what he means based on context and intonation. Subverted in the case of two words with a HeroicSacrifice, where he instead says, "''We are'' Groot."
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Groot does this twice during the first film:
** The first time happens in the Kyln prison when he's about to fight the drones and the guards.
--->'''Groot:''' '''I! AM! GROOOOOOT!'''
** He does it again just before sacrificing himself to save the other Guardians at the end.
--->'''Groot:''' We. ''Are.'' Groot.
* ScreamingWarrior: Whenever Groot goes into combat, he roars at the top of his lungs.
* SeriesMascot: Due to his popularity, both Groots are heavily used in promoting the films.
* SizeShifter: Groot can change size at will.
* ShapeshifterBaggage: Played with. Groot can produce weapons from his body, stretch his limbs, and pull other tricks without apparent trouble, but it takes him a few hours to regrow two lost arms and his HeroicSacrifice comes from using all his available mass to form a cocoon to protect his friends.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: Groot can form his limbs into weapons if need be, such as a large spear to impale people or shields to block gunfire.
* SpannerInTheWorks: The group would have had a ''much'' easier time escaping prison if Groot had not triggered the alarms while Rocket was still explaining the plan.
* StarfishLanguage: "I am Groot" actually contains a sentence's worth of meaning. [[WordOfGod According to James Gunn]], people only learn the language by getting to know him, which is why Rocket is the only one who can understand him in the first film.
* StarringSpecialEffects: He is a BreakoutCharacter and a CGI creation.
* SuperStrength: Groot's pretty big. But he's strong enough to lift a Kyln inmate almost twice his own weight.
* SuperToughness: Groot's wooden body is tough enough to shrug off bullets, and his HealingFactor, [[ShapeshifterWeapon adjustable physiology]], and lack of obvious vital organs combine to make seriously injuring him very difficult. Using himself as a crash shield in the finale shatters him.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Unlike everyone else on the team, Groot doesn't start off as a {{Jerkass}} and despite having a criminal record, he's the kindest member on the team.
* TrueCompanions: With Rocket before meeting the others as they've been bounty hunting together for a while.
* TrulySingleParent: Groot II was born solely from one of his father's remaining twigs.
* UndyingLoyalty: While a gentle soul at his core, Groot's primary motivation in life is Rocket's happiness, and he is perfectly willing to break laws and smash people if it will make Rocket happy. This eventually expands to the team as a whole, with him showing a lot of compassion and sympathy towards Drax at his sadness over the loss of his family, and becomes as protective of him, Gamora and Peter as he is of Rocket. "We are Groot" indeed.
* UnskilledButStrong: Groot is immensely strong, incredibly tough, and has a large mixed bag of useful abilities, but he's also rather slow to act in a fight and generally doesn't demonstrate an understanding of tactics outside of "smash the enemy". Despite being well below his weight class as far as physical abilities go, Gamora still manages to overpower him in their initial scuffle thanks to superior fighting skill.
* WhenTreesAttack: He's a humanoid tree, and alongside Drax, he's TheBigGuy of the team in the first film.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: While this is Drax's forte, Groot gets in on the action as well, taking out one mook with a chokeslam.
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!!''Groot II''
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!!! '''Species:''' ''Flora colossus''
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Guardians of the Galaxy
!!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TerryNotary (motion-capture, ''Infinity War'' only)
!!! '''Voiced By:''' Creator/VinDiesel (English, French, and Canadian French dubs), Óscar Bonfiglio (Latin-American Spanish dub), Miguel Ángel Muro (European Spanish dub), Kenichi Endo (Japanese dub), Duda Ribeiro (Brazilian Portuguese dub)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'' [[note]] As a potted sapling[[/note]] | ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' [[note]] As Baby Groot and as an adolescent in TheStinger [[/note]] | ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' [[note]] As an adolescent[[/note]] | ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' [[note]] As an adolescent [[/note]] | ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' [[note]] As an adolescent [[/note]] | ''WesternAnimation/IAmGroot'' [[note]] As Baby Groot [[/note]] | ''Series/TheGuardiansOfTheGalaxyHolidaySpecial'' | ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3''
Groot's son who is very different from his father.
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[[folder:Tropes involving Groot II]]
* EleventhHourRanger: Groot, Rocket, and Thor join the battle in Wakanda after they have completed the creation of Stormbreaker.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Baby Groot has the adorableness factor turned up a notch, while in the comics he looked like a miniature adult Groot.
* AffectionateNickname: Thor warmly refers to Groot the second as "Tree."
* AmbiguousSituation: Is this Groot just the first Groot [[AndYourRewardIsInfancy reverted to infancy]]? Or is it the original Groot's offspring? Comments by Kevin Feige indicate the former, but James Gunn seems to believe it's the latter. In either case, they share the same DNA, but the new Groot doesn't seem to have the first Groot's memories.
* AnArmAndALeg: Performs a voluntary version of this during ''Infinity War'' when he sacrifices his left arm to form the handle of Stormbreaker, Thor's new weapon. Said arm does grow back, however.
* AntiHeroSubstitute: He's aggressive and rude compared to his benevolent father/predecessor.
* AreWeThereYet: Implied. During the journey to Nidavellir in ''Infinity War'', Adolescent Groot asks "I Am Groot" in a bored way and Thor responds with "You'll know when we're close".
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Looks to be a massive problem for him, going from dancing to the music to catching a bug to attacking the lizard that got the bug after it got away from him... but this actually works to his advantage later, when he gets the bomb to Ego's brain without getting lost by following the blue glow (a rare case of this trope taken literally!)
* BackFromTheDead: As with the rest of the heroes who got [[NoBodyLeftBehind dusted]] by Thanos in ''Infinity War'', he appears alive and well again in time for the final battle in ''Endgame'' thanks to Bruce Banner using the new Infinity Gauntlet made from Stark tech.
* BackingAwaySlowly: Having accidentally stepped on the Grunds city at the end of ''I Am Groot'' episode 2, Baby Groot makes two steps backwards in embarrassment before running away as fast as he can.
* BadassAdorable: Tiny and cute as he may be, he's much stronger than his size would suggest. He even deployed a bomb inside Ego's brain and can snare human-sized enemies and toss them around with his [[CombatTentacles extendable arms]].
* BadassAndChildDuo: He gets changed over to having this dynamic with Rocket in ''Vol. 2'' because he is now the smaller of the pair and much younger.
* BashSiblings: With Rocket, Thor, and the other Guardians of the Galaxy.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Even being a baby, he's only ''slightly less'' dangerous.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: Now Rocket is the big guy compared to him.
* {{Birdcaged}}: Following Taserace's mutiny against Yondu in ''Vol. 2'', Baby Groot gets captured and locked in a small birdcage where he's being terrorized by the Ravagers.
* BoringInsult: In TheStinger of ''Vol. 2'', Adolescent Groot insults Peter Quill by calling him "boring" when he complains about his [[BrattyTeenageSon Bratty Teenager]] attitude, which Peter throws back at him.
-->'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Peter:''' I'm not boring, you're boring!
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Gender-inverted, but still applicable. In one of {{The Stinger}}s to ''Vol. 2'' he is revealed to have grown up into a rude, lanky youngster with an addiction to video games. In ''Infinity War'' he swears at Quill for telling him to put his handheld console down and whines about his, Rocket, and Thor's journey to Nidavellir taking too long and the pod they take not having a bathroom.
* BreakoutCharacter: As the son of the already immensely popular Groot, Baby Groot became even more beloved due to being cuter and having even more funnier scenes. To date he's one of the most heavily marketed MCU merchandise. He even gets his own series of shorts called ''WesternAnimation/IAmGroot''.
* ChasingAButterfly: At the beginning of ''Vol. 2'', Baby Groot chases around and nearly eats an alien bug while the rest of the Guardians are busy fighting the Abilisk. Rocket ''immediately'' notices from 50 feet away and zooms over to stop him.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: The rest of the Guardians treat him as such, teaching him how the act and being very gentle with him. Near the end of ''Vol. 2'', he even sits on Peter's leg who lets him listen to his music much like a father and a kid.
* ClingyCostume: During his capture by the Ravagers, Baby Groot is made their mascot and is forced to wear a small outfit. He tries to take it off in every possible way, but the outfit won't come off. However, he eventually manages to remove it off-screen after arriving at Ego's planet somehow.
* CloudCuckoolander: ''Vol. 2'' reveals that he hates hats because he keeps mistaking them for people having weirdly-shaped heads.
* CowerPower: In the trailer for ''WesternAnimation/IAmGroot'', Baby Groot cowers on the ground after encountering a race of tiny aliens that assume he is hostile, arming weapons and ships at him.
* CucumberFacial: Not actual cucumbers, but when Baby Groot takes a bath in a puddle on the planet Gangalor in the episode "Groot Takes a Bath", he puts mud all over his body and face, and then picks two alien fruits that look like cucumber slices to put them on his eyes.
* CuteBruiser: Baby Groot may be the size of a baby, but he still has some of his father's SuperStrength and LeeroyJenkins tendencies.
* DanceOff: Upon encountering the shapeshifting alien Iwua in the episode "Groot's Pursuit" and seeing him turns into his doppelganger, Baby Groot challenges him to a dance off, which his opponent is more than happy to oblige.
* DeadGuyJunior: Even though he is essentially the child of the original Groot, everyone just calls him Groot as well.
* DeadpanSnarker: This Groot has a type of snark that produces amusing responses from those who can understand him.
* DefiantStoneThrow: At the beginning of ''Vol. 2'', Baby Groot throws a rock at Drax when he tries to take credit for the defeat of the Abilisk, even though he actually caused more trouble than anything else during the fight by stupidly jumping into its mouth in a vain attempt to kill it from the inside.
* TheDogBitesBack: After having been repeatedly humiliated, doused with alcohol and kicked around by the Ravager Retch, Baby Groot ultimately gets his revenge during the escape from the Ravagers' ship by attacking him and throwing him to his death.
* DontLookAtMe: He apparently doesn't like to be looked at.
** During his first scene in ''Vol. 2'', Baby Groot attacks some Orlonis because he didn't like the way they were looking at him.
** In ''Infinity War'', he also insists that Rocket and Thor don't look when he has to pee in a cup.
* DuctTapeForEverything: After the bomb he detonated blew a hole in the Guardians' starship in the fifth episode of ''I Am Groot'', Baby Groot decides that the best thing to do is to cover it with some duct tape. Naturally, it doesn't hold for long and almost causes Rocket to get sucked into space.
* EmoTeen: One of the stingers of ''Vol. 2'' shows that he's grown into a completely stereotypical adolescent phase.
* ExposedExtraterrestrials: He's made to wear a Ravagers suit in ''Vol. 2'', but he dumps it as soon as possible.
* FromASingleCell: Baby Groot grows from one of Groot's twigs. Subverted in that he's the original Groot's [[BizarreAlienReproduction son]].
* GenerationXerox: He is essentially a smaller, younger version of his father.
* GiantFootOfStomping: Relatively speaking. Although Baby Groot's foot isn't really "giant", it is compared to the [[{{Lilliputians}} Grunds]], who get accidentally stomped by it at the end of "The Little Guy".
* GreenThumb: He has the same powers as his father.
* HandyMouth: During the opening battle on Indigarr in ''Thor: Love and Thunder'', Adolescent Groot carries a pair of binoculars in his mouth. An exasperated Rocket tries to take it off him, but Groot doesn't let it go easily.
* HeliumSpeech: As both a baby and an adolescent. His "I am Groot" is a lot higher in pitch than adult Groot's.
* TheHilarityOfHats: When an imprisoned Yondu gives Baby Groot his Ravager badge in ''Vol. 2'' so that he can find the drawer that has the same symbol on it and bring back the prototype fin that is stored inside, Baby Groot doesn't unsterstand and puts it on his head. Rocket explains that Groot thinks Yondu wants him to wear it as a hat, which Yondu denies.
-->'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Rocket:''' He's relieved you don't want him to wear it as a hat.\\
'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Rocket:''' He hates hats. \\
'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Rocket:''' On anyone, not just himself. \\
'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Rocket:''' You see someone and think they have a weird head and then it just turns out part of their head is a hat. ''[{{beat}}]'' ''That's'' why you don't like hats?
* InformedObscenity: At one point in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', Baby Groot apparently says something naughty.
-->'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Yondu:''' What's that?\\
'''Rocket:''' He says, "Welcome to the frickin' Guardians of the Galaxy." Only he didn't use "frickin'."\\
''[Later]''\\
'''Rocket:''' We're gonna need to have a real discussion about your language.
** He does this again as a teenager during his first scene in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', shocking the entire team.
--->'''Groot:''' I am Groot!\\
'''Peter Quill:''' Whoa!\\
'''Rocket:''' Language!\\
'''Gamora:''' Hey!\\
'''Drax:''' Wow.\\
'''Peter:''' You got some acorns on you, kid!
* InnocentPlantChildren: He is the epitome of this trope, even after he starts to enter his adolescent stage.
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: The other Guardians learn how to speak Groot and thus understand what he's saying as time goes on. Thor also knows the language of Groot.
* InsistentTerminology: Out-of-universe, he's never called "Teen Groot", but is referred to as "''Adolescent'' Groot". The key reasoning seems to be that Groot is only four at the time that he's reached adolescence, and is therefore not a teenager.
** When Rocket thinks he just called him a "raboon" in ''Vol. 2'', Baby Groot clarifies that he said "raccoon".
--->'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Rocket:''' I’m not a raboon, either.\\
'''Groot:''' ''I'' am Groot.\\
'''Rocket:''' "Raccoon". Whatever.
* JarPotty: During the travel to Nidavellir aboard the Space Pod, Adolescent Groot says he needs to urinate so Rocket and Thor tell him to do it in a cup and then throw its contents into space.
* JerkassBall: Parodied in the credits of ''Vol. 2'', where Baby Groot has apparently grown up into a whiny and bratty adolescent who refuses to clean his room and spends most of his time playing video games (he even speaks with a stereotypical moody teenager drawl "I Am ''[=GrooOOoot=]''"), a far cry from his usual NiceGuy personality.
* JustOneMoreLevel: Once he becomes a teenager, Groot spends his entire days playing video games and doesn't stop no matter how many times Peter and Rocket try to tell him it's not healthy for him.
* KillerRabbit: Yes, he's small and adorable and, honestly, kind of weak. Give him an edge, though, and he can be as vicious as his father.
* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Hinted at by his credits gag appearance in the first film. By ''Vol. 2'', he's developed a full-blown and shameless love for Peter's 80s Earth music. He even spends the battle against the Abilisk dancing to one song in particular, and gets very upset with Drax for smashing the sound system by accident.
* KnuckleCracking: When Baby Groot prepares to do a portrait of himself and the Guardians in the ''I Am Groot'' episode "Magnum Opus", he starts by interlacing his fingers and pushing his hands forward to crack them, then he cracks his neck as well.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Groot was blown up at the end of the first film, and this is his son.
* LeeroyJenkins: Not unlike his father, Groot quickly runs into action before Rocket finished explaining which buttons he should and shouldn't push.
* LetsGetDangerous: After spending most of ''Infinity War'' glossed over his video games, Groot starts taking the situation seriously again, starting with using his own limbs to make a makeshift handle for Thor's new weapon, Stormbreaker.
* LightningBruiser: As this Groot matures, he begins to share his father's strength, speed, and durability.
* TheLoad: As Baby Groot, he's unnecessary for most of the scenes he's in and even distracts the Guardians when fighting an inter-dimensional creature. He makes dumb choices (he releases Nebula -- someone that tried to kill Gamora in the past movie and would have done so if it wasn't for Star-Lord almost sacrificing himself). One has to wonder why the Guardian's crew keep bringing and endangering what is almost a helpless kid to their battles. That last part is even lampshaded in the final song, [[http://www.lyricsondemand.com/soundtracks/g/guardiansofthegalaxyvol2lyrics/guardiansinfernolyrics.html "Guardians Inferno"]].
-->'''David Hasselhoff:''' They ask me why I'm bringin' a baby into battle. That's really irresponsible. And getting them rattled.
* LostInTranslation: Happens whenever Baby Groot is asked to do something by other members of the team. He understands part of what he's being asked, but misunderstands key details. Yondu and Rocket are able to get him to go look for a replacement head fin so Yondu can control his arrow again, and even manage to guide him into the correct room, but he keeps bringing back the wrong objects, in some cases objects that are so radically different from their description of the head fin that Groot is clearly not picking up on the finer points of their description. In the climax, Rocket gives him the atomic bomb which only Groot is small enough to plant on Ego's brain, and Groot understands where he needs to take the bomb and how to set the switches to prime it, but doesn't understand to not push a button that would trigger the bomb immediately which would kill the team immediately, though he gets it right in the end.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Baby Groot's mentality is a combination of this trope and being "Groot's clone-son with GeneticMemory". Word of God is [[FlipFlopOfGod inconsistent]] [[http://www.gamezone.com/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-director-confirms-sad-truth-about-baby-groot-3452200 about which]] [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/guardians-galaxy-2-baby-groot-915478 is which]]. In either case, turning into a baby-like stature as part of his rejuvenation has really done a number on his mind. He's far more childlike in behavior, being prone to tantrums, wandering off, and having trouble understanding what the others are trying to say to him. In his dedicated credits gag, he's grown up into a stereotypical grumpy adolescent.
* MirrorReveal: In the episode "Groot Takes a Bath", Baby Groot doesn't realize that leaves have grown all over his body until he looks at his reflection in the bath water.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: Is disintegrated along with half the universe after Thanos completes the Infinity Gauntlet.
* OddFriendship: He forms one with Thor of all people in ''Infinity War''.
* OffhandBackhand: At the end of the episode "Groot's First Steps", Baby Groot sits next to the bonsai tree to eat cheese balls, and slaps away a cleaning robot that was coming behind him without even looking at it.
* OverlyLongScream: Exaggerated in the second episode of ''I Am Groot''. After the wooden fort he built on the planet Grundar got destroyed when a Vyloo climbed on it and was then attacked by a Manta Bird, Baby Groot screams in anger ''for 37 minutes'' until he falls on his face from exhaustion.
* PajamaCladHero: In the third episode of ''I Am Groot'', Baby Groot hears a spooky noise in the starship from his bed. He gets up to take a look while still wearing his pajamas, and finds himself confronted with a shapeshifting alien named Iwua.
* PassThePopcorn: In ''Vol. 2'', Baby Groot chows down on lollies while the Guardians are flying through an AsteroidThicket. He's later munching on skittles when the Milano is just about to crash.
* PetGetsTheKeys: When Yondu and Rocket are locked in the Ravager ship's brig, they catch Baby Groot's attention and tell him to bring Yondu's prototype head fin so they can break out. Unfortunately, Groot doesn't quite understand what they're talking about and brings back a series of increasingly hilarious object — including a pair of underwear, a severed toe, and a desk — before a regretful Kraglin helps him out.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: He is, in effect, a child due to what happened in the first film, and less than a foot tall, but still strong enough to knock a full-grown man down.
* PlantAliens: Like his father, he's an alien that looks like a tree.
* PlantPerson: He's capable of speech, just like his father.
* PokemonSpeak: Baby Groot has his father's standard "I am Groot." However, by the time one of the post-credits scenes happens, Peter has been with him long enough to understand it, just like Rocket. By the time of ''Infinity War'', all of the other Guardians (and Thor) can understand him without any trouble.
* RedIsHeroic: He temporarily wears a miniature red Ravager jacket during his imprisonment and after his escape from Taserface's Ravagers.
* ReplacementGoldfish: The rest of the Guardians pretty much treat him as if he is the original Groot.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: He's an absolutely adorable miniature humanoid tree. Even the mutinous Ravagers find him cute.
-->'''Gef:''' Hey, what about this little plant? Can I smash it with a rock?\\
'''Taserface:''' No, Gef! It's too adorable to kill!
* RummageFail: In ''Vol. 2'', Baby Groot is tasked with retrieving a replacement fin for Yondu. Unfortunately, he doesn't even understand what it is he's supposed to be looking for. We get a rather long montage of him grabbing the wrong thing over and over, like a pair of underwear, an Orloni, a mechanical eye, an entire desk, and a freshly severed toe. Even by the time he finally gets into the correct drawer in Yondu's stateroom, he picks up some random tin that was lying next to the fin. Had Kraglin not intervened to deliver the fin, this probably would have gone on a lot longer.
* SameCharacterButDifferent: His appearance is very similar to that of the original Groot, but he has none of his father's memories and shows a rather different personality due to his different upbringing. (Also the fact that in ''Vol. 2'' he's only two months old.)
* ScreamingWarrior: [[HeliumSpeech Even when he's only ten inches tall.]]
* ShyBladder: On the way to Nidavellir, Groot has to pee but feels embarrassed.
-->'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Rocket:''' Tinkle in the cup. We're not looking. What's there to see? What's a twig? Everybody's seen a twig before.\\
'''Groot:''' ''[whiny]'' I am Groo-oot!\\
'''Thor:''' Tree, pour what's in the cup out into space and go in the cup again.
* ShoulderTeammate: In an inversion of their dynamic in the first movie, now it's Baby Groot's turn to ride on Rocket's shoulder while the rambunctious raccoon delivers MoreDakka. One scene on the ''Milano'' has the crew pass him around while the others work. The poster also has Groot on Quill's shoulder.
* SilentSnarker: When Drax believes he took down the Abilisk all by himself, an annoyed Baby Groot throws a rock at him.
* SirSwearsALot: This is a bad habit that one will ''inevitably'' pick up when you are raised by a foul-mouthed family of space pirates/privateers, particularly when you have ''two'' "fathers" as rude and surly as Quill and Rocket. As a teenager, he is implied to have an ''unbelievably'' sarcastic and '''filthy''' mouth, as his sneered "I am ''Groot"'' in the opening of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' was enough to elicit horrified disgust from ''every'' other Guardian.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He spends most of ''Infinity War'' hanging out by Rocket’s side, except for when he used his arm for Stormbreaker’s handle. Without that sacrifice, Thor wouldn’t have made it to Wakanda in time to [[BigDamnHeroes turn the tide and save the Avengers.]]
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Baby Groot has several scenes in ''Vol. 2'' dedicated to his cute, silly shenanigans often adding little value to the plot but just downright funny and adorable to watch.
* StarfishLanguage: Like his father, he's saying a lot of things within "I am Groot", but only those who know him personally for long enough like the Guardians can understand what he's saying. While Thor claimed he could understand Groot because the language was an elective at Asgardian school in ''Infinity War'', [[WordOfGod James Gunn]] clarifies that he was joking.
* StrollingThroughTheChaos: During the opening fight with the Abilisk in ''Vol. 2'', Baby Groot remains unharmed while chaos unfolds left and right.
* SuperBreath: Downplayed. While Baby Groot's breath is nothing special, the [[{{Lilliputians}} Grunds]] are so tiny that he manages to send them flying when he blows on them in "The Little Guy".
* SuperStrength: He can grab a human-sized enemy and toss him around.
* TagAlongKid: Physically and mentally, he is nothing more than a young child. All the other Guardians are very caring towards him and treat him very delicately. Rocket is cautious of what Groot should be allowed to eat, when he tries to eat a bug. Gamora, Drax, and Peter all caress him in their arms much like how one would do with an infant.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: He grew from the twigs of the original Groot who was killed in the first film, and it took him an entire film for him to reach a decent size... Only for him to get disintegrated in ''Infinity War''. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''Endgame'', where Groot is restored (along with everyone else Thanos snapped) exactly as he was in ''Infinity War''.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** Inverted. As a baby, he has a ''lot'' less physical prowess than the adult Groot, as is painfully clear in the scene where the Ravagers torment and humiliate him despite his efforts to fight back. He does manage to play this straight when he manages to trip one fleeing Ravager and swing him off of the walkway during Yondu's RoaringRampageOfRevenge, but that's the only physical fight he gets into and wins in the entirety of ''Vol. 2''.
** Played straight in ''Infinity War,'' where teen Groot willingly chops off his own arm to help Thor complete the forging of Stormbreaker and later joins the battle against Thanos's forces in Wakanda, thrashing Outriders like nothing.
* TrashOfTheTitans: Groot becomes a lazy teenager who'd rather play video games all day than take care of the mess in his room. When Peter comes to his room in TheStinger of ''Vol. 2'', he realizes that the place is a dump with old vines everywhere and asks him to clean it up, but Groot is too busy playing his game to listen to him.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: This is a person we've seen trash a dozen Sakaarans with one arm -- when he trashes that one Ravager he becomes ''terrifying''. He also, apparently, severed someone's toe when sent to retrieve Yondu's prototype head fin.
* UnskilledButStrong: Just like his father, this Groot compensates his lack of combat skills with sheer brute strength.
* VillainKiller: In addition to having killed his fair share of Ravagers and Outriders, Baby Groot is notably the one who ends up killing [[BigBad Ego]] himself at the end of ''Vol. 2'' by placing the bomb into his core.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Baby Groot really dislikes Drax and hits him whenever he gets the chance. It's implied to be either mutual or understandable on Drax's part.
-->'''Drax:''' Out of the way, dumber, smaller Groot!
* VomitIndiscretionShot: After he, Rocket and Yondu have made far too many star-jumps in ''Vol. 2'', Groot throws up on himself on-screen. Being a baby, he doesn't even notice.
* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: In the climax of ''Vol. 2'', Rocket shows Baby Groot an explosive device and gives him specific instructions not to press the BigRedButton, as it would set set it off immediately, killing them all. [[HilarityEnsues Groot has trouble understanding.]] Fortunately, when Groot has to press the button, he nearly presses the wrong one, but stops at the last second and makes the right choice.
* WhenTreesAttack: Just like his father, this Groot is a humanoid tree who will wreck anything that angers him.
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!''ComicBook/{{Groot}}''
!!''Groot I''
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!!! '''Species:''' ''Flora colossus''
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Guardians of the Galaxy
!!! '''Portrayed By:''' Krystian Godlewski (MotionCapture)
!!! '''Voiced By:''' Creator/VinDiesel (English, Latin-American Spanish, French and Canadian French dubs), Gonzalo Martín (European Spanish dub), Kenichi Endo (Japanese dub)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}''
->''"Groot: He's been traveling recently as Rocket's personal houseplant slash muscle."''
-->-- '''Rhomann Dey'''
A mobile, sapient tree-like alien who serves as Rocket's friend/transportation.
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[[folder:Tropes involving Groot I]]
* AccidentalKidnapping: At the beginning of the first film, he and Rocket attempt to capture Peter Quill to get the bounty on his head, but Groot ties up and almost kidnaps Gamora instead of him due to his difficulty to differentiate the various genders and species.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He has the face of a stuffed animal here if it were stuck on the body of a strong tree man, whereas his design in the comics and most other adaptations emphasize that he's an alien with a monstrous appearance.
* AdaptationalDumbass: Despite his limited vocabulary, the Groot from the comics is a bona fide GeniusBruiser. His MCU counterpart is more of a straight-up DumbMuscle, though he does have a few moments that show he can occasionally be smarter than he looks.
* AdaptationalHeroism: The first time he appeared in the comics, Groot was a villain who tried to attack Earth, and it wasn't until much later that he became a hero. In the MCU, Groot is portrayed as a good guy from the start.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the comics, he can be reduced to a ''mere splinter'' without actually dying. In the MCU, being reduced to a twig protecting the other Guardians from a Kree warship's explosion resulted in his death.
* AlienGenderConfusion: When Groot tries to kidnap Gamora instead of Peter Quill in ''Vol. 1'', Rocket tells him to learn his genders.
* AmbiguousInnocence: Groot can only speak one sentence, and is nearly at all times just following his friend Rocket's instructions. He seems childlike, growing flowers for people he likes, and fiercely protective when people threaten his friends. He also '''impales a line of soldiers, thrashes them around until everyone stops moving''', only to turn around to the rest of the group and give them a dopey smiley almost as if he's looking for approval for what he's just done.
* AnArmAndALeg: Owing to his ability to easily regrow lost limbs, Groot is regularly subjected to this.
* BadassAdorable:
** After [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaling]] several Sakaaran soldiers and [[GrievousHarmWithABody beating several more soldiers to death with them]], he turns to Peter and Drax and gives a huge, adorable grin.
** No other character goes out of his way to be nice as much as Groot. He is only ever violent when his friends are threatened, and he's constantly kind and gentle to everyone around him. But when he's pissed, he's ''[[BewareTheNiceOnes scary]]''.
* BadassBaritone: "I am Groot" is always said in a deep, rumbling voice.
* BadassBoast: While he always says the same thing, he does manage to get one of these at the start of the prison riot on the Kyln, based entirely on the tone and bellowing volume he uses.
-->'''Groot:''' '''''I... AM... GROOT!'''''
* BagOfKidnapping: When Groot and Rocket go after Peter Quill on Xandar to get Yondu's reward in ''Vol. 1'', Groot brings a large bag to put him inside.
* BarrierWarrior: He can form his arms into wooden shields capable of taking beatings and even gunfire. [[HeroicSacrifice He also does this with his entire body and around the entire team to save them]] when the ''Dark Aster'' is crashing.
* BashSiblings: With his best friend Rocket and the other Guardians of the Galaxy.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a GentleGiant in the first film, but mess with him or his friends and you ''will'' feel pain.
* BigGuyFatalitySyndrome: At the end of the first film, Groot performs a HeroicSacrifice to shield the other members from the ''Dark Aster'''s crash-landing.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: His partner is Rocket, the short-tempered planner.
* BrainsAndBrawn: The brawn to Rocket's brains. Rocket is the resident GadgeteerGenius while Groot is one of the team's muscles.
* BreakoutCharacter: He and Rocket became explosively popular due to their unique and quirky designs and personalities, and are heavily used in the promotion of the films. This caused both of them to get their own comic series in the mainstream Marvel Universe.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Groot is incredibly tough, but he's also a big, adorable softie.
* CatchPhrase. "I am Groot", which is [[PokemonSpeak his only phrase]], really.
* CharacterDeath: [[WordOfGod James Gunn]] confirmed that Groot died during his heroic sacrifice, and Baby Groot is actually his son.
* CloudCuckoolander: Groot can be quite goofy at times. Drinking from a decorative public fountain, eating a leaf that grew from his own shoulder, and accidentally setting off a prison riot, for instance.
* CombatTentacles: His main form of attack is to grow his arms into these.
* ComboPlatterPowers: He's a PlantPerson, with all the associated abilities. He has SuperStrength and SuperToughness as well as a HealingFactor, can reshape his own body at will (including limb extensions and forming shields out of branches), and can also manipulate his own biology, producing anything from simple flowers and leaves to clouds of bioluminescent spores.
* DoAnythingRobot: An organic version, but he fulfills the exact same role nonetheless. Drax has drowned? Groot can create a hollow needle with his finger to help him breathe and clear the fluid. Room pitch dark? Groot can make glowing spores. Spaceship going to crash? He can form a shield around everyone.
* DumbMuscle: As opposed to his GeniusBruiser comic counterpart, Groot is powerful, but [[CloudCuckoolander incredibly airheaded]]. It's played with in that he makes use of creative attack strategies and knows how to resuscitate a drowned Drax without causing him fatal injury via a punctured lung, suggesting that he's more of a GeniusDitz.
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: A single instance of "I am Groot" can contain a paragraph's worth of meaning. Vin Diesel's script had the ''meanings'' of what he was saying laid out so he could convey just the right tone, although what he actually ''said'' was... well, you know.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His FriendToAllChildren scene makes it clear who's the most kind on this team.
* ExposedExtraterrestrials: Groot doesn't bother wearing any clothes.
* FriendToAllChildren: Goes out of his way to give one of the impoverished asteroid-dwelling children a flower, just 'cause it's a nice thing to do.
* FullFrontalAssault: He never wears any clothes, not that it stops him from kicking his enemies' asses.
* GentleGiant: The biggest member of the team, and by far the nicest, though pissing him off would be hazardous to your health.
* GiganticAdultsTinyBabies: Groot I is about twice the height of a human, but his offspring Groot II is only a few inches high.
* GlowingFlora: One of his powers. When the Guardians break into the ''Dark Aster'' to retrieve the Orb from Ronan at the end of ''Vol. 1'' and explores a dark chamber, [[{{Treants}} Groot]] expels a cloud of bioluminescent seeds to light the darkness.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Groot gets beaten up quite a bit during his first fight on Xandar, even losing both of his arms. However, as Rocket points out, he has a HealingFactor that allows him to regrow them so it's no big deal.
* GreenThumb: Groot can manipulate his own biology, producing virtually anything that is plant-related. This includes flowers and bioluminescent spores, in addition to regrowing limbs or altering his physical structure to fit the situation.
* HealingFactor: After Gamora cut off both of Groot's arms, we can see stubby arms partially regrown during the mugshot scene, and they're fully regrown once they're in the Kyln.
* TheHeart: Is the kindest and most heroic member of the team and ultimately holds them together.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Having a GreenThumb is a whole lot more versatile when you're a ten-foot tall walking tree and can use your powers on yourself.
* HeroicSacrifice: Uses his body to form a sphere to protect his team as the ''Dark Aster'' crashes. This kills him, leaving Rocket his son.
* ImplausibleDeniability: During their first scene, Groot gets scolded by Rocket for drinking water from the fountains of Xandar. Groot tries to pretend that he didn't do anything, even though he just did it right in front of him, as Rocket is quick to point out.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: After Drax mentioned his dead wife and daughter at the Knowhere bar in a deleted scene, Groot curiously asks him if he cried when he saw them being slaughtered by Ronan, to which Rocket immediately calls him out for being insensitive.
* InnocentPlantChildren: Inverted since he is an adult with a playful personality.
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: While in some cases, the meaning is obvious, in most cases only Rocket understands Groot.
* ITasteDelicious: Groot is not averse to the taste of... himself. Or at least the taste of his leaves. [[JustifiedTrope Granted]], being a tree creature, he could be an autotroph[[labelnote:*]]an organism that creates its own food[[/labelnote]], but leaves are normally used to ''make'' food for the plant, not ''be'' food.
* KilledOffForReal: The Groot who dies at the end of the first movie and the one from ''Vol. 2'' and onward are two separate characters.
* LeeroyJenkins: Groot has a tendency to run into action before Rocket finishes explaining his plan.
* LegacyCharacter: The Groot that died in ''Vol. 1'' stayed dead. The Groot that appears in subsequent movies is his son.
* LetsGetDangerous: Groot has this move where he extends dozens of quills from his body, which serve no purpose other than to make him look more intimidating. [[BadassAdorable Like he would need to.]]
* LightEmUp: Can send spores and flowers glowing in a rich golden light to illuminate the darkness. LightIsGood applies, since he's the kindest character in the movie.
* LightningBruiser: Groot is huge, strong, fast, and is barely fazed by most attacks.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Groot can manipulate his body to form a bulletproof wooden shield on his arms, which he does to protect himself and Rocket from the drones' gunfire during the prison fight.
* MeaningfulName: Groot is actually a Dutch surname meaning "big/tall", which is appropriate given that he's a GentleGiant.
** In Dutch, "groot" would be pronounced [groht] with the double o pronounced as a long 'o' sound.
* MightyGlacier: Groot is tough and strong with [[InstantDeathRadius a lot of reach]], but not really fast.
* MoralityPet: For Rocket, and eventually to the others as well, he brings out their inner hero.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Both Gamora and Peter Quill constantly forget to include Groot whenever they discuss splitting the money for the Orb between them in ''Vol. 1''.
-->'''Gamora:''' If you free us, I'll lead you to the buyer directly and I'll split the profit between the three of us.\\
'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Rocket:''' Four of us. Asleep for the danger, awake for the money, as per frickin' usual.\\
''[Later]''\\
'''Drax:''' I have no interest in money!\\
'''Peter:''' Great. That means more money for the three of us. ''[Groot makes a noise]'' For the four of us. Partners.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Groot can do anything as long as it's plant-related, often to the surprise of his teammates.
-->'''Drax:''' ''[after seeing Groot release luminescent spores]'' [[LampshadeHanging When did you learn to do that?]]\\
'''Peter:''' Pretty sure the answer is "[[PokemonSpeak I am Groot]]".\\
''[Groot nods]''
* NiceGuy: Unlike [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold the other Guardians]], Groot is gentle, supportive, and cooperative.
* NoBiologicalSex: Implied with Rocket's frustrated exclamation of "Learn genders, man!". Of course, being a sentient plant, he really ''wouldn't'' have any need for sex to procreate.
* OddFriendship: With Rocket: One is a PintsizedPowerhouse with a HairTriggerTemper, the other a GentleGiant.
* OhCrap: Outside of combat, and when [[CloudCuckooLander fully lucid]], Groot seems to live in a perpetual state of mild distress.
* OneManArmy: Best demonstrated during the final battle in the ''Dark Aster'' when a large squad of Sakaaran soldiers arrives to fight the Guardians, only for Groot to stick his arm through a whole row of Sakaarans at once before using them as a bludgeon to batter the rest of the squad into submission. Once there are no Sakaarans left standing, Groot turns to Quill and Drax and flashes a huge grin.
* OnlyAFleshWound: Groot gets both of his arms chopped off by Gamora during their first encounter on Xandar but it doesn't seem to bother him. Justified, as he can [[HealingFactor grow his limbs back]].
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In the first movie, when he prepares to perform a HeroicSacrifice to save his comrades, he parts ways with his friend Rocket by re-assuring him: "''We are Groot.''" -- something which seemed to be impossible, due to his limited vocabulary.
* OutrunTheFireball: When The Collector's [[CollapsingLair residence gets blown up]] by the Power Stone in ''Vol. 1'', Groot grabs Rocket and hightails it outta there.
* PlantAliens: He's an alien that looks like a tree.
* PlantPerson: He's also capable of speech and cares about being paid.
* PokemonSpeak: The only thing Groot ever says is "I am Groot", which only Rocket is able to understand. However, you sometimes have an idea of what he means based on context and intonation. Subverted in the case of two words with a HeroicSacrifice, where he instead says, "''We are'' Groot."
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Groot does this twice during the first film:
** The first time happens in the Kyln prison when he's about to fight the drones and the guards.
--->'''Groot:''' '''I! AM! GROOOOOOT!'''
** He does it again just before sacrificing himself to save the other Guardians at the end.
--->'''Groot:''' We. ''Are.'' Groot.
* ScreamingWarrior: Whenever Groot goes into combat, he roars at the top of his lungs.
* SeriesMascot: Due to his popularity, both Groots are heavily used in promoting the films.
* SizeShifter: Groot can change size at will.
* ShapeshifterBaggage: Played with. Groot can produce weapons from his body, stretch his limbs, and pull other tricks without apparent trouble, but it takes him a few hours to regrow two lost arms and his HeroicSacrifice comes from using all his available mass to form a cocoon to protect his friends.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: Groot can form his limbs into weapons if need be, such as a large spear to impale people or shields to block gunfire.
* SpannerInTheWorks: The group would have had a ''much'' easier time escaping prison if Groot had not triggered the alarms while Rocket was still explaining the plan.
* StarfishLanguage: "I am Groot" actually contains a sentence's worth of meaning. [[WordOfGod According to James Gunn]], people only learn the language by getting to know him, which is why Rocket is the only one who can understand him in the first film.
* StarringSpecialEffects: He is a BreakoutCharacter and a CGI creation.
* SuperStrength: Groot's pretty big. But he's strong enough to lift a Kyln inmate almost twice his own weight.
* SuperToughness: Groot's wooden body is tough enough to shrug off bullets, and his HealingFactor, [[ShapeshifterWeapon adjustable physiology]], and lack of obvious vital organs combine to make seriously injuring him very difficult. Using himself as a crash shield in the finale shatters him.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Unlike everyone else on the team, Groot doesn't start off as a {{Jerkass}} and despite having a criminal record, he's the kindest member on the team.
* TrueCompanions: With Rocket before meeting the others as they've been bounty hunting together for a while.
* TrulySingleParent: Groot II was born solely from one of his father's remaining twigs.
* UndyingLoyalty: While a gentle soul at his core, Groot's primary motivation in life is Rocket's happiness, and he is perfectly willing to break laws and smash people if it will make Rocket happy. This eventually expands to the team as a whole, with him showing a lot of compassion and sympathy towards Drax at his sadness over the loss of his family, and becomes as protective of him, Gamora and Peter as he is of Rocket. "We are Groot" indeed.
* UnskilledButStrong: Groot is immensely strong, incredibly tough, and has a large mixed bag of useful abilities, but he's also rather slow to act in a fight and generally doesn't demonstrate an understanding of tactics outside of "smash the enemy". Despite being well below his weight class as far as physical abilities go, Gamora still manages to overpower him in their initial scuffle thanks to superior fighting skill.
* WhenTreesAttack: He's a humanoid tree, and alongside Drax, he's TheBigGuy of the team in the first film.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: While this is Drax's forte, Groot gets in on the action as well, taking out one mook with a chokeslam.
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!!''Groot II''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"[[HeliumSpeech I am Groot!]]"'']]
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!!! '''Species:''' ''Flora colossus''
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Guardians of the Galaxy
!!! '''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TerryNotary (motion-capture, ''Infinity War'' only)
!!! '''Voiced By:''' Creator/VinDiesel (English, French, and Canadian French dubs), Óscar Bonfiglio (Latin-American Spanish dub), Miguel Ángel Muro (European Spanish dub), Kenichi Endo (Japanese dub), Duda Ribeiro (Brazilian Portuguese dub)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'' [[note]] As a potted sapling[[/note]] | ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' [[note]] As Baby Groot and as an adolescent in TheStinger [[/note]] | ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' [[note]] As an adolescent[[/note]] | ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' [[note]] As an adolescent [[/note]] | ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' [[note]] As an adolescent [[/note]] | ''WesternAnimation/IAmGroot'' [[note]] As Baby Groot [[/note]] | ''Series/TheGuardiansOfTheGalaxyHolidaySpecial'' | ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3''
Groot's son who is very different from his father.
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[[folder:Tropes involving Groot II]]
* EleventhHourRanger: Groot, Rocket, and Thor join the battle in Wakanda after they have completed the creation of Stormbreaker.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Baby Groot has the adorableness factor turned up a notch, while in the comics he looked like a miniature adult Groot.
* AffectionateNickname: Thor warmly refers to Groot the second as "Tree."
* AmbiguousSituation: Is this Groot just the first Groot [[AndYourRewardIsInfancy reverted to infancy]]? Or is it the original Groot's offspring? Comments by Kevin Feige indicate the former, but James Gunn seems to believe it's the latter. In either case, they share the same DNA, but the new Groot doesn't seem to have the first Groot's memories.
* AnArmAndALeg: Performs a voluntary version of this during ''Infinity War'' when he sacrifices his left arm to form the handle of Stormbreaker, Thor's new weapon. Said arm does grow back, however.
* AntiHeroSubstitute: He's aggressive and rude compared to his benevolent father/predecessor.
* AreWeThereYet: Implied. During the journey to Nidavellir in ''Infinity War'', Adolescent Groot asks "I Am Groot" in a bored way and Thor responds with "You'll know when we're close".
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Looks to be a massive problem for him, going from dancing to the music to catching a bug to attacking the lizard that got the bug after it got away from him... but this actually works to his advantage later, when he gets the bomb to Ego's brain without getting lost by following the blue glow (a rare case of this trope taken literally!)
* BackFromTheDead: As with the rest of the heroes who got [[NoBodyLeftBehind dusted]] by Thanos in ''Infinity War'', he appears alive and well again in time for the final battle in ''Endgame'' thanks to Bruce Banner using the new Infinity Gauntlet made from Stark tech.
* BackingAwaySlowly: Having accidentally stepped on the Grunds city at the end of ''I Am Groot'' episode 2, Baby Groot makes two steps backwards in embarrassment before running away as fast as he can.
* BadassAdorable: Tiny and cute as he may be, he's much stronger than his size would suggest. He even deployed a bomb inside Ego's brain and can snare human-sized enemies and toss them around with his [[CombatTentacles extendable arms]].
* BadassAndChildDuo: He gets changed over to having this dynamic with Rocket in ''Vol. 2'' because he is now the smaller of the pair and much younger.
* BashSiblings: With Rocket, Thor, and the other Guardians of the Galaxy.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Even being a baby, he's only ''slightly less'' dangerous.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: Now Rocket is the big guy compared to him.
* {{Birdcaged}}: Following Taserace's mutiny against Yondu in ''Vol. 2'', Baby Groot gets captured and locked in a small birdcage where he's being terrorized by the Ravagers.
* BoringInsult: In TheStinger of ''Vol. 2'', Adolescent Groot insults Peter Quill by calling him "boring" when he complains about his [[BrattyTeenageSon Bratty Teenager]] attitude, which Peter throws back at him.
-->'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Peter:''' I'm not boring, you're boring!
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Gender-inverted, but still applicable. In one of {{The Stinger}}s to ''Vol. 2'' he is revealed to have grown up into a rude, lanky youngster with an addiction to video games. In ''Infinity War'' he swears at Quill for telling him to put his handheld console down and whines about his, Rocket, and Thor's journey to Nidavellir taking too long and the pod they take not having a bathroom.
* BreakoutCharacter: As the son of the already immensely popular Groot, Baby Groot became even more beloved due to being cuter and having even more funnier scenes. To date he's one of the most heavily marketed MCU merchandise. He even gets his own series of shorts called ''WesternAnimation/IAmGroot''.
* ChasingAButterfly: At the beginning of ''Vol. 2'', Baby Groot chases around and nearly eats an alien bug while the rest of the Guardians are busy fighting the Abilisk. Rocket ''immediately'' notices from 50 feet away and zooms over to stop him.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: The rest of the Guardians treat him as such, teaching him how the act and being very gentle with him. Near the end of ''Vol. 2'', he even sits on Peter's leg who lets him listen to his music much like a father and a kid.
* ClingyCostume: During his capture by the Ravagers, Baby Groot is made their mascot and is forced to wear a small outfit. He tries to take it off in every possible way, but the outfit won't come off. However, he eventually manages to remove it off-screen after arriving at Ego's planet somehow.
* CloudCuckoolander: ''Vol. 2'' reveals that he hates hats because he keeps mistaking them for people having weirdly-shaped heads.
* CowerPower: In the trailer for ''WesternAnimation/IAmGroot'', Baby Groot cowers on the ground after encountering a race of tiny aliens that assume he is hostile, arming weapons and ships at him.
* CucumberFacial: Not actual cucumbers, but when Baby Groot takes a bath in a puddle on the planet Gangalor in the episode "Groot Takes a Bath", he puts mud all over his body and face, and then picks two alien fruits that look like cucumber slices to put them on his eyes.
* CuteBruiser: Baby Groot may be the size of a baby, but he still has some of his father's SuperStrength and LeeroyJenkins tendencies.
* DanceOff: Upon encountering the shapeshifting alien Iwua in the episode "Groot's Pursuit" and seeing him turns into his doppelganger, Baby Groot challenges him to a dance off, which his opponent is more than happy to oblige.
* DeadGuyJunior: Even though he is essentially the child of the original Groot, everyone just calls him Groot as well.
* DeadpanSnarker: This Groot has a type of snark that produces amusing responses from those who can understand him.
* DefiantStoneThrow: At the beginning of ''Vol. 2'', Baby Groot throws a rock at Drax when he tries to take credit for the defeat of the Abilisk, even though he actually caused more trouble than anything else during the fight by stupidly jumping into its mouth in a vain attempt to kill it from the inside.
* TheDogBitesBack: After having been repeatedly humiliated, doused with alcohol and kicked around by the Ravager Retch, Baby Groot ultimately gets his revenge during the escape from the Ravagers' ship by attacking him and throwing him to his death.
* DontLookAtMe: He apparently doesn't like to be looked at.
** During his first scene in ''Vol. 2'', Baby Groot attacks some Orlonis because he didn't like the way they were looking at him.
** In ''Infinity War'', he also insists that Rocket and Thor don't look when he has to pee in a cup.
* DuctTapeForEverything: After the bomb he detonated blew a hole in the Guardians' starship in the fifth episode of ''I Am Groot'', Baby Groot decides that the best thing to do is to cover it with some duct tape. Naturally, it doesn't hold for long and almost causes Rocket to get sucked into space.
* EmoTeen: One of the stingers of ''Vol. 2'' shows that he's grown into a completely stereotypical adolescent phase.
* ExposedExtraterrestrials: He's made to wear a Ravagers suit in ''Vol. 2'', but he dumps it as soon as possible.
* FromASingleCell: Baby Groot grows from one of Groot's twigs. Subverted in that he's the original Groot's [[BizarreAlienReproduction son]].
* GenerationXerox: He is essentially a smaller, younger version of his father.
* GiantFootOfStomping: Relatively speaking. Although Baby Groot's foot isn't really "giant", it is compared to the [[{{Lilliputians}} Grunds]], who get accidentally stomped by it at the end of "The Little Guy".
* GreenThumb: He has the same powers as his father.
* HandyMouth: During the opening battle on Indigarr in ''Thor: Love and Thunder'', Adolescent Groot carries a pair of binoculars in his mouth. An exasperated Rocket tries to take it off him, but Groot doesn't let it go easily.
* HeliumSpeech: As both a baby and an adolescent. His "I am Groot" is a lot higher in pitch than adult Groot's.
* TheHilarityOfHats: When an imprisoned Yondu gives Baby Groot his Ravager badge in ''Vol. 2'' so that he can find the drawer that has the same symbol on it and bring back the prototype fin that is stored inside, Baby Groot doesn't unsterstand and puts it on his head. Rocket explains that Groot thinks Yondu wants him to wear it as a hat, which Yondu denies.
-->'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Rocket:''' He's relieved you don't want him to wear it as a hat.\\
'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Rocket:''' He hates hats. \\
'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Rocket:''' On anyone, not just himself. \\
'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Rocket:''' You see someone and think they have a weird head and then it just turns out part of their head is a hat. ''[{{beat}}]'' ''That's'' why you don't like hats?
* InformedObscenity: At one point in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', Baby Groot apparently says something naughty.
-->'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Yondu:''' What's that?\\
'''Rocket:''' He says, "Welcome to the frickin' Guardians of the Galaxy." Only he didn't use "frickin'."\\
''[Later]''\\
'''Rocket:''' We're gonna need to have a real discussion about your language.
** He does this again as a teenager during his first scene in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', shocking the entire team.
--->'''Groot:''' I am Groot!\\
'''Peter Quill:''' Whoa!\\
'''Rocket:''' Language!\\
'''Gamora:''' Hey!\\
'''Drax:''' Wow.\\
'''Peter:''' You got some acorns on you, kid!
* InnocentPlantChildren: He is the epitome of this trope, even after he starts to enter his adolescent stage.
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: The other Guardians learn how to speak Groot and thus understand what he's saying as time goes on. Thor also knows the language of Groot.
* InsistentTerminology: Out-of-universe, he's never called "Teen Groot", but is referred to as "''Adolescent'' Groot". The key reasoning seems to be that Groot is only four at the time that he's reached adolescence, and is therefore not a teenager.
** When Rocket thinks he just called him a "raboon" in ''Vol. 2'', Baby Groot clarifies that he said "raccoon".
--->'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Rocket:''' I’m not a raboon, either.\\
'''Groot:''' ''I'' am Groot.\\
'''Rocket:''' "Raccoon". Whatever.
* JarPotty: During the travel to Nidavellir aboard the Space Pod, Adolescent Groot says he needs to urinate so Rocket and Thor tell him to do it in a cup and then throw its contents into space.
* JerkassBall: Parodied in the credits of ''Vol. 2'', where Baby Groot has apparently grown up into a whiny and bratty adolescent who refuses to clean his room and spends most of his time playing video games (he even speaks with a stereotypical moody teenager drawl "I Am ''[=GrooOOoot=]''"), a far cry from his usual NiceGuy personality.
* JustOneMoreLevel: Once he becomes a teenager, Groot spends his entire days playing video games and doesn't stop no matter how many times Peter and Rocket try to tell him it's not healthy for him.
* KillerRabbit: Yes, he's small and adorable and, honestly, kind of weak. Give him an edge, though, and he can be as vicious as his father.
* KlingonsLoveShakespeare: Hinted at by his credits gag appearance in the first film. By ''Vol. 2'', he's developed a full-blown and shameless love for Peter's 80s Earth music. He even spends the battle against the Abilisk dancing to one song in particular, and gets very upset with Drax for smashing the sound system by accident.
* KnuckleCracking: When Baby Groot prepares to do a portrait of himself and the Guardians in the ''I Am Groot'' episode "Magnum Opus", he starts by interlacing his fingers and pushing his hands forward to crack them, then he cracks his neck as well.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Groot was blown up at the end of the first film, and this is his son.
* LeeroyJenkins: Not unlike his father, Groot quickly runs into action before Rocket finished explaining which buttons he should and shouldn't push.
* LetsGetDangerous: After spending most of ''Infinity War'' glossed over his video games, Groot starts taking the situation seriously again, starting with using his own limbs to make a makeshift handle for Thor's new weapon, Stormbreaker.
* LightningBruiser: As this Groot matures, he begins to share his father's strength, speed, and durability.
* TheLoad: As Baby Groot, he's unnecessary for most of the scenes he's in and even distracts the Guardians when fighting an inter-dimensional creature. He makes dumb choices (he releases Nebula -- someone that tried to kill Gamora in the past movie and would have done so if it wasn't for Star-Lord almost sacrificing himself). One has to wonder why the Guardian's crew keep bringing and endangering what is almost a helpless kid to their battles. That last part is even lampshaded in the final song, [[http://www.lyricsondemand.com/soundtracks/g/guardiansofthegalaxyvol2lyrics/guardiansinfernolyrics.html "Guardians Inferno"]].
-->'''David Hasselhoff:''' They ask me why I'm bringin' a baby into battle. That's really irresponsible. And getting them rattled.
* LostInTranslation: Happens whenever Baby Groot is asked to do something by other members of the team. He understands part of what he's being asked, but misunderstands key details. Yondu and Rocket are able to get him to go look for a replacement head fin so Yondu can control his arrow again, and even manage to guide him into the correct room, but he keeps bringing back the wrong objects, in some cases objects that are so radically different from their description of the head fin that Groot is clearly not picking up on the finer points of their description. In the climax, Rocket gives him the atomic bomb which only Groot is small enough to plant on Ego's brain, and Groot understands where he needs to take the bomb and how to set the switches to prime it, but doesn't understand to not push a button that would trigger the bomb immediately which would kill the team immediately, though he gets it right in the end.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Baby Groot's mentality is a combination of this trope and being "Groot's clone-son with GeneticMemory". Word of God is [[FlipFlopOfGod inconsistent]] [[http://www.gamezone.com/news/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2-director-confirms-sad-truth-about-baby-groot-3452200 about which]] [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/guardians-galaxy-2-baby-groot-915478 is which]]. In either case, turning into a baby-like stature as part of his rejuvenation has really done a number on his mind. He's far more childlike in behavior, being prone to tantrums, wandering off, and having trouble understanding what the others are trying to say to him. In his dedicated credits gag, he's grown up into a stereotypical grumpy adolescent.
* MirrorReveal: In the episode "Groot Takes a Bath", Baby Groot doesn't realize that leaves have grown all over his body until he looks at his reflection in the bath water.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: Is disintegrated along with half the universe after Thanos completes the Infinity Gauntlet.
* OddFriendship: He forms one with Thor of all people in ''Infinity War''.
* OffhandBackhand: At the end of the episode "Groot's First Steps", Baby Groot sits next to the bonsai tree to eat cheese balls, and slaps away a cleaning robot that was coming behind him without even looking at it.
* OverlyLongScream: Exaggerated in the second episode of ''I Am Groot''. After the wooden fort he built on the planet Grundar got destroyed when a Vyloo climbed on it and was then attacked by a Manta Bird, Baby Groot screams in anger ''for 37 minutes'' until he falls on his face from exhaustion.
* PajamaCladHero: In the third episode of ''I Am Groot'', Baby Groot hears a spooky noise in the starship from his bed. He gets up to take a look while still wearing his pajamas, and finds himself confronted with a shapeshifting alien named Iwua.
* PassThePopcorn: In ''Vol. 2'', Baby Groot chows down on lollies while the Guardians are flying through an AsteroidThicket. He's later munching on skittles when the Milano is just about to crash.
* PetGetsTheKeys: When Yondu and Rocket are locked in the Ravager ship's brig, they catch Baby Groot's attention and tell him to bring Yondu's prototype head fin so they can break out. Unfortunately, Groot doesn't quite understand what they're talking about and brings back a series of increasingly hilarious object — including a pair of underwear, a severed toe, and a desk — before a regretful Kraglin helps him out.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: He is, in effect, a child due to what happened in the first film, and less than a foot tall, but still strong enough to knock a full-grown man down.
* PlantAliens: Like his father, he's an alien that looks like a tree.
* PlantPerson: He's capable of speech, just like his father.
* PokemonSpeak: Baby Groot has his father's standard "I am Groot." However, by the time one of the post-credits scenes happens, Peter has been with him long enough to understand it, just like Rocket. By the time of ''Infinity War'', all of the other Guardians (and Thor) can understand him without any trouble.
* RedIsHeroic: He temporarily wears a miniature red Ravager jacket during his imprisonment and after his escape from Taserface's Ravagers.
* ReplacementGoldfish: The rest of the Guardians pretty much treat him as if he is the original Groot.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: He's an absolutely adorable miniature humanoid tree. Even the mutinous Ravagers find him cute.
-->'''Gef:''' Hey, what about this little plant? Can I smash it with a rock?\\
'''Taserface:''' No, Gef! It's too adorable to kill!
* RummageFail: In ''Vol. 2'', Baby Groot is tasked with retrieving a replacement fin for Yondu. Unfortunately, he doesn't even understand what it is he's supposed to be looking for. We get a rather long montage of him grabbing the wrong thing over and over, like a pair of underwear, an Orloni, a mechanical eye, an entire desk, and a freshly severed toe. Even by the time he finally gets into the correct drawer in Yondu's stateroom, he picks up some random tin that was lying next to the fin. Had Kraglin not intervened to deliver the fin, this probably would have gone on a lot longer.
* SameCharacterButDifferent: His appearance is very similar to that of the original Groot, but he has none of his father's memories and shows a rather different personality due to his different upbringing. (Also the fact that in ''Vol. 2'' he's only two months old.)
* ScreamingWarrior: [[HeliumSpeech Even when he's only ten inches tall.]]
* ShyBladder: On the way to Nidavellir, Groot has to pee but feels embarrassed.
-->'''Groot:''' I am Groot.\\
'''Rocket:''' Tinkle in the cup. We're not looking. What's there to see? What's a twig? Everybody's seen a twig before.\\
'''Groot:''' ''[whiny]'' I am Groo-oot!\\
'''Thor:''' Tree, pour what's in the cup out into space and go in the cup again.
* ShoulderTeammate: In an inversion of their dynamic in the first movie, now it's Baby Groot's turn to ride on Rocket's shoulder while the rambunctious raccoon delivers MoreDakka. One scene on the ''Milano'' has the crew pass him around while the others work. The poster also has Groot on Quill's shoulder.
* SilentSnarker: When Drax believes he took down the Abilisk all by himself, an annoyed Baby Groot throws a rock at him.
* SirSwearsALot: This is a bad habit that one will ''inevitably'' pick up when you are raised by a foul-mouthed family of space pirates/privateers, particularly when you have ''two'' "fathers" as rude and surly as Quill and Rocket. As a teenager, he is implied to have an ''unbelievably'' sarcastic and '''filthy''' mouth, as his sneered "I am ''Groot"'' in the opening of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' was enough to elicit horrified disgust from ''every'' other Guardian.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He spends most of ''Infinity War'' hanging out by Rocket’s side, except for when he used his arm for Stormbreaker’s handle. Without that sacrifice, Thor wouldn’t have made it to Wakanda in time to [[BigDamnHeroes turn the tide and save the Avengers.]]
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Baby Groot has several scenes in ''Vol. 2'' dedicated to his cute, silly shenanigans often adding little value to the plot but just downright funny and adorable to watch.
* StarfishLanguage: Like his father, he's saying a lot of things within "I am Groot", but only those who know him personally for long enough like the Guardians can understand what he's saying. While Thor claimed he could understand Groot because the language was an elective at Asgardian school in ''Infinity War'', [[WordOfGod James Gunn]] clarifies that he was joking.
* StrollingThroughTheChaos: During the opening fight with the Abilisk in ''Vol. 2'', Baby Groot remains unharmed while chaos unfolds left and right.
* SuperBreath: Downplayed. While Baby Groot's breath is nothing special, the [[{{Lilliputians}} Grunds]] are so tiny that he manages to send them flying when he blows on them in "The Little Guy".
* SuperStrength: He can grab a human-sized enemy and toss him around.
* TagAlongKid: Physically and mentally, he is nothing more than a young child. All the other Guardians are very caring towards him and treat him very delicately. Rocket is cautious of what Groot should be allowed to eat, when he tries to eat a bug. Gamora, Drax, and Peter all caress him in their arms much like how one would do with an infant.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: He grew from the twigs of the original Groot who was killed in the first film, and it took him an entire film for him to reach a decent size... Only for him to get disintegrated in ''Infinity War''. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''Endgame'', where Groot is restored (along with everyone else Thanos snapped) exactly as he was in ''Infinity War''.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** Inverted. As a baby, he has a ''lot'' less physical prowess than the adult Groot, as is painfully clear in the scene where the Ravagers torment and humiliate him despite his efforts to fight back. He does manage to play this straight when he manages to trip one fleeing Ravager and swing him off of the walkway during Yondu's RoaringRampageOfRevenge, but that's the only physical fight he gets into and wins in the entirety of ''Vol. 2''.
** Played straight in ''Infinity War,'' where teen Groot willingly chops off his own arm to help Thor complete the forging of Stormbreaker and later joins the battle against Thanos's forces in Wakanda, thrashing Outriders like nothing.
* TrashOfTheTitans: Groot becomes a lazy teenager who'd rather play video games all day than take care of the mess in his room. When Peter comes to his room in TheStinger of ''Vol. 2'', he realizes that the place is a dump with old vines everywhere and asks him to clean it up, but Groot is too busy playing his game to listen to him.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: This is a person we've seen trash a dozen Sakaarans with one arm -- when he trashes that one Ravager he becomes ''terrifying''. He also, apparently, severed someone's toe when sent to retrieve Yondu's prototype head fin.
* UnskilledButStrong: Just like his father, this Groot compensates his lack of combat skills with sheer brute strength.
* VillainKiller: In addition to having killed his fair share of Ravagers and Outriders, Baby Groot is notably the one who ends up killing [[BigBad Ego]] himself at the end of ''Vol. 2'' by placing the bomb into his core.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Baby Groot really dislikes Drax and hits him whenever he gets the chance. It's implied to be either mutual or understandable on Drax's part.
-->'''Drax:''' Out of the way, dumber, smaller Groot!
* VomitIndiscretionShot: After he, Rocket and Yondu have made far too many star-jumps in ''Vol. 2'', Groot throws up on himself on-screen. Being a baby, he doesn't even notice.
* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: In the climax of ''Vol. 2'', Rocket shows Baby Groot an explosive device and gives him specific instructions not to press the BigRedButton, as it would set set it off immediately, killing them all. [[HilarityEnsues Groot has trouble understanding.]] Fortunately, when Groot has to press the button, he nearly presses the wrong one, but stops at the last second and makes the right choice.
* WhenTreesAttack: Just like his father, this Groot is a humanoid tree who will wreck anything that angers him.
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