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* StarringSpecialEffects: He is a BreakoutCharacter and a CGI creation.
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* SuddenlyShouting: In ''Vol. 1'':
-->'''Rocket:''' I got one plan and that plan requires a ''frickin'' Quarnex battery so ''FIGURE IT OUT!!!!''
-->'''Rocket:''' I got one plan and that plan requires a ''frickin'' Quarnex battery so ''FIGURE IT OUT!!!!''
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* ShoulderTeammate: In ''Vol. 1'', he climbs on top of Groot during the prison escape, first to seek protection against the drones, and then taking advantage of the higher viewpoint to indulge in MoreDakka once he gets his paws on a gun. In ''Infinity War'', he sits on [[spoiler:Thor's]] shoulder when the trio arrives [[spoiler:in Wakanda]].
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He attempts this in ''Vol. 1'' when Ronan gets the Infinity Stone and Peter and Gamora get captured by the Ravagers, but Groot and Drax talk him out of it.
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* SerkisFolk: James Gunn's brother Sean played Rocket on-set, while the character is voiced by Bradley Cooper.
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* PlayingWithSyringes: He is a products of medical experimentation GoneHorriblyRight.
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* FacePalm: In ''Vol. 1'' he does a double-facepalm on Kyln when Groot goes LeeroyJenkins on their prison escape plan.
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* CoveredInScars: His back is a mess of surgical scars.
* CradleOfLoneliness: In ''Vol. 1'' Rocket holds one of Groot's twigs, completely devastated and at a loss for how to process the death of his best friend.
* CradleOfLoneliness: In ''Vol. 1'' Rocket holds one of Groot's twigs, completely devastated and at a loss for how to process the death of his best friend.
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* CantHoldHisLiquor: His tongue is loosened considerably when he's had a few; he loses his DeadpanSnarker attitude and turns downright ''mean'' when insulted. It also loosens his unshakable façade as he reveals both his mental scars (being repeatedly vivisected and reconstructed has to have been immensely traumatic) and his belief that most people see him as some grotesque, unnatural freak. Justified: with his much smaller body mass, he'll be affected harder and faster by alcohol than humanoids.
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* {{Angrish}}: In ''Vol. 1'' he is eager to [[RefusalOfTheCall ditch the Infinity Stone]] and haul tail to the other side of the universe, and is none too happy when Groot decides to help Drax, forcing Rocket to either [[GotVolunteered risk his life playing hero]] or [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive abandon his one friend.]]
-->'''Rocket:''' ''Arrrrrrgggg!'' '''You're! Making! Me! BEAT! UP!! GRASS!!!'''
-->'''Rocket:''' ''Arrrrrrgggg!'' '''You're! Making! Me! BEAT! UP!! GRASS!!!'''
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* AnnoyingLaugh: He often lets out a forced laugh, and in ''Vol. 1'' Star-Lord even insults him for faking it so badly to express contempt for Peter's 12% of a plan. That doesn't stop him from doing it again in ''Vol. 2'' when he mocks Taserface.
-->'''Rocket:''' That is the most real, authentic, hysterical laugh of my entire life, because that is not a plan!
-->'''Rocket:''' That is the most real, authentic, hysterical laugh of my entire life, because that is not a plan!
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* AscendedMeme: In ''Infinity War'' [[spoiler:during the FinalBattle in Wakanda]], Rocket eyeballs [[spoiler:Bucky's]] metal arm and attempts to buy it off him.
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* BrainsAndBrawn: The brains to Groot's brawn. Rocket is the resident GadgeteerGenius while Groot is one of the team's muscle.
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* AttentionWhore: He comes across as this in the second movie. From setting up a sound system right before a big fight to play Quill's music even though Quill himself says its a bad idea, to fighting with Quill over flying the ship, to all his failed attempts at Quill's sarcasm, it feels like Rocket has taken a shine to Quill but doesn't know how to express himself in a way that isn't jerkish. He looked genuinely happy during the short flashback shot of him and Quill flying together with jetpacks.
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* AttentionWhore: He comes across as this in the second movie.''Vol. 2''. From setting up a sound system right before a big fight to play Quill's music even though Quill himself says its a bad idea, to fighting with Quill over flying the ship, to all his failed attempts at Quill's sarcasm, it feels like Rocket has taken a shine to Quill but doesn't know how to express himself in a way that isn't jerkish. He looked genuinely happy during the short flashback shot of him and Quill flying together with jetpacks.
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* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Rocket doesn't wear shoes. {{Justified|Trope}} in the second movie, which reveals that he retains his natural ability to climb tree trunks and branches, so wearing shoes would affect his mobility.
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* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Rocket doesn't wear shoes. {{Justified|Trope}} in the second movie, ''Vol. 2'', which reveals that he retains his natural ability to climb tree trunks and branches, so wearing shoes would affect his mobility.
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* CharacterDevelopment: He is initially acts like a jackass out of fear of being hurt in closer relationships. In the second film, he realizes that his insecurities are causing him to ruin every friendship he has, and becomes a nicer person. He also picks up an appreciation for Peter's music.
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* CharacterDevelopment: He is initially acts like a jackass out of fear of being hurt in closer relationships. In the second film, ''Vol. 2'', he realizes that his insecurities are causing him to ruin every friendship he has, and becomes a nicer person. He also picks up an appreciation for Peter's music.
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* CrazyPrepared: In the second film, he outfits his campsite with an absurd number of traps and gadgets in the event of intruders.
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* FlechetteStorm: His traps in the second film deliver volleys of darts toward the Ravagers, leaving them zero chance of avoiding them.
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* FlechetteStorm: His traps in the second film ''Vol. 2'' deliver volleys of darts toward the Ravagers, leaving them zero chance of avoiding them.
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** He doesn't weigh very much. In the first movie, Gamora is able to throw him some distance from an elevated walkway and later shove him and send him skidding across the sidewalk. In the second movie, however, this is a huge advantage for him as he's able to scamper through the trees on Berhert, where the Ravagers can't catch him, as he accesses his weapons and [[TrapMaster remote-control triggers]].
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** He doesn't weigh very much. In the first movie, ''Vol. 1'', Gamora is able to throw him some distance from an elevated walkway and later shove him and send him skidding across the sidewalk. In the second movie, ''Vol. 2'', however, this is a huge advantage for him as he's able to scamper through the trees on Berhert, where the Ravagers can't catch him, as he accesses his weapons and [[TrapMaster remote-control triggers]].
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** At the end of the first film, when Rocket is distraught over [[spoiler: Groot's sacrifice]], Drax strokes his fur gently. After a moment of hesitation, Rocket relaxes and is comforted by it, just like most animals.
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** At the end of the first film, ''Vol. 1'', when Rocket is distraught over [[spoiler: Groot's sacrifice]], Drax strokes his fur gently. After a moment of hesitation, Rocket relaxes and is comforted by it, just like most animals.
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* GrumpyBear: He spends half the first movie angry or annoyed at things. It's understandable: as a scientific experiment, he'd have no social skills.
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** First film: During the Kyln breakout, a brief point-of-view shot reveals that he's pinpointing Kyln security robots... on autofire... using somebody else's gun...one-handed...from the hip.
** Second film: Rocket watches one of video screens and sees a Ravager coming toward the control room. He scores a perfect hit ''shooting through the wall'' while holding his gun at arm's length and not even properly aiming it. After that first shot, it takes him no time at all to master the technique.
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** First film: ''Vol. 1'': During the Kyln breakout, a brief point-of-view shot reveals that he's pinpointing Kyln security robots... on autofire... using somebody else's gun...one-handed...from the hip.
**Second film: ''Vol. 2'': Rocket watches one of video screens and sees a Ravager coming toward the control room. He scores a perfect hit ''shooting through the wall'' while holding his gun at arm's length and not even properly aiming it. After that first shot, it takes him no time at all to master the technique.
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** Despite stating his objections to being a hero the loudest, he's clearly extremely distressed by the civilian and red-shirt casualties at the end of the first film and goes out of his way to put his life on the line for them.
* KleptomaniacHero: If this was stated any more clearly his name would be "Klepto" instead of "Rocket." He argues to Rhomann Dey that wanting an object more than its owner does entitles him to it, despite Rhomann's objections to that logic. A good part of the second film's plot starts because he stole some Annulax Batteries from the Sovereign. The very things the Sovereign specifically hired the Guardians to, y'know, ''guard.'' And he did it for no other reason than "they were easy to steal" and the Sovereign were douchebags. Alternatively he did it as part of his complex about pushing others away and wanting to be hated.
* KleptomaniacHero: If this was stated any more clearly his name would be "Klepto" instead of "Rocket." He argues to Rhomann Dey that wanting an object more than its owner does entitles him to it, despite Rhomann's objections to that logic. A good part of the second film's plot starts because he stole some Annulax Batteries from the Sovereign. The very things the Sovereign specifically hired the Guardians to, y'know, ''guard.'' And he did it for no other reason than "they were easy to steal" and the Sovereign were douchebags. Alternatively he did it as part of his complex about pushing others away and wanting to be hated.
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* KleptomaniacHero: If this was stated any more clearly his name would be "Klepto" instead of "Rocket." He argues to Rhomann Dey that wanting an object more than its owner does entitles him to it, despite Rhomann's objections to that logic. A good part ofthe second film's ''Vol. 2'' plot starts because he stole some Annulax Batteries from the Sovereign. The very things the Sovereign specifically hired the Guardians to, y'know, ''guard.'' And he did it for no other reason than "they were easy to steal" and the Sovereign were douchebags. Alternatively he did it as part of his complex about pushing others away and wanting to be hated.
* KleptomaniacHero: If this was stated any more clearly his name would be "Klepto" instead of "Rocket." He argues to Rhomann Dey that wanting an object more than its owner does entitles him to it, despite Rhomann's objections to that logic. A good part of
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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: His reaction in the second film when Baby Groot brings a freshly-severed toe:
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Towards the first movie's finale, [[spoiler:he utterly breaks down after Groot's HeroicSacrifice, realising that he was a bit of a dick]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Towards the first movie's finale, finale of ''Vol. 1'', [[spoiler:he utterly breaks down after Groot's HeroicSacrifice, realising that he was a bit of a dick]].
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* OneManArmy: One raccoon army. In ''Vol.2'' he takes out a considerable number of ravagers that approach his camp with his various traps and hand-to-paw combat.
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* PardonMyKlingon: At a couple of points in the first movie, he says "d'ast" or "d'asted" in place of "damn" or "damned".
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* PrisonEscapeArtist: By the start of the first film, he's escaped 22 prisons. By the end, he's escaped 23 (24 if 'received a full pardon' counts). 25 by the end of the second film (if the Ravager ship prison counts).
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* PrisonEscapeArtist: By the start of the first film, ''Vol. 1'', he's escaped 22 prisons. By the end, he's escaped 23 (24 if 'received a full pardon' counts). 25 by the end of the second film ''Vol. 2'' (if the Ravager ship prison counts).
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In ''Vol.2'', he gets those twice:
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* RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear: Has a tendency to do this when talking to Groot so we can understand exactly what he said. This is toned ddown in the second movie, where they allow the context to fill in the blanks, or else he's translating for somebody else's convenience (mostly Yondu).
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* RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear: Has a tendency to do this when talking to Groot so we can understand exactly what he said. This is toned ddown in the second movie, ''Vol. 2'', where they allow the context to fill in the blanks, or else he's translating for somebody else's convenience (mostly Yondu).
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* ToiletHumor: Rocket threatening to put one of Drax's turds in Peter's pillowcase in ''Vol.2''.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Even for the anti-heroic standards of the group, Rocket stands out as the most amoral, vicious, and least altruistic of the bunch (if not for Drax, he'd also win most belligerent). Extra irony points for being the closest to the ''[[TokenGoodTeammate least]]'' assholish member of the group, Groot. He does seem to be getting better though, with the second film addressing how a lot of his behavior is due to self hatred and trying to get people he's close to to hate him.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Even for the anti-heroic standards of the group, Rocket stands out as the most amoral, vicious, and least altruistic of the bunch (if not for Drax, he'd also win most belligerent). Extra irony points for being the closest to the ''[[TokenGoodTeammate least]]'' assholish member of the group, Groot. He does seem to be getting better though, with the second film addressing how a lot of his behavior is due to self hatred and trying to get people he's close to to hate him.
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* ToiletHumor: Rocket threatening to put one of Drax's turds in Peter's pillowcase in ''Vol. 2''.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Even for the anti-heroic standards of the group, Rocket stands out as the most amoral, vicious, and least altruistic of the bunch (if not for Drax, he'd also win most belligerent). Extra irony points for being the closest to the ''[[TokenGoodTeammate least]]'' assholish member of the group, Groot. He does seem to be getting better though, withthe second film ''Vol. 2'' addressing how a lot of his behavior is due to self hatred and trying to get people he's close to to hate him.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Even for the anti-heroic standards of the group, Rocket stands out as the most amoral, vicious, and least altruistic of the bunch (if not for Drax, he'd also win most belligerent). Extra irony points for being the closest to the ''[[TokenGoodTeammate least]]'' assholish member of the group, Groot. He does seem to be getting better though, with
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* TookALevelInDumbass: In the second film, he thinks he can get away with stealing from his employers, can't tell that Peter is insulting him when he literally calls him trash, and can't tell that Peter is being sarcastic when he clearly is. He is still smart enough to make a bunch of high tech weaponry and come up with some good plans in the sequel but he somehow seemed to get more ditzy in between the two films.
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* TookALevelInDumbass: In the second film, ''Vol. 2'', he thinks he can get away with stealing from his employers, can't tell that Peter is insulting him when he literally calls him trash, and can't tell that Peter is being sarcastic when he clearly is. He is still smart enough to make a bunch of high tech weaponry and come up with some good plans in the sequel but he somehow seemed to get more ditzy in between the two films.
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* CharacterDevelopment: He is initially acts like a jackass out of fear of closer relationships. In the second film, he realizes that his insecurities are causing him to ruin every friendship he has, and becomes a nicer person. He also picks up an appreciation for Peter's music.
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* CharacterDevelopment: He is initially acts like a jackass out of fear of being hurt in closer relationships. In the second film, he realizes that his insecurities are causing him to ruin every friendship he has, and becomes a nicer person. He also picks up an appreciation for Peter's music.
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* CombatPragmatist: There is not a force in the universe that can make him fight fair. Guns, explosives, traps, improvised weapons, jumping on people and clawing their eyes out -- he doesn't care as long as it means that he's winning.
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* CombatPragmatist: There is not a force in the universe that can make him fight fair. Guns, explosives, traps, improvised weapons, using {{Tranquillizer Dart}}s, jumping on people and clawing their eyes out -- he doesn't care as long as it means that he's winning.
* DontTouchItYouIdiot: Rocket gives Groot a bomb [[spoiler:with which to destroy Ego]], showing him which button, if pressed, will activate the five-minute timer before it blows and which will set it off instantly. When Rocket asks Groot to repeat his demonstration, he keeps gesturing to the death button, provoking this reaction in Rocket.
* FlechetteStorm: His traps in the second film deliver volleys of darts toward the Ravagers, leaving them zero chance of avoiding them.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: During the Kyln breakout, a brief point-of-view shot reveals that he's pinpointing Kyln security robots... on autofire... using somebody else's gun...one-handed...from the hip.
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** First film: During the Kyln breakout, a brief point-of-view shot reveals that he's pinpointing Kyln security robots... on autofire... using somebody else's gun...one-handed...from thehip.hip.
** Second film: Rocket watches one of video screens and sees a Ravager coming toward the control room. He scores a perfect hit ''shooting through the wall'' while holding his gun at arm's length and not even properly aiming it. After that first shot, it takes him no time at all to master the technique.
** First film: During the Kyln breakout, a brief point-of-view shot reveals that he's pinpointing Kyln security robots... on autofire... using somebody else's gun...one-handed...from the
** Second film: Rocket watches one of video screens and sees a Ravager coming toward the control room. He scores a perfect hit ''shooting through the wall'' while holding his gun at arm's length and not even properly aiming it. After that first shot, it takes him no time at all to master the technique.
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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: His reaction in the second film when Baby Groot brings a freshly-severed toe:
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* OneManArmy: One raccoon army. In ''Vol.2'' he takes out a considerable number of ravagers that approach his camp with his various traps and hand-to-paw combat.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In ''Vol.2'', he gets those twice:
** After they barely survive the encounter with the Sovereign fleet, Gamora tells him and Peter Quill that either of them could have easily evaded their pursuers had they not let their arrogance and need to outdo each other get in the way.
** After they escape and kill the mutineers, Yondu tells him that his mean personality and abrasiveness are just a defense mechanism, and that he's actually afraid of being loved because it will remind him of how lonely he really is.
** After they barely survive the encounter with the Sovereign fleet, Gamora tells him and Peter Quill that either of them could have easily evaded their pursuers had they not let their arrogance and need to outdo each other get in the way.
** After they escape and kill the mutineers, Yondu tells him that his mean personality and abrasiveness are just a defense mechanism, and that he's actually afraid of being loved because it will remind him of how lonely he really is.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: His reaction when he realizes Groot has run away with the bomb but seems intent on pressing the wrong button.
--->'''Rocket''': We're all gonna die.
* ToiletHumor: Rocket threatening to put one of Drax's turds in Peter's pillowcase in ''Vol.2''.
--->'''Rocket''': We're all gonna die.
* ToiletHumor: Rocket threatening to put one of Drax's turds in Peter's pillowcase in ''Vol.2''.
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* CruelToBeKind: [[spoiler:He knocks out Gamora and forces everyone to evacuate the Ego's planet without Star-Lord, as telling the others would cost them their lives.]]
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* RaceNameBasis: In ''Infinity War'', Thor calls him by what he thinks Rocket is -- "Rabbit".
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* AssShove: Rocket gives Thor a cybernetic eye and suggests he wash it, with this trope as Rocket's method of hiding it when he stole it. He says it ''after'' Thor has put the eye in.
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* TokenNonHuman: He is a talking anthropomorphic raccoon in the team of human (or human-like) Guardians.
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* {{BFG}}: Rocket's got a soft spot in his heart for a giant smoking gun, although given his size just about every gun he wields looks like this since they're made for taller species than a raccoon.
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* CallASmeerpARabbit: Invoked. While Rocket ''looks'' like a raccoon, when Peter brings it up during a quiet moment and suggests he's an Earth raccoon who was abducted and turned into an UpliftedAnimal, Rocket himself is skeptical. Given Drax comments on having eaten something that looks like Rocket in the past, it's possible he was originally some sort of alien animal, though it's also possible that a trapper nabbed a few from Earth and sold them in an alien market. [[spoiler:Hilariously, Thor calls him "rabbit" throughout ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' ]].
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* CallASmeerpARabbit: Invoked. While Rocket ''looks'' like a raccoon, when Peter brings it up during a quiet moment and suggests he's an Earth raccoon who was abducted and turned into an UpliftedAnimal, Rocket himself is skeptical. Given Drax comments on having eaten something that looks like Rocket in the past, it's possible he was originally some sort of alien animal, though it's also possible that a trapper nabbed a few from Earth and sold them in an alien market. [[spoiler:Hilariously, Thor calls him "rabbit" throughout ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' ]].''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'']].
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* DemolitionsExpert: Upon boarding Quill's ship, the first thing he did was scavenge parts for explosives. Not because they needed them, but apparently because he just felt it was nice to have. He even boasts that one could blow up a moon. [[spoiler: Guess what they need to do in ''Vol. 2''? Blow up a moon-sized creature called "Ego".]]
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* DemolitionsExpert: Upon boarding Quill's ship, the first thing he did was scavenge parts for explosives. Not because they needed them, but apparently because he just felt it was nice to have. He even boasts that one could blow up a moon. [[spoiler: Guess [[spoiler:Guess what they need to do in ''Vol. 2''? Blow up a moon-sized creature called "Ego".]]
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* DitzyGenius: He has a genius level intellect, is very proficient with tech and is good at planning things on the fly but he also thinks the best time to play music is during a battle, plus he doesn't know how to wink or really know when Quill is being sarcastic (or insulting him when he outright calls him trash).
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* DitzyGenius: He has a genius level genius-level intellect, is very proficient with tech and is good at planning things on the fly but he also thinks the best time to play music is during a battle, plus he doesn't know how to wink or really know when Quill is being sarcastic (or insulting him when he outright calls him trash).
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* FurryDenial: Even though he ultimately admits to being an UpliftedAnimal, he doesn't like when people outright refer to him as such. He gets angry being called a raccoon, possibly because it hits a tad too home. Weirdly, in ''Vol. 2'', he's initially not so bothered by Peter calling him a "trash panda"[[note]]a nickname for raccoons[[/note]] until Peter admits it's "worse" than being called a raccoon, and when Ego describes him as a triangle-faced monkey, he's more concerned with seeing if his face really is triangular than taking offense.
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* FurryDenial: Even though he ultimately admits to being an UpliftedAnimal, he doesn't like when people outright refer to him as such. He gets angry being called a raccoon, possibly because it hits a tad home too home.hard. Weirdly, in ''Vol. 2'', he's initially not so bothered by Peter calling him a "trash panda"[[note]]a nickname for raccoons[[/note]] until Peter admits it's "worse" than being called a raccoon, and when Ego describes him as a triangle-faced monkey, he's more concerned with seeing if his face really is triangular than taking offense.
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** He also will sometimes wash his face by licking his hands and wiping them on it, and habitually steals things even if he doesn't really need them, both of which are [[AnimalStereotypes something that real raccoons do.]]
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** He also will sometimes wash his face by licking his hands and wiping them on it, and habitually steals things even if he doesn't really need them, both of which are [[AnimalStereotypes something things that real raccoons do.]]
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** Despite stating his objections to being a hero the loudest, he's clearly extremely distressed by the civilian and red shirt causalities at the end of the first film and goes out of his way to put his life on the line for them.
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* MadBomber: He tends to build bombs for fun, and seems to like the idea of [[EarthShatteringKaboom blowing up moons]] a little too much. To Peter's horror, he is way too lax about safety, leaving his grenades out in the open, causing him to freak out. It gets worse when in the sequel, he carries an [[UpToEleven Atom Bomb]] in his bag, which comes in handy [[spoiler:to destroy a universe consuming living planet]].
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* MadBomber: He tends to build bombs for fun, and seems to like the idea of [[EarthShatteringKaboom blowing up moons]] a little too much. To Peter's horror, he is way too lax about safety, leaving his grenades out in the open, causing him to freak out. It gets worse when in the sequel, he carries an [[UpToEleven Atom Bomb]] in his bag, which comes in handy [[spoiler:to destroy a universe consuming universe-consuming living planet]].
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* TranslatorBuddy: The only one who seems to understand what Groot is really saying. Come the sequel the rest of the team seems to have the nuances of Groot's "language" down, but Rocket is still the one to provide most of the spoken translating for Groot.
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* TranslatorBuddy: The only one who seems to understand what Groot is really saying. Come the sequel sequel, the rest of the team seems to have the nuances of Groot's "language" down, but Rocket is still the one to provide most of the spoken translating for Groot.
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* VocalDissonance: His scratchy voice can look a little weird on the body of a cute little raccoon.
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* VocalDissonance: His scratchy voice can look seem a little weird on coming from the body of a cute little raccoon.
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* AdaptationNameChange: {{Downplayed}} in the comics, he has a SpeciesSurname, and this version of Rocket is occasionally referred to as "Rocket Raccoon" in out of universe information, but in the film he's just referred to as "Rocket" and is credited as such in the end credits. Here, he ''detests'' being called a raccoon and it's unclear if he actually originates as an Earth raccoon.
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* AdaptationNameChange: {{Downplayed}} in {{Downplayed}}. In the comics, he has a SpeciesSurname, and this version of Rocket is occasionally referred to as "Rocket Raccoon" in out of universe information, but in the film he's just referred to as "Rocket" and is credited as such in the end credits. Here, he ''detests'' being called a raccoon and it's unclear if he actually originates as an Earth raccoon.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Slightly -- in the comics, he has a SpeciesSurname, though he's also just referred to as "Rocket". Here, he ''detests'' being called a raccoon and it's unclear if he actually originates as an Earth raccoon.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Slightly -- {{Downplayed}} in the comics, he has a SpeciesSurname, though and this version of Rocket is occasionally referred to as "Rocket Raccoon" in out of universe information, but in the film he's also just referred to as "Rocket"."Rocket" and is credited as such in the end credits. Here, he ''detests'' being called a raccoon and it's unclear if he actually originates as an Earth raccoon.
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* DitzyGenius: He's a very proficient tech genius and is good at planning things on the fly but he also thinks the best time to play music is during a battle, plus he doesn't know how to wink or really know when Quill is being sarcastic (or insulting him when he outright calls him trash).
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* DitzyGenius: He's He has a genius level intellect, is very proficient with tech genius and is good at planning things on the fly but he also thinks the best time to play music is during a battle, plus he doesn't know how to wink or really know when Quill is being sarcastic (or insulting him when he outright calls him trash).
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I think Rocket more qualifies as a Ditzy Genius (IE a genius who's a bit ditzy, rather than a ditz who has an area of expertise) since he's said to have a genius level intellect
* DitzyGenius: He's a very proficient tech genius and is good at planning things on the fly but he also thinks the best time to play music is during a battle, plus he doesn't know how to wink or really know when Quill is being sarcastic (or insulting him when he outright calls him trash).
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* GeniusDitz: He's a very proficient tech genius and is good at planning things on the fly but he also thinks the best time to play music is during a battle, plus he doesn't know how to wink or really know when Quill is being sarcastic (or insulting him when he outright calls him trash).
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Misused. This is not the trope for placing the blame, he hero must be trying to FIX things in the first place for it to apply. Rocket was fixing nothing by stealing batteries :)
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The entire plot of ''Vol. 2'' is his fault, with Rocket stealing the Sovereign's batteries leading to everyone being hunted by the Sovereign, getting rescued by Ego and taken to his planet, [[spoiler:allowing Ego to acquire Peter and use him in his EvilPlan to [[TheAssimilator assimilate everything into himself]].]]
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* YouAreNumberSix: Rocket's real "name" is Subject 89P13 and the Nova Corps officers refer to him as such.
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!!''[[ComicBook/RocketRaccoon 89P13 / Rocket]]''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Ain't no thing like me, 'cept me!"'']]
!!! '''Species:''' Enhanced raccoon (Halfworlder)
!!! '''Portrayed by:''' Sean Gunn (on-set actor), Oreo the Raccoon (movement and behavior modeling), Creator/BradleyCooper (voice)
!!! '''Voiced by:''' Sergio Zurita (Latin-American Spanish dub), Juan Logar Jr. (European Spanish dub), Koji Kato (Japanese dub), Alexis Victor (French dub), Maël Davan-Soulas (Canadian French dub)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' | ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' | ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' | ''[[Film/Avengers4 Untitled Avengers Sequel]]''
->''"Rocket: Wanted on over 50 charges of vehicular theft and escape from custody."''
-->-- '''Rhomann Dey'''
A bounty hunter with a penchant for heavy weaponry and bombs, who also happens to be a talking raccoon.
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* AccentAdaptation: In certain adaptations featuring the character prior to the MCU, Rocket had a Cockney accent. Here, his accent is clearly American.
* AcePilot: Shows great skill when defending Xandar against the Necro Craft, and in the sequel states he regards himself as the best pilot around (though Peter would dispute that).
* AdaptationNameChange: Slightly -- in the comics, he has a SpeciesSurname, though he's also just referred to as "Rocket". Here, he ''detests'' being called a raccoon and it's unclear if he actually originates as an Earth raccoon.
* AffectionateNickname: Accidental; as Thor does not know what a Raccoon is (and the Raccoon in question not ever bothering to tell him what his name is), he warmly refers to Rocket as "Rabbit" throughout the entirety of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar.''
* AnimalStereotypes: A raccoon or raccoon-like alien who's a bad-tempered kleptomaniac (indeed, he seems to find no moral issue with taking something if he wants it more than the rightful owner).
* AnimalSuperhero: Just look at him -- a gun-slinging talking raccoon.
* AttentionWhore: He comes across as this in the second movie. From setting up a sound system right before a big fight to play Quill's music even though Quill himself says its a bad idea, to fighting with Quill over flying the ship, to all his failed attempts at Quill's sarcasm, it feels like Rocket has taken a shine to Quill but doesn't know how to express himself in a way that isn't jerkish. He looked genuinely happy during the short flashback shot of him and Quill flying together with jetpacks.
* BadassAdorable: You'd never expect a raccoon to be a gun-toting powerhouse.
* BadassAndChildDuo: Although small himself, he fills this role with Baby Groot, although Baby Groot is a PintsizedPowerhouse.
* BadassBaritone: The Japanese dub gives him a much deeper voice than Cooper's rendition.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Rocket doesn't wear shoes. {{Justified|Trope}} in the second movie, which reveals that he retains his natural ability to climb tree trunks and branches, so wearing shoes would affect his mobility.
* BerserkButton: People making cracks at Rocket being an animal, and specifically a raccoon.
* {{BFG}}: Rocket's got a soft spot in his heart for a giant smoking gun, although given his size just about every gun he wields looks like this since they're made for taller species than a raccoon.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: His partner is Groot, the towering "dumb tree". Later gets reversed when Groot has to regrow himself [[spoiler: following his HeroicSacrifice to protect the rest of the Guardians during the crash of the ''Dark Aster'']], turning Rocket into the larger of the two.
* BodyHorror:
** There are cybernetic implants protruding on his back and on either side of his chest above his sternum. Given his rap sheet only lists him as having a cybernetic skeletal structure, one can probably presume those are a part of that.
** If what he said while drunk was true, his origins (being repeatedly dismembered and reassembled; given that he was able to recall it, it's reasonable to assume that he was vivisected) are also pretty goddamn horrific.
* BountyHunter: His day job. It's how he meets Peter in the first place, as Yondu had put a bounty on Peter's head and Rocket tried to collect.
* BreakoutCharacter: He and Groot became explosively popular due to their unique and quirky designs and personalities, and are heavily used in promotion of the films. This caused both of them to get their own comic series in the mainstream Marvel Universe.
* BrooklynRage: Bradley Cooper has cited Joe Pesci as his inspiration for the voice of the character, which explains why Rocket's accent matches his temperament.
* CallASmeerpARabbit: Invoked. While Rocket ''looks'' like a raccoon, when Peter brings it up during a quiet moment and suggests he's an Earth raccoon who was abducted and turned into an UpliftedAnimal, Rocket himself is skeptical. Given Drax comments on having eaten something that looks like Rocket in the past, it's possible he was originally some sort of alien animal, though it's also possible that a trapper nabbed a few from Earth and sold them in an alien market. [[spoiler:Hilariously, Thor calls him "rabbit" throughout ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' ]].
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Sometimes he's the one looking after Groot and telling him what not to do, like drink from the city's display fountain.
* CombatPragmatist: There is not a force in the universe that can make him fight fair. Guns, explosives, traps, improvised weapons, jumping on people and clawing their eyes out -- he doesn't care as long as it means that he's winning.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames:
** Although the character's full name in the comics is Rocket Raccoon, in the film he's referred to simply as "Rocket". As it happens, he doesn't actually know what a raccoon ''is''.
** Ends up becoming a JustifiedTrope; being referred to as an animal is Rocket's BerserkButton.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Had he not stolen from them, the Sovereign wouldn't have been out for the Guardian's blood.
* CryCute: A mean, abrasive, foul-mouthed little bastard though Rocket may be, he has been an ''actually'' adorable little raccoon when he wept like a helpless and lost child while holding [[spoiler:Groot's remains after his HeroicSacrifice]] and when he shed tears of respect at the funeral of [[spoiler:Yondu.]]
* {{Cyborg}}: His enhancements are what made him into the creature he is today. His skeleton was modified to grant him the ability to walk bipedally, and Creator/JamesGunn has [[WordOfGod mentioned]] that there are [[https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/936150872253333504 cybernetic components implanted in his brain]] that give him the fine motor control needed to produce his facial expressions. It's unclear, however, exactly how much of his enhancement is due to the cybernetics and how much is a product of his genetic modifications.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Captured, vivisected while conscious, pieced back together with cybernetics and pumped full of mutagens to make the cybernetics take that also gave him sentience and human-level intelligence, and presumably dumped and forced to fend for himself in an unknown and hostile universe -- it's a wonder that he's even half as well-adjusted as he is.
* DeadpanSnarker: He gets a few in. For example, when he needs Gamora to recover a piece of equipment for their escape from the Kyln.
--> '''Rocket:''' Supposedly, these bald bodies find you attractive, so maybe you could work out some kinda trade.\\
'''Gamora:''' You must be joking.\\
'''Rocket:''' No, I really heard they find you attractive.
* DemolitionsExpert: Upon boarding Quill's ship, the first thing he did was scavenge parts for explosives. Not because they needed them, but apparently because he just felt it was nice to have. He even boasts that one could blow up a moon. [[spoiler: Guess what they need to do in ''Vol. 2''? Blow up a moon-sized creature called "Ego".]]
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Is this in ''Vol. 2.'' His actions kicked off the plot, and his own character arc runs in parallel to Quill's.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He manages to rig a bomb powerful enough [[spoiler:to kill [[EldritchAbomination Ego]], a [[PhysicalGod Celestial]]]].
* EscapeArtist: He's escaped from twenty-two different prisons throughout his career as a bounty hunter. When he gets to the Kyln, he's already figured out how to escape when they first enter the main yard, and they get out the next day.
* FantasticRacism:
** He claims that he is the victim of this, as he believes that people see him as a freak because he's the only talking raccoon in the galaxy, and many of the Nova officers act bigoted toward him for being different (e.g. he's treated even worse than the other Guardians when they're at the prison, to the point where his own record says he's a "lower life form", and a Nova officer complains about taking orders from a "hamster").
** Drax treats him like an animal at times and expresses the desire to eat him, though it could be because he takes things very literally as opposed to actually feeling he's superior to him.
** The Collector also acts bigoted towards him when he asks Groot if Rocket is his pet because he is an animal (although, judging from Tivan's smirk at Rocket's reaction, it's possible that he was just [[{{Troll}} messing with Rocket]]).
* FireForgedFriends: With Yondu in ''Vol. 2'', after half of his Ravager crew mutinies and [[spoiler: jettisons the loyal half to space]], the two are forced to work together to escape. During this time, Yondu ends up telling Rocket that [[spoiler: the two of them [[NotSoDifferent are quite similar]] in that they both use a JerkassFacade to hide the pain of their pasts]]. Afterwards, the two become genuine friends enough that [[spoiler: Rocket is the second most devastated by Yondu's death after Peter himself.]]
* ForWantOfANail: Roughly half of the plot in the sequel (''especially'' the [[spoiler:conception of Adam Warlock]]) would not have happened if he hadn't decided to steal from their clients. On the other hand, [[spoiler:it's unlikely the Guardians would have destroyed Ego without those same stolen batteries, without which Ego would have consumed the universe, so while it was a stupid self-destructive move, it did end up working for the best. Regardless of the Guardians stealing from the Sovereign, Ego would have found Star-Lord eventually and it took Yondu and Rocket wising up to stopping him in his tracks and even then they just barely managed to succeed]].
* FragileSpeedster: It's not known whether he's any tougher than a normal raccoon due to his bionics, but he depends largely on being really small, really fast, and [[{{BFG}} carrying some huge freaking guns]]. Also hiding behind Groot.
* FreudianExcuse: His irritable demeanor is a result of him feeling alienated and mocked for his oddly unique nature, not helped by the fact that he was tortured into it via illegal and horrendously cruel experimentation.
* FunnyAnimal: He resembles a raccoon walking on its hind legs. However, there is no little planet of cute talking raccoons out there: Rocket is the result of an illegal and very horrifying experiment with cybernetics and mutagens.
* FurryDenial: Even though he ultimately admits to being an UpliftedAnimal, he doesn't like when people outright refer to him as such. He gets angry being called a raccoon, possibly because it hits a tad too home. Weirdly, in ''Vol. 2'', he's initially not so bothered by Peter calling him a "trash panda"[[note]]a nickname for raccoons[[/note]] until Peter admits it's "worse" than being called a raccoon, and when Ego describes him as a triangle-faced monkey, he's more concerned with seeing if his face really is triangular than taking offense.
* FurryReminder: Even though he's able to speak and shoot guns and do most of the things that people can do, he’s still very much a raccoon, which plays to both his advantage and disadvantage:
** He doesn't weigh very much. In the first movie, Gamora is able to throw him some distance from an elevated walkway and later shove him and send him skidding across the sidewalk. In the second movie, however, this is a huge advantage for him as he's able to scamper through the trees on Berhert, where the Ravagers can't catch him, as he accesses his weapons and [[TrapMaster remote-control triggers]].
** He remarks that he doesn't have a particularly long lifespan.
** He's fully capable of walking bipedally, but if he needs to move a short distance quickly, RunningOnAllFours is still more convenient for him.
** He occasionally ''growls'' and bares his teeth when he's particularly annoyed by something. According to his rap sheet in Vol. 1, he also bites, but it isn't shown onscreen until he's startled by Mantis in the early part of ''Vol. 2''.
** He also will sometimes wash his face by licking his hands and wiping them on it, and habitually steals things even if he doesn't really need them, both of which are [[AnimalStereotypes something that real raccoons do.]]
** At the end of the first film, when Rocket is distraught over [[spoiler: Groot's sacrifice]], Drax strokes his fur gently. After a moment of hesitation, Rocket relaxes and is comforted by it, just like most animals.
** ''Vol. 2'' strongly implies that he retains the [[TheNoseKnows sensitive sense of smell]] and excellent hearing that a normal raccoon would have.
* TheGadfly: Definitely a prankster. See ItAmusedMe, below.
* GadgeteerGenius: Rocket repeatedly demonstrates a talent for fashioning useful things out of random junk in a time crunch. To whit: the Hadron Enforcer, a weapon that launches highly explosive rounds, was made from random bits that Rocket stripped from the ''Milano''. He also made a couple of explosives while doing so, including that one that can apparently blow up moons, which is no empty boast [[spoiler:as the sequel demonstrates when he rigs up a bomb to destroy a moon-sized living planet, aided by the batteries that he had stolen from the Sovereign]].
* GeniusDitz: He's a very proficient tech genius and is good at planning things on the fly but he also thinks the best time to play music is during a battle, plus he doesn't know how to wink or really know when Quill is being sarcastic (or insulting him when he outright calls him trash).
* {{Greed}}: He argues at one point that [[InsaneTrollLogic if he wants a thing more than a person who owns it, the thing in question should rightfully be his and therefore taking it wouldn't be a criminal act]]. Possibly justified: [[MyInstinctsAreShowing raccoons]] ''love'' shiny things.
* GrumpyBear: He spends half the first movie angry or annoyed at things. It's understandable: as a scientific experiment, he'd have no social skills.
* GunsAkimbo: Rocket ''loves'' his guns, and if he can wave two around at the same time, all the better.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: More "hero" than "sociopathic", but he's definitely one of the more violent and unfriendly members of the team.
* HumansAreUgly: Implied by one ComicallyMissingThePoint gag regarding a criminal supposedly finding Gamora attractive.
* HypocriticalHumor: Complains about Gamora biting his fingers during their first meeting/fight, but his own rap sheet warns that he bites.
* IAmNotWeasel: He is not a vermin or a rodent and calling him such when he's intoxicated is a pretty bad idea. Ironically, he also doesn't take well to being called a raccoon, despite that being what he ''literally'' is. He doesn't particularly mind when Thor calls him a "rabbit", though.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: During the Kyln breakout, a brief point-of-view shot reveals that he's pinpointing Kyln security robots... on autofire... using somebody else's gun...one-handed...from the hip.
* InelegantBlubbering: He may keep it together enough for ManlyTears when [[spoiler:Groot prepares for his HeroicSacrifice]], but once that's all over and he's on the ground surrounded by [[spoiler:twigs]], he goes to pieces and even starts guilt-tripping himself.
* InterspeciesFriendship: With everyone on his team, especially Groot. It's not like he has a choice.
--> '''Rocket:''' Ain't no thing like me, 'cept me.
* InVinoVeritas: When drunk, he rants about how he's sure that everyone considers him to be a monstrous, freakish joke and also about the painful experiments that were performed on him.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Unless he's drunk, he'd never admit it but he secretly thinks people look down on him for being the only one of his species who can talk.
* {{Irony}}: In ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' Rocket jokes that he doesn't have "that long of a lifespan anyway". [[spoiler:By the end of ''Infinity War'', with Gamora dead at Thanos' hands and Star-Lord, Drax, Mantis, ''and Groot'' disintegrated in the aftermath of the BadassFingersnap, he's the only original member of the Guardians left alive.]]
* ItAmusedMe: He declares that to escape from a high-security space prison, he'll need [[NoodleImplements a specific kind of battery, one of the guards' security implants, and a fellow convict's prosthetic leg.]] Two of those things were essential; the third was simply for his own amusement.
* JerkassFacade: He acts like an asshole to everyone to hide his insecurities and traumatic past. He only reveals his true feelings [[InVinoVeritas when drunk]] [[spoiler:and when his companion, Groot, is about to pull a HeroicSacrifice]]. Yondu even spells this out to Rocket in ''Vol. 2'' noting that the moment he gets even a little bit of love and compassion from someone he has to act like an ass to push them away, [[spoiler: just like Yondu himself.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: He phrased it pretty harshly, but Rocket is right on the money when he calls out [[spoiler:Drax for nearly getting them all killed by calling Ronan to Knowhere.]]
-->'''Rocket:''' "Oh, boo hoo, my [[spoiler:wife and child]] are dead!"\\
'''Groot:''' {{GASP}}\\
'''Rocket:''' Oh, I don't care if it's mean! ''Everybody's'' got dead people! That's no excuse to get everyone ''else'' dead along the way!
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** The most profound example on the team. He's kind of a dick, but he looks after his buddies (Groot in particular).
** Despite stating his objections to being a hero the loudest, he's clearly extremely distressed by the civilian and red shirt causalities at the end of the first film and goes out of his way to put his life on the line for them.
* KleptomaniacHero: If this was stated any more clearly his name would be "Klepto" instead of "Rocket." He argues to Rhomann Dey that wanting an object more than its owner does entitles him to it, despite Rhomann's objections to that logic. A good part of the second film's plot starts because he stole some Annulax Batteries from the Sovereign. The very things the Sovereign specifically hired the Guardians to, y'know, ''guard.'' And he did it for no other reason than "they were easy to steal" and the Sovereign were douchebags. Alternatively he did it as part of his complex about pushing others away and wanting to be hated.
* KlingonsLoveShakespeare:
** In ''Vol. 2'', he seems to have come to really like Quill's Earth music, to the point that he chooses to "prepare" for the arrival of the Abilisk by setting up a stereo to give them background music -- something even ''Quill'' thinks is pointless. Unless he was doing that for Baby Groot, of course. Then again, the fact he uses that music twice more in the movie for his own benefit suggests he really has grown to like it.
** When left behind to fix the ''Milano'', during his takedown of the Ravagers when they come after him, he plays "Southern Nights" and even sings along for a bit.
** When he and Yondu are getting ready to escape, he asks Kraglin to put on one of Quill's songs to serve as background music to their breakout.
* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler: After Thanos wipes out half of the universe, Rocket is the last Guardian alive from the original team.]]
* MacGyvering: Rigs up weaponry, rudimentary ship parts, and booby traps a few times throughout the films.
* MadBomber: He tends to build bombs for fun, and seems to like the idea of [[EarthShatteringKaboom blowing up moons]] a little too much. To Peter's horror, he is way too lax about safety, leaving his grenades out in the open, causing him to freak out. It gets worse when in the sequel, he carries an [[UpToEleven Atom Bomb]] in his bag, which comes in handy [[spoiler:to destroy a universe consuming living planet]].
* ManlyTears: [[spoiler:During Groot's HeroicSacrifice. Drax comforts him after the battle.]] Gets this again in the sequel, after [[spoiler:Yondu's]] HeroicSacrifice.
* MilkingTheGiantCow: He mimics the Collector's LargeHam demeanor to mock him.
* MoreDakka: A huge fan of massive and repeating fire power.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Towards the first movie's finale, [[spoiler:he utterly breaks down after Groot's HeroicSacrifice, realising that he was a bit of a dick]].
* MyInstinctsAreShowing: Despite being uplifted, sapient, and conversant, Rocket still exhibits a lot of baseline raccoon traits. He has a kleptomanic streak, is quite deft with his tiny hands, and has a rather short and vicious temper.
* TheNapoleon: Rocket's easily the smallest member of the Guardians, easily the rudest, and is tied with Drax when it comes to violence.
* NeverMyFault: In ''Vol. 2'' Rocket is completely unwilling to take responsibility for the Sovereign attacking them even though his theft of their batteries is the catalyst that starts the plot of the movie. He also claims that the Guardians and their issues are "mostly Drax's" fault. [[spoiler:Rocket's CharacterDevelopment and arc with Yondu eventually makes him realise he was wrong and apologise to Quill at the end of the movie.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The entire plot of ''Vol. 2'' is his fault, with Rocket stealing the Sovereign's batteries leading to everyone being hunted by the Sovereign, getting rescued by Ego and taken to his planet, [[spoiler:allowing Ego to acquire Peter and use him in his EvilPlan to [[TheAssimilator assimilate everything into himself]].]]
* NinjaPirateRobotZombie: He's a badass gun-toting gadgeteer superhero cyborg talking ''space raccoon.''
* TheNoseKnows: Because of his animal biology, Rocket has an excellent sense of smell.
* NotSoDifferent: From [[spoiler:Yondu]], as revealed in ''Vol. 2''.
-->'''Rocket:''' What kind of a pair are we?
* NWordPrivileges: His BerserkButton is being called anything other than "Rocket", and being called a "rabbit" would certainly set him off. Unless the one calling him that is Thor, then he'll let it pass, because Thor is one of the few people he genuinely respects.
* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: Has no idea what a "raccoon" is, probably due to the lack of Earth fauna elsewhere in the galaxy.
* OddFriendship:
** With Groot: One is a PintsizedPowerhouse with a HairTriggerTemper, the other a GentleGiant.
** He also develops a close bond with Thor, a large, polite, and well-read monarch, when they meet in ''Infinity War''.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Initially, the only reason he doesn't turn in Peter for the bounty is because the cash value of the Orb is ''much'' higher.
* ParentalSubstitute: He acts likes Baby Groot's father. [[spoiler: Tragically, [[WordOfGod James Gunn confirms]] that as Teenage Groot is fading away in ''Infinity War'', his last line to Rocket is "Dad!"]] [[TearJerker Ouch.]]
* PardonMyKlingon: At a couple of points in the first movie, he says "d'ast" or "d'asted" in place of "damn" or "damned".
* PetTheDog: Early on, his relationship with Groot is the only real proof that Rocket's not 100% a dick. Literally trying to do this is a good way to get bitten, though, as shown by Mantis in ''Vol. 2''.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: He's the size of a raccoon but has no problems wielding huge guns and using them with great skill. This also means he's strong enough to take down a full grown man with just a few well-placed punches.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He appears to view people with physical disabilities as being inferior (or just funny), to the point where he even removes their fake legs or fake eyes for fun.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: By the start of the first film, he's escaped 22 prisons. By the end, he's escaped 23 (24 if 'received a full pardon' counts). 25 by the end of the second film (if the Ravager ship prison counts).
* RascallyRaccoon: He does have his moments of being like this. At the end, he gets into a long talk with a Nova Corps. officer about the definition of stealing if he wants something more than the owner.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: This is what Rocket does on Knowhere against Ronan's forces, and against Ronan himself.
* RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear: Has a tendency to do this when talking to Groot so we can understand exactly what he said. This is toned ddown in the second movie, where they allow the context to fill in the blanks, or else he's translating for somebody else's convenience (mostly Yondu).
* RunningGag: He hates being referred to as an animal. Naturally everyone calls him a him an animal name when they meet him. And aside from Quill, they always call him something other than raccoon (a monkey, a rabbit, etc).
* ScrewySquirrel: He'll make trouble or complicate things just for the fun of it -- though he's smart enough to (largely) stow the pranks when things get desperate.
* TheSmartGuy: Rocket acts as the GadgeteerGenius of the team, and masterminds a GreatEscape in about twenty minutes flat. In the finale of both films, his devices are instrumental to defeating the BigBad.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Rocket is the only original member of the Guardians to survive the events of ''Infinity War''.]]
* SourOutsideSadInside: Rocket is one of the biggest Jerkasses in the cast, but Yondu remarks that his abrasiveness only hides the sadness inside his heart as a reject from his creators.
* StepfordSnarker: A couple scenes make it clear that his wise-cracking, tough-guy facade is covering up some severe mental scars.
* StickyFingers: In ''Vol. 2''. Damn it, Rocket. Stealing from your employers is a bad enough idea. Stealing from employers who believe any insult to them warrants a painful and quick death is swiping the IdiotBall.
* TalkingAnimal: Rocket's fully capable of speaking in complete sentences, unlike [[PlantAliens his companion]] [[PokemonSpeak Groot]].
* TokenEvilTeammate: Even for the anti-heroic standards of the group, Rocket stands out as the most amoral, vicious, and least altruistic of the bunch (if not for Drax, he'd also win most belligerent). Extra irony points for being the closest to the ''[[TokenGoodTeammate least]]'' assholish member of the group, Groot. He does seem to be getting better though, with the second film addressing how a lot of his behavior is due to self hatred and trying to get people he's close to to hate him.
* TookALevelInDumbass: In the second film, he thinks he can get away with stealing from his employers, can't tell that Peter is insulting him when he literally calls him trash, and can't tell that Peter is being sarcastic when he clearly is. He is still smart enough to make a bunch of high tech weaponry and come up with some good plans in the sequel but he somehow seemed to get more ditzy in between the two films.
* TookALevelInKindness: Even more so than other Guardians. By Infinity War, he openly admits that he cares for his team, and tries to comfort Thor, when the Asgardian somewhat breaks down, in sharp contrast with his jerkassery in ''Vol. 2''.
* TranslatorBuddy: The only one who seems to understand what Groot is really saying. Come the sequel the rest of the team seems to have the nuances of Groot's "language" down, but Rocket is still the one to provide most of the spoken translating for Groot.
* TrapMaster: In the sequel, he takes down a huge number of Ravagers attempting to ambush him, Nebula and Groot by booby-trapping the forest around them with tranquilizer dart shooters and anti-gravity mines. It works ''ridiculously well'' for the most part. Really the only reason it fails is because there's too many Ravagers spread out too much for Rocket to get all of them. And [[OneManArmy Yondu's]] leading them.
* TrueCompanions: With Groot before meeting the others as they've been bounty hunting together for a long time. [[spoiler:He takes Groot's sacrifice the hardest and is especially pissed when Ronan walks out of the attack unharmed.]]
* UpliftedAnimal: Rocket is the result of "illegal genetic and cybernetic experiments on a lower life form". The sheer monstrousness of the techniques used echoes ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau.'' The only thing not clear is whether Rocket was an Earth raccoon or merely some alien equivalent that looks a lot like one.
* VocalDissonance: His scratchy voice can look a little weird on the body of a cute little raccoon.
* WeakButSkilled: Makes up for his lack of physical power with great creativity and mechanical ingenuity, tactical finesse, and an overwhelming willingness to fight dirty. He's still strong enough to knock out a grown man with his bare hands if given the opportunity.
* WeAreAsMayflies: Rocket mentions that he doesn't have a very long lifespan, though he doesn't elaborate.[[note]]For what it's worth, raccoons can live up to 20 years in captivity, and his genetic and cybernetic enhancements open all sorts of possibilities. That's not even telling what the Infinity Stone's power will do to him.[[/note]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Calls Drax out for trying to take on Ronan's forces all by himself and endangering everyone else in the process.
* WhosLaughingNow: A (mostly) non-antagonistic example; this is implied to be his motive behind acting as tough and confrontational as he does; Rocket's spent a lot of his existence being treated like a joke, and he's ''very'' bitter about it.
* YouAreNumberSix: Rocket's real "name" is Subject 89P13 and the Nova Corps officers refer to him as such.
!!''[[ComicBook/RocketRaccoon 89P13 / Rocket]]''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Ain't no thing like me, 'cept me!"'']]
!!! '''Species:''' Enhanced raccoon (Halfworlder)
!!! '''Portrayed by:''' Sean Gunn (on-set actor), Oreo the Raccoon (movement and behavior modeling), Creator/BradleyCooper (voice)
!!! '''Voiced by:''' Sergio Zurita (Latin-American Spanish dub), Juan Logar Jr. (European Spanish dub), Koji Kato (Japanese dub), Alexis Victor (French dub), Maël Davan-Soulas (Canadian French dub)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' | ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' | ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' | ''[[Film/Avengers4 Untitled Avengers Sequel]]''
->''"Rocket: Wanted on over 50 charges of vehicular theft and escape from custody."''
-->-- '''Rhomann Dey'''
A bounty hunter with a penchant for heavy weaponry and bombs, who also happens to be a talking raccoon.
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* AccentAdaptation: In certain adaptations featuring the character prior to the MCU, Rocket had a Cockney accent. Here, his accent is clearly American.
* AcePilot: Shows great skill when defending Xandar against the Necro Craft, and in the sequel states he regards himself as the best pilot around (though Peter would dispute that).
* AdaptationNameChange: Slightly -- in the comics, he has a SpeciesSurname, though he's also just referred to as "Rocket". Here, he ''detests'' being called a raccoon and it's unclear if he actually originates as an Earth raccoon.
* AffectionateNickname: Accidental; as Thor does not know what a Raccoon is (and the Raccoon in question not ever bothering to tell him what his name is), he warmly refers to Rocket as "Rabbit" throughout the entirety of ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar.''
* AnimalStereotypes: A raccoon or raccoon-like alien who's a bad-tempered kleptomaniac (indeed, he seems to find no moral issue with taking something if he wants it more than the rightful owner).
* AnimalSuperhero: Just look at him -- a gun-slinging talking raccoon.
* AttentionWhore: He comes across as this in the second movie. From setting up a sound system right before a big fight to play Quill's music even though Quill himself says its a bad idea, to fighting with Quill over flying the ship, to all his failed attempts at Quill's sarcasm, it feels like Rocket has taken a shine to Quill but doesn't know how to express himself in a way that isn't jerkish. He looked genuinely happy during the short flashback shot of him and Quill flying together with jetpacks.
* BadassAdorable: You'd never expect a raccoon to be a gun-toting powerhouse.
* BadassAndChildDuo: Although small himself, he fills this role with Baby Groot, although Baby Groot is a PintsizedPowerhouse.
* BadassBaritone: The Japanese dub gives him a much deeper voice than Cooper's rendition.
* BarefootCartoonAnimal: Rocket doesn't wear shoes. {{Justified|Trope}} in the second movie, which reveals that he retains his natural ability to climb tree trunks and branches, so wearing shoes would affect his mobility.
* BerserkButton: People making cracks at Rocket being an animal, and specifically a raccoon.
* {{BFG}}: Rocket's got a soft spot in his heart for a giant smoking gun, although given his size just about every gun he wields looks like this since they're made for taller species than a raccoon.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: His partner is Groot, the towering "dumb tree". Later gets reversed when Groot has to regrow himself [[spoiler: following his HeroicSacrifice to protect the rest of the Guardians during the crash of the ''Dark Aster'']], turning Rocket into the larger of the two.
* BodyHorror:
** There are cybernetic implants protruding on his back and on either side of his chest above his sternum. Given his rap sheet only lists him as having a cybernetic skeletal structure, one can probably presume those are a part of that.
** If what he said while drunk was true, his origins (being repeatedly dismembered and reassembled; given that he was able to recall it, it's reasonable to assume that he was vivisected) are also pretty goddamn horrific.
* BountyHunter: His day job. It's how he meets Peter in the first place, as Yondu had put a bounty on Peter's head and Rocket tried to collect.
* BreakoutCharacter: He and Groot became explosively popular due to their unique and quirky designs and personalities, and are heavily used in promotion of the films. This caused both of them to get their own comic series in the mainstream Marvel Universe.
* BrooklynRage: Bradley Cooper has cited Joe Pesci as his inspiration for the voice of the character, which explains why Rocket's accent matches his temperament.
* CallASmeerpARabbit: Invoked. While Rocket ''looks'' like a raccoon, when Peter brings it up during a quiet moment and suggests he's an Earth raccoon who was abducted and turned into an UpliftedAnimal, Rocket himself is skeptical. Given Drax comments on having eaten something that looks like Rocket in the past, it's possible he was originally some sort of alien animal, though it's also possible that a trapper nabbed a few from Earth and sold them in an alien market. [[spoiler:Hilariously, Thor calls him "rabbit" throughout ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' ]].
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Sometimes he's the one looking after Groot and telling him what not to do, like drink from the city's display fountain.
* CombatPragmatist: There is not a force in the universe that can make him fight fair. Guns, explosives, traps, improvised weapons, jumping on people and clawing their eyes out -- he doesn't care as long as it means that he's winning.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames:
** Although the character's full name in the comics is Rocket Raccoon, in the film he's referred to simply as "Rocket". As it happens, he doesn't actually know what a raccoon ''is''.
** Ends up becoming a JustifiedTrope; being referred to as an animal is Rocket's BerserkButton.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: Had he not stolen from them, the Sovereign wouldn't have been out for the Guardian's blood.
* CryCute: A mean, abrasive, foul-mouthed little bastard though Rocket may be, he has been an ''actually'' adorable little raccoon when he wept like a helpless and lost child while holding [[spoiler:Groot's remains after his HeroicSacrifice]] and when he shed tears of respect at the funeral of [[spoiler:Yondu.]]
* {{Cyborg}}: His enhancements are what made him into the creature he is today. His skeleton was modified to grant him the ability to walk bipedally, and Creator/JamesGunn has [[WordOfGod mentioned]] that there are [[https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/936150872253333504 cybernetic components implanted in his brain]] that give him the fine motor control needed to produce his facial expressions. It's unclear, however, exactly how much of his enhancement is due to the cybernetics and how much is a product of his genetic modifications.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Captured, vivisected while conscious, pieced back together with cybernetics and pumped full of mutagens to make the cybernetics take that also gave him sentience and human-level intelligence, and presumably dumped and forced to fend for himself in an unknown and hostile universe -- it's a wonder that he's even half as well-adjusted as he is.
* DeadpanSnarker: He gets a few in. For example, when he needs Gamora to recover a piece of equipment for their escape from the Kyln.
--> '''Rocket:''' Supposedly, these bald bodies find you attractive, so maybe you could work out some kinda trade.\\
'''Gamora:''' You must be joking.\\
'''Rocket:''' No, I really heard they find you attractive.
* DemolitionsExpert: Upon boarding Quill's ship, the first thing he did was scavenge parts for explosives. Not because they needed them, but apparently because he just felt it was nice to have. He even boasts that one could blow up a moon. [[spoiler: Guess what they need to do in ''Vol. 2''? Blow up a moon-sized creature called "Ego".]]
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Is this in ''Vol. 2.'' His actions kicked off the plot, and his own character arc runs in parallel to Quill's.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He manages to rig a bomb powerful enough [[spoiler:to kill [[EldritchAbomination Ego]], a [[PhysicalGod Celestial]]]].
* EscapeArtist: He's escaped from twenty-two different prisons throughout his career as a bounty hunter. When he gets to the Kyln, he's already figured out how to escape when they first enter the main yard, and they get out the next day.
* FantasticRacism:
** He claims that he is the victim of this, as he believes that people see him as a freak because he's the only talking raccoon in the galaxy, and many of the Nova officers act bigoted toward him for being different (e.g. he's treated even worse than the other Guardians when they're at the prison, to the point where his own record says he's a "lower life form", and a Nova officer complains about taking orders from a "hamster").
** Drax treats him like an animal at times and expresses the desire to eat him, though it could be because he takes things very literally as opposed to actually feeling he's superior to him.
** The Collector also acts bigoted towards him when he asks Groot if Rocket is his pet because he is an animal (although, judging from Tivan's smirk at Rocket's reaction, it's possible that he was just [[{{Troll}} messing with Rocket]]).
* FireForgedFriends: With Yondu in ''Vol. 2'', after half of his Ravager crew mutinies and [[spoiler: jettisons the loyal half to space]], the two are forced to work together to escape. During this time, Yondu ends up telling Rocket that [[spoiler: the two of them [[NotSoDifferent are quite similar]] in that they both use a JerkassFacade to hide the pain of their pasts]]. Afterwards, the two become genuine friends enough that [[spoiler: Rocket is the second most devastated by Yondu's death after Peter himself.]]
* ForWantOfANail: Roughly half of the plot in the sequel (''especially'' the [[spoiler:conception of Adam Warlock]]) would not have happened if he hadn't decided to steal from their clients. On the other hand, [[spoiler:it's unlikely the Guardians would have destroyed Ego without those same stolen batteries, without which Ego would have consumed the universe, so while it was a stupid self-destructive move, it did end up working for the best. Regardless of the Guardians stealing from the Sovereign, Ego would have found Star-Lord eventually and it took Yondu and Rocket wising up to stopping him in his tracks and even then they just barely managed to succeed]].
* FragileSpeedster: It's not known whether he's any tougher than a normal raccoon due to his bionics, but he depends largely on being really small, really fast, and [[{{BFG}} carrying some huge freaking guns]]. Also hiding behind Groot.
* FreudianExcuse: His irritable demeanor is a result of him feeling alienated and mocked for his oddly unique nature, not helped by the fact that he was tortured into it via illegal and horrendously cruel experimentation.
* FunnyAnimal: He resembles a raccoon walking on its hind legs. However, there is no little planet of cute talking raccoons out there: Rocket is the result of an illegal and very horrifying experiment with cybernetics and mutagens.
* FurryDenial: Even though he ultimately admits to being an UpliftedAnimal, he doesn't like when people outright refer to him as such. He gets angry being called a raccoon, possibly because it hits a tad too home. Weirdly, in ''Vol. 2'', he's initially not so bothered by Peter calling him a "trash panda"[[note]]a nickname for raccoons[[/note]] until Peter admits it's "worse" than being called a raccoon, and when Ego describes him as a triangle-faced monkey, he's more concerned with seeing if his face really is triangular than taking offense.
* FurryReminder: Even though he's able to speak and shoot guns and do most of the things that people can do, he’s still very much a raccoon, which plays to both his advantage and disadvantage:
** He doesn't weigh very much. In the first movie, Gamora is able to throw him some distance from an elevated walkway and later shove him and send him skidding across the sidewalk. In the second movie, however, this is a huge advantage for him as he's able to scamper through the trees on Berhert, where the Ravagers can't catch him, as he accesses his weapons and [[TrapMaster remote-control triggers]].
** He remarks that he doesn't have a particularly long lifespan.
** He's fully capable of walking bipedally, but if he needs to move a short distance quickly, RunningOnAllFours is still more convenient for him.
** He occasionally ''growls'' and bares his teeth when he's particularly annoyed by something. According to his rap sheet in Vol. 1, he also bites, but it isn't shown onscreen until he's startled by Mantis in the early part of ''Vol. 2''.
** He also will sometimes wash his face by licking his hands and wiping them on it, and habitually steals things even if he doesn't really need them, both of which are [[AnimalStereotypes something that real raccoons do.]]
** At the end of the first film, when Rocket is distraught over [[spoiler: Groot's sacrifice]], Drax strokes his fur gently. After a moment of hesitation, Rocket relaxes and is comforted by it, just like most animals.
** ''Vol. 2'' strongly implies that he retains the [[TheNoseKnows sensitive sense of smell]] and excellent hearing that a normal raccoon would have.
* TheGadfly: Definitely a prankster. See ItAmusedMe, below.
* GadgeteerGenius: Rocket repeatedly demonstrates a talent for fashioning useful things out of random junk in a time crunch. To whit: the Hadron Enforcer, a weapon that launches highly explosive rounds, was made from random bits that Rocket stripped from the ''Milano''. He also made a couple of explosives while doing so, including that one that can apparently blow up moons, which is no empty boast [[spoiler:as the sequel demonstrates when he rigs up a bomb to destroy a moon-sized living planet, aided by the batteries that he had stolen from the Sovereign]].
* GeniusDitz: He's a very proficient tech genius and is good at planning things on the fly but he also thinks the best time to play music is during a battle, plus he doesn't know how to wink or really know when Quill is being sarcastic (or insulting him when he outright calls him trash).
* {{Greed}}: He argues at one point that [[InsaneTrollLogic if he wants a thing more than a person who owns it, the thing in question should rightfully be his and therefore taking it wouldn't be a criminal act]]. Possibly justified: [[MyInstinctsAreShowing raccoons]] ''love'' shiny things.
* GrumpyBear: He spends half the first movie angry or annoyed at things. It's understandable: as a scientific experiment, he'd have no social skills.
* GunsAkimbo: Rocket ''loves'' his guns, and if he can wave two around at the same time, all the better.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: More "hero" than "sociopathic", but he's definitely one of the more violent and unfriendly members of the team.
* HumansAreUgly: Implied by one ComicallyMissingThePoint gag regarding a criminal supposedly finding Gamora attractive.
* HypocriticalHumor: Complains about Gamora biting his fingers during their first meeting/fight, but his own rap sheet warns that he bites.
* IAmNotWeasel: He is not a vermin or a rodent and calling him such when he's intoxicated is a pretty bad idea. Ironically, he also doesn't take well to being called a raccoon, despite that being what he ''literally'' is. He doesn't particularly mind when Thor calls him a "rabbit", though.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: During the Kyln breakout, a brief point-of-view shot reveals that he's pinpointing Kyln security robots... on autofire... using somebody else's gun...one-handed...from the hip.
* InelegantBlubbering: He may keep it together enough for ManlyTears when [[spoiler:Groot prepares for his HeroicSacrifice]], but once that's all over and he's on the ground surrounded by [[spoiler:twigs]], he goes to pieces and even starts guilt-tripping himself.
* InterspeciesFriendship: With everyone on his team, especially Groot. It's not like he has a choice.
--> '''Rocket:''' Ain't no thing like me, 'cept me.
* InVinoVeritas: When drunk, he rants about how he's sure that everyone considers him to be a monstrous, freakish joke and also about the painful experiments that were performed on him.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Unless he's drunk, he'd never admit it but he secretly thinks people look down on him for being the only one of his species who can talk.
* {{Irony}}: In ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' Rocket jokes that he doesn't have "that long of a lifespan anyway". [[spoiler:By the end of ''Infinity War'', with Gamora dead at Thanos' hands and Star-Lord, Drax, Mantis, ''and Groot'' disintegrated in the aftermath of the BadassFingersnap, he's the only original member of the Guardians left alive.]]
* ItAmusedMe: He declares that to escape from a high-security space prison, he'll need [[NoodleImplements a specific kind of battery, one of the guards' security implants, and a fellow convict's prosthetic leg.]] Two of those things were essential; the third was simply for his own amusement.
* JerkassFacade: He acts like an asshole to everyone to hide his insecurities and traumatic past. He only reveals his true feelings [[InVinoVeritas when drunk]] [[spoiler:and when his companion, Groot, is about to pull a HeroicSacrifice]]. Yondu even spells this out to Rocket in ''Vol. 2'' noting that the moment he gets even a little bit of love and compassion from someone he has to act like an ass to push them away, [[spoiler: just like Yondu himself.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: He phrased it pretty harshly, but Rocket is right on the money when he calls out [[spoiler:Drax for nearly getting them all killed by calling Ronan to Knowhere.]]
-->'''Rocket:''' "Oh, boo hoo, my [[spoiler:wife and child]] are dead!"\\
'''Groot:''' {{GASP}}\\
'''Rocket:''' Oh, I don't care if it's mean! ''Everybody's'' got dead people! That's no excuse to get everyone ''else'' dead along the way!
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** The most profound example on the team. He's kind of a dick, but he looks after his buddies (Groot in particular).
** Despite stating his objections to being a hero the loudest, he's clearly extremely distressed by the civilian and red shirt causalities at the end of the first film and goes out of his way to put his life on the line for them.
* KleptomaniacHero: If this was stated any more clearly his name would be "Klepto" instead of "Rocket." He argues to Rhomann Dey that wanting an object more than its owner does entitles him to it, despite Rhomann's objections to that logic. A good part of the second film's plot starts because he stole some Annulax Batteries from the Sovereign. The very things the Sovereign specifically hired the Guardians to, y'know, ''guard.'' And he did it for no other reason than "they were easy to steal" and the Sovereign were douchebags. Alternatively he did it as part of his complex about pushing others away and wanting to be hated.
* KlingonsLoveShakespeare:
** In ''Vol. 2'', he seems to have come to really like Quill's Earth music, to the point that he chooses to "prepare" for the arrival of the Abilisk by setting up a stereo to give them background music -- something even ''Quill'' thinks is pointless. Unless he was doing that for Baby Groot, of course. Then again, the fact he uses that music twice more in the movie for his own benefit suggests he really has grown to like it.
** When left behind to fix the ''Milano'', during his takedown of the Ravagers when they come after him, he plays "Southern Nights" and even sings along for a bit.
** When he and Yondu are getting ready to escape, he asks Kraglin to put on one of Quill's songs to serve as background music to their breakout.
* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler: After Thanos wipes out half of the universe, Rocket is the last Guardian alive from the original team.]]
* MacGyvering: Rigs up weaponry, rudimentary ship parts, and booby traps a few times throughout the films.
* MadBomber: He tends to build bombs for fun, and seems to like the idea of [[EarthShatteringKaboom blowing up moons]] a little too much. To Peter's horror, he is way too lax about safety, leaving his grenades out in the open, causing him to freak out. It gets worse when in the sequel, he carries an [[UpToEleven Atom Bomb]] in his bag, which comes in handy [[spoiler:to destroy a universe consuming living planet]].
* ManlyTears: [[spoiler:During Groot's HeroicSacrifice. Drax comforts him after the battle.]] Gets this again in the sequel, after [[spoiler:Yondu's]] HeroicSacrifice.
* MilkingTheGiantCow: He mimics the Collector's LargeHam demeanor to mock him.
* MoreDakka: A huge fan of massive and repeating fire power.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Towards the first movie's finale, [[spoiler:he utterly breaks down after Groot's HeroicSacrifice, realising that he was a bit of a dick]].
* MyInstinctsAreShowing: Despite being uplifted, sapient, and conversant, Rocket still exhibits a lot of baseline raccoon traits. He has a kleptomanic streak, is quite deft with his tiny hands, and has a rather short and vicious temper.
* TheNapoleon: Rocket's easily the smallest member of the Guardians, easily the rudest, and is tied with Drax when it comes to violence.
* NeverMyFault: In ''Vol. 2'' Rocket is completely unwilling to take responsibility for the Sovereign attacking them even though his theft of their batteries is the catalyst that starts the plot of the movie. He also claims that the Guardians and their issues are "mostly Drax's" fault. [[spoiler:Rocket's CharacterDevelopment and arc with Yondu eventually makes him realise he was wrong and apologise to Quill at the end of the movie.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The entire plot of ''Vol. 2'' is his fault, with Rocket stealing the Sovereign's batteries leading to everyone being hunted by the Sovereign, getting rescued by Ego and taken to his planet, [[spoiler:allowing Ego to acquire Peter and use him in his EvilPlan to [[TheAssimilator assimilate everything into himself]].]]
* NinjaPirateRobotZombie: He's a badass gun-toting gadgeteer superhero cyborg talking ''space raccoon.''
* TheNoseKnows: Because of his animal biology, Rocket has an excellent sense of smell.
* NotSoDifferent: From [[spoiler:Yondu]], as revealed in ''Vol. 2''.
-->'''Rocket:''' What kind of a pair are we?
* NWordPrivileges: His BerserkButton is being called anything other than "Rocket", and being called a "rabbit" would certainly set him off. Unless the one calling him that is Thor, then he'll let it pass, because Thor is one of the few people he genuinely respects.
* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: Has no idea what a "raccoon" is, probably due to the lack of Earth fauna elsewhere in the galaxy.
* OddFriendship:
** With Groot: One is a PintsizedPowerhouse with a HairTriggerTemper, the other a GentleGiant.
** He also develops a close bond with Thor, a large, polite, and well-read monarch, when they meet in ''Infinity War''.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Initially, the only reason he doesn't turn in Peter for the bounty is because the cash value of the Orb is ''much'' higher.
* ParentalSubstitute: He acts likes Baby Groot's father. [[spoiler: Tragically, [[WordOfGod James Gunn confirms]] that as Teenage Groot is fading away in ''Infinity War'', his last line to Rocket is "Dad!"]] [[TearJerker Ouch.]]
* PardonMyKlingon: At a couple of points in the first movie, he says "d'ast" or "d'asted" in place of "damn" or "damned".
* PetTheDog: Early on, his relationship with Groot is the only real proof that Rocket's not 100% a dick. Literally trying to do this is a good way to get bitten, though, as shown by Mantis in ''Vol. 2''.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: He's the size of a raccoon but has no problems wielding huge guns and using them with great skill. This also means he's strong enough to take down a full grown man with just a few well-placed punches.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He appears to view people with physical disabilities as being inferior (or just funny), to the point where he even removes their fake legs or fake eyes for fun.
* PrisonEscapeArtist: By the start of the first film, he's escaped 22 prisons. By the end, he's escaped 23 (24 if 'received a full pardon' counts). 25 by the end of the second film (if the Ravager ship prison counts).
* RascallyRaccoon: He does have his moments of being like this. At the end, he gets into a long talk with a Nova Corps. officer about the definition of stealing if he wants something more than the owner.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: This is what Rocket does on Knowhere against Ronan's forces, and against Ronan himself.
* RepeatingSoTheAudienceCanHear: Has a tendency to do this when talking to Groot so we can understand exactly what he said. This is toned ddown in the second movie, where they allow the context to fill in the blanks, or else he's translating for somebody else's convenience (mostly Yondu).
* RunningGag: He hates being referred to as an animal. Naturally everyone calls him a him an animal name when they meet him. And aside from Quill, they always call him something other than raccoon (a monkey, a rabbit, etc).
* ScrewySquirrel: He'll make trouble or complicate things just for the fun of it -- though he's smart enough to (largely) stow the pranks when things get desperate.
* TheSmartGuy: Rocket acts as the GadgeteerGenius of the team, and masterminds a GreatEscape in about twenty minutes flat. In the finale of both films, his devices are instrumental to defeating the BigBad.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Rocket is the only original member of the Guardians to survive the events of ''Infinity War''.]]
* SourOutsideSadInside: Rocket is one of the biggest Jerkasses in the cast, but Yondu remarks that his abrasiveness only hides the sadness inside his heart as a reject from his creators.
* StepfordSnarker: A couple scenes make it clear that his wise-cracking, tough-guy facade is covering up some severe mental scars.
* StickyFingers: In ''Vol. 2''. Damn it, Rocket. Stealing from your employers is a bad enough idea. Stealing from employers who believe any insult to them warrants a painful and quick death is swiping the IdiotBall.
* TalkingAnimal: Rocket's fully capable of speaking in complete sentences, unlike [[PlantAliens his companion]] [[PokemonSpeak Groot]].
* TokenEvilTeammate: Even for the anti-heroic standards of the group, Rocket stands out as the most amoral, vicious, and least altruistic of the bunch (if not for Drax, he'd also win most belligerent). Extra irony points for being the closest to the ''[[TokenGoodTeammate least]]'' assholish member of the group, Groot. He does seem to be getting better though, with the second film addressing how a lot of his behavior is due to self hatred and trying to get people he's close to to hate him.
* TookALevelInDumbass: In the second film, he thinks he can get away with stealing from his employers, can't tell that Peter is insulting him when he literally calls him trash, and can't tell that Peter is being sarcastic when he clearly is. He is still smart enough to make a bunch of high tech weaponry and come up with some good plans in the sequel but he somehow seemed to get more ditzy in between the two films.
* TookALevelInKindness: Even more so than other Guardians. By Infinity War, he openly admits that he cares for his team, and tries to comfort Thor, when the Asgardian somewhat breaks down, in sharp contrast with his jerkassery in ''Vol. 2''.
* TranslatorBuddy: The only one who seems to understand what Groot is really saying. Come the sequel the rest of the team seems to have the nuances of Groot's "language" down, but Rocket is still the one to provide most of the spoken translating for Groot.
* TrapMaster: In the sequel, he takes down a huge number of Ravagers attempting to ambush him, Nebula and Groot by booby-trapping the forest around them with tranquilizer dart shooters and anti-gravity mines. It works ''ridiculously well'' for the most part. Really the only reason it fails is because there's too many Ravagers spread out too much for Rocket to get all of them. And [[OneManArmy Yondu's]] leading them.
* TrueCompanions: With Groot before meeting the others as they've been bounty hunting together for a long time. [[spoiler:He takes Groot's sacrifice the hardest and is especially pissed when Ronan walks out of the attack unharmed.]]
* UpliftedAnimal: Rocket is the result of "illegal genetic and cybernetic experiments on a lower life form". The sheer monstrousness of the techniques used echoes ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau.'' The only thing not clear is whether Rocket was an Earth raccoon or merely some alien equivalent that looks a lot like one.
* VocalDissonance: His scratchy voice can look a little weird on the body of a cute little raccoon.
* WeakButSkilled: Makes up for his lack of physical power with great creativity and mechanical ingenuity, tactical finesse, and an overwhelming willingness to fight dirty. He's still strong enough to knock out a grown man with his bare hands if given the opportunity.
* WeAreAsMayflies: Rocket mentions that he doesn't have a very long lifespan, though he doesn't elaborate.[[note]]For what it's worth, raccoons can live up to 20 years in captivity, and his genetic and cybernetic enhancements open all sorts of possibilities. That's not even telling what the Infinity Stone's power will do to him.[[/note]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Calls Drax out for trying to take on Ronan's forces all by himself and endangering everyone else in the process.
* WhosLaughingNow: A (mostly) non-antagonistic example; this is implied to be his motive behind acting as tough and confrontational as he does; Rocket's spent a lot of his existence being treated like a joke, and he's ''very'' bitter about it.
* YouAreNumberSix: Rocket's real "name" is Subject 89P13 and the Nova Corps officers refer to him as such.
