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* A precursor to Jessie in early drafts of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' was a cactus woman called [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Se%C3%B1orita_Cactus Señorita Cactus]].
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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': An AprilFoolsDay prank had some of the [=SCP=]s rewritten as plants. [[http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-096 SCP-096]] became a cactus.
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** An AprilFoolsDay prank had some of the [=SCP=]s rewritten as plants. [[http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-096 SCP-096]] became acactus.cactus.
** [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2800 SCP-2800]], the "Cactus Man" is a man whose genome contains DNA of a saguaro cactus, and has cactus powers like growing spines, photosynthesis, efficient water retention, resistance to above-average temperatures and aridity, and empathy with cacti. He also suffers from ChronicHeroSyndrome and tried to be a superhero before Foundation capture, although he usually got beaten up by the thugs he tried to fight.
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** [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2800 SCP-2800]], the "Cactus Man" is a man whose genome contains DNA of a saguaro cactus, and has cactus powers like growing spines, photosynthesis, efficient water retention, resistance to above-average temperatures and aridity, and empathy with cacti. He also suffers from ChronicHeroSyndrome and tried to be a superhero before Foundation capture, although he usually got beaten up by the thugs he tried to fight.
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Subtrope of PlantPeople. In videogames, this may overlap with TheSpiny.
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* ''VideoGame/BrawlStars'' has Spike.''VideoGame/BrawlStars'': Spike is a short, humanoid cactus who fights by tossing cactus-shaped grenades, which explode in bursts of spikes when they hit.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': The Spiky People resemble brown, humanoid cacti with conical heads, and live in a desert land dotted with more regular succulents. Some have especially long spines on their forearms, which they use like swords.
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* An AprilFoolsDay prank on the ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' had some of the [=SCP=]s rewritten as plants. [[http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-096 SCP-096]] became a cactus.
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* VideoGame/WarioLand4 has a minigame called Wario Hop in which Wario jumps over random obstacles in a desert setting; these obstacles include living cactus' in both male and curvy female varieties.
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* VideoGame/WarioLand4 ''VideoGame/WarioLand4'' has a minigame called Wario Hop in which Wario jumps over random obstacles in a desert setting; these obstacles include living cactus' cacti in both male and curvy female varieties.
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* [[https://youtu.be/sqv_FQrgu7g A series of ads]] for the ''Oasis'' soft drink had a pregnant teenager on the run with her cactus boy lover, Cactus Kid.
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* [[https://youtu.be/sqv_FQrgu7g A series of ads]] for the ''Oasis'' soft drink had a pregnant teenager on the run with her cactus boy lover, Cactus Kid.
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* ''Literature/MasterFlea'', by Creator/ETAHoffmann: partially subverted, partially a poetic version where George Pepusch, a friend of the protagonist, suddenly says in a conversation to be a Cactus Zeherit, the most beautiful cactus and fated to marry the princess Gamaheh. At the end of the book [[spoiler: George Pepusch and Doertje Elverdink marry, disappear and the gardener finds a giant flowering cactus tangled by a tulip.]]
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* The titular "Prickles the Cactus" from [[WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow The Cartoon Cartoon Show]]. She absorbed any water she came into contact with and became engorged.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'': In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E10PricklyPair Prickly Pair]]", Steven accidentally turns a Cactus sentient with his gem powers, and it imitates him in what he says, what he does, and how he looks, resulting in it being named Cactus Steven. Once enraged, Cactus Steven becomes an ImplacableMan (which Garnet attributes to cacti's durability) that grows in size when it absorbs and is very painful to make contact with.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'': In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E10PricklyPair Prickly Pair]]", Steven accidentally turns a Cactus sentient with his gem powers, and it imitates him in what he says, what he does, and how he looks, resulting in it being named Cactus Steven. Once enraged, Cactus Steven becomes an ImplacableMan (which Garnet attributes to cacti's durability) that grows in size when it absorbs water and is very painful to make contact with.
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** In ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]'', the doctor identifies two Vinvocci, green aliens with spikes across their skin, undercover on Earth. It's not clear if they are [[PlantPerson plant-based]] or not.
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** In ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]'', Time]]", the doctor identifies two Vinvocci, green aliens with spikes across their skin, undercover on Earth. It's not clear if they are [[PlantPerson plant-based]] or not.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'': In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E10PricklyPair Prickly Pair]]", Steven accidentally turns a Cactus sentient with his gem powers, and it imitates him in what he says, what he does, and how he looks, resulting in it being named Cactus Steven.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'': In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E10PricklyPair Prickly Pair]]", Steven accidentally turns a Cactus sentient with his gem powers, and it imitates him in what he says, what he does, and how he looks, resulting in it being named Cactus Steven. Once enraged, Cactus Steven becomes an ImplacableMan (which Garnet attributes to cacti's durability) that grows in size when it absorbs and is very painful to make contact with.
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Their most notable trait, besides environmental preferences, is the fact that, as cacti, they're covered in thorns. This provides them with a number of unique options in combat situations, such as by adding dozens of painful pinpricks to any melee attack. Their needles will also factor into defense, as anybody trying to directly attack a Cactus Person will expose themselves to their spiny coat; this may not directly prevent damage to the cactus, but will punish anyone trying to fight them up close. They may even be a SpikeShooter with the ability to launch their thorns as a ranged attack.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Carmen is a cactus with stick figure limbs and a simplified smiley face. She swells up with water in the rain, and doesn't shed tears when she cries because her body is meant to retain moisture.
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* ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'': The Heedra are mutated warriors resembling humanoid cacti, equipped with three eyes and an extreme capacity for regeneration, who serve as the guardians of the Crypt of Shuwa.
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** Cacnea is a Pokemon resembling a round cactus walking around on two conical stubs, with a yellow flower on its top, a series of round holes for a mouth and pair of long arms ending in rounded tips studded with more conical spikes. Its evolution, Cacturne, loses the flower and is more fully humanoid. They're found in deserts and attack by shooting volleys of quills (represented through them learning the move Pin Missile). They get by in deserts by storing large quantities of water in their bodies, and Cacturne in particular spends the days standing still to save energy and water, becoming active at night as it stalks travelers exhausted by the desert sun.
** Maractus is another cactus Pokemon resembling a humanoid prickly pear, with ear-like lobes each tipped with a flower. It's also found chiefly in desert routes. Rather than shooting needles, however, it's themed around shaking its limbs to make sounds like maracas. Its nutrient-rich seeds are also noted to be a valuable food source in the desert.
** Maractus is another cactus Pokemon resembling a humanoid prickly pear, with ear-like lobes each tipped with a flower. It's also found chiefly in desert routes. Rather than shooting needles, however, it's themed around shaking its limbs to make sounds like maracas. Its nutrient-rich seeds are also noted to be a valuable food source in the desert.
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** Cacnea is a Pokemon Pokémon resembling a round cactus walking around on two conical stubs, with a yellow flower on its top, a series of round holes for a mouth and pair of long arms ending in rounded tips studded with more conical spikes. Its evolution, Cacturne, loses the flower and is more fully humanoid. They're found in deserts and attack by shooting volleys of quills (represented through them learning the move Pin Missile). They get by in deserts by storing large quantities of water in their bodies, and Cacturne in particular spends the days standing still to save energy and water, becoming active at night as it stalks travelers exhausted by the desert sun.
** Maractus is another cactusPokemon Pokémon resembling a humanoid prickly pear, with ear-like lobes each tipped with a flower. It's also found chiefly in desert routes. Rather than shooting needles, however, it's themed around shaking its limbs to make sounds like maracas. Its nutrient-rich seeds are also noted to be a valuable food source in the desert.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MerrieMelodies'': The short "Flowers for Madame" features a parade of anthropomorphic flowers. One entry is a cactus who gets laughed at by the float judges, but saves the day when a wildfire breaks out.
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* ''Series/UltramanAce'': One episode's MonsterOfTheWeek, Sabotendar, is a giant humanoid cactus kaiju complete with SpikeShooter powers and a [[MultipurposeTongue prehensile tongue]]. It can also curl itself into a massive spiked ball to execute a RollingAttack.
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* ''Anime/GregoryHorrorShow'': Cactus Gunman and his sister Cactus Girl are anthropomorphic cacti.
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Cactus people are, as the name implies, {{Plant Pe|rson}}ople based on cacti.
Cactus people are typically found in deserts. Unlike other Plant People, they're thus rarely associated with verdant wildernesses or GreenThumb powers. Instead, they're a stock inhabitant of fantasy desert lands and are also associated with Wild West- or Mexico-inspired settings, due to the ubiquity of cacti in American deserts. Their harsh environment may also lead to them being depicted as self-reliant, hardened survivors.
Their most notable trait, besides environmental preferences, is the fact that, as cacti, they're covered in thorns. This provides them with a number of unique options in combat situations, such as by adding dozens of painful pinpricks to any melee attack. Their needles will also factor into defense, as anybody trying to directly attack a Cactus Person will expose themselves to their spiny coat; this may not directly prevent damage to the cactus, but will punish anyone trying to fight them up close. They may even be a SpikeShooter with the ability to launch their thorns as a ranged attack.
Cacti are also known for retaining large quantities of water that travelers can drink to survive in the desert. Thus, Cactus People may also have a sort of watery blood that other creatures can drink. This may be something that they offer freely, or else it may drive others to hunt and exploit Cactus People for it.
Subtrope of PlantPeople. In videogames, this may overlap with TheSpiny.
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* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
** Togemon is a humanoid cactus with boxing gloves and three round holes for eyes and a mouth. It attacks by shooting sweeping volleys of its thorns.
** Ponchomon is the ghost of a Togemon, and resembles a floating version of its previous form wearing a poncho and a large sombrero.
* ''Anime/GregoryHorrorShow'': Cactus Gunman and his sister Cactus Girl are anthropomorphic cacti.
* ''Manga/OutlawStar'': There's a sapient cactus that can control people's actions by vibrating its quills.
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* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': "Cactus Bouncer" and "Cactus Fighter" are both Level-4, EARTH-attribute, Plant-Type Monsters who look like short anthropomorphic cactuses. Curiously, despite their similar designs and stats, they are not a part of the same archetype.
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* ''ComicBook/WestCoastAvengers'': Cactus is an artificial being created from a saguaro cactus and given humanoid mobility and intelligence by the latest incarnation of the Dominus computer on Earth. It's encountered by the Avengers with others of Dominus' minions, but is ultimately defeated. Cactus looks like a vaguely humanoid saguaro, and possesses at least a basic intelligence.
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* ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'': The desert DeathWorld of Saddle Arabia is home to nomadic herds of ambulatory cacti, which drain other creatures' blood through their hollow spines to supplement their internal stores of water.
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* ''Literature/BasLagCycle'': The cactacae are a species of towering humanoid cacti, known for their strength and resilience to harm -- their fibrous flesh and thin, wooden bones are difficult to damage with normal weapons, as blades and bullets pass right through them with little effect. The cactacae themselves use a type of crossbows that fire spinning metal disks when fighting one another. The mostly live in the cities of Shankell and Dreer Shameer in the Cymek Desert, but many also live in New Crobuzon inside a huge greenhouse.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E2Meglos Meglos]]": The villain is a cactus-like alien from a desert planet. His default form looks pretty much just like a cactus, without a face or much in the way of limbs. During the story, he uses technology to develop a humanoid form as a disguise; when the disguise is working properly he looks fully human, with smooth pink skin, but at several points the disguise glitches and his skin goes green with spikes sticking out of it.
** In ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]'', the doctor identifies two Vinvocci, green aliens with spikes across their skin, undercover on Earth. It's not clear if they are [[PlantPerson plant-based]] or not.
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* ''Series/SesameStreet'': The song "Here We Are" is sung by two anthropomorphic cacti who want to be "there" (someplace different) instead of "here" (the desert).
* ''Series/UltramanAce'': One episode's MonsterOfTheWeek, Sabotendar, is a giant humanoid cactus kaiju complete with SpikeShooter powers and a [[MultipurposeTongue prehensile tongue]]. It can also curl itself into a massive spiked ball to execute a RollingAttack.
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
** Saguaro sentinels, introduced in the desert-focused ''Sandstorm'' supplement, are a variant of {{Treants}} resembling huge, humanoid saguaros. They're TrueNeutral rather than NeutralGood, but guard and protect forests same as other treants -- they just watch over ''cactus'' forests, specifically. Since they're covered in sharp thorns, they're effectively immune to melee attacks; they can also shoot out these thorns in painful volleys, but lose their melee defense from them until they grow back.
** Needlemen are plant creatures resembling emaciated humanoids bristling with spines, which they either launch as projectiles or use to enhance the damage of their melee attacks.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'':
** Cactus leshies are diminutive humanoids created when a nature spirit is bound into a body formed from a specially grown cactus, and exist to protect and nurture desert flora. There are also pesh leshies, or "peshies", a variant whose bodies are crafted from the pesh cacti that the setting's main narcotic drug is derived from and who are known to aid pesh farmers in their trade.
** Saguaroi are a naturally occurring species of humanoid cacti, visually distinguished by the numerous saguaro-like growths and branches sprouting from their backs, upper arms and heads; these are generally inert growths, but elderly saguaroi can learn to move the larger ones like extra arms. They're a reclusive folk and lead nomadic lives in the deep desert, but sometimes agree to aid travelers or even grant them a drink of their watery lymph to stave off dehydration. Their spiny bodies grant them protection against physical blows, and they can also fire bursts of their needles as a ranged attack. Each saguaroi sprouts a large flower once a year, which eventually produces a seed that can be planted to create a new saguaroi child.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'': The Cactus People of the Arizona desert are a reclusive species of humanoid succulents who largely avoid contact with animal-based sapients, especially as the latter often seek to harvest or consume their highly nutritious, watery "blood".
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* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** Cactuars are enemies, usually found in desert areas, resembling stylized humanoid saguaros, with limbs resembling saguaro branches with a single right-angled joint each and faces consisting of two round holes for eyes and an elongated one for a mouth. They grow continuously over their lives, and particularly old and large ones, known as Gigantuars, appear from time to time as bosses. They're covered in needles, and fire them by the thousand as their signature move. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' also has them transform into Flowering Cactuars and flee from battle if not killed within a turn.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' has Cactides and Cactoids, creatures resembling short cacti with stumpy legs and long, thin, ribbon-like arms; they're distinguished by the two stacked cactus lobes growing from a Cactoid's head, which Cactides lack. They're docile and won't attack unless struck first, and drop bundles of needles and cactus fruits on death. There's a stronger variant, the Flowering Cactoid, which despite its name is a Cactide with a flower on its head. This one is hostile, and unlike the regular ones can shoot volleys of needles as an attack.
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'': Caccacs are humanoid cacti found in the Dozing Sands, which attack by tossing cactus parts at the bros.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'' has the OriginalGeneration character named Amingo, who is a sapient cactus man and a walking {{National Stereotype|s}} of Mexico. He has a truly bizarre design and fighting style, and is able to morph his arms and body into a large variety of weapons.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'': Glacier le Cactank's Punishment form resembles a giant cactus. He was originally built as a large armored water tank that could bring water to remote areas before Dr. Weil corrupted him. His cooling system allows him to freeze water, hence his ice theme.
* ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'' has a species of talking, purple cacti called Tickly Pickles.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Cacnea is a Pokemon resembling a round cactus walking around on two conical stubs, with a yellow flower on its top, a series of round holes for a mouth and pair of long arms ending in rounded tips studded with more conical spikes. Its evolution, Cacturne, loses the flower and is more fully humanoid. They're found in deserts and attack by shooting volleys of quills (represented through them learning the move Pin Missile). They get by in deserts by storing large quantities of water in their bodies, and Cacturne in particular spends the days standing still to save energy and water, becoming active at night as it stalks travelers exhausted by the desert sun.
** Maractus is another cactus Pokemon resembling a humanoid prickly pear, with ear-like lobes each tipped with a flower. It's also found chiefly in desert routes. Rather than shooting needles, however, it's themed around shaking its limbs to make sounds like maracas. Its nutrient-rich seeds are also noted to be a valuable food source in the desert.
* ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'': The High Noon skin for Sylvanus, the diminutive god of forests and the wilderness, turns his {{Treant|s}} mount into a giant humanoid saguaro and Sylvanus himself into a Mexican {{Bandito}}.
* ''VideoGame/TimeZone'': Anthropomorphic cacti appear as enemies in the Wild West zone.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana'' has Li'l Cactus, first appearing in ''VideoGame/LegendOfMana''. As the name suggests, he's very small with chibi proportions. He appears to be an ordinary inanimate cactus whenever the player character is around but as soon as they leave he gets out of his pot to write in his journal, revealing that he has roots for legs.
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* ''WebOriginal/VividlyASMR'': The Cactus Girl looks like a green-haired girl covered in spines.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Carmen is a cactus with stick figure limbs and a simplified smiley face. She swells up with water in the rain, and doesn't shed tears when she cries because her body is meant to retain moisture.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE5HouseAndGarden House & Garden]]" features a rather frightening example thanks to evil botanist Poison Ivy. A big part of her scheme involves human/plant hybrid monster that start out looking like children but end up as grotesque, hulking plant-men with toxic cactus spikes on their bodies she uses to poison and blackmail rich victims.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFruitties'': Thorny is a sapient, [[TheDitz dim-witted]] cactus, and thus also one of several Fruitties who aren't [[AnthropomorphicFood a fruit or vegetable]] like most of the others.
* ''WesternAnimation/KiddVideo'': Ash is turned into one of these when a plant monster takes over the Kiddmobile and emits a pollen that induces {{Transflormation}}s. (Carla is turned into a flower.) Fortunately, the effects are undone by the end of the episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/SheriffCalliesWildWest'': Toby is a fully sapient and anthropomorphic cactus otherwise surrounded by FunnyAnimals that include a cat, a bird and prairie dogs.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'': In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E10PricklyPair Prickly Pair]]", Steven accidentally turns a Cactus sentient with his gem powers, and it imitates him in what he says, what he does, and how he looks, resulting in it being named Cactus Steven.
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Cactus people are, as the name implies, {{Plant Pe|rson}}ople based on cacti.
Cactus people are typically found in deserts. Unlike other Plant People, they're thus rarely associated with verdant wildernesses or GreenThumb powers. Instead, they're a stock inhabitant of fantasy desert lands and are also associated with Wild West- or Mexico-inspired settings, due to the ubiquity of cacti in American deserts. Their harsh environment may also lead to them being depicted as self-reliant, hardened survivors.
Their most notable trait, besides environmental preferences, is the fact that, as cacti, they're covered in thorns. This provides them with a number of unique options in combat situations, such as by adding dozens of painful pinpricks to any melee attack. Their needles will also factor into defense, as anybody trying to directly attack a Cactus Person will expose themselves to their spiny coat; this may not directly prevent damage to the cactus, but will punish anyone trying to fight them up close. They may even be a SpikeShooter with the ability to launch their thorns as a ranged attack.
Cacti are also known for retaining large quantities of water that travelers can drink to survive in the desert. Thus, Cactus People may also have a sort of watery blood that other creatures can drink. This may be something that they offer freely, or else it may drive others to hunt and exploit Cactus People for it.
Subtrope of PlantPeople. In videogames, this may overlap with TheSpiny.
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
** Togemon is a humanoid cactus with boxing gloves and three round holes for eyes and a mouth. It attacks by shooting sweeping volleys of its thorns.
** Ponchomon is the ghost of a Togemon, and resembles a floating version of its previous form wearing a poncho and a large sombrero.
* ''Anime/GregoryHorrorShow'': Cactus Gunman and his sister Cactus Girl are anthropomorphic cacti.
* ''Manga/OutlawStar'': There's a sapient cactus that can control people's actions by vibrating its quills.
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[[folder:Card Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'': "Cactus Bouncer" and "Cactus Fighter" are both Level-4, EARTH-attribute, Plant-Type Monsters who look like short anthropomorphic cactuses. Curiously, despite their similar designs and stats, they are not a part of the same archetype.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/WestCoastAvengers'': Cactus is an artificial being created from a saguaro cactus and given humanoid mobility and intelligence by the latest incarnation of the Dominus computer on Earth. It's encountered by the Avengers with others of Dominus' minions, but is ultimately defeated. Cactus looks like a vaguely humanoid saguaro, and possesses at least a basic intelligence.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'': The desert DeathWorld of Saddle Arabia is home to nomadic herds of ambulatory cacti, which drain other creatures' blood through their hollow spines to supplement their internal stores of water.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/BasLagCycle'': The cactacae are a species of towering humanoid cacti, known for their strength and resilience to harm -- their fibrous flesh and thin, wooden bones are difficult to damage with normal weapons, as blades and bullets pass right through them with little effect. The cactacae themselves use a type of crossbows that fire spinning metal disks when fighting one another. The mostly live in the cities of Shankell and Dreer Shameer in the Cymek Desert, but many also live in New Crobuzon inside a huge greenhouse.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E2Meglos Meglos]]": The villain is a cactus-like alien from a desert planet. His default form looks pretty much just like a cactus, without a face or much in the way of limbs. During the story, he uses technology to develop a humanoid form as a disguise; when the disguise is working properly he looks fully human, with smooth pink skin, but at several points the disguise glitches and his skin goes green with spikes sticking out of it.
** In ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime The End of Time]]'', the doctor identifies two Vinvocci, green aliens with spikes across their skin, undercover on Earth. It's not clear if they are [[PlantPerson plant-based]] or not.
--->'''Wilf:''' God bless the cactuses!
--->'''The Doctor:''' That's cact''i''.
--->'''Rossiter:''' That's racist!
* ''Series/SesameStreet'': The song "Here We Are" is sung by two anthropomorphic cacti who want to be "there" (someplace different) instead of "here" (the desert).
* ''Series/UltramanAce'': One episode's MonsterOfTheWeek, Sabotendar, is a giant humanoid cactus kaiju complete with SpikeShooter powers and a [[MultipurposeTongue prehensile tongue]]. It can also curl itself into a massive spiked ball to execute a RollingAttack.
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
** Saguaro sentinels, introduced in the desert-focused ''Sandstorm'' supplement, are a variant of {{Treants}} resembling huge, humanoid saguaros. They're TrueNeutral rather than NeutralGood, but guard and protect forests same as other treants -- they just watch over ''cactus'' forests, specifically. Since they're covered in sharp thorns, they're effectively immune to melee attacks; they can also shoot out these thorns in painful volleys, but lose their melee defense from them until they grow back.
** Needlemen are plant creatures resembling emaciated humanoids bristling with spines, which they either launch as projectiles or use to enhance the damage of their melee attacks.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'':
** Cactus leshies are diminutive humanoids created when a nature spirit is bound into a body formed from a specially grown cactus, and exist to protect and nurture desert flora. There are also pesh leshies, or "peshies", a variant whose bodies are crafted from the pesh cacti that the setting's main narcotic drug is derived from and who are known to aid pesh farmers in their trade.
** Saguaroi are a naturally occurring species of humanoid cacti, visually distinguished by the numerous saguaro-like growths and branches sprouting from their backs, upper arms and heads; these are generally inert growths, but elderly saguaroi can learn to move the larger ones like extra arms. They're a reclusive folk and lead nomadic lives in the deep desert, but sometimes agree to aid travelers or even grant them a drink of their watery lymph to stave off dehydration. Their spiny bodies grant them protection against physical blows, and they can also fire bursts of their needles as a ranged attack. Each saguaroi sprouts a large flower once a year, which eventually produces a seed that can be planted to create a new saguaroi child.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'': The Cactus People of the Arizona desert are a reclusive species of humanoid succulents who largely avoid contact with animal-based sapients, especially as the latter often seek to harvest or consume their highly nutritious, watery "blood".
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* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** Cactuars are enemies, usually found in desert areas, resembling stylized humanoid saguaros, with limbs resembling saguaro branches with a single right-angled joint each and faces consisting of two round holes for eyes and an elongated one for a mouth. They grow continuously over their lives, and particularly old and large ones, known as Gigantuars, appear from time to time as bosses. They're covered in needles, and fire them by the thousand as their signature move. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'' also has them transform into Flowering Cactuars and flee from battle if not killed within a turn.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' has Cactides and Cactoids, creatures resembling short cacti with stumpy legs and long, thin, ribbon-like arms; they're distinguished by the two stacked cactus lobes growing from a Cactoid's head, which Cactides lack. They're docile and won't attack unless struck first, and drop bundles of needles and cactus fruits on death. There's a stronger variant, the Flowering Cactoid, which despite its name is a Cactide with a flower on its head. This one is hostile, and unlike the regular ones can shoot volleys of needles as an attack.
* ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'': Caccacs are humanoid cacti found in the Dozing Sands, which attack by tossing cactus parts at the bros.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'' has the OriginalGeneration character named Amingo, who is a sapient cactus man and a walking {{National Stereotype|s}} of Mexico. He has a truly bizarre design and fighting style, and is able to morph his arms and body into a large variety of weapons.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'': Glacier le Cactank's Punishment form resembles a giant cactus. He was originally built as a large armored water tank that could bring water to remote areas before Dr. Weil corrupted him. His cooling system allows him to freeze water, hence his ice theme.
* ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'' has a species of talking, purple cacti called Tickly Pickles.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Cacnea is a Pokemon resembling a round cactus walking around on two conical stubs, with a yellow flower on its top, a series of round holes for a mouth and pair of long arms ending in rounded tips studded with more conical spikes. Its evolution, Cacturne, loses the flower and is more fully humanoid. They're found in deserts and attack by shooting volleys of quills (represented through them learning the move Pin Missile). They get by in deserts by storing large quantities of water in their bodies, and Cacturne in particular spends the days standing still to save energy and water, becoming active at night as it stalks travelers exhausted by the desert sun.
** Maractus is another cactus Pokemon resembling a humanoid prickly pear, with ear-like lobes each tipped with a flower. It's also found chiefly in desert routes. Rather than shooting needles, however, it's themed around shaking its limbs to make sounds like maracas. Its nutrient-rich seeds are also noted to be a valuable food source in the desert.
* ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'': The High Noon skin for Sylvanus, the diminutive god of forests and the wilderness, turns his {{Treant|s}} mount into a giant humanoid saguaro and Sylvanus himself into a Mexican {{Bandito}}.
* ''VideoGame/TimeZone'': Anthropomorphic cacti appear as enemies in the Wild West zone.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana'' has Li'l Cactus, first appearing in ''VideoGame/LegendOfMana''. As the name suggests, he's very small with chibi proportions. He appears to be an ordinary inanimate cactus whenever the player character is around but as soon as they leave he gets out of his pot to write in his journal, revealing that he has roots for legs.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* ''WebOriginal/VividlyASMR'': The Cactus Girl looks like a green-haired girl covered in spines.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Carmen is a cactus with stick figure limbs and a simplified smiley face. She swells up with water in the rain, and doesn't shed tears when she cries because her body is meant to retain moisture.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfBatmanAndRobinE5HouseAndGarden House & Garden]]" features a rather frightening example thanks to evil botanist Poison Ivy. A big part of her scheme involves human/plant hybrid monster that start out looking like children but end up as grotesque, hulking plant-men with toxic cactus spikes on their bodies she uses to poison and blackmail rich victims.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFruitties'': Thorny is a sapient, [[TheDitz dim-witted]] cactus, and thus also one of several Fruitties who aren't [[AnthropomorphicFood a fruit or vegetable]] like most of the others.
* ''WesternAnimation/KiddVideo'': Ash is turned into one of these when a plant monster takes over the Kiddmobile and emits a pollen that induces {{Transflormation}}s. (Carla is turned into a flower.) Fortunately, the effects are undone by the end of the episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/SheriffCalliesWildWest'': Toby is a fully sapient and anthropomorphic cactus otherwise surrounded by FunnyAnimals that include a cat, a bird and prairie dogs.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'': In "[[Recap/StevenUniverseFutureS1E10PricklyPair Prickly Pair]]", Steven accidentally turns a Cactus sentient with his gem powers, and it imitates him in what he says, what he does, and how he looks, resulting in it being named Cactus Steven.
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