Groot

"I am Groot!"

- Groot

Groot is a sentient tree-like individual and frequent accomplice of intergalactic criminal Rocket Raccoon. Together, the pair joined the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Biography
Groot is a hyper-intelligent tree-like organism from the species Flora colossus native to the planet X. While he possesses great human level intellect, Groot's robust and heavyweight physiology causes the organs of his acoustic generation to become stiff and inflexible, rendering the limits of his speech to the phrase, "I am Groot."

Groot was the frequent partner-in-crime of Rocket Raccoon. One of their adventures saw them travel to The Hub, where the duo rescued a family of sentient Scalluscs from the Stygian crime-lord Zade Scraggot, who was planning on harvesting the shells of the hapless snail-like creatures to use as tiles for his bathroom. Groot and Rocket had originally been hired by Sqqd'li, under the orders of his employer, the crime-lord Zade Scraggot to acquire the Scalluscs for Scraggot, but upon learning the nature of their cargo and their intended fate, and that the Scalluscs could out-pay Scraggot, Groot and Rocket chose to rescue them from the crime-lord instead.

Sometime later, the pair was captured by the Nova Corps on Xandar and brought to the Kyln. There, the pair joined up with fellow prisoners Peter Quill, Gamora, and Drax to make their escape, becoming the Guardians of the Galaxy.

Personality
Groot is very gentle and warm, displaying kindness towards all life if deserving of it. However, he is also quite fearsome in battle.

Relationships

 * Guardians of the Galaxy
 * Star-Lord - Teammate and leader
 * Drax the Destroyer - Teammate
 * Rocket Raccoon - Teammate and friend
 * Gamora - Teammate
 * Ronan the Accuser - Enemy
 * Thanos - Enemy
 * Nebula - Enemy

Trivia

 * Groot first appeared in Tales to Astonish 13, cover-dated November, 1960, and was written by Stan Lee and drawn by the legendary Jack Kirby-- A full year before the duo officially started the Marvel Universe with the release of Fantastic Four #1 in November 1961.
 * In the comics, Groot was the first alien to visit Earth as depicted in the mainstream Marvel Universe chronology.
 * Third only to Captain America and the original Human Torch, Groot is one of the oldest Marvel superheros to be depicted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
 * Vin Diesel's involvment with Marvel Studios began as just an internet prank he began by posting on Facebook the Marvel had "requested a meeting" with him. Eventually Marvel Studios actually contacted him and he was cast as Groot.