Wood Mimicry

Wood Mimicry
Groot (Marvel Comics) king of Planet X, member of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Power/Ability to:	Have a body made up of wood.

"Ah... Its good to let the old midsection breathe."

"What.... How the hell are you alive?"

― Seamus and Peter Griffin asking how he is alive when his body is completely wooden (Family Guy)

Power to transform into or have a physical body made up of wood. Technique of Wood Manipulation. Variation of Plant Mimicry and Plant Morphing.

Also Called

• Arboreal Mimicry/Physiology
• Tree Mimicry/Physiology
• Wood Physiology

Capabilities

User is made up of or can transform their body completely into wood. Users' transformed form is anatomically identical to their normal form, aside of being made of wood, in which case it contains all to organs and is somewhat vulnerable to attacks. Alternately the user can transform into homogeneous matter, without any part of their form being more important than the other.

Applications

• Contaminant Immunity
• Dermal Armor
  • Natural Weaponry
  • Pain Suppression
• Disease Immunity
• Enhanced/Supernatural Durability
• Enhanced Endurance
• Enhanced Lung Capacity/Oxygen Independence
• Enhanced Strength
• Leaf Projection
• Self-Sustenance via Photosynthesis.

Variations

• Talking Tree Physiology

Associations

• Botanical Communication
• Forest Physiology
• Golem Creation
• Malleable Anatomy
  • Appendage Generation
• Plant Morphing
• Thermal Resistance
• Wood Manipulation
• Xylokinetic Creature Creation
• Xylokinetic Regeneration

Limitations

• Very likely slows the user.
• Can dehydrate far quicker than a human body.
• May require constant connection with earth or water.
• May be restricted to single variation.
• May catch fire easily.
• Not exactly Invulnerability since limb can be broken off.
• May be vulnerable to everything that a normal plant would be (fire, plant poisons, etc.).

Known Users

See Also: Treants.

Cartoons

• Seamus (Family Guy)
• Shao Yen (Master Raindrop)
• Timberwolves (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
• The Beast (Over the Garden Wall)

Comics

• Wood-King (DC Comics)
• Flora colossi (Marvel Comics)
  • Groot
• Frank Ludlum (Marvel Comics)
• Machete (Pinoy Klasiks)

Movies

• Siren Figurehead (The Golden Voyage of Sinbad)

Folklore/Mythology

• Dryads (Greek Mythology)
• Hamadryads (Greek Mythology)
• Skogsrå (Norse Mythology)

Literature

• Ents (Lord of the Rings)
• Pinocchio (Pinocchio)
• Neti (Star Wars Expanded Universe)
• Nym (The Wheel of Time)

Live Television

• Wooden Cyberman (Doctor Who)

Manga/Anime

• The Wood (Cardcaptor Sakura)
• Azuma (Fairy Tail); after overusing magic
• Aldoron (Fairy Tail)
• Nikosen (Inuyasha)
• Guardian ÄRM, Bridling Bird (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Guardian ÄRM, Yggdrasil (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Guardian ÄRM, III (Drei) (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Shinji Nishiya/Kamui Wood (My Hero Academia)
• Yamato (Naruto)
• Males of Cosmo's species (Sonic X)
• Momi/Hitotsuri Momi-no-ki (Yo-kai Watch Shadowside)
• Pinecones (Yuru Camp)

TCG

• Vampire Orchis (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Video Games

• Curse-Rotted Greatwood (Dark Souls III)
• Birch Women (Dark Souls III)
• Cherrymon (Digimon)
• Woodmon (Digimon)
• Harold (Fallout series)
• The Lone Wanderer (Fallout 3); via barkskin perk
• Whispy Woods (Kirby)
• Koroks (The Legend of Zelda)
• Wood Man (Mega Man series)
• Trevenant (Pokémon)
• Yggdrasil (Valkyrie Crusade)

Web Animation

• Tree Man (asdfmovie)

Web Comics

• Tuls Tenebrose (Ava's Demon)
• Maggie Lacivi (Ava's Demon)

Web Original

• The Birch (Crypt TV)
• SCP-1036 - Freiherr von Schwarzwald (SCP Foundation)

Gallery

The Wood (Cardcaptor Sakura)

The Birch (Crypt TV) is an ancient forest spirit that protects children it deems to be pure of heart...

...which typically results in it violently murdering anyone who attempts to physically harm them.

Cherrymon (Digimon) resembles a cherry tree.

Woodmon (Digimon) resembles a tree.

Aldoron, the Wood God Dragon (Fairy Tail)

Seamus' (Family Guy) body is made entirely of wood except for his head, which makes one wonder how exactly he sustains life.

Nikosen (InuYasha) takes the form of a tree-like being.

Koroks (The Legend of Zelda)

Guardian ÄRM, Yggdrasil (Marchen Awakens Romance) is a colossal tree.

Flora colossus (Marvel Comics) are ruled over by the "Arbor Masters" who teach the children of the species with "Photonic Knowledge".

Wood Man (Mega Man series) is almost completely made out of wood, specifically Hinoki Cypress, including some of his mechanisms making him a resilient and unique robot.

Shinji Nishiya/Kamui Wood (My Hero Academia)

Timberwolves (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Yamato (Naruto) can take on properties of a tree.

Celebi (Pokémon) forming a shell of wood to create a monstrous form.

SCP-1036 (SCP Foundation) is a humanoid automaton made out of wood whose only objectives are to protect all plant life in the Black Forest and to defend Germany from "English speaking invaders".

T'ra Saa (Star Wars Expanded Universe), Neti Jedi Master, defending the injured troopers and Jedi on Null.

Lucas (Sonic X), a male of Cosmo's humanoid plant-like alien species.