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.

"God, Seamus. I've uh... never seen you this naked."
"Ah, it's good to let the old midsection breathe."
"What, uh... How the hell are you alive?"

― Quagmire, Seamus and Peter Griffin, with the latter asking how Seamus 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

The user is made up of or can transform their body completely into wood. A user's 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 Manipulation
  • Leaf Projection
  • Sharpness Inducement
• Seed Generation
• Self-Sustenance via Photosynthesis.
• Wood Manipulation
• Xylokinetic Regeneration
  • Ultimate Regeneration

Variations

• Talking Tree Physiology

Associations

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

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

• Woody (Battle For Dream Island)
• Kevin E. Levin (Ben 10)
• Cedar Wood (Ever After High)
• Seamus (Family Guy)
• Shao Yen (Master Raindrop)
• Twig (The Mighty Ones)
• Treesa Thornwillow (Monster High)
• Timberwolves (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
• Enid (OK K.O Let's Be Heroes!)
• The Beast (Over the Garden Wall)
• Sentient Logs (Nils Hedinger's Timber)
• Magical talking tree stumps (Yin Yang Yo!)
  • Dave

Comics

• Wood-King (DC Comics)
• Flora colossi (Marvel Comics)
  • Groot
• Frank Ludlum (Marvel Comics)
• Machete (Pinoy Klasiks)
• Belle the Tinkerer (IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog)

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)
• Treevil (Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue)

Manga/Anime

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

TCG

• Inpachi (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• 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)
• Yggy Woods (Kirby Star Allies)
• Tropic Woods (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)
• Koroks (The Legend of Zelda)
• Wood Man.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network)
• Wood Man (Mega Man series)
• Trevenant (Pokémon)
• Mother and Father Cedar (Puppeteer)
• Mokujin (Tekken)
• Yggdrasil (Valkyrie Crusade)

Web Animation/Comic/Original

• Tree Man (Asdfmovie)
• Tuls Tenebrose (Ava's Demon)
• Maggie Lacivi (Ava's Demon)
• The Birch (Crypt TV)
• SCP-1036 - Freiherr von Schwarzwald (SCP Foundation)
• Entity 45 - "Woodlins" (The Backrooms)

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)

Yggdrasil (Marchen Awakens Romance) is a colossal tree guardian that grows by feeding off the pain of its victims.

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 Legends), Neti Jedi Master, defending the injured clone troopers and Jedi on Null.

Males of Cosmo's species (Sonic X)

Earthia's (Sonic X) evolved tree form.

Cosmo (Sonic X) transformed into a tree and fused with Final Mova to make it weaker.

Belle the Tinkerer (IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog), a wood animal robot.

Dave (Yin Yang Yo!)

Trevenant (Pokémon) resembles a tree.

Warrod Sequen (Fairy Tail)

A group of sentient logs (Nils Hedinger's Timber) gathering around the campfire.

Whispy Woods (Kirby)

Shao Yen (Master Raindrop); Element of Wood

Videos

LOTR The Two Towers - Extended Edition - The Last March of the Ents