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== Advertising ==
* The advertising of Green Giant frozen vegetables features the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqtkjEg5Tmk Jolly Green Giant, and his nephew, the Little Green Sprout].
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* ''Green Legend Ran.''
* Cheza from ''[[Wolf's Rain]]''
* The Druids from ''[[Origin: Spirits of the Past]]''.
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* Cosmo in ''[[Sonic X]].''
* Ayame and Momiji from [[Osamu Tezuka]]'s ''Lost World''. They are plants given intelligence through bioengineering and then grown into a humanoid shape in molds before being covered with artificial skin so as to pass for human. Another intelligent plant shows up in an early ''[[Astro Boy]]'' story, a tentacled flower piloting a [[Mobile Suit Human]].
* The Radish Spirit in ''[[Spirited Away]]''; his name [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin| describes him pretty well.]]
== Comic Books ==
* The Green Man from ''[[Astro City]]''.
* Poison Ivy from'' [[Batman]]'' is a borderline case, depending on the medium. When she first appeared in the comic books, she was merely a murderous seductress with a plant motif. Later on, she took on the persona of an "eco-terrorist" with a little mad scientist thrown in. In current comics continuity, Poison Ivy has been physiologically part-plant since The Floronic Man's initial experiments. Initially, she only had to ability to exude plant-based poisons from her own body and was immune to all poisons. Through the years, she has developed the ability to control plants (size, shape and movement and, occasionally, behavior if one of her hybrids has a level of sentience) and her physiology has changed dramatically so that she now resembles a plant, down to the fact that her costume, once a leafy one-piece bathing suit, now consists of her own leaves]] arranged in an acceptable fashion on her body. She exhibits more or less plant-like qualities depending on the artist, but these qualities are generally constant. In ''[[Swamp Thing]]'', she is described as having a link to a mystical/elemental being called "The May Queen", but this is rarely mentioned. A link to a force (much like the Speed Force in ''[[The Flash]]'') called "The Green" is implied as well, and she can use this to communicate with others over long distances via plants.
** However, in the ''[[Batman: No Man's Land]]'' storyline, the police planned to take Ivy out (after she had seized control of Gotham City Park) with a powerful defoliant that would have killed all plant life in the park, including Ivy's monsters and Ivy herself, suggesting that she wasn't exactly human anymore. Whether it would have worked or not is unknown, because Ivy surrendered to save the children she was protecting. Which caused Batman to answer the question pretty directly, saying that the act proved she was "still more human than plant."
* [[Marvel Comics]]' the [[Man-Thing]], now a member of the ''[[Thunderbolts]]. ''▼
** Ivy is certainly able to ''create'' plant people. In her limited series ''Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death'' she creates three "Sporelings" - Rose, Hazel, and Thorn - plant-human hybrids like herself, but never human to begin with.
▲* [[Marvel Comics]]' the [[Man-Thing]], now{{when}} a member of the ''[[Thunderbolts]]. ''
* [[DC Comics]]' the ''[[Swamp Thing]].''
* Following the success of the Swamp Thing, ''[[Black Orchid]]'' was [[retcon]]ned to also be a Plant Person. Noticeably though, while the later two Orchids are more plant than human, they can't control plants or flowers and their powers are primarily [[Glamour]] and pheromone manipulation.
* ''Atom'' and ''[[Swamp Thing]]'' villain Jason [[Steven Ulysses Perhero|Wood]]roe; The Floronic Man.
* Swamp Thing and Man-Thing are both [[Captain Ersatz]]es of a [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] comic monster called The Heap.
* In [[Marvel Comics]]: Groot, king of Planet X. A [[Kaiju|giant]] [[When Trees Attack|tree-shaped]] [[Plant Aliens|alien,]] he was originally a 1950's [[Monster of the Week]], and is currently{{when}} a member of the ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy]]''.
* The villain Solomon Grundy is a zombie whose body is as much plant matter as it is flesh. That's why the original [[Green Lantern]] (as in, Alan Scott) found it almost impossible to fight him. Due to his ring being ineffective against wood, it barely worked on Grundy.
== Film ==
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* The [[Big Bad]] in ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]] II'' is a form of a plant and takes form of a Victoria's Secret model.
* The [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] version of Groot, from ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]'' and subsequent films.
== Literature ==
* Dryads also show up in ''[[Narnia]].'' Lewis describes them in great detail. Such as Birch dryads as looking like slender girls with showery hair, dressed in silver and fond of dancing, beech dryads as looking like gracious, queenly, goddesses dressed fresh transparent green, and oak dryads as looking like wizened old men with warts, gnarled fingers, and hair growing out of the warts.
* Ents in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
* Birdseye, a parody of Green Giant (''See'' [[Advertising]]'', above'') appears in ''[[Bored of the Rings]]'' along with the plant-people he rules, the Vee-Ates.
* Nym from ''[[The Wheel of Time]]''.
* ''Top Secret'', a children's book about a boy who does a science project about "human photosynthesis," turning himself into a green-skinned plant-person.
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* What everyone becomes after they die in Pentexore in ''[[A Dirge for Prester John]]''. The bodies of the dead are planted and become trees.
▲== Live Action TV ==
* Tybo the Giant Carrot Man on the ''[[Lost in Space]]'' episode "The Great Vegetable Rebellion". Technically a Plant Alien, but considering he's planning on turning the Robinsons into plants, ''and'' he's practically a [[Rubber Forehead Alien]]...
* ''[[Creepshow]]'' has [[Stephen King]] playing a bumpkin who touched a meteor turning into a plant creature, but it wasn't a pleasant thing.
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* ''[[Mahou Sentai Magiranger]]'' has Mandora Boy, a living mandrake who gives advice to the Magirangers
== Oral Tradition, Folklore, Myths and Legends ==
* Dryads appeared in [[Classical Mythology]], so this is [[Older Than Feudalism]].▼
* [[The Fair Folk|The Green Man]].▼
* Swedish (and probably Scandinavian) folklore has the Skogsrå (which means roughly "forest ruler" or "magical being of the forest" depending on etymology), a [[All Trolls Are Different|kind of "pseudo-troll"]] who often appears as a very beautiful woman who tries to lure men deep into the woods. She was discernable from real people because her back was made of - in most versions a hollowed-out - tree.▼
== Tabletop Games ==
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* In ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'', that part of the Wood Elf army which isn't [[Fragile Speedster]]s is composed pretty much entirely of plant people, ranging from Dryads (human-sized, spikey, made of wood) to Treemen (like Dryads, only [[Our Giants Are Bigger|much bigger]]).
== Toys ==
* [[Mr. Potato Head]], of course! Even more so seeing as originally, the idea was to use the plastic features on an actual potato.
▲* Dryads appeared in [[Classical Mythology]], so this is [[Older Than Feudalism]].
▲* [[The Fair Folk|The Green Man]].
▲* Swedish (and probably Scandinavian) folklore has the Skogsrå (which means roughly "forest ruler" or "magical being of the forest" depending on etymology), a [[All Trolls Are Different|kind of "pseudo-troll"]] who often appears as a very beautiful woman who tries to lure men deep into the woods. She was discernable from real people because her back was made of - in most versions a hollowed-out - tree.
== Video Games ==
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* The goddess Melandru from ''[[Guild Wars]]''.
** The Sylvari in ''[[Guild Wars 2]]''. [[Shown Their Work|To a scary degree, actually.]] [http://www.arena.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ArmorClothingConcepts.jpg See for yourself.]
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has [https://www.wowhead.com/npc=49687/brazie-the-botanist#comments Brazie the Botanist], the [[Quest Giver]] for the "Lawn of the Dead" [[Mini Game]] (which [[Sarcasm Mode| is ''obviously'' not]] ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]'', [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo| despite the similarities]]), a goblin who seems to be part-plant himself.
** Also the case for High Botanist Tel'arn, the royal gardener of Surumar and one of the Bosses in the Nighthold raid. He was so obsessed with plants that he somehow turned himself into one; Thalyssra claims it's because he [[Understatement| "took his job seriously".]]
* ''[[Resident Evil 2]]'' has the Ivy monsters. They were the end product of using [[The Virus|the T-Virus]] to genetically splice together plant and animal DNA. They are humanoid, which suggests the animal in question was or included human DNA. [[Mighty Glacier|They are slow, but pack quite a punch and soak up punishment like Miracle-Gro]].
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' has the Thorian, an extremely old and extremely intelligent plant organism living on Feros. It looks nothing like a human... more like a giant bulb of fleshy stuff with tentacle-like roots going off in every direction. It is also a villain, and uses spores to mind-control other creatures living around it. It can only speak through plant-based clones of individuals it has absorbed, which it can create within itself and then spit out to do its bidding.
* The Alraune monsters in the ''Disgaea'' series.
* Quiet from ''[[Metal Gear Solid V Phantom Pain]]'' could be called this. While still human in most respects, the "parasite surgery" she underwent lets her go without food, gaining all manner of nourishment via photosynthesis. This is the reason for her [[Stripperiffic]] outfit, in-game at least.
* ''[[Monster Girl Quest]]'' has the Plant race of monsters. Many of them follow the standard Alraune form, a woman's torso within a large flower (or other plant). Some of them are actually based on fungi.
* Dr. Potter from ''[[Luigi's Mansion|Luigi's Mansion 3]]'', the boss in the greenhouse level with a [[Green Thumb]] and pet [[Man-Eating Plant]]s; he seems to be as much plant himself as he is ghost.
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', {{spoiler|Marcia Sutton}} is a dryad. Ysengrin is also almost a plant person: as a gift from Coyote, he has the ability to command all the plants of the forest, and he wears magic [[Power Armor]] made from trees, which might not seem like much of a fit for this trope [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=671 until you see what he looks like without it...]
* In ''[[Chirault]]'', pretty much all trees are sapient and dangerous to cross, but most of them are inactive.
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* Audrey of ''[[Life Sketch]]''. A shameless reference to [[Little Shop of Horrors]], right down to the thirst for human blood.
* ''[[Guilded Age]]'' has Syr'Nj and other Wood Elves who refer to most bodily parts as their plant equivalents and apparently can drink through their taproots (aka toes).
== Web Original ==
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* The Element Lord of the Jungle in ''[[Bionicle]]''. The Bota Magnan Agori may also count.
* Among the [[Revenue Enhancing Devices|exotic pets]] in [[UniCreatures]] are a series of dryads, one for each season. One of the (free) seasonal pets is a flower sprite of some kind.
== Western Animation ==
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* ''[[Thundercats 2011]]'' has the Petalars, adorably [[Lilliputians|Lilliputian]] li'l plant people/[[Plant Aliens]] {{spoiler|who live about a day}}.
* The [[Green Thumb|Sadida]] class in the ''[[Wakfu]]'' series and associated video game have green hair (and, in the males' case, green ''[[Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism|fur]]'') and brown skin, have literal cabbage patch kids, and turn into stumps when they die.
* Terra Snapdragon in ''[[The Owl House]]''; head of the Plant Coven, she seems to be at least part plant herself, having leaves and flowers in place of hair.<ref>Not that unusual anatomy is uncommon among the Coven heads; Eberwolf is leader of the Beast Keeper Coven, and is a wolf-human hybrid, while Darius leads the Abomination Coven, and can turn parts of his own body into abomination-slime.</ref>
* ''[[Harley Quinn (TV series)|Harley Quinn]]'' has both Poison Ivy and [[Swamp Thing]], and a few original examples:
** Archvillain [[Lex Luthor]] recieves biochemistry treatments in season 4 that - among other things - lets him eat via photosynthesis, making him something of a human-plant hybrid. It is implied that these treatments are having adverse effects on his sanity.
** Also in season 4, Gordon inadvertently creates a clone of Harley by placing a potato that has one of Harley's hairs in [[Why Do We Even Have That X?| a microwave that is also a cloning device]]. Clone!Harley tells Real!Harley that "I'm 5% potato and 95% you!" {{spoiler| although, when she is killed at the end of the same episode, she is reduced to a pile of mashed potatoes [[Black Comedy| (which is then eaten by a group of homeless children)]]) and given her [[Knight Templar]] methods, it seems likely she got those percentages backwards.}}
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