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[[File:PlantPeople.jpg|link=Swamp Thing|right|The technical term is "[[Bizarre Sexual Dimorphism|Sexual Dimorphism]]". [[
The Plant Person is a bridge between the Plant and Animal Kingdoms, being able to talk to plants (or at least understand them at an [[The Empath|empathic level]]) and people alike. Their wisdom can be profound and [[Blue and Orange Morality|alien]], coming as it does from a plant rather than animal (let alone human) point of view. Biologically, he or she is either a motile plant or a person with a lot of plant-like characteristics: they may be able to photosynthesize their own food, drink water from their feet, and even [[Healing Factor|regrow severed limbs]]. If they lean more towards the animal, they probably still need to eat, but it may be "nutrients" or dirt rather than cheeseburgers (though they just might; hey, at least it [[Man
They can usually claim without irony that they are "one with nature", living in forests and surrounded by life. They might be a mystical Dryad, a [[Freak Lab Accident|scientist who fell into a vat of chemicals]] ([[Swamp Thing|or a mystical plant god who thinks he did]]), or a race of motile plants that just happens to look [[Human Aliens|very human]] by accident, by [[A Form You Are Comfortable With|design]], or by ''[[Evilutionary Biologist|des]][[Mix and Match Critters|ign]]''. Despite generally having a human shape, they may or may not be able to casually pass for human. This is because they tend to have green or barky skin and leaves for hair. Interestingly, there is a big disparity between male and female plant people, as the page image shows. Perhaps stemming from the [[Classical Mythology|classical]] Dryad, plant people [[One
In a story, they are usually a [[Nature Hero]], or at least have great value in nature. They may also be a hermit or sage that advises the heroes. In extremes, they may be a [[Knight Templar]] of an eco terrorist... that can [[When Trees Attack|call killer trees]] on a whim and [[Green Thumb|snare you]] [[Tentacle Rope|in vines]], all while making their [[The Lost Woods|lost forest]] [[Closed Circle|inescapable.]]
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Expect them to have [[Fertile Feet]], and feel the effects of deprivation when removed from natural environments for long. They usually function as a [[Fisher King]] in whatever area they inhabit; poisoning them or the forest has a reciprocal effect.
See also [[Green Thumb]], [[Wise Tree]], [[When Trees Attack]], [[Plant Aliens]], [[Man
Also, when [[Rule 34]] is invoked, expect the being to be called an 'Alraune'.
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* If you use too many pesticides in ''[[The Sims]]'' Seasons, you turn into a plant person and need to have a lot of water.
* ''[[Fallout 2]]'' and ''[[Fallout 3|3]]'' have Harold, an NPC ghoul with a tree he calls Bob growing out of his head.
* ''[[Fallout New Vegas]]'' has [http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Spore_carrier Spore Carriers], humans that have been taken over by parasitic Bacteria in an experiment to genetically engineer plant spores. The ''Old World Blues'' DLC reveals that they originated from the Big MT R&D Facility and that the [[
* Bracken in ''[[Dungeon Siege]]''.
* The Dendroids from ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic]] III'', and the Treants from V
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* EVA in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3]]'' speculates that The End's unusual amount of stamina might be due to photosynthesis. Later, upon [[Skippable Boss|one of his many possible deaths]], The End's skin actually does transform into bark.
* In the ''[[Thief]]'' series, Viktoria initially appears human but is actually a dryad of some sort, able to create long stabbing/entangling vines from her fingertips, and has bark-covered skin and glowing red eyes. She's one of the heads of the Pagans and all of them have a huge affinity for plants and wild things.
* Lilligant from ''[[Pokémon]]'', based off a Dryad. [[One
* The Dryads, the Treants, and the Alura Une/Venus Weed monsters from the ''[[Castlevania]]'' series.
* The goddess Melandru from ''[[Guild Wars]]''.
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* Flora from ''[[Jayce and The Wheeled Warriors (Animation)|Jayce and The Wheeled Warriors]]'' was born from a blossom created by the hero's father Audric.
* [http://www.danhausertrek.com/AnimatedSeries/Lifeforms.html#Phylo Phylosians] from ''[[Star Trek the Animated Series (Animation)|Star Trek the Animated Series]]'' are [[Plant Aliens]].
* Poison Ivy in ''[[Batman:
** Then the ''[[Batman Adventures]]'' spin-off comic said that the green-skinned, carbon-dioxide-breathing Ivy was another artificial plant person, and that the real Ivy was fully human and off doing her own thing somewhere else.
* The Plant Man from the ''[[Flap Jack]]'' episode of the same name.
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