39,327
edits
Plant Person: Difference between revisions
m
Mass update links
m (Mass update links) |
m (Mass update links) |
||
Line 1:
{{trope}}
[[File:PlantPeople.jpg|link=Swamp Thing|
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-Eating Plant|isn't people]]).
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
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.]]
Line 15:
Also, when [[Rule 34]] is invoked, expect the being to be called an 'Alraune'.
[[No Real Life Examples, Please]]
{{examples}}
Line 77:
* Ficus the "vegeton" first officer from ''[[Quark]]''
* The Papay from the ''[[Tin Man (TV)|Tin Man]]'' miniseries, which resemble bipedal, leafless aspen thickets.
* ''[[
* ''[[Goosebumps]]'': see Literature above.
* ''[[Mahou Sentai Magiranger]]'' has Mandora Boy, a living mandrake who gives advice to the Magirangers
Line 157:
[[Category:Older Than Feudalism]]
[[Category:Plant Person]]
| |||