In celebration of this tiny topiary sidekick, I offer you five facts about Baby Groot. Father and Son? According to Guardians of the Galaxy franchise director James Gunn – Original (Adult) Groot and Baby Groot are not one in the same being. They are in fact two separate entities, with Baby Groot being the “offspring” of Original Groot. The series was announced in December of 2020, and takes place in between Guardians of the Galaxy and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, following Baby Groot on various short adventures. I Am Groot is a part of the MCU's Phase 4 and was released on August 10, 2022. Featuring characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and sharing continuity with the films of the franchise, the series follows Baby Groot on various adventures that get him into trouble between the events of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and one of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ' s (2017) mid-credits scenes. Guardians of the Galaxy's James Gunn has debunked there was a creative difference about what Baby Groot actually was. Groot is a Flora colossus, the son of Groot, the prophesied hero of Drez-Lar, and a member of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Born out of a planted twig of his deceased father, Baby Groot began to grow and endeavored with the Guardians on many adventures. They were soon hired by the Sovereign to destroy an Abilisk, but they were then targeted by their former employers due to Rocket who double. Shortly after the Battle of Xandar, Rocket plants a sapling taken from Groot's scattered body, which grows into a new, baby Groot [1] who quickly develops a love of music and dancing. Two months later, the Guardians of the Galaxy are hired by the Sovereign to protect valuable batteries from an inter-dimensional monster. Groot accompanies them, but rather than fighting the monster, he picks. At the end of Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014, Groot sacrificed himself to save the rest of the lovable space crew. Thankfully, the credits revealed that Baby Groot had formed from the original. At the end of the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie, Baby Groot debuted, which has eventually become Teen Groot and now Swole Groot. In an effort to capitalize on the character's popularity, Marvel Studios released the limited series, I am Groot, which they claim is MCU canon. This, however, contradicts Gunn's statement, since the show features a scene of Baby Groot recalling the. With Groot having appeared in five Marvel titles so far (Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Thor: Love and Thunder), the window. The five shorts we get in I Am Groot season 1 take place in two different places: before and after Guardians of the Galaxy 2, but not after its end-credit scene. The episodes run in chronological.