Try as they might, fans are still struggling to understand the actual relationship between GrootOpens in a new tab and Baby GrootOpens in a new tab. Are they one and the same? Are they father and son? Is one a clone of the other? Though James GunnOpens in a new tab has already tried to clear this matter up for fans a number of times, the Guardians of the GalaxyOpens in a new tab took to Twitter once again to answer this question once and for all.It all started with a memeOpens in a new tab asking readers to choose between Baby Groot or a porg in an if-you-could-only-save-one scnenario. Gunn RIGHTFULLY pointed outOpens in a new tab that such a question is as silly as asking if you’d save a sentient, intelligent friend or a penguinOpens in a new tab. Naturally, this conversation opened the door to the common misconception that Groot didn’t actually die in the first film.

https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/968576621220331520This led to a whole lot of separate questions and debates, including things that have seemed pretty obvious since the sequel was released.https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/968583812148965376https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/968583947792801793https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/968599152488734720https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/968599379455098880Some fans came at Gunn with the “cloning defense” of the Groot = Baby Groot argument, but Gunn had a rebuttal for that one as well.https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/968599639426396160https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/968600797431787520https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/968601588448178176For reference: Boba Fett was a clone of his father Jango, but they weren’t the same person. They had different experiences, knowledge, desires, and personalities. (Ditto Barbra’s dogsOpens in a new tab.)What’s more, the reading of Groot and Baby Groot as two separate entities is imperative to appreciating of the most powerful moments in the entire MCU: “We are Groot.”https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/968600348234457088 Perhaps we can finally set this argument to rest now.Did you know Baby Groot was a totally different Groot, or did you think they were one and the Groot? Tell us your Groot in the Groot section Groot.

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