Questions tagged [guardians-of-the-galaxy]
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Where in the movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is the answer to who created Rocket Raccoon hidden?
According to the tweet below by James Gunn, the answer to who created Rocket Raccoon in the MCU is hidden somewhere in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Which Easter eggs is James Gunn referring to?
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Is Drax's Species Extinct?
All in the title -- Are there other living members of Drax's species? When were they culled?
This question has a partial answer, which I have issue with --
What happened to the planets Thanos already ...
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What's the green toy set besides Yondu's bed in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2"...?
What's the green toy set besides Yondu's bed, during his farewell ceremony in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2...? From what I can tell, it was placed there by Gamora.
This video shows the whole scene.
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Who played Krugarr in Guardians of the Galaxy 2?
One of the many side-chararacters we see in Guardians of the Galaxy 2, is Krugarr.
But looking them up on Wikipedia and IMDB there's no actor listed.
Even previous questions here has failed to find ...
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How did Adam Warlock become The Living Tribunal?
I had seen in the comics that Adam Warlock is now the Living Tribunal. How and when did this happen?
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Why did Yondu abduct Quill and then raise him as his son? [duplicate]
Within MCU canon, what was Yondu's motivation to travel to Earth, only abduct Quill, and then raise him as his son?
It seemed to me that Yondu and his crew of Ravagers had more rewarding things to do ...
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Why not grow a forest of Groots? [duplicate]
At the end of Guardians of the Galaxy we see Rocket take a twig of Groot and propagate it as a cutting. Why stop at one? Why not grow an entire forest of Groots?
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Did Milano or Benatar approve or comment on their namesake MCU ships?
Peter Quill has named two M-ships after his childhood crushes: the Milano and the Benatar, named after 1980s actor Alyssa Milano and singer Pat Benatar.
Were Milano and/or Benatar consulted? ...
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Is Guardians of the Galaxy 3 canceled?
I remember seeing in the MCU's Wikipedia page that there is going to be another Guardians Of The Galaxy movie.
Now I see it's gone and the last one there is Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Is it canceled?...
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Are other Groots also named "Groot"?
Assuming that Groot is not the only Groot who ever grooted, are the other Groots also named "Groot"?
If they are all named "Groot", it is the same "Groot" or is there a distinction in their names ...
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How did Kraglin end up with Yondu Udonta's prototype fin?
We saw Quill give Kraglin Yondu's repaired arrow, and we saw Yondu's funeral during which Yondu was wearing his prototype fin as he seemed to disolve into bright bits of color and streamed into the ...
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Did Avengers: Infinity War ignore the locations/distances set in Guardians of the Galaxy?
I know the Marvel Cinematic Universe likes to keep the locations vague to avoid questions like this, but it's been established by director James Gunn that the events of the Guardians of the Galaxy ...
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Are Yondu's new fins earlier versions of his original fin or are they newer versions?
Are Yondu's second fin and Kraglin's first fin earlier prototypes of the fin from Volume 1 or are they new prototypes?
Yondu tells Groot that the fin is a prototype fin.
When I first saw Volume 2 I ...
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Why can't baby Groot say more than his name [duplicate]
From what I heard. Flora Colossus's can only say a specific phrase when they get older because of their voice box hardening. If baby Groot is young enough to not have his voice box hardened, why does ...
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Who created Rocket in the MCU?
According to James Gunn, the creator(s) of Rocket Raccoon is identified somewhere in Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2.
Specifically in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, who created Rocket Raccoon?
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Did Peter's mother know that Ego was not human?
Is there any evidence which shows that Peter's mother knew Ego was an alien?
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Why couldn't Peter take off the space suit?
Near the end of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 we see Yondu and Peter ejected over a dying Ego, with Peter wearing the only space suit, in this time he scrabbles at his chest to take off the disk ...
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Were Ego's dioramas in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 a shot at EPCOT?
Ego's models depicting his adventures in searching for compatible life seemed very similar to an old fashioned EPCOT display in Disney World. Is there any indication that this was a shot at Disney ...
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Why does Peter Quill expect everyone to know who Star Lord is? And how did he earn that name?
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Peter Quill: There's one other name you might know me by... Star Lord.
Korath the Pursuer: ...Who?
Peter Quill: Star Lord, man. Legendary Outlaw
Why does Peter Quil ...
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Would Starlord be able to hold an Infinity Stone as long as he did after the events of GotG2? [duplicate]
In Guardians of the Galaxy
My question comes from the fact that in the second movie
Would he still be able to hold on to an infinity stone?
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How did Korath know where Peter Quill was heading?
In the beginning of the movie, shortly after arriving back aboard the Dark Aster, Korath says to Ronan:
We have discovered that Quill has an agreement to retrieve the orb for an intermediary known ...
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Are there any foreshadowings of Adam Warlock prior to GotG Vol.2?
In the post-credits scene in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Adam Warlock makes an appearance (in his cocoon) in the MCU.
Referring to this scene:
Other than and prior to this, is there any other ...
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What are the horns of freedom?
In Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 2,
We know that
But what are the horns of freedom?
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How is Gamora this strong?
In Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2,
How is Gamora strong enough to do this? I know that Thanos enhanced his daughters in order to make them better fighters. But is there also a more specific ...
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Why didn't others steal Yondu's fins?
In Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2,
Where did Yondu get his fins? And why didn't other crew members steal them?
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Why does Ego need help sleeping?
In Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2, we learn that Ego's hostage traveling companion Mantis is used to help Ego sleep.
But why does he need help sleeping in the first place? And who or what did he use ...
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How did this character become a priestess?
In Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2,
I read her Wikipedia page, which makes no reference to any religious affiliation. She has the power to bring life back into a body if the spirit has not left ...
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What are the hexagonal jump point walls? [duplicate]
In Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 2,
What is the back story of the walls?
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Did this character steal this other character's body?
In Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, a series of events at the end of the movie seem odd and, when taken together over several viewings, make it seem that.
Here are the events:
Rocket re-assembles ...
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What is the significance of the Ravager Flames?
In Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, a flame symbolizes the ravagers. You may recall that.
Here is a picture of it:
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The flame symbol seems to be their emblem. What is its history? And what ...
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Why is everyone sleeping in the captain's quarters?
In Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2,
When baby Groot gets to the captain's quarters, perhaps more than a dozen people are sleeping on the floor together.
Is this normal for ravagers? Are there ...
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Why was Drax in the Kyln?
In Guardians of the Galaxy, why was Drax in the Kyln? What crime did he commit to get himself locked up in there?
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How does Gamora's sword retract?
In Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2, Gamora's metal sword is able to retract back into its handle even though the extended sword was a few feet long and seemingly made of very strong metal.
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Is Knowhere the remains of Ego's skull? [duplicate]
Is Knowhere, the severed skull of an unknown Celestial floating in space, actually in fact the physical remains that once housed the brain of the Celestial Ego?
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Did anyone else transport Ego's children?
Throughout the movie we learn that Ego had hired Yondu in the past to deliver some of his children to him. We also learn that Yondu eventually stops delivering the children at some point in time, with ...
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Have Peter Parker and Peter Quill ever met each other in the comics?
In this first look on Avengers: Infinity War, we see the actors of Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Peter Quill/Star-Lord standing right next to each other:
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How was Groot able to say "We are Groot"?
Near the end of the film - as Ronan's ship, The Dark Aster, crashes to the ground - Groot creates a protective cocoon for the rest of the team. It all gets very emotional and Groot says:
We are ...
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Is Groot usually "Asleep for the danger"?
In Guardians of the Galaxy, after rescuing Gamora from being killed, Rocket says the following:
Asleep for the danger, awake for the money, as per frickin' usual.
Do we know of any other time that ...
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Why did Yondu not deliver Peter?
During the movie, we learned that Ego tried to reproduce the Celestial gene by having a lot of children and then having them delivered to him. I am not sure if Yondu was contracted for all of them but ...
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How does Nebula really feel about Gamora?
In the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie, Nebula (when she is firing on her sister Gamora) says:
"Out of all our siblings, I hated you least."
But then in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,
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Did Charles Xavier know about Peter Quill?
Peter Quill seems to have been born in 1981, and then abducted from Earth in 1988. There were therefore 7 years in which the child of a Celestial was on Earth.
Is there any indication given of ...
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What is the light within Ego's planet?
In Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2,
Ego says that.
Ego also explains that
Ego also explains that.
But Ego needs
In fact, Ego went to great lengths to
So what is the light within Ego's ...
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What is known about Celestial genes?
In Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 2,
Since Ego is a planet, his intrinsic DNA is diverse and fragmented towards tasks specific to each organism on the planet, though some of those organisms may have ...
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How does Ego's ship do this?
In Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2,
How is Ego's ship able to do this?
Additionally:
What relevant descriptive information can you share about Ego's ship?
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Which, if any, planets and characters are known during the space hop scene?
During the 700 space hops scene, where we see Rocket and crew passing over a number of planets, some of them struck me as possible Easter eggs or references to other known properties.
In this scene ...
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What code did Yondu break?
In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, there is a lot of talk about how Yondu broke the Ravager code.
What code did he break?
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Does Baby Groot exist in the comics?
Just what it says:
Do Baby Groot and
exist in the comics or were they invented at the end of the Guardian of the Galaxy movie for the MCU only?
I AM GROOT! I am Groot
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What are the limits of Drax's abilities?
I was struck by how much Drax was struck in Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2.
His durability is much higher than I presumed, but he doesn't seem to have the strength that we see in Gamora.
In the ...
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Who were the other Ravager captains?
Although the current roster of the Guardians of the Galaxy (Star Lord, Gamora, Drax, Groot, Rocket) is taken from their current incarnation in the comics, Yondu (a Ravager captain in the MCU) is based ...
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Did Groot's memory survive?
In the end of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Rocket planted a splinter of Groot and baby Groot is growing already and he'll appear in upcoming Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2.
I wonder ...
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