Rocket Raccoon (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Rocket Raccoon, originally known as 89P13, is a superhero and a major character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He is a thrill-seeking and wisecracking genetically altered, cybernetically enhanced raccoon who spent a majority of his life as a bounty hunter alongside his sentient tree companion, Groot. He was one of the founding members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, before he officially took over as the new leader of the team.
He is voiced by , who also portrayed Phil Wenneck in The Hangover trilogy, Faceman Peck in The A-Team, and Chris Kyle in American Sniper. The character's motion capture on set is done and is voiced as a juvenile by (who also portrayed Kraglin Obfonteri), and his movement and behavior were modeled after the late Oreo.
==Personality==
Rocket is very much defined by his angry, trigger-happy disposition, and hyper intelligent personality. He prides himself on being a "professional" at what he does mainly due to the modifications the High Evolutionary applied to him making him more than intelligent than a normal raccoon, and does not like it when Groot smiles or behaves kindly, thinking it would make them appear weak or unfocused. Rocket also harbors a very mean sense of humor, telling Quill he'd need a guy's prosthetic leg to bust them out of jail, lying about the leg to see if Quill would do it and asking him whether the guy was hopping around on one leg, laughing all the while. He later tries pulling a similar stunt with one of the Ravagers. But deep down, Rocket is incredibly lonely, being the result of experiments and being the only thing in the known universe like him. He despises being derided as a rodent or vermin, going so far as to attack people over it. 
==Powers and Abilities==
===Powers===
*Cyborg Raccoon Physiology: Rocket possesses the same enhanced abilities attributed to Earth's raccoons, including an acute sense of smell, sharp eyesight, sharp claws and teeth and enhanced senses.
*Enhanced Condition: Rocket has been augmented in torturous experiments and as a result has superhuman abilities that are uncommon for raccoons:
**Enhanced Strength: Despite his size, he has above human levels of physical strength, and is able to batter a human-sized opponent unconsciousness.
**Enhanced Agility: Rocket can walk on two legs like a humanoid being as well as run on all four limbs like a regular raccoon.
**Enhanced Intelligence: Due to the augmentations, he gained a vast genius-level intellect and became an expert engineer, especially a weapons engineer.
===Abilities===
*Expert Marksman: Rocket is well-versed in the use of high-powered firearms.
*Technical Expertise: Rocket has shown great skill and intelligence in matters of technology and mechanics. He was able to hack the Kyln's primary watchtower and take control of the prison security drones whilst disabling the artificial gravity. He is also able to build complex weaponry out of spare pieces of technology he has on hand.
*Master Tactician and Strategist: Rocket is an accomplished strategist. He is able to formulate battle strategies and his brilliant tactical sense allows him to alter any strategy to fit the changing need of the situation. Rocket is also a master at escaping confinement, claiming to have escaped twenty-two prisons upon being arrested by the Nova Corps.
*Expert Pilot: Rocket is known to be an accomplished starship pilot.
===Equipment===
*Bombs: Rocket's improvised bombs are limited only by the parts available to him at the time of construction. He can rig explosive charges ranging from small scale explosives to high yield devices capable of extensively damaging planetary bodies.
*Gravity Mines: Landmine devices that can create fields of alternating gravity. Those caught in the gravity field find themselves falling upwards into the air, and falling back down again with each reversal of the gravitational field.
*Quadruple Barrel Shock Rifle: Rocket normally carries a very large gun with four square-shaped barrels. It appears to be an energy weapon that shoots small electric projectiles that painfully stun their targets.
*Shock Charges: Small devices that attach to the skin of a target, and emit electrical discharges that can incapacitate human sized victims.
*Tranq Traps: Dart launchers placed strategically that inject victims with a powerful toxin capable of rendering people unconscious in seconds.
==Relationships==
===Allies===
*Batch 89 - First and Close Friends
**Lylla †
**Teefs †
**Floor †
*Guardians of the Galaxy - Teammates and Close Friends
**Gamora † - Former Enemy
**Groot - Best Friend, Partner and Surrogate Son
**Yondu Udonta † - Former Enemy
**Kraglin Obfonteri - Former Enemy
**Cosmo
**Adam Warlock - Former Enemy and Temporary Killer
**Blurp
**Phyla
*Peter Quill/Star-Lord - Former Enemy, Best Friend, Former Leader, and Savior
*Drax The Destroyer - Close Friend and Former Teammate
*Nebula - Former Enemy and Former Teammate
*Mantis - Close Friend and Former Teammate
*Ravagers - Allies and Teammates
**Horuz †
**Tullk †
**Oblo †
*Nova Corps
**Irani Rael
**Rhomann Dey
**Garthan Saal †
*Avengers - Friends, Allies, and Former Teammates
**Thor - Close friend and Former Teammate
**Bruce Banner/Hulk
**Steve Rogers/Captain America
**Tony Stark/Iron Man †
**Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow †
**James Rhodes/War Machine
**Clint Barton/Hawkeye
**Sam Wilson/Falcon
**Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch †
**Vision †
**Scott Lang/Ant-Man
**Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel
**Peter Parker/Spider-Man
*Bucky Barnes/White Wolf
*T'Challa/Black Panther †
*Valkyrie
*Pepper Potts/Rescue
*Hope van Dyne/Wasp
*Korg
*Miek
*Howard the Duck
*Gamora (2014 timeline)
*Toothgrinder
*Toothgnasher
===Enemies===
*OrgoCorp
**The High Evolutionary - Arch-Nemesis, Creator, Captor, Experimentor, Tormentor, and Attempted Killer
**Threel † 
**Vim †
*Kree Empire
**Ronan the Accuser † - Enemy and Victim
**Korath the Pursuer †
*Sakaarans
*Ego † - Rival turned Enemy and Indirect Victim
*Taserface † - Enemy and Former Kidnapper
*Abilisk †
*Sovereign
**Ayesha - † Employer turned Enemy and Attempted Killer
*Thanos † - Enemy and Attempted Victim
*Outriders †
*Black Order
**Cull Obsidian †
**Proxima Midnight †
**Ebony Maw †
**Corvus Glaive † (2014 timeline)
*Chitauri (2014 timeline)
**Leviathans (2014 timeline)
**Chitauri Gorillas (2014 timeline)
*Booskans
**Habooska the Horrible †
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
*, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , the late , , , , the late , the late , the late , , , and were all considered for the voice of Rocket before was selected.
*Groot's last words to Rocket before getting snapped out of existence by Thanos translate to "Dad".James Gunn, Infinity War, Groot Tweet
*In preparation for his portrayal, Bradley Cooper took inspiration from Joe Pesci.
*A frequent gag in the MCU movies is that Rocket is often mistaken for another animal, with many Asgardians calling him a rabbit and Adam Warlock mistaking him for a squirrel. Rocket also doesn’t like to be called a raccoon until the climax of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 despite that being his species, this is due to the fact that he truly didn't know he was one until he found his old cage with baby racoons in them and realized what he truly was, beforehand he thought it was a derogatory term for him.
*This version of Rocket Raccoon is somewhat similar to Daxter from the Jak and Daxter franchise.
*According to Director James Gunn, Rocket Raccoon is actually the true protagonist of the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy.
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