Rocket Raccoon

###  Friends

Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Groot, Mantis, Yondu Udonta, Nebula, Kraglin Obfonteri, Horuz †, Vorker (formerly), Collector, Lylla, Rhomann Dey, Irani Rael, Garthan Saal †

### Enemies

Thanos, Sovereign, Ayesha, Sakaarans, Ronan the Accuser †, Korath the Pursuer †, Monstrous Inmate †, Taserface's Ravagers, Taserface †, Wretch †, Halfnut † - Victim, Scrote †, Gef †, Narblik †, Brahl †, Ego † Abilisk †, Black Order, Chitauri, Leviathans

### Possessions

Hadron Enforcer
 Anulax Battery

## Background

### Early life

Before becoming a Guardian of the Galaxy, Rocket was taken from his family and was enhanced by the scientists on the world, Halfworld. However, they never cared what happened to their experiments afterwards. However, the years of abuse and repetitive genetic rewrite caused him, calling himself Rocket, to develop a vain and chaotic personality, driving him into becoming a gun slinging mercenary. Rocket's Nova Corps criminal record includes 13 counts of theft, 23 counts of escape from his incarceration, 7 counts of mercenary activity, and 15 counts of arson.

## Appearance

Rocket comes from a species that resembles a Terran creature called a Raccoon. However, during dialogue, it is clear that he is not a raccoon from earth.

## Personality

Abused by many scientists for many years, Rocket grew a cold and distant person who never showed a sign of weakness. However, he was emotionally attached to his friends, especially showing extreme greiving when Groot died a first and second time.

## Relationships

### Groot

Groot is Rocket's best friend. Knowing each other for many years, Rocket is initially the only one who understands what Groot is saying.

As child Groot, Rocket has more of a fatherly relationship with Groot's offspring.

### Peter Quill

Rocket has a somewhat complex relationship with Peter Quill, but they mostly have a brotherly relationship with each other.

When he claims that he's just saving Quill because he wants to prove that he's better than Peter, in reality, Rocket is worried something bad is going to happen to Peter if he stays with his dad for too long.

### Gamora

Throughout most of the first film, Rocket barely got along with Gamora, as he and Groot both physically attacked her and she bit Rocket. He called her the "lackey of a homicidal maniac" without even getting to know her while Gamora also Rocket "Rodent". However, she ultimately stops calling him names when seeing that he is only human (so to speak) when Rocket broke down about being torn apart and put together all over again. During the second film, Gamora constantly yells at her sister to stop calling Rocket a fox, showing that Gamora possibly puts a stop to anyone insulting him. Later, Gamora goes to go after Peter. However, Rocket tasers her for Gamora's own safety and says he can't risk losing another friend like he did Quill and Yondu

### Yondu Udonta

Yondu hardly talks to Rocket in the first film, but Rocket does become a friend to Yondu's adoptive son, Peter Quill.

In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the two o them have a lot more interaction and screen time together. However, Yondu called him a "rat" (which later became Yondu's nickname for Rocket) but also promised not to turn over Rocket and the batteries to Ayesha, but sell the batteries themselves.

They both befriend each other after Yondu reveals his past of his parents selling him into slavery and revealing that they are a lot a like: while both of them love and care about the people around them.

## Trivia

### Character Notes

* As of now, Rocket has escaped nearly twenty-three prisons since escaping the Kyln with Groot, Gamora, Peter Quill and Drax the Destroyer.

* Rocket likes to hum while tinkering with machinery, even during dangerous situations like the Escape from the Kyln.
* Rocket is the closest to Groot out of all the Guardians, as they've both been through everything
* Rocket is ambidextrous, as he is seen handling a gun with two hands in the second movie.
* Whenever someone calls Rocket a "raccoon," he gets upset.
	+ He has been called such by his teammates Natasha Romanoff and Peter Quill

### Comics

* The language used on Rocket's screen he uses to find bounties is the Skrull alphabet from the comics.