Peter Quill

## Relevant Pages

**Peter** Jason **Quill**, also known as **Star-Lord**, mostly referred to as Quillis a character and the main protagonist
of Disney-Marvel's *Guardians of the Galaxy*. He is portrayed by main cast
members Chris Pratt and supporting cast member Wyatt Oleff.

Peter is based on the character of the same name from the *Guardians*
of the Galaxy *comics*. Peter also alludes to the son from the song "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens.

## Abilities

* **Superhuman Durability:** Ability to physically withstand exposure to what would normally kill a human.
* **Multilingual:** Ablity to understand languages. Peter has the baility to understand other life forms through the translator implant on his neck. He is able to understand Groot.

### Former Abilities

* **Immortality:** An everlasting life. Can only be killed if his true form is destroyed. Peter lost this ability after Ego is killed.
* **Molecular Manipulation:** Ability to manipulate the matter. He formed himself to be able to punch his father with a rock fist and turned himself into a giant Pac-Man
* **Shape-shifting:** Ability to change forms.
* **Energy Manipulation:** The ability to manipulate energy and drawing energy from a planet.
* **Self-Augmentation:** Ability to enhance physical strength and durability, almost to the point where you are immune.

## Trivia

### Character notes

#### Etymology

* The name "Peter" is of Greek origin, derived from the Greek word "petros", which translates to "stone."
* The name "Jason" is of Greek origin, coming from the Greek name "Iason," which was derived from the greek word "iasthai," meaning "to heal".
	+ In the original comics, Peter's father's name was Jason.
* Peter's adopted the outlaw name, "Star-Lord," a nickname his mother used to call him when he was little.

#### Character notes

* Peter was born in the last few months 1980, and is eight years old in the flashback. Since the movie takes place in 2014, Peter is approximately thirty-four years old by the time of the movie *(Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2)*
	+ In *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2*, Peter is confirmed to be thirty-four years old.
* Peter named his ship after his childhood crush, Alyssa Milano .
* Peter is one of the few characters to understand what Groot is saying  .

### Cultural references

* Quill refers to David Hasselhoff and the show, *Knight Rider*, several times in the film.
	+ Peter says he used to tell other children that his father was David Hasslehoff, and that he was either touring Europe with his band or filming for the show, *Knight Rider*.
	+ Ego does transform into Hasselhoff
	+ During Yondu's funeral, Peter calls Yondu Hasselhoff and compares Yondu's yaka arrow with KITT, the talking car from the same TV show.

#### Disney

* When  Peter and Yondu are floating down to safety from their destroyed spacecraft, Quill calls his adopted father "Mary Poppins", a reference to the character portrayed by Julie Andrews *(Mary Poppins, 1964)*.

### Goofs

* Even though Peter says that Yondu has been throwing in his face for twenty years of saving him from other Ravagers as a child, Quill was actually living with Yondu and the other guardians for twenty-six years.

### Other notes

* According to Chris Pratt, he thinks Quill is a mixture of Marty McFly and Han Solo.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.behindthename.com/name/peter
2. ↑ http://www.behindthename.com/name/jason
3. ↑ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
4. ↑ https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/494193606794547200
5. ↑ http://comicbook.com/marvel/2017/05/15/guardians-peter-quill-speak-understand-groot-/
6. ↑ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Mid-credits scene
7. ↑ http://www.superherohype.com/news/306737-guardians-of-the-galaxy-from-the-set-of-the-marvel-studios-adaptation