Lots of characters in our favorite fictions aren’t flesh and blood human types. Dag Wentim is made of stone, Hank Heywood is made of steel, and Keanu Reeves is entirely wooden…. Wait, no, that’s just his acting style, sorry, he’s not actually MADE of wood. Still, if Poison Ivy has taught us anything, it’s that Batman will let you get away with damn near anything if you’re green and nearly naked, which really apropos of nothing but good information nonetheless, leading us to today’s chlorophyll-ed query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) will always go old-school (at least by 1980s standards) and stand behind Alec Holland, or at least the Swamp Thing who takes after him, asking: Who’s your favorite fictional personage made of wood (and/or related plant matter)?
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For general plant matter, Ben Tennyson’s Methanosian form, Swampfire.
For actual wood, the wooden Cyberman seen briefly in Matt Smith’s final full episode as The Doctor, “The Time of The Doctor”.
I think I have to go with Swamp Thing. Honorable mention to Mokujin and his family (yes, he’s married), wooden practice doll characters from Tekken series, which mimic other character’s movesets.
The Thing from Another World
The plant Green Lantern. Sorry, I forget his name — the one from the memorable issue in the Swamp Thing “lost in space” story line penned by Alan Moore.
Was it Medphyll?
http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Medphyll_(New_Earth)
It is, indeed…
I am quite fond of the Tree-Lady who the Ninth Doctor flirted with, and whom eventually sacrificed herself to save everybody. She was a badass.
Oh my gawd. I have such a crush on her!