[male voice narrating] so the groot weren't handing over their planet
To ronan the accuser without a fight.
I am groot.
The natives are unwilling to give up their freedom
Or their land for your mining operations.
Ronan will not be defied.
Burn it. Burn it all.
[all] I am groot.
I...
[gasps]
I am groot! I am groot.
We are groot!
[all chanting] groot! Groot! Groot! Groot! Groot! Groot! Groot! Groot!
Groot! Groot! Groot! Groot! Groot! Groot! Groot!
[panting] nah, my bud groot
Wasn't turning tail like a coward.
He was rushing back to save the world pod,
The source of all life for every group that ever existed.
[male voice] as soon as the surface cools,
Gut the planet of all its minerals.
[narrator] the other groots didn't survive the attack.
But my bud had saved their future.
The species would survive.
Or not.
I am groot.
I am groot? But as long as there was still one groot left standing--
I am groot! ...The world pod and his entire species--
I am groot. ...Would live on inside him.
I am groot!
[grunts]
What is that? I don't know.
But let's grab it and get outta here before ronan finds us.
And that was the start of a beautiful friendship.
I am groot.