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The extraterrestrial floras are plant-like aliens from beyond Earth.

Characteristics[]

The creatures begin as small buds capable of spraying a defensive orange pollen when disturbed. They will then grow into larger plant-like lifeforms in a short period of time.

To disguise themselves as a human, a flora will "probe" a human using tentacles. They will then slowly take their form, mimicking their voice, appearance and clothing,[1] the only noticeable physical difference being green genitals. Floras who imitate humans can then create clones of themselves that also resemble the same human, although the resemblance can vary on the quality of the batch.[2]

The floras are able to spit acid, which can burn through clothes, though is not incredibly harmful to human skin. While immune to tasers and weedkiller,[1] floras can be killed by slugs, which enjoy feasting on them.[2]

Floras travel through space using UFOs.[1]

History[]

The extraterrestrials visited the Wellington countryside, six of them taking on the appearance of an individual in varying sizes: Buzza, Muzza, Bazza, his son, his daughter and Sharon. They attempted to abduct a cow and drew crop circles in a field, leaving seeds of their young. These seeds were soon found, one being contained and taken back to Wellington Central Police Station. They grew to full-size, the contained one attacking Sergeant Ruawai Maaka and the others attacking Officers O'Leary and Minogue. The police officers eventually trapped them in a farmer's shed, but they quickly got loose, adopting the cops' physical appearances before fleeing in a UFO.[1]

The following year, the three floras taking on the appearance of the Paranormal Unit took part in a plan to take over Earth and eat all the humans. They took over Parklands Motel in Hemahema and made numerous clones of themselves. This was brought to the unit's attention when a dead body resembling Minogue was found. The Paranormal Unit went to Hemahema to investigate and the clones captured them to be studied and eaten. The unit fought back using slugs from Minogue's salad, causing the floras to retreat to their UFO.[2]

Known extraterrestrial floras[]

Appearances[]

Trivia[]

They are they first creatures shown in the franchise to be not supernatural monsters, but rather aliens from outer space.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bracewell, Melanie (writer) & Clement, Jemaine (director) (18 July 2018). "Cop Circles". Wellington Paranormal. Episode 2. TVNZ 2.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gonzalez-Macuer, Cori (writer) & van Dammen, Tim (director) (6 November 2019). "Copy Cops". Wellington Paranormal. Episode 10. TVNZ 2.
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