Floronic Man

 ( Characters Created By Gardner Fox ) 

In The Flash #245 (November 1976), Woodrue uses an experimental formula to transform into a plant hybrid. Now calling himself the Floronic Man, he is defeated by Hal Jordan.

In The Saga of the Swamp Thing, Woodrue discovers that Swamp Thing is not Alec Holland, but an intelligent plant who absorbed his memories.

In The Saga of the Swamp Thing (vol. 2) #22 (March 1984), the Floronic Man uses Swamp Thing to contact the Green, a force that connects all plant life on Earth. The Green abandons Floronic Man, who is taken into custody by the Justice League after undergoing a mental breakdown. The Saga of the Swamp Thing (vol. 2) #24 (May 1984). DC Comics.

Black Orchid (1988) reveals that Jason Woodrue was previously a university professor and taught botany to Alec Holland and Pamela Isley.

In Millennium, Woodrue briefly joins the New Guardians as Floro.

The Floronic Man returns in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #56 (November 1996). After breaking Poison Ivy out of Arkham with his two underlings Holly and Eva, Floronic Man attempts to distribute cannabis throughout Gotham City before Batman defeats him. Starman (vol. 2) #33–35 (August–October 1997). DC Comics. JLA #115–119 (August–November 2005). DC Comics.

In Infinite Crisis, the Floronic Man appears as a member of Alexander Luthor Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains and takes part in the Battle of Metropolis. Infinite Crisis #7. DC Comics.

In the post- Infinite Crisis DCU, Woodrue is responsible for Pamela Isley's transformation into Poison Ivy.

In The New 52 continuity reboot, Woodrue is reimagined as the Seeder, deriving power from the Green. Swamp Thing (vol. 2) Annual #1. DC Comics. Swamp Thing (vol. 5) #24 (Dec. 2013). DC Comics. He is later killed in battle with the avatar of the Gray.

• A character loosely based on Jason Woodrue as Plant Master named Straal appears in The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure episode "The Plant Master", voiced by Ted Knight. He is a scientist who discovered a way to use wave patterns to increase plant growth.
• Jason Woodrue appears in Swamp Thing, portrayed by Kevin Durand. This version seeks to use the properties of Marais, Louisiana's swamp to cure his wife Carolyn's Alzheimer's disease. After learning of the eponymous Swamp Thing, Woodrue collects and eats some of his plant matter before attempting to force Carolyn to do the same, only to be interrupted by Abby Holland and the Marais Police Department. Woodrue later experiments on himself and transforms into the Floronic Man.
• Jason Woodrue as the Floronic Man appears in the fifth season of Harley Quinn, voiced by John Slattery. This version is a botany professor who pursued an affair with his student Pamela Isley, during which he turned her into Poison Ivy via a chemical spill in a failed attempt at killing her after trying to steal her research to claim as his own. In the present, she seeks revenge on him by exposing him to similar chemicals, only to unknowingly turn him into the Floronic Man.

• Jason Woodrue appears in Batman & Robin, portrayed by John Glover. This version is a Wayne Enterprises scientist who operates in the Amazon rainforest and uses plant toxins to create a super-soldier serum called "Venom". While experimenting on Bane, Woodrue's assistant Pamela Isley discovers his criminal nature. He shoves her into a shelf of chemicals in an attempt to kill her, but she transforms into Poison Ivy, kills him, and escapes with Bane.
• Floronic Man was reportedly featured in David S. Goyer's unproduced script as an inmate of the titular metahuman prison.
• Floronic Man was planned to appear in Guillermo del Toro's Justice League Dark.
• Floronic Man appears in Batman and Harley Quinn, voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.