Tannenbaum is the comic relief character of the Robo-Trees that appears in Ricker than Fiction.
Biography[]
Tannenbaum is a fictional character within the world of Rick and Morty. He is from a film series known as The Velocitrees and is part of the Robo Trees, a superhero team who battle against Baron Thistle, their arch-nemesis.
Tannenbaum's role in the films is that of a comic relief character who joins his team in various battles and is seen to uplift them when times get hard.
Tannenbaum is first seen in the ninth film in the franchise, Maximum Velocitree 9. As the Robo-Trees are preparing to battle Baron Thistle, Tannanbaum inspires his team to fight when the odds seem impossible. He then charges into battle on a hoverboard, although Thistle escapes and the Robo-Trees head home, with Tannenbaum declaring he needs a bath.
In the sequel, Maximum Velocitree 10, Tannenbaum was originally going to be killed off by Baron Thistle shooting him in front of the other Robo-Trees.
Since Rick and Morty hated the 9th film, they decided to re-write the 10th with the Movie-lizer. Rick prompts the machine to have Tannenbaum shoot and kill the unarmed Baron Thistle and be subsequently arrested for it. After getting sucked into the story themselves, Rick and Morty must finish the story and decide to make Tannenbaum's original death occur so the story will end. Rick gets himself arrested and meets Tannenbaum in prison in order to break him out. Tannenbaum is initially hesitant to escape, but is inspired to do so after some encouragement from Rick.
Rick, Tannenbaum and the rest of the Robo-Trees then move to stop "Son of Thistle", who is actually Morty serving at the movie's new antagonist. However, during a conversation where Rick and Morty conspire for the latter to kill Tannenbaum, the Robo-Trees and Son of Thisle's minions overhear them, leading to the two forces uniting against them. After escaping, Rick and Morty head to the Arctic, where Son of Thistle's minions have built a doomsday device.
During a final confrontation between Rick, Morty and the Robo-Trees at this doomsday device, Tannenbaum puts himself between Rick and his teammates in order to save Rick's life. In order to goad Tannenbaum into shooting him, Rick goes on a rant and picks on all of Tannenbaum's insecurities. He then feigns pulling a gun, causing Tannenbaum to shoot him and have Rick and Morty seemingly fall to their deaths. Following the battle, Arbor Knight, the leader of the Robo-Trees, declares Tannenbaum their new leader and bestows his helmet onto him as he is now known as Tannen-Knight. The movie ends with the Robo-Trees bowing to Tannenbaum next to the graves of Rick and Son of Thistle.
Appearance[]
Tannenbaum is a robotic Christmas tree. Tannenbaum describes himself as looking "like a toy designed for kids".
He is golden in colour, with silver highlights, and is covered in several panels as well as many red and green Christmas baubles. He has the number 5 on his body, indicating his membership of the Robo-Trees who all share similar numbers. His "legs" are the base of his Christmas tree build, allowing him to move either by hopping on it like a spring or simply gliding across the ground. Tannenbaum also has a single tooth protruding from his mouth.
Like his fellow Robo-Trees, despite being a robot, Tannenbaum's mouth acts as if it were organic and does not obey the limits set by his mechanical body.