| Triffid | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Naming | |||
| Binomen | N/A | ||
| Morphology | |||
| Body type | Vegetable | ||
| Intelligence | |||
| Sentience | Unknown | ||
| Sapience | Non-sapient | ||
| Aggressivity | Medium | ||
| Ecology | |||
| Place of origin | Trolberg | ||
| Diet | Unknown | ||
| Locomotion | Mobile vines | ||
| Status | Data Deficient | ||
| Behind the Scenes | |||
| Universe | Hilda | ||
| Performed by | Mixtured sounds of snake, bird, monkey, bat and pig | ||
The Triffid is a huge ravenous plant which inhabits a secret greenhouse garden as an obstacle in Matilda Pilqvist's magical maze located somewhere deep underneath from the city of Trolberg.
Biology[]
The Triffid is described as a phenomenally mobile plant-based creature with red/white/black flowers, that possess a pair of small yellowish eyes, it also have long vines covered with numerous pointed thorns and can regenerate when damaged; becoming more greater in size. Plus each severed tendril briskly grows into an exact duplicate of itself.
Appearances[]
- Hilda, s02e03, "The Witch" (2020)
Notes[]
- In the novelization; Hilda and Ghost Ship, this creature is referred to under the name "Triffid". No name was given from the actual episode.
- The name is an homage to the monstrous plants from the 1951 novel The Day of the Triffids, by John Wyndham.