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!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Special Forces (formerly), Sister Margaret's School for Wayward Children, , X-Men ''(Trainee!)'', X-Force

!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Special Forces (formerly), Sister Margaret's School for Wayward Children, X-Force

At some point, an encounter with the Time Variance Authority caused him to end up in a [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse different universe]] from [[Film/XMenFilmSeries his own]].

* InNameOnly: Infamously so. As Weapon XI, a.k.a. "The Deadpool", he has his mouth sewn shut in outright defiance of his comic counterpart's [[MotorMouth predominant character trait]], features a hodgepodge of powers Deadpool has never had, and doesn't visually resemble the original character in the slightest (aside from some scarring around his eyes ''slightly'' resembling the iconic mask). As Wade Wilson pre-transformation, however, he effectively displays his counterpart's humorous qualities, weapon skills, and healing factor, which helped land [[Creator/RyanReynolds his actor]] [[Film/Deadpool2016 a much better-received spinoff movie]] in the post-''Days of Future Past'' timeline, featuring a significantly TruerToTheText depiction of the character, [[AuthorsSavingThrow to widespread acclaim]].

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comics, Deadpool suffered from cancer which was then amplified by his insane HealingFactor, leaving him bald and scarred all over the face. This Wade Wilson is spared this fate and looks just as handsome as Ryan Reynolds. Even as Weapon XI he doesn't look nearly as grotesque as comics Deadpool.

* DeadpanSnarker: When he has a working mouth, at least. [[spoiler:Too bad they took it away when he became Deadpool]].

* HyperspaceArsenal: The adamantium katanas he gets when he is turned into Deadpool come from his hands in a way similar to Wolverine's claws, but where are they stored when he has them retracted is a mystery. The three-foot blades ostensibly don't fit in his forearms, and if the entire arm's length were used to contain the sword, he could not possibly bend his elbows, which he is explicitly seen doing. This oddity is never explained in the movie.

** Never referred to as Deadpool aside from Stryker offhandedly calling him "The Deadpool" in regards to him being a pool of powers.

* AdaptationalDyeJob: Due to his condition making him bald, it's easy to forget, but in the comics Wade's hair is blonde, while here he's a brunette. He also has brown eyes instead of blue.

* AdaptationalDyeJob: Due to his condition making him bald, it's easy to forget, but in the comics Wade's hair is blonde, while here he's a brunette.

* CanadaEh: He's a Saskatchewanian from Regina, the place that rhymes with fun, and interrogates someone [[CanadianEqualsHockeyFan using a Zamboni]] at one point. His actor Creator/RyanReynolds is a British Columbian from Vancouver.

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* TheHeroDies: At the start of ''Deadpool 2'', he claims that he will die in this film because of Wolverine raising the ante in Film/{{Logan}}. [[spoiler:He gets shot by Cable to defend Russell, and dies later, only for this to be reversed by Cable's time-traveling device. Cable remarks that he actually did die in the future, and while circumstances are currently unknown, it's likely from the power inhibitor collar at the Ice Box prison, where he likely succumbed to his cancer.]]

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!![[Characters/MarvelComicsDeadpool Wade Wilson]] / ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}
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!!!'''Birth Name:''' Wade Winston Wilson
!!!'''Known Aliases:''' "The Merc With A Mouth", "Mr Pool"
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Canadian
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Special Forces (formerly), Sister Margaret's School for Wayward Children, X-Force
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RyanReynolds[[note]]a.k.a. "God's Perfect Idiot" and "Obviously, Someone Who Hates Sharing the Spotlight/Obviously Reynolds didn't want to share the spotlight"[[/note]], Yanis Marshall[[note]]in Music/CelineDion's ''Ashes'' music video, where he dances on the stage in heels[[/note]]
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JoseAntonioMacias (Latin-American Spanish), Creator/PierreTessier (French), José Posada (European Spanish), Creator/YasuyukiKase (Japanese)
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' | ''[[Film/DeadpoolNoGoodDeed No Good Deed]]'' | ''Film/Deadpool2'' | ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine''

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-->''"I'm touching myself tonight."''

After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, ex-Special Forces operative Wade Wilson agreed to a radical procedure to cure his disease with a superhuman HealingFactor.

Unfortunately, though the procedure saved his life, it also caused the cancer to spread through his entire body and brain, leaving him horribly scarred and more than a little insane. To enact revenge for his disfigurement, and afford his rent, Wade then became a masked HeroicComedicSociopath mercenary, and chooses for himself the alias of "Deadpool".

At some point, an encounter with the Time Variance Authority caused him to end up in a [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse different universe]] from [[Film/XMenFilmSeries his own]].
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: While he still won't be winning any beauty contests, Deadpool is shown to be much less scarred than his comic book counterpart (although even that tends to vary between comics). Being portrayed by Ryan Reynolds also adds to this, though the dialogue still pokes fun at how scarred Wade is (Weasel comments "You look like an avocado had sex with an older, more disgusting avocado"), and Deadpool himself laments in a trailer how the process made him "un-fuckable". Just like in the comics, it's PlayedForDrama AND PlayedForLaughs.
** He's also decidedly better-looking than his original timeline counterpart, who had gruesome scarring around the eyes, no eyelids, bizarre markings all over his body, as well as having his mouth sewn-shut.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: Due to his condition making him bald, it's easy to forget, but in the comics Wade's hair is blonde, while here he's a brunette.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Deadpool is still definitely a HeroicComedicSociopath, but he also genuinely and honestly loves Vanessa, and his love for her is presented as his biggest redeeming quality. Prior to getting his powers, the movie goes to great lengths to show that [[NeverHurtAnInnocent he would never kill anyone who didn't deserve it]], in heavily contrast to the original timeline's Wilson, and that he has a much stronger moral compass than the average mercenary. Case in point: the first thing he does onscreen is [[EstablishingCharacterMoment scare off a teenage stalker who was harassing a young girl]]. While Deadpool did love Vanessa in the comics, their relationship didn't work due to outside factors, and he always insisted that he was a violent sadist long before the Weapon X project got hold of him. Additionally, his mistreatment of Blind Al and Weasel is more in good fun, and he gets as good as he gives, while in the comics he treated them much worse, especially Al, whom he practically kept as a prisoner and would often threaten with violence if she tried to leave. To say nothing of his villainy in his earliest appearances and his first appearance in the comics being him trying to murder Cable and his young students the New Mutants, after having been hired to do so. That said, even at his worst in the comics he rarely would go beyond AntiVillain, and those rare exceptions usually see him filled with self-loathing and remorse over having crossed that line, as he also ''does'' have a moral code ([[BlueAndOrangeMorality even if it is rather warped]]).
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: In the comics, Deadpool was a human with Wolverine's HealingFactor grafted on to him; here he's a mutant whose genes laid dormant most of his life.
* AffablyEvil: He has a rather cheerful, chatty disposition, regardless of the morally questionable horrors he regularly commits.
* AggressiveSubmissive: Wade is nothing if not a shameless flirt, saying just about anything off the top of his head and being affectionate to those he talks to. He gets much bolder with Colossus, grabbing his ass multiple times. While it's not ''entirely'' clear at first what role he falls into in the first movie, ''Deadpool 2'' makes it explicit that he is on the more submissive side of things, especially with Vanessa.
* AlliterativeName: Wade Wilson. He has the middle name "Winston" in the comics, but it's not mentioned here directly (he refers to himself as Wade W. Wilson during one scene). For AddedAlliterativeAppeal, he's played by [[Creator/RyanReynolds Ryan Rodney Reynolds]].
* AmbiguouslyChristian: Wade's religious beliefs aren't given much attention, but he and Vanessa both observe Lent in the first film as a throw-away gag -- they "give up" having sex with each other for it.
* AmusingInjuries: At one point, he gets pissed at Colossus (more so) and tries to attack him, breaking a hand each time. And a foot. Negasonic Teenage Warhead finds this hilarious.
* AntiHero: He cares about his friends and loved ones, but is also a murdering psychopath who kills others for profit. He describes himself as a bad person who gets paid to beat up worse people. His central arc for ''Deadpool 2'' is him grappling with the question of, given all his failings, if he's actually capable of doing anything decent.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny:
** Wade can't sit in the back of a cab for more than 30 seconds without going insane with boredom and squeezing himself through the partition window into the front seat to chat with the cab driver.
** He gets easily sidetracked in the Australia Day promo talking about Creator/HughJackman, to the point he forgets what he was even doing.
* AsideGlance: It wouldn't be Wade Wilson without glancing at the camera! He does it several times throughout the movies.
* AxCrazy: Extremely so, but it is mostly used for comedy. He still enjoys hacking up bodies, and joyfully jokes about it too.
* BadassBoast: Used by Wade in his climactic battle with Francis, who due to his mutation can't feel pain.
-->'''Wade:''' I hope they blocked pain to your every last nerve,'' 'cause I'mma go looking!''
* BaldnessMeansSickness: He loses all of his hair once his healing factor kicks in and spreads his cancer throughout his whole body.
* BerserkButton: He has a few, including dissing dubstep, dissing Canada, insisting he is only an X-Men ''trainee'', racism (both actual and incorrectly perceived), child-abuse and all things Wolverine.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Wade and Vanessa instantly get along due to sharing weird senses of humor, sharp wit, penchants for talking, problems with bullies, and so on. At one point, even Ajax remarks that he and Vanessa have a lot in common.
* BloodKnight: Deadpool has the most enjoyable job in the world in his eyes. He finds great joy in fighting, and sometimes goes a little bit to the extreme with it. But, all in all, he's a [[AntiHero bad guy that fucks up worse guys]].
* BodyHorror: His mutation leaves his entire body scarred. The worst of it, though, is when he's regrowing entire limbs, as they have to go through the entire process of growth, from birth to adulthood. In ''Deadpool 2'', Wade is literally [[HalfTheManHeUsedTobe ripped in half]] by [[spoiler:the Juggernaut]], so he has to regrow everything slowly from the waist down, to pretty much everybody's eternal horror. Cable in particular is [[BrainBleach scarred by this]], as he had to see "a grown man with baby balls."
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: A very subtle example when Deadpool is counting bullets during the freeway battle in the first movie:
-->'''Deadpool:''' Ten! ''[shoots]'' Shit, nine! ''[shoots]'' Fuck, eight! ''[shoots]'' Shit fuck!
* BringMyRedJacket: Wade's first Deadpool costume is a white hoodie with a headscarf and goggles to conceal his face, but after it gets drenched in blood, he finds that he likes the red on him and incorporates the color into his later outfits, or at the least, he accepts the advice Blind Al gives him at the laundromat as he is futilely trying to scrub the hoodie back to white.
-->'''Blind Al:''' Seltzer water and lemon juice for blood. Or wear red. Dumbass.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Downplayed; in ''Deadpool 2'', while in the Ice Box prison, he's fitted with a PowerNullifier collar that neutralizes his mutant power. He's still a mercenary with ten years in the Special Forces under his belt; however, he's also suffering from the generalized cancer that his HealingFactor was keeping at bay. He obviously doesn't have long to live in these conditions ([[DeathSeeker which he welcomes]]). During the prison break, he's still able to fight off some inmates and to slow down Cable, preventing him from killing Russell, but he can't last long against a cyborg mutant from the future. Luckily for him, the collar gets busted after a spine-crushing fall.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Crazy as he is, Deadpool is ''very good'' at what he does, as seen in several scenes where he rips through trained soldiers ''without'' getting hit even once.
* ButNotTooBi: Officially, Deadpool's supposed to be pansexual, as per the comics, but his attraction to men is portrayed purely for comedy, also as per the comics, while we see him having explicit sex and a serious romantic relationship with his girlfriend Vanessa. Reynolds mentioned the possibility of Wade getting a boyfriend in ''Deadpool 2'', but ultimately they never went through with it.
* ButtMonkey: You'd better believe a good deal of humor is at his expense.
* {{Butterface}}: He describes himself as such following his mutation-induced disfiguring.
* CanadaEh: He's a Saskatchewanian from Regina, the place that rhymes with fun, and interrogates someone [[CanadianEqualsHockeyFan using a Zamboni]] at one point. His actor Creator/RyanReynolds is a British Columbian from Vancouver.
* CaptainSuperhero: {{Discussed|Trope}} when Wade considers adding "Captain" to his name.
-->'''Wade:''' "''Captain'' Deadpool!" ... No, just "Deadpool."
* CasualDangerDialogue: While in an SUV tumbling down the freeway, Deadpool has this little gem:
-->'''Deadpool:''' Shhhhhhhhhhit, [[SkewedPriorities did I leave the stove on]]?
** Which is justified, considering his HealingFactor prevents him from dying.
* CasualKink: He has many, but the one he goes from uncomfortable about to ''loving'' between the first and second movie is being pegged.
* CelebrityParadox: Creator/RyanReynolds exists in this universe, as he appears on a magazine and Wade Wilson mentions him. Given the [[NoFourthWall nature of the film and the character]], this is to be expected. [[SelfDeprecation Wade doesn't have a high opinion of Mr. Reynolds acting.]] [[spoiler:And in TheStinger of ''Deadpool 2'', Wade uses Cable's time-travel device to kill Reynolds before he chose to star in ''Film/GreenLantern2011'' so that he won't embarrass Canada with his participation in the film.]]
* CharacterCatchphrase: "Maximum effort," when psyching himself up do to something big. Doubles as ArcWords.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Deadpool's defining character trait is that Wade Wilson is not only completely insane thanks to his cancer spreading into his brain, he's also the only character who's aware he's in a fictional work, much to the rest of the cast's confusion.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Despite what he says over and over and OVER, Wade can't help but save people. We meet him in the first movie fucking up a teen stalker to save the chick he's stalking, because stalking is abuse and it's wrong. In the second, gets himself sent to a nightmare torture prison tring to save a fourteen yea old kid he's never met.
-->'''Deadpool:''' I couldn't save Vanessa. Maybe I ''can'' save a robust teenager.
* CoatHatMask: His first attempt at a disguise, before he moves onto his spandex uniform.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Wade seems to be really into the idea of making Ajax's recruiter hurt before he dies.
* ComicallyLopsidedRivalry: While we have no indication that this version of Wade knows Logan officially, he seems to have this opinion of him on the meta-level.
* TheCorrupter: Deadpool encourages taxi driver Dopinder to "hold on to love... tight... and never let go." This drives Dopinder to [[spoiler:kidnap his romantic rival, after which he plans to kill him and leave his body on his crush's doorstep]]. While Wade didn't say to do all that, [[ToxicFriendInfluence he tells Dopinder he's proud of what he's done.]]
** [[spoiler:It's implied in ''Deadpool 2'' that the kidnapping in the first movie was [[StartofDarkness a sociopath's first high]], and Dopinder is now fully invested in becoming a badass, murderous mercenary like Deadpool.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Before and after the mutation, he's a hardened soldier who can and does kick metric tons of ass, despite his goofy disposition.
* CursedWithAwesome: His powers end up horribly scarring him, but Deadpool gains a healing factor that surpasses Wolverine's in effectiveness, essentially making him immortal.
* DarkAndTroubledPast:
** This is implied when the recruiter mentions Wade's past as a Special Forces soldier. Wade mentions that he originally joined the military with a genuine intention to do good, but implies he grew disillusioned, which resulted in his dishonorable discharge.
** Also played for laughs, as one of the games Wade plays with Vanessa is [[MiseryPoker each of them jokingly trying to outdo each other in proving which one of them had the crappier childhood]].
** How he became Deadpool -- in 2015, Ajax put him through torture to cure his cancer, then suffocated him in an oxygen chamber until his skin became deformed and he got his accelerated healing ability. He then decided to become a superhero.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's constantly spouting wisecracks to other characters or the audience. Given his goofy demeanor, they are enthusiastic but rarely serious.
* DeathByDepower: Because Wade's HealingFactor is also what's keeping his cancer at bay, a PowerNullifier would put him at risk of death. [[spoiler: He takes advantage of this with his HeroicSacrifice, but Cable reverts time to save him]].
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Following Vanessa's death, the only thing he wants is to join her in death. She bars him from doing so in the afterlife, urging him to find some other purpose for living beforehand. In the end, he uses an Ice Box PowerNullifier to make his HeroicSacrifice stick... until Cable reverts time to save him. And '''then''' Deadpool uses Cable's own device to undo Vanessa's death, so he has no reason to be suicidal anymore in the first place.]]
* DramaPreservingHandicap: His tendency to ''always'' forget his duffel bag filled with guns just makes things harder for him whenever he fights. He can still kick a lot of ass with limited ammunition, two swords, and [[CharacterCatchphrase maximum effort]], but even a bit of extra ammo would make killing Ajax easier.
* TheDreaded: In ''Deadpool 2'', due to how efficiently he does his work, the criminal underground is justifiably terrified of him. This is notable when he goes to China, where he calls his Triad targets' boss, who tries to bribe him from killing them all. Deadpool kills them all anyway, [[NeverHurtAnInnocent except the barmaid]]. [[note]]Cigarettes are going to get her... such a shame[[/note]]
* DualWielding: Two katanas and two Desert Eagle pistols.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: He was a special ops soldier and then a mercenary before he became a superhero. The healing factor just ensures that he can always take more than he dishes out, and he can dish out an awful lot with his human abilities.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** He tells Ajax's mooks they're [[PunchClockVillain only his enemies due to being on Ajax's payroll]], and is willing to spare them. They refuse, so a massacre ensues. Though he still lets his old friend Bob live.
** While revenge is his primary motivation for hunting down Ajax, Wade mentions to Weasel that he also wants to make sure no one else ends up being a victim of Ajax's horrific experiments.
** While he's unquestionably a foul-mouthed, sociopathic AntiHero, one thing he is '''not''' is a bigot: when Negasonic Teenage Warhead mistakenly assumes that Wade is being homophobic when he asks about her girlfriend, he takes offense at it and snaps back that he was just surprised that ''anyone'' would want to date NTW. Despite this comment, he is supportive of their relationship and calls them a cute couple.
** He puts his foot down to protect children who are abused and targeted, and teenaged girls who have stalker problems. His first action after calming Russell down and seeing scars on his neck is to kill those responsible. Similarly, after hearing Cable is here for Russell rather than him, Wade immediately tries to stop the time-traveller and get Russell to run away, even if it means resorting to being CruelToBeKind. [[spoiler:He also doesn't have it in him to kill Adolf Hitler as a baby.]]
** He really hates the mistreatment of women, and will only fight women in self-defense or if he absolutely has to. In the first movie, he makes a price exception for Meghan Orlovsky when she hires Wade to intimidate Jeremy Garrett because he was stalking her and she couldn't afford the full price.
* ExpressiveMask: A rare live-action example, as the (CGI) eye holes of Deadpool's mask widen and narrow with his emotion.
* FacialHorror: His scarred appearance is regularly played for laughs. He even provides the image for that trope's main page just for proof.[[note]]Amusingly, he's still ''not'' that [[HollywoodHomely bad looking]], especially compared to his comics counterpart. He honestly just looks like a recovered burn victim.[[/note]]
-->'''Wade:''' Look at me.\\
'''Weasel:''' I...\\
'''Wade:''' No, look at it.\\
'''Weasel:''' No, I don't want to.\\
'''Wade:''' Exactly!
* FatalFlaw: Vanity. Wade was rather proud of his looks before Weapon X, and his subsequent scarring is why he doesn't approach Vanessa after he escapes, and why he takes [[spoiler:too long to warn her that Ajax might be after her, indirectly getting her kidnapped as a result]]. He refuses to believe that Vanessa or anyone else could love him because of his new face, pointedly ignoring how Weasel and Blind Al are fond of him for other reasons. Lampshaded in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qIRtFE6aIc Honest Trailer]] for the film, as Deadpool would do anything to get his fiancee back... "Except talk to her". [[NoFourthWall In his own words]].
* FateWorseThanDeath: His mutation is triggered by being tied down and constantly brought to near-death from asphyxiation inside a claustrophobic oxygen chamber for an ''entire weekend''. All while his skin is horribly scarred and mutated while he also loses all his hair.
** What's even worse is the fact that Ajax would've most likely put him through this indefinitely, had he not found a way to escape.
* {{Flanderization}}: In ''Film/Deadpool2'', he breaks the fourth wall even more blatantly than before. Think back to his ''"Don't make the suit green or animated"'' line and imagine that style of comedy being played out further.
* FlatWhat: His first response when Francis/Ajax reveals [[spoiler:[[ThereIsNoCure he was lying about being able to reverse Deadpool's disfigurement]]]].
* FourthWallObserver: After becoming Deadpool, he's well aware he's in a film and various pieces of promotional material, to the point he regularly refers to characters by the ''actors playing them'', talks directly to the audience, or does other fourth-wall-breaking things.
** After being captured by Colossus and told he's going to see [[Characters/XMenFilmSeriesProfessorCharlesXavier Professor X]]:
--->'''Deadpool:''' [[Creator/JamesMcAvoy McAvoy]] or [[Creator/PatrickStewart Stewart]]? These [[AlternateTimeline timelines]] are so confusing.
** Partway through the first movie, he breaks the fourth wall... to comment on the fact he's currently breaking the fourth wall.
--->'''Deadpool:''' A fourth-wall break inside a fourth-wall break! That's like, sixteen walls!
** In the ''No Good Deed'' promo:
--->'''Deadpool:''' Zip it, Creator/StanLee!
** In ''Film/Deadpool2'', he's also aware of the DC Universe and makes constant jabs at the other franchise, along with the fact Creator/RyanReynolds played ''Film/GreenLantern2011'', and Deadpool time-travels to before he signs up for the film to shoot his own actor in the head.
* FriendToAllChildren: Behind all the insanity and snark, Wade actually has a soft spot for kids, and one of the quickest things that will [[BerserkButton set him off]] is realizing that a minor is getting abused. Even before becoming Deadpool and actually going through a character arc, we're introduced to Wade beating up a guy who had been stalking a teenaged girl. And then there's his BigBrotherInstinct towards Russell in the sequel.
* FreudianSlip: Wade keeps insisting that he's not a hero, and just wants his face back and revenge, but at one point he seemingly lets slip that he wants to stop Ajax so said Brit won't hurt any more innocent people.
* FunPersonified: Regardless of where he is morally, Deadpool's bouncy personality makes him a persistent source of levity, even if he's doing some pretty gruesome wet work.
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* GangstaStyle: He holds his pistol sideways when shooting a grenade during the freeway shootout in the first movie.
* GayBravado: Exploited by the pansexual Wade to threaten the pizza boy stalker in the opening.
-->'''Wade:''' And you'll learn the worst of ways that I have some hard spots, too. ''[{{beat}}]'' That came out wrong. ''[beat]'' Or did it? ''[kisses stalker on cheek]''
* GeneralFailure: He's a dreadful leader when it comes to the X-Force. [[spoiler:All of the recruits bar Domino gruesomely die by accident, mostly because he decided to have them skydive with strong winds.]] He is also late to reach the convoy, [[HyperCompetentSidekick while Domino not only does it on time, but she also gets rid of all the mooks on the convoy, hijacks it, and fights Cable to a standstill]].
* AGodAmI: In ''Deadpool 2'', he likens himself to God in picking the X-Force.
* GoingCommando:
** In the first movie, once his attempt to make peace using his underwear as a white flag fails.
** This apparently turned into a habit by "No Good Deed".
* GoodIsNotSoft: [[GoodIsNotNice And not nice either]], and he's aware of this (not that [[MediumAwareness awareness]]). He's an AntiHero at best, but HeroicComedicSociopath at worst. He knows BeingGoodSucks, but unlike most examples, he would rather put them to good use. In his own words, he's "just a bad guy who gets paid to fuck up [[EvilerThanThou worse guys]]".
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Thanks to having a HealingFactor, Deadpool takes the most punishment out of anyone in his film series. He's jumped off freeways, broken through glass windows hard enough to cause major concussions and stab wounds, been lit on fire, buried in various types of rubble, taken gunshots to his hands, arms, legs, chest and ass, broken most of the bones in his arms and legs, had his sternum shattered, snapped his spine in multiple places, cut his own hand off to escape a pair of handcuffs, had his neck snapped 180 degrees in the opposite direction, been stabbed through the brain with a knife and a metal fence post, blown himself up into random body parts, and been ripped in half. He gets better!
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Prior to his transformation, Wade had a scar on his right eyebrow.
* GratuitousSpanish: He celebrates his kill with bullet #5 by saying "Me gusta cinco!"
* GroinAttack: Wade does this a few times in his first film, though only his first attempt successful, as his other attempts were on [[MadeOfIron Colossus]] and [[FeelNoPain Ajax]], the former causing him to break his wrist.
* GunNut: Now if only he could remember to keep an eye on his duffel bag...
* TheGunslinger: Deadpool is both a Trick Shot and a Woo, having a penchant for GunFu and acrobatic movements (Woo) and pulling off ImprobableAimingSkills like threading a headshot for two or three {{Mooks}} or shooting a grenade halfway across a highway GangstaStyle (Trick Shot).
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: After meeting [[spoiler:the Juggernaut]], he fanboys over him. Juggernaut doesn't give a shit, and promptly tears Deadpool in two. This obviously doesn't kill him, as his bottom half (to the disgust to everyone present) grows back.
* HealingFactor: He can heal from all sorts of injuries, including [[spoiler:''blowing himself up to bits'']], although nowhere near as fast as Wolverine. Having a large knife or an iron bar stabbed into his brain is merely an inconvenience, and when he is forced to cut off his hand to escape from Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead or gets ripped in half by [[spoiler:Juggernaut]], the missing limbs regrow in less than a day.
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:Following Vanessa's death, he goes on a revenge rampage and then tries to kill himself.]]
* HeroicComedicSociopath:
** He is a ([[NominalHero nominal]]) hero who maims and murders his enemies in often hilarious and ridiculous ways.
** After he is done scaring off a teenage stalker, Wade mentions to Weasel he was a lot worse at that age.
* TheHeroDies: At the start of ''Deadpool 2'', he claims that he will die in this film because of Wolverine raising the ante in Film/{{Logan}}. [[spoiler:He gets shot by Cable to defend Russell, and dies later, only for this to be reversed by Cable's time-traveling device. Cable remarks that he actually did die in the future, and while circumstances are currently unknown, it's likely from the power inhibitor collar at the Ice Box prison, where he likely succumbed to his cancer.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He takes a bullet to save Russell. The first time around, it even sticks.]]
* HiddenDepths: {{Zig zagged}}.
** His friends would tell you that there's more to him than his looks, but you wouldn't know it from talking with Wade himself. [[spoiler:He makes peace with it at the end, though (although it probably helps that Vanessa tells him that he has a face she'd love to sit on).]]
** He's much more introspective that he lets on, aware of just how messed up his life is, capable of analyzing what the thought Vanessa was going to do after finding out he had cancer, and able to tell that Russel had been abused just by talking to him a bit.
** As per usual for the character, it would seem Deadpool is playing up his insanity for the sake of running his mouth or to get under his opponent's skin. That's not to say he ''doesn't'' have something wrong with him, but there are plenty of scenes with him being capable of rational thought when not acting on impulse.
* HitmanWithAHeart: Despite being an accomplished killer who has undoubtedly taken higher-paying jobs, he takes on a job to scare away a young girl's stalker. He doesn't even hurt the guy, as nothing has happened yet, so he just roughs him up a bit. Despite the girl saying he's her hero, he insists he's not. Despite this, he tells Weasel to give her back most of the money she paid for said roughing-up.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: When recruiting for the X-Force, he recruits a guy with no mutant powers just because he took a shine to him, and blows off Domino's luck-based power because it's so abstract.
* HumbleHero: As the girl he saves at the beginning of the first movie tells him he's a hero, he immediately denies it because he was in for the money, and it shows he's not interested in fame.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He advises Dopinder to kidnap his love interest Gita while taking a cab to save Vanessa... who was kidnapped. Granted, Ajax isn't his love rival, nor is Vanessa interested in Ajax, but it still looks bad.
* IgnoredEpiphany: His response to Colossus' YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech in the first movie is to shoot the BigBad in the head before Colossus can even finish, and then complain "you were just ''droning'' on."
* IHatePastMe: PlayedForLaughs in ''Deadpool 2''. [[spoiler:After obtaining a TimeTravel device and saving first his girlfriend Vanessa and then the one X-Force teammate he liked, Peter, he immediately starts hopping timelines to kill his previous ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' counterpart before he can butcher their character anymore, and then his actor Ryan Reynolds before he can accept a role in 'Film/GreenLantern2011''.]]
* ImNotAHeroIm: "...just a bad guy who gets paid to fuck up worse guys."
* ImprobableAimingSkills: He manages a [[OneHitPolykill three-for-one]] BoomHeadshot combo in midair in the first movie. He also manages to shoot a mook in the head earlier while he's FakingTheDead, face against the road and hand and gun between his legs.
-->'''Deadpool:''' Fine! I've only got twelve bullets, so you're gonna have to share.
** He has trouble with moving targets though, as he keeps missing his target while trying to shoot Ajax on his bike.
* InsecureLoveInterest: A big part of why Wade refuses to see Vanessa for a couple of years after his mutation is because he felt that he looked so horrible she would never love him.
* InsultBackfire: He wholeheartedly agrees with or thanks Weasel after every insult Weasel makes about Wade's scarred appearance.
-->'''Weasel:''' Motherfucker, you are hard to look at.\\
'''Wade:''' Like a testicle with teeth.\\
'''Weasel:''' You look like [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] face-fucked a topographical map of Utah.\\
'''Wade:''' Exactly!\\
'''Weasel:''' You look like an avocado had sex with an older avocado.\\
'''Wade:''' ''[{{beat}}]'' Thank you.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Essentially his main ordeal, as he did not react to his overall BodyHorror well.
* ItIsNotYourTime: [[spoiler:After ''finally'' dying at the end of ''Deadpool 2'', Wade meets Vanessa in the afterlife as [[DeathSeeker he had always intended to]] after her death. The two share some sweet words about their reunion, but Vanessa tells Wade to go back to his surrogate family because they need him more than she does. Wade reluctantly accepts as Cable undoes Wade's death.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Even before becoming Deadpool, Wade was not the nicest (or sanest) guy around, willing to beat up and threaten people for money. However, he does have a soft spot for teenage girls, particularly ones with stalker problems, and he's more than happy to solve those problems for them. Even as Deadpool, despite being an all-out psychopath, he only ever dishes out punishment to people who actually deserve it, and treats those who he considers friends very nicely (though his definition of "nicely" differs greatly from a normal person's).
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Deadpool uses a pair of Japanese swords.
%%* LargeHam
* TheLeader: He creates and leads the X-Force in ''Deadpool 2''...for all of a few hours before his poor planning results in the deaths of all of them save Domino.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: How Wade views himself.
-->'''Deadpool:''' I'm a bad guy who is paid to fuck up worse guys.
* LineOfSightName: At Sister Margaret's Home for Wayward Girls, a bar for mercenaries and hired guns, there's a "dead pool" in which the patrons place money based on who among them they think will die next. Wade takes his codename after Weasel reminds him that he bet on Wade, and Wade's new HealingFactor is going to make it impossible for Weasel to win.
* LockAndLoadMontage: He gathers dozens of guns and over 3000 rounds of ammunition in preparation for the final battle of the first movie, but [[spoiler:forgets the duffel bag holding them all (sans Blind Al's personal firearm) in the taxi he takes to get to the final battle]].
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* MachoCamp: Despite having a girlfriend, he's not adverse to flirting with men (Colossus especially), and has a somewhat effeminate taste in music for a professional killer. He ''is'' pan.
* {{Manchild}}: He's described by Colossus as acting like a child, and a heavily armed one at that.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Having insanely powerful regeneration, he treats cuts, gunshots, broken bones, and even ''missing limbs'' like mild annoyances instead of life-threatening wounds. It's {{Justified|trope}} given that ''nothing'' is truly a "major injury" for him, essentially making his reactions instead a MinorInjuryOverreaction.
** After getting shot in the ass:
--->'''Deadpool:''' Argh! Right up Main Street!
** While looking through a hole in his arm:
--->'''Deadpool:''' Motherfucker!
** After getting shot with an entire clip of bullets because ParryingBullets doesn't actually work that well.
--->'''Deadpool:''' Ow...
** ZigZagged after ''getting ripped in half''.
--->'''Deadpool:''' I can't feel my legs! ... Oh, no, they're right here. Got 'em.
* MediumAwareness: Come on. It's Deadpool.
-->'''Deadpool:''' I know, right? Whose balls did I have to fondle to get my own movie? [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Well, I can't tell you]], but it rhymes with "Polverine."[[note]]This seems like a PerfectlyCromulentWord, but is in fact [[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/polverine real.]][[/note]]
* MetaGuy: He lampshades every trope and cliche found in superhero movies he can, sometimes even by BreakingTheFourthWall. He even lampshades his breaking of the fourth wall itself. If it exists, he'll hang a lampshade on it.
* MilitarySuperhero: He was an ex-Special Forces mercenary with 41 confirmed kills, and one of the superhero names he considers is "Captain Deadpool".
* MistakenForMisogynist: When introduced to Negasonic's girlfriend Yukio in ''Film/Deadpool2'', he expresses great shock that Negasonic is dating a woman, to which Negasonic takes offense, thinking he's against her being in a relationship with another woman, to which he has to clarify that he has nothing against that part at all, but rather that he was shocked that ''anyone at all'' would date NTW in the first place.
* MoralMyopia: Deadpool may feel conflicted over any inherent sexism in fighting or not fighting women who can defend themselves, but he has no qualms about shooting a woman when she's unarmed.
* MotorMouth: He. Never. Shuts. Up. ''Ever.''
** Angel Dust has barely been on screen for 30 seconds before she gets so tired of hearing him that she claps a hand over his mouth and then gags him. Does this keep him from talking? Not a chance -- he continues to mumble unintelligibly through the cloth stuffed in his pie hole.
** Colossus asks him if he has an "off switch," which leads to Deadpool quipping that it's next to his prostate. "...or is that the ''on'' switch?"
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: ''Completely averted''. He's got a damn near comic-accurate suit, with very few concessions for the sake of "realism". He's even got the blank white eyes and unrealistically expressive mask.
* TheMusketeer: He's equipped with weapons for both DualWielding and GunsAkimbo, but never uses his SwordAndGun simultaneously.
* MrFanservice: Pre-disfigurement, he was quite a looker, courtesy of being played by Ryan Reynolds. He doesn't take well to losing this status post-disfigurement.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He befriends a fellow prisoner in Ajax's mutation program, but after [[spoiler:causing an explosion to free himself, Wade catches sight of his friend dying, muttering his name. Wade takes his remorse silently]].
* MyGreatestFailure:
** [[spoiler:Wade leaves a hit prematurely to make it to a date with Vanessa on time. The target in the contract he leaves behind tracks him down, and Vanessa is killed in the fight. Wade [[ItsAllMyFault explicitly says]] he is responsible for her death multiple times.]]
** He also eventually realizes that he did the MentorInSourArmor too hard with Russell and drove the kid to become a supervillain. He's willing to die for that, too.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: In addition to his absurdly accelerated healing powers, Deadpool apparently has extra strength, reflexes, and even a [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome Peter-Tingle]] that lets him know when ambiguously Eastern Europeans are seconds away from murdering his girlfriend.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: He says early on in the first movie that he only goes after people that he feels have done something to deserve it. He even offers to spare the soldiers working for Ajax, because he sees them as just a problem by merit of who signs their paychecks, and when that fails, he still avoids killing one of them when it's revealed that he's his old friend Bob.
* TheNicknamer: He pins nicknames on a lot of both major and minor characters.
** Negasonic Teenage Warhead: [[Music/SineadOConnor Sinéad]], Ripley from ''Film/{{Alien 3}}''.
** Angel Dust: Less Angry Rosie O'Donnell; [[UsefulNotes/BaseBall José Canseco]] in some of the trailers.
** Ajax: [[Music/TheSpiceGirls Posh Spice]], but he stops using this [[spoiler:upon learning that his real name is [[EmbarrassingFirstName Francis]].]]
** Weapon X recruiter: [[Film/TheMatrix Agent Smith]], Jared.
** Cable: [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} John Connor]], [[Film/TheGoonies One-Eyed Willy]], [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Thanos]].
** Domino: Dom, Black ComicBook/BlackWidow.
** Peter: [[Literature/TheBible Paul]], Sugar Bear.
* NighInvulnerable: Of the HealingFactor variety: while Wade can be injured (and [[GoodThingYouCanHeal and often is]], [[TheChewToy mostly for comedy]]), his self-healing makes him more-or-less unkillable. The only times he even remotely approaches death are in the second movie, when he's outfitted with a collar that [[PowerNullifier shuts off his healing]].
* NominalHero: In his own words, "I'm just a bad guy who gets paid to fuck up worse guys."
* OneHitPolykill: He kills three (well, two, the bullet stopped before it went through the third guy's head) of Ajax's men with his final bullet in the highway shootout.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: If he doesn't crack jokes in a dramatic scene, chances are that shit has just gone down, and it's PlayedForDrama.
* PapaWolf: In the second movie, he seeks to protect a kid from being killed by Cable; he's reeling from being denied the opportunity to become a father, so this is the next best thing.
* ParadoxPerson: Theoretically, live-action Deadpool should be {{Ret Gone}}d after [[spoiler:he kills [[CelebrityParadox his actor]] Creator/RyanReynolds before the actor could accept a role in ''Film/GreenLantern2011'' during casting all the way back in 2009.]] Either that, or Reynolds exists in this universe... somehow.
* ParryingBullets: Parodied when he twirls his katanas to block Cable's gunfire. He hits a couple of the bullets by chance, but most of them just go past the swords and through him; he [[NoSell basically ignores]] the shots because of his healing factor, but it looks much less impressive than he was probably hoping.
* PoliticalOvercorrectness:
** In the first film, when opposing a woman he has a dilemna over whether it's sexist to hit her or to not hit her.
** In "Deadpool 2", he jokingly invoked this throughout the movie. Namely, calling out Black Tom Cassidy for cultural appropriation, insistence on using gender-neutral terms and ideology for both the X-Men and X-Force, and [[MistakenForRacist unreasonably interpreting Cable's actions as racist]] and making sure to stick that label to him throughout the whole film.
* PopCulturedBadass: Expect ''a lot'' of movie and music references when he's killing people.
-->'''Wade:''' Ever seen ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours''? [[AnArmAndALeg Spoiler alert!]]
** Though, funnily enough, it's shown in ''2'' that Vanessa knows more about ''Star Wars'' than he does as he thinks [[PopculturalOsmosisFailure Luke and Leia were in a knowing incestuous relationship]]. Prompting her to ask if he'd even seen the movies.
* PositiveFriendInfluence: To Cable, who through Deadpool's persistent belief that Russell can be redeemed, goes from being a revenge-driven assassin [[WouldHurtAChild willing to murder a kid]], to becoming a genuine hero after seeing [[spoiler:Deadpool TakingTheBullet for Russell]].
* PragmaticHero: The sequel portrays Wade as a far more heroic character, trying to protect a kid from Cable. [[spoiler:Even when he finds out Cable's reason for targeting said child, Wade still goes out of his way to keep him from turning evil.]]
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: He is fond of dropping a quip before eliminating an opponent, like "Daddy needs to express some rage," or "This guy's got the right idea! [[BringMyBrownPants He wore the brown pants.]]"
* ProfessionalKiller: His job, which he is seen practicing at the start of ''Deadpool 2'' by hunting down bad people like sex traffickers. Although the "professional" part is a bit questionable, as he always makes a bloody mess while hunting his targets, and he only [[GoodThingYouCanHeal gets away with being shot all the time]] due to his healing powers.
* PsychopathicManchild: His refusal to treat anything seriously makes him come off this way. Colossus calls him a "heavily armed child."
* RealMenWearPink: A fan of [[Music/GeorgeMichael Wham!]] who even carries guns in a Hello Kitty backpack.
* RedIsHeroic: With black to add variety, but he insists that he's not a hero. It's just because he doesn't want to wash away blood stains after battle.
* RippleEffectProofMemory: Given that Deadpool is a FourthWallObserver, Wade is still well aware of everything that happened in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', despite that entire timeline having been wiped out in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.
-->'''Deadpool:''' I've got no problems with [[Creator/HughJackman Hugh]]. I mean he's a delightful guy, he really is. True legend. But [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine the movie]], that was a career low for me.
** In ''Deadpool 2'', [[spoiler:Wade gets his hand on a TimeTravel device and uses it to go back and shoot his AlternateTimeline self in the head for ruining their character, along with Creator/RyanReynolds before he could play {{Film/Green Lantern|2011}}.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: His hunt for Ajax is partially motivated by revenge, but also by the claim that Ajax can repair his mutilated face.
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[[folder:S-Y]]
* SadClown:
** He keeps up the jokes after his cancer diagnosis. When Vanessa finds him brooding by the window near-tears in the middle of the night, he snarks that he had a nightmare about being hunted down by Creator/LiamNeeson and rambles about ''Film/{{Taken}}'' for a bit.
** This even continues into his Deadpool persona. His facade of goofy fun hides a deeply self-loathing man who can't even muster up the courage to talk to the woman he loves because of his disfigurement. For instance, after Negasonic Teenage Warhead answers the door at the X-Mansion:
--->'''Deadpool:''' Ripley! From ''Film/{{Alien 3}}''!\\
'''Negasonic:''' Fuck, you're old.\\
'''Deadpool:''' Ha! Fake laugh! Hiding real pain.
** In ''Deadpool 2'', he has become a DeathSeeker following [[spoiler:the death of Vanessa.]]
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: He breaks into a high-pitched scream several times in the first film, contrasting with his typically masculine voice.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Once he steals [[spoiler:Cable's time-travel device]], he uses it to [[spoiler:prevent Vanessa's death, save his "sugar bear" Peter, kill the alternate version of himself from ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', and then shoot Creator/RyanReynolds before he can accept the script for the infamous ''Green Lantern'' movie.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: He gives advice on how Dopinder can win the heart of his former love interest. Terrible advice, but at least he's trying to be supportive.
* ShooTheDog: Because there are a number of mutants who have it out for Wade also locked up in the Ice Box, Wade repeatedly tries to put distance between himself and Russell so that Russell doesn't get caught up in his mess.
* SirSwearsALot: Even compared to most versions, Deadpool here has a fierce potty mouth.
-->'''Deadpool:''' Finish fucking her the fuck up!\\
'''Colossus:''' Language, please!\\
'''Deadpool:''' ''Suck a cock!''
* SlidingScaleOfBeauty: Wade Wilson starts out as Common Beauty, but is treated as Super Ugly [[FacialHorror after he gets his scars]]. (Although some consider this a case of InformedDeformity.)
* TheSociopath: Narrowly averted. While he shows some signs of ''very'' low-functioning sociopathy (poor impulse control, general [[AxCrazy Ax Craziness]]), he is able to feel love for Vanessa and care about people in general, something real sociopaths don't do.
* SoProudOfYou: When he finds out [[spoiler:Dopinder kidnapped his romantic rival]], he whispers his approval while loudly condemning him in front of Colossus. He then does it later when Negasonic compliments him at the end of the movie.
* SourOutsideSadInside: Any time Deadpool is acting like a bigger jerk than usual, chances are there's something that ''seriously'' has him down. In the first film, it's the fear of Vanessa rejecting him due to his appearance. In the sequel, it's [[spoiler:her death.]]
* {{Squee}}: He gets positively ''giddy'' whenever he sees Yukio. This is a ''very rare'' reaction to ''anyone'' for him, but Yukio is such a cute-as-a-button NiceGirl that it's not hard to see why.
* StalkerWithACrush: After he escapes Weapon X, he becomes something of a stalker to Vanessa, and in stark contrast to his slightly chivalrous self from before the experiments, supports [[spoiler:Dopinder's plan to kill his romantic rival and kidnap the girl he has a crush on]].
* StealthHiBye: Wade twice sneaks away off-screen while another character is talking during ''Film/Deadpool2''; first during a conversation with Blind Al as he suits up and does an entire bag of cocaine (by smashing it on his face), and second while Colossus is reading him the rules of the X-Mansion.
-->'''Colossus:''' Rule number one: no killing, anyone, ever. No matter how bad. Rule two: label everything in refrige-- ''[looks up]'' ...Wade? Wade?\\
''[scene cuts to Wade taking a joyride on Professor X's wheelchair]''\\
'''Wade:''' Don't try to chase me...\\
'''Colossus:''' ''[off-screen]'' WADE!\\
'''Wade:''' I'm not ready to be touched yet.
* SwordAndGun: His costume is equipped with two {{katanas|AreJustBetter}} and two handguns.
* SuperheroPackingHeat: Albeit one who forgets either the ammo or the guns themselves. It's {{justified|trope}}, as his previous work as a mercenary means that he was already well-versed in gunplay before his mutation activated, and also since his mutation doesn't offer him any natural long-range options for attack.
* SuperReflexes: Wade's enhanced physiology means that he can react quicker than normal people. Put it this way: name someone else who can bullseye a shot through the foreheads of three guys while spinning in the air.
* SuperStrength: Minor and subtle, but present. He can go toe-to-toe with Ajax, and at one point in their fight he launches him about ten feet with a jump kick.
* SuperToughness: A side affect of having a HealingFactor means that Wade recovers quickly from any wound, and has a high pain threshold, considering he can take injuries like gunshot wounds without flinching.
* TeensAreMonsters: He mentions that he did worse than the stalker boy when he was a teen.
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Subverted in the second film, where after saying that he loves dubstep, he's badly beaten down by Cable to the tune of Skrillex's ''Bangarang'' track. Twice.
* ThereIsNoCure: In the first movie, he's hunting Francis/Ajax so he can make him reverse the BodyHorror that turning Deadpool into a mutant left him with. As it turns out, to Deadpool's ire, [[spoiler:Francis was lying when he said he could fix Deadpool's scarring. Fortunately, Vanessa decides she can live with him this way after a brief adjustment period and a bunch of drinks]].
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Wade's into some kinky stuff, but can't quite handle getting pegged by Vanessa during International Women's Day.
** This changes by the sequel, where he apparently considers heaven to be "International Women's Day every day".
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Though it wasn't his intention, he's rather proud of Dopinder [[spoiler:kidnapping his romantic rival]] in the first film, and doesn't discourage his growing sociopathy in the second. He also makes it his mission to get [[GoshdangItToHeck Colossus]] to say "fuck", and [[spoiler:ultimately succeeds.]]
* TranquilFury: The best way to tell when Deadpool’s ''not'' fucking around anymore is by this trope, as best seen when he first meets Russell. He starts off laughing at the kid’s name and… well, being Deadpool. [[PapaWolf Until he’s not.]] The minute he sees the signs of abuse on the boy’s neck, it’s equal parts epic and chilling how quickly he switches to stone-cold rage, seriously asking Russell who it was that hurt him, then capping it off by making his own version of Colossus’ speech before opening fire at the headmaster and his cronies.
* TrashTalk: He constantly does this to enemies, including CallingYourAttacks ("Cock-shot!", "Teabag!").
* {{Troll}}: Deadpool is the master of getting on others' nerves. Even when he's in extreme agony, nothing can stop him from annoying his tormentor to death. The most frequent example in the first movie is calling Ajax [[EmbarrassingFirstName "Francis"]].
* TruerToTheText: Origin of his powers aside, Deadpool is much closer to his comic book origins than his infamous appearance in ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''. He doesn't have the power to shoot beams out of his eyes, he breaks the fourth wall, he wears the iconic red suit, and, most importantly, his mouth isn't sewn shut, allowing him to be as talkative as he wants.
* TwoFirstNames: Wade Wilson.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: He doesn't think "luck" is a superpower. Domino proves him dead wrong.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: To an extent. In the comics, Deadpool gains his healing factor from Wolverine. In the movie, Deadpool's healing factor is his own mutation.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Gender-flipped. Wade absolutely loses it after Ajax kidnaps the love of his life, Vanessa.
-->'''Wade:''' ''[destroying various inanimate objects]'' MOTHERFUCKER! Cock-juggling fuckface! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! FUCK! I'm gonna rip his MOTHERFUCKING-- ...''[after reading a text from Ajax regarding Vanessa]'' ...[[TranquilFury I need guns]].\\
'''Weasel:''' Okay. Which ones?\\
'''Wade:''' [[MoreDakka I NEED ALL THE GUNS!]]
* VirtueIsWeakness: Downplayed, but he generally sees Colossus as a self-righteous dweeb.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: After Vanessa is killed by one of his targets in ''Deadpool 2'', Wade [[DeathSeeker loses his will to live and tries to kill himself with an apartment full of explosive fuel]], his HealingFactor being his biggest obstacle. When the proper authorities put a power-dampening collar on him, [[DeathByDepower he is resigned to letting his cancer slowly kill him in the Icebox]].
* WolverinePublicity:
** Deadpool shows up in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k52z71ty28E#t=233 this]] ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' trailer, despite ''not being in the movie'', to promote his own film.
** To promote ''Film/Deadpool2'', Walmart and 20th Century Fox teamed up to sell blu-rays with variant slip-on covers featuring Deadpool, ranging from [[Film/XMenFilmSeries the other movies in the X-Men universe]] to ''Film/TheTerminator'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds''. The idea primarily seemed to be about making a memorably absurd store display that would promote the forthcoming movie, but collectors would probably buy the old movies for the new covers too.
* WorkingClassHero: Wade lives by very humble means, despite having ample opportunity to steal from the rich gangsters he kills, but is fine with it. He and his girlfriend reside in a small studio apartment with old-ish appliances (note their TV and computer) and eat Pop-Tarts for dessert at their dinners. They exchange small trinkets with only sentimental value as anniversary gifts (e.g. an arcade token from the site of their first date), and he proposes to her with a candy Ring Pop instead of a diamond. The only expensive things he owns are his [[GunNut guns]]. [[spoiler:Even his personal heaven is just that same apartment with Vanessa.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: Though he's unsure if it would be more or less sexist to ''not'' hit a female mook. [[spoiler:It cuts away right after he pulls out a gun, still angsting about it.]]
* WouldntHurtAChild:
** [[spoiler:He is disgusted over Cable attempting to kill Russell, who is only a 14-year-old boy. He does his best to reason with Cable to help Russell before he crosses the MoralEventHorizon, and even [[HeroicSacrifice takes a bullet]] to save Russell.]]
** This is ''subverted'' in the ''Super Duper Cut'' when Deadpool [[spoiler:travels back in time to kill Hitler as a baby (although it should be noted that it took Wade an extreme amount of motivation to do). It's double-subverted right back; in TheStinger he admits he couldn't do it. Then it is ''triple''-subverted when he mentions Cable ''can''.]]
* {{Yandere}}: {{Implied}}. While he hasn't shown this attitude with Vanessa, he does say how proud he is of Dopinder for [[spoiler:kidnapping his love rival with plans to kill said love rival, and even encouraging Dopinder to go with his plan of killing him and then kidnapping his love interest.]]
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!!Variants
[[folder:Weapon XI]]
!!Wade Wilson / Weapon XI
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"You whip out a couple of swords at your ex-girlfriend's wedding, they'll never, ever forget it."'']]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see him as Weapon XI/The Merc with No Mouth]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/weaponxi.png[[/labelnote]]]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/ScottAdkins & Creator/RyanReynolds
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/BrunoChoel (European French), Creator/JoseAntonioMacias (Latin-American Spanish)
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' | [[spoiler:''Film/Deadpool2'']]

->''"All I ever wanted was to travel off in exotic places and meet new exciting people... [[MoodWhiplash and then kill them]]. So I became a mercenary. My name is Wade Wilson. And I love what I do."''

A wisecracking mercenary with lethal swordsmanship skill and athleticism, who became part of Weapon X in the original timeline.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comics, Deadpool suffered from cancer which was then amplified by his insane HealingFactor, leaving him bald and scarred all over the face. This Wade Wilson is spared this fate and looks just as handsome as Ryan Reynolds. Even as Weapon XI he doesn't look nearly as grotesque as comics Deadpool.
* AdaptationalBadass: No incarnation of Deadpool has had so many superpowers as Weapon XI ends up having in the film.
* AdaptationalVillainy: This version of Wade has zero qualms about brutally killing innocents and without any brainwashing either.
* AlliterativeName: Wade Wilson, of course.
* AlternateSelf: To the new timeline version of Deadpool, who is [[MediumAwareness both aware of this version]] and [[IHatePastMe hates him]].
* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: Heavily ZigZagged compared to his new timeline counterpart. Technically he's an obvious case of AdaptationalBadass, having many powers that Deadpool doesn't have. However as Weapon XI his fate is a case of AndIMustScream and compared to Deadpool he's ultimately nothing more than a [[spoiler:brainwashed slave]].
* AndIMustScream:
** His fate in the end of ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''. [[spoiler: He's turned from a nice-looking, fast-talking, somewhat funny guy to a pale, disfigured person. He has no hair and his mouth is sewn shut. He got all the powers of the mutants Weapon X captured, but he is completely under Stryker's control with no free will.]]
** [[spoiler: Averted in the post-credits scene, which shows him to have survived being decapitated and with his mouth back, and presumably no longer under Stryker's control.]]
* AxCrazy: By his own admission, he loves killing people and joined Team X for the opportunity to do so all over the world.
* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: He comes back in [[TheStinger one of the mid-credits stingers]] for ''Deadpool 2'', where he's quickly shot in the head by his [[Characters/XMenFilmSeriesDeadpool new timeline counterpart]]]].
* BadassBoast: When Victor unsheathes his claws to try and intimidate him, Wilson has this to say while unsheathing his katana and holding it up:
-->'''Wilson:''' Need a manicure?
* {{BFS}}: Following his transformation, he has swords that extend from each of his wrists in a slit between his knuckles like Wolverine's claws.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: As Weapon XI he has full length retractable katana blades ''in'' each arm, implausible as might it be (see Hyperspace Arsenal below).
* CasualDangerDialogue: After blasting their way into a high-security facility and just before he blasts into a room of guards armed with machine guns, he quips at his boss.
-->'''Wilson:''' Stuck in an elevator with five guys on a high-protein diet. Dreams really do come true.\\
'''Stryker:''' Just shut it. You're up next.\\
'''Wilson:''' Thank you, sir. You look really nice today. It's the green, brings out the seriousness in your eyes.\\
'''Logan:''' Oh my God, do you ever shut up, pal?\\
'''Wilson:''' No. Not when I'm awake.
* {{Composite Character}}: His powerset combination makes him a close match to Rl'nnd the Superskrull with combined X-Men powers.
** Both Weapon XI and Rl'nnd possess Cyclops' optic blast.
** Both can teleport, courtesy of Kestrel for Weapon XI and Nightcrawler for Rl'nnd
** Both share Wolverine's {{Combo Platter Powers}} of healing, animal senses, and retractable Blade.
** Both have incredible super strength and metal bones and claws. Weapon XI presumably has a mix of Blob, Sabretooth, and Wolverine's super strength plus adamantium fused to his blades. Rl'nnd simply uses Colossus' powers to coat his flesh and bone claws to the same effect.
* DeadlyDodging: He dodges and slices bullets to take out foes on either side of him with their own bullets.
* DeadpanSnarker: When he has a working mouth, at least. [[spoiler:Too bad they took it away when he became Deadpool]].
* DecapitationRequired:
** Wolverine finally defeats him by slicing off his head. This is shown in the movie as being the only way to kill anyone with a HealingFactor. [[spoiler: It doesn't work, in this case; TheStinger shows Weapon XI's body crawling over to reattach his head.]]
** [[spoiler: In TheStinger for ''Film/Deadpool2'', however, his alternate timeline self is able to kill him with just a few gunshots due to RuleOfFunny.]]
* DualWielding: Wields dual katanas, and as Weapon XI has dual [[BladeBelowTheShoulder Blades Below the Shoulders]].
* EvilCounterpart: As Weapon XI, he's how Wolverine ''could'' have turned out if he was made into a LivingWeapon as Stryker had envisioned him.
* EyeAwaken: This trope is featured when [[spoiler:he is revealed to be alive at the end, as his decapitated head is shown in the rubble as the eyes ominously open, while the head whispers "Shhhhhh..." to the audience]].
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: His teammates are put off by his crude and unprofessional behavior, and none of them express concern when he goes missing. Stryker has no problem putting him through brainwashing and genetic experiments, even sewing his mouth so he no longer has to hear his voice. Only Wolverine shows any sympathy for him, and even he's willing to behead him at the end of their fight.
* HyperspaceArsenal: The adamantium katanas he gets when he is turned into Deadpool come from his hands in a way similar to Wolverine's claws, but where are they stored when he has them retracted is a mystery. The three-foot blades ostensibly don't fit in his forearms, and if the entire arm's length were used to contain the sword, he could not possibly bend his elbows, which he is explicitly seen doing. This oddity is never explained in the movie.
* InformedAttribute: He is supposedly a really big talker, but we never really see it--he cracks a few jokes, yet only a few, and they are few and far between. Most of the times he's talking are just to break awkward silences or to ramble on while the rest of characters only have a couple lines of small talk. Especially when compared to his comics counterpart, it just feels like a MythologyGag more than anything else.
* InNameOnly: Infamously so. As Weapon XI, a.k.a. "The Deadpool", he has his mouth sewn shut in outright defiance of his comic counterpart's [[MotorMouth predominant character trait]], features a hodgepodge of powers Deadpool has never had, and doesn't visually resemble the original character in the slightest (aside from some scarring around his eyes ''slightly'' resembling the iconic mask). As Wade Wilson pre-transformation, however, he effectively displays his counterpart's humorous qualities, weapon skills, and healing factor, which helped land [[Creator/RyanReynolds his actor]] [[Film/Deadpool2016 a much better-received spinoff movie]] in the post-''Days of Future Past'' timeline, featuring a significantly TruerToTheText depiction of the character, [[AuthorsSavingThrow to widespread acclaim]].
* KatanasAreJustBetter: He jokes with his mutant comrades that his katanas are far more "memorable" than guns. He is shown to be [[ParryingBullets capable of parrying fully automatic fire]] from multiple opponents with them, occasionally [[AttackReflector deflecting bullets]] at enemies. The blades, of course, are completely undamaged.
* LaserGuidedTykebomb: He is [[BodyHorror transformed]] into Weapon XI (AKA The Deadpool) when [[spoiler:[[BigBad Colonel Stryker]] grafts various stolen mutant powers onto him]], turning him into the ultimate "mutant killer".
* LegoGenetics: He is [[spoiler:infused with the DNA of dozens of mutants to gain their powers]] and become Weapon XI.
* LivingWeapon: Stryker makes him into one as Weapon XI.
* MarqueeAlterEgo: A very controversial case happened in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' where we see him maskless for the first part of the film, only to disappear and come back for the climax, still with no mask [[spoiler:but with his mouth sewed shut instead]].
* MediumAwareness: TheStinger of ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' hints at this, with [[spoiler:his body crawling toward his head, which looks up at the audience and shushes them, so that they won't spill the secret that decapitation didn't kill him]].
* MixAndMatchMan: As Weapon XI he fits the trope even more so than his comics counterpart, having Wolverine's [[HealingFactor regeneration]], adamantium skeleton, and [[KatanasAreJustBetter adamantium katanas protruding from each wrist]], in addition to Cyclops's EyeBeams, Kestrel's {{Teleportation}}, and his own superhuman hand-eye-coordination.
* MotorMouth: Stryker thinks it's his worst feature and thinks he'd be the perfect soldier if not for his inability to shut up. While he isn't quite as talkative as his comics self, his constant chatter does annoy his teammates.
* MythologyGag:
** Never referred to as Deadpool aside from Stryker offhandedly calling him "The Deadpool" in regards to him being a pool of powers.
** Wade [[spoiler:shushing the audience in TheStinger]] is a subtle nod to the character's famous fourth wall-breaking tendencies.
* OmniGlot: Functions as the translator when they interrogate the villagers who dug up the adamantium.
* ParryingBullets: Wade Wilson is good enough with his twin katanas to deflect ''fully automatic fire'' from widely-spaced sources mostly by [[SpinToDeflectStuff spinning them really fast]]. At one point he splits a bullet in half, which goes on to take out two mooks behind him.
* PluckyComicRelief: A dark and deconstructed one. He's always ready for a wisecrack and a bunch of jokes to make light of his situation and dark operations his team commits, even poking fun at them to piss them off. Instead of being endearing, this attitude makes him despised by his team and superiors alike for his unprofessional and crass behavior and eventually he gets chosen as a test subject by his boss due to being deemed as expendable.
* SpinToDeflectStuff: Done in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' rather impressively; he walks into a room full of {{Mooks}} and manages to deflect all the bullets fired at him using rapidly spinning [[DualWielding dual-wielded]] [[KatanasAreJustBetter katanas]]. His mutant power is to see and react in BulletTime, so like many other examples, he's not making a truly impenetrable shield, but blocking individual shots at high speed. The spinning is highly implied to be him showing off.
* SuperReflexes: His primary natural mutant ability.
* TakeThat:
** [[spoiler: Shows up in TheStinger of ''Film/Deadpool2'', only to be unceremoniously killed by the time-travelling real Deadpool, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill who shoots him a bunch of times even after he's already dead]].]]
** [[spoiler: Shows up towards the end of ''Manga/DeadpoolSamurai'' as a final opponent summoned by Loki, but an alternate Deadpool likewise just shoots him down to keep the story from becoming a "trashfire". The main Deadpool certainly believes a mere PaletteSwap of himself is still a more exciting final boss than ''this'' guy.]]
* WolverineWannabe: Weapon XI takes more after Wolverine than his namesake of Deadpool, having a HealingFactor, [[BladeBelowTheShoulder retractable swords in his forearms]], and serves as an obedient LivingWeapon.
* YouAreNumberSix: After his transformation, he is referred to as Weapon XI almost exclusively, and "the Deadpool" only once.
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!!!'''Known Aliases:''' "The Merc With A Mouth" "Mr Pool"

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RyanReynolds[[note]]a.k.a. "God's Perfect Idiot" and "Obviously, Someone Who Hates Sharing the Spotlight/Obviously Reynolds didn't want to share the spotlight"[[/note]], Yanis Marshall[[note]]in Music/CelineDion's ''Ashes'' music video, where he dances on the stage in heels[[/note]]

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