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Outside of comics, Deathstroke was featured as the main antagonist in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' animated series, with his name changed to [[NeverSayDie the more kid-friendly moniker of "Slade"]] (voiced by RonPerlman). A more comic-accurate version of Deathstroke (voiced by WentworthMiller, [[TheOtherDarrin then]] FredTatasciore) appeared in the second season of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', working as an enforcer for the Light. He currently features as a recurring antagonist [[spoiler:[[AdaptationalHeroism or not]]]] in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', where he is played by [[RaceLift mixed-race]] actor Manu Bennett. He'll also appear in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' (reprised by Perlman)
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Outside of comics, Deathstroke was featured as the main antagonist in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' animated series, with his name changed to [[NeverSayDie the more kid-friendly moniker of "Slade"]] (voiced by RonPerlman). A more comic-accurate version of Deathstroke (voiced by ''Series/PrisonBreak'' star Wentworth Miller) Miller, [[TheOtherDarrin then]] FredTatasciore) appeared in the second season of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', working as an enforcer for the Light. He currently features as a recurring antagonist in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', where he is played by [[RaceLift mixed-race]] actor Manu Bennett. He'll also appear in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' (reprised by Perlman)
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* MirrorUniverse: In ''JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'', Slade is the President of the United States.
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* BoomStick: His real One of his signature weapon weapons is a power staff that fires lethal and non-lethal energy blasts from both ends.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Slade was far more of a dirt bag in his earliest appearances, in sharp contrast to his eventual AntiVillain status. One of his earliest appearances had him kidnapping Cyborg's love interest in order to lure the Teen Titans into a trap, something that would seem at odds with his NeverHurtAnInnocent guidelines that would be established in later issues.
* CoolSword: In ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' he has large (but not quite {{BFS}}-level) longsword that's serrated near the hilt.
* CulturedBadass: Slade is often seen sipping champagne and enjoying the finer things in life.
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* EvilCounterpart: He's a mercenary Batman. To get more detailed both are a quintessential BadassNormal, are typically CrazyPrepared and Deathstroke even has his own Battle Butler in Wintergreen, a sort of EvilCounterpart to Alfred. Finally there's the fact that Batman without the restriction on guns and killing. will never use a gun whereas Deathstroke is a WalkingArmory.
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* MoralityChain: Wintergreen was this for the entire Wilson family. His Undying Loyalty made him complicit in Slade's shadier dealings, but he always tried to bring out the best in him and his children. Wintergeen's death at the hands of the Jericho-possessed Deathstroke destroyed any chance that Slade could ever go through a true HeelFaceTurn. Rose at least managed to eventually turn good.
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* MultiRangedMaster: It's not unsual for Deathstroke to be carrying pistols, assault rifles, submachine guns, sniper rifles, etc... all at the same time.
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* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Another one of those things that depends on the writer. During the controversial ''Titans'' issue where he murdered Ryan Choi, Deathstroke notably spared the life of Choi's girlfriend Amanda, stating that she had nothing to do with the battle.
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* RuthlessModernPirates: He's been involved in piracy once or twice in his career. Notably in ''Flashpoint: Deathstroke and the Legend of the Ravager.''
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* AntiHero: He has drifted into this category on a couple of occasions. It was most notable during the ''Total Chaos'' storyline.
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* MayDecemberRomance: Shortly after his introduction it was revealed that both Slade and Terra had shared an intimate relationship, despite Terra being fifteen years old and Slade having joined the Army in the late 1950s, early 1960s.
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* NinetyPercentOfYourBrain: Slade had this as one of his powers (though it's not stated outright in the series, only the comics). Later retconned in saying that his grey matter got re-routed and reprogrammed allowing him uses his brain in various ways that regular humans do not.
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** Another Marvel character who has some simularities with him is the D-list anti-hero Solo. Both met their wife while serving in the military, both gained their powers as part of a military experiment, and both use a sword in tandem with firearms.
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** Although he bears some resemblance to another Marvel supervillain, the Taskmaster, whom debuted several months beforehand. Both have some similar design elements (such as the buccaneer-style boots and color scheme), their powersets are roughly similar (Deathstroke's brain enhancements compared to Taskmaster's "photographic reflexes"), and have similar roles; however given the short period of time between their respective debuts it's likely coincidence (the visual similarity may be because they both were first drawn by the same artist, George Perez).
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* ContractOnTheHitman: Slade, going after an employer who betrayed him, is targeted by a second assassin, Jannissary. When Slade has Jannissary at his mercy and explains his motives, Jannissary gives him the money he had paid; Slade returns it before killing the employer.
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* CastingGag: He's voiced by NolanNorth in ''InjusticeGodsAmongUs.'' North is typically Deadpool's voice actor.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: He served in Vietnam, yet his healing factor has slowed his aging.
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* RaceLift: White in the comics and animated series. Played by mixed-race actor Manu Bennett in ''Series/{{Arrow}}.''
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** BadAssBandolier: Look at the picture.
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* TheGunslinger: Mainly of the Type C variety but occasionally drifting into Type A and B territory.
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* TheGunslinger: Mainly of the Type C variety but occasionally drifting into Type A and B territory.
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* WalkingArmory: Slade never has just one or two weapons on him.
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Outside of comics, Deathstroke was featured as the main antagonist in the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' animated series, with his name changed to [[NeverSayDie the more kid-friendly moniker of "Slade"]] (voiced by RonPerlman). A more comic-accurate version of Deathstroke (voiced by ''Series/PrisonBreak'' star Wentworth Miller) appeared in the second season of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', working as an enforcer for the Light. He currently features as a recurring antagonist in ''{{Arrow}}'', ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', where he is played by [[RaceLift mixed-race]] actor Manu Bennett.
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* BallsOfSteel: Canary once managed to land a kick on Deathstroke right in the crotch, but this trope is used as he angrily replied that he's wearing over 50 pounds of body armor, ''so of course he's wearing a cup.''
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He's a mercenary, so this follows by default.
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** BadassBack: Deathstroke manages to skewer the Flash on his sword with a blind strike behind him, despite the fact that the Flash at that point is moving so much faster than Deathstroke that the villain must have looked like an inanimate statue to the hero.
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* {{Kneecapping}}: He once shot Impulse in the kneecap. To add insult to injury given the accelerated healing abilities of The Flash Family, the doctors in the ER have to re-break it repeatedly because it keeps healing automatically but incorrectly.
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* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Slade started out as a Teen Titans rogue, turned towards antiheroism, and then became (after ''IdentityCrisis'') a sort of generic DCUniverse villain, being as much of a dick to as many superheroes as he could manage. It should be noted that he's never let go of his grudge against the Titans since he never completed his contract against them (a bit of a blow to his merc cred). He even went so far as to harass Damian Wayne, his Arch-Enemy Nightwing's protege.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: He once assassinated a philanthropist who was reverse engineering super-villain technology for benevolent causes (i.e. using freeze guns to reverse polar ice cap melting). No reason was given as to why Deathstroke was hired to kill the philanthropist.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: He once assassinated a philanthropist who was reverse engineering super-villain technology for benevolent causes (i.e. using freeze guns to reverse polar ice cap melting). No reason was given as to why Deathstroke was hired to kill the philanthropist.
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* BreakThemByTalking: He is a master at this trope.
* TheCorrupter: He's tried to turn Nightwing evil, along with telling Arsenal he was gonna take his daughter after he killed him and raise her to be a mercenary assassin.
* DeadpanSnarker
* EvilSoundsDeep: He's been voiced by RonPerlman and FredTatasciore.
* GeniusBruiser: He's a very good planner and manipulator as well as a SuperSoldier.
* KnightOfCerebus: Things are ''never'' LighterAndSofter when Slade's around. ''Never''.
* MindScrew: BreakThemByTalking, MindRape, [[ManipulativeBastard manipulation]], yeah conversations with Slade tend not to be so good for people's sanity.
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* TeamDad: Evil version. During the Titans East storyline, he even acted more fatherly towards Inertia than he did to his own children [[spoiler: as part of his plan to get the Titans to accept them]]. He gave the little psycho the serum he needed for SuperSpeed while warning him not to abuse it, advised him to dump his even more psychotic girlfriend, and hooked him up with the Rogues in Central City once everything went south for Titans East.
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* TeamDad: Evil version. During the Titans East storyline, he even acted more fatherly towards Inertia than he did to his own children [[spoiler: as part of his plan to get the Titans to accept them]]. He gave the little psycho the serum he needed for SuperSpeed while warning him not to abuse it, advised him to dump his even more psychotic girlfriend, and hooked him up with the Rogues in Central City once everything went south for Titans East.East.
* WarriorTherapist: Evil version.
* WouldHitAGirl: He'll also abuse them to the point that they go insane if he feels that it is necessary.
* WarriorTherapist: Evil version.
* WouldHitAGirl: He'll also abuse them to the point that they go insane if he feels that it is necessary.
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Oh boy, where to start? You know, it's saying something when Slade may actually be the only ''sane'' one left in his immediate family. His wife, Addie, was ostensibly on the side of angels, but her methods weren't. They only seemed to get worse with time. Eldest son Grant was a PsychoForHire who ended up killing himself when going up against the Comicbook/TeenTitans. Middle child Joseph "Jericho" Wilson was the WhiteSheep; a genuinely nice, artistic sort and a Titan in good standing...until he made contact with Raven's demonic side and the corrupted remnants of Azarath and [[GoMadFromTheRevelation went nuts as a result]]. Rose, the youngest, and the product of Slade's affair with a brothel keeper/mercenary, gouged her own eye out in an attempt to be just like daddy (that, before her HeelFaceTurn). So Yeah.
* ItsPersonal: He originally went after the Titans because his son got killed going after them and he views them has having taken his family away from him.
* InvincibleVillain: Under a bad writer he can be this. His most infamous showing was in ''IdentityCrisis'', in which he demonstrated ''faster reflexes than [[TheFlash Wally West]]'' and ''enough willpower to convince a GreenLantern ring to not attack him''. The encounter ends with the entire Justice League on the floor spitting up blood, and Slade quipping that this League, made up mostly of new faces (in ComicBookTime terms, anyway) to superheroing, is so much weaker than the old one... despite the fact that many of them (Wally in particular) are ''far'' more powerful than their predecessors. You'd think that an [[EyeScream arrow to the eye]] would have done something more than force him to retreat, but he just fine afterwards.
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* SwordAndGun: Seems to have a preference for a broadsword and a Colt .45 autoloader.autoloader.
* TeamDad: Evil version. During the Titans East storyline, he even acted more fatherly towards Inertia than he did to his own children [[spoiler: as part of his plan to get the Titans to accept them]]. He gave the little psycho the serum he needed for SuperSpeed while warning him not to abuse it, advised him to dump his even more psychotic girlfriend, and hooked him up with the Rogues in Central City once everything went south for Titans East.
* TeamDad: Evil version. During the Titans East storyline, he even acted more fatherly towards Inertia than he did to his own children [[spoiler: as part of his plan to get the Titans to accept them]]. He gave the little psycho the serum he needed for SuperSpeed while warning him not to abuse it, advised him to dump his even more psychotic girlfriend, and hooked him up with the Rogues in Central City once everything went south for Titans East.
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** BadassGrandpa: He was in the army while most of the TeenTitans hadn't been born, much less conceived.
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* BloodKnightBloodKnight: Some of his statements show that he really enjoys his line of work.
--> (in response to Lagoon Boy requesting backup) "See, calling for help like that just pushes up the timetable. Now I can't savor the battle."
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* PsychoSerum: The formula used in the military experience left him a crippled wreck for months or years, with brief periods of increased strength and intelligence. Later, after the military cut him lose, Slade revealed that he'd started faking the bouts of weakness at some point to get out on his own.
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* BreakoutCharacter: He was intended to be a minor, practically one-shot villain. Soon winded up getting his own comic book series and has become fan favorite villain of the DC Universe.
* DirtyOldMan: Shows this aspect on occasion. It became especially apparent during The Judas Contract arc.
* GoKartingWithBowser: He and Beast Boy meet in a coffeeshop to discuss [[spoiler:the death of Terra]]. This happens AFTER Beast Boy tried to kill him (and was unable to go through with it).
* HeroKiller: He's killed a couple of heroes, including Phantom Lady and the third [[TheAtom Atom]]. Then in the trailer for DCUniverseOnline, he ''almost'' kills {{Batman}}. Unfortunately, while his powerset (he's basically an evil Batman with guns and a healing factor thrown in or {{Deadpool}} with sanity) should make him utterly terrifying to normals and low-level metas, it's a little more difficult to accept him as a serious threat to the likes of {{Superman}} and GreenLantern.
* HeroKiller: He's killed a couple of heroes, including Phantom Lady and the third [[TheAtom Atom]]. Then in the trailer for DCUniverseOnline, he ''almost'' kills {{Batman}}. Unfortunately, while his powerset (he's basically an evil Batman with guns and a healing factor thrown in or {{Deadpool}} with sanity) should make him utterly terrifying to normals and low-level metas, it's a little more difficult to accept him as a serious threat to the likes of {{Superman}} and GreenLantern.
* NeverMyFault: His entire motivation for hating the ComicBook/TeenTitans and trying to kill them was that he blamed them for the loss of his family. In reality, Deathstroke himself was the one who drove them away with his life as an amoral mercenary. Averted in one storyline when he eventually realized he was a terrible father. He enacted a scheme to endear his remaining two children to the Teen Titans so they could have the family he couldn't give them.
* NothingPersonal: When he spears Phantom Lady through her torso, she asks him why. He responds with this:
--> "Sorry, darlin'. Just business."
* NothingPersonal: When he spears Phantom Lady through her torso, she asks him why. He responds with this:
--> "Sorry, darlin'. Just business."
* PowerCreepPowerSeep: He can be portrayed as someone who can hold his own against members of the JusticeLeague, and be able to knock out the Flash, but also struggle against someone like {{Nightwing}}.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: Does he care for his children or are they his pawns? Is he really evil or just in it for the money? About the only thing that doesn't change depending on who writes him is that he's a badass.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: Does he care for his children or are they his pawns? Is he really evil or just in it for the money? About the only thing that doesn't change depending on who writes him is that he's a badass. badass.
* DisposableSuperheroMaker: Back in the 1950's, when Slade volunteered for the experiments that gave him his superhuman abilities, the serum eventually plunged him into a coma. The scientists decided to destroy the serum formula. Months later, Slade woke up with superhuman powers.
* DisposableSuperheroMaker: Back in the 1950's, when Slade volunteered for the experiments that gave him his superhuman abilities, the serum eventually plunged him into a coma. The scientists decided to destroy the serum formula. Months later, Slade woke up with superhuman powers.
* EvilCounterpart: He's a mercenary Batman without the restriction on guns and killing.
* EvilMentor: He does this as a ''hobby.'' He once acted as an Evil Mentor to Terra, before he realized too late that she was even more evil than him. He also tried to turn Nightwing evil in the "Renegade" storyline, but Nightwing turned that around by acting as a Good Mentor to Slade's daughter Rose which led to her HeelFaceTurn. He also founded an EvilCounterpart to the Teen Titans ''twice.'' In ''Outsiders,'' while fighting Arsenal, he once mentioned that after he killed Roy he would take Lian and raise her to be an assassin. Slade in general has a disturbing interest in corrupting the next generation of superbeings.
* {{Expy}}: Not Deathstroke himself but he inspired a rather memorable one. A lot of people forget that {{Deadpool}} was originally a blatant copy-cat of Deathstroke.
* FashionableAsymmetry: His mask is split between black and orange. Underneath, one eye is cybernetic.
* EvilMentor: He does this as a ''hobby.'' He once acted as an Evil Mentor to Terra, before he realized too late that she was even more evil than him. He also tried to turn Nightwing evil in the "Renegade" storyline, but Nightwing turned that around by acting as a Good Mentor to Slade's daughter Rose which led to her HeelFaceTurn. He also founded an EvilCounterpart to the Teen Titans ''twice.'' In ''Outsiders,'' while fighting Arsenal, he once mentioned that after he killed Roy he would take Lian and raise her to be an assassin. Slade in general has a disturbing interest in corrupting the next generation of superbeings.
* {{Expy}}: Not Deathstroke himself but he inspired a rather memorable one. A lot of people forget that {{Deadpool}} was originally a blatant copy-cat of Deathstroke.
* FashionableAsymmetry: His mask is split between black and orange. Underneath, one eye is cybernetic.
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Slade has a long history as an enemy of the Teen Titans. That began when his other son, Grant, became an early Titans foe called the Ravager, who was physically enhanced to fulfill a contract to kill or capture the Teen Titans. However, those enhancements proved fatal and Slade agreed to complete the contract. His first mission involved stealing the fictional element Promethium from S.T.A.R. Labs and selling it as the ultimate weapon. He then kidnapped the Titans and placed them in the path of a Promethium bomb to test his device for the buyers, effectively killing two birds with one stone. The Titans escaped and pursued Deathstroke, but he severely wounded Garfield Logan, then known as Changeling, in his escape. This would be the start to a lasting animosity between the two.
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Slade has a long history as an enemy of the Teen Titans. That began when his other son, Grant, became an early Titans foe called the Ravager, who was physically enhanced to fulfill a contract to kill or capture the Teen Titans. However, those enhancements proved fatal and Slade agreed to complete the contract. His first mission involved stealing the fictional element Promethium from S.T.A.R. Labs and selling it as the ultimate weapon. He then kidnapped the Titans and placed them in the path of a Promethium bomb to test his device for the buyers, effectively killing two birds with one stone. The Titans escaped and pursued Deathstroke, but he severely wounded Garfield Logan, then known as Changeling, in his escape. This would be the start to a lasting animosity between the two.
* [[AbusiveParents Abusive Parent]]: Slade is not the most loving father, Even putting aside how [[spoiler:he was heavily involved in the deaths of both of his sons]], you could make a case for this solely for Slade's daughter and the emotional manipulation and abuse he puts her through.
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* {{Badass}}{{Badass}}: This guy single-handedly beat the crap out of ''the entire Justice League.''
* ConsummateProfessional
* EyeScream: He lost an eye when his wife shot him for endangering their son Jericho (which led to Jericho getting his throat cut and losing his voice).
* FriendlyEnemy: Deathstroke and Beast Boy developed a relationship like this in the '80s. [[spoiler: Beast Boy was about to fight him to the death when Deathstroke appealed to his humanity by showing up without his mask, stating that it was the faceless mask that he wanted to kill, not the person behind it. They later talked things over in a diner.]]
* FriendlyEnemy: Deathstroke and Beast Boy developed a relationship like this in the '80s. [[spoiler: Beast Boy was about to fight him to the death when Deathstroke appealed to his humanity by showing up without his mask, stating that it was the faceless mask that he wanted to kill, not the person behind it. They later talked things over in a diner.]]
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ManipulativeBastard: He's not quite as good at this as some other DC characters. Most of his targets tend to be damaged teenagers a generation or two younger than him, hardly the most challenging targets. When his powers of persuasion aren't enough to get them to work for him, he's not above using blackmail, death threats, mind controlling drugs, and PsychoSerum to force them to join him.
*SuperSoldierTheMusketeer: He is skilled in the use of both melee weapons and guns and regularly carries examples of both types at once.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Deathstroke the Terminator. Uh yeah, I think I might have to go somewhere else for awhile.
* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: While he is an equal opportunity criminal mercenary, he holds a personal grudge against the Teen Titans (and former Teen Titans) who are all much younger than him -- ''especially'' Dick Grayson. Hell, he supplies the current page image for this trope.
* SuperSoldier: When in the army he took part in an experiment designed to create meta-human supersoldiers. See BadassAbnormal above.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Deathstroke the Terminator. Uh yeah, I think I might have to go somewhere else for awhile.
* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: While he is an equal opportunity criminal mercenary, he holds a personal grudge against the Teen Titans (and former Teen Titans) who are all much younger than him -- ''especially'' Dick Grayson. Hell, he supplies the current page image for this trope.
* SuperSoldier: When in the army he took part in an experiment designed to create meta-human supersoldiers. See BadassAbnormal above.
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** Badass Normal: BadassNormal: If anyone in The DCU that gives Batman a run for his money, it's Slade Wilson.
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* [[HiredGuns Hired Gun]]: The guy will fight for whoever pays him.him.
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* ArchEnemy: To the Teen Titans as a whole. Now the Titans have gone through tons of Big Bads, and let's face it, Slade isn't the biggest or baddest. But he is the most persistent and most personal enemy the team has ever faced.
* {{Badass}}
** Badass Normal: If anyone in The DCU that gives Batman a run for his money, it's Slade Wilson.
--> (To Batman): ''You've trained yourself to fight. I've trained myself to kill.''
** BadassAbnormal: Technically he has just above the human limit of physical strength, speed, and agility, and possesess a healing factor, the intensity of which depends on the author of the comic. Nonethless, he's still basically human, especially compared to the usual durability and strength of many DC superhumans.
* {{Badass}}
** Badass Normal: If anyone in The DCU that gives Batman a run for his money, it's Slade Wilson.
--> (To Batman): ''You've trained yourself to fight. I've trained myself to kill.''
** BadassAbnormal: Technically he has just above the human limit of physical strength, speed, and agility, and possesess a healing factor, the intensity of which depends on the author of the comic. Nonethless, he's still basically human, especially compared to the usual durability and strength of many DC superhumans.
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* CrazyPrepared: He's often depicted as an evil version of Batman (which makes him a good foil for Robin).
* DarkAgeOfSupernames: A prime example of a character managing to stay top-tier despite a name that seems hilariously over the top today.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Does he care for his children or are they his pawns? Is he really evil or just in it for the money? About the only thing that doesn't change depending on who writes him is that he's a badass.
* TheDragon: He's ended up serving in this position more than once in his mercenary career.
* EyepatchOfPower
* [[HiredGuns HiredGun]]Gun]]: The guy will fight for whoever pays him.
* CrazyPrepared: He's often depicted as an evil version of Batman (which makes him a good foil for Robin).
* DarkAgeOfSupernames: A prime example of a character managing to stay top-tier despite a name that seems hilariously over the top today.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Does he care for his children or are they his pawns? Is he really evil or just in it for the money? About the only thing that doesn't change depending on who writes him is that he's a badass.
* TheDragon: He's ended up serving in this position more than once in his mercenary career.
* EyepatchOfPower
* [[HiredGuns Hired
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Deathstroke the Terminator (real name Slade Wilson and was known originally simply as the Terminator) is a fictional comic book supervillain (and on some occasions an antihero) who appears in Creator/DCComics. Deathstroke is a mercenary and assassin who first appeared in The New Teen Titans (vol. 1) #2. He made such an impact that he soon got his own comic series. Wizard Magazine rated him the 84th greatest villain of all time and the 72nd greatest comic book character of all time and IGN ranked him as the 32nd greatest comic book villain of all time.
Slade Wilson was sixteen years old when he first enlisted in the United States Army, having lied about his age. Chosen for a secret experiment, the Army imbued him with enhanced physical powers in an attempt to create metahuman supersoldiers for the U.S. military. Deathstroke became a mercenary soon after the experiment when he defied orders and rescued his friend Wintergreen, who was sent on a suicide mission by a commanding officer with a grudge. However, Slade kept this career secret from his family, even though his wife was an expert military combat instructor. Indeed, she had been responsible for a significant portion of his early training.
Slade has a long history as an enemy of the Teen Titans. That began when his other son, Grant, became an early Titans foe called the Ravager, who was physically enhanced to fulfill a contract to kill or capture the Teen Titans. However, those enhancements proved fatal and Slade agreed to complete the contract. His first mission involved stealing the fictional element Promethium from S.T.A.R. Labs and selling it as the ultimate weapon. He then kidnapped the Titans and placed them in the path of a Promethium bomb to test his device for the buyers, effectively killing two birds with one stone. The Titans escaped and pursued Deathstroke, but he severely wounded Garfield Logan, then known as Changeling, in his escape. This would be the start to a lasting animosity between the two.
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!!Tropes pertaining to Deathstroke:
* ArchEnemy: To the Teen Titans as a whole.
* BigBad: Of the first two seasons of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans.''
* BloodKnight
* HiredGun
Slade Wilson was sixteen years old when he first enlisted in the United States Army, having lied about his age. Chosen for a secret experiment, the Army imbued him with enhanced physical powers in an attempt to create metahuman supersoldiers for the U.S. military. Deathstroke became a mercenary soon after the experiment when he defied orders and rescued his friend Wintergreen, who was sent on a suicide mission by a commanding officer with a grudge. However, Slade kept this career secret from his family, even though his wife was an expert military combat instructor. Indeed, she had been responsible for a significant portion of his early training.
Slade has a long history as an enemy of the Teen Titans. That began when his other son, Grant, became an early Titans foe called the Ravager, who was physically enhanced to fulfill a contract to kill or capture the Teen Titans. However, those enhancements proved fatal and Slade agreed to complete the contract. His first mission involved stealing the fictional element Promethium from S.T.A.R. Labs and selling it as the ultimate weapon. He then kidnapped the Titans and placed them in the path of a Promethium bomb to test his device for the buyers, effectively killing two birds with one stone. The Titans escaped and pursued Deathstroke, but he severely wounded Garfield Logan, then known as Changeling, in his escape. This would be the start to a lasting animosity between the two.
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!!Tropes pertaining to Deathstroke:
* ArchEnemy: To the Teen Titans as a whole.
* BigBad: Of the first two seasons of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans.''
* BloodKnight
* HiredGun
