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Wade Winston Wilson is a mutant mercenary. He has superhuman strength, stamina, agility and reflexes. He is an expert marksman, swordsman and martial artist. Due to experimentation, he was given powers of other mutants and was called Weapon XI or the Deadpool.

Biography[]

X-Men Origins: Wolverine[]

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During the Vietnam War, Wade is recruited by William Stryker and teamed up with Logan, Sabretooth, Fred Dukes, John Wraith, Bolt, and Agent Zero on Team X. He is shown to be an excellent mercenary, however, his witty comments are his flaw, William Stryker even says "If you didn't have that mouth on you, Wade, you'd be the perfect soldier."

When the team breaks up, Stryker experiments on him, giving him additional abilities, acquired from other mutants, such as optic eye blasts (from Scott Summers), teleportation (from John Wraith), technopathy (from Bolt) and regenerative healing (from Wolverine). Stryker also seals Wade's mouth, gives him an Adamantium skeleton and two retractable arm blades and renames him Weapon XI - the mutant "Deadpool".

Weapon XI

Weapon XI

After Logan frees the captured mutants, Dr. Carol Frost said the project was not finished but Stryker said to do it anyway. Stryker activates Weapon XI to fight Logan. In the ensuing fight, Victor shows up fights alongside Logan. Working together the two are able to defeat him when Victor distracts Wade long enough for Logan to decapitate him.

Later, Deadpool's arm slowly pulls its implanted blade back inside his body, then it moves further, in search. Deadpool's head is seen, mouth no longer sealed, opening his eyes and whispering a short "Shh", revealing that he is still alive.

X2: X-Men United[]

There is file on Wade on one of Stryker's computers.

X-Men: The Official Game[]

Wade's name was on a prison cell door.

Character traits[]

Wade is a very skilled mercenary but his flaw is his non-stop motor-mouth, which annoys multiple people. For example, he explains to Victor why he likes his katanas so much ("You whip out a couple of swords at your ex-girlfriends wedding, they will never, ever forget it."), and Victor responds with "That's funny, Wade, I think you confused me with someone who gives a shit." Wade replies "Granted it's probably not as intimidating as having a gun, or bone claws, or the fingernails of a bag lady." At this, Victor's claws start to grow and he smiles threateningly, so Wade grabs the handle of his katana, before showing how supremely unworried he is about Victor when he jerks the blade up and quips "Manicure?"

Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

  • Superhuman Reflexes: Wade's reflexes are enhanced to levels unobtainable by normal humans. He has demonstrated this by dodging and deflecting bullets. He even cut one in half with a katana.
  • Superhuman Agility: Wade's agility, balance, and body coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of even the finest human athlete.

After Weapon X experimentation's Wade also gained the following powers:

  • Optic Blasts: Wade's eyes were engineered to allow him to emit similar optic blasts to those Scott Summers produces. He has limited control of this however and when he unleashes these blasts the surrounding skin is burned creating his signature eye markings.
  • Implanted Blades: Two Adamantium blades were implanted into Wade's arms, and can retract at will much like Wolverine's claws.
  • Accelerated Healing Factor: During his transformation, Wade was given Wolverine's regenerative healing factor (although slightly slow at first), allowing him to heal most wounds (he was able to survive decapitation).
  • Teleportation: Wade was given John Wraith's ability to teleport from place to place almost instantaneously.
  • Technopathy: Chris Bradley's power to control electrical/wireless devices and receive electrical/wireless signals was also given to Wade. William Stryker used this to activate, command, and control Weapon XI.

It is possible that some of these powers (such as the implanted blades and optic blasts) were damaged or rendered ineffective as a result of Wade's decapitation. It was also mentioned that his procedure was "incomplete".

Equipment[]

  • Katanas: Wade carried two katanas that are strapped to his back.

Relationships[]

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Appearances/Actors[]

Trivia[]

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X-Men Origins- Wolverine ( Wade Wilson Spotlight HD )

  • In the comics, Deadpool is a mercenary who wears a red and black costume, uses a wide variety of firearms, swords, and knives in battle, uses a small device to teleport, has an unstable healing factor superior to Wolverine's, is mentally insane, and breaks the fourth wall. In X-Men Origins: Wolverine, however, Deadpool's mouth is closed, his only weapons are long swords that come from his wrists, he only wears red pants and black shoes, can naturally teleport, fires Cyclops' optic blasts from his eyes, and shows no signs of insanity. In fact, Wade Wilson before his transformation to Weapon XI shares much more in common with the comics version of Deadpool, such as his mercenary status and comedic nature.
  • Weapon XI is mocked in the 2011 video game Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. If the player plays as Deadpool and beats Wolverine, he says, "And that's how you beat Wolverine, people... AND YOU DON'T EVEN NEED OPTIC BLASTS! MUAHAHAHAHA!" This is a reference to the fact Deadpool can fire Cyclops' optic blasts from his eyes in the film.
  • In Deadpool's comic book appearances, he is known for breaking the fourth wall, and has even interacted with his writers and tends to speak to the reader.
  • Blade: Trinity director David S. Goyer was going to write and directed the film for New Line Cinema with Reynolds as Deadpool.
  • In 2011, it was announced that there will be created a Deadpool movie, with Ryan Reynolds as the main character which is aimed for 2014.[1] Producer Lauren Shuler Donner has stated it will be more faithful to the comics, discarding the Weapon XI incarnation seen in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.[2]
  • In the credits, Weapon XI is credited solely as Scott Adkins, but Reynolds also played the character - he mentioned in an interview of how he managed to speak and drink, when his mouth was "gone" when he was portraying Weapon XI.
  • In X-Men: The Official Game, his name appears above a cell door in one of Wolverine's levels, though he doesn't make an appearance.
  • The black tattoos Wilson recieves when he becomes Weapon XI in several cases outline the areas where patches of his comic book suit are black.
  • The scar tissue and occasional black coloring around Wilson's eyes as Weapon XI, as well as his lack of a mouth, are designed to evoke his comic book mask in Origins.

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine[]

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