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* OpenMouthInsertFoot: In issue 16 Junk rants to Shogun about how the Wolverines are nothing but monsters. ''Right'' as [[TokenGoodTeammate X-23]] walks in.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Sort of. Yes, he was taken by Paradise while in prison, but for a very minor offense, and along with Endo is the only unambiguously "good" member of the Paradise group. [[spoiler: After Endo defects to Sinister he's ''the'' only "good" member.]]



* SmugSnake: Thinks ''very'' highly of himself, however he's not nearly as smart as he thinks he is, having been duped by Arcadia, and later his plans to sell out the Wolverines derailed when [[spoiler: X and Sabretooth put out their ears, and Mystique ''shape-shifts'' hers away to prevent him from using the trigger words to turn them over to Sinister]].

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* SmugSnake: Thinks ''very'' highly of himself, however he's not nearly as smart as he thinks he is, having been duped by Arcadia, and later his plans to sell out the Wolverines derailed when [[spoiler: X and Sabretooth put out their ears, and Mystique ''shape-shifts'' hers away to prevent him from using the trigger words to turn them over to Sinister]].
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* TooCleverByHalf: Mystique has been controlling and manipulating the rest of the group almost from the time they came together, and later dispenses with pretense altogether and effectively shanghais the team from Shogun. Even though she's now firmly in charge, however, she still doesn't trust the team enough to be honest about how her plans will help them. It ends up biting her on the ass in issue 16 when [[spoiler: Shogun and Junk, whom Mystique doesn't need for her plans, decide to try rescuing Neuro, Skel and Endo from the Arcadians. However X-23 then triggers a complete walk-out by the Wolverines, by refusing to be Mystique's puppet and the entire team goes to help. It ends up being a trap, and had Mystique been ''honest'' with the group about Destiny's diaries rather than just trying to manipulate them into helping her, they likely would have avoided the situation entirely]].



* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: It's not shaping up well for him so far. In ''The Weapon X Project'' he betrays the rest of the escapees to Paradise as part of a deal to have the engineered expiration date that's due to kill him removed (they screw him over). [[spoiler: In issue 5 of ''Wolverines'' he does the ''same'' by offering a deal with Sinister in exchange for the trigger words controlling the Wolverines. [[GenreBlind Not realizing Sinister is unlikely to hold up his end, either]]]]. And ''then'' he suggests betraying [[spoiler: Fantomelle once she secures Logan's remains for them]]. His tendency to turn on anyone as the situation changes gets lampshaded by Shogun.

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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: It's not shaping up well for him so far. In ''The Weapon X Project'' he betrays the rest of the escapees to Paradise as part of a deal to have the engineered expiration date that's due to kill him removed (they screw him over). [[spoiler: In issue 5 of ''Wolverines'' he does the ''same'' by offering a deal with Sinister in exchange for the trigger words controlling the Wolverines. [[GenreBlind Not realizing Sinister is unlikely to hold up his end, either]]]]. And ''then'' he suggests betraying [[spoiler: Fantomelle once she secures Logan's remains for them]]. His tendency to turn on anyone as the situation changes gets lampshaded by Shogun.Shogun, before he eventually goes over the Sinister for real.



* SlasherSmile: Sports a ''wicked'' one in issue 16 [[spoiler: when he reveals that he's part of an elaborate trap by Sinister]].




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* SmugSnake: Thinks ''very'' highly of himself, however he's not nearly as smart as he thinks he is, having been duped by Arcadia, and later his plans to sell out the Wolverines derailed when [[spoiler: X and Sabretooth put out their ears, and Mystique ''shape-shifts'' hers away to prevent him from using the trigger words to turn them over to Sinister]].
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** Emphasized in #14, when Laura points out to him that killing Siphon will never be enough for him.

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** Emphasized in #14, #15, when Laura points out to him that killing Siphon will never be enough for him.

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** Emphasized in #14, when Laura points out to him that killing Siphon will never be enough for him.



* NotSoDifferent: With Siphon. During his briefly lucid moment, Laura learns that he was once an ordinary person, and was twisted and tortured to become the monster he is now. It's her ability to empathize due to the same thing having been done to her that leads her to talking Daken and Blade down from killing him.



* ManipulativeBitch: More or less Mystique's hat, and right from the start she's using everyone for her own ends. [[spoiler: In issue 7 she maneuvers Shogun into a position where he has no choice but giver her the Erase word.]]

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* ManipulativeBitch: More or less Mystique's hat, and right from the start she's using everyone for her own ends. [[spoiler: In issue 7 she maneuvers Shogun into a position where he has no choice but giver her the Erase word.]]]] Refreshingly, however, ''no one'' in the cast trusts her, and all of them ''know'' she's manipulating them. The only reason they ''haven't'' actively thwarted her is because of leverage she has on them.



* NotSoDifferent: With X-23. Siphon and Laura both are the products of horrific torture and abuse intended to turn them into mindless killing machines. Her empathy for what was done to him leads her to convincing Daken and Blade to spare his life.




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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: As horrifying as Siphon is (especially if you have healing abilities), beneath the monstrous visage he's actually an erudite and cultured man who was ''turned into'' a mindless killer by Paradise through torture and experimentation. The moments of lucidity he gains after he's fed just twist the knife deeper.
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* MetaGuy: It's Deadpool. Specifically, in issue 13 he directly addresses the difficulties legacy characters face finding acceptance among audiences, when his attempt to be the new Wolverine is summarily rejected by pretty much ''all'' of Logan's former teams. And he even manages it with only a subtle strain of the fourth wall.

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* RevengeBeforeReason: Daken is obsessed with revenge against Siphon for taking his healing factor, to the point he doesn't care if it kills him so long as he takes Siphon down with him.



* HealingFactor: He has one himself, and he also ''drains'' it from others.

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* AffablyEvil: When he's fed Siphon is intelligent, polite, and cultured.
* BadAss: Was able to steal Daken's healing factor, ''and'' kick his ass in a direct hand-to-hand fight. He's even able to take on Laura (who may be even better than Daken), and fought Skel and Shogun ''together'' without breaking a sweat.
* CulturedBadass: When he's fed he quotes the Book of Five Rings.
* GeniusBruiser: Played with; When he's hungry he's a mindless monster driven solely by the need to feed. However after having fed he's very intelligent and highly cultured, and believes he was at one time a teacher before Paradise got hold of him.
* HealingFactor: He has one himself, and he also ''drains'' it from others. Issue 14 reveals that he may not actually have his own healing factor at all, and uses the energy he steals for that purpose.



* PowerParasite: Drains and apparently ''feeds on'' the {{Healing Factor}}s of others. He possibly killed [[spoiler: Elixir for his healing powers]], and stripped Daken of his entirely in ''The Logan Legacy''. The Wolverines and Paradise Crew encounter him a second time when he attacks Fantomelle, seeking to feed on herse, as well.

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* PowerParasite: Drains and apparently ''feeds on'' the {{Healing Factor}}s of others. He possibly killed [[spoiler: Elixir for his healing powers]], and stripped Daken of his entirely in ''The Logan Legacy''. The Wolverines and Paradise Crew encounter him a second time when he attacks Fantomelle, seeking to feed on herse, hers, as well.well. Issue 14 suggests that Siphon's own healing factor is actually powered by this stolen energy.



* SssssnakeTalk: His speech bubbles and dialogue suggest he has something of a hissing voice.

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* SssssnakeTalk: His speech bubbles and dialogue suggest he has something of a hissing voice. At least when he's hungry. When he's fed his voice loses this quality.



* TouchOfDeath: His touch can kill if he holds on long enough. However it only seems to affect characters with a HealingFactor, as Skel was able to grapple with him for an extended period of time without too much trouble.

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* TouchOfDeath: His touch can kill if he holds on long enough. However it only seems to affect characters with a HealingFactor, as Skel was able to grapple with him for an extended period of time without too much trouble.
trouble. He can also apparently turn it off and on, at least when he's in control and not in his bestial mode; in issue 14 he had X-23 by the throat but merely ''threatened'' to take her healing abilities.
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* FanNickname: Poolverine during Wade's (very) brief stint as Wolverine is issue 13.
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* DistaffCounterpart: To Fantomex, right down to her name, skills as a thief, outfit, and even Culpepper being an analog to Fantomex's external nervous system. The series has not yet explored what, if any, direct connection exists between the two.
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* ShoutOut: Wade's monologue references the [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Nolanverse]] as he puts on his new costume.
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* IOweYouMyLife: Feels indebted to Laura for helping save her from Siphon. She decides to repay her by [[spoiler: bringing her one of Wolverine's old costumes]].


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!!Wade Wilson/Deadpool/"Wolverine"

''For tropes pertaining to Dakeneadpool in general, please see his [[Comicbook/{{Deadpool}} page]].''

The Merc with a Mouth, Deadpool hired Fantomelle to steal or otherwise recover various artifacts associated with Wolverine. Just ''what'' he plans to do with them is a mystery known only to Wade himself (and best that it stays that way).

* CloudCuckoolander: Natch. It goes UpToEleven as he tries to convince everyone he's ''actually'' Wolverine. And fools precisely nobody.
* LegacyCharacter: Wade believes the world ''needs'' a Wolverine, so decides to take that role on himself.
* MythologyGag: The first "costume" Wade assembles is comprised of pieces from ''several'' of Wolverine's classic outfits.
* ShoutOut: Wade's monologue references the [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Nolanverse]] as he puts on his new costume.
* ShownTheirWork: In-universe example: The first thing Wade does after declaring himself Wolverine is to [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Google Wolverine's first appearance in the comics]], and decide he needs to fight a Hulk. He chooses [[Comicbook/SheHulk Jen Walters]] because Banner is too tough.

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* YouMonster: Called one by X-23 for her plan of killing Fang.



* FoeYay: This more or less sums up her relationship with Ogun, as neither have any compunctions against brutalizing or killing the other -- and in fact have ''tried'' to do so in the past -- if it servers their purposes. [[spoiler: She's willing to betray Sharp and nearly kills him in an attempt to help Ogun gain full control of their shared body.]]
* LoveInterestTraitor: Begins a relationship with Shogun, [[spoiler: only to be deliberately playing the Sharp personality as a means of allowing her old lover Ogun to gain control of their shared body]].



* SlapSlapKiss: Her relationship with Shogun is this.



* FightingFromTheInside: Ogun is largely repressed by Sharp's personality, able to exert influence only when Sharp is asleep. However he wants total control of their shared body, [[spoiler: and hatches a plan with Deathstrike to enable him to take full control. It's foiled when, just as he was about to succeed, Fang takes off with him and suppresses his personality again]].



!!Fang

One of the Imperial Guardsmen of the Shi'ar empire, Fang is a Lupak who had established a friendship with Wolverine, and arrives on earth for their yearly get-together only to discover he had been killed. Believing the Wolverines to be responsible, he seeks them out for vengeance.

* BackFromTheDead: While previously established that every Fang that has appeared is a clone, ''Wolverines'' {{Retcon}}s this into Lupak being able to reconstitute themselves entirely if not killed properly.
* BoisterousBruiser: More so than any other member of the cast so far, Fang just ''loves'' to fight. Even ''after'' he gets impaled through the face by Daken, ganged up and cut apart by the rest of the group, and ''shot'' by the {{BFG}} aboard ''Changeling'', he just laughs it all off like he's having the time of his life. The entire reason he came to earth in the first place is because on the same day every year he and Wolverine go on a trip to beat stuff up.
* DueToTheDead: He decides the best way to honor Logan's memory is to spend some quality time with each member of the Wolverines, and absconds with Daken so they can go hunt Frost Giants together in Jotunheim.
* EpiphanyTherapy: Whether or not his intentions are ''actually'' altruistic and he's telling Daken otherwise just to screw with him (see {{Troll}} below), he nonetheless attempts to subject Daken to one, by making him fight a Frost Giant whom Fang tells that Daken is the father who abandoned him. That the giant has obsessed over his absentee father to the point he blindly lashes out at ''Daken'' just because Fang said he was his father is ''not'' lost on Daken himself.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Fang just sort of randomly shows up, despite [[BackFromTheDead supposedly being dead]], and there being no previous continuity to suggest he and Wolverine did indeed establish a friendship involving yearly hunting trips.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Attacks the Wolverines on-sight, believing them to be the ones to have killed Wolverine. The situation is (mostly) defused when X-23 realizes that it's entirely a misunderstanding and talks him down. At which point he switches from wanting revenge, to just [[BoisterousBruiser enjoying the brawl while the rest of her team tries to kill him]].
* {{Troll}}: Tells Daken in issue 9 that he's not there to help any of them he's just going to screw with them. Except for Laura, ''her'' he intends to help. Whether or not this is ''actually'' true or not is unclear, as his treatment of Daken certainly seems to be towards a specific purpose (See EpiphanyTherapy above).
* UnexplainedRecovery: His response to when it's pointed out he's ''supposed'' to have been killed by the Brood? "I'm a Lupak."


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!!Fang

One of the Imperial Guardsmen of the Shi'ar empire, Fang is a Lupak who had established a friendship with Wolverine, and arrives on earth for their yearly get-together only to discover he had been killed. Believing the Wolverines to be responsible, he seeks them out for vengeance.

* BackFromTheDead: While previously established that every Fang that has appeared is a clone, ''Wolverines'' {{Retcon}}s this into Lupak being able to reconstitute themselves entirely if not killed properly.
* BoisterousBruiser: More so than any other member of the cast so far, Fang just ''loves'' to fight. Even ''after'' he gets impaled through the face by Daken, ganged up and cut apart by the rest of the group, and ''shot'' by the {{BFG}} aboard ''Changeling'', he just laughs it all off like he's having the time of his life. The entire reason he came to earth in the first place is because on the same day every year he and Wolverine go on a trip to beat stuff up.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Lupak are revealed to have a gland that not only exists outside their body, but ''outside that dimension''. It's this gland that allows them to be cloned indefinitely upon being killed, and so long as the gland is intact they can't truly die. [[spoiler: Mystique devises a plan to reveal the gland, and steals a gun that can shoot across dimensions to get rid of him.]]
* DueToTheDead: He decides the best way to honor Logan's memory is to spend some quality time with each member of the Wolverines, and absconds with Daken so they can go hunt Frost Giants together in Jotunheim.
* EpiphanyTherapy: Whether or not his intentions are ''actually'' altruistic and he's telling Daken otherwise just to screw with him (see {{Troll}} below), he nonetheless attempts to subject Daken to one, by making him fight a Frost Giant whom Fang tells that Daken is the father who abandoned him. That the giant has obsessed over his absentee father to the point he blindly lashes out at ''Daken'' just because Fang said he was his father is ''not'' lost on Daken himself.
** He subjects Sabretooth to a form of this as well; bringing him into a fight against pirates who recently underwent a "religious conversion" so that, rather than torturing people to death for fun, they instead kill them quickly, highlighting Creed's own [[Comicbook/{{Axis}} recent change]].
** While more subtle and less torturous than what he did to Daken and Creed, he gives X-23 a vial of trigger scent to make a point about her aversion to being controlled and about how she's allowing Shogun to force her to help him.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Fang just sort of randomly shows up, despite [[BackFromTheDead supposedly being dead]], and there being no previous continuity to suggest he and Wolverine did indeed establish a friendship involving yearly hunting trips.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Attacks the Wolverines on-sight, believing them to be the ones to have killed Wolverine. The situation is (mostly) defused when X-23 realizes that it's entirely a misunderstanding and talks him down. At which point he switches from wanting revenge, to just [[BoisterousBruiser enjoying the brawl while the rest of her team tries to kill him]].
* {{Troll}}: Tells Daken in issue 9 that he's not there to help any of them he's just going to screw with them. Except for Laura, ''her'' he intends to help. Whether or not this is ''actually'' true or not is unclear, as his treatment of Daken certainly seems to be towards a specific purpose (See EpiphanyTherapy above).
* UnexplainedRecovery: His response to when it's pointed out he's ''supposed'' to have been killed by the Brood? "I'm a Lupak."

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* DaddyIssues: He still has some lingering issues over Logan, highlighted by Fang trying to fore EpiphanyTherapy on him in issue 9.


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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Fang regards the Wolverines as four of Logan's greatest enemies, while acknowledging Laura's TokenGoodTeammate status. When he tells Daken he's only there to screw with the group, he makes a point of excluding Laura and stating that ''her'' he intends to help.


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* EpiphanyTherapy: Whether or not his intentions are ''actually'' altruistic and he's telling Daken otherwise just to screw with him (see {{Troll}} below), he nonetheless attempts to subject Daken to one, by making him fight a Frost Giant whom Fang tells that Daken is the father who abandoned him. That the giant has obsessed over his absentee father to the point he blindly lashes out at ''Daken'' just because Fang said he was his father is ''not'' lost on Daken himself.


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* {{Troll}}: Tells Daken in issue 9 that he's not there to help any of them he's just going to screw with them. Except for Laura, ''her'' he intends to help. Whether or not this is ''actually'' true or not is unclear, as his treatment of Daken certainly seems to be towards a specific purpose (See EpiphanyTherapy above).

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!!Fang

One of the Imperial Guardsmen of the Shi'ar empire, Fang is a Lupak who had established a friendship with Wolverine, and arrives on earth for their yearly get-together only to discover he had been killed. Believing the Wolverines to be responsible, he seeks them out for vengeance.

* BackFromTheDead: While previously established that every Fang that has appeared is a clone, ''Wolverines'' {{Retcon}}s this into Lupak being able to reconstitute themselves entirely if not killed properly.
* BoisterousBruiser: More so than any other member of the cast so far, Fang just ''loves'' to fight. Even ''after'' he gets impaled through the face by Daken, ganged up and cut apart by the rest of the group, and ''shot'' by the {{BFG}} aboard ''Changeling'', he just laughs it all off like he's having the time of his life. The entire reason he came to earth in the first place is because on the same day every year he and Wolverine go on a trip to beat stuff up.
* DueToTheDead: He decides the best way to honor Logan's memory is to spend some quality time with each member of the Wolverines, and absconds with Daken so they can go hunt Frost Giants together in Jotunheim.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Fang just sort of randomly shows up, despite [[BackFromTheDead supposedly being dead]], and there being no previous continuity to suggest he and Wolverine did indeed establish a friendship involving yearly hunting trips.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Attacks the Wolverines on-sight, believing them to be the ones to have killed Wolverine. The situation is (mostly) defused when X-23 realizes that it's entirely a misunderstanding and talks him down. At which point he switches from wanting revenge, to just [[BoisterousBruiser enjoying the brawl while the rest of her team tries to kill him]].
* UnexplainedRecovery: His response to when it's pointed out he's ''supposed'' to have been killed by the Brood? "I'm a Lupak."

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* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler: Even crippled as he is, it's still ''Daken'' we're talking about.]]



* OnlySaneMan: When Fang attacks the group in issue 8, though she ''does'' defend herself, once she realizes it's entirely a misunderstanding she tries to defuse the situation, and mostly succeeds in getting through to Fang. The ''rest'' of the group, however...



* BloodKnight: Creed may by a much more heroic figure now, but he's still quick to propose a violent solution to Sinister's absconding with Wolverine's corpse.

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* BloodKnight: Creed may by a much more heroic figure now, but he's still quick to propose a violent solution to Sinister's absconding with Wolverine's corpse. He's also completely find throwing down with Fang even though his attack is entirely an understanding.



Escaped test subjects of Dr. Cornelius at the Paradise installation, they need Logan's body in hopes that his HealingFactor could be the key to repairing a genetic timebomb which could kill them at any moment, after which they promise to erase the trigger words from the Wolverines' minds.

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Escaped test subjects of Dr. Cornelius at the Paradise installation, they need Logan's body in hopes that his HealingFactor could be the key to repairing a genetic timebomb time bomb which could kill them at any moment, after which they promise to erase the trigger words from the Wolverines' minds.

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* ManipulativeBitch: More or less Mystique's hat, and right from the start she's using everyone for her own ends.

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* ManipulativeBitch: More or less Mystique's hat, and right from the start she's using everyone for her own ends. [[spoiler: In issue 7 she maneuvers Shogun into a position where he has no choice but giver her the Erase word.]]



* GenreSavvy: When Neuro [[spoiler: tries to offer a deal with Sinister to save them in exchange for the control words on the Wolverines, Sharp ''immediately'' balks on the idea, recognizing that Sinister can in no way be trusted]].

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* GenreSavvy: When Neuro [[spoiler: tries to offer a deal with Sinister to save them in exchange for the control words on the Wolverines, Sharp ''immediately'' balks on the idea, recognizing that Sinister can in no way be trusted]]. He's also completely aware that Mystique can't be trusted to keep her word, either, [[spoiler: but unfortunately, she still has him in a position where he can no longer control her, and in issue 7 is forced to use her Erase word, freeing her from the Control Words]].




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* TookALevelInBadass: He spent issue 6 practicing his skills while babysitting [[spoiler: the wounded Daken]]. Issue 7 finds him much better-prepared to fight if needed.


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* FaceHeelTurn: Joins Sinister in the aftermath of issue 6.


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* FaceHeelTurn: According to issue 7 she joins Sinister in the aftermath of issue 6, however she was captured attempting to flee ''before'' they even breached his compound, so whether or not she joined him willingly is unclear.


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* FaceHeelTurn: According to issue 7 he joins Sinister in the aftermath of issue 6, though the last we see of him in that issue is when he finds Endo in some sort of prison, so the nature of his turn is still unclear.

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* PowerParasite: Drains and apparently ''feeds on'' the HealingFactors of others. He possibly killed [[spoiler: Elixir for his healing powers]], and stripped Daken of his entirely in ''The Logan Legacy''. The Wolverines and Paradise Crew encounter him a second time when he attacks Fantomelle, seeking to feed on herse, as well.

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* TouchOfDeath: His touch can kill if he holds on long enough. However it only seems to affect characters with a HealingFactor, as Skel was able to grapple with him for an extended period of time without too much trouble.

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!!Siphon

Another Paradise experiment, Siphon broke free and is now running loose, pursuing anyone with a HealingFactor.

* HealingFactor: He has one himself, and he also ''drains'' it from others.
* HeroKiller: He ''may'' have killed [[spoiler: Elixir]] in ''The Logan Legacy'', though it's unclear exactly what happened, and his fate has not been confirmed either in the book or (notably) by WordOfGod.
* PowerParasite: Drains and apparently ''feeds on'' the HealingFactors of others. He possibly killed [[spoiler: Elixir for his healing powers]], and stripped Daken of his entirely in ''The Logan Legacy''. The Wolverines and Paradise Crew encounter him a second time when he attacks Fantomelle, seeking to feed on herse, as well.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: His appearance is somewhat reptilian, which adds to the creep factor.
* RememberTheNewGuy: In the final issue of ''The Logan Legacy'' Shogun remarks that even ''he'' is afraid of Siphon. However Siphon isn't even mentioned in ''The Weapon X Project'', which acts as the prelude to that series, so it comes across as this.
* SssssnakeTalk: His speech bubbles and dialogue suggest he has something of a hissing voice.
* StrongerThanTheyLook: He's thin, lanky and wiry, yet is strong enough to grapple with ''[[TheBigGuy Skel]]''.
* TouchOfDeath: His touch can kill if he holds on long enough. However it only seems to affect characters with a HealingFactor, as Skel was able to grapple with him for an extended period of time without too much trouble.

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* WhatTheHellHero: She gets a mild one from Storm in issue 6 asking her why she's with the likes of Sabretooth and Mystique.



* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Mystique is cooperating with Sharp only because it suits her own purposes, and true to form has from the start planned to use the rest of the group to further her goals.

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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Mystique is cooperating with Sharp only because it suits her own purposes, and true to form has from the start planned to use the rest of the group to further her goals. Lampshaded by Storm in issue 6, who warns the group against trusting her for that reason.



* BoisterousBruiser: Though his new personality is much more along this line.



* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: It's not shaping up well for him so far. In ''The Weapon X Project'' he betrays the rest of the escapees to Paradise as part of a deal to have the engineered expiration date that's due to kill him removed (they screw him over). [[spoiler: In issue 5 of ''Wolverines'' he does the ''same'' by offering a deal with Sinister in exchange for the trigger words controlling the Wolverines. [[GenreBlind Not realizing Sinister is unlikely to hold up his end, either]]]].

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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: It's not shaping up well for him so far. In ''The Weapon X Project'' he betrays the rest of the escapees to Paradise as part of a deal to have the engineered expiration date that's due to kill him removed (they screw him over). [[spoiler: In issue 5 of ''Wolverines'' he does the ''same'' by offering a deal with Sinister in exchange for the trigger words controlling the Wolverines. [[GenreBlind Not realizing Sinister is unlikely to hold up his end, either]]]]. And ''then'' he suggests betraying [[spoiler: Fantomelle once she secures Logan's remains for them]]. His tendency to turn on anyone as the situation changes gets lampshaded by Shogun.



* GenreBlind: ''Actually'' believes [[spoiler: that Sinister will honor any bargain he makes over the control words. He got taken by Paradise in ''The Weapon X Project'' when he tried to sell out the rest of the Paradise crew as well]].

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* GenreBlind: ''Actually'' believes [[spoiler: that Sinister will honor any bargain he makes over the control words. He got taken by Paradise in ''The Weapon X Project'' when he tried to sell out the rest of the Paradise crew as well]]. He also was completely unprepared for the idea that [[spoiler: the Wolverines -- ''all'' of them experienced fighters -- might have countermeasures to protect themselves from the control words if necessary; X, Sabretooth and Mystique all put out their own ears in issue 6 when they realize Neuro is giving them to Sinister]].
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: It's not shaping up well for him so far. In ''The Weapon X Project'' he betrays the rest of the escapees to Paradise as part of a deal to have the engineered expiration date that's due to kill him removed (they screw him over). [[spoiler: In issue 5 of ''Wolverines'' he does the ''same'' by offering a deal with Sinister in exchange for the trigger words controlling the Wolverines. [[GenreBlind Not realizing Sinister is unlikely to hold up his end, either]]]].
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* GenreBlind: ''Actually'' believes [[spoiler: that Sinister will honor any bargain he makes over the control words. He got taken by Paradise in ''The Weapon X Project'' when he tried to sell out the rest of the Paradise crew as well]].
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Tries to pull it when the team approaches Sinister's base. She doesn't get far.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Well, not exactly ''hero'', but as a primary antagonist, Deathstrike impulsively kills the original template of Sinister's [[ThemeNaming thematically named]] mooks. [[spoiler: This does ''not'' sit well with the army of [[ComicBook/TheCloneSaga Ben Reillys]], who immediately attack the group in outrage that she killed the original]].

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Well, not exactly ''hero'', but as a primary antagonist, protagonist, Deathstrike impulsively kills the original template of Sinister's [[ThemeNaming thematically named]] mooks. [[spoiler: This does ''not'' sit well with the army of [[ComicBook/TheCloneSaga Ben Reillys]], who immediately attack the group in outrage that she killed the original]].
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Well, not exactly ''hero'', but as a primary antagonist, Deathstrike impulsively kills the original template of Sinister's [[ThemeNaming thematically named]] mooks. [[spoiler: This does ''not'' sit well with the army of [[ComicBook/TheCloneSaga Ben Reillys]], who immediately attack the group in outrage that she killed the original]].


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* BloodKnight: Ogun's personality. Sharp is mostly able to keep him under control. ''Mostly.''


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* GenreSavvy: When Neuro [[spoiler: tries to offer a deal with Sinister to save them in exchange for the control words on the Wolverines, Sharp ''immediately'' balks on the idea, recognizing that Sinister can in no way be trusted]].


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* DealWithTheDevil: Offers a deal with Sinister [[spoiler: to cure him and the Paradise Crew of their impending deaths in exchange for the trigger words for the Wolverines]]. [[GenreBlind As if Sinister could actually be trusted to keep his end of the bargain]].
** He previously did this to the ''rest'' of the Paradise Crew in ''The Weapon X Project'', helping Paradise recapture them in hopes they would remove the genetic time bomb from him in exchange. Paradise doesn't hold up their end, either. As smart as he is you would think he'd have learned...

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* TheMole: From the very start, Mystique is working at cross-purposes to the rest of the team, and plans to use information provided by Destiny to manipulate them all for her own ends.

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* CoolPlane: The appropriately-named ''Changeling''. Which has a CloakingDevice.
* GenreSavvy: Once Sinister escapes with Wolverine's corpse she immediately advises calling things off. When the Paradise crew balks, she immediately points out the many ways in which attacking Sinister directly to get it back would effectively be suicide. She also uses her knowledge of the Wrecking Crew to the team's advantage by bribing them into letting them withdraw from Paradise.
* ManipulativeBitch: More or less Mystique's hat, and right from the start she's using everyone for her own ends.
* TheMole: From the very start, Mystique is working at cross-purposes to the rest of the team, and plans to use information provided by Destiny to manipulate them all for her own ends.
* TakingAThirdOption: In the second issue, almost the entire team is down or otherwise in danger of being killed. Mystique could cut and run, assuming she could get away from Neuro and Endo fast enough they couldn't use the trigger words on her, or deal with the Wrecking Crew to get the others out of dodge. Her solution is textbook Mystique: She bribes them. Since the Crew already have what they came for and are now getting paid twice for the job, they let them go.
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Five characters connected to Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}, each of whom have joined Sharp's efforts to recover Logan's remains. Some are there for personal reasons, but all of them have been coerced into assisting the Paradise escapees by four trigger words implanted into them at some point by Cornelius, which Sharp has learned and promises to remove once they complete their mission.

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Five characters connected individuals with some connection to Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}, each of whom have joined Sharp's efforts to recover Logan's remains. Some are there for personal reasons, but all of them have been coerced into assisting the Paradise escapees by four trigger words implanted into them at some point by Cornelius, which Sharp has learned and promises to remove once they complete their mission.

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* TheHeart: One of the nicest and generally most compassionate members of the cast.

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* MissionControl: Mostly serves this role in both ''The Weapon X Project'' and ''Wolverines''.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: There ''was'' briefly a sixth member of the Paradise crew. At least until she woke up from her coma and telepathically uncovered Neuro's secret and he murdered her to keep her quiet.
* MyBrainIsBig: And it's contained within a transparent dome.



* MyBrainIsBig: And it's contained within a transparent dome.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: There ''was'' briefly a sixth member of the Paradise crew. At least until she woke up from her coma and telepathically uncovered Neuro's secret and he murdered her to keep her quiet.



* FakeMemories: Unlike the rest of the Paradise crew, Meifeng's memories were screwed with along with the rest of her. After escaping Paradise she was insistent on contacting her fiance, Taylor, and letting him know that she was alright. It's eventually revealed that Endo was originally a hey, Taylor was a she, and that the Paradise troops that abducted him murdered her in cold blood. His memories were then tampered with to cover it.



* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: Upon escaping Paradise, Endo's foremost goal was to just go home to her fiance again. And when she ''does'' get there it's only to discover that she used to be a he, and that his fiance had been murdered by the operatives who kidnapped him.




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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: When Endo ''does'' go home, it's only to discover than [[FakeMemories everything she thought she knew about herself were false memories implanted by Paradise]].
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* SuperheroesPackingHeat: X's background includes extensive firearms training, and she's always been show as willing to use them, though in recent years writers have focused more on her hand-to-hand skills. In issue 3, however, Laura shows she's learned from Daken and Elixir's encounter with Siphon, and takes a shotgun with her next time she has to deal with him.

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* SuperheroesPackingHeat: SuperheroPackingHeat: While not a power '''per se''', X's background includes extensive firearms training, and she's always been show shown as willing to use them, though them in recent years concert with her other abilities (though {{Flanderization}} has lead to writers have focused more on neglecting this in favor of her hand-to-hand skills.skills). In issue 3, however, Laura shows she's learned from Daken and Elixir's encounter with Siphon, and takes a shotgun with her next time she has to deal with him.
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Five characters connected to Comicbook/{{Wolverine}}, each of whom have joined Sharp's efforts to recover Logan's remains. Some are there for personal reasons, but all of them have been coerced into assisting the Paradise escapees by four trigger words implanted into them at some point by Cornelius, which Sharp has learned and promises to remove once they complete their mission.

!!Daken Akihiro/Daken

''For tropes pertaining to Daken in general, please see his [[Comicbook/{{Daken}} page]].''

The son of Wolverine, much of Daken's life has been defined by his hatred of his father. However Daken has changed since Logan's death, and he has developed a new-found respect for the father whom he has antagonized for so long.

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: In issue 1, Mr. Sinister rips off one of Daken's arms.]]
* BroughtDownToNormal: Begins the series with his HealingFactor shut down by Siphon
* DueToTheDead: Insists on Logan's remains being treated with respect once they're recovered, and nearly comes to blows with Sabretooth when he thinks Creed is mocking him over them.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Sinister takes one of his eyes, as well, for good measure.]]

!!Laura Kinney/X-23

''For tropes pertaining to X-23 in general, please see her [[Comicbook/{{X 23}} page]].''

A teenaged OppositeSexClone of Wolverine created by the Facility, X-23 was bred, raised, and trained to be the perfect assassin. However she has since escaped and joined the X-Men, where she has begun the long process of healing the emotional damage done to her by her upbringing, and forging her own path and destiny.

* BerserkButton: In addition to her normal buttons, she develops a new one once [[spoiler: Daken is wounded, nearly taking Creed's head off when she thinks he's belittling Daken's condition]].
* [[BigBrotherInstinct Little Sister Instinct]]: Displays this, much to Daken's (appreciative) chagrin, after Siphon steals his HealingFactor. [[spoiler: It ramps UpToEleven when he's wounded by Sinister, telling him that he's the only family she has left and will stand by him no matter what.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: Laura is the only one of the Wolverines who is both unambiguously a hero, and was never Wolverine's enemy.

!!Raven Darkholme/Mystique

The shape-shifting and nigh-immortal Mystique has had a long history with Wolverine dating back decades, and an equally long history of manipulation and betrayal of her allies, whom she only views as pawns for her own long game. Mystique's ultimate loyalty is only to herself.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Mystique is cooperating with Sharp only because it suits her own purposes, and true to form has from the start planned to use the rest of the group to further her goals.
* TheMole: From the very start, Mystique is working at cross-purposes to the rest of the team, and plans to use information provided by Destiny to manipulate them all for her own ends.

!!Victor Creed/Sabretooth

For a long time Wolverine's greatest enemy, much of his life has been spent defining himself by his adversarial relationship with Logan. However he enters the series with a new outlook on life courtesy of [[Comicbook/{{Axis}} Scarlet Witch's inversion spell gone wrong]].

* BloodKnight: Creed may by a much more heroic figure now, but he's still quick to propose a violent solution to Sinister's absconding with Wolverine's corpse.
* HeelFaceTurn: As a result of the events of ''Axis''. This leads to several characters reacting to things he says as if he were still a bloodthirsty, psychopathic JerkAss, even though he's ''actually'' being sincere.

!!Yuriko Oyama/Lady Deathstrike

Another long-time antagonist of Wolverine, Deathstrike considers the adamantium bonded to Logan's bones her rightful property.

* BackFromTheDead: Recently returned from the dead in the adjectiveless ''X-Men'' series.
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[[folder:The Paradise Crew]]

Escaped test subjects of Dr. Cornelius at the Paradise installation, they need Logan's body in hopes that his HealingFactor could be the key to repairing a genetic timebomb which could kill them at any moment, after which they promise to erase the trigger words from the Wolverines' minds.

!!Shogun

The overall leader of the group, Shogun is actually the combination of two distinct individuals: Sharp, a former member of Delta Force gifted with genius-level tactical ability, and Ogun, the {{Body Surf}}ing ghost of one of Wolverine's former mentors and enemies.

* BadAss: It takes a ''lot'' to stand out considering the company he's in, but Shogun has already made quite the impression as a badass in his own right.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Ogun is far more interested in his and Sharp's mutual survival than in actually helping their companions. During ''Weapon X'' Ogun tried to convince Sharp to leave them to their fate, and in issue to of ''Wolverines'' [[spoiler: he tried to prevent Sharp from using the regen serum to help Daken]].
* GeniusBruiser: Sharp was modified by Paradise with enhanced tactical and strategic awareness. As a former member of Delta Force he was certainly no slouch in combat to begin with, but his possession by Ogun grants him the ghost's own considerable martial arts prowess.
* TheLeader: Of the Paradise crew, and defacto leader of the entire group.
* MultipleHeadCase: Of a sort. Although they call their unified persona Shogun, both Sharp and Ogun remain distinct personalities. Sharp is much more noble and compassionate, and generally the dominant personality in control of their shared body (actually Sharp's). Ogun is far more pragmatic and bloodthirsty, with a very strong ItsAllAboutMe attitude. Needless to say, they seldom agree on their course of action, and it's only Sharp's force of will that keeps Ogun in check.

!!Danny Silva/Junk

A former minor criminal who had the "junk" in his DNA activated by Paradise, he possesses many animal traits, most notably his horns.

* BeastMan: His modifications give him a bestial appearance, and his powers provide him with many useful abilities, such as gills for survival underwater.
* TheHeart: One of the nicest and generally most compassionate members of the cast.
* NonActionGuy: He's not much of a fighter, and is on the verge of panic in issue 2 after [[spoiler: Sinister attacks Daken and rips off his arm]].

!!Harold Stanch/Neuro

Generally positioned as Shogun's second in command, it was Neuro who discovered that he and the other Paradise experiments were engineered to expire, and helped Shogun locate and track down the Wolverines. Neuro hides a secret of his own that he has already proven himself willing to kill to conceal.

* TheLancer: To Shogun, effectively serving as his NumberTwo.
* NumberTwo: See TheLancer.
* MyBrainIsBig: And it's contained within a transparent dome.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: There ''was'' briefly a sixth member of the Paradise crew. At least until she woke up from her coma and telepathically uncovered Neuro's secret and he murdered her to keep her quiet.
* SerialKiller: Prior to being picked up by Paradise, Neuro murdered and dismembered several women.
* TheSmartGuy: Unarguably the smartest character in the cast. It's in fact his power.

!!Meifeng/Endo

The only (surviving, see Neuro's entry) woman of the original Paradise group, Meifeng was modified with enhanced speed and reflexes. She also used to be a he. ''And'' can HulkOut when sufficiently agitated.

* TheChick: Very decidedly ''not'' a fighter, and prefers to avoid conflict entirely.
* GenderBender: Used to be a man, who was trying to have a baby with his fiance, Taylor. Then Paradise came along, kidnapped him and murdered Taylor, and he ended up as a woman.
* TheHeart: Along with Junk is the nicest member of the Paradise crew.
* HulkOut: Her secondary power allows Endo to turn into a larger, brutish figure.
* SuperSpeed: Her primary power, granting her enhanced speed and reflexes.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the Paradise crew. Endo was the only one of the five who was living a normal and peaceful life until Paradise got hold of her.

!!Simpson/Skel

A former football player, Skel was provided enhanced strength by Paradise, however the drawback is that if he goes too long without using it, his enhanced body begins to kill him.

* TheBigGuy: He even rivals Creed in sheer size.
* BlessedWithSuck: Skel's power certainly makes him formidable in a fight, but will begin to kill him if he doesn't periodically exert his enhanced strength. The bigger the exertion, the longer he can go. Fighting gives him the biggest boost.
* BloodKnight: He has to be: If he doesn't ''use'' his enhanced strength, it will slowly start to kill him. While even lifting weights will help in the short term, fighting lets him go the longest between exertions.
* ScaryBlackMan: The only black character in the cast, and he's also an enormous mountain of muscle who enjoys pounding on things (largely because it relieves him from the fact his power will ''kill him'' if he doesn't use it).
* TooDumbToLive: Gets so busy chatting up Deathstrike in issue 1 that it helps the Wrecking Crew take them by surprise.
* TheWorfEffect: The biggest and strongest character in the cast, and he's put out of commission by the Wrecking Crew in their very first fight.
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!!Fantomelle

Another escapee from Paradise, Fantomelle is a master thief with a taste for the finer things, and particularly targets superhero artifacts. She has a psychic bond with her AnimalCompanion, Culpepper.

* AnimalCompanion: Culpepper, a black fox-cat-thing with whom she has a psychic bond. Pep himself has a degree of intelligence far beyond what any fox-cat-thing should actually have.
* BadAssLongcoat: Hers is white with a HighCollarOfDoom, and falls to around her knees.
* ClassyCatBurglar: Fantomelle is a highly-skilled thief thanks to the modifications made to her by Paradise, which she uses to help finance her luxurious tastes and lifestyle. She doesn't even ''need'' to steal, as her lover has some undisclosed means of financing her lifestyle legally; she does it entirely for the thrill and the fun of it. When her fence mentions a client who wants a [[Comicbook/NormanOsborn Goblin Glider]] as a gift for his son, she angrily reminds him that she won't touch anything that can be used to harm someone else.
* DominoMask: A white one.
* HealingFactor: She has one. Unfortunately, it leads Siphon right to her.
* ImpossibleThief: She manages to break into ''Comicbook/ThePunisher's'' hideout, of all places.
* LittleBlackDress: Fantomelle loves high-end fashion, and she wears just such a dress when turning over [[spoiler: Frank Castle's skull shirt]] to her fence.
* ShesGotLegs: And she pairs them with a LittleBlackDress (emphasizing the "little") to boot.
* TheSixthRanger: Although she also fled Paradise to escape whatever they wanted her for, she's a member of neither the Wolverines nor the original Paradise crew, and the group questions how they will convince her to join their planned assault on Sinister's lab.
* SpyCatsuit: She wears one as part of her costume
* SuperheroTrophyShelf: Played with. 'Melle's tastes are squarely on the finer luxuries in life (clothes, rich apartments and the like). She hires out her services stealing superhero memorabilia for ''other'' collectors. She's introduced stealing [[spoiler: one of The Punisher's distinctive skull shirts]], and her fence rattles off a list of jobs ranging from one of Comicbook/CaptainAmerica's shields to a Goblin Glider. She draws the line at anything which can be used to harm another person, however.
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