History YMMV / Deadpool

* AudienceAlienatingEra: The mid-2000s up to the 2010s is when Deadpool was at his most divisive. On one hand, this was the period of time in which Deadpool went from a niche EnsembleDarkHorse to a mainstream sensation, but on the other hand; this era also alienated a lot of core comic fans. During this period, Deadpool's quirky, wacky traits were dialed up to eleven to cater to mainstream audiences who liked the funny, self-aware Deadpool; something that many older fans felt made the character one dimensional and overly reliant on funny gags and catchphrases instead of storytelling and character depth.
** This was also the era in which Deadpool started showing up in ''everything''. Even many longtime fans became overwhelmed with the sheer amount of Deadpool content that was being pushed, with the character at one point having ''several'' concurrently running books and appearances in tons of other characters' books. The 2010s was also the era in which Deadpool merch exploded in popularity, with Deadpool shirts in particular being almost inescapable in places. Likewise, this was the point in time where pretty much every geek convention had a million Deadpool cosplayers running around at all times.

** People seem to either enjoy Deadpool's wild and fourth-wall-breaking humor or find it too obnoxious and "lolrandom" for their tastes. For those who hate Deadpool, [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou look behind you...]]

** Deadpool also gets shipped with Pinkie Pie, due to their similar personalities and fourth wall breaks. Them getting along in Death Battle helps with the shipping.

* NotSoCheapImitation: Deadpool started as a ripoff of ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' character, ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}.'' In his [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness early appearances]], he was more of a standard mercenary character. However, when he was later retooled into the [[NoFourthWall Fourth-Wall Shattering]] [[AxCrazy nutcase]] we all know today, the rest was history.
** On that note, Deadpool's suit resembling that of Spider-Man was very much intentional. Rob Liefeld ''really'' wanted to draw Spidey, but the position was already filled and Liefeld was still fairly new at Marvel. His solution? Design a character that looked extremely similar to Webhead, tweak the patterns and color scheme, then add a copious amount of weapons, belts and pouches.

%% * AudienceAlienatingEra: Rumor has it that the main reason why I became the nut I am today is because fans of ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' were getting sick of the constant {{Wangst}} Peter Parker was going through during ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''.

** "Ninja Franchise/SpiderMan", for the resemblance between the characters plus katanas.

** In issue #2 of ''ComicBook/CableAndDeadpool'', "Hey, if you looked like Creator/RyanReynolds crossed with a shar-pei, you'd understand!" Avi Arad had said even before pre-production of ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' that if Deadpool was ever portrayed onscreen, he wanted Ryan to get the role. Ryan Reynolds said this panel was in the first Deadpool-related comic he ''ever read.'' That line alone convinced him that he was born to play the part, and he campaigned hard for the better part of ''ten years''. They re-did the joke in ''{{Film/Deadpool|2016}}'' by saying that he looked like "[[Franchise/SpiderMan got bitten by a radioactive shar-pei.]]"

* CommonKnowledge: Everyone "knows" Deadpool is a mutant because he's loosely part of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' franchise. Despite recurring jokes about being a mutant and references to a "mutant" healing power, Wade never had the X-Gene; he was just a [[BadassNormal normal guy]] who went through a SuperSoldier program to become the [[EmpoweredBadassNormal badass]] he is today. His HealingFactor is derived from the mutant ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, not part of his own genetic code.

** To provoke Wolverine into fighting him, Deadpool attacked Kitty Pryde with a {{Shoryuken}} straight out of ''VideoGame/StreetFighter''. In UDON's ''Street Fighter'' comic, Ryu (of the original Shoryuken) references the scene. In the video game ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3'', Deadpool gets to use it.

** In issue #2 of the first ''Deadpool'' ongoing series, Deadpool hung out in a tree watching the lovely Siryn sleep and mused that while doing so might ''once'' [[StalkingIsLove have been considered romantic]], nowadays we call it stalking and find it creepy. Eight years later, [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward Cullen]] infamously did the same thing to Bella Swan and the series portrayed it as romantic.

* AcceptableTargets:
** All the currently dead Presidents of the United States, up to and including Gerald Ford, got targeted by Deadpool when they were trying to raise an army. Hey, he's Canadian; he's got no problem slashing their hearts off.
** The government of [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea North Korea]],

%% * DorkAge: Rumor has it that the main reason why I became the nut I am today is because fans of ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' were getting sick of the constant {{Wangst}} Peter Parker was going through during ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''.

** "Dreadpool", referring to the KillEmAll version from ''ComicBook/DeadpoolKillsTheMarvelUniverse'', is also an AscendedMeme.

* CrossoverShip: Deadpool gets shipped with ComicBook/TheJoker's ex-girlfriend, Harley Quinn, who shares a red-and-black color scheme, wacky sense of humor, and high level of violence.

%% * FountainOfMemes: Deadpool is very quotable online, with examples like CHIMICHANGAS!, taunt button!, and house blowing up builds character.

YMMV for the ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' comic books.

* See [[YMMV/DeadpoolWadeWilsonsWar here]] for ''ComicBook/DeadpoolWadeWilsonsWar''

* MagnificentBastard: ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'': ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} is a [[BunnyEarsLawyer hilarious, utterly insane mercenary]] who excels at his job. A rogue SHIELD operative who is still well-liked by his old teammates and regarded as a badass "hero for hire", Deadpool, seeking to sell SHIELD files detailing the identity of every hero in the world on the black market and make a fortune, breaks into their computers and steals the information. Though the hard drive containing the files is swiped from him by Taskmaster, Deadpool manipulates Spider-Man into assisting him break into Taskmaster's compound, where Deadpool effortlessly outsmarts and defeats Taskmaster and dozens of his goons in combat. When the truth of Deadpool's trickery comes out, the mercenary giddily fights Spider-Man and matches him blow-for-blow in ridiculous creativity, and, even when beaten, Deadpool graciously concedes defeat to Spider-Man before beating a quick escape, free to continue his treasured life of no rules and complete freedom.

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* MagnificentBastard: ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'': ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} is a [[BunnyEarsLawyer hilarious, utterly insane mercenary]] who excels at his job. A rogue SHIELD operative who is still well-liked by his old teammates and regarded as a badass "hero for hire", Deadpool, seeking to sell SHIELD files detailing the identity of every hero in the world on the black market and make a fortune, breaks into their computers and steals the information. Though the hard drive containing the files is swiped from him by Taskmaster, Deadpool manipulates Spider-Man into assisting him break into Taskmaster's compound, where Deadpool effortlessly outsmarts and defeats Taskmaster and dozens of his goons in combat. When the truth of Deadpool's trickery comes out, the mercenary giddily fights Spider-Man and matches him blow-for-blow in ridiculous creativity, and, even when beaten, Deadpool graciously concedes defeat to Spider-Man before beating a quick escape, free to continue his treasured life of no rules and complete freedom.

%% * FunnyAneurysmMoment: Deadpool's hilarious sex-scene with Carmen Camacho takes on a darker turn in "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" arc.

YMMV for the ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' comic books and the ''VideoGame/{{Deadpool}}'' video game.

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!!''VideoGame/{{Deadpool}}'' video game
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
** Deadpool's final moments with Death are suddenly in FilmNoir style, unlike the rest of the game.
** There's a scene where Deadpool runs off without the player, and the player has to follow him around the corner with just the camera.
%% ** Or that I [[PrecisionFStrike cuss out]] my own [[Creator/NolanNorth voice actor]]. Or that party that was possibly all just in my head. Dammit, High Moon!
%% ** And then there's Taco!Cable.
* CriticalDissonance: The critics were not impressed with the unoriginal gameplay mechanics, but the game was much better received by Deadpool fans for its writing by ''Deadpool'' (volume 2) writer Daniel Way.
* EndingFatigue: Even for the biggest fans of Deadpool killing bad guys all day, it gets tiresome when ThatOneBoss Mr. Sinister [[spoiler:throws mook after mook and boss after boss and clone after clone at him]].
-->'''Deadpool''': Whew! That was a whole lot of omigod here come more of them.\\
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'''Deadpool''': What, did Sinister get these guys in bulk?
* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: The actual ''gameplay'' part of the game is pretty lacking and nothing special, but most players enjoy spending several hours watching Deadpool do whatever the hell he wants while quipping.
%% * EvilIsSexy: Vertigo and Arclight.
%% * GoddamnBats: Those Gambit clones were a real pain in my ass.
* HilariousInHindsight: At one point in the game, Deadpool's two voices are transferred to Rogue by way of kissing. A few years later, [[spoiler:they kissed in the finale of ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers'', minus the voices in Deadpool's head]].
* ItsEasySoItSucks: The game involves fighting the same sets of enemies from start to finish and it's a bit too generous with health ammo pick-ups, even on the higher difficulty settings. With every other enemy dropping them, you easily recover health quickly even in huge crowds, and can be as trigger happy as you like with any of the guns without worry about running out of ammo.
* MoralEventHorizon: To players, Sinister crosses this with his plot to eradicate the world. To Deadpool, it's when Sinister steals his contract.
* NauseaFuel: If you make him do it, Deadpool will take a dump in his own toilet. He'll also cut and try to climb his own intestines, which is as painful as it is gross to look at.
* SoOkayItsAverage: While players love the humor, the gameplay is regarded as nothing special since it's mostly fighting the same enemies with the same charging-into-melee tactic every time, except for the DifficultySpike at the end. Also, it doesn't help that it's [[ItsShortSoItSucks really short]].
* ThatOneAchievement: So you wanna "Be Like Joe" and achieve game completion? You'll have to chain 300 hits without some asshole poking you and ruining the combo.
* ThatOneBoss: In the fight at the end of the game, Sinister throws an [[EliteArmy army of the generic enemies,]] about a half dozen of each of [[SuperpoweredMooks the stronger enemies]], [[spoiler:[[BossRush all three of the previous bosses]], and then ends it by sending out waves of clones of himself]]-- meaning that instead of fighting one FinalBoss, Deadpool fights a [[WolfPackBoss dozen]] final bosses.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The X-Men are knocked out in the plane crash as soon as they arrive on Genosha, their role in the game more or less an excuse to get Deadpool involved in the main story, a role that could have been filled by Cable. Any opportunities for Deadpool to bounce off of them, or drag them into the game's absurdity are almost completely bypassed, save for a brief segment where you control Rogue after absorbing Deadpool's powers.
* VindicatedByHistory: Many people straight-up called this a ''bad'' game upon release. After the release of the first ''{{Film/Deadpool|2016}}'' film and the next-gen console re-release, more people warmed up to it.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotDidactic: The late Creator/TheCynicalBrit argued in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjeZjmAfOU this video]] that the game is a parody of [[RatedMForManly macho]], {{testosterone poison|ing}}ed, [[StayInTheKitchen chauvinistic]] meathead protagonists like VideoGame/DukeNukem and other [[NinetiesAntihero edgy anti-heroes from the 90s]], or a {{deconstruction}} of overblown shooter franchises like ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''. Deadpool is... really not that serious.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Just because it's a Marvel video game based on a colorful comic book character doesn't mean it's for the little ones! It's all about bloody deaths and cursing, not unlike the movies.
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Just because the game has a point where Deadpool sees Cable as a talking taco and has a segment when he's on a carnival ride shooting at targets with a cannon that shoots beach balls in a segment that's supposed to be about released souls doesn't mean it's based on a drug trip.

* WeirdAlEffect: Although Deadpool hasn't completely eclipsed the popularity of Deathstroke, the character whom Deadpool was originally a CaptainErsatz of, Deadpool is more famous and known among general audiences than Deathstroke.

** Some people greatly enjoyed ComicBook/DeadpoolKillsTheMarvelUniverse, which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Others didn't have as much fun with it and thought it pointless.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Even though the X-Men appear in the game, they barely lift a finger to help. Sure, they have plot reasons, but the players would've enjoyed it.

* CompleteMonster:
** ''ComicBook/DeadpoolKillsTheMarvelUniverse Again'': The ComicBook/RedSkull is the head of the villain conspiracy. [[ManchurianAgent Brainwashing Deadpool with several trigger phrases]], Red Skull sends him out to [[HeroKiller murder every hero]] he can, while Deadpool is unaware of what he is truly doing. Deadpool proceeds to brutally and painfully slaughter heroes, from adults to children, until [[ComicBook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool Gwenpool]], before dying after fighting Deadpool, uses a trigger phrase to return him to sanity. Red Skull proceeds to murder Taskmaster when he [[EvenEvilHasStandards decides not to fight Deadpool]], and then states he deliberately used other villains to try to stop Deadpool, knowing the latter would kill them and thus they couldn't one day oppose his rule.
** ''[[Creator/MarvelMAX MAX]]'''s "An Alternate History of Love in America": [[AdaptationalVillainy Baron Helmut Zemo]], unlike his usual depictions, is a disgusting [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain racist bigot]]. Convinced of his racist beliefs from an early age, after his parents died, Zemo went to live with his grandparents, who were secretly Nazi war criminals. His grandfather murdered a different minority on the anniversary of [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]]'s death, a ghoulish hobby Zemo picked in his adult years, eventually having a cabin with a wall of human heads and various furniture pieces made of human skin. After dropping out of college, Zemo moved to Wyoming and started a compound where only white people could live, eventually gathering 2,000 people to his compound. Eventually, Zemo decided to use [[DeadlyGas sarin gas]] to kill most of the people in the compound, so he can [[FalseFlagOperation play the victim]] and try to start a race war.
** ''Pulp'': [[InsaneAdmiral General Stryfe]] is a seemingly ReasonableAuthorityFigure who recruits Deadpool to recover a stolen nuclear weapon. It turns out Stryfe [[FalseFlagOperation himself masterminded the theft]] of the nuclear weapon and plans to use it to start WorldWarIII, nuking New York City so that the US will declare war on the USSR. Stryfe wants to turn the US into a military dictatorship and use US military might to dominate the world after the war ends. Stryfe was also the one responsible for [[DrivenToMadness torturing Deadpool and driving him insane]]. Stryfe did this in an attempt to create soldiers who would only be loyal to him and succeeded with another soldier, Cable, turning him into his personal mind-controlled slave.
** ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'': Sgt. Wadey Wilson, better known as ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, is a [[FantasticRacism mutant-hating supremacist]] who seeks nothing less than the genocide of all mutantkind. [[PsychoForHire Taking a job]] on Mojo's ''Hunt for Justice'' simply for the chance to kill mutants over the weeks, Deadpool eventually captures the X-Men, as well as Spider-Man, on the flimsiest of charges and begins [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunting them all down]], extending the hunt just to torment his prey. Deadpool cares nothing for his fellow mutant hunters the Reavers, callously insulting and even murdering them if it suits his needs, and Deadpool reveals that he would prefer to systematically murder every mutant in the world in their sleep, but he is starring on ''Hunt for Justice'' so as to inspire other countries to follow his lead and eventually murder mutants like the "animals" they are. [[AdaptationalVillainy A far cry from his comedic, antiheroic mainstream counterpart]], this Deadpool was a hate-filled lunatic who massacred countless mutants and wanted to wipe out the whole race just out of bigotry.

** The government of [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea North Korea]], [[Administrivia/RuleofCautiousEditingJudgment and we will leave it there.]]

** The government of [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea North Korea]], because there is absolutely nothing [[RealityIsUnrealistic a comic book can depict them as doing that they haven't done in real life or worse]].

* HarsherInHindsight: Late in the Duggan/Posehn run, Deadpool decides to show kindness to Omega Red because [[NotSoDifferent they're both lab experiments who have had their minds messed with so many times]] [[FakeMemories they don't know which of their memories are real anymore]], he even talked his wife out of killing him when she had him in her mercy. Omega Red went on to kill [[MoralityPet Genesis]] and the worst thing is Deadpool dosen't even him at the time due to the [[LaserGuidedAmnesia mind wipe.]]