History YMMV / Deathstroke

** He was Brad Meltzer's Creator's Pet as well, although ironically Meltzer went in the ''opposite'' direction from Wolfman. Instead of attempting to canonly apply the DracoInLeatherPants treatment to him, Meltzer made Deathstroke an unabashed villain who was just [[VillainSue so good at what he did]], being both an invincible fighter and unparalleled DiabolicalMastermind. This was best shown in the notorious scene of "Identity Crisis" where Deathstroke singlehandedly [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomps]] the ''entire Justice League''.

* BaseBreaker: While he still remains something of an EnsembleDarkhorse, Slade's handling by some writers has divided him into three categories. There are fans who still love him, fans who are unhappy with how he and his family have been handled since ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', and those who see him as a Villain Sue and wish he was dead. What has further broken this base was the infamous ''Titans: Villains for Hire'' special where he and his team of mercenaries butchered Ryan Choi.

* CantUnhearIt: If you've seen ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. You'll most likely be reading every line in Creator/RonPerlman's very serious voice. Alternatively, fans of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' probably hear Manu Bennett's voice, which has became equally iconic for the character, albeit for the mercenary versions more than the Chessmaster ones. To a lesser extent, fans of his video game appearances may hear Mark Rolston or J.G. Hertzler from the ''Arkham'' and ''Injustice'' series that prominently featured him. The late Miguel Ferrer's performance as him in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTheJudasContract'' may very well reach this status as well.

* CantUnhearIt: If you've seen ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. You'll most likely be reading every line in Creator/RonPerlman's very serious voice. Alternatively, fans of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' probably hear Manu Bennett's voice, which has became equally iconic for the character, albeit for the mercenary versions more than the chessmaster ones. To a lesser extent, fans of his video game appearances may hear Mark Rolston or J.G. Hertzler from the ''Arkham'' and ''Injustice'' series that prominently featured him.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: He's become a fan-favorite villain of the DC Universe.

* CantUnhearIt: If you've seen ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. You'll most likely be reading every line in Creator/RonPerlman's very serious voice. Alternatively, fans of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' probably hear Manu Bennett's voice, which has became equally iconic for the character, albeit for the mercenary versions more than the chessmaster ones.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Slade's defeat in Titans East. Was his ultimate goal to try and get the Titans to accept Rose and Jericho so they could give them the family he couldn't? Or was he just lying to himself because he can't handle the idea that his plan fell through again?
* BaseBreaker: While he still remains something of an EnsembleDarkhorse, Slade's handling in recent years has divided him into three categories. There are fans who still love him, fans who are unhappy with how he and his family have been handled since ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', and those who see him as a Villain Sue and wish he was dead. What has further broken this base was the infamous ''Titans: Villains for Hire'' special where he and his team of mercenaries butchered Ryan Choi.

* CantUnhearIt: If you've seen ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. You'll most likely be reading every line in [[Creator/RonPerlman Ron Perlman's]] very serious voice. Alternatively, fans of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' probably hear Manu Bennett's voice, which has became equally iconic for the character.

* CantUnhearIt: If you've seen ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. You'll most likely be reading every line in [[Creator/RonPerlman Ron Perlman's]] very serious voice.

* BaseBreaker: While he still remains something of an EnsembleDarkhorse, Slade's handling in recent years has divided him into three categories. There are fans who still love him, fans who are unhappy with how he and his family have been handled since ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'', and those who see him as a VillainSue and wish he was dead. What has further broken this base was the infamous ''Titans: Villains for Hire'' special where he and his team of mercenaries butchered Ryan Choi.

* CompleteMonster: In Teen Titans.

* VillainSue: Sometimes, most often during ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis''.

* CantUnhearIt: If you've seen ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. You'll most likely be reading every line in Ron Pearlman's very serious voice.

* Can't UnHear It: If you've seen "Teen Titans". You'll most likely be reading every line in Ron Pearlmans very serious voice.

* Can'tUnHearIt: If you've seen "Teen Titans". You'll most likely be reading every line in Ron Pearlmans very serious voice.

* MoralEventHorizon: Arguably, that he actually slept with Terra and maintained a sexual relationship with a 16 year old girl, which would make him a child rapist. People seem to take the relationship as more an example of ''Terra'' being evil by showing how slutty she was, yet no one seems bothered at all by the fact that Slade was a manipulative grown man. Those who've tried to retcon Terra's insanity by saying that Slade was secretly drugging her the whole time just make this a ''lot'' worse.

* MoralEventHorizon: Arguably, that he actually slept with Terra and maintained a sexual relationship with a 16 year old girl, which would make him a child rapist. People seem to take the relationship as more an example of ''Terra'' being evil by showing how slutty she was, yet no one seems bothered at all by the fact that Slade was a manipulative grown man.

* VillainSue: Sometimes, most often during IdentityCrisis.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: He's become a fan-favorite villain of the DC Universe.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Slade's defeat in Titans East. Was his ultimate goal to try and get the Titans to accept Rose and Jericho so they could give them the family he couldn't? Or was he just lying to himself because he can't handle the idea that his plan fell through ''again''.
* EnsembleDarkHorse: Deathstroke has become one of the fan favorite villians of the DC Universe.
* VillainSue: Sometimes, most often during IdentityCrisis.
* PetTheDog: In spite of being quite distant in his later years, Deathstroke genuinely cares for his children, even the artistic Jericho... Other times though, he is far too eager to manipulating them for his own ends.

* VillainSue: Sometimes, most often during IdentityCrisis.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Slade's defeat in Titans East. Was his ultimate goal to try and get the Titans to accept Rose and Jericho so they could give them the family he could't? Or was he just lying to himself because he can't handle the idea that his plan fell through ''again''.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Slade's defeat in Titans East. Was his ultimate goal to try and get the Titans to accept Rose and Jericho so they could give them the family he could't? Or was he just lying to himself because he can't handle the idea that his plan fell through ''again''.