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9	[[caption-width-right:349:It takes more than weapons, sporting equipment, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and clogged arteries]] to make the Merc with the Mouth shut up.]]
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11	->''"Deadpool-Man! Deadpool-Man! Does whatever Deadpool can! Makes a plan, any size, catches thieves and makes them dies. Look out! There goes the Deadpool-Man!"''
12	-->-- '''Deadpool''', ''Deadpool'' vol. 3 #8
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14	[[RedBaron The Merc with a Mouth]]. [[GoodThingYouCanHeal The Regenerating Degenerate.]] Creator/RyanReynolds. [[Franchise/MarvelComics Marvel's]] [[MetaGuy Meta]] JerkassWoobie.
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16	''[[TropeCodifier The]]'' HeroicComedicSociopath.
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18	'''''A sexy mother-fucker.'''''
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20	The ''Deadpool'' {{comic books}}, published by Creator/MarvelComics, are eponymously named for the main character, Deadpool. [[Characters/MarvelComicsDeadpool Deadpool's character page is here]].
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22	The character debuted in 1991 in the final arc of the original volume of ''[[ComicBook/NewMutants The New Mutants]]'', and he appeared in multiple series and two mini-series focused on him before the first ''Deadpool'' ongoing series premiered in 1997. ''Deadpool'' comic books are defined by the character's [[BlackComedy dark]] and [[SurrealHumor surreal]] sense of humor, frequent [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth wall breaking]], pop culture references, violence and mayhem, and explorations of the character's functional immortality and disordered mind. ''Deadpool'' comics have varied [[Characters/{{Deadpool}} supporting characters and antagonists]] depending on the creative and editorial team.
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24	Marvel started heavily featuring the character in 2008, with every month having a ''Deadpool'' solo ongoing series, an ongoing series including Deadpool in a partnership or on a team, usually one or more additional mini- or limited series centered on Deadpool, and [[WolverinePublicity multiple guest appearances]] in other series or [[MarvelComicsEvents events]]. Many of these guest appearances and non-solo series are related to his association with {{ComicBook/Cable}}, including their series ''ComicBook/CableAndDeadpool''; mutant teams and characters like the ComicBook/XMen, [[ComicBook/UncannyXForce X-Force]], and {{ComicBook/Wolverine}}; and ComicBook/SpiderMan, including the appropriately-named ''ComicBook/SpiderManDeadpool''.
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26	A version of Wade Wilson made his film debut in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', portrayed by Canadian actor Creator/RyanReynolds. After years of development, Reynolds returned as the titular character in the ''{{Film/Deadpool\|2016}}'' films, which are truer to the comic book characterization and adapt Deadpool into a mutant whose violence doesn't mesh well with the traditionally heroic [[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]. Deadpool has also appeared in other characters' animated series, on pinball tables both [[Pinball/{{Deadpool\|2018}} physical]] and [[VideoGame/DeadpoolZenStudios digital]], and in video games, including the ''VideoGame/{{Deadpool}}'' video game and ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''.
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28	Please note that this page covers plot tropes in the ''Deadpool'' comics ''only''. For tropes pertaining to the character and his personality traits or those of his supporting characters, see the [[Characters/{{Deadpool}} character sheet]].
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30	Please note that this page covers the ''Deadpool'' comics ''only''. For tropes pertaining to all ''Deadpool'' media, and a list of comic storylines and other works in the franchise, see [[Franchise/{{Deadpool}} the franchise page]].
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33	!!''Deadpool'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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37	!!!''Deadpool'' original and ongoing series
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39	[[folder:Vol. 1: The Circle Chase]]
40	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each issue has the word "duck" in its title.
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43	%%[[folder:Vol. 2: Sins of the Past]]
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49	[[folder:Vol. 3]]
50	!!Kelly's run
51	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Bullseye and Deadpool reminisce about the time they fought over Heinrich Zemo's grave and [[GrievousHarmWithABody beat each other with his corpse]]. They have a laugh about it later. This trope pretty much sums up Deadpool's and Bullseye's relationship.
52	* BaaBomb: In issue #16, Deadpool makes nonstop sheep puns while using a rocket launcher disguised as a sheep. Unfortunately, it fails him.
53	--> '''Deadpool''': ''Missed?'' I... ''never'' miss with the ''sheep gun''.
54	* CListFodder: In issue #0, Arnim Zola, who's certainly high C-list/low B-list, snatched up DNA samples of dead characters (many of them victims of the Scourge of the Underworld) and resurrected them. Deadpool considered it early Christmas and gleefully killed them all again (yep, even ComicBook/{{Bucky\|Barnes}}) before nearly killing Zola for snookering him into looking at [[{{Squick}} a naked Uncle Ben and Aunt May]].
55	* CrazyPrepared: In issue #31, Deadpool fights a bunch of [[InsistentTerminology Draculas]] in a charity hospital on behalf of more benevolent Draculas. Twelve hours prior, he had a priest bless the water tank. Deadpool uses this to shower all those Draculas with holy water.
56	* TheDreaded: In issue #4, Deadpool had a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments memorable meltdown]] when he found out that he had to get a blood sample from the big green galoot in an attempt to cure his currently-failing HealingFactor. His reaction was to talk him up using the lyrics of his old cartoon theme song ("Ain't he unglamorous").
57	* HitMeDammit: While getting "therapy" from Doctor Bong in issue #27 for a post-world-saving mental breakdown, Doctor Bong claims Deadpool's hallucinations can be resolved through the clarity Deadpool achieves in physical combat. Deadpool repeatedly tries to get Wolverine to "snikt" him with his claws. When Wolverine won't budge, Deadpool picks a new way to provoke him: [[Franchise/StreetFighter Shoryuken]]ing Kitty Pryde. That works.
58	--> '''Deadpool:''' ''[singing]'' Yay now is ''fighty'' time ''fighty'' time, blood blood ''blood''.
59	* MeaningfulName: The real name of Fenway, a mercenary who is obsessed with baseball, is Homer Unn. Ironically, his nickname comes from one of the hardest ballparks to hit a homer in, due to Fenway Park's infamous "Green Monster".
60	* NoodleIncident:
61	** In issue #6, Blind Al prays and says things with her and the Lord have been strained "since that whole Vatican incident," and asks for a sign. She gets one by throwing a basketball behind her head, missing the basket, but hearing a kid holler when it lands on their head ("Thanks for the squat, big guy"). What was the Vatican incident?
62	** In issue #14, Blind Al says there are stories that make Wade look more kind, "including the one about the time he saved my life." An editor's note says, "A story we're just ''dying'' to tell... someday!" That was in 1998.
63	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: During Deadpool's showdown with Tiamat, Deadpool got so dangerous that he ''stopped talking''.
64	* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Parodied in issue #27. Wolverine gives a long speech during a single leap, making Deadpool's friend Ilaney wonder how that's even possible. Former supervillain (and current therapist) Doctor Bong then posits that lengthy mid-air speeches are some kind of mutant power.
65	->'''Ilaney:''' Wolverine says much during one leap, no?\
66	'''Doctor Bong:''' Excellent observation, Ilaney... I believe lengthy speeches in mid-leap are a form of mutant power.
67	* TwistEnding: The clash between T-Ray and Deadpool comes to a climax when T-Ray reveals that after all the stories about Wade Wilson before he became Deadpool, Deadpool isn't actually the real Wade Wilson... allegedly.
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69	!!Priest's run
70	* CursedWithAwesome: Deadpool insults Loki and is cursed to have an indestructible Tom Cruise face until he apologized. Attempts to destroy his new face included sticking it into a tiger cage, dunking it in radioactive waste, lying on train tracks, and single-handedly taking on an army of Middle Eastern insurgents (the latter resulting in a temporary costume consisting of Wolverine's pants, a German Spider-Man shirt, Doctor Octopus' tentacles, and a boar's head - with Tom Cruise's face in its mouth). The indestructible face included an indestructible body which allowed Deadpool to survive an explosion that left only him remaining intact in the middle of a huge crater. However, Loki removed the curse immediately after Deadpool figured out how awesome this is.
71	* ItMakesSenseInContext: In issue #34, Deadpool garrots Santa Claus with a string of barbed wire and narrates it as "a routine assignment."
72	* LawyerFriendlyCameo: In issue #34, Deadpool visited ComicBookLimbo and briefly encountered a bunch of heroes Priest had written in the past. These included non-Marvel characters like ComicBook/{{Steel}}, ComicBook/GreenLantern, ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} and a few members of the [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League Task Force]], each of whom had to be partially obscured to avoid any possible litigation from Creator/DCComics.
73	* SelfDeprecation: In Christopher Priest's first issue, Deadpool arrives in Limbo dragging a bag. He throws a bag into the void labeled "Everything that made this book good". He's greeted by various characters whose books Priest was writing when they were cancelled. They tell him that his own cancellation is now inevitable. In Priest's final issue, Deadpool again arrives in Limbo dragging a bag... a body bag. When the other characters realise he's [[RageAgainstTheAuthor killed the writer responsible for ruining their lives]], they all cheer.
74	* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Parodied in the first ongoing #37 when Deadpool briefly takes possession of a fake copy of Thor's hammer and changes his speech patterns accordingly. His exploits with his new "hammer" involve ordering a disproportionately huge amount of food from Taco Bell, using the hammer as a baseball bat in a major league game (he still strikes out), and attacking a CaptainErsatz of Music/MichaelJackson.
75	--> '''Deadpool:''' Mayhap thou aren't quite so ''worthy'' as thou ''thinketh!'' And, since thou knoweth so much, why doth I now talk like ''Shakespeare in Love''? And what is the deal with ''Marilyn Manson''?
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77	!!Tieri's run
78	* CursedWithAwesome: Deadpool has the hots for [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Death]]. Thanos [[LoveTriangle also has the hots]] for Death. The solution, considering the [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse standard approach]] kinda won't work here? In "Funeral for a Freak," Thanos makes Deadpool [[WhoWantsToLiveForever immortal]] to keep him away from Death.
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80	!!Scalera's run
81	* TheScream: In issue #57, after ambushing Deadpool during a job, Sabretooth orders Deadpool to scream, which Deadpool does in combination with ScreamsLikeALittleGirl, which naturally just pisses of Sabretooth.
82	--> '''Sabretooth:''' Scream for me.\
83	'''Deadpool:''' ''Scream?'' Well, if you insist. ''Aaaaahhh! For the love of God, aaaaaahhh! Aaaaahhh!!''\
84	'''Sabretooth:''' ''Enough'', Wilson.\
85	'''Deadpool:''' No, wait -- now I'll do it like a ''little girl! Eeek! eeek! eeek--''\
86	'''Sabretooth:''' I said ''enough!''
87	* TakeThat: A pair of little old ladies who hire him to [[DisproportionateRetribution take out a human Road Runner]] loan him their giant, complicated gun called "The Liefelder".
88	* TargetedToHurtTheHero: Shortly after Wade resumes a relationship with his longtime on- and off-girlfriend, he gets pulled back into Weapon X by Sabretooth. Wade returns from fighting Garrison Kane, a Weapon X member who also dated her, to find that Sabretooth has fatally clawed Vanessa and spelled "Sabretooth was here" with her blood. She lives long enough for a DyingDeclarationOfLove. Deadpool spends the next issue on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
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90	!!Simone's run
91	* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: After When Deadpool and Taskmaster visit Sandi after she is hospitalized when her boyfriend assaults her, she makes Deadpool promise he'll only scare the [[AssholeVictim abusive boyfriend]] off, not kill him. Deadpool follows through with a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. Taskmaster didn't make any promises. Cue GoryDiscretionShot.
92	* CloseOnTitle: In issue #69, the chapter number and title appear at the end of the story along with credits and a dedication to the readers.
93	* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: During the climactic battle against a highly cultured assassin known as the Black Swan, Deadpool invades the guy's home, kills his guards, destroys large sections of surrounding forest, defaces artwork worth millions of dollars and makes himself as big a target as possible to lure the Swan into fighting. It is not until he starts singing country and western songs over the PA system that Black Swan finally snaps, "He dies! He dies ''screaming!''" And then Deadpool moves on to alternative folk rock.
94	* CrazyPrepared: Black Swan attacks Deadpool in his bathroom, and Deadpool dives into his shower behind the curtain. Turns out he previously bought anti-ballistic shower curtains.
95	* HilariousOuttakes: The last issue ends with outtakes of scenes gone wrong as if being filmed, such as Deadpool corpsing when he flubs a line and a parachuting stunt fail.
96	* PayEvilUntoEvil: Deadpool paid a visit to his assistant Sandi's [[AssholeVictim abusive boyfriend]] to give him a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, stopping short of killing him because he promised Sandi. Taskmaster, on the other hand, didn't promise her anything and [[BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork kills the guy anyway]].
97	* LessEmbarrassingTerm: In issue #68, after some heckling from a bystander:
98	-->'''Bystander''': Nice scooter, freak!
99	-->'''Deadpool''': It's a motorbike! It's 100% manly!
100	* LoudOfWar: In issue #69, Deadpool annoys Black Swan into a murderous rage by blaring country-western and alternative folk rock through the castle's sound system.
101	* TranquilFury: ComicBook/{{Taskmaster}} is generally pretty cold and hard to piss off, but in issue #68, we see him let Deadpool whale on Sandi Brandenburg's [[AssholeVictim abusive boyfriend]] but, at the behest of Sandi, leaves the guy alive. Then, after Deadpool leaves:
102	-->'''Taskmaster:''' "Funny. I didn't promise her ''squat''."
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105	[[folder:Agent X]]
106	* CollectorOfTheStrange: One issue features two rather strange people who collect famous people's ''underwear''.
107	* BeautifulCondemnedBuilding: Alex Hayden is thrilled to have very his own condemned fun park.
108	* FakingAmnesia: Taskmaster accuses Alex Hayden of being [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} Wade Wilson]] pulling this trick. This ends up being a subversion, as while it's unclear whether he is Deadpool or not, the amnesia is very real. Then, it turns out Alex Hayden isn't even Wade!
109	* IndestructibilityMontage: Issue #10 has [[ProfessionalKiller Agent X]] attempting to complete a contract on a FlyingBrick named Fight Man. He goes along with it just because he's too depressed by both his living situation and the fact that his ex-wife was the one putting out the hit. Bullets bounce off, [[PedestrianCrushesCar cars are equally useless]], as well as acid baths, explosives, electrocution, poisoning, and attempting to hang himself using suspension cable off a bridge just breaks the bridge. They might have succeeded when it turns he's vulnerable to [[WeaksauceWeakness choking on food]], but Agent X gives him a heimlich kick before thinking.
110	* {{Invisibility}}: Mary Zero has the mutant power of psychically blanking out her presence for almost anyone, and anyone who did manage to register her soon forgot she existed. The fact that the titular Agent X, due to an advanced healing factor, could both see ''and'' remember her, Mary fell madly in love with him. Hilarity ensued.
111	* JustLikeMakingLove: One issue had a man loudly describing his meal to his disgusted date as the trope. Alex beats the crap out of him at the spot claiming food is not sex.
112	* MostCommonSuperpower: Lampshaded in Outlaw's case in issue #2, when Alex wakes up to her wig having fallen from the bedstand to his face which surprises him and he starts screaming
113	-->'''Alex''': A wig? points to boobs Are...are those real?\
114	'''Outlaw''': Well...hate to tell you this, cowboy, but...\
115	'''Alex''': AAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\
116	'''Outlaw''': What, did you reckon that they just grew all of us out on a perfect body farm somewhere?\
117	'''Alex''': Well, I just naturally assumed...
118	* NakedPeopleTrappedOutside: In issue #2, Alex and Outlaw are assigned to try to take out ComicBook/ThePunisher and steal his Colt .45 handguns. They fail miserably and are caught by him, but he surprisingly spares them in exchange for info on who put the bounty on him. But he still takes all of Alex and Outlaw's clothing, and steal Outlaw's car, leaving both stranded naked in the streets. We later see both in a phone booth telling Sandi to bring them clothes, while a crowd forms around them to [[EatingTheEyeCandy ogle the naked Outlaw]] as she [[HandOrObjectUnderwear uses her hands to try and cover herself]].
119	* ShoutOut: It's revealed that super mercenary ComicBook/{{Taskmaster}} apparently has EVERYTHING Spice Girls related, including their solo stuff.
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122	[[folder:Cable and Deadpool]]
123	-> See ComicBook/CableAndDeadpool
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126	[[folder:Vol. 4]]
127	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Bullseye tries to carry out a contract on Deadpool given to him by Osborn, and they spend the comic trying to kill each other in various ways. Deadpool and Bullseye end up sharing a laugh about it all at the end. Halfway through the fight, Bullseye decides he doesn't actually want to kill Deadpool ''because'' he enjoys their fights too much. Seeing as this is [[AxCrazy Bullseye]] we're talking about, that's no small feat.
128	* AchievementsInIgnorance: In issue #16, Deadpool is so bored one morning that he cooks up ''372,844'' pancakes. In one morning-- 372,844 pancakes. They come in handy when he pushes Domino through his skylight and they break her fall.
129	* BatmanGambit: During the ''ComicBook/DarkReign'' event, Deadpool manipulates the X-Men, H.A.M.M.E.R., ComicBook/NormanOsborn, Ellis Kincaid (father of Cessily Kincaid aka Mercury), the San Francisco Police Department, the general public, the local news, [[ItMakesSenseInContext and a chicken]]. Employed by Osborn to make the X-Men look bad, Kincaid goes on TV claiming the X-Men are holding his daughter on Utopia against her will. Deadpool, on "probationary status" with the X-Men, sees Kincaid on TV and indicates to Domino he'll deal with it. Deadpool wears a homemade X-Men uniform to interrupt a live Kincaid interview and threatens to kill Kincaid; it looks like the X-Men are trying to silence Kincaid and playing into Osborn's hands. Osborn sends Kincaid to a train station with incompetent H.A.M.M.E.R. guards hoping to get Kincaid killed by Deadpool, and Cyclops sends Wolverine to "take Deadpool out of the picture". Deadpool has prepared for Domino to intervene to protect him. He also got Domino to confess she fears chickens. Deadpool puts a rooster in an air vent at the train station, delaying Domino and Wolverine to flush Kincaid outside. Deadpool stations himself on a roof as Osborn sends a sniper for Kincaid who is back on live TV. Deadpool makes it appear that he's trying to kill Kincaid while actually taking out the real sniper, Wolverine guards Kincaid, and the other X-Men fight Deadpool to defeat the apparent bad guy. The X-Men's reputation changes into heroes who saved Kincaid despite how he hates them and Osborn's plans are ruined, ''just like Deadpool planned''. Cyclops is baffled and Wolverine is impressed.
130	* BroughtDownToNormal: After Evil Deadpool was killed with a experimental serum that removed his healing factor, Deadpool works throughout the next arc to get his hands on this cure so that he can die permanentaly. After manipulating both X-Force and Tombstone, he finally gets his wish, with the added benifit of it curing his cancer, healing his body of tumors, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking regrows his hair]]. The unintended side-effects of the cure causes Deadpool to rethink dying, but [[StatusQuoIsGod the cure turns out to be temporary]].
131	* BullyingADragon: In "Operation: Annihilation", this was deliberately done by ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} when he [[WhoWantsToLiveForever wanted to die]]: as his [[GoodThingYouCanHeal Regenerative Factor]] allowed him to survive or even to resuscitate from things that would have killed ''Wolverine'', he decided that being reduced to subatomic particles was his best bet, and pissing off Hulk by ''nuking him twice'' was the chosen method. Sadly, by the time he managed to get punched Hulk had calmed down enough that Deadpool was merely liquified, and was back in one piece in five days...
132	* CaptainEthnic: Issue #1000 has a story wherein Deadpool is recruited by the Canadian government to be Canadaman, alongside Canadian superheroes Puck-man, Moositaur, Beaver, and Ms. Puck-man. The team, sans Deadpool, is presumably killed in the team's maple leaf-shaped plane after Deadpool learns that he was the second choice, the first being Wolverine.
133	* ChekhovsGun:
134	** In issue #14, Deadpool bought a "boat" and complains to the sellers that his boat sank; it was actually a Russian nuclear submarine. He sets off with a new boat to become a pirate. In pirate-to-pirate combat a few issues later, Deadpool lures his opponent's ship above specific coordinates to detonate the nuke from the sub.
135	** Thanks to a prior job in ''Wolverine: Origins'', Deadpool used up all his munitions except some plastic explosives. however, he gets bored and shapes them into a comfy but explosive chair. It seems like a gag, but in the next issue, this chair is missing from his apartment. Overseas, Deadpool detonates an entire castle in a massive explosion using the chair.
136	* {{Chupacabra}}: In ''Deadpool'' #1000, Deadpool fought a bunch of chupacapras who kidnapped a beloved goat named [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Bella]]. The owner, a prize-winning chef, thanked Deadpool by making him his prize-winning dish made with only the best ingredients-- ''goat tacos''.
137	* CloseOnTitle: In a chapter of ''Deadpool'' #900 where Deadpool's eardrums are destroyed by an explosion and he fights magical mimes, there are no words at all until he recovers on the last page and reveals the punny title, "Silent But Deadly."
138	* DeathFlight: Evil Deadpool has hijacked a private jet and disposes of the wealthy businessman whom the jet belonged to in this manner.
139	-->'''Evil Deadpool:''' See that guy?\
140	'''Businessman:''' The Pilot?\
141	'''Evil Deadpool:''' Yeah. I need him to fly the plane. See that other guy?\
142	'''Businessman:''' The Co-Pilot?\
143	'''Evil Deadpool:''' Yeah. I need him to help that pilot guy. See her?\
144	'''Businessman:''' The Flight Attendant?\
145	'''Evil Deadpool:''' Yeah. I need her to pour drinks and to look at.\
146	'''Businessman:''' Okay.\
147	'''Evil Deadpool:''' I don't need ''you.'' ''[cut to the businessman being thrown out of the plane...]''
148	* DownerEnding: The run ends with Evil Deadpool coming back in the last few pages to tell his progenitor that the cure to his healing factor that would allow him to finally die, the prize he's been pursuing for over a dozen issues since they last fought, doesn't work. He then shoots Wade in the head while assuring him that he'll just eventually come back to life to suffer more and cause more suffering for those around him.
149	* EvilTwin: Evil Deadpool is made out of various limbs and heads that Deadpool lost over the years, previously stored in a fridge by a StalkerWithACrush until they fuse together and regenerate when Deadpool throws them in a dumpster. Unlike Deadpool, Evil Deadpool WouldHurtAChild and kidnaps the NYPD chief's children with plans to murder them. He's seemingly defeated in that event, but returns for further antagonistic appearances.
150	* FanDisservice: Deadpool's PantyShot, after he borrowed the original [[ComicBook/JeanGrey Marvel Girl]] costume. Which has a ''very'' short skirt. And yes, everyone present was as disturbed by the [[[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/deadpool_msmarvel.jpg image]] as the reader.
151	* FrenchMaidOutfit: In issue #20, Deadpool knows he's on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Hit-Monkey's]] hitlist, and puts a French maid outfit on over his costume. It's... a disguise?
152	* GambitRoulette: In the tie-in to ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', Deadpool attacks a ship of Skrulls and Super Skrulls at a televised baseball game and offers them his loyalty and his services. They capture him, torture him, and incorporate his genetic makeup into Super Deadpool Skrulls thinking they'll be fast-healing killing machines. He convinces the lead scientist to let him train the Deadpool Skrulls, supposedly so they can reach his skill levels but actually so they'll kill all the other Skrulls on the ship. Unlike Deadpool, they don't have his healing factor since that isn't part of his genes-- but they ''do'' have his out of control cancer and [[YourHeadASplode their heads asplode]]. Then Deadpool is free to steal and transmit information on how to kill the Skrull Queen. None of this was planned by the man who hired him and just wanted Deadpool to get him the information, but it was damn fun for Deadpool.
153	* InterruptedCooldownHug: During "Operation: Annihilation", the Hulk is calming down despite Deadpool provoking him with a nuclear bomb. Since Deadpool hopes Hulk will annihilate him, he ticks off Hulk again ''intentionally.''
154	* ItMakesSenseInContext:
155	** Deadpool fulfills a childhood dream by [[ImprovisedArmour wearing raw meat as body armor]] and senselessly beating a super villain dressed like a superhero (Bullseye posing as Hawkeye) with [[EdibleBludgeon a giant ham]].
156	** Deadpool betrays his employer who hired him to rescue his zombified wife, [[ImAHumanitarian feeds him to his zombie capturers]], and double-crosses the zombies.
157	---> '''Betrayed Zombie Dude''': You... betrayed us... you betrayed us all.
158	---> '''Deadpool:''' Duh! ''[kicks zombie in the head]''
159	* KansasCityShuffle: After the end of Way's first arc, Deadpool was supposed to get a big payday from his GambitRoulette but instead lost out on the money and got his reputation ruined by ComicBook/NormanOsborn. Deadpool sends Osborn a letter to pay him $100 million in 12 hours; Osborn sends his Thunderbolts to kill Deadpool instead. Deadpool recruits Taskmaster's help to impersonate Deadpool, confusing Osborn and the Thunderbolts about which is which, and he allows them to behead him so they'll believe he's dead. Instead, Taskmaster recovers Deadpool's head and sews it back onto his body, and Deadpool reveals he swiped Osborn's gold card in the chaos. They make many ATM withdrawals which Deadpool uses to pay Taskmaster back.
160	* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Once when a bunch of mercs break Deadpool out of a jail, callously murdering several cops in the process, Wade turned on them and killed the whole lot of them.
161	* OhCrap: In issue #12, Deadpool is driving a monster truck down a highway (don't ask). When his foe, Bullseye (dressed as Hawkeye) launches a missile from a stinger straight at him. Deadpool gives an "oh shit" moment, before turning it into a Crowning Moment of Awesome, when he simply rolls down both windows, brakes hard, slides to the left, and lets the missile pass through the cabin, '''and out the other side!''' Then he drives back, crushes Bullseye's leg under one tire, and then pulls out a chainsaw. ''Chainsaw!'' '''FOR THE WIN!!!'''
162	** Even Bullseye gets a minor one, though one would imagine that it's covered up by him muttering "OK, yeah, I admit... That was pretty awesome." Deadpool did counter this when, after stopping on Bullseye's leg, he gets out and asks "cool to park here?" before firing up his chainsaw. That was the point where Bullseye had a REALLY "oh crap" moment, and started thinking fast. Very fast.
163	*** Probably not as big as the one he suffered when he had [[http://sadpanda.us/images/735879-UCWHG70.jpg Deadpool with a chainsaw, laughing like a maniac no less, about to take his leg off...]]
164	* ShootingSuperman: People always shoot Deadpool despite his healing factor repairing the damage, but in "Operation Annihilation," some soldiers are savvy enough to know shooting Hulk would be dumb when Deadpool has already made him furious. They try shooting Deadpool instead, thinking that taking Deadpool down will get Hulk to stop. They miss and hit the Hulk. Luckily, Hulk seems to get that it was an accident.
165	* ShoutOut: To the Creator/MarxBrothers, with Deadpool uttering a line similar to the Marx Brothers classic "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member".
166	--> "Deadpool" "There is nobody I hate more than my friends."
167	* StalkerWithACrush: Dr. Ella Whitby, a psychiatrist for the maximum-security mental health institution Deadpool is sent to after "Operation Annihilation," has obsessed over Deadpool for ''years'' in the hopes of someday meeting him, and claims he's the reason she became a psychiatrist. When he becomes her patient, she wants to "treat" him by bringing out his full violent potential and arranges his escape from the institution. She declares she loves him and shows up wearing her own homemade Deadpool costume. Deadpool goes to her house and discovers she has a fridge full of body parts he's lost over the years. She's creepy, even by Deadpool's standards. After she kills the prison warden in an attempt to impress Deadpool, he tells her he's in love with someone else, and she kills herself.
168	* TakeOurWordForIt: In issue #10, a young woman named Tanya Patterson hires Deadpool for a hit on Gavin, a pizza delivery guy who spread a rumor in high school so heinous that the readers never learn it and other characters agree Deadpool needs to [[AssholeVictim kill him]].
169	* TakeThat: When Deadpool has to train a bunch of Super Skrulls with his power set and costume during the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' tie-in, one comments on why they have to have so many pouches on them. Deadpool comments sarcastically about them being useful, turns to the reader and says, "Isn't that right, Rob?"
170	* TranquilFury: One story in issue #900 has the Merc With The Mouth going to a psychiatrist. During the session Deadpool brings up his occasional "pro bono" work when something really catches his attention, and mentions a story about a therapist [[ChildAbuseIsASpecialKindOfEvil who took sexual advantage of a young girl who was his patient]], eventually driving her to suicide. [[spoiler:Eventually it's revealed that he's speaking to that very same therapist. Deadpool then beheads the man and quietly walks away. The kicker? Deadpool's usual wisecracking internal dialogue was notably absent from the story until after the therapist was killed, showing that Deadpool was 100% not fucking around.]]
171	* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Deadpool is sick of his immortality and how it keeps him and the personified Death from being together. He repeatedly tries to kill himself in various ways, including via Hulk smash, but his healing factor keeps bringing him back. He no longer appreciates life since he's never at risk of losing it.
172	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: The "Want You To Want Me" arc, which involves Deadpool trying to join the ComicBook/XMen, includes him continuously pestering {{ComicBook/Domino\|MarvelComics}} to find out what's her greatest fear; turns out it's chickens. While this seems to be a BigLippedAlligatorMoment for most of the arc, at the end where Domino and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} are tracking Deadpool down they have to go through an air vent occupied by a chicken. Domino will probably never live down that a chicken took her out of action in a fight.
173	* YouBastard: In the special issue ''Deadpool'' #900, he realizes that he would never really die because his fans would like him too much due to his PopularityPower. So he decides to kill all his fans.
174	[[/folder]]
175
176	[[folder:Vol. 5]]
177	-> See ComicBook/Deadpool2012
178	[[/folder]]
179
180	[[folder:Vol. 6]]
181	-> See ComicBook/Deadpool2015
182	[[/folder]]
183
184	[[folder:Despicable Deadpool]]
185	-> See ComicBook/TheDespicableDeadpool
186	[[/folder]]
187
188	[[folder:Vol. 7]]
189	-> See ComicBook/Deadpool2018
190	[[/folder]]
191
192	[[folder:Vol. 8]]
193	-> See ComicBook/Deadpool2019
194	[[/folder]]
195
196	[[folder:Vol. 9]]
197	-> See ComicBook/Deadpool2022
198	[[/folder]]
199
200	[[folder:Vol. 10]]
201	-> See ComicBook/Deadpool2024
202	[[/folder]]
203
204	!!!''Deadpool'' mini-series and limited series
205
206	[[folder:Annuals]]
207	* FusionDance: In issue #1, it turns out that the White Thought Box that appeared throughout Vol. 3 was the result of one of these between Deadpool and Madcap, after both of them were disintegrated when Thor electrocuted the pair to dust, with only Deadpool reforming from the remains. Similar cirumstances seperated the two.
208	* ShoutOut: ''Deadpool Annual'' #2, is actually called ''[[IdiosyncraticShipNaming Spideypool]]''.
209	* SubvertedKidsShow: The 2016 annual issue of Deadpool had a story called "Deadpool and His Insufferable Pals", a fictional pilot episode for a spinoff of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' where Deadpool tried to take Spider-Man's place after burying him alive, the Merc with the Mouth doing such things as hitting on Aunt May and manipulating Iceman and Firestar into helping him graphically murder the Sinister Six by falsely accusing them of killing Spider-Man.
210	[[/folder]]
211
212	[[folder:Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth]]
213	* AscendedMeme: "Headpool", the zombie talking head version of Deadpool from the ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'' universe, started as a [[invoked]]FanNickname before becoming a canon one, with Marvel using the name in solicits for the series.
214	* BarbieDollAnatomy: An issue of ''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'' is drawn in a photorealistic style, except when depicting an alternate reality, non-scarred version of Deadpool who removes his shirt for a brawl and inexplicably lacks nipples. Maybe he lost them in his full-body wax.
215	* BettyAndVeronica: Literally named Betty and Veronica in ''Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth'', where Dr. Betty Swanson is a blonde, serious A.I.M. scientist who is disgusted by him, and the less inhibited, darker-haired Professor Veronica Chase is an ESU HotTeacher who uses Deadpool as a booty call until she turns into a zombie that tries to kill him.
216	* ClothingDamage: Dr. Swanson's Hydra clothes get pretty torn.
217	* DoubleAgent: Dr. Swanson was planted in HYDRA by A.I.M.
218	* MaleGaze: There's lot of focus on Dr. Swanson's rear and breasts, as Deadpool and Headpool notice.
219	* MsFanservice: Dr. Swanson. She's a scientist who worked for AIM, she spent most of her time showing her sexy body to viewers in many different poses. She also seemed to have serious trouble finding clothes that fit, but none at all finding frilly underwear in her size. Even her AIM costume has no pants and shows her cleavage.
220	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Dr. Swanson. Bare stomach, mini-shorts, prominent cleavage and even a visible thong.
221	* TakeThat: In issue #5, Deadpool kills a A.I.M. agent who says [[http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvpvea0A441qa3cldo1_500.png perfers the prequel Star Wars trilogy]], making the other agent say "Jar Jar Binks is an Abomination" at gunpoint.
222	[[/folder]]
223
224	[[folder:Deadpool Team-Up]]
225	* CulturalCrossReference: Apparently Deadpool is a fan of ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}''; In issue #886, [[http://ozbot.typepad.com/marvelflipside/2011/01/dating-deadpool-january.html he references]] a title used by the leader of one of the Great Ninja Villages.
226	* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee:
227	** In issue #887, Deadpool fanboys over [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] even when he's beating him up!
228	-->'''Thor''': You will be handed over to the authorities. Imprisonment shall be yours. The fate of a thief.\
229	'''Deadpool''': [[EvenTheGuysWantHim I really find you very attractive.]]\
230	''{{Beat}}''\
231	'''Deadpool''': [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud Did I say that out loud?]]
232	* TooSpicyForYogSothoth:
233	** In issue #897, when a demon tries to [[DemonicPossession possess]] Deadpool, they find a bunch of voices are already in his head. The voices end up taking partial control of Deadpool’s body and beats himself up until the demon find that it's ''outnumbered'' and retreat.
234	** In issue #883, ComicBook/{{Galactus}} makes Wade his newest Herald after Wade sees an ad for the position in the classifieds. Though Wade does a good job as a Herald, [[MotorMouth his incessant chatter]] drives the mighty planet devouring entity nuts. Galactus is saved when the ComicBook/SilverSurfer arrives and beats the Power Cosmic out of Wade.
235	[[/folder]]
236
237	[[folder:Deadpool MAX]]
238	* AlternateUniverse: The series is set in a world where there are no actual superheroes and Deadpool is a deranged CIA assassin under the delusion that he and other characters are superheroes and supervillains.
239	* CompositeCharacter: Deadpool's crazy wife Inez turns out to be Outlaw, Domino, ''and'' Copycat.
240	[[/folder]]
241
242	[[folder:Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars]]
243	* TheCorrupter: Deadpool is half-jokingly implied to be the true cause of the Venom symbiote's insanity... at least until ''ComicBook/VenomSpaceKnight'' revealed [[EvilAllAlong more of its backstory]].
244	* CostumeCopycat: When first bonded to it, Deadpool uses the symbiote's shapeshifting abilities to mockingly copy the other heroes' outfits, including Spider-Man's.
245	* HeroicSacrifice: Deadpool is cleansed of his cancer by the Beyonder, but sacrifices this in order to save everyone. Janet van Dyne -- who'd been sleeping with him -- repays this sacrifice by mind-wiping everyone except Deadpool out of revulsion at having been attracted to him.
246	* PetTheDog: In a rare moment of compassion, Deadpool realizes that the symbiote is sentient and immediately returns it to its prison, hoping that the brief period it had spent bonded to him didn't have any adverse effects.
247	* RippleEffectProofMemory: The Wasp, who'd been sleeping with Deadpool, is so disgusted by his scarred body after he sacrifices his restored visage to save everyone that she wishes for everyone's memories of Deadpool's role in what happened to be erased -- resulting in everyone except for Deadpool remembering the events how they occurred in the original ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars\|1984}}''.
248	* {{Retcon}}: The series retells ComicBook/SecretWars1984 but with Deadpool in it. And this is actually canon and explains things that didn't jive well with things in the story or later on in comics. But why doesn't everyone remember Deadpool's involvement (other than him only being created seven years after the event)? [[spoiler:The Wasp wished ''so hard'' to forget Deadpool existed, either out of disgust after seeing his cancer-ridden body or shame ''for'' her reaction, that [[LaserGuidedAmnesia everyone forgot]].]]
249	* TheReveal: The series reveals that the reason for Deadpool's MediumAwareness is accidentally being teleported to the Beyond, where he comes to the realization that he's a fictional character in a comic book.
250	* SchrodingersCanon: Cullen Bunn has gone on record saying that ''Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars'' and ''Deadpool: Back in Black'' are canon, and included references to the latter in ''Poison-X'' and ''Deadpool: Assassin'' #4 to cement it as such. However, ''Venom'' (Vol. 4) writer Donny Cates stated on Twitter that as far as he was concerned Deadpool bonding to the Venom symbiote ''isn't'' canon, with a somewhat-teasing editorial note in ''Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool'' stating that they're not counting it. This led to an argument on Twitter between Cates and Bunn over the canonicity of Bunn's works, with Bunn's stance being backed up by Jordan D. White -- senior editor of the ''X-Men'' comics -- as the reason why Deadpool admires Spider-Man.
251	[[/folder]]
252
253	[[folder:You Are Deadpool]]
254	* LegacyCharacter: A fifth Grasshoppers shows up, managing to kick Deadpool in the face (that is, [[{{Gamebooks}} if he was able to]]) before expiring.
255	[[/folder]]
256
257	[[folder:Deadpool: The End]]
258	* PapaWolf: Deadpool causes the universe to break into ''utter chaos'', traps ''every hero and villain'' (barring Spidey who he just kept occupied with the three loves of his life) and is willing to kill ''Death herself.'' All for Ellie, even if she was 96. This is also tied to his HeroicSelfDeprecation; he doesn't see himself as worth living and he considers his daughter infinitely more good than him. So the idea of her dying while someone like him lives... he doesn't think so.
259	* PetTheDog: While Deadpool had all the big name heroes trapped or unable to fight back in an variety of differnt ways, he left Spider-Man unharmed, with the loves of his life (Mary Jane Watson, Gwen Stacy, and Black Cat) alive, well and swooning over him at the same time.
260	[[/folder]]
261
262	!!!''Deadpool'' versus series
263
264	[[folder:Deadpool vs. Carnage]]
265	See [[ComicBook/DeadpoolVsCarnage here]].
266	[[/folder]]
267
268	[[folder:Hawkeye vs. Deadpool]]
269	* BladeBrake: In issue #2, Hawkeye has temporary super-strength and gets knocked off the edge of the building. He slows his path by jamming two arrows into the wall and sliding down, gouging furrows in the wall till he stops.
270	* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: Unintentional example. Kate Bishop [[https://i.imgur.com/3jZHXCH.png meets]] Deadpool for the first time on Halloween and compliments him on "The best [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] make up I've ever seen" only to be flatly told by Clint that it's Deadpool's [[FacialHorror actual face]]. Kate merely smiles, shoots Deadpool a thumbs up and a happy Halloween, then turns around and [[ScreamingAtSquick silently screams at Clint]].
271	* IllTakeTwoBeersToo: This happens in issue #0. It's {{justified\|Trope}}, as Deadpool needs the calories to burn to make it easier to use his HealingFactor faster.
272	-->'''Deadpool:''' Four hot dogs, please.\
273	'''Hawkeye:''' Oh, no thanks, I'm not hungry.\
274	'''Deadpool:''' Fine. Four hot dogs, please, and none for my friend.
275	* NotAMask: When Kate Bishop meets Wade for the first time while he's not wearing his mask. Because it's Halloween, she compliments him on his awesome Freddy Krueger makeup only to be informed by Clint that [[FacialHorror that's his real face]]. Awkwardly trying to play it off, she turns to face Clint with a [[https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/comments/2r01en/excerpt_kate_bishops_face_expressions_are_pure/ comically mortified expression.]]
276	* RealityHasNoSubtitles: Clint interacts with tricker-treaters, yet because of his costume, Clint is not wearing his hearing aid. The reader is shown panels where children are clearly talking to Clint, but no dialogue bubbles are included. Finally, Clint tells one tricker treater that he is not wearing his hearing aid and he can't read lips because of the Halloween masks people are wearing.
277	** Deadpool pulls up the portion of his mask that usually covers his mouth when talking to Clint so Clint can read his lips. He also signs which appear to be a series of lewd gestures, but it's unsure as the signs are not subtitled.
278	* ScreamingAtSquick: Kate Bishop [[https://i.imgur.com/3jZHXCH.png meets]] the latter for the first time on Halloween and compliments him on "the best [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]] makeup I've ever seen" only to be informed by Clint that [[ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself it's Deadpool's real face]]. She gives Deadpool a thumbs up and then turns around and silently screams at Clint.
279	[[/folder]]
280
281	[[folder:Deadpool/GLI Summer Fun Spectacular]]
282	* BitingTheHandHumor: The ComicBook/SquirrelGirl subplot is a massive jab at the trend of making all comics DarkerAndEdgier, especially Marvel's own ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006''. Squirrel Girl says she misses when comic book worlds were "places to escape to, not from", then she tries to convince formerly light-hearted [[ComicBook/NewWarriors Speedball]] to stop being [[ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}} Penance]]. Penance is self-blaming and self-punishing, so he repeatedly smashes his head against the wall and yells about doing "deep stuff" because he's "''deep'' now" and it's "too ''deep''" for Squirrel Girl. She responds by {{backing away slowly}} to leave and tells Tippy-Toe, her squirrel partner, that Penance is a [[{{Pun}} nut]].
283	* CantHoldHisLiquor: All the superheroes in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse are being inebriated by a Dionysus powered Inebriation Wave; Mr. Immortal, however, is the only person to succumb to ''alcohol poisoning''. Needless to say, he got better.
284	* CurbStompBattle: ComicBook/SquirrelGirl gives Deadpool the beating of his life in the space of a single page.
285	* TakeThat: The special has a ComicBook/SquirrelGirl subplot, which is a massive jab at the trend of making all comics DarkerAndEdgier. It starts with her outright saying she misses times comics worlds were "places to escape to, not from", then she goes to convince [[ComicBook/NewWarriors Speedball]] to stop being [[ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}} Penance]], which ends with him smashing his head against the wall and yelling he's deep now.
286	[[/folder]]
287
288	[[folder:Wolverine/Deadpool: The Decoy]]
289	* FanDisservice: When ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} comes to ask Deadpool for help, Deadpool is shown [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/53/2a/f5/532af59551b2d2d3dc8cbb4cc5bc5dda--avengers-marvel-marvel-comics.jpg naked in the shower.]]
290	** Wolverine also has the "pleasure" of seeing [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110731122446/marveldatabase/images/b/be/Wolverine_%26_Deadpool_Decoy_Vol_1_1.jpg Deadpool dressed as Phoenix.]]
291	* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Wolverine shows up to recruit Deadpool while the latter is showering with his mask on. The censoring methods are increasingly ridiculous for ''four pages of naked''. [[CensorSuds Soap bubbles cover Deadpool's naughty bits]] as he leaps out of the shower, Wolverine [[SceneryCensor raises his hand to block the sight]] from himself and the readers, he unsuccessfully offers a towel as Deadpool lounges with his legs sprawled open, Deadpool's reader-facing leg covers him as he hops up, Wolverine holds up a locator remote control, a [[CensorShadow convenient black shadow]] is falls on Deadpool's groin, and finally the [[SpeechBubbleCensoring comic itself]] uses the next panel to cover Deadpool's junk.
292	[[/folder]]
293
294	[[folder:Black Panther vs. Deadpool]]
295	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: After a bazooka-induced head injury, Deadpool has trouble concentrating on talking to T'Challa without being distracted by the fact that he looks like a cat.
296	* FeeFiFauxPas: Deadpool makes quite a few, seemingly deliberately. Lampshaded by T'Challa when Shuri says "Hakuna Matata" was the worst thing DP could have said, and her brother tells her "just wait".
297	* ShoutOut:
298	** Deadpool is glad he can finally use the catchphrase [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck "Let's get dangerous!"]] legally. (Later on, someone claims to be "the thing that goes 'thump' in the night".)
299	** The kid driving the schoolbus claims his name is [[Creator/LinManuelMiranda Lin-Manuel]] [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Barack]] [[Series/GameOfThrones Kahleesi]].
300	** Deadpool greets the Wakandan Royal family with the catchphrase [[Franchise/TheLionKing "Hakuna Matata"]], and later shows up accompanied by a meerkat and a warthog.
301	** At which point he declares he'll make the Azanians [[Film/TheGodfather an offer they can't refuse]].
302	[[/folder]]
303
304	[[folder:Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool]]
305	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Carnage actually laughs when Freak eats his picture of Deadpool in ''Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool'' #2, though he tells Freak that if he eats Deadpool, spit out the spine.
306	* CanonDiscontinuity: PlayedForLaughs in the second issue of ''Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool'': When Carnage claims Deadpool bonded to four different symbiotes, an editor quickly points out, in the captions, that it's actually five if one counts ''Deadpool: Back in Black'' (which by extension also refers to ''Secret Secret Wars''). A second set of captions has another editor quickly adding in that no, they don't count it.
307	* ContinuityCavalcade: The solicit for ''Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool'' #2 notes that Wade Wilson has bonded to five symbiotes, a reference to him becoming Hybrid's host in ''Deadpool vs. Carnage'' and either the time he bonded to the Venom symbiote in ''Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars'' and ''Deadpool: Back in Black'', or the time he briefly bonded to an offshoot of the Venom symbiote in ''Cable & Deadpool'' #50. The second issue itself features a short, humorous debate between the editors over whether ''Back in Black'' is considered canon, and repeatedly bolds the number "four" when talking about the number of symbiotes Deadpool has bonded to.
308	* EurekaMoment: In the first issue of ''Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool,'' Carnage has one when confronting a symbiote-infected Man-Wolf over not knowing that Deadpool would interfere with his plans, with the mention of Deadpool's "unicorn" hoodie (actually a rhino hoodie that was [[ItMakesSenseInContext a birthday present to Spider-Man from the Rhino]]) giving Carnage the idea that Deadpool ''is'' a unicorn, in a metaphorical sense at least; since Deadpool is the only human alive who Carnage knows has bonded to four symbiotes,[[note]]Eddie Brock has also bonded to four symbiotes, though Cletus wouldn't necessarily know this.[[/note]] giving him four codices, he is highly valuable to Carnage's plan of harvesting codices from symbiote hosts.
309	* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: In the finale of ''Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool'', Wade puts dynamite in his body to take out Dark Carnage. It works, but it puts his lower torso out of reach for both Spidey and Wade to pull it down.
310	* LegacyCharacter: The Hybrid symbiote separates into its constituent symbiotes and bonds to a family of four in ''Deadpool'' Vol. 7 #14.
311	* MythologyGag: The title is a reverse of the ''Deadpool vs. Carnage'' mini-series -- also doubling as a reference to a joke in the miniseries.
312	* ObfuscatingDisability: At the end of ''Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool'', [[spoiler:Wade convinces Spidey to wait on him hand and foot until his legs regrew. That is, until Spidey catches the fact that Deadpool had long since regrown his legs and kicks the crap out of him over it.]]
313	* SeriesContinuityError: In the ''Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool'' tie-in, Carnage states that ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} is a metaphorical unicorn because he's the "only human alive" who's bonded to four different symbiotes. Unless the emphasis there is on "alive", that statement disregards Scott Washington, who bonded to the ''same four symbiotes at once'' as Hybrid years before. There's also Eddie,[[labelnote:*]] who's bonded to Venom, Mania, Toxin, and Sleeper (plus Anti-Venom) [[/labelnote]] but it could be argued that Carnage is saving him for later. It's also worth noting that Deadpool was actually bonded to ''five'' Symbiotes if one counts ''Secret Secret Wars'' and ''Deadpool: Back In Black'', but the second issue addresses this by revealing the editors don't [[CanonDiscontinuity count those]].
314	* YouHaveFailedMe: Invoked in ''Absolute Carnage vs. Deadpool'' #1 when Man-Wolf lets Misty Knight and Deadpool escape. Dark Carnage decides that John Jameson has [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived his usefulness]] and prepares to kill him, only to relent when he has a EurekaMoment.
315	[[/folder]]

Context ComicBook / Deadpool