Line #55 YMMV/Deadpool2016


1	* {{Adorkable}}:
2	** Colossus. His first couple scenes have him eating cereal out of a bowl at least three sizes too small for him and lecturing his ward on the importance of eating breakfast in the morning. Near the end of the film, he catches a ride with Deadpool in Dopinder's cab -- he's squished in the backseat next to Negasonic Teenage Warhead, casually sipping a drink from a cup that's comically tiny in his giant hands.
3	** Dopinder is a slightly nerdy, slightly confused cab driver.
4	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Wade's deformity, while ugly and definitely shocking, isn't as bad as Wade says it is. (Note that [[spoiler:Vanessa gets over it almost immediately.]]) And yet, when he's first out on the streets afterwards, several people stare at him and make rude comments under their breaths. However, the editing of the scene suggests that maybe Wade's insecurity is causing him to exaggerate people's reactions in his head.
5	* AlternativeJokeInterpretation: Is the "Gratuitous Cameo" mentioned in the credits referring to Stan Lee? Or [[spoiler:the Creator/HughJackman mask that Wade wears at the end of the movie?]] [[WolverinePublicity This is the]] ''[[WolverinePublicity X-Men]]'' [[WolverinePublicity film series, after all]].
6	* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail:
7	** Infamous {{Executive Meddl\|ing}}er Tom Rothman (who is the same guy who previously mandated that [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine Deadpool's mouth had to be sewn shut]]) was strongly opposed to the movie getting made out of fear that the movie wouldn't click with audiences (there are even reports that he straight-up hated the character). It only got made because Reynolds (or another staff member) leaked the test footage, which caused fans to ''demand'' it, and it still wasn't officially greenlit until ''after'' he left Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox. It proceeded to recuperate its entire budget ''almost three times over in a single weekend'' domestically, [[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=deadpool2016.htm demolishing records]] without pausing for breath, as the opening month managed to recuperate the budget to the tune of 328 million dollars domestically (for those keeping track, that's almost ''six times'' over). To add [[EpicFail insult to injury]] towards Rothman, in that same opening weekend, the movie made more than [[Film/FantasticFour2015 the last superhero movie that Rothman greenlit]] did '''[[BoxOfficeBomb in its entire lifetime]]'''. [[note]]It should also be noted that Rothman did '''not''' greenlight ''Film/TheWolverine'' and ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', both of which were created as [[WinBackTheCrowd apologies toward the fans]] for ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' and ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', both of which Rothman meddled with.[[/note]] The cherry on top is that ''Deadpool'' ended its run in the top ten highest-grossing superhero movies in terms of domestic ticket sales.
8	** Prior to the film's release, several detractors began crying out the many signs that the movie could be a flop, including the troubled DevelopmentHell it went through, [[DumpMonths its release in a month like February]], its R rating, which had the potential to alienate some audiences, its ban from being released in China,[[note]]over the past decade, China has grown to be the largest international market[[/note]] and the fact that [[Creator/RyanReynolds its star]] was considered "box office poison" at the time. The film ended up getting extremely good reviews, and not only made back ''triple'' its budget back in its first weekend but ended up setting several box office opening records for an R-rated film. Even better is that the film became the highest-grossing movie in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' in terms of domestic returns, accomplishing this feat in an unprecedented 10 days. Oh, and China unbanned the film in 2018.
9	* AwardSnub: Many critics were expecting the film to receive a few nominations at the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s (particularly Best Actor for Creator/RyanReynolds and Best Picture), but it wound up garnering none. The fanbase was furious at this, especially when the much worse-received ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' got a nomination for Best Hair and Makeup and ''won''.
10	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
11	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqhvKF2qrms X Gon Give It to Ya]]" by Music/{{DMX}}, which plays during the main trio's TeamPowerWalk and fits the [[SirSwearsALot nature]] of Deadpool, in addition to sounding awesome.
12	** "[[https://youtu.be/4vaN01VLYSQ Shoop]]" by Salt-N-Pepa, which plays while Deadpool's crudely drawing himself shooting Francis and is singing along to it. It's insanely catchy as well.
13	** "[[https://youtu.be/544WmUAvsYs Deadpool Rap]]" by Teamheadkick, which suits the scenes it plays in (Deadpool going after Francis' mooks to get his location) perfectly.
14	** "[[https://youtu.be/HTzGMEfbnAw Angel of the Morning]]" by Juice Newton is sublime SoundtrackDissonance, as it plays over the opening montage (which features a moment in time of the highway shootout later in the film).
15	** The soundtrack by Music/JunkieXL is no slouch either. Especially the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wD5tamhwXo "Maximum Effort"]] {{leitmotif}}. Many have compared the synth parts of it to [[Music/MichaelJackson "Beat It"]].
16	** "Careless Whisper" by Music/GeorgeMichael is already a great song, and its use during both the movie's conclusion and the animated end credits helps definitely close the film on a VERY high note.
17	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
18	** In the midst of the climax (and the associated carnage), Deadpool starts making cutesy love gestures towards Vanessa as cartoon characters dance across the screen and Music/{{Chicago}}'s "You're the Inspiration" plays in the background. Granted, he does have a knife in the side of his head and he's hallucinating most of it, and it ''is'' [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Deadpool]] imagining it.
19	** Deadpool looking at a Haunted Segway tour brochure at the beginning of the film. The way the camera focuses on it and the fact he puts it in his pocket makes it seem like [[ChekhovsGun it will be important later]]. It's never mentioned again. Just the fact that "Haunted Segway Tours" exist. Are the Segways haunted?
20	* BrokenBase: Deadpool's personality is mostly spot on, but the big point of contention is that in the movie he was always kind of unstable and the torture just made it worse, as opposed to the comics where he was sane until the torture. There's also some fans who feel he isn't insane ''enough'', since he doesn't do his iconic "talk to the dialogue boxes" gag (which the director has admitted finding kind of hard to do in a different medium) and seems to be more lucid in general than in the comic books, even when he's still acting over the top. Though it's worth mentioning that this is both DependingOnTheWriter ''and'' justified InUniverse, as Wade's constant destruction/regeneration of his cancer cells is constantly rewriting his brain.
21	* CompleteMonster: [[SoftSpokenSadist Ajax]], real name [[DoNotCallMePaul Francis Freeman]], is the cold and detached leader of [[Characters/XMenFilmSeriesWeaponXNewTimeline an operation]] that purports to create superheroes. Ajax uses his recruiter to lure in people with nothing to lose before he implants the potential for mutant genetics into them. However, to awaken the mutant gene, Ajax subjects them to hideous, continuous torture and experimentation to produce the necessary stress to awaken it. [[Characters/XMenFilmSeriesDeadpool Wade Wilson]] himself is eventually placed in a chamber that alters air levels to constantly make him feel that he is asphyxiating. After this awakens Wade's mutant gene, Ajax comments he could fix Wade's ruined looks, but remarks that it would be no fun and [[ForTheEvulz shuts him back in the device out of sheer cruelty]]. When Wade escapes, Ajax impales him and leaves him to burn alive in the ruins of the lab, along with any other prisoners remaining. The superhero operation is also revealed to be a front: the victims are fitted with collars to [[SuperHumanTrafficking turn them into slaves and sold to the highest bidder]] for the remainder of their lives. When Wade, now Deadpool, is hunting him, Ajax tries to lure the latter out by [[IHaveYourWife kidnapping his former girlfriend Vanessa]] and then locking her in the asphyxiation device right in front of Wade.
22	* CrazyIsCool: You have to respect a guy who practices interrogation via Zamboni.
23	* CreepyCute: Once you get used to the pupil-less white eyes on Deadpool's mask, his facial expressions are quite endearing.
24	* CrossoverShip: There are tons of fan fiction writers who think Deadpool and ComicBook/HarleyQuinn should get together.
25	* CrossesTheLineTwice: As is the standard with Deadpool, he's a total wiseass who casually drops bad jokes while he snaps necks and cuts off heads. Deadpool less crosses the line twice and more picks up the line and plays double-dutch with it.
26	* EnsembleDarkhorse: Negasonic Teenage Warhead barely existed in the comics (she was in Creator/GrantMorrison's first issue of ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' and died immediately), so this new take created a great character from just the over-the-top name.
27	* FandomRivalry:
28	** With Film/{{Logan}}, because both are X-Men related films that make good use of their R rating.
29	** And with ''WebAnimation/LoboWebseries'', which also popularized an R-rated comedic anti-hero.
30	* FoeYayShipping: [[http://riverzabala2014.deviantart.com/art/MARVEL-Colossus-x-Angel-Dust-590960654 Several]] [[http://blackowle.deviantart.com/art/Colossus-Angel-Dust-593437218 fans]] ship Colossus and Angel Dust together, mainly due to the brief moment where Colossus calls Angel beautiful.
31	* FountainOfMemes:
32	** The title character, as usual, spawned lots of memes and quotes.
33	** Not far behind is Colossus.
34	--->'''Colossus:''' ''[[VideoGame/StarCraftI Take it slow.]]''
35	* FriendlyFandoms: Unlike with previous post-''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 Avengers]]'' efforts like the ''[[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Amazing Spider-Man Series]]'' films, the post-''Avengers'' ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]'' films, and ''Film/FantasticFour2015'', ''Deadpool'' is notable for ''not'' raising much criticism from Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse fans for merely not being part of their universe (at least initially), mostly due to the sheer absurdity of a comics-faithful, R-rated Deadpool movie and how many fans believed that Disney wouldn't touch the idea with a 10-foot pole -- reinforced by Bob Iger stating at the time that Creator/MarvelStudios still didn't have any plans for R-rated movies even after the success of ''Deadpool''. After the Fox buyout, though, Marvel announced plans to incorporate Deadpool into the MCU with both Ryan Reynolds and the R rating intact. It doesn't hurt that the movie makes a couple of [[ShoutOut friendly nods]] towards the MCU itself, has been praised by a number of the MCU's actors and directors, and even got approval and help from Creator/KevinFeige himself.
36	* GeniusBonus: Some of the references that Deadpool makes verge on the obscure, making them examples:
37	** When Deadpool's face is pushed into a leather headrest, he mutters "Rich Corinthian leather!", a reference to a ([[BeamMeUpScotty slightly inaccurate]]) memetic sales pitch from old Chrysler commercials featuring Creator/RicardoMontalban.
38	** When Colossus gets sprayed in the face with Deadpool's blood, Deadpool shouts, "[[Literature/AreYouThereGodItsMeMargaret Are you there, God? It's me, Margaret!]]" This is the title of a Creator/JudyBlume book involving a girl's first menstruation.
39	* GenreTurningPoint: For R-rated comic book movies -- at least for Fox at the time. Prior to this, all of the movies in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' were distinctly made to be PG-13 (or edited to fit the rating, in the case of ''Film/TheWolverine''). After the movie became a hit, Fox not only greenlit ''Film/{{Logan}}'' with another R rating, but talked about making the ''X-Force'' spin-off R-rated alongside the third ''Wolverine'' film (though they ultimately didn't have time to put anything in motion beyond ''Film/Deadpool2'' with the acquisition of Fox by Creator/{{Disney}}). Beyond Fox, Todd [=McFarlane=] started pushing for the production of a new ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' movie shortly after the success of this film, and Creator/DCFilms decided to move forward with some R-rated films such as ''Film/Joker2019'', ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', and ''Film/BirdsOfPrey2020''. In fact, R-rated movies in general have gradually been making a comeback across all genres, after constant pushing of the PG-13 envelope. Even Disney followed suit (albeit not cinematically until ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'') with the DarkerAndEdgier ''Series/MoonKnight2022'' and ''Series/Echo2024''.
40	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: ''Deadpool'' was very popular overseas and broke several box office records in general, but he was popular enough in Japan to the point where there was a giant statue erected of the merc with a mouth. This may be due to the fact that while the film was funny and absurd, Deadpool's story was very much like many of the masked heroes in Japanese media: good guy goes through experiments and gets superpowers, has to be separated from his love interest to hunt the organization that made him in secret, and has a personal grudge against the head of the program who was also the one who changed him.
41	* HarsherInHindsight:
42	** The opening credits' "Directed by an overpaid tool" line was humorous. [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/deadpool-2-loses-director-tim-940672 Director Tim Miller leaving Deadpool 2 after creative differences with Ryan Reynolds]],[[note]]among other things, because he wanted a bigger budget so that the sequel would be a stylized follow-up to the first film, no less[[/note]] less so.
43	** Creator/GinaCarano’s character being the subject of a transphobic insult (“I’m calling wang”), to the extent the joke [[ValuesDissonance landed to begin with]], comes off especially awkwardly after 2020, [[https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/11/gina-carano-fan-backlash-transgender-parler-cara-dune-mandalorian-rosario-dawson when Carano got into a tense online standoff with fans over recognizing personal pronouns]], leading to accusations of transphobia on her part.
44	* HilariousInHindsight:
45	** Wade jokes that he does not want an animated costume once he becomes a superhero, which is a reference to Ryan Reynolds' CGI uniform in ''Film/GreenLantern2011''. The quip becomes even more amusing after learning that they decided to animate the eyesockets on Deadpool's mask in post-production.
46	** Negasonic Teenage Warhead snarks about how the X-Mansion gets blown up every month. Guess what happens to the X-Mansion in ''Film/XMenApocalypse''?
47	** Deadpool's reference to "[[ComicBook/NickFury Samuel L. Jackson with an eyepatch and a saucy little leather number]]" in TheStinger has become this after Creator/{{Disney}}'s purchase of Fox; given Deadpool's penchant for NoFourthWall and the possibility of crossovers or retcons with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, it could just as well be construed as a reference to the ''actual'' Nick Fury. Same with the [[LawyerFriendlyCameo helicarrier]] during the film's climax, which can be retconned into an actual S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier.
48	** In this film, Wade promises to Vanessa that he will come back in "the next life, and I'm gonna boombox 'Careless Whisper' outside your window" in reference to the most famous scene of ''Film/SayAnything''. In ''Film/Deadpool2'', he does exactly that... to ''Colossus''.
49	** Deadpool complaining about not knowing if this movie's Xavier is Patrick Stewart or James [=McAvoy=] got even more appropriate as the other films kept him looking like [=McAvoy=] [[Film/DarkPhoenix all the way up to 1992]], leaving an even more ridiculously small gap before he turns into Stewart.
50	** Weasel's quip about Ajax's goons attending a midnight showing of ''Film/BladeII'' takes on fresh implications now that both Blade and Deadpool are slated for their own MCU films. Yet another excuse for Wade to kick holes in the fourth wall, if he realizes a movie character in ''his'' universe is a genuine superhero in the Avengers'?
51	** After seeing Negasonic Teenage Warhead's powers in action, Deadpool quips about pitying the dude who pressures her into prom sex. ''Deadpool 2'' introduces her romantic partner, the decidedly female Yukio.
52	* HollywoodHomely: Honestly, Wade is still fairly attractive once you get used to his scars (something one could also say about the comics, DependingOnTheArtist). [[spoiler: When he finally reunites with Vanessa at the end, [[LampshadeHanging she says the same thing.]]]]
53	* ImprovedSecondAttempt: Needless to say, this cinematic version of Deadpool was received ''much'' better by audiences than in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', with a more comic-accurate costume, raunchy humor and constantly breaking the fourth wall with clever quips, as opposed to the SilentAntagonist he was in the previous film.
54	* IronWoobie: Wade Wilson is a man who was promised his cancer could be cured, and on top of that he would gain abilities that would make him a hero. Instead, he was lied to and then forcefully tortured for an unknown period of time so it could be seen whether or not he was actually superhuman. This included being badly beaten, electrocuted, his head dunked under water, put through sensory deprivation in ice-laden water, and then being locked in a chamber with a very limited supply of oxygen to try and not suffocate. And when his abilities finally kick in? His cancer is cured, but he gains a horrific mutation across his entire body that leaves him scarred everywhere. When he gets free, he is unable to bring himself to approach his girlfriend Vanessa due to fear of being rejected because of how he looks. This is the perfect recipe for a full blown {{Woobie}} or even a JerkassWoobie, but not with Wade, who keeps up his lighthearted ways. As Deadpool, he's always joking, breaking the fourth wall, and keeping up a cheerful attitude throughout most of the movie, all the while trying to track down the man who forced him to be the way he is in the hope that he can be cured of his appearance.
55	* MemeticMutation:
56	** "Please don't suck."[[labelnote:Explanation]] Before it was released, this was usually the first response to posts about the film, symbolizing the [[TroubledProduction difficulty]] that it had in getting made.[[/labelnote]]
57	** "[=SkullPoopL=]", from a [[http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/065/395/e06.jpg very unique billboard.]]
58	** Given how the film is releasing close to Valentine's Day, selectively editing preview material to make the movie look like a romance. Which eventually became an AscendedMeme when Fox started doing it -- Deadpool himself talks directly to the women in the audience that were taken there by clueless boyfriends about how the movie actually ''is'' a love story.
59	** Fans of the movie have taken the Ajax/Francis joke and run with it by actually posting pictures of bottles of Ajax they bought with Ajax scribbled over and Francis written underneath. Inversely, referring to people named Francis as Ajax. Example: Pope Ajax.
60	** Deadpool's facial expression when [[spoiler:Ajax manages to escape on the highway]] has been used as a reaction shot to various news.
61	** "Yay! Superhero landing!" has been used in response to many scenes when a character does the ThreePointLanding. This is especially true for the ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' trailer, where Spider-Man was introduced doing the maneuver. "Superhero landing!" ''also'' gets used a lot for characters who fall and ''don't'' [[BlackComedy do a proper landing]], such as what happens to [[spoiler:War Machine]] in the aforementioned movie.
62	** There's an [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1251258-perfection image macro]] showing Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson from ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' (before the transformation), which is then followed by Michael Fassbender's Magneto from ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' saying the similar line he said to Raven/Mystique in that film, "I prefer the real ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}." The next image shows Weapon XI, a.k.a. the infamous mouth-sewn-shut interpretation of Deadpool from ''Origins'', which got the FanNickname "Barakapool" (among others), which is followed by young Magneto again, this time saying, [[TakeThatScrappy "I said the]] ''[[TakeThatScrappy real]]'' Deadpool." And finally, the next image shows the comic-accurate Deadpool, followed by Magneto saying [[FandomNod "Perfection."]]
63	** Fans had a lot of fun on International Women's Day referencing the scene in the movie where Vanessa and Wade, during their montage sex scene, wish a happy holiday to each other for increasingly obscure days, including International Women's Day.
64	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di3u_h0WzHQ The opening credits themselves]] became a meme, though only among Russophone users, with them assigning sarcastic commentary from it to characters from other franchises. Although there are many variations, the most common roster is: [[TheDitz "God's Perfect Idiot"]], [[MrFanservice "The Sexiest Man Alive"]], [[MsFanservice "A Hot Chick"]], [[EvilBrit "A British Villain"]], [[PluckyComicRelief "The Comic Relief"]], "A Moody Teen", "A CGI Character" (shortened to mean "Just Some Guy"), "Asshats", "The Real Heroes Here".
65	* MisattributedSong: "Careless Whisper" is ''technically'' a Music/GeorgeMichael song, not Wham!'s (though Wham! co-star Andrew Ridgeley is credited as co-writer, and the Wham! album Wade displays does indeed feature the song).
66	* MoralEventHorizon: Ajax proves his monster status by closing the asphyxiation tank on Wade ForTheEvulz and leaving him to burn in ashes inside the collapsing building.
67	* MorePopularSpinoff: ''Deadpool'' is the highest-grossing entry of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' in both North America ''and'' worldwide, and was popular enough to attract the attention of many people who weren't major X-Men fans.
68	* OlderThanTheyThink:
69	** Several interviews with the cast and crew had them referencing Deadpool being pansexual, with Creator/RyanReynolds even saying he hoped Deadpool could have a boyfriend in the sequel. A lot of fans erupted in anger over this, claiming that they changed his sexuality for the movie, but in truth Deadpool was confirmed as being attracted to men in the comics years ago. Thor, Cable, Spider-Man, Wiccan, and Hulkling are just some of the men he's openly had a crush on.
70	** Wade's joke that, with three ''Film/{{Taken}}'' movies released, at some point you have to wonder if it's just bad parenting. Three years before ''Film/Deadpool2016'', [[http://www.mtv.com/news/2814981/liam-neeson-taken-3-2/ Liam Neeson said almost the same thing.]]
71	** A surprisingly large number of fans thought this was the first superhero movie that was rated R. The concept of an R-rated superhero movie has been around at least since the '90s with movies such as ''Film/TheCrow1994'' and ''Film/{{Spawn\|1997}}''. Even a few years prior to ''Deadpool'', comic fans got an R-rated ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' movie as well as ''Film/KickAss''. Then, you have non-comicbook based superhero movies such as ''Film/{{Super}}'' or ''Film/{{Defendor}}'' which are R-rated. No one can even say this is the first Marvel movie to get an R-rating (hello, ''Film/{{Blade}}'' (1998) and The Punisher starring Dolph Lundgren (1989)). It's not even the [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative first Ryan Reynolds Marvel movie to get an R-Rating]] (hello, ''Film/BladeTrinity''). It ''is'', however, the most successful by a considerable margin, or at least it was until the release of ''Film/Joker2019''.
72	* PeripheryDemographic: Despite being rated R, the film became popular with kids and teenagers which contributed to its success.
73	* ProtectionFromEditors: According to [[https://www.yahoo.com/movies/ryan-reynolds-explains-how-the-deadpool-movie-got-109934676757.html an interview]] with Creator/RyanReynolds, one of the trade-offs when creating this film was a much smaller budget (compared to the rest of the main ''X-Men'' franchise), but they got free rein to make the movie without studio interference.
74	* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: The film has undone the damage ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' did to Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool performance and even placed him ''above'' multiple A-list Marvel heroes. The writers even took the time to [[TakeThatScrappy mock the version]] from the 2009 film in comparison to how badass the film's version became.
75	* SpiritualLicensee: Many fans feel that ''Deadpool''[='s=] approach to adapting its source material is more faithful and similar to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse than previous Fox and Sony Marvel movies (content ratings notwithstanding), to the point that some reviewers confused ''Deadpool'' for an actual MCU film. Disney's acquisition of Fox opens up the opportunity for the movie to transform from a SpiritualLicensee to an ''actual'' licensee.
76	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: If one criticism can be made about the film, Vanessa is an [[SatelliteLoveInterest under-developed character]], given her comic book self is a powerful shapeshifter with mimicry abilities. It looks like she might get her powers after she's captured by Ajax and [[spoiler: locked in the same pod that induced Wade's powers in the first place]], which would have added more to the plot, but instead she remains a normal human (albeit a pretty badass one). The writers said they toyed around with her becoming Copycat, but the film would've bitten off more than it can chew to do this considering it was also dealing with Wade's origin and the plot proper.
77	* TrailerJokeDecay: Many jokes suffered this, with the punchlines being in many trailers, such as "You look like an avocado had sex with an older avocado." The movie does occasionally use alternate takes that were not used in the trailers, but still got this reception from some fans.
78	* UnexpectedCharacter:
79	** Angel Dust and Negasonic Teenage Warhead, both of whom are ''extremely'' obscure mutants in the comics, and neither of whom have any connection to Deadpool, appear in this film.
80	** Colossus, while a prominent member of the X-Men, has little connection to Deadpool.
81	* ValuesDissonance: In the US, this movie was groundbreaking as the first major R-rated Superhero movie. In France? It was rated 12, though it is worth noting that most superhero movies end up getting rated U (all ages) in France, and a superhero movie rated 12 is quite notable. Similarly, in the UK, the film is rated 15, not 18 (which is the UK's equivalent to an R-rated film), though it's worth noting that it's still notable for being the rare superhero movie to get a 15 or 18 rating there, with ''Film/KickAss2'', the previous holder, released three years prior in 2013.
82	* WinBackTheCrowd:
83	** Similar to what ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' did in regards to ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', the creators said that this movie is essentially an apology to all the fans who were upset over the last cinematic version of Deadpool. It was profoundly accepted.
84	** In general, the movie won over many fans who saw Fox's ''X-Men'' films as a product of their time that were too grounded and far-removed from the comics, continued to use outdated tropes like MovieSuperheroesWearBlack, and (while not as frustrating an example as Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries) [[AshCanCopy continued to prevent Marvel from being able to use their characters]]. ''Deadpool'' not only provided a colorful, subversive, and very faithful take on the character, but was also full of R-rated humor and violence executed in a manner that only the Merc with a Mouth himself could lay claim to -- filling a niche that the series' main competitor, the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, refused to fill.
85	** The movie retroactively became an example to Fox's superhero properties as a whole -- after ''Film/FantasticFour2015'' was a critical flop and a BoxOfficeBomb, this movie had to put Fox back in favor with audiences. To say that it worked would be an understatement, given the surprising acclaim that this movie got from the most serious of critics.
86	* TheWoobie: Vanessa. While what she goes through pales compared to what happens to Wade, she still has to deal with the man she's desperately in love with getting terminal cancer, and then just disappearing (with her just assuming he must have died eventually). When she [[HopeSpot does finally find he's still alive]], she immediately gets captured by Francis, who plans to [[ForcedToWatch torture her to death in front of Wade.]] [[spoiler: Thankfully, he saves her, they are reunited, and she still loves him regardless of his scars.]]
87	* {{Woolseyism}}:
88	** The Mexican Spanish dub is full of them:
89	*** While the whole "undestructable/unfuckable" joke was kept, it also adds, possibly unintentionally by [[Creator/JoseAntonioMacias Deadpool's Mexican VA]], another layer of meaning, because one of the Spanish Mexican words for "fuck" (''coger'') also means "to pick/grab something," so in context, it could also mean he's ''untouchable'' (in the sense no one can defeat him, but also no woman wants to touch him either).
90	*** In a meta example, the promotional posters of Deadpool parodying the Coppertone girl (The ''Bad Ass, Smart Ass, Great Ass'' ones) were translated as ''Super Heroe, Super Rudo, Super Nalgas'' (Super Hero, Super Tough [Guy], Super Buttocks).
91	*** Another change, albeit involving (oddly enough) both the dubbed and ''subbed'' versions is when [[spoiler:Deadpool catches the recruiter when trying to find Ajax's whereabouts]]. While in the original English dialogue, he calls him "Jared," after Jared Fogle, the former Subway spokesman and convicted child molester, in the Mexican sub (since Fogle is little known in Latin America) he calls him "Father Maciel" instead, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcial_Maciel after an infamous Mexican]] PedophilePriest, not only to keep [[spoiler:the reference to a child molester, possibly to imply what the recruiter did to Wade/Deadpool was as bad as being raped by a priest, but especially since both cases involve persons one expected to trust (a spokesman and a priest), in the same way Wade decided to put his trust to him to find a cure to his cancer]]. Taking into account the real life Father Maciel died due to natural causes, you can get an idea how this analogy works [[spoiler:when Deadpool kills him in the most brutal way possible, even if it's off-screen]].
92	*** Ajax's name is pronounced phonetically in Spanish ("Ah-Hax") rather than "Aye-Yax" partly to keep the joke about how Deadpool pronounces his name and also because Ajax shares the same name with the industrial cleaner.
93	*** In the scene where Althea shows her gun, the Ronnie Milson reference is replaced with Music/StevieWonder instead, maybe because he's much better known in Mexico and Latin America than Milson.
94	*** When Deadpool, Negasonic, and Colossus are with Dopinder and Deadpool says "...and that is why ''Film/{{Cocoon}}'' is pure pornography", ''Cocoon'' is replaced with, of all things, ''Film/TheSisterhoodOfTheTravelingPants''.[[note]]This also ends up serving as an ActorAllusion (sort of) related to Deadpool's actor Creator/RyanReynolds, as Reynolds' wife Creator/BlakeLively appeared in that film.[[/note]] Amazingly enough, the first trailer for ''Film/Deadpool2'' has a similar scene, and this time it ''actually'' mentions ''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants''!
95	*** In the scene when Deadpool asks the public if they've seen ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours'' and then quips, "Literature/AreYouThereGodItsMeMargaret",[[note]]the title of a young adult book, as in the scene Colossus gets sprayed in the face with Deadpool's blood, and the plot of the book involves a girl's first menstruation[[/note]] the line was changed to "Soy Harry y busco venganza" (I'm Harry and I seek revenge), a reference to Creator/JamesFranco as Harry Osborn in ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', probably because most people in Mexico (and Latin America by extension) don't know about the book, and to keep the joke in line with the ''127 Hours'' reference by referencing another of Franco's well-known roles.
96	** The Israeli posters included the tagline ''gibór mezuyán''[[labelnote:Hebrew]]גיבור מזוין[[/labelnote]], meaning either "an armed hero" or "a fucking hero."
97	** Examples in the Japanese sub and dub:
98	*** The part when Wade compares Angel Dust with Rosie O'Donnell is changed with being compared with a ''squid'' instead. The analogy could be even ''more vulgar'' than the original English version because [[spoiler:in Japan, it's commonly held that semen smells like squid, being the equivalent of Wade calling her ''[[CountryMatters cuntface]]'']] or similar insults in English.
99	*** Wade addresses the recruiter as ''Nii-chan'' (literally, "big brother"); in context it could mean ''partner'' or ''dude'', but taking into account this is ''[[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Deadpool]]'' we're talking about, maybe the translators tried to make him sound childish. It also helps to emphasize the fact he looks like a pedophile from Wade's point of view, if only in the subbed version. In the dubbed version, Wade calls him a pervert and a stalker instead.
100	*** In the dubbed version, Ajax sounds more [[SissyVillain sissier]] that he already sounded in English, probably to make him sound more creepier than he already is.
101	*** Oddly enough, Dopinder avoids AnimeAccentAbsence, and his voice actor speaks with a notable, albeit not-exaggerated, Indian accent. This is especially odd, because Colossus, another foreign character, speaks Japanese without any accent, compared with the original version and other foreign dubs.

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