History Characters / XMenFilmSeriesWolverine

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comics, Wolverine is stocky, short and not a conventionally attractive man; while he has many conquests, they're exclusively attributed to him being a KavorkaMan. Here, he's a TallDarkAndHandsome Creator/HughJackman, who is so tall that castmate Creator/JamesMarsden had to [[ScullyBox stand on boxes to not be dwarfed by him]].

!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenOriginsWolverine | Film/XMenFirstClass | Film/TheWolverine | Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast | Film/XMenApocalypse | Film/Deadpool2'' [[note]]archive footage[[/note]] | ''Deadpool 3''

* AdaptationalBadass: Overall, this Wolverine is depicted as being more dangerous than his comics counterpart during his early his publication days. His physical abilities are clearly superhuman, his healing factor allows him to take more damage, and his BerserkMode is depicted as TheJuggernaut.

* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:He takes on elements of Sarah Kinney from ''Comicbook/InnocenceLost'': Since Laura's birth mother remains anonymous in the film, he's the one with whom she develops a familial bond, and who dies as a result of Zander Rice's actions — in this case mortally wounded by his own clone, X-24. He then dies in Laura's arms, while telling her she can be better than what her creators wanted her to be.]]

* BatmanGrabsAGun: He grabs a handgun from a Reaver either he or Laura killed. [[spoiler:And uses it to kill Rice and break Pierce's cybernetic hand.]]

** In ''Film/{{Logan}}'' his HealingFactor is severely compromised. In fact in many scenes he's outright ''hobbled'' because he's no longer healing as well as he used to. He's often walking with a pronounced limp, his body is stiff and seems at times arthritic, he's riddled with scars and open wounds (which, based on what Caliban said, are frequently infected), and at the beginning of the film one of his claws jams and fails to fully extend during a fight. He's still the Wolverine, but time has not been kind.

* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:In ''Film/{{Logan}}'' he takes on elements of Sarah Kinney from ''Comicbook/InnocenceLost'': Since Laura's birth mother remains anonymous in the film, he's the one with whom she develops a familial bond, and who dies as a result of Zander Rice's actions — in this case mortally wounded by his own clone, X-24. He then dies in Laura's arms, while telling her she can be better than what her creators wanted her to be.]]

* DoesntLikeGuns: No so much doesn't like them as has no use for them, as his nigh indestructible nature allows him to easily close the gap with any gunman. The only time Logan was seen using guns was in flashbacks to the wars he's served in, where he was trying to hide his powers. [[spoiler:[[SurprisinglySuddenDeath This makes it all the more surprising when he shoots and kills Zander Rice out of the blue in]] ''Film/{{Logan}}''.]]
* DoomMagnet: Innocent people or people he cares about tend to die around him. He seems aware of this in ''Logan''.

* FallenOnHardTimesJob: In ''Logan'', he is now barely scraping by as a limo driver near the border in order to take care of Charles.
* FeelingTheirAge: The screenplay page of ''Logan'' describes Wolverine like this: "As for our hero, well, he's older now and it's clear his abilities aren't what they once were. He's fading on the inside and his diminished healing factor keeps him in a constant state of chronic pain."

** To Charles Xavier, as while both were mutants born to wealth and are a case of AdaptationalNationality in this continuity, that's where the similarities end. Xavier is a psychic WideEyedIdealist determined to create peace between mutants and humans, while Logan is a cynical AntiHero and AnimalThemedSuperbeing who at first struggles to believe in Xavier's vision. In ''Logan'' both are suffering from the affects of old age, with Logan dying from the adamantium in his skeleton while Xavier has Alzheimer's disease that causes him to have psychic seizures that could kill others, but their stories end differently: [[spoiler:Xavier is killed a few years after one of his seizures killed several, if not all, of the X-Men, while Logan dies protecting mutant children and giving them a chance at a normal life, including his own daughter who he got the chance to know for a few days.]]

* GoodThingYouCanHeal: He gets thrashed the most in all the films. Anyone else would die from the injuries he experiences. Taking away his healing factor in ''Film/TheWolverine'' proves near-fatal for him and by the time of ''Film/{{Logan}}'', the whole healing factor has dampened considerably (Logan is in near-constant pain and scars on his body are clearly visible). [[spoiler:In the end, it's not enough to keep him alive.]]
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:He manages to give his daughter one last smile before dying.]]

* HandicappedBadass: Downplayed in ''{{Film/Logan}}''. He's still walking and can make mince-meat of a man, but he's long past his prime. He has numerous scars, walks with a noticeable limp, sometimes even has trouble fully extending his claws, and puts on reading glasses. Compared to the [[TheBerserker fighter he was before]], he's much weaker.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: PlayedWith in ''Logan''. Logan's understandably more jaded and apprehensive about performing any heroics and constantly tries to assure Laura, Xavier, and the audience that he's only taking part in the events on-screen primarily out of obligation than any real attempt at trying to do some good. To compound the fact that Logan's heroism has considerably decayed in the years-long gap between ''Apocalypse'' and this film, he's become ''much'' more savage and violent than past incarnations of him have been--the R rating helping massively in this regard. [[spoiler:Then X-24 comes in to perfectly show just what Logan would be without his innate humanity, and Logan sacrifices himself to stop him in the final act purely to protect Laura and the other X-23 subjects.]]
* HealingFactor: By the climax of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', his flesh is being torn from his body at an alarming rate only to regenerate just as quickly. (This was explained in the novelization as being accelerated and enhanced even further than normal by the energy Jean was putting out.) He also survives a ''nuclear bomb'' in the opening of ''Film/TheWolverine'' and his body is left a charred and scalded mess from the affair. However, it seems like the film Wolverine's healing factor is not as absurd as that of the comic book Wolverine, considering that decapitation is treated as a viable option in his solo films. But then again what could decapitate his Adamantium skeleton in the movie franchise? [[spoiler:''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' also presents drowning as an effective method, though he was fished out before it could take, with possibly up to 24 hours having passed.]] However, by the time that ''Film/{{Logan}}'' takes place, his healing factor is no longer as powerful as before, making his aging more visible and his body being heavily scarred and riddled with half-healed wounds, some of which are infected. [[spoiler:It's weakened to the point that the wounds he receives at the climax of the movie are fatal.]]

* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:''Film/{{Logan}}'' features his death.]]

* HurtingHero: Logan is highly-susceptible to this. ''X-Men'' sees him introduced as an angry, bitter, amnesiac who makes his living abusing his HealingFactor to win prize money in cage fights, and initially only agrees to stick around because Charles promises to help him find answers about his lost past. The aftermath of ''The Last Stand'' and beginning of ''The Wolverine'' sees him almost completely broken by the loss of Xavier and the death of Jean, he's living alone in the wilderness with an enormous BeardOfSorrow when Yukio finds him, and Yashida attempts to exploit his world-weariness by offering to take away his healing factor so he can be allowed to die (and so Yashida can use it to save ''himself'' from the cancer that's killing him). ''Logan'' finds him breaking down ''physically'' as well; his healing factor no longer works properly, he's arthritic and hobbled, and he's also deeply disillusioned while caring for an ailing Charles.

* ImportantHaircut: Late in ''{{Film/Logan}}'', [[spoiler:when he collapses at Eden, the X-23 children take the opportunity to shave his unkempt hair into the classic Wolverine sideburns. Logan himself is not amused.]]
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: He coughs in fits throughout ''{{Film/Logan}}'', [[spoiler: which is a symptom of him SecretlyDying. And in the end, he does die, [[SubvertedTrope but from fatal wounds rather than sickness]].]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: In ''Film/{{Logan}}'', he is impaled on a tree branch by X-24.

* LastOfHisKind: Downplayed (though not very much), then played with. By the time of ''{{Film/Logan}}'', he's convinced that there are no other mutants left aside from himself, Xavier, and Caliban. [[spoiler:He's proven wrong by the existence of the X-23 project, whom are a bunch of kids, including Laura, with mutant powers. However, he was still (presumably) the last ''naturally born'' mutant, as well as the final surviving member of the X-Men.]]

** Becomes [[InvertedTrope Mr.]] FanDisservice in ''{{Film/Logan}}'' due to his failing HealingFactor with his many {{Shirtless Scene}}s showing off several ugly scars, and as the movie drags on, [[{{Gorn}} many gaping and still-bleeding wounds.]] The climax of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' and opening of ''Film/TheWolverine'' can count in that as well, since he's left shirtless after [[NightmareFuel having his entire skin flayed off]].

** ''Film/{{Logan}}'' has him do it to Pierce's mercenaries after taking a power-enhancing drug which temporarily restored his full powers.

A version of Wolverine that exists as the result of a BadFuture serving as a possible outcome of the adjusted timeline. Following an incident at the Westchester Mansion that killed several Mutants, the X-Men were disbanded and Logan retired as a superhero. Logan became the caretaker of a scatterbrained Professor X, trying to stay out of the spotlight, but is forced into action when he realizes that a girl he's been coerced into escorting has powers similar to his own.

* CoolOldGuy: While he looks forty, he's over 170 in the original trilogy. By the time ''Logan'' takes place he's pushing 200.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Granted, the classic Wolverine was dead at the time because of the events of ''ComicBook/DeathOfWolverine'' and wouldn't come back until after ''Film/{{Logan}}''[='=]s release, but he arugably counts as type 2 as one of ''Logan''[='=]s main influences was ''ComicBook/OldManLogan''--which saw its Logan survive the original story and would die years later in ''Dead Man Logan''.]]
* DeathSeeker: More or less by the time ''Logan'' takes place. The X-Men are a thing of the past [[spoiler: since seven of them were accidentally killed by Xavier years earlier in a seizure-induced mental attack with others likely being hunted down later]], mutants have almost died off, and Logan himself (who is in a constant state of physical pain due to his decaying healing factor) is left to a rather aimless existence with nothing left to do but look after Xavier and drive a limo part-time. [[spoiler: Later on in the movie he admits that he's been thinking about using his adamantium bullet to end it all. In the end he gets a much more [[HeroicSacrifice heroic]] death.]]
* DecompositeCharacter: [[spoiler: Despite ''Film/{{Logan}}'' adapting elements of ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'', it isn't Wolverine who's the unknowing killer of the X-Men, but rather Professor Xavier.]]

* HealItWithBooze: As revealed by the first screenplay page of ''Logan'', Wolverine is in a "constant state of chronic pain" and uses "booze as a painkiller."

%%* KilledOffForReal: DO NOT UNCOMMENT THIS TROPE. IT DOES. NOT. APPLY.

* MilesToGoBeforeISleep: By the time of the events of ''Logan'', he is slowly dying and has clearly ventured into DeathSeeker territory, carrying with him an adamantium bullet for the day when he can finally end it all, but he must first take care of Charles and ensure that he doesn't harm anybody as his mind deteriorates.

* Really700YearsOld: He was born in 1832, making him [[spoiler: 197 at the time of his death in ''Logan''.]] However, his healing factor means that, for most of his adult life, he looked to only be in his mid-30s.

-->'''Logan:''' Go fuck yourself.

* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler: Logan is slowly being poisoned to death by his own adamantium skeleton in ''Logan'', as a result of his healing factor slowing down with age. He makes it very clear that his days are numbered.]]
* SeenItAll: When Deadpool is cleaning up the timeline, [[spoiler: he just stands there nonchalantly as Deadpool headshots, then repeatedly double taps Dudepeel.]]

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:His power doesn't work well enough anymore to heal the fatal wounds he gets at the end of ''Logan''.]]
* TheDriver: He takes a limousine driver job in ''Logan''. The car model (Chrysler [=E8=]) was specifically made for the film.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:His final words in ''Logan'' are to tell Laura not to be what Transigen made her, and finally accepting her as his daughter as he muses on what Xavier told him earlier in the film about what life and having family feels like.]]

* AlternateSelf: He has two: one from the new AlternateTimeline created from ''Days of Future Past'' who is briefly seen in the film and makes a cameo appearance in ''Apocalypse'' before seemingly being erased when the main Logan takes his place in 2023, and the version from the AlternateUniverse seen in ''Logan''. The version from ''Logan'' is essentially the same as the main universe version in BroadStrokes, albeit one rocked by a traumatic, offscreen incident.

* BeardOfSorrow:
** In ''Film/TheWolverine'', Logan starts out with a shaggy one, likely resulting from the events of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
** Sports a thick, unkempt one by ''Logan''; you can tell he doesn't care much about his personal appearance anymore, and given everything that's happened to him at that point, including the near-extinction of mutantkind, who could blame him? The tone of the film gets ''slightly'' lighter when [[spoiler:the X-23 kids]] trim his beard back to look more like his traditional sideburns.

* BeautyInversion: In ''Logan'', he looks far older than he ever has in any other film. His healing factor typically erases any trace of injury, but now he has several notable wrinkles and marks on his face, and any glimpse of the rest of his body looks as if his skin is now mostly scar tissue. He is rather famous as a WalkingShirtlessScene, so this is the first time that such a scene is not used for fanservice.

* BroadStrokes: The version that appears in ''Logan'' is this to the Logan of the main films: he has experienced all the same major events such as Weapon X, the battle at the Statue of Liberty in the first film, and the events of ''The Wolverine'', while a deleted scene implies that he killed Jean Grey like in ''The Last Stand''. However he doesn't seem to have experienced the events of ''Days of Future Past'' and instead lived in a differed BadFuture.

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:His power doesn't work well enough anymore to heal the fatal wounds he gets at the end of ''Logan''.]]

* TheDriver: He takes a limousine driver job in ''Logan''. The car model (Chrysler [=E8=]) was specifically made for the film.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:His final words in ''Logan'' are to tell Laura not to be what Transigen made her, and finally accepting her as his daughter as he muses on what Xavier told him earlier in the film about what life and having family feels like.]]

* HappyEndingOverride: Only for the ''Logan'' iteration of the character. While the main timeline counterpart is, for all intents and purposes, given a happy ending, the BadFuture Wolverine was left in an emotionally-broken state after the Westchester Incident, which happened after the epilogue of ''Days of Future Past''.

* ActionDad: Although he spends most of ''Film/{{Logan}}'' pushing Laura away, he becomes this in time for the final battle, rushing to her aid as Rice and Pierce are closing in.
* TheAlcoholic: By ''Film/{{Logan}}'', while never a teetotaler to begin with, Logan has turned to booze to manage the constant pain he suffers from as his HealingFactor deteriorates.
* BadassAndChildDuo: In ''Film/{{Logan}}'', he reluctantly takes in the eleven-year old Laura, who claims to be his genetic daughter, and goes on a road trip to help her escape the evil corporation that's hunting her down. The interesting thing with this duo is that while Logan is still a killing machine, Laura's youth and agility actually make her just as "badass" as her father.
* BadassDriver: In ''Logan'', He now works as a rideshare limousine driver and uses CarFu during the film's first major battle.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: The years have been unkind to Logan and he's at a point where he feels that death would be a release. [[spoiler:He finally gets his release and passes away at the end of ''Logan''.]]
* YouKilledMyFather: When [[spoiler:X-24 stabs Charles and Logan watches him die in the bed of his truck]], he is FUCKING PISSED, and he gives the most hits and rage in his fight against [[spoiler: X-24]] than in their second bout, although not enough to win that fight, he did manage to be brutal and driven enough to surprise, rip into, and drive [[spoiler: X-24]] back at first.

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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I don't know what Charles put into your head, but I'm not whatever it is you think I am, okay?!"'']]

!!!'''Voiced By:''' José Arenas (''X-Men''), Creator/HumbertoSolorzano (''[=X2=]'' to ''Logan'') (Latin-American Spanish); Gabriel Jiménez (European Spanish); Joël Zaffarano (French in all films bar ''Logan''), Jérémie Covillault (French, in ''Logan''), Creator/IsaacBardavid (Brazilian Portuguese)
!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenOriginsWolverine | Film/XMenFirstClass | Film/TheWolverine | Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast | Film/XMenApocalypse | Film/{{Logan}} | Film/Deadpool2''[[note]]archived footage[[/note]] | ''Deadpool 3''

* ActionDad: Although he spends most of ''Film/{{Logan}}'' pushing Laura away, he becomes this in time for the final battle, rushing to her aid as Rice and Pierce are closing in.

* TheAlcoholic: By ''Film/{{Logan}}'', while never a teetotaler to begin with, Logan has turned to booze to manage the constant pain he suffers from as his Healing Factor deteriorates.

* BadassAndChildDuo: In ''Film/{{Logan}}'', he reluctantly takes in the eleven-year old Laura, who claims to be his genetic daughter, and goes on a road trip to help her escape the evil corporation that's hunting her down. The interesting thing with this duo is that while Logan is still a killing machine, Laura's youth and agility actually make her just as "badass" as her father.

* BadassDriver: In ''Logan'', He now works as a rideshare limousine driver and uses CarFu during the film's first major battle.

* UndyingLoyalty: He has developed this for Xavier during the TimeSkip after the post-credits scene of ''Film/TheWolverine''. Although both Magneto and Professor X are co-leaders of the remaining X-Men in 2023, Logan only defers to Charles' authority. When Erik tells him that, "You'll need me as well [in the past]," Wolverine is wholly against the idea, but he reluctantly agrees after Xavier nods in approval. By the time of ''Logan'' he's taking care of a mentally-ill, elderly Xavier.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Logan and Xavier in ''Logan'', bordering on a bromance version of AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther. Despite their grumpy demeanor around each other and their constant arguing, Logan treats the aged (and increasingly demented) professor more as a father than a mentor. Including having built his life around being his caretaker and planning on fully retiring with him on a boat. [[spoiler:This even goes so far that, while Laura gets abducted ''in his presence'', he is more occupied with looking for Xavier without any delay and doesn't even lift a finger to help her until it's taken care of.]] It's quite clear that Professor X is basically the only family he has left.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Logan, for what he has experienced, cannot die. It leads to the unfortunate circumstance of seeing those around him get killed or pass away of old age. However, when he is offered the chance to grow old and die like everyone else in ''Film/TheWolverine'', he refuses. He explains that living as long as he does is a [[BlessedWithSuck curse]], not a gift, since he has to watch everyone he loves grow old and die. It is clear he doesn't enjoy being immortal and sees it as a punishment he wouldn't wish even on his worst enemy. [[spoiler:He finally gets his release and passes away at the end of ''Logan''.]]

* YouKilledMyFather : When [[spoiler: X-24 stabs Charles and Logan watches him die in the bed of his truck, ]] he is FUCKING PISSED, and he gives the most hits and rage in his fight against [[spoiler: X-24]] than in their second bout, although not enough to win that fight, he did manage to be brutal and driven enough to surprise, rip into, and drive [[spoiler: X-24]] back at first.

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:He manages to give his daughter one last smile before dying]].

* HappyEndingOverride: Only for the ''Logan'' iteration of the character. While the main timeline counterpart is, for all intents and purposes, given a happy ending, the BadFuture Wolverine was left in an emotionally-broken state after the Westchester Incident.

* AlternateSelf: He has two: one from the new AlternateTimeline created from ''Days of Future Past'' who is briefly seen in the film and makes a cameo appearance in ''Apocalypse'' before seemingly being erased when the main Logan takes his place in 2023, and the version from the AlternateUniverse seen in ''Logan''. The version from ''Logan'' is essentially the same as the main universe version in BroadStrokes.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: In the finale of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', [[spoiler:he wakes up in the Sentinel-averted future to find all the X-Men and children at Xavier's school. Since he's the history teacher, he's settled and content]].

* {{Foil}}: To the younger Magneto in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. Both are violent individuals who love Xavier, but whereas JerkWithAHeartOfGold Logan possesses UndyingLoyalty towards Charles, JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Erik is quick to [[spoiler:[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder betray]] him]].

* HappyEndingOverride: Everything that happened between ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' and ''Film/{{Logan}}'' left Wolverine in an emotionally-broken state.

!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenOriginsWolverine | Film/XMenFirstClass | Film/TheWolverine | Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast | Film/XMenApocalypse | Film/{{Logan}} | Film/Deadpool2'' | ''Deadpool 3''

* DarkAndTroubledPast: His past history of fighting in the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, and his past work with Team X.

!!!'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenOriginsWolverine | Film/XMenFirstClass | Film/TheWolverine | Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast | Film/XMenApocalypse | Film/{{Logan}} | Film/Deadpool2''

!!!'''Voiced By:''' José Arenas (''X-Men''), Creator/HumbertoSolorzano (''[=X2=]'' to ''Logan'') (Latin-American Spanish); Gabriel Jiménez (European Spanish); Joël Zaffarano (French in all films bar ''Logan''), Jérémie Covillault (French, in ''Logan'')

* BadassBeard: Grows one by the beginning of ''Film/TheWolverine''.

!![[Franchise/{{Wolverine}} James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine]]

!![[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine]]

!!!'''Voiced By:''' José Arenas (''X-Men''), Humberto Solórzano (''[=X2=]'' to ''Logan'') (Latin-American Spanish); Gabriel Jiménez (European Spanish); Joël Zaffarano (French in all films bar ''Logan''), Jérémie Covillault (French, in ''Logan'')

** He is introduced wearing a tank top in ''Film/XMen1'' and is shown shirtless when Jean examines him.

* NiceGuy: ''X-Men Origins'' depicts him as a much kinder and more laid-back man. He personally objected to his half- brother's senseless killings towards innocent lives, treats his previous girlfriend, Kayla, well even after she's revealed to be working for Stryker, and he still has the heart to forgive her by rescuing her sister, Emma, and every one of the mutants over himself. But after he's shot in the head by Stryker with adamantium bullets, resulting in him losing his memory, he becomes [[TookALevelInJerkass cynical and colder]], yet still with a hint of kindness in the present timeline.

* NiceGuy: ''X-Men Origins'' depicts him as a much kind and laid-back man who personally objected to his half- brother's senseless killings towards innocent lives, treats his previous girlfriend, Kayla, well even after she's revealed to be working for Stryker as a promise to release her sister, Emma from his captivity which he really doesn't keep his words, he still has the heart to forgive her by rescuing Emma and every one of the mutants over himself. But after he's shot in the head by Stryker with adamantium bullets, resulting in him losing his memory, he's now a [[TookALevelInJerkass slightly cold and cynical man]] with a hint of kindness in himself during the present timeline.

* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:In ''Logan'', right before his death: "So this is what it feels like."]]

* AdaptationalNationality: A minor case, inadvertently cause by Wolverine's AgeLift. This version was born in what is now the Northwest Territory in 1832, as opposed to the comic character's birthdate of 1882. The problem comes with the unification of Canada in 1870; before that point, what is now the Northwest Territory would have been the northwestern territories of British North America, making this version of Wolverine British by birth.

* OldMoney: Judging by the refined manners of John Howlett and the grandeur of the mansion in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', James Howlett was born into wealth. However, he learns when he was around 13 years old that his mother Elizabeth had an affair with Thomas Logan, his family's groundskeeper, and is their illegitimate child. After the death of both his stepfather and biological father, James runs away from home, and he has been scratching a living ever since.

* HealingFactor: By the climax of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', his flesh is being torn from his body at an alarming rate only to regenerate just as quickly. (This was explained in the novelization as being accelerated and enhanced even further than normal by the energy Jean was putting out.) He also survives a ''nuclear bomb'' in the opening of ''Film/TheWolverine'' and his body is left a charred and scalded mess from the affair. However, it seems like the film Wolverine's healing factor is not as absurd as the comic book Wolverine's healing factor, considering that decapitation is treated as a viable option in his solo films. But then again what could decapitate his Adamantium skeleton in the movie franchise? [[spoiler:''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' also presents drowning as an effective method, though he was fished out before it could take, with possibly up to 24 hours having passed.]] However, by the time that ''Film/{{Logan}}'' takes place, his healing factor is no longer as powerful as before, making his aging more visible and his body being heavily scarred and riddled with half-healed wounds, some of which are infected. [[spoiler:It's weakened to the point that the wounds he receives at the climax of the movie are fatal.]]
* HealItWithBooze: As revealed by the first screenplay page of ''Logan'', Wolverine is in a "constant state of chronic pain" and uses "booze as a painkiller."
* TheHeart: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. Ironically, it's his major role in the film, with very few fight scenes. He's more there to galvanize the young Professor into action.