History Film / XMenOriginsWolverine

** The film went along with the comic book's then implication of Dog Logan and Victor Creed/Sabretooth being the same individual; years later, however, the comics show Dog and Sabretooth as not being the same person. Movie Victor also takes on Rose's role from the ''Origin'' comic as the person who helped Logan run away.

** ''ComicBook/Origin|2001}}'' by Bill Jemas, Joe Quesada and Paul Jenkins, is loosely adapted into the introduction showing Wolverine's childhood. The story and movie both reveal Logan's name is James Howlett. In the comic story, James shares a childhood with his half-brother Dog Logan, who was rumored to be Sabretooth; Sabretooth and Wolverine being brothers and sharing a childhood together was a persistent rumor in the comics. The film keeps the interpretation that James' brother is Sabretooth, and that they grew up together. The comics no longer follow this plot, as Dog Logan was revealed to be a completely different character than Sabretooth.

** ''Wolverine: Origin'' by Bill Jemas, Joe Quesada and Paul Jenkins, is loosely adapted into the introduction showing Wolverine's childhood. The story and movie both reveal Logan's name is James Howlett. In the comic story, James shares a childhood with his half-brother Dog Logan, who was rumored to be Sabretooth; Sabretooth and Wolverine being brothers and sharing a childhood together was a persistent rumor in the comics. The film keeps the interpretation that James' brother is Sabretooth, and that they grew up together. The comics no longer follow this plot, as Dog Logan was revealed to be a completely different character than Sabretooth.

''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' is a {{prequel}} to all prior entries in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''; it focuses on Logan's [[MysteriousPast Mysterious]], DarkAndTroubledPast from his childhood up until several years before he hooked up with [[ComicBook/ProfessorX Professor Xavier]]'s gifted students.

* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: The film has Logan go mano-a-mano against Fred Dukes a.k.a. The Blob--without using his claws--to get information from him. Logan's glove-clad punches prove rather ineffective.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: Young Wolverine finds his father stilly dying to the bullet fired by his still living actual father next to his best friend slash actual brother and probably (?) his mother only to go full mutant and murder probably (?) one of his fathers. In Canada, because that's where he was always from, eh. (?) Hockey.

* BigMessedUpFamily: Young Wolverine finds his father stilly dying to the bullet fired by his still living actual father next to his best friend slash actual brother and probably (?) his mother only to go full mutant and murder probably (?) one of his fathers. In Canada, because that's where he was always from, eh. (?) Hockey.

** [[spoiler: Kayla Silverfox]] has a CompellingVoice (which does require physical contact, but isn't shown to be blocked by clothing), yet still winds up being blackmailed by Stryker holding her sister hostage, despite several instances where she's within range to reach out, grab him, and order him to release her sister (and anything else she likes). The Stryker portrayed in ''Film/XMen2'' ("Kill anyone who comes near, even if it's me!") probably would have had something in place to stop this from working, but the Stryker in this film (who's at least partially responsible for the first TooDumbToLive example) probably wouldn't. She doesn't even attempt to use her power on him until she's literally dying.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the comics, pre-X-Men Logan was a legitimate asshole who would have been very much ideologically aligned with the films' version of Stryker (something Stryker alludes to in ''Film/X2XMenUnited''). In this film he's shown to be generally decent and a reluctant participant in the X Team's more morally dubious actions.

** Agent Zero's history with Weapon X and Team X is scattered throughout ''[[ComicBook/AdjectivelessXMen X-Men]]'' #5-7, #10-11, ''Maverick'' #1-12, ''Wolverine'' #60-64, and ''Wolverine Annual September 1995''. He is not known as Agent Zero until the revived Weapon X program under Malcolm Colcord, from ''Wolverine'' #166 onward.

* {{Gainaxing}}: We have Emma Frost's slow-motion bouncing near the end before the helicopter.

* SlidingBikeStop: Even Wolverine pays tribute to this scene, where during the "fight" against the helicopter, he stops his bike in moving and changes the way with his claws on the ground, making this iconic pose for the movie.

* IllBoy: Both James and Victor were sickly children before their mutation manifested.
-->'''Victor:''' You're always sick.\\
'''James:''' You were sick when you were my age.

* StockSubtitle: ''Origins.''