History Film / XMenOriginsWolverine

* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Stryker uses this on [[spoiler:Kayla]].

* BackToBackBadasses: Jimmy and Victor. [[spoiler:Several times, and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] the last time.]]

* FauxAffablyEvil/AffablyEvil: Stryker is very polite and charming, often calling Wolverine "Old friend". This doesn't change the fact that he's unrepentantly homicidal and manipulative.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Stryker is very polite and charming, often calling Wolverine "Old friend". This doesn't change the fact that he's unrepentantly homicidal and manipulative.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: Wade Wilson/Deadpool[[spoiler:/Weapon XI.]]
** Although as [[spoiler:Weapon XI]], the swords he uses are not katana.

* PragmaticAdaptation: In the comics, Fred Dukes A.K.A Blob, is a mutant who's specific abilities seem to revolve around being morbidly obese. In the film however, Dukes is physically fit until he develops an eating disorder, but his super strength is what allows him to carry his own weight.

** Stryker's ultimate mutant weapon being called "Weapon XI", in reference to [[{{Comicbook/New X-Men}} the revelation in the comics]] that "Weapon X" actually meant "Weapon Ten". Which means that if Weapon X1 is [[spoiler:Wade Wilson]], and Weapon X is Wolverine, who is Weapon I? Captain America.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: StuntCasting RyanReynolds as Wade Wilson. (Which even spills into ''[[NolanNorth the animated version.]]'')

* InertiaIsACruelMistress: How Victor kills [[spoiler:Wraith].]

Remember that bad guy with less claws from the first movie? Turns out he's Wolverine's half-brother.

As they grew into men, the beast in Victor also awakens, and over the [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld next one hundred years]] the brothers tore a bloody swathe [[AmericanCivilWar through every]] [[WorldWarOne major war]] [[WorldWarTwo of American]] [[VietnamWar Involvement.]] A century of bloodshed drove the already callous Victor mad, eventually resulting in their execution when Jimmy was forced to turn on him to protect a peasant woman from [[AttemptedRape his savage lust]] during the VietnamWar.

Thanks to the HealingFactor that conveyed near {{immortality}}, the execution merely "tickled" Jimmy and Victor, allowing [[KnightTemplar Colonel William Stryker]] to exonerate them of their war crimes and recruit them into a [[SuperSoldier squadron of mutant warriors]] that performed morally reprehensible tasks for the American Government. Jimmy left in disgust to start a new life after one massacre of innocents too many, with Victor [[AxCrazy enjoying]] [[BloodKnight his job too much]] to go with him. Victor's twisted mind took his beloved little brother Jimmy's departure as abandonment, and this he did not take too gracefully...

* BadassLongcoat: Victor, Victor, Victor...
-->'''Wraith:''' "I'm not Bradley, Victor. I'm not scared of your big coat."

* BerserkButton: Fred J. Dukes has a weight disorder. Try not to say anything about...

* BigBrotherInstinct - For all his (many) flaws, Victor Creed really loves his little brother Jimmy.

* BlackBestFriend - John Wraith. (''Best'' may be stretching it.)

* BreakingTheFourthWall: At the end of the film [[spoiler: Deadpool fishes his severed head out of the rubble, looks straight at the audience, puts a finger to his lips and says "Shhh.]]

** Several characters from the comic book can also be seen in the Weapon X scenes: Quicksilver, Banshee [[ContinuitySnarl (much younger than he would be in First Class)]], and Toad, specifically. Others are harder to distinguish on sight.
* CaptainErsatz - A kindly old couple on a farm who take in a super-powered individual? [[{{Superman}} That sounds kinda familiar...]]

** The name "Blob" is only mentioned once, as an insulting nickname that Freddie Dukes hates. Even then, it only comes up when Freddie mishears Logan calling him "Bub".
** "Gambit" is only briefly mentioned as Remy [=LeBeau=]'s nickname, which the prison guards gave him because he always beat them at poker.

** The name Sabertooth is never mentioned. Considering the continuity snarl of Sabertooth in the first movie (see below) and Creed's appearance in this one, one could come to the conclusion that they are different characters.

** And who can forget the skin o' diamonds? It's seared into our memories like the painful scars of an innocent first learning that stove elements glow orange because they're ''really really hot''.
** The fire escape in the alleyway brawl was a particularly bad offender
* ContinuitySnarl: Let's count the ways...
** Cyclops' eyes are shown to be heat-lasers instead of force-beams
** Victor's appearance has changed ''completely'' and he apparently doesn't recognise Wolverine at all in the first films (although he seems very keen on keeping Wolverine's dog-tags so it's possible he was just keeping quiet about the whole thing.)
** On top of that, Wolverine ''does'' remember Stryker in the first films, but for some reason not ''his own brother''.
*** Wolverine didn't remember Victor because of the adamantium shells Stryker fired into his brain. For that matter, he didn't technically remember Stryker in ''X-Men United''. He knew Stryker's scent and appearance were familiar but never could quite place them until near the end of the film. But that still leaves the question how the same vague memories weren't unearthed when he bumped into the brother who was his only friend for the better part of a century.
** He gets his signature jacket off the old couple that help him... and has lost it again by the time his memories are wiped.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: [[spoiler:"Turn around, and walk until your feet bleed. And then keep walking."]]
* CurbStompBattle: Wolverine handles Sabretooth with relative ease both of the times they fight after he gets the adamantium upgrade, and it's only through sheer luck that Sabretooth doesn't die in either fight. Logan himself gets his ass kicked by Sabretooth before the upgrade.
** Deadpool was also beating the Snot out of Wolverine before Sabertooth intervened. He only wins with Sabertooth's help.
*** And even then it was a close call.

* DualWielding - Wade Wilson with his dual [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]]. Arguably, Logan, Victor, and [[spoiler:Weapon XI]] count too...
* DumbMuscle - Blob
* EmptyElevator: Very much averted - they're ''in'' the elevator, right in the firing line of two dozen mooks with automatic weapons... but it still doesn't matter.

* FalseReassurance - Wolverine nearly throttles Stryker at one stage when he thinks he's lying. Styker swears that he's telling the truth "on the life of my son!" Of course, as we saw in ''X2'', Stryker doesn't value his son's life very highly.
* FanNickname: Dudepeel for [[spoiler:Weapon XI.]]

* FlashbackNightmare: {{Implied}} in one scene with Wolverine, where he is screaming in bed and apparently accidentally injured Fox with his (regular) claws, where he explained that he had nightmares on [[AmericanCivilWar every]] [[WorldWarI single]] [[WorldWarII war]] [[VietnamWar he fought in]].

* {{Gainaxing}}: Blob, when Logan hits him. [[FanDisservice ''Ewwww.'']]
** And for those of you who didn't like that scene, we have Emma Frost's slow-motion bouncing near the end before the helicopter.
* GunsAkimbo - Agent Zero at certain points.

* IdiotBall: [[spoiler:Did Wraith ''really'' think he could beat Sabretooth bare-handed? The guy has a HealingFactor after all. Plus super-strength, enhanced reflexes and claws.]]
** Kayla: [[spoiler:She has touch persuasion, and never thought to use it on Stryker. Instead, she ''ran past him'', where she was captured by Victor. She also trusted Stryker would free her sister after he ''blackmailed'' her, and only caught on to the fact he was using her at the end.]]
** How [[spoiler:Logan could really have failed to notice Kayla wasn't really dead values some mention. Did he not check at all? Why didn't he smell the blood wasn't hers? Or notice there weren't any actual wounds? And what on earth did he do with the body? Obviously he didn't try to bury it, and if he'd handed it over to anyone in authority, they would have noticed she wasn't dead. So what, did he just leave it there in the woods?]]
*** [[spoiler: She was using her power on him. Who knows if anything that happened that day was real, or just implanted memories. Also, the police are generally pretty suspicious if you show up somewhere carrying your murdered wife.]]

* [[IllGirl Ill Little Boy]]: Little Jimmy Logan.

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Agent Zero. And Stryker, who manages to hit Wolverine from a somewhat questionable distance on his first try with a revolver.
* InertiaIsACruelMistress: How Victor kills [[spoiler:Wraith.]]
* InformedAttribute: Wade's talkativeness. He gets maybe half a dozen lines, then stands around in silence with the rest of the team. It's certainly implied that Victor's reaction comes after Wade's been talking his ear off for a while, though.
* InNameOnly: Deadpool. Wise cracking crackpot with a penchant for kicking ass? No, that won't do. Let's sew his mouth shut and give him AllYourPowersCombined. While arguably a better explanation for his post-Weapon-X AxCrazy than "terminal cancer overlaid on top of a HealingFactor", it also ruins any chance of CharacterDevelopment fuel he might have in his own spin-off unless there are vast retcons involved.
** Emma Frost. The only attributes that she has in common with her comics counterpart is that she's blonde, and can turn her skin into a diamond-like form. ''First Class'' would [[CanonDiscontinuity ignore]] her appearance in this story and present its own version of Emma as much closer to her comics counterpart. Then again, she's called "Emma" but the surname is never said.

* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Stryker uses this on [[spoiler:Kayla.]]

** In the comics it is explained that when Wolverine experiences particularly traumatic moments, his brain mentally 'heals' around the memories of that moment. Traumatic memories could include having to watch the woman you love die/betray you, watching all of your friends and family members get killed, undergoing an intensely painful medical procedure under no anesthesia or finding out your brother is now an Ax Crazy mad man.
* LosingYourHead: [[spoiler:Deadpool.]]
* LoveMakesYouCrazy[=/=]LoveMakesYouEvil: Victor did '''not''' take James leaving him for a life of peace well... not in the least.
** In reverse, James defending Victor during Vietnam, despite Victor shooting at civilians, attempting to rape a little girl and slaughtering their fellow soldiers for trying to stop him.

** Stryker's ultimate mutant weapon being called "Weapon XI", in reference to [[{{Comicbook/New X-Men}} the revelation in the comics]] that "Weapon X" actually meant "Weapon Ten". Which means that if Weapon X1 is Deadpool (or Dudepeel), and Weapon X is Wolverine, who is Weapon I? Captain America.

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The [=PS3/360=] versions of the video game adaptation actually received better scores than the movie! The PS2 version, though, wasn't so fortunate...

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: [[spoiler:Victor saves James from Weapon XI, after which he says this practically verbatim.]]

* PreMortemOneLiner: "I can feel your spine, Johnny Boy. Never knew you had one."
* PresentDayPast: The movie certainly doesn't look like it takes place 20-30 years before the main X-Men movies.

* RealMenWearPink: Or in Gambit's case, Pimptastic purple silk.
* RedOniBlueOni - Victor Creed and James Logan.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Logan

* SmugSnake: Stryker

* TemporaryLoveInterest: [[spoiler:Subverted in that [[FakingTheDead her death was faked]]]].
* TheyWereHoldingYouBack - Why Victor killed the love interest.
* TooDumbToLive: So... are you saying they had those adamantium bullets the entire time their best marksman/sniper was out getting slaughtered by Wolverine in the field? Nice move, you military geniuses you.

* WolverinePublicity - The first X-Man so popular that he gets his own movie. Also features fan-favorites Deadpool and Gambit.

* FlashbackNightmare: Implied in one scene with Wolverine, where he is screaming in bed and apparently accidentally injured Fox with his (regular) claws, where he explained that he had nightmares on [[AmericanCivilWar every]] [[WorldWarI single]] [[WorldWarII war]] [[VietnamWar he fought in]].

** Stryker's ultimate mutant weapon being called "Weapon XI", in reference to [[{{Comicbook/New X-Men}} the revelation in the comics]] that "Weapon X" actually meant "Weapon Ten".

* FlyingDutchman: "[[WalkingTheEarth Walk]] [[CompellingVoice until your feet bleed]]. [[AndIMustScream Then keep walking.]]"

** Cyclops' eyes are for some reason heat-lasers instead of force-beams

*** Wolverine didn't remember Victor because of the adamantium shells Stryker fired into his brain. For that matter, he didn't technically remember Stryker in ''X-Men United''. He knew Stryker's scent and appearance were familiar but never could quite place them until near the end of the film. But that still leaves the question how the same vague memories weren't unearthed when he bumped into the brother who was his only friend for the best part of a century.

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The [=PS3/360=] versions of the video game adaptation actually received better scores than the movie!

* DiesWideShut

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: for all its faults, the film's opening montage of the many wars the US has been in did show Victor's decline from a soldier doing his job to a ruthless killer quite nicely without being really obvious about it.

*** Wolverine didn't remember Victor because of the adamantium shells Stryker fired into his brain. For that matter, he didn't technically remember Stryker in ''X-Men United''. He knew Stryker's scent and appearance were familiar but never could quite place them until near the end of the film.

* vaporTrail: Wolvie ignites a spark with his claws. The fire travels up the trail of fuel leaking from Agent Zero's downed helicopter.