History Film / XMenOriginsWolverine

* InASingleBound: Zero does some leaps that would require superhumanly strong legs. Sabretooth and [[spoiler: Weapon XI]] does too, but theformer does canonically have SuperStrength and the latter may have gained it along with other powers.

* OriginsEpisode: For Wolverine.

* AbortedArc: The film ended with the reveal that ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} had survived being decapitated, setting the character up for future appearances. The InternetBackdraft, coupled with the movie's mediocre earnings, led to the studio abandoning any plans for a sequel for several years, and releasing the unrelated ''Film/TheWolverine'' instead. A solo ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'' movie was released in 2016, but it's completely unconnected to this film, and it both lampoons Weapon XI as a horrible idea, and treats ''Wolverine'' as CanonDiscontinuity [[spoiler: More accurately, ''Deadpool'' is set in the alternate timeline after ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' erased this film from the timeline.]] Two years later, ''Film/{{Deadpool 2}}'' returned to poke more fun at this film in an end-credits scene (spoiler for Deadpool 2 follows): [[spoiler: Deadpool gets Negasonic and Yukio to fix Cable's Time Travel gadget, then uses it to fix things in the timeline - including going back to the "reveal" of Weapon XI in ''Wolverine'' - and promptly shooting him several times until Weapon XI is DeaderThanDead.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Why is the moon so lomely?"'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm the best there is at what I do but what I do best isn't very nice. I'm the Wolverine."'']]

!!''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' contains the following tropes:

-->''"We're brothers. Brothers look out for each other."''

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The film features quite possibly one of the most painful instances of this trope. An antagonist loads a gun with adamantium bullets, knowing he can't kill Wolverine with them, but intends to give him Laser-Guided Amnesia by shooting him in the head. He succeeds, wiping Wolverine's memory with no other side-effects. Wolverine's "memories don't grow back", but his ability to speak, read, walk, recognize police cars, hide from police cars, etc, do.

* AbortedArc: The film ended with the reveal that SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} had survived being decapitated, setting the character up for future appearances. The InternetBackdraft, coupled with the movie's mediocre earnings, led to the studio abandoning any plans for a sequel for several years, and releasing the unrelated ''Film/TheWolverine'' instead. A solo ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'' movie was released in 2016, but it's completely unconnected to this film, and it both lampoons Weapon XI as a horrible idea, and treats ''Wolverine'' as CanonDiscontinuity [[spoiler: More accurately, ''Deadpool'' is set in the alternate timeline after ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' erased this film from the timeline.]] Two years later, ''Deadpool 2'' returned to poke more fun at this film in an end-credits scene (spoiler for Deadpool 2 follows): [[spoiler: Deadpool gets Negasonic and Yukio to fix Cable's Time Travel gadget, then uses it to fix things in the timeline - including going back to the "reveal" of Weapon XI in ''Wolverine'' - and promptly shooting him several times until Weapon XI is DeaderThanDead.]]

** In early appearances of SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} in ''ComicBook/NewMutants'' and ''ComicBook/XForce'', Deadpool mentions having been part of the Weapon X program. The film plays with this by turning Deadpool into a member of Team X, and later, Weapon XI.

** We also get some potshots taken at Weapon XI in ''Film/{{Deadpool}}.''

* {{Denouement}}: The film not only has this trope, but two SequelHook segments as well, one of which was eventually greenlit by Hollywood. That's right, folks: [[{{Deadpool}} the Merc with the Mouth]] got [[Film/{{Deadpool2016}} his own movie]].

** In the comics, SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}'s nickname is "The Merc with the Mouth". Here, [[spoiler:he's the Merc with ''No'' Mouth]].

* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: The film has been stated to be a testing bed for films based on Comicbook/{{Gambit}} and SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}. The fact that the two were the most common points of criticism (Gambit for AdvertisedExtra, Deadpool for TheyChangedItNowItSucks) would tell you it didn't work. However, Ryan Reynolds's Wade Wilson from ''before'' his disfigurement (plus in TheStinger) is still considered quite awesome, and Reynolds would later star as Deadpool in [[Film/{{Deadpool2016}} his own feature film]]. That said, since ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' is [[CanonDiscontinuity no longer canon]], the Deadpool movie completely disregards its events ([[TakeThat outside of taking potshots at them]]). And while a ''Gambit'' movie ''is'' in the works, it will also treat ''Origins'' as non-canon.

* AbortedArc: The film ended with the reveal that SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} had survived being decapitated, setting the character up for future appearances. The InternetBackdraft, coupled with the movie's mediocre earnings, led to the studio abandoning any plans for a sequel for several years, and releasing the unrelated ''Film/TheWolverine'' instead. A solo ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'' movie was released in 2016, but it's completely unconnected to the previous films and treats ''Wolverine'' as CanonDiscontinuity. [[spoiler: Or, more accurately, is set in the alternate timeline after ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' erased this film from the timeline.]]

* WasItAllALie: Wolverine to Silver Fox after learning that her death was faked in order to trick him into voluntarily submitting to the admantium-bonding process in order to be able to beat Sabretooth, who he thought murdered her in cold blood, and who beat him [[CurbStomp senseless]] when he first tried to get revenge for her murder.

* ItMeantSomethingToMe: Wolverine to Silver Fox when she tells him that their relationship was all a sham, as she was an undercover agent for Stryker who was sent to keep an eye on him after he quit Team X. Turns out she felt the same way, despite her denials to the contrary.

** Agent Zero. Not only do they use his New Weapon X callsign instead of his Weapon X one (Maverick), he somehow has Agent X's powers as well. Neither his powers as Maverick (kinetic energy absorption and redirection), nor his powers as Agent Zero (corrosive skin secretions designed to defeat HealingFactor abilities) make an actual appearance. Oh, and he's no longer East German.

''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 Professor Xavier's gifted students.

* FantasticRacism: When we meet Scott Summers, his Spanish teacher demanded, in a sharp angry tone of voice, to take off his sunglasses. When he refused, knowing the consequences, the teacher gave him detention by writing a couple of lines in Spanish.

* CompositeCharacter: The film went along with the comic book's then (and rather compelling) 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.

* FantasticRacism: When we meet Scott Summers, his Spanish teacher demanded, in a sharp angry tone of voice, to take off his sunglasses, when he refused, knowing the consequences, the teacher gave him detention by writing a couple of lines in Spanish.

* AdaptationalHeroism: 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.

* InASingleBound: Zero does some leaps that would require superhumanly strong legs.

* Fanservice: Other than Logan's shirtless scenes, Kayla looks pretty good in her lingerie.