Deadpools second outing has been a financial success, as expected.
Its kind of crazy.
Really, think about it.
The Avengers and Justice League characters are all old hat.
Guardians of the Galaxy is a bunch of old characters with a fresh coat of paint.
Deadpool, on the other hand, was just a crappy Deathstroke knockoff who looked kind of cool.
It took years for him to grow into an actual character.
Now hes A-list and is practically a household name.
Throughout his nearly 30 years of existence, Deadpools made plenty of appearances outside of comics.
Lets just get that one out of the way.
Or how Silver Samurai was a mech.
Or how Psylocke was…whatever Psylocke was inX-Men 3.
It worked with the Vanisher, so even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Ever since playing Hannibal King inBlade Trinity, fans had been wanting him to play the role.
You know, like the Deadpool we know and love.
Like, it could have been salvaged by a decent enough writer.
Around the same time, Marvel released a straight-to-DVD set calledHulk Versus, which featuredHulk vs. ThorandHulk vs. Wolverine.
Deadpool added some much-needed color to the story via his snide remarks and physical comedy.
If anything, it showed us that Deadpool COULD work.
At least, as a cinematic antagonist for Wolverine.
Fox was all, Oh.
Well make it, but were limiting your budget.
In fact, were limiting what we already limited.
And so, on February 12, 2016,Deadpoolwas released in theaters.
Do I really need to go over the movies plot here?
Not only was the movie successful as a lesser-known superhero flick, but it did gangbusters with an R-rating.
Not everything needed to be an X-Men superhero blockbuster adventure.
They could do action comedies and gritty dystopian dramas and whatever the hellNew Mutantsis going to be.
Deadpool is so successful as a cinematic star that theyre even doingX-Forceas a spinoff ofhismovies.
Deadpool in Video Games
Deadpool has had plenty of play in the video game world.
Deadpool acts as a boss character about halfway in, tricked into working for Mr. Sinister.
By completing the game, you’re able to replay with Deadpool unlocked.
Deadpool comes back for the two follow-ups,Marvel: Ultimate AllianceandUltimate Alliance 2.
Even this alternate reality version of Deadpool is voiced by Nolan North.
There are a lot of neat touches with Deadpools inclusion.
His inter-company rivalry with Dante fromDevil May Cry.
The way he jokes aboutSpider-Man: Turn Off the Darkwhen facing Spidey.
Quoting the KonamiX-Menarcade game when facing Magneto.
The way he wields his own health bar as a weapon at one point.
Thumbs up for having Slapstick show up apropos of nothing.
This is years before they were on a team together.
Hold on a sec, Ill be right back.
types Deadpool Spongebob into Google Image Search
Huh.
Not nearly as much fanart as I expected.
2013 gave us Deadpools very own game in the appropriately-namedDeadpool.
Yet again, North voices him.
you might swear now.
Or at least it would be if you didnt wear it out in the first five minutes.
Its your average hack n slash and they gotDeadpoolcomic scribe Daniel Way to write the game.
While the games direction is certainly cute, Deadpool himself is incredibly one-note.
Then again, Daniel Way wrote the game, so thats what you get.
Theres nothing especially deep about the story where hes out trying to kill Mr. Sinister.
He just does it for the flimsiest of reasons and we get a bunch of cameos out of it.
Plus it overuses the whole inner voices gimmick and thats just the worst.
Deadpool has seen things you people wouldnt believe.
A giant foot crushing Mr. Sinister.
Mayor Mike Haggar knocking out Galactus with a lead pipe.
Deadpool on TV
So lets go way back.
Way, way back to the early 90s.
Deadpool was a nothing character.
He fought the New Mutants, had unique word bubbles, and maybe crossed paths with Wolverine once.
Despite all that, he still made three minor appearances on theX-Menanimated series.
The cartoon was known for its inexplicable use of Marvel cameos.
Strange and War Machine stopping by for literally two seconds.
Despite all of that, Kitty Prydenever showed up oncein all five seasons.
Even though the previous X-Men cartoon wasnamed after her.
A later episode had Morph transform into him briefly to get under Wolverines skin.
Again, no context given.
Still, no context on who that guy was.
Not that they had much of a choice.
Using the term dead in a childrens cartoon is a BIG no-no.
EspeciallyX-Men, which took a huge beating from standards and practices on a regular basis.
At least thats not the case inUltimate Spider-Man.
Deadpool appears in an episode, fittingly titled Ultimate Deadpool, where hes voiced by Will Friedle.
Considering the shows not-so-grounded, logic-defying, humorous style, Deadpool fits in pretty well.
Its worth checking out if youre able to stomach the shows flavor.
Once was enough for me.
Deadpool has ended up getting some play in Japan as well, oddly enough.
Its just fan service.
Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, on the other hand?
Thats another story.Disk Warsis a recent anime series from Japan and its completely bonkers.
Like I said, totally batshit.
And you know what?
Its actually not bad!
Despite the weird concept, the writers actually seem to care about making lemonade out of the lemons.
Deadpool appears in two episodes, The Forbidden Hero Appears and Chris and the Moment of Truth.
Hes voiced by Takehito Koyasu.
Its really amazing how well they balance him out.
At times hes a well-meaning maverick who does things his own way.
Its Deadpool and Captain America having a badass fight with Baron Zemo.
Go look for it online.
Right now theres a follow-up series calledMarvel Future Avengersthat drops the Pokemon gimmick, but keeps the kids around.
More recently, there was supposed to be aDeadpoolanimated series on FXX headed by Donald Glover and Stephen Glover.
Due to too many arguments with the higher-ups, the show never came to be.
Hopefully they can keep on hitting in years to come.
