Deadpool, Aka Wade Wilson, Aka the Merc with a Mouth, first made his debut in the much-maligned X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009).
Pretty much the only thing people liked from that was Ryan Reynolds was a perfect fit for the character, but they just wanted to see him don that glorious red suit and enact some of that fourth-wall-breaking humor that he’s so well-known for in the comics.
Seven years later, we finally got that with the first Deadpool film in 2016, followed by Deadpool 2 two years later in 2018.
Both films are among the highest-grossing R-rated films of all time, only being beaten by Joker (2019).
With that R rating, you can imagine that the Deadpool films brought with them a foul-mouthed, raunchy sense of humor, which was totally okay for a self-aware superhero satire.
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