The fourth wall

While there are quite a few comic book characters who can communicate with the reader and who are aware of their condition (being just comic book characters), Deadpool is the most well-known. After all, he had more than one story-arc focused on this topic: the fact that he knows he doesn’t actually exist. Kind of depressing.

But it is actually exciting from another point of view (exciting for us, the readers). Being aware of a higher plane of existence, Deadpool is one big nerd, making pop-culture references all over the place. Here’s a spoiler regarding his biopic: Colossus asks him to join the X-Men and meet Professor X – to which the Merc with a Mouth asks, which one of them? Patrick Stewart or James McAvoy?

Or, if you didn’t know, he has time for everything (as a self-aware nonexistent superhero) – including for playing some WoW. In this example, he charges just like the famous WoW character who shouted his names whenever charging. Yeah. Leroy Jenkins.

As a result of this ability (if it can be called that), Deadpool is actually an extremely intelligent character, making the best out of any situation. Furthermore, he can use his main asset to piss off and distract even the most powerful characters – yes, his main asset is his mouth.