If there was one film that could rival the kind of pop culture explosion that Avengers
Infinity War instigated, it’s the highly anticipated sequel to the Merc with a Mouth’s
feature film series, Deadpool 2.
And while the ending of the film doesn’t quite have people scratching their heads nearly
as much as Thanos’ little snap did, there’s still a whole lot going on that left some
fans wanting to know more.
So today, we’re breaking down the ending – and credit scenes – of Deadpool 2.
Also, if it wasn’t incredibly obvious by the title of this video when you clicked on
it, this is FULL OF SPOILERS.
Movie ruining plot revealing surprise stealing spoilers.
You’ve been warned.
Deadpool 2’s plot consists of DP attempting to save a boy named Russell – who, according
to Cable – grows up to be a mass murdered, killing Cable’s wife and child.
The only way to prevent this from happening is if little Russell sees that people actually
care about him.
Which, Deadpool heroically does – our hero, wearing one of those collars that renders
his powers futile – jumps in front of Russell, protecting him from being shot.
It’s also worth noting that Vanessa, Wade’s love of his life, died in the film.
So him sacrificing himself is something that he was totally okay with.
BUT that gets reversed when Cable travels to the future, see that his wife and kid are
still alive, then travels back to pop a disc into Deadpool’s suit which saves his life.
So what does this mean?
What will happen next?
Well, now that we have a much more nicely pared down version of the X-Force, it seems
likely that Deadpool will carry on with that.
But what about Vanessa?
Wade manages to go back into time in one of the post credit scenes and saves her, but
more on that later.
For context - In the comics, Vanessa Carlysle is also a member of the X-Force, working under
the alias of Copycat, a mutant who has the shape shifting and mimicry powers.
Whether or not Vanessa will become Copycat has been a big question for fans ever since
she debuted in the first Deadpool, and Copycat’s stories in the comics hint to what kind of
future the character may have in the next Deadpool film.
Deadpool 2 also saw the introduction of Domino – a character, who in the comics, doesn’t
actually debut as herself until much later after her first appearance.
When she first appeared in New Mutants vol 1 issue 98 back in 1991, Domino was actually
Copycat in disguise, working to infiltrate the X-Force and kill Cable.
Deadpool, who, in the comics had briefly dated Vanessa and broken up with her upon discovering
his cancer, revealed her true identity to the X-Force, and then left them all for dead
when blowing up the X-Force complex.
Later on, Copycat was captured by the Weapon X program and had her memory erased, and crossed
paths with Deadpool again when he was recruited to kill her.
He decides to warn her instead, and the two of them are hunted by Kane, resulting in her
being fatally injured, dying in Deadpool’s arms in Deadpool issue 59 in 2001.
But, later, its revealed that Deadpool’s blood had made it into her wounds, which healed
her.
Now, let’s jump forward to those post credit scenes.
The first one features Negasonic Teenage Warhead and her girlfriend Yukio fixing Cable’s
time travel device, which OF COURSE Deadpool gets his hands on and uses.
This leads to Deadpool using it to stop Vanessa from being killed, and to save Peter by telling
him not to help Zeitgeist.
THEN it goes deep down the meta rabbit hole – Deadpool jumps back to 2009, where he
encounters Logan in X-Men Origins Wolverine, alongside the previous version of Deadpool
that Ryan Reynolds played – you know, the merc with a mouth who didn’t have a mouth.
Deadpool shoots him, killing him.
It gets even more meta when Deadpool travels back in time again, to Ryan Reynolds reading
the Green Lantern script, and shoots him, too.
And, while we’re at it, worth noting that there was one scene that didn’t make the
cut, since it didn’t bode well with test audiences – Deadpool went back in time and
killed Hitler, but when Hitler was a baby in his crib.
Yeah, a little dark – killing babies just doesn’t really go over well with a lot of
people.
There was also another post credit scene in talks that would have featured Chris Evans
reprising his role as the Human Torch from the original Fantastic Four films, and Deadpool
killing him to further fix the timeline.
Between Cable going back in time and altering Deadpool’s suit in order to save his life,
and Deadpool ‘fixing’ the timelines and saving Vanessa, there’s a whole lot going
on that could have some serious ramifications.
If we’ve learned ANYTHING from movies with time travelling in them, it’s that messing
with history can seriously much things up for the future, and the present.
So what could this mean for the next Deadpool film?
The most obvious answer is that Deadpool and Vanessa, both being alive, are now going to
be a part of X-Force, and we’ll finally get to see Copycat come out of the wood work.
Fans of the comic are speculating whether or not Copycat and Domino will cross paths
the way they do in the comics.
Another theory suggests that perhaps this meddling with time will be used to help justify
the franchise’s Segway into the Disney MCU once the rights have carried over in 2020.
Nothing like some good ol time travel to rectify universe-wide plot holes!
That being said, it could also mean jack s***.
The Deadpool films continuously act as a satirical take on the superhero genre, and the credit
scenes are hilarious gags.
So it’s very likely that assuming these credit scenes are anything more than that.
They’re super meta, super entertaining, but probably won’t amount to any greater
consequences in the character’s franchise like they do in the MCU.
But hey, we still have our fingers crossed that Vanessa will get her turn on the X-Force,
regardless of whether or not she takes up the Copycat mantle.
Alright!
There we have it friends.
What are your thoughts on the ending of Deadpool 2?
Do you have any theories about what will happen in the next film, or how the Deadpool franchise
will be ingested into the MCU?
I mean, hey, it makes too much money for Disney to want to ditch it – it ain’t no Fantastic
Four.
Let us know all of your thoughts in those comments below.
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