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** Although his place has varied between III to V in the comics, the cartoons and movies consistently portray him as a Type III.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: Sabretooth.
* [[Art Shift]]:
** From Logan's first appearance through the [[The Dark Age of Comic Books|90s]], the following were pretty consistent:
:::- He was short, homely, and very hirsute.
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:::- He's more handsome, less hairy and generally more of an average height
:::- The claws come out directly between his knuckles and have the heavier knife-shaped appearance
* [[Artistic License: Biology]]:
** Aside from the issues with lacing Logan's bones with the adamantium, some depictions of his skeleton (especially in the ''Weapon X'' miniseries) have long adamantium sprues sticking off his bones from the injection ports, which would play havoc with the muscles around any part of his body that he tried to move.
** Most artists make Wolverine's claws so long that, if fully retracted, at least part of the claw tips would be inside his hands, meaning he wouldn't be able to flex his wrists without shredding his hands from the inside.
** The [http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/1/16696/717394-wolverineshand_super.jpg X-ray of Logan's arm] in the first movie shows the claw implants pushing his forearm bones far enough apart to dislocate them from his wrists.
* [[Ascended Extra]]:
** Logan was originally supposed to be a one-off Hulk villain. It didn't quite turn out that way.
** His archnemesis Sabretooth used to be a minor [[Immortal Iron Fist|Iron Fist]] villain.
* [[The Atoner]]: One of the reasons given for Wolverine [[Wolverine Publicity|appearing in so many titles]] is that after regaining his memories, he felt so guilty over [[Dark and Troubled Past|all the nasty stuff he did in his past]] and the fact that his son is basically just as bad a person in the present as he used to be that Logan feels compelled to try and do as much good as physically possible though he feels as though he can't ultimately make amends. Of course, this doesn't really account for all his appearances ''before'' he got his memories back and learned he had a son...
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* [[Blade Below the Shoulder]]: Not only Logan, but [[X-23]] (two claws in each arm, one in each foot) and [[Daken]] (three claws in each arm, arranged differently than Logan's)
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: His powers come with a number of drawbacks.
** Those claws of his ''hurt'' when they pop out of his hands. A new wound every time he does it, thanks to his [[Healing Factor]].
*** One issue of ''[[X-Force]]'' graphically highlighted this fact, with Wolverine repeatedly popping and retracting one claw while stewing over something...and a small spurt of blood with each SNIKT!
*** During the time without the adamantium, he had to keep his hands constantly bandaged to deal with bleeding from the holes made by the claws...and the pain was a ''lot'' worse because there was no [[Healing Factor]] (see the trope below). He still kept it up, though...
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'''Logan''': Every time. }}
*** In the ''Weapon X'' standalone story, the metal chutes his claws extend through are surgically implanted in his hands because of the damage the claws did the first time he extended them.
** The adamantium may keep his bones from breaking and make his claws that much more dangerous, but it actually ''slows down'' his healing factor; X-23 grouses to him at one point that he heals too slowly. The reason for this was recently [[Retcon|Ret Conned]], but it still applies. Then again, the healing factor is depicted so inconsistently that this might as well not apply anyway.
*** In one story which featured the X-Men fighting the Brotherhood on Muir Island, Mystique threatens him with a weapon that will deactivate his healing powers and explains that his adamantium bones will poison and kill him quickly if she uses it.
** His enhanced senses may sound cool, but most people would probably crack up from having to process that level of constant sensory input 24/7.
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* [[The Cowl]]: Subverted. Wolverine has been called "[[Batman]], sans the subtlety".
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: And '''how'''.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Depending on the Writer]]: The absurdity of Logan's [[Healing Factor]] seems to rest on who happens to be writing him at the moment.
* [[Determinator]]: Logan is one ''stubborn'' son of a bitch. Even when badly hurt, he'll shrug it off and [[Implacable Man|just keep coming]] at you until one of you drops. Unfortunately for whoever he's fighting, this will inevitably give Logan the time he needs to heal.
* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: His current sidekick X-23, who's literally his female clone made from an incomplete DNA sample (the Y chromosome was damaged, so they doubled up on the X).
* [[Dragon Lady]]: Lady Deathstrike, Tyger Tiger.
* [[Dub Name Change]]:
** He's known as "Lobezno" ("Wolf Cub") in Spain and "Pantera" ("Panther") in some places in Latin America. Arguably [[Justified]] in that the Spanish name for the wolverine is "Glotón", which means "[[Big Eater]]" and might cause people to think his mutant power is eating stuff.
** French translators were faced with the same problem: French for "Wolverine" is "Glouton", which has the same meaning as its Spanish transparent counterpart, so for a very long time (until Panini got Marvel's right from Lug), he was known as "Serval" (a big African cat with a great sense of smell), then they simply stopped translating his name. Another publisher (Arédit) did call him "Le Glouton", though.
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* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Yes he's more-or-less a heroic guy, but unless you're his daughter or some other kid he's taken under his wing, it's better he ignores you.
* [[Good Thing You Can Heal]]: His adamantium helps mitigate the damage but still....
* [[Go
* [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: In ''Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk'', the Hulk [http://comicsmedia.ign.com/comics/image/article/667/667856/ultimate-wolverine-vs-hulk-20051117010529051-000.jpg rips Logan in two at the waist]. Not only does Logan survive, he crawls up the mountain he's on to find his legs.
* [[Healing Factor]]: Logan is arguably the [[Trope Codifier]].
** Averted during the "no adamantium" arc; the stress of trying to heal the massive trauma of having the metal ripped out of his body overloaded the healing factor and killed it for a few months of story time. When it finally came back, without the adamantium to slow it down, it essentially overclocked, allowing Logan to at one point completely recover from being ''run over'' in a matter of seconds but slowly causing him to revert to a more bestial state. This was taken to an extreme when Genesis tried to re-implant the adamantium. Logan's body explosively rejected the adamantium, and when he was fully healed he was a monstrous subhuman.
** [[Chris Claremont]], in particular, is ''very'' careful to avert, invert, subvert and otherwise keep this trope from giving Wolverine the effective immortality that he has had of late. In one issue, Wolverine is poisoned and badly stabbed by the Silver Samurai, and it's implied that he's risking his life to [[Heroic Sacrifice|let Rogue absorb his healing powers]] because he is so badly hurt. In another issue, Mystique demonstrates that a slit throat will kill Wolverine before his healing factor has a chance to kick in {{spoiler|it's being played with there, though, because it is one of Arcade's replicants being killed, and Arcade may not know the full extent of Wolverine's powers}}.
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* [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: One of Logan's signature moves, when he's not slicing you to ribbons. He's also on the receiving end occasionally.
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Sabretooth. Very disturbingly so in Deadpool's Weapon X storyarc.
* [[Implacable Man]]: Together with his [[Healing Factor]] [[The Nose Knows|sense of smell]] and sheer determination, nothing short of Galactus is going to stop him from tracking someone. And even then only for a little while.
* [[Informed Ability]]: His martial arts prowess. 9 times out of 10 we only see him wildly flailing his claws around, something which requieres no skill. Wolverine cant seem to make it out of a fight unscathed and is very dependant on his healing factor.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Kavorka Man]]: He's a really short, hairy guy with cigar breath and weird hair. He's never without some hot woman or another after him. It's also been repeatedly stated or implied that he smells bad and rarely bathes.
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* [[Law of Inverse Fertility]]: Played straight for a ''long'' time. Up until Daken came around, it was only ever implied that Logan had any kids (specificallly, Gahck's baby sony Erista in the 1990 one-shot "Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure", and Alpha Flight's Flex). The trope was finally averted in two story arcs:
** In the "Wolverine Goes to Hell" arc, part of the emotional torture he undergoes is seeing all his shames and regrets paraded out in front of him, including the undisclosed multitude of children he sired and never cared for.
** See {{spoiler|[[Offing the Offspring]]}} below.
* [[My Suit Is Also Super]]: Very much averted; his costumes (and more often than not, his street clothes) are constantly being destroyed.
* [[Nineties Anti-Hero]]: Well, he really came in the 70s, but went on to fit just fine in the 90s, and beyond.
* [[No Name Given]]: The only name he had for years was Logan. It was never specified whether this was a first or last name (his driver's license actually read Logan W. Logan).
* [[Odd Friendship]]:
** One of his best friends is Puck, a Canadian midget whose power is to throw himself at things.
** He's also good friends with Nightcrawler, who is about as different from Wolverine as Superman is from Lobo, aside from their mutual love of beer.
* {{spoiler|[[Offing the Offspring]]: The Red Right Hand, a group of former victims or friends and families of some of Wolverine's [[Mook Horror Show]] battles, collected and trained a group of Wolverine's unknown offspring to be used as enforcers, then informed him of their lineage after he had already killed them.}}
* [[One-Man Army]]: In the 1990's cartoon.
* [[Opposite Sex Clone]]: X-23, aka Laura Kinney.
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Bloodscream isn't technically a vampire, but a guy who was cursed by a witch to live forever with a blood thirst. The only cure, of course, is Logan's blood.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Regarding Jubilee and Kitty Pride, most notably, but young girls in general bring this out in him. ''God help you'' if you do anything to harm them...
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(Deathstrike hesitantly brushes Logan's forehead with one finger)
'''Logan''': (''internal'') For the first time in years, she reaches out to touch me...and the touch is gentle. }}
* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: Logan's 5'3". This contrasts him more with his enemy Sabretooth who is 6"6".
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: With Psylocke.
* [[Popularity Power]]: Uh, well, he beat Lobo. LOBO. THE GUY WHO FIGHTS ON EVEN FOOTING WITH SUPERMAN. Yeah, it was later handwaved that Lobo took a bribe to lose, but still...
** The IRL reason he lost is because the winners were determined by readers' votes, and Wolverine got more.
* [[A Real Man Is a Killer]]: Subverted. Whilst he is indeed very manly by traditional definitions, and a killer, Logan himself has significant ethical reservations about killing per se and he strongly condemns the killing of innocents. Indeed, his [[Catch Phrase]] of "I'm the best there is at what I do, and what I do isn't very nice" was originally meant to express his own self-doubt about the morality of his actions. In short, Logan ''rejects'' the trope even if he technically fulfills its requirements. Of course, [[Fan Dumb|some members of his fanbase]] ''do'' believe this trope and conveniently forget Logan's own rejection of it.
* [[Really 700 Years Old]]: Wolverine's healing factor prevents him from aging. He was born in the late 1800s.
* [[Rebellious Spirit]]: In most continuities he's clearly an anti-authoritarian loner. Subverted in ''[[Wolverine and the X-Men]]'' owing to Logan and Scott's exchange of roles. Averted in ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'', where Logan's a [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] combat instructor. Even in the mainstream canon these days, he's now school headmaster.
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* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Prior to [[Joe Quesada]] vetoing it, Wolverine smoked cigars due to his healing factor preventing/undoing any physical harm it would cause (when he temporarily lost it, he had to quit).
* [[Steve Blum]]: If Wolverine gets into an animated/video game media of the recent ages, the man will be called to voice Wolverine.
* [[Sociopathic Hero]]:
** Much more so in his post-Claremont 1990s->early 2000s appearances than today. The last few years he has turned much more sympathetic since joining the Avengers and caring for the wellbeing of his students.
** His daughter/clone X-23 is closer to this, which Logan is trying to help her with.
* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Wolverine has become a signature example of the trope.
* [[Super Senses]]: A side effect of the healing factor is that all of Logan's senses are superhumanly keen.
** [[The Nose Knows]]: His sense of smell is especially enhanced, and gets the most use and mention.
*** In the aforementioned "gets it on with Mystique" issue, he knew it was her from the moment she walked up to him just by her smell. As he points out in ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'':
{{quote|She can mask herself, but not her smell.}}
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