Wolverine: Difference between revisions

* [[Anti-Hero]]: A [[Trope Codifier]] for superhero comics.

** From the first issue of his self-titled series, in the middle of a huge battle with cutthroat slavers:

** 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.

*** 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...

'''Logan''': Nope. }}

*** Also, from the first movie:

'''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.

* [[Perma-Stubble]]

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Logan gets this from Lady Deathstrike in one issue during the "no adamantium" arc, when she realizes the metal's gone.

'''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".

* [[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.

* [[Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated]]:

'''Wolverine''': Dead. But [[Unexplained Recovery|I got better.]] }}

* [[Required Secondary Powers]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]]. Early on, the writers (correctly) realized that storing metal blades under your skin and having a metal-plated skeleton would require superhuman healing powers to prevent a slow, painful death from infection and/or blood poisoning...which is the only reason Wolvie got his metal claws and skeleton in the first place. As explained in his backstory, Weapon X's scientists decided to line Logan's skeleton with adamantium because they knew that, with his healing factor, he was one of the few people on Earth that could actually survive the process and put the add-ons to practical use.

** [[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]]'':

* [[Tame His Anger]]

* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: Geist.