DEADPOOL 2 SPOILERS - Every Possible Character Death Ranked From Least To Most Shocking

Deadpool 2 features a lot of big surprises which weren't included in the trailers for the movie, including some surprise character deaths. Who lives, who dies, and which of them were most shocking, though?

By JoshWilding - May 19, 2018 10:05 AM EST

Filed Under: Deadpool 2

As you no doubt already know by now, Avengers: Infinity War featured a very long list of casualties. However, who could have ever guessed that Deadpool 2 would feature almost as many? After all, while the battle between the Merc with the Mouth and Cable was clearly always going to have high stakes, there were more casualties in the follow-up than expected and some big names met their makers.

What you'll find here then is a look at all of Deadpool 2's most shocking deaths as we rank them from least to most surprising. After all, there was probably at least a few you saw coming but others...well, if you managed to figure those out in advance, there's a very good chance you have your own Cerebro!

It goes without saying that major spoilers for Deadpool 2 follow from this point on and that you should probably stop reading now if you haven't seen the sequel yet. However, if you're just curious about what's to come or want to see if you agree with our ranking, then click the "View List" button below.

12. The Headmaster

Heading into Deadpool 2, speculation started running rampant that Ray Donovan star Eddie Marsan might be playing Mister Sinister. After all, Fox has been teasing the villain's arrival since X-Men: Apocalypse was released (admittedly not long on the grand scheme of things but that's considered good planning outside the Marvel Cinematic Universe) and it made sense for him to show up here.

Alas, it didn't happen. Instead, the institution run by Marsan's abusive headmaster was simply named after Nathanial Essex and the man Russell hated so much was killed off in short order at the end of the movie. That wasn't surprising but how he went out most definitely was as Dopinder ran him down.

11. Bedlam

Terry Crews' Bedlam was shown in the trailers taking someone down in the middle of the street but it's since been revealed that scene was shot solely to mislead fans. In reality, the Brooklyn Nine-Nine star has a relatively minor role and is quickly killed off when he parachutes head first into a bus. This definitely came as a surprise but did any of us really expect Bedlam to play a key role in the movie?

10. Zeitgeist

IT star Bill Skarsgard shows up in this movie as Zeitgeist, a relatively obscure character who is capable of spitting acid. At first glance, it looks like he may be able to help turn the tide against Cable but when he lands in a wood chipper, his demise comes quickly and brutally and the mutant winds up taking out poor Peter at the same time (his death doesn't really count, though, as he's later resurrected).

9. Peter

It's clear that the plan was to make Peter the breakout character of Deadpool 2 and while the movie goes some way in achieving that, it's just a shame most of his best moments were spoiled in the trailers. His death at the hands of Zeitgeist's acid spray wasn't but he later returns via time-travel.

8. The Vanisher

Vanisher's role in Deadpool 2 is a punchline from the start but it ultimately pays off in a big way. As the wind takes the invisible member of X-Force off course and straight into some power lines, we learn that he actually looks a whole lot like Brad Pitt (that's because it is him). The sequel killing off the A-List actor in such an over the top way is definitely a huge surprise and pretty damn hilarious as well.

7. Weapon IX

In a bid to make things right, Deadpool also travels back to the events of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and promptly shoots Weapon IX in the head (and multiple other parts of his body) in order to fix the timeline and help us all forget about whatever the f*** that was supposed to be. It's a funny moment, a surprising cameo - achieved with camera trickery and stock footage - and satisfying to watch play out.

6. Hope Summers

Literally no one predicted that the reason for Cable's journey back in time would be because his family died but Deadpool 2 quickly reveals that the time-travelling mutant had a wife and kids before the evil future version of Fire Fist murdered them. While they're later brought back to life thanks to Deadpool changing the timeline, who'd have guessed this sequel would have the balls to kill Hope Summers?

5. Ryan Reynolds

Yes, one of the movie's mid-credits scenes does indeed revolve around Deadpool killing Ryan Reynolds. The actor can be seen reading the Green Lantern script and proclaiming that he's finally about to hit the big time only to then receive a bullet to the head, sparing the world from the DC Comics movie.

4. Shatterstar

The fact Shatterstar confirms he's from Mojoworld is nothing short of awesome, especially as that's the sort of comic book reference Fox's X-Men movies have seemingly gone out of their way to avoid. Given the potential you'd think he has, the hero being shredded by helicopter blades - which sends his green blood spraying everywhere - is seriously shocking and, well, something of a waste thinking about it.

3. Deadpool

Yes, the Merc with the Mouth himself ends up being killed off in his sequel...on more than one occasion, in fact! However, while he comes close to death after blowing himself up and being taken down by Cable, a more permanent demise comes in the final act when he dons a power inhibiting collar and takes a bullet for Russell to make it clear to the youngster he doesn't have to be a villain.

It takes a while but Wade Wilson does ultimately die and it's only when Cable goes back in time that he manages to change the timeline and stop the hero from sacrificing himself on a permanent basis.

2. Black Tom Cassidy

Ahead of Deadpool 2's release, it was widely speculated that Black Tom Cassidy (Jack Kesy) would be the movie's lead villain, hence why The Juggernaut has been rumoured to appear from the very start. Unfortunately, we never get to see those two team-up because Tom is inadvertently killed by Cable during that prison transport sequence and that's since been blamed on some budget concerns.

1. Vanessa

Deadpool revolved almost entirely around the relationship between Wade Wilson and Vanessa Carlysle so the fact that she's gunned down by someone the Merc with the Mouth failed to assassinate is definitely surprising. Her demise is what essentially leads to him becoming a hero and so an argument could be made that she needed to die in order for the sequel to play out the way it did.

Unfortunately, Vanessa's death is somewhat cheapened by the fact Deadpool later travels back in time to save her. Sure, that's satisfying for fans understandably horrified that the movie had the audacity to kill her off but it definitely robs what happened earlier in the film of any sort of significant impact.

Honourable Mention: The Juggernaut

I'm not sure why so many fans are under the impression that The Juggernaut dies in Deadpool 2, especially when Colossus talks about him waking up and we actually see Cain Marko attempting to climb out of the fountain he was electrocuted in. To be fair, I can see why some of them have made that mistake, hence why he's given an honourable mention here. What comes next for him, though?

Well, we're obviously not going to see him join X-Force but it would be very cool seeing him suit up in his classic comic book costume as opposed to the prison jumpsuit we saw in the Marvel movie.

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bobevanz - 5/19/2018, 10:42 AM

Maybe let someone else write the article since you hated it so much lol, jesus!

Pantherpool - 5/19/2018, 10:45 AM

Peter deserved better.

DongOfJustice - 5/19/2018, 11:00 AM

*Weapon XI, not IX.

CrisParker - 5/19/2018, 11:21 AM

Vanessa’s Death I Believe Was For The Better

bobevanz - 5/19/2018, 11:29 AM

Aside from the underwater heaven, and our lord and savior President Camacho I loved it! Also, I want a Domino movie now!

WruceBayne - 5/19/2018, 1:12 PM

@bobevanz - would that mutant inhibitor collar work on Domino?

bobevanz - 5/19/2018, 4:33 PM

@WruceBayne - good question, we must know! Lol

storyteller - 5/19/2018, 2:15 PM

Well if the mid credits are legit then it's possible that all the members of X Force were saved by Wade.

bobevanz - 5/19/2018, 4:35 PM

@storyteller - true but they only showed him saving one, which makes me wonder. Rest in peace President Camacho lol

JohnGrayson - 5/19/2018, 2:23 PM

Saw the movie last night. Really enjoyed it. Im not sure if its better than the first movie at least as of now. I think i'll have to see it again to see if it holds up. Ryan Reynolds was fantatic as deadpool. Brolin was great as cable. Good action. Some of the self referencing humor about bad writing in most CBM's was a bit too much and the CG for Juggernaut was pretty bad imo.

8/10 for me.

Luigi - 5/19/2018, 2:38 PM

I think you were the only one shocked by Vanessa's death.

Thanoice - 5/19/2018, 5:10 PM

MrCamw1 - 5/19/2018, 7:32 PM

As a black man I am appalled by Cables racism lol

Ryguy88 - 5/19/2018, 8:27 PM

I cab actually see them using Juggernaut for X-Force as last minute reinforcement option.

cocaegelo - 5/19/2018, 9:32 PM

They just wasted Shatterstar and Black Tom Cassidy in a big fu%c$%kin way!
Juggernaut is alive, Colossus tells this.
"Let's get out before [frick]ernaut wakes up!"

BlindAl9 - 5/19/2018, 9:54 PM

I didn't like the movie. The plot is pretty weak. Most of the jokes fell flat. I'm starting to ask myself what movie did the critics see because many of them thought the sequel is better than the first one. Btw don't get me wrong, I'm a big CBM fan but DP2 is a let down for me

Spock0Clock - 5/20/2018, 12:27 AM

@BlindAl9 - I went in thinking my expectations were kept pretty low, and... the movie just met them. There wasn't a whole lot that goosed my enthusiasm while I was watching (probably the biggest smile I had was realizing they actually used Zeitgeist). I'm legitimately disappointed how little I cared for it overall.

And (maybe they've revealed it), but I'm guessing the reshot ending was because originally the "your heart is in the wrong place" thing was a brick joke and that Wade has situs inversus, so the bullet didn't kill him anyway, right? I love a good brick joke, but it was a little too telegraphed and now the setup just hangs there as an emotional message that doesn't really land.

I walked out thinking it was just okay, but for all that palpable effort and smarm, (and now seeing the praise it's getting among some people) "just okay" doesn't seem worth it...

Spock0Clock - 5/20/2018, 12:36 AM

Maybe it was hearing Bob Chipman's review that [frick]ed me. Bringing up the early Deadpool comics is a high [frick]ing bar for high-octane off-beat emotional rawness, but Deadpool 2 is soooo tame.

BlindAl9 - 5/20/2018, 4:46 AM

@Spock0Clock - exactly this movie is so tame. It's gonna be interesting to see how it holds up for repeating view

TechNation - 5/19/2018, 10:27 PM

Well, Belam may be alive as the last we see of him is the emts doing cpr...

MaximusTheMad - 5/20/2018, 1:47 AM

I never thought we'd see this level of creative freedom in a Marvel movie, ever.

I mean they had an A-list X-Man saying "[frick]er-naut".

Allthough Deadpool 2 treads on the very edge of parody, it still manages to be cool and faithful to the comics.

BP and IW were great, but these Deadpool movies simply scratch an itch I never knew I had.

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