Editing Deadpool (section)

===Personality===
Deadpool is aware that he is a fictional comic book character.<ref name="DeadpoolV3Issue34">{{Cite comic
| writer = [[Christopher Priest (comic book writer)|Priest, Christopher]]
| penciller = Paco Diaz
| inker = Ramos, Rod
| coinkers = John Holdredge
| colorist = Blanchard, Shannon
| letterer = Deschesne, Albert
| editor = Diaz, Ruben
| story = Chapter X Verse One: Sending in the Clowns

| volume = 3
| issue = #34
| date = Nov. 1999
| publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]
| location = [[New York, NY]]
}}</ref> He commonly breaks the [[fourth wall]], which is done by few other characters in the [[Marvel Universe]], and this is used to humorous effect, for instance, by having Deadpool converse with his own "inner monologue", represented by caption boxes. In stories by writer [[Daniel Way]] between 2008 and 2012, Deadpool was, without explanation, shown to have developed a second "voice in his head", represented by a second set of captions with a different font; ''Deadpool'' vol. 3 Annual #1 (2014) would [[retcon|retroactively explain]] that this voice belonged to [[Madcap (comics)|Madcap]], a psychotic [[Captain America]] villain, who had become molecularly entangled with Deadpool.<ref>''Deadpool'' vol. 3 Annual #1 (2014).</ref>

The character's back-story has been presented as vague and subject to change, and within the narrative, he is unable to remember his personal history due to a mental condition. Whether or not his name was even Wade Wilson is subject to speculation since one of his nemeses, [[T-Ray (comics)|T-Ray]], claims in ''Deadpool'' #33 that he is the real Wade Wilson and that Deadpool is a vicious murderer who stole his identity.<ref name="DeadpoolV3Issue33">{{Cite comic
| writer = [[Joe Kelly (comics writer)|Kelly, Joe]]
| penciller = Brewer, David
| inker = Ramos, Rodney
| coinkers = 
| colorist = Blanchard, Shannon
| letterer = Starkings, Richard; Comicraft
| editor = 
| story = The End of the End or Happy Entrails to You

| volume = 3
| issue = #33
| date = Oct. 1999
| publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]
| location = [[New York, NY]]
}}</ref> There have been other dubious stories about his history—at one point the supervillain [[Loki (Marvel Comics)|Loki]] claimed to be his father.<ref name="Deadpool #36">''Deadpool'' vol. 3 #36.</ref> Frequently, revelations are later [[Retroactive continuity|retconned]] or ignored altogether, and in one issue, Deadpool himself joked that whether or not he is actually Wade Wilson depends on which writer the reader prefers.<ref>''Cable and Deadpool'' #47.</ref>

Deadpool is depicted as having a regenerative healing factor, which not only prevents him from being permanently injured through enhanced cell regeneration throughout his body, but also causes psychosis and mental instability, as his [[neuron]]s are also affected by the accelerated regeneration. It is thought that while his psychosis is a handicap, it is also one of his assets as it makes him an extremely unpredictable opponent. [[Taskmaster (character)|Taskmaster]], who has photo-reflexive memory which allows him to copy anyone's fighting skills by observation, was unable to defeat Deadpool due to his chaotic and improvised fighting style.<ref name="DeadpoolV3Issue02">{{Cite comic
| writer = [[Joe Kelly (comics writer)|Kelly, Joe]]
| penciller = [[Ed McGuinness|McGuinness, Ed]]
| inker = Massengill, Nathan
| coinkers = Norman Lee
| colorist = Lichtner, Chris
| letterer = Comicraft
| editor = Idelson, Matt
| story = Operation: That Wacky Doctor's Game!

| volume = 3
| issue = #2
| date = Feb. 1997
| publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]
| location = [[New York, NY]]
}}</ref> Taskmaster has also stated that Deadpool is an expert at distracting his opponents.<ref name="DeadpoolV3Issue02" /><ref name=filmjournal>{{cite news | url= http://www.filmjournal.com/features/deadpool-marvel-simon-kinberg-producer-interview | title= Everyone into the Deadpool: Producer Simon Kinberg helps revive Marvel's raunchy superhero | first= Frank | last= Lovece | author-link= Frank Lovece | date= January 26, 2016 | work= [[Film Journal International]] | archive-date= January 28, 2016 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160128182927/http://www.filmjournal.com/features/deadpool-marvel-simon-kinberg-producer-interview | url-status= dead | access-date= February 9, 2016 }}</ref>

Deadpool has sometimes been portrayed to have a strong sense of core morality. In ''[[Uncanny X-Force]]'', he storms out after [[Wolverine (character)|Wolverine]] tries to rationalize [[Fantomex]] killing [[Apocalypse (comics)|Apocalypse]], who was at the time in a child form. After Wolverine argues that Deadpool is motivated solely by money, [[Warren Worthington III|Archangel]] reveals that Deadpool never cashed any of his checks.<ref>''[[Uncanny X-Force]]'' #5 (2011).</ref>