Teen Titans GO! Reminds Fans That Deadpool Rips Off Deathstroke

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Warner Bros. Canada takes advantage ofDeadpool 2 ’s release this weekend to promoteTeen Titans GO ! To The Moviesand cue people that Deathstroke arrive first . Will Arnett voice Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke the Terminator in a playfully provocative video , leveragingDeadpool 2 ’s solid vital and profitable reception with the incriminate accusation that everyone ’s favorite Merc with a Mouth is , in realism , a ripoff of DC ’s unstoppable mask assassin .

While Warner Bros. is clearly engaging in some well - natured ribbing , there ’s more truth to the video than its light-headed - hearted nature seems to suggest . For example , the most obvious comparison is their names - Deadpool ’s Wade Wilson is all too similar to Deathstroke ’s Slade Wilson , although he ’s referred to in theTeen Titans GO!cartoon simply as “ Slade " - and then there ’s also the two case ’s signature double blades . The fact is , Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld was an professed fan of Marv Wolfman and George Pérez ’s super baddie , patterning his creation directly off Deathstroke , who first appeared in DC Comics 11 years before Deadpool did in Marvel Comics . And now , Warner Bros. is remind people of that fact .

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David Leitch’sDeadpool 2hits theaters today and Warner Bros. Canada is taking the opportunity to raise their upcoming filmTeen Titans GO ! To The Movieswhile also uproariously allow for a act of background information for perfunctory moviegoers who may confuse DC ’s Deathstroke for Marvel ’s Deadpool . Take a flavor :

It ’s hard to find fault Warner Bros. for require to bank onDeadpool 2 ’s succeeder , even with such blatant coat - tail tugging ; the subsequence recentlybroke Thursday nighttime universal gas constant - rated corner role recordswith a $ 15 million - plus estimated take . WithTeen Titans GO ! To The Moviesreleasing in just over two months from now , they ’re going to start out ramp up their selling campaign for the plastic film presently , which means riding the undulation ofDeadpool 2 ’s opening weekend .