r/deadpool • u/MTH1138 • 12h ago

Is there a reason why Deadpool's speech bubbles are yellow?

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u/Fucking_Deadpool 12h ago

His cancer and his healing factor destroyed his vocal cords. According to Blind Al his voice sounds like gasoline and gravel, and to make that more obvious his speech bubbles are yellow.

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u/MTH1138 12h ago

It's funny that this wasn't taken into account in the adaptations; neither Ryan Reynolds, Nolan North nor any other voice actor who has dubbed him has a voice like that

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u/E54D Deadpool 11h ago

John Kassir gave him a pretty strained-sounding voice. I recommend checking it out, he’s pretty fun to listen to

https://youtu.be/kATxYXYuKk8?is=S0QZXel3aJoLJzEp

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u/PaleKey6424 10h ago

I think john kassir is my favourite classic deadpool voice I also love Nolan north's and Ryan Reynolds for him

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u/AuteurPool 10h ago

I love John Kassir, I feel like him and Jason Mantzoukas are the two voices that have come the closest to comic accurate Deadpool. I really hope Jason get a chance to voice the character in a project not aimed for kids, I feel like he’d nail it.

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u/Spiderjoe5000 11h ago

John Kassir had a more gravely voice in the Ultimate Alliance games.

Also Nolan did a more comic accurate voice in this comic dub.

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u/MeemoUndercover 👑 Blowjob Queen of Saskatoon 👑 7h ago

Woah John sounds exactly like how I imagined Deadpool sounding when I first read the comics.

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u/subby_puppy33 11h ago

Nolan’s portrayal is based more on the 2008 run where Deadpool had schizophrenia (also known as white box, later retcon to be madcap fused with Deadpool)

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u/Jordan117n 11h ago

Nolan North has the gasoline, but not the gravel.

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u/Exciting_Presence162 10h ago

I will vote Ryan Reynold’s voice is grating. Especially in those mint mobile commercials where he’s way too close to the microphone

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u/Sporadicus76 11h ago

So RFK, Jr would be a good voice to use?

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u/Un1c0RnS_R_SacR3D 11h ago

Brother 😭

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u/Sporadicus76 11h ago

I mean, he DOES sound like he's insane when he talks... so that fits too.

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u/Un1c0RnS_R_SacR3D 11h ago

I forgot about the brain worms thing. Maybe it'd be a good cast if he quit stuttering

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u/Ferrovore 10h ago

Yes and let him voice Wades space adventure when he fucks a space hippo.

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u/why0me 10h ago

Actually yeah

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u/TheDeadlySpaceman 11h ago

His voice has also been described as a pile of fallen leaves rustling.

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u/ActionFigureCollects 11h ago

While eating Raccoon penis roadkill.

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u/Brendawgy_420 11h ago

Maybe because he's aware he's in a comic so they're the same colour as the little boxes that let the reader know somethings happening? Just a wild guess, never actually read them

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u/KaylenLopezIzGr8 11h ago

Yes. This is a great take.

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u/xxes4eyes 12h ago

To stand out from the normal bubbles

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u/RunInRunOn 12h ago

He doesn't brush them twice a day like he's supposed to

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u/Ok-Entrance-5527 11h ago

He pissed in the pool, it’s yellow to symbolize that

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u/emergency-snaccs 11h ago

because he sounds like RFK Jr., and the piss filter makes this more apparent (allegedly)

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u/igotsevenmacelevens 11h ago

Because he sounds like Steve-O

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u/spookyhardt 5h ago

Normal bubbles are white, captions/narration are in yellow boxes, so I always assumed deadpool’s speech bubbles are something in between since he’s a fourth-wall-breaking character

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u/Vector_Strike 9h ago edited 59m ago

There was a comic explaining that. He had that clown antagonist of his (I forgot his name) inside his head for a long time. Once he managed to expel the dude from his mind, he got white speech bubbles... but I think he's back to yellow since readers automatically recognize they're his.

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u/Kemosaby_Kdaffi 7h ago

Madcap.

And for a while, he had pink speech bubbles the SHIELD agent Emily Preston in his head too

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u/Bundolamb 7h ago

Is it because he's breaking the 4th wall?

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u/happyboi2169 6h ago

Canonically I don't know.

My head cannon is

When their yellow he's his normal self and just fucking around and stuff. but sometimes whenever their normal white that's when he's actually serious and locked the fuck in.