85 points

I think Wolverine must work on the “dollar bill replacement” method. If you have 51% of the damaged bill, you’ll get a replacement.

So if you cut Wolverine in half, only the bigger half will grow back.

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It’s the part with the brain. It’s also very hard to do when he has his adamantium.

However, it’s worth noting that the adamantium is toxic and his powers don’t work as well while they’re constantly fighting it, meaning non-metal Wolverine has regenerated from clumps of cells that no longer had a brain. This implies his mutation can both rebuild his entire body from scratch and that a brain isn’t necessary either, BUT the largest cluster still probably was the only active one, otherwise we would have had multiple Wolverines growing from the cell clusters that survived brain death, so, to me, the more interesting question is what happens if you eradicate his brain and then cut the remainder perfectly in half?

One must assume it would indeed result in Cloneverines. It’s only logical.

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33 points

I don’t read comics but some googling says wolverine managed to regrow completely from a single drop of blood so… Yeah…

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22 points

He also merged with Deadpool for a few minutes after both where turned into soup. https://static1.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Logan-Deadpool-Gross-Hybrid-in-Wolverine-23.jpg

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12 points

Yeah but only because the drop happened to fall on a particularly cosmic crystal (cosmic enough to have a capitalised name and all; with an apostrophe in it, even!).

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8 points

What if you slice him in half length-wise?

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17 points

Not to mention the whole bones that can’t be broken because of the super strong metal.

So… pre bone infusion Wolverine maybe? Although if he lost an arm and it grew into a new person would they have a functioning brain?

For that matter, even if he didn’t, would a healed wolverine remember who he is if his brain suffered enough trauma?

Which opens up a Pandora’s box of issues such as CTE’s j side his encase skull. Sure his brain can heal that damage but the memories, etc would be gone right?

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18 points

Thats literally the start of Hugh’s wolverine movies. So we have at least one solid answer (that I know of) and its no, his memories get fucken erased from the healing or something.

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10 points

You’re right so in that case, a more realistic danger is that you can sufficiently cause him to lose his memory and then convince him that he’s fighting on your side when he heals enough but with no previous memories.

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opens up a Pandora’s box of issues

It sure does!

The Marvel series ‘Agent X’ actually addresses some of this with Deadpool fighting to regain his skills and memories after being nearly atomized.

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7 points

In Australia, they’ll give you the fraction of the note value between 20 and 80% of the full value:

https://www.banknotes.rba.gov.au/damaged-banknotes/damaged-banknotes-policy/

Wolverine just isn’t allowed to lose more than 80% 👍

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Hmm, you’re making a good point and introducing two new not-yet-considered elements.

  1. Wolverine is only 5’3" (160cm) tall. Was he originally taller, but had a body destroying even, that only 80% of him was able to grow back rendering him shorter than he was before.

  2. Wolverine is Canadian. So neither the USA or Oz money rules apply, but instead Canadian rules. What those are, I do not now.

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That did happen, however it was in the old Ultimate universe where powers can differ so might work differently in the main 616 universe.

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He did that but because regrowing to himself was quicker than regrowing legs over a longer period of time and he had a Hulk to fight.

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3 points

OK so what if Wolverine cut off his dick, and grew a new one back quickly, could he then cut off the head and attach the old dick to double its length? I’m wondering if he could extend his dick infinitely that way… could be a new superpower of the long dick whip weapon, terrifying to many of his enemies

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Honestly probably but also I think his body has a like level it has to fill. I think it would reach his dick length and then grow the tip and stop

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5 points

I was about to bring this up!! Yes! It was a two page spread. My jaw dropped. Awesome comic.

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30 points

Aren’t souls canonically real in the Marvel universe? I expect that only the piece with the soul regenerates.

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Ya but what if you split the soul part perfectly in half?

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15 points

In Southern Germany, we have a food roughly like a baguette, called a “Seele”, which also happens to be the German word for “soul”.

So, in my headcanon, the guy ate a baguette and they split his stomach in half. 🙃

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So that’s why it’s called ‘soul food’

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2 points

Well according to Raiden from Metal Gear you should know that A Soul can’t be cut. And he is an expert at cutting things!

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15 points

I mean, yeah. But there’s so many clones and time travelers and Multiple Man copies running around already that I don’t think TOAA or whoever is keeping track.

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4 points

Superhero comics? Inconsistent? I am shocked.

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27 points

So that’s how he can be in so many comics at once.

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11 points

If you could cut through the adamantium skeleton, and the halves each regenerated, the regenerated portions wouldn’t have adamantium… So you’d have two half-adamantium Wolverines and a bunch of non-adamantium Wolverines.

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You gotta alternate the cuts to spread out the adamantium so each Wolverine gets just a bit.

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3 points

maybe …just the tip…

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each Wolverine gets only a little bit of Adamantium, as a treat

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