Deadpool 2: 102 Easter Eggs, Gags & References Explained

57. Cable's Teddy & Daughter

The teddy bear that Cable carries as a memento to his dead daughter is significant, given the character's story int he comics. It belongs to Hope - named in honour of the adopted mutant daughter Cable has in the comics who was the only mutant born after M-Day when Scarlet Witch wiped out all mutants.

He carried her teddy to keep it safe for her, which is somewhat different to the reason he carries it in the movie, but the sentimentality still counts.

56. Sharknado

When Deadpool learns that Cable is from the future, he asks which Sharknado we are on by then. If you don't laugh at the gag, you'll cry and how depressingly right he'll probably be.

55. DMC

During the fight with Russell and the subsequent appearance of

In the original X-Men movies, Hank McCoy (Beast) - played by Kelsey Grammar, of course - was the head of the DMA, the Department Of Mutant Affairs. As a reflection on the difference between those days and these, Deadpool clashes with the DMC, who are clearly the Department Of Mutant Control.