Deadpool 2: 25 WTF Moments

20. "I Should've Brought My Rape Whistle"

Deadpool 2 X Mansion
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After Wade's post-explosion body parts are collected and pieced back together by Colossus (Stefan Kapičić), Wade finds himself convalescing at the X-Mansion.

He quickly commandeers Professor X's iconic wheelchair, because of course he would, and as he explores the mansion's hallways, he remarks, "All these elderly white men on the walls. Should've brought my rape whistle."

Even for the standards of Deadpool, it's pretty edgy to throw a joke like this into the mix in the age of #MeToo. There's probably already somebody writing a "think-piece" about how offensive the line is, but Wade does have a point...

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