If you cut Deadpool exactly in half, which half would regenerate?

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If you cut Deadpool exactly in half, which half would regenerate and grow the rest of his body?

Or would both halves regenerate a complete Deadpool?

Has this happened in the comics? (I haven't had a chance to read them ALL).

Would this be a plausible way to 'clone' Deadpool?

Edit: I should also clarify that I'm talking about the possibility of him being split down the middle, not severed at the waist, which has happened in a comic and his legs simply grew back.

See also http://scifi.stackexchange.com/q/14417/4918 "Out of two organic lumps of Wolverine, what decides which one would regenerate to full Wolverine?" — b_jonas, Feb 17 '16 at 11:42
@Richard A fair question. But lets hypothesize that someone has.. lets say.. used laser cutting equipment to split Deadpool exactly down the middle instantaneously. — Jarad Ducroq, Feb 17 '16 at 11:42
Both parts would regenerate and we had 2 Deadpools. Double the awesome. — burcu, Feb 17 '16 at 11:53
Do you think that the half with more mass, i.e the half that contained his heart and therefore more mass for example, would be the half that would regenerate? simply because it would be the side with greater mass?
As in wolverine growing fingers back and not the fingers growing wolverine back.

I have also had someone mention that if both halves were exactly the same in mass, then would it depend on if he used his right or left side of the brain more, i.e logical/creative brain. Which was interesting — Jarad Ducroq, Feb 17 '16 at 12:42
Both parts dont regenerate in the movie. only his hand grows. The hand doesn't grow the rest of the body! — Cherubel, Feb 17 '16 at 12:55
@Cherubel, while you are correct in the context of a severed hand, I'm not referencing just the movie and i'm talking about him being split down the middle, not having a hand cut off. I'd expect him to regrow his hand as his body is of larger mass to the severed hand. — Jarad Ducroq, Feb 17 '16 at 12:57
It's based on where the brain is IIRC. I do know there was a comic arc where he was killed, and there were 4 Deadpools for a brief period of time... — Vogie, Feb 17 '16 at 13:35
You assume that Deadpool contains an even number of atoms... — Scott, Feb 17 '16 at 23:57
@JaraDucroq Did you post this on Quora as well? I saw it there yesterday... — Joshua Grosso, Feb 18 '16 at 03:08
@BalinKingOfMoria, no, that wasn't me. Someone must have beaten me to it. — Jarad Ducroq, Feb 18 '16 at 06:16
About the exact split idea; in the appallingly bad movie Highlander 2, Sean Connery's character gets split down the middle to clone him. The casual way this is done and the way the healing is completely incompatible with the first movie's canon is a part of why it was the worst sequel ever made to an excellent first movie, IMHO. — whybird, Feb 22 '16 at 11:07
You woudn't be able to cut him in half, he would kill you first — Darth Theory, Mar 16 '16 at 00:22

score 33 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 17 '16 at 16:17

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Deadpool - Volume 10: Evil Deadpool, Amazon

This comic answers your question :)

Would the real Wade Wilson please stand up? Deadpool returns to America, but he's not coming home alone! When a collection of Deadpool's discarded body parts meld to form an evil clone, the Merc With a Mouth faces off against himself for the crown of most hated former mercenary turned super hero turned pirate turned intergalactic bounty hunter. But their explosive confrontation brings the NYPD, Interpol and even Captain America bearing down on Deadpool, and he'll have to convince them all there's an even crazier, less principled version of himself on the loose!

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So, TL;DR, both of them? – FuzzyBoots Feb 17 '16 at 13:39
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Since this answer deals with multiple chunks fused together, i can't consider it an answer, although it is really interesting! – Jarad Ducroq Feb 17 '16 at 14:03
Here we have parts who meld. But not regenerate. I don't think both halves will regenerate. I think the quantity to regenerate have to be less important than the existing parts... – Anthony de la Hoz Feb 17 '16 at 14:07
@JaradDucroq Well... kinda... but if you cut him in half... twice... then the two "discarded" sides merge - assuming first one half regenerates and then the other leaving two opposite sides to then merge... (It'd be interesting to see two left sides merge together though) – WernerCD Feb 17 '16 at 16:53

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During the Dark Reign storyline Deadpool has a cross over with the Thunderbolts which ends with his head being cut off. Everyone is left to believe that this act would leave him dead as he would not be able to regenerate from this.

However, it is later found that he is alive and Deadpool credits it to Taskmaster having sewed his head back on his body sometime after the fact.

Therefore, if split perfectly down the middle it's reasonable (for a comic?) to assume that Deadpool would not regenerate at all until his head and/or brain was brought back together to heal before any other body parts could regenerate.

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So you're saying that he would be incapable of regenerating unless his brain was in one whole piece?
Wouldn't his head just have very slowly grown a new body if it was severed at the neck, seeing as his brain is in one piece?

Also, in the movie SPOILER ALERT!! He is stabbed in the head, damaging his brain and he is able to regenerate this damage, so realistically, couldn't he just regen the missing half of his brain, if he was split in two?
– Jarad Ducroq Feb 17 '16 at 15:05
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Yeah that seems to be the case. I believe earlier in this storyline he has another brain related injury and is shown having issues recovering until his brain has regenerated. – Matthew Green Feb 17 '16 at 15:10
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I suppose there are inconsistencies in regards to the way Deadpool recovers from brain injuries, likely down to the artistic direction of different authors and the movie director – Jarad Ducroq Feb 17 '16 at 15:14
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This is Deadpool we are talking about. Inconsistency is the name of the game. – Matthew Green Feb 17 '16 at 15:58
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Didnt he regenerate after being eaten by a LOT of Squirrels in a comic ? Or did I dream that he battled Squirrel Girl and Lost ? – Des Feb 17 '16 at 23:29
@Des that sounds like a great story. I haven't heard of it though. I've only mainly read Daniel Way's run with Deadpool along with his recent time in X-Force so I might have missed it if it's out there. – Matthew Green Feb 18 '16 at 15:05
Deadpool, Red Dwarf, and consistency don't mix. – Major Stackings Feb 22 '16 at 00:16

score 13 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 18 '16 at 19:10

In addition to Evil Deadpool, there was also the case where it was revealed that (due to an incident in 2008) Deadpool had been merged with Madcap, when Thor disintegrated them both into a pile of dust and then they regenerated together in one body:

(Madcap is the white speech bubble, which had been with Deadpool since Deadpool volume 2 in 2008, but was until this 2014 Deadpool Annual issue unexplained.)

This is relevant to the question because, at the end of the 2014 Deadpool Annual, he manages to get Luke Cage and Thor to split him in half (!):

This, of course, splits apart Madcap and Deadpool:

So, at least under specialized circumstances... that is what would happen.

Notice that it’s whatever half Deadpool imagines himself in... He implies that if he and Madcap both think “right” they’d still be in the same body. — DonielF, Jan 04 '18 at 19:52

score 3 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 22 '16 at 00:21

This is derived from practically all the answers above. Please credit them with 99% of any credit this gets.

From all the various answers and from current knowledge of brain anatomy, it seems that the two halves of the brain are not identical, and they fulfill different functions. Direct communication between the two halves of the brain seem necessary to the regeneration process, and that is not enough. The head must be connected to the body (sew it back together?). Can we call it regeneration then? It seems more like resurrection or reanimation.

If you cut Deadpool exactly in half, which half would regenerate?

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