I was going to say, they could have left that name alone and just made him a literal wolverine.
FX1142025-12-10 19:47
Nobody would recognize what a wolverine looks like.
jubmille20002025-12-10 20:22
red-lioness0072025-12-11 04:37
Canadian badger.
jubmille20002025-12-11 06:51
Mexican Mushroom
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FX1142025-12-11 01:14
Sure, but it's also a silly visual gag, it's something that instantly visually registers.
sinkwiththeship2025-12-11 01:23
Basically a cross between a bear and a badger and somehow angrier and more violent than both combined.
xjuggernaughtx2025-12-11 22:33
They can also EAT more than both combined. A wolverine can eat a staggering amount of food in one sitting.
Krondon572025-12-12 12:22
Didnt recognize a wolf with hair til i read the name
MyNameCannotBeSpoken2025-12-10 20:35
Trademark infringement. They could have sued themselves.
donedamndoing2025-12-11 02:41
*Disney used its own copyrighted material.*
*It sued itself in confusion.*
*Disney has fainted.*
JamesLikesIt2025-12-11 06:29
Lawyers LOVE this trick!
ICInside2025-12-13 03:55
Honestly, you never know when you won't own a particular property anymore
JeanRalfio2025-12-10 19:23
Probably to drum up interest for dem clicks.
FoxMeadow72025-12-10 19:24
No Wolverine models in Zootopia unfortunately..
neednintendo2025-12-10 20:19
They would have had to have someone dress in wolverine-face and that's just not PC buddy.
FoxMeadow72025-12-10 20:51
I’d say Logan in this version could definitely admire wolverines for their strength and base his idendity accordingly.
patonunez5292025-12-10 19:37
I think it’s a nod to when Hugh Jackman said he inspired his physicality on wolves not knowing what a wolverine was.
Apparently he got ready for the role by studying wolves. It wasn’t until on set the producers pulled him aside to ask him what he was doing. He said he was doing wolf movements. They then had to explain to him what a Wolverine was and even took him to the zoo if I’m not mistaken.
FX1142025-12-10 19:46
Wolverine isn't part wolverine, though.
Greyrock992025-12-11 11:17
He’s behaves way more like a wolverine (hardy, furious raking with claws) than like a wolf ( howling, pack tactics etc).
caniuserealname2025-12-14 22:55
Funnily enough, before he was given an official backstory one idea being considered was that he was literally a wolverine, mutated by the high evolutionary to be humanoid.
neogreenlantern2025-12-10 20:23
He's a wolf with the mutant powers of a Wolverine
_IratePirate_2025-12-10 20:42
Like it’s not even a good visual gag
They just flexing their IPs at this point, at the expense of humor
Shankman5192025-12-11 02:20
Too obvious
FlameShadow02025-12-11 02:41
The his name wouldn’t have been a pun though, it’s just his name.
figgityjones2025-12-11 07:00
Perhaps its an in-joke about Hugh Jackman not originally knowing there was such a thing as a wolverine and portraying the character in his first attempt at some sort of wolf man before being told to stop.
crimsonangel682025-12-13 18:34
I mean, I can't remember the other titles in the first zootopia, but the bootleg movies that Duke Weaselton is selling are things like, " Mooana", so probably just wanting to keep that same pun like making convention
SteampunkCyberSanta2025-12-10 18:19
Weird choice not to just make him a wolverine
kentotoy982025-12-10 19:04
They were too afraid to make him lore accurate height
Asbelsp2025-12-10 22:01
The purpose was to be weird, hence Deadmule
Wooden_Passage_26122025-12-10 18:19
Wolfverine
TheIratePrimate2025-12-10 18:24
A wolverine is not in the wolf family. It's in the weasel family.
Edit: to address the other comments about why they didn't leave the name as wolverine.
KnowL0ve2025-12-10 18:33
Good thing it's a wolferine then.
TheIratePrimate2025-12-10 18:34
Look at the other comments.
KnowL0ve2025-12-10 18:41
Look at the post.
Butwhatif772025-12-10 18:41
I think the other comments are less about the actual name and why they felt the need to make him a wolf rather than leave the name and make him an actual wolverine. They took more steps than needed to turn the character into an anthropomorphic animal.
TheIratePrimate2025-12-10 18:48
Either a copyright thing or maybe they wrote the character to be a wolf already. It is weird. I'm sure they had their reasons.
Clever nonetheless!
VariousVarieties2025-12-10 19:06
But an actual wolverine using "Wolverine" as its superhero name would be like a human superhero adopting the codename "Human".
rmarkmatthews2025-12-10 18:25
How does he hold the katanas? Do they stick to his hooves?
Changing-Subjects2025-12-10 18:33
I think he holds them with his ass?(sad attempt at a donkey pun, which I know is not a mule)
clocktickmakemecrazy2025-12-10 18:40
Nope, the hoofs are only for maximum effort.
They open to reveal a hand. Deadmule didn't get recruited to the Avengers, so he stole some Bark tech, to make himself Veronica-style replaceable hoofs-and-hands
Ronenthelich2025-12-10 19:05
They come out of his hooves right? Duedmeal from Origins Wolferine was very popular in Zootopia.
MrDoom4e52025-12-11 06:12
It behooves him to figure it out.
LaylaLegion2025-12-11 13:34
You ever hear of a horse named Fabio Sparklemane?
ExLuckMaster2025-12-10 18:35
Unlikely but if Porker is the Spidey of that universe would be neat.
Worth-Floor90042025-12-10 18:43
I just realizes this could be a jab at huge jackman for not knowing Wolverine were actual animals and studying wolves for the role of Logan
shogi_x2025-12-10 19:01
Isn't another name for mule an ass?
crashtestpilot2025-12-10 19:18
Clop clop, mfer.
Edboy7962025-12-10 19:24
Can we get one with Donkey from Shrek and the big bad wolf from Puss in Boots 2?
thatnovaguy2025-12-10 19:58
This makes the unicorn bit funnier
Wolfs_head_minis2025-12-10 20:22
Wolferine cause casting the smaller wolverine to be comic accurate is just not as visually appealing as a bigger wolf .
Saucy_Totchie2025-12-10 20:56
I like how Wolverine is already an animal right there to be used but another animal had to be put in.
Madmonkeman2025-12-10 20:58
If only there was a type of animal Wolverine is based on that they could’ve used
randmperson22025-12-10 22:59
The fact that Deadpool is a jackass.
VVantaBuddy2025-12-11 01:14
fantastic! Zoo 2 is one of my favorite movie this year.
flame2bits2025-12-11 02:45
Wasn't it Zootropolis?
Lun4r65432025-12-11 08:25
I think it’s only called Zootropolis in select countries. To most of the world, it’s Zootopia.
flame2bits2025-12-11 09:14
I thought it was the Mandela effect
Mr_master892025-12-11 03:19
Why does the wolf get fingers and thumbs but not the mule?
Ducky_Bear2025-12-11 05:18
Downvote this AI bs
Purple_Monkey342025-12-11 05:21
Not A.I posted by Disney on Facebook
shatnersbassoon1232025-12-12 13:44
Kinda blows my mind they’re using promo for a kids movie from an incredibly R rated film tbh
KlausLoganWard2025-12-11 08:39
Now i want it for every MCU movie and show. I also wonder what animal would play Thanos?
spidersting2025-12-11 13:26
Deadpool being a jackass is perfect.
ProfessorForce2025-12-11 17:10
Wouldn't it have just been... Wolverine?
CelticSith2025-12-11 19:45
Deadmule is a bit of an ass
jakmckratos2025-12-12 05:05
Ohhhhh. Cause he’s an ass
elipan0072025-12-12 17:26
This is such an old photo i remember this was shown on the Disney Stage last year:
I’m like 99% certain they made Logan a wolf because of Hugh’s very famous confusion over what a wolverine was and thinking it was a type of wolf
Wonderful_One18352025-12-12 21:57
Nope
Strong-Expression7872025-12-13 12:21
Let me guess, he's part wolf, part wolverine, and that will be one of the reasons why he's depressed, because his wolf's social DNA clashed with wolverine's solitary DNA, this will later be used as metaphor for families that adopt kids of different species
TheGman19972025-12-13 16:35
Bojack and Mr Peanut butter in the Marvel universe? What is this.. a crossover episode?
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American Snnnnaaaaaaaakkkeeee
*It sued itself in confusion.*
*Disney has fainted.*
Apparently he got ready for the role by studying wolves. It wasn’t until on set the producers pulled him aside to ask him what he was doing. He said he was doing wolf movements. They then had to explain to him what a Wolverine was and even took him to the zoo if I’m not mistaken.
They just flexing their IPs at this point, at the expense of humor
Edit: to address the other comments about why they didn't leave the name as wolverine.
Clever nonetheless!
They open to reveal a hand. Deadmule didn't get recruited to the Avengers, so he stole some Bark tech, to make himself Veronica-style replaceable hoofs-and-hands
Unlikely but if Porker is the Spidey of that universe would be neat.
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