# Deadpool: "Where's Francis?"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadpool-wheres-francis/822731>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 9, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadpool-wheres-francis/822731 "2018-10-09T23:50:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadpool-wheres-francis/822731/1 "2018-10-09T23:50:16Z")

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I can’t believe this question is occurring to me only now. :o

Francis keeps asking Deadpool “What’s my name?”

What answer does Francis want to hear?

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**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadpool-wheres-francis/822731/2 "2018-10-09T23:52:41Z")

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He wants to hear “Ajax,” his chosen name. That would show that he’s actually broken Wade by getting him to respect him instead of constantly calling him Francis.

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**Author:** ![A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadpool-wheres-francis/822731/3 "2018-10-10T00:01:03Z")

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Thanks, magnus.

Since you seem to know … how did Francis come up with “Ajax”?

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadpool-wheres-francis/822731/4 "2018-10-10T00:02:08Z")

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It popped into his head while he was cleaning the sink.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadpool-wheres-francis/822731/5 "2018-10-10T01:12:48Z")

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> [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](#):
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> how did Francis come up with “Ajax”?

The studio decided to take the series in a more gritty direction.

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**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadpool-wheres-francis/822731/6 "2018-10-10T01:30:04Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> The studio decided to take the series in a more gritty direction.

Wit like this should be scoured from the internet.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadpool-wheres-francis/822731/7 "2018-10-10T05:55:10Z")

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> [@ExTank](#):
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> Wit like this should be scoured from the internet.

I was thinking about going classical but I couldn’t think of a good punchline about killing sheep.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadpool-wheres-francis/822731/8 "2018-10-10T10:40:26Z")

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> [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](#):
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> Thanks, magnus.
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> Since you seem to know … how did Francis come up with “Ajax”?

Because Captain Comet already works at DC.