Negasonic Teenage Warhead

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| character_name = Negasonic Teenage Warhead

| image = Negasonic.jpg

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| caption = Negasonic Teenage Warhead as depicted in Deadpool & the Mercs for Money #7
(January 2017)
Art by Iban Coello and Nolan Woodard.

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| publisher = Marvel Comics

| debut = New X-Men #115
(August 2001)

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| creators = Grant Morrison
Frank Quitely

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| full_name = Eloise "Ellie" Olivia PhimisterMarvel's Voices Infinity Comic #44

| species = Human mutant

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| aliases = Warhead, Megasonic Endless GodheadMarvel's Voices Infinity Comic #47

| powers = * Superhuman strength, speed, durability, agility, balance and reflexes

Telekinesis
Flight
Telepathy
Precognition
Reality Selection
Future life power acquisition

Current:

Portal manipulation
Pocket dimension

Reality manipulation
Matter and energy manipulation
Transmutation
Power blasts
Cosmic hunger
Time manipulation
Size alteration
Power cosmic

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| sortkey = Negasonic Teenage Warhead

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Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Eloise Olivia "Ellie" Phimister) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, the character first appeared in New X-Men #115 (2001).{{Cite web |last=Jasper |first=Gavin |date=April 26, 2016 |title=Deadpool Movie: Complete Guide to Characters and Marvel References |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/deadpool-movie-complete-guide-to-characters-and-marvel-references/ |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=Den of Geek |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Leston |first=Ryan |date=May 25, 2022 |title=Deadpool's X-Men Partners Weren't Exactly Picked For Their Powers |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/874452/deadpools-x-men-partners-werent-exactly-picked-for-their-powers/ |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=/Film |language=en-US}} She is named after the song "Negasonic Teenage Warhead" by Monster Magnet.{{cite web |url= http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/03/31/deadpool-movie-casts-newcomer-as-negasonic-teenage-warhead |title= Deadpool Movie Casts Newcomer as Negasonic Teenage Warhead |last1= Vejvoda |first1= Jim |date= March 30, 2015 |website= ign.com |access-date= November 30, 2015 }}{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Michael Edward |date=May 9, 2018 |title=Deadpool: 20 Crazy Things Only True Fans Know About Negasonic Teenage Warhead |url=https://screenrant.com/deadpool-negasonic-teenage-warhead-trivia-facts/ |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}} She belongs to a subspecies of humans called mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. Negasonic Teenage Warhead's appearance and powers were eventually altered in the comics to match her appearance in the Deadpool films with the third one set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in which she was portrayed by Brianna Hildebrand.{{Cite web |last=Webber |first=Tim |date=January 15, 2018 |title=16 Superheroes Marvel Secretly Redesigned To Match Its Movies |url=https://www.cbr.com/marvel-movie-redesigns/ |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=CBR |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Deadpool 2- Who Are the Mutant Stars of Deadpool's X-Force? |url=https://www.sideshow.com/blog/deadpool-2-who-are-the-mutant-stars-of-deadpools-x-force |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=Sideshow Collectibles |language=en}}

Publication history

Negasonic Teenage Warhead first appeared in New X-Men #115 (2001), and was created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely.{{Cite web |last=Webber |first=Tim |date=May 20, 2018 |title=Deadpool 2's 18 Most Surprising Cameos |url=https://www.cbr.com/deadpool-2-cameos/ |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=CBR |language=en}}

Fictional character biography

File:NTWarhead-xmen.jpg #13 (April 2006). Art by John Cassaday.]]

Ellie Phimister was a Genoshan teenager and a student of Emma Frost's telepathy class. She experiences a vision of a massacre on Genosha shortly before Cassandra Nova's Wild Sentinels appear and kill her and 16 million people. Frost survives due to her secondary mutation activating and transforming her into diamond, and retrieves Ellie's corpse.New X-Men #116

=Illusion=

An illusionary version of Negasonic Teenage Warhead created by Frost later appears as a member of the Hellfire Club.Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 #12Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 #15Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 #18Astngonishing X-Men vol. 3 #16

=Necrosha=

In Necrosha, Selene and Eli Bard temporarily resurrect Negasonic Teenage Warhead and other mutants using the Transmode Virus. Unlike other resurrected mutants, Ellie does not fall under Selene's control.X-Force vol. 3 #21–22 She was presumed killed along with the other dead mutants when the Black Queen absorbed their souls or died again after Selene was slain.X-Force vol. 3 #23–25

=Marvel Now!=

In Marvel Now!, Ellie resurfaced sometime later, alive and well, having begun a mundane life in Albuquerque. Deadpool and the Mercs for Money capture her at the behest of an organization called Umbral Dynamics, unaware that the group intends to siphon her power into the Presence.{{Cite comic|writer = Cullen Bunn|penciller = Iban Coello|inker = Iban Coello|colorist = Guru-eFX|letterer = VC's Joe Sabino|editor = Jordan D. White|title = Deadpool & the Mercs for Money|volume = 2|issue = #1|date = 20 July 2016|publisher = Marvel Comics|location = United States}}{{Cite comic|writer = Cullen Bunn|penciller = Iban Coello|inker = Iban Coello|colorist = Guru-eFX|letterer = VC's Joe Sabino|editor = Jordan D. White|title = Deadpool & the Mercs for Money|volume = 2|issue = #4|date = 5 October 2016|publisher = Marvel Comics|location = United States}} After her rescue and the defeat of Presence, Negasonic Teenage Warhead adopts a new punk-inspired look and joins Domino's incarnation of the Mercs for Money alongside Hit-Monkey.Deadpool & the Mercs for Money vol. 2 #5. Marvel Comics.Deadpool & the Mercs for Money vol. 2 #6. Marvel Comics.

Negasonic Teenage Warhead later inadvertently creates an alternate timeline where the conflict between the Inhumans and X-Men never ended. After Deadpool is mortally wounded, Negasonic travels back in time to avert the timeline.Deadpool & the Mercs for Money vol. 2 #7–8. Marvel Comics.

Negasonic is the only one of the Mercs to remain in Deadpool's employ after his defection to Hydra during Secret Empire and subsequent memory wipe after The Despicable Deadpool, helping him run a new business called "Deadpool, Gun/Swords for Hire".{{Cite comic|writer = Skottie Young|penciller = Nic Klein|inker = Nic Klein|colorist = Nic Klein|letterer = Jeff Eckleberry|editor = Jake Thomas|story = Back in Business|title = Deadpool|volume = 7|issue = #1|date = 6 June 2018|publisher = Marvel Comics|location = United States}}

After the Krakoan Era ended and Ellie left the island community long before its dissolution. She went back to partnering up with the now amnesiac Wade Wilson with his merc service while contemplating the harrowing nature of relationships due to her future sight powers. Until she receives a vision regarding an improbable pan-dimensional infraction of calamitous proportions revolving around her people skills and mingling issues that'll result in the destruction of all reality.Marvel Voices: Infinity Comic vol. 1 #47-49. Marvel Comics. She is soon confronted by the T.V.A in regards to said matter, due to her dating life evidently being a grave danger to the entire space-time continuum, as they are slating her for erasure and existential replacement to avert said same devastation. Luckily, the cross-reality Armageddon is derailed thanks to associates Eloise could rely on; that being Ms. Frost, Jean Grey, Wanda Maximoff, Tabitha Smith, Susan Storm and Deadpool himself, all of whom acted to delay the time police in order to avert Ellie's becoming a Galactus-lite entity whose presence threatens to destroy existence if she passes over meeting a potential love interest and fellow mutant by the name of Yuki Ohara to avert such a crisis.Negasonic Teenage Warhead vol. 1 #1. Marvel Comics.

Powers and abilities

Ellie possesses superhuman strength, speed, durability and reflexes. She is able to overpower a host of skilled, military, or uniquely trained mercenaries in hand-to-hand combat, as well as showcasing superhuman physical prowess beyond the norm, battling the likes of Scorpia and Titania.Deadpool & the Mercs for Money vol. 2 #1, 4–5 She can read the thoughts of others and project her own with her telepathic abilities.New X-Men #115 She possesses precognitive abilities.{{cite web |last=Baker-Whitelaw |first=Gavia |date=December 29, 2015 |title=A quick guide to Negasonic Teenage Warhead, the real star of Deadpool |url=https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/deadpool-marvel-negasonic-teenage-warhead-x-men/ |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=The Daily Dot}} She is the only person aware that Proteus has possessed Destiny and she shows her precognitive abilities, announcing to Selene the imminent return of her victorious inner circle.X-Force #24 Ellie showcased a host of new abilities, creating a house and home for herself out of thin air with her thoughts. She has the ability to harness, generate, and absorb radioactive energy into herself, allowing her to achieve feats such as fabricating objects out of thin air like clothes or shelter and levitating people or objects with her mind.

It is later revealed that Ellie's newfound power stems from an ability to manipulate reality at a quantum level. In an alternate dystopian future, Negasonic used her powers to alter the Terrigen Mist to make it harmless to mutants. Further exhibitions of her power include rearranging matter and energy into different shapes and forms at will, such as morphing Jack Chain's Darkforce binds into butterflies, changing Inferno's fire into flaming monkeys, mentally disassembling Domino's and Gorilla-Man's guns, and creating energy duplicates of herself at will.Deadpool & the Mercs for Money vol. 2 #8 More on how this nuanced ability works is further elaborated upon after the end of Krakoa. Wherein it is shown that Eloise's real power enables the acquisition and integration of predestined variant's of her future selves powers and abilities.Marvel Voices: Infinity Comic vol. 1 #47. Marvel Comics. Something which is tied to her precognitive capabilities, and as the futures change, so too do the nature of various powers she can acquire.Marvel Voices: Infinity Comic vol. 1 #49. Marvel Comics. Essentially changing out skills picked up by swapping one possible future iteration for another with each shift.

Reception

= Accolades =

In 2017, Comic Book Resources (CBR) ranked Negasonic Teenage Warhead 15th in their "15 Most Important Women in Deadpool’s Life" list.{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2017 |title=Wade's Ladies: The 15 Most Important Women in Deadpool's Life |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-15-most-important-women-in-deadpools-life/ |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=CBR |language=en}}
In 2020, Scary Mommy included Negasonic Teenage Warhead in their "Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic" list.{{Cite web |last=Kaye |first=Deirdre |date=November 16, 2020 |title=Looking For A Role Model? These 195+ Marvel Female Characters Are Truly Heroic |url=https://www.scarymommy.com/marvel-female-characters |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=Scary Mommy |language=en}}
In 2022, The A.V. Club ranked Negasonic Teenage Warhead 99th in their "100 best Marvel characters" list.{{Cite web |date=July 9, 2022 |title=The 100 best Marvel characters ranked |url=https://www.avclub.com/100-greatest-marvel-characters-ranked-1849153215 |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en}}
In 2022, CBR ranked Negasonic Teenage Warhead 8th in their "Gorr The God-Butcher And 9 Other Over-The-Top Names Comics Fans Love" list.{{Cite web |last=Ashford |first=Sage |date=August 1, 2022 |title=Gorr The God-Butcher And 9 Other Over-The-Top Names Comics Fans Love |url=https://www.cbr.com/gorr-the-god-butcher-and-exaggerated-names-fans-love/ |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=CBR |language=en}}

In other media

File:Negasonic-Deadpool.jpg as Negasonic Teenage Warhead in Deadpool.]]

=Film=

Negasonic Teenage Warhead appears in Deadpool (2016), portrayed by Brianna Hildebrand.{{cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=March 30, 2015 |title=Deadpool Casts Newcomer as Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Exclusive) |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/deadpool-casts-newcomer-as-negasonic-785334 |access-date=March 30, 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} This version is an X-Men trainee who possesses Cannonball's ability to create high-impact kinetic charges.{{Cite web |last=Damaske |first=Damion |date=March 30, 2022 |title=Superhero Powers That Were Changed On-Screen |url=https://www.looper.com/816508/superhero-powers-that-were-changed-on-screen/ |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=Looper |language=en-US}} This change was made after 20th Century Fox and Marvel Studios struck a deal to allow the latter to use Ego the Living Planet in the film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.{{Cite web |last=McCoy |first=Joshua Kristian |date=March 8, 2023 |title=Deadpool: How Has Negasonic Teenage Warhead Changed? |url=https://gamerant.com/deadpool-negasonic-teenage-comics/ |access-date=August 15, 2024 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}
Negasonic Teenage Warhead appears in Deadpool 2, portrayed again by Hildebrand.{{cite web|url=http://collider.com/deadpool-2-colossus-negasonic-teenage-warhead/|title=Exclusive: Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead Will Return in 'Deadpool 2'|website=Collider|last=Goldberg|first=Matt|date=January 12, 2017}} She has become a full member of the X-Men and entered a relationship with Yukio.
Negasonic Teenage Warhead appears in Deadpool & Wolverine, portrayed again by Hildebrand.{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=May 18, 2023 |title='Deadpool 3': Brianna Hildebrand & Shioli Kutsuna Set To Return For Marvel Threequel |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/deadpool-3-brianna-hildebrand-shioli-kutsuna-back-for-marvel-threequel-1235370709/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518155239/https://deadline.com/2023/05/deadpool-3-brianna-hildebrand-shioli-kutsuna-back-for-marvel-threequel-1235370709/ |archive-date=May 18, 2023 |access-date=May 18, 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood }}

=Video games=

Negasonic Teenage Warhead appears as a playable character in Marvel: Future Fight.{{cite web|url=https://futurefightflair.github.io/tierlist/|title=Tier List for Marvel Future Fight|access-date=2020-05-19|archive-date=2020-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726204316/https://futurefightflair.github.io/tierlist/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |last=Sheehan |first=Gavin |date=November 28, 2019 |title=Deadpool's "Mercs For Money" Drop Into "Marvel Future Fight" |url=https://bleedingcool.com/games/deadpools-mercs-for-money-drop-into-marvel-future-fight/ |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Arvedon |first=Jon |date=November 27, 2019 |title=Marvel Future Fight Enlists Deadpool's Mercs for Money |url=https://www.cbr.com/marvel-future-fight-deadpool-mercs-for-money/ |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=CBR |language=en}}
Negasonic Teenage Warhead appears as a playable character in Marvel Strike Force.{{cite web|url=https://www.marvelstrikeforce.com/en/updates/blog-update-6-5|title=The Teenage Timebomb|website=MARVEL Strike Force|date=June 5, 2020}}{{Cite magazine |last=Shea |first=Brian |date=January 20, 2023 |title=Every Character In Marvel Strike Force's Massive, Ever-Growing Roster |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/05/07/every-character-in-marvel-strike-forces-massive-ever-growing-roster |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121001159/https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/01/20/every-character-in-marvel-strike-forces-massive-ever-growing-roster |archive-date=January 21, 2023 |access-date=January 25, 2023 |magazine=Game Informer |language=en}}
Negasonic Teenage Warhead appears in Marvel Puzzle Quest.{{cite web|url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/games/piecing-together-marvel-puzzle-quest-negasonic-teenage-warhead|title=Piecing Together Marvel Puzzle Quest: Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Modern)|author=Rachel Paige|website=MARVEL.com|date=September 24, 2020}}
Negasonic Teenage Warhead appears in Marvel Snap.{{Cite web |last=Adler |first=Kai |date=December 17, 2022 |title=Marvel Snap: The 10 Best Cards To Combo With Deadpool, Ranked |url=https://gamerant.com/marvel-snap-best-cards-to-combo-with-deadpool/ |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}
Negasonic Teenage Warhead appears as a playable character in Marvel Contest of Champions.{{cite web|url=https://playcontestofchampions.com/news/champion-spotlight-negasonic-teenage-warhead/|title=Negasonic Teenage Warhead|website=playcontestofchampions.com|date=May 4, 2024}}