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NOTE: This article is about the villainous incarnation of Cable from the X-Men film series, not from the more heroic comic mainstream version which can be found here: Cable.
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I was born into war, bred into it. People think they understand pain, but they have no concept of it. What's the most pain you've ever felt? Maybe the kind that leaves you more machine than man.
~ Cable telling his backstory.
Your time's up, you dumb f**k.
~ Cable's most famous quote.

Nathan Summers, better known as Cable, is the deuteragonist of the 2018 superhero film Deadpool 2, the eleventh installment of the X-Men film series.

He is a cybernetic mutant who seeks to kill Russell Collins before he grows up to kill his family. He is considered as the complete opposite of Deadpool in every way.

He is portrayed by Josh Brolin, who also played Derek Bates in Into the Blue, Dr. William Block in Planet Terror, George W. Bush in W., Dan White in Milk, Tom Chaney in True Grit and Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Personality[]

Cable is a ruthless and merciless person, who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. However, he has shown a more sympathetic side; he deeply loves and cares for his family, and the trauma he suffers after their deaths pushes him to his extremist and unrelenting desire for the greater good to assassinate a young Russell to prevent him from killing them and creating a post-apocalyptic future as an adult. His determination in this pursuit is so great that he more or less does not care about anything in his way, murdering and assaulting dozens of people (innocent or not) if they get in his way, such as the Icebox guards and prisoners, and the Essex House staff. He can even be needlessly sadistic in his work, taking pleasure in hurting Deadpool and stealing his skee-ball token as a trophy, or even mocking him of having any heroic capability. Even with how skilled he is, he acknowledges when he is out matched, and is willing to team up with his enemies if he can't overcome particular obstacles, like Juggernaut.

For the most part, Cable is a soldier: steady, disciplined, and focused on his mission. However, despite his very serious demeanor, he does possess a sense of humor as shown with his back and forth with Deadpool. After watching his enemy-turned-ally sacrifice himself to save Cable's timeline, Cable was deeply motivated by Wade's action and rather than return to his timeline (which is now fixed thanks to Deadpool due to Russell seeing a mutant die to save him), Cable instead opts to use the final charge on his time travel device to save Wade instead, saving both Wade and his timeline, including redeeming Russell.

History[]

In his time, Cable was a soldier who spent his life fighting in an apocalyptic war and hunting mutant criminals. One of these criminals was Russell Collins, aka Firefist, whom Cable had tried to stop numerous times. After these encounters, Firefist decided to get revenge on Cable by killing his wife and daughter, which he succeeded in. Devastated by the loss of his family, Cable decided to go back in time and assassinate Collins before he could grow up.

Transporting himself back to 2018, Cable asks two yokels what year it is, before knocking them out and stealing their truck. Breaking into a gun shop to construct a new gun, Cable then drives to the "Icebox", a heavily secure prison for mutants, where he tracks the imprisoned Russell Collins. After blowing a hole in the prison, Cable breaks in and tries to kill Russell, all while murdering his way through the corrupt guards. Cable's attempts to kill Russell are repeatedly intercepted by Wade Wilson, who ends up stealing his gun after their fight breaks the collar restricting his powers. Holding Cable at gunpoint, Wade asks who he is and why he is trying to kill Russell, and he explains that he is from the future. Cable then regains his weapon and continues fighting with Wade, and steals the skee-ball token he had been carrying as a memoir of his deceased fiancee, Vanessa, as a trophy. During another clash, Cable asks Wade why he is protecting Russell, and Wade claims that he "doesn't give a f*ck about him", which distresses Russell. After this, Wade attempts to blow up Cable with his own grenade not before the latter uses his own, which sends the both of them out of the Icebox and off of a cliff.

Cable survives this and retreats to his apartment, where he experiences a painful flashback to how things were before Firefist killed his family. Because of his defeat and Vanessa's vague guidance, Deadpool decides to form a team of mutants to protect Russell and extract him while the mutant prisoners are being transported. He assembles a team called X-Force, composed of Domino, Bedlam, Shatterstar, Zeitgeist, Vanisher, and a man named Peter, and prepares them to rescue Russell while he and the other prisoners are being transported, although this takes a turn for the worst when all except Domino and Deadpool are ultimately killed (save for Bedlam, who is critically injured) before they even reach the transport. Meanwhile, Cable kidnaps Deadpool's friend Weasel, who reveals everything he wants to know upon being threatened with torture.

Scouting the convoy from a building, Cable then leaps down to attack Domino as she is hijacking the transport, who manages to hold her own using her luck manipulation. As Deadpool approaches the transport, Cable starts throwing inmates out of the truck to slow him down. Deadpool still manages to enter the truck regardless and gets in another fight with Cable; during the fight, Cable ends up shooting Black Tom Cassidy in the head and killing him, which enrages Deadpool. However, the fight is ultimately brought to an end when Juggernaut smashes through the convoy and into the bridge, destroying it, before escaping with Russell to kill his abusive Headmaster. Cable is seen awakening from the wreckage afterwards.

Not long after this, Cable arrives Blind Al's apartment, where he is confronted by Deadpool (who is still recovering from being ripped in half by Juggernaut), Domino, Weasel, Al, and Dopinder. However, Cable doesn't put up a fight and instead announces that he's come to make a deal. He explains that he needs X-Force's help in order to get past Juggernaut so he can get to Russell, revealing that, if the latter ends up killing the Headmaster, he will develop a fondness for killing people and eventually kill his wife and daughter Hope in the future. Cable further states (in response to Deadpool asking why he didn't just travel further back in time to kill Collins when he was a baby) that he can only travel so far with his time travel device, which only has enough charge to get him to the present and back. Deadpool suggests that, instead of killing Russell, they prevent him from murdering the Headmaster instead, and Cable reluctantly agrees to give Wade thirty seconds to talk Russell down. With the deal made, Cable, Domino, and Deadpool are driven to the X-Mansion, where the latter tries and fails to recruit Colossus, and then to the Essex House for Mutant Rehabilitation.

Along the way, Cable taunts Deadpool about how he ends up dying and amounting to nothing in the future, which Deadpool dismisses. He, Deadpool, and Domino then arrive at the Essex House and face Juggernaut, who proves to be more than a match for them. Just as X-Force's effort was dwindling, Colossus, and later Negasonic Teenage Warhead and her girlfriend Yukio, soon arrive and battles Juggernaut so that the other three can stop Russell. Cable and Deadpool soon murder their way through a group of the Essex House's corrupt staff while Domino saves the mutant children from another. Upon encountering Russell, Deadpool is given his chance to talk him down, but he begins to fail, and Cable becomes more convinced that killing Russell is the only way to stop him.

Deadpool soon dons one of the Icebox's power-inhibiting collars in a final attempt to talk Russell down, offering himself in the Headmaster's place, and when Russell continues to act hostile, Cable decides to grab the gun across from them and use its last bullet to kill Russell. However, Deadpool jumps in the way and takes the bullet instead, and, with the virtually irremovable collar restricting his healing factor, he begins to die. Remorseful and grateful of Deadpool's sacrifice to save him, Russell loses his desire for revenge, which causes the burns on Hope Summers' teddy bear to fade away, restoring it back to normal, showing Cable and everyone else that Russell will not become evil in the future, and history has therefore been altered. Deadpool tells Cable to return to and take care of his family, and, after a long winded death scene, he finally passes on and meets with Vanessa again in the afterlife.

Unknown to everyone, Cable, feeling remorseful for his actions and now knowing Deadpool is truly a hero, uses the last charge on his time travel device to go back in time and alter the future once more. This time around, Cable sticks Vanessa's skee-ball token onto Deadpool when they arrive at the Reeducation Center, which ends up blocking the bullet intended for Russell, saving him. Deadpool (through either his fourth wall breaking powers or simple deduction) realizes that Cable had gone back in time to save him, but sacrificed his one way home in the process as the charred teddy bear on Cable's belt revert to its original state. Cable doesn't truly mind, however, claiming that he's going to stick around to make the future even better for his family. The group begins to walk away when the Headmaster comes out of hiding and begins yelling fanatical anti-mutant remarks. Enraged by the Headmaster's words and indirect responsibility for his family's death, Cable pulls out his knife and attempts to kill him, but Deadpool stops him, claiming that karma will take care of things, which comes in the form of the Headmaster being run over by Dopinder's taxi.

Later, in the mid-credits scene, Deadpool gets Negasonic Teenage Warhead and Yukio to fix Cable's time travel device so he can use it, an action they both immediately regret doing. Deadpool then uses time travel to save Vanessa and Peter, kill X-Men Origins: Wolverine's inaccurate version of Deadpool, and assassinate a young Ryan Reynolds after he approves the script of the 2011 Green Lantern film. Finally, according to a deleted scene, Deadpool travels back further to kill Adolf Hitler as a newborn infant, but cannot bring himself to do so. Instead, Deadpool tells the future dictator that he will come back with Cable, claiming that the latter "loves killing kids." While it was never shown on-screen, it can be assumed that Deadpool and Cable killed Hitler.

Powers and Abilities[]

Powers[]

  • Bionic Physiology - Much of Cable's body, namely his left side, has been altered with cybernetics and bionics, giving him his cyborg appearance along with a wide range of abilities.
    • Bionic Arm - Cable's prosthetic arm is bulletproof and can even block Deadpool's katanas. He also uses it not only to break his enemies' arms, but also to grapple the side of a building or a mountain to help slow down his fall, and as a magnet to attract his rifle back to him.
    • Enhanced Strength - Cable's strength is far superior than the average human. He is able to knock out Deadpool with just a few punches, carry his rifle without stress, rip a door off of a truck with ease, and painfully twist, bend, or break his enemies' limbs.
    • Enhanced Durability - His body is highly durable, allowing him to withstand serious situations impossible for normal humans. He was able to survive being knocked back into the prison shower room by Deadpool using his rifle's energy pulse, getting ejected from the Ice Box and falling down a mountain, the crash of the DMC transport truck, and a direct kick from Juggernaut.
    • Enhanced Agility - Cable is incredibly agile and reflex, being able to jump onto a catwalk to confront Deadpool and Russell or over a speeding truck with ease. He can even jump down a building and use his arm as to grasp the side and slow his fall, and he did the same thing beforehand when being ejected out of the Ice Box prison facility.
    • Enhanced Vision - Cable's eye has advanced scanning and holographic capabilities. It was able to scan his many weapons and pick out the perfect pieces needed to build a better gun. The eye gives Cable vital information on his surroundings such as potential threats, location of items and individuals, and seems to enhance his vision well beyond that of a normal human, including telescopic and spectrum lenses.
    • Shield Generation - Cable's bionics allow him to project a oval shaped force-field from his arms. While being shot at close range, Cable was able to withstand the bullets rippling against him with the force field. The shield was strong enough to take a full blast of fire from Russell, as well as the fullest capacity of his gun's energy pulse.
    • Computer Interaction - Cable’s bionic body allows him to interact with machines and computer devices. Cable was able grab one of the electrical cables in the Ice Box, and hack into its systems to uncover the prisoner layout of the building. The information traveled through his arm and into his eye, which displayed the information holographically.
  • Telekinesis - Cable has some telekinetic abilities as he used them to grab his gun from a few feet away. His cybernetics likely allows him to use this ability.

Abilities[]

  • Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant - Cable is outstandingly skilled in hand-to-hand combat, as he is able to easily overpower Deadpool, a highly proficient hand-to-hand combatant, with ease. He was able to singlehandedly take out a whole squad of DMC soldiers/Ice Box guards, even using one as a meat shield against bullets. He can also twist his enemies' arms to inflict further pain, as done to a DMC soldier and Deadpool.
  • Master Marksman - Due to his training as a soldier and bounty hunter, Cable is a highly capable marksman and able to use a wide variety of weapons with ease and accuracy. After he reversed time to prevent Deadpool's noble death, he placed Wilson's skee-ball token directly under Deadpool's scabbard-strap and shot it with pinpoint accuracy.
  • Expert Knife-Wielder - Cable is experienced with using a knife in combat. This is seen during his fights with Deadpool.
  • Master Engineer - Cable showed skills in engineering as he was able to make a new futuristic rifle using parts which were outdated for his time. The gun could serve as an energy pulse weapon, normal firearm, or a grenade launcher.

Equipment[]

  • Cable's Customized Rifle - Cable has a specially designed futuristic rifle — known as the "BFG", built from pieces of various guns. It has three different modes of fire: normal bullets, grenades, and an energy pulse. The energy pulse function at full power is strong enough to send the Juggernaut flying backward. The rifle also has an advanced scope and flashlight. It was destroyed by Juggernaut during a fight.
    • FN EGLM Grenade Launcher - Cable uses this grenade launcher during his Attack on the Ice Box.
  • Walther PPQ Q5 Match - Cable uses this handgun as his sidearm. He dual wields two of them during the final shootout against the Essex attendants, while refusing to let Deadpool borrow one.
  • Disc Grenades - Cable uses these explosives, resembling land mines or hockey pucks, to breach into the Ice Box and kill several guards, as well as to eject himself and Deadpool out of the prison when the latter tried to take the former along with him using his own grenade.
  • Combat Knife - Cable uses a combat knife for closes quarters combat. He uses this knife against Deadpool during their fights.
  • Time Travel Device - With the use of a wrist-mounted device, Cable is capable of traveling through time. Cable used it to travel over fifty years into the past so he could save his family. It is capable of physical time travel as well as mental.

Quotes[]

Year? What year is it?
~ Cable asking two yokels what year he had arrived in before stealing their truck
Hello, Russell.
~ Cable to a young Russell Collins during their first confrontation
Cable: Who are you?
Deadpool: I'm Batman!
~ Cable and Deadpool
The name's Cable! I'm from the future. Just walk away.
~ Cable introducing himself to Deadpool
Cable: Dubstep's for p*ssies!
Deadpool: You're so dark! Are you sure you're not from the DC Universe? I love dubstep!
~ Cable and Deadpool
Why are you protecting the kid?!
~ Cable demanding to know why Deadpool is protecting Russell
There's nothing I can't kill!
~ Cable to Deadpool while they are fighting
I guess dubstep never dies.
~ Cable
I use a device to slide through time. The longer I travel, the harder it is to control. I got two charges: one to get me here, one to get me home.
~ Cable explaining to X-Force his time-traveling device
You remind me of my wife.
~ Cable to Deadpool
I'm not a f*cking racist, you moron.
~ Cable when Deadpool joked that he was a racist for asking Dopinder to turn off the Indian music playing in his taxi
Here's a spoiler alert. You aren't a f*cking hero. You're just a clown, dressed up like a sex toy.
~ Cable mocking Deadpool
Deadpool: I don't know how to thank you, but I do know how to hug you.
Cable: No.
Deadpool: Yes. There we go, bring it in, come on. Pelvis to pelvis. Let's go, tip-to-tip, there we go. The kids call this "docking". Is there a knife in my d*ck?
Cable: There's a knife in your d*ck, yeah.
~ Cable and Deadpool sharing a hug
The Headmaster: ALL YOU DIRTY MUTANTS ARE GONNA ROT IN HELL WITH THE BOY! YOUR SOULS ARE BEYOND REDEMPTION!
Cable: Let's see
your soul, perv!
~ Cable about to kill the Headmaster for his xenophobic rant towards mutants, as well as his indirect cause of death towards Cable's family

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Trivia[]

  • Cable's surname, Summers, could hint at his relation to Cyclops (Scott Summers), like in the comics. Whether they are related in the X-Men Movies is unknown.
  • Sharing the same cast with Thanos from Marvel Cinematic Universe, Cable was teased by Deadpool several times by comparing him to Thanos, due to Deadpool's nature of breaking the 4th wall. A case in point, in the final trailer of Deadpool 2, Deadpool breaks the fourth wall by saying, "Pump the hate brakes, Thanos", which is a reference to Josh Brolin's role as Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, released on the same year one month before Deadpool 2. In the movie, Deadpool says "Zip it, Thanos!" to Cable to remind the latter about their deal of redeeming Russell.
    • Ironically, both Cable and Thanos have the ability to rewind time to change the outcome as they like - Thanos uses the Time Stone to undo Vision's death in order to take the Mind Stone from him, Cable rewinds time not only preventing Firefist's descent into madness, also Wade's sacrifice, where his bullet instead hits the latter's skee-ball token, at the cost of going back home to his family.
  • A running gag in Deadpool 2 had Wade implying that Cable was a racist due to the latter accidentally shooting Black Tom Cassidy during the convoy scene. However, Cable has a strong dislike of being called racist simply because he isn't one.
  • Deadpool calling Cable "One-eyed Willy" is a reference to Josh Brolins role as Brand Walsh in the 1985 film The Goonies, which itself was Brolins first ever film role.
  • Deadpool calling Cable "John Connor" is a nod to the Terminator franchise, and the plot of Deadpool 2 reflects on the titular protagonist protecting Russell from being killed by Cable due to the events that enfold in the future, reminiscent to the first two Terminator films.
    • Whereas the Terminator and the T-1000 (Judgment Day) were motivated to terminate Sarah Connor and her son, respectively — in order for the Skynet to exterminate every human and conquer the world, Cable was only motivated to terminate Russell since he wanted to prevent him from killing his family and possibly causing an apocalyptic war in the future.
    • Interestingly, Deadpool was likely referencing Terminator: Genisys, where John Connor was infected by the T-5000 and transformed into the T-3000, alluding to Cable getting infected by the Techno-Organic Virus and becoming a cyborg, in the comics. Whether this is true in Deadpool 2 is unknown.
  • Deadpool's line to Cable: "Are you sure you're not from the DC Universe?" is likely a nod to the 2010 DC film Jonah Hex, which Josh Brolin starred in.
    • Coincidentally, both Brolin and Ryan Reynolds appeared in DC films before appearing in Marvel films, although Reynolds appeared in Blade: Trinity and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Reynolds starred in the 2011 film Green Lantern, which, like Jonah Hex, was received negatively by critics and performed poorly at the box office.

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