10 Times Constantine Outsmarted Everyone
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2024
- The Hellblazer's victories are often tinged with tragedy, but there's no denying how crafty he is...
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Constantine even tricked the narrator into calling him “Constan-TYNE.”
This was so irritating I had to turn it off lol
Isn't that how his name was supposed to be pronounced, before the movie version Americanized it?
This is how his name is actually pronounced.
John even says so later in the Hellblazer series!
“-tine. Rhymes with fine”
What’s maddening is hearing the weird American mis-pronunciation!
He also tricked the TRY-UM VIBRATE!
To all that write/make this kind of content: If you want to know how to properly pronounce a characters name..."Watch the source material...PLEASE"...IT IS pronounced Constan-TEEN. That is how it is pronounced in the original movie, all the animated series, on Legends of Tomorrow. You would figure if that is the way it is pronounced by the creators of the character for years, that is the way it is correctly pronounced...
This was like nails on chalkboard...
Missed the time Constantine used magic to switch voices with Billy Batson and straight up steal Shazam’s power just to beat a demon, A great bamboozle that made Shazam hate Constantine.
Love that his character progression is just “who can I piss off next?”
Swamp thing isn't keen on him either.
I still think he hates Constantine in the current canon too
At this point, who doesn't hate him to a point?
It's so funny to me that everybody talks about how dangerous Batman is with prep time but let's be real the king of prep time is John fucking Constantine.
Yep. He's batman with actual knowledge-based superpowers. Like...batman will somehow come up with an Anti-You spray, but if you give constantine a month to prepare you're going to end up in a fistfight with The Actual Devil at three in the morning.
@@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013 You forget to add the part where if you somehow win you're gonna come back to Earth and find out hes banging your wife.
Because Constantine doesn't just beat you he breaks you.
Constantine is willing to do thigs Batman never would,thats what gives hin the leg up
Asdrubael Vect with prep time 😂
well, if you want to disable someone, you call for batman.
if you really hate the guy AND yourself, you call constantine.
You mentioned Injustice but forgot to mention that Constantine tricked the Justice League into getting rid of Trigon meaning Trigon can't collect Constantine's soul.
Yeah, i think that was his greatest feat in injustice
The fact that he played both sides, and as soon as he got what he wanted, peaced out. Brilliant, and hilarious.
Wouldnt his soul not be taken anyways? Last I checked if his soul was taken it would start a war lol
@@jakejohnson718 Well, the demons that owns his soul need to be able to collect them. With them either dead or trapped, they can't
Batman has admitted on several occasions that Constantine is smarter then him. Question how smart do you have to be to where Batman admits you're more intelligent then him? And as for John being the undisputed master of prep-time it boils down to this iconic quote of his "I expect the worst to happen so I prepare for the bloody worst."
Maybe more cunning? What is intelligence? Batman clearly know more about technology and science.
@@johnnyguitar21 True but John knows more about magic, and the supernatural then anyone in the DC Multiverse/Omniverse and that includes Batman, and Batman has admitted that when it comes to magic, and the supernatural John is smarter then him, and Batman has also admitted that John's prep time skills are better then his and it's after Batman first admitted that John is better then him when it comes to prep-time that John said the fan-favorite iconic quote "I expect the worst to happen so I prepare for the bloody worst."
@@derrickhaggard Phantom stranger is more smart than Constantine in magic and knowing about the universe/multiverse.
@@johnnyguitar21 No. Smarter.
@@derrickhaggard I agree with you, but when did batman admitted that john is smarter than him?
The only one who’s willing to outsmart everyone just for the hell of it
Beautiful pun
That's literally Riddler.
Random fact: according to TV Tropes, at one point the comics referenced the Keanu Reeves Constantine as a separate character, with John mentioning "a guy in the US with a similar name and profession" to himself.
I love the fact that he was able to scare God so bad that he brought him back to life.XD
Being an asshole has its benefits
Imagine if that was actually in the bible
"If you don't revive me, I will literally take over hell in order to destroy you."
It just shows you how pathetic comic gods are.
@@joshportie they're better than the bible's god at least.
Reading the "Dangerous Habits" arc was a seminal event in my comics history. It stands as one of the best con jobs in fiction.
Absolutley, the ending is great
Ooooh, this was a good mix of classic and recent tricks that Constantine managed to pull off.
Constantine: A chain-smoking pseudo-sorcerer that is a semi-professional exorcist via being a great grifter. Demons don't stand a chance.
Batman: I am a hero who has every single counter.
Superman: I am cabable of fighting most of those counters.
Constantine: Up your's batsy. *Cast magic to make him forget*
Batman: I have a plan to take out any hero that goes evil however... *looks at John Constantine* I've got nothing for him....
It's the reason some say that John Constantine is one of the most powerful DC characters.
Nah not that easy, Batman has dealed with Sorcerers before though
Okay so Bats respects Constantine but finds him confusing because Magic which in every comic he has made clear he doesn't like because you can't really know what it's going to do.
While Constantine thinks Bats is a Daft bastard but respects him because even DEMONS are afraid of Batman
@@xm_heecka.laddder.job_mx5962
Has he dealt with sorcerers that can't die, though?
Constantine in Legends series is really good, definitely has the dark humour and his character nailed.
Matt Ryan definitely is Constantine. Whether it's his own series (that was sadly cancelled after one season, even though it was really good), in the Legends of Tomorrow series or the animated movies where he voiced the character. I personally think Constantine: City of Demons is the best one so far, it uses a lot of the plot from All his Engines, which was mentioned in the video, but the ending is different (I'd say it's even better/darker than the one from All his Engines).
The actor is amazing. He's just perfect for the role, it's sad the DC still trusts CW with their characters for their shows when they absolutely suck at making quality. i hope they bring him in for a movie adaptation instead of Keanu Reeves.
Constantine is the Rick Sanchez of Magic
That is actually a pretty accurate description !
Two things about #1. It happened in issue 45 and not 59. And the other thing is John did not die and go to hell. He slashed his wrists and warned the demons that if he died they would have to fight over his soul. So they fixed his body and cured his cancer to avoid that war.
Yup! Thank you! And he didn't sell his soul in 3rds. He pissed off the 1st so his soul was claimed "By right of insult" and he sold his soul to the other two. The three being who they were were too prideful to renounce their individual claims.
@@rustyshackleford2950
Yeah this guy in the vid conflated a couple of things but I’m just glad he got it in there. It’s one of my favorite things John pulls off in the series!
@@TATOOINETABLEFLIP That's fair and I'm glad it brings you joy.
The injustice "Outsmarting" was very undersold, as trapping Superman in a dream world was just one part of his plan to get rid of all potential threats to himself so that he could go into hiding with his daughter and protect her after the death of her mother which was a result of the on going war between Batman and Superman. And in order to pull off his plan he had to trick "EVERYONE!" including Batman.
Even though it was very messed up what he did to Gary that was one of my favorite things to happen in the Constantine show even though I love it as a whole I remember how conflicted I felt but I also love Matt Ryan's betrayal of how Constantine was actively regretting the pain and suffering he knew he just put his friend through
A man who knows all the angles
The price for every action
Heaven wants nothing to do with him
Hell despises him
Humanity wishes he didn't exist
The master of his own Chaos
Yet when all else fail
His chaos remains
(The one thing about chaos is that it's fair)
Is that a qute from somewhere though
@@kp1x it's my thoughts on Constantine. In the game of life play to win
Nothing about John possessing Trigon and stabbing him with the Spear of Destiny in DCeased: Dead Planet? Interesting choice but okay
That’s what I expected to be number 1 tbh
Same
I was hoping for this too
Just read the whole series this week. Really loved the ending.
I just posted the same thing. that was masterful.
The best comic book character created. Also that was just no demon who drank the holy water. That was Satan himself, the first of the fallen.
They said it was the devil
@@M00SHTY yes it was the devil himself, Satan.
How he saved the chick by knocking her up was hilarious! It made me spit my drink out a little bit 🤤
He didn't save her. She died a horrible death because of it. He simply thwarted Nergal's plans.
Unofficial entry because it was never released: Alan Moore's Twilight of the Superheroes. Where Constantine outsmarted basically all the DCU.
Narrator: "John Constantyne..."
John Constantine: "It's Constan-TEEN"
Narrator: "I don't care. 🙂"
I'm hoping both Constantine and Lucifer are playable in Injustice 3 and this is a intro for them both
“John Constantine. That’s T-I-N-E, rhymes with ‘fine’”.
-John Constantine
@@sterling9314 Has not prevailed. 🤷
@@bigshot9181 uh what? Dude, that quote’s literally from the comics. But ok keep saying it wrong I guess
@@sterling9314 I don't care 🙂
Constantine was at its best when his world didnt had superheroes mixed in
Wrong
The trapping of the demon in Gary would eventually kill it, as that was, from what I remember from reading the comment, the original goal of the magic user who trapped it first.
As its a demon of hunger it would slowly eat the host alive, eventually killing itself.
From Injustice I would have picked the whole year, wasn´t it all a plan to trap Trigon so he could get his soul back and be with his daughter?
I love these "X outsmarts everyone lists", it's a highlight reel of badassery
#58 was awesome. Loved reading how he pulled that off!
John Constantine is my absolute favorite… superhero for lack of a better word.
Antihero
I wish whatculture comics had an app for Fandoms and forums and blogs and longer videos. That would be awesome. Anyway, keep rocking 😎 whatculture.
Glad to hear someone 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 pronounce his name properly.
Love this soo much can you guys please do more Constantine
10% of the comments are talking about Constantine and his feats, 90% are talking about his name and the pronunciation of it.
My Favorite Character Out Of The Now Defunct Vertigo line of comics him and Jesse Custer hope that HBO Max series doesn't ruin the character
it most certainly will and it will start with a terrible casting choice
As for Jesse: sadly poor preacher was massacred by his show, they changed way too much of the source material and it all stopped making sence at one point. Keeping my fingers crossed that Johnny boy will be alright
@@cptpropane shit they made a cheap joke out of Preacher
@@cptpropane yeah season 1 showed promise, when he told a-face to go to hell... that was awesome... and then season 2.... I don't know if I even made it all the way through that season...
@@mattyt1961 yeah I stopped watching near the end of 2nd season. they kinda fucked up SoK's storyline as well
John Constantine Kills Trigon in DCeased should be #1. I mean he got Doctor Fate’s helmet, Deadman’s powers, all magical powers of Shazam’s wizard, Madame Xanadu’s crystal ball, Ragman’s rag, and the spear of destiny before the then tricked trigon into killing him , used deadmans powers to posses Trigon and killed himself with the spear of destiny.
come on , that's #1.
Dr, Fate inside the Tower of Fate: Why can't I see what's in this Room?
John: because the door is closed...
I love, how Constatine outsmarted basically every magical being, so he could steal all the necessary Powers to kill trigon
No. You clearly have not read hellblazer. Best Constantine is Vertigo Constantine, not DC.
@@russell2890 both comes under same umbrella and related to each other
Not just trigon. He tricked mr mxy too
@@itsoblivion8124 No. Just no. Stop it.
You forgot Lucifer. John Constantine also outsmarted Lucifer Morningstar
Are we gonna forget this man bedded the city of Los Angeles
I know hey he is fucking awsome L.O.L
Constantine makes Batman look like a declawed kitten.
I died a lil inside everytime he said Triumvirate
I adore constantine and his portrayal on tv is totally my favorite.
It’s a fantastic series, too bad it got the axe.
I love Matt as John and it’s awesome he was included in the Legends TV series!
@@TATOOINETABLEFLIP he is the best thing about the current season really. Lol
@@TATOOINETABLEFLIP You should watch the three animated movies he voiced. The two Justice League Dark ones are pretty good, but Constantine: City of Demons is awesome. It uses a lot of plot points from All his Engines, but with a different ending. And Constantine screws the embodyment of Los Angeles in a bar.
@@markhettenbach3141 He definetly is. Every episode he's in gets intantly better cause he adds a lot even when he's just talking. That's why they kinda try to make him a secondary character, he's too good for the show.
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo In my opinion City of Demons it's an absolutley atrocious adaptation of all his engines.
When Batman arrives, you know he has a plan. When Superman arrives, you know there is Hope. When Constantine shows up, you know the world is going to Hell.
Facts: Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, known as Sting, was actually Alan Moore's inspiration for Constantine. He was also the inspiration for Ripper, the younger occult bad boy past of Rupert Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Neat! Didn't know about Buffy
Scouser he is so tricky he got Purple Aki to feel and squeeze his own muscles
He's just a couple steps away from becoming the new Bat God.
The injustice one should be higher since he reveals that he never wanted to beat Superman, only get trigon taken care of (which is how year 3 ends)
At the beginning of some of your sentences your pitch skyrockets into nearly incomprehensible levels
"I'm John Constantine,I'm not the nicest bloke in the world... but I do me best"
""I'm John F***ing Constantine and you're F***ed"
"I'm John Constantine after all, I do stupid things in packets of ten, I'm stupid in style"
"My names John Constantine, and here I stay; haunted by London and London, haunted by me"
"Great.Absolutely bloody marvelous"
"Bollocks"
"Abracadabra"
John Costantine: I will kill a child if it means saving the world do not test me!
You looking in a mirror L.o.l boo!
i love how its always
"constantine tricks [COSMIC OMNIPOTENTI BEING] to [THE MOST MUNDANE THING EVER]"
Contanstine can trick trigon on to thinking all his descendants are DEAD only to get free whisky
omg that last one was amazing
I'm surprised you didn't include his resolution from Tom Taylor's DCeased
Don't know if I can sit through this guy saying Constan-tyne
That's how you pronounce his name correctly though
Funfact- Pralaya means destruction in sanskrit 😀
“Its like doing a test you haven’t studied for, luckily i cheat”
I quite like that quote and have even used it at work for HR courses that have these videos play. Dont watch the video but the answers are so easy i dont need to. So not sure if its cheating but eh, quote is fun
That Australian does it again
Gary Leicester was the one who came to Constantine with the problem, because he was the one responsible for releasing the starvation demon in the first place.
"Not even magic can save cancer"
“I’ll use every drop of your blood to get rid of your demons”
Pretty good video. New respect for Constantine.
John Constantine is my absolute favorite… superhero for lack of a better term.
Anti-hero!
The comic “Shoot” is one of the darkest things I’ve ever read, if you haven’t, READ IT
"Constant-tyne!" *Closes video*
the "Constin..TINE" super killed it
That's how the character states it's pronounced.
@@JimboDoomface doubt
Google it on images. He says it several times.
It’s how his name is correctly pronounced.
John even corrects someone late in the series (I think it was Moore’s way of addressing the American mis-pronunciation) when they come looking for him : “-tine. Rhymes with FINE”
You should be embarassed that you didn't know that Constantine rhymes with fine.
Was the first of the fallen an angel? I seem to recall he was never given that distinction of what he really was which is why he didn't realize he was way more powerful than the second or the third.
If I recall the meta-lore. First of the Fallen was ORIGINALLY meant to be Lucifer and mirror the Triumverate portrayed in sandman.
That got more complicated, obviously when Sandman changed things up again and the Lucifer spinoff, but Hellblazer writers wanted to play with that triad so they soft retconned FotF as something else entirely since they never explicitly called him Lucifer anyways.
I think First of the Fallen was like...in modern terms...a Beta Test Angel. A celestial being created before God created Angels with Lucifer ultimately being a more powerful upgrade or something. (A little foggy there I'll admit.)
But yes. He didn't realize he was way more powerful than the 2nd or the 3rd, though if I recall it wasn't QUITE that like they outbluffed him. It was that they were VERY POWERFUL demons but STILL demons so they had certain demonic weaknesses that the First hadn't thought to exploit until much later, either because he thought they didn't have such weaknesses or that he thought he possessed them himself.
It's like General Zod fighting Daxamites and then finally being like wait...you're allergic to LEAD?!
@@rustyshackleford2950 beautiful explanation. Bravo
@@rustyshackleford2950 lol what's that Zod refference? i gotta check that out.
@@emiliomarbanjr I think I made the Zod reference up. I just meant that Daxamites and Kryptonians have the same power set and scale but Daxamites can't handle lead.
Alright lets do this: Plz uplode 'top 10 times comic book heros duplicate other heros' can you guys plz?
I think they did that
@@jacksithlord1301oops send me the link bro its an emergency.
We need a new Constantine movie.
With Matt Ryan portraying him, not Keanu Reeves.
Thank you for this one. I don't know much about Constantine outside of Arrow of all things
He's the best
with him tricking the 3 demons i heard someone tell me a story of how Jon put up their options of either go to war cause they are all meant to take his soul or keep him alive so they won't have to fight to collect his soul
I always daydreamed one day I’d have to save everyone because I think I’d do it…glad if I think enough I can get us all out.
I still think his best move was how he beat Trigon in DCeased
The whole Deadly Habits arc should be #1
Like deadpool even Constantine's "friends" tend to hate him but they at least respect how clever john can be
5:58 yo is that better call saul
Constantine can do without prep time what Batman can do with prep time.😊
I look forward to the new movie with Keanu❤
Constantine in house of mystry
4:25 it kinda looks like the thing the fire dude transformed into in the suicide squad movie
John did not aproch superman and trap him in the dreaming, he just provided the magical sand (and demon) to batman inorder for the big bad bat to trap superman.
How did he gets dreams sand
@@duocult I have no idea, but it was probably convoluted and left at least half a dozen bodies behind. That’s generally how Constantine’s misadventures go.
@@coltonwilliams4153 probably
I would ask list ten "Top 10 times Constantine Screwed Up", but... That would be a long list, I'm afraid, even as much as I enjoy watching his shenanigans.
...Though Family Man mess is DEFINETLY up there.
Or "Top 10 times Constantine screwed somebody over", and I'm not talking about the embodyment of Los Angeles in City of Demons.
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo Not sure if 10 would be enough for that, he screwed ton people over, either by accident or intentionally... Including Satan.
(And Nergal's daughter the way he did the Los Angeles...)
The issue where the Scottish national team is beating the English national team and there is a curse feeding off people's depression and rage, and the game is the tipping point of the emotional fuel. The outcome is brilliant.
Love how he gets kicked out of hell haha
I know how does that happen .....l.o.l fucking landlords l.o.l
Another life certainty dealing with DC comics is Euan pronouncing Constantine wrong and telling you he says it right (and you are wrong). I looked it up and according every single website it is pronounced [KON]+[STUHN]+[TYN]. I guess he could ask how Alan Moore how he pronounces it because as the creator of the character he would know. I mean how long did the other guy from whatculture say darksied's name wrong and no one stopped him.
Read a comic, he’s pronouncing it right.
We'll you cought me...I don't read comics. I don't know what they are. Now act mad and tell me how many long boxes you own like that proves you know more than other people.
@@Ragamuffin-Guesses-cgc-grades you’re on a video by a channel called “whatculture comics”. So, why even be here if you hate comic books so much?
I'm sorry to confuse you, I was unaware that you were unfamiliar with sarcasm. When addressing you in the future I'll avoid vailing my words in any kind of subtlety.
@@sterling9314 But, you know what maybe I'm wrong. You say I should read the comics and they will teach me how to say it. If it's Hellblazer I own them all. So tell me which comic it's in. Tell me and I'll look it up and if you're right. If you can prove that it's in the comics. I'll concede the point. So tell me, I'm excited to go look it up. (Also I'm more of a vertigo Hellblazer fan so the new stuff doesn't do it for me, if it's in that new 52 or DC universe proper I don't care). ;)
Gary Lester sort of had it coming.
All the decades spent researching a cure for cancer who knew it was that simple
He’s not ONE OF the brilliant minds in the dc universe. Bro outsmarted plot armour himself, Batman.
john always ha s a back up for the back up plan
That's only half of it Constantine has a back up for the back up of the back up Etc etc you will not catch this man unprepared.
Ennis and Ellis write the best Hellblazer/Constantine by far.
I would love it if Constantine was in the dceu but he is way too op.
{1} Tricking Superman for even a while is indeed a feat in of itself.
{2} In fairness, it was also Gary's fault that this all happened.
{3} This is fine, as there is a laundry list of plans John was involved with or planned that DID NOT GO WELL.
{4} It was both a bluff AND he'd live with it somehow, because he's Constantine and he can't afford to slow down and let the guilt have at 'im.
{5} This was only the tip of the iceberg, though. I'm sure the bit that came AFTER Brenden is on here.
{6} Gabe was later destroyed by Satan on his way to deal with John.
{7} Always a problem when no one is ever destroyed entirely in the underworld.
{8} Well, he owed him one. Several ones, in fact.
{9} The best way to lose to Constantine is to ever let him talk.
{10} This was the crowning glory, but he wasn't actually in their domain yet. Think you got something confused. He sold himself to the other two major demons behind Satan's back, and then proceeded to cut his own wrists to lure the Devil to watch because he's laid claims on John for the previous debacles. (The Magic Stout incident, for one.) When they all came, they all fought over John, but then it was 'Tick-Tock' as John opened his neck, forcing them to revive him so they wouldn't have this fight...until Satan finally figured out how to oust his fellow demon lords.
I read a number of these, and while there are some contenders, these tricks are pretty good ones.
How powerfull is Constantine?
Yes....
Next Ultimate Duel: Constantine Vs. Deadpool
Little disappointed that you didn’t account for the time he became basically the culmination of dr fate ragman spectre all stupidly powerful people at once in the dceasd dead earth
Glad he pronounced his name right.
Is All His Engines the inspiration for the animated City of Demons movie?
My favorite scene in a Constantine comic was when John meets Satan and says "It's ConstanTIME, asshole".
You forgot the time he tricked swampthing into powering up only sacrifice his human soul to save the world.
How do you trick a demon into doing that
I started watching this video but soon realized I would have to spend 10min with this guy pronouncing Constantine's name like THAT so I'll just go now xd
That's the correct pronunciation as per the comics.
"Constantine tricks superman into a dream coma*
"Alright while he's down, no one do anything like i don't know, shoot him with a kryptonite bullet or something. Wouldn't want him to be down permanently"
How did the dream reality fail i mean he's weak to magic
John Constantine >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Batman