History ComicBook / AmbushBug

His final appearance, unless Keith Giffen is asked to write for him again, is in the ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'' tie-in based on Supergirl: Matrix.

The closest Creator/MarvelComics equivalent would likely be ComicBook/{{Deadpool}},[[note]]Mixed with ComicBook/{{Lobo}}[[/note]] with a dash of Comicbook/SquirrelGirl thrown in, though Ambush appeared before either of them.

[[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryAToL A-L]] ([[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Alexander "Lex" Luthor]], [[Characters/SupermanBizarro Bizarro]], [[Characters/SupermanBrainiac Vril Dox/Brainiac]], [[Characters/SupermanCyborgSuperman Cyborg-Superman]], [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]], ComicBook/{{Lobo}}) | [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryMToZ M-Z]] ([[Characters/DCComicsMongul Mongul]], [[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy-Prime]]) | [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryPhantomZone Phantom Zone Criminals]] ([[Characters/SupermanGeneralZod General Zod]])\\

''Characters/{{Supergirl}}'' ([[Characters/SupergirlTheCharacter Kara Zor-El/Linda Danvers/Supergirl]], [[Characters/SupergirlSupportingCast Supporting Cast]], [[Characters/SupergirlEnemies Rogues Gallery]]) | ''Characters/PowerGirl'' | ''Characters/{{Superboy}}'' ([[Characters/SupermanConnerKent Conner Kent/Kon-El]], [[Characters/SupermanJonathanSamuelKent Jonathan "Jon" Samuel Kent]], [[Characters/SuperboySupportingCast Supporting Cast]], [[Characters/SuperboyEnemies Rogues Gallery]]) | ''Characters/LegionOfSuperheroes'' ([[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesFounders The Founders]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesSilverAge Silver Age]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesBronzeAge Bronze Age]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesFiveYearsLater Five Years Later]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesPostboot Postboot]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesThreeboot Threeboot]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesRetroboot Retroboot]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesOtherHeroes Other Heroes]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesTheFatalFive The Fatal Five]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesLegionOfSupervillains The Legion of Supervillains]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesOtherVillains Other Villains]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesSupportingCharacters Supporting Cast]])-]]]]]

* BodyInABreadbox: Parodied with a sequence where Ambush goes shopping and cannot find a fridge without the body of [[StuffedIntoTheFridge an ex-girlfriend]] in it. He settles for a mini-fridge with a pygmy corpse inside. In fact, through the entire issue, there are dozens of female corpses all over the place. Some even get ''lobbed'' at Bug.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Parodied with a sequence where Ambush goes shopping and cannot find a fridge without the body of an ex-girlfriend in it. He settles for a mini-fridge with a pygmy corpse inside. In fact, through the entire issue, there are dozens of female corpses all over the place. Some even get ''lobbed'' at Bug.

[[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryAToL A-L]] ([[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Alexander "Lex" Luthor]], [[Characters/SupermanBizarro Bizarro]], [[Characters/SupermanBrainiac Vril Dox/Brainiac]], [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]], ComicBook/{{Lobo}}) | [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryMToZ M-Z]] ([[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy-Prime]]) | [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryPhantomZone Phantom Zone Criminals]] ([[Characters/SupermanGeneralZod General Zod]])\\

The closest Creator/MarvelComics equivalent would likely be ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}[[note]]Mixed with ComicBook/{{Lobo}}[[/note]], with a dash of Comicbook/SquirrelGirl thrown in, though Ambush appeared before either of them.

''Characters/{{Supergirl}}'' ([[Characters/SupergirlTheCharacter Kara Zor-El/Linda Danvers/Supergirl]], [[Characters/SupergirlSupportingCast Supporting Cast]], [[Characters/SupergirlEnemies Rogues Gallery]]) | ''Characters/PowerGirl'' | ''Characters/{{Superboy}}'' ([[Characters/SupermanConnerKent Conner Kent/Kon-El]], [[Characters/SupermanJonathanSamuelKent Jonathan "Jon" Samuel Kent]], [[Characters/SuperboySupportingCast Supporting Cast]], [[Characters/SuperboyEnemies Rogues Gallery]]) | ''Characters/LegionOfSuperheroes'' ([[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesFounders The Founders]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesSilverAge Silver Age]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesBronzeAge Bronze Age]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesFiveYearsLater Five Years Later]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesPostboot Postboot]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesThreeboot Threeboot]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesPostboot Postboot]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesOtherHeroes Other Heroes]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesTheFatalFive The Fatal Five]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesLegionOfSupervillains The Legion of Supervillains]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesOtherVillains Other Villains]], [[Characters/LegionOfSuperheroesSupportingCharacters Supporting Cast]])-]]]]]

''[[Characters/SupermanRoguesGallery Villains]]'''\\

'''Villains'''\\

[[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryAToL A-L]] ([[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Alexander "Lex" Luthor]] | [[Characters/SupermanBizarro Bizarro]] | [[Characters/SupermanBrainiac Vril Dox/Brainiac]], [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]], ComicBook/{{Lobo}}) | [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryMToZ M-Z]] ([[Characters/SupermanSuperboyPrime Superboy-Prime]]) | [[Characters/SupermanRoguesGalleryPhantomZone Phantom Zone Criminals]] ([[Characters/SupermanGeneralZod General Zod]])\\

[[Characters/SupermanLoisLane Lois Lane]] | [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] '''Ambush Bug''' | ComicBook/{{Steel}}\\

The closest Creator/MarvelComics equivalent would likely be ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}[[note]]Mixed with SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}}[[/note]], with a dash of Comicbook/SquirrelGirl thrown in, though Ambush appeared before either of them.

The closest Creator/MarvelComics equivalent would likely be SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}[[note]]Mixed with SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}}[[/note]], with a dash of Comicbook/SquirrelGirl thrown in, though Ambush appeared before either of them.

In the Comicbook/{{New 52}}, he's a roving reporter for Channel 52 News, a method of combining information about what's happening in the DCU with a comedy backup strip.

His final appearance, unless Keith Giffen is asked to write for him again, is in the Convergence tie-in based on Supergirl: Matrix.

** Or maybe he's just crazy.

*** Even more so, he [[spoiler:supposedly comes OUT of the game to interact directly with the players instead of their characters - the back cover was a mask to cut out and assemble to put on for that particular scene]].

** When he appeared in an issue of Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'s comic, he mistook her for a Gender Bent Franchise/{{Superman}}.

* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Giffen/Bug isn't above lampshading Creator/DCComics' faults (or his own). [[TakeThat Or those of]] Creator/MarvelComics.
** Dan [=DiDio=] is one of his mortal archenemies. When fighting against Bug, he's an idiot intent on destroying the damn green pest.
*** Before that, there was editor Julius Schwartz.
* ShoutOut: Expect to see several in pretty much every comic about him. (As well as the occasional TakeThat.) Appeared in ''ComicBook/TinyTitans'' dressed as the mysterious Pandora that showed up in DC the first issues of the Comicbook/{{New 52}}.

* WhatDidIDoLastNight: In ''Ambush Bug: Year None'', he wakes up and finds he got married to Dumb Bunny of the Inferior Five.

** In ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'', Ambush Bug can be found in the Watchtower (for heroes) or the Hall of Doom (for villains). His first line is "Hey, look who's in your video game!"

* AffectionateParody
* AmusingAlien

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}

* FourthWallObserver

* NoFourthWall

* ScrewySquirrel

* SuperHeroOrigin: Parodies Franchise/{{Superman}}'s. The greatest [[TheDandy dandy]] in an alien world, Brum-El, decides to discard a chain letter, and as a result, discovers his planet is going to be hit by a swarm of meteorites which will kill all life. Against [[IgnoredExpert the belief of all experts]], he creates a rocket... to save his wardrobe. And then it turns out the meteorites ''really'' were harmless, leaving the man naked and humiliated. And then a [[SpiderMan giant radioactive space spider]] loots the rocket before accidentally nudging it to Earth, where it crashes, leaving one of the rocket's two remaining contents - a lime green suit - stuck in the antenna of a random Metropolis loser. The other item? ''A sentient sock''. Who immediately becomes a Doctor Doom parody, angry at being left behind.

** Note that Cheeks isn't alive or even animated (except when he briefly became undead), Ambush Bug just ''thinks'' so. He also wears a costume reminiscent of ElChapulinColorado's.

** Ambush Bug stars in the GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', where he helps Batman try to save the show from [[RealityWarper Bat-Mite]]'s attempts to make it JumpTheShark and get cancelled. For extra credit, Bug is voiced by Henry Winkler, [[Series/HappyDays the original shark-jumper]].

* {{Teleportation}}: Ambush Bug's original actual superpower. Early appearances required there to be one of his cybernetic bugs at the destination, but this limitation was eventually ignored.

* SuperHeroOrigin: Parodies Franchise/{{Superman}}'s. The greatest [[TheDandy dandy]] in an alien world, Brum-El, discovers his planet is going to be hit by a swarm of meteorites which will kill all life (against [[IgnoredExpert the belief of all experts]]), and creates a rocket... to save his wardrobe. And then it turns out the meteorites ''really'' were harmless, leaving the man naked and humiliated. And then a [[SpiderMan giant radioactive space spider]] loots the rocket before accidentally nudging it to Earth, where it crashes, leaving one of the rocket's two remaining contents - a lime green suit - stuck in the antenna of a random Metropolis loser. The other item? ''A sentient sock''. Who immediately becomes a Doctor Doom parody, angry at being left behind.