History Comicbook / SquirrelGirl

* {{Flanderization}}: Her infamous defeat of Doctor Doom was accomplished by creative use of her powers; commanding an army of squirrels to sabotage all of his equipment from the inside. Afterwards it just became a thing that she can beat everyone, even Thanos, by punching them out.

* [[strike:[[FastballSpecial Fastball Special]]]] ''[[FastballSpecial Fuzzball Special]]!'': She threw Tippy-Toe at M.O.D.O.K. this way. [[ShoutOut Alley-Oop!]]

** Then there was the whole shot at [[strike:Bleedball]] Penance. She tries to convince him he's not at fault, citing all the other stuff that other heroes have done that was so much worse (but managed not to get blamed for). Eventually, he cuts her off for not understanding, culminating in him shouting how he's "deep" now and repeatedly smashing his head into a wall to show how "deep" he is

Squirrel Girl first appeared in a one-shot story in 1992 in AnthologyComic ''Marvel Super-Heroes Special'' #8 (Winter, 1991); after [[InfoDump explaining her powers]] to IronMan, she showed her invincibility by defeating both IronMan ''and'' SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom. The story was written by Will Murray and drawn by Marvel Comics legend {{Steve|Ditko}} [[ArmedWithCanon freakin']] [[SteveDitko Ditko]]. Since the art and plot had a SilverAge touch that didn't take itself seriously, and was it published in the DarkAge that marked TheNineties, the story was notable for how out of place it felt.

** But they included PhoenixWright?

** The closest she has ever come to defeat was failing to convince Robbie "Penance" Baldwin to return to being Speedball. [[note]] Unsurprising - you can't pep-talk someone out of a traumatic, partially-drug induced and reinforced psychosis. [[/note]]
** Though it may be questionable as to whether or not this counts as an actual defeat or just following the [[RuleofFunny Rule of Funny]], but Squirrel Girl was hilariously subdued from behind at the hands of Danielle Cage the infant daughter of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones that she's babysitting. The baby temporarily acquired powers like Spider-Man's, and ambushed Squirrel Girl by sneaking up behind her and covering her with web until she couldn't move. In her defense, there isn't a way to safely subdue a super-powered baby without risking the safety of said baby.

* VagueAge: Originally 14, but now it's vague. Presumably 18.

* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Talks To Squirrels

Doreen's (official) powers are enhanced strength, speed, agility, and reflexes, as well as the ability to leap several stories. She possesses small razor sharp claws in place of fingernails, and she's able to use small retractable knuckle spikes. She can communicate with squirrels, which she uses to attack and/or distract her enemies (as well as {{breaking the fourth wall}}). She also has a semi-prehensile tail (which she can use to cuddle herself with). Oh, and her lips taste like hazelnuts.

* LethalJokeCharacter: She doesn't look to threatening at first, but the squirrels that she has control of are ''extremely visious''.

Squirrel Girl first appeared in a one-shot story in 1992 in AnthologyComic ''Marvel Super-Heroes Special'' #8 (Winter, 1991); after [[InfoDump explaining her powers]] to IronMan, she showed her [[GodModeSue invincibility]] by defeating both IronMan ''and'' SelfDemonstrating/DoctorDoom. The story was written by Will Murray and drawn by Marvel Comics legend {{Steve|Ditko}} [[ArmedWithCanon freakin']] [[SteveDitko Ditko]]. Since the art and plot had a SilverAge touch that didn't take itself seriously, and was it published in the DarkAge that marked TheNineties, the story was notable for how out of place it felt.

* InvincibleHero: The closest she has ever come to defeat was failing to convince Robbie "Penance" Baldwin to return to being Speedball.
** Unsurprising - you can't pep-talk someone out of a traumatic, partially-drug induced and reinforced psychosis.
** Though it may be questionable as to whether or not this counts as an actual defeat or just following the [[RuleofFunny Rule of Funny]], but Squirrel Girl was hilariously subdued from behind at the hands of Danielle Cage the infant daughter of Luke Cage and Jessica Jones that she's babysitting. The baby temporarily acquired powers like Spider-Man's, and ambushed Squirrel Girl by sneaking up behind her and covering her with web until she couldn't move.
*** In her defense, I'm not sure there's a way to safely subdue a super-powered baby without risking the safety of said baby.

* [[KillerRabbit Killer Squirrel]]

* {{Mutants}}

* ParodySue: Squirrel Girl is practically the living embodiment of this.
* ProgressivelyPrettier: In her first appearance, Squirrel Girl looked really weird. Nowadays...well, it depends on the artist, but she's generally depicted as being much, much, ''much'' cuter than she looked in her first appearance.
** She arguably looks her best in Marvel's one-shot Valentine's Day special ''I ? Marvel: Masked Intentions''.

* RefugeInAudacity: The main reason she can get away with her MemeticBadass status.

* ShowyInvincibleHero
* SpotlightStealingSquad: Acknowledged and mocked when she decides to leave the GLA because with her around the others would never get any screen time, on account of the fact that her MemeticBadass status has grown to such a point where they don't even try to help her defeat such uber-baddies as Fin Fang Foom, Baron Mordo and Ego the Living Planet, choosing instead to hang around playing cards while she effortlessly defeats them.

* TakeThat: A fair bit of Squirrel Girl's dialogue and surrounding plot points consist of these, aimed at whatever the writer finds annoying about pretty much every other comic in existence (the escapism quote above, Batman's in-universe status as an urban legend, etc.). Then, just to make sure [[ViewersAreMorons no one missed the reference]], often one of the squirrels will pop up at the corner of the page and [[BreakingTheFourthWall state outright what it meant]].
** Then there was the whole shot at [[strike:Bleedball]] Penance. She tries to convince him he's not at fault, citing all the other stuff that other heroes have done that was so much worse (but managed not to get blamed for). Eventually, he cuts her off for not understanding, culminating in him shouting how he's "deep" now and repeatedly smashing his head into a wall to show how "deep" he is. Very subtle.
* [[SpeaksFluentAnimal Talks To Squirrels]]
* TimeTravel: She attempted to travel into the past in order to romance pre-Penance Speedball. But somehow she traveled into the future...
** It's actually a very sly reference. When Squirrel Girl tries to travel to the past, she sets the time machine to take her to "Speedball's second to last coordinates" (the last time Robbie Baldwin was Speedball prior to the events of ComicBook/CivilWar, since if she showed up in Stamford, she'd be one of the victims of Nitro's explosion). Prior to Civil War, Speedball's last appearance in a Marvel comic ''was in a comic set in the year 2099.''
*** It also creates a CrowningMomentOfFunny when she goes to Latveria to borrow Doctor Doom's time machine. Doom just sighs and points her to the room, not even bothering to try and stop her.

* WeakButSkilled

A short two-page item in ''I Am An Avenger #1'' showed Doreen arriving back in [[BigApplesauce New York City]], and (as of ''[[Comicbook/TheAvengers New Avengers]] #7'') she is an official Avenger by virtue of being hired as the nanny for Luke Cage's and Jessica Jones' baby girl, [[ImmortalIronFist Danielle]]. Since Danielle's been the target of supervillain kidnapping, demonic possession, and other threats in the past, someone like Squirrel Girl was probably necessary to protect the toddler.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Many fans have been wishing for Doreen to be named as a playable character in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''. In response, [[http://sketchcardsaloon.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/20110101-124310.jpg this doctored screencap]] began to float around.
** However, the creators have openly decided not to include her, because she's simply "too powerful". More accurately, they liked the joke of Squirrel Girl and knew it would kind of ruin it to give her a balanced play style and a potential tier ranking. They justified this reasoning with the joke that a character that canonically never loses ''cannot lose'', and the implication that she ''could'' lose is pointless, because she would always win the battle off-screen immediately afterward. [[DividedByZero Pitting herself against herself would implode the universe.]]
*** Though, it will be interesting to see what happens now that she's been confirmed to be appearing in Season 2 of VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance which has PvP...

*** Though, it will be interesting to see what happens now that she's been confirmed to be appearing in Season 2 of "VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance" which has PvP...

* BadassAdorable: She's positively cute (and especially ''hot'' when drawn by Mike Deodato in ''Comicbook/FearItself''), can talk to squirrels, and can kick more ass than all of Marvel's other heroes combined.