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* AccidentalInnuendo: The name of one of the more infamous gangsters fought by Dan Garrett in the original Fox Comics era: ''Big Dix''.
* {{Adorkable}}: Ted. If anything he's even ''more'' charmingly geeky than the previous version.
-->'''Ted:''' ''(BIG grin)'' [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gamestooge/27257308691/in/dateposted-public/ MAGIC?]]
* BrokenBase:
** A few honestly enjoy the Post-''Flashpoint'' series, others do not because of its left turn into DarkerAndEdgier land. Issue #6 did not help at all.
** ''Countdown to Infinite Crisis'', the one-shot issue that KilledOffForReal Ted Kord. There are some who call it the Greatest Ted Kord Story Ever Told. There are others with equal conviction who call it the Worst Ted Kord Story Ever Told.
* CompleteMonster: Vol. 7: [[FauxAffablyEvil The Reach Negotiator]] is a representative of the Reach revealed to have gone rogue, violating the treaty between the Green Lanterns in favor of [[TakeOverTheWorld conquering the Earth]]. Initially putting up a friendly facade to [[ArchEnemy Jaime Reyes]], the Negotiator reveals his vicious cruelty by crushing the skull of [[BadBoss one of his subordinates]] for stating the Earth is too dangerous to control. The Negotiator has dozens of people injected with Scarabs to turn them into homicidal monsters threatening to slaughter half of the city as an experiment. The Negotiator plans to set up machines known as World Rippers to destroy the Earth's surface, saving humanity simply so he can turn them into a SlaveRace to mine their vital resources. When Reyes tries to foil his plans, the Negotiator settles for trying to murder his whole family and decides to destroy the Earth and everyone in it out of desperation and spite, not caring about the lives of his own men who could perish in the attack.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** All three Beetles may not have a lot of fans, but the ones they have are very supportive of the characters. There's a reason that as ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational went on Blue Beetle had bigger roles and more stories focused on him.
*** It's gotten to a point when some consider Ted Kord to be an {{Ensemble Dark Horse}} to the whole DC universe.
** Within the Blue Beetle comics themselves, Jaime's little sister Milagro is very popular.
** [[ScaryDogmaticAliens The Reach]] have proven to be surprisingly popular villains despite not having much presence outside Jaime Reyes' initial run, likely for [[EvilIsCool being a badass alien empire who wield insectoid power-armor]], and having more personality than your average space warlords. This is likely why they show up in both ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' and ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010''.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** The armor superficially resembles Blue Beetle's armor in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', which also had a connection to Dan Garrett's scarab.
** In an appearance in ''[[ComicBook/TheAtom The All-New Atom]]'', a trick with the personality of Ted Kord jokes that "[he] and Bruce Wayne's parents are the only ones with a permanent parking space." Jump forward a few years, and Ted is alive and kicking again.
* MoralEventHorizon: A hotel manager, of all people, manages to cross this in one issue when he refuses to let the locals take shelter from a rampaging supervillain in his hotel, doesn't care about the resulting deaths since they're not paying customers, and [[SmugSnake laughs in Jaime's face when called out]]. [[spoiler:We can only hope that Batman fired his ass with extreme prejudice]].
* MorePopularReplacement: Far more know Blue Beetle as either Ted Kord or Jaime Reyes, as opposed to the original Dan Garrett.
* MyRealDaddy: Similar to what happened to his friend ComicBook/BoosterGold, Ted Kord was created by Creator/SteveDitko in the 1960s, but he is mostly associated with his time in the ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational under J.M. [=DeMatteis=] and Keith Giffen.
* OlderThanTheyThink: Believe it or not, the Blue Beetle is one of the oldest superheroes still around today.
** 1940s Dan Garret sounds ''a lot'' like Captain America, a regular guy who gets limited super powers from a special serum given to him by a doctor - except Blue Beetle debuted in 1939, while Cap didn't hit news stands until late 1940. That's right, this almost forgotten version of an already kind of obscure hero was Captain America ''before'' Steve Rogers.
* ReplacementScrappy:
** Jaime Reyes had an initial chilly reception due to how [[DroppedABridgeOnHim sudden]] Ted Kord's death was and how Ted replaced him in the [[ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis same event]]. Thankfully, as he got his own development, he's come to be seen as how to do a LegacyCharacter (especially a [[AffirmativeActionLegacy minority]] one) right; he has his own unique style but is very respectful to Ted's legacy, to the point where he has a 'What Would Ted Kord Do' sign in his room and ultimately defeats the Reach by being a GuileHero like Ted.
** There are those that consider Post-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' Jaime a ReplacementScrappy to his original self.
* SequelDisplacement: Dan Garrett is known for being the original Blue Beetle, but much like [[Franchise/GreenLantern Alan Scott]] and [[Franchise/TheFlash Jay Garrick]], he's been completely overshadowed by his successor Ted Kord, who in turn has been overshadowed by ''his'' successor Jaime Reyes. The general audiences know them far more than the original.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:
** As noted above, the New 52 Beetle series has gotten a mixed reaction from fans who missed the light-hearted nature of the previous volume.
** For Rebirth, many are unhappy- or at least confused- as to why the scarab was made magical once more. Part of this is probably due to the change meaning the fan favorite Reach are no longer involved in the scarab's origin.
* ViewerNameConfusion: A number of fans had trouble misreading the new BB's name as "Jamie" rather than "Jaime". As [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] put it, "It's 'Hye-Mae', not 'Jamie.' Don't make me pull out the [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle "More You Know"]] logo."
* TheWoobie:
** Coyote from the New 52 series. He ignores bystanders Jaime and Paco to take on Plasmus while his companion Rompehuesos went straight for the two teens with intent to kill, and Brutale goes join Rompehuesos in retrieving the beetle and leaving Coyote to face the rival baddies all by himself. Then Coyote begs Blue Beetle to help him when Plasmus overpowers him, and later that night, while displaying his loyalty to La Dama (as if battling a guy who's pretty much made of a stuff that burns on contact just to get her what she wants wasn't loyal enough) when he instantly decides to help her track the beetle when she asks, she thanks him by slitting his throat. Out of all the villains, this is one you just feel sorry for.
** Ted came dangerously close. Between struggling with his weight, rarely being taken seriously as a superhero (something which led directly to his death), and his unrequited crush on Barbara Gordon, the poor guy rarely caught a break.
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