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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:250:Not pictured: Doctor Doom]] |
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| 4 | ->''♫ Squirrel Girl, Squirrel Girl! She's a human and also a squirrel!\ |
| 5 | Can she climb up a tree? Yes, she can, easily!\ |
| 6 | That's whyyyyyyyy her name is Squirrel Girl!\ |
| 7 | Is she tough? Listen, bud: she's got partially squirrel blood!\ |
| 8 | Who's her friend? Don't you know: that's the squirrel, Tippy-Toe!\ |
| 9 | Surprise! She likes to talk to squirrels!\ |
| 10 | At the top of trees, is where she spends her time\ |
| 11 | Like a huuuuuuuuman squirrel. She enjoys fighting crime!\ |
| 12 | Squirrel Girl, Squirrel Girl! Powers of both squirrel and girl!\ |
| 13 | Find some nuts, eat some nuts! Kicks bad guuuuuys' evil butts!\ |
| 14 | To her, life is a great big acorn! Where there's a city crime-torn,\ |
| 15 | you'll find the '''Squirrel Girl!''' ♫'' |
| 16 | -->-- '''Doreen Green''', the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (ToTheTuneOf "[[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 Spider-Man]]") |
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| 18 | ''The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl'' was an ongoing monthly comic book published by Creator/MarvelComics, debuting January 2015. After years spent on the sidelines of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse as a LethalJokeCharacter (and official nanny of ComicBook/TheAvengers), Doreen Green (ComicBook/SquirrelGirl) finally gets [[ADayInTheLimelight her own solo title]] in the form of this book. Having recently enrolled at [[CaliforniaUniversity Empire State University]], Doreen just wants to be a normal college student like everybody else -- easier said than done, when you got threats like ''ComicBook/{{Galactus}}, Devourer of Worlds'' on your [[PrehensileTail (literal)]] tail. |
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| 20 | Written by Creator/RyanNorth and illustrated by Erica Henderson, ''Unbeatable Squirrel Girl'' is perhaps the [[LighterAndSofter gentlest, wackiest,]] [[UnexpectedCharacter weirdest]] book Marvel's put out in quite some time -- rivalled only by the ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck'' series that came out just months later. |
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| 22 | After an initial run of eight issues, ''Unbeatable Squirrel Girl'' was relaunched as part of the ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel'' initiative. ("[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative Only Our Second #1 Issue So Far This Year!]]"). Henderson left as artist after Issue #31 and was replaced by Derek Charm. |
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| 24 | The series also has an OGN, ''Squirrel Girl Beats Up The Marvel Universe'', released alongside the second series and taking place between issues 11 and 12 of that series. |
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| 26 | On May 2019, Ryan announced that the staff unanimously figured they went as far with the character they could go. [[https://aux.avclub.com/the-squirrel-girl-team-says-goodbye-on-its-own-terms-in-1834952104 Thus the series would come to an end at its 50th issue]] and end on a high note. And indeed, the series closed shop in November 2019. In 2022, however, the characters made a brief return in the six episode podcast series ''Marvel’s Squirrel Girl: The Unbeatable Radio Show'', written by North. |
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| 28 | !!Tropes: |
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| 30 | * AchievementsInIgnorance: When she's trapped in a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, she overcomes "Count Nefaria" - because she has no idea who Count Nefaria is, confuses him with a certain [[Series/SesameStreet Muppet with a similar name,]] and can easily distract this dream-Count by teaching him a new way to count. |
| 31 | * TheAdjectivalSuperhero: The '''Unbeatable''' Squirrel Girl. |
| 32 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Maureen Green, Doreen's mom. She has all the childhood stories and the [[EmbarrassingOldPhoto baby pictures]]. |
| 33 | * AmazonianBeauty: Doreen usually looks plump when fully dressed, but Henderson's drawings of her in a FurBikini during the Savage Land arc made her look seriously muscular. |
| 34 | * AmbiguouslyBi: It might be a case of IfItsYouItsOkay on Doreen's part, but there does seem to be a certain attraction between her and Nancy. It's especially clear in ''Hypertime'' where it's heavily hinted that their relationship turned romantic during the decades they were stuck in hypertime. |
| 35 | * AndYourLittleDogToo: Kraven The Hunter threatens Tippy Toe, which Doreen does ''not'' take kindly to. |
| 36 | * ArtShift: |
| 37 | ** When Galactus describes how the flaws in his world-devouring M.O. have brought him failure in the past, the style changes to classic Kirby, complete with an ultra-dramatic Silver Surfer pose. |
| 38 | ** When Mole Man relates his backstory, the style changes to a collage of 19th-century illustrations, courtesy of [[Webcomic/{{Wondermark}} David Malki]]. |
| 39 | * AsteroidsMonster: Enigmo has this ability as a form of SelfDuplication and uses it to take over the USA. He gets pretty tiny but can grow his duplicates to human size with enough food and subsequently merge those duplicates into a giant (but without the RequiredSecondaryPowers heroes like Ant-Man has to function at that size). |
| 40 | * BadDate: Volume 2, #8 featured a montage of these for Doreen, including dates with the Human Torch, a couple villains, and a Sentinel. It ends with a date with a guy who thinks superheroes are a government conspiracy. Stupid, until you remember flat earthers exist. |
| 41 | * BadassAdorable: The first scene of this book opens with Doreen fighting off muggers... While singing a customized version of [[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 Spider-Man]]'s theme song. |
| 42 | * BadFuture: Volume 2 #48 begins in one. In typical Squirrel Girl fashion it's declared post-apocalyptic but still essentially decent. Doreen's older (and seems to have artificial limbs), Tippy Toe is now a BrainInAJar and Nancy is dead. [[spoiler:Doreen manipulates time travel to prevent Nancy's death, which rewrites things.]] |
| 43 | * BeenThereShapedHistory: Kang claims he gave famous authors their quotations. A footnote explains he spent an entire month doing so just to be ''annoying''. |
| 44 | * BerserkButton: Do not dare to damage Doreen's ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} trading cards, you'll regret it. |
| 45 | * BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: ''Loki'' of all people winds up saving the day in Issue #8. Helping to distract Ratotoskr long enough so the Thors can get their hits in and Doreen can free herself.]] |
| 46 | ** Happens several times in the series finale, including Tippy-Toe's squirrel army, the Avengers, [[spoiler:a teamup of almost everyone Doreen's befriended - including villains - ]] and [[spoiler:Galactus himself.]] You really don't get bigger than that, people. |
| 47 | * BigWhat: Tippy-Toe's reaction upon learning Doreen's chosen major, [[HiddenDepths computer science]]: |
| 48 | -->'''Tippy-Toe:''' '''WHAT?''' You got accepted into college and you're not even gonna major in '''SQUIRRELS?'''\ |
| 49 | '''Doreen:''' [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder I'm Squirrel Girl, not Achieving Consistency Across Distributed Database Systems Girl]]. |
| 50 | * BittersweetEnding: In Issue #8, at least for [[spoiler: Agent Loki.]] While things end on a pretty good note for them, anyone familiar with their [[ComicBook/LokiAgentOfAsgard own book]] knows that [[spoiler: things are about to come crashing down hard around them, particularly their friendship with Thor.]] The footnotes even suggest you [[SnicketWarningLabel avoid said book if you want that happy feeling to last]]. |
| 51 | * BoyishShortHair: Due to the new design, Doreen's hair often time looks like this. Combined with a few outfits in the series, you'd be forgiven for thinking she [[LadyLooksLikeADude looks a boy sometimes]]. |
| 52 | * BookEnds: The first issue starts with Squirrel Girl singing a filk of the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967'' theme about her while out on patrol. The final issue has another version of that song about the revelation of her civilian identity as the accompaniment for a CGI deepfake video of her past adventures created by Tony Stark. |
| 53 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: ''ComicBook/{{Galactus}}'' of all people is prone to this. From [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou threatening you]] with the destruction of your world if you can't solve the "[[{{Gamebooks}} Choose Your Own Adventure]]" issue to getting into arguments with the narrator. |
| 54 | * BrickJoke: In #32, Doreen explains to Kraven that she can tuck her tail into her pants, and he understands that fur is compressible because he can sometimes fit his usual costume under street clothes. In #34, while fighting Spider-Man, he rips off his courtroom suit to reveal his usual costume. |
| 55 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: In Issue #40, Tony Stark calls a press conference to reveal Squirrel Girl is alive and a Skrull died in her place. Instead of shocked gasps, the gathered press are just bored. |
| 56 | -->'''Betty Brandt:''' The ''Bugle's'' obituary desk has had to publish retractions seven times on you alone, Mr. Stark. This is less a "twist" than it is a "Tuesday." |
| 57 | * CaliforniaUniversity: Doreen attends Empire State University, the go-to college of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. |
| 58 | * CallBack: The second issue featured both multiple references to her debut issue when she defeated SelfDemonstrating/DrDoom, and a bit featuring the Squirrel-A-Gig, a one-off vehicle from the ''Deadpool/GLI Summer Fun Spectacular''. |
| 59 | ** An even bigger one to her first appearance. Back then she faced Doctor Doom and [[http://boundingintocomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/1454907-squirrel_girl_vs_dr_doom_01.jpg this happened]]. In her new series, she faces him again, and thanks to [[http://i.imgur.com/A0Dr832.gif some time travel shenanigans...]] Note that even the positioning is the same. |
| 60 | * TheCameo: Comic blogger [[http://bettyfelon.com/ Betty Felon]] and artist Jordan Gibson show up as a pair of students in Issue #1. They also appear in Issue #7 as two of the rioters that get tied up by Thor. |
| 61 | * CaptiveDate: Subverted. Mole Man threatens to destroy various buildings until Squirrel Girl goes on a date with him. This just makes her decide to beat him up instead of trying to talk things out. |
| 62 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: After Brain Drain's robotic body is repaired, he speaks fairly eloquently and has a basic learned gentleman persona with a slightly nihilistic bent. By his next appearance [[NoIndoorVoice he is speaking in all caps]], relates all observations to his nihilist philosophy and is unable to remember whether or not humans are able to split into duplicate, smaller humans at will. |
| 63 | * ChewBubblegum: Parodied several times during her fight with Galactus. The first time, he can't hear her because they're in space, and the second time, when she does it while touching his feet so that he can feel the vibrations, he interrupts her. |
| 64 | -->'''Doreen:''' ''[while touching Galactus's foot]'' We're, uh, we're here to kick butts and eat nuts, and--\ |
| 65 | '''Galactus:''' ''[grabs Doreen by the helmet]'' And let me guess: you are all out of nuts.\ |
| 66 | '''Doreen:''' Basically, that's the gist of it, yes.\ |
| 67 | '''Tippy Toe:''' Also, you, uh, you can't eat nuts in space without a special helmet.\ |
| 68 | '''Doreen:''' Yeah, also, you can't eat nuts in space without a special helmet. I mean, ''you'' could, ''obviously,'' since you're Galactus, but, uh... But we couldn't. |
| 69 | ** And later: |
| 70 | --->'''Galactus:''' I did not come here to discuss linguistics, I came here to kick butts and feed on life energy. And I can do both whenever I want. Because I'm Galactus. |
| 71 | * ClarkKenting: Doreen [[PaperThinDisguise barely qualifies,]] and it's a bit of a RunningGag that her feeble efforts work at all. The need for a disguise is much greater for [[DefeatMeansFriendship former adversary Brain Drain,]] who - as a BrainInAJar with a robotic body - would kind of stand out. Yet [[RuleOfFunny nobody finds 'Brian Drayne's' fondness for parkas, scarves, stocking caps, and oven mitts unusual.]] The domino mask he dons for his 'heroic' identity is less effective. |
| 72 | * ColonyDrop: Kang drops a satellite on Doreen in their fight. It stuns her, while the narration notes this is an extremely expensive method of fighting and it ''does not endorse it''. |
| 73 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: One of the reasons[[labelnote:*]]The reasons are the Three C's: companionship, cuteness, and comically missing the point![[/labelnote]] Tippy-Toe is always by Doreen's side is because one or the other of them is generally going to miss the point. |
| 74 | * CompressedHair: She manages to hide her huge bushy tail in a relatively normal-looking pair of slacks. Though she lampshades that doing so gives her HartmanHips. |
| 75 | * ContinuityNod: |
| 76 | ** In Issue #6, the panel featuring the New York Bulletin's top stories include "Astronomers: 'That Nut Planet We Discovered Last Month Isn't There Anymore, Weird", and "Kraven Apparently Hunting Fish, Transatlantic News Cables". |
| 77 | ** In the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book, Galactus threatens the reader with the destruction of the Earth unless they are able to pick the correct path. At the end, he reveals that he was lying, the "planet" is actually a cake, and [[ComicBook/TheUltimates2015 he doesn't destroy worlds anymore.]] |
| 78 | ** Later he also appears to complain when the narrator uses his world eating as an example of the weirdness of the Marvel Universe. |
| 79 | --->'''Galactus:''' Please, that was the old Galactus. Seriously. [[spoiler:I haven't done that in '''literally weeks'''.]] |
| 80 | * {{Crossover}}: with the new ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck''. And both Doreen and Howard show up in background scenes of ''ComicBook/PatsyWalkerAKAHellcat''. |
| 81 | * ContinuitySnarl: Design changes don't really trickle down to this book from the rest of Marvel for some reason. [[spoiler:So Galactus continues to be purple instead of gold, Loki still looks like he did before ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', etc..]] |
| 82 | * ADayInTheLimelight: #15 follows Nancy's cat Mew as the other characters battle the Taskmaster. |
| 83 | * DeadpanSnarker: [[MuggleBestFriend Nancy]] is usually in this role, although Squirrel Girl's BlitheSpirit tends to provoke this in even the most ''unexpected'' places. |
| 84 | -->'''Doctor Doom:''' ''[rolling his eyes as SG and Nancy discuss his RippleEffectProofMemory]'' Amateurs. |
| 85 | * DeducingTheSecretIdentity: Nancy instantly sees through Chipmunk Hunk and Koi Boi's {{Paper Thin Disguise}}s and recognizes them as her classmates Tomas and Ken. When Squirrel Girl expresses shock, Nancy asks how she could possibly have fallen for the ruse when all the boys use to hide their identities are {{Domino Mask}}s. Plus, when your roomie is obsessed with squirrels, and then you meet a female superhero who calls herself "Squirrel Girl"? It's easy to make the connection. |
| 86 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: Melissa's]] plan to frame Squirrel Girl for her own crimes ''nearly'' works and her defeat even inspires her to fix the flaws in her plan... But it never occurred to her that [[ThePowerOfFriendship Doreen's friends and fellow superheroes can easily vouch for her character]] when it's time for arrests. |
| 87 | * DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Doreen's battle with Galactus [[spoiler:ends with her befriending him and finding him an uninhabited planet to devour, then hanging out on the moon.]] |
| 88 | * DirectLineToTheAuthor: A footnote from Creator/RyanNorth in one issue states "Listen, I don't make up these puns. I just write them down after following Doreen and Nancy around all day. It's actually a pretty great job, and they ignore me most of the time now!" |
| 89 | * DistractedByTheSexy: Doreen when she's around Tomas. |
| 90 | * {{Duck}}: The joke is nearly obligatory in the Howard the Duck crossover. |
| 91 | -->'''Doreen:''' Hey Nancy?\ |
| 92 | '''Nancy:''' Yeah?\ |
| 93 | '''Doreen:''' ''[while jumping out of the window]'' DUCK!!\ |
| 94 | '''Howard:''' ''[runs away with Nancy's cat]'' WAAUGH! |
| 95 | * EarWorm: As suggested by the title quote, the ''Spider-Man'' theme song keeps getting [[FilkSong filked]] with new lyrics by and about Doreen. (the footnotes also have other versions, and ''Squirrel Girl Beats Up The Marvel Universe'' has a ringtone attempting lyrics about [[ComicBook/PatsyWalker Hellcat]]). Directly [[InvokedTrope invoked]] by the narrator in the first issue of Volume 2, and the series ends with a version about the revelation of her civilian identity. |
| 96 | * EasilyForgiven: Deconstructed in issues #34-35 where Doreen discovers that even though she's convinced that Kraven's a good guy, many other people aren't, and she hadn't been aware of just how villainous he'd been in the past. Finally, he admits to her that he isn't fully reformed, and she recognises just how much work he still has to do. |
| 97 | * EpilogueLetter: The first run ends with [[spoiler:Loki]]'s letter to [[spoiler:Ratotoskr]], which explains the plan and has serious footnote fever basically creating a written representation of the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor (from villain to hero to troll). |
| 98 | * EvilTwin: Played with Doreen's clone Allene. She's initially very friendly, but it becomes apparent that she was created without the ability to compromise. [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope This quickly becomes a problem]]. [[spoiler: Once she ''relearns'' this ability, she quickly offers to atone for her actions.]] |
| 99 | * ExactWords: |
| 100 | ** Abused by Doctor Doom, as usual. Nancy can't believe that a supervillain who runs his own country uses "baby word games" to get out of promises. |
| 101 | ** During the final battle, the main villain says that all the friendship on Earth won't save Doreen. [[spoiler: Too bad for Melissa, Squirrel Girl has friends who aren't from Earth. Like Galactacus, who intervenes and Power Cosmic's her and her supervillain team-up away.]] |
| 102 | * {{Expy}}: |
| 103 | ** Koi Boi is essentially a ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}''-era ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}, with his powers being played for [[RuleOfFunny comedic purposes]]. |
| 104 | ** In the ''Howard the Duck'' crossover, Biggs the cybernetically augmented cat is a blatant take-off of 2 the cat from ''ComicBook/{{WE 3}}''. |
| 105 | * FalseFlagOperation: [[spoiler: Melissa's]] plan entirely revolves around making Squirrel Girl look like she's pulling this, controlling every animal and creating villains to look more heroic. |
| 106 | * FlatEarthAtheist: The guy Doreen most successfully dates in Issue #8 of Volume Two turns out to be a ''superhero truther'' who not only doesn't believe in the existence of superheroes (or aliens, or magic, etc.) but has elaborate {{conspiracy theori|st}}es to explain them all away. |
| 107 | -->'''Brad:''' ''[while being seized by enormous monsters]'' Take pictures of this! You have to show the world, babe! You have to show the media that advanced animatronics are being used in so-called 'super hero' false flag operations! |
| 108 | * FootnoteFever: The comic book borrows a feature from webcomics by having the authors' comments appear at the bottom of the screen. (In the ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck'' crossover, the writers of both series were commenting. Sometimes about each others' comments.) |
| 109 | * ForgotAboutHisPowers: Her retractable knuckle spikes, which (up until the fight against [[spoiler: dinosaur Ultron]]) haven't been mentioned since her first appearance, 25 years earlier. Doreen says she keeps forgetting about them herself, mainly because she really doesn't have reasons to stab people anyway. |
| 110 | * FunWithAcronyms: Elderly future versions of Doreen call herself "Old Lady Doreen", and declare it's one of the perks of being elderly that she can now sign letters as "O.L.D.". |
| 111 | * FurBikini: Doreen's costume in the Savage Land arc, because any superheroine who goes to the Savage Land will inevitably end up in a {{Stripperiffic}} JungleGirl variation of her usual costume. |
| 112 | * GenderFlip: In the [[Myth/NorseMythology original Norse myths]] (and also when briefly appearing in ''[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]''), Ratatoskr was generally referred to as male. Here, she is repeatedly stated to be female. |
| 113 | * GoodAngelBadAngel: Nancy's take the form of current (good angel) and fifteen years old (bad angel) Squirrel Girl. |
| 114 | * GreatBigBookOfEverything: Well, great big trading card collection of everything super-villainy. "ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'s Guide to Super-Villains" (4522 cards) and "Deadpool's Guide to Super Villains Super Accessories" (1622 cards). |
| 115 | * {{Hunk}}[=/=]DashingHispanic: Chipmunk Hunk fancies himself this, purposefully trying to invoke these Tropes. In practice, he comes off more as a lovable dork, though. |
| 116 | * HiddenDepths: It's a bit of a RunningGag that Tippy-Toe is more genre savvy than her boss. She is particularly familiar with TimeTravelTropes - and references the ButterflyEffect by name. (For those of you new to all this, Tippy-Toe is an ordinary squirrel.) |
| 117 | * HurricaneOfPuns: The whole series is very puny but dear gods the clubs. All the clubs. The punning tendency also got lampshaded by the ''second sets of footnotes'' of the Howard the Duck crossover: |
| 118 | -->"Ugh I didn't realize this was a crossover with the '''Pun'''isher." |
| 119 | * IdeaBulb: Doreen gets one in the shape of an acorn. |
| 120 | * IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The TPB collections are all titled with pop music quotations, but with the word "girl" replaced with the word "squirrel". |
| 121 | * IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: Tricephalous to Mole Man, it is revealed. Doreen manages to set them up as a couple to cure Mole Man of his obsession with her. |
| 122 | * ImplausibleDeniability: The Deadpool trading card on Skrulls stops halfway through telling people how Skrulls can never be trusted to inform all that SKRULLS ARE GREAT AND TRUSTWORTHY. ALL HAIL THE SKRULLS!... It'd be more convincing if the new writer hadn't felt the need to change to a green font color. |
| 123 | * ImposterForgotOneDetail: In Issue #38, Tony Stark tells Squirrel Girl and Nancy that he believes a Skrull imposter is on the loose. They create an offhand code word to use just in case it tries to impersonate Tony. When they call later, Tony doesn't use that phrase. Doreen (in her "normal" guise) and Nancy go to see him with Tony showing he was wrong and there is no Skrull invasion and he just forgot the phrase. They chew him out for it but are ready to leave. |
| 124 | -->'''Tony:''' So, Doreen! I know Nancy's been photographed helping her crimefight but since we're all friends here, I was curious... How do ''you'' know Squirrel Girl?\ |
| 125 | '''BeatPanel''' of Doreen and Nancy staring.\ |
| 126 | '''Doreen:''' Oh. Oh, Tony. So close. |
| 127 | * KindHeartedCatLover: Nancy is introduced as one from the start. One of her first lines to Doreen is that she won't tolerate any "talking smack" about Mew. |
| 128 | * LameComeback: As the commentary says, SG didn't have a lot of time to prepare battle-banter for her fight with Kraven the Hunter. |
| 129 | -->'''Squirrel Girl:''' ''[leaping at Kraven from out of a tree]'' Hey Kraven! You're a jerk who suuuucks! |
| 130 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: |
| 131 | ** The line about Doreen being "legally distinct from a mutant" (with the emphasis on "legally") is a reference to the ongoing rights issues between the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and Fox's ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]'' franchise. |
| 132 | ** The finale issue has Galactus discussing with Doreen how, the next time they meet, that they [[DependingOnTheWriter might be completely different people]]. In spite of this he says that how they are now will always exist, and thus always matter. |
| 133 | * LogicalWeakness: Squirrel Girl has Wolverine-style claws, though she doesn't use them much. Mostly because she doesn't really want to stab anyone, but also because she doesn't have healing factor, and getting the blood of her enemies into her system would be... Unhealthy. |
| 134 | ** Swarm, the villain who's a sentient swarm of bees (and also a Nazi) has to halt and let Doreen talk when she threatens to activate the sprinklers. Since bees can't fly when they're wet. |
| 135 | * LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair: The TropeNamer is referenced in the Author's Note in issue #47, when Doreen and Nancy visit the Ozymandias Statue Park. |
| 136 | --> All I know is that statue park in particular is going to last ''' ''forever'' ''', and I am definitely '' '''not''' '' interested in reading any poetry that suggests otherwise!!! |
| 137 | * MaliciousMisnaming. "Prairie Dog Costume Woman" and "Furry Woodland Creature Lady" are two digs at Squirrel Girl's codename, [[EvilIsPetty courtesy of Kraven The Hunter]]. |
| 138 | ** Chipmunk Hunk, having explained to Tippy-Toe that chipmunks are not ''monks,'' has to endure some joshing about being 'Chipmonk Honk'. |
| 139 | * MesACrowd: How do you defeat a time-traveling Dr. Doom? [[spoiler: Multiple time loops and a friend who can translate C++ to assembly in her head.]] |
| 140 | * MoodWhiplash: Brain Drain successfully manages to talk Spider-Man down from a fight at one point. Then he admits his speech was largely based on speculation, and asks Spidey to ignore it if it's not true. |
| 141 | * MostDefinitelyNotAVillain: |
| 142 | ** The ex-Hydra cyborg when they enroll him in the university. Complete with a badge with '''HUMAN''' written on it. |
| 143 | ** Tippy-Toe's version of Doreen's dating profile. It even has the username ''a_human_irl''. |
| 144 | * MuggleBestFriend: Nancy. Once Koi Boy and Chipmunk Hunk show up, she's disgruntled to realize she's become "the Xander". |
| 145 | * MultipleDemographicAppeal: Despite the comic seemingly initially being aimed at the [[MemeticMutation fans of Squirrel Girl's Memetic Badassness]], the comic ended up appealing to [[PeripheryDemographic young girls, and the parents of them,]] as an introductory comic to the medium. |
| 146 | * MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: G'Illiam the benevolent Skrull refugee in #37-40. |
| 147 | * NeverTrustATitle: In ''The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up The Marvel Universe'', the beating up was actually done by her clone. |
| 148 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Squirrel Girl apologizing and giving Mole Man respect leads to him falling for her, destroying several buildings and landmarks, the media harassing her, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and Spider-Man attempting to take credit for saving the day on Twitter.]] |
| 149 | * NoSell: Her initial encounter with Howard the Duck ends with him throwing pieces of garbage at her to get her to stop chasing him. Though she knocks the first piece away, she then proceeds to let each successive piece bounce off her while she checks her Deadpool Villain cards for information on Howard. |
| 150 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: PlayedForLaughs with a fake out. The end of Issue #3 has Galactus and Doreen about to face off. 4 starts with her sitting on a collapsed Galactus going "Well, that was easy." followed by the issue's mailbag. ''Then'' we get a WholeEpisodeFlashback showing what actually happened. Issue #7 gives us several more as Doreen and company stop the mobs and riots caused by Ratotoskr, [[spoiler: including defeating five Avengers in only 26 seconds]]. |
| 151 | * OurClonesAreDifferent: The Marvel OGN ''The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe'' sees Squirrel Girl cloned by accident in the midst of a superhero battle. She and the clone seem almost exactly the same and they quickly become a team. However it soon becomes clear that the clone doesn't have the original's ability to compromise, causing her to become an anti-villain who sets out to make the world a better place for squirrels, plunging the city into chaos and taking out the Avengers along the way. |
| 152 | * PaperThinDisguise: |
| 153 | ** The only real difference between Squirrel Girl and Doreen Green is the lack of a large PrehensileTail, which happens to double as [[HartmanHips "a conspicuously large and conspicuously awesome butt"]] when stuffed into her pants. |
| 154 | ** {{Lampshaded}} when Nancy easily guesses Chipmunk Hunk's identity and then says that {{Domino Mask}}s don't work well in real life. |
| 155 | ** Nancy finds an article written by Charles Xavier under the pseudonym "Chuck X. Avier." |
| 156 | * PersonaNonGrata: Nancy and Doreen meet some Latverian citizens and learn that Doom's propaganda terribly vilifies Squirrel Girl. |
| 157 | * PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs: [[spoiler:Loki]] claims that the last time Ratotoskr was loose, "all the raptors got replaced by hairless apes who invented fax machines." |
| 158 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: Doreen is a big believer. Most of the time, when she's defeating villains way out of her weight class, it's either because she befriends them or because ''other'' villains she befriended help her out. |
| 159 | * {{Retcon}}: The series invokes CanonDiscontinuity on her mutant status, instead saying multiple times that she has "partially squirrel blood." The first issue of the second run made it clear - in a deliberately overblown way - that she is Most Definitely Not A Mutant. Doreen was born with her powers, apparently because her mother suffered almost every superpower-granting trope (from squirrel bites to radioactive trees and untested nut products) during her ''eventful'' pregnancy. Sadly, the real reason for the {{Retcon}} probably has less to do with leaving Doreen free for live-action appearances and more to do with making sure that her fun comics aren't burdened down by the rather dark problems all the mutant heroes are coping with in the ''All-New Marvel'' Universe. ComicBook/NewAvengers2015 uses it to handwave why the whole terrigen trouble doesn't affect her. |
| 160 | * RetroactivePreparation: Kang tries doing this against Squirrel Girl, but he is repeatedly thwarted. |
| 161 | * RevengeViaStorytelling: In one issue, Squirrel Girl and her friends make comics. However, Kraven creates a story insulting Spider-Man and praising himself, prompting Spider-Man to title his story ''Hey Kraven Squirrel Girl Showed Me Your Comic, So What The Heck". |
| 162 | * RuleOfFunny: Galactus cloaking himself to all human technology, but forgetting to shield against squirrel eyesight? Why yes, Mr. North, you are ''totally'' allowed to get away with that. |
| 163 | * ScaryLibrarian: In Issue #35, the angry ghost of an early-twentieth-century librarian places the whole city under a spell of silence. |
| 164 | * SecretIdentity: Doreen uses one in this run, more out of a belief that that's how super-heroing ''works'' than from necessity. Nancy figures it out by Issue #4, however. As of Issue #6 we can call this Nancy's superpower as she sees through the Chipmunk Hunk and Koi Boi in less than a scene. |
| 165 | * SheatheYourSword: |
| 166 | ** Doreen decides the best way to defeat Kraven The Hunter is through reasoning with him, recognizing his ChallengeSeeker-tendencies and suggesting he look for a deadlier catch than herself or ComicBook/SpiderMan. |
| 167 | ** Doreen does the same thing to Galactus. She shows him a planet full of nuts that he can get life-energy from, rather than eating Earth. |
| 168 | ** Done once again in Issue #6 against Hippo. After Hippo reveals he's only robbing banks because it's hard to get a job, she suggests he go into demolition instead using his powers. |
| 169 | ** ''Again'' with [[ComicBook/SpiderMan The Rhino]]. |
| 170 | * ShoutOut: |
| 171 | ** The girl running the booth for the "Humans vs. Zombies Club" in Issue #2 looks like [[ComicBook/TheWalkingDead Michonne]]. |
| 172 | ** "[[Film/XMen1 You know what happens to a squirrel when it gets mad? The same thing that happens to everything else."]] |
| 173 | ** In Issue #6, Nancy finds an article written by "Chuck X. Avier," which opens with a parody of the evolution monologues used in the first two ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]'' movies. |
| 174 | ** When Nancy realizes she's the only person in her immediate circle of friends without superpowers, she laments that this makes her "[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer The Xander]]" of the group. |
| 175 | ** During the time-travel arc, Doreen's trenchcoat and hat when spying on Dr. Doom's lair is a copy of WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel's costume. |
| 176 | ** The fake eating contest that Swarm sets up to distract other heroes is supposedly sponsored by Goodman, Lieber, Kurtzberg, and Book, the law firm Jennifer Walters worked for in the Dan Slott era of ''ComicBook/SheHulk''. |
| 177 | ** In the ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck'' crossover, Howard dons a super-cosplay outfit consisting of [[ComicBook/JusticeLeague a red cape, bat-themed power armor, a gold lasso, a mace and a green ring that shoots lasers.]] |
| 178 | ** In #29, Loki tries to invoke [[VideoGame/EternalDarkness the gibbering madness of Ulyaoth]]. |
| 179 | ** One of Doreen's tweets in the beginning of issue #33 reads "I AM FORTUNE'S FOOL," which is a verbatim quote from ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', which Ryan North has written a parody of. |
| 180 | ** One story involves [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman “The Reign of the Octopals”, four Doctor Octopus look-alikes running around while he’s dead, including a young one, a cyborg, one with huge sunglasses and one wielding hammers.]] |
| 181 | ** In the Savage Land storyline there’s the employee Donnie, [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles who wears a purple shirt and “does machines”.]] |
| 182 | ** When everyone gets arrested wakes up in a police cell at the beginning of #34, Brian Drain parodies the opening line of "The Metamorphosis" by Creator/FranzKafka. |
| 183 | ** The bookcase of books on librarians in #35 is filled with books that parody the titles of famous works with library jokes. |
| 184 | ** Issue #47 ends with the traditional character profiles, and describes Nancy, Mary, Chipmunk Hunk, Koi Boi and Doreen as "[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken]]". |
| 185 | * SpaceIsNoisy: {{Averted|Trope}}! Doreen starts boasting to Galactus, until she realizes he probably can't hear her. |
| 186 | -->'''Tippy-Toe:''' Wait, he's got the Power Cosmic, right? Doesn't that let you talk in space?\ |
| 187 | '''Doreen:''' I dunno, dude, that seems ''super impossible.'' Sound needs a medium to travel in, Power Cosmic or not! Galactus needs a Tony's Own[[TradeSnark (TM)]] Radio Transmitter in his helmet or something. |
| 188 | * SpeaksFluentAnimal: |
| 189 | ** Doreen apparently speaks with a "Northeastern" dialect of Squirrelese. Just guess what's included in the Chipmunk Hunk's and Koi Boi's superpower package. Poor Nancy feels very left out. [[spoiler:(By Issue #20 of Volume Two, she takes enough squirrel language classes to at least understand Squirrel Girl's smarter/better at communicating with humans squirrel friends.)]] |
| 190 | ** Galactus is perfectly able to understand squirrels. He can't understand why Squirrel Girl is surprised at this: |
| 191 | --->'''Galactus:''' For he who wields the Power Cosmic can shoot lasers out of his eyes, teleport, and create or destroy life across all of space and time. So obviously talking to squirrels is not really that big a deal. |
| 192 | ** Doreen's guest appearance in ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'' established that she tends to assume this as part of the powerset of all {{animal themed superbeing}}s. So when she needed to talk to Mew in v2 Issue #27... Cue montage of her unsuccessfully asking cat related superheroes like Tigra, White Tiger, Kitty Pryde, Beast, and Hellcat for help. |
| 193 | * SpearCounterpart: There is a hero named Chipmunk Hunk in this series, who sounds like a male version of Squirrel Girl. |
| 194 | * SpotTheThread: When she's trapped in time, Doreen manages to find another person from the present due to her using modern headphones. |
| 195 | * StableTimeLoop: According to the footnotes on the epilogue page for the time travelling arc featuring Doctor Doom, [[spoiler:Old Lady Squirrel Girl, in her will, left the time blaster to Cody... What is exactly what kicked off this plot. Also there is an Old Lady Squirrel Girl and a time blaster with circular origin now.]] |
| 196 | * StalkerWithACrush: Of all people, Mole Man to Doreen in volume 2 #8-10. |
| 197 | * StealthInSpace: Why has nobody else noticed Galactus coming? |
| 198 | -->'''Tippy Toe:''' Near as we can figure out, he's coming in with some stealth field around the ship, so everyone else just sees the stars they're expecting. But he forgot to make it work on squirrels! |
| 199 | * TheStinger: |
| 200 | ** Issue #1 ends with a tease of what's to come later in the book: ''ComicBook/{{Galactus}}''. |
| 201 | ** The end of the Doctor Doom arc has a stinger showing Doom prepared to ExactWords his promise not to use time travel anymore by sending his Doombots back in time instead, only for [[spoiler:elderly]] Squirrel Girl to steal it before he has the chance. |
| 202 | ** The end of ''Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe'' has a stinger showing Arlene Green [[spoiler:gearing up to kick Annihilus's butt.]] |
| 203 | * SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Squirrel Girl was saving the Savage Land from Ultron during ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire'' and felt that she wasn't needed because the other heroes could handle the situation. |
| 204 | * SurprisinglyCreepyMoment: Courtesy of [[spoiler: Ratatoskr]] showing her [[GameFace true form]] at the end of Issue #20 of Volume Two. |
| 205 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Doreen really, really isn't very good at ClarkKenting. |
| 206 | ** Upon meeting someone on campus: |
| 207 | --->'''Doreen:''' I'm Doreen, and I'm actually a totally regular person. |
| 208 | ** And once again later, after talking her way out of a fight with Kraven The Hunter amidst fellow students: |
| 209 | --->'''Doreen:''' Okay, well, bye everyone! I don't know any of you and I definitely don't go to school here! |
| 210 | ** And, when she gets sent to the past in the All-New All-Different comics, she puts out an ad in the newspaper full of l33t speak and memes, [[SubvertedTrope just to draw in other people who have been stranded in the 1960s.]] |
| 211 | --->''SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION brought to you by: DOREEN GREEN, REGULAR HUMAN from THIS TIME PERIOD!'' |
| 212 | ** The first issue of her ANAD run has her frustratingly chastise her in-costumed friends and Nancy for nonchalantly entering her house, before "pretending" aloud to follow inside in order to "rescue" someone as justification for why Squirrel Girl would do so. |
| 213 | ** Happens again during her cameo in ''ComicBook/StarbrandAndNightmask''. Doreen goes to deliver some letters to one "Imani Greene" (she apparently gets a lot of Imani's letters), only for Tippy-Toe's being on Doreen's shoulder to be questioned. She fervently denies her being a real squirrel "cause that'd be weird." Tippy-Toe whispers something in her ear, and Doreen adds, "It's animatronic!" |
| 214 | --->'''Doreen:''' ''[to herself as she walks away]'' Whew! My super-secret identity as Squirrel Girl is still secret. |
| 215 | * TakeThat: Doreen [[https://www.polygon.com/comics/2017/8/31/16233398/secret-empire-squirrel-girl-savage-land blows off]] ComicBook/SpiderMan's attempts to get her involved in ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire'' in favor of [[ItMakesSenseInContext saving dinosaurs with her computer science skills]]. Besides being more fun for her she knows the other heroes can handle it and at the end [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore things will be different]] [[StatusQuoIsGod except not really]]. |
| 216 | * TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Doreen's no slouch when it comes to combat, but more often than not she manages to get villains to back off simply by convincing them of better, less destructive alternatives. Heck, she saved Earth this way [[spoiler:against ''Galactus'']] of all people. |
| 217 | * TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Doreen completely thwarts Nightmare's attempts to destroy her sanity by a combination of being too ignorant of villains' capabilities to have nightmares about them, defaulting to [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath talking about Computer Science to confront the ones she does know]], and just plain being too positive a force for good to be broken down by Nightmare's scenarios. |
| 218 | * UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: Since they didn't have any fanmail yet, the letters column in the back of the first issue consists almost entirely of "Who would win in a fight, Squirrel Girl or [insert character here]?" |
| 219 | * UnreliableNarrator: Most of the "submissions" in volume 2. Issue #26 aka the ''zine'' issue, but special mention goes to Loki, who not only manages to screw with the format by making it a spiral comic, but saying the [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor exact opposite]] depending on which way you read it while giving instructions to both. |
| 220 | * UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Doreen tries to sneak into "Stark and/or Avenger's Tower" and gets caught and kicked out. Then reveals her ''real'' plan was to be a distraction while her squirrels snuck in and nabbed parts for a suit. Directly lampshaded by the author's note: |
| 221 | -->I didn't let you, the reader, know her plan because it's a better narrative surprise this way! Also: how do I know I can trust you, huh?? You could be ''literally anyone''. |
| 222 | * VagueAge: Because of how inconsistently she's been [[DependingOnTheWriter written]] and [[DependingOnTheArtist drawn]] since her first appearance in 1992, Doreen's actual age has been a subject of contention for many, but the premise of this book suggests she's old enough to be a freshman in college -- probably eighteen or nineteen. |
| 223 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Squirrel Girl and [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] frequently trade barbs and snark on twitter, Doreen "borrows" his tech frequently, and they argue loudly about [[ItMakesSenseInContext using duplication technology]] when they meet in-person, but they're good allies and Tony stops in the middle of a fight to compliment her [[HowWeGotHere story-telling techniques]]. |
| 224 | * WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: |
| 225 | ** How Doreen shrugs off Tippy-Toe's warning about [[ComicBook/{{Galactus}} some colossal, incoming threat]] on its way to Earth, at the end of the first issue. |
| 226 | ** 2nd volume #27's solicit contains this gem referencing the trope (doubles as pre-emptive ContinuityNod as that's what actually will go on in ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'' at the time the issue is scheduled to come out): |
| 227 | --->This sounds like a job for the Sorcerer Supreme! I’m sure Doctor Strange will be happy to he – I’m sorry, what’s that? Doctor Strange is gone and now LOKI is Earth’s Sorcerer Supreme? Oh. Well, I’m sure he’ll do his best. After all, what could possibly go wrong? Guess what, in this issue, everything possible goes wrong! |
| 228 | * WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: When Nancy reveals she's figured out Doreen's secret and suggests she work on disguising her voice while in costume: |
| 229 | -->'''Nancy:''' Ever thought of putting on, I don't know, like an Irish accent?\ |
| 230 | '''Doreen:''' ''Oi!'' Spot of bother with the baddies, mumsie?!\ |
| 231 | '''Nancy:''' Okay, first, that wasn't even Irish, and second, never ever '''''ever''''' do that again. |
| 232 | * WholeEpisodeFlashback: #16 tells new stories of Doreen's life, from birth to the potential future, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her very first appearance in ''Marvel Superheroes'' Vol. 2 #8. |
| 233 | * WholePlotReference: |
| 234 | ** Vol. 1 #5, with various civilians telling wild stories about their idea of who Squirrel Girl is, is a parody of the famous story "The Batman Nobody Knows" from ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' #250, in which three Gotham City kids tell Bruce Wayne wild tales about Batman on a camping trip. |
| 235 | ** "Hypertime" strongly resembles the GrandFinale of Futurama, only with [[HomoeroticSubtext Nancy and Doreen]] in the roles of Leea and Fry. |
| 236 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: Melissa Morbeck's favorite phrase. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Unfortunately]] she means something [[MightMakesRight radically different]] by it than most people would.]] |
| 237 | * WolverinePublicity: |
| 238 | ** ComicBook/TheAvengers appear on the cover of the first issue, but don't actually show up in the story. At least they are obviously in an ImagineSpot. |
| 239 | ** Parody of the trope from the solicits of Issue #8 (which didn't lie, Loki did appear in the book for a couple of pages [[spoiler:then he shapeshifted into Cat Thor for most of the issue]]): |
| 240 | --->--And yes, "Norse Squirrel God" means that ComicBook/{{Thor|2014}} shows up to help! AND Loki!\ |
| 241 | --Loki’s a huge character! He's been in THREE [[Film/{{Thor}} different]] [[Film/TheAvengers2012 movies]] [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld so far]]. [[RuleOfThree Three]]!\ |
| 242 | --He's only in our comic for a couple pages though. |
| 243 | ** Played straight the cover for Issue #1 of the relaunch. The [[ComicBook/NewAvengers2015 New Avengers]] are prominently featured on the cover, but don't show up in the story at all. |
| 244 | ** Beautifully reversed in ''[[http://i.imgur.com/pOhOtmk.jpg?1 All-New Wolverine #7]]''. Contrary to the usual way WolverinePublicity plays out, Doreen actually plays a major role in the plot. |
| 245 | * WriteBackToTheFuture: When Doreen gets teleported to the 1960s, she writes a note to Nancy and places it in a brick that would end up as a part of their apartment building. She marks the brick with an acorn. Nancy does find it. |
| 246 | * XanatosGambit: Doom quite openly admits to be playing one when teaming up with Squirrel Girl's other enemies: Either the alliance will succeed in defeating Squirrel Girl, which means Doom wins... or they'll all end up killing themselves in the attempt, meaning none of them will bother him again. |
| 247 | * YouCanTalk: Doreen discovering her power at the age of ten involved this. |
| 248 | -->'''Doreen:''' Ahhh, a talking squirrel!!\ |
| 249 | '''Monkey-Joe:''' Ahhh, a talking human!! |
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