Blue Beetle / YMMV

Accidental Innuendo: 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) MAGIC?
Broken Base:
- A few honestly enjoy the Post-Flashpoint series, others do not because of its left turn into Darker and Edgier land. Issue #6 did not help at all.
- Countdown to Infinite Crisis, the one-shot issue that Killed Off for Real 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.
Complete Monster: Vol. 7: The Reach Negotiator is a representative of the Reach revealed to have gone rogue, violating the treaty between the Green Lanterns in favor of conquering the Earth. Initially putting up a friendly facade to Jaime Reyes, the Negotiator reveals his vicious cruelty by crushing the skull of 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 Slave Race 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.
Ensemble Dark Horse:
- 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 Justice League International 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.
- The Reach have proven to be surprisingly popular villains despite not having much presence outside Jaime Reyes' initial run, likely for 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 Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Young Justice (2010).
Hilarious in Hindsight:
- The armor superficially resembles Blue Beetle's armor in Kingdom Come, which also had a connection to Dan Garrett's scarab.
- In an appearance in 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.
Moral Event Horizon: 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 laughs in Jaime's face when called out. We can only hope that Batman fired his ass with extreme prejudice.
More Popular Replacement: Far more know Blue Beetle as either Ted Kord or Jaime Reyes, as opposed to the original Dan Garrett.
My Real Daddy: Similar to what happened to his friend Booster Gold, Ted Kord was created by Steve Ditko in the 1960s, but he is mostly associated with his time in the Justice League International under J.M. DeMatteis and Keith Giffen.
Older Than They Think: 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.
Replacement Scrappy:
- Jaime Reyes had an initial chilly reception due to how sudden Ted Kord's death was and how Ted replaced him in the same event. Thankfully, as he got his own development, he's come to be seen as how to do a Legacy Character (especially a 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 Guile Hero like Ted.
- There are those that consider Post-Flashpoint Jaime a Replacement Scrappy to his original self.
Sequel Displacement: Dan Garrett is known for being the original Blue Beetle, but much like Alan Scott and 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.
They Changed It, Now It Sucks!:
- 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.
Viewer Name Confusion: A number of fans had trouble misreading the new BB's name as "Jamie" rather than "Jaime". As Linkara put it, "It's 'Hye-Mae', not 'Jamie.' Don't make me pull out the "More You Know" logo."
The Woobie:
- 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.

YMMV / Blue Beetle

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