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[[File:ambush_bug_6346.jpg|link=Scary Flashlight Face|frame|I'm watching you while you surf All The Tropes...]]
A character from [[The DCU]], created by comic book writer/artist Keith Giffen, '''Ambush Bug''' is the [[Cloudcuckoolander]] secret identity of Irwin Schwab, a man raised solely on TV who one day discovered a green teleportation suit that was sent within a capsule from a doomed planet ([[Unreliable Narrator|or so he claims]].) He has starred in several critically acclaimed mini-series, though he is pretty much [[Canon Discontinuity|on the fringe of the comic universe he inhabits]].
Ambush Bug first appeared in ''"DC Comics Presents''" #52 (December, 1982). Originally he appeared as a minor foe of [[Superman]], before deciding to become a superhero himself, though Ambush Bug proves himself utterly incompetent at the job. As time went on, his appearances became increasingly in-jokey, [[Fourth Wall]]-breaking, satirical and surreal. As a generally [[Fun Personified]] character, he wasn't seen much during the pits of the [[Dark Age]], and though he is rarely used by other writers, he still exists in the DC Universe. More recently, he was a supporting character in Keith Giffen's [[Doom Patrol]].
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The closest [[Marvel Comics]] equivalent would likely be [[Deadpool]], with a dash of [[Squirrel Girl]] thrown in, though Ambush appeared before either of them.
He has appeared in the animated TV series ''[[Batman: The Brave
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* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Apparently one of Ambush Bug's super powers. He can also actually see the speech bubbles that come out of characters' mouths, and once asked [[Zatanna]] why the text in hers is backward.
** Or maybe he's just crazy.
** It's suggested in a one-shot that while he can read speech bubbles (and presumably thought bubbles), he can't hear what other characters on the page are
** When Mayfair Games published a scenario for their DC tabletop RPG that featured [[Ambush Bug]] (''Don't Ask!''), he was likewise perfectly aware that he was in a roleplaying game.
*** 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}}.
** In [[DC Universe Online]], 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!"
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