Great Lakes Avengers: Difference between revisions

{{quote|"I got a message form the Great Lakes Avengers<br />

They offered me a membership, but I did not accept<br />

Because they're a walking disaster!"|[[Kirby Krackle Music|Kirby Krackle]], in their song Great Lakes Avengers.}}

* '''Craig "Mr. Immortal" Hollis''': Team leader. He dies, ''[[Good Thing You Can Heal|a lot]]'', [[Resurrective Immortality|but gets better]]. Originally went solo, but realized a team might come in handy while he's reviving. [[Multiple Choice Past|Depending on who's writing]], either ''Homo supreme'', or his mother made a [[Deal Withwith the Devil|Faustian bargain with]] [[Grim Reaper|Deathurge]]. Or both.

* '''Demarr "Doorman" Davis''': Originally a mutant with the power to teleport things [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|through his body]] ([[Arbitrary Maximum Range|but only to the next room]]), he eventually took over [[Grim Reaper|Deathurge's job]] when [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Oblivion]] noticed his powers tapped into the ''Darkforce Dimension.'' [[Token Minority|Token black member]].

* '''Wade [[Deadpool]] Willson''': Technically still a member of the team, he origionally joined out of boredumboredom and to chase after Big Bertha. Caused more conflicts than he helped with. And yes, at one point Deadpool was technically an Avenger.

Since then, the team has appeared sporadically in a wide variety of titles. At the end of the GLA series, they were forced to change their name for in universe [[HilaritySued Suesfor Superheroics|legal reasons]]. They first settled on the Great Lakes X-Men, then became the Great Lakes Champions after winning a poker game. They registered during the [[Marvel Civil War]] event and became the official Initiative team for the state of Wisconsin, and changed their name once again to the Great Lakes Initiative, momentarily taking on [[Deadpool]] as a reserve member. Some time after the [[Secret Invasion]], Nevada team leader Gravity was [[Reassigned to Antarctica|transferred as punishment]] to head up the Avengers in his home state. Squirrel Girl has recently joined the [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|New Avengers]] in [[Big Applesauce|New York]] as official nanny for Luke Cage and Jessica Jones.

Flatman and Squirrel Girl did make a guest appearance on ''[[Fantastic Four: WorldsWorld's Greatest Heroes]]'' as part of a [[Terrible Interviewees Montage]]. Both were rejected. Flatman also appeared in ''[[The Super HeroSuperhero Squad Show]]''.

{{quote| '''(The Ghost Of) Monkey Joe says''': Whatever. Not like it's gonna bring me back or anything. Feh, I'm outta here.}}

* [[Armed Withwith Canon]] - "That happened in a story by [[Steve Ditko|Steve-freakin'-Ditko]], so it is ''so'' in canon!"

* [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]] - Doorman

* [[Blessed Withwith Suck]] - Mr. Immortal.

** Or [[Cursed Withwith Awesome]]. Mr. Immortal's power is actually very useful, only not in superhero fights. The problem is that he is not invulnerable; his power doesn't work until he dies.

* [[Brought to You Byby The Letter "S"]] - Mr. Immortal.

* [[C -List Fodder]]

* [[Deal Withwith the Devil]] - Mr. Immortal's mother, granting him immortality.

** Big Bertha has the same power as [[X -Men]] enemy [[The Brute|The Blob]], the difference being that she can revert back to normal body build (if you consider a swimsuit model's body build "normal")

* [[Heart Is an Awesome Power]] - While Squirrel Girl is the queen of this trope, the other team members get their own moments.

* [[Overused Running Gag]] - Squirrel Girl defeating major villains.

* [[Random Power Ranking]] - Mr. Immortal is an Omega Level mutant.

** Which makes a little bit of sense as he litterallyliterally ''cannot'' die. ''Ever''.

* [[Red Shirt]] - Mr. Immortal is essentially a full red shirt army by himself. He even got a red shirt during Glx-Mas.

* [[Resurrective Immortality]] / [[Complete Immortality]] - Mr. Immortal's only superpower is the ability to resurrect in perfect health immediately after dying, regardless of the method of death. It is implied that he is ''homo s. supreme'', having evolved beyond death, and will survive to see the end of the universe. Not really an attractive prospect. He can take advantage of it by killing himself to heal any persistent injuries, so it's not entirely a bad thing.

* [[Running Gag]] - Grasshoppers getting killed, each with less screen time.

* [[Shout-Out]] -* {{spoiler|Monkey Joe}}'s death is a very intricate shout-out to that of {{spoiler|Sue Dibny}} in [[Infinite Crisis]], with details down to the scorching to death, the off-panel killing, the [[Makes Just Asas Much Sense in Context|footprints on the brain]], and the fact that {{spoiler|the murderer being a forgotten friend}}. Plus, #3 of the 4-issue-special is called "Mistaken Identity Crisis".

* [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]] - Squirrel Girl for [[New Warriors|New Warrior]] Speedball. She's not a fan of Penance.

* [[Taking You Withwith Me]] - A very hilarious zig-zag. When the villain Maelstrom created a device that would bring about the end of the universe, Mr. Immortal convinced him that if he destroyed everything, there would be nobody left to study what remained. This started to depress Maelstrom, which Mr. Immortal took advantage of. He convinced Maelstrom that the best course of action was suicide. Just to seal the deal, Mr. Immortal even agreed to a suicide pact and die with him. Mr. Immortal shot himself in the head to show he was serious, after which Maelstrom followed suit. Mr. Immortal woke up a few moments later to shut down the device.

* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|What Kind Of Lame Power Is Being A Door Anyway]] - Or being flat? Or dying a lot? Or being fat? Or <s>Or talking to squirrels</s>?