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{{quote|"I got a message form the Great Lakes Avengers

They offered me a membership, but I did not accept

 

Created for Marvel Comics by John Byrne in the July 1989 issue of ''[[West Coast Team|West Coast]] Avengers'', the [[Great Lakes Avengers]] were a group of [[Mystery Men]] from Wisconsin. The original roster included:

* '''Monkey Joe''' and '''Tippy Toe''': Squirrel girl's [[Non-Human Sidekick|squirrels.]] Have a tendency to [[Medium Awareness|speak to the reader]]. Monkey Joe was killed by a vengeful Leather Boy; [[Distaff Counterpart|Tippy Toe]] became his replacement.

* '''Doug "Grasshopper" Taggert''': The original "Grasshopper" was a Roxxon security guard with a grasshopper themed [[Powered Armor]]. Killed within 5.8 seconds of joining the team with a thrown sai to the face. Others have taken up the mantle, but they didn't do much better: one accidentally jumped all the way to space, one killed by an angry [[Deadpool]], and another turned out to be a Skrull infiltrator.

 

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 [[Sued for 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: World's Greatest Heroes]]'' as part of a [[Terrible Interviewees Montage]]. Both were rejected. Flatman also appeared in ''[[The Superhero Squad Show]]''.

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* [[Anyone Can Die]] - Though it's usually Grasshopper.

** And always Mr Immortal. Often more than once.

* [[Ascended Fanboy|Ascended Fan Girl]] - Squirrel Girl

* [[Back from the Dead]] - Doorman

* [[Rage Against the Author]] - Squirrel Girl at Monkey Joe's death.

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

* [[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.

** Issue #2 of that series had an extended sequence with the GLA reaching out to every superhero they could think of to join their team - and all of them saying no. This was a reference to the then-recent first issue of DC's ''Villains United'', where Lex Luthor's villain squad contacted every baddie imaginable to join up, most of them saying yes.

* [[The Slow Path]] - Squirrel Girl travels to the future and meets Mr. Immortal, only to find he isn't there using a time machine.

* [[Speaks Fluent Animal]] - Squirrel Girl.