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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
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. Most recently, he's become a supporting character in Keith Giffen's [[Doom Patrol]].
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* [[Arch Enemy]]: Argh! Yle! the living sock. Yes, his archenemy is a sock.
* [[Attack of the 50
* [[Berserk Button]]: He doesn't take too kindly to anyone who threatens TV sets.
{{quote| '''Kobra''': First '''you''' will die! Then, I will defeat your fellow heroes, take over your nation, imprison its citizens, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|destroy their TV sets]], burn their homes, and--<br />
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