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** Mind, [[Squirrel Girl]] is either [[Killer Rabbit|the most dangerous character]] in [[The Verse]] [[Alternate Character Interpretation|or]] a [[Running Gag]] [[Memetic Badass|taken too far]].
** Mind, [[Squirrel Girl]] is either [[Killer Rabbit|the most dangerous character]] in [[The Verse]] [[Alternate Character Interpretation|or]] a [[Running Gag]] [[Memetic Badass|taken too far]].
** To be fair to the team, Big Bertha's power isn't useless, just disturbing -- she's actually really quite strong (at least strong enough to stop a speeding truck with ease), and [[Immune to Bullets]]. And they did genuinely save the universe once, although they did it by convincing the villain to commit suicide.
** To be fair to the team, Big Bertha's power isn't useless, just disturbing -- she's actually really quite strong (at least strong enough to stop a speeding truck with ease), and [[Immune to Bullets]]. And they did genuinely save the universe once, although they did it by convincing the villain to commit suicide.
* [[Aquaman (Comic Book)|Aquaman]] and [[Blue Beetle]] are examples of perfectly good superheroes who gained a reputation as losers with time.
* [[Aquaman]] and [[Blue Beetle]] are examples of perfectly good superheroes who gained a reputation as losers with time.
** When your own sidekick turns out to be a cooler hero than you are, that's a bad sign.
** When your own sidekick turns out to be a cooler hero than you are, that's a bad sign.
* The self proclaimed [[Spider-Man]] Revenge Squad, otherwise known as the Legion of Losers.
* The self proclaimed [[Spider-Man]] Revenge Squad, otherwise known as the Legion of Losers.
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** "Super-powers? Bah! Who '''needs''' 'em? I've got a '''hand grenade'''!"
** "Super-powers? Bah! Who '''needs''' 'em? I've got a '''hand grenade'''!"
* Batman villain Catman. When he was created, he was a campy male version of Catwoman played for laughs. His incompetence led to him becoming a washed up drunkard Post-Crisis. It was a major embarrassment to the newest ultra-villain team up that was trying to recruit all the world's villains that he refused. By this point though, he'd become a [[Badass Normal]] living with a pride of lions.
* Batman villain Catman. When he was created, he was a campy male version of Catwoman played for laughs. His incompetence led to him becoming a washed up drunkard Post-Crisis. It was a major embarrassment to the newest ultra-villain team up that was trying to recruit all the world's villains that he refused. By this point though, he'd become a [[Badass Normal]] living with a pride of lions.
* In-universe, [[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]] is seen as this by the public at large, despite having several major victories to her credit.
* In-universe, [[Empowered]] is seen as this by the public at large, despite having several major victories to her credit.
* When [[Garth Ennis]] is the writer, ''all'' superheroes are like this due to his unending dislike of superhero comics. Even [[Superman]], the one superhero he likes, isn't completely immune.
* When [[Garth Ennis]] is the writer, ''all'' superheroes are like this due to his unending dislike of superhero comics. Even [[Superman]], the one superhero he likes, isn't completely immune.
* [[Ambush Bug]] lives and breathes this. Considering he might as well be the Ur Example for [[Meta Guy|Meta Guys]]...
* [[Ambush Bug]] lives and breathes this. Considering he might as well be the Ur Example for [[Meta Guy|Meta Guys]]...
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