Squirrel Girl/YMMV

• Alternate Character Interpretation: The theory has been made that her power is actually the ability to warp reality. This is why she is able to defeat such strong opponents; the "talking to squirrels" shtick is just what she chooses to live as.
• Author's Saving Throw by way of Worf Had the Flu: Uatu the Watcher is present in the panel where Squirrel Girl had defeated Thanos just to clarify that that Thanos isn't a "robot, clone, or simulacrum". But in another series, Thanos mentions that he can create clones of himself that even the Watcher cannot tell aren't him. And then Word of God states that that Thanos really wasn't a clone. And all these were written by Dan Slott, making him pingpong against himself.
  • It's not the first time Slott has gone back and forth like that. Just look at the whole She Hulk/Juggernaut thing.
  • Or maybe Thanos was lying to try to cover for his loss.
• Fanon Discontinuity: Some fans simply ignore the canonicity of most of Squirrel Girl's victories, recognizing them as the jokes they are.
• Ensemble Darkhorse: She may be more popular than the rest of the members of the Great Lakes Avengers put together.
  • This is applied in universe as well: she's depicted as a local media darling, and asked why she "hangs with those losers."
  • There is also demand for her to appear in Marvel vs. Capcom 3 as well, to the point where fans are editing her into screenshots of the game. ^{[dead link]}
• Fanon: Somehow people are convinced that the weaker the enemies, the more likely Squirrel Girl is to lose. (Tell that to the Bug-Eyed Voice and those muggers in Central Park.)
  • This is only going to get worse now that she's been "defeated" by a baby.
• Hype Backlash: Some people probably wouldn't be nearly so aggravated over all the "Squirrel Girl is awesome and can beat everybody" talk if it weren't repeated so constantly by so many of her fans.
  • There's also the fact that her explosive popularity means Marvel is starting to place her in other titles as well, though not to quite the same extent as Deadpool... yet. The fact that she apparently maintains her Plot Armor and ability to completely school more serious, more powerful, and more experienced superheroes outside of the comedy comics she was usually in is starting to generate even more backlash, considering it means she's transforming from a Parody Sue to just a plain Mary Sue.
• Internet Backdraft: Any Squirrel Girl thread has the potential to blow up into a fight between people who think that anyone who would dare to take a comic seriously is an idiot and that superhero comics should be as goofy, carefree, and lighthearted as possible, and people who think the term "funny pages" should not apply to their Graphic Novels in any way, shape, or form and that the goofy bastards seeking Escapism without angst.
• Memetic Badass: Pick a comic book character, any comic book character, even a team of comic book characters. Put them up against Squirrel Girl, and Squirrel Girl will almost universally be the accepted winner.
  • Even Marvel's official website seems to have been affected. Just check out her official power ratings. By comparison: Dr. Doom's, The Sentry and Galactus!
• Moe: Just look at her!
• Never Live It Down: Squirrel Girl's writers seem determined to rub the Armed with Canon fight in Doom's (hideously burned) face as often as possible.
• Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Acknowledged and mocked when she decides to leave the GLA because with her around the others would never get any screen time, on account of the fact that her Memetic Badass status has grown to such a point where they don't even try to help her defeat such uber-baddies as Fin Fang Foom, Baron Mordo and Ego the Living Planet, choosing instead to hang around playing cards while she effortlessly defeats them.