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Y'all are giving the writers FAR too much credit thinking that the collection of idiots hired by the Rock's manager, who took over the production of the film from the usual WB Animation nerds WHO ACTUALLY do know the DC comics and do read them, as you can tell from both the LEGO DC direct to video movies they pushed out for the kiddies, and from the DC Animated movies they pushed out for fans.
That squirrel was just a normal pet-type animal that they thought could lead to toys, just like the pig, turtle and everything else. They used the minimalist of imagination in this movie, and only wanted Secret Life of Pets/Minion type humor that they thought could appeal to kiddies but barely interested a small bit of hardcore DC Fans and almost none of the idiots who watch Teen Titans Go on CN.