. . . . . . "Mary Sue , alternatively written as marysue, is a negative term to refer to a particular type of flawed original character. Although the word is a name, the term is not, and correspondingly, it is generally not capitalized. Mary sue is a gender neutral term, but some use the term gary stu to refer to male characters of this type. \n* Larger than normal \n* Unusually colored \n* Not a standard starter (or not a standard regional starter) \n* Unusual ability (speech, ability to use unusual moves) \n* Significantly stronger than normal \n* Eevee"@en . . . . . . "Mary Sue was a girl who got it on with every male in the galaxy. Despite this, she was still a virgin. Every male wanted to have relations with Mary Sue, as did some of the females. Mary Sue was Han Solo's sister. Unlike her brother, though, Mary Sue was extremely Force-sensitive, even more so than Luke Skywalker. Mary Sue had one additional Force power, known as Force Slash. With this technique, she could possess two males and make them want to have relations with each other\u2014which they would, with great frequency and vigor. Darth Darth Binks once attempted to destroy her homeworld of Earth, but since it didn't exist anyway, he was unsuccessful."@en . . "Seth and Ryan meet a girl, Mary Sue, whose grandmother lives in the same guest house where the Nana lives. Mary Sue asks Seth to be her partner in a dance contest broadcast on tv, and he accepts. It turns out the contest involves Mary Sue covered with whipped cream and Seth \"licking it all off\". While Seth's try \"I'm a little bit lactose intolerant\" isn't that successful, Ryan's hope is that \"Summer hasn't paid her cable bill\". Played by Jaime King."@en . "A Mary sue is a character idealized or flawless to the point of being clich\u00E9 and annoying. They tend to contain traits that are overly advantageous, do not belong in Warcraft or are over the top in some other way. Most Mary sues are roleplayed in a way that tries to steal the spotlight, overcome most challenges or constantly claim moral superiority."@en . . . . . . . "A profile going to be made by 5555thExplosionMage."@en . . "This article discusses the term Mary Sue as understood by the PPC, both in-universe and externally. A Mary Sue is a fictional character that achieves its goals in the story with minimal effort, out of proportion to what the audience would expect given the setting(s), culture(s), and other inhabitants of that universe. In order to accomplish this, a Mary Sue will have character traits heavily skewed in favor of outstanding attributes over significant flaws. This character type is mostly associated with fanfiction, though it can be found in original fiction as well. Female characters of this type are the most common in fanfiction due to female fanfic authors being more numerous than male. However, \"Mary Sue\" can refer to any character fitting the definition, regardless of gender, and \"Mary Sue,\" \"she,\" and \"her\" are used as blanket nouns throughout PPC Wiki. The name \"Mary Sue\" was spelled without a hyphen in the original parody story, but it may also be hyphenated (Mary-Sue). Mary Sue characters are also referred to as \"Sues\" for short."@en . . . . . . "A Mary sue is a character idealized or flawless to the point of being clich\u00E9 and annoying. They tend to contain traits that are overly advantageous, do not belong in Warcraft or are over the top in some other way. Most Mary sues are roleplayed in a way that tries to steal the spotlight, overcome most challenges or constantly claim moral superiority."@en . "Mary Sue was a girl who got it on with every male in the galaxy. Despite this, she was still a virgin. Every male wanted to have relations with Mary Sue, as did some of the females. Mary Sue was Han Solo's sister. Unlike her brother, though, Mary Sue was extremely Force-sensitive, even more so than Luke Skywalker."@en . . . . . . . . . . "Starfleet officer"@en . . "La cosiddetta Mary Sue \u00E8 la creatura pi\u00F9 temuta da tutti i personaggi di libri, film, fumetti, cartoni, anime e manga vari."@it . . . . . "A Mary Sue (sometimes just Sue), in literary criticism and particularly in fan fiction, is a fictional character with overly idealized and hackneyed mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as wish-fulfillment fantasies for their authors or readers. Perhaps the single underlying feature of all characters described as \"Mary Sues\" is that they are too ostentatious for the audience's taste, or that the author seems to favor the character too highly. The author may seem to push how exceptional and wonderful the \"Mary Sue\" character is on his or her audience, sometimes leading the audience to dislike or even resent the character fairly quickly; such a character could be described as an \"author's pet\"."@en . . . . . . "Mary Sue"@en . . . . . "Mary Sue is a derogatory term primarily used in Fanfic circles to describe a particular type of character. This much everyone can agree on. What that character type is, exactly, differs wildly from circle to circle, and often from person to person. Even back then, there wasn't a total consensus on what was or wasn't Mary Sue, since it's not always immediately obvious which character is an Author Avatar. As this essay reveals, suspiciously Mary Sue-like characters were noted in subscriber-submitted articles for 19th-century childrens' magazines, making this trope Older Than You Think. See also:"@en . . . . "Seth and Ryan meet a girl, Mary Sue, whose grandmother lives in the same guest house where the Nana lives. Mary Sue asks Seth to be her partner in a dance contest broadcast on tv, and he accepts. It turns out the contest involves Mary Sue covered with whipped cream and Seth \"licking it all off\". While Seth's try \"I'm a little bit lactose intolerant\" isn't that successful, Ryan's hope is that \"Summer hasn't paid her cable bill\". It turns out someone is waiting for Mary Sue: her boyfriend and a entire bible study class. Seth asks Ryan if \"we can convince them to turn the other cheek\". Ryan's face is definitely skeptical. Luckily biblical boys' revenge just consists in covering Seth with whipped cream. \"So I guess those guys really do believe in an eye for an eye\". Anyway, even though Seth does not want anybody to find out what happened, unfortunately that might be too late: indeed, while Mary Sue and Seth were doing their performance on the tv contest, Summer was at Zach's and she saw the whole thing on tv. Played by Jaime King."@en . . . . "Mary Sue is a character who is obnoxiously competent and receives a disproportionate amount of the spotlight. Although the term comes from fanfic, it is often applicable in rpg contexts. Such a character may be the fantasy of a power-gaming munchkin or a GMPC who becomes an avatar of the acting-out GM."@en . . . . . "Heck yeah bay-bee keep them cmiong! Heck yeah bay-bee keep them cmiong!"@en . . . . "Mary Sue"@it . "In fan fiction, a Mary Sue is an idealized character representing the author."@en . . . . . . . "2250.0"^^ . "Mary Sue is a character who is obnoxiously competent and receives a disproportionate amount of the spotlight. Although the term comes from fanfic, it is often applicable in rpg contexts. Such a character may be the fantasy of a power-gaming munchkin or a GMPC who becomes an avatar of the acting-out GM."@en . "A Mary Sue is a fictional character in fanfiction (mostly perhaps Fanfiction) which is \"perfect\" or \"flawless\". A Mary Sue will be lacking noteworthy flaws, or may have flaws which will be intended to make the character more likeable, and will be too unrealistic. No living human is perfect in every way, so neither should a fictional character be or become. Male Mary Sues are often called Gary Stus or Marty Stus. Mary Sue is the general term since female Sues are more common."@en . "Mary Sue"@pl . . . "See also: See also Online text based role playing game, Role Playing This article is about the concept in modern literary criticism. Mary Sue, sometimes shortened simply to Sue, is a pejorative term used to describe a fictional character who plays a major role in the plot on such a scale that suspension of disbelief fails due to the character's traits, skills and abilities being tenuously or inadequately justified. Such a character is particularly characterized by overly idealized and clich\u00E9d mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as wish-fulfillment fantasies for their authors. Perhaps the single underlying feature of all characters described as \"Mary Sues\" is that they are too ostentatious for the audience's taste, or that the author seems to favor the character too highly. The author may seem to push how exceptional and wonderful the \"Mary Sue\" character is on his or her audience, sometimes leading the audience to dislike or even resent the character fairly quickly; such a character could be described as an \"author's pet\". \"Mary Sues\" can be either male or female, but male characters are often dubbed \"Gary Stu\" or similar names. While the label \"Mary Sue\" itself originates from a parody of this type of character, most characters labeled \"Mary Sues\" by readers are not intended by authors as such. While the term is generally limited to fan-created characters, and its most common usage today occurs within the fan fiction community or in reference to fan fiction, canon and original fiction characters are also sometimes criticized as being canon \"Mary Sues\" or \"canon Sues\". Wesley Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation is probably the best-known example. In role-playing games, original characters may also be criticized as \"Mary Sues\" if they dominate the spotlight or are too unrealistic or unlikely in other ways."@en . . . . "This character type is mostly associated with fanfiction, though it can be found in original fiction as well. Female characters of this type are the most common in South Park fanfiction due to female fanfic authors being more numerous than male, and a tendency for younger authors to focus on their own idealized traits. Within the fandom, they often form romantic relationships with various Canon characters."@en . . . . "Mary Sue is a derogatory term primarily used in Fanfic circles to describe a particular type of character. This much everyone can agree on. What that character type is, exactly, differs wildly from circle to circle, and often from person to person. TV Tropes Wiki doesn't get to set what the term means; the best we can do is capture the way it is used. Since there's no consensus on a precise definition, the best way to describe the phenomenon is by example of the kind of character pretty much everyone could agree to be a Mary Sue. These traits usually reference the character's perceived importance in the story, their physical design and an irrelevantly over-skilled or over-idealized nature. The name \"Mary Sue\" comes from the 1974 Star Trek Fanfic \"A Trekkie's Tale\". Originally written as a parody of the standard Self-Insert Fic of the time (as opposed to any particular traits), the name was quickly adopted by the Star Trek fanfiction community. Its original meaning mostly held that it was an Always Female Author Avatar, regardless of character role or perceived quality. Often, the characters would get in a relationship with either Kirk or Spock, turn out to have a familial bond with a crew member, be a Half-Human Hybrid masquerading as a human, and die in a graceful, beautiful way to reinforce that the character was Too Good for This Sinful Earth. (Or space, as the case may be.) Even back then, there wasn't a total consensus on what was or wasn't Mary Sue, since it's not always immediately obvious which character is an Author Avatar. As this essay reveals, suspiciously Mary Sue-like characters were noted in subscriber-submitted articles for 19th-century childrens' magazines, making this trope Older Than You Think. The prototypical Mary Sue is an original female character in a Fanfic who obviously serves as an idealized version of the author mainly for the purpose of Wish Fulfillment. She's exotically beautiful, often having an unusual hair or eye color, and has a similarly cool and exotic name. She's exceptionally talented in an implausibly wide variety of areas, and may possess skills that are rare or nonexistent in the canon setting. She also lacks any realistic, or at least story-relevant, character flaws -- either that or her \"flaws\" are obviously meant to be endearing. She has an unusual and dramatic Backstory. The canon protagonists are all overwhelmed with admiration for her beauty, wit, courage and other virtues, and are quick to adopt her as one of their True Companions, even characters who are usually antisocial and untrusting; if any character doesn't love her, that character gets an extremely unsympathetic portrayal. She has some sort of especially close relationship to the author's favorite canon character -- their love interest, illegitimate child, never-before-mentioned sister, etc. Other than that, the canon characters are quickly reduced to awestruck cheerleaders, watching from the sidelines as Mary Sue outstrips them in their areas of expertise and solves problems that have stymied them for the entire series. (See Common Mary Sue Traits for more detail on any of these cliches.) In other words, the term \"Mary Sue\" is generally slapped on a character who is important in the story, possesses unusual physical traits, and has an irrelevantly over-skilled or over-idealized nature. Over time, a male variant started to see use. Marty Stu (also known as Gary Stu, for those who prefer rhyme to alliteration) wasn't really that much different from Mary. Also an Author Avatar, it usually had implications of being a male crew member that tended to completely outshine established canon members in their roles and often become the best starship captain, ever. See The Ace. Since the female characters of Star Trek were all in secondary roles at best, the relationship angle was generally disregarded as being any sort of qualifier. Because of the not-entirely-unjustified perception that Most Fanfic Writers Are Girls, Marty Stu didn't really catch on for a long time. Originally, the term used to apply exclusively to fanfiction, but by the time of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the term \"Canon Sue\" started seeing use, applying Author Avatar standards to canon works (most likely inspired by the backlash against Wesley Crusher; even Wil Wheaton has decried the character's obnoxiousness). It was around this time that the term started to lose a concrete meaning, since the label started getting applied even to characters who weren't explicit self-inserts (such as the title character of the episode \"The Empath\"), but just happened to use similar tropes. It was also (most likely) around this time that the term started to gain its pejorative tone. Finally, the advent of the Internet allowed the term to migrate out of the Star Trek community to most fandoms, losing pretty much any real meaning in the process. There are dozens upon dozens of essays that offer interpretations of what the term means, generally basing it off of some usages of it, but none of them are truly comprehensive or accepted. Using the term in most contexts isn't too far off from Flame Bait, generally provoking the defendant into rants. Much Internet Backdraft has resulted, especially if the term is applied to a canon character on a popular show. These last two paragraphs are why it's so hard to really nail down a definition of \"Mary Sue\": the term has started to be used in a much wider context, and to mean much wider things, than it once did, and there's no way to figure out which of those characteristics are necessary and sufficient to define a Mary Sue. Some of the controversies: \n* Do Sues appear only in fanfic, or are Canon Sues allowed? \n* Can you have a male Sue? \n* Are all Author Avatars Sues, even if they're well-written, realistic, and don't take over the story -- and, are all Sues necessarily stand-ins for the author? \n* Is the most important part how the author de-protagonist-izes every other character in the name of making the Sue seem even more awesome? \n* If you have an impossibly competent character with a cool back story and an idealized personality, and they manage to be likable to most of the audience, are they still a Mary Sue, or does Suedom depend on the character being disliked because of their obnoxious perfection? See these articles for takes on Mary Sue that focus on certain groupings of Common Mary Sue Traits: \n* Black Hole Sue -- Everything is about me! \n* Purity Sue -- Love me! \n* God Mode Sue -- Power overwhelming! \n* Mary Tzu --I knew you would do that. In fact, I knew you would do that before I even met you, cuz I'm JUST THAT GOOD! \n* Jerk Sue -- I'm a complete and utter bitch and I have constant PMS...love me! \n* Possession Sue -- My favourite character is an even better version of me! \n* Copy Cat Sue -- I'm just like my favorite character, but even kewler! \n* Relationship Sue -- You're my boyfriend now! \n* Sympathetic Sue -- Feel sorry for me! \n* Anti-Sue -- I'm genuinely useless, but everybody still loves me! \n* Villain Sue -- I have you now, my beautiful slaves! Ahahahahahahaha! \n* Fixer Sue -- No, that's not how it's supposed to go! \n* Parody Sue -- Why don't they fall for my buxom charms? \n* Thirty-Sue Pileup -- We are Legion. See also: \n* Mary Sue Tropes A couple of systems have popped up to classify Mary Sue characters, the most popular of which is a variation on the Characterization Tags system. For example, a Perky Goth sorceress that is also a dragon might be labeled as Goth!Sorceress!Dragon!Sue. Alternatively, something might just be referred to as (insert biggest trait here)-Sue, but that doesn't allow for a whole lot of elements to be tacked on. There are also a couple of tests in the Internet to quickly determine if a character is overdosed with Common Mary Sue Traits (maybe with a couple pointers on underlying Sue structure); you can find most of them by searching for \"mary sue litmus test\". See Common Mary Sue Traits for the superficial tropes that get involved in a lot of Mary Sue fiction, but are not immediately evocative of it. Also see Marty Stu, which looks at both this and Common Mary Sue Traits from a male perspective. For a short explanation of non-fanfiction Mary Sue characters, see Canon Sue. See also Possession Sue (when an existing canon character is derailed towards this) and Copy Cat Sue (when a character is a blatant copy of a canon character). See Mary Sue Classic for the extremely common plot framework that the character often uses. Finally, for characters that often evoke this trope (but may not actually be proper entries within it), see Magical Girlfriend, Tsundere, Yamato Nadeshiko, A God Am I, MacGuffin Girl, and Original Character."@en . . . . . . . "This character type is mostly associated with fanfiction, though it can be found in original fiction as well. Female characters of this type are the most common in South Park fanfiction due to female fanfic authors being more numerous than male, and a tendency for younger authors to focus on their own idealized traits. Within the fandom, they often form romantic relationships with various Canon characters. The term is frequently misused as a misogynistic slur to any original character, regardless of personality, usage, gender, or other factors, and the woman who coined it has since come out against the term as a result."@en . "See also: See also Online text based role playing game, Role Playing This article is about the concept in modern literary criticism. Mary Sue, sometimes shortened simply to Sue, is a pejorative term used to describe a fictional character who plays a major role in the plot on such a scale that suspension of disbelief fails due to the character's traits, skills and abilities being tenuously or inadequately justified. Such a character is particularly characterized by overly idealized and clich\u00E9d mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as wish-fulfillment fantasies for their authors. Perhaps the single underlying feature of all characters described as \"Mary Sues\" is that they are too ostentatious for the audience's taste, or that the author seems to favor the character "@en . "Mary Sue est le plus grand personnage de fiction de tous les temps et tous ceux qui pensent le contraire sont juste de gros jaloux."@fr . . . "female"@en . . . . . . . "This article discusses the term Mary Sue as understood by the PPC, both in-universe and externally. A Mary Sue is a fictional character that achieves its goals in the story with minimal effort, out of proportion to what the audience would expect given the setting(s), culture(s), and other inhabitants of that universe. In order to accomplish this, a Mary Sue will have character traits heavily skewed in favor of outstanding attributes over significant flaws. This character type is mostly associated with fanfiction, though it can be found in original fiction as well."@en . . . . . "Mary sue"@en . . "Lieutenant Mary Sue was a half-Vulcan/half-Human Starfleet officer who served on the USS Enterprise when she was only \"fifteen and a half years old.\" James T. Kirk found her exceptionally attractive (for a minor) and Spock admired her mind. She joined Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Scotty on a mission to Rigel XXXVII, where they were attacked by green androids and subsequently imprisoned. Mary Sue picked the lock with her hairpin and the crew escaped back to the ship. However, all the men that had beamed down to the planet were stricken with \"jumping cold robbies.\" As the least affected member of the landing party, Mary Sue took command of Enterprise and ran it so well that she was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize, the Vulcan Order of Gallantry and the Tralfamadorian Order of Good Guyhood. However, the disease eventually reached her and she died. Her birthday became a \"national holiday\" aboard Enterprise. (A Trekkie's Tale)"@en . "Mary Sue , alternatively written as marysue, is a negative term to refer to a particular type of flawed original character. Although the word is a name, the term is not, and correspondingly, it is generally not capitalized. Mary sue is a gender neutral term, but some use the term gary stu to refer to male characters of this type. A mary sue is an idealized character who the author has over identified with. Mary sues have appearances and skills their creators like, which is why individual mary sues vary based on the author. The basic canon, or reality of the universe, will be altered to allow the mary sue to have these traits. In a similar vein, the story will revolve around the mary sue to an excessive degree, even more than their main character role would normally cause. Although some mary sues can be relatively well developed characters, their supporting cast never is, and most other characters exist to talk about the mary sue, with the good characters defined as the ones who talk positively about her, and the bad characters defined as those who are cruel to or jealous of her. The most extreme example, sometimes used as a one-question litmus test, is the commonplace scene where characters express sympathy and amazement over something bad that happened to the mary sue, even though their own experiences have been far worse. Although the stereotypical mary sue is often perfect in various ways and has a number of impressive abilities, these are merely common features, not a true trait of a mary sue itself. Technically-flawed mary sues are possible, even common, with typical problems being scars, isolation and abuse, clumsiness, a \"fiery temper\", failing to take things seriously, or an inability to do something unimportant (such as a bad singer or cook). Mary sues do not have any flaws that their creators consider negative. As such, flawed mary sues may be bony and made fun of for it, or actually have anorexia, they will rarely be overweight. In pokemon fanfiction, female mary sues generally have long hair of a color other than brown, with black, silver and blue being among the most popular. Their eyes are more varied, although again rarely brown, although they usually run along certain patterns in connection to hair, such as red-haired characters having green eyes, and black haired characters having icy blue eyes. A mary sue trainer will almost always get a starter who has one or more of the following traits: \n* Larger than normal \n* Unusually colored \n* Not a standard starter (or not a standard regional starter) \n* Unusual ability (speech, ability to use unusual moves) \n* Significantly stronger than normal \n* Eevee"@en . . . . . . . . "A Mary Sue is a fictional character in fanfiction (mostly in fan fiction, a perojative form and one of ficiton) who is lacking flaws (being perfect), over-idealized, unrealistic, and acts as a wish-fulfillment fantasy for the author. The practice of writing a character as a Mary Sue is almost universally looked down upon and considered one of the worst traps a writer can fall into. Many Mary Sues are self-insertions."@en . . . "Mary Sue"@en . . "gold"@en . . . . "Mary Sues are penguins with no flaws and are unrealisticly perfect in almost every way."@en . . . . "A Mary Sue is a fictional character in fanfiction (mostly in fan fiction, a perojative form and one of ficiton) who is lacking flaws (being perfect), over-idealized, unrealistic, and acts as a wish-fulfillment fantasy for the author. The practice of writing a character as a Mary Sue is almost universally looked down upon and considered one of the worst traps a writer can fall into. Many Mary Sues are self-insertions. Despite being generally associated with fan fiction, professional and original works have had characters criticized as Mary Sues, such as Wesley Crusher of Star Trek: The Next Generation."@en . . "Mary Sue est le plus grand personnage de fiction de tous les temps et tous ceux qui pensent le contraire sont juste de gros jaloux."@fr . . . . . . "A Mary Sue (sometimes just Sue), in literary criticism and particularly in fan fiction, is a fictional character with overly idealized and hackneyed mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as wish-fulfillment fantasies for their authors or readers. Perhaps the single underlying feature of all characters described as \"Mary Sues\" is that they are too ostentatious for the audience's taste, or that the author seems to favor the character too highly. The author may seem to push how exceptional and wonderful the \"Mary Sue\" character is on his or her audience, sometimes leading the audience to dislike or even resent the character fairly quickly; such a character could be described as an \"author's pet\". \"Mary Sues\" can be either male or female, but male characters are often dubbed \"Gary Stu\", \"Marty Stu\", or similar names. While the label \"Mary Sue\" itself originates from a parody of this type of character, most characters labeled \"Mary Sues\" by readers are not intended by authors as such. The origins of Mary Sue Prime are typically traced back to 1973, when a writer named Paula Smith published a story called \"A Trekkie's Tale\" in the second issue of a fanzine called Menagerie. \"A Trekkie's Tale\" was a wry commentary on the pure and perfect fan characters and self-inserts who plagued fanfiction, particularly Star Trek fanfiction, even then. The protagonist of \"A Trekkie's Tale\" was a fifteen-year-old lieutenant named Mary Sue, who was entrusted with the Enterprise while Kirk went to \"get some coffee\" for the two of them. She quickly formed a bond with Spock for her \"flawless logic,\" and revealed herself to be a fellow half-Vulcan. After rescuing the crew from disaster, Mary Sue fell ill and died while every significant male on board wept for the loss of her beauty and bravery."@en . . "Mary Sues are penguins with no flaws and are unrealisticly perfect in almost every way."@en . "A Mary Sue is a fictional character in fanfiction (mostly perhaps Fanfiction) which is \"perfect\" or \"flawless\". A Mary Sue will be lacking noteworthy flaws, or may have flaws which will be intended to make the character more likeable, and will be too unrealistic. No living human is perfect in every way, so neither should a fictional character be or become. Male Mary Sues are often called Gary Stus or Marty Stus. Mary Sue is the general term since female Sues are more common."@en . "A profile going to be made by 5555thExplosionMage."@en . . . . . . . . . . "Mary Sue"@fr . . . . . . . "La cosiddetta Mary Sue \u00E8 la creatura pi\u00F9 temuta da tutti i personaggi di libri, film, fumetti, cartoni, anime e manga vari."@it . . . "Lieutenant Mary Sue was a half-Vulcan/half-Human Starfleet officer who served on the USS Enterprise when she was only \"fifteen and a half years old.\" James T. Kirk found her exceptionally attractive (for a minor) and Spock admired her mind. She joined Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Scotty on a mission to Rigel XXXVII, where they were attacked by green androids and subsequently imprisoned. Mary Sue picked the lock with her hairpin and the crew escaped back to the ship."@en . "In fan fiction, a Mary Sue is an idealized character representing the author."@en . "Heck yeah bay-bee keep them cmiong! Heck yeah bay-bee keep them cmiong!"@en .