History Fanfic / ATrekkiesTale

* BlackHoleSue: [[invoked]] One of the main aspects of the parody is that Lt. Sue gets an enormous amount of attention and responsibility for no apparent reason.

* BlackHoleSue: [[invoked]] One of the main aspects of the parody is that Ensign Sue gets an enormous amount of attention and responsibility for no apparent reason.

* ParodySue: Ensign Sue parodies the [[MarySueClassic overly-perfect original character with an overly-perfect life]] who [[invoked]][[BlackHoleSue gets outsized attention from the narrative for no good reason]] which Smith had been seeing a lot of in fanfic lately.

* ParodySue: Parody of MarySueClassic, to be specific, though the "tragic death" part is (sadly) much less common these days.

* UnbuiltTrope: Of a sort. Mary Sue herself is ironically somewhat lacking in CommonMarySueTraits, especially the ones which would be played up in most modern-day Mary Sue parodies. Her name is ordinary, aside from the mentions of her beauty, her appearance is not described in any specifics, and it's simply never mentioned what clothing or accessories she wears. In other words, her Sueness is based entirely on her being the center of attention and stealing the spotlight from the canon heroes. If this were written now, it would be a DoubleSubversion of the ParodySue trope.

In the early '70s, fan fiction was emerging, much of it based on ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'' (the original series) and ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE''. In those days, fan fiction was published in fan-made magazines called "fanzines" and distributed at fan conventions. Paula Smith was a fan who happened to notice that many of the bad ''Star Trek'' stories had [[FandomSpecificPlot the same plot]]. They always centered on a female OriginalCharacter, who is the youngest whatever in Starfleet. Everyone falls in love with her and they go on adventures with her, typically ending with her meeting [[PuritySue a tragic death to be mourned by all.]] After seeing a particularly JustForFun/{{egregious}} example of this storyline, Paula Smith wrote a parody, which was published in the second issue of the fanzine ''Menagerie'', which she edited with her friend Sharon Ferraro.

* SoapOperaDisease: The jumping cold robbies are a mysterious alien disease that disables much of the Senior Staff so Mary Sue can run the ship herself.

* UnbuiltTrope: Of a sort. Mary Sue herself is ironically somewhat lacking in CommonMarySueTraits, especially the ones which would be played up in most modern-day Mary Sue parodies. Her name is ordinary, her appearance is not described aside from mentions of her beauty, and it's simply never mentioned what clothing or accessories she wears. In other words, her Sueness is based entirely on her being the center of attention and stealing the spotlight from the canon heroes. If this were written now, it would be a DoubleSubversion of the ParodySue trope.

A ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fanfic from TheSeventies by Paula Smith and the TropeNamer for MarySue. The fic is a [[TheParody Parody]] of a SelfInsertFic in which Lt. MarySue, a [[ImprobableAge fifteen-year-old]] [[HalfHumanHybrid half]]-[[ThereIsAnother Vulcan]], single-handedly saves the ''Enterprise'' before dying a tragic death. The full text can be found [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100830041159/http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/dark/1000/marysue.htm here]].

* FlashFiction: The story has only four pharagraphs.

* ExternalRetcon: [[http://memory-gamma.wikia.com/wiki/Mary_Sue_Smith This]] Memory Gamma article gives the original Mary Sue a sensical history and {{Hand Wave}}s most of her more egregious Sueness. It also {{Ret Con}}s her into being OnlyMostlyDead so that she could live to the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Next Generation]]'' era.

* NumberedHomeworld: Parodied: "Rigel XXXVII"

* UnbuiltTrope: Of a sort. Mary Sue herself is ironically somewhat lacking in Mary Sue Traits, especially the ones which would be played up in most modern-day Mary Sue parodies. Her name is ordinary, her appearance is not described aside from mentions of her beauty, and it's simply never mentioned what clothing or accessories she wears. In other words, her Sueness is based entirely on her being the center of attention and stealing the spotlight from the canon heroes. If this were written now, it would be a DoubleSubversion of the ParodySue trope.

* OutOfCharacter: [[ParodySue Parodied]], like everything else in the fic. Spock "weeping unashamedly."
* OverrankedSoldier: The "youngest lieutenant in the fleet" at "fifteen and a half years old".

In the early '70s, fan fiction was emerging, much of it based on ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'' (the original series) and ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE''. In those days, fan fiction was published in fan-made magazines called "fanzines" and distributed at fan conventions. Paula Smith was a fan who happened to notice that many of the bad ''Star Trek'' stories had [[FandomSpecificPlot the same plot]]. They always centered on a female OriginalCharacter, who is the youngest whatever in Starfleet. Everyone falls in love with her and they go on adventures with her, typically ending with her meeting [[PuritySue a tragic death to be mourned by all.]] After seeing a particularly {{egregious}} example of this storyline, Paula Smith wrote a parody, which was published in the second issue of the fanzine ''Menagerie'', which she edited with her friend Sharon Ferraro.

* UnbuiltTrope: Of a sort. Mary Sue herself is ironically somewhat lacking in CommonMarySueTraits, especially the ones which would be played up in most modern-day Mary Sue parodies. Her name is ordinary, her appearance is not described aside from mentions of her beauty, and it's simply never mentioned what clothing or accessories she wears. In other words, her Sueness is based entirely on her being the center of attention and stealing the spotlight from the canon heroes. If this were written now, it would be a DoubleSubversion of the ParodySue trope.

* ExternalRetcon: [[http://memory-gamma.wikia.com/wiki/Mary_Sue_Smith This]] Memory Gamma article actually gives the original Mary Sue a sensical history and {{Hand Wave}}s most of her more egregious Sueness. It also {{Ret Con}}s her into being OnlyMostlyDead so that she could live to the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Next Generation]]'' era.

* SoapOperaDisease: The jumping cold robbies.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth

* UnbuiltTrope: Of a sort. Mary Sue herself is ironically somewhat lacking in CommonMarySueTraits, especially the ones which would be played up in almost any modern-day Mary Sue parody. Her name is ordinary, her appearance is not described aside from mentions of her beauty, and it's simply never mentioned what clothing or accessories she wears. In other words, her Sueness is based almost entirely on her being the center of attention and stealing the spotlight from the canon heroes. If this were written now, it would almost be a DoubleSubversion of the ParodySue trope.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Mary Sue.

In the early '70s, fan fiction was emerging, much of it based on ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'' (the original series) and ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE''. In those days, fan fiction was published in fan-made magazines called "fanzines" and distributed at fan conventions. Paula Smith was a fan who happened to notice that many of the bad ''Star Trek'' stories had [[FandomSpecificPlot the same plot]]. They always centered on a female OriginalCharacter, who is the youngest whatever in Starfleet. Everyone falls in love with her and they go on adventures with her, typically ending with her meeting a tragic death to be mourned by all. After seeing a particularly {{egregious}} example of this storyline, Paula Smith wrote a parody, which was published in the second issue of the fanzine ''Menagerie'', which she edited with her friend Sharon Ferraro.

* {{Ephebophile}}: Kirk immediately wants to have sex with fifteen-year-old Mary Sue, but changes his mind when she says "I'm [[PuritySue not that kind of girl]]!"

In the early '70s, fan fiction was emerging, much of it based on ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'' (the original series) and ''Series/TheManFromUncle''. In those days, fan fiction was published in fan-made magazines called "fanzines" and distributed at fan conventions. Paula Smith was a fan who happened to notice that many of the bad ''Star Trek'' stories had [[FandomSpecificPlot the same plot]]. They always centered on a female OriginalCharacter, who is the youngest whatever in Starfleet. Everyone falls in love with her and they go on adventures with her, typically ending with her meeting a tragic death to be mourned by all. After seeing a particularly {{egregious}} example of this storyline, Paula Smith wrote a parody, which was published in the second issue of the fanzine ''Menagerie'', which she edited with her friend Sharon Ferraro.

In the early '70s, fan fiction was emerging, much of it based on ''Star Trek'' and ''TheManFromUncle''. In those days, fan fiction was published in fan-made magazines called "fanzines" and distributed at fan conventions. Paula Smith was a fan who happened to notice that many of the bad ''Star Trek'' stories had [[FandomSpecificPlot the same plot]]. They always centered on a female OriginalCharacter, who is the youngest whatever in Starfleet. Everyone falls in love with her and they go on adventures with her, typically ending with her meeting a tragic death to be mourned by all. After seeing a particularly {{egregious}} example of this storyline, Paula Smith wrote a parody, which was published in the second issue of the fanzine ''Menagerie'', which she edited with her friend Sharon Ferraro.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "her beautiful youth and youthful beauty"

* ImprobableAge / OverrankedSoldier: The "youngest lieutenant in the fleet" at "fifteen and a half years old".
* NumberedHomeworld: parodied: "Rigel XXXVII"

In the early '70s, fan fiction was emerging, much of it based on ''Star Trek'' and ''TheManFromUncle''. In those days, fan fiction was published in fan-made magazines called "fanzines" and distributed at fan conventions. Paula Smith was a fan who happened to notice that many of the bad ''Star Trek'' stories had [[FandomSpecificPlot the same plot]]. They always centered on a female OriginalCharacter, who is the youngest whatever in Starfleet. Everyone falls in love with her and they go on adventures with her, typically ending with her meeting a tragic death to be mourned by all. After seeing a particularly egregious example of this storyline, Paula Smith wrote a parody, which was published in the second issue of the fanzine ''Menagerie'', which she edited with her friend Sharon Ferraro.

* ImprobableAge: The "youngest lieutenant in the fleet" at "fifteen and a half years old".

A ''StarTrek'' fanfic from TheSeventies by Paula Smith and the TropeNamer for MarySue. The fic is a [[TheParody Parody]] of a SelfInsertFic in which Lt. MarySue, a [[ImprobableAge fifteen-year-old]] [[HalfHumanHybrid half]]-[[ThereIsAnother Vulcan]], single-handedly saves the ''Enterprise'' before dying a tragic death. The full text can be found [[http://web.archive.org/web/20100830041159/http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/dark/1000/marysue.htm here]].

* ExternalRetcon: [[http://memory-gamma.wikia.com/wiki/Mary_Sue_Smith This]] Memory Gamma article actually gives the original Mary Sue a sensical history and {{Hand Wave}}s most of her more egregious Sueness. It also {{Ret Con}}s her into being OnlyMostlyDead so that she could live to the ''[[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Next Generation]]'' era.