History YMMV / MarissaPicard

* CreatorsPet: Marrissa steals this title from Wesley for this trope... at least she's the Fanfic ''version'' of Wesley. Meanwhile, Wesley himself reaches new heights in nonsensically incredible achievements in marrying Chelsea Clinton (who, unless she was cryogenically frozen, wouldn't even be ''alive'' in the far-off future of the 26th century).
* MisaimedFandom: AsYouKnow, [[UnwinnableTrainingSimulation the Kobayashi Maru]] exam was a SecretTestOfCharacter to force cadets to learn how to deal with failure. How long they survive is thus completely, utterly meaningless. In ''these'' stories, Marrissa and other Kids' Crew members trade their [[EndlessGame survival times]] in the exam with each other like it's their PowerLevel.

* IdiotPlot: Mar[r]issa is supposed to be the smartest person in the Rattliff-verse. She can only be this if everybody else in the universe is mind-numbingly stupid -- including characters who have repeatedly demonstrated their brilliance in the actual TNG series.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Even in ''this'' fic, there are moments. For instance: Jay Gordon and Alexander might be the only kids with those names on the ship, but it would still help to clarify that they mean Jay Gordon ''Graas''[[note]]That's [[TheDanza the actor's surname]], which appears on the plaque at the end [[/note]] and Alexander ''Rozhenko''.

-->"Anyway, Marrissa is going to have to face the fact that there are some things beyond her control," Martin said, as a monster appeared just outside the restaurant's door.

* CreatorsPet: Marrissa steals this title from Wesley for this trope... at least she's the Fanfic ''version'' of Wesley. Meanwhile, Wesley reaches new heights in nonsensically incredible achievements in marrying Chelsea Clinton (who, unless she was cryogenically frozen, wouldn't even be ''alive'' in the far-off future of 25XX.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In one of Ratliff's later stories, 'Winning Love By Daylight', while Jay Gordon and another character are talking about Marrissa in a restaurant, the following occurs:

* CreatorsPet: Marrissa steals this title from Wesley for this trope... at least she's the Fanfic ''version'' of Wesley.
** Meanwhile, Wesley reaches new heights in nonsensically incredible achievements in marrying Chelsea Clinton (who, unless she was cryogenically frozen, wouldn't even be ''alive'' in the far-off future of 25XX.

* SnarkBait: One of the classics.

* TheDanza: the name "Flores" was simply the last name of the actress originally portraying the character in the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Disaster," presumably since it was a one-time appearance and so there was no need to invent a fully-fictitious name. (Little did they know....)
** The actress, [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0282810/ Erika Flores]], later played Colleen Cooper for the first two-and-a-half seasons of ''Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman'', and appeared in an episode of ''Series/{{House}}'' and of ''[[Series/TheLoveBoat Love Boat: The Next Wave]]''. Coincidentally, her sister is named ''Melissa'' Flores.
** Someone familiar with the fanfic has listed the character on IMDB as Marissa Flores (although this is how it appears at the end of the episode)

* OldShame: Ratliff has since admitted he regrets writing "Time Speeder". Unfortunately, he chose to try to revise it rather than totally erasing it from existence.

* IdiotPlot: Mar[r]issa is supposed to be the smartest person in the Rattliff-verse. She can only be this if everybody else in the universe is mind-numblingly stupid -- including characters who have repeatedly demonstrated their brilliance in the actual TNG series.

* {{Squick}}: Exemplified by newly-engaged Marrissa, aged sixteen, bantering with Daddy Picard about being in a hurry to lose her virginity. After which she develops a predilection for skinny-dipping[[note]]And for pushing into the pool any man daring to stare at her[[/note]]. Ratliff eventually dropped all pretense and wrote an unabashed pornfic in which young Marrissa meets her male counterpart from another dimension.

* BlackHoleSue[=/=]MarySue: Who the hell do you think?

* MaryTzu: Marissa has the highest Kobayashi Maru time ''evar.'' She routinely defeats the Federation's greatest enemies by pulling tactics out of her nether regions. She can make photon torpedoes ''reverse direction'' and ''hit the ship that launched them'' by using tractor beams, a tactic which no one else has ever picked up on for some reason.

** The actress, [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0282810/ Erika Flores]], later played Colleen Cooper for the first two-and-a-half seasons of ''Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman'', and appeared in an episode of ''Series/{{House}}'' and of ''[[TheLoveBoat Love Boat: The Next Wave]]''. Coincidentally, her sister is named ''Melissa'' Flores.

* PossessionSue: The character of Marissa Flores in the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] episode "Disaster" was just a bright little girl in a scary situation, who acted like a reasonable human being would (apart from one moment of smarmy chutzpah with Picard). Marissa Amber Flores Picard Gordon, on the other hand...

* CriticalResearchFailure: Even in ''this'' fic, there are moments. For instance: Jay Gordon and Alexander might be the only kids with those names on the ship, but it would still help to clarify that they mean Jay Gordon ''Graas''[note]That's [[TheDanza the actor's surname]], which appears on the plaque at the end[/note]and Alexander ''Rozhenko''.

** Meanwhile, Wesley reaches new heights in nonsensically incredible achievements in marrying Chelsea Clinton (who, unless she was crygenically frozen, wouldn't even be ''alive'' in the far-off cuture of 25XX.

** Meanwhile, Wesley reaches new heights in nonsensically incredible achievements in marrying Chelsea Clinton.

** What follows is the monster then being attacked by two of the 24th Century's version of the [[Manga/SailorMoon Sailor Scouts]] (this particular Sailor Mars is a half-Klingon girl). The two scouts (who, like the monster, just appear out of nowhere) vanquish the monster and then leave. Jay and Martin actually [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] the absurd situation after the two Sailor Scouts leave, and of course the whole thing is never mentioned again. Indeed, even in the context of a Ratliff story, this scene was 'way over the top in terms of ridiculousness'.

* {{Squick}}: Exemplified by newly-engaged Marrissa, aged sixteen, bantering with Daddy Picard about being in a hurry to lose her virginity. After which she develops a predilection for skinny-dipping[[hottip:*:And for pushing into the pool any man daring to stare at her]]. Ratliff eventually dropped all pretense and wrote an unabashed pornfic in which young Marrissa meets her male counterpart from another dimension.

* SoBadItsGood: The main reason that ''all'' of Ratliff's Marrissaverse stories have been [[{{MST}} MSTed]]. Some of the regulars at rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc would sign up to MST his works ''before he even posted them.''

* {{Squick}}: Exemplified by newly-engaged Marrissa, aged sixteen, bantering with Daddy Picard about being in a hurry to lose her virginity. After which she develops a predilection for skinny-dipping[[hottip:*:And for pushing into the pool any man daring to stare at her]]. Ratliff eventually dropped all pretense and wrote an unabashed pornfic in which young Marrissa meets her male counterpart from another dimension.
** To be fair, most 16-year-olds ''do'' feel driven to sex. What makes it squicky with Marissa is that Ratliff normally presents a heavy prudishness in his stories.
** Yeah, that, and the whole 'presents the sixteen-year-old having a flirtatious conversation with her ''father'' about sex.' thing, that doesn't help much either.

* PossessionSue: The character of Marissa Flores in the [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] episode "Disaster" was just a bright little girl in a scary situation, who acted like a reasonable human being would (apart from one moment of smarmy chutzpah with Picard). Marissa Amber Flores Picard Gordon, on the other hand...

* IdiotPlot: Mar[r]issa is supposed to be the smartest person in the Rattliff-verse. She can only be this if everybody else in the universe is mind-numblingly stupid -- including characters that have repeatedly demonstrated their brilliance in the actual TNG series.

** What follows is the monster then being attacked by two of the 24th Century's version of the [[SailorMoon Sailor Scouts]] (this particular Sailor Mars is a half-Klingon girl). The two scouts (who, like the monster, just appear out of nowhere) vanquish the monster and then leave. Jay and Martin actually [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] the absurd situation after the two Sailor Scouts leave, and of course the whole thing is never mentioned again. Indeed, even in the context of a Ratliff story, this scene was 'way over the top in terms of ridiculousness'.

** Yeah, that, and the whole 'presents the sixteen-year-old having a flirtatious conversation with her ''father'' about sex.' thing, that doesn't help much either.
* TheWesley: ironically, Marrissa steals this title from the ''actual'' Wesley for this trope... at least she's the Fanfic ''version'' of TheWesley.