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4The MarySue trope is the butt of a lot of jokes, and it's not hard to see why: it's ''fun'' to make fun of. Who doesn't love to pick apart these [[ExaggeratedTrope indulgent]], [[CreatorsPet immortal and blessed]] [[AuthorAvatar Author Avatars]]? But wouldn't it be even ''more'' fun to create an intentional Sue and play it for comedy?
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6A Parody Sue intentionally evokes a generic MarySue storyline with one of the following resolutions:
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8# The character succeeds and the whole universe ends up falling to her [[BuxomBeautyStandard buxom charms]], usually being made into her all-encompassing harem, [[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond except]] for maybe one snarky guy [[OnlySaneMan who knows exactly how stupid this is]].
9# The character fails, either because there's just [[ThirtySuePileup too many]] ''[[ThirtySuePileup other]]'' [[ThirtySuePileup stock Mary Sues]] competing for that position or because the other characters see how genuinely shallow and uninteresting the character really is.
10# The character is perfect in ALMOST every way. The ways she's not perfect affects her life the most.
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12This character can overlap with any of the other MarySue types, so long as it's fairly obvious the story is basically a big TakeThat at MarySue. One good sign of a Parody Sue is when the story [[LampshadeHanging points out]] the CanonDefilement caused by Sue's presence and actions.
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14However, it takes the steady hand of a skilled writer to make this kind of character work, even if they're [[PlayedForLaughs playing it for laughs]]. [[GenreSavvy Don't be fooled]] if somebody claims [[ParodyRetcon this is what they were aiming for]] once they suffer the backlash of their storyline. And of course, just because somebody intends to make their story a hilarious parody doesn't mean they'll actually succeed -- sometimes Parody Sue can end up [[RedundantParody just as tedious as the original]]. After all, a character that is intentionally poorly-written is still poorly-written. One could argue that it's even worse, considering how bad the character comes across can't be blamed on accident or inexperience.
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16There is also the issue of the mimicry of Sueishness being a little ''too'' accurate; PoesLaw is a genuine problem with Parody Sues, and it is quite easy to make a Parody so close to a true Mary Sue that it's impossible to distinguish between them. This is especially an issue with outsiders to certain fandoms, more so if that fandom is a common {{Acceptable Target|s}}. Sure, you might see your Parody Sue as a biting criticism of the common wrongdoings in character creation. But a non-fan is going to see, at best, just another Mary Sue, adding directly to the pile that you created your Parody specifically to rail against.
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18See also TheAce, which does much the same thing but with a supporting character -- though obviously this character archetype also has ''some'' drawbacks to their skills. The non-comedic exposure of how someone who seems to be "perfect" actually isn't often falls under BrokenAce and may lead to a BrokenPedestal for their admirers. The author may choose to create a Parody Sue by having their fictional character create a very obvious MarySue character for themselves -- if so, this will be a case of HerCodenameWasMarySue.
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28* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' [[PossessionSue turned]] Shogo Aoyama, the one-shot movie character in the first ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' movie, into a straight parody of this named "GaryStu". In practice, he was more like the OnlySaneMan when it came to everyone's obsession with card games. ("I just don't see the appeal.") [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood He learned]].
29* Lelouch from ''WebVideo/CodeMENT''. He's a prince [[BigScrewedUpFamily who's also related to]] [[Manga/SoulEater Death the Kid]] and [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Alucard]] with incredible power and influence over others, gets away with stuff that can only be described as ''batshit insane''... and yet he spends most of his time just being a Jerkass, scoring drugs, blowing stuff up, and contributing nothing but menace to society.
30** His solution to C.C. holding him at gunpoint is to [[spoiler:attempt suicide, since a dead body can't be harmed by being shot.]] And it gets worse from there. The best bit? He did it in canon, WebVideo/CodeMENT just made it look far sillier.
31* Princess Cadance in ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft'' is a PuritySue and [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Mare]] in a CrapsackWorld where such beings have no chance to survive. [[spoiler:She dies a horrible death at the hooves of the VillainProtagonist, Twilight Sparkle.]]
32* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'':
33** The episode "Now with a Sound Effect" introduces Snuggle Berry, an alicorn PuritySue. She's the only pony nice enough to attend Rainbow Dash's birthday party, and she wins an award for being such a "cutesy-wootsy cuddlepie". [[spoiler:Then she gets killed by a rabbit stampede, and a caption assures the audience that it's totally okay that she died.]]
34** In "Stranger than Fan Fiction", the show's usual writers are indisposed, so Yellow Twilight (no relation to Twilight Sparkle) fills in for them. She [[SelfInsertFic writes herself into the story]] as a VillainSue, and the twin sister of a popular canon character, to boot. In her script, she defeats Twilight Sparkle in a magic duel ([[FoeRomanceSubtext with plenty of romantic subtext]]), then has a HeelFaceTurn and immediately befriends everyone. Her script ends with her [[ShooOutTheNewGuy flying into space]] while everyone talks about how awesome she was.
35* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' gives us Mr. Popo, who is said to be [[VillainSue the ultimate evil force in the series]]. The heroes are too weak to face him and are terrified of him, Shenron essentially bows down to him, he's the ManBehindTheMan with Kami, absorbs the immortal Garlic Jr., can cross into the real world and treats everyone like utter crap. ''And the fandom loves him for it!''
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39* The ''term'' MarySue [[UnbuiltTrope actually comes from]] Lt. Mary Sue of ''Fanfic/ATrekkiesTale'', a parody of Sues in ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
40* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5690584/1/The_Vampoife_Dood_Who_Lifed The Vampoife Dood Who Lifed]]'' MegaCrossover story famously parodies the MarySue trope, with a heavy dose of [[DeadpanSnarker snarkiness]].
41* The main characters of anything by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1047027/squirrelking Squirrelking]] of ''Fanfic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences'' fame. They are always the brother or son of the canonical protagonist and usually [[GodModeSue ridiculously overpowered]]. However, as the fics ended up being written intentionally-badly by Mortimer, it's obvious in hindsight that they were meant to be taken as seriously as a duck taped to a lemon.
42* The ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' fic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2722948/1/KotOR_Marisu_Saves_The_Day Marisu Saves the Day]]'' neatly skewers the tendency for fanfic writers to make female Revan into a Mary Sue. ([[PunnyName Note the character's first name.]])
43* ''[[http://flyingmoose.org/tolksarc/theories/war_babe.htm Arwen, the Warrior Babe]]'' takes to a ludicrous extreme the ActionGirl change that some feared the movie version of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' would bring.
44* ''Fanfic/TheGameOfTheGods'' has not one but '''{{thirty|SuePileUp}}''' ''[[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Rings]]'' Parody Sues, all of whom meet their end via the invoking of Logic. And it's pretty darn funny.
45* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6016295/1/Dont_Let_a_Mary_Sue_Into_Titans_Tower "Don't Let A Mary Sue Into Titans' Tower"]] A ''Teen Titans'' fic that hilariously parodies traditional Mary Sues, with the titular Mary Sue (who has the required super-long, super-stupid name) being incredibly lame and all the Titans trying to get rid of her but being unable to.
46* [[Fanfic/ThoseLackingSpines Sakura-Rose Sunblossom Orange Juice Annie-Marie McFate]], who is part of an entire subspecies of Gutless called Mary Sues. In the same set of chapters, there's also Xuxastell (a parody RelationshipSue) and Jeffx (Totally Not Sephiroth), who later evolves into '''JEFFIROTH''' who is so badass, his font is bolded.
47* [[http://www.aladdincentral.org/library/viewstory.php?sid=272 "Maridah Sumaya,"]] a parody of bad ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'' fanfic (especially [[DracoInLeatherPants Mozenrath]] fanfic). [[spoiler:It ends with Mozenrath absorbing some of her power and using it to take over Agrabah.]]
48* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1989893/1/ Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores,]]'' a parody of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' fanfiction with all the usual: twins of opposite factions with awe-inspiring powers who refuse to fight, forcing (almost) everyone to fall in love with them, freaking out and accusing others of being sexist for little remarks, and even making characters that don't fit right into "their" world vanish. Followed by ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2004465/1/ Return of the 50 Foot Eyesores,]]'' which revives them and adds a mysterious long-lost sibling with a mysterious dark lover, and also turns Megatron into a Canon Sue on purpose who immediately makes Starscream fall in love with him.
49* The whole point of the ''Fanfic/AntiClicheAndMarySueEliminationSociety'' is to get rid of such Parody Sues (because none of the authors want to pick on a real life Sue and incur wrath of the Sue's author). Some of the Society agents themselves are Parody Sues.
50* ''Fanfic/JustTheBestMarySueEver'' is possibly the jewel of this trope in the fandom for ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''. The author, Bamfwriter, deliberately set out to create a character about whom she could answer "yes" to every question on the LXG Mary Sue Litmus Test. The entire first chapter is little more than a description of her improbable beauty. The rest of the story includes a lot of sex (including a five-way), some swearing, two characters coming back from the dead, and a cameo by Franchise/HarryPotter.[[note]]This is now HilariousInHindsight given what Harry turns out to be in ''Century''…[[/note]]
51* There exists a tiny sub-genre of stories wherein the characters of a series find and read a Suefic. Results vary by author, but are usually hilarious as the canon characters attempt to explain what the hell is happening. One of the most famous may be ''Fanfic/NeverLeaveFanfictionLyingAround'', where the characters from ''Lord of the Rings'' read a Mary-Sue Legomance, Legolas included. HilarityEnsues.
52* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3515932/1/At_Worlds_End At World's End]]'' is not a comedy, but it ''does'' have the character Don James, who is introduced in chapter eight and appears to be a Marty Stu, until [[spoiler:he dies at the end of the chapter,]] and then at the very beginning of the ''next'' chapter it's revealed that [[spoiler:he's been a traitor the entire time,]] and later on it is revealed that the reason for this is that [[spoiler:he was actually ''driven to madness by his own Marty-Stuness!'']] Though it doesn't say that last bit in as many words, obviously.
53* ''[[http://johnsu.deviantart.com/art/My-First-Fanfic-155792920 John Su's "My First Fanfic"]]'' is the ultimate example of Parody Sue. Don't look directly into the Man Wave.
54* ''Fanfic/LatiasJourney'' portrays "Berry Stoo" and "Mariah Susanson" as darkly humorous {{Humanoid Abomination}}s.
55** More specifically: [[spoiler:they are, during the TournamentArc, revealed to be another hideous result of the BigBad residual evil; a Team Rocket experiment with human and Pokemon psychics that involved a piece of the shattered crystal core of the BigBad backfired, killing the psychics horribly, and in their dying moments, the psychic backlash was pulled together by the crystal and created Mariah Susanson, who became a RealityWarper and was influenced by her combined psyche's desires and wish fulfillment fantasies. Barry Stu was a random guy she tore the soul out of and remade to fit her desires; when the first Stu was defeated in a battle, she destroyed him and turned his opponent into her next Stu, and so and so forth. In other words, a more twisted take on the Sue problem.]]
56* A story arc in ''Fanfic/InvaderZimTheSeries'' (a fanfic adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'') involves a group of these, the leader of whom is named Sue, and murders Creator/JhonenVasquez [[DisproportionateRetribution for the cancellation of the original series,]] then becomes the girlfriend of [[AuthorAvatar Nick Grey]] (an admitted FixerSue) after [[RealLifeWritesThePlot his old girlfriend leaves him.]] During this, she also assists both Dib and Zim from behind the scenes, using her assistance to partly brainwash them into loving her to some extent. This leads to the two becoming vampires through having them eat something during the process of becoming vampires. Naturally, Zim and Dib become [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires that feed on Chinese food and corn, respectively, as well as taking on mutations related to what they feed on.]] After this, she reveals to Nick that her full name is RelationshipSue, a half-Irken, half-human with [[GodModeSue the power to draw an infinite amount of guns out of thin air]], and that she plans to enslave Zim so that the two can conquer the universe as king and queen. She then kills him. This ultimately leads to an epic battle between the Sues and [[EnemyMine Zim, Dib,]] Gaz, GIR, [[ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac Johnny C]], and [[EvilKnockoff White]], which concludes with Gaz [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill crushing Relationship Sue to death]] with [[CoolCar a monster truck.]]
57** And she still [[BackFromTheDead comes back]] later on, becoming a recurring villain onwards to the end of the story. In one chapter, Zim uses some of her DNA to create a date for the school dance, for some reason mixing it with Dib's DNA. Said date has huge "[[MostCommonSuperpower tracts of land]]", and it's pointed out that Zim is so enamored with her that he starts acting completely out of character to impress her. Then she becomes so obsessed with him that she tries to kill him to keep him, at which point Zim begs Gaz and White for help in dealing with her, which leads to her being killed by Gaz and flushed down a toilet.
58* In the ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' story ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6273725/1/Too_Perfect_to_be_True Too Perfect to Be True]]'', the canon characters plead with the audience to stop replacing their beloved Haruhi with Mary Sues.
59* ''Fanfic/NineMenAndALittleLady'' by Kielle neatly skewers ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' Sues.
60-->'''Galadriel's Journal\
61Lothlórien, February 15, 3019'''\
62Today the Fellowship moves on. A great evil passes from my domain, and a vast dank shadow lifts from the hearts of my people.\
63Oh, and the One Ring is leaving, too.
64* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3435160/1/The_Worst_Thing Perfectua Bellenina,]] star of a grotesquely exaggerated ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[StoryWithinAStory Suefic]] that the canon characters themselves are unlucky enough to stumble upon...
65%%* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5580734/1/Alucard_Meets_a_Mary_Sue Alucard Meets a Mary Sue]]''
66* A brief but delicious ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' Parody Sue fic, from the Crack Pairings thread at [[http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7748704#post7748704 the Giant in the Playground forums.]]
67* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5779981/1/The_spectacular_adventures_of_bMiz_b_bBid_b_and_bRig_b The spectacular adventures of Miz, Bid and Rig!]] Now with Zag! Parodied {{Relationship Sue}}s for everyone!
68* Danielle in ''Fanfic/TotalDramaChris''. She may be considered more of an AntiSue than a proper Parody Sue.
69* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5077152/4/Though_A_Bird_Cant_Fly_Doesnt_Mean_It_Never_Will Chapter 4]] of ''Fanfic/ThoughABirdCantFlyThatDoesntMeanItNeverWill'' (a ''Franchise/OnePiece'' AlternateUniverseFic in which Kuina survived her accident but was instead left blind) features Kitty Raven the Hunter, a {{Loony Fan}}girl of Captain Kuro whose exaggerated opinion of her own charm and skill leads to Kuro sending her on a fools' errand to take out Captain Morgan... and also leads to Kitty getting her ass handed to her by Kuina, who by this point has been developing into a DistaffCounterpart of Franchise/{{Zatoichi}}.
70* The ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fanfictions [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6664200/1/Gash ''Gash, or, There Once Was a Beautiful Young Pokémon Trainer Called Gash'']] and ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6667669/1/Kanto_Quest Kanto Quest]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1151627/Darkblade701 Darkblade701]] feature these characters.
71* [[{{Deconstruction}} Deconstructed]] in ''Webcomic/BeTheSeadwellerLowblood'' with Hakuba Dahaag. She's graceful and beautiful and mysterious and graceful and a [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Rainbow]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Drinker]], and was first introduced during a BigLippedAlligatorMoment. However, the other characters see fully well how [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant creepy]] and annoying her mannerisms are, despite not being too much different from some real {{Mary Sue}}s.
72* ''Fanfic/NeverLeaveFanfictionLyingAround'' features two Parody-Sues, Starr and Celeste. It uses the real characters reading the fiction the parody-sues are in as a framing device. Hilarity and pain ensue.
73* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6565945/14/Mary_Mary_Quite_Contrary Mary Mary? Quite Contrary!]]'' starts as an advice guide to avoid making a Mary Sue. Then in Chapter 14, it becomes an actual story featuring a rather blatant MarySue, who is even ''aware'' that she is a MarySue (named Christiana Sophia Maysalee Thomas). More recently, there's Dark, who is a parody of the kind of VillainSue commonly found in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' fanfiction.
74* The ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7762173/1/ Sapphire Eleanor Rose Suzette de Mont vs Canon]]'' has, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Sapphire Eleanor Rose Suzette de Mont.]] The prequel, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7351304/1/Ebony_Darkness_Dementia_Raven_Way_vs_Canon Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way vs Canon]]'' did this as well, parodying the hell out of ''Fanfic/MyImmortal''.
75* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5777260/1/Quiero_ser_una_Mary_Sue ¡Quiero ser una Mary Sue!]]'' (''I want to be a Mary Sue!'') is a ''Naruto'' Spanish fanfiction about a real world girl who is suddenly teleported into Naruto's world. As she has been reading a lot of fanfiction she thinks she can manage this new world and become a Sue pretty easy. She quickly sees she's wrong, HilarityEnsues. It also plays a lot with the Mary Sue traits as the main character aspiration. Sadly, it's incomplete and we don't know if the author is going to continue it. Really funny and sarcastic.
76* In one ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/12047/the-marvelous-adventures-of-pinkie-pie-crasherdude-awesome-vs-mooncloud-shadowdancer fanfiction,]] Pinkie Pie (whom the fanon holds is a FourthWallObserver) tries to alert her friends to the creation of two Type 1 Parody Sue ponies [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt at the same time.]] HilarityEnsues.
77* A oneshot fic in, of all things, ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' fandom (oh yes, there is one) parodies the in-fandom tendency towards Sues. The full name of the character in question? "Lilac Ellisia Veronica Dr. Sparkles Mars [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Willow]] [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Rosalie Isabella]] [[Theatre/{{Rent}} Mimi Maureen]] [[Series/TrueBlood Sookie]] [[Series/JerseyShore J-Woww]] Leprechaun Fairy [[Theatre/SpringAwakening Wendla]] [[Theatre/LesMiserables Cosette]] [[Theatre/SpringAwakening Ilse]] [[Series/{{Glee}} Faberry]] [[Film/MeanGirls Glenn Coco]] [[Music/{{Evanescence}} Amy Lee]] [[Literature/{{Wicked}} Galinda (with a GA)]] Lucy Zoomba Fonteeso Mario Lita Rogers [[Music/TaylorSwift T-Swizzie]] [[Literature/HarryPotter Hermione]] [[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Christine]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}} Bartok the Magnificent]] Streeper [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Cordelia]] Barbie [[Film/TheProducers Debris]] [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Meyer]] [[Fanfic/MyImmortal Way]]-Addams." She tries to seduce Wednesday, despite [[KissingCousins being her cousin]], later decides the latter's fiance Lucas is more appealing, and eventually is destroyed by the family's pet squid.
78* Author [=ShakespeareHemmingway=] has written a series of stories in which an over the top MartyStu comes to the aid of the British royal family, fights Nazis, and seduces the ladies. His name: ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}.
79* Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way from the infamous ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'' ''might'' be one (despite inspiring quite a few Parody Sues mentioned on this very page), but we may never know for sure.
80%%* ADMIRAL Awesome Yonasomun Armageddon from ''Fanfic/TwilightSparklesAwesomeAdventure''.
81* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/5768/1/The-Best-Most-Awesome-Radical-Character-EVER%21/ This fanfic]] gives us Raven Tw'light-Moon, who is the best at everything and everypony loves her the moment they see her...except Twilight, who is protected by her cynical personality. In the end its revealed that [[spoiler:she's an EldritchAbomination called a Mare E. Sue who grows stronger by carrying out the general MarySue role and her goal is to become strong enough to TakeOverTheWorld. Her one weakness is criticism, so Pinkie takes Twilight beyond the Fourth Wall to do an MST of the fanfic, criticizing and deconstructing every way in which Raven is a MarySue until [[VillainousBreakdown she finally loses it]], destroying her in the process. Unfortunately, a [[HereWeGoAgain Mare T. Stu shows up in the end.]]]]
82* The prototypical ''My Little Pony Mary'' Sue is a black-and-red alicorn with great magical powers. ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/42916/ The Saga of Dark Demon King Ravenblood Nightblade, Interior Design Alicorn]]'' features a super-powered black-and-red alicorn who is always distracted from the crisis at hand by his delusion that he is a master interior decorator, while his unremarkable gay lover solves the crisis.
83* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7483081/1/The-Life-and-Times-of-Firecat The Life and Times of Firecat]]'' drops a Parody Sue into the Franchise/GIJoe universe.
84* The ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'':
85** According to WordOfGod, [[GeneralRipper General-Admiral Makarov]] -- the BigBad of Shining Armor's side story -- is a parody of the VillainSue. It kind of shows in his full name (Supreme Marshal of the Imperial Armed Forces, General-Admiral Solomon Azure Raven Makarov) and some of [[CharmPerson his]] [[TheFightingNarcissist traits]], as well as his tendency to claim his back up plans were his plan on all along so he can act like he didn't really lose at all. [[spoiler:He turns out to be a RealityWarper and [[HumanoidAbomination Equineoid Abomination]] called the Shadow of Chernobull, which was created by Pandora (the Draconequi of Imagination) to be a creature of her realm that could retain its fantastic traits in the real world and [[SealedEvilInACan sealed away in her Box]] until a Hooviet experiment set it loose. The reason she imprisoned it in the first place because it turned into a BlackHoleSue and attempted to become the hero of ''every'' story in existence.]]
86** It turns out Makarov is not unique in the sense of being this: 'insertions' created by inexperienced Shadows Who Make are classic Mary Sues with similar abilities to Makarov and potentially devastating results for the universe. However, the difference is these insertions are often devoured near instantly upon entering the universe by the [[ClockRoaches Blank Wolf]], who swiftly erases whatever damage they caused, making it a MarySueHunter. Makarov shows what happens when such a creature is not swiftly annihilated by the Blank Wolf [[spoiler:and slipped through the cracks under being Pandora's creation and thus initially avoiding being found by the Wolf. Once it ''does'' find him it swiftly puts an end to him]]
87* The ''Harry Potter'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4107534/1/Stranger-than-Mary-Sue-Fiction Stranger than Mary Sue Fiction]]'' is a comedy story from the POV of Draco Malfoy with Blaise as his best friend in which he's haunted by the voice of a narrator, a la Stranger than fiction, but his narrator is a Mary Sue. It deconstructs some of the common traits of Harry Potter Sues, but without being an out and out parody.
88* ''Fanfic/{{Happy Endings|HarryPotter}}'' is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic that pits a newly resurrected Severus Snape against Andromeda Merlina Francesca Tiffany Morningstar Brighteyes, a Sue who undid many of the tragic events of books 6 and 7 to write her own happy ending.
89* ''[[http://monicagilbey-bieber.deviantart.com/art/My-Metal-Chapter-1-346243920 My Metal,]]'' a ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'' HeavyMetal parody by Creator/MonicaGilbeyBieber features a GaryStu named Rainblood [[Music/{{Mayhem}} Öystein]] Cross [[HeavyMetalUmlaut Vülture]] [[Music/TheAgonist White]].
90* ''Fanfic/TheHumanWhoseNameIsWrittenInThisFanfiction'' has [[GratuitousJapanese Yumi Toyota Nintendo Sushi-Fuji]], "A [[DarkAndTroubledPast Tragic]] [[OriginalCharacter OC]] who becomes a slut."
91* Electra[[note]] [[OverlyLongName Rozelyn Sakura Belladonna Tokasha Emiya Brunestud Tono Nanaya Einzbern]][[/note]] Pendragon, a recurring character in the MST series ''Fanfic/JakeEnglishsMysteriousTheaterOfScientificRomanceFromTheYear3000''. She's implied to be just a crazy girl whose deluded herself into thinking she's [[KidFromTheFuture the daughter of Saber and Gilgamesh from the future.]]
92** [[BreakoutCharacter She also appears in]] ''Fanfic/JusticeSocietyOfJapan'', where her goal is to save the future [[spoiler:by murdering the main characters]]. Note that her faults are played more for drama than for comedy.
93* In ''Fanfic/PerfectionIsOverrated'', the cast goes up against the [=SUEs=], a group of girls with powers similar to the Himes, who represent various MarySue archetypes and effects on the plot. In the former, Mariko Suou is a girl with the ability to make everyone fall in love with her immediately after meeting them. In the latter, Shizune's powers make those of everyone in the vicinity much weaker, about how Mary Sues are typically overpowered and overshadow the canon characters. The fic explores whether the [=SUEs=] can win against the Himes without PlotArmor. They ultimately don't, for a variety of reasons.
94* In ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheSomethingSomething'' the most perfect girl ever appears in Voldemort's lair offering him a shot at redemption. Voldemort is entranced by her pretty eyes... [[spoiler:the Sue ends up dead like all the other sues that keep showing up on Voldemort's doorstep but Voldemort kept her pretty eyes to play with.]]
95* In ''[[Fanfic/TheSueRules The Sue Rules]]'', a ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' fanfic, a Mary Sue was created to eliminate Scorpion with his own elements. The Mary Sue is basically poked at, and Kitana and Kung Lao set out to find her, only to have several Mary Sues fall for the latter, including [[Fanfic/MyImmortal Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way]].
96** It also teaches you (step by step) how to make a Mary Sue and how to obliterate canon with them.
97* The ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' fanfic ''[[http://kenyastarflight.deviantart.com/art/The-Recruitment-Office-88505767 The Recruitment Office]]'' features an assortment of Transformer fan characters (some author creations, others belonging to friends and used with permission) attempting to pass a rigorous test to determine if they're Mary Sues. All is going fairly well until a genuine over-the-top Sue, Titania Prime, waltzes in... and HilarityEnsues.
98* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic "Fanfic/FanficIsCrapsack" a Gary Stu makes a (very) brief appearance in Twilight Sparkle's library and attempts to seduce her. She [[spoiler:blasts him, sending his ''flaming severed head'' rocketing out of her upstairs window.]]
99* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/147105/my-little-opony-twilight-is-magic ''My Little OPony: Twilight Is Magic'']] is a story where Twilight Sparkle (the main protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'') is a perfect Mary Sue: she's flawless, she solves almost every problem by herself, everypony loves her, and she's a princess from the very beginning. (To add a little more conflict, Rarity [[RonTheDeathEater later turns out to be an evil vampire]] who steals her princesshood and brainwashes other ponies into obeying her, as well as making them think that Twilight isn't as pretty as Rarity.) While the writing is proper, the story reads as though the author used the Mary Sue Litmus Test as a checklist.
100* "Mister Black" in ''Fanfic/MakeAWish''. The Wizarding World sees him as a godlike immortal ChickMagnet super-wizard, when he's really Harry Potter using an illusion and an alias. Most of Mister Black's feats are thanks to coincidences, [[spoiler:a family of Seers providing him useful tools and advice]], and people misinterpreting Harry's words and deeds based on his previous "accomplishments". Then Harry finds out about Mister Black's new reputation and nearly exhausts himself trying to live up to it.
101* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10552246/1/Kindred-Spirits Kindred Spirits]]'', an [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] of ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'', features Amber Juniper, who has quite a few Mary Sue traits. [[SelfInsertFic Possesses the same first name as the author?]] Check. Has a team of powerful and exotic[[note]]all from Unova, in a fic set during the first movie[[/note]] Pokémon? Check. Has [[PsychicPowers some of Mew's abilities]]? Check. Befriends the protagonists immediately? Check. Contributes nothing to the story, but simply provides an excuse for the author to rewrite canon scenes (though with her receiving a single line every so often so the readers don't forget about her)? Check. Lasts longer in battle than anyone else? Check. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Literally does not have a father?]] Check. Her very presence causes [[BigBad Mewtwo]] to want to get to know her better? ''[[{{Shipping}} Check.]]'' ...But the reason for all of this is because Amber isn't actually an OC, but Amber Fuji, a [[OCStandIn minor character]] who dies in the first ten minutes of the movie (who never met the heroes in canon). She only uses Mew's powers once, to save her life when her clone body fails the way it does in canon, and forgets everything that she experienced while a clone, including the psychic powers. Her presence on New Island does make things change... for the worse, as Mewtwo's obsession with her causes him to throw everyone else in the dungeon while he tries to learn more about her, thereby deconstructing what usually happens with Sues who exist to redeem the villain.
102* ''Fanfic/ConsequencesOfUnoriginality'' is a ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony]]'' fanfic based upon the premise of someone being forced to be a Gary Stu--and then takes every single thing associated the Mary Sue concept and points out how [[FridgeHorror absolutely horrifying]] they would all be in-universe. And then he becomes a normal pony, but the rest of Equestria remembers their minds being twisted into loving him.
103* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/166930/say-it-aint-sue Say It Ain't Sue!]]'' is the story of Best pony, a pink alicorn who's friends with/related to all of the Mane Six, excellent at everything, and loved by all. Except... not. Everypony knows that she's a delusional fake who literally came into existence a short while ago, isn't connected to them in any way, and is utterly inept at practically anything she tries, despite being convinced of the opposite. She's treated with pity more than anything. [[spoiler:She ultimately realizes this and sets out to start a new life as a proper pony.]]
104* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12153293/1/Why-Everyone-Hates-Starshine-Perfection Why Everyone Hates Starshine Perfection,]]'' the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls Equestria Girls]] (minus Twilight) find a story starring one of these -- the titular Starshine Perfection. She's dressed in pink, white, and rainbow colors, she automatically befriends the girls (except Rarity, who got the RonTheDeathEater treatment) and they become little more than plot devices (minus Sunset, whose main personality trait is to [[SympatheticSue cry a lot]]), her half-pony form is an Alicorn, and she's dating [[WesternAnimation/Ben10 Ben Tennyson]], which isn't explained. Nobody likes her. ''Especially'' not Rarity.
105* Creator/SueMary, a TrollFic author, was originally conceived as a Parody Sue, featured in a ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic that is no longer available, named ''Oh Gosh No! Not Another Oh Gosh No! Story!''.
106* ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'' fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14735342 You Are My Sunshine]]'' features Nikkō Ichimonji, a YamatoNadeshiko {{Bishonen}} sword who has the saniwa falling in love with him at first sight and causes others to "willingly go OOC just for him without even knowing it until it was too late" (yes, that's a direct quote) by ''smiling''. Most of the plot entails Tsurumaru, Hasebe and Nansen teaming up to make him look bad. [[spoiler:Out of all the Sue traits he has, his [[IJustWantToBeNormal desire to be treated like a normal sword]] is ''not'' played for any laughs.]]
107* In the ''VideoGame/FusionFall'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7183781/1/Let-Me-Tell-You-Something Let Me Tell You Something,]]'' the B-plot centers around a group of three female (and one male) EFC troopers who steal Ben's hoverboard. Said troopers (named Moondove Glowwwyrm, Rose Raven, Ruthinia Bludrayne, and Ryuusetto Marumoto Akahito Fireant) all claim to be super close to Ben–said claims ranging from "best friend" to "we're getting married"–and that he gave them the hoverboard of his own free will. Much to Dexter's surprise and horror, once the four find out [[HighOnCatnip what state Ben's in at the moment]], sole male Fireant [[HoYay is the one who starts acting uber-sappy and concerned over his well-being]].
108* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3772583/1/A-Horrible-World-of-Plot-Holes-and-Spelling-Errors A Horrible World of Plot Holes and Spelling Errors]]'' has the Warner siblings deal with ''four'' different Sue variations: a fourth Warner sibling that appears out of nowhere, two Relationship Sues (one human, one of the same species as the Warners) who fight over Yakko, and a pedophile who can't understand ''why'' that's a bad thing. Of the four, the Relationship Sues are PlayedForLaughs the most, the sister Sue has [[RougeAnglesOfSatin the worst spelling]] and ends up being the most sympathetic, and the pedophile turns out to be the worst of the bunch when [[spoiler:he [[RapeAsDrama tries to rape Dot]], [[WrongGenreSavvy believing he's in a story where adults having sex with kids is perfectly acceptable]] -- fortunately, [[BigBrotherInstinct Yakko and Wakko]] intervene before he can do anything. Ultimately, that turns out to be the last straw for the siblings, who promptly threaten the author to get rid of the Sues. She complies, and the Sues end up getting crushed by [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 the Satellite of Love]].]]
109* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2149284 The Angelic Mary Sue,]]'' Castiel -- who is an angel not overly familiar with humanity -- concludes after doing some online research that if he makes himself into a "Mary Sue", he'll be able to win Dean's heart. This fails hilariously with his attempts to give himself CommonMarySueTraits like clumsiness, color-changing eyes, and great beauty only weirding Dean out with his bizarre behavior of suddenly tripping over things, wearing freaky-looking contact lenses, and putting on makeup. When Dean finally learns what Castiel has been trying to do, he tells Castiel that most people actually hate Mary Sues and Castiel doesn't need to try to change himself to get Dean to love him.
110* ''Fanfic/TheNumbershots'', a ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'' fanfic, has Marizu, first introduced in "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8567973/1/Numbershot-1-Who-s-Number-One Who's Number One?]]" Besides Marizu being a pun on "Mary sue," she is a character who believes that she's perfect in every way possible, and that she should get with Yuma, Ryoga, Kaito and Yamato, much to the main cast's chagrin. In the fanfic's tournament, she racks up countless victories in duels without taking any damage, off-screen, which finally comes to ahead when [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable she's defeated by Yuma in the finals]]. She has a mini-tantrum when Yuma manages to deal her damage on his first turn of the duel, and is left in a state of shock after losing. It is implied that her defeat has something to do with the author, Taylor Gorrell, making sure that she lost after she kept winning in a sueish manner.
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114* An example that defies classification: There was a German radio drama series with fanfictions parodying fairy tales. One was about the sufferings of an [[Creator/HansChristianAndersen ugly punkling]] ("punk" as in the music/life style). It ended with Kim Wilde crashing the scene, blinding the punkettes with her beauty and dragging him off to pop music ever after.
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118* [[http://tgdmb.com/viewtopic.php?p=76612 Teh most awesomist class EVAR!!1!]] Basically, ''[[Literature/InheritanceCycle Eragon]]'' as a ''D&D'' character.
119* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': [[Website/FourChan /tg/]] has come up with the Pretty Marines, a Chapter made up entirely of poetry-spouting {{Bishonen}}s, whose bolters fire rose petals.
120** See also, the ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' section under "Web Animation"
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124* ''[[http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=i8zvmcrfnwu4jhiu Mhairie Sioux Escrivain and the Dracula of Hogwarts]]'' is an InteractiveFiction game where you play as a [[PunnyName Mhairie Sioux]] in the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' world who's half-unicorn, has a faerie dragon as a pet, is so speshul that she becomes a member of ''all'' four Hogwarts houses at once, gets Harry and Draco to moon over her, ''and'' saves the entire school from Dracula by being so pure that drinking her blood causes the vampire to reform on the spot. In case you haven't figured out by now, this game is not meant to be taken seriously in the slightest.
125* From the ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' mod ''[[VideoGame/VSSky VS Sky]]'', Sky herself can count as this. Her design makes her a DistaffCounterpart to Boyfriend, minus her purple eyes. She is a reality warper who has a (unrequited) crush on Boyfriend and wants to be with him by any means necessary, despite the fact he already has a girlfriend (named, well, [[ADogNamedDog Girlfriend]]). She is also meant to be a parody of people who make MarySue-like OCs and ship them with canon characters.
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129* The flash cartoon ''[[http://lightning-duchess.deviantart.com/art/Most-Original-Sonic-Fanfic-Evr-78527287 Most Original Sonic Fanfic Evr]]'' features several of these.
130* The Silly Filly Studios cartoon [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljepXAaAmiw The Adventures of Donut Steel]] has one. Named Donut Steel.
131* ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'':
132** the Ultramarines are portrayed as overly polite and honorable and ''ludicrously effective'' at everything they do. Even so, the Emperor still thinks they are "a stupid fucking smurf village", and even their own Chapter Master is sick and tired of their perfectness. [[spoiler:It's been all but said that the Ultramarines are getting help from outside forces; whatever's going on, the Chapter Master knows and feels [[NervousWreck really guilty]].]]
133** Sly Marbo, an Imperial Guardsman and {{Franchise/Rambo}} {{expy}} becomes a maybe even bigger example of this trope than the ''Ultramarines'' in one of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCMNWAJiz5Y shorts]] he flies across space unshielded and singlehandedly frees a planet from the Dark Eldar in the most over-the-top manner - beating his enemies with their own ''subtitles''. Also, his only vocalization is the scream from the Dawn of War trailer.
134** Kaldor Draigo is a deconstruction of this trope. His canon incarnation has often been criticized for his IncorruptiblePurePureness that renders him capable of surviving the Warp for untold years. However, being trapped in the Warp for so long made Draigo turn completely [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} nuts]]. His combat prowess is just as ridiculous though, as he beats up a furious Daemon Primarch in a matter of ''milliseconds'' before anyone can notice. They two actually converge, in an odd manner: The Warp allows for ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve, and since Draigo is too fucking crazy to ever doubt his own prowess, and also believes he's as skilled as in canon, it becomes true.
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138* The page image comes from [[http://www.claremoseley.com/ensign-sue-must-die/ensign-sue-must-die-04/ the fourth comic]] of ''Webcomic/EnsignSueMustDie'', where Ensign Mary Amethyst Star [[Fanfic/MyImmortal Enoby]] Aiko [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Archer]] [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Picard]] [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Janeway]] Sue has been unleashed on the ''Film/StarTrek2009'' universe. But her life isn't all perfect; she suffers from a horrible case of [[ExpoSpeakGag Pedal Transient Paresthesia]].
139--> "[[spoiler:... ''Your foot's asleep?!'']]"
140** When the Crew want her dead, what do they do?? [[spoiler:[[RedShirt Easy. Give her a red uniform and beam her down on a mission.]] Unfortunately, they couldn't prevent the unleashing of many, MANY other Mary Sues across the myriad universes.]]
141** [[spoiler:In the final installment ''Ensign Cubed'', she undergoes CharacterDevelopment when she realizes how much harm she’s caused, and HeroicBSOD hits her ''[[MyGodWhatHaveIDone hard]]''. This provides the catalyst she needs to become a more well-rounded character, and she participates in the fight against her “mother”, even though she knows she’ll be erased because of it]].
142%%* The ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' SpriteComic ''Power Rings'' has the character [[http://www.wizard-alcove.net/comic/generic-the-hedgehog/ Generic The Hedgehog]].
143* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' has King Dedede draw a comic for [[http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comic/164-undernewmanagement/ #164]], turning himself into a [[HerCodenameWasMarySue fifty-foot-tall pro wrestling chick magnet with at least 18 abs that can shoot lasers out of his eyes, all while portraying Kirby as a fat slob who only cares about eating food and turning into "stupid things"]].
144* The ''Fire Emblem Online Comics'', a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin series of comics on a site called "Fire Emblem Online"]] used the Type 2 version. Half the cast of {{Author Avatar}}s attempted to put themselves across as flawless protagonists while the other half were {{Deadpan Snarker}}s who saw right through it and lampshaded how their greed, lust and laziness was condemning the entire planet. Which half was which depended largely on who was carrying the IdiotBall and who ''hadn't'' previously been reduced to LudicrousGibs by it.
145* A TakeThat comic at fan-made Sues in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' {{Verse}} written by one who calls himself [[http://web.archive.org/web/20130113015345/http://piratemonkeysinc.com/ms1.htm Pirate Monkeys Inc:]] it starts as Type 2 (and is, in fact, the Trope Image for ThirtySuePileup)-- then flips around to become Type 1 and shows us why, if she ''does'' succeed, she's still utterly revolting.
146--> "And order is restored to the Sue-niverse..."
147* ''Webcomic/DragonBallMultiverse'' gives us [[https://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-284.html a tournament contestant literally named Mary Sue.]] [[spoiler:She ends up as a mix of Type 1 and Type 2, as while her mere presence forces all the canon characters to fawn over her, the alternate Arale she's up against knocks her into orbit while she's waxing Sue-ish before the fight.]]
148* In one ''Manga/DeathNote'' fan [[http://kikirini.deviantart.com/art/Kira-Hates-Sues-58694863 comic,]] a Parody Sue claims to, among other things, [[InformedAbility have been kicked out of the Wammy House for being too smart]]. Light asks her for her name, which she gives him, [[TooDumbToLive while he's holding a pencil to the Death Note]].
149* Meimu as depicted in ''Webcomic/TouhouNekokayou'' (the original concept was a more straight example of a MarySue) is type 2 in her first appearance, although in her case she only ''thinks'' she's particularly powerful/special/interesting/etc. She was intentionally given a [[SuperpowerLottery signature ability]] which superficially resembled that of [[RealityWarper Yukari]] [[spoiler:(her mother)]], but which is considerably less useful or applicable.
150%%* Parodied with multiple characters in the ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' fancomic ''Webcomic/AlabasterTheDoomedSession''.
151%%** Ophiuchus The Great claims to be a rainbow drinker with three blood types and two hearts, who is also the "secret leader" of "The Main Twelve" (i.e. the canon trolls). In reality, he's an insane yellow-blooded hacker who's amazingly good at stalking people, but hilariously bad at figuring out what's actually going on.
152%%** Copycat is one of Ophiuchus' disciples, who dresses (and acts) like some sort of weird mish-mash of The Main Twelve.
153%%** Vamuin is an indigo-blooded surfer dude who's amazing at everything who [[OneHitKill has a game-breaking superpower]]. [[spoiler:He ends up screwing the entire session even worse than in canon by awakening all the Denizens at once, and ends up a BrokenAce.]]
154* From the ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' fandom in general, the [[http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?32843-The-Build-A-Mary-Sue-thread Build-A-Mary-Sue thread]] on the MSPA forums is dedicated to coming up with as over-the-top Suish characters as possible.
155* ''Webcomic/BiteMe'': The reveal of [[spoiler:[[http://www.bitemecomic.com/?p=571 Claire's backstory]] ]]probably makes her this.
156* ''Webcomic/{{Xkcd}}'': Gnome Ann from strip #1704. Take every quote with "no man" in them, replace "no man" with "Gnome Ann", and you get what Gnome Ann is like.
157-->"Time and tide wait for Gnome Ann."
158-->"The wicked flee when Gnome Ann pursueth."
159-->"Time ripens all things; Gnome Ann is born wise."
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163* The web-novella ''[[http://www.bymoonslight.com/ Under the Moons of Riadorf]]'' takes on the softest of soft SF to ludicrous effect. The authors' whole site follows the theme, complete with fake author biographies. There's also a [[http://www.bymoonslight.com/?page_id=16 Choose Your Own Adventure]] Sue.
164* ''JustForFun/TropeTan and the Stealer of the Spotlight'' is a deliberate attempt to invoke this and as many other bad [=fanfiction/other=] tropes as possible in half a page.
165* [[http://community.livejournal.com/warcraftsues/84050.html This]] ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' character.
166* A verbally epic example came up during the ''LetsPlay/FreelanceAstronauts'', a group of Let's Players during their run of ''F-Zero GX'''s story mode. Witness [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQlZgko5DCI the epic tale of Sephiroth Goku the Stampede.]]
167* [[http://raygirl.deviantart.com/art/Summer-the-MaRAY-Sue-192837505 Meet]] [[VideoGame/{{Rayman}} MaRAY-Sue]].
168* [[http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?37118 Trollslum Team Sparklegrub]] attempts a ThirtySuePileup with fancharacters of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' 's trolls. Mostly type 2, with some 3 thrown in for good measure.
169* [[http://marysueproblems.tumblr.com/ Mary Sue Problems]], a blog collecting the equivalent of FirstWorldProblems, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin but for Mary Sues]]. And sometimes [[http://marysueproblems.tumblr.com/tagged/mary-sue-author-problem the authors writing them]].
170* The main character of Sugoi Quest For Kokoro, a parody of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', is this. You can already tell when her name is Sakura Katana-chan, but she's also a pink-blooded princess who is 'very rich and also powerful.'
171* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXWBuoYc8SI If Hermione Were The Main Character In Harry Potter]]'' rewrites [[Franchise/HarryPotter the eponymous series]] into an AuthorFilibuster about the evils of sexism, which the wise, enlightened Hermione Granger saves all women from. ([[StrawFeminist Because only women suffer from sexism.]]) Everyone else's character arcs are erased or [[RonTheDeathEater warped]] to lionize her.
172-->"She'd given Neville the most important job, because good leadership is about good delegation."
173* The memetic character [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/coldsteel-the-hedgeheg Coldsteel the Hedgeheg]] is a parody of over-the-top [[DarkerAndEdgier edgy]] Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog characters.
174* SNT, the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' OC that inspired the name of all of Creator/ProjectSNT's accounts, was originally a straight Sue; she was a lab experiment made by Dr. Eggman, she had special powers (including copying Tails' flight methods), and she was in a love triangle with Sonic and Shadow (much to the ire of [[ClingyJealousGirl Amy]]). Her current incarnation fits this trope better, especially in ''SNT Forces'', which deconstructs the BlackHoleSue archetype by playing it for drama and reveals that she's an unconscious RealityWarper.
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180* He's a LoverNotAFighter, [[InvertedTrope but he's also a fighter]] so don't get any ideas. [[ManlyFacialHair His beard ]]alone has experienced more than a lesser man's body. [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking He once punched a magician in the face.]] That's right. You heard me. [[CulturedBadass He can speak French... in Russian]]. Alien abductors have asked him [[AnalProbing to probe them]]. [[SerialEscalation His blood smells like cologne]]. [[OverlyLongGag If he were to punch you in the face, you would have to fight off the strong urge to thank him]]. He is... Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld.
181--> I don't always drink beer. But when I do, I prefer Dos Equis.
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185* Nabeshin, the AuthorAvatar of director Creator/ShinichiWatanabe from ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', ''Anime/PuniPuniPoemi'', and ''Anime/NerimaDaikonBrothers'' who even has his own ongoing B-Plot in the former. [[QuirkyWork Not that these shows take themselves seriously anyway]]....
186* The eponymous character from ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' skirts this. He's fast, near-perfect in all regards, [[CluelessChickMagnet liked by almost every major female character]] who meets him ([[ChasteHero though he doesn't really understand how to return their love]]), but is counterbalanced by the fact that the universe [[TheChewToy loves to screw around with him]]. He also seems a little BookDumb, especially compared to a TeenGenius like Maria and Nagi.
187** Ditto Hinagiku Katsura, the 15-years-old StudentCouncilPresident and fencing expert, who's also fallen in love with the hero [[spoiler:and in later manga chapters, is revealed to have a home life and past that's almost as screwed up as Hayate]]'s. Some tropers have once remarked that Hina "has Mary Sue written all over her, in several languages, with glowy marker". Even her character description in the manga is extra-flowery compared to the other characters. She ''is'' [[EnsembleDarkHorse rather popular in the real world]], though, so...
188*** She gets an ending theme all to herself, too. Hinagiku is ''definitely'' a Parody Sue... And is loved because of it!
189* Punie from ''Anime/MagicalWitchPuniechan'' would most certainly be a normal MarySue under most circumstances: she's cute, strong, has magical powers, and everyone loves her. It's just that little bit about [[spoiler:being truly and disturbingly evil, complete with [[StepfordSmiler a Stepford smile]], to the point where even her adorable mascot Paya-tan is out to kill her.]]
190** [[spoiler:Then again, Paya-tan is a dick too, not to mention a Vietnam veteran and a Yakuza boss.]]
191* From ''Manga/DragonHalf'' comes Princess Vena, daughter to the king, with the obligatory tragic backstory, she's only half human, and gains NighInvulnerability because of that, she's a master black mage, with the ability to create golems and use powerful spells, She's the main heroine's romantic rival for Saucer, and she's pretty on top of that. She even has a ''freaking pair of servants who follow her around and sing her praises whenever she tells them''. She is even ''called'' "The Perfect Princess". However, her non-human half is ''slime'', and the only reason she doesn't look exactly like a slime is because she uses a [[VoluntaryShapeshifter polymorph spell]] to keep a human shape, and although she won't ''die'' from say, a sword in the chest, she'll turn back into a slime. She and her father hate each other, and this has been to their detriment in fighting Mink. Her [[JerkSue bitchy behavior]] is not excused, and she's pretty weak by the standards of the story, mostly being thought of as a nuisance. Saucer doesn't really care for her, and when she expositioned her tragic backstory, giving her some chance of being sympathetic, she immediately followed it up with "Surely for a super beautiful girl like me, burdened by a tragic past, Saucer is the right man!" Yeah.
192* Miko Shirogane/Shirogane Z from ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ'' is a ''VillainSue'' parody, being multi-talented in many areas and forms a plan that successfully humiliates the Powerpuff Girls. And she does this all in an over-the-top fashion.
193%%* Mr. Satan/Hercule kind of falls into the second type in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', especially as far as Earth's normal populace is concerned.
194* Medaka from ''Manga/MedakaBox''. As a freshman in high school, she becomes the StudentCouncilPresident with 98% of the vote... and single-handedly executes the duties of the entire student council, with some help from her childhood friend. She's absurdly rich, trained to near-''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' levels of martial arts (everyone else is pretty much normal), is a master of deductive reasoning, and that's just for starters. She's also ''completely'' out of touch with normal people: she once ran a tutoring session for an entire class that consisted of tips on how to make sure your handwriting was clear enough, because she couldn't conceive of actually getting a wrong answer that wasn't because of a handwriting mistake. (Things like this cause her childhood friend to remark, at one point, "She's so smart that she's come back around to stupid.")
195** The series actually exaggerates this -- being a Sue is ''a genuine superpower'' (called being an abnormal), and the school is part of a government program to artificially create Mary Sues. The way they test if someone's an Abnormal? They have them roll a cup of dice -- Abnormals get all 6s. When they have Medaka do it ''her dice make a tower on the table''. Medaka is so Sueish that ''she's more sueish than the sues''.
196** This continues to be played with as the series goes forward -- dealing with the "Minuses" takes up the biggest arc so far, which are God Mode '''AntiSue''' characters with psychotic (negative, or ''minus'') personality traits. (The standard MarySue characters are called "Pluses.") A later arc has two "Not Equal" characters show up, which are heavily insinuated to be so far beyond human mentalities that they're actually of EldritchAbomination level of psychosis and power -- the main one shown so far has been clocked at having over 13 '''quadrillion''' various superpowers (normal Abnormals get ''one''). Worse, they're MediumAware -- they're waiting out the main character and her TrueCompanions, as they'll graduate in a few years and thus not be there to stop their plans; they know to do this because they know they're in a ''Magazine/ShonenJump'' manga and the hero always wins in ''Magazine/ShonenJump'', even against impossible odds.
197** [[spoiler:Most of them lose their Sue-ish traits and powers after growing up, becoming (mostly) normal adults.]]
198* Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya has probably become the definitive deconstruction/parody of the GodModeSue in Anime. She's brilliant and gets top grades without having to study ([[DitzyGenius though also prone to doing stupid things]] regularly), she's [[InformedAttractiveness noted to be stunningly beautiful]], she's also in incredible physical shape (having in a short period of time been in, quickly excelling, and gotten bored with, every school athletic club, who are pining to have her back), and an entire organization exists with the sole purpose of keeping her happy and making sure that she never loses at anything ([[SoreLoser because they are afraid of her]]). She is also [[spoiler:a ''literal'' God Mode Sue.]] In fact, she only doesn't count as being a MarySue because she's [[spoiler:totally disillusioned with reality due to her childhood]] and faced with a completely unflappable DeadpanSnarker. There's also the fact that her [[spoiler:"literal" God Mode]] is a direct ''obstacle'' to one of her main goals -- to experience the supernatural; much of the series involves the others running around trying to [[LockedOutOfTheLoop keep her in the dark]]. Her presence also makes their lives of the club members, as well as many others, harder instead of better, with no actual upside. It also really complicates her relationship with Kyon. She'd probably be mortified if she knew that Kyon can effectively read her mind at times based on [[spoiler:what her reality warping powers do]].
199** Not to mention JerkSue. She only gets away with as much stuff as she does because no one wants to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
200** Though Kyon isn't afraid to call her out on it, even coming dangerously close to hitting her when she goes particularly over-the-line at one point.
201* The most powerful weapon in ''Manga/SoulEater'' is Excalibur, a sword that can turn any Meister into one of the greatest meisters of all time (a loser meister uses it to defeat three of the top students). He's also really [[JerkAss obnoxious]], has 1,000 provisions that a person must follow, [[YouFool calls everyone a fool]], and constantly talks about how awesome he is. The result is that no one can actually stand him enough to use him.
202* ''Manga/DFrag'' presents us Funabori, an adorable little tenth-grader who is also a good cook and housewife... who is [[ButtMonkey forced to bear with being the object of worship as well as the general insanity of her schoolmates]] (save Kenji, the only person who often repays her kindness).
203* A story arc of ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' focuses on Gintoki being replaced by a fellow named Kintoki Sakata, who's essentially him, but without any of his negative qualities (His natural perm being considered one of them), gold hair, and the black and white of his outfit being inverted. He turns out to be a robot who was created to be a substitute for him whenever he wasn't around, but he decided he'd rather take over his life completely by brainwashing everyone into thinking he was him with hypnotic radio waves (Save for [[RobotGirl Tama]] and [[CanisMajor Sadaharu]], who were immune due to not being human). Ultimately, it's recalling the flaws that Gintoki had that enables the rest of his friends to snap out of their hypnosis and help him put an end to the problem.
204* Mako Mankanshoku of ''Anime/KillLaKill'' has a lot of CommonMarySueTraits; a quirky, buxom every girl who always manages to defuse dangerous situations, is the first and only friend of the protagonist, is incredibly powerful, and has the odd friendship (later crush) and leniency of the ultra-strict disciplinary committee's chair. The parody? She's also a [[TheDitz clueless]] GenkiGirl who [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} seems totally out of touch with reality]] and generally comes off like more of a [[BunnyEarsLawyer bizarrely lucky idiot]] than TheAce.
205* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'':
206** Saitama, the protagonist, is a parody GodModeSue. The title is due to [[CurbStompBattle how long it takes him to finish a fight]] once it finally interests him enough to actually fight back, he's completely invulnerable to harm, all other heroes look like chumps next to him, and he does this all as a minor distraction from his actual job. He's also so powerful his hobby is [[NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction mind-bendingly boring]] and [[HumbleHero actively tries to evade the spotlight]] since he doesn't feel he deserves it concerning other heroes, who are actually risking their lives.
207** Saitama's friend and apprentice, Genos, approaches Parody Sue [[TheAce from the other direction]]. Genos, unlike his bald, average-looking [[HeterosexualLifePartners Heterosexual Life-Partner]], is a handsome and extremely cool-looking {{cyborg}} with a tendency to brood, a DarkAndTroubledPast, and a seemingly endless array of weapons he uses to catapult himself to the S-Class elite heroes almost immediately after he makes his debut. He's also a ButtMonkey who regularly gets his arms torn off due to his inexperience and recklessness, usually serving as TheComicallySerious [[TheWorfBarrage Worf Barrage]] to Saitama, who cut Genos off in the middle of his exposition about his past [[WallOfText due to its length]].
208** [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Garou]] is the latest addition to the series' array of Parody Sues, but is unique in that he's a Parody VillainSue...PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler:Like the "overpowered" kind of Villain Sue, he's a godlike, handsome martial artist known as the HeroKiller who seems to nearly invincible, toying with heroes who barely get near his JustForFun/SuperWeight, which increases every fight, and has a ruthlessly intelligent mind that he does not actually use for [[TheChessmaster scheming]] at all, only [[AwesomenessByAnalysis outwitting his opponents]]. Like the "sympathetic" kind, he has a regular TearJerker of a FreudianExcuse that justifies all the things he does under the ideology of being one side of the BalanceOfGoodAndEvil...[[NobleDemon because he really didn't do that many bad things to begin with]]. As Saitama [[WarriorTherapist forces him to realize]], the very reason he wants to be the Evil side is that he [[ZeroApprovalGambit desperately wants the Good side to rise and stop him]], [[WellIntentionedExtremist uniting humanity and stopping any other children from going what he went through]]. A desire that, as it turns out, makes his reputation as an overpowered villain somewhat fraudulent-he's genuinely powerful, but [[ThouShaltNotKill has racked up a (human) body count of precisely zero]], thus explaining why the heroes he fights somehow manage to always survive (he honestly wants them to live), and while he has killed members of the Monster Association, it wasn't to increase his VillainCred but to stop them from killing innocents. Ultimately, Garou is what would happen if a Villain Sue was actually as sympathetic as the writer wants the reader to think he is -- i.e., a hero in denial that he is a hero. This is ultimately solidified when he is empowered by [[EldritchAbomination "God"]] to become Cosmic Fear Garou, the only person that has ''ever'' beat Saitama, even to a draw...and in the process accidentally killed [[MoralityPet his friend Tareo]], which [[VillainousBSOD so horrifies him]] he teaches Saitama how to TimeTravel and screw over his past self [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong so Tareo is never in danger]].]]
209* The protagonist of ''Manga/HaventYouHeardImSakamoto'' is a guy who seems incapable of [[MundaneMadeAwesome doing things without stylish flair]], thus earning a reputation as TheAce among his classmates. Understandably, his unflappable nature causes other classmates to hate him and try to humiliate, only for him to trump them through being even more ridiculous.
210* ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'': Mari Makinami is possibly this as a TakeThat and {{Deconstruction}} toward a certain type of characters created by the fandom: a brave, cheerful and ''sane'' protagonist who helps the other Children in saving the day typicallly seen in Evangelion FixFic. However, the movies make sure to show us that, just being [[ThePollyanna a cheerful]] {{Determinator}} is not enough to turn the plot into the positive direction, and that a GenkiGirl who is a bit too... passionate in [[BloodKnight ripping apart Angels]] in the [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion NGE world]] can come across as very unrealistic and creepy. Even more, her DissonantSerenity can actually be interpreted as just another kind of mental instability like her fellow Children.
211* Reinhard van Astrea from ''Literature/ReZero''. He's unquestionably the greatest swordsman in the setting, and is blessed with a miriad of abilities such as super speed, a power boost for every time of day and weather effect, the ability to see in the dark or unhindered by fog, the ability to walk on clouds and water, the guarantee that all attacks will miss him, all magic damage is reduced to only 20% of its normal power, curses can't affect him, [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway he never mixes up salt and sugar]], everything he cooks will be delicious no matter what, any clothes he makes will look good, and so on. Not only is he no holds barred the strongest character in the series, as well as the most competent at virtually any other physical task, but the light novels make a point of letting you know how graceful he looks while he does everything as well. He's also explicitly referred to as being handsome in case anyone following the series happens to be blind. His only shortcoming is that he's not good at resolving social conflicts, but he's so gosh darn amicable that he doesn't have to deal with this often. The only thing that keeps him from breaking the story is that he doesn't show up in most arcs.
212* ''Manga/TheDisastrousLifeOfSaikiK'':
213** Teruhashi is a Sue on the surface -- she is so impossibly beautiful men can't help but stutter at her looks, so kind that she is seen as a saint, intelligent enough that schoolwork is no issue, and easily the most popular girl at school. However, when [[OnlySaneMan Saiki]] reads her thoughts, he learns that the whole persona is carefully fabricated; BeneathTheMask, she's fully aware of the many benefits she reaps from her perfect image and is [[SlaveToPR determined to maintain that image at all costs]]. When Saiki resists her charms, [[ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou she becomes obsessively fixated on him because of it]].
214** Saiki himself as well, of the Parody GodModeSue variety. Despite being the most powerful being in the world, he—like Saitama above—is completely depressed from the tedium and lack of challenge in his life, and while he has the love and admiration of many, he usually sees it as a bother more than anything.
215* Kobachi Osaragi of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar''. Originally introduced as Iino's [[RidiculouslyAverageGuy very plain friend]], it was later revealed that she's one of the most popular girls in her grade and has a steady stream of boyfriends without even trying. However, the joke is that unlike {{Stock Shoujo Heroine}}s who claim to be average but are attractive and social enough to get everyone in school to love them, Osaragi really is plain-looking, unremarkable in talent, and dresses frumpily, and her popularity is just as inexplicable to the characters in-universe as it is out of it.
216* ''Anime/OsomatsuSan'':
217** Godmatsu, from his self-titled episode. Made from the collective goodness of the sextuplets, he's kind, helps out his parents, and even gets a job to support the household. The brothers plot to kill him so [[TallPoppySyndrome he can't raise the low standards their parents have of them]] and force them to do something with their lives. [[spoiler:Luckily for them, their collective evil is an even bigger VillainSue and squishes him flat; too bad it's so huge [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever it's a threat to the rest of them all on its own.]]]]
218** F6, the sextuplets' {{Bishonen}} counterparts. They're [[IdolSinger literal]] {{School Idol}}s, excel in everything they do, regularly save the world, and equally share the affections of their crush Totoko. One of them is even actually Santa. They were also initially created as part of a larger parody setting to drum up interest in the anime itself, most episodes featuring them also play up how ridiculous they are, and one episode implied their "beloved by all" trait is so enforced that the narrator was scared witless into complying.
219* Catarina from ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom''. On the outside, she is a PuritySue who saves everyone from their inner demons, has a whole harem of rich, attractive men and women, and is called a saint for her kindness. While she does live up to her reputation and genuinely cares for everyone, she's also a dimwitted GenkiGirl who thinks that her harem consists of [[ObliviousToLove very good friends]]. For example, when accused of bullying, her friends defend her by saying that she's not just too nice, but too ''dumb'' to pull off the complicated StockShoujoBullyingTactics she was accused of.
220* Varhram from ''Literature/AvestaOfBlackAndWhite'' plays this for drama. Throughout the story he is portrayed as a typical GodModeSue and BlackHoleSue, someone [[TheAce who accomplished the most insane feats to perfection]] and [[LovedByAll who is endlessly popular and well liked]] to the point that anyone who doesn't is looked at with suspicion or even pity. [[spoiler:As the story progresses however it is made clear that this popularity is closer to some kind of madness, a CultOfPersonality centered entirely around Varhram like a blind religion fueled by pure zealotry. And when the man himself finally makes an appearance it is clear that his perfection have caused him to become detached from humanity, [[TheSociopath unable to see people as anything more than characters in a book with himself as the reader, free to do with them however he pleases]]. But underneath all these layers it is revealed that he has been chained by his own perfection, endlessly feeling forced to accomplish greater and more insane feats in order to [[SlaveToPR live up to the outlandish ideals everyone has of him]] just so that he can feel that he has a reason to exist. More than anything, he just wants to be as flawed as everyone else, [[LonelyAtTheTop tired of the loneliness his perfection has brought him]]]].
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224* ComicBook/SquirrelGirl is canonically the most powerful character in the Marvel Universe. The fact that her powers relate to ''talking to squirrels'' makes the parody aspects of this all the more obvious.
225* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' had the character of Elliot Boggs, a.k.a. the Magician, who was brought to Professor X after [[ItsAllMyFault accidentally killing his parents]] when his powers manifested, at which point he is promptly invited to join the X-Men, defeats the Blob in front of reporters causing the media to embrace the X-Men for the first time, starts dating Shadowcat, and even singlehandedly takes down a group of attackers that had already beaten the rest of the X-Men. Eventually it is revealed that he actually has [[RealityWarper vaguely-defined reality-altering powers]] that he'd been subconsciously using since they manifested to make all of this happen. Once he realizes that his powers are shaping the world and the [[MindRape people in it]] into what he wants, he fakes his own death while acting like a villain so that nobody would come after him or feel bad about his death. He vanishes after saying goodbye to Kitty, then wiping her memory of it, remarking that he'll be staying somewhere extremely remote until he can control his powers, like Antarctica. [[BlessedWithSuck Apparently omnipotence isn't so great]] when you [[PowerIncontinence can't control it]].
226* The Creator/DCComics universe has the legendary Rex the [[HeroicDog Wonder Dog]]. He's a decorated veteran [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica World War II experimental supersoldier]]. He's an investigative journalist. He can drive vehicles. He can speak every language that exists, has eternal youth, and has ill-defined magical powers. He once nuked a T. rex. He almost certainly knows more than Batman and Mr. Terrific combined. He's also a dog, who gained the ability to talk ''after'' he had already accomplished most of his impressive stuff.
227* DC also has Lobo, who is sometimes a Parody Sue by way of being an overpowered parody of hyper-masculine NinetiesAntiHero characters during their peak time period. His accomplishments includes getting kicked out of heaven and hell (becoming immortal), fighting toe-to-toe with Superman, genociding his entire race and Santa Claus too, and wadding up and eating an entire city that ticked him off. His sense of smell lets him track ''across space'', and he's genius with any science involved in making weapons. On the other hand, his powers run on RuleOfFunny mixed with UnstoppableRage, so sometimes he's chumped ''hard'' instead.
228* Henrietta Hunter in ''[[ComicBook/XForce X-Statix]]'', a world-renowned mutant pop star and philanthropist with a tragic past and a constantly-chipper demeanor, who due to her fame is instantly made leader of the team once she joins despite having absolutely no qualifications. She's so annoyingly-perfect that the other team members actively start ''trying'' to get her killed on missions.
229* ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'': Thunderclash, who is nice, sociable, well-read, polite and considerate, dashingly heroic, incredibly smart, AFatherToHisMen, and almost terminally selfless. In other words, everything Rodimus isn't (and both he and Getaway are [[GreenEyedMonster hilariously salty about it]]). At one point he delivers a monologue so heroic it physically harms some EmotionEater monsters. Even [[OnlyGoodPeopleMayPass the Matrix of Leadership]] likes him better than it does Optimus Prime, and even in ''ComicBook/TransformersLastBotStanding'', a comic set an incredibly long time after ''any'' Transformers continuity, the Visitors - who have been surviving on HumanResources for so long that half of them barely remember that there ''was'' a war, let alone what it was about or who led the sides - still remember who Thunderclash was. Comparisons to [[Series/RedDwarf Ace Rimmer]] by the fans came pretty quickly. This was also something of an oblique reference to his [[AllThereInTheManual old bio]], which gave him nothing but 9's and 10's in his stats and contained lines like "Commands the instant respect and loyalty of every Autobot" and "just his fearless presence on the battle field quells any Decepticon fightback."
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233* The infamous "His Code Name Was The Fox" arc in ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'', where Roger Fox wrote an abominable novel that cast himself as a generic TuxedoAndMartini superspy. You can read it starting [[https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2001/01/29 here]] (although the arc it's a part of starts earlier). Created [[HerCodeNameWasMarySue its own trope.]]
234** Another example is Andy's mother, who's so amazing that the ''New York Times'' said she was perfect and Martha Stewart has literally been begging her to share her recipes. The first storyline to feature her actually deals with the long-standing inferiority complex Andy developed from living in the shadow of such a perfect person, and they end up having a serious heart-to-heart that helps smooth things out (at least until a later plotline where Andy seemingly developed AesopAmnesia and those feelings of inferiority returned).
235* In ''ComicStrip/{{Curtis}}'', the main character's favorite comic book features "Supercaptaincoolman", a superhero who seems able to have every super-power in the book and is almost invincible. (Almost; bad guys in the comic often edge into VillainSue territory themselves.)
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239* Metroman from ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' is seen as a cocky, handsome, and powerful {{Expy}} of Franchise/{{Superman}}. Everyone in the world loves him and there are shrines for him pretty much everywhere. However, the subversion is that he believes that being a InvincibleHero is what's ''expected'' of him, and his true passion is to be a musician.
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243* ''Film/YouDontMessWithTheZohan'' has a main character who can do impossible wire-fu martial arts, feels absolutely zero pain, has a [[GagPenis massive budgie stuffed down his trousers]][[note]]that bulge is revealed about a third into the movie as not his penis, but just a veritable jungle of pubic hair. "The bush! It's like a cushion for them."[[/note]]. All this is played for laughs. Also, he is shown to be attracted mainly to (besides the main romantic interest) old and/or fat women, whom he very loudly bangs after giving them a haircut.
244* Didier, the French exchange student from ''Film/SonOfRambow'' is a sexy, young Johnny Depp-lookalike who is so cool that he has two [[UnwantedHarem unwanted harems,]] one of girls, and [[EvenTheGuysWantHim one of boys.]] Yet underneath his cool and bored exterior he is just another sweet and innocent pre-teen boy who wants to have fun and make believe with other children his age. It also becomes evident at the end of the film that he's not even remotely popular back home.
245* The title character of ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension''. Neurosurgeon, particle physicist, race car driver, multi-instrumental rock star and comic book hero -- he also saves the human race from an alien invasion effortlessly. And then there are all the ShroudedInMyth moments such as references to his former wife. All of this is very intentionally over-the-top and meant as comedy.
246** The character was originally not intended as so much of a parody, described as more of a renaissance man by the actor who played him.
247* The film ''Film/HerAlibi'' is an overlooked gem for parodying this concept. The main character writes almost nothing but books featuring his AuthorAvatar, and rewrites events in his life to fit this character, making him look like an over-the-top Film/JamesBond.
248* The French movie ''Film/LeMagnifique'', starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, uses a very similar concept: an unassertive book writer is famous for writing spy novels which look like Film/JamesBond parodies, where he appears as the main character, his overbearing boss as the main villain, the perky girl next door as a fellow spy and love interest, and so on.
249* In ''Film/AmericanDreamer'', a woman has a concussion and wakes up believing she's a character in her favorite pulp novels: a sort of over-the-top female Film/JamesBond.
250* ''Film/{{Rushmore}}'' begins with Max Fischer dreaming he's popular and can solve an unsolvable math problem.
251* ''Film/{{Pleasantville}}'' took a subtle jab at this. When the main characters, a brother and sister are [[TrappedInTVLand transported into]] a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional 1950s-era sitcom]] in which [[SugarBowl everything is (apparently) perfect]], the sister is forced to assume the role of the daughter in the fictional sitcom family, who is, of course, loved by everyone. The name of the character she is forced to become? ''Mary Sue''.
252** Furthermore, it was her who took the initiative in messing up the {{Sugarbowl}} {{Utopia}}, by introducing them to sex.
253* Secret agent Derek Flint of ''Film/OurManFlint'' is an over-the-top hyper-talented parody of James Bond.
254* Film/AustinPowers is, like Derek Flint, a Parody Sue of secret agents.
255* Similarly, Dr. Neil Connery (played by Sean Connery's brother) of ''Film/OperationDouble007''.
256* ''Film/RustlersRhapsody'', itself a parody of western films, features the protagonist Rex O'Houlihan, a heroic cowboy with impressive gunslinging skills and an absurd amount of GenreSavvy.
257%%* The eponymous ''Film/BlackDynamite'' is this for Blaxploitation heroes.
258* ''Film/TheOtherGuys'' has a type 2 example with two CowboyCop characters played by Creator/SamuelLJackson and Wrestling/TheRock. In universe, both are definitely in the JerkSue category, loved by all and chick magnets, routinely creating massive property damage, and huge jerks to the "little people" at the station. They [[DeathByCameo kill themselves]] early in the film in what is clearly a case of believing too strongly in their own hype/[[WrongGenreSavvy assuming too much that the world works the way it does in cop movies]].
259* [[MeaningfulName Gary]] from ''Film/TheMuppets2011''. He's basically your most cliched feel-good movie hero, but PlayedForLaughs. The fact that he's played by Creator/JasonSegel, the co-writer and executive producer, helps.
260** He also has a Parody Sue girlfriend named [[Creator/AmyAdams Mary]].
261* The Disney Channel made for TV movie ''Film/ReadItAndWeep'' had Iz, the wish-fulfillment MarySue from the main character's diary who seems to just be a Sue doing Sue things: winning the guy the author wants, humiliating expys of people the girl dislikes and so on. Then the diary gets published...and becomes a best seller with Iz coming to life in the author's mind to supposedly help her through he new-found fame. Only for the deconstruction to seriously set in, ''especially'' once people find out the diary's characters are based off actual other students when the author slips and calls the villain by her rival's name. Iz is then revealed to be self-centered, vain, and a total sociopath who doesn't care who gets hurt to get what she wants, and the author realizes that acting like a Sue in RealLife turns you into a total jerk and loses you all your friends.
262** Oh, and Iz also has superpowers for no reason other than to abuse people she dislikes. Also causing problems when people realize the book's characters are based off real people since, well, you're writing about "zapping" people just for being mean in a normal, high school way.
263* ''Film/BornToBeBad'' (1950) is, in essence, a Joan Fontaine movie for people who can't stand Joan Fontaine. The lead character's entire persona is based on making everyone around her ''think'' she is a sweet, perfect, butter-wouldn't-melt-in her mouth Mary Sue ... when in fact she is a cold-blooded, scheming, manipulative vixen.
264* Maureen in ''Film/RickiAndTheFlash'' is beautiful, kind, caring, makes the best food and characters can't say her name without mentioning how great she is. This is all because she's a {{Foil}} to Ricki, who wasn't there for her kids growing up. Part of the film puts her in comparison to Ricki as the perfect mother. Ironically a common Mary Sue trait is a beautiful singing voice, and Maureen ''doesn't'' sing in the film at all - despite being played by Broadway powerhouse Audra [=McDonald=].
265* Smolder Bravestone in ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle''. He's a famous AdventurerArchaeologist who has amazing strength and speed, looks like Creator/DwayneJohnson, and is listed as having ''no'' weaknesses unlike the other characters who all have at least one weakness. The parody part comes from him being a video game character "[[FreakyFridayFlip played]]" by Spencer who's a germophobic and socially awkward teenager in real life, which leads to this incredibly buff and tough-looking man cowering in fear from squirrels and repeatedly whining that he doesn't want to do the dangerous stuff the game expects him to.
266* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonoramongThieves'': Xenk is inhumanly perfect — a righteous and knowledgeable fighter whom everyone fawns over. Edgin, the snarky protagonist, is unwilling to take him seriously and tries repeatedly to undercut him, but Xenk never falls for it...making him seem even holier and the situation even more humorous.
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271* Creator/HPLovecraft, of all people, wrote a clever skewering (metaphorically speaking -- none of his {{Eldritch Abomination}}s appear in the story) of the PuritySue type called "Literature/SweetErmengarde".
272* ''Dearly Devoted Series/{{Dexter}}'' pulls this on a GodModeSue in typically vicious fashion. When a MadDoctor inflicts terrible revenge on one of his former Special Forces coworkers, the feds send in Agent Kyle Chutsky. He's an Adonis, physically fit, expert at most everything, swiftly gets into a SlapSlapKiss relationship with Dexter's sister Deborah, and has a personal history with the villain. So is our VillainProtagonist about to be pushed out of the book? Not quite. [[spoiler:Remember that personal history? The mad doctor grabs Chutsky, and by the time Dexter finds him he's lost two of his limbs and ''all'' of his composure.]]
273* Donald Ogden Stewart's short story "How Love Came to General Grant", a parody of novelist Harold Bell Wright, establishes in this paragraph the purely pure pureness of Miss Ella Flowers:
274-->A hush fell on the crowd as they caught sight of her face -- a hush of silent tribute to the clear sweet womanhood of that pure countenance. A young man on the edge of the crowd who was on the verge of becoming a drunkard burst into tears and walked rapidly away to join the nearest church. A [=pr-st---te=], who had been plying her nefarious trade on the avenue, sank to her knees to pray for strength to go back to her aged parents on the farm. Another young man, catching sight of Ella's pure face, vowed to write home to his old mother and send her the money he had been expending in the city on drinks and dissipation.
275* The character Donna Inez in Creator/LordByron's NarrativePoem ''Don Juan'' may well be an early example. The LemonyNarrator spends many verses praising her beauty and accomplishments in an overblown manner, describing her as so morally perfect that "her guardian angel had given up his garrison". She is also an InsufferableGenius and has absurdly high moral standards.
276* Jerzy Kosinski's ''Literature/BeingThere'' has most everyone becoming fascinated by and even in awe of Chauncey Gardiner, a brilliant-yet-humble socio-political thinker who brings hope and clarity to a complex world with his simple sayings, looks described as a cross between Cary Grant and Ted Kennedy's, and elegant manners. No one can dig up a single bad thing about his past; he's a man with nothing to hide...of course, the audience knows that his real name is [[SeeminglyProfoundFool Chance the Gardener]], who is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, mentally challenged, was isolated from the world until middle-age, picked up what little he knew of it from TV, and happens to look like someone intelligent because of his nice clothes and manners. The poor guy is passive by nature and while he's a good person at heart, the things the other characters love about him are all based on their preconceptions and misinterpretations of what he says and does, which he is virtually incapable of correcting due to his mental shortcomings.
277* Major —— de Coverley from ''Literature/CatchTwentyTwo'' does almost nothing at the Air Force squadron but play horseshoes and rent apartments, and his few lines of dialogue paint him as very simple-minded, but everyone in the book holds him in godlike reverence. In a novel full of {{Deadpan Snarker}}s, no one dares turn a bit of snark his way; in fact, they're all so terrified of him that no one's ever even asked his first name; that's why he's Major —— de Coverley.
278* Aliera in the ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'' series has been seen by fans as one of these. While she has several Sue-ish traits, being a strikingly beautiful ActionGirl, but she is very far from being a Sue, instead presented as a hot head with morally questionable beliefs (admittedly this is her House's [[PlanetOfHats hat]]).
279* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'''s Captain Carrot. (Presumably) Royal blood? Relentless charisma? Godlike physique? Check, Check and {{Squee}}eeeeeeeee!!!!!! It can be said that Carrot would have been a blatant Mary Sue character, were he not a gentle parody of the "Action hero" archetype.
280** Carrot's Sue-ness is more apparent in his reality-bending powers than in any superficial trait. He has the inexplicable ability to turn bad people -- or at least, ordinary people in bad moments -- into ''good'' people, because he believes so earnestly that all people ''are'' good at heart that nobody can bear to disappoint him. People are aware of this reality-warping ability, and it's commented on several times in the text, but somehow it still keeps on working. It's temporary, though; enough to quell a riot but not to so enthrall that underlying conflicts won't reappear unless Vimes and others remove the cause.
281** Indeed in one book it's implied had Vimes not left to address the problem at its source the entire watch, Carrot included, would have died in the rising turmoil.
282** Laddie from ''Moving Pictures'' is a Parody '''Dog''' Sue. Gorgeous, athletic, iconogenic, instantly admired and trusted by any humanoid he meets... and a brain the size of a flea.
283* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'': The protagonist's sister in "I'm Not Scared Of You!" is so annoyingly perfect at everything (and loves to rub it into the protagonist's nose, willingly and unwillingly) that the poor kid decides to try to toss a swamp monster at her out of sheer desperation. [[spoiler:It doesn't works -- she manages to nag it to ([[OnlyMostlyDead apparent]]) death and becomes a national hero, leaving the kid and his friend to [[BolivianArmyEnding be apparently attacked by the revived monster]] while she goes take a call by the President.]]
284* Creator/StanislawLem's Ijon Tichy character, hero of ''Literature/TheStarDiaries'', strays into Parody Sue territory at times; typically with sharply satirical results.
285* Captain Benjamin Avery, square-jawed hero of ''Literature/ThePyrates'', MasterSwordsman, CunningLinguist, ChickMagnet and CelibateHero, is one of the most blatant -- and enjoyable -- in history.
286-->In short, Captain Avery was the young Creator/ErrolFlynn, only more so, with a dash of Power and Redford thrown in; the answer to a maiden's prayer, and between ourselves, rather a pain in the neck.
287* James Meyer in the ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' novel ''Border Princes'' by Creator/DanAbnett. He's Torchwood's best agent, the team's banter and social life all revolves around him, and Gwen dumps Rhys for him. It turns out that he's a ''victim'' of his own RealityWarper powers; he can't ''help'' changing the world into the one he wants, and the realization this ''isn't'' the way things should be terrifies him.
288* In Creator/JaneAusten's ''Literature/LoveAndFreindship'' (sic), Laura. Also Sophia, Edward, and Augustus. Perhaps the UrExample.
289* Two examples occur in the ''Literature/DearDumbDiary'' series:
290** The first is main character Angeline, who is constantly described as TheAce: she's pretty, smart, the most popular girl in school, and gets a lot of (metaphorical) screen time. However, she comes to resent being treated as a goddess, and just wants to be a normal kid. It's also clear that much of her focus comes from protagonist Jamie's [[SitcomArchnemesis obsessive hatred]] of her perfection.
291** The sixth book in the series also gives us Colette, a temporary student who manages to upstage Angeline in popularity, which Jamie enjoys. Then we find out that [[spoiler:she's nowhere ''near'' as popular at her regular school, thanks to an embarrassing incident [[ChekhovsGag that Jamie had heard about earlier]]. She's also the reason the exchange happened in the first place: desperate for a fresh start, she hit her school with a powerful stink bomb that lead to it having to get fumigated, sending her to Jamie's school for that time period.]]
292* ''Brooding YA Hero'' has Broody [=McHottiepants=] (that's his actual name, not a mocking nickname), a parody of the TroubledButCute bad boy characters prevalent in young adult fiction. He's so gorgeous that his looks are constantly described in the [[PurpleProse purple prosiest]] of terms, he has [[DarkAndTroubledPast a past so mysterious and dark]] that it requires hundreds of pages of build-up to properly convey, and he [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys effortlessly charms]] every YA heroine he comes across even when he's being a total jerk. All of this has the natural consequences/drawbacks of him having an ego the size of Asia and being unable to comprehend that other characters, like his TokenBlackFriend who exists only to be his funny sidekick or his ex-girlfriend who's tired of never getting to be anything other than "[[AlphaBitch bitchy ex]] who always loses the guy to the NotLikeOtherGirls heroine", resent [[BlackHoleSue how their entire lives revolve around him]] and how his sheer popularity with YA authors and readers mean that more diverse characters like them rarely ever get to be the stars of their own stories.
293* The aptly-named Mr. Perfect from the ''Literature/MrMen'' books, who lives up to his name and plans his own birthday party perfectly, including bringing out a huge platter of cupcakes for every guest except Mr. Greedy, as this was for the inevitable event that he completely eats the big cake. At the end, the only thing that Mr. Uppity can nitpick about him is that because he doesn't have any flaws to nitpick about.
294* The 1980s satirical magazine ''[[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaahting Yaahting]]'' featured an article supposedly by the glamorous couple Lint and Berry Nurdee, who can accomplish any shipboard task with ease, spend their lives sailing the world between exotic ports, and helpfully offer their advice and assistance to other cruising sailors. From the reactions of the other characters, however, it’s clear the Nurdees are really just insufferable narcissists who annoy everyone else with their insistence that they are “perfect” and that much of their “help” is unwanted and irritating.
295* On the outside, Catarina Claes of ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' is a PuritySue who saves everyone from their inner demons, has a whole harem of rich, attractive men and women, and is called a saint for her kindness. While she does live up to her reputation and genuinely cares for everyone, she's also a dimwitted GenkiGirl who thinks that her harem consists of [[ObliviousToLove very good friends]]. For example, when accused of bullying, her friends defend her by saying that she's not the type; not only is she too nice, she's not bright enough to pull off the complicated StockShoujoBullyingTactics she was accused of.
296* Luo Binghe from ''[[Literature/TheScumVillainsSelfSavingSystemRenZhaFanpaiZijiuXitong The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System]]'' was written as an over-the-top male power fantasy self-insert in the webnovel series ''Proud Immortal Demon Way'': he's an extraordinarily handsome and charming half-demon lord who's so absurdly overpowered that he effortlessly defeats the toughest of foes, conquers all three realms, and amasses a harem of ''hundreds'' of women. Virtually everyone he meets either falls in love with him or bends over backwards to help him even when there's no logical reason they should want to do so -- and anyone who ever hurt him (or even just gets in his way on his path to power) is invariably destined to become [[{{Mooks}} cannon]] [[RedShirt fodder]]. After Shen Yuan transmigrates into the webnovel as his shizun Shen Qingqiu, though, it becomes clear that Luo Binghe also suffers from deep-seated abandonment issues and insecurities about his half-demon heritage. Additionally, as Shen Qingqiu's [[OutOfCharacter OOC]] actions soon result in him [[ObliviousToLove unknowingly becoming the sole target of Luo Binghe's affections]], the otherwise-OP protagonist is no longer able to effortlessly get what he truly wants -- neither a harem nor world conquest, but simply [[IJustWantToBeLoved his shizun's love]].
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300* Momoi Taro from ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' may be one. He has has been able to do anything perfectly since he was a child, but being better than everyone else has caused people to dislike him to the point that all of his neighbors moved away to get away from him when he was a child. He also CannotTellALie, which results in BrutalHonesty and him always losing when he plays Rock Paper Scissors because his opponents can just ask him what move he will throw. He also is way more powerful and skilled at fighting than the rest of the Donbrothers and somehow is able to SummonBackupDancers for his BigEntrance when he transforms.
301* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'':
302** Brilliantly done in the episode "The Show Where Diane Comes Back", in which Diane's play ''Rhapsody and Requiem'' is a thinly veiled reproduction of ''Series/{{Cheers}}'', with "Mary Ann" as the AuthorAvatar. ''Everyone'' loves her in the bar (even delivering an ode to her), which drives Frasier nuts, particularly since everyone also downplays the time that "Mary Ann" abandoned her fiance at the altar -- which, since Frasier was the fiancé who got stiffed in real life, he has some alternative perspectives and objections towards. When the actor "Franklin" openly asks why his character would forgive Mary Ann so easily for leaving him at the altar, it causes Frasier to explode in a famous speech:
303--->'''Frasier:''' What you are feeling is that this woman has reached into your chest, plucked out your heart, and thrown it to her hellhounds for a chew toy! And it's not the last time either! Because that's what this woman is! She is the Devil! There's no use running away from her, because no matter how far you go, no matter how many years you let pass, you will never be completely out of reach of those bony fingers! So drink hearty, Franklin, and laugh! Because you have made a pact with Beelzebub! '''''And her name is Mary Anne!'''''
304** One-time character Dr. Clint Webber, from the episode "The Perfect Guy," is another great example. He's outrageously good-looking [[EvenTheGuysWantHim to the point where even Martin is taken aback]]; he's an [[{{UsefulNotes/Oxbridge}} Oxford-certified MD]] with a Master's Degree in French history; he put himself through college working as a sous chef, [[SupremeChef meaning he's an excellent cook]] (even creating a mixed drink that Niles praises as "Heaven in a glass"); he's a polyglot who speaks at least English, French, and Mandarin; he's the godson of world-famous opera tenor Jose Carreras; he's a chess expert [[InstantExpert despite never having played the game himself]]; and he's [[TheCharmer an overall charming fellow of whom people just can't seem to get enough]] (in-universe, anyway; real-life viewers tend to see him as [[InsufferableGenius an annoying know-it-all budinski]].) After slowly giving in to envy after a series of increasingly unlikely upstagings, Frasier is gleeful to discover that Webber [[DreadfulMusician is a terrible singer]].
305* Appears in the 4th season ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "Superstar", similar to the ''Futurama'' example. Loser Jonathan uses a reality-altering spell to make himself everyone's [[TheMinnesotaFats Minnesota Fats]] -- he fights better than Buffy, beats Giles at chess, advises the Initiative, plays basketball, fronts a band, and starred in ''Film/TheMatrix''. Unfortunately, [[EquivalentExchange the spell also conjures an ugly monster terrorizing the populace]]; destroying it would end the spell.
306* In ''Series/GarthMarenghisDarkplace'' Garth casts himself as Rick Dagless, MD, described by his priest as "the most sensitive man I know, and I know God."
307* The various incarnations of Flasheart in ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' are essentially over-the-top parodies of a heroic arcetype from the time they are in, and are each incredibly handsome, skilled, charismatic and beloved by everyone except Blackadder himself.
308* One episode of ''Series/MyWifeAndKids'' has Creator/BettyWhite guest-star as a Film/MaryPoppins-like housekeeper who can do anything perfectly, and in doing so elicits an awed "... Wow..." from everyone around her...except for wife Jay, who feels put out by the attention she's getting. At the end of the episode, the Kyles' neighbor runs into the house, saying that he just saw her flying through the sky with an umbrella, garnering one final "...Wow..."
309* Tek Jansen, hero of Creator/StephenColbert's (fictional) novel ''Stephen Colbert's Alpha Squad 7: Lady Nocturne: A Tek Jansen Adventure'', and the related comics and animated adventures that have been seen. He is super awesome spectacular ultra-spy who has obviously had hundreds of girlfriends, and the fact that he physically resembles and is voiced by Colbert is [[BlatantLies surely a matter of coincidence]].
310* Series/{{Monk}} seems to have envisioned himself as one of these as a child as an insert to his favorite show. It's actually incredibly disturbing.
311* On an episode of ''Series/YesDear'', Jimmy (Mike O'Malley) was a contestant on, and within days became the most popular member of the household, prompting everyone (except poor Ashley) to use him as a decoy to get Ashley eliminated in the first ceremony (using something of a BatmanGambit, no less). Jimmy ended up disqualified when Greg snuck onto the set to try and warn him of treachery from the others (though it turned out that it was just part of the gambit, the revelation footage not having been televised on the episode they were watching).
312* After watching "The Antwon Walker Story", Creator/DaveChappelle wrote "The Dave Chappelle Story". He is portrayed as being born with a huge penis, is on first name basis with Creator/RichardPryor and Creator/EddieMurphy and had had sex with Music/JanetJackson, Music/JenniferLopez, some of the girls from the [[Music/{{Jay Z}} "Big Pimpin'"]] video, and Creator/HalleBerry. But he always kept it real.
313-->Did I tell you sell drugs? No! Hov' did that. so hopefully you won't have to go through that.
314* ''Series/TheRedGreenShow'' had, in the later seasons, a segment featuring Ranger Gord's 'Educational Films', featuring him as almost everything the real Gord isn't. (Well, Gord and the cartoon-Gord are both male Canadian forest rangers.)
315* Jool in ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' possibly. Hot young student who accidentally finds herself dumped on the existing cast? Check. KaleidoscopeHair? Check. [[MakeMeWannaShout Remarkable voice]]? Check. Hot Topic Goth [[OfCorsetsSexy dress]] [[HellBentForLeather sense]]? Check. The crew, however, spectacularly fail to fall in love with her, or even give the faintest crap about her for quite a while. Unfortunately the writers overdid it and made her a full-blown Scrappy to many of the audience.
316* Dr. Angela Hunter on ''Series/GreenWing''. She's stunning, brilliant, great at her job, (almost) everyone loves her, she's one of the few competent people at the hospital and seemingly kind and generous. In actuality she's very bitchy and just fakes a lot of her kindness to get ahead. To top it off she becomes the star of a documentary that comes to film at the office and manages to leave with a great acting job. And then she gets murdered by a moose.
317* Jason on ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'' is probably meant to be a parody. He plays baseball, is on the debate team, spends his free time wheeling around his disabled brother, and has daddy issues.
318* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' features a character, Jim Sterling, about whom the writers had a rule. That rule was "Jim Sterling ''doesn't lose!''" What makes this a parody? Jim Sterling is the main character's rival.
319%%* The title protagonist in ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose''.
320* The ''{{Series/Torchwood}}'' episode ''Adam'' opens with what very well might be a bad SelfInsertFic. The Torchwood team suddenly has a new member, the titular Adam, whom everybody remembers having always been there, and whom everyone adores. Additionally, everyone is acting very OutOfCharacter. It quickly becomes clear that all is not as it seems when Gwen arrives and doesn't remember Adam... until he touches her arm and psychically inserts FakeMemories of himself. Three guesses as to who the MonsterOfTheWeek turns out to be.
321* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'':
322** Tahani's sister, Kamilah. Her name is Arabic for "perfect" for a reason. She is the youngest person to graduate from Oxford, an awarded and world class painter, activist, iconoclast, Olympic archer (who got gold), BAFTA award winning documentary maker for the documentary she made on her Grammy award-winning album, person voted "Most likely to be Banksy", and so unbelievably desirable that at least two [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer women]] profess their undying love to her during their first meeting with her before she even utters a single word to them. And that's not even getting on the fact that she became the youngest person to ever get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, because the critics were so impressed by her album that they decided to add it to the hall only six months after it was released and ignore the mandatory 25 years. No wonder Tahani [[SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome developed such an inferiority complex]] from [[TheUnfavorite constantly living in her shadow]] despite being very successful herself.
323** Everyone in [[{{Heaven}} The Good Place]] is absurdly kind and selfless, to the point that nearly everything that comes out of their mouths is some beautiful, successful humanitarian act. Eleanor is justifiably freaked out by this. [[spoiler:It is also intentional, as they aren't really in the good place. They are really in the bad place and the pefect community is designed to torture them. When they enter the real good place, this is [[CrapsaccharineWorld not the case]].]]
324* The appropriately named Cousin Susie in ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''. She's a living saint who helps the poor, heals the sick and inspires CharacterDevelopment. Zelda says of her "she can make anyone feel inadequate", and she likewise spends the whole episode trying to invent a machine that will solve a major problem - all so Susie will be proud of her. She's also there to teach Sabrina AnAesop about how true beauty is on the inside.
325* One ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch is a fake trailer for a movie called ''The Group Hopper'', a parody of movies like ''Film/TheMazeRunner2014'' and ''Film/TheHungerGames''. The main character is an ordinary boy refuses to conform to a category, instantly gets the girl because of this, has a powerful ancient weapon called a "zoomerang", draws parallels to God ("I'm a virgin pregnant with your baby!"), and is outright stated to be TheChosenOne. Also, his name is "[[PunnyName The]][[MeaningfulName hero]]", which he says is tattooed on his back; [[DontExplainTheJoke it actually reads]] "TheHero".
326* The ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' episode "[[Recap/CastleS7E17HongKongHustle Hong Kong Hustle]]" has Beckett get jealous of a Hong Kong police captain involved in their case (she was friends with the BodyOfTheWeek). She outranks Beckett (who is [[LimitedAdvancementOpportunities stalled at detective first grade]]), is the leader of an organized crime task force and also works with INTERPOL and the Hague, is married to an action movie star and has two gorgeous kids, she's got everything! [[spoiler:Actually, she's MarriedToTheJob and is separated from her husband and never there for her kids, and went to investigate her old friend's death hoping to get ''one'' thing in her personal life to go right.]]
327* ''Series/BlackMirror'''s "[[Recap/BlackMirrorUSSCallister USS Callister]]" plays it for horror with programmer Robert Daly's "Captain Daly" persona, which he plays in his GameMod for his {{Cyberspace}} game, ''Infinity'', based on his favorite TV show, ''Space Fleet'' (it even works as a bit of a ShoutOut to the original Mary Sue, seeing how ''Space Fleet'' is an obvious stand-in for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''). In the game, Captain Daly is an archetypal overpowered, idealized SelfInsert, who is at first seemingly beloved and respected by his crew, who constantly extols his great skills and intelligence, until it is revealed that [[spoiler:all the other characters in the game are sapient [=AIs=] based on Robert's real co-workers, and he is essentially using the game to enact petty revenge for mostly imagined slights against him in his everyday life. Also, the crew don't really respect or love Captain Daly, or even care all for the space adventures he drags them along on, but are just playing along and kissing up to him because they are deeply afraid of him, as he has god-like powers (he is the programmer of the game after all), which he often uses to frighten or even torture them into playing along with him if they just step slightly out of line]].
328* Patana in ''Series/TreintaYUnMinutos'' was introduced as this, she was a better reporter than the rest of the cast, everyone but Tulio liked her immediately and noticed how much better she was than him, in her first field work she got to interview a robber in the middle of the crime and he stopped just to answer her questions even when he got caught both by the owner and the police and everyone stopped to have a meal and be part of her interview, at the end of the episode she even became a cast member in a real life news show all while being arguably still a teen. Why? [[SadistShow Just to to humiliate Tulio further]].
329** Beautifuly subverted later in the series when even when she's [[OnlySaneMan completely right among the cast]] no one will take her seriously or even consider her opinion sometimes [[SadistShow solely on the basis that she's a woman]]. Why? [[RuleOfFunny Because is fun]]
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333* The Music/AliceCooper song "You're a Movie" is about an overconfident soldier who embodies this trope.
334-->''Bullets repel off my medals\
335And my men are in awe when I speak\
336All chaos my strategy settles\
337My mere presence gives strength to the weak\
338For me it seems really alarming\
339I'm really just only a man\
340With five million sheep in this army\
341I seem to be the only one fit to command''
342* The [[Franchise/HarryPotter wizard rock]] band House of Black made a song called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3RWk34GYZQ "Mary Sue"]] poking fun at, well, Mary Sues.
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346* ''Podcast/WoodenOvercoats'' has Eric Chapman. Impossibly handsome, charms the pants off of everyone he meets, a total ChickMagnet, impeccably polite and kind to everyone, and so perfect, he somehow manages to bring ''literal sunshine'' everywhere he goes. Save for our protagonists, everyone in town loves him, and on the rare occasion something actually goes wrong for him, it usually turns out to be for the best. He also has an [[ExpansionPackPast ever-growing]] DarkAndTroubledPast that has allowed him to become ridicuously skilled at ''everything''. All this makes him a perfect {{foil}} to our hero, the cantakerous, universally disliked DoomMagnet Rudyard Funn, who hates Eric's guts.
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350* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'' parodies the VillainSue of its previous series, Caine, with Vampire-As-Jesus Longinus and Vampire-As-Creator/LRonHubbard Dracula. Both are mythic founders of magically inclined covenants, both are dead convinced they are the Best Vampires Ever and both are hilariously deluded as to the universality of their creations. Caine would swat both of them with a pinkie toe, but their advantage is that Caine doesn't exist in this scenario.
351** That doesn't stop the Lancea Sanctum from INVENTING the Cainite Heresy in the Camarilla Fan Club supplements, just to add a level of meta on top that nobody seems to really be "getting".
352** Dracula's "Rites of the Dragon" is a supplement prop book specifically designed to parody "The Book of Nod".
353*** And let's not forget the [[ComicBook/ChickTracts Jack Chick parody Bible tract]] in the Daeva clanbook...
354*** White Wolf released a "new translation" of ''The Testament of Longinus'' on PDF, which reads like other holy scriptures if the narrator (of the first part) were a raving egomaniac. Including repetitions, contradictions, and historical inaccuracies... and translator notes which argue with each other about the significance and authorship of various verses. It's a hoot.
355* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', as usual, has a handful of everything.
356** ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' has Reigar -- a whole race of near-immortal beautiful {{Mad Artist}}s with {{Bishie Sparkle}}s. ShroudedInMyth except a few certain facts, such as they do anything at all only for the art and that it included [[EarthShatteringKaboom blowing up their homeworld]].
357* ''TabletopGame/WitchGirlsAdventures'' includes a "Mary Sue" trait specifically intended for playing a Parody Sue.
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361* Princess Winnifred the Woebegone in ''Theatre/OnceUponAMattress'' has one defining character trait: she's ''spunky!'' Luckily, the play is a madcap comedy, so we're not asked to take her (or anybody else) too seriously. And a good actress can make the character fairly endearing.
362* Arguably, Johanna in ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet''. She's set up as TheIngenue to a ridiculous degree, the shrinking maiden figure who the plot revolves around, and who is fancied by every man who sets eyes on her. Hilariously subverted when she grabs a pistol and proceeds to blow the head off someone at point-blank range.
363* Since ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}'' is a parody of musical theater, it makes TheIngenue, Hope Cladwell, one of the most over the top parody Sues ever, bordering on a {{Deconstruction}}. One could also say that TheHero, Bobby Strong, is also a Parody Sue.
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367* The ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' games give us Kurtis. He's handsome, he's badass, he is a genius, a cyborg, has a quite tragic backstory ''and'' is TheRival... And then he [[spoiler:does a HeroicSacrifice and ends up transformed into a Prinny]]. HilarityEnsues.
368* VideoGame/DukeNukem, though the "parody" part was subverted in ''[[VideoGame/DukeNukemForever Forever]]''. WordOfGod has said that in that game he's meant to be taken completely seriously, and that he is supposed to be the coolest thing and center of his world. Most people who played the game seem to have thought it was a parody regardless of the intent.
369* ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' gives us Senpai, the main enemy of Week 6. He's a parody of shallow DatingSim protagonists who effortlessly win over the hearts of their love interests. Since Boyfriend doesn't follow the rules of the game, he's able to easily defeat Senpai in a singing contest, at which point Senpai flies into a rage because he didn't effortlessly get Girlfriend.
370* ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' has a rare cross between this and a BigBad. Cia is a strikingly beautiful and powerful sorceress who is in love with the hero Link, defeated the perennial ''Zelda'' villain Ganondorf, and bends the antagonists of other games to her will. The deconstruction comes with the gradual relevation that Cia is a [[PsychopathicManchild Psychopathic Womanchild]] who was driven insane over being forced into the thankless task of maintaining the timelines for eternity, and for all her power, is completely unable to change the ''Zelda'' canon on her own. [[spoiler:By the end of the game, her followers grow sick of her and makes way for Ganondorf to return]].
371* ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' features Dark Pit, an edgy, brooding PaletteSwap of Pit who claims to be his inner darkness personified, has all his powers, and can fly without divine intervention. He has all the makings of a VillainSue from an uninspired fanfic... [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall and the rest of the cast know it]], [[NoRespectGuy and mercilessly mock him for it]]. In part due to how the original Pit is already a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} that [[IncorruptiblePurePureness doesn't have an evil bone in his body]], Dark Pit eventually realizes he isn't actually ''evil'', just slightly more sarcastic than the other characters (which admittedly is [[WorldOfSnark a lot]]), and so he begrudgingly ends up becoming a good guy. [[spoiler:And to add insult to injury, he was only able to fly because Pandora was possessing his wings, so as soon as she ditches him, [[RedemptionDemotion he can't do anything that Pit can't already do]].]]
372* In ''[[VideoGame/MarySkelterNightmares Mary Skelter 2]]'', we get Otsuu, who can do basically everything the other Blood Maidens can with the exception of stuff tied to their Blood Abilities, and who's mere presence in the plot saved the dead-by-backstory-in-the-first-game Little Mermaid (oh, and also, they're an OfficialCouple) on top of generally making everything seem better. And ''then'' the illusion crumbles a little with the destruction of the Liberated District, causing the deaths of many a first game ReasonableAuthorityFigure and quite a few of the girls having fallen to [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Blood Skelter]] before even getting into the party. ''And then'' [[spoiler:Alice is revealed to be the Mysterious Nightmare that destroyed the Liberated District in the first place, everybody aside from Otsuu and Little Mermaid ends up outright ''dead'', and Otsuu reveals that she forced herself into a sue-esque role via the Witchcraft to save Little Mermaid from her first game backstory death. She is then convinced by Little Mermaid to let go of this for the sake of letting everyone ''else'' be happy and alive, which makes her reset the timeline to the first game...'s UpdatedRerelease, [[GoldenEnding which's expanded postgame allows Otsuu to bring Little Mermaid back with far less sue-ness involved]].]]
373* Infinite from ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' has many VillainSue traits. He's faster than FastestThingAlive Sonic and effortlessly curb stomps him, beats up powerful heroes like Silver and Omega easily, recruits a LegionOfDoom consisting of some of the franchises most powerful villains subservient to himself, is single-handedly responsible for Eggman's takeover of the world, and every other sentence he speaks is about how awesome and powerful he is. Fans have also noted he checks off a lot of boxes for edgy OC villains produced by the fandom from broad ones like his dark color scheme and asymetrical design to fandom specific ones like being a species of animal not seen in the series yet, a common fan character trait. [[spoiler:He's actually nothing more than a sadistic bully whose one ''real'' power is YourMindMakesItReal illusions that make him ''appear'' all powerful and the other villains are just illusionary copies. Once ways around it are found, he's not nearly as invincible as he likes to pretend he is and Eggman could dispose of him whenever he saw fit, which he ultimately does.]] Notably, he spends a lot of the game in direct opposition (and as a {{Foil}} to) the Avatar, a much more straightforward (and far less extreme) OriginalCharacter archetype and one who has flaws and a character arc.
374* ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'' has Santino, one of de Cava's crew members. Possesses a multitude of great skills (including brawling, cross-stitching and speaking the language of the giant manatees), is utterly fearless, and [[EvenTheGuysWantHim is so attractive even the (straight male) captain is affected]]. He's also long dead, although the rest of the crew seems not to have noticed.
375* ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'': In the [=PS3=] version, [[ThePaladin Flynn Scifo]] is a Type 3 that is PlayedForDrama. His best friend and eternal rival, AntiHero[=/=]VigilanteMan Yuri Lowell constantly snarks about how he gets the treatment of a GodModeSue in-universe when it comes to combat and politics. However, Yuri is also aware that his friend is the single most LawfulStupid human being in existence. When his devotion to the rules [[NiceJobBreakingItHero cause him to screw up]], Yuri ''really'' lets him have it... [[CharacterDevelopment and Flynn reluctantly realizes that he's in the wrong for once when he does]].
376** Being a JRPG DeconstructorFleet, the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'' was bound to have a few of these. Another example is Colette in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', who is this (Type 3, [[spoiler:almost becoming a vegetable as a result]]) simply by being a deconstruction of TheChosenOne.
377* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure'' has [=KeA=] as a darkly deconstructed example. She's mentally a young 9-year-old girl HappilyAdopted by the protagonists, ''everyone'' she meets loves her unconditionally and [[CutenessProximity thinks she's the cutest thing in the universe]], she's an InstantExpert at everything she tries, including [[SupremeChef cooking]], she's able to read and learn concepts ''far'' beyond elementary school level (i.e studies even some ''adults'' struggle with), and she's actually an [[CloneJesus attempt at re-creating a goddess from 500 years ago]]. The deconstruction comes in two ways: firstly her age [[ChildrenAreInnocent is treated very realistically]] and that limits her StoryBreakerPower a lot, and secondly she's only LovedByAll because her latent RealityWarper powers have been unwittingly ''forcing'' everyone to like her. [[spoiler:The BigBad exploits this by revealing it right as the protagonists are getting through to her; [=KeA=] is justifiably horrified at what she'd been unconsciously doing, sending her into a HeroicBSOD so severe she becomes the FinalBoss.]]
378* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', the TrueFinalBoss is [[spoiler:Asriel Dreemurr. He takes the appearance of the ObviouslyEvil "God of Hyperdeath" with VillainousFashionSense, BlackEyesOfEvil, and HornsOfVillainy. Throughout the battle, he makes StrawNihilist remarks and explains his intention to [[OmnicidalManiac undo everything]] so you can struggle forever. He really is as powerful as he thinks, after absorbing all the other [=SOULs=] in the Undergroud]]. The problem is that [[spoiler:this is not Asriel's real character -- and when you understand that, it becomes painfully obvious that he is using this power to assume the form of a sort of self-insert edgelord VillainSue. Asriel is a kind-hearted child who is concealing his kindness and childhood. He makes himself appear older, cooler, and more badass -- or at least he tries: his attempt is so over-the-top it falls flat. [[note]] "God of Hyperdeath"? It's the sort of thing a little boy would think is cool. [[/note]] He reveals how immature he is when he throws a tantrum because you refuse to let him win the "game." Despite the parody, the whole exchange is PlayedForDrama. The way to overcome Asriel is to see him for what he is: a child who is frightened, in pain, and lashing out. Instead of defeating this boss, you let him know he has a friend.]]
379* Zed from ''VideoGame/WildArms'', more so in the remake ''Wild Arms Alter Code F''. He is a demon who sees himself as the incredibly awesome protagonist of the story and claims that the main characters are villainous, until he finally ditched Ziekfried and, in the remake, can eventually join the party. In the original game he also dropped the "Doom Bringer" sword which was very powerful but reduces Jack's luck the worst possible value when he uses it - which sort of explains Zed's comic ineptitude throughout the game.
380* [[PunnyName Mai Waifu]] in ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' is a girl with long pink hair and color-changing eyes who's promised her heart to an overseas game developer (who most definitely isn't [=YandereDev=]). In the game, she's basically an ordinary student.
381** The final romantic rival, Megami Saikou, is described as "impossibly wealthy, a certified genius, has extensive self-defense training, has excelled at everything she has ever attempted to do in her entire life, and has been trained to possess all of the qualities of a perfect leader," as well as the most beautiful and popular girl in school, the sole heiress to Japan's most powerful business company, ''and'' the StudentCouncilPresident. To top it all off, she's the only rival with foreknowledge that there's a [[VillainProtagonist potentially dangerous stalker]] at school and will be designed to be the main character's toughest opponent as her final rival. Her name is even entirely about how perfect she is: "Megami" is Japanese for "goddess" and "Saikou" for "the best".
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385* Erika Furudo in ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' is a [[BlackHoleSue Black Hole]] FixerSue of an AmateurSleuth who ''[[ContrivedCoincidence just so happens]]'' to wash up on Rokkenjima so [[spoiler:Bernkastel has her own piece when she takes over the anti-fantasy side of the game]]. She proceeds to wander around being an insufferable BitchInSheepsClothing, attempts to supplant the protagonist, [[spoiler:helps Battler find the gold just to make the chaos worse, and frames Natsuhi for the murders.]] She's basically [[spoiler:Bern]]'s [[SelfInsertFic self-insert]] [[HerCodenameWasMarySue Sue]], and she's virulently loathed by both the fanbase and ''the other characters''. In short, Parody Sue PlayedForDrama = messy {{Deconstruction}}.
386* ''VisualNovel/MagicalDiary'' does a mild jab at the archetype as the default name for the main character is "Mary Sue."
387* In the Kickstarter demo for ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm's'' sequel, ''Monster Camp'', [[AudienceSurrogate Billy the Backer]] creates one of these depending on what choice you make in the Lake area. She goes from a regular orc girl to a buff, tattooed rainbow-haired orc magical girl with chainsaw hands and "a [=PhD=] on stepping on [Billy]".
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391* Strong Sad's fanfiction character, Twelve Times A Day Man, from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''.
392* Shadowleggy is very aware of playing this trope when she appears in her [[Music/ResidentEvilMusicals videos]].
393* ''WebAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamHouse'' plays Franchise/{{Barbie}}'s ridiculous over-the-top perfection[[note]]in some people's eyes[[/note]] completely for laughs. She's got a mansion that she lives in with her sisters, three pampered pets, and a limitless closet. She's got an adoring boyfriend, loyal friends, and a legion of in-universe fans. She's beautiful and glamorous and this cannot be tarnished. Any attempt at undermining this perfection will backfire hilariously.
394* [[http://rathergood.com/ Rathergood.com]] has the Crab of Ineffable Wisdom, a giant [[TheOmniscient omniscient]] crustacean [[SelfInsertFic with the face of the owner of the site]] who appears as a frequent DeusExMachina in its cartoons.
395* Apple White in ''Toys/EverAfterHigh'', she is very much a parody of the PrincessClassic. Everyone fawns over her, all the boys are head over heels for her, and she does genuinely want to help people.
396* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' gives us Pyrrha Nikos, whose main problem is the unfailing, [[TheAce completely justified]] admiration of everyone around her...well, okay, it's played [[AttractivenessIsolation more realistically]] than ''that'', but it still qualifies for this trope. The writers avoided the obvious problems with this trope by making her a second-string character [[spoiler:and killing her off in the story's third volume.]]
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400* The ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' webcomic has an AffectionateParody (guestwritten by Shaenon Garrity, the creator of ''{{Webcomic/Narbonic}}'', ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'', and ''Webcomic/{{Smithson}}'') called "[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051212 Fan Fiction]]" where a girl tells a Heterodyne Boys story with a self-insert character that mines all the Mary Sue traits including [[KaleidoscopeEyes eyes that change color]], and coming back from the dead.
401-->'''Bill Heterodyne:''' Ah, Marietta! You're as bold and beautiful as you were the day we rescued you from the bandits who kidnapped you after your mysterious yet famously powerful Spark tribe was completely wiped out, leaving you the only heir to its secrets!\
402'''Maria Antonia Fantasia Philomel:''' Oh, enough about my traumatic past! (I was also a princess.)
403** Though while the story mocks the Mary Sue, it ends up sympathetic to her author -- her siblings are sick of her ridiculous self-inserts and whine that she's telling the story wrong, but their mother defends her and tells her she made her own Mary Sue stories when she was a girl.
404--->'''Mom:''' Kids, kids, your sister ''loves'' telling you those stories. And when you get down to it, what's more important -- what the Heterodyne Boys actually ''did''... or the ''dreams'' they inspire in us?\
405''[...]''\
406'''Mom:''' ''[to the girl]'' I used to have them ''both'' fall for a girl named ''Raven Moonsdaughter''.
407** In the actual main comic, we have '''Othar Tryggvassen, ''Gentleman Adventurer''!''' He's a world-renowned hero who is virtually impossible to kill. People who hear stories of him love the guy, but just about anyone who actually ''met'' him finds him terribly annoying. The twist, however, is that he's one of the ''antagonists'' and sees the world through BlackAndWhiteInsanity, leading him to be a rather HorribleJudgeOfCharacter in regards to our actual heroes.
408* In [[http://nonadventures.com/2008/07/12/poultry-position/ this strip]] of ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'', the author claims in the AltText that his MarySue character is an annoyed elderly rooster.
409* ''Webcomic/TerrorIsland'':
410** Lewis Powell took the above idea even further, claiming in [[http://www.terrorisland.net/strips/163.html this strip]] that his MarySue character was ''a fake magic cube''. [[spoiler:Ben wrote Lewis's commentary that day, for what it's worth.]]
411** Within the strip itself, there's Bartleby. Every time he appears, he immediately finds a flawless solution to all of the ongoing story arcs. His only weakness is that [[spoiler:if the current strip number isn't a multiple of 100, he ceases to exist.]]
412* ''Webcomic/MarySueAcademy'' is about a school for Mary Sues, and is appropriately full of these. [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Mary_Sue_Academy It's right here.]]
413* Shadow and Chug of ''Powerup Comics'' are ([[StealthParody stealth]]) parodies of the JerkassStu model. Since they represent all of the authors' viewpoints, it's deemed acceptable for them to dismiss the recurring strawman character [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2123049-apple with a bullet to the forehead]] simply because he has the "wrong" opinions.
414* Dave Anez has admitted ([[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/index.php?date=060224 and lampshaded]]) the fact that Bob is ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'''s MartyStu. He dresses like Proto Man (easily the coolest ''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]]'' character), he's able to beat the main cast in combat and able to out-program Dr. Wily. He's the mastermind behind the events of ''5'' and ''6'' parodies, and a demi-god to boot. Since ''Bob And George'' was a GagSeries, he ends up as the butt of jokes a bit more often than your average Marty Stu and other characters get the better of him more than once, though they usually end up regretting it. Given the often ridiculously exaggerated things he's done (like ''killing a ghost/hologram''), he may even qualify as TheAce.
415** In terms of raw power, however, Bob ranks fourth (at best) among the cast. The two author characters (literal ''RealityWarper'' gods both surpass him. It's also implied his brother, George, is actually more powerful than he is, but is too much of a ''NiceGuy'' to fully utilize this power.
416* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', half of the central cast could be considered Parody Sues in some respect - nearly all have unique and bizarre personality traits, abilities and circumstances. Additionally, due to the mythical nature of SBURB/SGRUB, the [[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed world-ending]] video game that acts as the central plot driver, all the central characters are some sort of TheChosenOne. What the comic typically does to keep them in the realm of parody rather than straight examples is by making them either ultimately irrelevant, developing them out of their Sue-ish traits, or simply lampshading the fact that they are absurdly competent.
417** There's still some debate among fans as to whether Jade was intended to be a Parody Sue. She ''does'' have a ludicrous number of quirky hobbies, skills, and "cute" flaws (narcolepsy and [[CloudCuckoolander general ditziness]]). She also has a magical pet, crazy supernatural powers, future technology, a grasp on the unfolding plot, and she lives under the wing of her equally talented and rich Grandfather [[spoiler:who is deceased, making her ConvenientlyAnOrphan in addition to everything else, and she's taken care of by her ridiculous ''RealityWarper dog''.]] What makes her seem like a Parody Sue instead of a straight example is the fact that her Sue-ness (like every other trope used in the series) is [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] to the point that it becomes funny. [[spoiler:Then she loses her powers, her gear and her pet, and spends so much time dozing that all the other main characters zoom past her. Time to start earning your keep, miss.]]
418*** [[spoiler:Jake, the AlternateUniverse version of Jade's adoptive grandfather/biological father, deconstructs this. Like Jade, he lives alone on an island, along with Dirk's robot clone and a myriad of dangerous and exotic alien monsters, has multiple quirky or strange hobbies and personality traits, all while having a tragic backstory through the [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan death of his beloved grandmother]] who was murdered for being a threat to an all-powerful villain. Additionally, all his friends in his group are vying for his affections and allegedly he holds an insane amount of hidden potential, despite seeming like a dunce. However, his own lack of self-awareness and general obliviousness ultimately backfires on him when his friends grow tired of his behavior after dealing with him in a vacuum for 6 months, culminating with his boyfriend breaking up with him and his best friend (who had been in love with him) [[CorruptTheCutie suddenly becoming]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy an evil, physically and emotionally abusive mind controlled tyrant]], showing that Mary Sues just wouldn't work in real life.]]
419** The parody really ramps up when the comic introduces the 12 trolls. Just about ''every one'' of them exhibits a few blatant Mary Sue traits, some of which double as a ShallowParody of pop-culture. Most are promptly played for laughs, and some subverted or developed to reveal HiddenDepths.
420*** Aradia and Sollux. Each has incredible PsychicPowers combined with [[{{Seers}} precognition]]. To boot, Sollux works technical wizardry while Aradia [[spoiler:comes BackFromTheDead]]. Both of them could easily qualify for GodModeSue if they tried, but they simply don't want to.
421*** Tavros. He is the ExtremeDoormat and TheWoobie of the group. He initially seems a shoo-in for SympatheticSue, but he's not. Not to mention he can [[spoiler:commune with [[PhysicalGod Bec]].]]
422*** Karkat. He is secretly [[spoiler:a mutant]], the only one of his race who [[spoiler:has red blood]], which causes him much angst. He also insists that he's TheLeader of the group despite his apparent lack of leadership ability. The plot [[spoiler:renders his mutant blood totally irrelevant, and he gradually cultivates a real knack for leadership]].
423*** Nepeta. An enthusiastic {{Fangirl}} who likes dressing up as a cat, drawing colorful comics and {{Shipping}} her friends, she resembles [[AscendedFangirl the protagonist]] of a SelfInsertFic written by [[StrawFan a fan of the very comic she's in]]. Unlike a conventional Self-Insert Sue, she [[spoiler:gets side-lined pretty consistently]].
424*** Kanaya. She has much in common with Jade, including stylish clothes and the same special house. Instead of the "magic princess", Kanaya's depiction riffs on the "[[VampiresAreSexGods beautiful vampire]]" traits of some well-known Sues. Just count how many times the phrase "one of the few of your kind" recurs in her introduction.
425*** Equius. He is a freakishly-STRONG [[PerpetualFrowner Perpetually-Frowning]] mess of restrained aggression, and everything he does is manly. Like Nepeta, he [[spoiler:mostly occupies the background. What's more, his superlative STRENGTH is comically-useless against the greatest threats]].
426*** Eridan. This edgelord carries a {{BFG}} and combines AnimeHair with the fashion sense of a hipster. His obsession with conquest and genocide makes him a SociopathicHero or AntiHero at best. Eridan seems to ''think'' he qualifies as a SympatheticSue due to his many troubles, but other characters (and the audience) instead see his self-pity as mere {{Wangst}}.
427*** Feferi. She has all of Jade's special qualities amplified. She is a PrincessClassic and, with the highest and rarest blood color, heir-apparent to become Empress. She wears bright clothes and gold accessories where almost everyone else is decked out in blacks and greys. She is a FriendToAllLivingThings and is very nice, considering the rest of the troll race are [[ProudWarriorRace a bunch of murderous bastards]]. And, of course, her [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu beloved Guardian]] can kill the rest of the troll race on a whim. She [[spoiler:fails to bring about the bright future she dreams of, and despite a royal pedigree she shows no leadership]].
428*** Gamzee. [[spoiler:a JokeCharacter who turns into a LethalJokeCharacter, his murderous rampage kicks off an entire story arc and his behind-the-scenes machinations are explicitly or implicitly responsible for many plot details. However, instead of a {{Chessmaster}} MaryTzu, he's a gullible idiot. By the end, he is little more than a ButtMonkey and CosmicPlaything of the real villains.]]
429*** Vriska. Most of all, Vriska, because she actively ''tries'' to be a Mary Sue. She has a [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame FLARP]] character named "Marquise Spinneret Mindfang". She can put people under MindControl to manipulate them. She cheats, lies, steals and [[KarmaHoudini evades consequences]]. She inserts herself into major plot events just to seem important. She even makes romantic moves toward TheHero! She strives to fill the role of MaryTzu, JerkSue, VillainSue, GodModeSue and BlackHoleSue ''all at once,'' because that's her idea of "winning." Sometimes she succeeds, but ultimately she fails [[spoiler:and dies]]. She seems to learn a lesson from this setback... [[spoiler:then she unlearns it and tries again]]. \
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431While the rest are parodied for fun, Vriska is a thoroughly DeconstructedCharacterArchetype and metafictional examination of the MarySue. What kind of person would behave this way? [[spoiler:An insecure, unhappy one.]] How would others respond to her? [[spoiler:They consider her a dangerous, abusive manipulator.]] WordOfGod also declares that Vriska is an [[InvokedTrope intentional attempt]] to establish a BaseBreakingCharacter -- a resounding success, because she certainly is. The other characters have very divided opinions on Vriska, and so does the audience.
432** The Sue-ness is surpassed again by [[spoiler:Calliope, AKA uranianUmbra]]. She's critical to almost everything about the [[spoiler:Alpha universe]] session, having given the kids their special chat client, introduced them, and told them about and encouraged them to play the game. She's a SailorEarth character as well, since an [[WesternZodiac Ophiuchus-themed]] troll has long been speculated (especially one with the initials UU), and she fills in the gap in [[FantasticCasteSystem the hemospectrum]] [[spoiler:where Karkat would be if he wasn't a mutant]]. Oh, and she's apparently the LastOfHerKind, since the Empress exterminated the limebloods because they had much stronger PsychicPowers than the other castes and posed a threat to her reign. [[spoiler:As it turns out, UU is not, in fact, a troll. She's an entirely different species and is [[AscendedFangirl cosplaying as her fantroll]]]].
433*** She's also [[spoiler:the smarter, more talented sister of the BigBad Caliborn/Lord English]], and foreshadowing suggests she will be instrumental in stopping Lord English. Which would all be very Sueish except for the fact that [[spoiler:he OutGambitted her and killed her dreamself, leaving him permanently in control of their [[SharingABody shared body]] and Calliope's ghost hiding from him in a secluded corner of the Furthest Ring, with no idea how to fight back]].
434*** [[spoiler:Then we get Alt!Calliope. She's Calliope from a timeline where she managed to get past Caliborn and gain power equal to his. She manages to do what the kids have been trying to do for most of the story: destroy the Green Sun. She has realistic emotional troubles, though, because her whole timeline was never meant to happen. ]]
435** [[spoiler:Caliborn]]'s no slouch in this either, VillainSue-wise: While he is a grating, petulant brat, [[spoiler:He played and won an impossible session that not even his ultra-talented sister was allowed to complete (with direct help from the author, to boot), defeated said sister, gains command of a group of powerful enforcers, and when he's an adult, beefs up and becomes an all-powerful entity that can only be defeated by messing with reality itself. He also uses these powers to mow down anything he doesn't like, ''including'' the author for putting him through everything.]] So what's the parody? [[spoiler:His jacked persona is based on his own Marty Stu OC, he's annoyed by Hussie's help and hates how the narrative messes with his mind (which is likely why he became so crazy as Lord English in the first place), and pretty much everyone he encounters hates him. The enforcers he gets are also a bunch of chumps when pitted against the right people.]]
436* ''Webcomic/LivingWithInsanity'' features a parody on bad writing as a whole, starring a character actually named Marty Stu who can convince nazis to stop being evil just because he is sexy.
437* Tsukiko from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' is this to an extent. She has several Mary Sue traits -- name meaning "Moon Child" in Japanese, heterochromatic eyes, great beauty, skimpy clothing, unusualy skilled for her young age, oppressed by a stuck-up society not understanding her greatness.... Parody comes in two aspects. First, she is terribly WrongGenreSavvy, acting like she is in her own self-insert [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel romantic]] fanfic and can do whatever she wants to get Xykon to fall in love with her and others are just obstacles for her to dispose without consequences [[spoiler:-- which gets her killed once she tries to get rid of Redcloak]]. Second, that "oppressed by a stuck-up society not understanding her greatness" part? She was jailed for [[ILoveTheDead necrophilia]] and her entire reasoning for that behavior is based on InsaneTrollLogic.
438* ''Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}}'' got a few entries, including "[[https://chainsawsuit.krisstraub.com/20120313.shtml "Brightshadow Academy for Mary Sues."]] Its newest student is [[http://chainsawsuit.krisstraub.com/20120329.shtml Jane Peters,]] who "had no [[GodModeSue unique powers]] and a [[DarkAndTroubledPast very normal past]]":
439--> poor jane peters... but little did she know that she was going to become [[AntiSue the greatest student that brightshadow academy had ever seen]]
440* ''Webcomic/PokemonX'' has [[http://pokemonx.comicgenesis.com/d/20100401.html an April Fools Day comic]] where the author shows why he doesn't allow fanmade characters, introducing a MartyStu (allegedly based on actual suggested characters) who saves the world with his oddly-colored and decorated Mewtwo, effortlessly saves the day, and becomes May's immediate boyfriend for instant sex (which May's in-comic semi-love-interest Brendan has no problem with, in this scenario).
441* ''Webcomic/LeagueOfSuperRedundantHeroes'' has a super-heroine literally called Mary Sue, who is clearly the most perfect example of a human being (or superhuman being for that matter), [[http://superredundant.com/?p=621 but still points out her "defining flaw"]] that goes hand-in-hand with her perfection to define the trope.
442-->'''Keith:''' [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=123-perfect It's a bit '''boring''' how perfect she is.]]
443* [[http://kevinbolk.deviantart.com/art/Mary-Sue-Wish-Fulfillment-Guy-201992341 "Mary Sue Wish Fulfillment Guy,"]] by Kevin Bolk (author of Ensign Sue Must Die), who is a thinly-veiled parody of Rayne Summers of ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo''.
444* ''Webcomic/{{Pilot}}'' has numerous in-universe games. One of these games, Edgelord, is a parody of pretty much all MarySueTropes. As such, ''everyone'' (aside from [[OnlySaneMan Father Figure]]) is a Parody Sue.
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448* Doobies, a creation of Website/FourChan's /tg/, are a parody of Mary Sue races. They see themselves as perfect divine beings that everyone should worship (and some crazy people actually do), when in reality they are absolutely hideous, disgusting, stupid, incompetent, and clumsy creatures that look like horribly deformed lizard-rabbit people with two eyes on ones side of their face and no eyes on the other. The only thing special about them is that they are almost impossible to kill and don't age.
449* [[http://gawker.com/marine-todd-is-an-awesomely-stupid-right-wing-meme-th-1555109402 Marine Todd]], a Website/{{Twitter}} meme based on the DesignatedHero of a right-wing StrawmanPolitical {{Urban Legend}} doing the rounds on the Conservative Twittersphere. The parody versions riff off it by amplifying the wish fulfillment and the writer's ignorance to staggering levels:
450-->...he had already engaged in real battle with real Atheists: [[InUniverseFactoidFailure Muslims]].
451-->[[NoPunctuationIsFunnier a marine came home from ending terrorism in iraq and went to his favorite bar]]. he saw a cute girl and tried to buy her a drink. "no thanks i'm a feminist" she said. the marine ripped off his shirt "are you still a feminist?" "[[EasyEvangelism not anymore]] but i have a boyfriend" she replied. he pulled out his gun. "u think the friend zone scares me? i just got back from a war zone." she sent her boyfriend a text message to break up with him and started [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence kissing the marine and his gun]]. all the other patriots in the bar got up and started clapping and [[HappilyEverAfter din't stop until the marine and the girl were married]]. repost if you believe [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid love can blossom anywhere, even on a battlefield]]!!!
452* ''Literature/TheQuintessentialMarySue'' was intentionally written to hit as many points on the litmus test as possible. Before the story even starts, [[CosmicHorrorReveal she has turned the setting into Cosmic Horror]]. It only gets ''[[FromBadToWorse worse]]'' in later chapters, especially since there is a HopeSpot before her complete and total victory.
453* The Website/SCPFoundation has several flavors of this:
454** [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-10101-j SCP-10101-J]] is of the "blatant author-insert that's better than everyone" variety handled in an over-the-top manner. He's ''ridiculously'' overpowered, his containment procedure amounts to "give him everything he wants," and he helps capture or redeem "evil" [=SCPs=] while refusing to help the Foundation with "good" [=SCPs=] (in a series that normally falls closer along the lines of BlackAndGrayMorality with some tragic characters). At some points, the article even goes in to first-person to highlight his self-insert nature.
455** [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-777-j SCP-777-J]] is along the lines of an {{animesque}} protagonist being added to the world of the website. His abilities are not as over-the-top as 10101-J's, but he's still immune to all damage, cannot be contained by the Foundation, able to take down several powerful [=SCPs=], (including SCP-343, a RealityWarper that may or may not be ''{{God}}'', by saying that he doesn't believe in him) and he turns everything around him in to some incomprehensible fan fiction-like story.
456** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-496-j SCP-496-J,]] a blatant PuritySue who's in a relationship with Dr. Clef and given complete access to two other [=SCPs=], limited supply panacea 500 and machine that can alter objects 914.
457** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-056 SCP-056]] is a more realisticly written Parody Sue. It is a shapeshifting being that turns into a better version of whatever observes it and also has a completely insufferable personality.
458** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-732 SCP-732]] turns Foundation documents into bad fanfic, which makes for a handy [[CosmicRetcon excuse]] for the periodic Sue-purges.
459** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6101 SCP-6101]] (part of the site's BrokenMasquerade canon) is a more sympathetic take on this, being the persona of [[LittlestCancerPatient a nine-year-old boy from the Make-A-Wish Foundation]] who wanted to be an SCP. The article describes him as "the most powerful SCP" and a nearly omnipotent superhero that the Foundation considers one of its greatest allies, though it's all but stated that in real life, he's just a regular kid with a terminal illness.
460** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-7606 SCP-7606]] is an all-powerful indestructible EldritchAbomination with power over the concepts of fire, darkness, and death... and a very clear parody of the bog-standard Lovecraftian gods that have cropped up throughout the Foundation's history. Plus, he's also a jab at Able, attributed the power of "unmatched physical combat prowess with knowledge of several ancient martial arts, along with the ability to manifest any weapon of its choosing." [[spoiler: Except he's not a Lovecraftian god at all, but a sorcerer using a ritual to make him seem as such. In reality, he's just a 20-something jackass with no real power and an embarrassing vulnerability to [[UndignifiedDeath getting shot dead by a pissed Florida Man]].]]
461* A RunningGag in ''Creator/TwoSetViolin'''s videos concerns a guy called [[TheGhost Ling Ling]], the perfect violinist who can do anything and everything, up to and including [[BeyondTheImpossible stretching the duration of a day to 40 hours just so he can practice his playing for that entire amount of time]].
462* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': setting aside any AlternateCharacterInterpretation one might have of the members of Team Kimba, there are a few of these around.
463** The Lit Chix are the [[AuthorAvatar Author Avatars]] for the Canon Cabal, and were deliberately designed to poke fun at the writers' foibles. This didn't stop [[AscendedExtra Loophole]] from becoming a main character later.
464** [[LanternJawOfJustice 'Captain' Bravo]] and his main squeeze [[JoanOfArchetype Pucelle]] are an unsubtle parody of two classic superheroic archetypes.
465** 'Crimson Comet' (Cecile), is a newer Poe resident who seems to be a straight parody of poorly-written fanfic. She transitioned perfectly in three days, is a knockout almost on the level of Fey, is fairly powerful overall, wears a {{Stripperific}} costume whenever she can get away with it, and has all the intelligence and forward planning skills of an ice cream sandwich. To be fair to Ceecee, she is only thirteen, and extremely hyped to get the GenderBender transformation she [[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} dreamed of her whole life]].
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469* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfFigaroPho'': Figaro's rival in the "Fear of Rivals" episode. Even the ''action figure'' based on him is indestructible!
470* Ice King of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' turns into one of these in the episodes "Fionna and Cake" and "Bad Little Boy", which makes sense since these episodes are parodies of badly written FanFiction, with every narrative focus on Fionna and Cake being less about adventure and more about shipping.
471* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Alan is an impossibly gentle, selfless and kind person who is Gumball's SitcomArchNemesis. His focus in "The Saint" has him act untroubled by whatever awful thing Gumball does to him and automatically forgive him easily. At the end of the episode, LaserGuidedKarma grants him not only everything he lost, but also more, including 20 million in cash because he gave a homeless man 20 dollars. The single time he is angry is just to make Gumball feel better about himself. [[spoiler:However, this status temporarily goes away when he is in "The Vision" accidentally made into a KnightTemplar who wants to force smiles on everyone and make the world a better place by force due to hearing Gumball's ideas of what he thought his life goals were, Gumball pops him at the end of the episode for good measure subverting him being a possible VillainSue parody as well.]]
472* In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode "American Fung", Chinese billionaire Fung Wah buys the show and inserts himself into it as a BlackHoleSue.
473* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': Hello Nurse, according to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpS3eFqhxSQ song]] about her, her list of accomplishments includes winning the Tony, Nobel Prize, and Pulitzer, obtaining several P.H.Ds, playing Chopin without rehearsing, singing opera at the Met, solving math equations, winning a scholarship to Yale, starring as the lead role in Theatre/KingLear, becoming the ambassador to China, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking not smoking]].
474* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks,'' one-shot character Ebony Brown can be interpreted as being an AffectionateParody of [[invoked]]MarySue FanFiction (regarding both this show and others) because, by this show's standards, [[IncorruptiblePurePureness she's just so damned perfect]]. First of all, she's Robert's latest girlfriend, but miraculously bucks tradition by being [[NiceGirl genuinely more kindhearted]], [[OnlySaneMan sane, and levelheaded than anyone else around her]]; as well as being [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman so strikingly beautiful]], that even [[BoomerangBigot Uncle Ruckus]] puts a lid on his racism for once, and falls arse-over-tits for her. Second, she repeatedly [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall leans on the fourth wall]], and expresses a desire to become a major part of Robert's life (similar to a SelfInsertFic character joining the main cast out of nowhere). Third, Robert falls completely in love with her, and becomes madly obsessed with their relationship together, [[FourthDateMarriage even though they only met a short while ago]] (a satire of [[invoked]]{{shipping}} stories where characters are StrangledByTheRedString); and their relationship is played up for all the hamfisted melodrama that can be wrung from it (satirizing the RomanticPlotTumor nature of the aforementioned shipping stories). As a bonus, Ebony shares her name with [[FanFic/MyImmortal one of the most infamous Mary Sues in fan-fiction history]]. It's not known if this is an intentional reference or not, but it would make it all the more blatant if it was.
475* The ''WesternAnimation/BrandyAndMrWhiskers'' episode "Sandy & Mr. Frisky" is a parody of the CopycatSue and BlackHoleSue tropes. Brandy and Mr. Whiskers meet doppelgangers of themselves with eerily similar interests and appearances, who even got stranded in the jungle in the exact same way... and turn out to be better than them in practically every way, and become instantly popular. However, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers become jealous of their doppelgangers' perfection and popularity, especially since all their friends are spending more time with the new duo than with them. In order to get their lives back, they first try to ruin Sandy and Mr. Frisky's reputations, then when that fails, they create a RubeGoldbergDevice to fling the doppelgangers far, far away. Just before using the device, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers regret their actions and reconcile with Sandy and Mr. Frisky, who agree that our protagonists have every reason to feel this way since they've accidentally been effectively replacing them. However, the device is then set off by accident. When this turns out to have caused Sandy and Mr. Frisky to get rescued from the Amazon and potentially get their own TV show, our protagonists become jealous again and [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain vow to never speak of the episode's events]].
476* In ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' episode "Kadic Bombshell", Brynja Heringsdötir is an obvious parody of the {{Relationship Sue}}s so prevalent in the show's FanWork. This one-shot character has every trapping of a Mary Sue and Odd (and [[UnresolvedSexualTension Ulrich]], and [[OfficialCouple Jérémie]], and every other boy in the school) falls for her, but she's quickly revealed too shallow to be a serious love interest. She leaves at the end of the episode without having any lasting effect on the status quo (the heroes not even bothering with a [[ResetButton Return to the Past]]).
477* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/CodeMonkeys'' has Dave and Jerry [[StartMyOwn quitting Game-A-Vision and starting their own "Stonervision" firm]], and are replaced by Mike and Shawn, who [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute not only look similar]], but are dedicated to their jobs, make cookies for everyone, and Mary falls in love with Shawn (and moves into their office). It turns out they're ''actually'' [[UndercoverCopReveal Federal agents out to arrest]] Mr. Larrity on tax evasion charges (and not [[NoodleIncident for any of the other crazy crimes he's done]]); when Dave and Jerry come back, in deep debt to their drug lord financier [[CaptainErsatz Tony]] [[Film/{{Scarface}} Dakota]], they all cooperate to arrest Dakota, and both him and the Feds end up killed in the ensuing shootout (while Dave and Jerry are forced to CrossingTheBurntBridge by [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment having to play]] ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' with [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Todd]] as the other employees [[PointAndLaughShow point and laugh at them]].
478* WesternAnimation/{{Daria}} Morgendorfer writes stories about a Communist-fighting agent named Melody Powers, intentionally depicted by Daria as if she was [[HerCodeNameWasMarySue an enhanced self-insert]] within an otherwise extremely bloody spy story. The two times she's shown reading a Melody story to an audience, she's either trolling her peers ("Cafe Disaffecto") or said audience is completely deaf ("The Old and the Beautiful").
479* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' plays with this in the episode "Comic Book Capers." When Megavolt discovers Darkwing's manuscript for a licensed comic book based on his exploits, he completely rewrites the plot to make [[VillainProtagonist himself]] the star and give himself the ability to turn into a 50 ft. giant, which sends Darkwing fleeing for his life.
480* Appears in ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}''. When Skeeter helps with one of Doug's Quailman comics, his character is a blatant [[GodModeSue God Mode Stu]], [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands gaining whatever power most quickly solves the situation at hand]] (said character is also an {{Expy}} of the ComicBook/SilverSurfer, who is in comics at StoryBreakerPower). This is heavily [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in Doug's dislike of the character.
481* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' has Timmy wishing up a big brother named Tommy. He was so perfect that he actually got [[ClingyJealousGirl Tootie]] to lose her crush on Timmy. This, of course, backfires when Tommy wants to take Timmy on a long charity trip to a third world country.
482** The final season initially sets up Chloe to be this, with her being a universally beloved child prodigy whose only character flaw being that many of the good deeds she's been praised for have had unforeseen negative consequences (which tend to be glossed over anyway). This is quickly downplayed in favor of having her simply be a more neurotic do-gooder in contrast to the more laidback and selfish Timmy.
483* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': The Griffins bring in a new dog after Lois points out that Brian's getting old. "New Brian" is polite, perfect, multi-talented and instantly befriends everyone (''sans'' Stewie), who rightly realizes that he's Brian's "replacement". New Brian goes on to improve everyone's lives and supplant Brian completely. However, he makes his fatal mistake when he... gets a little intimate with [[CompanionCube Rupert the teddy bear]]. [[WomanScorned Stewie is not pleased...]]
484** Don't forget Derek, Jillian's (late) husband. He's depicted as a parody of a RelationshipSue.
485* In the episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' parodying ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fandom, they produce an episode of ''Star Trek'' based on an [[EnergyBeings alien energy cloud's]] fanscript, wherein members of the regular cast fall in love with and are overwhelmed with admiration for the alien energy cloud.
486** There's also Barbados Slim, who won Olympic gold medals in both ''Limboing'' and ''Sex''. His [[PecFlex pecs also wiggle by themselves]]. He has been described as both an adonis, and a 'mahogany god'.
487*** He gets some minor comeuppance in Bender's Big Score, when after Hermes steals back his wife from him, Slim tries to storm out of the room, being forced to limbo underneath a malfunctioning automatic door...which then shuts on him partway through.
488* Lila from ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' is effectively a SickeninglySweet parody of a MarySue, as is Helga's older sister Olga. Interestingly, both of them started as {{deconstruct|edTrope}}ions of the idea (Lila was smart, funny and charming but had a horrible home life and poor self-esteem, while Olga was a BrokenAce who was both neurotic and naive), before the writers evidently realized that ramping up their cutesy perfection was funnier. Given "Big Sis" - the episode that puts them both together - it's hard to disagree.
489* ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'': You let Fenton play in your movies at your peril.
490-->"You're the dirty villain, and I'm the hero, and you suck. A-and you're really stupid and I'm really smart. OK? And you're fat and have bad skin, and I'm thin and I have small pores."
491* In ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', Tak has some Sue attributes: arrives at the Skool out of nowhere on an incredibly cool and expensive-looking jet, [[RelationshipSue gets Dib's attention (while shooting down Zim's futile courtship attempts)]], turns out to be [[CopyCatSue another rogue "Invader" like Zim]] -- only [[VillainSue incredibly more competent]], and so on. And yet, she's still so GenreBlind as to put a BigRedButton to disable her master plan and gets defeated by the very people she denounced as worthless.
492** Ultimately counts as a subversion when you remember you are comparing her to ''Zim'', the Empire's biggest and most legendary fuck-up. Tak's competency is likely the ''norm'', or at least not unexpected for a ''real'' invader (which Zim is not). One episode had Zim spying on some of his fellow Invaders, and we see most have already taken over the worlds. It's later revealed the first one was by ''Skoodge.'' Much later, a FreakyFridayFlip plot in the comics has Gaz-in-Zim's body use just a fraction of his resources to take over the world in only three days. Tak isn't overly competent to make fun of Mary Sues; she's overly competent to remind us just how genuinely ''dangerous'' the Irken Empire itself really is when they're not screwing around and eating snacks all day.
493** One episode cast Dib as a GodModeSue. After throwing a muffin at Zim in school, he's visited by EnergyBeings that sought him out to be their champion against the Irken Invaders. They give him superpowers that allow him to do pretty much anything he wants, which he proceeds to use to talk Zim into turning himself in to the authorities, expose every single paranormal mystery, singlehandedly fought and defeated the Irken Armada, and "even got to ride a moose". As it turned out, [[spoiler:it was all [[LotusEaterMachine a virtual reality simulation]] orchestrated by Zim to get him to admit he threw the bran muffin.]]
494* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Quack Quack the duck. He's [[DitzyGenius "smart"]], a good athlete, [[TheAce very talented at everything]] and is also [[NighInvulnerability indestructible]]. As a result, he wins everything, and all his successes are PlayedForLaughs as well as being the reason Mr. Cat hates him so much.
495* ''WesternAnimation/LEGOStarWarsTheYodaChronicles'' has Jek-14, a Force-sensitive Sith clone of a basic clone trooper who's better than everyone at everything, making most of the main characters jealous. Not helping matters is when he defects to join the side of good.
496* ''WesternAnimation/TheLifeAndTimesOfJuniperLee'': The one-shot character Ashley has all the hallmarks of being a Sue, being ridiculously nice and upstaging the titular character when it comes to magical skill. However, when she temporarily takes over Juniper's spot as TheChosenOne, she's ''instantly'' overwhelmed by the duties attached to the title.
497* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1992}}'' cartoon has an old acquaintance of Sebastian who has the same problem. In a last-ditch effort to beat him at ''something'', Sebastian challenges him to pretty much tell Sebastian's life story. The old acquaintance not only does so, in perfect detail, (which, in itself is pretty damn creepy) but also manages to mix a heaping helping of [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech The Reason Sebastian Sucks]] while doing so. Cue the FlatWhat from everyone. Including the viewers. Though like the Tree excess example he admits the one thing he's not better than Sebastian at is making friends, because everybody would rather try to knock him off his high horse with contests than be his friend.
498* Kyle from ''WesternAnimation/{{Looped}}''. He's a handsome, popular, intelligent, and kindhearted ChickMagnet and AllLovingHero admired and beloved by everyone in school (to the point where he is allow to freely visit the teachers' lounge), as well as TheAce who spends his spare time doing good deeds around town out of charity. His impossibly over-the-top flawlessness is completely PlayedForLaughs, and is also the reason why Luc considers him his archenemy.
499* The MarySue concept in general, as well as AlwaysSomeoneBetter, is parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' episode "Here Comes Mr. Perfect", in which a MartyStu from out of town shows up whose sympathetic character flaw is ''literally'' the fact that he's MartyStu -- his perfection always makes the people around him immediately hate him because he's so much better at the stuff everyone else is known for, and he actively tries to ''avoid'' showing it off for this reason.
500** He also gives a speech in his own defense that, in a meta sense, can be taken as a sort of defense of the MarySue -- not that they're good characters, per se, or not annoying, but that it isn't ''the character's'' fault -- ''they'' didn't decide to be perfect.
501* Susie's mother Lucy in ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' appears to be a Parody Sue, judging from her first episode. She repeatedly stuns Didi with just everything she's accomplished in her life - aside from being a qualified doctor with four kids, she's also a chef who studied in France, a talented artist, a certified pilot and is almost perfectly sweet. The parody part comes from how she casually drops all these talents to a dumbfounded Didi.
502* Poochie on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is a good example of a Stu character played as a parody of new characters who are just stuck into stories and then they annoy the fans. But the reason Poochie annoys the fans isn't just because he's new, it's because of his Gary Stu traits. He comes in with a whole rap song about why he's so cool, Itchy and Scratchy's usually violently comedic characters are changed into [[CreatorsPet oohing and ahhing over him]], and he throws the story off course to show off how cool he is (cue Milhouse moaning "[[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot When are they going to get to the fireworks factory?!]]"). Also, like with many Gary Stu type characters, [[TheScrappy the fans are annoyed by him]], [[CreatorsPet except for his voice actor]], Homer, who acts like a fan who is overly protective of their MarySue character. Homer's idea of how to improve the show is to make Poochie louder, angrier, have access to a time machine, and to make the other characters say "Where's Poochie?" when he's not on-screen, which could also go under the CreatorsPet trope.
503** This is, of course, why he was the former TropeNamer of ShooOutTheNewGuy.
504** Luckily, the Marketing Executives who [[ExecutiveMeddling created him]] in the first place wised up quickly and [[BusCrash killed him off when he had to go back to his home planet]]. Following the brodcast, Krusty shows off an affadevit that legally forbids Poochie to be used in future shorts.
505** With Bart Simpson's favorite comic book, ''Radioactive Man'', its eponymous hero can be this sometimes; one issue has him traveling back in time, competing against Jesse Owens in the Olympics, and ''winning'', something Bart [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality views as a good thing]]. Although, there's another special issue where Milhouse claims he and Fallout Boy are killed on ''every'' page, which may be an aversion to the Trope.
506* Swifty the Shrew from ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' is a walking play on this trope. He wows the cast, shows up Sonic himself, and basically crowd-pleases... at first. As time wears on, the entire main cast join Sonic in finding him irritable, and with how regularly he appears in front of Sonic during their race, it becomes clear he's also a cheater. [[spoiler:There's also the fact he's just one of a line of mass-produced drones Eggman made to help facilitate the construction of his new amusement park, which is how he was able to cheat in the first place. After peer pressure from Amy pushes Fink to revoke Sonic's banishment, the Swifties are rapidly disassembled.]]
507* [[spoiler:[[DeusExMachina Mintberry Crunch]]]] from the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' "Coon & Friends" trilogy.
508-->[[spoiler:'''Stan:''' Wow! Who would have thought that Mintberry Crunch had powers?]]\
509[[spoiler:'''Cartman:''' *sighs* Fucking Mintberry fucking Crunch.]]
510** Gary from "All About the Mormons." When Mr. Garrison introduces him to the class, he notes that Gary is a straight-A student and a child actor, and makes it clear that he prefers him to all of the regular characters. Everybody else immediately hates him...[[WhyCantIHateYou unless they talk to him for five minutes]], because he's so nice that your anger will quickly dissipate.
511* Sierra from ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]]'' has quite a lot of Mary Sue traits, such as an unusual and nonstandard physical appearance, having a massive crush on a character known for having numerous real-life fangirls, knowing everything about the other characters, and often displaying skill and strength beyond expectations. However, other characters find her creepy and annoying, especially Cody (her aforementioned crush).
512* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'': Brock Sampson is a parody of over-the-top SociopathicHero characters. While he does get plenty of asskicking scenes, he is also shown doing less adventurous things with the Ventures (such as helping effeminate Dean put on his plays and/or dressing up for costume competitions), whom he sees as a family unit. In fact, when FemmeFatale Molotov Cocktease invites him to abandon them and join her as a mercenary, he happily tells her that he prefers the Ventures to the moral ambiguity and weirdness of spy work.
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