…and she's driving the crew of a certain enterprising starship INSANE!
So begins the tale of "Ensign Sue Must Die". A
webcomic drawn by
Kevin Bolk of
Interrobang Studios
and written by Clare Moseley of
Clare Moseley.ca. The story takes place in the
Star Trek universe after the events of the
2009 revamp film which follows the Starship Enterprise's new medical officer Ensign Sue. The comic completely parodies the concept of a
Mary Sue character. Can be found
here or on
deviantart.The comic's run has already ended and whether there will be a
sequel is unknown.
This webcomic provides examples of:
- Actor Allusion: A rather unusual example. Uhura in the 2009 film is played by Zoe Saldana, but in comic 7, she is seen reading Ebony magazine with Nichelle Nichols on the cover.*.]]
- Art Shift: Fourth comic, and it is hilarious.
- Brainy Baby: Apparently, even as a newborn infant, Ensign Sue was able to escape the destruction of the Kelvin.
- Brick Joke: Rembember in the film when Scotty mentions that he lost Admiral Archer's beagle in a transporter accident? He tries to do the same to Ensign Sue. It fails, but Sue finds the beagle.
- Bonus brick joke for those who've read the novelization The beagle shows up at the end of the book.
- Chibi: The whole comic is drawn in this style. Which, of course, makes everything much funnier.
- The Cutie
- Evil Costume Switch
- Eureka Moment: Possibly one of the funniest renditions ever
- Evil Twin: Mirror Sue
- Expospeak Gag: Mary Sue reveals her dark secret to McCoy- She has pedal transient paresthesia! Her foot's asleep. Also a Continuity Nod to Star Trek IV, where McCoy uses the same premise to get through a hospital with a crewmember feigning illness.
- Face Palm Repeatedly.
- Fascinating Eyebrow: Spock gives one here and here.
- First Name Basis: Parodied—Ensign Sue addresses all the crew members by their first names and is often told to use their last names or official titles.
- Freak Out: Poor Spock.
- Gainaxing here along with...
- Gag Boobs
- Girl on Girl Is Hot: Mirror Sue demonstrates how evil she is... by making out with Uhura. When Spock relays the events to Kirk, Kirk remarks that he likes this Sue better.
- God Is Evil: On the contrary, God is another Mary Sue.
- Half Breed/Too Many Halves: She's half-Vulcan....and half-Klingon...and half-Russian....and half-Japanese....and half-Deity.
- Interactive Narrator
- Kaleidoscope Eyes: And hair, and Beauty Mark... we can see them in the process of changing here.
- Kawaii: Sue.*
According to Sulu, however, the term kawaii will be excised from the Japanese language in the mid-21st century.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall - an interesting variation at the end.
- Luminescent Blush: "Luckily, even with their love for each other, they will always pine for me..."
- Manga-esque: A borderline case.
- Minor Injury Overreaction: Gasp! Not pedal transient paresthesia!
- Multicolored Hair: Pink and blonde; see page image.
- My Significance Sense Is Tingling: Played for laughs in comics 8 and 9.
- Oh Crap: Scotty's priceless reaction upon seeing Sue and Mirror!Sue.
- Overly-Long Name: Mary Amethyst Star Enoby Aiko Archer Picard Janeway Sue
- Parallel Universe
- Parody Sue
- Precious Puppies
- Punny Name: Le Cutest of Beagle, Ensign Sue's pet dog.
- Reality Warper
- Recycled In Space: "It's like a unicorn, but it's IN SPACE!"
- Redshirt: The only possible way to kill Ensign Sue.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: "Le Cutest of Beagle".
- Shout Out: The comic contains quite a few My Immortal Refrences.
- Somebody Else's Problem: One of the reasons Sue is so hard to eliminate is that nobody wants to have anything to do with her. Also Starfleet's official response ha ha ha
- The Thing That Would Not Leave
- Too Dumb to Live: Ensign Sue would be this, if she weren't a Mary Sue.
- Title Drop: Here.
- Unicorn: "It flies at warp speed and farts stardust."
- Up to Eleven: Spock sets his phaser to "Pocket Death Star". It still doesn't kill Mary Sue.
- Villain Sue: Invoked with Mirror!Sue though her definition of evil is rather weak...
- Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him?: it doesn't work.
- Yaoi Fangirl: Ensign Sue here demonstrates that she finds the idea of Kirk x Spock quite alluring. Of course, even in this scenario, she thinks that deep down they'd still pine for her.
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