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* EvilIsSexy: She was an especially notable example during the PG Era of WWE - where ContractualPurity among the Divas was a mainstay.



* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: It might be hard for newer fans to see why Maryse caught on and became such a darkhorse among Diva fans in her time. The first is that she was very good at playing her character - by 2008, most of the Divas were either generic faces or generic heels (Melina generally agreed to be the exception), and WWE's TamerAndChaster direction with the PG switch meant that Maryse stuck out even more with her sexual image. The second is that none of this affected her wrestling ability at all; Maryse's character would normally belong to a valet who would pull off DistractedByTheSexy and only get into a CatFight. Many of the other Diva Search girls gave the impression they were trying to move away from their MsFanservice roots - while Maryse was unashamedly both a glamorous Diva and an effective wrestler. The Wrestling/BellaTwins, Wrestling/SummerRae, Wrestling/{{Carmella}}, Wrestling/AlexaBliss and aguably The Iconics were her {{Spiritual Successor}}s. There's a very good reason why her HairFlip ring entrance was homaged so much.

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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: OnceOriginalNowCommon: It might be hard for newer fans to see why Maryse caught on and became such a darkhorse among Diva fans in her time. The first is that she was very good at playing her character - by 2008, most of the Divas were either generic faces or generic heels (Melina generally agreed to be the exception), and WWE's TamerAndChaster direction with the PG switch meant that Maryse stuck out even more with her sexual image. The second is that none of this affected her wrestling ability at all; Maryse's character would normally belong to a valet who would pull off DistractedByTheSexy and only get into a CatFight. Many of the other Diva Search girls gave the impression they were trying to move away from their MsFanservice roots - while Maryse was unashamedly both a glamorous Diva and an effective wrestler. The Wrestling/BellaTwins, Wrestling/SummerRae, Wrestling/{{Carmella}}, Wrestling/AlexaBliss and aguably arguably The Iconics were her {{Spiritual Successor}}s. There's a very good reason why her HairFlip ring entrance was homaged so much.much.
* SexyVillainsChasteHeroes: She was an especially notable example during the PG Era of WWE - where ContractualPurity among the Divas was a mainstay.

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* AudienceAlienatingEra: Her 2010 push as Divas' Champion is seen as the low point in her career; making it clear she'd lost any flair she originally displayed in the ring (while she'd regressed in 2009, fans were willing to overlook it because she was working with an injury and had some good matches with Wrestling/GailKim). She would do mostly two moves per match, and have a forgettable title reign. Once Wrestling/AliciaFox was swapped out as the top heel, and Maryse became a valet to Ted Di Biase Jr, she managed to shake some of the hate off - since she was at least focusing on the strength of her character.



* DorkAge: Her 2010 push as Divas' Champion is seen as the low point in her career; making it clear she'd lost any flair she originally displayed in the ring (while she'd regressed in 2009, fans were willing to overlook it because she was working with an injury and had some good matches with Wrestling/GailKim). She would do mostly two moves per match, and have a forgettable title reign. Once Wrestling/AliciaFox was swapped out as the top heel, and Maryse became a valet to Ted Di Biase Jr, she managed to shake some of the hate off - since she was at least focusing on the strength of her character.
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** Another problem people picked out with her return is that it immediately led to Miz holding the Intercontinental title for the majority of 2016 while almost exclusively retaining the belt with screwy finishes.

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** Another problem people picked out with her return is that it immediately led to Miz holding the Intercontinental title for the majority of 2016 while almost exclusively retaining the belt with screwy finishes. Of course, this also stopped being a problem due to the fact that their heel act together gave the Intercontinental title more heat and prestige than it had had in a long time.

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* BrokenBase: Her 2016 return. A welcome return of one of the most charismatic bad girls in recent history? Or a bad reminder of the "Diva" era that serves no purpose other than to help her husband take TV time from someone more deserving? This intensified with her getting a ''[=WrestleMania=]'' match when she hadn't even been in the division - especially since Natalya had been feuding with Nikki and was then shunted into a multi-woman match that got relegated to the kickoff show. Then again, she cut some of the best promos of her career, and the match ended up getting far more excitement once the build-up started happening.

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Her 2016 return. A welcome return of one of the most charismatic bad girls in recent history? Or a bad reminder of the "Diva" era that serves no purpose other than to help her husband take TV time from someone more deserving? This intensified with her getting a ''[=WrestleMania=]'' match when she hadn't even been in the division - especially since Natalya had been feuding with Nikki and was then shunted into a multi-woman match that got relegated to the kickoff show. Then again, she cut some of the best promos of her career, and the match ended up getting far more excitement once the build-up started happening.



* DorkAge: Her 2010 push as Divas' Champion is seen as the low point in her career; making it clear she'd lost any flair she originally displayed in the ring (while she'd regressed in 2009, fans were willing to overlook it because she was working with an injury and had some good matches with Wrestling/GailKim). She would do mostly two moves per match, and have a forgettable title reign. Once Wrestling/AliciaFox was swapped out as the top heel, and Maryse became a valet to Ted Di Biase Jr, she managed to shake some of the hate off - since she was at least focusing on the strength of her character.



* MemeticLoser: She established herself as the ultimate FauxActionGirl as of her ''Wrestling/WrestleMania 33'' mixed tag teaming with The Miz. Reports hyped up how much she'd been training to get into the ring again, and she was presented as a threat in promos...only to do next to nothing in the match itself. Any big moves Nikki Bella does are suspiciously sold by Miz instead. John Cena had verbally buried her on the previous Smackdown before the PPV, treating her as though she didn't have two Divas' Championship reigns (and was at one point the longest reigning champion before AJ Lee surpassed her). Her lack of involvement in the match just seemed to back up his claims.



* SeasonalRot: When she started wrestling, fans loved her for her creativity and unpredictability in the ring. Towards the end of 2008 she was held up as one of the future top Divas. Then she got injured and phoned in every match when she returned. Then she got injured again and proceeded to simply sell for her opponents and only win with her finisher, which did her no favours with fans at all. She managed to shake some of this heat off when WWE stopped pushing her as a wrestler and made her a valet, focusing on the strength of her character.

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* SeasonalRot: When she started wrestling, SeinfeldIsUnfunny: It might be hard for newer fans loved to see why Maryse caught on and became such a darkhorse among Diva fans in her for her creativity and unpredictability in the ring. Towards the end of 2008 time. The first is that she was held up as one very good at playing her character - by 2008, most of the future top Divas. Then she got injured Divas were either generic faces or generic heels (Melina generally agreed to be the exception), and phoned in every match when she returned. Then she got injured again and proceeded to simply sell for WWE's TamerAndChaster direction with the PG switch meant that Maryse stuck out even more with her opponents sexual image. The second is that none of this affected her wrestling ability at all; Maryse's character would normally belong to a valet who would pull off DistractedByTheSexy and only win with get into a CatFight. Many of the other Diva Search girls gave the impression they were trying to move away from their MsFanservice roots - while Maryse was unashamedly both a glamorous Diva and an effective wrestler. The Wrestling/BellaTwins, Wrestling/SummerRae, Wrestling/{{Carmella}}, Wrestling/AlexaBliss and aguably The Iconics were her finisher, which did {{Spiritual Successor}}s. There's a very good reason why her no favours with fans at all. She managed to shake some of this heat off when WWE stopped pushing her as a wrestler and made her a valet, focusing on the strength of her character.HairFlip ring entrance was homaged so much.
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Inverted. When she started wrestling, fans loved her for her creativity and unpredictability in the ring. Towards the end of 2008 she was held up as one of the future top Divas. Then she got injured and phoned in every match when she returned. Then she got injured again and proceeded to simply sell for her opponents and only win with her finisher, which did her no favours with fans at all. She managed to shake some of this heat off when WWE stopped pushing her as a wrestler and made her a valet, focusing on the strength of her character.

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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Inverted. SeasonalRot: When she started wrestling, fans loved her for her creativity and unpredictability in the ring. Towards the end of 2008 she was held up as one of the future top Divas. Then she got injured and phoned in every match when she returned. Then she got injured again and proceeded to simply sell for her opponents and only win with her finisher, which did her no favours with fans at all. She managed to shake some of this heat off when WWE stopped pushing her as a wrestler and made her a valet, focusing on the strength of her character.
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* AwesomeMoments: On the 03/14/17 edition of [=SmackDown=], Maryse cut what was easily her best promo, where she accuses [[Wrestling/BellaTwins Nikki Bella]] of ending their friendship by using her creative pull to stop Maryse from being rehired in 2013 and taking her spot on ''Series/TotalDivas'' (a long standing urban legend on the internet) and ended the promo by calling her a [[PrecisionFStrike lying, backstabbing bitch]]. Sure, Nikki easily debunked this theory[[note]]by pointing out that if she had that kind of power, Maryse wouldn't be there now.[[/note]] but it was still amazing nonetheless.
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* AwesomeMoments: On the 03/14/17 edition of [=SmackDown=], Maryse cut what was easily her best promo, where she accuses [[Wrestling/BellaTwins Nikki Bella]] of ending their friendship by using her creative pull to stop Maryse from being rehired in 2013 and taking her spot on ''Series/TotalDivas'' (a long standing urban legend on the internet) and ended the promo by calling her a [[PrecisionFStrike backstabbing bitch]]. Sure, Nikki easily debunked this theory[[note]]by pointing out that if she had that kind of power, Maryse wouldn't be there now.[[/note]] but it was still amazing nonetheless.

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* AwesomeMoments: On the 03/14/17 edition of [=SmackDown=], Maryse cut what was easily her best promo, where she accuses [[Wrestling/BellaTwins Nikki Bella]] of ending their friendship by using her creative pull to stop Maryse from being rehired in 2013 and taking her spot on ''Series/TotalDivas'' (a long standing urban legend on the internet) and ended the promo by calling her a [[PrecisionFStrike lying, backstabbing bitch]]. Sure, Nikki easily debunked this theory[[note]]by pointing out that if she had that kind of power, Maryse wouldn't be there now.[[/note]] but it was still amazing nonetheless.
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** Another problem people picked out with her return is that it immediately led to Miz holding the Intercontinental title for the majority of 2016 while almost exclusively retaining the belt with screwy finishes.
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* MemeticMutation: Maryse's hand gesture made it into a lot of memes.
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* AwesomeEgo: It's amazing how full of herself she can get, particularly during her first run.

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* BrokenBase: Her 2016 return. A welcome return of one of the most charismatic bad girls in recent history? Or a bad reminder of the "Diva" era that serves no purpose other than to help her husband take TV time from someone more deserving?

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* BrokenBase: Her 2016 return. A welcome return of one of the most charismatic bad girls in recent history? Or a bad reminder of the "Diva" era that serves no purpose other than to help her husband take TV time from someone more deserving?deserving? This intensified with her getting a ''[=WrestleMania=]'' match when she hadn't even been in the division - especially since Natalya had been feuding with Nikki and was then shunted into a multi-woman match that got relegated to the kickoff show. Then again, she cut some of the best promos of her career, and the match ended up getting far more excitement once the build-up started happening.
* CatharsisFactor: John Cena ''tearing'' into her on the final Smackdown before ''[=WrestleMania=] 33'' is very satisfying for fans who hated her for the reasons under CreatorsPet and XPacHeat.
--> "The reason they didn't want you back is because when you were here before, you didn't do jack. You don't believe me, get on the WWE Network right now and search for 'Best of Maryse'."


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** She teamed with Jillian to face the Bella Twins. Jillian did a random imitation of her HairFlip, and Maryse could be seen {{Corpsing}} as she saw it.
** And when Kelly Kelly mocked the hair flip in a tag match, Maryse's face was again priceless.


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** And John Cena after weeks of The Miz and Maryse spreading slanderous rumours about him and Nikki.
--> "Last week [[ActionGirl she]] picked up a [[EffortlessAmazonianLift 210 pound guy]] and threw him around like he was a waste of space. Every week you show up here, steal a paycheck and you ''are'' a [[NeutralFemale waste of space]]."
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* AwesomeMoments: On the 03/14/17 edition of [=SmackDown=], Maryse cut what was easily her best promo, where she accuses Nikki Bella of ending their friendship by using her creative pull to stop Maryse from being rehired in 2013 and taking her spot on ''Series/TotalDivas'' (a long standing urban legend on the internet) and ended the promo by calling her a [[PrecisionFStrike backstabbing bitch]]. Sure, Nikki easily debunked this theory[[note]]by pointing out that if she had that kind of power, Maryse wouldn't be there now.[[/note]] but it was still amazing nonetheless.

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* AwesomeMoments: On the 03/14/17 edition of [=SmackDown=], Maryse cut what was easily her best promo, where she accuses [[Wrestling/BellaTwins Nikki Bella Bella]] of ending their friendship by using her creative pull to stop Maryse from being rehired in 2013 and taking her spot on ''Series/TotalDivas'' (a long standing urban legend on the internet) and ended the promo by calling her a [[PrecisionFStrike backstabbing bitch]]. Sure, Nikki easily debunked this theory[[note]]by pointing out that if she had that kind of power, Maryse wouldn't be there now.[[/note]] but it was still amazing nonetheless.
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* AwesomeMoments: On the 03/14/17 edition of [=SmackDown=], Maryse cut what was easily her best promo, where she accuses Nikki Bella of using her creative pull to stop Maryse from being rehired in 2013 (a long standing urban legend on the internet) and ended the promo by calling her a [[PrecisionFStrike backstabbing bitch]].

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* AwesomeMoments: On the 03/14/17 edition of [=SmackDown=], Maryse cut what was easily her best promo, where she accuses Nikki Bella of ending their friendship by using her creative pull to stop Maryse from being rehired in 2013 and taking her spot on ''Series/TotalDivas'' (a long standing urban legend on the internet) and ended the promo by calling her a [[PrecisionFStrike backstabbing bitch]].bitch]]. Sure, Nikki easily debunked this theory[[note]]by pointing out that if she had that kind of power, Maryse wouldn't be there now.[[/note]] but it was still amazing nonetheless.
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* AwesomeMoments: On the 03/14/17 edition of [=SmackDown=], Maryse cut what was easily her best promo, where she accuses Nikki Bella of using her creative pull to stop Maryse from being rehired in 2013 (a long standing urban legend on the internet) and ended the promo by calling her a [[PrecisionFStrike backstabbing bitch]].

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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Was never very good in the ring, but she's hot as hell.

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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Was never very good It's often forgotten that Maryse is actually a two-time Divas' Champion, and was in fact the ring, but she's hot as hell.longest reigning champ before Wrestling/AJLee surpassed it (she was later surpassed by Nikki Bella). Maryse's most memorable traits are the hair flip, sexy ring attire and suggestive pin attempts.



* TakeThatScrappy: To Michael Cole, "Oh my God, Michael Cole, you vintage nerd"

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* CrowingMomentOfFunny:
** She celebrated her release from WWE by ordering cakes and having a party.
** After a long losing streak, she managed to get a win over Brie Bella in a 6-person tag. She celebrated this by randomly high-fiving Michael Cole afterwards.


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* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
** She celebrated her release from WWE by ordering cakes and having a party.
** After a long losing streak, she managed to get a win over Brie Bella in a 6-person tag. She celebrated this by randomly high-fiving Michael Cole afterwards.
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* BrokenBase: Her 2016 return. A welcome return of one of the most charismatic heels in recent history? Or a bad reminder of the "Diva" era that serves no purpose other than to help her husband tak TV time from someone more deserving?

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* BrokenBase: Her 2016 return. A welcome return of one of the most charismatic heels bad girls in recent history? Or a bad reminder of the "Diva" era that serves no purpose other than to help her husband tak take TV time from someone more deserving?
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* BrokenBase: Her 2016 return. A welcome return of one of the most charismatic heels in recent history? Or a bad reminder of the "Diva" era that serves no purpose other than to take a spot from someone else?

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* BrokenBase: Her 2016 return. A welcome return of one of the most charismatic heels in recent history? Or a bad reminder of the "Diva" era that serves no purpose other than to take a spot help her husband tak TV time from someone else?more deserving?
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* CrowingMomentOfFunny: She celebrated her release from WWE by ordering cakes and having a party.

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She celebrated her release from WWE by ordering cakes and having a party.party.
** After a long losing streak, she managed to get a win over Brie Bella in a 6-person tag. She celebrated this by randomly high-fiving Michael Cole afterwards.



* EvilIsSexy: She was an especially notable example during the PG Era of WWE - where ContractualPurity among the Divas was a mainstay.



* {{Narm}}: She made her return to Raw in 2009 attacking Melina brutally. A return which would have been very effective...if it wasn't done on a Thanksgiving-themed episode. Melina had wrestled in a "Mayflower Melee" match dressed in a sexy Native American costume. And Maryse attacked her while dressed as Wrestling/TheGobbledyGooker. Maryse also unmasks dramatically and then spends a few extra seconds trying to remove the elaborate costume.

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* {{Narm}}: LoveToHate: In her initial push and after becoming a manager. She played such a convincing AlphaBitch that fans just loved it.
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She made her return to Raw in 2009 attacking Melina brutally. A return which would have been very effective...if it wasn't done on a Thanksgiving-themed episode. Melina had wrestled in a "Mayflower Melee" match dressed in a sexy Native American costume. And Maryse attacked her while dressed as Wrestling/TheGobbledyGooker. Maryse also unmasks dramatically and then spends a few extra seconds trying to remove the elaborate costume.
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* CrowingMomentOfFunny: She celebrated her release from WWE by ordering cakes and having a party.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Once blindsided EveTorres backstage and took photos of herself posing over Eve's unconscious body. Two years later when it was Eve's turn to be the heel Divas' Champion, she did the same thing to her opponents after she had beaten them.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Once blindsided EveTorres Wrestling/EveTorres backstage and took photos of herself posing over Eve's unconscious body. Two years later when it was Eve's turn to be the heel Divas' Champion, she did the same thing to her opponents after she had beaten them.
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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Was never very good in the ring, but she's hot as hell.
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* CreatorsPet: Initially in 2009-2010 where her wrestling was subpar but she was pushed to the top of the division. Management however then quickly had her drop the title and pushed her aside in favour of Wrestling/AliciaFox - giving her a valet role which was arguably focusing on the strength of her character.


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* VindicatedByHistory: Diva fans fondly remember her character now that she's not being pushed as a wrestler.
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* {{Narm}}: She made her return to Raw in 2009 attacking Melina brutally. A return which would have been very effective...if it wasn't done on a Thanksgiving-themed episode. Melina had wrestled in a "Mayflower Melee" match dressed in a sexy Native American costume. And Maryse attacked her while dressed as the Gobbledegooker. Maryse also unmasks dramatically and then spends a few extra seconds trying to remove the elaborate costume.

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* {{Narm}}: She made her return to Raw in 2009 attacking Melina brutally. A return which would have been very effective...if it wasn't done on a Thanksgiving-themed episode. Melina had wrestled in a "Mayflower Melee" match dressed in a sexy Native American costume. And Maryse attacked her while dressed as the Gobbledegooker.Wrestling/TheGobbledyGooker. Maryse also unmasks dramatically and then spends a few extra seconds trying to remove the elaborate costume.
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** One directed at her. The Miz: "You're not a champion, you're a tease...you had your chance with me and you butchered it. Just like you butcher the English language every time you open your mouth".

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** One directed at her. The Miz: "You're not a champion, you're a tease...you had your chance with me and you butchered it. Just like you butcher the English language every time you open your mouth". HilariousInHindsight considering they're married in real life.

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* {{Narm}}: She made her return to Raw in 2009 attacking Melina brutally. A return which would have been very effective...if it wasn't done on a Thanksgiving-themed episode. Melina had wrestled in a "Mayflower Melee" match dressed in a sexy Native American costume. And Maryse attacked her while dressed as the Gobbledegooker.

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* HilariousInHindsight: Once blindsided EveTorres backstage and took photos of herself posing over Eve's unconscious body. Two years later when it was Eve's turn to be the heel Divas' Champion, she did the same thing to her opponents after she had beaten them.
* {{Narm}}: She made her return to Raw in 2009 attacking Melina brutally. A return which would have been very effective...if it wasn't done on a Thanksgiving-themed episode. Melina had wrestled in a "Mayflower Melee" match dressed in a sexy Native American costume. And Maryse attacked her while dressed as the Gobbledegooker. Maryse also unmasks dramatically and then spends a few extra seconds trying to remove the elaborate costume.
** She also got slapped by Cherry and oversold it hilariously.


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* TakeThatScrappy: To Michael Cole, "Oh my God, Michael Cole, you vintage nerd"
** One directed at her. The Miz: "You're not a champion, you're a tease...you had your chance with me and you butchered it. Just like you butcher the English language every time you open your mouth".
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* DracoInLeatherPants: Had a fair share of crowds cheering her because of how hot she was, and how strong her character too.
* {{Narm}}: She made her return to Raw in 2009 attacking Melina brutally. A return which would have been very effective...if it wasn't done on a Thanksgiving-themed episode. Melina had wrestled in a "Mayflower Melee" match dressed in a sexy Native American costume. And Maryse attacked her while dressed as the Gobbledegooker.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Inverted. When she started wrestling, fans loved her for her creativity and unpredictability in the ring. Towards the end of 2008 she was held up as one of the future top Divas. Then she got injured and phoned in every match when she returned. Then she got injured again and proceeded to simply sell for her opponents and only win with her finisher, which did her no favours with fans at all. She managed to shake some of this heat off when WWE stopped pushing her as a wrestler and made her a valet, focusing on the strength of her character.
* XPacHeat: Diva fans ''hated'' her during her title push in 2009-2010 and not in the way they were supposed to.

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