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  • Actor-Inspired Element: The Marlena character was her idea, inspired by a Barbie doll her daughter was playing with. She figured since Goldust was meant to be a movie star and a living Oscar statuette, he needed a glamorous lady that also looked like a living doll as his manager. She pitched the character in December and was on the road by January. Marlena also smoked cigars because Terri loved them and felt they fit the character.
  • Creator Backlash:
    • She hated the PMS name and tried her damndest to get it changed, to no avail. She also hated the Fake Pregnancy storyline with Val Venis - calling it "cheap and not effective."
    • She didn't like Jerry Lawler referring to her as the "horny little she-devil" either.
      Terri Runnels: A part I was never particularly fond of...like, how did he know?
    • She didn't like valeting Raven, feeling they didn't gel together.
    • According to The Kat, Terri hated the Thong Stinkface Match they had. Mainly because she felt embarrassed for her daughter. She's also admitted that it "wasn't easy" to talk to fellow mothers right after she'd been in a T&A segment on television.
  • Contractual Purity: Sort of. While she had no problems walking around in thong bikinis and Underboobs on display during the Attitude Era, she did turn down an offer to pose for Playboy because of the potential impact it would have on her daughter.
  • Enforced Method Acting: Terri was the first Diva to be put through a table by the Dudley Boyz. Beforehand she asked that the table not be gimmicked in any way and wished to take the full force of it.
  • Hostility on the Set: She revealed that Brock Lesnar sexually harassed her once by flashing his penis to her backstage.
  • Romance on the Set: She first dated Brian Pillman and then Goldust when they were in WCW.
  • Trolling Creator: When asked who her least favourite person to manage was, she replied "Moppy". Keep in mind "Moppy" was the mop that Perry Saturn, while in a Cloudcuckoolander state during a storyline, took up as a Companion Cube (and eventually later replaced Terri with).
  • What Could Have Been:
    • As noted on the main page, WWE wanted Marlena to be lesbian to match Goldust, even angling her targeting Sable. Sable refused to do the storyline, so it was dropped.
    • The Brian Pillman storyline was supposed to have Marlena leave Goldust for the former, and it would've even involved a wedding segment. Brian Pillman's death led to it being ended.
    • She recalls turning down a lot of things, including Playboy out of fear of her daughter's reputation. Years later, she said her now-grown daughter told her she could have done them and she would still have been proud.
    • She's also said she would have loved to work more with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Kevin Nash.
  • Why Fandom Can't Have Nice Things: She used to post on Reddit semi-frequently, but some members of r/SquareCircled chased her off by being creeps and/or assholes.

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