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* Blaineley from ''TotalDramaWorldTour'' basically combines the worst traits of [[JerkAss Chris]], [[ImNotHereToMakeFriends Heather]] and [[TheWesley Owen]], annoys everyone during the Aftermaths, and then becomes an actual contestant, apparently just because the writers needed to fill up a few episodes and didn't want to bring an actually ''interesting'' character in.

Wait, you mean it's bad for the character to be a FriendToAllLivingThings? No problem! Animals '''[[EnemyToAllLivingThings DIE]]''' in her presence. It's bad for her to [[ThePollyanna always be optimistic]]? No problem! She's now highly paranoid and has obsessive compulsive disorder to facilitate it. It's bad for her to have extraordinary abilities that allow her to do no wrong? No problem! She's now completely depowered, physically handicapped, and [[ThisLoserIsYou extremely incompetent]]. It's bad for her to be beautiful? No problem! She now looks like Janet Reno as painted by Picasso as a two-year old after someone mistook the painting for toilet paper. Surely, this fixed all the problems, right?

** Including one character that may or may not still live in the same house as the other characters. [[HandWave He doesn't want to leave his room.

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* Mayo Sakaki of ''FushigiYuugi: Eikoden''. She was created to be "a girl with human weaknesses," which is more or less understandable. . . but let's just say the writers ''really'' overshot the mark. The girl is [[SpoiledBrat so self-centered]] [[JerkAss and hateful]] she's willing to erase her adult love rival ([[HotForTeacher her PE teacher's]] ''pregnant wife'', former FushigiYuugi protagonist, Miaka) from existence, and to [[MoralEventHorizon hold said rival's unborn baby girl]] ''[[IHaveYourWife hostage]]'' [[MoralEventHorizon to manipulate the baby's soon-to-be father]]. And yet, she's treated with incredible sympathy by the other characters and even gets her [[KarmaHoudini "redemption"]] at the end.

* James Howlett/Logan/Wolverine in the ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'' franchise. It varies from source to source, but he is largely presented as a small, smelly, hairy drunkard with a tendency towards unnecessary violence who smokes like a chimney and spends way too much time going after barely legal women. When he turned out to be very popular, those RunningTheAsylum basically [[PopularityPower made him a Sue in recent years]], [[SpotlightStealingSquad giving him way too much screen time]]. This is more and more blatant ever since the movies, where he was pretty much a full-blooded Stu; his solo film is sometimes referred to as "the fourth ''[[WolverinePublicity Wolverine]]'' movie". Having Hugh Jackman cast in the role didn't help either, adding sheer physical attractiveness to Wolvy's already-established {{badass}}ery...

How to avoid both a MarySue and AntiSue as a writer: Remember that having ''some'' CommonMarySueTraits doesn't inevitably make a character a MarySue. For example, let's say that your character has some skill that makes her considerably more powerful than the other characters around her. It's possible to dodge Mary-Sueness on this without turning her into an Anti-Sue. Instead of taking away her power and making her a weakling, try one of these two options: 1) Make her extra power come at a price. Bonus points if each use of the power costs her more than the last. 2) Apply a long "cooldown period" to the power, so that it can't be used everytime she fights. This has the added bonus of keeping her from becoming a one trick fighter, which would quickly become boring.

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** These character traits extend to the main character of his [[YuGiOh Yu-Gi-Oh!]] fanfiction ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Negative Zero'', Shougo Aoyama; nevertheless, his depiction of Shougo as cowardly and passive-aggressive is not very different from how the character is depicted in Toei's movie, where the character comes from.

* Twilight's Bella. She's pretty vapid, self-described as unappealing and bookish and displays no positive traits whatsoever. She's constantly whinging about how much her life sucks and how much she herself sucks [[MasochismTango (Oh, Edward!]] [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy I don't deserve you!)]], can't receive a gift without bitching about it, cheats on her boyfriend(s)(holding hands is not something "Just Friends" do!)...and yet, for some reason, everyone loves her. Huh?

***** Not so. Note Bella being both "vain" and "lacking self-esteem" above. Contradictions never got in the way of any Mary Sue, let alone an Anti Sue.

* Twilight's Bella. She's pretty vapid, self-described as unappealing and bookish and displays no positive traits whatsoever. She's constantly whinging about how much her life sucks and how much she herself sucks [[MasochismTango (Oh, Edward!]] [[IWantMyBelovedToBeeHappy I don't deserve you!)]], can't receive a gift without bitching about it, cheats on her boyfriend(s)(holding hands is not something "Just Friends" do!)...and yet, for some reason, everyone loves her. Huh?

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* [[Twilight Bella]]. She's pretty vapid, self-described as unappealing and bookish and displays no positive traits whatsoever. She's constantly whinging about how much her life sucks and how much she herself sucks [[Masochism Tango (Oh, Edward!]] [IWantMyBelovedToBeeHappyI don't deserve you!)]], can't receive a gift without bitching about it, cheats on her boyfriend(s)(holding hands is not something "Just Friends" do!)...and yet, for some reason, everyone loves her. Huh?

* [[{{Twilight}} Bella Swan]]. Don't deny it.
--> '''Bella:''' I guess my brain will never work right. [[WallBanger At least I'm pretty.]]

* Bella Swan of the "Twilight" book series is allegedly plain looking and clumsy, however, nearly every guy in school wants to go out with her and all the girls want to befriend her. Her clumsiness doesn't really prove as a fatal flaw, and many would argue that the way it's written in is to make it sound cute and endearing.

* CtrlAltDel's Ethan, [[MostTriumphantExample the example that tops them all of this trope.]] There are many reasons: his obvious AuthorAvatar-ness, his incredibly antisocial personality, committing social behavior a 5 year old knows not to do, yet the series constantly revolves around him, all the other characters talk about nothing but him, he conveniently becomes [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands invincible and highly intelligent whenever necessary, even being able to built two sentient robots,]] and gets his girlfriend to apologize to him after she has a miscarriage. It just makes things worse that he is still the least likable character in the entire series, and several characters have been [[DisproportionateRetribution unnecessarily punished,]] or even [[PutOnABus removed from the series]] to give Ethan more screen time.

* This is another reason that the Sentry is so commonly despised. He has dozens of character defects and psychological problems, forcing him into being AchillesInHisTent 80% of the time, but every character loves and accepts him, he's considered to be one of the most powerful heroes on the planet, he appears in a large amount of crossovers, and he's basically unstoppable when he's not utterly useless.
* [[{{Spider-Man}} Peter Parker]] to the average person is for the most part, lazy, a loser, a coward, and a creep who lived in his Aunt May's [[BasementDweller basement.]] Writers still try to hook him up with beautiful women who, for the most part, [[StrangledByTheRedString have absolutely no reason to be attracted to him and nearly every reason to be repulsed.]] This is a pretty big reason why BND is reviled among many Spider-Man fans.

* Bella Swan of the "Twilight" book series is allegedly plain looking and clumsy, however, nearly every guy in school wants to go out with her and all the girls want to befriend her. Her clumsiness, some would say, is simply written in as a way to make her more endearing. (like a cutsey klutz)

* [[Spider-Man Peter Parker]] to the average person is for the most part, lazy, a loser, a coward, and a creep who lived in his Aunt May's [[BasementDweller basement.]] Writers still try to hook him up with beautiful women who, for the most part, [[StrangledByTheRedString have absolutely no reason to be attracted to him and nearly every reason to be repulsed.]] This is a pretty big reason why BND is reviled among many Spider-Man fans.