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* Koko from Zatch Bell. She's seen as a helpless good hearted victim the entire series, with no true faults. When she's controlled and taken away by an evil demon, any actions she does or events she encounters are entirely unrelated to her 'true' self and therefor she's not capable of being responsible for any of them. She develops no connections with anyone in the series, (Nothing very explorable even with Zofis) except for a shallow one with Sherry in which neither obtain anything from each other, except one saved the others [[ThinkNothingOfIt life once]]. She's more of a [[MacGuffin plot device]] for Sherry than anything else.

** Koko from Zatch Bell. She's seen as a helpless good hearted victim the entire series, with no true faults. When she's controlled and taken away by an evil demon, any actions she does or events she encounters are entirely unrelated to her 'true' self and therefor she's not capable of being responsible for any of them. She develops no connections with anyone in the series, (Nothing very explorable even with Zofis) except for a shallow one with Sherry in which neither obtain anything from each other, except one saved the others [[ThinkNothingOfIt life once]]. She's more of a [[MacGuffin plot device]] for Sherry than anything else.

* Koko from Zatch Bell. She's seen as a helpless good hearted victim the entire series, with no true faults. When she's controlled and taken away by an evil demon, any actions she does or events she encounters are entirely unrelated to her 'true' self and therefor she's not capable of being responsible for any of them. She develops no connections with anyone in the series, (Nothing very explorable even with Zofis) except for a shallow one with Sherry in which neither obtain anything from each other, except one saved the others [[ThinkNothingOfIt life once]]. She's more of a [[MacGuffin plot device]] for Sherry than anything else.

** Improbably Cool Name? Please she sounds like a Mexican dog breed to me.
*** Well, "Razortalon" is pretty improbably cool...

** Did I mention that she's also a flaming {{Relationship Sue}}?

** While the comic fleshes out the characters some more, a lot of the film's arc comes from Scott Pilgrim realizing that he isn't just a victim and that he needs to take responsibility for himself (hence, obtaining the "Power of Self-Respect" as his true weapon rather than the "Power of Love"). Similarly, Ramona, who was simply looking for an easy getaway from her past, learns to face it (though her developments gets a lot less air time admittedly than Scott's). Flawed characters that grows and develops over the course of the story? YourMileageMayVary, of course, but that doesn't sound very much like a PuritySue.

* In the film version of ''[[ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World]]'', both characters are Mary/Marty Stus, though some may claim they are [[ParodySue intentionally that way]], they truly aren't. An [[http://eclipsemagazine.com/Movies/19494/ excerpt]] from Eclipse Magazine's review:

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* Cheza of WolfsRain fits here. She's unnaturally liked by all the characters,there isn't a single character in story who wants to harm her in any way,the brooding and mysterious leader of the pack is comepletely infatuated with her to the point of obsession. Hell, ''Everyone'' in the pack is infatuated with her beyond comprehension,even the ''Villan' despite lacking any type of defining personality traits. She often just sits,twirls around silently as everyone else fawns over her. Did I aso mention she has the power to tame wolves with her super awesome singing power,and look into thier dreams and bring life to everything around her,even though she's only a ''flower''?

-->This movie has something for everyone, if you are a guy then who wouldn’t want to be Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) a jerk who is in a band and gets all the chicks. Sure one of them is in high school, but your ex is now a famous rock star who still wants you and the new girl is another pseudo hipster who is like a female version of you. And oh yeah, for some unknown reason you know how to kick butt and take numbers – ''StreetFighter'' style. Who wouldn’t want to be a cool girl like Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)? She has no trouble getting a man to fall madly in love with her (for no apparent reason) and then have them all pine long after the break up to the point where they want to beat your new boyfriend into a pulp and her current guy is willing to literally fight for you? This girl and Pilgrim [[TropeCodifier are the ultimate Mary Sue characters – The author’s dream version of himself/herself.]]

* In the film version of ''[[ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World]]'', both characters are Mary/Marty Stus. An [[http://eclipsemagazine.com/Movies/19494/ excerpt]] from Eclipse Magazine's review:

* Ramona Flowers in the film version of ''[[ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World]]''. An [[http://eclipsemagazine.com/Movies/19494/ excerpt]] from Eclipse Magazine's review:
--> Who wouldn’t want to be a cool girl like Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)? She has no trouble getting a man to fall madly in love with her (for no apparent reason) and then have them all pine long after the break up to the point where they want to beat your new boyfriend into a pulp and her current guy is willing to literally fight for you? This girl and Pilgrim [[TropeCodifier are the ultimate Mary Sue characters – The author’s dream version of himself/herself.]]

* Rudolf Gloder in StephenFry's ''Making History'' might count as a deconstruction of this character type. Gloder is presented as the kind of guy everyone loves. He's handsome, blond and dashing. He says things that would sound ridiculous coming from other people but are inspiring and wonderful coming from him. He's a born leader and rises quickly up the ranks, and the devotion he inspires in his men is such that they would willingly die for him. He's a heroic warrior but has good judgement and common sense. In short, he's this trope in a nutshell. And because he's this trope in a nutshell, he's an utter sociopath who knows exactly how to manipulate people into doing exactly what he wants from them, and in a world where Adolf Hitler was never born thanks to a time-travel experiment, [[HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct he goes on to take control of the Nazi Party, take over Europe, win the Second World War, complete the Holocaust and generally screw the entire planet up more than Hitler ever got a chance to, precisely because of all of this]]. SoYeah.

* Azula is entirely [[PossessionSue rewritten into one]] in the infamous ''[=~Avatar: The Last Airbender~=]'' fancomic HowIBecameYours. [[spoiler: Complete with Jesus-like ressurection and an unborn child said to be "the hope of the world". Her daughter Miracle will take her place as this if there's ever a sequel]].
** ...''[[CanonDefilement AZULA!?!?!?]]'' ...[[CompleteMonster do]] [[MagnificentBitch they]] [[MoralEventHorizon REALLY]] [[TheCaligula MEAN]] ''[[FacePalm THIS]] [[CanonDefilement AZULA!?!?!?!?]]''
*** ... Yes.

* Male example: Vindicator Alexei, from the WoW fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5567629/1/Stand_of_the_Exiles Stand of the Exiles,]]'' seems to have no personality beyond "[[DumbMuscle kind of dumb]]," "[[ShallowLoveInterest stuck]] [[StrangledByTheRedString on]] [[JerkSue Anchorite Ranith]]," and "{{badass}}." (Unless "[[TheBigGuy very big]]" and "[[PurpleProse very blue]]" count.) We're nonetheless [[InformedAbility informed]] that he's [[KnightInShiningArmor the perfect paladin]], a model of honor, ''et cetera''.

* Male example: Vindicator Alexei, from the WoW fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5567629/1/Stand_of_the_Exiles Stand of the Exiles,]]'' seems to have no personality beyond "[[DumbMuscle kind of dumb]]," "[[ShallowLoveInterest stuck on]] [[JerkSue Anchorite Ranith]]," and "{{badass}}." (Unless "[[TheBigGuy very big]]" and "[[PurpleProse very blue]]" count.) We're nonetheless [[InformedAbility informed]] that he's [[KnightInShiningArmor the perfect paladin]], a model of honor, ''et cetera''.

* Male example: Vindicator Alexei, from the WoW fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5567629/1/Stand_of_the_Exiles Stand of the Exiles]]'', seems to have no personality beyond "[[DumbMuscle kind of dumb]]," "[[ShallowLoveInterest stuck on]] [[JerkSue Anchorite Ranith]]," and "{{badass}}." (Unless "[[TheBigGuy very big]]" and "[[PurpleProse very blue]]" count.) We're nonetheless [[InformedAbility informed]] that he's [[KnightInShiningArmor the perfect paladin]], a model of honor, ''et cetera''.

* The aptly named titular character from ''There'sSomethingAboutMary''. You can make a drinking game for the number of times she's called a "fox." She's also a doctor, an avid sports fan who plays golf in her spare time (when she's not helping out the disabled, mind you), and her ideal man is supposedly an Everyman on the one condition that he be self-employed. Every single man in the film wants her and is willing to sacrifice any relationship he currently has to be with her, including ''Brett Freakin' Favre''. Of course, for the film's comedy (guys ruin their lives over a single woman) to work, you'd pretty much ''have'' to have a lead like this.

****Although fans will always be divided on this, Azmaria cannot be denied as Purity Sue potential if the Magdalene,who got little actual screen-time/exploration, is to be considered true. She was born an apostle, which came out of circumstance. She gave people pep talks and they instantly listened. Even the villains took quite a likening to her. (More so in the manga) And she played little more importance than any of the other apostles. (Actually none at all in the anime,since the [[AdaptationDecay villains plan was scrapped]]) But again, fans [[YourMileageMayVary either agree with this or love her and completely reject this notion]] that she has a lack of flaws.
* ''CodeGeass'': Euphemia is practically a [[IncrediblyLamePun bloody deconstruction]] of the trope, particularly since all her kindness and goodness gets her in the end [[spoiler: is a crappy death and being forever known as the instigator of a massacre.]]

* Sora Naegino from ''KaleidoStar'' is a deconstruction of this trope, since she has several traits but she still has to go through lots of shit to get her goals. [[spoiler: Sophie Oswald is a more by-the-book version, but being a DeadLittleSister, she didn't last long enough, [[JustifiedTrope and Leon would've been OOC if he didn't idealize her]] due to [[BreakTheCutie the terrible circumstances surrounding her death]].]]

* Romeo from RomeoXJuliet is a rare ''male'' example of this trope. Despite being raised by the biggest [[KickTheDog puppy-kicker]] known to man, and despite being named after the hot-headed and reckless man from the play, Romeo has no flaws whatsoever. He's [[IncorruptiblePurePureness kind]], [[FriendToAllLivingThings gentle]], [[WideEyedIdealist charmingly naive]], rides a white 'dragonhorse' (think pegasus), weeps over injustice, [[ChronicHeroSyndrome takes up any good cause]], nobley works alongside the criminal miners he's overseeing, and so on and so forth. Not only does he have no flaws, but he's never punished for any of his positive ones (like his naivete) and none of them are the cause for [[ItWasHisSled his demise]]. It's especially jarring considering [[MagnificentBastard who raised him]] and his love interest Juliet, who ''does'' have her own flaws.
* Tohru Honda of ''FruitsBasket'' fits this trope somewhat in the [[AdaptationDecay anime adaptation]], which kept essentially all of her [[TheMessiah messiah-like]] ([[{{Pollyanna}} unending optimism]] and redemption of the main cast, most of whom vocally appreciate her for it) and [[YamatoNadeshiko yamato nadeshiko]] (cooking and housecleaning skill) qualities, but none of her [[StepfordSmiler underlying]] [[ExtremeDoormat psychological problems]] and very little of her CharacterDevelopment.

**And when it's not fan senshi, it's Usagi herself. She's often stripped of what makes her human--clumsiness, ignorance, lack of refinement, etc.--and made into a perfect saint for all the senshi to love and aspire to. Ignoring that even the series never went ''that'' far and even up until the last episode still showed her being bratty, ditzy, lacing in academics, or gluttonous. At some point in the future she finally grew out of this, but we're never shown how. Most fanfic authors convert [[PossessionSue Usagi]] into some ultimate being of purity and perfection that even the series stopped short of doing.

** ...''[[CanonDefilement AZULA!?!?!?]]''
** ...[[CompleteMonster do they]] [[MoralEventHorizon REALLY]] [[TheCaligula MEAN]] ''[[FacePalm THIS]] [[CanonDefilement AZULA!?!?!?!?]]''

* The aptly named titular character from ''There's Something About Mary''. You can make a drinking game for the number of times she's called a "fox." She's also a doctor, an avid sports fan who plays golf in her spare time (when she's not helping out the disabled, mind you), and her ideal man is supposedly an Everyman on the one condition that he be self-employed. Every single man in the film wants her and is willing to sacrifice any relationship he currently has to be with her, including ''Brett Freakin' Favre''. Of course, for the film's comedy (guys ruin their lives over a single woman) to work, you'd pretty much ''have'' to have a lead like this.
* Nastika from the movie ''Jack Frost'' as seen on MST3K. She's so pure that the sun reverses course to give her the time to finish knitting a stocking. Her eventual suitor would be the epitome of a MartyStu if the plot wasn't largely about teaching him some humility. Of course the film itself is a pile up of Russian fairy tale adaptations, so Nastika is also a pretty basic MarySueClassic in the vein of Cinderella and Snow White.

** In ''A Christmas Carol'' there's Tiny Tim.

* Hank from Royal Pains. Seriously, does he get paid extra for being a goody-two-shoes?