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* BobAndGeorge comumnity has a lot of Autor Avatars, most of which are GodModSue. They often appear in each other's fancomics. The most suited example is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Autors' wars.]]

* BobAndGeorge comumnity has a lot of Autor Avatars, most of which are Mary Sue. They often appear in each other's fancomics. The most suited example is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Autors' wars.]]

* BobAndGeorge comumnity has a lot of Autor Avatars, most of which are Mary Sue. They often appear in each other's fancomics. The most suited example is [[ExactlyWhatTheySanOnTheTin Autors' wars.]]

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* {{Charmed}} in later seasons, especially Wyatt, Chris and Billie.
* TheWestWing, yet somehow it works.
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And then there are authors who don't want anyone stealing the limelight from [[AuthorAvatar the surrogate]], so they pile ''[[CommonMarySueTraits every single Sue trait]]'' onto one character, creating a sort of...''[[HiveMind Hive Sue]]''. On the other hand, authors that are slightly more [[GenreSavvy fandom-savvy]] may forego making original Sues and turn all their favorite canon characters into [[PossessionSue Possession Sues]] instead in order to fall under the MarySueHunter radar.

** Snape's only EstrogenBrigadeBait in the movies, in the books, he's supposed to be a {{Gonk}}. Still doesn't explain anything, as the author based the fic off the movies.

* ''LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami'' starts out with just the one stu - Dark Yagami. Then comes [[CharacterDerailment Canon Derailed]] Sayu, Night Yagami (Dark's evil(er) clone), [[MindScrew Shakespeare's Shinigami]]... Yeah.
** And later comes Day Yagami, [[strike:Darknight]] Dawn Yagami, Dusk Yagami (also a robot), all of them clones from the original Sue, Dark.

* ''ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'' is [[LoveItOrHateIt possible]] proof of the mantra TropesAreNotBad. Piling almost every MarySue trope onto Shinji at once turns out to be ''awesome''.
** YourMileageMayVary. Some people -- this troper included -- just can't get past the Sue factor.
*** Then you obviously need [[MoreDakka more 40K]].
*** And the funny thing is WordOfGod states that the point of the fic was to ''avert'' the tendency of Shinji becoming any kind of Sue to achieve happiness. That went over about as well as [[MisaimedFandom Rei]] [[MoeMoe being]] [[CompletelyMissingThePoint creepy]].

* Sierra Ranay, who has also gone by [[IHaveManyNames many other handles]] over the past 10 or so years, writes atrocious SonicTheHedgehog fanfiction which perfectly demonstrates this trope. In one fanfic, she had the following self-insert characters: Shay Ranay, Sierra Ranay, Shay Ranay, Shalita somethingorother, [[FusionDance Sierra/Shalita? "Shay" Ranay]] and Shaetore Valencia. There also were a character or two who were based on family members. If you are a masochist [[http://web.archive.org/web/20050912214920/www.netraptor.org/fanfics/Fanfic_m.html you can peruse her old horror]] here. I have had the (mis)fortune of knowing this individual.

** ...I think that probably counts as balancing each other out.
*** Seeing as how most of them are actively working at cross purposes to each other, do you even have to ask if they cancel each other out? And that assumes that you can even count as a MarySue in a game where the only thing keeping the combat system from shattering horribly is the fact that there are several ways to make yourself ''completely invulnerable''.

* The page quote from ErrantStory describes 3 of the 4 main cast members. The last one is a skilled elven warrior, who is considered an outcast among her people, with an even more troubled past partly due to [[MayflyDecemberRomance falling in love with a human]]. None of them are actual [[ParodySue Parody Sues]]. The comic still [[BetterThanItSounds gets away with it]], thanks to a combination of good writing, actual character flaws, and liberal application of [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarkers ]] and [[LampShade Lampshading]].
** According to an add at the site, the author recently did a 'workshop' called "How to write Mary sues, tropes and cliches, and get away with it".

** Likewise, most of the Pantheon/{{Disgraces}} of the Trope Pantheon, and the stories written about them. (although all written as [[ParodySue Parody Sues]]) Far from all, mind you. (though the Sues [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking tend to be in charge]])

--> -- ErrantStory, whose lightbulb [[LampShade must be nearly invisible by now]].

->'''Meji''': ..so..um.. you're Jon's [[LongLostSibling long lost, estranged sister]], who's been turned into an [[EmotionlessGirl emotionless]] magic Ninja assasin by some [[AllMonksKnowKungFu secret order of monks]] [[ShamgriLa hidden in the mountains]]? That's like, really, kinda freaking stupid if you don't mind me saying. And I thought your brother's whole '[[HitmanWithAHeart hitman with a troubled past and a heart of gold]]' bit was bad.\\
'''Ellis''': Yeah, and this is coming from a [[MagicalGirl magic-using]], [[HalfHumanHybrid half elven]] [[ThePresidentsDaughter heiress]] with unusual [[AnimeHair hair]] and [[KaleidoscopeEyes eye]] colors, and [[NonHumanSidekick talking animal companion]]. So that's really saying something there.\\
-- ErrantStory, whose actual lightbulb [[LampShade must be nearly invisible by now]] .

* TheAuthority. The team consists of a Superman CaptainErsatz and a Batman CaptainErsatz for people who think that the problem with Batman is that he doesn't have NewPowersAsThePlotDemands (both without the [[ThouShaltNotKill qualms]] about [[ARealManIsAKiller killing]]); three people who can pretty much [[GreenLanternRing do anything]] (one of whom is a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute replacement]] for a dead team member who was just virtually invincible, not virtually omnipotent); one who can ''literally'' do anything; and Swift.

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* 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:
-->This movie has something for everyone, if you are a guy then who wouldn’t want to be Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) [[JerkSue a jerk]] who is in a band and [[MartyStu 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 [[GodModeSue 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 [[PuritySue 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.]]
** Ooookay. I'm calling YourMileageMayVary at the very least, since I haven't heard anyone else express this opinion.
** First, Scott isn't that much of a MartyStu since for half of his fights (exes 2,3,and 4) he only wins through sheer dumb luck(and arguably also the last ex fight because of the [[spoiler: 1-Up]]). Second, Mary Winstead looks hot in that movie. It's perfectly believable that someone that hot could get that many guys. Finally, the fact that this is a comedy has to be considered, meaning that MST3KMantra applies here.
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*''MyImmortal'' long ago passed the Sue Event Horizon. You have the main character, AuthorAvatar Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way, her friend's character Willow, and [[PossessionSue total character rehauls]] for [[DracoInLeatherPants Draco]], Harry, Hermione, Ron, [[strike:Hagrid]] "Hargrid" (inexplicably a Hogwarts student), Ginny, Neville, Crabbe, Goyle, and Professor [[strike:Trelawny]] "Trevolry" (a.k.a. Professor [[strike:Sinistra]] "Sinister"). They all become "goffik"; wear only Hot Topic clothes, listen to the same bands she does, cut themselves, look like singers from her favorite bands, and all the guys become bisexual. When she goes back in time, similar treatments are given to James, [[strike:Sirius]] "Serious", [[strike:Lucius]] Lucian, Tom "Satan" Riddle (a.k.a. Tom Bombadil), and Hedwig (actually a male bisexual wizard). Strangely, [[EstrogenBrigadeBait [[strike:Snape]] "Snap"]] is cast as a major villain.

*''MyImmortal'' long ago passed the Sue Event Horizon. You have the main character, AuthorAvatar Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way, her friend's character Willow, and [[PossessionSue total character rehauls]] for [[DracoInLeatherPants Draco]], Harry, Hermione, Ron, [[strike:Hagrid]] "Hargrid" (inexplicably a Hogwarts student), Ginny, Neville, Crabbe, Goyle, and Professor [[strike:Trelawny]] "Trevolry" (a.k.a. Professor [[strike:Sinistra]] "Sinister"). They all become "goffik"; wear only Hot Topic clothes, listen to the same bands she does, cut themselves, look like singers from her favorite bands, and all the guys become bisexual. When she goes back in time, similar treatments are given to James, Sirius, Lucius, Tom Bombadil (apparently Voldemort's real name), and Hedwig (actually a male bisexual wizard). Strangely, [[EstrogenBrigadeBait Snape]] is cast as a major villain.

*''MyImmortal'' long ago passed the Sue Event Horizon. You have the main character, AuthorAvatar Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way, her friend's character Willow, and [[PossessionSue total character rehauls]] for [[DracoInLeatherPants Draco]], Harry, Hermione, Ron, Hagrid (inexplicably a Hogwarts student), Ginny, Crabbe, Goyle, and Professor Trelawny. They all become "goffik"; wear only Hot Topic clothes, listen to the same bands she does, cut themselves, look like singers from her favorite bands, and all the guys become bisexual. When she goes back in time, similar treatments are given to James, Sirius, Lucius, Tom Bombadil (apparently Voldemort's real name), and Hedwig (actually a male bisexual wizard). Strangely, [[EstrogenBrigadeBait Snape]] is cast as a major villain.

* TheInheritanceCycle and {{Twilight}} are both regularly (justly) accused of nearly every main character being a MarySue. This trope tends to center on elves and vampires a lot.

* DiesTheFire by SMStirling is full of amazing people who just happen to be loaded with unusual and cool skills. Perhaps a JustifiedTrope here, in that [[spoiler: society did sort of collapse overnight, and a lot of those skills that seem cool but a bit impractical to us now suddenly become crucial to their survival]]. This justification doesn't quite cover the fairly esoteric languages ''everyone'' just happens to speak fluently, though.

*** And the funny thing is WordOfGod states that the point of the fic was to ''avert'' the tendency of Shinji becoming this kind of Sue [[ThousandShinji in less auspicious works]].

* ''ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'' is proof of the mantra TropesAreNotBad. Piling almost every MarySue trope onto Shinji at once turns out to be ''awesome''.

* ThoseLackingSpines, in the chapter where MarySue / a SelfInsert is the MonsterOfTheWeek. And yes, they do cancel each other out, via LogicBomb.