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* WeaponOfChoice: She really likes guard rails and barricades.

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* AnimalMotif: "Mariposa" is Spanish for "butterfly" (though the word has also been used for "moth") and she certainly dressed the part.



** Beating up Regeneration X is Melissa favorite way to pass the time, and if the match has ended before the time limit Melissa will likely keep attacking Leva Bates and or Allison Danger, as Melissa's usually not that interested in the "winning" of matches when it comes to them so much as beating Regeneration X. When Ring Warriors returned on WGN, Melissa wanted on the show after hearing rumors her "nemesis" Danger would be returning with it.

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** Beating up Regeneration X is Melissa Melissa's favorite way to pass the time, and if the match has ended before the time limit Melissa will likely keep attacking Leva Bates and or Allison Danger, as Melissa's usually not that interested in the "winning" of matches when it comes to them so much as beating Regeneration X. When Ring Warriors returned on WGN, Melissa wanted on the show after hearing rumors her "nemesis" Danger would be returning with it.it.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Mariposa considered herself Aztec nobility, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EolEwAXyTB8 referring to Melissa Santos as a "peasant girl"]] and stating she's not worthy of Marty.


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* BrotherSisterIncest: In Lucha Underground, implied in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EolEwAXyTB8 her promo video]], where she described herself as Marty's "perfect butterfly". Season 3 saw an increased and disturbing amount of physical closeness between them.


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* TheCameo: Attended Johnny Mundo and Taya's wedding unmasked as a bridesmaid.


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* TheDreaded: In Lucha Underground. When she ran into The Mack, Sexy Star seemed more afraid of Mariposa than of Marty.


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* GirlishPigtails: As Mariposa, with leather straps plaited into them. They made her look even creepier by playing up the [[PsychopathicManchild Psychopathic Womanchild]] aspects of her character.
** Not coincidentally, they also resembled moth antennae.


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* HeelFaceTurn: In Lucha Underground, she seemed to turn on Marty "The Moth" Martinez after he lost a ''Lucha de Apuesta'' match against Fenix, keeping him from escaping and even handing Melissa Santos the scissors and electric razor to cut his hair. It was later revealed to be an aversion, as she meant to motivate him instead of actually turning on him.


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* IdleRich: Like her half-brother Marty, she's was seen flashing some serious cash at Antonio Cueto to buy a shot at the Gift of the Gods, yet she competes in the Temple.


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* LegacyCharacter: "Mariposa" is a title passed down to the Moth Tribe's greatest warrior, [[UnreliableNarrator or so Marty says.]] Her later statement of "I may wear the mask of the Mariposa" suggests that this is actually true to some degree.


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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Marty pulling her into the way of Fenix's dive during a ''Lucha de Apuesta'' match in Lucha Underground was the last straw for her, at least at the time. Later revealed to not be the case at all, as she later revealed that it was her attempt at motivating Marty.


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* NotMeThisTime: Denied being responsible for hiding a giant spider in Sexy Star's locker when Sexy confronted her about it, stating that if it had been her she would've left something beautiful, like a butterfly. Sexy clearly didn't believe her, but she was telling the truth.


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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Used this to good effect in Lucha Underground, as she flashed some serious cash to purchase a shot at the Gift of the Gods.


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* SiblingRivalry: In Lucha Underground, her and Marty "The Moth" Martinez had a particularly violent version of this, culminating in a match between the two in season 4.
* SiblingTeam: As Mariposa, she had this with Marty "The Moth" Martinez, although she stated in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EolEwAXyTB8 this promo video]] that they're only half-siblings.


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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: In Lucha Underground, she was sometimes referred to as "The Mariposa".


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* StealthMentor: In Lucha Underground, pretty much everything she did to her half-brother was in the name of motivating him to reach what she believed was his true potential. As he became Lucha Underground champion, it seemingly worked.


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* ThemeNaming: Marty's a moth, Mariposa's a butterfly.
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* IHaveTheHighGround: She liked to use a lot of high flying moves while she managed the Ballards (and Spartans). Cheerleader Melissa is much more grounded as a wrestler, though she isn't above a missile drop kick and likes to attack wrestlers in downed the in corners while standing on the second or top rope.
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* BlindingBangs: When ODB stole Raisha Saeed's burqa, her face remained obscured by her hair.
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* TheCheerleader: At first, [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything she is now better known as the cheerleader who does not cheer]]. If you are lucky you might see her singlet end in skirt like tassels or some other visual cheer leading clue like pom-poms but not always.
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** Cheerleader Melissa trained a wrestler in Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling named Tiffany, and the two teamed together as Girls Gone Wrestling. Alissa Flash teamed up with a long established wrestler in Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, who was also named Tiffany. Guess what {{fan|nickname}}s like to call Flash and Mexican Tiffany's tag team? Come on, guess!

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** Cheerleader Melissa trained a wrestler in Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling named Tiffany, and the two teamed together as Girls Gone Wrestling. Alissa Flash teamed up with a long established wrestler in Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, who was also named Tiffany. Guess what {{fan|nickname}}s like to call Flash and Mexican Tiffany's tag team? Come on, guess!



As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheerleader_Melissa The Other Wiki]].

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* TheFace: By the 80th volume of SHIMMER, not only had she been on every volume in some shape or form, but was also [[LastOfHisKind the only SHIMMER original still competing on the shows]], which she argued as reason to be given "The Heart Of SHIMMER"(a new title belt). [[Wrestling/MercedesMartinez Another]] SHIMMER original would return after she said this, though.



* TheRival
** Fought [[Wrestling/SaraDelRey Nikki/Nic Grimes/American Angel/Sara Del Rey]] and Wesna Busic all around the world through multiple promotions. Not to be confused with Nikki Roxx, who has been a rival to Cheerleader Melissa, Raisha Saeed ''and'' Alissa Flash.
** Nikki The NY Knockout was her primary rival in All Pro Wrestling and in a few Mexican promotions. As Melissa is from California it is sort of a West Coast vs East Coast deal but the two get along pretty well, in spite of their in ring rivalry.
** Joey Spector regarding the RCW title and RCW Tag Team titles when he was half of San Antonio's Most Unwanted. Also the Gulf Coast Connection (Rudy Russo and AJ Summers)
** Sort of has another East Coast/West Coast one with Wrestling/MercedesMartinez, who she has tagged with almost as much as she as wrestled against across the US. They feuded over the RCW title belt when Mercedes dated Joey Spector but then went after the tag belts after Martinez and Spector broke up. Mercedes also went up North to give Melissa some reprieve against the Canadian Ninjas. They teamed up some more while Mercedes had become a champion in Canada and Melissa in the USA, and then became tag champs in SHIMMER.
** Wrestling/ChristinaVonEerie is another whose faced at least three faces of Anderson, particularly in PWR, where she worked her way up from repeatedly jobbing to Raisha to beating Melissa for the title, after Melissa had gotten done defending the belt at a Wrestling In Merida event.



* TheFace: By the 80th volume of SHIMMER, not only had she been on every volume in some shape or form, but was also [[LastOfHisKind the only SHIMMER original still competing on the shows]], which she argued as reason to be given "The Heart Of SHIMMER"(a new title belt). [[Wrestling/MercedesMartinez Another]] SHIMMER original would return after she said this, though.
* TheRival
** Fought [[Wrestling/SaraDelRey Nikki/Nic Grimes/American Angel/Sara Del Rey]] and Wesna Busic all around the world through multiple promotions. Not to be confused with Nikki Roxx, who has been a rival to Cheerleader Melissa, Raisha Saeed ''and'' Alissa Flash.
** Nikki The NY Knockout was her primary rival in All Pro Wrestling and in a few Mexican promotions. As Melissa is from California it is sort of a West Coast vs East Coast deal but the two get along pretty well, in spite of their in ring rivalry.
** Joey Spector regarding the RCW title and RCW Tag Team titles when he was half of San Antonio's Most Unwanted. Also the Gulf Coast Connection (Rudy Russo and AJ Summers)
** Sort of has another East Coast/West Coast one with Wrestling/MercedesMartinez, who she has tagged with almost as much as she as wrestled against across the US. They feuded over the RCW title belt when Mercedes dated Joey Spector but then went after the tag belts after Martinez and Spector broke up. Mercedes also went up North to give Melissa some reprieve against the Canadian Ninjas. They teamed up some more while Mercedes had become a champion in Canada and Melissa in the USA, and then became tag champs in SHIMMER.
** Wrestling/ChristinaVonEerie is another whose faced at least three faces of Anderson, particularly in PWR, where she worked her way up from repeatedly jobbing to Raisha to beating Melissa for the title, after Melissa had gotten done defending the belt at a Wrestling In Merida event.
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* CoolTeacher: Taught by the likes of Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, then had further training from [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson American Dragon]] and Mariko Yoshida
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** Deuce's Alliance in RISE with Wrestling/{{Madusa}}, Shotzi Blackheart and a mystery wrestler(Wrestling/WillowNightingale).

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** Deuce's Alliance in RISE with Wrestling/{{Madusa}}, Shotzi Blackheart and a mystery wrestler(Wrestling/WillowNightingale).wrestler (Willow Nightingale).
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* AuthorAvatar: She's the president of World Wonder Ring Stardom's American Branch.

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* AuthorAvatar: She's the president of World Wonder Ring Stardom's Wrestling/WorldWonderRingSTARDOM's American Branch.
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** Shayna Baszler was able to escape a Kondo Clutch during Melissa defense of the Lady Luck title belt but when Melissa was able to apply it again she stomped on Shayna until she passed out.
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* TheBigBad: Raisha Saeed was of TNA's Knockout Division. [[DragonInChief While Kong did all the work and was far more physically dominant,]] she was mostly content to just hit whoever was in front of her until the bell rang and then leave, [[GlassJawReferee occasionally batting a referee for an unfavorable call]]. Raisha was the one who encouraged her to stick around and continue beating on people, direct ambushes and brought in Rhaka Khan and Sojourner as back up. At one point, Kong actually refused to hit an already incapacitated [[JessicaKresa ODB]] with a chair, but Saeed kept insisting Kong use it until she complied.

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* TheBigBad: Raisha Saeed was of this for TNA's Knockout Division. [[DragonInChief While Kong did all the work and was far more physically dominant,]] she was mostly content to just hit whoever was in front of her until the bell rang and then leave, [[GlassJawReferee occasionally batting a referee for an unfavorable call]]. Raisha was the one who encouraged her to stick around and continue beating on people, direct ambushes and brought in Rhaka Khan and Sojourner as back up. At one point, Kong actually refused to hit an already incapacitated [[JessicaKresa [[Wrestling/JessicaKresa ODB]] with a chair, but Saeed kept insisting Kong use it until she complied.

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