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Her gravity is so great, she draws all the attention and causes other characters (and, often, [[Reality Warper|reality itself]]) to bend and contort in order to accommodate her. Characters don't act naturally around her. They instead serve as plot enablers for her, with dialogue that only acts as set-ups for her response. She dominates every scene she is in, with most scenes without her serving only to give the characters a chance to "talk freely" about her. Most people don't oppose her and anybody who does will either realize their fault in doing so or just prove easy to overcome.
 
The very laws of the universe bend to accommodate her. If there's only [[Million -to -One Chance|one in a million chance]] she could succeed at something, she'll [[Boring Invincible Hero|accomplish it with flying colors.]] If the logical outcome of the story would end in her failure, a [[Deus Ex Machina]] will ensure her victory. Nothing is too implausible for her to accomplish, whether it be going from [[Rags to Royalty]], [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|killing]] an [[Eldritch Abomination]], or bringing about world peace. If she is so inclined, she may do all that before sitting down to a breakfast [[Canon Defilement|consisting of the original story.]]
 
This is fairly blatant author favoritism in effect, with the author using his or her effective position as [[God]] of the story to carry the character through by her hands. In the rare cases when Sue fails, it will usually be a temporary setback that will either prove advantageous in the end or else just serve to hammer in the point of how special the character is. These failures can often involve just as much [[Deus Ex Machina]] as her successes, setting up events in which she logically shouldn't fail.
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Compare [[Spot Light Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]. A Black Hole Sue may also appear in a [[Sekaikei]] anime.
 
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