Mary Tzu: Difference between revisions

Sometimes, this character will merely be a plot device, but other times it can be piled onto the [[Common Mary Sue Traits]] of your [[Improbable Age|fourteen year old]] [[Everything's Better With Sparkles|sparkly]] [[God Mode Sue|invincible teenage girl]]. Those are only worst case scenarios though, as most characters associated with this trope tend to be older men (which sometimes makes them popular despite being [[Boring Invincible Hero|invincible]]).

 

 

Compare to [[The Chessmaster]] or [[The Strategist]], which are for masterminds that push, but don't destroy, [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]]. Also see [[Hollywood Tactics]] and [[Idiot Ball]] as (like all [[Mary Sue]] types), Mary Tzu's main ability is to make everyone else incompetent so that she looks good.