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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]]). |
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]]). |
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Named for [[Sun Tzu]], a [[Real Life]] (maybe) [ |
Named for [[Sun Tzu]], a [[Real Life]] (maybe) [[wikipedia:Sun Tzu|Ancient Chinese general]] whose ''[[The Art of War|Art of War]]'' is still used by many militaries around the world and is considered one of the greatest treatises on warfare ever written, as well as [[Mary Sue]], the archetype of the unrealistically perfect protagonist. |
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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. |
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. |