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* This is frequently played with in ''Trek'' fanfics. A typical example is [https://web.archive.org/web/20091127105133/http://liquidfic.net/mesir.html here]. |
* This is frequently played with in ''Trek'' fanfics. A typical example is [https://web.archive.org/web/20091127105133/http://liquidfic.net/mesir.html here]. |
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* Played deliberately straight by the crew of the ''Enterprise'' in the ''Star Trek'' [[Deviant ART]] web comic, ''[http://comicalclare.deviantart.com/art/Ensign-Sue-Must-Die-23-175328458 Ensign Sue Must Die!]'' The crew quickly find out that Ensign [[Mary Sue]] is ''extremely'' annoying. Virtually all attempts to get rid of her fail. {{spoiler|Including shooting her! She's [[The Princess Bride (film)|spent the past few years building up an immunity]] to phaser blasts.}} So the crew turn to the one guaranteed way of killing off a crew member. They give her a promotion which changes her shirt colour from blue to red. They waste no time and go on an away mission, where she is killed almost immediately. |
* Played deliberately straight by the crew of the ''Enterprise'' in the ''Star Trek'' [[Deviant ART]] web comic, ''[http://comicalclare.deviantart.com/art/Ensign-Sue-Must-Die-23-175328458 Ensign Sue Must Die!]'' The crew quickly find out that Ensign [[Mary Sue]] is ''extremely'' annoying. Virtually all attempts to get rid of her fail. {{spoiler|Including shooting her! She's [[The Princess Bride (film)|spent the past few years building up an immunity]] to phaser blasts.}} So the crew turn to the one guaranteed way of killing off a crew member. They give her a promotion which changes her shirt colour from blue to red. They waste no time and go on an away mission, where she is killed almost immediately. |
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* "[http://www.khaosworks.org/filk/redshirt.html Redshirt]" is a [[Filk Song]] by Terence Chua that honors all of the nameless victims who died so that the main characters could survive. |
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== Films -- Live-Action == |
== Films -- Live-Action == |
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