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=== Literature ===
* ''[[The Divine Comedy]]''. No, dead serious here. When you look at it, Dante's epic poem is - to put it in modern terms - a self-insert historical fanfiction, where he and his idol-slash-role-model Virgil trek through Hell where he gets to see how his enemies will burn for eternity, and finally greet his beloved Beatrice in Heaven. Keeping that in mind as you read the poem actually helps a modern reader make sense of it all.
* Richard Marcinko, former Navy SEAL, has written the ''Rogue Warrior'' series, a collection of anti-terrorism action novels with himself as the main protagonist. What is especially interesting is that the ''fictional'' Rogue Warrior books are written as sequels to the ''factual'' first book, entitled ''Rogue Warrior'', which was Marcinko's autobiography. What is even more interesting is that his real life exploits (leader and founding member of both SEAL Team Six and Red Cell, along with being a legitimate [[Jerkass Stu]]) make it almost impossible to draw a line between self-insertion and [[Author Avatar|avatarhood]]. Fans and critics of the series argue over whether Marcinko's characterization in the fictional followup books is [[God Mode Sue|blatantly overpowered]] or whether he is, in fact, just that Badass.
** FBI agent Joseph Pistone, better known as ''[[Donnie Brasco]]'', wrote (or put his name on top of) several fiction novels following him going undercover yet again as Donnie Brasco to infiltrate some evil goings-on or another. These seem to be out of print.
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* The ''villain'' of ''Those Who Trespass'' is suspiciously similar to author [[The O'Reilly Factor|Bill O'Reilly]]. The hero also shares O'Reilly's background and the personality he claims to have in his nonfiction books, but is not as obviously meant to represent O'Reilly himself.
* [http://www.wowpedia.org/Rhonin Rhonin], a character appearing often in [[Warcraft]] novels written by Richard A. Knaak, is highly regarded as an insertion sue. His exploits ranging from saving the red dragon aspect from an orc warlock of greater power to going back in time to help win an ancient war (that had already been won, who knows why he felt the need to put himself in it) to banging [http://www.wowpedia.org/Vereesa_Windrunner Sylvanas' other sister] that never existed until Knaak decided he needed some elf ass.
=== Manga ===
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