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== Canon Examples ==
=== Anime and Manga ===
* Singer and [[Nirvana]] frontman Kurt Cobain's widow Courtney Love pretty much admits that ''[[Princess Ai]]'' is a very loose and much more fantastical version of her life. That is, if the fact that the title character works as a singer, falls in love with a "sensitive musician" named Kent, and has a name that means "love" in Japanese or Chinese didn't tip you off.▼
* This is the actual power of ''[[Bleach]]'''s new post-[[Time Skip]] villain Tsukishima. To those not affected, it's ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]''-level disturbing to see their friends greet him as if they'd known him all their lives. {{spoiler|Especially for Ichigo, when he learns that Tsukishima [[Marty Stu]]-ed himself into everything ''he'' has fought and suffered for.}}▼
=== Comic Books ===
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* When Marv Wolfman was writing ''The New Teen Titans'', he gave Wonder Girl an older boyfriend (who was, apparently, one of her college instructors). The new boyfriend, named Terry Long, was breaking up with his wife who looked like an older version of Donna to marry the hotter, younger, super-powered version. He was also an insufferable jackass in his earlier appearances. For some reason, the artist, George Pérez, drew Mr Long to resemble Marv himself. Undeterred by fan [[Squick]], Marv had Donna and Terry marry; afterwards, Terry developed into a nicer, more decent, more tolerable character.
** Once Wolfman had left the book, one later writer had Donna and Terry divorce, and then a [[Wonder Woman]] writer killed off both Terry and the son he'd had with Donna in about one page.
* The most important of the [[THUNDERAgents]] is Leonard Brown, AKA Dynamo, a studly hero who could tear apart tanks and had to deal with the attentions of several beautiful women, including the [[The Baroness|sexy villainess Iron Maiden]]. The name of his original writer? Len Brown. However, Dynamo differs from many self-insert characters in that he has concrete limitations on his powers, as he couldn't use his Thunderbelt for more than thirty minutes at a time. He also had the advantage of being drawn by Wally Wood. (Also, it turns out that the character wasn't named Leonard Brown when Len Brown created him: the editor renamed him for the lulz.)
=== Film ===
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** The wild thing is that he manages to go the [[This Loser Is You]] route as well as the (well-written) Mary Sue route by inventing a fictional twin brother Donald who is everything Charlie is not. He even goes so far as to list Donald Kaufman in the actual credits of the film alongside himself, meaning that he was the first fictional character to be nominated for an Academy Award.
* Basically the point of [[The Room]] is Johnny Wiseau telling the viewer how unappreciated he is and how much his life sucks, but in the [[Narm|most unintentionally hilarious way possible]].
=== Literature ===
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* 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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** Even when Cussler himself doesn't appear, he inserts himself another way sometimes. One example is Professor Beaty in ''Night Probe!'', who bears a distinct resemblance to Cussler.
** Sometimes, if he doesn't appear, he'll give some extremely minor (as in, only mentioned once) character his name ("the notorious bandit 'Big Foot' Cussler") This isn't a self insert per se, but nothing beats the time Clive Cussler inserted Bruce Springsteen guitarist Nils Lofgren into a novel (not in his guitarist capacity though).
* In the ''[[Redwall]]'' Series, Gonff from ''Mossflower'' was supposedly based on the author, Brian Jacques. That the later book ''Doomwyte'' {{spoiler|deals with Gonff's descendants}} probably has something to do with this.
* An example of a very good Self-Insert Fic is Charlotte Bronte's ''[[Jane Eyre]]''. Like Jane, Charlotte was a governess to the children of Constantine Heger, a married man who she was "lonely" and "homesick for" when apart from him, and "attached to" when she was in his company. No crazy ladies in the attic at the Heger home, though. Jane's strong moral character and love for/ambivalence towards the rules set forth by God were also very much a part of Charlotte's personality. Self-Insert Fic can be cool!
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* [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.
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▲* Singer and [[Nirvana]] frontman Kurt Cobain's widow Courtney Love pretty much admits that ''[[Princess Ai]]'' is a very loose and much more fantastical version of her life. That is, if the fact that the title character works as a singer, falls in love with a "sensitive musician" named Kent, and has a name that means "love" in Japanese or Chinese didn't tip you off.
▲* This is the actual power of ''[[Bleach]]'''s new post-[[Time Skip]] villain Tsukishima. To those not affected, it's ''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]''-level disturbing to see their friends greet him as if they'd known him all their lives. {{spoiler|Especially for Ichigo, when he learns that Tsukishima [[Marty Stu]]-ed himself into everything ''he'' has fought and suffered for.}}
* Margaret Thatcher once wrote a skit for ''[[Yes Minister]],'' in which she played the part of the Prime Minister. The piece is [[Actually Pretty Funny|actually quite amusing,]] and did air on the BBC.
* Melina Kanakaredes (Stella Bonasera) wrote a fifth season episode of ''[[CSI New York]]'' and turned her character into a forensics [[MacGyver]].
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* In the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' epsiode "Superstar", Johnathan "Short Idiot" Levinson uses demonic powers to alter reality into a painfully-bad Self-Insert Fic, complete with the Scooby Gang following him around like stunned guppies. It even includes a bit of [[Twin Threesome Fantasy]] for good measure.
* On ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', Sheldon wrote a ''[[Star Trek]]'' fanfic when he was a kid, about how a little kid from Texas is taken away by Mr. Spock to join the crew of the ''Enterprise''.
* This is the basic gimmick of ''[[Secret Girlfriend]]''. The main protagonist is you. He's never referred to by name and never says anything out loud, but all of his friends adore "you." All of the jokes (which you're basically supposed to insert) are hilarious. All of the girls want you and you end up with most of them. You would probably feel awesome if not for your two friends being total idiots and your ex-girlfriend being a [[Yandere]].
=== [[Video Games]] ===
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* The entire plot of ''[[Touhou Pocket Wars Evolution]]'' is that of the player (a [[Otaku|slightly obsessed Touhou fan]]) going to [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink|Gensokyo]].
▲=== Webcomics ===
* Possibly a parody, ''[[Least I Could Do]]'' has Rayne Summers write a book, [http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20081229 apparently with him as the protagonist], if the visual representation is supposed to be contextual. As a possible subversion to the standard [[Mary Sue]] tendencies of such a thing, the text of the book says "Though he began with the best of intentions, ultimate power did what is always had. It corrupts" [http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20090106 in reference to his character] as a joke to how he hates Apple Inc. Also, he apparently [http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20090108 tries to conquer the world in it].
* An ''[[Xkcd]]'' story arc has a thinly veiled [[Author Avatar]] of Randall Munroe meeting and chilling with the cast of ''[[Firefly]]''.
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* [[Andrew Hussie]] is playing an ever-increasingly more important role in ''[[Homestuck]]'', though in the end his extent of influence is restricted to just [[Arc Words|one yard]].
* Chris-chan plays as one of the most important characters in ''[[Sonichu]]''.
=== Web Original ===
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* Since the day the ''[[Draw Your Own Story]]'' comics began on the CivFanatics forums, most of the [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] were more or less [[Mary Sue|Sue]]-ish self-inserts (often represented by the user's avatar.)
* [[SCP Foundation|SCP]]-[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-423 423] is literally named "Self-Inserting Character," a piece of paper who can add a minor character named "Fred" into the story. Normally the character plays a background role, never very important or changes the story. However, it was noted that when placed inside it's own SCP article, the only thing that changed was the addition of "ruggedly handsome" at several points.
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
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* An episode of ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' had Aku tell fairy tales to the children of earth in hope of showing them his side of things and making them more obedient minions when they grow up. This eventually ended up with him turning every protagonist into himself ('''''[[Large Ham|WITH GREAT FLAMING EYEBROWS!]]''''') and every antagonist into Jack.
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode ''"Where No Fan Has Gone Before"'', the entity known as Melllvar has written a script for an episode of ''[[Star Trek]]'', where he saves the crew of the Enterprise, and has Uhura tell him how attractive he is. He then holds ''The Original Series'' cast prisoner, and forces them to act it out.
== Meta Examples ==
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