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{{quote|''"Welcome to the Society. If you have any sanity left, please leave it at the door."''|''Tash''}}
The Anti-Cliché and Mary-Sue Elimination Society, usually abbreviated to ACMSES or just "the Society", is a [[Meta Fiction|Metafictional]] [[Shared Universe]] operated by thirty-some fledgeling writers in their teens and twenties.
Originally a short series of crack/parody fanfics making fun of Mary-Sues in various fanfiction universes and written by a trio of British girls, the announcement that other writers were free to adopt their premise (and main antagonist) caused an explosion of popularity that spread the series far and wide. Rather than a small list of under a dozen linear parodies that all followed more or less the same template, the series rapidly ballooned into a full-fledged series of over 200 stories and counting, with a respectable fanbase of its own. Installments are primarily episodic, although there is a strong overarching tale that connects each "season" - sometimes several at once!
Over time, as the diverse cast of characters on both sides of the battle grew, the series' genre shifted over from straight-up parody to a mix of humor, drama, and adventure. It is and always will be about a group of authors who use [[Self-Insert Fic|self inserts]] to track down and eliminate [[Mary Sue|Mary Sues]] and [[Marty Stu|Marty Stus]] from various fandoms to prevent them from distorting [[Canon]], but there are especially powerful enemies, characters and authors alike, who support the [[Mary Suetopia|Mary Sue ideal]] and would put a stop to the Society's shenanigans. Even more interestingly, there are some who have a personal bone to pick with some of the agents, and that's when things usually get dangerous.
However, even when things are [[Cerebus Syndrome|at their most serious]], the story remains more or less true to its roots, combining the seriousness and action of an Action-Adventure story with the extremely oddball sense of humor that fanfiction authors develop after a while.
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* [[Aerith and Bob]]: Some agents are generically named: Tyler, Ben, Dave, etc. It gets a bit crazy when you put them next to people like Aster, Ossa, Chrys, Cristoph...
* [[A God Am I]]: Most of the Mary-Sues and Gary-Stus have fanatical belief in their own superiorty when compared to the rest of the Multiverse's residents. Willowe, however, wants to take this a step further and make it fact.
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** [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|Damnit, @! Get off All The Tropes!]]
* [[All There in the Manual]]: The [http://acmses.wikia.com/wiki/ACMSES_Wiki ACMSES Wiki].
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** "Mesha Alicia Maria Susan Maylene Violet Abigail Yana. You are under arrest for fandom manipulation, creation and maintenance of an army with the intent of further counts of the same, killing me several times, traumatising my Luxray, and wilful deception of a society parole board."
* [[Ascended Fanboy|Ascended Fanboy/Girl]]: Many Agents started out as fans of the Society.
* [[Back
** Also revealed that Louise has died in her past and been resurrected by Merle.
* [[Battle Aura]]: Adrian on the ACMSES's side and most of the more powerful Mary-Sues are fond of this.
* [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]] - Invoked as an actual weapon used by the Society to distract a foe. It usually makes the opponent start dancing randomly.
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