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[[File:sparklypoo.jpg|frame|[[There Can Be Only One|What ''should'' happen when one of these occurs]]<ref>[[The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|And then the last one commits seppuku. Yay!]]</ref>]]

{{quote|'''Meji''': ...so... um... you're Jon's [[Long Lost Sibling|long lost, estranged sister]], who's been turned into an [[Emotionless Girl|emotionless]] magic Ninja assassin by some [[All Monks Know Kung Fu|secret order of monks]] [[Shangri La|hidden in the mountains]]? That's like, really, kinda freaking stupid if you don't mind me saying. And I thought your brother's whole '[[Hitman with a Heart|hitman with a troubled past and a heart of gold]]' bit was bad.
'''Ellis''': Yeah, and this is coming from a [[Magical Girl|magic-using]], [[Half-Human Hybrid|half elven]] [[The President's Daughter|heiress]] with unusual [[Anime Hair|hair]] and [[Kaleidoscope Eyes|eye]] colors, and [[Non-Human Sidekick|talking animal companion]]. So that's really saying something there.|''[[Errant Story]]'', whose [[Lampshade Hanging|lightbulb]] [[Better Than a Bare Bulb|must be nearly invisible by now]].}}

[[Mary Sue]] [[I Am Legion|is legion]]. [[Mary Sue Tropes|She has many forms]], each more terrible than the one before. And she ''breeds''.

Some authors, through either myopia, self-absorption, or the fact that they're writing the story [[Self-Insert Fic|with or for a group of their friends]], don't stop at just one. They [[Gotta Catch Them All|pile the Sue on]]. "Let's see, [[Purity Sue]] for the heroine, of course. Plus a [[Relationship Sue]] for her love interest. [[Villain Sue]] pitted against her, because my villain should be cool, too. Wait, people might think this is stereotypical, let's put her friend [[Anti-Sue]] in there to show everyone I'm a serious author. And hey, while I'm at it, why don't I make the [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]s the heroine's [[Possession Sue|best friends?]] They are ''so'' underrated... and they can all have adventures in my [[Mary Suetopia]]!"

And then there are authors who don't want anyone stealing the limelight from [[Author Avatar|the surrogate]], so they pile ''[[Common Mary Sue Traits|every single Sue trait]]'' onto one character, creating a sort of... ''[[Hive Mind|Hive Sue]]''. On the other hand, authors that are slightly more [[Genre Savvy|fandom-savvy]] may forgo making original Sues and turn all their favorite canon characters into [[Possession Sue]]s instead in order to fall under the [[Mary Sue Hunter]] radar.

[[Parody Sue]] is usually this done deliberately, although [[Poe's Law|it can become hard to tell it was supposed to be a joke]]. Parodies of multiple types of Sue tend to turn into a bloodbath (see page picture), as [[Black Hole Sue|there's usually only room for one]]. And the above example raises a kind of interesting question: When ''everyone'' is a [[Mary Sue]], [[Fridge Logic|would they cancel each other out]]? [[Divide by Zero|Or would the universe implode]]? The idea that they cancel each other out is one of the major rationales behind this trope. After all; if everyone is a Sue who can complain? 

{{noexamples|[[Mary Sue Tropes]] are by their nature [[:Category:YMMV Trope|YMMV Tropes]], and we don't need the flamewars.}}

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