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{{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]] [[Shamgri 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
'''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]].}}
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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|Possession Sues]] 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
'''No examples please, this just defines the trope'''.
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