Mary Sue
stock character; youthful but one-dimensional character with overly idealized and hackneyed mannerisms, often considered a stand-in for the author
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Mary Sue
Summary
Mary Sue is a stock character[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of stock_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,155 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Mary Sue's instance of is recorded as stock character[3].
- Mary Sue's subclass of is recorded as author surrogate[4].
- Mary Sue's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0p8__[5].
- Mary Sue's described by source is recorded as Geek Heroines: An Encyclopedia of Female Heroes in Popular Culture[6].
- Mary Sue's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19813524[7].
- Mary Sue's Fandom article ID is recorded as tropedia:Mary_Sue[8].
- Mary Sue's Fandom article ID is recorded as ppc:Mary_Sue[9].
- Mary Sue's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/MarySue[10].
- Mary Sue's All the Tropes article ID is recorded as Mary Sue[11].
- Mary Sue's IMDb keyword is recorded as mary-sue[12].
- Mary Sue's IMDb keyword is recorded as reference-to-the-mary-sue[13].
- Mary Sue's IMDb keyword is recorded as mary-sue-meme[14].
- Mary Sue's Know Your Meme slug is recorded as mary-sue[15].
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Mary Sue include The it[16], a website[17].
Why It Matters
Mary Sue ranks in the top 7% of stock_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,155 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]