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->''"I glanced in the rearview mirror and scrunched my forehead in dismay as I realized for the millionth time that I do not consider myself at all attractive, although roughly 85 percent of the male characters I encounter either fall in love with me or want to kill me, or both, and in the movie version I am portrayed by a total babe."''
-->-- "Fangs of Endearment: A Vampire Novel" by '''Creator/DaveBarry'''
MarySue is a constant issue for writers. She frustrates the reader with her flawless appearance, outrages them with her inability to do any wrong, and bores them with how perfect everybody seems to think she is. It's a trap that most amateur writers fall into, but surely, just removing all those possibly offensive traits would make her a regular character, right?
MarySue is not always about how she has [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair radiant purple hair]], a perfect seven octave singing voice, and can [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu slice Superman]] with her {{katanas|AreJustBetter}} with one arm tied around her back. It's about what she does to the story. There's a fine line between a well developed character and MarySue, and it's certainly not defined by her appearance, justification (or lack thereof) for her abilities, or how fantastically improbable her backstory is. It's about how the character is defined exclusively by external traits and her actions to the point of shallowness, and about how all ''other'' characters are defined by their attitude to her (or [[MartyStu him]]; as examples will show, this trope applies to both sexes). It's about how, in {{Fan Fic}}tion, she completely overtakes the canon characters in importance. It's about how people act wildly out of character around her and elevate her to a status well above what she should realistically be able to obtain.
In original fiction it's a character who can get away with almost anything, about whom no one can shut up, or a character who is flawed, sure... but seems to live in a topsy-turvy world where flaws function like virtues and are fetishized accordingly. Above all, it is about wish-fulfillment, and wish-fulfillment comes in many forms. There's nothing wrong with a little or even a lot, but when the wish-fulfillment a character embodies starts to warp the narrative and characterization around it, then you may be looking at a MarySue, even if she's in disguise.
In the most blatant cases a writer will try to disguise a character's Sue-ness by claiming that she's "not beautiful" before launching into a description of a goddess just without using the word 'beautiful', or by sprinkling her with physical traits such as thinness or a "wide mouth" that ''have'' been considered imperfections in the past but are rather more fashionable today. In fantasy or sci-fi examples, an author will sometimes invent a culture where some trait the audience is likely to consider attractive or neutral is regarded as horribly ugly, bad luck, et cetera. The most common of these tend to be a certain eye or hair color, or perhaps something like PointyEars indicating partially elven ancestry in a culture [[FantasticRacism prejudiced against elves]]. But looks aren't the half of it. It is other qualities--abilities, personality (or lack of) and the way that not just the story, but the WORLD revolves around a character, even though it logically wouldn't--that make a character SuetifulAllAlong. In addition, he or she never wants for attractive admirers.
Note that a lot of this trope is in the tone. For something like historical fiction, even assuming a third person narrator, we would expect that the story is related by someone familiar with cultural mores of the time. So, let's say we're in a time period where fat people are considered the hawtness, and our lead is a thin person who is attractive by modern standards. Averting this trope would mean defining our lead, not in terms of positive exploration (willowy frame, slender legs, delicate arms), but a more negatively tinted one (stick-like frame, spindly legs, stiff arms). It's all a matter of language.
Before you spot your favorite character on the list and rush to perform a JustifyingEdit, consider that in rare cases even full-blown PuritySue [[TropesAreNotBad doesn't necessarily mean a ruined character]], and the character who's SuetifulAllAlong is often more sophisticated than that. Sometimes it's just one eye-rolling event too many that leads you to think back over your hero or heroine's career and wonder "Is she ever wrong about anything that's ''important?''" or "Is there anyone in the story who isn't completely obsessed with him?" Sometimes Sue-ness is occasionally annoying, but livable-with.
Will often appear hand-in-hand with HollywoodHomely in visual media. Also consider AntiSue, a more deliberate attempt to avoid making a character into a MarySue. See also CanonSue.
Has nothing to do with suet.
[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* [[LightIsNotGood Light]] [[BrokenAce Yagami]] of ''Manga/DeathNote'', though the viewer might not notice, ''does'' score a 45 (that's really high) on the [[http://www.springhole.net/writing/marysue.htm Mary Sue Litmus Test]]--being extremely attractive, intelligent, righteous and powerful will do that. However, he is ultimately a deconstruction more than a MartyStu; his [[ManipulativeBastard charming personality]], [[IntelligenceEqualsIsolation innate intelligence]], [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity sense of justice]], and [[ArtifactOfDeath supernatural powers]] are precisely the things that contribute to [[spoiler: his downfall]]. Also, you know, the whole VillainProtagonist / SerialKiller thing.
* Kirito from ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' is a perfect example of this. While not being particularly special in real life, he is one of the 1,000 beta testers of Sword Art Online, and he is able to face any challenge with ease, Brutal and powerful in combat to the point where he disguises his power in fear of being persecuted, he is also seen as attractive by both males and females in the series, while lamenting upon his status as a [[IneffectualLoner "Beater"]]. He possesses amazing power in every game he gets dragged into, and he is calm and collected in every situation, even when he finds out that [[spoiler: ''Sword Art Online'' is lethal, and kills the players IRL if they die in-game]]. His closest female companion and love interest, [[spoiler: Asuna]] is powerful, but she does not [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter actually contribute to the plot]] other than to be an amazing cook, failing her as an [[FauxActiongirl Action girl]].
* May's Squirtle from ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''. Introduced as an untrained baby, May's Squirtle was able to pull off moves that it shouldn't have known, as well as win battles that a normal baby Pokémon never would've been able to. Also from ''Pokémon'', Cilan is viewed by fans as this as he has almost more talents than there are Pokémon identified, coupled with "flaws" that are nearly always played only for laughs.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': Johan/Jesse Anderson was the first undisputed [[CreatorsPet Creator's Pet]] (not to mention MartyStu) of the franchise, stealing the spotlight from Judai's friends and becoming the secondary protagonist during the third season. It was hinted that Johan may have known Judai before, however neither point was elaborated on. Thus in essence, Johan became Jaden's best friend in only a few episodes, but there was no real reason given why he was so important. A major part of the season revolved around the protagonists getting sent to an alternate dimension and trying to find a way home. And they did...by having Johan get his ultimate monster Rainbow Dragon. Oh yes, and when he and Jaden dueled the [[BigBad Big Bad]], Johan performed a [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifice]] to send him home. From there on the series focused on Jaden and his friends getting back to the alternate dimension to save Johan who had been left behind. He would return in the 4th season, where once again teamed up with Jaden to duel the main villain again. (Incidentally, this made him unique among the surviving characters introduced in the third season; Austin was severely [[DemotedtoExtra Demoted to Extra]] and Jim was [[PutonaBus Put on a Bus]] despite both of them being far less hated.)
* Amu Hinamori from ''Manga/ShugoChara'' is presented as a shy and awkward girl who puts on a 'cool girl' facade because she's not brave enough to be herself however what the story shows us is something completely different. Amu's 'cool girl' act prompts her entire class, and by extension her entire school to fawn and gush about how awesome she is... and when she [[NeverLiveItDown confesses her love to Tadase]], courtesy of Ran, you'd expect her to be mercilessly teased about it, right? Nope. Her classmates still gush over her! Then she gets accepted into an [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil absurdly powerful student council]] which has its own building and a tea room, and becomes chummy with the most popular kids in school. She is also shown to have a total of FIVE guardian characters and no less than EIGHT transformations, [[MyRulesAreNotYourRules when it is explicitly stated that one can only have two characters at most,]] and gains [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands said transformations at an absurdly fast rate.]] She has a total of [[DudeMagnet four boys in love with her]] (one of which is an [[PaedoHunt eighteen year old man]]) despite being eleven years old! She also spouts pseudo-philosophical/pretentious quotes in an attempt to sound 'mature'. Oh, and she also has [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes impossibly cool clothes]].
[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} of the Comicbook/XMen is constantly described and depicted as physically ugly (or at least depicted as having a rugged unconventional face), has a distinct aversion to bathing, and is shorter than most teenage girls. He's also got a personality so abrasive it's a miracle he ever lasted as part of a team in the first place. Unfortunately, he speaks 17 languages, his powers make him functionally immortal (he's ''112 years old''--which might actually help explain some of the languages), he has two adopted daughters, he's been married twice, and he's had more romantic relationships than any other X-Man, in spite of the negative qualities listed above.
** A lot of this [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the creators]], though, for instance in his own title Wolverine is said to have become ProgressivelyPrettier and taller (this is often blamed on Mark Millar). On the other hand, it was averted in ''ComicBook/SecretWars'' (though still distinctly badass, he spent a good bit of the story being a drunken pain in the ass, with realistic reactions from the other heroes).
** The fact that the makers of the [[TheMovie live-action movies]] chose to disregard the above description and cast Hugh Jackman as Wolverine probably did not help...
** It should be noted that the character who usually brings up how short and ugly and abrasive he is is Wolverine himself, so this may not be truly an example--other characters might bring that stuff up too, but usually only in anger or just to joke around with him. In the main, it more like Wolverine has something of an inferiority complex.
** The phenomenon also largely is due to the way Wolverine, his popularity and superhero genre in general has evolved over the years; a lot of the criticism levelled at him is seen through the lens of the current state and based on a {{Flanderized}} version. During the first decade of his fictional existence, he stuck out among superheroes as an extremely unusual, edgy character; indeed, his hairtrigger temper, his uncouth manners, his readiness to use lethal force, and his grey morality made many unsure as to whether to consider him a hero or a villain. [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny Nowadays these traits have become mainstream, to a large extent because of Wolverine's success]]. One should also not lose sight of the fact that he had to wait for creators who allowed him to shine. His first appearance was as a minor antagonist to the Hulk, and on the X-Men he only began to take centre stage after writer Len Wein (who wanted to make Colossus the star character) left and after Dave Cockrum (who favoured his avatar Nightcrawler) was replaced by JohnByrne. Logan having lots of romantic relationships is also mostly due to the trifecta of his popularity with readers and creators (because of which he will be featured in more stories than his teammates), his longevity (many of his romantic entanglements were retconnned into his past before joining the X-Men) and the violence surrounding him (many of his love interests [[CartwrightCurse ended up dead]]). It also helps that apart from his engagement to the late Mariko Yashida he practically never was part of a lasting OfficialCouple in the present of the series.
* Carlie Cooper of ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' infamy. More than once she's been described as "perfect." And any complaints she has against any of the main cast are instantly regarded as totally justified, including getting on Spider-Man's case for not revealing his identity to her. The fact that she is named after Joe Quesada's daughter and came in right after the ComicBook/OneMoreDay debacle specifically to replace Peter Parker's love interest (and wife) for decades doesn't help her reputation with the fans. At all. After getting handed to another author [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap and breaking up with Peter some readers find her more bearable.]]
* Alunÿs from the French comic book ''Les légendes de Troy - L'expédition d'Alunÿs'' is this full stop. She starts out as one of the very first female students in a magic school, in which she often gets lots of insults from her collegues for the obvious reasons. Then all of a sudden she wants to take part in an expedition that is for more respected students (which she naturally can not take part of) only to manipulate and force the members to take her as part of the membership. As the story progresses the crew is taken hostage by a pirate ship and she gets to talk with every member of the ship crew that took them hostage, after which every pirate regrets that they took them hostage (even though it only lasted like one conversation per pirate) and sets the expedition crew freely on a new and improved ship. She also ends up being the force needed to not screw up the expedition before reaching the goal (which by the end gets screwed up by the incompetence of the other people of the ship) and at the end of the story it is revealed that she became a pirate, despite never showing competence in pirating. Considering that the comic book has {{Fanservice}} shots about her she is probably written as she is due to AuthorAppeal.
[[folder:Fan Works]]
* La'Ana Shaddem from the Star Wars fanfiction [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7086034/1/bA_b_bBroken_b_bCircle_b A Broken Circle]]. The author starts by describing her "forest-green eyes" that occasionally have "flecks of gold", and has "short, curly, ebony black hair". Almost every chapter in the story describes her in the most exquisite terms possible, then hastily adds that she "couldn't win a beauty contest--she was far too thin and small". Despite this constant reminder, ''every single male'' in the story mentions her attractiveness. La'Ana thinks...
-->... she knew she was not pretty, but for some reason they seemed to like her appearance.
** It also says "La'Ana... was thin, with wide cheeks and a too-full bottom lip, clearly not a great beauty." ''[[SarcasmMode Clearly]]''.
** When she is dressed to go to a fancy dinner, Qui-Gon internally monologues for a paragraph on how "gorgeous in its simplicity" her outfit is. La'Ana says...
--->'''La'Ana''': I think it makes me look fat.
[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
* Much of ''Disney/WreckItRalph'' is weighted in favor of Vanellope Von Schweetz. Characters are defined as heroes and villains depending on how much they like her; even when Ralph tries not to lash out at her for being a pest and a thief he is [[AmusingInjuries hilariously punished by contrivance]] and [[IShallTauntYou taunted by her in turn]], and is considered a hero once he joins her team. She is [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer routinely shunned]] for a disability that's nowhere near the GameBreakingBug it's made out to be, but is really [[InformedDeformity mostly cosmetic in nature]], [[ProgressivelyPrettier hinders her less as time goes by]] and once PowerIncontinence is removed from the equation it's actually [[CursedWithAwesome a direct advantage]] [[GameBreaker that puts her miles ahead]] [[TierInducedScrappy so the other players can't really compete with it]]. She's so aware of her sudden GameBreaker status that she chooses to ''keep'' her new powers, even when logic dictates being made a legitimate racer means she isn't a glitch anymore. And, as icing on the cake, she's not only a legitimate racer, but is also the [[RightfulKingReturns the rightful ruler of her video game]]. She just [[PresidentForLife invents a snazzy new title for it]] so she [[RealWomenDontWearDresses doesn't have to wear the frilly pink dress]]. All this Wish Fullfillment serves to contribute to her enduring popularity among fans.
[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* Iris of ''Literature/ConfessionsOfAnUglyStepsister'', despite being one of the stepsisters, is actually rather pretty. It's not true in the book, though, so it may just be AdaptationalAttractiveness.
** At least in the book she doesn't really qualify because the world does not revolve around her, and she doesn't seem to be any better off than any of the other characters.
* Similar to the Wolverine example, [[Franchise/TheChroniclesOfRiddick Riddick's]] MartyStu qualities really show themselves as his role expands from ''Film/PitchBlack'' to ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick''. In the first film he is an, admittedly cool, dark horse character who presents a dilemma to the other survivors: he's [[MagicalEye perfectly equipped]] to help save everyone, but he also might be an untrustworthy and unrepentant sociopath who'd cut your throat for looking at him funny. In the second film he's a legendary figure, talked about constantly. A fearless, nigh-unstoppable killing machine, soon to be LastOfHisKind and known in advance to be pivotal to ''saving the universe'', circumstances allow little mystery as to which way he is going to jump. In person, if you aren't trying to lock him up or otherwise disturb his loner existence, he's generally urbane, funny, even charming. The closest the film gets to his reputed evil is merely the oft stated disregard he has for the well being of anyone but himself.
* It was already such a trope by [[OlderThanTelevision 1911]] that it's parodied in ''Literature/ZuleikaDobson'': "Zuleika was not strictly beautiful. Her eyes were a trifle large, and their lashes longer than they need have been... She had no waist to speak of." (Zuleika is a hilariously exaggerated FemmeFatale, whose allure drives so many men to suicide that she depopulates an entire town).
* Before the third book, Literature/HarryPotter was almost the poster boy for this trope. Sometimes acting rashly and with limited understanding of the consequences of his actions, which is hardly a real flaw in the eyes of the readers, since he does it out of idealism. There is no end to how the other characters will praise his unlimited potential and heroic destiny. The few boys who oppose him are carefully designed to serve as an emphasis of Harry's status as a Cinderella-knight in the making. The series then starts to rapidly deconstruct this trope. Harry's flaws start to show themselves in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban book 3]], when, while hunting for Sirius [[spoiler: he almost kills Sirius, even though it turns out he was innocent the entire time, and his parents' real betrayer was Wormtail]]. The real kicker, [[spoiler: Wormtail gets away because of Harry insisting that Lupin and Sirius don't kill him. This indirectly leads to many more people dying in the series]]. In Book 4, Harry's wide-eyed optimism to try and TakeAThirdOption in the Triwizard Tournament [[spoiler: by sharing the win with Cedric Diggory ends up springing a trap meant for him on both of them and leads to Cedric dying almost instantly]]. By [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix book 5]], Harry's heroism (which has always, always been in direct violation of rules and rationality) [[spoiler: sets him up for a BatmanGambit which kills Sirius and severely injures and almost kills several of his friends]].
** To put it very simply, the traits of Harry's that initially marked him as a MartyStuhis heroism, his willingness to take action, his idealismultimately become his flawsunwillingness to ShootTheDog when it's needed, inability to stand back when he must, and a childish worldview that makes him blind to the harsh realities of a world torn by war and hatred. [[spoiler: Which is why [[AnyoneCanDie the last few books are pretty brutal]].]] Even the fact that he is at first presented to the reader as TheChosenOne is eventually revealed to be largely a matter of [[spoiler: Voldemort having decided to kill him instead of Neville Longbottom. Right around this point is when Neville has gone from being a simple loser to a more rounded out character, and by the end of the series he's even able to do things that Harry can't]].
* Scarlett O'Hara of ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'' is introduced as "not beautiful" (but with flashing green eyes and magnolia skin), and she's self-centered, mercenary and amoral. But she's so extraordinarily successful, so resilient, so significant in the lives of everyone around her and so magnetic to men that it's hard not to see her as a wish-fulfillment figurerather like a female Film/JamesBond. Then again, [[spoiler: by the end of the story most of these people actually hate her for those very reasons]].
* Some characters start out as genuinely plain or flawed characters, but develop into MarySue characters as they age. For example, Frederica Potter in the ''Virgin in the Garden'' tetralogy by A.S Byatt. She starts off as a brainy, skinny, red-haired teenager who's not pretty but attractive as an acquired taste. Lots of people don't like her. Fine. But as the series goes on, she acquires an angsty past, her thinness (and her "wide mouth") become ever more aestheticised and harder to explain as she eats a lot of delicious, sophisticated food, she gets through a never-ending stream of attractive men, she becomes famous without having to lift a finger to work for it. When she's occasionally still described as not being pretty it seems ridiculous when she's just been described, at thirty-something, as looking like ''Alice in Wonderland''. Oddly, lots of people STILL don't like her, for no particular reason but that comes to seem as an obvious marker of specialness as if everyone liked her for no particular reason.
* Actually subverted in ''Literature/AtlasShrugged'', where the author is able to show that Dagny's features (thin, [[ShesGotLegs leggy]], cheekbones) are beautifuland that the reason people dislike her is her [[IceQueen cold and abrasive personality.]] The people who do come to find her sexy are those who share her ConvenientlyCommonKink of "making a profit from running my business."
* Literature/AnitaBlake. According to Laurell K. Hamilton, her Sue is supposedly not attractive because instead of being a tall willowy blonde, she's a short (actually average height) curvy brunette with enormous boobs, collagen lips and a superslim body. Oh, and her ''gasps'' invisible Hispanicness also obviously detracts from her allure as well. Not to mention the "Is there anyone in the story who isn't completely obsessed with her?" factor.
* Creator/ChristopherPike (the teen horror writer, not [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Kirk's predecessor]] as the captain of the Starship ''Enterprise'') invariably describes his heroines as not being especially attractive. The fact that he then goes on, invariably, to elaborate that this unattractiveness takes the form of having breasts far too large for their waifish frames may [[AuthorAppeal raise some suspicions about the integrity of the narrator]].
* The heroine of Frances Hodgson Burnett's ''A Little Princess'' is convinced that she's unattractive ("I am one of the ugliest children I ever saw") because she doesn't have dimples and golden curls. The narrative voice subverts this trope when it assures us that she is "a slim, supple little creature" with "an intense, attractive little face" and "big, wonderful eyes with long black lashes".
** The key word in her introductory description is "interesting"; she doesn't believe herself to be pretty, and she isn't, by usual standards. She's not rosy or cheery, she's bony, with plain coloration, and rather quiet and pale. Adults find her a trifle unsettling. However, the narrative points out that she is unaware that there is something else about her that compels people to attend to hernot beauty, but not ugliness, either.
* At the beginning of the first ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' book, Bella Swan goes on at length on how plain-looking, unremarkable, and clumsy she is. The first sign that Sueness is lurking around the corner is her name, which means "beautiful swan". The second sign is her attracting no less than three male admirers at her new school, despite claiming to be a nobody in her former hometown. The rest of the series consists of Bella being in a LoveTriangle with Edward the 100-year-old teenage vampire and Jacob the werewolf. Edward is part of a wealthy family of TheBeautifulElite who just so happen to be [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire the vampires with a hint of standards]], [[RelationshipSue and his absolute perfection and beauty are constantly described]]. Jacob is a six-foot plus boy who looks about eight years older than his seventeen years, with "inky" black hair, rippling muscles, superhuman strength, a posse of nearly equally hawt Quileute beefcake, and a [[CoolBike motorcycle]]. Oh, and both take on an obsessive need to meet all of Bella's emotional and physical needs. [[spoiler: She gets her HappilyEverAfter with Edward by becoming a vampire, which coincidentally makes her stunningly beautiful and graceful in the process.]] Note that these are two more boys vying for her love, totaling five altogether. The only flaw remaining for Bella is her boring narrative voice, and that's unfortunately not one that the in-story characters can see. Only that turns out to be what makes her special to Edwardthat he can't read her thoughts. [[SarcasmMode God, her life SUCKS]].
** Inverted, though, with Edward Cullen. The books constantly go on about how good-looking he is, but when actually ''describing'' him, he sounds [[InformedAttractiveness fairly plain, or even a bit below average]].
** Bella's first description of herself in Chapter 1 of the first book is an example of this. Bella does her best to give the impression that she's ordinary in appearancewhile using very flattering terms to describe herself ("ivory-skinned," "slender" and having a clear complexion) AND to establish that instead of being a typical ex-resident of Phoenix, Arizona ("tan, sporty, blond"), she's unique (a pale, un-athletic brunette).
** And there's the fact that despite this supposedly unattractive girl having all the personality of a wet dishrag, everything that happens in the series is because of/happens to her. BlackHoleSue in its purest form.
** Bella Swan's narrative is generally apathetic and dry, yet she instantly befriends the entire school despite her obvious lack of effort, and she maintains these friendships despite the fact that she sits with the social elitesthe vampires that are generally disliked by her acquaintances and classmates. She is also generally seen as innocent, and is only disliked by the beautiful, jealous, and blonde. She also [[spoiler: unlocks magical, never-seen abilities that protect her from every other vampiric power in existence, including mind reading, future seeing, and pain inflicting abilities of much older and stronger vampires BEFORE she is bitten by Edward Cullen]].
* Rhapsody from the ''Symphony of Ages'' series. Despite being magically transformed into the embodiment of HelloNurse, she constantly puts herself down (especially when feeling {{Wangst}}y), calling herself lowborn and ugly (which was still an exaggeration from her previous life and wouldn't have been true anyway ''[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld for centuries]]'')
** Achmed arguably inverts this trope, as well. He has a long list of traits that traditionally would make him a Sue type character (half breed, unstoppable assassin, succeeds at anything he does, strong willed enough to resist a full blown demon, etc). It's inverted because despite all of his skills and all the important things he does in the plot (like forming one of the most powerful kingdoms in the world), the plot places almost no emphasis on him unless what he is doing directly involves Rhapsody. He has almost everything needed to become a Sue, yet the narrative just doesn't seem to find him interesting enough to focus on.
* Robert Langdon from ''Literature/AngelsAndDemons'' is described this way at the opening of one of the books. "He was not classically handsome" followed shortly by "tall", "dark hair", "piercing eyes", "voice was like chocolate for the ears" and "swims thirty laps of the pool every day". [[spoiler: And he gets the stunningly hot love interest at the end of it.]]
** If you read through his other books, a lot of Dan Brown's leading men seem to share this trait.
* Ayla of the ''Literature/EarthsChildren'' series is the epitome of this trope. Ayla believes she is ugly [[JustifiedTrope because]] she [[RaisedByNatives grew up among Neanderthals]], whose beauty standards are different. However, she's described in ways that would look pretty to a modern reader, and once she meets other modern humans they find her not just normal-looking but a stunning beauty. Beside looks, most of her other "[[InformedFlaw flaws]]" are things only the Neanderthals disapprove of.
* In ''Being of the Field'' by Traci Harding, the author mentions repeatedly that the main character Taren is supposed to be shunned by society as a loony madwoman. However, by virtue of the main plot she's only one out of an ''entire main cast'' of reincarnated social outcasts who've all been close with each other since the beginning of time, so this is ''completely'' downplayed in importance. From the first moment the story begins, praise is lavished on her nonstop by every other character in the book, everyone comes to her for advice, and everyone clamors to be her friend and/or romantic partner. Limited to the main characters' community, it's a shocking case of Sue.
* ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment'': most (if not all) female characters are introduced as strikingly beautiful, but filthy, but sickly, but actually quite homely, and really not pretty at all, but very desirable, and so determined and strong, one might even saybeautiful.
* [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Heinlein's]] later protagonists [[strike:show]] fall headfirst into this, culminating in Lazarus Long. Lazarus calls himself ugly often, but every character he interacts with either wants to be [=BFFs=] forever or at least sleep with him on a long-term basis. Their descriptions of him dance around describing him as glowingly as one can without using the word "handsome".
* ''Literature/MerryGentry'', Laurell K. Hamilton's other major protagonist (see above), looks like Anita Blake with fewer scars, scarlet hair, KaleidoscopeEyes, and (probably) even bigger breasts. Growing up surrounded by tall willowy blond elves, and with [[strike:Hispanic]] human blood, she also has the ''exact'' same issues with her appearance. Unlike Anita (when Anita isn't being forced to seduce various gorgeous [[strike:menmales]] people), Meredith is a politician who uses sex appeal as a tool, and ''has'' on occasion displayed her insecurities to manipulate.
* Jean Muir of Louisa May Alcott's ''Behind a Mask'' is a plain, demure, mousy governess with no money or title, yet the rich sons of the households she works in always seem to fall for her, all while she proclaims that she just wants to be left alone and it's [[SoBeautifulItsACurse her great misfortune]] that every man she meets falls in love with her. Turns out that's because [[spoiler:she's a con artist of sorts who's manipulating all of these men in an elaborate plan to snare the richest and most high-ranking of them. Her looks matter less than the fact that she's a good actress who can read people well.]]
* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' is effectively a half-Asian, half-white woman. While real life gives us such lovelies as Creator/MaggieQ and Michaela Conlin, everyone around Honor knows she's attractive, but [[IAmNotPretty her own serious self-esteem issues prevent her from seeing it]]. This would not be this trope if not for the fact that the narration says her friend thinks of her as "not pretty, but beautiful". This could be the RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic prevalent in the series, or it could be Weber trying to have his cake and eat it too.
* Odile in ''Literature/TheBlackSwan'' has high cheekbones, knee-length silver hair, wide eyes, and a willowy figure and the best she can say of herself is "not unattractive." Justified since she has no one but the swan maidens to compare herself to, particularly Odette who is more of a classic beauty.
* September, the protagonist of ''Literature/TheGirlWhoCircumnavigatedFairylandInAShipOfHerOwnMaking'', has a formulaic background and nothing really endearing about her, and yet everyone loves her, the only people who don't are the villains, and she's so utterly selfless and brave that she does absolutely everything that no one else would dare to do (to the point of stepping up to save a child ''when the child's own mother wouldn't''). The problem is, to make sure there's enough brave and selfless stuff for her to do, the author has to make it so that no one else in the book does anything for themselves, even when there's no real reason why they can't. After the dozenth time someone calls her amazing and wonderful, you start to suspect the only reason she's described as such is because no one else in Fairyland is capable of solving their own problems.
* Anastasia Steele from ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' is often complaining about how plain-looking she is next to her gorgeous best friend Kate while everyone tell her she's beautiful and at least three guys are fond of her. In ''Meet Fifty Shades'', an outtake which retells the first two chapters of ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' from Christian Grey's point of view, Grey describes Ana as having "guileless, powder-blue" eyes and "a small, sweet face that is blushing now, an innocent pale rose." So it's not just other people telling her that she's gorgeous. The audience is informed outright that Ana is strikingly beautiful...enough to startle and attract a jaded billionaire. By ''Fifty Shades Freed'', Ana has begun to believe that she's desirablebut only because of Christian's influence.
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* Mia from ''Literature/ThePrincessDiaries'' views and describes herself as rather plain and awkward looking with wide mouth and unmanageable hair, while other characters see her as quite conventionally beautiful: tall, thin and blonde. {{Justified|Trope}}, considering she's a very self-aware teenager at the start of the story and actually grows to be more confident and comfortable with herself over the series run. [[SheIsAllGrownUp Puberty and taking more interest in fashion]] have something to do with it as well.
* Deliberately toyed with in the ''Discworld'' novel, 'The Truth', in the form of Sacharissa Cripslock. She is described as being eclectically pretty; the individual features of her face are absolutely perfect... albeit, from the point of view of different time periods and their associated fashions. 100 years ago, her eyes would have launched a dozen ships; 200 years ago her nose would have made a famous artist bite his paintbrush in half; 300 years ago her chin would have had sculptors weeping in joy. Add it all together, though, and she is just 'reasonably pretty' by modern Ankh-Morpork standards.
** However, she does possess one, or, rather, two, very...prominent features which are never out of favour.
* Very transparently done in the second ''Literature/OldKingdom'' book, where Lirael has [[RavenHairIvorySkin goth-girl coloring]] that officially makes her ugly in a land of {{Dark Skinned Blonde}}s but is likely to be more attractive to the demographic.
* In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' novel ''Mosaic'', about the origins of Capt. Janeway written by ''Voyager'' creator Jeri Taylor herself, young Janeway constantly frets about how everyone else seems to have better hair, but she has no trouble landing a few men, including the young William Riker. But unlike other {{Mary Sue}}s, she is portrayed as having a few actual flaws, like being shallow, reckless, argumentative, and insensitive to others (her breakup with her first boyfriend was the result of her dragging him along on a dangerous underwater diving trip). Of course, ''none'' of these flaws are supposedly present in the grown-up Kathryn Janeway...
* Literature/AnneOfGreenGables is an example of the "not conventionally pretty" type whose looks are used as a litmus test for the person judging themnarrow-minded people think she's plain (which is often PlayedForLaughs) and more sensitive people think she's attractive. Her very introduction contrasts what an "ordinary" and an "extraordinary" observer would see in her appearance. She starts off as a prepubescent, skinny, freckled [[GreenEyedRedhead redhead with greenish-gray eyes]] (both considered negative traits at the time), but as she grows up she develops an elegant figure, her freckles disappear, her hair darkens (unsympathetic people continue to call it red, while her friends agree that it's auburn), and her eyes settle on gray, making her the period equivalent of the [[SheIsAllGrownUp hottie who used to be a nerd in school]]. After these developments we're given frequent and deliberate reminders that she doesn't resemble the curvy, vivacious standard of the period ''and'' that she is nonetheless pretty to people with real taste. Even [[GossipyHens Mrs. Lynde]], who represents conventionality in every way, has to admit she has a certain something:
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* Skye from ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': [[AwesomeMcCoolname Cool and exotic name]]. Check! [[TheCracker Exceptionally]] [[AmbiguouslyHuman talented]] [[ColdSniper in]] a [[GenreSavvy wide]] [[GuileHero variety]] [[ImpersonatingAnOfficer of]] skills. Check! [[TheAce In fact, Skye is probably the best hacker ever]]. [[TechnoWizard She breaks into S.H.I.E.L.D., an agency which probably out-techs both the C.I.A. and N.S.A. for breakfast from the back of her van with a laptop that she won in a bet. She also never picked up these skills as she says she never even really learned code. It "just comes naturally"]].
** She also manages to get away with doing some rather dubious things such as influencing others around her. In the episode The Asset, she tries her first real world secret agent experience and, during this outing, is able to talk her way out of being captured during a dangerous situation. In addition to being a genius hacker, she is able to psychologically outmaneuver people who do this for a living. Her "flaws" are only ever endearing. For example, one of Skyes supposed flaws is her relentless questioning. Shes supposed to represent those who go against the Man (in this case S.H.I.E.L.D.) because she wants a better world. The issue is that while she does question authority and power, she does it in a way that is self-congratulatory and snotty. She also has the flaw of caring too much. In the pilot episode, she is the one who tracks down Mike Peterson and puts the idea in his head about being a superhero. Skye starts the chain of events that leads to Mike nearly blowing up at the end of the episode.
*** Meanwhile, she [[WhatTheHellHero calls everyone else out]] on not being good at dealing with the human element. In Repairs, she repeatedly demands access to the girl that theyre protecting with claims that [[TheChosenOne she is the only one]] [[ItsAllAboutMe who can reach her]] despite the fact that Coulson is trained to deal quite well with gifted people. When Skye does something wrong, the other characters are very quick to [[EasilyForgiven forgive]] her for it. In The Hub, for example, she blatantly manipulates Simmons into risking her own job and security clearance in order to hack into the database. She uses Simmons own feelings of camaraderie toward Fitz against her. She has her so-called friend risk her job so that she can get into the network. Then she selfishly attends to her own problem first. Yet, for uncovering certain information, she is still considered a hero for her actions.
** At least her true name has been revealed to be the entirely un-exotic "Daisy Johnson". Unfortunately, along with the reveal that she's the MCU version of the comics' character Quake came the powers to go along with it, and she's now been confirmed as an Inhuman.
* Peter Petrelli from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' is constantly made to carry the IdiotBall, since he's so supremely powerful that [[IdiotPlot if he just acted sensibly]], it would be all but impossible for the writers to create any drama for him. However, no one ever seems to hold his plentiful mistakes against him or suggest that the world might not need quite so much rescuing if Peter could just get his act together for once. The worst he's been accused of (and invariably by a villain--any HeelFaceTurn seems to be automatically followed by a sudden appreciation of Peter's awesomeness) is being ''too self-sacrificing and idealistic''.
** Mama Petrelli does get in a small WhatTheHellHero scene, but it's with a version of Peter from the future (which just goes to show how tightly Peter hugs that IdiotBall).
** Peter seems to have ditched the IdiotBall in later seasons. Well, not so much 'ditched' as 'tossed to his brother', who ran with it.
*** He uses the limited version of his power to good effect, which is a lot more fun to watch than when he always had the ability to resolve any situation in five seconds flat, but was too much of an idiot to do so. In addition, as of Volume Five, we actually get to ''see'' him being self-sacrificing and idealistic (even to such a downright self-destructive extent that it might be considered a genuine character flaw) instead of just hearing about it all the time. In fact, the Peter of later seasons has had so much CharacterDevelopment that he can be said to have finally escaped this trope, despite starting out as the poster boy for it.
* ''Series/{{Doctor Who}}'': The Doctor! Though he is usually excused by both writers and fans on account of 1) being a badass, 2) this being his show, 3) [[WhatTheHellHero occasionally being called out on his more darker actions]], and 4) [[CharacterDevelopment the various flaws and growth the character experiences over and over again]] thanks to [[TheNthDoctor regeneration]].
** Rose Tyler started out as an awesome, down to earth shop girl with no formal training or education in anything, though she still managed to be perfect in every way. Shes something of a combination between a [[JerkSue Jerk-Sue]], [[CanonSue Canon Sue]] and an [[AntiSue Anti-Sue]] with numerous negative character traits like [[GreenEyedMonster jealously]], [[ClingyJealousGirl clinginess]] and [[BitchInSheepsClothing selfishness]]. Neither the Doctor, nor anybody else that matters in the narrative ever comments or even notices. These traits also seem to only ever work in her favor and never against her and they never go away, simply fulfilled. Rose manages to attract the attention of not one, not two, not three, but FOUR male love interests including the Doctor himself. After her departure as a companion in series three, everyone else (most notably the Doctor) goes on about how much he misses her, sometimes making off-the-cuff comparisons between her and Martha. In Series Four, Rose even then ends up with her own life-sized, living, breathing half-human Doctor. If she has any kind of flaw, its that she loves and cares TOO MUCH!
** River Song is thought of by many fans as one, and indeed many of her traits do seem like the kind of thing you'd find in a fanfiction character. She's [[spoiler: half time lord]], she's in love with The Doctor (who reciprocates), she can use guns around The Doctor without him complaining, she can intimidate a ''dalek'' by reputation alone, she knows the TARDIS better than The Doctor [[spoiler: although that's because the TARDIS directly implanted her with knowledge of its functions]], and many would say she was EasilyForgiven for [[spoiler: nearly destroying the universe so she wouldn't have to kill The Doctor]]. It's a small wonder that she's so controversial.
** Clara Oswald started as a mundane teacher who happened to share the appearance with two other girls in different time periods. Over the course of her run, she slowly became the Doctor's DistaffCounterpart and was ultimately revealed to be the one behind all his victories. In "Listen", she meets the Doctor as a kid and inspires him courage. In her final episode, [[spoiler:she's is implied to be the "hybrid" the Doctor was fleeing when he left Gallifrey and then she leaves him with her own TARDIS and companion]].
* Max of ''Series/DarkAngel'' is not only the only one of the [[SuperSoldier transgenics]] to have had a mother who loved her, the one [[ColonelBadass Lydecker]] [[{{squick}} based off of his dead wife]]... Was anyone surprised in the second season when it turned out she was the ChosenOne destined to save humanity?
* Chuck from ''Series/PushingDaisies'' is definitely this. The main protagonist Ned is defined by his adoration for Chuck after he brings her back in the first episode. She also can do NO wrong, as evidenced by the many times she defies common sense and Ned's directions and yet is always immediately forgiven (for a perfect example see "The Legend of Merle [=McQuoddy=]"). And many times, through some convoluted series of events, her behavior that at the time was ignorant and risky actually ends up being ''beneficial'' in the end, just to prove how awesome she is. The rest of the cast are also completely defined by her existence and love her despite the trouble she causes them. Admittedly, it can be argued that it's because of the complications she brings to the group that she so seems to affect their lives--however, closer scrutiny simply shows that Chuck can do no wrong and is the most completely lovable beautiful person that ever lived (twice).
* Prue from ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' fits this trope to a T. She often made a ton of rash decisions and often jeopardised her own sisters' safety for the sake of vanquishing demon or saving a random innocent. One aggravating season 3 episode saw her set a trap with a circle of crystals that would set off an electric charge when anyone walked through it. Cole did and was nearly killed. Phoebe made a justifiable argument, calling Prue out on the fact that she'd nearly killed a district attorney but Cole was actually a demon [[DebateAndSwitch so Prue was right all along.]] Also, see that 'r' in her name? Put it between the 'u' and 'e', and see what you get. We'll wait.
** The same episode also had Prue get a stalker. Prue insisted her life wasn't perfect and wondered why the stalker would want to be her. Riiiight, except she's got a high paying job, is excellent at photography, is somehow able to wear as little as possible to work at an auction house, has men practically begging for a glance from her and oh yeah, is a superpowerful witch with telekinesis and astral projection powers. And the stalker didn't even know about the powers.
* Zoey Brooks from ''Series/{{Zoey 101}}''. When misfortune strikes, it never hits her, but it does seem to have a laser-guided aim for Logan, Stacy, Chase and Michael. Zoey is the first and only person capable of fixing things though, often with little to no difficulty.
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* Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin was the ultimate JerkSue during his time in WWE, getting away with beating up all kinds of people just because he didn't like them or [[ComedicSociopathy to get a cheap laugh]]. Nobody boos Stone Cold. In fact, no matter what the Rattlesnake does, it is guaranteed to get fans cheering for him.
* Wrestling/RandyOrton become one when he turned face in 2009-2011.
* Wrestling/JohnCena is booked as the top face and centerpiece of a promotion which relies on a family-friendly image and has the gimmick to match, but with some feuds he can come across as worse than the heel with his antics, including [[DisproportionateRetribution excessive retaliation towards slights]], claiming to stand up for the boys in the back while using his status to get handed title matches, [[{{Hypocrite}} blatant contradiction of his positions from one storyline to the next]] or even from one point to the next ''within the same'' storyline, etc.
* Makoto Yosue of ''Webcomic/RedString'' is supposedly insecure, has cold and distant parents, and has trouble with girls because he's too feminine and too self-sacrificing. In the real world, Makoto is drop-dead gorgeous, is fabulously rich, is constantly either in a relationship or having girls begging to date him, and is always winning people over to his side without actually doing anything to earn their constant praise. Oh yea, and he's ''never'' shown to actually make anything close to a sacrifice for another person--despite even the author claiming this is his character flaw, Makoto is never depicted in a situation where he holds back on his own personal needs or happiness for the sake of another person. He is shown to actively cheat on his engagement to Miharu's cousin Karen because he fell in love at first sight with Miharu's photograph. In spite of Miharu telling him to leave her alone, he is constantly forcing himself on her until events that have nothing to do with him actually ''winning her over'' essentially award her to him. Everyone in the story, including people who should hate him, constantly [[CharacterShilling tell Miharu what a great person he is]] or encourage him further. While he theoretically was trying to help Miharu with Kazuo after their break up, even he admitted (though only to himself) that in reality he wasn't with her to help them out, he was with her to pick her up on the rebound. The closest he ever got was [[spoiler: at the end of the comic, quitting his job because his relationship with Miharu was causing her problems... except that he states plainly in front of Miharu and her parents that he's quitting his job ''explicitly to continue dating her.'' So he just quit his job to date his girlfriend full time, which is actually ''more'' advantageous to him.]] And those supposedly uncaring and emotionally distant parents of his? He calls them up off-panel and they apparently, with no complaints, go along with his plan and apparently financially support him to make it viable. In fact, despite the story trying to tell us how sad Makoto was growing up with them, the only times we see them they are constantly doting on him. And that engagement he's in with Karen? Oh, they set it up because they knew Makoto had a dream to be a sushi chef and expressed trouble with girls. So they offered a marriage arrangement to the heiress of a sushi restaurant to help him solve both problems--and he happily accepted!
** For reference, the comic treated Makoto's life story as ''equivalently as bad'' as characters who had physically and/or emotionally abusive homes (Kazuo and Hanae), neglectful homes (Eiji), genuinely impoverished homes (Tomi), broken homes (Reika), or homes where a child was helping to care for a terminally ill parent (Fuuko.)
* [[NiceGuy George]] in ''The Wrong House'' [[MessiahCreep became this]] as early as the second issue. Originally drawn as husky, but still plausibly built football player that was simply part of a ComicTrio, that got lucky with a [[NoNameGiven slut,]] but by issue 2, he's redrawn with an [[GeekPhysique egg-shaped figure]] and [[ThisLoserIsYou his gamerness turned up so high that he looks too overweight/out-of-shape to walk a flight of stairs without getting winded]] yet runs and [[ReallyGetsAround fucks]] even more energetically than [[JerkJock Jason,]] supposedly so pathetic he used to call his [[ADateWithRosiePalms hand his girlfriend,]] yet ''every'' following issue reveals a NewOldFlame meaning he's been getting some since he was an underage KidAnova that his babysitter considered [[WorthIt worth the sex offender status,]] '''raped''' a virgin at a party and only [[KarmaHoudini lucked out]] because it eventually felt good to her and already professed undyling love to him and considered him a KnightInShiningArmor because he "didn't pass her around," earns [[AThreesomeIsHot a threesome with another virgin for such "compassion"]] even though he virtually traumatized the second girl in how rough he got with her, [[CharacterShilling constantly praised by said New Old Flames as a messiah-like paragon]] even though they know he's chasing Mystery Girl and try to "talk him out of it" by doing him and when [[DemotedToExtra the other two guys]] try to do a WesternAnimation/KimPossible Expy he hasn't touched by [[CallBack recreating how they did Mystery Girl in Issue 1,]] the other girls cock-block them from a ''consensual'' threesome by claiming [[BlatantLies "She's George's girl,"]] treating it like a MoralEventHorizon and rather than point out ''George did the exact same thing with them last time,'' George never called dibs like they claimed, [[CaptainObvious George has literally done every woman he's come across]] ''except'' [[SleepsWithEveryoneButYou her,]] or that the girl's only [[TheStoner buzzed]] rather than nearly date-raped, [[GagNose Philip]] shills George even further by claiming he doesn't want to be like Jason. The whole story [[ShowDontTell tells]] us that George is supposed to be this lucky loser finally getting a bone, but he hasn't gone ''one'' issue without having sex and his whole hunt for his new girlfriend [[WhatAnIdiot who didn't even ask her name after she agreed to go out with him]] is [[SeriousBusiness hyped as an epic quest for love]] despite both parties casually humping their way across town, but we're told to [[UnintentionallySympathetic hate Jason,]] [[HateSink who while a dick for the sake of being a dick,]] [[JerkAssHasAPoint is the only one who sees it all as nothing more than excuse after excuse to do as many women as possible.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': Deliberately invoked and played with as the show drew its inspiration from popular live action like ''Series/{{Alias}}'' and ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' (with a little bit of ''Film/AustinPowers'') and is meant to be a parody of those shows combined. However, in the first season Kim can literally "do anything" and looks good while doing it without breaking a sweat. "I can do anything" is a self-admitted braggy motto. Kim can't cook, can't sing high notes, can't drive (immediately--this one makes less sense, as she's been driving bikes and aircraft already), can't [[DudeWheresMyRespect sit at the Senior table]], [[ChronicHeroSyndrome can't say "no" to someone in need]], [[SociallyAwkwardHero can't say anything]] [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld to her crush]], can't resist a challenge. Ron [[{{lampshades}} points this out]] when Kim fails the driving test.
--->'''Kim''': "I'm Kim Possible, I can do anything!"
--->'''Ron''': "That includes ''FAIL,'' see the logic?"
** Ron would acquire some new skill and Kim would gain some sort of character flaw or just stay the same. When he says LetsGetDangerous he gets as suish as Kim was at the start of the series. Usually this is when Kim is incapacitated, which is far more often than a standard Mary Sue.
** Kim is a more rounded, 3-dimensional character in later seasons. In fact, in a number of scripts, she isn't the one to defeat the bad guy. In later seasons, Kim has been a little more relaxed in sharing the spotlight with others.


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Wednesday, September 14th, 2016
Teachers' Day Celebrations
Monday, September 5th, 2016
Teachers' Day Morning Assembly
Monday, September 5th, 2016
The school organized a Special Assembly on 5th September to felicitate the teachers who work relentlessly to mould the personality of the future citizens. The Chief Guest on the occasion was Rev. Father Thomas Kunnunkal, Former Chairman CBSE.
School Birthday Celebrations
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
The school ushered in its 61st Birthday with a grand celebration. The spirit of faith and hope was reignited in the heart of one and all present as the atmosphere resonated with a promise of upholding the cherished ideals of brotherhood and inclusivity that the school stands for.
Independence Day Celebration
Friday, August 12th, 2016
The school celebrated the 70th milestone of Independent India with a meaningful cultural programme on Friday, 12th August, 2016 in the school Auditorium.
Kusum Verma Memorial National Inter-School English Festival
Friday, July 29th, 2016
Celebrating the triumphant spirit and charismatic persona of Late Mrs. Kusum Verma, Head of the English Department, the School in collaboration with the Old Springdalian Association (OSA) hosted the 14th Kusum Verma Memorial National Inter-School English Festival.
Saturday, July 23rd, 2016
In an endeavour to provide a landscape that mobilizes the full potential of our learners, emphasizing human connectivity and modifying their global visions, the school organized its annual Exhibition on Saturday, 23rd July, 2016 on the theme "Connectivity, Diversity, Empowerment and Peace."
Monday, July 18th, 2016
In a moment of immense honour and delight, Ms. Lorna D. Daniels, Political Counsellor, South African High Commission presided over as the Chief Guest at the Valedictory function of the Africa Week organized in the school on 18th July 2016. The Annual Event was a celebration of Dr. Nelson Mandela's service to humanity and witnessed the culmination of the Africa Week held from May 2nd, 2016 to May 6th , 2016 during which the students wrote slogans, essays, poems and articles on the theme From Diversity to Inclusivity in Africa.
Annual Inter House Choir Festival
Wednesday, May 11th, 2016
In a scintillating morning of culturally diverse rhythms,600 budding singers and musicians came together to create magic in the school on the occasion of the Annual Inter- House Choir Festival held in "the Hall of Friendship and Peace"on May 11th,2016.
The DSLP Annual Award Giving Ceremony
Friday, April 29th, 2016
Commemorating the relentless efforts and deep commitment of the student community to uphold the beacon of literacy, The Delhi School Literacy Project celebrated its 28th Anniversary of Annual Award giving ceremony on 29th April 2016 in the school premises.
50th Gowardhandass Memorial National Level Declamation Contest
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
The school pulsated with fresh perspectives and thought provoking ideas as young minds from across the country reflected on current global and national issues of concern on the occasion of 50th Gowardhandass Memorial National Level Declamation Contest held on April 22nd, 2016 commemorating the Diamond Jubilee Year.
The Nonagenerian Concert
Saturday, March 5th, 2016
The spirit of festivity & jubilation of the Diamond Jubilee Year continued as the school organised "The Nonagenarian Concert" to celebrate the Birthday of the living legend Mrs. Rajni Kumar, Chairperson, Springdales Education Society, as she turned 93 years young on 5th March 2016.
Environment Festival "Hamara Paryavaran"
Friday, February 26th, 2016
The Springdales Education Society as a part of its Diamond Jubilee Celebration organized a Two day Environment Festival "Hamara Paryavaran", at its Environment and Work Experience Farm on the 26th and 27th of February 2016.
Thursday, February 18th, 2016
At an enthralling function, the school, celebrated the Junior Annual Day and Prize Giving Ceremony on Thursday,18th February,2016 . Mr. Sergey V. Karmalito, Senior Counsellor, Embassy of the Russian Federation was the Guest of Honour.
Saturday, February 13th, 2016
The School gave a fond farewell to the outgoing batch of 2016 on 13th Feb, 2016 in the presence of their proud parents, members of the Management Board and distinguished guests. The Chief Guest on the occasion was Prof. Shiv Visvanathan Vice Dean and Executive Director, Centre for the Study of Science, Society and Sustainability, O.P. Jindal Global University
International Children's Festival
Tuesday, February 9th, 2016
At a mesmerizing function "International Children's Festival" celebrating the cultures of the world, the Ambassador of Palestine H.E. Mr. Adnan Abu Alhaijaa presided as Guest of Honour.
December 23, 2015
In an endeavour to celebrate the spirit of festivity,friendship and happiness associated with Christmas, the school organised a Christmas Concert in the auditorium. The celebration began with the school choir spreading the message of love and peace through the rendition of 'Hark the Herald Angels ' and 'O Holy Night'.
December 19, 2015
Siri Fort Auditorium witnessed a star studded evening as Old Springdalians rocked the house in a function of unparalleled dance and music. Celebrating its Diamond Jubilee, Springdales Education Society in collaboration with Springdales School organised "Springdalian Solitaires-Many Journeys One Destination". Present on this occasion were Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Members of the diplomatic Corps, Parents, Students of the Diamond Jubilee Batch and staff. It was an evening of honours and felicitations as Alumni of the school that had excelled in various fields were felicitated. Spanning a wide range of professions from Doctors to scientists, fashion designers, Defence Officers to Music Composers to Bureaucrats- all shared the same stage and received the love and respect of their alma mater.
December 06, 2015
The Annual Winter Carnival of the school was held on Sunday December 6. The visitors, which included the members of the Managing Board, parents and students- both old and present, were mesmerised by the colourful and wide array of stalls ranging from clothes and jewellery to bags and accessories and thoroughly enjoyed the pulsating music and mouth watering eatables .The students enthusiasm was evident at the games stall . The Technology Games Stall with the PSP Games ,introduced for the first time was a great crowd puller. The Handicrafts Department and Electronics Department were a real delight for one and all. In an effort to show their concern for the environment our students of the Environment Club put up a stall showcasing a variety of eco-friendly products made by them. The special attraction of the day was the Fashion Show put up by the Mothers and Senior School students. While the mothers set the ramp on fire ,the fathers displayed their culinary skills by enthusiastically participating in Cooking without Fire Contest.
Annual Day and Prize-Giving Function
November 23, 2015
The school celebrated its Annual Day and Prize Giving Ceremony of the Diamond Jubilee Year on Monday, November 23rd, 2015 which was graced by the renowned Actress Ms. Tabu, (Padma Shree).
September 19, 2015
Commemorating sixty years in the service of education, Springdales Education Society organized a conference on the theme 'In search of a Humane Society- the Role of Education' on Saturday, 19 September, 2015. Hon'ble Vice President of India, Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari inaugurated the event held at Vigyan Bhawan and was attended by erudite scholars, intelligentsia, distinguished guests, and members of the Diplomatic Corps, parents, students and staff members.
Valedictory Function of Literacy Week-2015
September 11, 2015
Celebrating 27 glorious years of the Delhi Schools Literacy Project, The Valedictory Function of Literacy Week-2015 was held in Springdales School on Friday, September 11, 2015. The festival is an endeavour to bring the school and community together, working collectively towards the goal of an inclusive, integrated and socially just society; with everyone enjoying equal rights and performing their social responsibilities.
TEACHER's DAY CELEBRATIONS
September 4, 2015
Continuing with the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, Springdales School organised a Cultural Evening and Dinner on the occasion of Teacher's Day on September 4, 2015 in the school auditorium. Dr. Kiran Datar, Chairperson, Managing Board welcomed the Management, veteran and current staff, alumni and other distinguished guests.
September 1, 2015
September 1, 2015 was a historic day for Springdales as the school completed 60 years of service to the cause of education. To celebrate this landmark achievement, the school organised the Birthday Celebrations on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 in the auditorium. The event was attended by guests from the diplomatic mission, friends of the school, foreign parents and veteran staff members.
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Newly-merged Manchester sets Bridge Street Chambers and Hollins Chambers are to move into a historic Georgian townhouse built by the 18th century Corn Law reformer John Cobden.
The new set, to be known as Cobden's House Chambers, will move into the townhouse, formerly Manchester's long-serving county court, in November, once extensive refurbishment has been completed.
The merger will bring together the nine barristers of the chancery and commercial Bridge Street set with Hollins' 26-strong common law set.
Stuart Neale, a senior tenant at Hollins Chambers, said that while some London sets moved towards greater specialisation, provincial chambers had to take a different tack. "I see in the next 20 to 30 years circuit chambers having a much broader base," said Neale.
"We can offer pretty much one-stop services," added colleague Johnathan Gregg.
Trevor Doyle, who was a clerk at Manchester's Deans Court Chambers, will become senior clerk at the new set, taking over from Peter Davies, who has left the chambers.
Howard Baisden, who heads Hollins Chambers, will run the new set with his Bridge Street counterpart, Peter Keenan.
The merger comes as other Manchester sets have set their sights on London – two weeks ago The Lawyer reported that Manchester set Byron Chambers would be merging with 22 Old Buildings.


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24-hour room service is available.
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Fort Wayne Fighter Wing to get F-16s
The 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne will be receiving F-16 jets to replace its current fleet of A-10 aircraft. The plan is included in the president's budget for fiscal year 2015.
Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN) praised the move.
"This is a great day for the 122nd Fighter Wing and the Indiana Air National Guard," said Coats. "The Fort Wayne base has the runway length, capacity, airspace and skilled personnel to take on this new mission. The F-16 has a proud history in Allen County and represents a long-term bridge to the Joint Strike Fighter. I join with the Fort Wayne community in welcoming back F-16s. I commend General Umbarger, Colonel Augustine and the entire 122nd Fighter Wing who have demonstrated that this base is one of the best in the country. The credit goes to those who have made the 122nd Fighter Wing an outstanding and nationally-recognized unit."
The Fort Wayne Air National Guard base is home to the 122nd Fighter Wing, which currently consists of 21 A-10 aircraft. As the A-10s are phased out by the Air Force, the 122nd Fighter Wing will begin a new mission with F-16s by the end of the decade.
Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN) issued this statement:
"The Air National Guard Airmen in Fort Wayne have a proud history of protecting our country, and I welcome the announcement that the 122nd Fighter Wing's air combat mission will continue," said Donnelly. "As we confront budget challenges in the coming days and weeks, I will continue to advocate for responsible decisionmaking and investments in Air Guard personnel, training and infrastructure. The 122nd Fighter Wing has earned a reputation for excellence in the Air National Guard, and I strongly support a continued air combat mission."


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I'm 420 friendly...really, really friendly. ;)
I love being with my friends, especially since most of them may as well be my family as I see them that way. I like people who are quirky (though I hate that word 'cause of it's annoying connotations.)
I'm both spontaneous and well-planned...only one of many of my dichotomies--along with organized and messy, quiet and talkative, passionate and mellow. Don't ask me why, I don't know. I just seem to like the ends better than the middle.
I am currently ethically non monogamous. This doesn't mean, "Wow! Free sex!" Sex without connection is just masturbation by proxy. I genuinely love people and prefer close relationships of any variety, rather than shallow ones. I don't expect an immediate "love-date" connection, I don't expect anything. I prefer relationships to progress how they will, in whatever direction they naturally wish to go. Friends are just as valuable as lovers, and both in one is totally awesome.
And, btw, none of us really likes labels, but how else do we go about describing some of the more amorphous elements of our natures? Suck it up people. You're just a unique little snowflake like the rest of us. Labels are only a problem when they quit being labels and start being identity.
"it takes courage to grow up and become who you really are" --e.e. cummings
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King, The Lord of the Rings, The Farseer series by Robin Hobb, The Black Company books by Glen Cook, and anything by Tad Williams. I'm an avid reader, with a huge library of books (1900 or so.)
Movies are hard to narrow down. I love a great many. Everything from When Harry Met Sally to Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. I have about half as many movies as I do books, but I think that's reasonable.
I have extremely eclectic music tastes....Tori Amos to Nine Inch Nails to Arcade Fire to the Doors. And that goes nowhere near expressing the true breadth of my musical interests. I know everyone says they are eclectic, but trust me...I'm not kidding.
The more interesting and ethnic a food is, the better. Indian is still my favourite, hands down though. I really love seafood too and wish it were cheap. I am also constantly searching for really good sugar free desserts.
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5. Cats (they're just so damn entertaining)
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"Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it. " --Anais Nin
First meetings must be in public or (at my discretion) my own home. This is a matter of personal safety for me. If you don't understand or sympathise with this, we're probably not right for one another.


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Paul Heath (pictured), chief executive of Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific, explained that Hoffstetter's role would entail an added element to that of president of GBC (Global Brand Community) held by her predecessor Blair, with the focus widening to include all major clients, in particular Asian companies looking to expand internationally, as well as existing multinational clients.
"We want to ensure that all business is handled with the same rigour," Heath said, adding that Blair would retain a prominent position within the network's management structure going forward. He declined to comment further on the account Blair would be working on, stating that the client was "sensitive to publicity".
Heath said that Smith's promotion was reflective of his contribution of business expertise to engagement with clients. He noted that Smith's experience running Redworks enabled him to effectively address client needs from both "the front and back end", and that he would play an important role in integrating services across the group.
Hoffstetter, Smith and Blair will all be based in Hong Kong.
The restructuring follows the recent promotion of David Mayo as regional president of Ogilvy & Mather Advertising.


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