1.) No unnatural hair colors. (Even though it's an anime)
2.) You can't re-color or streak your hair.
3.) You can't be powerful.
4.) You can't have a nice, natural body.
5.) You can't have had more than one guy/girl in your life.
6.) Can't make mistakes.
7.) Can't be perfect.
8.) Not allowed to have had sexual relations before you decided on one guy.
9.) Can't be short or tall, a little too skinny or too big.
10.) Can't have a bad/tragic past.
11.) No CanonxOc
12.) No mental problems/disorders, or physical problems/disorders, or emotinal problems/disorders.
13.) MUST be exactly like you. Can't be based on who you want to be.
14.) Can't have a talent others do not posses. (For example: Can't be a good artist becasue there are already good artists.)
15.) Can't be scene, "emo", goth, punk, prep, or nerd.
16.) No bright colors like the 80s.
17.) Can't have two different colored eyes.
18.) Can't have missing family memebers
19.) Can't be a child prodegy
20.) Can't be succesful at something others have done
21.) Can't have transforming powers
23.) Can't be a long lost relative (Like Naruto's long lost sister...I agree with this one though.)
24.) Can't be like someone else. (For example, you can't have blonde hair and blue eyes and hang around Naruto like you're best buddies,)
25.) You can't be paired up with someone who looks like you. (two blondes with green eyes can't be together becasue they are a rip off of the other.)
26.) Can't have demons inside
27.) Can't form a contract with a demon
28.) Can't be supernatural
29.) Can't be a demon, or a half-demon
30.) You can tell if a person is a Mary-Sue or Gary-Stu by a username







most characters, i can completely agree being gary stus/mary sues, but people should see key factors of the series these characters are made for and the world the character is in before claiming it is one.
like, if someone had a character that's like... Goku from dbz and gave every single trait of him to someone in a pokemon world concept, then...yeah. that's just extremely ridiculous, UNLESS you have a explanation of why that is.. however, something like that would be impossible if they're like Goku. (a pikachu going super saiyan and is the only one able to save the world LOL that'd be pretty stupid)
But if someone had a few adjustments to them, or at least have a good, logical reason for having the power they do or being the way they are, then I think calling them a mary sue would be too much. I'm all for pointing out mary sues/gary stus, but I sometimes find some people's reasons for it really stupid. People can have a sad past and still be a normal human being, so are we all mary sues/gary stus? XD