Disclaimer: This test was shamelessly stolen from Springhole.net, and modified to examine from a reader's point of view, rather than an author's

 

How to use this test:

First, if you're unsure of what a Mary Sue is, please read this page.

Answer all questions for which the answer is 'yes' or 'technically yes' unless the item mentioned is commonplace in the universe you are writing for. If most people in the setting have wings, skip the question about flying. If it's established that anyone can have technicolor hair (as in many anime shows) pink coifs don't apply as "unusually" colored hair. If the character had an exotic name because most of the characters' names are made up, you would not answer yes to having an unusual-sounding name that you made up. Sue-ness is relative.

If you see a question that looks like it's been linked, rest your cursor over it - it contains a tool tip, which should contain further information on the subject.

 

Also, this test is divided into three sections to help prevent confusion and speed up the testing process:

Part 1 - All Characters
Questions that pertain to all characters everywhere.

Part 2 - Fan Characters & Newcomers
Questions for characters from sidestories that complement an existing setting.

Part 3 - De-Suifiers
Questions that subtract from the final score.

 

Furthermore, this test has never been nor probably will be perfect. At best, I can only offer it as a guide, not an instruction manual.

Part 1 - All Characters

1. Is the character's name:
   1. The author's name, a variation of it, nickname, screenname, or any name that has been applied to him or her? (Spelling it differently or changing it a little counts.) Fic: RPG:
   2. A name he planned or gave to one of his children?
   3. Any ordinary name spelled or changed so that it's more unusual?
   4. A masculine-sounding name for a female character?
   5. Involve a noun or verb not usually used as a name, spelled normally or not?
   6. If a noun, was it deliberately chosen because it's related to nature, a weapon, a gemstone, darkness, or something mystical?
   7. Taken deliberately from a character from another fandom that the author likes?
   8. A really unusual-sounding name (unusual in the character's time/place/world) that the author made up?
   9. Unusual for the character's time, place, and/or ethnicity?
   10. Belong to a country or culture the character does not belong to? (Adoption counts as belonging.)
   11. Chosen specifically because the author thought it had a meaning appropriate for the character?
2. Did the author deliberately base the character's looks on himself?
3. Is the character described, illustrated, and/or depicted as effortlessly exceptionally beautiful, cute, or handsome?
   1. Does anyone fight or squabble over the character because of his/her looks?
   2. Is anyone (including the author) jealous of the character's good looks?
   3. Do any characters see his/her attractiveness as a threat?
4. Does anyone want to adopt the character, or wish that the character was their own offspring?
5. Do other characters frequently tell the character how sexy, cute, or beautiful he/she is?
   1. Does the character modestly deny it every time or refuses to believe that he/she is attractive?
6. Does the character have a great body/physique, which is described, shown, and/or illustrated in detail?
   1. Despite the fact that his/her eating and/or exercising habits decree that he/she should be under or overweight, or lack most of those gorgeous manly muscles?
   2. Does the character weigh so little that he/she could be (or is) mistaken for anorexic, but isn't - and it's meant/taken as a compliment?
7. Is the character strong enough to wield a huge weapon like a warhammer, giant gun, or huge sword, yet has a waifish figure instead of 'unattractive' bulging muscles?
8. Does the author use poetic and/or creative terms to describe the character, but virtually no-one else (aside from the character's love interest, perhaps)?
   1. Does the author frequently describe the character's beautiful/handsome/cute attributes or point out how sexy the character is?
   2. Conversely, did the author went to great lengths describing how the character is not gorgeous?
9. Does the character explicitly look like or strongly resemble a real-life celebrity, or was based (even partially) on one?
10. Do other characters find the character extremely attractive and desirable, even when he/she should be completely gross and icky (EG, after battling, getting tortured, going for days without bathing or washing), and they don't have a fetish for that kind of thing?
11. Does the character have any of the following?
    1. Natural eye coloration not normally found in his/her race/species? (Note: Alexandria's Genesis is not real.)
    2. Eyes with any other unusual qualities?
    3. Natural hair color not normally found in his/her race/species?
    4. Unusual feature of any other kind? (Particularly unusual/exotic birthmark, tattoo, blood color, etc.) One box for each:
       
12. Does the character have a particularly attractive scent that doesn't come from his/her perfume, cologne, or shampoo?
13. Has the character been in a lot of physical fights and/or battles, but doesn't have many noticeable scars to show for it? (Do not click if healing technology or magic is readily available that allows for healing without scars.)
14. Does the character have a particularly piercing (EG, "can stare straight into your soul"), haunting, captivating, or dazzling gaze?
15. Does the character's personal choice of clothing frequently include:
    1. Clothing the author chose because it makes the character look super sexy and/or badass?
    2. Clothing that is realistically impractical or improper for the character's situation, but looks cool? (Ignore if the character's choice in clothing ends up backfiring - eg, midriff-revealing armor results in a serious injury, or a high heeled shoe breaks and results in a sprained ankle.)
16. Is the character's clothing described by the scene or stereotype it is most often associated with? - But ignore if this is because someone in the story is describing the character.
17. Is the character impervious to any of the normal limitations and/or weaknesses of his/her species?
18. Does the character belong to a species whose members are generally extremely attractive by human standards?
    1. Does the character's species normally have a really high sex drive by human standards and/or have the ability to turn on virtually any human they meet?
19. Is the character belong to an exotic or unusual race or species with powers/abilities beyond human (or whatever the "normal"/most commonly shown species/race in the story is) ability? (If the character belongs to a made up race, consider taking the Mary Sue Race Test.)
20. Is the character a cross-breed/hybrid of any kind?
    1. In a universe where hybrids of this type are virtually unheard of or are completely unprecedented?
    2. A hybrid of more than two species?
    3. Does he/she possess the strengths of both species, but none of the weaknesses?
    4. Or does the character have all of the weaknesses, but none of the strengths? - Minus 4!
    5. Is the character supposed to be part something furry, yet shows no sign of being anything but human save for a furry tail, animal ears, fangs, and/or claws?
21. Does the character belong to a species that typically has an appearance or exhibits behaviors that most people in real-life would find unattractive or unappealing, but the character looks or acts more human for some reason?
22. Does the character become a genetically, scientifically, cybernetically, or magically altered/enhanced being, possibly with new powers?
    1. Is he/she happier this way?
    2. Do people like him/her better this way?
23. Does the author think of the character as a role-model?
24. Does the character voice political, social, and/or religious opinions or beliefs which the author shares?
    1. Does he/she convince others that his/her way of thinking is right?
    2. Is spreading these views one of the character's biggest motivations, or even his/her sole motivation?
    3. If religious, does the character explicitly have divine support or assistance in gaining converts and/or confronting nonbelievers?
    4. Do characters who disagree with the character's views/beliefs simply do so out of spite, stubbornness, and/or ignorance?
    5. Does anyone who doesn't adopt the character's ideals by the end of the story end up beaten up, humiliated, miserable, and/or dead?
25. Does the character express unusally free, enlightened, or "liberated" views on topics such as sex and equality for his/her time/place?
    1. And does no-one frown upon the character's behaviors or views?
    2. Or do only characters who don't matter disapprove, (eg. the villain, the "village idiot," fusty old grandpa, etc)?
26. If the character has a short temper, sharp wit, snarky attitude, or is otherwise prone to verbal assaults, are the tongue-lashings and/or snarkings he/she gives other characters always deserved and/or justified?
27. If the character is openly defiant or disrespectful toward authority figures, is the character always justified and in the right?
28. Are any other actions that get the character into trouble with authority always justified from the author's point of view?
29. Do authority figures punish the character more harshly than they would have punished his or her peers under the same circumstances?
30. Do authority figures not punish the character when they probably would have punished his or her peers under the same circumstances?
31. Is the character easily provoked to violence - but only gets into fights with characters who truly deserve the beating they get?
32. Are The Rules of the universe bent or broken for the character? (Like joining a group despite being too old or too young.) (Do not click if the rules catch up to the character and he/she does not find a way to permanently cheat or circumvent them.)
33. Does the character have any of the following psychological disorders or conditions for the following reasons?
    1. Antisocial Personality Disorder - to explain the character's Jerkass Loner personality?
    2. Split personality/multiple personalities - so the character can do "bad" stuff, yet still have a claim to innocence? (Also, please read the first section of this article - link opens in a new window.)
    3. Inability to form a solid intimate relationship - so he/she has an excuse to sleep with as many people as he/she wants?
34. Is the character mainly driven by completely-justified revenge?
35. Does the character have a past he/she cannot remember? (Does not count if these are memories of toddlerhood or infancy.)
    1. If/when the character discovers his/her past, will he/she not like it?
    2. And/or discover that he/she is actually someone of great importance?
36. Was the character an important and/or famous person in a past life?
37. Are animals instinctively attracted to the character?
38. How many animal companions does the character keep? (Ordinary, non-magical pets like cats and dogs - or any pet considered ordinary within the canon, such as non-legendary Pokemon in a Pokemon story or an owl in Harry Potter do not count.)
    1. Is said animal a wolf, bird of prey, big cat, or mythical creature?
39. Does the character habitually share profound wisdom and knowledge?
40. Does the character always have money to spend on frivolities or whatever he/she really wants or needs at the time?
    1. For no apparent reason? (EG, the character never works or gives any clue to any source of income.)
41. Does the character share the author's taste in movies, music, clothes, hobbies, etc?
    1. Even though the character belongs to a different race/species/group that has its own culture and entertainment already, or normally doesn't care for that type of thing at all? (EG, a Homestuck troll who is into fashion or J-Pop.)
42. Is the character unusually accomplished for his/her age, time period, place, occupation, and/or social status?
    1. In something that is extremely desirable and/or useful in the story's universe?
    2. In something that is extremely difficult for virtually anyone achieve?
    3. Is the character unusally accomplished in more than one area?
43. Does the character pick up new skills and/or gain ranks unusually fast during the course of the story?
    1. To the point where he/she learns skills that usually take years to master in a matter of weeks or days?
44. Is the character simply the best or among the best among his/her peer group? One box for each:
    1. Is he/she famous/renowned for any of these?
    2. Are other characters extremely impressed or astonished at the character's skills and/or virtues? (Does not count if they are easily impressed due to their own inexperience.)
    3. Do they impress even the most cynical, jaded, exacting, and/or experienced?
    4. Does the character modestly dismiss or deflect well-earned compliments?
45. Does the character have Barbie Doll syndrome?
46. Ah, the sound of music! Does the character:
    1. Have an exceptionally good singing voice?
    2. Play a musical instrument very well?
    3. Is this instrument a guitar, harp, or flute?
    4. Can he/she charm others with his/her musical talent?
47. Does the character use magic in a typically non-magical universe? (Ignore if this is because the story primarily focuses on magical-type people and magic is hidden away from muggles/mundanes as a matter of course.)
48. Does the character fly in a universe where most characters are groundbound?
    1. Without wings or other apparent means?
49. Does the character have psychic and/or telekinetic abilities that are not commonplace among his/her kind and/or the world he/she lives in?
    1. Do these powers allow the character to 'see' or just 'know things' without actually being there, allowing him/her to save the day?
    2. Do they make up for a disability, such as being blind, deaf, or mute?
50. Does the character have a telepathic/empathic connection or the ability to communicate with any kind of animal?
    1. Anything such as horses, wolves, big cats, or mythical creatures? - Bonded creatures do not count, so long as this is within a universe where this is perfectly normal and it is the character's one and only bonded creature.
51. Does the character have the ability to shapeshift?
    1. Into multiple animals?
52. Does the character possess healing powers in a setting where they're virtually unheard of?
    1. Strong enough to save a character from mortal injury and/or death?
53. Does the character possess power that can take out entire cities/legions of soldiers/general all-around-evil?
54. Does the character end up in a tight spot and discover that he/she has really cool, yet completely unforeshadowed powers that were dormant and/or unknown before? (Does not count if this is how the story begins.)
55. Does the character have any other relatively unique special powers/abilities that come in handy?
56. Not counting his or her first language, how many languages does the character fluently speak? Click one box for every language:
    
57. Does the character succeed at virtually everything he/she tries?
58. Do the first plans, strategies, ideas, etc. the character comes up with always (or nearly always) work?
    1. But only after everyone else dismisses it and tries everything else first?
59. Or does the character bungle almost everything, but is quickly and easily forgiven for it?
60. Does the character ever single-handedly take out more armed forces (EG, security guards, soldiers) than you can count on one hand using his/her mad kickass skills in one go?
61. Is anyone envious of the character's talents and/or abilities?
    1. Because he/she beats them at their own game?
62. Does the character alone use a weapon or vehicle that:
    1. Is famous or legendary before the character acquires it?
    2. Was given by some kind of spirit/magical being?
    3. Is magical?
    4. Is unusually ornate?
    5. Is from a different culture or country than the character?
    6. Is it often mentioned how special/significant this weapon is?
63. Does the character use a sword-type weapon in a relatively modern setting for no logical reason?
64. Does the character frequently carry knives, daggers, or other little sharp pointy objects concealed within his/her clothing for no other reason than that they might come in handy?
65. Does the character possess a one-of-a-kind trinket that is magical and/or has some special significance?
    1. Does this trinket protect the character from some weakness?
66. Does the character have unfairly restrictive parents/guardians?
    1. And does this fact have little to no impact on the main plot or the character's behavior, but simply serves to give the character something to complain or angst about?
67. Or do the character's parents/guardians let him/her do whatever he/she wants and never really get in the way or ask too many questions?
68. Is the character nobility, royalty, or of an equivalent high status (eg, governor, president, chieftain)? (Ignore if this is because the story focuses on royal-or-equivalent types.)
69. In ANY type of story, if the character is the main character:
    1. Does the character discover that he/she is of royal-or-equivalent status at some point in the story?
    2. Or is the character adopted by someone who is royal-or-equivalent?
    3. Does either result in the character becoming next in line for the throne?
70. Is the character extremely popular or positively renowned where he/she comes from or frequents?
71. Is the character undeservingly despised and/or outcast by most people?
    1. Because the character is unusually talented/attractive/rich?
    2. Because of his/her skills or special powers?
    3. Does something happen during the course of the story that makes the majority of characters genuinely sorry for mistreating the character?
72. Is the character some kind of 'chosen one' and/or a major part of a prophecy?
    1. Does it involve saving the world/realm?
    2. Does it involve becoming a great leader?
73. Does the character consider his/her talents, special abilities, or good looks to be a curse? (A few moments or an episode of wishful/speculative thinking don't count; it must be a constant or near-constant thing.)
74. Does the character manage to become friends with a villain, and through this friendship cause the villain to become reformed?
    1. Does the villain revert back to his old ways, but retains some bit of goodness, caused by the character committing a selfless act of some kind?
75. If/when the character has sex, is it absolutely perfect and beyond amazing?
    1. Even if it's the character's first time?
76. On the subject of the character and his/her family...
    1. Was the character orphaned, abandoned, kicked out, or at least raised by a family/person that was not his/her own family?
    2. Was a major villain responsible for the death of the parents or guardians?
    3. Was the character responsible for the death of his/her parents/guardians?
    4. Did the character witness the death of the parents/guardians?
    5. Was he/she adopted by a cruel family or person?
    6. Ran away at any point?
    7. Raised him/herself?
    8. Lived in the streets?
    9. The very last or only survivor of anything?
    10. Adopted by another species/racial group?
77. What about any of these?
    1. Born/raised in extreme poverty?
    2. Born/forced into slavery?
    3. Banished from anywhere?
    4. A member of a despised, outcast, and/or downtrodden race or group?
    5. An illegitimate child in a society where this is stigmatized?
    6. The parent of an illegitimate child in a society where this is stigmatized?
    7. Physically abused?
    8. Sexually abused/raped?
78. Did anything else remarkably strange or otherwise unusual happen in the character's infancy or childhood?
79. If the character lost his/her virginity unwillingly, does he/she find a way to restore it? (Yes, this really is a thing.)
80. Has the character otherwise lost:
    1. A child?
    2. Lover/spouse?
    3. Close friend?
81. If the character has a torment-ridden, pain-filled past, is it only there to provide a convenient excuse for his/her actions?
82. If the character is of relative wealth and/or high social status, does he/she have "generic rebellious royal syndrome?"
83. Does the character angst about something that he/she did in the past?
    1. Death of a main character's family?
    2. Death of his/her own family?
    3. Does the character eventually learn that it wasn't his/her fault?
84. If the character has to prove him/herself, does he/she completely pwn everyone else and make them look like buffoons in the process?
85. If the character is/was a villain:
    1. Does he/she reform by the end of the story?
    2. Does he/she reform because of act of kindness on the part of the hero?
    3. Does no-one question or remain cautious of the character after the character makes the switch? Or does anyone who does question or remain suspicious of the character end up end up beaten up, humiliated, miserable, and/or dead? (See also: Basic Tips To Write Better Heel-Face Turns. Link opens in new window.)
86. Does a major villain have a personal fixation/obsession with the character?
    1. For no apparent reason?
    2. Something that has to do with the character's family, and not the character him/herself?
87. Is the character ever spared by an otherwise-ruthless villain?
    1. And/or does an otherwise-selfish villain protect or grant asylum to the character?
    2. Do either of these happen despite the fact that he/she has already done massive damage to the villain, the villain's troops, and/or the villain's property, or has done anything to annoy the villain in general?
    3. Because the villain is attracted to the character?
88. Has the author ever publically expressed that he wants to date/marry/adopt or even be the character?
89. Has the author ever publically expressed feelings of being insulted, attacked, or defensive when someone says that they don't like the character?
90. If people don't like the character, has he ever publically stated it's "just because they don't 'get' him/her", or "that they're just jealous" of the character?
91. Does the character have markedly more romance and/or sex than any other regular character who shows an active interest in romance/intimacy? (IE, he/she gets all the girls/guys while everybody else goes without, even if they'd rather be in a relationship or dating - AKA Kirk Syndrome.)
    1. Everyone else combined?
    2. Even though there's no good reason why the other characters can't get a date?
92. If the character wanted, could he/she have sex with or date any or almost any character he/she finds attractive?
    1. Could the character even have sex with characters who are normally explicitly chaste?
    2. With someone who isn't normally attracted to the character's sex?
93. Does the character become friends with nearly everyone he/she meets?
    1. Do they care for the character more than they care for friends they've known longer?
    2. Even characters who are not known for their friendly, outgoing attitudes?
    3. Would anyone die for the character? (Unless, of course, said character would pretty much die for any casual friend/acquaintance.)
94. Are most (if not all) characters who don't like the character merely mean, shallow, spiteful, and/or jealous of him/her?
95. Do characters who criticize or don't like the character from the start like him/her by the end, or at least have a grudging respect?
96. Does anyone who doesn't like or respect the character by the end of the story end up beaten up, humiliated, miserable, and/or dead?
97. Does the character have a job or skill that is discouraged, forbidden, or unusual among his/her gender, race, or social status?
98. Does the character single-handedly save the day way more often than other main characters?
    1. More than the other main characters combined?
    2. Even when there's no good reason why another character wouldn't have been just as capable?
    3. With a heretofore unknown power or skill?
    4. Does the character almost die in the process?
    5. Does the character actually die in the process? (Any nasty irreversable thing, like getting sent to an inescapable dimension count, too.)
    6. Does everyone mourn the death of the character?
    7. Is he/she later revived/resurrected/brought back?
99. Does the character play a major and pivotal role in saving a world, race, or group to which he/she did not belong to at the beginning of the story?
    1. Does he/she become one of their leaders?

Part 2 - Fan Characters & Newcomers
Only answer these questions if you are taking this test for a character from a sidestory from an established original series (ie. Gundam 00's manga, Railgun's original cast in relation to Index). Consider the original cast as canon and the newcomer as a fan character.

Not a fan character or newcomer? Skip this section.

1. Is the character's name a variation, pun, or synonym of a canon character's name?
2. Does the author introduce and/or describe the character on the first page? (Ignore if this is an RPG character.)
   1. In minute detail?
   2. On the first paragraph?
3. Does the character share a notable physical characteristic with a canon character, or at least have one that is remarkably similar? (Genetic resemblances do not count here.)
4. Does the character share a disability or neurological condition with a canon character? (Do not click if this is due to heredity, and the disability or condition in question shows to have been properly researched).
5. Is the character of a species that is not normally found in the setting? (eg., a catgirl in Asgard.)
6. Was the character trained in some art by or with a canon character?
7. Does the character share tastes or a hobby with a canon character?
8. Is the character just as good or even better at the jobs and/or skills of one or more canon characters? (EG, better hacker or smarter than the nerd character, better fighter than the tough character.)
   1. For no apparent reason?
   2. Does he/she have the talents, skills, and/or abilities of several canon characters combined?
9. If the character is the child of one or more canon characters, did he/she inheirit any of the parents' powers or talents?
   1. From more than one parent?
   2. Is he/she even better than the parent or parents?
10. If the last question did not apply, does the character have a gadget, weapon, or power that can rival that of a canon character?
    1. Is it for all intents and purposes identical to the one used by the canon character - and the canon character's gadget/weapon/power is supposed to be one-of-a-kind or extremely rare?
    2. Alternatively, did the author deliberately chose the character's skill/power/doodad to "compliment" or contrast with that or those of a canon character? (eg. a Fantastic Four fan character with ice powers to contrast Johnny Storm's fire powers.)
11. Does the arc/story pretty much center around him/her, or is he/she the main source of conflict in the story/arc?
12. Does the character belong to or join the Resistance/Rebellion/Elite or any other special/elite group? (Ignore if this is because a character had to be replaced due to an actor leaving or a copyright issue with the character.)
    1. A member or child of someone in this group without knowing it?
    2. Does he/she specifically join the team/clique/crew/unit that the canon characters belong to?
13. Is the character closely related to a canon character? (Ignore if the character is a child is born during the course of the story AND is raised by his/her parents.)
    1. The sibling?
    2. The lost or estranged child/sibling?
    3. The twin/clone?
    4. Are the parents canon characters that seem very unlikely to procreate together?
    5. Do other characters comment on or are amazed by how much the character looks like his/her canon relative?
    6. If the character is not actually related, does he/she have other connections to the canon characters?
14. If the character is the child of one or more canon characters:
    1. Does he/she rapidly age and mature beyond infancy for any reason?
    2. Travel back in time from the future to help the canon characters in the present?
15. Is the character liked by all the important/popular canon characters?
    1. Do they care for the character more than they care for their canon friends?
    2. Would any canon character die for the character? (Unless, of course, said canon character would pretty much die for any casual friend/aquaintance.)
    3. Even characters that are not known for their friendly, outgoing attitudes?
    4. Do characters who criticize or don't like the character from the start like him/her by the end, or at least have a grudging respect?
    5. Or does anyone who criticizes or doesn't like the character end up getting beaten up, humiliated, miserable, and/or dead?
16. Do any of the main characters look up to the character?
    1. As a leader?
    2. Do canon leaders see the character as a threat because of this?
17. How many major canon characters fall for the character?
    
18. How many minor canon characters fall for the character?
    
19. How many major canon characters does the character fall for?
    
20. How many minor canon characters does the character fall for?
    
21. And:
    1. Does the character become the significant other/partner of a canon character?
    2. Have sex with a character who wouldn't normally have sex with pretty much anyone under the same or similar circumstances?
    3. Or could the character have sex with a canon character if he/she wanted, but refuses because the character is "not that kind"?
    4. Does the character marry the canon love interest?
    5. Or give up this romance for some greater good/noble purpose?
    6. Does the canon love interest break up with a previous love in order for any of this to happen?
22. Does the character make canon any characters realize their romantic feelings for each other?
    1. Did a 'something special' not exist at all until the character came along?
    2. Does this romance contradict a character's previously-established sexual orientation?
23. Assuming the character has non-canon friends and/or peers somewhere, does he/she hang out with the canon characters more than his/her own friends or peers?
24. Does the character end up moving in with or living fairly close to any of the canon characters?
25. Is the character a 21th century Earth citizen transported through time/space/dimensions to the time/world the story is set in?
26. If not from 21st century Earth, is the character from another time, world, or reality?
    1. The universe of another published work?
27. Is the character's history remarkably similar to the history of a canon character?
28. Is the character involved in a canon character's past somehow?
    1. In a way that blatantly contradicts or disregards the original story?
29. Is the story told all or mostly from the character's point of view?
30. When the character makes his/her first appearance, do most or all of the canon characters notice him/her right away?
    1. Does this scene occur in a crowded place?
31. Do the adventures of the character mirror or closely resemble the adventures of any of the canon characters? (Ignore if this is because it happens to pretty much everyone in the canon, IE, shopping at Ollivander's for a wand before attending Hogwarts.)
32. Does the character save the canon characters from a situation or come up with a solution that they probably could have done by themselves before? (Admittedly, lead characters tend to be phenominally lucky, but still...)
33. Does he/she solve the personal problems of any canon character?
34. Does the character tell off, beat up, humiliate, outdo, or kill an unpopular or unlikeable character?
35. At any point, does the character take over the job/position of a canon character? (Ignore this question and the subquestions if this is because of a rights issue with the character, or because an actor left the series/franchise.)
    1. Does the character take over this job permanantly?
36. Is the character ever taken, threatened, and/or endangered by the main story's villain/villains?
    1. Do the canon characters immediately dash off to the rescue? (Ignore this question if they're in the business/habit of rescuing individual people from bad guys.)
    2. Does he/she rescue him/herself?
    3. Was there a special reason the villains targeted the character?
37. Does the character:
    1. Know something that only a canon character should know?
    2. Do something that only a canon character should have done?
    3. Was it something that changed said canon character originally?
38. Does the character play a crucial role in resolving the conflict of the story/arc?
    1. With a heretofore unseen power or skill?
    2. Does the character almost die in the process?
    3. Does the character actually die in the process? (Any nasty irreversable thing, like getting sent to an inescapable dimension count, too.)
    4. Does everyone mourn the death of the character?
    5. Is he/she revived/resurrected/brought back later?
39. If it is a new own 'arc,' storyline, or plot event...
    1. Does the character know everything about what's going on in the story/arc?
    2. ...while the canon characters know almost nothing at all?
    3. Does it take place in another world or country, which the character is familiar with?
    4. Does this plot/arc replace a canon storyline?
40. Does the author plan on writing more stories about the character?
41. Does the author plan on writing stories about the character's children?

Part 3 - De-Suifiers
Answer for characters of any fiction type. These will subtract from the final score.

1. • Are the character's faults/weaknesses ever made fun of, and/or use them as plot devices or gags?
   • Has the character ever been honestly selfish, petty, lazy, shallow, or pointlessly cruel?
   • Is the character really and honestly overweight, and stays overweight throughout the entire story? (A little bit of chubbiness does not count.)
   • Is the character honestly ugly, and stays ugly throughout the entire story?
   • Does the character get into a fight or rush into a situation without preparing for it - and get his/her butt completely owned?
   • Is the character out of shape, and stays out of shape for the entire story? (Not 'oh, man, I just don't think I can survive this triathlon,' but honestly, hinderingly wimpy?)
   • Is the character physically disabled, and has nothing to make up for it? (To quote Dr. Merlin, anyone who says "She's so pretty that it's like a disability because everyone hates her or wants to have sex with her" will be summarily keelhauled.)
   • Is he/she truly mentally disabled in some way and has no powers because or despite of this?
   • Is the character human, 40+, and looks his/her age?
     1. Older than 60?
   • Does the character have a truly debilitating phobia that does not disappear at a crucial moment?
   • Has the character ever run away from anything simply because he/she was a coward?
   • If the character had a bad past with his/her parents/guardians, does he/she reconcile with them, or at the very least come to a sort of peace or a new understanding with them at any point? (the character does not necessarily have to be completely okay with what the other characters did.)
   • Has the character ever been in a situation that he/she had no way of overcoming on his/her own and had to rely on others for help?
     1. Did he/she give up without trying?
     2. Did he/she give up after failing?
   • If he/she eventually found a way of overcoming a problem that initially seemed hopeless, was it extremely difficult and/or took a really long time?
   • Does the character ever seriously question the morality of his/her actions and/or is left with a lingering doubt that he/she may not have done the right thing?
   • Does the character suffer post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of everything he/she has gone or goes through, and doesn't get over it after a dose of good loving/snuggling from his/her love interest?
   • Is the character ever manipulated or used as an unwitting pawn by someone without the aid of magical/chemical/technological/hypnotic mind-control?
     1. With tragic results?
   • Has the character ever misjudged someone else and discovered he/she was completely wrong about that person?
   • Does the character ever admit to being wrong, even if he/she doesn't really mean it?
   • Has the character ever ignored wrong-doings against him/herself and/or others because he/she simply didn't want to get into trouble?
   • Does the character act in odd and/or awkward ways that other people find strange and confusing rather than endearing, and these people aren't called or portrayed as foolish/stupid because of it?
   • If the character is all or partially non-human, does he/she react in very non-human ways or in ways more appropriate to his/her species that are not meant to be perceived as cute and endearing by the audience?
   • If the character is vampire, is he/she...
     1. A mindless killer?
     2. Maybe not mindless, but has no significant moral or emotional issues with killing/murder?
     3. Unable to have sex?
     4. Unattractive?
     5. Unable to overcome his/her dependance on blood?

 

Your total is: