Ambyr had just arrived in Pewter City. She decided that the very first thing she should do was stop by the Pokemon Center, so Mew would be fully healed. That way, when she challenged the gym leader, no fluke resulting from Mew being tired would cause her to lose, because, as we all know, a fluke is the only way Ambyr can possibly lose! She was so excited to win her first gym badge!
She cheerfully walked to the Pokemon Center, flashing her beautiful smile at everyone! They must've all thought she was sooo beautiful and cool!
"Mommy, what's wrong with that girl?" a little boy whispered to his mother as they walked down the street. He was pointing at a girl (i.e. Ambyr) who looked as if she was in dire need of a shower and was skipping towards the Pokemon Center with an absolutely ridiculous-looking, creepy, clown-like smile.
"Don't look at her, Billy," nervously scolded the boy's mother. This person looked like a serial killer or something! The mother hurriedly whisked her son away.
Ambyr entered the Pokemon Center and glanced around. She could totally take everyone in this room! In fact, once she got her gym badge, maybe she would come back here and beat all of them! Then, they would totally ask her advice on how to be an awesome, pretty, and totally cool trainer! Oh yeah! Ambyr was so excited!
"Good morning, Nurse Joy," Ambyr cheerfully greeted the nurse as she approached the counter. "I would like to get my Pokemon healed!"
The nurse looked up from the book she was reading, sighed, and pointed to her nametag. It read "Nurse Betty". Huh. What a weird thing to be on Nurse Joy's nametag. Oh well!
Nurse Betty took Mew's pokeball from Ambyr and put it in the healing machine. When the healing process was complete, she returned the pokeball to this obnoxious girl.
"Thanks, Nurse Joy!" cheerfully exclaimed Ambyr as she left the Pokemon Center.
Nurse Betty rolled her eyes and went back to reading her paperback romance novel.
Ambyr merrily skipped to the gym, her pretty blonde locks flowing behind her in the wind. She was totally gorgeous! Her hair wasn't dirty or stringy at all from sleeping in the mud and leaves the previous night, but that was to be expected, as Ambyr was always beautiful and clean.
When she reached the gym, Ambyr boldly walked inside as she swung the doors open.
"I want to challenge the gym leader for the Boulder Badge!" she determinedly declared with one hand on her hip and the other pointing straight ahead.
"The gym leader is currently with another challenger," calmly replied a receptionist, who was annoyed by this freak's overdramatic garbage. "You'll have to wait."
Ambyr, who was still striking her super-cool pose, frowned. How lame was this? Didn't they know who she was? She picked one of the chairs lining a wall of the entryway and sat down, sulking the whole time.
Thirty minutes later…
Ambyr had been waiting for-ev-er! What was taking so long?
Just then, the door opened. Tom, the bug catcher Ambyr had totally rescued in Viridian Forest, walked out. In his hand was a small, shiny object. But wait… How could he… How could he win a badge before Ambyr?
Tom left without noticing her for some reason, perhaps because he was intimidated by her awesomeness, even though his having at least one badge kind of makes him superior to her, but whatever. In Ambyr's opinion, she was superior to everyone.
"Now, you may enter," the receptionist said to Ambyr.
"Well, it's about darn time!" she snapped as she stood up. She entered the doors that Tom had just walked out of. She was ready to easily defeat the gym leader and win her first badge!
"Are you prepared, challenger?" asked the gym leader, Brock.
"I'm more than prepared!" she replied with a smirk. "You're going down!" This was going to be so easy, especially since she had heard that Brock had a weakness for pretty girls such as herself!
"Very well," replied Brock stoically. He threw a pokeball, releasing a gray, rock-like Pokemon with thick arms, but no legs.
"Geodude!" it uttered, ready for a fight.
"Go, Mew!" Ambyr yelled as she threw Mew's pokeball in a super cool way that only she could do.
Mew appeared in a flash of red light. However, it seemed to be taking a nap.
"WAKE UP!" angrily screeched Ambyr.
Mew opened its eyes and glared at her.
"Now, Mew!" she happily exclaimed, pretending she had never lost her cool, "let's do this and win a badge!"
Mew rolled its eyes and faced down Brock's Geodude. This girl was such a bitch.
"Geodude, use tackle!" commanded Brock.
Geodude rapidly rocketed towards Mew.
"Dodge it!" shrieked Ambyr. Her voice was totally pretty, and didn't sound like nails on a chalkboard at all!
Mew lazily floated out of Geodude's way, causing it to crash into the wall.
"Now, use Mega Kick!" Ambyr ordered. Apparently, she didn't realize how ineffective a normal-type attack would be against a rock-type like Geodude, but whatever.
Mew rolled its eyes and obeyed, ineffectively striking Geodude. Ambyr is sooo good at battling! She's the bestest trainer EVAR!
"That isn't going to work," said Brock with a smirk. This girl clearly had no idea what she was doing. "Geodude, use Rock Throw!"
Why wasn't Brock being distracted by how gorgeous Ambyr was? He was supposed to fall head-over-heels for her! Hmm… This was weird. He, like Eric, must feel sooo strongly for her that he was too afraid to show his feelings. Yeah, that was it! Ambyr was totally hot!
Geodude's attack struck Mew.
"Oh no!" exclaimed Ambyr. "Mew, use Thunder Wave! Paralyze it so it can't get you!"
Mew didn't even attempt to obey Ambyr's command this time, as it was aware, unlike its trainer, that an electric attack was useless against a part ground-type such as Geodude. Instead, Mew used Psychic, sending Geodude flying, knocking it out.
"Yeah! Way to go! I am the best trainer ever!" happily exclaimed Ambyr. She was sooo glad she had just ordered Mew to use Psychic in order to beat Brock's Geodude!
Brock returned his unconscious Geodude to its pokeball. He then threw another one out- this time, it was a giant, snake-like creature made of rocks.
"Onix, use Dragonbreath!" Brock commanded.
The vicious attack hit Mew directly, knocking it out in an instant.
"Oh no!" cried Ambyr. What the heck was going on? How could she, the greatest trainer of all time, lose?
"Looks like I win," said Brock.
Ambyr returned Mew to its pokeball. She had to get that badge!
She walked up to Brock, looking totally gorgeous and awesome. "Maybe you should just give me that Boulder Badge anyway," she said seductively.
"…Are you trying to hit on me?" Brock asked this filthy-looking, weird-ass, ugly girl in an annoyed voice.
"I know you want me," she said, not sensing Brock's annoyance with her. "Just give me the badge and I'll be your girlfriend."
"No," bluntly replied Brock. If pretty much any other woman had said that, they'd have a shiny new badge, but this one was incredibly unattractive. He then walked off.
Ambyr was stunned! How could he reject someone as sexy as her? Even worse, she didn't win the badge! This sucked!
Ambyr looked around to check for people, and, seeing none, followed Brock into the back. She stealthily dodged the junior trainers, or at least she thought she stealthily dodged them; they all just thought that Brock had significantly lowered his standards.
After she expertly avoided all of the people like a ninja, she slipped into a back room where they kept the badges. She then took one and put it in her badge case.
"I did it! I got the Boulder Badge!" Ambyr loudly exclaimed at the top of her lungs while striking a victory pose.
"What was that?" asked a voice outside the room.
"It's coming from the badge storage safe!" exclaimed another.
Ambyr then sped out of the gym, squealing at the top of her lungs like a friggin' nutcase all the way.
Ambyr continued running and screeching until she reached the Pokemon Center. She walked up to the desk in order to get Mew healed.
"Good afternoon, Nurse Joy," she sweetly said. "I would like to get my super-rare and cute starter pokemon, Mew, healed. I just took on the gym leader and won the Boulder Badge. Pretty cool, huh?"
Nurse Betty put down her paperback romance novel and gave Ambyr a blank, "drop dead" stare for a good ten seconds before taking Mew's pokeball and healing it.
"Thanks Nurse Joy!" Ambyr sweetly thanked this Nurse Joy after receiving her freshly-restored pokemon. She then left the Pokemon Center.
"I hate this job," muttered Nurse Betty.
I don't plan to update like this very much, but I had an idea for a little segment to do every few chapters. As you have probably noticed, most Mary Sues use the same Pokemon in every story. This lack of originality greatly contributes to the amount of sueage in a story. So, I've decided to, every two or three chapters, do a segment I like to call "'Sue's' That Pokemon?" in which I will highlight a Pokemon commonly used by Mary Sues. I will talk about why Sues use it, why it's stupid and clichéd, and I will also write how to use said Pokemon effectively in the video games (or at least how I would use it) as a bit of extra info for readers (or if they desire to make a Sue team and battle online for teh lulz). Here's the first segment.
"Sue's" That Pokemon?
Magikarp/Gyarados
Ah, Magikarp. The first completely worthless Pokemon. I remember back in the days of Red and Blue (yes, I am that old) when all of the dumb kids would buy this from the salesman outside of Mt. Moon during their first playthrough (though in Black and White, buying it on Marvelous Bridge is really the only way to get it. Oh, the irony.)
Anyway, Magikarp, as worthless as it is, evolves into Gyarados, a big, bad, intimidating Pokemon, at level 20. Upon evolving, it instantly becomes usable, having access to a high base attack, as well as several powerful moves.
Way too many Mary Sues will have Magikarp in their roster of Pokemon. Either they will catch it and hate it (it will be like Misty's Psyduck in the anime), or else they will love and treasure it when everyone else disparages it. It will then evolve just in time to save the trainer/prove naysayers wrong/etc.
Suethors use this to bring humor (or what they foolishly think is humor) into the story (the Psyduck-esque example) or to make the Mary Sue seem sweet and loving ("Awwww! She wuvs her worthless Pokemon! How sweeeeeeeet!") Also, it gives the Sue an opportunity to use a big, scary, powerful Pokemon.
These are some of the reasons why Magikarp is among the most annoying Pokemon to see a trainer use in a story- it always happens in the exact same way. It is completely predictable, and even less original, in many ways, than having an Eevee. At least different things can happen with Eevee; with Magikarp, it's always one of the two possibilities I've presented.
If the Sue catches it as a Gyarados instead, which, in my experience, is a rarity, it is most likely the red Gyarados at the Lake of Rage in Johto. There isn't much deviation there, either.
Here's how I recommend playing Gyarados in the video games:
Ability: Intimidate (not that you have much of a choice anyway, unless you go the Dream World route.)
Nature: Jolly (+ Speed, - Sp. Atk) or Adamant (+ Attack, - Sp. Atk) (Personally, I prefer the former. Gyarados' attack stat is very high, and it can really only be used as a physical attacker, so it needs to be fast in order to attack before it gets attacked, especially considering that it has a 4x weakness to one of the most common attack types, electric)
Item: Wacan Berry (This is pretty much necessary in order to stand even a slight chance against any electric attacks. Its horrible typing is one of the reasons no one uses Gyarados in competitive play)
EVs: 252 Attack/252 Speed/ 4 HP (Not everyone does EVs- I rarely do myself- but if you're serious about competitive play, EV training gives you an advantage. Like I said earlier, Gyarados has to be fast in order to stay alive, so maximizing speed is important. Its attack stat is really all it has going for it, so it needs to be boosted as high as possible)
Moves: -Dragon Dance (Helps boost attack and speed)
-Waterfall (Nice physical water-type attack, which gets a same-type attack boost)
-Earthquake (Great attack that also handles electric and rock types, Gyarados' big weaknesses)
-Ice Fang (Provides nice type coverage)
Most people want to put Hyper Beam on Gyarados- don't. Hyper Beam not only is a horrible attack because of the recharge after you use it, but it relies on the special attack stat, meaning Gyarados will do little damage with it and still lose a turn.
And that's the what, why, and how of Magikarp and Gyarados.