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* AboveGoodAndEvil: [[spoiler: The Elk King]].
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* DeathSong: When [[spoiler: Whistler is dying]], Splash sings ''Whistle a Happy Tune'' from ''Theatre/TheKingAndI''.
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* DeathSong: When [[spoiler: Whistler is dying]], Splash sings ''Whistle a Happy Tune'' from ''Theatre/TheKingAndI''.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Coffee Talk and Sombra. While Sombra may be largely self-centered, and their current relationship may hinging primarily on Coffee Talk blackmailing Sombra into behaving, he does care about Coffee Talk a little, as he immediately went off in search of her after he was revived, getting himself captured by Crystal Wolves in order to find her.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Coffee Talk and Sombra. While Sombra may be largely self-centered, and their current relationship may hinging hinge primarily on Coffee Talk blackmailing Sombra into behaving, he does care about Coffee Talk a little, as he immediately went off in search of her after he was revived, getting himself captured by Crystal Wolves in order to find her.
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* CrossOver: [[Blog/AskSeriousRainbow Serious Rainbow]] makes [[[[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/50951087742/wwwwwwwwwwwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat-and-thats-the an]] [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/50388618868/i-just-dont-understand-anything-anymore-oh appearance]] to rescue Sombra and the others from the Crystal Wolf caves.
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* CrossOver: [[Blog/AskSeriousRainbow Serious Rainbow]] makes [[[[http://ask-king-sombra.[[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/50951087742/wwwwwwwwwwwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat-and-thats-the an]] [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/50388618868/i-just-dont-understand-anything-anymore-oh appearance]] to rescue Sombra and the others from the Crystal Wolf caves.
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* ArtEvolution: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/71816448680/happy-2014-everypony-thanks-for-sticking-with Retrospect]]. It's more obvious with Coffee Talk than Sombra.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Generally Coffee Talk is far more sane and focused than Sombra, [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/69551928382/this-isnt-what-my-cutie-mark-was-supposed-to-be but she does have her moments]].
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* JerkAss: Sombra, though he does have the very rare JerkWithAHeartOfGoldMoment.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: A RunningGag is that Sombra can never remember Coffee Talk's name.
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* DramaticWind: When [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/45394f44610a41f2fd87574e5fd168a7/tumblr_mw883aHL2P1rj4ht7o4_500.jpg the Elkish]] are introduced. Lampshaded by their king, whose mane is ''always'' flowing in a dramatic wind...because he's got someone following him around [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/69749702742/see-that-wasnt-so-hard-was-it pointing a couple of fans at him]].
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* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Ultimately happens between Sombra and Coffee Talk and Sombra's Enemy Within.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Seems to ''start'' out as taking place in a universe where Sombra won, but it turns out he didn't, this was all his hallucination.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Ultimately happens between Sombra and Coffee Talk and Sombra'sEnemy Within.EnemyWithin.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Ultimately happens between Sombra and Coffee Talk and Sombra's
* BroughtDownToNormal: After being revived, King Sombra's horn is still damaged from him being blown to bits and most of his energy apparently drained. This leaves him with only normal unicorn magic at first instead of his incredibly powerful dark magic from the show. While he gradually regains his power, he's still nowhere near full power.
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* NotQuiteDead: Turns out Sombra survived getting blown to bits in the season 2 premier.
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* RussianReversal: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/39344818451/in-soviet-sombradream-crystals-eat-you In Soviet Sombradram, Sombradream, crystals eat you.]]
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* HurricaneOfPuns: Everything about [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/45394f44610a41f2fd87574e5fd168a7/tumblr_mw883aHL2P1rj4ht7o4_500.jpg the Elkish]] from Ask King Sombra. They've got names like [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Elkrond, Arwelk, Elkolas, Galadrielk and Thranduelk. They live in Rivendelk.]]
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* HurricaneOfPuns: Everything about [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/45394f44610a41f2fd87574e5fd168a7/tumblr_mw883aHL2P1rj4ht7o4_500.jpg the Elkish]] from Ask King Sombra.Elkish]]. They've got names like [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Elkrond, Arwelk, Elkolas, Galadrielk and Thranduelk. They live in Rivendelk.]]
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* LetsGetDangerous: Sombra is normally a crazy {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. But when he [[spoiler:[[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/49979311017/glimmer-wings-sombra-still-not-available-in helps Coffee Talk fight his]] EnemyWithin (who actually acts like his [[EvilOverlord canon counterpart]])]] he becomes legitimately serious for the only time so far in the blog, [[spoiler:punching said EnemyWithin in the face, [[ShutUpHannibal shuts up its attempt to tell him he needs it because he's weak]] by reminding it last time it was in charge, [[IWasBeatenByAGirl they got blown up by a baby dragon and a 'pretty pink princess']], and telling it it ''will'' obey him because it needs a ''willing'' host and he's the only one its got.]]
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* LetsGetDangerous: Sombra is normally a crazy {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. But when he [[spoiler:[[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/49979311017/glimmer-wings-sombra-still-not-available-in helps Coffee Talk fight his]] EnemyWithin (who actually acts like his [[EvilOverlord canon counterpart]])]] he becomes legitimately serious for the only time so far in the blog, [[spoiler:punching said EnemyWithin in the face, [[ShutUpHannibal shuts up its attempt to tell him he needs it because he's weak]] by reminding it last time it was in charge, [[IWasBeatenByAGirl they got blown up by a baby dragon and a 'pretty pink princess']], and telling it it ''will'' obey him because it needs a ''willing'' host and he's the only one its it's got.]]
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* CrossOver: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/50951087742/wwwwwwwwwwwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat-and-thats-the With]] [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/50388618868/i-just-dont-understand-anything-anymore-oh Serious]] [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/ Rainbow.]]
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* CrossOver: [[http://ask-king-sombra.[[Blog/AskSeriousRainbow Serious Rainbow]] makes [[[[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/50951087742/wwwwwwwwwwwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat-and-thats-the With]] an]] [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/50388618868/i-just-dont-understand-anything-anymore-oh Serious]] [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/ Rainbow.]]appearance]] to rescue Sombra and the others from the Crystal Wolf caves.
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* HypocriticalHumor: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/52829564204/i-had-some-dreams-they-were-clouds-in-my-coffee My coiffeur!}
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* HypocriticalHumor: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/52829564204/i-had-some-dreams-they-were-clouds-in-my-coffee My coiffeur!}coiffeur!]]
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* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/1c2fc451d0277b275694249d5174b6f0/tumblr_mo7fpq1OEb1rj4ht7o2_1280.png The Royal]] [[ThingOMeter Bitch-o-meter]].
* AccidentalMisnaming: A RunningGag is that Sombra can never remember Coffee Talk's name.
* AllJustADream: Most of the first part was Sombra subconscious dreaming after he was blown to bits by the Crystal Heart, trapping his mind in his horn in the process. The only thing that was real was Coffee Talk, who he absorbed in his shadow form before it happened.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Ultimately happens between Sombra and Coffee Talk and Sombra's Enemy Within.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Caribbean Splash is probably one of the cheeriest ponies you could meet. [[spoiler:Then [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/51259196758/their-song-is-whistle-a-happy-tune-from-the-king his best friend was killed during the attempt to escape from the Crystal Wolves.]] Sombra [[KickTheDog says he and the other deaths of the battle don't matter]] due to being, to put it nicely, [[ItsAllAboutMe a self-centered D-bag]].]] Splash overhears this and [[spoiler:[[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/51840622066/caribbean-puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunch decks Sombra right in the face]], hard enough to draw blood, [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/52099130841/splash-sombra-wat-r-u-doin-splash-sombra followed by giving him]] a WhatTheHellHero in a complete rage and trying to beat the hell out of him.]]
* Bifauxnen: Sea Breeze.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Naturally, the characters respond to fan comments. It's a bit zigzaggy on whether other characters realize that that's what they're doing. Also, Sombra is actually able to physically interact with the question boxes; at one point he tries to hide behind them, only to realize they aren't actually real. Also also, at one point the author tries to derail the comic into a shipping fic, so Sombra and Coffee Talk open a portal and give his AuthorAvatar a DeathGlare to make him get back on track.
* BreakTheCutie: Coffee Talk [[spoiler:via her situation and Sombra's EnemyWithin giving her a BreakingLecture]] and Caribbean Splash [[spoiler:when his best friend Whistler is killed in the fight with the Crystal Wolves.]]
* TheCaligula: Sombra takes this route instead of his depiction in the show. He's pretty dang nuts. [[spoiler: In fact, most of the occurrences in the blog are simply him hallucinating after his defeat at the hooves of the mane six, which reduced him to a horn (Coffee Talk is trapped with him). Except the the ghost monster. That was actually Luna. His EnemyWithin, however, is pretty much how he was depicted in the show proper.]]
* CerebusRetcon: At first seemed like a fairly wacky, comedy blog. [[spoiler:[[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/38593340804/quick-coffee-talk-fetch-your-princess-a Then it was]] revealed that it was all in King Sombra's imagination after he was blown to bits by the Crystal Heart, reducing him to a horn, and Coffee Talk (an innocent mare who'd only gone to the north to report on the Crystal Empire) is there because he absorbed her in his shadow form. And Coffee Talk may be ''trapped'' there forever.]]
* CerebusRollercoaster: Rapidly fluctuates between being comical and funny and serious and frightening. Sometimes within scenes of each other.
* CrossOver: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/50951087742/wwwwwwwwwwwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat-and-thats-the With]] [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/50388618868/i-just-dont-understand-anything-anymore-oh Serious]] [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/ Rainbow.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Coffee Talk wastes no opportunity to snark at Sombra.
* EvilIsPetty: Why is Sombra so mean to the Crystal Ponies? Because they have better hair than him. Also, [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/49817553037/lets-fly-to-the-roller-coaster-smash Sombra's nicknames]] for Cadance (Ca''dunce'') and Shining Armor (Shining Arm''durr'')
* FailOSuckyName: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/45303461206/i-forgot-how-much-i-hate-all-other-ponies Sombra's pseudonym]] that he makes up to avoid telling the other ponies captured by the Crystal Wolves who he really is.
* FallenHero: Sombra used to be a knight in service to the Crystal Empire.
* FastballSpecial: Coffee Talk and Sombra attempt this against Sombra's EnemyWithin, since it worked for Shining Armor and Cadence before.
* GrumpyBear: Drizzle. She's extremely jaded and cynical, despite being the youngest of the cast.
* HurricaneOfPuns: Everything about [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/45394f44610a41f2fd87574e5fd168a7/tumblr_mw883aHL2P1rj4ht7o4_500.jpg the Elkish]] from Ask King Sombra. They've got names like [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Elkrond, Arwelk, Elkolas, Galadrielk and Thranduelk. They live in Rivendelk.]]
** Lampshaded by their Prince, who states they prefer to use their titles instead of names because their names are all "terrible elk puns". He then proceeds to state that his father is [[IncrediblyLamePun 'immortelk']].
* HypocriticalHumor: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/52829564204/i-had-some-dreams-they-were-clouds-in-my-coffee My coiffeur!}
* ItsAllAboutMe: Sombra's default attitude. He's incredibly self-centered.
* JerkAss: Sombra, though he does have the very rare Jerk with a Heart of Gold moment.
* LetsGetDangerous: Sombra is normally a crazy {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. But when he [[spoiler:[[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/49979311017/glimmer-wings-sombra-still-not-available-in helps Coffee Talk fight his]] EnemyWithin (who actually acts like his [[EvilOverlord canon counterpart]])]] he becomes legitimately serious for the only time so far in the blog, [[spoiler:punching said EnemyWithin in the face, [[ShutUpHannibal shuts up its attempt to tell him he needs it because he's weak]] by reminding it last time it was in charge, [[IWasBeatenByAGirl they got blown up by a baby dragon and a 'pretty pink princess']], and telling it it ''will'' obey him because it needs a ''willing'' host and he's the only one its got.]]
* MoodWhiplash: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/51678822292/this-is-ask-king-sombra-come-on-sorry-about OKAY HEY ENOUGH OF THAT CAN WE TALK ABOUT ME AGAIN?!]]
* MoralityPet: Coffee Talk gradually becomes this for Sombra, to the point he [[spoiler:finds her body to return her to it.]] Her being this is [[spoiler:exactly why his EnemyWithin (who is far closer to his canon characterization) wants to kill her.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/63122520329/sometimes-it-doesnt-take-a-dramatic-event-to-make Sea Breeze]] has this reaction in her flashback when she realizes [[AdultFear she almost lost her baby sister in the ocean due to not paying attention.]]
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Pony]]: Drizzle seems to be the only one to recognize that there's more to "Kingsley Glittersmile Sparklefriend" than he lets on.
* ThePollyanna: Whistler and [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/0a15256cefbde16fc08357ccbfc27354/tumblr_mjmi7if1KN1rj4ht7o10_500.png Carribean Splash.]]
* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:No Sombra, you are ''not'' getting off easy for leading hundreds of ponies and wolves to their deaths just so you could have a "distraction".]]
* RightBehindMe: Sombra talking about how the ponies that got killed by the Crystal Wolves didn't matter, oblivious to the fact that Caribbean Splash, whose friend was among those, is right behind him.
* RussianReversal: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/39344818451/in-soviet-sombradream-crystals-eat-you In Soviet Sombradram, crystals eat you.]]
* ScoobyDoobyDoors: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/38194669281/why-is-this Ask King Sombra]] had this happen when Sombra and Coffee Talk ([[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext the pony he kidnapped to host his talk show]]) being chased by the [[ItMakesSenseInContext ghost monster that lives in his mines]].
* ShoutOut: [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/c8409a1fdb8f6715e4299f7df0941d9d/tumblr_mtg9bcsmob1rj4ht7o6_1280.png Trot, trot, fashion baby. Move it, work that plot cuh-razy]].
** The Elkish are an extended shoutout to TheLordOfTheRings.
* ShutUpHannibal: King Sombra's [[spoiler:EnemyWithin (who actually behaves like Canon!King Sombra)]] from "Ask King Sombra" tries to tell him he's weak. He replies by [[spoiler:[[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/49979311017/glimmer-wings-sombra-still-not-available-in reminding it that last time it was in control]], [[IWasBeatenByAGirl they got blown up by a baby dragon and a 'pretty pink princess']] and that it ''will'' listen to him because it needs a ''willing'' host and he's its only possible choice.]]
* TemptingFate: Happens on the [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/38118961552/this-day-is-just-getting-worse-and-worse-aughh Ask King Sombra]] blog.
--> '''King Sombra''': The front door disappeared, my slaves are gone, there's a ghost monster in the mines, and now my magic doesn't work! What next?! (Cue said ghost monster coming through the floor directly beside him)
* TimeDissonance: Most of the events of the first half take place while the horn that was severed from Sombra's head in the Season 2 premiere is still falling.
* VillainProtagonist: Guess who.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Coffee Talk and Sombra. While Sombra may be largely self-centered, and their current relationship may hinging primarily on Coffee Talk blackmailing Sombra into behaving, he does care about Coffee Talk a little, as he immediately went off in search of her after he was revived, getting himself captured by Crystal Wolves in order to find her.
* WhatTheHellHero: Well, more 'What the Hell, VillainProtagonist?', but [[BewareTheNiceOnes Caribbean Splash]] from the Ask King Sombra Blog [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/52099130841/splash-sombra-wat-r-u-doin-splash-sombra gives Sombra one]] after [[spoiler:Sombra's actions get his best friend killed.]]
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[[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com Following a loose storyline of Sombra]] (represented here as a flamboyant pretty boy who enslaved the Crystal Ponies because he was jealous that they had better hair than him) after he was defeated by Shining Armor and Cadance, Sombra languishes in a narcissistic dreamworld accompanied by a mare named Coffee Talk, whose soul was trapped along with Sombra's inside his falling horn. Most of the events of the first half take place while the horn is still falling.
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* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/1c2fc451d0277b275694249d5174b6f0/tumblr_mo7fpq1OEb1rj4ht7o2_1280.png The Royal]] [[ThingOMeter Bitch-o-meter]].
* AccidentalMisnaming: A RunningGag is that Sombra can never remember Coffee Talk's name.
* AllJustADream: Most of the first part was Sombra subconscious dreaming after he was blown to bits by the Crystal Heart, trapping his mind in his horn in the process. The only thing that was real was Coffee Talk, who he absorbed in his shadow form before it happened.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Ultimately happens between Sombra and Coffee Talk and Sombra's Enemy Within.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Caribbean Splash is probably one of the cheeriest ponies you could meet. [[spoiler:Then [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/51259196758/their-song-is-whistle-a-happy-tune-from-the-king his best friend was killed during the attempt to escape from the Crystal Wolves.]] Sombra [[KickTheDog says he and the other deaths of the battle don't matter]] due to being, to put it nicely, [[ItsAllAboutMe a self-centered D-bag]].]] Splash overhears this and [[spoiler:[[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/51840622066/caribbean-puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunch decks Sombra right in the face]], hard enough to draw blood, [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/52099130841/splash-sombra-wat-r-u-doin-splash-sombra followed by giving him]] a WhatTheHellHero in a complete rage and trying to beat the hell out of him.]]
* Bifauxnen: Sea Breeze.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Naturally, the characters respond to fan comments. It's a bit zigzaggy on whether other characters realize that that's what they're doing. Also, Sombra is actually able to physically interact with the question boxes; at one point he tries to hide behind them, only to realize they aren't actually real. Also also, at one point the author tries to derail the comic into a shipping fic, so Sombra and Coffee Talk open a portal and give his AuthorAvatar a DeathGlare to make him get back on track.
* BreakTheCutie: Coffee Talk [[spoiler:via her situation and Sombra's EnemyWithin giving her a BreakingLecture]] and Caribbean Splash [[spoiler:when his best friend Whistler is killed in the fight with the Crystal Wolves.]]
* TheCaligula: Sombra takes this route instead of his depiction in the show. He's pretty dang nuts. [[spoiler: In fact, most of the occurrences in the blog are simply him hallucinating after his defeat at the hooves of the mane six, which reduced him to a horn (Coffee Talk is trapped with him). Except the the ghost monster. That was actually Luna. His EnemyWithin, however, is pretty much how he was depicted in the show proper.]]
* CerebusRetcon: At first seemed like a fairly wacky, comedy blog. [[spoiler:[[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/38593340804/quick-coffee-talk-fetch-your-princess-a Then it was]] revealed that it was all in King Sombra's imagination after he was blown to bits by the Crystal Heart, reducing him to a horn, and Coffee Talk (an innocent mare who'd only gone to the north to report on the Crystal Empire) is there because he absorbed her in his shadow form. And Coffee Talk may be ''trapped'' there forever.]]
* CerebusRollercoaster: Rapidly fluctuates between being comical and funny and serious and frightening. Sometimes within scenes of each other.
* CrossOver: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/50951087742/wwwwwwwwwwwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat-and-thats-the With]] [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/50388618868/i-just-dont-understand-anything-anymore-oh Serious]] [[http://askseriousrainbow.tumblr.com/ Rainbow.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Coffee Talk wastes no opportunity to snark at Sombra.
* EvilIsPetty: Why is Sombra so mean to the Crystal Ponies? Because they have better hair than him. Also, [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/49817553037/lets-fly-to-the-roller-coaster-smash Sombra's nicknames]] for Cadance (Ca''dunce'') and Shining Armor (Shining Arm''durr'')
* FailOSuckyName: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/45303461206/i-forgot-how-much-i-hate-all-other-ponies Sombra's pseudonym]] that he makes up to avoid telling the other ponies captured by the Crystal Wolves who he really is.
* FallenHero: Sombra used to be a knight in service to the Crystal Empire.
* FastballSpecial: Coffee Talk and Sombra attempt this against Sombra's EnemyWithin, since it worked for Shining Armor and Cadence before.
* GrumpyBear: Drizzle. She's extremely jaded and cynical, despite being the youngest of the cast.
* HurricaneOfPuns: Everything about [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/45394f44610a41f2fd87574e5fd168a7/tumblr_mw883aHL2P1rj4ht7o4_500.jpg the Elkish]] from Ask King Sombra. They've got names like [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Elkrond, Arwelk, Elkolas, Galadrielk and Thranduelk. They live in Rivendelk.]]
** Lampshaded by their Prince, who states they prefer to use their titles instead of names because their names are all "terrible elk puns". He then proceeds to state that his father is [[IncrediblyLamePun 'immortelk']].
* HypocriticalHumor: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/52829564204/i-had-some-dreams-they-were-clouds-in-my-coffee My coiffeur!}
* ItsAllAboutMe: Sombra's default attitude. He's incredibly self-centered.
* JerkAss: Sombra, though he does have the very rare Jerk with a Heart of Gold moment.
* LetsGetDangerous: Sombra is normally a crazy {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. But when he [[spoiler:[[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/49979311017/glimmer-wings-sombra-still-not-available-in helps Coffee Talk fight his]] EnemyWithin (who actually acts like his [[EvilOverlord canon counterpart]])]] he becomes legitimately serious for the only time so far in the blog, [[spoiler:punching said EnemyWithin in the face, [[ShutUpHannibal shuts up its attempt to tell him he needs it because he's weak]] by reminding it last time it was in charge, [[IWasBeatenByAGirl they got blown up by a baby dragon and a 'pretty pink princess']], and telling it it ''will'' obey him because it needs a ''willing'' host and he's the only one its got.]]
* MoodWhiplash: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/51678822292/this-is-ask-king-sombra-come-on-sorry-about OKAY HEY ENOUGH OF THAT CAN WE TALK ABOUT ME AGAIN?!]]
* MoralityPet: Coffee Talk gradually becomes this for Sombra, to the point he [[spoiler:finds her body to return her to it.]] Her being this is [[spoiler:exactly why his EnemyWithin (who is far closer to his canon characterization) wants to kill her.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/63122520329/sometimes-it-doesnt-take-a-dramatic-event-to-make Sea Breeze]] has this reaction in her flashback when she realizes [[AdultFear she almost lost her baby sister in the ocean due to not paying attention.]]
* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Pony]]: Drizzle seems to be the only one to recognize that there's more to "Kingsley Glittersmile Sparklefriend" than he lets on.
* ThePollyanna: Whistler and [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/0a15256cefbde16fc08357ccbfc27354/tumblr_mjmi7if1KN1rj4ht7o10_500.png Carribean Splash.]]
* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:No Sombra, you are ''not'' getting off easy for leading hundreds of ponies and wolves to their deaths just so you could have a "distraction".]]
* RightBehindMe: Sombra talking about how the ponies that got killed by the Crystal Wolves didn't matter, oblivious to the fact that Caribbean Splash, whose friend was among those, is right behind him.
* RussianReversal: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/39344818451/in-soviet-sombradream-crystals-eat-you In Soviet Sombradram, crystals eat you.]]
* ScoobyDoobyDoors: [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/38194669281/why-is-this Ask King Sombra]] had this happen when Sombra and Coffee Talk ([[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext the pony he kidnapped to host his talk show]]) being chased by the [[ItMakesSenseInContext ghost monster that lives in his mines]].
* ShoutOut: [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/c8409a1fdb8f6715e4299f7df0941d9d/tumblr_mtg9bcsmob1rj4ht7o6_1280.png Trot, trot, fashion baby. Move it, work that plot cuh-razy]].
** The Elkish are an extended shoutout to TheLordOfTheRings.
* ShutUpHannibal: King Sombra's [[spoiler:EnemyWithin (who actually behaves like Canon!King Sombra)]] from "Ask King Sombra" tries to tell him he's weak. He replies by [[spoiler:[[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/49979311017/glimmer-wings-sombra-still-not-available-in reminding it that last time it was in control]], [[IWasBeatenByAGirl they got blown up by a baby dragon and a 'pretty pink princess']] and that it ''will'' listen to him because it needs a ''willing'' host and he's its only possible choice.]]
* TemptingFate: Happens on the [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/38118961552/this-day-is-just-getting-worse-and-worse-aughh Ask King Sombra]] blog.
--> '''King Sombra''': The front door disappeared, my slaves are gone, there's a ghost monster in the mines, and now my magic doesn't work! What next?! (Cue said ghost monster coming through the floor directly beside him)
* TimeDissonance: Most of the events of the first half take place while the horn that was severed from Sombra's head in the Season 2 premiere is still falling.
* VillainProtagonist: Guess who.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Coffee Talk and Sombra. While Sombra may be largely self-centered, and their current relationship may hinging primarily on Coffee Talk blackmailing Sombra into behaving, he does care about Coffee Talk a little, as he immediately went off in search of her after he was revived, getting himself captured by Crystal Wolves in order to find her.
* WhatTheHellHero: Well, more 'What the Hell, VillainProtagonist?', but [[BewareTheNiceOnes Caribbean Splash]] from the Ask King Sombra Blog [[http://ask-king-sombra.tumblr.com/post/52099130841/splash-sombra-wat-r-u-doin-splash-sombra gives Sombra one]] after [[spoiler:Sombra's actions get his best friend killed.]]
