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* TookALevelInKindness: Trixie by the end of the fic.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Trixie's reaction to realizing the den her head is presently in is inhabited by a [[SmellySkunk skunk]], which she just startled into preparing to spray her.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Trixie's reaction to realizing the den her head is presently in is inhabited by a [[SmellySkunk skunk]], which she just startled into preparing is about to spray her.her in the face.
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* SpockSpeak: After her first VillainousBreakdown, Checker alternates between a monotone, contraction free speech and psychotic bursts of angry speech. According to WordOfGod, Checker was overcompensating in an attempt to maintain her MaskOfSanity as [[SanitySlippage it slowly degraded]].
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* SignatureStyle: "Another Happy Mother's Day" was written by Alexwarlorn, author of the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', and is...well, more of a POV narrative than the mane fic, even though its written from the third person minus the last scene.
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* FutureMeScaresMe: [[spoiler:Checker tells Diamond Tiara she reminds her of herself as a filly, and Trixie's {{Flashback}} to her and Checker's childhood shows Checker was a lot like Diamond. At first Diamond is ecstatic...[[BrokenPedestal until she sees Checker's]] TrueColors, at which point she's horrified that she has the potential to become like Checker. According to WordOfGod, this was intentional and Checker was partly intended to be what Diamond could grow up into if nothing changes.]]
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* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:"Another Happy Mother's Day" implies Checker cares for their and Trixie's mother and part of her behavior towards Trixie may have stemmed from the fact their mother died [[DeathByChildbirth died giving birth to Trixie]]. Of course, Checker is presently [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness insane]] and given herself FakeMemories, so [[UnreliableNarrator its hard to tell if she always cared for her mother or just thinks she did]].]]
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* UnreliableNarrator: "Another Happy Mother's Day" is written in the third person except for the last scene, but is still from the POV of [[spoiler:Checker Monarch, who's [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness completely insane]] and living in a fantasy world complete with FakeMemories she gave herself]], so its difficult to tell how much was actually true about her past and how much was simply [[spoiler:an invention of her shattered mind.]]
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* {{Guile Hero}}ine: Trixie ultimately becomes this, using illusions, stage magic, and misdirection.
** Rarity, particularly when she [[spoiler:begins tricking Checker's backers into thinking Ponyville isn't a good place for a mall...but might be a perfect place for a theater]] and also [[spoiler:simply paying the Diamond Dogs BETTER than Checker did to get them to turn on her.]]
** Rarity, particularly when she [[spoiler:begins tricking Checker's backers into thinking Ponyville isn't a good place for a mall...but might be a perfect place for a theater]] and also [[spoiler:simply paying the Diamond Dogs BETTER than Checker did to get them to turn on her.]]
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* BadLiar: Applejack, in keeping with the source material.
--> '''Trixie''': [[DeadpanSnarker Applejack, a timber wolf’s breath stinks less than your ability to lie.]]
--> '''Trixie''': [[DeadpanSnarker Applejack, a timber wolf’s breath stinks less than your ability to lie.]]
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* NoodleIncident: Apparently, while she was staying with Applejack after disowning Rarity in "Sisterhooves Social", Sweetie Bell tried making breakfast for Applejack. [[LethalChef It went as well as to be expected.]]
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* OrphansOrdeal: Applejack's grief over her parents death, while touched on in the main stories, is the central point of "Happy Mother's Day", though all three Apple siblings are shown to be still be grieving on some level. According to WordOfGod, the reason it hit her the hardest is being the middle child, she was old enough to remember them (unlike Applebloom), but young enough to still be emotionally dependent on them (like Big Macintosh) when they died.
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* OrphansOrdeal: Applejack's grief over her parents death, while touched on in the main stories, is the central point of "Happy Mother's Day", though all three Apple siblings are shown to be still be grieving on some level. According to WordOfGod, the reason it hit her the hardest is being the middle child, she was old enough to remember them (unlike Applebloom), but young enough to still be emotionally dependent on them (like (unlike Big Macintosh) when they died.
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* OrphansOrdeal: Applejack's grief over her parents death, while touched on in the main stories, is the central point of "Happy Mother's Day".
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* OrphansOrdeal: Applejack's grief over her parents death, while touched on in the main stories, is the central point of "Happy Mother's Day".Day", though all three Apple siblings are shown to be still be grieving on some level. According to WordOfGod, the reason it hit her the hardest is being the middle child, she was old enough to remember them (unlike Applebloom), but young enough to still be emotionally dependent on them (like Big Macintosh) when they died.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: "Happy Mother's Day" mostly focuses on Applejack. Lampshaded by Pinkie, naturally.
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* IronicEcho: "Happy Mother's Day" in the story of the same name.
* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: Rarity's mother Pearl mentions what fashion was like when she was a teenager [[spoiler:while bonding with Rarity]]. Rarity's reaction?
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* MeaningfulEcho: "Happy Mother's Day" in the story of the same name.
** Nonverbal one from the same story, Rarity does her over dramatic faint RunningGag once more when she realizes she has nothing in common with her mother and thus [[spoiler:won't be able to give her a good Mother's Day.]] This time, [[spoiler:her mother catches her and consoles her.]]
** Nonverbal one from the same story, Rarity does her over dramatic faint RunningGag once more when she realizes she has nothing in common with her mother and thus [[spoiler:won't be able to give her a good Mother's Day.]] This time, [[spoiler:her mother catches her and consoles her.]]
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* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: Rarity's mother Pearl mentions what fashion was like when she was a teenager [[spoiler:while bonding with Rarity]]. Rarity's reaction?
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* FakeMemories: [[spoiler:Self inflicted by Checker Monarch]] in "Another Happy Mother's Day". [[spoiler:Her insanity and denial of her crimes and flawed beliefs has caused her to invent a new history for herself where they never existed. She believes their mother never died, she was actually a good sister for Trixie, a BenevolentBoss for Helping Hoof, and that the events of the original fic never happened. [[WordOfGod The main author]] has said that its possible what she remembers Discord doing to her were FalseMemories as well, as his original game would no longer make sense.]]
* LooseCanon: "Another Happy Mother's Day" is Optional Canon, and the [[WordOfGod main author]] has said its simply one of the possible fates of [[spoiler:Checker Monarch.]]
* LossOfIdentity: [[spoiler:Checker]] in "Another Happy Mother's Day" seems to have [[spoiler:done this to herself in her insanity. Her denial of committing actions or believing ideas that she can no longer deny were wrong or the monster she was resulted in her retreating into a fantasy world were [[FakeMemories their mother never died and she never believed the beliefs or committed the actions at all]]. Even Fluttershy, who visited her, admits its difficult to tell she's the same person.]]
* LossOfIdentity: [[spoiler:Checker]] in "Another Happy Mother's Day" seems to have [[spoiler:done this to herself in her insanity. Her denial of committing actions or believing ideas that she can no longer deny were wrong or the monster she was resulted in her retreating into a fantasy world were [[FakeMemories their mother never died and she never believed the beliefs or committed the actions at all]]. Even Fluttershy, who visited her, admits its difficult to tell she's the same person.]]
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* RecursiveFanfiction: "Another Happy Mother's Day" was written by Alexwarlorn, author of the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries''.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: "Another Happy Mother's Day" is written from the perspective of [[spoiler:the now insane Checker Monarch, who has retreated into a fantasy world and invented FakeMemories.]]
* VillainEpisode: "Another Happy Mother's Day" is written from the perspective of [[spoiler:Checker Monarch after her defeat and [[SanitySlippage decent into insanity]] at the end of the main fic.]]
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: "Another Happy Mother's Day" is written from the perspective of [[spoiler:the now insane Checker Monarch, who has retreated into a fantasy world and invented FakeMemories.]]
* VillainEpisode: "Another Happy Mother's Day" is written from the perspective of [[spoiler:Checker Monarch after her defeat and [[SanitySlippage decent into insanity]] at the end of the main fic.]]
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* GenerationXerox: Fluttershy and her mother Pansy. Subverted with Rarity and her mother Pearl, despite Applejack's initial expectations.
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* GenerationXerox: Fluttershy and her mother Pansy.Posey. Subverted with Rarity and her mother Pearl, despite Applejack's initial expectations.
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The story is presently complete, though the writers have shown interest in writing more stories in the same universe. This includes a one shot titled "[[http://fav.me/d653kte Happy]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9288869/1/GBOYH-Verse-Happy-Mother-s-Day Mother's Day]]" (Warning! Contains spoilers for for the main fic and ''Fanfic/PerfectCompanions'' in both the story and the trope listing below) and WordOfGod is they intend to write more one shots.
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The story is presently complete, though the writers have shown interest in writing more stories in the same universe. This includes a one shot titled "[[http://fav.me/d653kte Happy]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9288869/1/GBOYH-Verse-Happy-Mother-s-Day Mother's Day]]" and its [[RecursiveFanfiction Optional Canon]] companion piece ''[[http://kendell2.deviantart.com/art/GBOYH-Verse-Another-Happy-Mother-s-Day-Spoilers-371526482?q=gallery%3Akendell2%2F16763124&qo=0 Another Happy Mother's Day]]'' (by Alexwarlorn) (Warning! Contains Contain spoilers for for the main fic and ''Fanfic/PerfectCompanions'' in both the story and the trope listing below) and WordOfGod is they intend to write more one shots.
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The story is presently complete, though the writers have shown interest in writing more stories in the same universe. This includes a one shot titled "[[http://fav.me/d653kte Happy Happy]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9288869/1/GBOYH-Verse-Happy-Mother-s-Day Mother's Day]]" (Warning! Contains spoilers for for the main fic and ''Fanfic/PerfectCompanions'' in both the story and the trope listing below) and WordOfGod is they intend to write more one shots.
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'''[+Unmarked spoilers for the main stories here!+]''' '''''[+You've been warned!+]'''''
* BookEnds: "Happy Mother's Day" begins with the Apple siblings telling their deceased mother happy Mother's Day as they do every year. [[spoiler:It ends with Applejack wishing her ParentalSubstitute, Granny Smith, a happy Mother's Day after realizing she'd picked up where her biological mother left off.]]
* IronicEcho: "Happy Mother's Day" in the story of the same name.
* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler:Helena for Trixie and Granny Smith for Applejack.]]
* OrphansOrdeal: Applejack's grief over her parents death, while touched on in the main stories, is the central point of "Happy Mother's Day".
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[spoiler: Hmm... let's see, we have a [[TheSociopath sociopathic villian]] who's a [[BigBrotherBully bullying sibling]] to an [[TheAtoner atoning]] ex-villain, who's also notably [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]], [[TheChessmaster good at predicting moves]] [[ControlFreak VERY controlling]], and [[VillainousBreakdown epically goes insane when things start not going the way she wanted them.]] Yeah, [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender where did we last see that, again?]] ]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: As this fanfic continues, the confrontations between Trixie and Checker Monarch gets more and more intense and Checker herself spells NightmareFuel as this series goes on.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: As this fanfic continues, the confrontations between Trixie and Checker Monarch gets more and more intense and Checker herself spells NightmareFuel terror as this series goes on.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: [[spoiler: Hmm... let's see, we have a [[TheSociopath sociopathic villian]] who's a [[BigBrotherBully bullying sibling]] to an [[TheAtoner atoning]] ex-villain, who's also notably [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]], [[TheChessmaster good at predicting moves]] [[ControlFreak VERY controlling]], and [[VillainousBreakdown epically goes insane when things start not going the way she wanted them.]] Yeah, [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender where did we last see that, again?]] ]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[spoiler: Hmm... let's see, we have a [[TheSociopath sociopathic villian]] who's a [[BigBrotherBully bullying sibling]] to an [[TheAtoner atoning]] ex-villain, who's also notably [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]], [[TheChessmaster good at predicting moves]] [[ControlFreak VERY controlling]], and [[VillainousBreakdown epically goes insane when things start not going the way she wanted them.]] Yeah, [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender where did we last see that, again?]] ]]
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* DoesThatRemindYouOfAnything?: [[spoiler: Hmm... let's see, we have a [[TheSociopath sociopathic villian]] who's a [[BigBrotherBully bullying sibling]] to an [[TheAtoner atoning]] ex-villain, who's also notably [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]], [[TheChessmaster good at predicting moves]] [[ControlFreak VERY controlling]], and [[VillianousBreakdown epically goes insane when things start not going the way she wanted them.]] Yeah, [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender where did we last see that, again?]] ]]
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* DoesThatRemindYouOfAnything?: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: [[spoiler: Hmm... let's see, we have a [[TheSociopath sociopathic villian]] who's a [[BigBrotherBully bullying sibling]] to an [[TheAtoner atoning]] ex-villain, who's also notably [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]], [[TheChessmaster good at predicting moves]] [[ControlFreak VERY controlling]], and [[VillianousBreakdown [[VillainousBreakdown epically goes insane when things start not going the way she wanted them.]] Yeah, [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender where did we last see that, again?]] ]]
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* DoesThatRemindYouOfAnything?: [[spoiler: Hmm... let's see, we have a [[TheSociopath sociopathic villian]] who's a [[BigBrotherBully bullying sibling]] to an [[TheAtoner atoning]] ex-villain, who's also notably [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]], [[TheChessmaster good at predicting moves]] [[ControlFreak VERY controlling]], and [[VillianousBreakdown epically goes insane when things start not going the way she wanted them.]] Yeah, [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender where did we last see that, again?]] ]]
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* EvilerThanThou: Checker hires the Diamond Dogs to be her {{Mook}}s with them being [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Only In It For The Gems]]. It takes about two chapters for her to begin doing things that [[EvenEvilHasStandards disturb and terrify them]] (particularly, her [[spoiler:{{Mind Rap|e}}ing Rainbow Dash]]) and have them so outright terrified of her they're too afraid of her retribution to defy her.
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* HumiliationConga: Checker puts Trixie through one starting in chapter 8 and part 1 of 9. It was originally intended to be longer, but the author felt it'd be too cruel to do so. The latter was even [[CutSong originally intended to be accompanied by]] a VillainSong based off the CutSong "Humiliate the Boy" from {{Aladdin}}.
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* HumiliationConga: Checker puts Trixie through one starting in chapter 8 and part 1 of 9. PlayedForDrama, as it ends up nearly [[BreakTheCutie driving her over]] the DespairEventHorizon. It was originally intended to be longer, but the author felt it'd be too cruel to do so. The latter was even [[CutSong originally intended to be accompanied by]] a VillainSong based off the CutSong "Humiliate the Boy" from {{Aladdin}}.
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* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: [[spoiler:Diamond Tiara was all to happy to hear Checker tell her that Checker was just like her as a kid...until [[BrokenPedestal she finds out]] [[TheSociopath what kind]] [[BigBad of pony]] Checker ended up growing into. [[VillainousBSOD Diamond isn't quite as thrilled by Checker's compliment after that.]]]]
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* FateWorseThanDeath: ''Perfect Companions'' reveals that [[spoiler:Checker is incarcerated in an asylum, unable to do anything for herself and forced to have others help her with anything, in direct opposition of her SocialDarwinist philosophy. Her business empire is gone, and even if she got out nopony would ever want to work with her again. And Trixie doesn't even care about her anymore - even the slight influence she could claim by having Trixie hate her is denied. She has lost her pawns, her business, and her self-control.]]
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* FateWorseThanDeath: ''Perfect Companions'' reveals that [[spoiler:Checker is incarcerated in an asylum, her sanity having degraded to the point that she's unable to do anything for herself and forced to have others help her with anything, in direct opposition of her SocialDarwinist philosophy. Her business empire is gone, and even if she got out nopony would ever want to work with her again. And Trixie doesn't even care about her anymore - even the slight influence she could claim by having Trixie hate her is denied. She has lost her pawns, her business, and her self-control.]]
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Two separate live readings have started. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4isKgmyJJw&feature=channel&list=UL here]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhfwd7l8Kes&feature=g-u-u here.]] The first is up to chapter 4 and the second to half of chapter 8.
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* SympatheticPOV: [[spoiler:We see Trixie's and Checker's father, Centurion from both their perspectives, but ironically, its ''Checker's'' perspective that shows him in a more sympathetic light, as Checker intentionally made him out as a more {{Abusive Parent|s}} in Trixie's perspective to hurt Trixie.]]
* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:Helping Hoof feels a brief moment of pity for Checker as he explains her past to the Diamond Dogs, wondering if someone with her unending lust for power could ever be truly happy.]]
** [[spoiler:Helena's reaction to Checker's downfall is this as well.]]
* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:Helping Hoof feels a brief moment of pity for Checker as he explains her past to the Diamond Dogs, wondering if someone with her unending lust for power could ever be truly happy.]]
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* DontMessWithGranny: Helena Midsummer, Trixie's grandmother, is a CoolOldLady. However, she's also a ''serious'' MamaBear for her granddaughters and despite her age rather tough.
