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''It Takes a Village'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic about Spike going through growing pains as life changes around him. You can read it [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7490980/1/It_Takes_a_Village here]].

Spike only wants things to stay the same. Time, however, has other ideas. He's going to need a lot of help... It's a story about growing up, learning and being accepted.

You can read it [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7490980/1/It_Takes_a_Village here]].

!!This WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic FanFic provides examples of these tropes:

* {{WAFF}}: Suffused with heartwarming moments. E.g. Twilight is Spike's sister, for ever and always, and nopony is allowed to say otherwise - not even Twilight.

* WhamEpisode: At the end of chapter 10 [[spoiler:Someone tries to '''murder''' Spike.]] I suppose YMMV, but the event was important enough to be referenced at least once in the remaining chapters.

* ContinuityNod: Huffy shares her name with Fluttershy's nickname for Spike in "Over a Barrel" ("[[PuffTheMagicDragon Huffy the Magic Dragon]]").

* [[spoiler:DistantFinale: The epilogue is set a few years into the future.]]

[[AC:'''Note:''' As the FanFic this page is about has only recently been completed, this trope page is currently under construction. Anypony who has read [[FanFic/ItTakesAVillage It Takes a Village]] should feel free to add any tropes we seem to have missed.]]
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Spike is not happy about his projected lifespan, although Princess Luna did provide some perspective along an offer of friendship.

* WhamEpisode: At the end of chapter 10 [[spoiler:Someone tries to '''murder''' Spike]]. I suppose YMMV, but the event was important enough to be referenced at least once in the remaining chapters.

* "It"IsDehumanizing: Spike is briefly a target of this.

* PowderKegCrowd[=/=] TorchesAndPitchforks: Spike is warned that if left unchecked, the ponies that want him to leave will become this. [[spoiler:That worry was not unwarranted]]

* MamaBear: Messing with Spike in front of Twilight is…''unwise.''

* WhamEpisode: At the end of chapter 10 [[spoiler:Someone tries to '''murder''' Spike]]. This can count as a WhamEpisode since the incident is mentioned in the remanning chapters at least once.

** Chapter 14's disclaimer is a parody of the first Bad Horse song from DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog

* HowDoIShotWeb/CentipedesDilemma: One of Spike's biggest challenges is learning how to fly. When he finally takes his first flight, he makes it clear that no one is to make him think about ''how he's doing it''.

* {{How Do I Shot Web}}/CentipedesDilemma: One of Spike's biggest challenges is learning how to fly. When he finally takes his first flight, he makes it clear that no one is to make him think about ''how he's doing it''.

* HowDoIShotWeb/CentipedesDilemma: One of Spike's biggest challenges is learning how to fly. When he finally takes his first flight, he makes it clear that no one is to make him think about ''how he's doing it''.

** There's also the question of where the School got Spike's egg ...

* ComingOfAgeStory: The story is primarily about Spike dealing with the difficulties of growing into an adult dragon; with all of the internal, social, and natural conflicts that that entails. Not that growing up is completely without cool perks for Spike...

* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: One of Spike's biggest issues with growing up - he is far stronger than he's used to being. This complicates such matters as picking up items without slicing/crushing them. This also goes for his firebreathing.

* HowDoIShotWeb / CentipedesDilemma: One of Spike's biggest challenges is learning how to fly. When he finally takes his first flight, he makes it clear that no one is to make him think about ''how he's doing it''.

* LastMinuteHookup: [[spoiler:Applejack's new relationship with Rainbow Dash is briefly mentioned in the epilogue, as well as Twilight's newfound love for Trixie. Ironically, Spike and Huffy's relationship, the only one which is constantly hinted at, is the only one that isn't fulfilled by the story's end.]]
* MamaBear: Messing with Spike in front of Twilight is... ''unwise.''

* MundaneUtility: About the only thing Spike plans to use his strength, flight, sharp claws, and firebreathing for that actually falls into what a dragon would normally do is "protect Ponyville" otherwise he seems to prefer helping lift heavy rocks, unblock streams, help make charcoal, cook, and generally lend a claw where a hoof or horn won't cut it.

-->"Now you jest hushit, you young whippersnapper! If somepony's goin' to go tryin' to take our dragon away, they're goin' to have words with me, y' hear? An' if I want t' go protestin', well there ain't nopony old enough to tell me otherwise! You brought back our ol' stream where mah Toffee proposed hitchin' to me. Yer good to mah kin, mah farm an' mah village. Yer our dragon, an' I'll whip the tarnation outta anypony who says otherwise!"

* {{Hypocrite}}/EntitledBastard: The leader of the protester ponies who believes that Spike is a menace begs Spike to protect everyone when Razorfang appears near Ponyville's outskirts in chapter 11.

* BullyingADragon: See FantasticRacism below.