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-->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' How do you feel?
-->'''[[spoiler: Princess Luna, newly infused with Terra's magic]]:''' Taller.
-->'''Twilight Sparkle:''' How do you feel?
-->'''[[spoiler: Princess Luna, newly infused with Terra's magic]]:''' Taller.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: Becomes a RunningGag with poor Rainbow Dash, who keeps accidentally saying things that make her sound like a lesbian.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: Becomes a RunningGag with poor Rainbow Dash, who keeps accidentally saying things that make her [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday sound like a lesbian.lesbian]].
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* ShoutOut: To Film/SherlockHolmes. For a while, the duel between Twilight and [[spoiler: Esteem]] plays out just like the one between Holmes and Moriarty in A League Of Shadows
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* ShoutOut: To Film/SherlockHolmes. For a while, the duel between Twilight and [[spoiler: Esteem]] plays out just like the one between Holmes and Moriarty in A League Of Shadows
--> ''His advantage: Experience. [[spoiler: Our advantages]]: Power. Mobility.''
--> ''His advantage: Experience. [[spoiler: Our advantages]]: Power. Mobility.''
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* DrunkenMaster: Upon seeing that his arch-nemesis, the Cadet, is tearing through a crowd of innocent refugees and obviously needs to be confronted, the first thing Sir Unimpressive does is swig down the rest of his whiskey. Then he goes and kicks the Cadet's ass.
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* TheCaligula: Does it even need to be said at this point?
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** Rarity gives another in a duel with her father
--> '''Esteem:''' I gave you ''everything''. I made you ''superior''. And you squander your gifts by helping the lesser. By siding with the disciple of a dead god.
--> '''Rarity:''' So why is it that you need ''my'' approval?
--> '''Esteem:''' I gave you ''everything''. I made you ''superior''. And you squander your gifts by helping the lesser. By siding with the disciple of a dead god.
--> '''Rarity:''' So why is it that you need ''my'' approval?
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* [[HumanoidAbomination Equine Abomination]]: Discord's creechlings from the flashbacks definitely sound like they fit, going by the description.
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* [[HumanoidAbomination Equine Equinoid Abomination]]: Discord's creechlings from the flashbacks definitely sound like they fit, going by the description.description.
** Titan and Terra are more powerful versions of this, Titan especially. Their children also have shades of it by simple genetics, even though they are nicer; [[spoiler: Twilight is starting to go down this road as well]].
** Titan and Terra are more powerful versions of this, Titan especially. Their children also have shades of it by simple genetics, even though they are nicer; [[spoiler: Twilight is starting to go down this road as well]].
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* HowWeGotHere: Chapter 14 [[spoiler: starts with Titan conversing with Celestia while simultaneously torturing Twilight. The rest of the chapter explains how he came to be torturing Twilight]].
* ShockAndAwe: As she [[TookALevelInBadass takes a few levels in badass]], Rainbow Dash learns to use this pegasus power at will.
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* ThereWasADoor: Rarity says this word for word when Applejack smashes through a wall, just a few inches from the perfectly good doorframe she destroyed.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Rarity is the most notable, though most of the mane cast take a few levels themselves
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* TookALevelInBadass: Rarity is the most notable, though most of the mane cast take a few levels themselvesthemselves.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: Becomes a RunningGag with poor Rainbow Dash, who keeps accidentally saying things that make her sound like a lesbian.
* ThereWasADoor: Rarity says this word for word when Applejack smashes through a wall, just a few inches from the perfectly good doorframe she destroyed.
* ThereWasADoor: Rarity says this word for word when Applejack smashes through a wall, just a few inches from the perfectly good doorframe she destroyed.
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* DarkFic: And How! WarIsHell, the corruption of Ideals, RageAgainstTheHeavens and RageAgainstTheMentor, MadGod predecessors, Mass war, Brainwashing.
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* DarkFic: And How! how! WarIsHell, the corruption of Ideals, ideals, RageAgainstTheHeavens and RageAgainstTheMentor, MadGod predecessors, Mass mass war, Brainwashing.[[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing]]...
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* LookBehindYou: Sir Unimpressive does this to some Puppets at one point. Since they're mindless, it works.
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* [[HumanoidAbomination Equine Abomination]]: Discord's creechlings from the flashbacks definitely sound like they fit, going by the description.
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* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Pony of Mass Destruction]]: Goes hand in hand with the PhysicalGod line.
* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Pony of Mass Destruction]]: Goes hand in hand with the PhysicalGod line.
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* ThePowerOfHate: It's the only thing Terra was left with after [[spoiler: being subjected to Titan's [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mind control spell]]]]. Now she hates everything - average ponies, Celestia and Luna, even Titan himself.
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* AgentPeacock: Esteem. He has long, curly red hair that is noted as looking "feminine," an eye for fashion he shares with his daughter, and a vain streak a mile wide. He's also the most terrifyingly efficient warrior working for Titan and thinks he looks pretty bathed in his enemy's blood.
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* AgentPeacock: Esteem. He has long, curly red hair that is noted as looking "feminine," an eye for fashion he shares with his daughter, and a vain streak a mile wide. He's also the most terrifyingly efficient warrior working for Titan and thinks he looks pretty bathed in his enemy's enemies' blood.
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* BloodKnight: Nihilus and Esteem both fit this trope quite nicely
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* BloodKnight: Nihilus and Esteem both fit this trope quite nicelynicely.
** And so does Sir Unimpressive, to provide a more heroic example.
** And so does Sir Unimpressive, to provide a more heroic example.
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* AgentPeacock: Esteem. He has long, curly red hair that is noted as looking "feminine," an eye for fashion he shares with his daughter, and a vain streak a mile wide. He's also the most terrifyingly efficient warrior working for Titan, and thinks he looks pretty bathed in his enemy's blood.
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* AgentPeacock: Esteem. He has long, curly red hair that is noted as looking "feminine," an eye for fashion he shares with his daughter, and a vain streak a mile wide. He's also the most terrifyingly efficient warrior working for Titan, Titan and thinks he looks pretty bathed in his enemy's blood.
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* AgentPeacock: Esteem. He has long, curly red hair that is noted as looking "feminine," an eye for fashion he shares with his daughter, and a vain streak a mile wide. He's also the most terrifyingly efficient warrior working for Titan, and thinks he looks pretty bathed in his enemy's blood.
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** Spike also disappears pretty quickly. His absence is played for drama with Twilight, who has to work through her [[AdultFear parental concern]] for him in addition to the rest of her issues, but he doesn't play much importance in the plot. [[spoilers: Until, of course, he is found alive...]]
* TermsOfEndangerment: Nihilus likes to call Twilight "kiddo." Twilight soon [[IronicEcho returns the favor, several times]].
** [[spoiler: Terra teasingly calls Celestia "Sunshine." Celestia retaliates by calling Terra "mom."]]
** [[spoiler: Terra teasingly calls Celestia "Sunshine." Celestia retaliates by calling Terra "mom."]]
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* TreacherousAdvisor: General Esteem was this to Celestia.
* [[ThatManIsDead That Pony Is Dead]]: [[spoiler: Sparkle referring to the old Twilight Sparkle]]
** Also how Terra refers to her original, kind self. She even goes so far as to say that even if there was any of the old her left buried inside her, she'd gladly destroy it.
* TryNotToDie: Just before they [[StormingTheCastle storm Canterlot castle]], Twilight orders Sir Unimpressive not to die, as a contingency plan (specifically, he can lead if she dies).
* [[ThatManIsDead That Pony Is Dead]]: [[spoiler: Sparkle referring to the old Twilight Sparkle]]
** Also how Terra refers to her original, kind self. She even goes so far as to say that even if there was any of the old her left buried inside her, she'd gladly destroy it.
* TryNotToDie: Just before they [[StormingTheCastle storm Canterlot castle]], Twilight orders Sir Unimpressive not to die, as a contingency plan (specifically, he can lead if she dies).
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* TreacherousAdvisor: General Esteem was this to Celestia.
* [[ThatManIsDead That Pony Is Dead]]: [[spoiler: Sparkle referring to the old Twilight Sparkle]]
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* TryNotToDie: Just before they [[StormingTheCastle storm Canterlot castle]], Twilight orders Sir Unimpressive not to die, as a contingency plan (specifically, he can lead if she dies).
* [[ThatManIsDead That Pony Is Dead]]: [[spoiler: Sparkle referring to the old Twilight Sparkle]]
** Also how Terra refers to her original, kind self. She even goes so far as to say that even if there was any of the old her left buried inside her, she'd gladly destroy it.
* TryNotToDie: Just before they [[StormingTheCastle storm Canterlot castle]], Twilight orders Sir Unimpressive not to die, as a contingency plan (specifically, he can lead if she dies).
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** She also takes the time to deface Twilight's old diary - [[ForTheLulz just for the hell of it]].
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Unimpressive gives one during his duel with the Cadet.
-->'''Unimpressive:''' You said nothing was outside [General Esteem]'s grasp.
-->'''Cadet:''' ''Nothing''
-->'''Unimpressive:''' Not even the daughter he's going to replace you with?
-->'''Unimpressive:''' You said nothing was outside [General Esteem]'s grasp.
-->'''Cadet:''' ''Nothing''
-->'''Unimpressive:''' Not even the daughter he's going to replace you with?
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* BattleCouple: Twilight Sparkle's parents.
** Flashbacks show that Twilight's ancestor Astor Coruscare and her lover Valiant were the most dangerous warriors in Titan's army short of the alicorns themselves.
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* DecapitationPresentation: During a series of flashbacks to the life of Astor Coruscare (a distant, famous ancestor of Twilight's), her lover presents her with the head of one of the most powerful dragons to ever live -- while ''proposing''. Weird couple.
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* AchillesInHisTent: Following [[spoiler: Nihilus' defeat]] and her promotion to RebelLeader, Sparkle not only refuses to fight, but withdraws into herself, spending no time with anypony else that doesn't involve planning battles. [[spoiler: When Titan accidentally refuses her personalities, she makes it clear that [[HesBack she's back]] in epic fashion.]]
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* ThePowerOfHate: It's the only thing Terra was left with after [[spoiler: being subjected to Titan's [[BrainwashedAndCrazy mind control spell]]]]. Now she hates everything - average ponies, Celestia and Luna, even Titan himself.
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* TheDeadHaveNames: Pinkie lists the names of all the ponies killed in Terra's attack on Ponyville when [[spoiler: stating her reason for voting to kill her when she's imprisoned]].
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* HannibalLecture: Terra is very fond of these [[spoiler: whether she's the captor or the captive.]]
* HeroWithBadPublicity:LunaLuna, though it gets better the more she fights alongside the Loyalists.
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“Love. Wonder. Happiness. Titan has none of these things. If you allow him to take ours, then you give up our only advantage. If we are going to win, it will be for our intangible virtues, not brute force. Magic, ''real'' magic, the kind that I use to raise the moon, cannot be fought.”\\
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“Love. Wonder. Happiness. Titan [[BigBad Titan]] has none of these things. If you allow him to take ours, then you give up our only advantage. If we are going to win, it will be for our intangible virtues, not brute force. Magic, ''real'' magic, the kind that I use to raise the moon, cannot be fought.”\\
* DespairEventHorizon: Twilight crosses it on the eve of the FinalBattle, as she deduces that they don't have a chance of winning. Luna gives her hope with the speech that the page quote comes from.
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* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Titan ultimately decides that the main "problem" with ponies is their free will, which allows them to defy him, and resolves to remove it once he's crushed Twilight and the Loyalists.
** When Terra is [[spoiler: imprisoned by the Mane Six]], she tells Fluttershy that she performs cruel acts because "It's what I do. It's who I am." When Fluttershy shows her an act of kindness anyway, she replies to Terra's inquiry as to why with the same line.
* LastOfHisKind: As it turns out, [[spoiler: Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie are part of -- and are possibly the last -- of very rare, naturally evolved, pony subspecies that Titan ordered destroyed for not fitting in his design.]]
* NeverMyFault: Titan blames ponykind for [[spoiler: the deaths of his wife and first son]], even though Discord was responsible for the latter, and ''he himself'' was responsible for the former.
* [[HumansAreBastards Ponies Are Bastards]]: Titan and Terra both firmly believe that Ponies are naturally vicious, violent creatures, and the paradise that Celestia created is a falsehood.
* TheStarscream: Nihilus only follows Titan's orders as an excuse to hunt down the Mane Six and get her hooves on the Elements so she can use them to overthrow him and place herself on the throne.
* TheStoic: Twilight becomes this after [[spoiler: her SplitPersonalityMerge]]. From then on, the only times she shows emotion is around her parents, the other Mane Six, and occasionally Luna.
* TheStoic: Twilight becomes this after [[spoiler: her SplitPersonalityMerge]]. From then on, the only times she shows emotion is around her parents, the other Mane Six, and occasionally Luna.
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* TryNotToDie: Just before they [[StormingTheCastle stormthe Canterlot castle]], Twilight orders Sir Unimpressive not to die, as a contingency plan (specifically, he can lead if she dies).
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-> "Go to your friends. Look them in the eyes, talk with them, laugh with them, and tell me if lifting a duster is more magical than what you ''feel'', truly ''feel'', in your heart. Friendship is a ''force'', [[spoiler: Twilight Sparkle]]. \\\
“Love. Wonder. Happiness. Titan has none of these things. If you allow him to take ours, then you give up our only advantage. If we are going to win, it will be for our intangible virtues, not brute force. Magic, ''real'' magic, the kind that I use to raise the moon, cannot be fought.”\\
--'''Princess Luna'''
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