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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Exakktus is talked into turning on Titan by Fluttershy.]]
** [[spoiler: Terra also eventually gives up on her hate, but only after Titan is defeated.]]

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--'''Princess Luna'''

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--'''Princess Luna'''
Luna[[spoiler: (actually Celestia in disguise)]]'''



** And of course, there's Titan and Terra.



*** [[spoiler: DoubleSubverted when Twilight is transformed into an alicorn by Harmony's magic and admits that by every definition of the word, she ''is'' a god now.]]



** Titan and Discord were this back in the day [[spoiler: which is why Twilight recruits Discord's help during the climax]].

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** Titan and Discord were this back in the day [[spoiler: which is why Twilight recruits Discord's help during near the climax]].end]].



* AxeCrazy: Nihilus in spades, Wrong as well.

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* AxeCrazy: AxCrazy: Nihilus in spades, Wrong as well.well.
* BackToBackBadasses: Happens many times. During the Battle of the Everfree, Twilight does this with each of her friends, moving from one to another when needed.



** The storm gets moved to Canterlot, which just so happens to end up the sight of the final duel between Titan and Twilight.



** In the second-to-last chapter, Fluttershy does this [[spoiler:with a dragon!]]

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** In the second-to-last third-to-last chapter, Fluttershy does this [[spoiler:with a dragon!]]



** Sir Unimpressive did this to the Cadet in order to make him lose control of his blade, allowing Unimpressive to defeat him.



** It's mentioned several times that the best way to defeat a bladecaster is to break their spirit, which makes them lose control of their blade. This is how Sir Unimpressive defeats the Cadet, [[spoiler: and how Twilight defeats Titan]].



* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: Nihilus. She is the primary threat for roughly the first half of the story, and it is only after her defeat that Luna and the Mane Six can focus on taking the war to Titan.]]

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* ClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: Nihilus. She is the primary threat for roughly the first half third of the story, and it is only after her defeat that Luna and the Mane Six can focus on taking the war to Titan.]]



* CuttingTheKnot: When Twilight announces that they need to get inside the Citadel, Rainbow Dash asks if she's going to use a spell to open it up. Twilight responds by blasting a hole in the wall.



** [[spoiler: Discord]] does this with [[spoiler: Empyrean]]'s head at one point, in order to mock Titan.
** [[spoiler: Twilight does this with Titan's head to show that the war is over.]]



* 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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* DespairEventHorizon: Twilight crosses it on the eve of the FinalBattle, as she deduces that they don't have a chance of winning. Luna [[spoiler: (actually Celestia in disguise)]] gives her hope with the speech that the page quote comes from.



* FinalBattle: The Battle of the Everfree.

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* FinalBattle: The Battle of the Everfree. Though the actual final duel between Twilight and Titan is fought in the ruins of Canterlot.



* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Subverted. Twilight throws herself into Titan's free will-removing spell in order to disrupt it, fully intending to die in the process. Instead, she absorbs the remnants of Harmony's power and is transformed into an alicorn.]]



* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Depending on how you look at it, Twilight's "God Slayer" outfit might count, with her wearing a piece of the night sky on her body. (Then again, since it's designed to never come off, this might get a little awkward after the war)

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* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Depending on how you look at it, Twilight's "God Slayer" outfit might count, with her wearing a piece of the night sky on her body. (Then again, since it's designed to never come off, this might get a little awkward after the war)war).
** Becomes a moot point when [[spoiler: the outfit is incinerated in the process of Twilight becoming an alicorn.]]



* LastSecondChance: [[spoiler: After stripping Titan of his power, Twilight offers him a chance to live as a mortal, and maybe one day atone for all he's done. He opts for a suicidal final charge.]]



* MercyKill: As flashback's show, this is the only thing to be done for Discord's creechlings, since there's no way to return them to normal. [[spoiler: Then Terra had to do this to her brother/husband.]]

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* MercyKill: As flashback's flashbacks show, this is the only thing to be done for Discord's creechlings, since there's no way to return them to normal. [[spoiler: Then Terra had to do this to her brother/husband.]]



* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler: How Twilight finishes off Titan.]]



* OnlyMostlyDead: [[spoiler: Rarity is fatally wounded by Titan during the Battle of the Everfree, but Twilight -- newly transformed into an alicorn -- is able to preserve her long enough to save her.]]



** You probably wouldn't suspect [[spoiler: Sweet, timid, little [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]]]] of having the potential to become this . You would be wrong.

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** You probably wouldn't suspect [[spoiler: Sweet, sweet, timid, little [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]]]] of having the potential to become this .this. You would be wrong.



* RogueProtagonist: As suggested in the picture and mentioned in the picture's caption, Twilight Sparkle [[spoiler: but only for about the first half of the story.]]

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* RogueProtagonist: As suggested in the picture and mentioned in the picture's caption, Twilight Sparkle [[spoiler: but only for about the first half third of the story.]]



* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler: It's implied that Titan knew that charging Twilight after losing his power was suicide, but that he wanted to go down fighting.]]



* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler: Terra's reaction when Titan dies.]]



* TrashTheSet: By the time the story's over, both Cloudsdale and Ponyville have been wrecked, a large portion of the Everfree forest has been burned down, and Canterlot is in ruins (with Canterlot Castle itself being ''completely obliterated'').



** [[spoiler: Titan completely loses it when Twilight manages to BreakingLecture him; even after she takes away his power, he still tries to fight her, which gets him killed.]]



* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler: When Empyrean is stripped of his power by the Mane Six, Titan doesn't hesitate to kill him.]]

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* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler: When Empyrean is stripped of his power by the Mane Six, Titan doesn't hesitate to kill him.]]]]
* YourHeadAsplode: How Titan kills [[spoiler: Exakktus]].
** Twilight [[spoiler: (recently turned into an alicorn)]] does this to him in turn during their final duel. It barely slows him down.
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** Twilight gives one [[spoiler: Titan of all ponies]], breaking him just long enough to defeat him.

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** Twilight gives one to [[spoiler: Titan Titan, of all ponies]], breaking him just long enough to defeat him.

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* BreakThemByTalking: Twilight shooting down [[spoiler: Titan's authority, saying he has no right to make himself King of the World, before stating he never had a place in the world he created, which was why both his immortal family and all of ponykind defied him.]]



** Also happens to [[spoiler: Empyrean, Terra and Titan, though only Terra lives longer than a few minutes afterwards.]]



** There's a literal example during the [[FinalBattle Battle of the Everfree]], as Titan appoints command of his army to Exakktus the Black, the oldest and most powerful of all dragons. [[spoiler: At least until Fluttershy talks him into switching sides.]]

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** There's a literal example during the [[FinalBattle Battle of the Everfree]], as Titan appoints command of his army to Exakktus the Black, the oldest and most powerful of all dragons. [[spoiler: At least until Fluttershy talks him into [[HeelFaceTurn switching sides.sides]].]]


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** Twilight gives one [[spoiler: Titan of all ponies]], breaking him just long enough to defeat him.


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* ShutUpKirk: Titan to Twilight, repeatedly during the final battle. [[spoiler: Twilight eventually gets through to him long enough to Stare him down, break his will and claim his power.]]
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* DualWielding: Twilight with both Equinox and Vorpal, [[spoiler: after Rarity is nearly killed]].
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** Titan is [[MassEffect2 ASSUMING CONTROL OF THIS FORM]].
** Rarity and Esteem have a conversation taken almost word for word from TheEmpireStrikesBack:
-->'''Esteem:''' “It is useless to resist! Don’t let yourself be destroyed as your mother did!”
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* BattleInTheRain: A significant portion of the Battle of the Everfree, though the storm is pushed away by the pegasi well before the battle is over.
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*** [[spoiler;''Especially'' Fluttershy]] Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle of Everfree. [[spoiler:She rides into battle in the grandest badass form imaginable, using the largest oldest and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her personal steed, only for her to reveal herself as a [[PhysicalGod Physical Goddess]] complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice. Rarity pronounces her terrifying. Even Twilight is struck speechless.]]

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*** [[spoiler;''Especially'' [[spoiler:''Especially'' Fluttershy]] Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle of Everfree. [[spoiler:She rides into battle in the grandest badass form imaginable, using the largest oldest and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her personal steed, only for her to reveal herself as a [[PhysicalGod Physical Goddess]] complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice. Rarity pronounces her terrifying. Even Twilight is struck speechless.]]
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*** [[Spoiler:''Especially'' Fluttershy]] Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle of Everfree. [[spoiler:She rides into battle in the grandest badass form imaginable, using the largest oldest and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her personal steed, only for her to reveal herself as a [[PhysicalGod Physical Goddess]] complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice. Rarity pronounces her terrifying. Even Twilight is struck speechless.]]

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*** [[Spoiler:''Especially'' [[spoiler;''Especially'' Fluttershy]] Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle of Everfree. [[spoiler:She rides into battle in the grandest badass form imaginable, using the largest oldest and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her personal steed, only for her to reveal herself as a [[PhysicalGod Physical Goddess]] complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice. Rarity pronounces her terrifying. Even Twilight is struck speechless.]]
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*** [[Spoiler:''Especially Fluttershy'']] Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle of Everfree. [[spoiler:She rides into battle in the grandest badass form imaginable, using the largest oldest and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her personal steed, only for her to reveal herself as a [[PhysicalGod Physical Goddess]] complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice. Rarity pronounces her terrifying. Even Twilight is struck speechless.]]

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*** [[Spoiler:''Especially Fluttershy'']] [[Spoiler:''Especially'' Fluttershy]] Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle of Everfree. [[spoiler:She rides into battle in the grandest badass form imaginable, using the largest oldest and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her personal steed, only for her to reveal herself as a [[PhysicalGod Physical Goddess]] complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice. Rarity pronounces her terrifying. Even Twilight is struck speechless.]]
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*** ''Especially'' Fluttershy [[spoiler: Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle of Everfree. She rides into battle in the grandest badass form imaginable, using the largest oldest and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her personal steed, only for her to reveal herself as a [[PhysicalGod Physical Goddess]] complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice. Rarity pronounces her terrifying. Even Twilight is struck speechless.]]

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*** ''Especially'' Fluttershy [[spoiler: [[Spoiler:''Especially Fluttershy'']] Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle of Everfree. She [[spoiler:She rides into battle in the grandest badass form imaginable, using the largest oldest and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her personal steed, only for her to reveal herself as a [[PhysicalGod Physical Goddess]] complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice. Rarity pronounces her terrifying. Even Twilight is struck speechless.]]
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** You probably wouldn't suspect [[spoiler: Sweet, timid, little [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]]]] of having the potential to become this . You would be wrong.
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*** ''Especially'' Fluttershy [[spoiler: Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle of Everfree. She rides into battle in the grandest badass form imaginable, using the largest oldest and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her personal steed, only for her to reveal herself as as a [[PhysicalGod Physical Goddess]] complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice. Rarity pronounces her terrifying. Even Twilight is struck speechless.]]

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*** ''Especially'' Fluttershy [[spoiler: Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle of Everfree. She rides into battle in the grandest badass form imaginable, using the largest oldest and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her personal steed, only for her to reveal herself as herself as a [[PhysicalGod Physical Goddess]] complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice. Rarity pronounces her terrifying. Even Twilight is struck speechless.]]
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*** [[spoiler: Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle, as a [[PhysicalGod Physical Goddess]] [[spoiler: complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice using the largest most ancient and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her steed]] ''especially'' Fluttershy

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*** ''Especially'' Fluttershy [[spoiler: Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle, battle of Everfree. She rides into battle in the grandest badass form imaginable, using the largest oldest and most powerful dragon in Equestria as a her personal steed, only for her to reveal herself as as a [[PhysicalGod Physical Goddess]] [[spoiler: complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice using the largest most ancient and most powerful dragon in Equestria as Voice. Rarity pronounces her steed]] ''especially'' Fluttershyterrifying. Even Twilight is struck speechless.]]
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*** [[spoiler: Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle, as a [[Physical God Physical goddess]] [[spoiler: complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice using the largest most ancient and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her steed]] ''especially'' Fluttershy

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*** [[spoiler: Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle, as a [[Physical God [[PhysicalGod Physical goddess]] Goddess]] [[spoiler: complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice using the largest most ancient and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her steed]] ''especially'' Fluttershy
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*** [[spoiler: Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle, as a [[Physical God Physical goddess]], [[spoiler: complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice using the largest most ancient and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her steed]] "ESPECIALLY" Fluttershy]]

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*** [[spoiler: Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle, as a [[Physical God Physical goddess]], goddess]] [[spoiler: complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice using the largest most ancient and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her steed]] "ESPECIALLY" Fluttershy]]''especially'' Fluttershy
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*** [[spoiler: Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle, as a [[Physical God Physical goddess]], complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice using the largest most ancient and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her steed]] [[italics: especially Fluttershy]]

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*** [[spoiler: Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle, as a [[Physical God Physical goddess]], [[spoiler: complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice using the largest most ancient and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her steed]] [[italics: especially "ESPECIALLY" Fluttershy]]
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*** [[spoiler: Judging from her [[BigDamnheroes Grand Entrance]] at the climactic battle, as a [[Physical God Physical goddess]], complete with gravity defying hair and a version of the Royal Canterlot Voice using the largest most ancient and most powerful dragon in Equestria as her steed]] [[italics: especially Fluttershy]]
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* LastStand: The Battle of the Everfree is an interesting play on this trope. By this point, Titan's lost all of his top lieutenants and his ability to create Puppets, and the Loyalists are assaulting his Citadel. However, he still controls the monsters of the forest, which all combined vastly outnumber the decimated Loyalists. On top of that, he's preparing to enact a spell that will strip the world of its free will, so Twilight and the others know that they have to finish the war with this last battle, or they lose everything. So really, in a way it's a Last Stand for ''both'' sides.
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* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Just before the final charge in the Battle of the Everfree, Twilight says this to her friends. Well, in the roundabout, slightly messed up way that fits her new personality, anyway.
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** In the second-to-last chapter, Fluttershy does this [[spoiler:with a dragon!]]
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* AirborneMook: The Pegasus Puppets

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* AirborneMook: The Pegasus PuppetsPuppets.
** The flying monsters that are part of Titan's army during the [[FinalBattle Battle of the Everfree]], primarily harpies, though there is at least one siren in the mix.


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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: ''Very'' strongly implied to have happened between [[spoiler: Applejack and Rarity]] when they thought Titan's storm would wipe them out during the Battle of the Everfree. However, it's hard to say for sure, since the storm made it impossible to actually hear anything, which is rendered in the narrative as them having to lipread, which doesn't really confirm anything for the reader.


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* BattleCry: Rainbow Dash coins one for the pegasi:
-->"Thunder and lightning!" "Wings and steel!"


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* BigDamnHeroes: Considering the premise of the story, it's to be expected that there are quite a few of these.


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* ChekhovsGun: Dash fought the Insanity so much that she's able to subconsciously fight off any other attempts to control her mind, such as the siren during the Battle of the Everfree.


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** Rarity becomes known as "The Dragonslayer" when she takes down the green dragon during the Battle of the Everfree.


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** Rainbow Dash takes charge of the pegasi troops during most battles, especially the Battle of the Everfree.
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* EyeScream: It must not have been a pleasant experience for [[spoiler: Twilight to have an ArtifactOfDoom shoved into her eye]]

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* EyeScream: It must not have been a pleasant experience for [[spoiler: Twilight to have an ArtifactOfDoom shoved into her eye]]eye]].
** [[spoiler: She returns the favor, albeit with a regular (and ''big'') piece of metal, when she's killing Esteem.]]
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* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: Happens to Celestia ''twice''. First, she's completely stripped of her power at the beginning of the story, and only gets it back near the climax. Shortly thereafter, most of her magic is drained again, leaving her only slightly more powerful than the average pony.]]

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* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: Happens to Celestia ''twice''. First, she's completely stripped of her power at the beginning of the story, and only gets it back near the climax. Shortly thereafter, most of her magic is drained again, leaving her only slightly more powerful than the average pony. This wears off in time for the FinalBattle.]]



** There's a literal example during the FinalBattle, as Titan appoints command of his army to Exakktus the Black, the oldest and most powerful of all dragons. [[spoiler: At least until Fluttershy talks him into switching sides.]]

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** There's a literal example during the FinalBattle, [[FinalBattle Battle of the Everfree]], as Titan appoints command of his army to Exakktus the Black, the oldest and most powerful of all dragons. [[spoiler: At least until Fluttershy talks him into switching sides.]]



* MookMaker: It seems Terra's primary job is to create Puppets, which Titan doesn't seem capable of. [[spoiler: Following her loss of power, Titan is forced to use the monsters of the Everfree as his army.]]



** The Battle of the Everfree is focused on storming Titan's Citadel in the heart of the forest.

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** The [[FinalBattle Battle of the Everfree Everfree]] is focused on storming Titan's Citadel in the heart of the forest.forest.
* SupportingLeader: Luna for most of the story, especially after Twilight is appointed leader of the Loyalists. [[spoiler: During the [[FinalBattle Battle of the Everfree]], she shares the role with Celestia.]]
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** There's a literal example during the FinalBattle, as Titan appoints command of his army to Exakktus the Black, the oldest and most powerful of all dragons. [[spoiler: At least until Fluttershy talks him into switching sides.]]


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* FinalBattle: The Battle of the Everfree.


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* RousingSpeech: Twilight gives one to the Loyalists right before the Battle of the Everfree.


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** The Battle of the Everfree is focused on storming Titan's Citadel in the heart of the forest.
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* TheOldGods: How Titan and Terra are referred to at a few points in the story.
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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 Game Of Shadows.



-->'''[[spoiler: Princess Luna, newly infused with Terra's magic]]:''' Taller.

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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...]]

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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: [[spoiler: Until, of course, he is found alive...]]
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* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: Happens to Celestia ''twice''. First, she's completely stripped of her power at the beginning of the story, and only gets it back near the climax. Shortly thereafter, most of her magic is drained again, leaving her only slightly more powerful than the average pony.]]



* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: Happens to Celestia ''twice''. First, she's completely stripped of her power at the beginning of the story, and only gets it back near the climax. Shortly thereafter, most of her magic is drained again, leaving her only slightly more powerful than the average pony.]]

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