History FanFic / TheConversionBureauColdWar

* BigBad: Xenolestia [[spoiler: aka Queen Chrysalis.]]

%%* WouldHitAGirl: Ronald Reagan. Quite understandable considering the situation he was in at the time.

* LesCollaborateurs: The PER.

* TheEighties

* KilledMidSentence: A San Francisco police officer in chapter 3: Escalation.

* LightIsNotGood: Xenolestia.
* TheMagicVersusTechnologyWar

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Xenolestia.

* LaResistance: Ponies in Equestria provide Intel to the Americans and help them sneak into the Cloudsdale weather factory in the hopes to bring down Xenolestia.

** In ''Chapter 2: Viewpoint'', when Xenolestia failed to potion one of the world leaders at the UN meeting, she quickly teleports out of there before nearby guards can open fire on her.

* UnwittingPawn: Implied to be every pony in [[spoiler:the Royal Guard.]]
* WarFic

* WouldHitAGirl: Ronald Reagan. Quite understandable considering the situation he was in at the time.

* BullyingADragon: Xenolestia's way of letting the world know of her plan? [[WhatAnIdiot Threatening]] [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates the]] [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn most]] [[Analysis/RedChina powerful]] [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} nat]][[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} ions]] during the Cold War.

* JustPlaneWrong: The end of Chapter 5 - Soviet Assault mentions the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-40 Yakovlev Yak-40]] being used by the Soviet Air Force in the middle of an active warzone. This might be a confusion with either Yak-38 or Yak-(1)41 - and while the the -38 (which was already mentioned in the Prologue) was not a very good aircraft, it was a VTOL plane used from the Soviet Union's aviation cruisers, making its appearance in the south pacific plausible. The other would have been at most in prototype stage at that time (first flight in real life 1987).

--> Ronald Reagan: "Then why don't you let people decide for themselves? Why do you have to do this against their will?"

--> The ponies attempted to fight back, only inflicting minor amounts of damage on some infantry units, as these units were damaged, others would cover them. They were surrounded; one platoon against a division, but to them it didn't matter- Celestia had ordered them to hold, and they would do so with their lives, even if there was no hope for them.

--> Xenolestia: "I want to fix your greed, and your corruption, and fix the mistakes your people have made damaging your lands, for there is still hope! You can take a potion, be free of your greed corruption and blood lust, as well as your physically inferior forms and come to live in Equestria!"

* RefugeInAudacity: Some of the characters still can't believe that America and the Soviet Union pulled an EnemyMine just to fight some Ponies.
--> Mager put his hand over his forehead. Ponies.... It felt stupid to part of him, having to team up with the Americans just to fight some dumb ponies. But the other part of him knew looks could be deceiving, and both the Americans and Russians knew that the quicker they wiped that cyka off the face of the Earth, the less problems they would have.

--> From the [[RedsWithRockets East]], Equestria faced the threat of [[ZergRush hundreds]] of Russian paratrooper aircraft and amphibious assault vehicles, all of which were launched the second they received word [[spoiler: the barrier had fallen]]. [[CoolPlane YAK-38's, KA-25's and Mi-8's]] were all launched from their ships as they began their massive assault. In the skies above, a fleet of Il-76TD aircraft, belonging to the VDV, were ready to drop [[ItsRainingMen thousands of paratroopers]] deep into Equestria immediately.

--> Their odds from the [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks West]] were just as grim, if not more so. Six American amphibious assault ships, two American Nimitz-Class Carriers, one [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships British Invincible class]], two battleships, twelve destroyers and an American Air Base in Hawaii only three hundred miles away, with the 101st United States Airborne Ready to deploy. American [=LCACs=] were being launched to deploy [[TankGoodness M1 Abrams tanks]] onto the shore of Equestria the second they made landfall, Harriers were already bombing positions that were now incredibly exposed after the strike.

--> [[{{Understatement}} All in all, Equestria was about to have a really bad day]].

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 6: Common Enemy reveals that [[spoiler: the ''real'' Celestia was kidnapped and imprisoned underground by Queen Chrysalis and the Changelings. There is a reason shes been referred to only as Xenolestia throughout this article.]]

--> [[spoiler: Celestia: [[WhamLine Changeling queen - she tricked everypony.]] I can't believe nopony caught what she did. It's crazy she [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E25ACanterlotWeddingPart1 got away with it]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 with Cadence]] - but with me immediately after the first time? My guards were supposed to be the best of the best. [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs But Chrysalis now controls this palace]], [[DayOfTheJackboot and this country.]] It's been that way for a month and a half now - I don't know what she's doing. [[YouHaveToBelieveMe You've got to believe me]]."]]

* AllohistoricalAllusion: After [[spoiler: the barrier is destroyed,]] the Soviets and the Americans invade a country ruled by a mad dictator from the east and the west respectively. [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Wonder when that has been done before?]]

--> Their odds from the [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks West]] were just as grim, if not more so. Six American amphibious assault ships, two American Nimitz-Class Carriers, one [[BritsWithBattleships British Invincible class]], two battleships, twelve destroyers and an American Air Base in Hawaii only three hundred miles away, with the 101st United States Airborne Ready to deploy. American [=LCACs=] were being launched to deploy [[TankGoodness M1 Abrams tanks]] onto the shore of Equestria the second they made landfall, Harriers were already bombing positions that were now incredibly exposed after the strike.

--> Their odds from the [[YanksWithTanks West]] were just as grim, if not more so. Six American amphibious assault ships, two American Nimitz-Class Carriers, one [[BritsWithBattleships British Invincible class]], two battleships, twelve destroyers and an American Air Base in Hawaii only three hundred miles away, with the 101st United States Airborne Ready to deploy. American [=LCACs=] were being launched to deploy [[TankGoodness M1 Abrams tanks]] onto the shore of Equestria the second they made landfall, Harriers were already bombing positions that were now incredibly exposed after the strike.

On [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar September 7th, 1986]]. Equestria arrives on Earth and [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters declares humanity 'evil' and 'unfit']] behind the scenes. About a week and a half later [[FirstContact talks between the races begin]]. The ruler, Princess Celestia declares that the entire human race shall be ponified or face the consequences. Quickly, the [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] and the [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates United States]] [[EnemyMine must join forces]] to save humanity. The rest of Humanity decides to pull together to fight the equine "threat", however a group of [[LesCollaborateurs traitors]] known as the PER (Ponification for Earth's Revival) conduct terrorist operation and stage protest across the US and West Germany. With the threat of assimilation at hand, two superpowers who have been stockpiling weapons for years, now must fight as one to combat the Pony threat and wipe it clean off of Earth. However sometimes, things are not as they seem....

* BullyingADragon: Xenolestia's way of letting the world know of her plan? [[WhatAnIdiot Threatening]] [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates the]] [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn most]] [[Analysis/RedChina powerful]] [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} nat]][[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} ions]] during the Cold War.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Averted. Aside from Mr. Reagan and Mr. Gorbachev, MargaretThatcher, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Xiannian Li Xiannian]], and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitterrand François Mitterrand]] meet Xenolestia at the UN conference.

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Xenolestia.

* LaResistance: Ponies in Equestria provide Intel to the Americans and help them sneak into the Cloudsdale weather factory in the hopes to bring down Xenolestia.

* LesCollaborateurs: The PER.

* TheMagicVersusTechnologyWar
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Once Xenolestia reveals her intentions for humanity, she is given one by every present member at the meeting.

* {{Badass}}: Ronald Reagan for having the balls to punch a xenocidal leader right in the face.

* BerlinWall: Briefly visited in chapter 3: Escalation, where a patrol squad in West Germany gets ambushed by PER terrorist.

* BritsWithBattleships: The British assist in the American theater of the invasion by sending an Invincible class aircraft carrier and a SAS team to help out.

* UsefulNotes/ColdWar

* MnogoNukesIntercontinentalMissiles: The USSR launches the only nuke used in the Cold War - on [[spoiler:the barrier, that is.]]

* RedsWithRockets: The Soviets invade Equestria from the east.

* UsefulNotes/SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan: Lieutenant Ivan Averin of the VDV is mentioned to have seen action in Afghanistan two years before the Equestrian invasion.

* YanksWithTanks: The Americans lead the charge into Equestria from the west.

* SovietInvasionOfAfghanistan: Lieutenant Ivan Averin of the VDV is mentioned to have seen action in Afghanistan two years before the Equestrian invasion.

* [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy: It is implied that the Royal Guard has been brainwashed by Xenolestia.]]

* [[spoiler: [[UsefulNotes/NuclearWeapons The Deadliest Mushroom]]: When the Russians nuke the Barrier, the story mentions that ponies not killed outright fall to radiation poisoning many years after.]]

* [[spoiler: HiddenVillain: Only Major Frolov and the ''real'' Princess Celestia are aware that Queen Chrysalis is the one responsible for the Humans declaring war on Equestria.]]

* [[spoiler: MnogoNukesIntercontinentalMissiles: The USSR launches the only nuke used in the Cold War - on the barrier that is.]]

* MugglesDoItBetter: [[spoiler: Naval artillery and a nuke beats the barrier.]] Bullets beat magic. Fighter Jets beat Pegasi.

* [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed No World Leaders Were Harmed]]: Averted. Aside from Mr. Reagan and Mr. Gorbachev, MargaretThatcher, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Xiannian Li Xiannian]], and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mitterrand François Mitterrand]] meet Xenolestia at the UN conference.
* NuclearOption: [[spoiler: A Soviet nuclear ICBM is used to destroy the barrier]].

* [[spoiler: SaveThePrincess: Major Frolov captured by the Changelings as a [=POW=] finds the ''real'' Princess Celestia in the Canterlot caverns, who has been replaced by Queen Chrysalis, and decides to escort her out.]]

* [[ScrewYouElves Screw You Ponies]]: The world acts appropriately to Xenolestia's plan for humanity.

* [[spoiler: SlaveMooks: Implied to be the case for the Royal Guards.]]

* [[spoiler: UnwittingPawn: Implied to be everypony in the Royal Guard.]]

* [[WhamEpisode Wham Chapter]]: Chapter 6: Common Enemy reveals that [[spoiler: the ''real'' Celestia was kidnapped and imprisoned underground by Queen Chrysalis and the Changelings. There is a reason shes been referred to only as Xenolestia throughout this article.]]

* [[spoiler: TheDeadliestMushroom: When the Russians nuke the Barrier, the story mentions that ponies not killed outright fall to radiation poisoning many years after.]]

* JustPlaneWrong: The end of Chapter 5 - Soviet Assault mentions the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-40 Yakovlev Yak-40]] being used by the Soviet Air Force in the middle of an active warzone. This might be a confusion with either Yak-38 or Yak-(1)41 - except that one was not a very good aircraft and the other would have been at most in prototype stage (first flight in real life 1987).

* JustPlaneWrong: The end of Chapter 5 - Soviet Assault mentions the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-40 Yakovlev Yak-40]] being used by the Soviet Air Force in the middle of an active warzone.

* DeadFic

'''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/75631/the-conversion-bureau-cold-war The Conversion Bureau: Cold War]]''' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic written by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/An+A10+Warthog An A10 Warthog]] on Website/FimfictionDotNet. It's one of several responses to the controversial fanfic ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureau''.

* SuperweaponSurprise: WMD's, specifically nukes and VX Nerve Gas, both of which completely devastate the equestrian military. Surprise!

* SuperweaponSuprise: WMD's, specifically nukes and VX Nerve Gas, both of which completely devastate the equestrian military. Surprise!

* AllohistoricalAllusion: After [[spoiler: the barrier is destroyed,]] the Soviets and the Americans invade a country ruled by a mad dictator from the east and the west respectively. [[WorldWarII Wonder when that has been done before?]]

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Xenolestia is at a loss for words when RonaldReagan asks her a simple question at the UN meeting.

* AssInAmbassador: Xenolestia, when she speaks to RonaldReagan, MikhailGorbachev, and other world leaders at a UN meeting.

* ColdWar

* CurbStompBattle: Human weaponry ''destroys'' the Royal Guard in battle.

* [[spoiler: TheDeadliestMushroom: When the Russians nuke the Barrier, the ponies not killed outright fall to radiation poisoning.]]
* DeathFromAbove: Airstrikes from fighter jets.

* EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion: Except for the UN meeting, the Ponies never once set hoof on human soil.

* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: Everything from the failed FirstContact and the invasion of Equestria has happened in the span of one week.
* FirstContact: Xenolestia meets with some of the most influential people of the Cold War... to announce her plan to wipe out humanity.
* FromBadToWorse: For Equestria. First the humans manege to break the barrier, then the two most powerful countries on Earth invade them. This should be good.

* HarmlessVillain: The Royal Guard get crushed by human weaponry and the only real problems humanity faces are the pony sympathizing PER. Plus, the only casualties on our side were due to arrogance because the victories were so easy.

* HoldTheLine: Most of the Royal Guards refuse to give into the Soviet forces attacking Dodge Junction.

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Xenolestia's opinion.

* HumanityIsSuperior: The Royal Guard are crushed by human weapons.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In chapter 6 it is mentioned that one of the reasons for critics objecting to the attack on Equestria is that "these aliens looked like something out of a little girl's cartoon."

* MugglesDoItBetter: [[spoiler: Naval artillery and a nuke]] beats the barrier. Bullets beat magic. Fighter Jets beat Pegasi.

* MutagenicGoo: The potion.

* SemperFi: In the American theater, Marines are deployed for most combat operations.

--> From the [[RedsWithRockets East]], Equestria faced the threat of [[ZergRush hundreds]] of Russian paratrooper aircraft and amphibious assault vehicles, all of which were launched the second they received word the barrier had fallen. [[CoolPlane YAK-38's, KA-25's and Mi-8's]] were all launched from their ships as they began their massive assault. In the skies above, a fleet of Il-76TD aircraft, belonging to the VDV, were ready to drop [[ItsRainingMen thousands of paratroopers]] deep into Equestria immediately.

'''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/75631/the-conversion-bureau-cold-war The Conversion Bureau: Cold War]]''' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic written by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/King_of_Crimea King_of_Crimea]] (yes, that is his actual username) on Website/FimfictionDotNet. It's one of several responses to the controversial fanfic ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureau''.

On [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar September 7th, 1986]]. Equestria arrives on Earth and [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters declares humanity 'evil' and 'unfit']] behind the scenes. About a week and a half later [[FirstContact talks between the races begin]]. The ruler, Princess Celestia declares that the entire human race shall be ponified or face the consequences. Quickly, the [[SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]] and the [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates United States]] are [[EnemyMine forced to join forces]] to save humanity. The rest of Humanity decides to pull together to fight the equine "threat", however a group of [[TheQuisling traitors]] known as the PER (Ponification for Earth's Revival) conduct terrorist operation and stage protest across the US and West Germany. With the threat of assimilation at hand, two superpowers who have been stockpiling weapons for years, now must fight as one to combat the Pony threat and wipe it clean off of Earth. However sometimes, things are not as they seem....

* TheQuisling: The PER.

* RockBeatsLaser: Averted for the most part, however some Royal Guards and their weapons actually manege to do some damage:

'''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/75631/the-conversion-bureau-cold-war The Conversion Bureau: Cold War]]''' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic written by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/An+A10+Warthog An A10 Warthog]] on Website/FimfictionDotNet. It's one of several responses to the controversial fanfic ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureau''.

* HotLine: [[spoiler: Prime Minister Gorbachev calls Reagan to inform him of the Soviet nuclear ICBM about to be launched at the barrier.]]