History Fanfic / ABriefHistoryofEquestria

* UndignifiedDeath: Puddinghead died while taking a foolish dare to drink a gallon of cider while swallowing a goldfish atop a flagpole. She ended up falling off and breaking her neck.

* UndignifiedDeath: Puddinghead dies while taking a foolish dare to drink a gallon of cider while swallowing a goldfish atop a flagpole.

** CaligulasHorse: Moreover, she constantly appoints her pet parrot speaker of the house, even after it dies.

* NoExceptYes: The ancient Manehattan ponies were an "easy and tempting target," except "an attack [on Manehattan] would become very unpleasant very quickly" thanks to the terrain, unicorn magic, pegasus weather control, and earth pony strength.

* VestigialEmpire: Both the Mongrellian Horde and the Griffin Empire by the time of Hearth's Warming.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: There were times when Hurricane's exploits made Pansy's life rather awkward. [[spoiler:Such as Hurricane knocking up so many of his Seconds-in-Command that the Cheifs-of-Staff hand her the job so that they can get a Second that he won't bone.]]

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: There were times when Hurricane's exploits made Pansy's life rather awkward. [[spoiler:Such as landing the rank of Second in Command on no other qualification than Hurricane not wanting to screw her due to being her father.]]

* TheCaligula: CHANCELLOR PUDDINGHEAD. She managed to get elected via youth vote, and died shortly after Hearth's Warming via a stupid dare. To complete the reference to Caligula, many of her family members were named after the man's family members.

* [[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave Commander What Massive Hotness You Have]]: Commander was pushing fifty and still getting all the mares of the Celestine Junta, and married Clover, [[MayDecemberRomance who was half his age]] when he was almost ''sixty''. Nothing is said either way, but considering the above, he ''must'' have aged gracefully.

It shows the "real" versions of Equestria's founders as shown in "Hearth's Warming Eve".

Tropes in this fic include:

* CompositeCharacter: Hurricane is a hodge-podge of [[GaiusJuliusCaesar Julius Caesar]], with touches of BenjaminFranklin and GenghisKhan for flavor.

* [[CaligulasHorse Puddinghead's Parrot]]

* Badass: [[spoiler: Private Pansy, of all ponies.]]

* TheCharmer: Hurricane. [[ReallyGetsAround He HAS CRABS.]]

* {{Expy}}: Puddinghead is one for EmperorCaligula, a GenghisKhan expy founded the Mongrellian Horde, the Commander before Hurricane was a stand-in for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulla Sulla]].

* MayDecemberRomance: Commander Hurricane and Clover the Clever eventually have kids. He's pushing sixty. She's twenty-six.

* {{Badass}}ES HAVE CRABS
* BelligerentSexualTension: Hurricane and Clover HAVE CRABS. In spades.

* {{Expy}}: Puddinghead is one for EmperorCaligula, a GenghisKhan expy founded the Mongrellian Horde, the Commander before Hurricane was a stand-in for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulla Sulla]], and WordOfGod is that Star-Swirl the Bearded will HAVE CRABS!

* MayDecemberRomance: Commander Hurricane and Clover the Clever eventually HAVE CRABS. He's pushing sixty. She's twenty-six.

* ReallyGetsAround: Commander Hurricane HAZ CRABS.

* TroubledButCute: Hurricane, in his youth, HAZ CRABS.
* VestigialEmpire: Both the Mongrellian Horde and the Griffin Empire by the time of Hearth's Warming HAVE CRABS!

* {{Badass}}: [[spoiler:''Private. Pansy.'']]
* BelligerentSexualTension: Hurricane and Clover. In spades.

* TheCharmer: Hurricane. [[ReallyGetsAround He has experience.]]

* {{Expy}}: Puddinghead is one for EmperorCaligula, a GenghisKhan expy founded the Mongrellian Horde, the Commander before Hurricane was a stand-in for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulla Sulla]], and WordOfGod is that Star-Swirl the Bearded will be largely [[KingArthur Merlin]] and [[LordOfTheRings Gandalf]].

* MayDecemberRomance: Commander Hurricane and Clover the Clever eventually marry. He's pushing sixty. She's twenty-six.

* ReallyGetsAround: Commander Hurricane.

* TroubledButCute: Hurricane, in his youth.
* VestigialEmpire: Both the Mongrellian Horde and the Griffin Empire by the time of Hearth's Warming.

* {{Flanderization}}: Happens InVerse to most of the historical founders, but ''especially'' [[spoiler:Pansy, Princess Platinum's real personality isn't even remembered by pony culture]]. Puddinghead however was ''toned down'' in pony culture, being even ''more'' insane than what we saw in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E11HearthsWarmingEve Hearth's Warming Eve]]. Is there a Trope for Reverse Flanderization?

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: One is done in-verse to Platinum's Court]]

* CompositeCharacter: Hurricane is a hodge-podge of JuliusCeaser, with touches of BenjaminFranklin and GhengisKhan for flavor.

* {{Expy}}: Puddinghead is one for EmperorCaligula, a GhengisKhan expy founded the Mongrellian Horde, and WordOfGod is that Star-Swirl the Bearded will be largely [[KingArthur Merlin]] and [[LordOfTheRings Gandalf]].

* {{Flanderization}}: Happens InVerse to most of the historical founders, but ''especially'' [[spoiler:Pansy]]. Puddinghead however was ''toned down'' in pony culture, being even ''more'' insane than what we saw in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E11HearthsWarmingEve Hearth's Warming Eve]]. Is there a Trope for Reverse Flanderization?

* TroubledButCute: Hurricane, in his youth.

* Flanderization: Happens InVerse to most of the founders, but ''especially'' [[spoiler:Pansy]]. Puddinghead however was ''toned down'' in pony culture, being even ''more'' insane than what we saw in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E11HearthsWarmingEve Hearth's Warming Eve]].

[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/23817/A-Brief-History-of-Equestria A Brief History of Equestria]] is a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfic by K9TheFirst.

* MayDecemberRomance: Commander Hurricane and Clover the Clever eventually marry.

* TheCaligula: CHANCELLOR PUDDINGHEAD. She managed to get elected via youth vote, and died shortly after Hearth's Warming via a stupid dare. To complete the reference to Caligula, many of her family members were named after the man's family members.

"A Brief History of Equestria" is a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfic by K9TheFirst.

* TheCaligua: CHANCELLOR PUDDINGHEAD.