History Fanfic / LifeinManehattan

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** JohnnyAppleseed apparently founded the Apple Clan.

* [[UnclePennybags Aunt Pennybags]]: Orange Sherbet

* [[HonoraryUncle Honorary Aunt]]: Orange Sherbet is insistant upon everypony referring to her as "Auntie." [[spoiler:It's implied that this may result from her failed attempt to bond with Applejack.]] In ''Apples to Oranges'', we learn that her husband Mosely Orange is very much the same way, insisting that Twilight refer to him as "Uncle".

* [[WellDoneSonGuy "Well Done, Daughter" Girl]]: Trixie's relationship with her mother.

* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/134057/mother-shows-best Mother Shows Best]]'': Trixie's mother has come to Manehattan, and she's here to drag her prodigal daughter back to Canterlot and take up her house's title, whether she wants to or not! In-progress.

** ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/160302/rehurricane-blossomforth Re:Hurricane Blossomforth]]'': A rewritten version of the story. All of the pegasi are tasked of getting water from Manehattan's Horsepower Park in what is called "Operation Rainrise". As Blossomforth and Daring Do help out with the mission, a promising young Wonderbolt Academy recruit-in-training named Lightning Dust may immobilize the mission and cause problems for the Mane 6. Complete.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Moonlight is able to counter every spell Trixie throws at her.

* CallForward: When the Oranges are talking to Medley during the club scene in ''The DJ-[=PON3=] Party'', Medley mentions that the Wonderbolts are going to be coming to Manehattan soon. This occurs in ''Hurricane Blossomforth''.

* CanonDiscontinuity: The original version of ''Hurricane Blossomforth''.

** The rewritten version of ''Hurricane Blossomforth'' combines ''Hurricane Fluttershy'' with ''Wonderbolts Academy''.

* DarkSecret: Blossomforth treats her poor flying skills like this, initially. Retconed in ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/160302/rehurricane-blossomforth Re:Hurricane Blossomforth]]''.

** Twilight's Manehattan friends end up meeting Shining Armor well before her canon ones would.
* FountainOfYouth: The plot of ''Fillie's Play'' is driven by a botched spell of Twilight's turning her and the rest of the Manehattan 6 into fillies.

* LonelyFuneral: [[spoiler: Trixie was the only pony to attend her master's funeral.]]

** The others reaction as well in Brag You Down after they reveal themselves to Trixie.

* PrecociousCrush: With a lack of Rarity, Octavia seems set up as Spike's object of affection.
** Though WordOfGod states that Spike is attracted to classy, artistic mares in general.

** The original plot of ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/101732/hurricane-blossomforth Hurricane Blossomforth]]''.
** At some point after Brag You Down was published, Jackie, who has been trying to keep the tone of the stories relatively close to canon, expressed concerns to that story's author about [[spoiler:a character who wasn't a major villain directly committing a murder; this resulted in the death of Trixie's mentor being retconned to a coma. [[NeverSayDie Editing out death entirely]] was not the intention, nor is this meant to be a ConvenientComa; aside from Trixie refusing to write him off, he's treated as if he were dead. It was simply decided that a coma allowed more exploration of the effects of the event and mitigated the thematic concerns without robbing Trixie's backstory of meaning.]]

** In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/160302/rehurricane-blossomforth Re:Hurricane Blossomforth]]'', a pony shouts, "My leg" after getting injured. An obvious nod to [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarePants Spongebob Squarepants]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Tangerine's reaction when she realizes what a bully she's become.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Babs' reaction when she realizes that her assertiveness training turned Tangerine into a bully.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Averted completely. As shown in ''Mother Knows Best'', the Manehattan Six have received enormous recognition for the downfall of Nightmare Moon, unlike in canon. In fact the plot of ''Mother Knows Best'' is the result of Trixie's noble mother forcing her to return to Canterlot because she is so well regarded, her mother sees her as an asset to give her family more influence.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Averted completely. As shown in ''Mother Knows Best'', the Manehattan Six have received enormous recognition for the downfall of Nightmare Moon, unlike in canon.

* BeamMeUpScotty: When Octavia uses her cello to lull the chimera to sleep, she gives the oft-misquoted expression to Twilight: "Music soothes the savage beast." As Little Jackie Papercut points out, the actual expression is "savage BREAST."
** That scene [[RetCon no longer exists]], but the author would still like to remind everyone that music hath in it charms to soothe the savage breast.

* IAmNotSpock: Pretty much sums up Honey/Daring's attitude towards her fictional self.
** This is turning into a meta problem, as all but a couple of authors seem to be overlooking that "Daring" is her nickname, and treat her real name as an alias.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally Babs was going to be portrayed as the Orange's kid, but when the show's staff confirmed she was not, Tangerine was made.

* DiscontinuityNod: Twilight's mother Velvet is the editor for the Daring Do book series, in a reference to the short-lived but wide-spread belief among fans that she's the actual author of the books in canon (which was {{Jossed}} by "Daring Don't").

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If Capital Gain had just waited until [[spoiler:the month ran out]] instead of interrupting the Apple Family Reunion, Orange Sherbert wouldn't have found out how [[spoiler:they were about to lose the farm]], and couldn't intervene.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Orange Sherbert fears that her family despises her and sees her as 'an Orange now, not an Apple'. She also thinks that Applejack suffered a BrokenPedestal moment when she saw what her Auntie was like. AJ, for her part, feels like [[spoiler:her Auntie must be ashamed of how she ran away from her rather than explaining how she felt, and that she can't live up to her business acumen]].

*** Orange Sherbert also gets this indirectly from her own daughter.

* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119122/what-you-are-in-the-dark What You Are In The Dark]]'': Manehattan is an old city. There aren't many surprises or mysteries left in it, except for what mysteries the ponies that live there make. But sometimes, mysteries have a way of making themselves. When one of their own stumbles across such a mystery, the Elements of Harmony need to decide what to do about it... In-Progress.

* CryptidEpisode: ''What You Are In The Dark'' is shaping up to be one, as the only evidence the Manehattan Six have found on Blossomforth's mystery creature points toward beings that are supposedly either extinct or nonexistent.

** At some point after Brag You Down was published, Jackie, who has been trying to keep the tone of the stories relatively close to canon, expressed concerns to that story's author about a character who wasn't a major villain directly committing a murder; this resulted in the death of Trixie's mentor being retconned to a coma. [[NeverSayDie Editing out death entirely]] was not the intention, nor is this meant to be a ConvenientComa; aside from Trixie refusing to write him off, he's treated as if he were dead. It was simply decided that a coma allowed more exploration of the effects of the event and mitigated the thematic concerns without robbing Trixie's backstory of meaning.

** At some point after Brag You Down was published, Jackie, who has been trying to keep the tone of the stories relatively close to canon, expressed concerns to that story's author about a character who wasn't a major villain directly committing a murder; this resulted in the death of Trixie's mentor being retconned to a coma. [[NeverSayDie Editing out death entirely]] was not the intention, nor is this meant to be a ConvenientComa. It was simply decided that a coma allowed more exploration of the effects of the event and mitigated the thematic concerns without robbing Trixie's backstory of meaning.

* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119122/what-you-are-in-the-dark What You Are In The Dark]]'': Manehattan is an old city. There aren't many surprises or mysteries left in it, except for what mysteries the ponies that live there make. But sometimes, mysteries have a way of making themselves. When one of their own stumbles across such a mystery, the Elements of Harmony need to decide what to do about it... In-Progress.

* DarkSecret: Blossomforth treats her poor flying skills like this, initially.

** ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/160302/rehurricane-blossomforth Re:Hurricane Blossomforth]]'': A rewritten version of the story. All of the pegasi are tasked of getting water from Manehattan's Horsepower Park in what is called "Operation Rainrise". As Blossomforth and Daring Do help out with the mission, a promising young Wonderbolt Academy recruit-in-training named Lightning Dust may immobilize the mission and cause problems for the Mane 6. In-Progress.

*** Upon finally getting her hat back she calls it her [[TheHobbit precious]] and is channeling [[TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]]
** When Trixie and Twilight reconscile, Trixie apologizes for [[FanFic/FriendshipIsEmpathy calling her Twilight Snarkle]].

* AnswerCut: In chapter two of ''What You Are In The Dark'', when Twilight and Honey are having trouble finding information on the mystery creature Blossomforth saw, Twilight wonders if Blossomforth's having any better luck. Cut to Blossomforth yelling about how her group's not having any better luck.

** Upon Trixie finding out the other members of the Manehattan Six were the Mare-Do-Well... she slips out of the third person.

** When Trixie and Twilight reconscile, Trixie apologizes for [[FanFic/FriendshipIsEmpathy calling her Twilight
Snarkle]].

** When Trixie and Twilight reconscile, Trixie apologizes for [[FanFic/FriendshipIsEmpathy calling her Twilight Snarkle]].

* CompressedAdaptation: Several stories combine the defining aspects of multiple canon episodes, or have their own plotlines parallel with canon ones. ''Brag You Down'' is essentially ''The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well'' meets ''Boast Busters'', while ''Apples To Oranges'' coupled an original plot with that of ''Apple Family Reunion''. ''Blossomforth With All Your Might'' mas a minor subplot about Rainbow Dash learning to love reading.