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* BlindedByTheLight: Subverted. Trixie tries this trick in her first encounter with the agents, but it is foiled by Gear Shift and Cover Story's sunglasses.
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* BlindedByTheLight: Subverted. BlindedByTheLight:
** Trixie tries this trick in her first encounter with the agents, but it is foiled by Gear Shift and Cover Story'ssunglasses.sunglasses.
** Cover Story pulls this on the Mane Six and Spike in an effort to escape, but they quickly regain their bearings.
** Trixie tries this trick in her first encounter with the agents, but it is foiled by Gear Shift and Cover Story's
** Cover Story pulls this on the Mane Six and Spike in an effort to escape, but they quickly regain their bearings.
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* ThereWasADoor: When the Mane Six hear Trixie screaming from the Castle of Friendship's bathroom, Rainbow Dash knocks the door down. Twilight gets annoyed and points out she had the key.
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* JustAMachine: [[spoiler:Gear Shift, Cover Story, and Spoiled Rich all have this mentality about the android ponies. Cover Story and Gear Shift get a rude awakening when Cover Story ends up being revealed to be one. Spoiled is clearly unnerved when Diamond is acting outside her programming, ''especially'' when Diamond saved her life despite, according to Spoiled, being programmed to be an AlphaBitch.]]
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* ItOnlyWorksOnce: The first time Trixie faces Gear Shift and Cover Story, she covers the floor with ice to make them slip. In their second encounter, when she tries it again, they're wearing winter horseshoes that allow them to walk on ice.
* JustAMachine: [[spoiler:Gear Shift, Cover Story, and Spoiled Rich all have this mentality aboutthe theo android ponies. Cover Story and Gear Shift get a rude awakening when Cover Story ends up being revealed to be one. Spoiled is clearly unnerved when Diamond is acting outside her programming, ''especially'' when Diamond saved her life despite, according to Spoiled, being programmed to be an AlphaBitch.]]
* JustAMachine: [[spoiler:Gear Shift, Cover Story, and Spoiled Rich all have this mentality about
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* SmokeOut: Trixie escapes from Gear Shift and Cover Story the first time by firing lightning at a nearby waterfall to create steam.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Lightning Dust after she is freed from the brainwashing.
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* HeelFaceTurn: HeelFaceTurn:
** Trixie briefly runs into the Flim-Flam Brothers, who had gone legit out of gratitude for Granny Smith saving them from falling out with each other (seen in the comics).
** Lightning Dust after she is freed from the brainwashing.
** Trixie briefly runs into the Flim-Flam Brothers, who had gone legit out of gratitude for Granny Smith saving them from falling out with each other (seen in the comics).
** Lightning Dust after she is freed from the brainwashing.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: If a character is described as not breathing hard after some strenuous activity, [[spoiler:that means they are a robot.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** If a character is described as not breathing hard after some strenuous activity, [[spoiler:that means they are a robot.]]
** In several scenes, Cover Story drinks salt water without being affected by it (in the show, salt and cider are both substitutes for alcohol), with Gear Shift asking how he does it. [[spoiler:He doesn't get drunk because he's a robot.]]
** If a character is described as not breathing hard after some strenuous activity, [[spoiler:that means they are a robot.]]
** In several scenes, Cover Story drinks salt water without being affected by it (in the show, salt and cider are both substitutes for alcohol), with Gear Shift asking how he does it. [[spoiler:He doesn't get drunk because he's a robot.]]
** Gear Shift constantly accelerating means he's gonna get tired a lot faster.
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* TitleDrop: Marionettes [[spoiler:is what the robot ponies are called.]]
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* TitleDrop: Marionettes [[spoiler:is [[spoiler:are what the robot ponies are called.]]
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* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Lightning Dust's eye gets destroyed in the impact with the train tunnel, revealing her optic underneath it.]]
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* FantasyMetals: Twilight mentions Mithril, stating it's an extremely strong and light weight metal, but also quite rare to the point she'd only seen a few elite Royal Guards with armor made of it. [[spoiler:Trixie and Lightning Dust turn out to be made of an alloy of it, which is why Lightning Dust survived slamming head first into a train tunnel without much structural damage. Twilight suggests this is because the light weight and strength make it a good choice for imitating a pony without compromising durability. She also notes that the metal's rarity means their builders must be very well funded to afford that much of it.]]
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* SuperToughness: [[spoiler:The Marionettes due to being made of Mithril. Lightning Dust slams into a train tunnel head first and is only knocked off line for a short period while suffering some damage to her disguise.]]
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* BlindedByTheLight: Subverted. Trixie tries this trick in her first encounter with the agents, but it is foiled by Gear Shift and Cover Story's sunglasses.
* DoNotCallMePaul: Gear Shift and Cover Story briefly run into their old colleague Sweetie Drops. She insists her name is Bon Bon now.
* MeaningfulName: Gear Shift is able to adjust his strength and speed, similar to changing gears in a car. Rainbow Dash is impressed by how quickly he can accelerate.
* TarotTroubles: The third character in Trixie's nightmare is briefly seen somewhere with a Tarot deck. She draws The Devil, The Tower, and Death.
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* YouAreNumberSix: [[spoiler:The Marionettes are referred to with numbers by Cover Story and Gear Shift: Trixie is [=G4T01=], Diamond Tiara is [=G4T03=], Lightning Dust [=G4T08=], and Cover Story's own programming refers to him as [=G4EA072=].]]
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* YouAreNumberSix: [[spoiler:The Marionettes are referred to with numbers by Cover Story and Gear Shift: Trixie is [=G4T01=], Diamond Tiara is [=G4T03=], Lightning Dust is [=G4T08=], and Cover Story's own programming refers to him as [=G4EA072=].]]
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* TheHeavy: Cover Story and Gear Shift are this for the first half, due to being the primary members of their organization fighting Trixie.
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* TheHeavy: Cover Story and Gear Shift are this for the first half, due to being the primary members of their organization fighting Trixie.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: Gear Shift and Cover Story are {{The Heav|y}}ies, but are merely agents in a larger organization rather than the ones in charge.
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* RealityEnsues: An organization like the one Gear Shift and Cover Story belong to would have a hard time recruiting new members. [[spoiler:To have enough members to be operational, it had to compensate by using some of its robots.]]
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* RealityEnsues: RealityEnsues:
** An organization like the one Gear Shift and Cover Story belong to would have a hard time recruiting new members. [[spoiler:To have enough members to be operational, it had to compensate by using some of its robots.]]]]
* TheHeavy: Cover Story and Gear Shift are this for the first half, due to being the primary members of their organization fighting Trixie.
** An organization like the one Gear Shift and Cover Story belong to would have a hard time recruiting new members. [[spoiler:To have enough members to be operational, it had to compensate by using some of its robots.
* TheHeavy: Cover Story and Gear Shift are this for the first half, due to being the primary members of their organization fighting Trixie.
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* VillainousFriendship: Cover Story and Gear Shift are the villains, but seem to genuinely care about one another as friends. When the two get separated fighting the Mane Six, Gear Shift promises Cover Story he'll come back to pick him up and makes a number of attempts at it during his fight with Rainbow Dash, and Cover Story tries to escape to help Gear Shift when he finds out Lightning Dust has joined her [[spoiler:only being stopped upon realizing [[TomatoInTheMirror he's a Marionette as well.]]]]
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* BeamOWar: Twilight Sparkle's beam effortlessly overpowers Cover Story's to knock him through a door.
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* NoEyeInMagic: Fluttershy realizes The Stare won't work on Gear Shift and Cover Story because of their sunglasses.
* NonSequiturThud: Cover Story blasts Pinkie Pie's Party Cannon and makes it explode in her face. When Twilight checks on her, she mutters, "Boneless, I know you miss Cheese Sandwich but he's throwing a party in Las Pegasus..."
* NonSequiturThud: Cover Story blasts Pinkie Pie's Party Cannon and makes it explode in her face. When Twilight checks on her, she mutters, "Boneless, I know you miss Cheese Sandwich but he's throwing a party in Las Pegasus..."
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** Gear Shift's reaction to Lightning Dust joining Rainbow Dash against him and apologizing for the events of Wonderbolt Academy is to say [[spoiler:he thought they 'fixed that glitch' and]] that 'she can't remember' something, but doesn't reveal just what that something is.
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** Gear Shift's reaction to Lightning Dust joining Rainbow Dash against him and [[spoiler:and apologizing for the events of Wonderbolt Academy Academy]] is to say [[spoiler:he thought they 'fixed that glitch' and]] that 'she can't remember' something, but doesn't reveal just what that something is.
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* ImmuneToMindControl: Trixie and the Mane Six are immune to Gear Shift and Cover Story's mind control, though Spike pointedly isn't. After being freed from their control, Lightning Dust becomes immune as well. [[spoiler:In the case of Trixie and Lightning Dust, it's because they're robots and their failsafes were fried.]]
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* ImmuneToMindControl: Trixie and the Mane Six are immune to Gear Shift and Cover Story's mind control, though Spike pointedly isn't. Their comments implied the Mane Six's resistance is a new development. After being freed from their control, Lightning Dust becomes immune as well. [[spoiler:In the case of Trixie and Lightning Dust, it's because they're robots and their failsafes were fried.]]
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* NoodleIncident:
** A rather sinister one: when their mind magic fails to work on the Mane Six, Gear Shift comments in shock that it 'always worked on them before,' revealing that this isn't the first time they or another member of their organization has used their mind magic on the Mane Six before they developed their resistance to it...
** Gear Shift's reaction to Lightning Dust joining Rainbow Dash against him and apologizing for the events of Wonderbolt Academy is to say [[spoiler:he thought they 'fixed that glitch' and]] that 'she can't remember' something, but doesn't reveal just what that something is.
** A rather sinister one: when their mind magic fails to work on the Mane Six, Gear Shift comments in shock that it 'always worked on them before,' revealing that this isn't the first time they or another member of their organization has used their mind magic on the Mane Six before they developed their resistance to it...
** Gear Shift's reaction to Lightning Dust joining Rainbow Dash against him and apologizing for the events of Wonderbolt Academy is to say [[spoiler:he thought they 'fixed that glitch' and]] that 'she can't remember' something, but doesn't reveal just what that something is.
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* JustAMachine: [[spoiler:Gear Shift, Cover Story, and Spoiled Rich all have this mentality about the android ponies. Cover Story and Gear shift get a rude awakening when Cover Story ends up being revealed to be one. Spoiled is clearly unnerved when Diamond is acting outside her programming, ''especially'' when Diamond saved her life despite, according to Spoiled, being programmed to be an AlphaBitch.]]
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* JustAMachine: [[spoiler:Gear Shift, Cover Story, and Spoiled Rich all have this mentality about the android ponies. Cover Story and Gear shift Shift get a rude awakening when Cover Story ends up being revealed to be one. Spoiled is clearly unnerved when Diamond is acting outside her programming, ''especially'' when Diamond saved her life despite, according to Spoiled, being programmed to be an AlphaBitch.]]
* OverrideCommand: Gear Shift attempts a voice activated one to [[spoiler:put Lightning Dust back under control. It doesn't work since her failsafes were fried by Twilight.]]
* RealityEnsues: An organization like the one Gear Shift and Cover Story belong to would have a hard time recruiting new members. [[spoiler:To have enough members to be operational, it had to compensate by using some of its robots.]]
* ThisCannotBe:
** Gear Shift and Cover Story do this whenever somepony resists their mind control. Notably, when it fails on the Mane Six, Gear Shift comments, "But why? It always worked on them before...I hope the memory alteration will still work."
** The two do this again when they find out [[spoiler:Cover Story is a robot.]]
** Gear Shift and Cover Story do this whenever somepony resists their mind control. Notably, when it fails on the Mane Six, Gear Shift comments, "But why? It always worked on them before...I hope the memory alteration will still work."
** The two do this again when they find out [[spoiler:Cover Story is a robot.]]
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* YouAreNumberSix: [[spoiler:The Marionettes are referred to with numbers by Cover Story and Gear Shift: Trixie is G4T01, Diamond Tiara is G4T03, Lightning Dust G4T08, and Cover Story's own programming refers to him as G4EA072.]]
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* YouAreNumberSix: [[spoiler:The Marionettes are referred to with numbers by Cover Story and Gear Shift: Trixie is G4T01, [=G4T01=], Diamond Tiara is G4T03, [=G4T03=], Lightning Dust G4T08, [=G4T08=], and Cover Story's own programming refers to him as G4EA072.[=G4EA072=].]]
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* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:Lightning Dust's head gets slammed into a train tunnel, revealing she is a robot. Likewise, Trixie's hip is injured to show she is a robot. Spoiled Rich says Diamond Tiara is a robot, which neither Diamond nor Filthy Rich are aware of. Cover Story's face slams into broken glass to show he is a robot.]]
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* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:Lightning Dust's head gets slammed into a train tunnel, revealing she is a robot. Likewise, Trixie's hip is injured to show she is a robot. Spoiled Rich says Diamond Tiara is a robot, which neither Diamond nor Filthy Rich are aware of. Cover Story's face slams into broken glass during the fight with him to show he is a robot.]]
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Trixie [[TomatoInTheMirror is an android]].]]
* TitleDrop: Marionettes [[spoiler:is what the robot ponies are called.]]
* TitleDrop: Marionettes [[spoiler:is what the robot ponies are called.]]
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* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Implied to be the case with [[spoiler:the Marionettes. Cover Story and Gear Shift express concern that according to her profile, Trixie shouldn't be capable of ice or wind spells but she's learned them anyway. Diamond Tiara acting outside what she's programmed for (a 'SpoiledBrat who only cares about herself' as Spoiled puts it) unnerves Spoiled Rich, particularly when she saved her life.]]
* JustAMachine: [[spoiler:Gear Shift, Cover Story, and Spoiled Rich all have this mentality about the android ponies. Cover Story and Gear shift get a rude awakening when Cover Story ends up being revealed to be one. Spoiled is clearly unnerved when Diamond is acting outside her programming, ''especially'' when Diamond saved her life despite, according to Spoiled, being programmed to be an AlphaBitch.]]
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* VictoryByEndurance: Gear Shift is a skilled fighter and has incredible strength and speed, but Rainbow Dash figures out he's conditioned like a sprinter. All she and Lightning Dust have to do is stall for a few minutes and he's so tired that his punches barely hurt them anymore.
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* VictoryByEndurance: Gear Shift is a skilled fighter and has incredible strength and speed, but Rainbow Dash figures out he's conditioned like a sprinter. All she and Lightning Dust have to do is stall for a few minutes and he's so tired that his punches barely hurt them anymore.anymore.
* YouAreNumberSix: [[spoiler:The Marionettes are referred to with numbers by Cover Story and Gear Shift: Trixie is G4T01, Diamond Tiara is G4T03, Lightning Dust G4T08, and Cover Story's own programming refers to him as G4EA072.]]
* YouAreNumberSix: [[spoiler:The Marionettes are referred to with numbers by Cover Story and Gear Shift: Trixie is G4T01, Diamond Tiara is G4T03, Lightning Dust G4T08, and Cover Story's own programming refers to him as G4EA072.]]
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* DeusExitMachina: Fluttershy mentions she tried to ask for Discord's assistance with the situation, but he just left on fishing trip with the Smooze in another dimension.
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* DeusExitMachina: Fluttershy mentions she tried to ask for Discord's assistance with the situation, but she discovered he had just left on a fishing trip with the Smooze in another dimension.
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* ImplacableMan: Though they are not invincible, Gear Shift and Cover Story shrug off everything Trixie throws at them and all she can do is run. Lightning Dust also acts this way under their control.
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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Gear Shift and Cover Story claim they are agents of the Equestria Bureau of Investigations, but Twilight Sparkle sees through it because their badges are fake. "Because my big brother is Captain of the Royal Guard, and on the EBI seal, Celestia's wings go ''behind'' it not in front of it."
* ImplacableMan: Though they are not invincible, Gear Shift and Cover Story shrug off everything Trixie throws at them and all she can do is run. Lightning Dust also acts this way under their control.
* ImplacableMan: Though they are not invincible, Gear Shift and Cover Story shrug off everything Trixie throws at them and all she can do is run. Lightning Dust also acts this way under their control.
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* FailsafeFailure: It's revealed that [[spoiler:the plot was set off by Trixie experiencing one thanks to the Alicorn Amulet frying her failsafes and freeing her from Gear Shift and Cover Story's control. Twilight invokes this to free Lightning Dust with a spell to copy the effects and later does it to Cover Story when it's discovered he's one and his failsafes kick in.]]
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* ImmuneToMindControl: Trixie and the Mane Six are immune to Gear Shift and Cover Story's mind control, though Spike pointedly isn't. After being freed from their control, Lightning Dust becomes immune as well.
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* ImmuneToMindControl: Trixie and the Mane Six are immune to Gear Shift and Cover Story's mind control, though Spike pointedly isn't. After being freed from their control, Lightning Dust becomes immune as well. [[spoiler:In the case of Trixie and Lightning Dust, it's because they're robots and their failsafes were fried.]]
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* PretendToBeBrainwashed: While Trixie is hiding in a train car in disguise, Gear Shift and Cover Story enter and brainwash everypony. When Trixie realizes she was unaffected, she tries to play along with the other brainwashed passengers, but the two spot her after her hat gets blown off and attack her.
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* PretendToBeBrainwashed: PretendToBeBrainwashed:
** While Trixie is hiding in a train car in disguise, Gear Shift and Cover Story enter and brainwash everypony. When Trixie realizes she was unaffected, she tries to play along with the other brainwashed passengers, but the two spot her after her hat gets blown off and attackher.her.
** Twilight pretends to be affected by the mind control to lure Gear Shift and Cover Story into a trap.
** While Trixie is hiding in a train car in disguise, Gear Shift and Cover Story enter and brainwash everypony. When Trixie realizes she was unaffected, she tries to play along with the other brainwashed passengers, but the two spot her after her hat gets blown off and attack
** Twilight pretends to be affected by the mind control to lure Gear Shift and Cover Story into a trap.
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* DeusExitMachina: Fluttershy mentions she tried to ask for Discord's assistance with the situation, but he just left on fishing trip with the Smooze in another dimension.
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* PretendToBeBrainwashed: While Trixie is hiding in a train car in disguise, Gear Shift and Cover Story enter and brainwash everypony. When Trixie realizes she was unaffected, she tries to play along with the other brainwashed passengers, but the two see through her act and attack her.
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* PretendToBeBrainwashed: While Trixie is hiding in a train car in disguise, Gear Shift and Cover Story enter and brainwash everypony. When Trixie realizes she was unaffected, she tries to play along with the other brainwashed passengers, but the two see through spot her act after her hat gets blown off and attack her.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: If a character is described as not breathing hard after some strenuous activity, [[spoiler:that means they are a robot.]]
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* AndroidsArePeopleToo: After finding out [[spoiler:Trixie is a robot]], the Mane Six debate about this, and thanks to Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy conclude that she is sapient and has feelings. Twilight Sparkle later says that by Equestrian law, constructs that display sapience are to be treated just like anypony else.
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* NotSoStoic: Cover Story loses his shit when [[spoiler:he finds out he is a robot.]]
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* BreakTheHaughty:
** Lightning Dust's experience while brainwashed [[spoiler:plus finding out she is a robot]] thoroughly destroys her arrogance.
** Gear Shift and Cover Story lose their sense of superiority when they are defeated and captured [[spoiler:and Cover Story finds out he is a robot.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Gear Shift and Cover Story are defeated early on, but there is still their organization to deal with. WordOfGod even refers to the fight with them as this trope.
** Lightning Dust's experience while brainwashed [[spoiler:plus finding out she is a robot]] thoroughly destroys her arrogance.
** Gear Shift and Cover Story lose their sense of superiority when they are defeated and captured [[spoiler:and Cover Story finds out he is a robot.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Gear Shift and Cover Story are defeated early on, but there is still their organization to deal with. WordOfGod even refers to the fight with them as this trope.
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* ImplacableMan: Though they are not invincible, Gear Shift and Cover Story shrug off everything Trixie throws at them and all she can do is run.
* ImmuneToMindControl: Trixie and the Mane 6 are immune to Gear Shift and Cover Story's mind control, though Spike pointedly isn't. After being freed from their control, Lightning Dust becomes immune as well.
* ImmuneToMindControl: Trixie and the Mane 6 are immune to Gear Shift and Cover Story's mind control, though Spike pointedly isn't. After being freed from their control, Lightning Dust becomes immune as well.
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* GoodFeelsGood: Lightning Dust remarks something similar after fighting side by side with Rainbow Dash to defeat Gear Shift.
* HeelFaceTurn: Lightning Dust after she is freed from the brainwashing.
* ImplacableMan: Though they are not invincible, Gear Shift and Cover Story shrug off everything Trixie throws at them and all she can do isrun.
run. Lightning Dust also acts this way under their control.
* ImmuneToMindControl: Trixie and the Mane6 Six are immune to Gear Shift and Cover Story's mind control, though Spike pointedly isn't. After being freed from their control, Lightning Dust becomes immune as well.
* HeelFaceTurn: Lightning Dust after she is freed from the brainwashing.
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* AndIMustScream:
** Trixie has a nightmare where she's unable to move, speak, or scream while Gear Shift, Cover Story, and a mysterious stranger order her chest cut open with a machine right out of an alien abduction story. [[spoiler:She eventually guesses that it wasn't a dream, but a memory.]]
** When the Mane Six and Trixie manage to free Lightning Dust from Gear Shift and Cover Story's control, she reveals she was aware the whole time, a prisoner in her own body.
** Trixie has a nightmare where she's unable to move, speak, or scream while Gear Shift, Cover Story, and a mysterious stranger order her chest cut open with a machine right out of an alien abduction story. [[spoiler:She eventually guesses that it wasn't a dream, but a memory.]]
** When the Mane Six and Trixie manage to free Lightning Dust from Gear Shift and Cover Story's control, she reveals she was aware the whole time, a prisoner in her own body.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Gear Shift and Cover Story take control of Lightning Dust and order her to help them capture Trixie.Trixie.
* DivingSave: Diamond Tiara tackles her mother Spoiled Rich out of the way of falling debris from Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust's battle with Gear Shift.
* DivingSave: Diamond Tiara tackles her mother Spoiled Rich out of the way of falling debris from Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust's battle with Gear Shift.
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* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:Lightning Dust's head gets slammed into a train tunnel, revealing she is a robot. Likewise, Trixie's hip is injured to show she is a robot. Spoiled Rich says Diamond Tiara is a robot, which neither Diamond nor Filthy Rich is aware of. Cover Story's face slams into broken glass to show he is a robot.]]
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* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:Lightning Dust's head gets slammed into a train tunnel, revealing she is a robot. Likewise, Trixie's hip is injured to show she is a robot. Spoiled Rich says Diamond Tiara is a robot, which neither Diamond nor Filthy Rich is are aware of. Cover Story's face slams into broken glass to show he is a robot.]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Trixie, Lightning Dust, and Cover Story are all incredibly shocked to discover they are robots.]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:Trixie, Lightning Dust, and Cover Story are all incredibly shocked to discover they are robots.]]
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* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:Lightning Dust's head gets slammed into a train tunnel, revealing she is a robot. Likewise, Trixie's hip is injured to show she is a robot. Spoiled Rich says Diamond Tiara is a robot, which neither Diamond nor Filthy Rich is aware of. Cover Story's face slams into broken glass to show he is a robot.]]
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* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:Lightning Dust's head gets slammed into a train tunnel, revealing she is a robot. Likewise, Trixie's hip is injured to show she is a robot. Spoiled Rich says Diamond Tiara is a robot, which neither Diamond nor Filthy Rich is aware of. Cover Story's face slams into broken glass to show he is a robot.]]]]
* VictoryByEndurance: Gear Shift is a skilled fighter and has incredible strength and speed, but Rainbow Dash figures out he's conditioned like a sprinter. All she and Lightning Dust have to do is stall for a few minutes and he's so tired that his punches barely hurt them anymore.
* VictoryByEndurance: Gear Shift is a skilled fighter and has incredible strength and speed, but Rainbow Dash figures out he's conditioned like a sprinter. All she and Lightning Dust have to do is stall for a few minutes and he's so tired that his punches barely hurt them anymore.
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* TheMenInBlack: Gear Shift and Cover Story fit the look and personality, and hint that they are part of a larger organization.
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* ImplacableMan: Though they are not invincible, Gear Shift and Cover Story shrug off everything Trixie throws at them and all she can do is run.
* TheMenInBlack: Gear Shift and Cover Story fit the look and personality, and hint that they are part of a largerorganization.organization.
* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:Lightning Dust's head gets slammed into a train tunnel, revealing she is a robot. Likewise, Trixie's hip is injured to show she is a robot. Spoiled Rich says Diamond Tiara is a robot, which neither Diamond nor Filthy Rich is aware of. Cover Story's face slams into broken glass to show he is a robot.]]
* TheMenInBlack: Gear Shift and Cover Story fit the look and personality, and hint that they are part of a larger
* RoboticReveal: [[spoiler:Lightning Dust's head gets slammed into a train tunnel, revealing she is a robot. Likewise, Trixie's hip is injured to show she is a robot. Spoiled Rich says Diamond Tiara is a robot, which neither Diamond nor Filthy Rich is aware of. Cover Story's face slams into broken glass to show he is a robot.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: Rainbow Dash ends up coming to Trixie's rescue from Lightning Dust due to being sent by the Cutie Map.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Gear Shift and Cover Story take control of Lightning Dust and order her to capture Trixie.
* TheMenInBlack: Gear Shift and Cover Story fit the look and personality, and hint that they are part of a larger organization.
* BigDamnHeroes: Rainbow Dash ends up coming to Trixie's rescue from Lightning Dust due to being sent by the Cutie Map.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Gear Shift and Cover Story take control of Lightning Dust and order her to capture Trixie.
* TheMenInBlack: Gear Shift and Cover Story fit the look and personality, and hint that they are part of a larger organization.
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Trixie was having the time of her life performing for audiences and putting her past as a bully and braggart behind her. Then one day, she finds herself being pursued by mysterious ponies in black named Gear Shift and Cover Story who seem dedicated to capturing her no matter what the cost. Can Trixie stay free? Or will her pursuers make her a marionette hanging on strings?
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Trixie was having the time of her life performing for audiences and putting her past as a bully and braggart behind her. Then one day, she finds herself being pursued by mysterious ponies in black named Gear Shift and Cover Story who seem dedicated to capturing her no matter what the cost. Can Trixie stay free? Or will her pursuers make her a marionette hanging on strings?strings?
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[[caption-width-right:256:Run Trixie, run!]]
[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/295408/marionettes Marionettes]] is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fic written by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Godzillawolf Godzillawolf]]. It is set sometime during Season 5, as Rainbow Dash briefly mentions the Cutie Map and that Starlight Glimmer is still at large.
Trixie was having the time of her life performing for audiences and putting her past as a bully and braggart behind her. Then one day, she finds herself being pursued by mysterious ponies in black named Gear Shift and Cover Story who seem dedicated to capturing her no matter what the cost. Can Trixie stay free? Or will her pursuers make her a marionette hanging on strings?
[[caption-width-right:256:Run Trixie, run!]]
[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/295408/marionettes Marionettes]] is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fic written by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Godzillawolf Godzillawolf]]. It is set sometime during Season 5, as Rainbow Dash briefly mentions the Cutie Map and that Starlight Glimmer is still at large.
Trixie was having the time of her life performing for audiences and putting her past as a bully and braggart behind her. Then one day, she finds herself being pursued by mysterious ponies in black named Gear Shift and Cover Story who seem dedicated to capturing her no matter what the cost. Can Trixie stay free? Or will her pursuers make her a marionette hanging on strings?
