History Fanfic / MyLittleDenarians

* CatchPhrase: How Pinkie Pie is originally summoned to Earth, compelled to deliver the punchline when Harry discusses the consequences of losing a friend's trust.
%%** '''FOREVER!'''

** [[Film/BackToTheFuture One-point-twenty-one jiggawatts]]

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: As soon as he learns about the possibility of travel between worlds, Harry wishes for a chance to visit [[spoiler:StarWars]]. By the end of the story he gets his wish and as it turns out, almost getting beheaded by [[spoiler:Darth Vader]] is the high point of this trip.

* CombatClairvoyance: [[spoiler: Harry when he becomes a Jedi in the StarWars universe. Technically all the Denarians have this too as they became Sith, but [[DamnYouMuscleMemory them actually having centuries to millennia of training in real sword fighting keeps them from fully letting go and using it,]] giving Harry the edge.]]

* ImplausibleFencingPowers: [[spoiler:StarWars]] has no actual wizards, so upon entry, Harry is turned into [[spoiler:a Jedi, [[CombatClairvoyance the Force]] and all]].

* PsychoElectro: Both Tessa and [[spoiler:possesed Rarity]] enjoy spamming lightning attacks while in [[spoiler:''Franchise/StarWars'']].

* {{Squee}}: Harry ''definitely'' has this reaction after realizing that he's ended up in the [[spoiler:Star Wars]] 'verse after finding out his trusty blasting rod has been replaced by a [[spoiler:lightsaber]].

** Pushing Harry's BerserkButton by threatening innocents is risky even under normal circumstances. Do it in [[spoiler:StarWars]] verse, where he is susceptible to [[spoiler:the DarkSide]], and you have one paragraph left to live.

* TranquilFury: [[spoiler: Harry goes into this when Adagio goes on about how she’ll fake her redemption to get off the hook lightly, calmly getting in her face and recalling his run-in with Quintus Cassius who got his limbs mangled for trying the same trick with him and the Knights Of The Cross, waits until Adagio starts to get the memo and panics, before coldly saying that Celestia isn’t around to save her and imprisoning her in Demonreach, deaf to her pleas for mercy.]]

* [[spoiler:GottaCatchThemAll]]: [[spoiler:All of the Mane Six have been Denarianed-up by Nicodemus.]] And now Harry and [[spoiler:Lash]] have to go on a journey to free them [[spoiler:to use the Elements of Harmony.]]

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Harry notes with dismay that his stay in cartoon-land may have changed his thinking process somewhat.
--> '''Harry:''' Wait... Why am I thinking in alliteration? Being in cartoon-land is really starting to mess with my brain.

* AllStoriesAreRealSomewhere: A basic premise of the plot. All fictional worlds are real.
** Lampshaded by Harry, who wonders if his world was just made up "by a long-haired guy named [[Creator/JimButcher Jim]]."

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: Fluttershy wins her IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight with Rarity by asking Rarity "Why haven’t you killed me yet?"]]
** Later Applejack gives one to [[spoiler:corrupted Celestia]], namely: "Where is [[DeathOrGloryAttack Rainbow]] [[HeroicSacrifice Dash?"]]

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: Lash]] is offered a chance but refuses, instead accepting a PowerLimiter, so she can stay on Earth and help Harry.
** Also sort-of how [[spoiler: Lash]] defeats [[spoiler: Lasciel.]] She explains that there is only room for one soul [[spoiler: in the coin,]] and that by replacing [[spoiler: Lasciel]], and thus killing her, [[spoiler: Lash]] has gained her powers and [[spoiler: angelic status]]. She turns it down, however, as seen above.

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Pinkie]]. Surprisingly without being corrupted by either Nicodemus or Discord, [[EnemyWithin which actually makes it worse.]]

* BerserkButton: Discord casually stomps on [[spoiler:Celestia's]] long enough to distract and kidnap [[spoiler:her]].

* {{BFG}}: The [[spoiler:mega party cannon. As well as the party artillery. And party bombs. Taken up to eleven with a ''party heat-seeking missile launcher.'']]
** Also, several Denarian cultists bring 50-cal machineguns with them.

* [[spoiler:BrokenBird: Twilight has a severe case of PTSD after returning from the moon. She's even more timid than ''[[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy.]]'']]

* BrownNote: Harry has a bit of a BrownNote when [[spoiler:he sees Discord swimming in the Outside instead of hanging around Equestria]].
** Also occurs when Harry sees something really, really terrifying. Like an angry [[spoiler: Discorded Celestia]].
---> '''Harry:''' If I pissed myself in terror because of a [[spoiler: girly pony princess]], I would never live it down.
* BuffySpeak: In chapter 26, 'Even without pain as a factor I was limping more than ... something that really limps a lot.'
** In chapter 20:
--->'''Harry:''' a poker face to rival … I dunno, something with a really good poker face.

** '''FOREVER!'''
* ChekhovsGun: In chapter 9, [[spoiler:the bottle of chocolate syrup]].
--> Harry: Fallen Angels and evil gods of chaos and disharmony are no match for the power of friendship. And chocolate. But mostly friendship.

* TheCorrupter: Discord and the Denarians, natch. Discord also claims that he [[spoiler:helped turn Luna into Nightmare Moon]].

* CrazyEnoughToWork: Harry [[spoiler: giving Pinkie a soul.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Derpy.
* CuteWitch: Rarity and Twilight.

* DarkMagicalGirl: The possessed Ponies, [[spoiler:Fluttershy and Rarity]] especially.
** [[spoiler: Discorded Celestia and Possessed Cadence.]]
* DeadlyDodging: Twilight uses her TeleportSpam to this effect. Later attempted against Magog, to much lesser effect (since him hitting a wall at full speed only does damage to the wall).

* DeathOrGloryAttack: Luna's attempt to distract [[spoiler: Discorded Celestia]] so that the Elements can be retrieved. [[spoiler: It fails.]]
* DemonicPossession: All over the place via the blackened Denarii.

* DynamicEntry[=/=]HeyYouHaymaker: [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash]] lands a flying buck to [[spoiler:Discorded Celestia's]] face. It's actually fairly effective, since it managed to give her a black eye and a bloody lip.

* [[spoiler:EndlessDaytime: After Celestia is corrupted by Discord, she brings this about.]]

* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Pony Soldiers Have Standards]]: When [[spoiler: Discorded Shining Armor takes Diamond Tiara hostage]], even his subordinate soldiers aren't happy with what he's doing.

--> '''Discorded Cultist:''' Smack him with the motherfucking rainbow of friendship, Twilight!

--> '''[[spoiler: Lash]]''': I see you opted to combine all three for your own outfit, before covering the whole thing in skulls and adding a cape. I'm speechless.

** In chapter 26 Nicky does it again, [[spoiler: stabbing Harry in the leg and twisting it with deliberate patience]] just to hurt him.
*** Harry even wonders if Nicodemus was the one to invent the phrase, "twist the knife." He's certainly old enough...
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: The Denarians' backstory and one of the many reasons for the Fall. Any possible sympathy is negated by their MotiveDecay. As Harry puts it:
-->'''Harry:''' Y'wanna know the simple truth, [[spoiler:Nicky]]? If you ever were some kinda wanna-be hero, then you jumped off the slippery slope so long ago that your feet don't even remember what it feels like to touch the ground. If you're a liar, then you're a crappy one. Either way, I'm not buying the shit you're selling, because the simple truth is that you're an asshole.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:At some point or another, someone stuck a coin on Derpy. However since her particular demon is against Cadence's, [[EnemyMine she continued to help Harry somewhat.]] Until she leads Harry and co. into a trap.]]

** [[MemeticMutation "You don’t even stay dead when you’re killed!”]]
* FashionVictimVillain -[[spoiler:possessed Harry]] - HellBentForLeather, TinTyrant, InTheHood, BadassCape, SpikesOfVillainy, BadassLongRobe and SigilSpam (skulls of course!) may all be cool but certainly not all on one uniform - [[spoiler:Lash]] mocked it but it went over his head. {{Invoked| Trope}}.

** Also implied of [[spoiler:Celestia]], given how smart [[spoiler:she]] usually is.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Really, the only thing [[spoiler: Warden Jenkins]] is missing is a [[spoiler:FatalFamilyPhoto]].
** “Of course, sometimes I’m shooting at things that find bullets of any size annoying instead of painful.” Later in the very same chapter, the character who said that falls victim to OnceIsNotEnough.

* GenreBlindness - Harry forgets that even in cartoonland, where good always triumphs, [[spoiler:YouCantThwartStageOne]]. Also, by Equestria standards he is an AntiHero, so he doesn't fully benefit from Equestrian tropes for heroes.

* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: [[spoiler:Cupcakes-version Pinkie]]. And it is freaking terrifying.
* GladHesOnOurSide: After seeing what Twilight can do when angry, Harry is very glad she didn't take the coin.

** Harry makes sure Rainbow Dash won't see the pony-themed toy section in a shopping mall, fearing that it could result in a serious existential crisis.
*** Semi-PlayedForLaughs, when Pinkie Pie pulls out a ''Harry'' doll.
---> '''Harry:''' I don't even try to understand why she does the things she does anymore.
* [[spoiler:GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Discorded Celestia and Denarian Cadance.]]

* GoodCopBadCop: [[spoiler: Denarian Cadance and Discorded Celestia.]] The latter is the bad cop.

->"Let me [[Literature/DeathMasks tell you a story]], Adagio. It’s about a guy named Cassius. He was a Knight of the Blackened Denarius. Maybe you’ve heard of them, maybe not. But in any case, they’re the kind of evil your worst nightmares ''wish'' they could think of. One day, he ran afoul of myself and some friends of mine. He got the bright idea of [[ISurrenderSuckers trying a fake surrender too]], because he knew that my friends were [[ObstructiveCodeOfConduct obligated to accept it]]. The thing he forgot was that [[IdiotBall I was there too]]. So you know what I did? I asked my friends to step outside, and then I [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique took a baseball bat to his arms and knees]]. So, what do you think that says about my tolerance for bullshit surrender offers?"

* GoshDangItToHeck: Invoked in Equestria. My Little Pony is a kids' show after all. Harry can't even THINK a curse.
** This becomes a PlotPoint. [[spoiler:The fact that Harry ''CAN'' curse in Equestria, even if it's just inside his head, means the fundamental laws of the world such as [[LighterAndSofter good beating evil and no genuine death]] are breaking down.]]

* GrenadeHotPotato: Done by Derpy... by accident.
* GuileHero: Rarity in chapter 18. Also, SilkHidingSteel.
** Harry in 21.
* GuiltComplex: Harry. [[WhatTheHellHero Noted and accounted for]] by Rarity.

* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Averted - [[spoiler: Cadence's charms]] could be borderline LethalHarmlessPowers but the Denarian inside her head has no idea how to use them in a fight and ends up not using them at all.
** To drive the point home, [[spoiler: Cadence' ability to supercharge spells with love]] gave enough power to trap a ''goddess''.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Discord drives Harry into one with a HalfTruth about the consequences of his actions]].

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash attacks corrupted Celestia to get the rest of the group a chance to escape]]
** StupidSacrifice: Possibly. see OneDimensionalThinking
* HeroicWillpower: Two of the ponies [[spoiler:break out from possession on their own when presented with the right stimuli]].
** [[spoiler:Lash]] killing [[spoiler:Lasciel]] in a duel of wills.
* HitMeDammit / MyFistForgivesYou: Invoked by Applejack after [[spoiler: she severely injures Rainbow Dash while under the effects of DemonicPossession]].

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Rarity]] taking control of some Denarian cultists' machine guns.
** Naturally, [[spoiler: Nick can only be killed by his own noose.]]

* HostageSituation: Harry does this to [[spoiler: Cadance. Shining Armor]] later does this to [[spoiler: Diamond Tiara.]]
** Exaggerated, when [[spoiler: Denarian Derpy holds ''herself'' hostage.]]

** [[spoiler: Rarity]] rationalizing her use of a machine gun.
* IdiotBall: Getting tricked by a Denarian - it happens. Getting tricked by a duo of [[spoiler: [[DumbMuscle Magog]] and [[BadLiar Applejack?]] Pinkie...]]

* IfIWantedYouDead: Nick uses this a few times in 24.

* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler:Harry literally does have Shining Armor's wife, Cadance]]. At least he didn't use her as a tactical weapon...
** Though since this takes place at the start of season 2 [[spoiler: they aren't yet married, but Shining Armor is still in love with her.]]
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight / TalkingTheMonsterToDeath : Fluttershy's default way of fighting. And it ''works.''
** Against [[spoiler: Denarian Rarity]], [[spoiler:Discorded Shining Armor]] and [[spoiler: Ursiel's host.]] Usually by TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
* ImmortalityHurts - being able to regenerate from any injury as long as you have your coin is a cool power, but if your opponent is in an UnstoppableRage and armed with a [[spoiler:lightsaber]], he will just keep chopping you up until he finds it.
** Well, its debatable. The Denarians don't actually seem to experience pain, unless it comes from one of the Swords.

* IndyPloy: Discussed - Harry wishes he had an actual plan but the enemy is forcing his hand and there is no time to gather additional intelligence.

* InsistentTerminology: Luna angrily dismisses Pinkie's attempts at coming up with a name for [[spoiler:Discorded Celestia like "Daymare Sun", refusing to call her sister anything but "Celestia".]]

* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:Lash]] discusses the [[spoiler:human / angel]] variation. She finds it distasteful.

* ISurrenderSuckers: [[spoiler: Harry offers Rainbow Dash a fake Denarian coin to lure possessed Fluttershy into range.]]
** Later on he [[spoiler:gets himself and the rest of the Mane cast captured so he can sucker Celestia into a public debate that breaks her hold over her subjects.]]
* ItGetsEasier: Discussed after the Mane Six take part in a shootout.
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Harry is suffering from a ''bad'' case of this in chapter 16. Rainbow Dash's apparent death, Twilight's banishment, being suckered by Celestia's trap...he blames himself for all of it.]] And he's partly right.
* ItsPersonal: If it wasn't before for Harry, it clearly becomes so once the villains make [[spoiler: Fluttershy kill a defenceless man.]]

* ItsQuietTooQuiet: Harry gets paranoid when the infiltration plan goes too smoothly.[[spoiler: He is right.]]

--> '''[[spoiler:Lash]]:''' That line was a cliche thousands of years before you were born, Harry.
* JackOfAllStats: The White Council requires one to know multiple magical talents before he can be considered a proper wizard. Harry considers this arrogant.
** Shining Armor's sheer competence is considered proof that he is right.
* JediMindTrick: [[MundaneUtility Used to avoid paying for a cab ride.]] Best of all, its [[spoiler: actually used in the Star Wars universe.]]
* JustInTime: Chapter 22: Hi, [[spoiler:Sanya]]!
* KillerRabbit: Literally in 24 with the help of a Denarian coin, complete with ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' references.
* KillOneOthersGetStronger: Harry fears it may be the case with the Denarians.
* KirkSummation: Chapter 19.
* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler:possessed Fluttershy]].
* KryptoniteFactor: Harry hopes that [[spoiler: Shining Armor knows what Celestia's is. He doesn't.]]
* LaResistance: Princess Luna organises it in Equestria.
* LadyOfWar: Luna is shaping up to be this. She's a decent tactician at least.
** Rarity.
* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: In 23.
* TheLancer: Rainbow Dash becomes this to Harry.
* LargeHam: [[spoiler:Possessed Harry]] - mercilessly lampshaded by [[spoiler:Lash]].
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Has some for the ''Dresden'' books, being set after the then-currently latest book ''Literature/GhostStory''.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: So much due to the nature of fictional worlds being on the Outside.
** PlayedForDrama in 21:[[spoiler: Discord is now using the ''freaking SCRIPT'' to fuck around with Equestria. He starts with [[FourthWallObserver Pinkie Pie]].]]
* LethalHarmlessPowers: discussed - Harry muses about how ponies don't generally do that.
* LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler: Corrupted Celestia bathes the whole of Equestria in scorching summer heat]]
* LikeRealityUnlessNoted: PlayedForDrama in 23 when [[spoiler: Twilight sends some cultists to the moon, not knowing that Earth's moon is not survivable like Equestria's.]]

* MakeMeWannaShout:[[spoiler: Possessed Fluttershy]] lands in [[spoiler:Skyrim]]. The expectable happens.

* ManipulativeBastard: Discord. Poor [[spoiler:[[BadassInDistress Celestia and Harry]]]].
* MegaCrossover: The major crossover here is Dresden Files/My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, but Harry and the ponies travel from [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim the Imperial Province of Skyrim]]]] to [[spoiler:the Star Wars universe]].
* MoodWhiplash: Compare the beginning of chapter 13 to the end of chapter 13.
** Or the beginning and ending of [[spoiler: Skyrim battle]]

* MoreDakka: [[spoiler: Possessed Pinkie's p]]artillery attack.
* TheMultiverse: Not only do all works of fiction have their own worlds but any fanfic that is popular enough will form its own bubble reality.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler: Jenkins vs the KillerRabbit]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Anyone who got possessed, even though Harry tries to protect them from learning about the worst things they did.
** Twilight, when she realises she has just [[spoiler: teleported a bunch of enemy mooks to a Moon with no atmosphere ]]

* MythologyGag: Bon Bon's voice is different each time she speaks.

** [[spoiler: Scootaloo's desire to see Rainbow Dash again sees her calling out to a group of guard Pegasi, drawing their attention to the escapees. All the way up to the end, whether she gets chewed out for it remains unknown.]]
** [[spoiler: "In hindsight, taking Cadence hostage had been a bad move on my part. Apparently, it had inspired all the bad guys to follow my example and start pulling the hostage card too."]]
** In chapter 24, [[spoiler: Harry deciding to call Nicodemus's "bluff" and promptly cancel the fragile truce agreement once Rainbow Dash is safely back. Turns out the sniper Nicodemus had so casually mentioned had ''another'' pegasus in his sights from the start...]]
* [[spoiler:NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Twilight, at the hooves of Celestia.]]

* NotTheFallThatKillsYou - realistically averted. Harry's force shield can protect him just fine from a barrage of kicks by [[spoiler:possessed Dash]]. A 50 meter MeteorMove? Not so much.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The defeat of [[spoiler: Discord.]]
* OhCrap: Ptzriel when he realizes [[spoiler:he is left alone against the mane six]]. Harry and his friends when [[spoiler:Possessed Pinkie pulls out her array of weapons]]. Magog, when [[spoiler:Pinkie pulls out a bazooka]].
** Chapter 13:Hey, [[spoiler:corrupted Cadance]]. Fancy meeting you here.
** Chapter 20: Um, [[spoiler:Pinkie]]? Please put down the [[GirlWithPsychoWeapon knife.]]

* OnceIsNotEnough: [[spoiler: Jenkins]] underestimating the durability of Denarians.

* OneWingedAngel: "Silly me, I forgot about the demon transformation."
* OnlyAFleshWound: Deconstructed. In 26: 'Maybe an action hero can shrug off getting shot in the meat of their upper thigh with nothing more than a manly grunt and a slight stumble, but when that happens to a real human being your leg collapses on you, and your face meets the ground. Ow.'
* OnlySaneMan: [[spoiler:Lash]].

* TheOphelia: [[spoiler:Pinkie snaps after Rainbow Dash dies]].
* OutGambitted: “I figured you’d look behind you when I disappeared, so I decided to pop up right in front of you."
* OutOfTheInferno / TheWorfBarrage: Celestia tries to fight Discord, unleashing ThePowerOfTheSun on him and actually melting a large part of the great hall in the process. Yet when the smoke clears, Discord is not only unharmed but casually backstroking in the resultant pool of lava.

** SoulPower: Harry and Soulfire.

* PeacefulInDeath: [[spoiler: Jenkins]]

* PreAsskickingOneLiner:
-->''"Hey [[spoiler:Princess]], taste the rainbow."''
-->'"Hey assholes, Winter is coming! Arctis!"''
* PrecisionFStrike: [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash]]:
-->''"We're fucked."''
* PsychoElectro: Both Tessa and [[spoiler:possesed Rarity]] enjoy spamming lightning attacks while in [[spoiler:StarWars]]
* PummelingTheCorpse: [[spoiler: Dash makes a bloody mess of a sniper who shot Derpy]]
* PunchClockVillain: Harry recognises that the guards are these.
* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway as usual, it works. What is surprising is that [[spoiler: it works for the heroes]]
* PreMortemOneLiner: A short and effective one while killing [[spoiler: Tessa]] as she begs for her life.
** "''Harry: [[ShutUpHannibal Fuck you.]]''"
* RazorFloss: Deirdre's hair obviously. [[spoiler:And Derpy when she's corrupted.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Lampshaded in chapter 24 when Harry realises he is on the verge of going on one.
* SamaritanSyndrome:
* SarcasmBlind:
** [[spoiler:Possessed Harry]] - his ego makes him unable to grasp that anyone might mock his LargeHam behaviour, his magnificent evil costume or his master plan.
** Nicodemus, in spades.
* ScheherezadeGambit: In chapter 26 [[spoiler: Nicodemus thinks he has Harry dead to rights and Harry tries to buy time with storytime.]] 'Kinda like Arabian Nights, except more horrifying.'

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Harry and Lash.
* ShipTease: A bit towards Pinkie Pie/Rainbow Dash at the end of the ninth chapter ad then even more in chapter 13
** And some for Rarity/Applejack as well.

** "If we made a deal, it was just a matter of time before the Nickleheads’ [[Series/{{Firefly}} sudden but inevitable betrayal.]]"
** "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice … been fooled, [[Music/TheWho won’t get fooled again.]]"
** [[Creator/MontyPython “Give up the whole demon thing and take up lumberjacking – I’ve heard it’s a pretty lucrative career. Plus, you get to dress up in women’s clothing and hang around in bars.”]]

** [[Film/BackToTheFuture one-point-twenty-one jiggawatts]]

** [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} “Since almost everypony thinks you’re dead, you should sing a song about how you’re still alive!" ... When she was a couple lines in and fully occupied with a strange little song about how she considered this a triumph and was making a note about how big a success it was...]]

*** “Ah, yes, ‘settling disagreements.’ I thought we had dismissed that claim.”
** “Yes, well sometimes we have to use what tools are at our disposal, not the ones we want."
** [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes “Be vewy, vewy quiet, .... “I’m hunting wabbit.”]]
** [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} “Doesn’t anyone watch the good old classics anymore?” I put on a very bad imitation of an Austrian accent. “‘I’ll be back.’ ‘Hasta la vista, baby.’ Anyone?”]]
** [[Series/CSIMiami “Looks like Discord,” I paused for dramatic effect, “...just got stoned.” For some reason, that prompted Pinkie to scream "Yeeeeaaah!" and put on a pair of sunglasses.]]
* ShutUpHannibal: In chapter 26, [[spoiler: Harry laughs off Nicodemus's suggestion of being a WellIntentionedExtremist, saying that the latter had [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumped off the slippery slope]] too long ago.]]
And Harry says another to Tessa as he kills her: "Fuck you."
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: Jenkins]]
* SmartBall: [[spoiler: Deirdre]] manages to act like her victim normally would surprisingly well.
* TheSmartGuy: [[spoiler:Lash]]. Also Rarity.

* TheStarscream: Averting this trope is revealed to be why [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash gets a different type of brainwashing than the other ponies; just inverting her [[UndyingLoyalty virtues]] would have given her ChronicBackstabbingDisorder]].

* StealthHiBye: standard for Pinkie. Very surprising for [[spoiler:Derpy]].

* TakeOverTheWorld:[[spoiler: Possessed Harry's]] plan.
* TakeThat: In [[spoiler:StarWars]], Harry is glad to see the [[spoiler:Jedi Temple]] in ruins, as it means [[spoiler:the prequel trilogy]] is already past.
** 'sending waves of agony shooting through her head as the alicorn cracked (the stuff unicorn horns are made of, not the misused term for a pegacorn)'

* ThatManIsDead: - Used by [[spoiler:Rarity]] in a fight against [[spoiler:Fluttershy. Fluttershy proceeds to prove her wrong]].

* UnstoppableRage - Pushing Harry's BerserkButton by threatening innocents is risky even under normal circumstances. Do it in [[spoiler:StarWars]] verse, where he is susceptible to [[spoiler:the DarkSide]], and you have one paragraph left to live.

* VillainsWantMercy: [[spoiler:Lasciel]] begs Uriel to save her [[spoiler:when she realizes Lash has the upper hand in their fight to the death. Uriel refuses.]]

* TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}: Discussed by Harry, who is quite glad not to have to go there.
** Pinkie drops in there for a brief cameo on her way to Equestria.
* WeakButSkilled: In the context of the cast, Rarity. See her crowning moment of awesome.

** Chapter 15: [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash DIES.]]
*** Chapter 19: [[spoiler: [[BackFromTheDead NOPE! She's alive,]] [[HellYesMoment and Harry has just rallied thousands of ponies to help him give Celestia a Rainbow of Light to the face!]]]]

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Harry correctly guesses that [[spoiler: Cadance's normal powers aren't useful in a fight.]]
** WordOfGod states that they could actually be very dangerous - but [[spoiler: the demon]] [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower lacked the creativity to use them and didn't have a proper appreciation]] of ThePowerOfLove.
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: Averted. Harry has no problem killing Denarians, regardless of rank, because he considers them no longer human. However, he won't kill [[spoiler: Imperial stormtroopers]].
* WhatTheHellHero:
** All of Harry's companions, (except for [[spoiler: Dash]], who is becoming a bit of an AntiHero from all she experienced) are shocked by him [[spoiler: taking a hostage]].

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Party cannon won't get the job done? How about [[spoiler:ten?]]. Still nothing? Then how about a [[spoiler:party heat-seeking missile?]]

--> Contrary to what the popular saying claimed, when all you have is a hammer, it usually means you start getting extremely skilled at using a hammer and find all sorts of creative ways to use it.

* WorfHadTheFlu - used in-universe by [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash.]] After [[spoiler:getting saved]], she can't stomach the defeat despite the circumstances and blames it on [[spoiler:the demon]], despite all the evidence to the contrary.

* XanatosGambit - Nicodemus' plan to have the denarians fight the mane six - if they win, they will have eliminated the greatest threat to his EvilPlan. If they lose [[spoiler:the ponies will be tired and vulnerable to attack - and since they have won, they will make much better hosts for the demons]].

* YouCantThwartStageOne

!Dresden Gets Schooled provides examples of the following tropes:

* GroinAttack: [[spoiler: Human Rainbow Dash subjects Harry to one for kissing her. Repeatedly.]]

* ShoutOut: [[Film/PulpFiction “Oh, I’m sorry. ... Did I break your concentration?"]]
* WhamLine: From Celestia: "Thankfully, as I understand it Harry Dresden has some experience with helping troubled young ladies."

* AdaptationalKarma: The Sirens ended canon depowered, but still mostly free.
** [[spoiler: Adagio ends up trapped in Demonreach]]
** [[spoiler: Sonata is abducted by the White Court]]
** [[spoiler: Aria ends up being dragged back to Equestria to undergo rehabilitation]].
* BluntMetaphorsTrauma: Sonata in chapter 3.
--> “Why would I wanna spill beans?” Sonata shot back. “If you cook them right they’re good. Besides, I don’t have any beans, and I couldn’t spill them while I’m all tied up like this.”

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In chapter 5 [[spoiler:the Sirens manage to control Sunset. Except not really.]]
* DeathFromAbove: In chapter 5 [[spoiler:the Sirens manage to use their powers to get their hands on an attack helicopter.]]
* DidntSeeThatComing:
** In chapter 3 [[spoiler:someone manages to record footage of Harry and Sunset abducting Sonata. Harry notes that he couldn't possibly have went door-to-door clearing every building for possible witnesses.]]
** Chapter 5 - see aforementioned DeathFromAbove.

* MythologyGag: “I am not whining, I am complaining. Would you like to hear whining?”

* PsychoticSmirk: Adagio wears one near-constantly.

** 'For some reason, Thomas had apparently replaced his phone’s ringtone with [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 some girl singing a song about letting it go.]]'

** 'I couldn’t stop myself from adding in [[Film/{{Predator}} a faux-Austrian accent, “Get to da choppa!”]]'
** [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie “One shall stand, one shall fall.”]]
* TakeThat: On Hollywood and ArtisticLicensePhysics in chapter 5.
--> Hollywood tends to play fast and loose with the laws of physics when they think it’ll make the movie more entertaining. After all, people don’t go to the movies for reality, they go there to get away from reality for a couple hours.

* WhamLine:
** One hits right in the first chapter.
--> I was about to give Sunset a piece of my mind for yelling at one of my friends when something clicked in my head. I closed my eyes for a moment and concentrated on [[spoiler:the music itself]].
** Another follows shortly afterwards.
--> “Harry, [[spoiler:their Website/YouTube video has almost a billion hits.]]”
** From chapter 4:
--> "IT IS POSSIBLE."

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Luna, which she drops temperarily while talking to Harry about [[spoiler:the upcoming battle with Celestia, locating Twilight and Discord's possible successes]].

* BreakTheCutie: All of the Denarian's holders, to some extent, after they have realized what they did under the coin's influence.
** An especially harsh example for [[spoiler: Twilight.]] She was completely and utterly broken, in mind, body, and spirit.

* BackToBackBadasses: Applejack and [[spoiler:Sanya]] in 23.

* BavarianFireDrill: How the group gets into the palace.

* BigBadDuumvirate: Discord and Nicodemus.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* {{BFG}}: The [[spoiler:mega party cannon. As well as the party artillery. And party bombs. Taken UpToEleven with a ''party heat-seeking missile launcher.'']]

** Taken UpToEleven, when [[spoiler: Denarian Derpy holds ''herself'' hostage.]]

* YouDoNotWantToKnow: Pinkie to Harry, after dimensional navigation error briefly lands them in ''Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}''.

** Chapter 20: Okay, so [[spoiler: Celestia's free of Discord's brainwashing, but the Rainbow of Light has left her powers drained as it did with Luna, and Twilight's in bad shape due to Discord and the Denarians' vile manipulations]] -- oh, and [[spoiler: Pinkie appears to have been taken over by her [[AxCrazy psychotic]] and evil alter-ego from ''Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}'']], much to Harry's grief.

* TheCameo: While moving between worlds, the characters briefly encounter ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}} Pinkie and [[Fanfic/FalloutEquestria Littlepip]]. Pinkie Pie herself seems to have making random cameos as a hobby. [[spoiler: Cupcakes stops being a cameo in Chapter 21.]]

** [[spoiler:Pinkie possibly thanks to one of her selves from the Outside.]]

* TokenYuriGirls: Lyra and Bon Bon.

* NotSoDifferent: Harry chides the ponies for [[spoiler: eavesdropping on him and Twilight after they scolded him for reading her diary.]]

* ShutUpHannibal: In chapter 26, [[spoiler: Harry laughs off Nicodemus's suggestion of being a NotSoDifferent WellIntentionedExtremist, saying that the latter had [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumped off the slippery slope]] too long ago.]]

* RealityEnsues: In 26: 'Maybe an action hero can [[OnlyAFleshWound shrug off getting shot in the meat of their upper thigh with nothing more than a manly grunt and a slight stumble,]] but when that happens to a real human being your leg collapses on you, and your face meets the ground. Ow.'

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Harry, as usual. He notes that a [[HeroicSelfDepreciation man like him]] who did horrible things for the greater good has no business in a land of cheerful and innocent cartoon ponies.

->"Let me [[Literature/DeathMasks tell you a story]], [[TheSiren Adagio]]. It’s about a guy named Cassius. He was a Knight of the Blackened Denarius. Maybe you’ve heard of them, maybe not. But in any case, they’re the kind of evil your worst nightmares ''wish'' they could think of. One day, he ran afoul of myself and some friends of mine. He got the bright idea of [[ISurrenderSuckers trying a fake surrender too]], because he knew that my friends were [[ObstructiveCodeOfConduct obligated to accept it]]. The thing he forgot was that [[IdiotBall I was there too]]. So you know what I did? I asked my friends to step outside, and then I [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique took a baseball bat to his arms and knees]]. So, what do you think that says about my tolerance for bullshit surrender offers?"

** WorldOfCardboardSpeech

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Is what Chapter 13 should be renamed.
** Also, it is significant that by that time [[spoiler: the radar is completely off. No cartoon NarrativeCausality to protect the heroes anyomre]]

** 'For some reason, Thomas had apparently replaced his phone’s ringtone with [[Disney/{{Frozen}} some girl singing a song about letting it go.]]'

* OffTheRails: One hell of a FirstEpisodeSpoiler follows. [[spoiler: Harry and Michael, with the help of Human Rainbow Dash, break into Principal Celestia's office and grab the Element of Magic. Harry then uses a warning shot to scare Sunset Shimmer off smashing the portal and brings Sunset back to Equestria. Celestia then asks him to take her as an apprentice.]]

* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: The Denarians' backstory and one of the many reasons for the Fall. Any possible sympathy is negated by their MotiveDecay.
** As Harry puts it:
--> '''Harry:''' Y'wanna know the simple truth, [[spoiler:Nicky]]? If you ever were some kinda wanna-be hero, then you jumped off the slippery slope so long ago that your feet don't even remember what it feels like to touch the ground. If you're a liar, then you're a crappy one. Either way, I'm not buying the shit you're selling, because the simple truth is that you're an asshole.

* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse, Harry says this to Nicodemus in chapter 26 about choosing to victimise ''MLP''.