History Fanfic / PartyOfNone

* WhatTheHellHero: Rainbow Dash to Pinkie Pie.

* BlackComedy: As with the episode this fic is based on, Pinkie Pie’s SanitySlippage is PlayedForLaughs, only now it’s turned UpToEleven.

A collaborative effort between Sparkler and Quill, ''Party of None'' explores the alternative to what could have happened in episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One]]." It's written with ''[[{{Fanfic/Cupcakes}} Cupcakes]]'' in mind, as it takes special care to avoid any extreme violence.

* {{Reconstruction}}: Of both ''[[{{Fanfic/Cupcakes}} Cupcakes]]'' and [[DarkFic Dark Fics]] as a whole. Yes, it's completely possible for grimdark to not use any [[{{Gorn}} gore]] and [[BloodierAndGorier blood]], and still be pants-shittingly terrifying.

* ShoutOut: A reference to ''{{Fanfic/Cupcakes}}'' is made when Rainbow Dash is hesitant to accept a cake from Pinkie Pie, fearing it may have been drugged or poisoned. [[spoiler:It’s safe, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking but Pinkie thinks it’s her worst batch ever]]]].

* SpiritualAntithesis: To ''[[{{Fanfic/Cupcakes}} Cupcakes]]''.

* SubvertedTrope: [[spoiler:The situation looks as if it's going to descend into ''[[{{Fanfic/Cupcakes}} Cupcakes]]''-level carnage, yet it never does]].

* VasquezAlwaysDies: [[spoiler: Subverted, although she does become insane]].

* CerebusRetcon: The bobbing-for-apples tank makes a return from the beginning of “Party of One,” this time used as a waterboarding device for Rainbow Dash, complete with Gummy attempting to suffocate Dash the same way he latched on her face before.

* InsaneEqualsViolent

* TraumaticHaircut

* AlternateEnding: To "Party of One."

* AxeCrazy: Pinkie Pie

* BittersweetEnding: No one is killed or even seriously harmed during the course of the story, [[spoiler:but Rainbow Dash has not left mentally unfazed. Also, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking her hair is ruined]]]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The whole ordeal results in Rainbow Dash creating the Rainbow Factory.

* NiceJobBreakingItVillain: The whole ordeal results in Rainbow Dash creating the Rainbow Factory.

* [[spoiler:CycleOfRevenge]]

* [[spoiler:HeWhoFightsMonsters]]: [[spoiler:Despite her best efforts to [[DefiedTrope defy this trope]], this happens to Rainbow Dash once ''she'' gets a hold of the knife]].

* [[spoiler:SequelHook]]

The story can be found [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/05/party-of-none.html here]].

** [[spoiler:Also, the ending from the original episode is reused [[{{Irony}} to twist the knife in further]], as Pinkie appears oblivious to the fact that she just attempted to kill Rainbow Dash, and [[WhyDidntYouJustSaySo even asks why she just didn't tell her in the first place]]]].

* WhatTheHellHero: Rainbow Dash to Pinkie Pie, repeatedly.
* [[spoiler:WhyDidntYouJustSaySo]]: [[spoiler:Asked by Pinkie Pie at the end for some extra cruel {{irony}}]].

* BoundAndGagged[=/=]UnwillingSuspension

* CompletelyMissingThePoint

* ShoutOut: A reference to ''[[{{Fanfic/Cupcakes}} Cupcakes]]'' is made when Rainbow Dash is hesitant to accept a cake from Pinkie Pie, fearing it may have been drugged or poisoned. [[spoiler:It’s safe, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking but Pinkie thinks it’s her worst batch ever]]]].

* {{Reconstruction}}: Of both ''[[{{Fanfic/Cupcakes}} Cupcakes]]'' and [[DarkFic Dark Fics]] as a whole. Yes, it's completely possible for grimdark to not use any [[{{Gorn}} gore]] and [[BloodierAndGorier blood]], and still be [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel pants-shittingly terrifying]].

->''"Can grimdark [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually be a little funny]] and not depend on gore and blood?"''