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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Twilight and co. are unable to fix the time loop or kill Starlight, and Starlight is forced to continue looping until long past the heat death of the universe.]]
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* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: No matter how hard she tries, Twilight can't break the time loop, free Starlight from it, or even give her a MercyKill.
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* AccusationFic: The fanfic gives SixthRanger Starlight a punishment for her actions in the season 5. However, the punishment goes ''way'', ''way'' too far in this case.

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* AccusationFic: The fanfic gives SixthRanger Starlight a punishment for her actions in the season 5. However, the punishment goes ''way'', ''way'' too far in this case.



* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Starlight finds Twilight sitting alone in a broken down castle years in the future. She's too far gone after her friends have all died.

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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Starlight finds Twilight sitting alone in a broken down broken-down castle years in the future. She's too far gone after her friends have all died.

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Starlight Glimmer is ready to be dealt whatever punishment she must receive for her crimes. Thankfully, Princess Twilight Sparkle is a generous mare who believes in friendship and second chances. Instead of jailing her or worse, she decides to teach Starlight about friendship and become her mentor. All is well... For fifteen hours or so.

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Starlight Glimmer is ready to be dealt whatever punishment she must receive for her crimes. Thankfully, Princess Twilight Sparkle is a generous mare who believes in friendship and second chances. Instead of jailing her or worse, she decides to teach Starlight about friendship and become her mentor. All is well... For for fifteen hours or so.



* AmnesiaLoop: Starlight can't remember more than a few minutes each loop.

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* AmnesiaLoop: Starlight can't remember Every time Starlight's time loop resets, her memories of the previous iteration vanish as well -- she begins each new instance believing that she just gave up her plans for revenge and is about to be judged by Twilight for her crimes, leading her to suffer increasing panic and confusion as the world changes more than a few minutes each loop.and more around her.



* FateWorseThanDeath: Starlight Glimmer is forced to relive the same few moments at 8:15 AM. After fifteen hours she disappears suddenly and restarts the next day with no memory exactly at 8:15 in the morning. [[spoiler:This keeps on happening even after the planet itself, and later the universe, both die.]]

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* FateWorseThanDeath: Starlight Glimmer is forced to relive the same few moments at 8:15 AM. After fifteen hours she disappears suddenly and restarts the next day with no memory exactly at 8:15 in the morning. [[spoiler:This This keeps on happening even after the [[spoiler:the planet itself, and later the universe, both die.]]die]].



** Rainbow Dash has the line "—but if she can't even remember more than a few gosh-dang minutes, then what's the friggin' point?!"

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** Rainbow Dash has the line "—but "--but if she can't even remember more than a few gosh-dang minutes, then what's the friggin' point?!"



* NaturalEndOfTime: As the story progresses and history goes on, the world becomes increasingly aged and worn around the constantly-resetting Starlight -- eventually, the Castle becomes a broken-down ruin in a field of barren rock surrounded by the eroded cores of ancient mountains, then vanishes completely as the world becomes an endless field of ash, and finally [[spoiler:nothing is left but empty darkness at the absolute end of the universe]].



* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Starlight finds Twilight sitting alone in a broken down castle years in the future. She's too far gone after her friends have all died.

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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Starlight finds Twilight sitting alone in a broken down castle years in the future. She's too far gone after her friends have all died.died.
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''Step Right In And Start Again'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' oneshot that can be read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/303893/step-right-in-and-start-again here]]. It has a infamous reputation for its existential horror themes.

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''Step Right In And Start Again'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' oneshot by [[https://www.fimfiction.net/user/1491/shortskirtsandexplosions shortskirtsandexplosions]] that can be read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/303893/step-right-in-and-start-again here]]. It has a infamous reputation for its existential horror themes.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Starlight Glimmer is forced to relive the same few moments at 8:15 AM. After fifteen hours she disappears suddenly and restart the next day with no memory exactly at 8:15 in the morning. [[spoiler:Even after the planet itself, and later the universe, die.]]

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* FateWorseThanDeath: Starlight Glimmer is forced to relive the same few moments at 8:15 AM. After fifteen hours she disappears suddenly and restart restarts the next day with no memory exactly at 8:15 in the morning. [[spoiler:Even [[spoiler:This keeps on happening even after the planet itself, and later the universe, both die.]]
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* TheGreatOffscreenWar: Partway through, Equestria is suddenly at war with the changelings. The reader is juwt as out-of-the-loop as Starlight.

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* TheGreatOffscreenWar: Partway through, Equestria is suddenly at war with the changelings. The reader is juwt just as out-of-the-loop as Starlight.
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* AccusationFic: The fanfic gives SixthRanger Starlight a punishment for her actions in the season 6. However, the punishment goes ''way'', ''way'' too far in this case.

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* AccusationFic: The fanfic gives SixthRanger Starlight a punishment for her actions in the season 6.5. However, the punishment goes ''way'', ''way'' too far in this case.

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* AccusationFic: The fanfic gives SixthRanger Starlight a punishment for her actions in the season 6. However, the punishment goes ''way'', ''way'' too far in this case.



* FateWorseThanDeath: Starlight Glimmer is forced to relive the same few moments at 8:15 AM. After fifteen hours she disappears suddenly and restart the next day with no memory exactly at 8:15 in the morning. Even after the planet itself dies.

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* DarkFic: Starlight is given a FateWorseThanDeath by being cursed to be immortal, but without any memories of the past day and always in a loop.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Starlight Glimmer is forced to relive the same few moments at 8:15 AM. After fifteen hours she disappears suddenly and restart the next day with no memory exactly at 8:15 in the morning. Even [[spoiler:Even after the planet itself dies.itself, and later the universe, die.]]



* RevengeFic: The fanfic gives SixthRanger Starlight a punishment for her actions. However, the punishment goes ''way'', ''way'' too far in this case.
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''Step Right In And Start Again'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' oneshot that canbe read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/303893/step-right-in-and-start-again here]]. It has a infamous reputation for its existential horror themes.

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''Step Right In And Start Again'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' oneshot that canbe can be read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/303893/step-right-in-and-start-again here]]. It has a infamous reputation for its existential horror themes.
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* TheGreatOffscreenWar: Partway through, Equestria is suddenly at war with the changelings. The reader is juwt as out-of-the-loop as Starlight.



* RevengeFic: The fanfic gives SixthRanger Starlight a punishment for her actions. However, the punishment goes ''way'', ''way'' too far in this case.

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* RevengeFic: The fanfic gives SixthRanger Starlight a punishment for her actions. However, the punishment goes ''way'', ''way'' too far in this case.case.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Starlight finds Twilight sitting alone in a broken down castle years in the future. She's too far gone after her friends have all died.

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''Step Right In And Start Again'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIMagic'' oneshot that canbe read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/303893/step-right-in-and-start-again here]]. It has a infamous reputation for its existential horror themes.

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''Step Right In And Start Again'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIMagic'' ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' oneshot that canbe read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/303893/step-right-in-and-start-again here]]. It has a infamous reputation for its existential horror themes.



* AmnesiaLoop: Starlight can't remember more than a few minutes each loop.



* GoshDarnItToHeck: Applejack curses with "Land's sakes".
* OhMyGods: Starlight uses "Goddess" in the line "Goddess help me with what they have in store".

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* GoshDarnItToHeck: GoshDarnItToHeck:
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Applejack curses with "Land's sakes".
** Rainbow Dash has the line "—but if she can't even remember more than a few gosh-dang minutes, then what's the friggin' point?!"
** Twilight yells at Starlight to "drink the dang potion".
* OhMyGods: Starlight uses "Goddess" "Goddess", such as in the line "Goddess help me with what they have in store".
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Starlight Glimmer is ready to be dealt whatever punishment she must receive for her crimes. Thankfully, Princess Twilight Sparkle is a generous mare who believes in friendship and second chances. Instead of jailing her or worse, she decides to teach Starlight about friendship and become her mentor. All is well... For fifteen hours or so.

The next day, Starlight Glimmer is back where she started. She is ready to be dealt whatever punishment she must receive for her crimes. Unfortunately, Twilight has already dismissed her of her crimes yesterday morning. Starlight was supposed to be at Applejack's, so why is she back at the castle, and in the same panic as yesterday?

The same thing happens later that day. Starlight suddenly disappears and then reappears just as suddenly, no memory of the previous several hours. She's suffering from the side effects of the magic she used. Now, if only fixing this issue was as easy as casting the original spells had been. But what if no cure ''can'' be found?

''Step Right In And Start Again'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIMagic'' oneshot that canbe read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/303893/step-right-in-and-start-again here]]. It has a infamous reputation for its existential horror themes.

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!!''Step Right In And Start Again'' provides examples of:

* FateWorseThanDeath: Starlight Glimmer is forced to relive the same few moments at 8:15 AM. After fifteen hours she disappears suddenly and restart the next day with no memory exactly at 8:15 in the morning. Even after the planet itself dies.
* GoshDarnItToHeck: Applejack curses with "Land's sakes".
* OhMyGods: Starlight uses "Goddess" in the line "Goddess help me with what they have in store".
* RevengeFic: The fanfic gives SixthRanger Starlight a punishment for her actions. However, the punishment goes ''way'', ''way'' too far in this case.

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