History Fanfic / TarnishedDiamonds

* UnfortunateNames: See FamilyThemeNaming above. The cake goes to Diamond Tiara's aunt, [[spoiler: Spoiled Rich, and later, by marriage, Spoiled Rotten.]]

--> '''Pinkie Pie''': [[Franchise/StarWars I sense a disturbance in the status quo, as if, if this were an episode, every bronies' jaws would have just dropped in disbelief…]]

[[caption-width-right:300:Seeing the future can be a very frightening thing.]]

* BadDreams: Diamond Tiara is implied to have had them since Checker Monarch's defeat, including the one that starts the fic, due to being terrified of becoming a second Checker. She's showing signs of sleep deprivation at the beginning of the story.

* BiggerBad: Checker Monarch. While she was defeated at the end of the original fic and is currently locked up in an insane asylum, her actions are directly responsible for the events of the story.

* RagsToRiches:[[spoiler: Grandpa Dusty reveals that his family used to be quite poor, traveling all over Equestria and trying to invest on cheap real state without much success until Princess Celestia herself suggested them to establish in the same area as the Apples, that had just started making their famed Zap-Apple Jam, which obviously worked quite well for everypony involved.]] Fittingly enough with this trope, that's the point when the family changed it's surname to 'Rich'.

--> '''Twilight''': And Trixie, please don't begin bragging until the girls are fed and at school, otherwise they will probably be late for school. And remember, pack light, we'll be coming back tonight.'
--> '''Trixie''': ...[[LampshadeHanging She knows Trixie well]]...

* BadBoss : Diamond Tiara, while not downright abusive on her family's employees, she's quite rude to them and never shows any appreciation on their efforts to keep her well attended; they're so used to this mistreatment that they are visibly surprised and happy when the Cutie Mark Crusaders are nice to them.

* FamilyThemeNaming : The Rich's family members are named after dirt-related stuff. [[spoiler: Even Diamond Tiara, whose birth name is Tarnished Rich.]]

* MeaningfulName : The reason the Rich ponies usually have dirt-themed names is because [[spoiler: the family, originally, was quite poor, and, before funding Ponyville along with the Apples, they tried to establish themselves and make fortune with investments on cheap real state, usually in dirty, isolated areas. The 'dirt' names are how the Riches pay tribute to their own family history.]]
* MeaningfulRename : It's revealed that some ponies change their names to fit with their cutie marks, like Diamond Tiara, [[spoiler: her birth name being Tarnished Rich,]] and Silver Spoon, who changed it from Silver Mirror. Diamond's great aunt, Impossibly Rich, has the birth name Musty Rich.

* RagsToRiches :[[spoiler: Grandpa Dusty reveals that his family used to be quite poor, traveling all over Equestria and trying to invest on cheap real state without much success until Princess Celestia herself suggested them to establish in the same area as the Apples, that had just started making their famed Zap-Apple Jam, which obviously worked quite well for everypony involved.]] Fittingly enough with this trope, that's the point when the family changed it's surname to 'Rich'.

* UnfortunateNames : See FamilyThemeNaming above. The cake goes to Diamond Tiara's aunt, [[spoiler: Spoiled Rich, and later, by marriage, Spoiled Rotten.]]

* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: The Cloud Gremlins flee like their butts are on fire when they realize Rainbow's in town.

* MeaningfulRename : It's revealed that some ponies change their names to fit with their cutie marks, like Diamond Tiara, [[spoiler: her birth name being Tarnished Rich,]] and Silver Spoon, who changed it from Silver Mirror.

* GenreSavvy: Twilight's letter to Trixie after saving the Empire and getting Trixie a performing gig there has this at the end (note that Trixie didn't read that part at first and was doing ''exactly that''):
--> '''Twilight''': And Trixie, please don't begin bragging until the girls are fed and at school, otherwise they will probably be late for school. And remember, pack light, we'll be coming back tonight.'
--> '''Trixie''': ...[[LampshadeHanging She knows Trixie well]]...

* HollywoodGenetics: Silver Spoon is an Earth Pony, but her father is a unicorn and her mother a pegasus. Essentially an inversion of the Cake twins.
* LighterAndSofter: Golden Tiara compared to her ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'' self (who she was based off of). According to WordOfGod, while she did go insane in this universe, she never [[spoiler:tried to kill Diamond]] and was cured at some point before the original fic.

* MoralityPet: Her family and Silver Spoon for Diamond Tiara. Not only does she genuinely care for them, fear she'll hurt them is why she's so afraid of becoming another Checker Monarch.

* PetTheDog: Diamond Tiara leaves [[spoiler:Button Mash]] be despite being upset with him because [[spoiler:she sympathizes with his WhenYouComingHomeDad situation.]]

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Diamond Tiara, with Silver tagging along, gives one to [[spoiler:Twist, Truffle, and Shady Daze]] for not being her partner. While it ''was'' a KickTheDog moment and needlessly cruel on her part, WordOfGod has pointed out [[spoiler:only Truffle, who she insulted for being fat]] [[VillainHasAPoint didn't need to hear what was said.]]

* VillainHasAPoint: While [[VillainProtagonist Diamond Tiara's]] [[spoiler:BreakingLecture to Twist]] was harsh and cruel, she actually did have a point that [[spoiler:Twist had no problem attending Diamond Tiara's parties despite Diamond having bullied her and her supposed best friend Applebloom ''the day before she got her Cutie Mark''.]] According to WordOfGod this was intentional.