History Fanfic / TheElementsOfHarmonyAndTheSaviorOfWorlds

* ShoutOut: As Mainframe and Zarana are reconnecting, Zarana recalls a time in Budapest, to which [[Film/TheAvengers2012 Mainfraime replies that he remembers Budapest very differently]].

** [[Film/{{Transformers}} Robert Epps]] makes an appearance near the end of the story. Seymour Simmons, Tom Banachek and [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Theodore Galloway]] are also mentioned.

* NumberTwo: Mei Long is this to King Spykoran.
* OneSteveLimit: Subverted. Because the Hasbroverse mashes multiple franchises together, we have G4 MLP Spike the dragon, a mention of Spike from G1 Transformers, and [[spoiler:G1 MLP Spike as King Spykoran the Old.]] Also, G4 Applejack is said to be a direct descendent of G1 Applejack.

* OurGodsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Granny Bonnie and Faust, the Scribe.]]

* AProtagonistShallLeadThem: Megan, upon her return, according to the Prophecies of the Moochick.

* TheReveal: Chapter 28. [[spoiler:Tirac is alive, and plotting revenge against Megan.]]

* ForWantOfANail: The involvement of Megan and her family means that the Gala ends up going a ''lot'' better for the Mane Six. The only ones who don't fulfill their fantasies are Rarity and Rainbow Dash, and even then, Rarity and Blueblood part ways more amiably, while Rainbow Dash manages to have fun with Spike.

-->'''Princess Luna:''' The turn of the wheel, the ticking of the clock as future becomes present, present past and past legend and myth.

* MemorialStatue: In the grounds of Canterlot, there are a few memorial statues commemorating the ponies of
Paradise Estate and Dream Valley. Megan, Danny and Molly go there to pay their respects once they hear that their friends have long since passed.

* NeverMessWithGranny: [[spoiler:Catrina]] appears helping in the final battle against [[spoiler:Tirac]], and although her fur has long gone white, her [[LadyOfBlackMagic spell craft]] more than makes up for it.

* PrincessesRule: Celestia and Luna say that the reason they're princesses instead of queens is because princesses are closer to their people than queens. Though Celestia later admits that in reality, they view themselves as regents holding the throne until Queen Majesty's true heir eventual comes forth.
** There are hints that Twilight may be the one they're waiting on, but there's been no confirmation on that one way or another yet.

* RousingSpeech: Blueblood gives one to the Royal Guard while preparing for [[spoiler:Tirac]]'s attack on Canterlot.
-->"That is my ancestral home. I can trace my lineage all the way back to the original founders, mere weeks before King Invincible I founded the Ancient Kingdom of Ponyland. In all that time, through griffin invasions, Tirac killing Majesty, the dissolution of Ponyland, Discord and Nightmare Moon, the city has never fallen. And upon my horn, it will not fall to [[spoiler: Tirac]] on this day! You are the Royal Guard, reborn and ready to do your duty in defense of this city and of Equestria! Stand proud and tall, ponies!"

* ForWantOfANail: The event that went wrong that caused the formation of TCB!Equestria instead of regular Equestria? [[spoiler: Firefly didn't come back over the Rainbow Bridge, but the specific circumstances surrounding it are unknown, though since it was the Earth of Shattered Glass... Additionally, Majesty directly made Celestia and Luna to be the sword of the pony race, hence why it was so easy for TCB!Discord to manipulate Celestia into going down the path of tyranny with his bogus prohpecy.]]
** In addition, [[spoiler: Mount Saint Hillary never erupted in that timeline, which in turn never reactivated the Ark or woke up the Shattered Glass Autobots.]]

* PunyHumans: To the TCB!Ponies, humans are this - they're weak and need to be uplifted for their own good. This trope is actually averted in the story proper, with even Jazz pointing out that [[HumansAreWarriors they're not as defenseless as they were]] when the Autobots first came back online. It's telling that Starscream's terms for his Decepticons' surrender specifically mention that they won't be hunted by Autobots ''or'' humans.

-->'''Shockwave:''' You did not flinch.
-->'''Optimus:''' Shooting me would be... illogical in this location, Shockwave.
* StartOfDarkness: We see a flashback explaining why TCB!Celestia is so afraid of humans. Discord [[VillainsNeverLie warned]] [[SelfFulfillingProphecy her]] about them, saying they would defeat her.[[spoiler: Later on, we see that the event that changed everything was far earlier than expected - TCB!Firefly never returned from over the Rainbow Bridge. Further, Discord could already see that Celestia was becoming a KnightTemplar in her own right, and made up the prophecy to get her to inadvertantly seek out her own doom.]]
* StupidEvil: Flutters, the TCB version of Fluttershy, is the only member of the TCB ponies whose actions can't be explained by logic. The others seem to take their element to a twisted conclusion, like Dash and AJ, or personal loyalty to Celestia, like Twilight. These can be explained or excused in one way or another based on their character, their circumstances, and their connection to their element. Flutters does not get this luxury, and instead hates the humans because she can't stand the thought of creatures- ''any'' creatures- eating other creatures, simply because it's part of their biology. This extends to the creatures under her care, which she's trying to teach not to eat meat and to instead eat plants (something that is ''extremely'' dangerous and hazardous to the animals in question), and ignores that humans can choose to not eat meat (as Vegetarians and Vegans do in real life). This is a point that the humans in "Savior of Worlds" were worried about (to the point of Megan's family reorganizing the fridge so that all the meat products were hidden from view, so as not to disturb their guests) but the ponies simply brushed off. In short, she's not basing her decision on the element she's linked to, making her seem more like a TakeThat against those who rally against the evils of meat-eating.

-->''“She raises princesses by hand and forges a nation from chaos, but a president makes her pale and stammer.”''