History Fanfic / WakingNightmares

*** The plot - heavy Season 4 episodes of My Little Pony may or may not be canon, depending on future developments. One - offs like Daring Don't are canon.

** [[spoiler:ChristianBrutalSniper]]

*** When someone questioned the Doctor on the existance of Clara, he stated that he didn't know who she was, and hadn't encountered her yet; which places his personal timelime half way through Season 7 of [[DoctorWho Doctor Who.]] Justified by his apparent [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E05TheAngelsTakeManhattan loss of the Pond couple]] almost immediately prior to his arrival in Equestria, which was the storyline preceding [[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen Clara becoming a main character.]]

* TwinThreesomeFantasy: [[spoiler:[=RED=] Spy]] suggests the option when he crosses over. Against her better judgment, [[spoiler:Zecora]] actually entertains the possibility. And "Running of the Leaves" suggests [[spoiler:she actually did it]].

* BigBad: [[spoiler: [[TheSlendermanMythos Slendermane]]. ]]

NeedsMoreLove.

** Pinkie Pie's bad dream is obviously FanFic/{{Cupcakes}}.

** There's a cutie mark-related disease called "Cutie Fracture." It involves a pony being unable to perform their special talent, indicated by their cutie mark, and is indicated by their cutie mark appearing fractured and broken. That may be a reference to [[http://fracturedloyalty.tumblr.com Fractured Loyalty]]. In it, Rainbow Dash's cutie mark appears fractured.
*** According to WordOfGod, it's not.

** Several VideoGame/GarrysMod joke characters make their appearance. Some, such as Painis Cupcake and the Demopan, are played for laughs. Others, very much not.
*** Christian Brutal Sniper, unlike the original, explains the christian part of his name. [[spoiler: He's the embodiment of everything Sniper hates about himself, including the time he was Christian. He stopped when he found out his church had murdered some aboriginals in the area for not being white.]]

--> '''Spy:''' "Zere is an old Chinese saying on my world... Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. Zat is why it is called ze present."

--> '''Gray Mann''': "Oh, and because I'm feeling like being an especially large dick today..."

* SummonBiggerFish: During ''Pony Versus Machine'', [=RED=] Scout realizes they only have one option to deal with the Freaks - bring out their own. [[spoiler:Painis Cupcake]] nearly kills Scout before he sets his target on the bigger and tastier opponents.

** Also, [[spoiler:[[Film/AliceInWonderland The Cheshire Cat]]]] sometimes answers questions in Knight's stead…and he doesn't even know it. He doesn't even see him when asked about it. You know something's wrong when an author's fans obviously sees something "invisible" to the author himself. Also, [[spoiler:The Cheshire Cat]] had hijacked his Tumblr blog during March 17, 2014 for 12 hours.

* TooDumbToLive: During Trixie's Canterlot performance, two unnamed fanponies decided to one-up Snips and Snails in the "very bad ideas" departmen and drag an Ursa MAJOR to the stage for Trixie to defeat, despite her having given up that particular boast just to avoid this scenario.

** All the [[spoiler: zomponies, with the exception of Grey Hoof]], are so horrified by the cost of their freedom that they immediately HeelFaceTurn.

* OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow: During the fight against Nightmare clockwork [[spoiler: [[BossRush and four previously defeated Nightmares]] the heroes are so hopelessly outmatched that it becomes this quite quickly. In the end, it takes several [[DeusExMachina Deus Ex Machinas]] in quick succession to pull a win.]]

** Brickhouse, one of the JerkJock pegasi that gave Rainbow Dash a hard time, is [[spoiler: killed by Princess Celestia while Slendermane is controlling her. It's then revealed that his corpse was an illusion, though.]]

* GodzillaThreshold: Scout decides that they need [[spoiler: [=PAINis=] Cupcake]] to defeat [[spoiler: Heavydile, Christian Brutal Sniper, and Vagineer.}}

* GodzillaThreshold: Scout decides that they need [[spoiler: [=PAINis=] Cupcake]] to defeat [[spoiler: Heavydile, Christian Brutal Sniper, and Vagineer.

* A small army from Canterlot arrives in Ponyville just in time to battle the giant robot army that's attacking.

* DrillSergeantNasty: Soldier treats [[spoiler:[[PrinceCharmless Bueblood]], who now goes under the name Cadet.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: As Nightmare Cuddles leaves Rainbow Dash and Sniper after using his hypno eyes on them, he realizes that he forgot that Rainbow Dash was blinded, thus protecting her from the hypnosis.]]

-->"Two things. First... will this hurt the princess in any way, shape, or form?"'' Brickhouse asked, pawing the ground uncomfortably.''

* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Soldier has one.

* TwinThreesomeFantasy: [[spoiler:[=RED=] Spy]] suggests the option when he crosses over. Against her better judgment, [[spoiler:Zecora]] actually entertains the possibility.

* [[TakenForGranite Taken For Steel]] Nightmare Clockwork does this to [[spoiler: Pyro]]