History NightmareFuel / MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017

* When the Storm King reveals Tempest he never intended to fix her horn, [[YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness and now wants her dead]].

* Those orbs that [[TakenForGranite turn the Princesses to stone]] apparently don't put you in stasis. As noted below, the Storm King may be conscious in his frozen state (though this is only implied by the credits, which, as noted below, may not be canon), which implies that all three princesses and Derpy were fully conscious despite being turned to/encased in stone. (We know that Discord was conscious when ''he'' was a statue, though Twilight wasn't, and both were turned to stone through different means from the obsidian orbs and each other, so it's unclear which method of petrification obsidian orbs are closer to)
** Heck, the petrification in general. Cadance tries to block the first of Tempest's Obsidian Orbs with her shield spell, but it burns through and she can't stop the stone from overtaking her and covering her completely, and she's frozen with a horrified expression. Celestia ''instantly'' realizes how bad this is and orders Luna to flee for help from Queen Novo, and is petrified mid-sentence. Luna is horrified, but takes flight, only to be attacked by Tempest while in ''mid-air'' and turned to stone. Only Twilight's telekinesis prevented her from smashing on the ground...which also left Twilight a sitting duck. Luna nearly ''died'' in the first ten minutes of the film, and saving her left Twilight wide open for attack. If not for [[BigDamnHeroes Rainbow Dash's]] [[FreezeFrameBonus last-second rescue]] and Derpy's (attempted) HeroicSacrifice, Twilight would have been turned to stone as well, and [[TheBadGuyWins Tempest would have won immediately]] instead of it being a NearVillainVictory and giving the Mane Six reason to leave Equestria to find help.

* After Twilight unsuccessfully tries to steal the Pearl of Transformation from the hippogryphs, Queen Novo [[TranquilFury tells them that they don't deserve to be one of them]], and turns them back into ponies while they're still deep underwater. The gasping the Mane Six make when they get back to the surface indicates they just barely avoided drowning after losing their Seapony abilities when Novo turned them back to normal.

* While hiding on Captain Celaeno's ship, the ponies overhear the crew members say what they'll do to intruders if they find any. And their suggestions unnerve most of the Mane 6.

* Tempest very nearly ''killing Capper and the pirates.'' Even though they survived, just seeing the airship ''explode in the sky'' is very unsettling, and a TearJerker following how Rainbow Dash had only earlier convinced Captain Celaeno and her crew to let their sails fly again, and now Tempest had almost effectively shattered their lives by destroying their home and livelihood.

* During the Mane 5's battle to reach Twilight and the Storm King, Pinkie Pie throws cupcakes at one of the Storm King's minions. The pink frosting almost resembles blood, making it look like a massacre. Pinkie Pie begins to [[LaughingMad laugh maniacally]] as she turbo-tosses cupcakes at her adversaries, as though she were a complete and utter psychopath.

** Just the nonchalant way he admits it is really quite unsettling. It even heavily implies that [[FridgeHorror Tempest wasn’t the first to outlive her usefulness to the Storm King]].

** The resulting falling out between Twilight and her friends is already unnerving enough, but notice how Twilight's horn was flaring up while she was yelling at Pinkie Pie? Had Twilight not [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realized what she had just said]], she could very well have attempted to physically harm Pinkie with her magic.

--> '''Storm King:''' Get with the program! [[ILied I]] ''[[ILied used]]'' [[ILied you!]] ''(shrugs)'' [[ButForMeItWasTuesday It's kind of what I do.]] ''(proceeds to attempt to blast her, with a SlasherSmile)''

--> '''Storm King:''' Get with the program! [[ILied I]] ''[[ILied used]]'' [[ILied you!]] ''(shrugs)'' [[ButForMeItWasTuesday It's kind of what I do.]] ''(proceeds to attempt to blast her with his staff)''

* After Twilight unsuccessfully tries to steal the Pearl of Transformation from the hippogryphs, Queen Novo [[TranquilFury tells them that they don't deserve to be one of them]], and turns them back into ponies while they're still deep underwater. The gasping the Mane Six make when they get back to the surface indicates they just barely avoided drowning after losing their Seapony abilities when the furious Novo turned them back to normal.
** Heck, they almost drowned the first time had Skystar not intervened at the last second! Seeing Twilight's ImpairmentShot is jarring enough.
** The resulting falling out between Twilight and her friends is already unnerving enough, but notice how Twilight's horn was flaring up while she was yelling at Pinkie Pie? Had Twilight not [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realized what she had just said]], she could very well have attempted to physically harm Pinkie with her magic!
* One of the merchants in [[WretchedHive Klugetown]] is selling ''unicorn horns'', and asks Twilight if she's in the mood to sell hers! And apparently slavery is all too common there, as Capper tried to sell them off to pay off a debt. Looks like Tempest isn't the only pony missing a horn...thank Celestia Capper had a HeelFaceTurn, or things could've gotten much darker.

* While hilarious at times thanks to Pinkie and the group's appearances, it doesn't change the fact that the Mane Six and Spike almost died of dehydration and exposure in the desert before reaching Klugetown.

* During the Mane 5's battle to reach Twilight and the Storm King, Pinkie Pie throws cupcakes at one of the Storm King's minions. The pink frosting almost resembles blood, making it look like a massacre. Pinkie Pie begins to laugh maniacally as she turbo-tosses cupcakes at her adversaries, as though she were a mad psychopath. (Also crosses into SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome when you consider they managed to get [[MythologyGag Pinkamina Diane Pie (aka "Cupcakes")]] into the movie somehow.)

* In the [[https://imgur.com/a/Pc5yc landscape shot of Canterlot]], we see a town on fire from the invasion of the Storm King's forces. Judging from the positioning, there is only one possibility: '''''PONYVILLE!!!''''' (Follow the red arrow.)
* Pinkie going insane in the desert is enough to make anyone's skin crawl-the bird skull she starts talking to may remind some people of Cupcakes, and then there's the [[BigCreepyCrawlies giant bug]] that crawls across her [[EyeScream open eye.]]

* When the Storm King reveals Tempest he never intended to fix her horn, [[[[YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness and now wants her dead]].

* When the Storm King reveals Tempest he never intended to fix her horn, and now wants her dead.

--> '''Storm King:''' Get with the program! [[ILied I]] ''[[ILied used]]'' [[ILied you!]] ''(shrugs)'' [[ButForMeItWasTuesday It's kind of what I do.]] ''([[YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness proceeds to attempt to blast her with his staff]])''

* When the Storm King betrays Tempest

** Even before his breakdown set in, there was still something unsettling about the Storm King. In one moment, he's completely affably evil, but at any moment, he goes through a fit of anger.

** Also the implications of his power. It's only alluded to in the movie, but the prequel comic reveals that he's essentially a conqueror for fun, invading kingdom after kingdom without caring for ruling them. In Abyssinia, a trade nation, he conquers the capital easily, plunders the royal treasury, and then leaves, not considering the devastating effect this would have on the nation.

--> '''Storm King:''' ''([[EvilLaugh laughs]])'' Who cares about your dinky little unicorn horn?!

** Just the [[ButForMeItWasTuesday nonchalant way]] he admits it is quite unsettling. It even heavily implies that [[FridgeHorror Tempest wasn’t the first to outlive her usefulness to the Storm King]].

** Just the [[ButForMeItWasTuesday nonchalant way]] he admits it is quite unsettling. It even heavily implies that [[FridgeHorror Tempest wasn’t the first to outlive her usefulness to the Storm King.

** [[FridgeHorror That last line heavily implies that Tempest wasn’t the first to outlive her usefulness to the Storm King]].

[[caption-width-right:348:"My Little Pony, My Little Pony....."]]

** [[FrigeHorror That last line heavily implies that Tempest wasn’t the first to outlive her usefulness to the Storm King]].

** Just that line alone could leave a person wondering, [[FridgeHorror How many other people has the Storm King manipulated and disposed of in the past?]]

--> '''Storm King:''' I'm so totally over the cute pony thing. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis This... ends...]] '''[[PreMortemOneLiner NOW!]]''' ''[preceeds to shoot a bolt of energy into the sky to make a giant thunderstorm, while [[EvilLaugh laughing]] [[LaughingMad manaically]]]''

--> '''Storm King:''' Get with the program! [[ILied I]] ''[[ILied used]]'' [[ILied you!]] It's kind of what I do. ''[[[YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness proceeds to attempt to blast her with his staff]]]''

--> '''Storm King:''' ''[[[EvilLaugh laughs]]]'' Who cares about your dinky little unicorn horn?!
--> '''Tempest:''' ''[[[EtTuBrute shocked]]]'' But... we... we had an agreement!

--> '''Storm King:''' *laughs* Who cares about your dinky little unicorn horn?!
--> '''Tempest:''' But... we... we had an agreement!

--> '''Storm King:''' Get with the program! I ''used'' you! It's kind of what I do. ''[[[YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness proceeds to attempt to blast her with his staff]]]''

--> '''Storm King:''' Get with the program! I ''used'' you! *[[MoodWhiplash casually]]* It's kind of what I do. ''[[[YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness proceeds to attempt to blast her with his staff]]]''
** Just that line alone leaves a person wondering, [[FridgeHorror How many other people has the Storm King manipulated and disposed of in the past?]]

--> '''Storm King:''' I'm so totally over the cute pony thing. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis This... ends...]] '''[[PreMortemOneLiner NOW!]]''' ''[preceeds to shoot a bolt of energy into the sky to make a giant thunderstorm, while [[EvilLaugh laughing manaically]]]''

* During the Mane 5's battle to reach Twilight and the Storm King, Pinkie Pie throws cupcakes at one of the Storm King's minions. The pink frosting almost resembles blood, making it look like a massacre. Pinkie Pie begins to laugh maniacally as she turbo-tosses cupcakes at her adversaries, as though she were a mad psychopath. (Also crosses into CrowningMomentOfAwesome when you consider they managed to get [[MythologyGag Pinkamina Diane Pie (aka "Cupcakes")]] into the movie somehow.)

--> '''Storm King:''' I'm so totally over the cute pony thing. [[MoodWhiplash This...]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis ends...]] '''[[PreMortemOneLiner NOW!]]''' ''[preceeds to shoot a bolt of energy into the sky to make a giant thunderstorm, while [[EvilLaugh laughing manaically]]]''

* The idea of someone like the Storm King wielding the powers of all four alicorns is incredibly unsettling. In the episode Twilight's Kingdom, Twilight, wielding the power of all four alicorns, go up against Tirek, a centaur who've absorbed the power of //every pony in Equestria and Discord//, and the battle ends in a stalemate. The combined power of the alicorns are literally equal or greater than every other magical pony in equestria AND a demigod of chaos, and that power is now in the hands of a man that pretty clearly shows himself as a child playing with things he doesn't understand.

--> '''Storm King:''' "The Storm King" is tracking well as intensely intimidating. But you know what? I need to back it up. You know what I need to back it up with? A STORM! That would be GREAT!