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| 3 | [[Characters/PonyPOVSeriesTheManeCast The Mane Cast]] | [[Characters/PonyPOVSeriesCutieMarkCrusaders Cutie Mark Crusaders]] | '''The Tiara Family and Friends''' | [[Characters/PonyPOVSeriesThePrincesses The Princesses]] | [[Characters/PonyPOVSeriesShiningArmorArc Shining Armor's Arc]] | [[Characters/PonyPOVSeriesEquestriaGirls Equestria Girls]] | [[Characters/PonyPOVSeriesOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/PonyPOVSeriesAntagonists Antagonists]] | [[Characters/PonyPOVSeriesPantheon The POV Pantheon]] | [[Characters/PonyPOVSeriesEpilogueTimelineHeroes Epilogue Timeline: Heroes]] | [[Characters/PonyPOVSeriesEpilogueTimelineSupportingCharacters Epilogue Timeline: Supporting Characters]] | [[Characters/PonyPOVSeriesEpilogueTimelineVillains Epilogue Timeline: Villains]] | [[Characters/PonyPOVSeriesEpilogueTimelineOther Epilogue Timeline: Others]] | [[Characters/PonyPOVSeriesFirstAge First Age]] | [[Characters/PonyPOVSeriesGaiden7DreamsNightmares Gaiden 7: Dreams and Nightmares]] | [[Characters/PonyPOVSeriesG3Universe G3 Universe]] | [[Characters/PonyPOVSeriesExpandedUniverseCharacters Expanded Universe]]]]-]]] |
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| 7 | [[folder:Diamond Tiara]] |
| 8 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Wollffeey |
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| 10 | * AllForNothing: [[spoiler:Ultimately, the entire Rumors plan and everything she wanted to get out of it ended up amounting to this, which is part of what caused her VillainousBreakdown during the final battle. Ironically, she ''does'' benefit from it ultimately (as her family now had a less unpleasant past and her mother now no longer tried to kill her), but that was Applebloom's mercy and kindness rather than anything she's done.]] |
| 11 | * AndThenWhat: [[spoiler:Didn't really have anything in mind to do after Discord's endgame went off, and mainly just sat in her room hugging a cat plushie afterwards.]] |
| 12 | * TheAtoner: [[spoiler:After being purified and returned to normal, she becomes this, very aware of what she did and after being helped through does want to be a better person.]] |
| 13 | * BenevolentBoss: [[spoiler:Is actually a surprisingly nice boss to Alula and Tootsie.]] |
| 14 | * BigBadSlippage: [[spoiler:She begins the story as a side character, but thanks to Discord, gradually becomes TheDragon to him and eventually usurps him as the main antagonist.]] |
| 15 | * BreakThemByTalking: Is good at this. [[spoiler:She gets pointers from Discord on being better at it.]] |
| 16 | * BeyondRedemption: [[spoiler:Invoked. She wants to appear as this so the heroes will kill her. They don't buy it.]] |
| 17 | * CardCarryingVillain: [[spoiler:A dark and serious version: as a Nightmare, Discord's convinced her her sole purpose for existing is to be a monster and a villain and she believes she literally has no existence outside of that.]] |
| 18 | --> '''Diamond Tiara:''' [[spoiler:I was MADE to be this, there is no escaping reality: a little monster is all I ever was, and the greatest thing I could hope to grow up into, is a bigger monster.]] |
| 19 | * TheComicallySerious: [[spoiler:Her transformation into a Nightmare has left her a EmotionlessGirl. This is creepy...but she's also partnered with [[LargeHam Discord]], and thus is often this for him.]] |
| 20 | * DeadmanSwitch: [[spoiler:Inverted: she puts one on herself designed to only ''not'' go off if she's killed to force the heroes to kill her, and the Spirits of Dark Magic rebel and mess it up in response to her treatment of Golden.]] |
| 21 | * DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:Will set Discord free just to make her mother sane again. Though to be fair, she didn't know he was ''Discord'' when she made the deal. Whether being the host of his spirit was part of the deal or arranged afterwards isn't clear.]] |
| 22 | * DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:As the FinalBattle goes on it, becomes more and more apparent she's attempting to commit SuicideByCop and force the heroes to kill her.]] |
| 23 | * DefeatingTheUndefeatable: [[spoiler:Rota warns Apple Bloom that fighting her head on is a no win situation and the Crusaders will lose if they try. Apple Bloom figures out a loophole: don't fight her, and instead focus on fixing the Printing Press while Button and Featherweight hold her off.]] |
| 24 | * DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Crossed it when she became a Nightmare and is now convinced her only point in existing is to be a bad guy.]] |
| 25 | * {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Despite her nihilistic worldview, she shows traits of this as a Nightmare. Particularly when she [[EvilVersusEvil fought Gaea Everfree]], who outclassed her by a good margin. Ironically, this determination is ultimately geared towards getting herself killed come the FinalBattle.]]] |
| 26 | * DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:She's completely blindsided by Applebloom realizing she can ''fix'' the printing press. This continues when Button (who she expected to have either been taken out by Applebloom or having taken her out) and Featherweight (who she didn't even ''consider'' a possibility) arrive to defend her while she fixes it.]] |
| 27 | * DivineParentage: [[spoiler:Is Discord's multiple times greatniece. He also performs a twisted form of adoption with her eventually.]] |
| 28 | * TheDragon: [[spoiler:Becomes this to Discord.]] |
| 29 | * DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:When Discord's will to fight in the final battle against the heroes becomes lost, Diamond takes his place in the battle. Further made clear when she ''absorbs'' the orphaned spirits of Dark Magic to become Night''mare'', fully planning to force the heroes to either kill her and presumably destroy the Dark magic that makes Nightmares, or let her take over.]] |
| 30 | * DragonInChief: [[spoiler:Despite being Discord's minion, she's more of a direct threat in the Rumors arc than he was due to him being a OrcusOnHisThrone. Discord implied he might not be able to tell her what to do anymore. Discord steps in during the finale, but personally sees her as his partner, while Diamond still sees herself as a minion.]] |
| 31 | * DrivenToMadness: [[spoiler:Discord has pretty much managed to do this to her, despite being SealedEvilInACan and only able to use words to do it.[[FromBadToWorse It eventually got worse.]] She went so insane that she [[SuperpoweredEvilSide became a Nightmare]].]] |
| 32 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Says to the CMC that if she got a do-over, she'd have done this instead of just being a bully. Given her general motivation, it's not entirely clear if that's a bluff or not. She's ultimately this come the final battle, but [[SuicideByCop wants the heroes to do the killing.]] Scootaloo calls her out on this.]] |
| 33 | * EmotionBomb: [[spoiler:As a Nightmare, she has several powers revolving around inducing despair and depression in others.]] |
| 34 | * EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: |
| 35 | ** Loves both her parents [[spoiler:but eventually becomes disillusioned with her father.]] So much so that [[spoiler:she makes a DealWithTheDevil with Discord to cure her mother in exchange for ''freeing him!'']] |
| 36 | ** And then Discord [[MoralEventHorizon performs yet another atrocity]] by revealing the truth about her mother to her, that DT has suppressed. [[spoiler:Screwball tried to ''murder'' her daughter after her cute-ceanara.]] Upon this reveal, [[DespairEventHorizon Diamond Tiara just dies inside.]] |
| 37 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Even as a Nightmare, she seems to genuinely care about Alula, Tootsie, and Silver Spoon. The irony is she ''becomes'' one to Discord, even if he'll never admit it in a million years.]] |
| 38 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 39 | ** [[spoiler:Even as an insane [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmare]] convinced she only exists to be a villain, she can't bring herself to actually kill or attack Silver and ''runs'' when Silver shows her compassion ''despite'' knowing the monster she is now. She also saves her Equestria Girls self from human Discord, not wanting what happened to her to happen to another Diamond Tiara.]] |
| 40 | ** [[spoiler:While wandering the streets of Canterlot with only Discord to guide her, she feels ill when he suggests a particularly cruel way to hypothetically destroy Apple Bloom and Scootaloo's friendship, although she doesn't understand why.]] |
| 41 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: |
| 42 | ** [[spoiler:She can't understand why Silver ''still'' cares about her despite her HeelFaceTurn and the monster she's become.]] |
| 43 | ** [[spoiler:She's frustrated and grows upset that no one will just kill her during the final battle no matter what she does. She seems incapable of realizing no sane person wants to kill a little girl who was driven insane by Discord and isn't in her right mind.]] |
| 44 | * FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Puts down those without Cutie Marks to make herself feel better about her own, because the jewelry heist that she earned her Cutie Mark from drove her mother to insanely try to kill her. And of course, her motivations as a Nightmare are due to Discord's manipulations and breaking her.]] |
| 45 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:Goes from a child bully to TheDragon of ''Discord''! In fact, she ultimately usurps him as the final main villain.]] |
| 46 | * GreenEyedMonster: Towards Apple Bloom, for ''daring'' to have more friends than her. |
| 47 | * HateSink: {{Invoked|Trope}}. [[spoiler:As a Nightmare she WANTS to be this. Though subverted as several ponies refuse to hate her.]] |
| 48 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Finally makes one after being purified from being Nightmare Nhilis.]] |
| 49 | * HeelRealization: Which [[IgnoredEpiphany hasn't taken]]. [[spoiler:And is actually making things worse. It finally takes after being defeated and purified of being a Nightmare.]] |
| 50 | * HoldTheLine: [[spoiler:Held off the much more powerful Gaea Everfree long enough for Sunset and human Twilight to escape the cave as they did in the heart world.]] |
| 51 | * HopeCrusher: [[spoiler:Makes a habit of trying to do this as a Nightmare. Unfortunately for her, Applebloom ultimately sees through it and realizes she's trying to be this because she knows it ISN'T hopeless and she has a way to beat her.]] |
| 52 | * {{Hypocrite}}: |
| 53 | ** [[spoiler:Despite saying how meaningless everything is, she let's it slip that she still cares about her mother enough to be afraid of having her plans ruin and what she's done for her 'made meaningless'.]] |
| 54 | ** [[spoiler:Spends an entire scene wondering who the heroes will deflect blame to if something goes wrong and a loved one gets hurt fighting her...then instantly [[NeverMyFault blames them for her doing actions that might cause it in the first place.]] Justified, as she's a Nightmare, who's insanity typically makes them do hypocritical things.]] |
| 55 | ** [[spoiler:Complains about some of her abilities being shrugged off...when one of her explicit abilities after absorbing the Spirits of Dark Magic is to do exactly that to anyone's special abilities who's ever been a Nightmare, and unlike Celestia and Luna isn't creative enough to compensate for it..]] |
| 56 | * ICantSenseTheirPresence: [[spoiler:As a Nightmare, even when she flares her energy, beings with the ability to do such things cannot sense her magic at all, or even scan her to reveal her name and Tarot. Featherweight, however, is able to completely bypass this, not by sensing her, but by being ''better'' at being sneaky than she is.]] |
| 57 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: Despite her ego, it's clear she craves companionship and friends. [[spoiler:Even as a Nightmare she clearly cares about Alula and Tootsie.]] |
| 58 | * InternalReveal: [[spoiler:The audience sees her go Nightmare, but the characters don't learn of it until midway through Rumors.]] |
| 59 | * InverseLawOfUtilityAndLethality: [[spoiler:Once Diamond Tiara becomes a nightmare, with sincerely disturbing powers like Can't Sense Their Energy combined with Decaying Touch and her innate talent at mind games... and yet she is eternally frustrated at running into characters these don't work on.]] |
| 60 | * {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:She believes she was 'made to be evil', but her first incarnation Diamond Glow was actually a selfless hero.]] |
| 61 | * ItsAllAboutMe: |
| 62 | ** As she puts it herself, "Mom always said I was special. So that means everypony else can't be special. After all, they weren't me, what did I care if they hurt?" |
| 63 | ** [[spoiler:Despite claiming to be doing what she is for everyone, it's pointed out she's ultimately being selfish for trying to force others to kill her to do so, not caring about how that'd effect them, nor does she actually care who she hurts in the process.]] |
| 64 | * IveComeTooFar: [[spoiler:Is convinced she's done too much evil to be forgiven by this point. Thankfully she's ultimately saved.]] |
| 65 | * JediMindTrick: Her style of mind control. [[spoiler:As such it's limited in its effectiveness against people who know better than to believe what she's saying.]] |
| 66 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler:Flees her fight with Gaea Everfree the moment Sunset and human Twilight arrive as they did in canon.]] |
| 67 | * KryptoniteIsEverywhere: [[spoiler:Poor Diamond Tiara, after becoming a Nightmare, in spite of having abilities that should make her a terrifying opponent, she keeps getting smashed face first with enemies that counter her or exploit her KryptoniteFactor. This was apparently overcompensation due to her fight using these abilities with Venus' avatar being really hated by one editor.]] |
| 68 | * LastOfHerKind: [[spoiler:Due to Rarity redeeming the Spirits of Dark Magic, Nightmare Nhilus is the last Nightmare for the few moments between that and her purification.]] |
| 69 | * LightIsNotGood: [[spoiler:Her magic as a Nightmare is white in color.]] |
| 70 | * LittleMissSnarker: Has her moments [[spoiler:during the final battle, most of which are directed at Discord.]] |
| 71 | * LogicalWeakness: [[spoiler:While not completely immune, her depression inducing power doesn't hinder Princess Celestia all that much, as Celestia has endured heartbreak and pain on a gigantic scale for over a thousand years. Gilda's past in Griffonstone makes her outright immune.]] |
| 72 | * MagicallyBindingContract: [[spoiler:Subverted, her choice of words imply she did this when Tootsie and Alula joined her, but ultimately just let them go free when they quit.]] |
| 73 | * MeaningfulRename: |
| 74 | ** [[spoiler:Her original name was "Tarnished Rich". Her father requested the name changes partially to sound more important, and mostly out of guilt over his wife Golden Tiara's descent into insanity]]. |
| 75 | ** [[spoiler:As Nightmare Nhilis, she tries to spread despair with her words]]. |
| 76 | * MindRape: [[spoiler:As a Nightmare, she can do this now. She does this to Silver Spoon in "Character Rerailment" in an attempt to convince her her only purpose in existence is being a monster. She can also force despair on others, but the memory spell can counter it, her own tiara held by Silver can block it, and Celestia [[NoSell shrugs it off]] because while she's effected, she's been through a thousand years of despair already and thus can endure it.]] |
| 77 | * MoralMyopia: [[spoiler:Gets angry at heroes for various things...which she herself does without issue. Justified as she's a Nightmare, and they tend to be hypocritical.]] |
| 78 | * MotiveDecay: Justified: [[spoiler:her initial goal was to save her mother, which she succeeded at...but by then had been manipulated into turning into an insane Nightmare and more or less just went along with Discord's plans at that point. She develops a desire to drive away the Shadows Who Are in order to give her world true freedom. The failure of her plans clearly doesn't do her mental state any favors, and ultimately leaves her dangerously suicidal. Her ultimate goal is to get the heroes to kill her.]] |
| 79 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Once purified of being a Nightmare, she understandably has this reaction to everything she did.]] |
| 80 | * NobodyCanDie: [[spoiler:As Nightmare Nhilis, she ''believes'' this trope is in play during the final battle... so she aims to simply cripple Gilda for life instead. It's noted she's actually wrong, and very well ''could'' have killed someone.]] |
| 81 | * NoSell: [[spoiler:After absorbing the Spirits of Dark Magic, she's immune to the magic of anyone who's been a Nightmare to an extent, including Celestia and Luna. So they just [[SubvertedTrope use physical attacks and indirect means]] to hit her in ways she's not immune to.]] |
| 82 | * NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:Her emotionless attitude begins slipping as the final confrontation of Rumors keeps going on and more unexpected variables keep showing up, causing things to start going south for her.]] |
| 83 | * OhCrap: [[spoiler:Has one when Featherweight reveals that he knows not only her birth name, but everything about her mother.]] |
| 84 | * OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Double-subverted. She transforms into a hideous abomination to try and convince the heroes to put her down, but Applejack sees through the facade so she turns back. She then absorbs the Spirits of Dark Magic to become an adult Nightmare and truly represent this trope.]] |
| 85 | * PsychicLink: [[spoiler:The events of the Day of Chaos granted Diamond and Sweetie Belle an empathic link with each other that both eventually become aware of. Discord uses this to make the Bearers hesitant to use the Elements on the duo in fear of what would happen to Sweetie, of course they have ''other'' ways to use them now. It still plays a major role in several key ways, however. Once she's purified back into Diamond, Celestia reverses it as while it was handy, it ''would'' inevitably cause trouble if they were allowed to remain that way forever.]] |
| 86 | * PurpleIsPowerful: [[spoiler:Her Nightmare form has a dark purple coat.]] |
| 87 | * PutOnTheBus: [[spoiler:Disappears for a long period of the story after Mind Games while Dark World, Shining Armor, and the 7 Dreams/7 Nightmares Arcs before returning during the Wedding. She's then absent for the Nightmare Ponyville Arc, which turned out to actually be Dark World before returning as a main antagonist from thereon out.]] |
| 88 | * {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler:Is revealed to be the Reincarnation of G3 Glitterbelle, who in turn was the Reincarnation of G2 Diamond Glow. This ironically means she and Apple Bloom were ''sisters'' in a past life.]] |
| 89 | * ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Seems to have made Tootsie and Alula this for Silver Spoon.]] |
| 90 | * TheRestShallPass: [[spoiler:Invoked. She WANTED Applebloom to be the only one who made it to her. She's taken completely off guard when Button Mash and Featherweight show up anyway.]] |
| 91 | * TheReveal: [[spoiler:She became Discord's host after freeing him (which involved shattering and killing him so he could BodySurf), the two SharingABody.]] |
| 92 | * RippleEffectProofMemory: [[spoiler:Begins to notice the chronological divergences from the heart world as she approaches Nightmare status.]] |
| 93 | * SanitySlippage: |
| 94 | ** [[spoiler:It's hinted that ItRunsInTheFamily, though [[MindRape Discord isn't helping one bit.]]]] |
| 95 | ** [[spoiler:After part 4 of Mind Games, she's ''really'' gone over the deep end. She's even begun hallucinating.]] |
| 96 | ** [[spoiler:In part eight of Mind games we find out that she's descended through Screwball's side of the family from Shady, Discord's "mother".]] |
| 97 | * SculleryMaid: This is how she infiltrates Canterlot Castle, acting as a server for the diplomatic function. Made more poignant because she is figuratively a runaway princess at that point. |
| 98 | * SharingABody: [[spoiler:Is revealed to be hosting Discord's spirit in her body after shattering his original one to free him from his statue prison.]] |
| 99 | * ShutUpKirk: When Apple Bloom tries to convince her to be good by pointing out [[spoiler:several alternate versions of Diamond who were heroes]], she retorts, "None of them are me." |
| 100 | * StatusQuoIsGod: [[spoiler:She hates it for making her the bad guy and wanting to drive off the Shadows to be rid of it.]] |
| 101 | * StrawNihilist: Repeatedly says everything, especially choice, is pointless. [[spoiler:It's ultimately a lie: she ''does'' think people matter...except her. So if she becomes the universe's HateSink, then no one else has to.]] |
| 102 | * SuicideByCop: [[spoiler:Becomes apparent she is trying to do this during the FinalBattle. Scootaloo calls her out on it.]] |
| 103 | * SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:Discord pretty much breaks her spirit so completely that she ends up going ''Nightmare''.]] |
| 104 | * ThenLetMeBeEvil: [[spoiler:Ultimately her choice when Discord breaks her, embracing her status as a jerk villain and deciding to be a 'bigger monster'.]] |
| 105 | * ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler:Has this reaction to Featherweight [[ICantSenseTheirPresence being able to track her flawlessly]], something she doesn't believe should be possible.]] |
| 106 | * TooBleakStoppedCaring: [[spoiler:{{Invoked|Trope}}. Her plan in the Rumors arc is to cause this to such an extent the Shadows abandon their world.]] |
| 107 | * TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: She had some disturbing behavior for a child [[spoiler:after her mother went insane. Discord's manipulations of her make it considerably worse.]] |
| 108 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: |
| 109 | ** [[spoiler:Nythy underestimates her and ends up having one of his Avatars trapped in a glass jar and used as a plaything. While he's not less dangerous than her, it's still a case where he underestimated her.]] |
| 110 | ** [[spoiler:On the other side of the coin when she never anticipated Button Mash being as major of a problem for her as he turned out to be. Likewise, she never even considered Featherweight might be a threat, allowing him to escape. Not only did this give the CMC the knowledge about her they wouldn't have otherwise had, he [[BigDamnHeroes arrives at the World Tower]] and becomes a key part of the Rumors being undone.]] |
| 111 | * UnskilledButStrong: [[spoiler:After absorbing the Spirits of Dark Magic, she becomes extremely strong after becoming a Nightmare...but she's still a little kid. While ''dangerous'' and knowing a surprising number of spells, but Celestia and Luna are still able to keep up with her because she isn't nearly as skilled as either.]] |
| 112 | * VillainousBreakdown: |
| 113 | ** [[spoiler:When Silver [[ShutUpHannibal shoots down her attempts]] to convince her she's a monster and then to get her to see Diamond as one and 'play her role' by rejecting her. She gets ''afraid'' and ''runs away''.]] |
| 114 | ** [[spoiler:Has a bigger one during the final confrontation of the Rumors Arc as Applebloom figures out she can ''fix'' the printing press and Button and Featherweight arrive to hold her off. As the fight goes on, she becomes more and more frantic and frustrated, and ultimately becomes ''afraid''. It gets to the point it affects her aim and she begins missing.]] |
| 115 | ** [[spoiler:She starts having on when Golden shows up to the final battle, but even ''more'' of one when the Spirits of Dark Magic rebel against her.]] |
| 116 | * VillainsOutShopping: [[spoiler:Spends much of the Rumors Arc playing video games with Alula and Toostie.]] |
| 117 | * WalkingSpoiler: Look at how much of these examples are spoilered out! |
| 118 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Despite being TheDragon to Discord and being a despair-themed Nightmare, even at her worst she mainly wanted to 'free' the world from the Shadows Who Are, and when that fails, she does a number of good deeds in other universes to help other Diamond Tiaras while waiting for the FinalBattle.]] |
| 119 | * WingedUnicorn: [[spoiler:Became a Nightmare, and when defeated becomes an Alicorn, though like Fluttershy her power is sealed.]] |
| 120 | * WorkingThroughTheCold: [[spoiler:Recovering from nearly being turned to stone by Queen Cadenza doesn't stop her from progressing her plans with Alula and Toostie.]] |
| 121 | * WrongContextMagic: [[spoiler:Even ''she'' doesn't know how her Nightmare powers work, though part of that is she doesn't ''care''.]] |
| 122 | * YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler:Already destroyed the printing press after sending her final rumor before Applebloom reached her.]] |
| 123 | * YouCannotFightFate: [[spoiler:Rota Fortuna warns Apple Bloom that the Crusaders simply ''can't'' beat her head on and will lose if they try. And it's true: which is why [[TakeAThirdOption Apple Bloom doesn't try.]]]] |
| 124 | [[/folder]] |
| 125 | |
| 126 | [[folder:Filthy Rich/Onyx Tiara]] |
| 127 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Louis Badalament |
| 128 | |
| 129 | Diamond Tiara's father, and Golden Tiara's husband. |
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| 131 | * AbusiveParents: Of the emotional type. Shortly after [[spoiler:Golden Tiara goes insane]] he began teaching Diamond that the Earth Ponies were once slaves to the Unicorns and Pegasi, that Alicorns were tyrants who oppressed their subjects and manipulated the truth with their "propaganda", and that "narwhals" and "featherdusters" are ''still'' the oppressive slave drivers they were before the founding of Equestria and are simply waiting for their chance to re-enslave the Earth Ponies. [[spoiler:The Interviewers eventually make him realize what a dick he was]]. Downplayed as he's ''completely'' unaware of the fact he was harming his child with his actions. [[spoiler:The racism is erased by Apple Bloom while she repaired the universe from the Rumors, but some of the other problems he caused his daughter still stand..]] |
| 132 | * TheAtoner: [[spoiler:After he overcomes his FantasticRacism and accepts responsibility for his actions causing his wife and daughter's SanitySlippage.]] |
| 133 | * BerserkButton: Don't bring up Golden Tiara's [[spoiler:SanitySlippage]] or speak ill of her. A pony said an insensitive comment about it when they thought he wasn't listening and ended up hurled out a second story window. |
| 134 | * ConspiracyTheorist: |
| 135 | ** Believes that Celestia and Luna are tyrannical rulers who have oppressed the 'naturally superior Earth Ponies' for generations, that cutie marks are 'the mark of Cain'. |
| 136 | ** He's also convinced that everyday luxuries such as ''tooth brushes and doorknobs'' are part of a secret narwhal plot. [[spoiler:This particular thing is erased by Apple Bloom while repairing the universe during the Rumors.]] |
| 137 | ** [[spoiler:He finally realized the error of his ways in "Mind Games Part 2" with help from the interviewers. In part 4 he outright laughs at how stupid some of his theories were.]] |
| 138 | * DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Came ''very'' close to crossing this in "Mind Games Part 2" to the point he was at least partially Discorded. The interviewers timely intervention manages to pull him back.]] |
| 139 | * DrivenToSuicide: After what Discord did, he was nearly driven to this. [[spoiler:He only didn't die thanks to a unicorn maid saving his life.]] |
| 140 | * FantasticRacism: |
| 141 | ** Against 'featherdusters' (Pegasi) and 'narwhals' (unicorns). |
| 142 | ** [[spoiler:Averted as of "Mind Games Part 2"; he's no longer one thanks to some outside intervention and c.]] |
| 143 | ** [[spoiler:As of the end of Rumors, this particular part of him was {{Ret Gone}}'d by Apple Bloom.]] |
| 144 | * HappilyMarried: Was this with Golden originally [[spoiler:and after she regains her sanity.]] |
| 145 | * ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:He blames himself entirely for his wife's insanity.]] |
| 146 | * MeaningfulRename: Though born "Filthy Rich", he prefers the more prestigious-sounding "Onyx Tiara". [[spoiler:Turns out he did this out of ''guilt'' because he failed to stop Golden from going insane and blamed himself. His wife and daughter's current names count as this as well]] |
| 147 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: |
| 148 | ** When he recovered from his Discording and realized [[spoiler:he'd rejected his wife]]. Unfortunately, denial turns this into an IgnoredEpiphany. |
| 149 | ** [[spoiler:Then he realizes he really did do it, and it actually at least partially ''Discorded him'' from depression. However, the Tnterviewers intervene and manage to pull him back. After that, the epiphany finally sticks and he changes his ways.]] |
| 150 | * OhMyGods: Because he uses Cadence as opposed to Celestia and Luna, likely because [[spoiler:she tried to cure Golden, even though it didn't succeed.]] |
| 151 | * PapaWolf: |
| 152 | ** He's genuinely protective of his daughter. [[spoiler:So much so that when his now insane wife tried to strangle Diamond, Onyx tackled Screwball so hard she went straight through a coach and embedded in the bookshelf behind it. Even in the revised timeline where Golden didn't try to ''kill'' her, only ''hurt'' her, he still came to her defense.]] |
| 153 | ** [[spoiler:When he finds out what Discord did to her, his first instinct is to want to tear him apart until he finds out Discord allowed himself to experience a DeathOfPersonality.]] |
| 154 | * RescueRomance: [[spoiler:This is his reason for courting his maid, Shiny Star, who intervened in his suicide attempt, though she did not attempt to seduce him.]] |
| 155 | * UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler:In his "Butterflies" entry.]] |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[folder:Golden Tiara]] |
| 159 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Beccy Henderson |
| 160 | |
| 161 | Diamond Tiara's mother, and Filthy Rich's wife. |
| 162 | ---- |
| 163 | * ActionMom: |
| 164 | ** She didn't let being a mother stop her from staying in shape and being able to kick flank. [[spoiler:Once she regains enough sanity to realize Diamond Tiara is in danger, she ''really'' shows this off in a [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Sarah Connor]]-like fashion.]] |
| 165 | ** [[spoiler:She's ''still'' a bad flank ''without'' the insanity.]] |
| 166 | * TheAtoner: [[spoiler:She's still ''very'' guilty from her time as a madpony, to the point of refusing to answer to "Golden Tiara". It helps her empathize with Diamond after she's purified and helps them reconnect.]] |
| 167 | * AxCrazy: [[spoiler: When she had her jewelry rearranged on accident by her daughter, she goes utterly nuts to ''put it lightly'' and tries to strangle her to death in a utterly maniacal UnstoppableRage. In the revised time line, she 'only' tried to beat her up.]] |
| 168 | * BadassNormal: Has no supernatural powers or magical artifacts, only martial arts and an inability to feel pain. She's still quite the heavy hitter. |
| 169 | * BlitheSpirit: Wasn't an upper crust pony like Filthy and ''far'' more free spirited. [[spoiler:The pressure of being this is part of what drove her insane.]] |
| 170 | * CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:Even after regaining her sanity, she's become a much kinder person more dedicated to making up for what she did as Screwball.]] |
| 171 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: You'd better believe it. See LightningBruiser. |
| 172 | * ControlFreak: [[spoiler:When she first went insane, she was this, to the point of harming her daughter for messing with her jewelry. She's decidedly ''not'' proud of it.]] |
| 173 | * CorruptTheCutie: Struggling to survive in an unforgiving, cutthroat high society turned her into a ControlFreak. [[spoiler:Eventually she snapped when Diamond Tiara accidentally rearranged her jewelry, to the point where she tried to kill her own daughter, and went insane for a time]]. |
| 174 | * TheDeterminator: [[spoiler:She is ''going'' to find and rescue her daughter, and ''nothing'' is going to stop her.]] |
| 175 | * FeelNoPain: At the very least, her pain tolerance is high enough that she can easily fit through tight spaces by ''voluntarily dislocating her bones''. Apparently, suffering a rather ugly accident as a child and then having the resulting damage fixed without anesthetic is responsible for her absurd pain tolerance. |
| 176 | * ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:Her going insane prevented her from becoming like Spoiled Rich in canon.]] |
| 177 | * FunnySchizophrenia: Averted. It's not funny, and it's actually [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernicke%27s_aphasia Receptive Aphasia]]. |
| 178 | * HappilyMarried: With Filthy [[spoiler:until she went insane, they go back to this trope after she regains it.]] |
| 179 | * IronicHell: [[spoiler:Gets a taste of this when she sees what she'd be like if she never went insane.]] |
| 180 | * ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Blames herself for everything that happened to Diamond, though others disagree and make the effort to change her mind.]] |
| 181 | * LightningBruiser: Fast enough to perform flying kicks and dodge tranquilizer darts, strong enough to break doors off hinges and rapidly dislocate bones, and durable enough to go crashing through furniture and to withstand sustained electric shock with nary an injury, she is hands-down the best hoof-to-hoof fighter in the series. |
| 182 | * MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Can happen due to her high pain tolerance. |
| 183 | * MamaBear: [[spoiler:Even after going insane, she's fiercely protective of Diamond.]] |
| 184 | * ManOfKryptonite: [[spoiler:The DistantFinale eventually reveals she becomes the Alicorn of Mental Healing, turning her into this for naturally insane Nightmares. Though whether or not any ever come to be due to Rarity's HeroicSacrifice is left intentionally vague.]] |
| 185 | * MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:Her name was changed to "Screwball" during her period of insanity. Once she recovers her sanity along with her full memory, she renames herself "Golden Skates", her birth name, and refused to answer to Golden Tiara out of shame for her actions]]. |
| 186 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:After Discord restores her sanity, she remembers she tried to kill Diamond and has a rather nasty one of these, including saying this practically word for word. Still feels this in the new timeline, even though Applebloom altered history so she 'only' tried to beat her up. Thankfully, this has a positive outcome as it helps her fully understand her daughter's pain after being defeated and purified from being Nhilus.]] |
| 187 | --> "[[OhMyGods Dear Cadence]], ''what did I do''?! WHAT DID I DO?! If [[EmbarrassingFirstName Filthy]] hadn't [[PapaWolf stopped me]]…WHAT WOULD I HAVE [[OffingTheOffspring DONE]] ''TO MY BABY''?!" |
| 188 | * OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:When she goes insane, she tries to do this to Diamond. She becomes too insane to even remember doing it and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone does NOT take it well when her sanity and her memory of the incident is restored.]]]] |
| 189 | %%* TheOphelia: Never has an Ophelia been so badass. |
| 190 | * PowerBornOfMadness: [[spoiler:Subverted. Her insane self is simply more unhinged and willing to hurt others, Golden proves every bit as powerful when she's sane again.]] |
| 191 | * {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler:Is the {{Reincarnation}} of G3 Crystal Lace, who in turn was formally G2 Golden Glow. This ironically means she used to be Diamond Tiara's ''sister'' in a past life.]] |
| 192 | * RestorationOfSanity: [[spoiler:Discord keeps his end of his DealWithTheDevil with Diamond Tiara and restores her sanity.]] |
| 193 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: |
| 194 | ** [[spoiler:She correctly deduces that Diamond Tiara is in Canterlot, but by assuming that if she's in danger and not in Ponyville, she must've been kidnapped. And if she were kidnapped, the kidnappers would take her where they could hide her in plain sight. Diamond Tiara is her little princess, therefore [[InsaneTrollLogic they'd take her to Canterlot because princesses live there.]][[LampshadeHanging The Interviewer actually does a]] JawDrop in response to this.]] |
| 195 | ** Played tragically when she correctly guesses that her daughter, [[spoiler:Tarnished Rich]], broke into her closet [[spoiler:AND TRIES TO KILL HER FOR THAT (beat her up in the revised timeline).]] |
| 196 | * RightManInTheWrongPlace: [[spoiler:During the Finale Arc. Discord's DealWithTheDevil with Diamond makes her immune to the rumors...and ends up in the right position to help Flash Sentry and Sunny Days rescue Luna and destroy the Nightmare Forces.]] |
| 197 | * RippleEffectProofMemory: [[spoiler:As a result of Discord's DealWithTheDevil with Diamond. When Discord's endgame hits, she's still herself.]] |
| 198 | * SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:Went insane due to the pressures put on her by high society life and the ones she imposed on herself. After the Princess Gaia arc, she's ''somewhat'' less insane than before.]] |
| 199 | * ScrewDestiny: Has always disliked the concept of cutie marks defining who you are. She ''did'' have it explained to her that's not how it works, but never fully understood it. |
| 200 | * SpiritedCompetitor: She loves competition and used to love rollerskating. Unfortunately, Diamond completely misunderstood this and took it as 'crush the competition no matter what.' |
| 201 | * SuccessThroughInsanity: [[spoiler:Screwball/Golden Tiara, who breaks out from the asylum by being too crazy to be stopped by obstacles like hoof-cuffs, numerous security staff, reinforced doors, electric fences, or a cockatrice attack. The next we see of her, she's stealthed her way to Canterlot, at least partially by relying on a drainage system, which she fit through by ''dislocating her own bones'', which is also how she managed to escape the asylum. Did we mention she can dislocate and re-set her bones? Because she can, and she refuses to let a little thing like pain that would knock a normal/sane pony unconscious stop her from saving her daughter.]] |
| 202 | [[/folder]] |
| 203 | |
| 204 | [[folder:Shiny Star]] |
| 205 | ---- |
| 206 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Feels a huge amount of obligation to Golden Tiara for hiring her when she had no place to go. [[spoiler:This is what causes her the sex by proxy ploy, and also why she secretly escorts Golden's daughter to visit her mother in the asylum.]] |
| 207 | * RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:Was psychologically and sexually abused by a stallion in Canterlot (maybe). This was erased from history by Apple Bloom.]] |
| 208 | * SexEqualsLove: Believed that she could keep Onyx Tiara faithful to Golden Tiara by having sex by proxy for her because she has the exact same coloring as Golden Tiara and Onyx was having sex with a large number of mares as it was and she knew ''she'' wasn't trying to take him from Golden. [[spoiler:The actual sex was erased from time by Applebloom, but the dating part still happened.]] |
| 209 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Filthy Rich and Golden Tiara. |
| 210 | [[/folder]] |
| 211 | |
| 212 | [[folder:Silver Spoon/Silver Tray]] |
| 213 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Pocket-Sized Kitsune |
| 214 | ---- |
| 215 | * BadassAdorable: Became one post HeelFaceTurn. |
| 216 | * BerserkButton: Post HeelFaceTurn, hurting [[spoiler:the Crusaders]] is one of these. [[spoiler:Best shown at her rage at seeing Sweetie and Spike brainwashed by Chrysalis.]] |
| 217 | * BodyHorror: Her Discording involved being turned into what amounted to tinfoil and having her glasses turned into her ''eyes''. |
| 218 | * BreakTheHaughty: Her father nearly killing her while Discorded and then Diamond Tiara giving her a brutal TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and turning her flank on her did this to her. |
| 219 | * BrokenBird: For a time, after being nearly murdered by her Discorded father and then Diamond Tiara turned on her. |
| 220 | * CharacterDevelopment: Eschewed her past bullying self and became a much better filly [[spoiler:and even became a member of the CMC]]. |
| 221 | * {{Determinator}}: She ''will'' find, save Diamond, and [[spoiler:convince her to be friends with her ''and'' the Crusaders]], no matter what it takes. |
| 222 | --> '''Silver Spoon''': [[spoiler:I'm a Crusader now. And Crusaders can be quite determined when we put our minds to it.]] |
| 223 | * EyeScream: When she was Discorded, her eyes disappeared from her face and reappeared on her glasses. |
| 224 | * FriendlessBackground: Other than Diamond Tiara, she had zero friends before befriending the CMC. |
| 225 | * HeelFaceTurn: Became a much nicer person [[spoiler:and Cutie Mark Crusader]] after befriending the Crusaders. |
| 226 | * HeelRealization: Had one when Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle stood up to her in Apple Bloom's defense. |
| 227 | * IHatePastMe: Is ''not'' fond of the pony she used to be. [[spoiler:She outright admits to Nightmare Diamond she ''hates'' her past self, and spent a large amount of "Character Rerailment" being horrified by her Heart World self.]] |
| 228 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: Admits to Twist that sometimes she ''does'' just want to be a kid, not the lady her mother is dedicated to making her. |
| 229 | * LonelyRichKid: Didn't have any friends behind Diamond. |
| 230 | * MeaningfulRename: Her original name was Silver Tray before she changed it after getting her Cutie Mark. |
| 231 | * NearDeathExperience: On the Day of Discord, her father became AxCrazy and nearly killed her with the family's ancestral axe. It takes her a long time to recover from the terrifying experience. |
| 232 | * ProperLady: What her mother wants her to be. Silver isn't too fond of it. |
| 233 | * RedemptionPromotion: She's considerably smarter and generally stronger willed as a good guy than a bad guy. [[spoiler:She even manages a ShutUpHannibal on ''Nightmare Diamond''. Later, during the Wedding Arc, she handles herself quite well helping the other Crusaders [[LetsGetDangerous get dangerous]] and save Spike.]] She's also got quite a bit more physically fit due to [[spoiler:taking part in the Crusader's games.]] |
| 234 | * {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler:Of G3 Silver Glow, who in turn was one of G2 Silver Glow. This ironically means she, Diamond Tiara, and Apple Bloom were ''sisters'' in a past life.]] |
| 235 | * SixthRanger: [[spoiler:For the Cutie Mark Crusaders.]] |
| 236 | * SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:Her STILL caring about Diamond Tiara despite being shown the monster her friend has now become is ultimately what wins their BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind.]] |
| 237 | * TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: [[spoiler:Manages to talk down the Pinkie Pie Clone Army and make them willingly leave the FinalBattle back to Discord's Realm.]] |
| 238 | * TrueCompanions: |
| 239 | ** She was genuinely Diamond Tiara's friend and cared for her. Unfortunately, Tiara never realized it until she'd already broken their friendship up herself. [[spoiler:The Cutie Mark Crusaders manage to become this for her afterwards, however.]] |
| 240 | ** She ''still'' loves Diamond as her friend ''despite'' what happened [[spoiler:and wants for the CMC and Diamond to be friends. Even when faced with the monster Discord turned Diamond into.]] |
| 241 | * WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:The fact she's the Crusaders' SixthRanger.]] |
| 242 | * WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Gives one to Twilight Sparkle for opening old wounds by bringing up the 'Smartypants Incident' to the CMC just to make her own guilt go away. Spike then ''gives'' her one for being overly harsh in the process.]] |
| 243 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: After Discord's reign, she was scared of her own glasses and absolutely ''terrified'' of her father, [[OffingTheOffspring which was understandable]]. The former she managed to get over, but the latter took a ''long'' time to heal. |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder:Silver Tongue/Silver Axe]] |
| 247 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Louis Badalament |
| 248 | |
| 249 | Silver Spoon's father, a retired Royal Guard. |
| 250 | ---- |
| 251 | * ActionDad: Steps into this role during the Wedding Arc when he has to stop being a RetiredBadass and help fight the Changelings. |
| 252 | * CreatorCameo: Is voiced by the producer of the AudioAdaptation. |
| 253 | * DadTheVeteran: Is a retired Royal Guard and Silver Spoon's father. |
| 254 | * DotingParent: Once he gets his act together, he's this to Silver Spoon. |
| 255 | * FantasticRacism: Subverted. "Mind Games Pt. 2" reveals he was just playing along in order to keep his long friendship with Onyx Tiara going. [[spoiler:When Onyx, in that chapter, states that he feels he may have been wrong all this time in terms of his opinions of the other races and the Princesses, Silver Tongue is damn-near elated]]. |
| 256 | * LetsGetDangerous: During the Wedding Arc, where he becomes dead serious due to the Changeling invasion and busts out his guard training. |
| 257 | * MeaningfulRename: Born "Silver Axe", changed it to "Silver Tongue" due to what he did while Discorded. |
| 258 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Had this reaction after his Discording was reversed and he realized he'd nearly killed his own daughter with his namesake. |
| 259 | * NonIdleRich: His family is rich, but he still did service in the royal guard and came out of retirement to help fight the Changelings. |
| 260 | * OffingTheOffspring: During the Day of Discord, he became completely AxCrazy and started chasing his daughter while holding the family's ancestral silver axe, with the intent of mounting her head on the wall. He's horrified when the world is restored to sanity and he realizes what he nearly did. |
| 261 | * RetiredBadass: Was once a Royal Guard but retired a good while ago. Is forced to come out of retirement during the Wedding and proves to still be quite the badass. |
| 262 | * SpecsOfAwesome: Wears glasses like his daughter, but is also a RetiredBadass who can kick a lot of flank. |
| 263 | [[/folder]] |
| 264 | |
| 265 | [[folder:Silver Platter]] |
| 266 | --> '''Voiced by:''' Suzanne Muir |
| 267 | |
| 268 | Silver Spoon's mother. |
| 269 | ---- |
| 270 | * BodyHorror: Was turned into the body of a baby foal with [[NightmareFace the face of an elderly mare]] by Discord on the day of chaos. |
| 271 | * FantasticRacism: No longer as of "Mind Games Pt. 2", according to her husband Silver Tongue. [[spoiler:Possibly never at all thanks to Applebloom.]] |
| 272 | * ParasolOfPrettiness: Always carrying one. |
| 273 | * StepfordSmiler: Has some bad self-image issues despite how she acts. |
| 274 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: Had a very negative effect on Golden Tiara. [[spoiler:Golden doesn't think so later on though.]] |
| 275 | [[/folder]] |
| 276 | |
| 277 | [[folder:Tender Loving Care (TLC)]] |
| 278 | ---- |
| 279 | * ActionGirl: Is Screwball's caretaker, because she was the only one at the asylum able to match her [[spoiler:which is why she was sent to retriever her from Canterlot, only to find she was healed of her insanity.]] |
| 280 | * AttackHello: [[spoiler:Her and Golden Tiara greet each other by engaging in a martial arts fight. According to Golden, it was basically how they said hello.]] |
| 281 | * BigWhat: Her reaction to realizing [[spoiler:Screwball is no longer insane.]] |
| 282 | * WarriorTherapist: Literally. She's a nurse at the asylum [[spoiler:Golden Tiara was held at]] and a black belt on par with her. |
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