Line #39 FanFic/FixingUpMissSmartypants


1	Big Macintosh had a perfectly good reason for taking Twilight's doll; he wanted to use it to finally start a conversation with her. But Applejack's having none of it, Rarity's getting the wrong idea about everything, and the Cutie Mark Crusader Matchmakers are about to really throw a spanner in the works!
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3	Starting with ASimplePlan, ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/10322/Fixing-Up-Miss-Smartypants Fixing Up Miss Smartypants]]'' swiftly spins into a comedy of errors, as Big Mac, Twilight, and the rest of their circle of friends get caught in the middle of ShipToShipCombat.
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5	Sadly, the sequel ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/12021/Three-Magics Three Magics]]'' isn't as light. Set five years later, we follow the adventures of a Twilight who, for reasons that become clear later on, lets all the friendships she made slip right through her hooves.
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8	!!This ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' {{Fanfic}} contains examples of:
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10	* {{Aesoptinum}}: [[spoiler:The magical storage crystals]] Twilight was proud of in "Three Magics" had the nasty side effect of [[spoiler:draining away her soul]]. By the time the story started, she was so obsessed with her work, her friends had all but given up on her.
11	* ASimplePlan: Return Twilight's doll and use it as a conversation starter. WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong
12	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: {{Inverted}} with [[spoiler:all the main couples]], they're mutually attracted, but too afraid to act on their feelings for fear they'll discover they aren't returned.
13	* BadBadActing: Applejack, when participating in a ZanyScheme.
14	* BadLiar: Scootaloo.
15	* BerserkButton: Big Macintosh ''really'' doesn't like anyone calling Ditzy Doo 'Derpy'.
16	* BrickJoke: [[spoiler:Where Smartypants eventually ends up.]]
17	* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler:Pinkie Pie]]. Even if her solution ''does'' boil down to [[spoiler:throw a party.]]
18	* EveryoneIsBi: {{Invoked}}; Twilight mentions early on that most ponies tend to swing both ways, explaining the high amounts of HomoeroticSubtext.
19	* [[SixthRanger Fourth Ranger]]: Dinky Doo gets recruited into the CMC after they learn she drew on the various cutie marks she's been seen with in the series.
20	* FreudianSlip: Combined with ExactWords when it's pointed out that [[spoiler:Applejack didn't accuse Twilight of trying to take Fluttershy away from ''Big Mac'', but from '''her''']].
21	* IHaveThisFriend: Rainbow Dash tries this tactic when asking Twilight for a book on dating advice.
22	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Spike, mistakenly believing that Rarity's in love with [[spoiler:Twilight]].
23	* InSeriesNickname: 'Derpy Hooves', which Macintosh reprimands Apple Bloom for using.
24	* IncomingHam: Trixie's intro.
25	* {{Irony}} (Situational): Just before getting dragged into the chaos of the main plot, Twilight tells a friend they should just ''tell'' the object of their affection how they feel.
26	* ItsAllAboutMe: Trixie, who laughs at the thought of [[spoiler:breaking her marefriend's heart]].
27	* [[KickTheDog Kick The Dog]]: Trixie casually throws a wrench into [[spoiler:Pinkie Pie]]'s plans [[ItAmusedMe just to amuse herself]], then decides to [[spoiler:take advantage of the lovelorn Fluttershy just to hurt her marefriend]].
28	* LoveDodecahedron
29	* LoveEpiphany: Eventually, the ''real'' reason she's so dead-set on [[spoiler:making Fluttershy part of her family]] strikes [[spoiler:Applejack]].
30	* LoveLetterLunacy: Set in motion by the Cutie Mark Crusader Matchmakers.
31	* {{Malaproper}}: Dinky Doo, by virtue of misusing words she's heard only once or twice.
32	* MaybeEverAfter: "Three Magics" ends with [[spoiler:Twilight]] and [[spoiler:Big Macintosh]] more or less promising to see where their relationship is going. [[spoiler:This meshes nicely with how she's reestablished friendships with most of the Mane Six.]]
33	* NoodleIncident: How the CMC figured out that 'Drum Catapulting' didn't get you a cutie mark.
34	* NotWhatItLooksLike
35	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: PlayedForLaughs; the Cutie Mark Crusaders dismiss Rarity's calling something "the worst possible thing" as part of her usual theatrics until Sweetie Belle reveals she was so upset she went completely ''silent'' over it.
36	* OperationJealousy: Octavia accuses her ex-marefriend of this; what's worse, she appears to be invoking it with [[spoiler: Tavi's ''sister'' Pinkie Pie]]!
37	** Rarity tries her hoof at this and ropes Doctor Whooves into reluctantly playing the role of her date; [[spoiler:it works better on Ditzy than it does on Dash]].
38	** The final chapter sees an [[{{Averted}} Aversion]] through [[spoiler:Trixie]]; she ''appeared'' to be doing this, but when confronted, reveals [[spoiler:this was her way of ''breaking up with'' Octavia]].
39	* PoorCommunicationKills
40	* RedundantRomanceAttempt
41	* ShipToShipCombat: [[invoked]] In-Universe; Applejack doesn't have anything against Twilight, but would prefer seeing Big Macintosh get together with Fluttershy over her.
42	* ShipperOnDeck: All over the place.
43	* SmugSuper: Trixie, who gleefully claims nopony has the power to stop her from [[KarmaHoudini walking off triumphantly]] after her KickTheDog moment. [[spoiler:She was wrong.]]
44	* SnowballLie: When Applejack tells Rarity ''she's'' the one who wanted to fix up Miss Smartypants for Twilight, the seamstress completely buys it, getting one of these rolling.
45	* TwiceShy: [[spoiler:Big Macintosh and Twilight]].
46	* UnwantedAssistance: Even before the CMC decide to interfere in Big Macintosh's love life, Apple Bloom makes repairing a broken fence take ''far'' longer than anticipated.
47	* WhatBeautifulEyes: Big Mac fell in love with Twilight's eyes while she was rambling on about the mechanics of a color-changing spell.
48	* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler:Pinkie Pie]] runs an impressive game of this to try and ensure that [[DespiteThePlan despite everypony else's plans]], everything works out for the best.
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