Line #58 FanFic/TheBestNightEver


1	-->''You'll be seeing Rain Booms...''
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3	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bestnightevergroundhogday_3599.jpg]]
4	[[caption-width-right:250:At the Gala again, and again, and again...]]
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6	''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/18087/The-Best-Night-Ever The Best Night Ever]]'' is one of Capn_Chryssalid's ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfictions. Now with a sequel, ''Fanfic/ThisPlatinumCrown''.
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8	Summary: Prince Blueblood thought the Grand Galloping Gala was over. He thought he could just go to sleep and put it behind him. He never expected to be [[GroundhogDayLoop reliving the same disaster of a day, over and over... and over]].
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10	!! This ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' FanFiction contains examples of the following tropes:
11	* BedmateReveal: [[spoiler:Rarity reaching over to turn off Blueblood's alarm demonstrates that the time loop is finally over.]]
12	* BeYourself: Much like the film it draws inspiration from. [[spoiler:In order to finally escape the [[GroundhogDayLoop time loop]], Prince Blueblood must arrange for everyone to enjoy themselves at the Gala without violating their central character traits or causing a disaster. As he later learns, that includes himself, as he manages to make everyone happy but himself, causing another reset.]]
13	* BlackMagic: Blueblood dabbles with this during multiple loops in a desperate attempt to escape. He uses a spell that consumes the user's soul and covers the entire castle grounds in unquenchable hellfire for eleven days straight. Blueblood dies thinking he'll finally escape. Nope; he ends up right back where he started.
14	* CharacterDevelopment: Blueblood in spades. He goes from being a {{Jerkass}} UpperClassTwit to an actually [[TheWisePrince decent stallion]].
15	* CorruptBureaucrat: A surveyor working for Blueblood shifted the borders of the Everfree Forest into Apple family land so that a larger company could deforest some of it to gain the property for free. Small wonder that Applejack doesn't like Blueblood.
16	* DancinInTheRuins: In one of Blueblood's suicide attempts, he burns down Canterlot with a DarkMagic fire spell fueled by his soul that should render him DeaderThanDead. As the flames surround him, he is clearly [[LaughingMad enjoying the event]], thinking he's finally going to escape. [[DespairEventHorizon And then the loop starts over again]].
17	* DecadentCourt: Canterlot politics are implied to be like this.
18	* DealWithTheDevil: Subverted. [[spoiler:After coming so tantalizingly close to success but failing, Blueblood considers releasing Discord from his stone prison just to escape the time loop. However, Blueblood's gone through enough positive character changes that he can't bring himself to do it, and vows to soldier on the right way.]]
19	* DespairEventHorizon:
20	** Blueblood discovers he can't kill himself to get out of the loop, no matter what he tries. Even a dark spell that consumes his soul as a casting cost doesn't work.
21	** He has a second, PlayedForDrama one later on. [[spoiler:Blueblood makes the Gala perfect for everypony… except himself, meaning the loop repeats. He seriously considers making a [[DealWithTheDevil Deal with Discord]] after that.]]
22	* DoWellButNotPerfect: [[spoiler:Blueblood's second-to-last plan on how to end the loop is to go out of his way to make sure absolutely NOTHING goes wrong during the Gala and give everyone, the Main Six in particular, exactly what they asked for in the most carefully planned out way imaginable, with the implication being that he spent potential ''years'' getting down every last detail to perfection. As it turns out this isn't the right solution, since it just leaves everyone feeling like they missed something important despite supposedly getting what they wanted. It's only after Blueblood decides to loosen up and let things go out in a not quite as perfect but still satisfactory manner that the loop is finally broken.]]
23	* DrivenToSuicide: Blueblood commits suicide after he can't stand being in the loop anymore. Killing himself only makes the loop start over quicker, though. He eventually mentions that he's tried to kill himself in every way he could think of, including BlackMagic which should leave him DeaderThanDead, but nothing's worked.
24	* EarWorm: The real-life song Equestria Girls. It's Blueblood's alarm clock tune and signals the start of a new loop. He occasionally hums it.
25	* FantasticNuke: The spell Blueblood used to try and break the loop causes unquenchable hellfire in a massive area.
26	* FateWorseThanDeath: Blueblood considers the time loop this for quite a while, and in fact spends a drastic number of loops killing himself in every way he can imagine. It's only when he discovers that even a BlackMagic spell that should leave him DeaderThanDead won't work that he gives up on killing himself, and instead focuses on finding what condition will break the loop.
27	* FixFic: This story is essentially this for Prince Blueblood's characterization.
28	* GetBackToTheFuture: Blueblood's main goal is to get out of the [[GroundhogDayLoop time loop]].
29	* GroundhogDayLoop: What Prince Blueblood is dealing with, though it's played with a little bit: in each loop, everything is the same to the smallest detail, except for Pinkie Pie's reaction to any given event, which is different every time. Blueblood is very surprised at this; [[ItsWhatIDo Pinkie is not]].
30	* HaveAGayOldTime: During the first run of the time loop, Blueblood, via narration, suspects it's a prank by Celestia and calls it a "gay little game" without irony or innuendo.
31	* HeelFaceTurn: If you would call {{Jerkass}}ishness an evil trait, then this fic is a gradual one for Blueblood.
32	* HiddenDepths: Blueblood can be suave and sophisticated when he wants to be. He just never had to be before.
33	* TheHighQueen: Princess Luna and Princess Celestia are beloved by everyone, and have absolute authority.
34	* IdleRich: Blueblood at first. He had a job, he just didn't do it. However, doing it and doing it well is part of making Applejack's night perfect.
35	* IncessantMusicMadness: The Mane Six's "At The Gala" musical number. Having to listen to it every loop just about drives Blueblood to madness.
36	* ItAmusedMe: Blueblood's reason for his [[{{Jerkass}} treatment of Rarity]] at the original Gala (and many of the repeats)? He thinks it's funny to watch Rarity squirm. He also wastes several loops just to troll Rarity by doing things like asking Sweetie Belle to the gala or implying that Rarity is her mother.
37	* {{Jerkass}}: Blueblood's early behavior towards Rarity certainly falls into this category.
38	* KickTheDog: Blueblood's initial treatment of Rarity. He crushed her expectations ForTheEvulz.
39	* KnightInShiningArmor: Rarity expects Blueblood to be one. At the end of the fanfic, he becomes this.
40	* LaughingMad: Manifests itself when Blueblood is driven to suicide in the most drastic fashion he can think of. Also a comedic example when Blueblood wakes up in one loop after learning about all the different kinds of apple desserts from Applejack. This leads to him smashing his alarm clock and making his way down stairs, cackling maniacally as he goes to the kitchens to add them to the Gala's menu.
41	* TheManyDeathsOfYou: In one later chapter, Blueblood openly admits to having killed himself by every imaginable means he could think of in hopes of escaping the time loop through death. It's never worked.
42	* MundaneUtility: Blueblood learns how to teleport. He uses it for things like catching a falling vase and preventing things from spilling.
43	* MusicalWorldHypotheses: Specifically, Blueblood seems to believe that it has something to do with the Elements of [[{{Pun}} Harmony]].
44	* NotBad: Whitemane, Blueblood's teleportation teacher, is like this. Even when Blueblood gets it right, Whitemane still says he lacks style.
45	* NotHimself: Ponies who knew Blueblood before the loop started, such as Princess Celestia, are startled by his (to them) sudden change in character from a PrinceCharmless to a PrinceCharming.
46	* PityTheKidnapper: The guard Blueblood assigns to monitor a seemingly random area soon stumbles upon Trixie being harassed by some Diamond Dogs… or was it some Diamond Dogs being harassed by Trixie?
47	* PoweredByAForsakenChild: During one of the loops, when Blueblood goes insane and burns down Canterlot, he uses a spell to create fire that burns for eleven days and eleven nights, can't be extinguished by water nor wind nor mortal magic, and it required the body and soul of a single pony as a casting cost. Still doesn't break the loop, though.
48	* PrinceCharming: What Rarity expects Blueblood to be. [[spoiler: By the end of the fic, he has become this to a degree.]]
49	* PrinceCharmless: Even when stuck in the loop, Blueblood wastes a few resets because he can't resist making snarky comments or insults, forcing him to start over.
50	* RecursiveFanfiction: Several chapters of ''FanFic/TheSweetieChroniclesFragments'' take place during the events of this fanfiction. WordOfGod states the events of ''Fragments'' are considered canon and will be referenced in the sequel.
51	* RingRingCrunch: Blueblood's alarm clock gets this in most loops.
52	* RoundedCharacter: Blueblood, by the end, goes from a pony with little more than a PrinceCharmless streak to a pony who has become much wiser and more charming than before, knowledgeable about several subjects, and genuinely kind.
53	* RoyalBrat: Blueblood, at first. He insults people for no reason, treats his servants like dirt, and doesn't do his assigned royal duties.
54	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Part of Blueblood's method to give Applejack what she wants involves doing his job surveying land disputes, resolving an issue with Sweet Apple Acres and the Everfree Forest.
55	* SaveScumming: Blueblood has the same conversation several times when he's trying to figure out how to make someone's night perfect. Once he eventually figures out just the right sequence of words, he moves on to the next pony.
56	* SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum: The most drastic loop of the "Blueblood attempts suicide" phase of the fanfic; Blueblood uses BlackMagic to cast a spell that consumes the caster's soul, which he hopes will render him DeaderThanDead, and uses the resultant magical fire to burn Canterlot and everypony in it to the ground. It doesn't work.
57	* TeleportersAndTransporters: Blueblood learns how to magically teleport himself. His teacher still comments that he lacks flair after he gets it right.
58	* TeleportationSickness: A common side effect when unicorns are learning to teleport.
59	* TookALevelInBadass: Blueblood learns how to teleport and use BlackMagic during his time caught in the loop.
60	* TookALevelInKindness: Blueblood starts off as an arrogant, aloof SpoiledBrat. By the end of who-knows-how many loops - Blueblood admits he long stopped counting, but it's probably somewhere over a thousand times - he's become genuinely kindhearted.
61	* TryingNotToCry: After Blueblood creates the almost-perfect night. [[spoiler:He wakes up with another reset because he didn't make himself happy, even though he made everyone else happy, even though he was having a genuinely nice time with Rarity. He notes that that genuinely hurt him, and spends a bit trying not to cry in front of his servants.]]
62	* UpperClassTwit: Blueblood, at first. The majority of the fic has him [[CharacterDevelopment growing out of this]].
63	* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:After his failed attempt to get everyone to enjoy the Gala, the loop resets again, because "everyone" included Blueblood himself, and he wasn't happy. Blueblood is driven to seeing Discord and freeing him to find a way to break out of the time loop. In the end, he decides not to go through with it, and plods back for another attempt.]]
64	* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Blueblood asks Celestia and Luna what it's like to be immortal a few times to prevent himself from going insane. Theoretically, should Blueblood desire to do so, he could stay eternally youthful within the GroundhogDayLoop forever. He instead tries his hardest to get out. [[spoiler: After hundreds, maybe thousands of repeats, he eventually does.]]
65	* WholePlotReference: This fanfic retells ''Film/GroundhogDay'' using Prince Blueblood stuck in a loop of the events of the season 1 finale.
66	* YouWereTryingTooHard: Near the end of Blueblood's ordeal, he technically gets everyone everything they want, but nobody enjoys the Gala, so it means another reset. However, Rarity's words right before the reset help him put this in perspective, giving him a clue as to how to break the loop.
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Context FanFic / TheBestNightEver