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1	Scootaloo has never really cared much for Pinkie Pie, and she definitely doesn't like the way Pinkie calls her hero "Dashie." But for some strange reason, Pinkie seems fixated on her and insistent on meddling in Scootaloo's life. Whether Scootaloo likes it or not.
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3	''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/6248/Our-True-Colors.html Our True Colors]]'' is a WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fan fiction written by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Donnys+Boy Donnys Boy]]. It takes the common fanon concept of "Orphan Scootaloo" and gives it an interesting new twist.
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5	!![[AC: This Fanfic contains examples of:]]
6	* AdultsAreUseless: Averted. In this tale of two orphans, the adults are far from useless.
7	* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: One of the many Pinkie Pie habits that annoy Scootaloo.
8	* BittersweetEnding: Scootaloo gets a new home, but it isn't with Pinkie.
9	* BondingOverMissingParents: They were already bonding, but this revelation is what prompts [[spoiler: Pinkie]] to open up to Applejack.
10	* ContinuityNod: Several.
11	** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E23TheCutieMarkChronicles The CMC once again mange to cover themselves in tree sap.]]
12	** [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 Dash and Pinkie nickname one of the boulders "Tom"]].
13	** Scootaloo hides in the same schoolhouse bell Rainbow Dash did in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne Party of One.]]
14	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Pinkie Pie's ravenous appetite and "hugginess" are shown to have tragic origins.
15	* EmbarrassingNickname: Happens twice.
16	** Rainbow Dash doesn't mind when Pinkie Pie calls her "Dashie", but it annoys Scootaloo.
17	** And then Pinkie comes up with "Loo-Loo". In Scootaloo's defense that one ''is'' pretty bad.
18	* EverybodyKnewAlready: Twilight Sparkle is apparently the only one of the Mane Six not to know Scootaloo is an orphan. And Applejack warns Pinkie that she'll figure it out soon.
19	* FairPlayWhodunnit: The clues to realize the filly in the flashback isn't Scootaloo are there from the beginning and become increasingly obvious until TheReveal.
20	* InSeriesNickname: It turns out Applejack is the one who first coined the nickname "Pinkie".
21	* ParentalAbandonment: Pretty much a given in a story about orphans.
22	* TheRunaway: Of the orphaned type.
23	* RunAwayHideAway: [[spoiler: Pinkie]] has her apple barrel.
24	* SequencingDeception: The set up for the story naturally leads the reader to initially assume the flashbacks of the filly who came to Ponyville are Scootaloo's.
25	* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Averted, both [[spoiler: Pinkie]] and Scootaloo wind up living on the streets because they ran and hid from the officials who tried to put them in an orphanage.

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