Line #12 Fanfic/RocketToInsanity


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3	[[caption-width-right:350: [[ComicBook/TheJoker All it takes is one bad day to drive the sanest mare alive to lunacy.]] Or in this case, several sleepless nights.]]
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5	'''''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/02/story-rocket-to-insanity.html Rocket to Insanity]]''''' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' grimdark fanfiction and an unofficial sequel to the infamous ''Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles''. Rainbow Dash is experiencing horrible recurring nightmares of Pinkie Pie torturing and killing Dash, causing her to slip slowly into insanity.
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7	!!Tropes:
8	* AllJustADream: The events of ''Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles'', a dream Rainbow Dash has repeatedly, [[spoiler:causing her to lose her sanity and murder Pinkie Pie]].
9	* BerserkButton: Pinkie Pie offering Rainbow Dash cupcakes acts as this for Rainbow Dash, which [[spoiler: ends very badly for Pinkie.]]
10	%%* ComicBookAdaptation: You can read it [[http://seventozen.deviantart.com/art/Rocket-to-Insanity-Title-Cover-291311329 here.]]
11	* DarkFic: It's a RecursiveFanfiction that treats ''Cupcakes'' as a recurring nightmare RD has, that eventually [[spoiler: drives her to murder Pinkie in a fit of paranoia]].
12	* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Pinkie Pie is betrayed by the Element of Loyalty.]]
13	* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash not only ends up killing Pinkie Pie, but goes LaughingMad as well.]]
14	* EtTuBrute: [[spoiler:Pinkie Pie is noted to have a shocked expression on her face after being stabbed by Rainbow Dash.]]
15	* FallenHero: The pony which represents the element of Loyalty, who has also defeated Nightmare Moon, here goes mad and murders the innocent Pinkie Pie.
16	* HearingVoices: Rainbow Dash after Pinkie Pie offers her cupcakes, hearing a voice which tells her that she has to murder Pinkie Pie.
17	* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash kills the Element of Laughter in this one.]]
18	* HeroicBSOD: Rainbow Dash undergoes one when her nightmares become too much for her to handle.
19	* LaughingMad: [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash, after killing Pinkie Pie and going completely off the deep end, unleashes a rather chilling [[EvilLaugh psychotic cackle]]. ''[[DownerEnding This is the note the fic leaves us on, by the way.]]'']]
20	-->[[spoiler:'''Rainbow Dash''': ...g-giggle at the ghastly...heehee...s-snortle at the spooOOooky...haha...heheheeheeeehaha! HAHAH! AHAHAHAHA! HAAAAAAAAHAHAHA!]]
21	* LethallyStupid: Instead of telling anypony about the horrible nightmares she's been having and seeking help, Dash keeps it bottled up inside, resulting in [[spoiler: her snapping in immense paranoia and fear when she ''is'' invited to Pinkie's house to bake cupcakes, down to being offered a cupcake, and using a kitchen knife to violently kill Pinkie in hysteria, and then completely devolves into LaughingMad. And if you take the unofficial sequels into account, she ends up becoming a full-blown SerialKiller.]]
22	* MatureAnimalStory: Rainbow Dash, a pegasus, undergoes a SanitySlippage and [[spoiler:kills her Earth Pony friend Pinkie Pie]].
23	* OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs: While the events of ''Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles'' aren't presented as a fanfic, this does qualify on a meta level.
24	* PerfectPacifistPeople: It's briefly mentioned that there hasn't been a murder in Equestria in several hundred years.
25	* RecursiveFanfiction: The fanfic is this to ''Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles''.
26	** The fanfic itself has also inspired people to create their own:
27	** FanFic/RocketToInsanityAlternateEnding
28	** Rocket to Insanity: Fall of the Apple Family
29	** How Friends May Fall
30	* SanitySlippage: Rainbow Dash, though it's not so much "sanity ''slippage''" as it is a "sanity ''skydive''."
31	* ShoutOut: The unofficial sequel to ''Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles''.
32	* SleepDeprivation: Part of the reason that Rainbow Dash eventually snaps is because, thanks to the nightmares, she hasn't been able to get much sleep.
33	* StressVomit: Rainbow Dash vomits as she struggles to comprehend the gravity of [[spoiler:Pinkie's murder.]]
34	* TeamKiller: [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash ends up killing fellow Mane Six member and Element of Harmony Pinkie Pie.]]
35	* TherapyIsForTheWeak: Rainbow Dash has been having terrible nightmares for weeks on end. It takes a toll on her psyche and she starts undergoing a SanitySlippage. Dash's friend tries to get her help, but she refuses. In the end, she finally snaps and [[spoiler:kills Pinkie]].
36	* TraumaButton: The fanfic ''Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles'' is a recurring nightmare of Rainbow Dash's. One day, Pinkie Pie offers Rainbow a cupcake and it triggers Rainbow's memory of the nightmare. She freaks out, thinks her nightmare is coming true, and [[spoiler:stabs Pinkie to death in "self-defense"]].

Context Fanfic / RocketToInsanity