Line #88 Fanfic/TheManySecretOriginsOfScootaloo


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3	''The Many Secret Origins of Scootaloo'' is a fanfiction on Platform/FimfictionDotNet written by defender2222 (the alternate penname of Creator/MrChaos). In this story, many of the show's ponies go out of their way to provide their different origin stories for our favorite pegasus filly for Twilight Sparkle's convenience. Most of them, it seems, are absolutely untrue or ridiculous and only succeed in making the unicorn go absolutely insane and repeatedly bang her head on tables. Many of the tales are either parodies of famous origin stories or mocking common story archetypes found in My Little Pony fanfiction.
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5	It can be found [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/47589/The-Many-Secret-Origins-of-Scootaloo here]]. The author has officially confirmed that this story, and its sequels, exist on Earth 22 of the MLP-Multiverse.
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7	''Fanfic/TheGodSquad'', a spinoff starring Luna, Celestia, Cadence, Shining Armor and Tydal can be found [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/56849/The-God-Squad here]]. A ChristmasEpisode was written, ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/67426/happy-hearths-warming-eve-twilight-sparkle Happy Hearths Warming Eve, Twilight Sparkle]]''. ''[[Fanfic/HowDoYouShootAGunWithHooves How Do You Shoot A Gun With Hooves?]]'', due to it featuring Tydal for the first time as well as references to it in ''FanFic/TheGodSquad'', is considered the prequel to this story, though the tone is vastly different (due to that story being a Castle/MLP crossover).
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9	The sequel, ''Fanfic/CrisisOfInfiniteTwilights'', began in September of 2013, and features Scootaloo as the main character hunting down alternate versions of Twilight who have invaded Equestria.
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11	The story has also inspired an AU spin-off, [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/62040/1/snowblind/the-last-night-of-winter Snowblind]], which examines an alternate world (Earth 55) mentioned in the story and [[WordOfGod now officially part of the Scootaverse]]. One of the Origins now has its own story, which can be found [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/223362/an-alicorn-in-pegasus-coating here]].
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13	Now has a live read (much to the cost of the reader's sanity) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNdWELFlq6c here]]
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16	!!This WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic FanFic contains examples of the following tropes:
17	* AllJustADream: After 'The End?' appears on screen, the words 'In Another Place, Another Time, and Another Reality' appear. Cue [[spoiler: Nightmare Moon waking up in bed and telling her husband Discord she just had a dream that Twilight was trying to find out about Scootaloo (ala NEWHART). Before she can fall asleep, Nightmare hears crying... and goes to feed a foal Twilight Sparkle who has a stuffed Scootaloo doll]]
18	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Subverted, in that in one of the flashbacks, Celestia states she caught Twilight jaywalking. She then goes on to say it was after she burnt down an orphanage.
19	* AmusingInjuries: Twilight has: smashed her head repeatedly against a table, been struck by Derpy, and screamed so hard she lost her voice.
20	* AuthorAvatar: defender2222 appears in one chapter to tell an origin story (and to complain about [[HilariousInHindsight his lack of a TVTropes Page]])
21	* AudienceParticipation: Discord decides in his chapter to hand out Mad Libs and get everyone reading the story to create their own origin for Scootaloo. Needless to say, most reviewers happily filled their in to help drive Twilight insane.
22	* BadassAdorable: [[RuleSixtyThree Tiny Tail]] [[spoiler:[[EyeScream ripping off a Dalek's eye stalk.]]]]
23	* BadassBoast: [[spoiler:Tiny Tail ripped off a Dalek's eyestalk]] while saying they were easy to beat.
24	* BigDamnHeroes: When Lyra snaps and begins to go after Twilight, demanding she give her hands, who should burst onto the scene but [[spoiler:Princess Luna, who declares that "No one hurts the daughter I learned about 3 hours ago!" and smashes Lyra's head into a table, knocking her out]]
25	** Which actually ends up being a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] given that Twilight was rescued by the one person she didn't want to be rescued by.
26	* BigNo: Prince Blueblood, when he's about to be hit in the face by a "little accident" of Twilight's.
27	* BoomerangBigot: A pony who hates [=OCs=] (you know, Oceanic Creatures) has some OC in him.
28	* BreadEggsMilkSquick: In Fluttershy's chapter, the description of Twilight relaxing at Fluttershy's cottage veers into this.
29	--> It was utterly peaceful, with the birds chirping and the bees buzzing and Angel plotting his assassination of Fancy Pants.
30	* BreakingTheFourthWall:
31	** Pinkie Pie, after sensing that the author has inserted himself into the story, rips through the story and tells the audience that [[HypocriticalHumor breaking the fourth wall is bad.]]
32	** In the Author Insertion chapter, defender2222 commonly looks at the audience and talks to them, complaining about not having a Website/TVTropes page and how negative reviews make him sad.
33	** Dinky looks at the audience and shouts "META!" after the characters become too meta.
34	* BuffySpeak: How Scootaloo speaks in the Buffy chapter.
35	* TheCameo: Several of the origins feature ponified cameos, including [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture a time machine inventing pony]], [[Series/DoctorWho a certain Time Lord pony]], and [[ComicBook/BoosterGold the greatest hero you've never heard of]].
36	* CampStraight: [[spoiler: Berry Bubble in the Professor's story]].
37	* ChildProdigy: Dinky was written that way (possibly smarter than Twilight in certain areas), and showed it with her knowledge of time-based mechanics and theory in one chapter.
38	* CommonalityConnection: Twilight and Rollypolly bond over their mutual fear of the Professor. (In Twilight's case, it's more fear of the Professor telling a Scootaloo origin story.)
39	* CompositeCharacter: Word of God states that Derpy is a combination of show Derpy and Doctor Whooves and Assistant Derpy.
40	* CrackFic:
41	** Twilight is subjected to these regarding Scootaloo. When complaining to Zecora about it, she decides against dying primarily so the GrimReaper won't have his chance. CutawayGag ensues.
42	** The fic itself. At first it starts out down to earth, with the characters' stories being the only outlandish aspects. It... doesn't stay that way. We start with the Cakes being major gossipers, but before it's all over [[spoiler: Twilight has a pet Dalek, and Cadence's hobby is misusing her LoveGoddess powers to start orgies for the lulz]].
43	* CrowdSong: This occurs several times within the story. Shining Armor, Cadence, along with several random characters sing 'I Just Had Sex' as part of a cutaway. Later, Discord reenacts ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' theme with many of the ponies.
44	* CutawayGag: Occurs more often in later chapters. Characters will reference something unbelievable, then the story will cut to reveal such an event is happening.
45	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Everypony calls Time Turner "the Doctor". Including his own wife, much to Twilight's bafflement.
46	* ExactWords: The Apples have been spitting into Filthy Rich's personal supply of Zap Apple Jam ever since they heard Diamond Tiara was bullying Applebloom. When Twilight points out that it's unlike Applejack to be so deceitful, AJ says that they warn him each year that they put their "blood, sweat and spit" into every jar.
47	--> '''Applejack''': "Ain't my fault Filthy don't listen."
48	* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo:
49	** According to Tydal, Cadence was created to be Celestia's new little sister.
50	** Apparently most of the immortal beings in the story are related; Discord, Tydal, Celestia, Luna and Cadence are all brothers and sisters.
51	** Zecora has been established as Celestia and Luna's niece.
52	* FantasticRacism: A pony Twilight meets at the restaurant in Tydal's chapter says that no one wants to sit near him because he's an "OC" (Oceanic Creature) and displays a great degree a prejudice towards his kind. Tydal himself muses on her finding out [[TomatoInTheMirror that she is in fact an "OC" herself.]] (Albeit a far removed from her Oceanic Creature bloodline.)
53	* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:Rollypolly the Dalek]]
54	* HeadDesk: Twilight's long-running reaction. To the point where she uses it as a ''threat'' against a chapter storyteller's table if the tale swerves into CrackFic territory.
55	** It comes back to bite her in Chapter 22: she's put on trial for 20 counts of aggravated assault against tables [[spoiler: in a dream]].
56	** And again in the final chapter, when [[spoiler:she meets Scootaloo's parents. Her father is a carpenter who's working to fill a huge order of tables -- replacements for the ones Twilight damaged. Twilight faints dead away at the sight.]]
57	* HeteronormativeCrusader: In Mrs. Cake's story, Big Macintosh, Granny Smith and most of the town is this (Twilight points out that homosexuality and same-sex marriage have been legal in Equestria for centuries and the mayor of Ponyville is gay).
58	* HeterosexualLifePartner: [[spoiler: Booster Gold and Blue Beetle]] in [[Series/DoctorWho The]] [[RuleSixtyThree Professor's]] story, one even calls the other his [[Film/TheViewAskewniverse hetero life mate]].
59	* HiddenDepths: Rainbow Dash dropped out of flight school so [[spoiler: she could attend Hoofard. She has a doctorate in Weather Sciences and a minor in Aerodynamics.]]
60	* HomosexualReproduction:
61	** The first origin states Scootaloo is the child of Applejack and Rarity.
62	** Subverted in Iron Will's origin story, where Gilda and Trixie are her parents... through adoption.
63	* ImplausibleDeniability:
64	** Pinkie claims that Scootaloo is The Mysterious Mare-Do-Well, and refuses to believe Twilight's claim that ''they'' were MMDW. While Twilight can clearly see Pinkie's MMDW costume hanging in her closet.
65	** According to Snips and Snails, Scootaloo is a vampire slayer who killed Nightmare Moon, Twilight is her stuffy Watcher, Angel Bunny is her vampire lover, and Spike is her mortal enemy. They are explaining this to Spike, who refuses to be a cockney vampire, but they insist that it's all true. And ask that he please don't kill them.
66	* InterspeciesRomance: Most would assume that what Iron Will said about Trixie and Gilda's relationship was just made up. But then Trixie and Gilda show up to take part in Shining Armor's "I Just Had Sex" song.
67	* ItRunsInTheFamily:
68	** Twilight and Shining Armor are the only sane ponies in Equestria. Shining's status becomes highly questionable after he has sex with Cadence (a raging nymphomaniac in this story).
69	** Luna tells Celestia that pulling pranks runs in the family.
70	** Luna, Tydal (her OC Brother) and Cadence all tell Twilight origins that they know are not true.
71	** Celestia takes it up to eleven in Chapter 23, going so far as to ''build a whole new wing onto the royal library'' (and bankrupt the whole country in the process) as part of her plan to mess with Twilight's head.
72	** Dinky possesses a very advanced understanding of time theory and different interpretations of timeflow. Her gender-swapped counterpart Tiny Tail is scarily competent at [[spoiler:tearing Daleks apart]]. Both have [[Series/DoctorWho Time Lord]] parents.
73	** Discord is insane. The author is insane. The author, according to Discord, is his FATHER. So apparently insanity is genetic.
74	* LampshadeHanging: One of the recurring bits is that Twilight will comment on the plot holes and mistakes the characters are making when telling their version of Scootaloo's origin.
75	* LivingToys: Apparently, this is what the world and its inhabitants are to the Creator, much to Twilight's dismay -- Tydal's story explicitly compares her creating the world to a little filly making dolls and a playmat to play with, which she later took to calling action figures and a landscape in her "teens". The gods such as Tydal, the Princesses and Discord (who are themselves custom figurines) were even originally called "Top Toys". Tydal is ''very'' glad she changed her mind about the name.
76	* LukeIAmYourFather: In chapter 5, Twilight has a dream that Nightmare Moon doing a nearly word-for-word version of the famous reveal.
77	* MacGuffin: Scootaloo's origins. The entire series is an anthology series featuring a bridging narrative of Twilight trying to learn the truth about the pegasus
78	* MistakenForCheating: When [[ShipperOnDeck Mrs. Cake]] catches Fluttershy giving Twilight mouth-to-mouth, word starts to spread that Twilight is cheating on Rainbow Dash. Twilight and Rainbow Dash aren't even dating.
79	* MoodWhiplash: Lyra's story, a variant on ''Literature/TheLittleMatchGirl'', drives everyone in the area to tears. When Twilight says that at least it has a happy ending, Lyra starts ranting about how it was a straight tragedy because [[spoiler: Celestia tyrannically stole the dying human Scootaloo away from her own world and turned her into a hands-less pony, which Lyra insists is AFateWorseThanDeath.]]
80	* MythArc: As the title implies, discovering the secret origin of Scootaloo.
81	* MythologyGag: Twilight, after losing her voice, writes a barely legible note that Lyra assumes says 'Smooze' (something even Lyra isn't into sexually).
82	* NoodleIncident:
83	** Angel and Fancy Pants are involved in a feud whose quote-unquote [[TheAbridgedHistory abridged history]] would take three full nights to describe.
84	** Apparently Twilight does... something... strange when she eats a brownie. Most characters either reference it or do what they can to prevent her from having a brownie.
85	* OnlySaneMan:
86	** Twilight Sparkle, though only insofar as she can still point out the plot holes in every story she hears - otherwise, the stories and head injuries [[SanitySlippage have clearly taken their toll]]...
87	** We thought this about Shining Armor... then he sang about having sex with his wife.
88	** Spitfire also fills this role in Soarin's chapter when her reaction to Soarin' launching into his own insane origin story is to first try to tell him to shut up and that Twilight doesn't want to hear it, and then to simply go have coffee with Twilight and ignore him.
89	* OCStandIn: Many minor characters are given major roles in the story with new personalities. These include:
90	** Mrs. Cake and Mr. Cake being shippers
91	** Dinky being super intelligent to the point that she can rattle off time travel theorem.
92	* OriginalCharacter: Lord Tydal is an OC (Oceanic Creature) who is an OC (Original Character).
93	* ParentalNeglect: According to Tydal, The Creator could be this to him and the other gods of Equestria.
94	--> “Tydal, you were always the most responsible of your brothers and sisters and…blah blah blah…they’re your problem now. I’m going on vacation,” Mother said, summoning some sunglasses and a travel bag. “Have fun with your brother. Mama’s gonna work on her tan!”
95	--> '''Spike:''' “Is your Mother always that…flighty?”
96	--> '''Tydal:''' “No…sometimes she’s just neglectful.”
97	* ProductPlacement: In-universe; most of Iron Will's story is structured as a plug for his merchandise.
98	* PunnyName: Apparently the Red Wings play in Detrot.
99	* ReplacementGoldfish: According to Tydal, the Creator made Cadence so Celestia could have a cute little sister again while Luna was banished to the moon, but they settled into an aunt[=/=]niece relationship instead.
100	* RhymesOnADime: Subverted. It is revealed that Zecora does not have to rhyme but only does so because it is tradition for royalty in her country to rhyme and she is in fact the Princess of Zebrica.
101	* RoyallyScrewedUp: Being completely deranged is apparently a requirement for royalty.
102	* RuleSixtyThree: Twilight has now met The Professor, Twisty and Tiny, the gender reversed versions of The Doctor, Derpy and Dinky. In the same chapter, she's told a story about how Scootaloo is the product of a meeting between Pinkie Pie and her male alternate, [[FanFic/OnACrossAndArrow Berry Bubble]].
103	* RunningGag: The story is rapidly being filled with these:
104	** Twilight Sparkle is the daughter of Nightmare Moon. (This one mutated to the point that even Princess Luna believed it.)
105	** Twilight violently bashes her head against a table (or, in the case of Iron Will, several sheets of plywood) when characters tell crazy stories. Shining Armor even does it himself at one point, and Luna does it to Lyra as well. [[spoiler:Turns into a BrickJoke in the last chapter, when Twilight meets Scootaloo's parents. Her father is a carpenter who is working on a huge order of tables to replace all the ones Twilight broke. Cue one fainting purple alicorn.]]
106	** Do not let Twilight eat a brownie. It is apparently... not pretty.
107	* SanitySlippage: The events of the fic slowly erode Twilight's sanity, to the point where she bonds with, and adopts, [[spoiler:a Dalek]].
108	* SharePhrase: "I'm doubting the validity of that story", which shows up here and in other stories in continuity with it.
109	* ShipperOnDeck: Mr. and Mrs. Cake try to convince Twilight that Applejack and Rarity are in love and point out their lack of signals as a signal.
110	* ShipTease: Many of the chapters feature different shipping pairings being connected to Scootaloo.
111	** In the first chapter, Mrs. Cake believes Scootaloo is the child of Applejack and Rarity. When Twilight later storms out, she assumes Twilight is upset because she and Rainbow Dash haven't made love in months.
112	** While telling her version of Scootaloo's origin, Fluttershy ships the characters based on herself and Twilight together. Not only that, but after [[NotWhatItLooksLike getting caught giving Twilight mouth-to-mouth]], Fluttershy asked Twilight if she should make them breakfast.
113	* ScrewYourself: [[spoiler: Pinkie Pie and Berry Bubble have a 'Party'.]]
114	* SexGod: Princess Cadence. A hockey game she attended was called off due to 'orgy'.
115	* ShoutOut: The entire premise of the story is to insert Scootaloo into different origin stories.
116	** Two of the latest chapters have seen ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft'' and ''Fanfic/OnACrossAndArrow'' referenced.
117	** Spike's story is a mash-up of elements from ''Franchise/JamesBond'', ''Series/BurnNotice'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.
118	** Pinkie Pie's story is a mish-mash of ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'', ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'', culminating in the conclusion that Scootaloo is Mare-Do-Well. [[spoiler: Turns out she was just trolling Twilight all along.]]
119	** Fluttershy's story borrows heavily from the opening scene of ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', with Daring Do in the lead role. [[spoiler:She admits ahead of time that she's making the whole thing up, and later reveals she writes the Daring Do novels under a pen name.]]
120	** The author apparently loves ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', as Cadence's chapter featured 'mini mares' who find Princess Scootaloo, three of whom are named Yakko, Wakko and Dot. Later, in Discord's chapter, the chaos god opens with his version of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' theme. There's also a reference to ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' in Tydal's chapter, where Twilight and Spike do the famous AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering exchange.
121	** According to Snips and Snails, Scootaloo is a [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer vampire slayer]], with Twilight as her Watcher, the rest of the CMC as her team, and Angel Bunny as her vampire lover. Spike, who is the audience while Twilight is getting much-needed reprieve from the madness, is less than enthused to be cast as the villain.
122	** Rainbow Dash combines ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'' with ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk''.
123	** Zecora borrows material from Creator/DrSeuss.
124	** In the intro, before the origin stories start, there is a reference to the CMC summoning a "winged squid creature" while trying to be witches. The context seems to imply it was Franchise/{{Cthulhu\|Mythos}}.
125	** A nasty rumor involving Pinkie Pie's cupcakes is mentioned, then subverted when Twilight reveals it's [[Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles not what we think]]... [[spoiler: the rumor was actually that Pinkie used [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous artificial sweeteners.]]]]
126	*** And before that, we learn that Rarity screamed when she learned the secret of The Fanfic/RainbowFactory: [[spoiler:[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous The workers all have to wear hairnets! HAIRNETS!.]]]]
127	* SpinOff: The author has written a sequel/spinoff, Fanfic/TheGodSquad, and [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/62040/1/snowblind/the-last-night-of-winter Snowblind]] by [=CrowMagnon=] is a spinoff of Doctor Whooves' chapter.
128	** WordOfGod states that the author's first fic, a Castle/MLP crossover, is the first part of the Scootaverse, making this story a Spinoff as well. The author has yet to say if ''Happy Hearths Warming Day, Twilight Sparkle!'' is also part of the Scootaverse.
129	* TheStinger: [[spoiler: the ending, where it is shown the whole story may have been the dream of a very domesticated Nightmare Moon, who truly is married to Discord and Twilight is her baby.]]
130	* SuddenMusicalEnding: When Discord [[BreakingTheFourthWall realizes the chapter hasn't ended yet]], he, along with Deadpool and defender2222 sing 'Call Me, Maybe' to close out the chapter.
131	* TookALevelInJerkass: as the story progresses the many weird and contradictory origin stories clearly begin taking a toll on Twilight's sanity. Despite this both Celestia and Rarity choose to prank her with their own over the top tales.
132	* VillainDecay: In the Professor's chapter, she points out that Daleks in the Ponyverse are considerably easier to defeat than in [[Series/DoctorWho her native dimension]].
133	* WakingNonSequitur: From Rainbow Dash's point of view, "No... no Cadence, don't have sex on me!"
134	* WriteWhoYouKnow: In universe. Fluttershy, the author of Daring Do within the story's universe, admits that she based Daring Do on Rainbow Dash (explaining why the characters look very similar).
135	** Fluttershy's story also introduces Daring Do's old college friends: Charity, Acorn Jane, Starburst Eclipse, Whisperwing, and Coco Delight, who behave exactly like Rarity, Applejack, Twilight, Fluttershy, and Pinkie.
136	* TheXOfY: The story's title.
137	* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Spike ends up doing this when trying to talk like Luna in his chapter. Twilight protests his use of 'thine' (right sense of possessive, but the next word was 'quarters'; 'thy' would have been proper), claiming it wasn't a word and using a dictionary to back it up (and possibly whap Spike); in the interim, Spike was merrily butchering 'thine'. Her reflection calls her out on that one in chapter 12.

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