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[[caption-width-right:342: Everything was in perfect order. Then Discord happened…]]

''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/32587/the-turning-of-the-screwball-the-strange-case-of-button-stitch The Turning of the Screwball: The Strange Case of Button Stitch]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Warren+Hutch Warren Hutch.]]

Button Stitch is an excessively regular mare with excessively regular habits, but something strange has begun to happen to her in the wake of Discord's rampage. Can Rarity and the rest of the girls get to the bottom of the strange manifestations of nonsense that have been plaguing Ponyville?

The author has written two sequels to the original story: [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/32687/Screwball-Mio-Amor%C3%A9 Screwball Mio Amoré]] and [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/32783/Screwball-Over Screwball Over]]

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!!This ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' FanFic contains examples of:

%%* InvoluntaryShapeshifter
%%* ThePrankster: Screwball
* ObsessivelyOrganized: Button Stitch is so obsessively organized than even Rarity thinks she's a bit high-strung. Her self-repressive levels of OCD are what lead to [[spoiler: a build-up of magical energy that causes her to turn back into "Screwball" and pull bizarre pranks around Ponyville.]]
* WordSaladHumor: Screwball’s entire vocabulary.
%%* WordSaladHorror: An alternate interpretation of the above, considering that [[spoiler: Button Stitch]] has no control over herself.
!!Tropes in ‘‘Screwball Mio Amoré’’
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Button Stitch all but turns into a Godzilla version of Screwball (With a reference to his roar) in a [[HulkingOut fit of rage]] after [[spoiler: Davenport coldly rebuffs her apology.]]
!!Tropes in ''Screwball Over''
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Button Stitch is prepared to put Screwball's hat back on and get blasted by the Elements of Harmony, if it means saving Equestria from the flood of mini-Screwballs.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Discord leaves a message mocking Twilight Sparkle for being so eager to help Button Stitch, and falling right into his trap.]]
* NoMoreForMe: Berry Punch's reaction to a swarm of miniature Screwballs marching through Ponyville in the middle of the night.
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler: Davenport's willingness to risk his life to save his wife Button Stitch ends up saving both their lives. It even gives Screwball both an independent existence and a HeelFaceTurn.]]
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