This bite-sized RockOpera is a RecursiveFanfiction based on the [[{{Gorn}} infamously terrifying]] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction, ''Fanfic/CupcakesSergeantSprinkles''. It takes place during and after [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E16SonicRainboom a]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E25PartyOfOne few]] episodes. It [[AdaptationExpansion expands]] upon several ideas that weren't in the original fic, like how [[FreudianExcuse Pinkie's father abused her as a filly]].

It can be found on Soundcloud [[http://soundcloud.com/tarbyrocks/something-broke here.]]
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!!Something Broke contains examples of:

* AdaptationExpansion: The song weaves two episodes from [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the actual show]] into its storyline, and it works surprisingly well.
* AbusiveParents: Pinkie's father, assuming her cutie mark story [[UnreliableNarrator wasn't all true]].
* BookEnds / DarkReprise: The first and last songs (after "Let's Begin, which was a preface) have the same beginnings and middles, with similar titles.
* CarefulWithThatAxe: The ending is a textbook example (see LastNoteNightmare below for details).
* CreatorBacklash: Tarby doesn't hate the song, but he's somewhat annoyed that it overshadows his other work.
* DarkReprise: "Hide the Body" is a slow, melancholy version of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Art of the Dress]]" whose ending reprises "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E12CallOfTheCutie Cupcakes]]". The album's final track combines this with LyricalDissonance.
* EpicRocking: If you count the whole thing as one song.
* FreudianExcuse: Pinkie has one now, in that [[AbusiveParents her dad took advantage of her when she was young.]]
* LastNoteNightmare: At the end of the final track, [[spoiler: Tarby goes from singing to screaming on a dime and the music suddenly becomes loud, dissonant, and abrasive, before cutting into a series of dissonant, lonely guitar notes.]]
* InTheStyleOf: The third part ("Young Fliers' Competition) sounds a lot like the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers, complete with funky guitar, informal, slang-filled lyrics, and gratuitous swearing.
* ImAHumanitarian: In this adaptation, Pinkie ''[[{{Squick}} sells]]'' the cupcakes.
* MoodWhiplash: Once again, the ending.
* {{Sampling}}: [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask The Skull Kid's scream]] can be heard towards the end of "Late-Night Accident."
* ScareChord: The ending of "Practice Makes Perfect (Crime)."
* SpiritualSuccessor: It's like ''Music/TheWall'' written for ponies.
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Pinkamena takes over, starting during Awakening, and finishing during Hide The Body.
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