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[[caption-width-right:350:Best friends until the end...of the world.]]

''Moody Mark Crusaders'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' webcomic by Slitherpon, following the adventures of Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo wandering through Equestria turned to post-apocalyptic wasteland in unknown circumstances. Can be read [[http://slitherpon.deviantart.com/gallery/ here]]. Also available on [[http://moodymarkcrusaders.tumblr.com/ tumblr]].

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!!Contains examples of:
* AlasPoorVillain: Although Apple Bloom is a jerkass, it's hard not to feel sorry for her when she's TakenForGranite.
* AllThereInTheManual: The name of Dinky's father, as well as the fact that Trixie and Dinky are cousins is revealed in [[http://slitherpon.deviantart.com/art/Hooves-Family-Portrait-517166190 this picture]].
* ApocalypseHow: Some details still wait to be explained.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: A shop named ''Knives, Evil Cloaks, and Sofas''. [[spoiler: Apple Bloom forgets about the sofa.]]
* ArtShift: After a year on hiatus, the comic returned with a slightly different art style.
* AtomicFBomb: [[spoiler: Scootaloo's]] sudden "Everypony shut the buck up!" in the page 21 left everypony speechless.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Sweetie Belle in the page 31.
--> OMG! Ice cream cake!
* BerserkButton: Any mention of Applejack is that for Apple Bloom.
** Yelling at Diamond Tiara is that for Silver Spoon.
* BlackCloak: Apple Bloom and the members of Dinky's family are fond of these.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: [[spoiler: Dinky]] briefly shows those in the page 45.
* BlatantLies: Apple Bloom in 3rd strip:
--> Ah'm the kindest, most innocent filly in Equestria.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Sweetie Belle's list of things for a slumber party involves punch, cake, cupcakes, a jumping castle, spin the bottle, a pillow fight arena, a makeover station, and a board for contacting the dead. [[spoiler: Which may come in handy, given Apple Bloom's state]]. Reinforced by clever use of colours: previous items are shown in bright, pastel tones, the Ouja board is drawn in dull brown and the letters in Sweetie's speech bubble get a temporary OminousVisualGlitch.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Sweetie Belle in the first page is talking to "the ponies of the 9th dimension".
** Last three panels of the fifth strip.
* BriefAccentImitation: Silver Spoon imitates Applejack's accent in the strip 17. Apple Bloom [[DisproportionateRetribution threatens to decapitate her]].
* TheCameo: Button Mash and Dinky Hooves in 20th page.
* CaptainOblivious: Whatever happened to Sweetie Belle, left her completely disconnected from the rest of the world. [[spoiler: Based on Cadance's conversation with Apple Bloom, Sweetie is connected to an Element of Harmony, most likely Laughter, which would easily explain her Pinkie Pie-like behavior.]]
--> '''Apple Bloom:''' Ah don't get it, Sweetie. Your sister and her friends are dead, Equestria has fallen to horseapples all around you, and yet you still smile like an idiot about everything.
--> '''Sweetie Belle:''' Silly filly! Rarity and the others will be back! They're on vacation!
--> '''Apple Bloom:''' For four years...
--> '''Sweetie Belle:''' Yup!
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Sweetie Belle.
* ConspicuouslyPublicAssassination: Deaths of [[spoiler: Celestia and Luna. Silver Spoon thinks it was a plot to frame Twilight Sparkle]].
* CoolShades: Silver Spoon sports a pair of steampunk-inspired aviator goggles.
* CrazyPeoplePlayChess: Subverted. Dinky invites Silver and friends for a friendly game of Jenga.
* CreepyChild: Dinky Doo manages to make a game of Jenga sound vaguely ominous and threatening.
* DeadpanSnarker: Scootaloo. For instance, when Apple Bloom and Silver Spoon are arguing with each other.
--> '''Diamond Tiara:''' I guess we should probably stop them from ripping each other apart, shouldn't we?
--> '''Scootaloo:''' I dunno. Depends on who's winning...
* DefrostingIceQueen: Sweetie Belle attempts this on Dinky. [[spoiler: And nearly manages to do that.]]
* {{Determinator}}: Silver Spoon.
-->Pointless Distractions! The whole of Equestria is at stake here!
** Also, Apple Bloom. [[spoiler: Even her death didn't stop her.]]
* DeusExMachina: Lampshaded by Apple Bloom, when the gang gets an airship-advertising leaflet:
--> Well... That was convenient.
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Dinky seemingly has nothing against having a sleepover with the CMC, Diamond Tiara, and Silver Spoon.
* {{Dismotivation}}: Diamond Tiara, in contrast to Silver Spoon.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim [[spoiler: Apple Bloom. Not that it stopped her.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: Silver Spoon in the sixth strip. Her first proper appearance is 11 strips later.
* EasilyForgiven: Sweetie Belle immediately stops worrying about the cockatrice when Apple Bloom tells her about an ice cream parlour. Well, it's Sweetie Belle we're talking about...
* EnemyMine: Scootaloo and Silver Spoon in page 22.
--> '''Scootaloo:''' Actually nevermind, you're pretty cool, Silver.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** In the first strip, Sweetie Belle is smiling widely while breaking the fourth wall; she also seems completely oblivious of her surroundings [[spoiler: or the fact that Apple Bloom tries to kill her]].
** Apple Bloom's "Go to buckin' Tartarus, Sweetie!" from the first strip.
* ExpressiveHair: Sweetie Belle's mane in the strip 13.
* EyeGlasses: Silver Spoon's goggles.
* FaceHeelTurn: Apple Bloom, probably before the apocalypse.
* FailedASpotCheck: Apple Bloom on page 26, [[spoiler: when she doesn't notice that she died]].
* FloweryInsult: Apple Bloom and Silver Spoon's argument contains gems such as "Useless flankface", "Demented hillbilly", "Spoon sucker", and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking "Pear lover"]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Dinky talks about Sweetie Belle in the page 46, Pinkie Pie's cutie mark can be seen in one of the frames.
* FormulaBreakingEpisode: Sixth page, which consists of a narrative told by Silver Spoon, shedding some light at the backstory.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Pop-ups ocasionally, usually as a graffiti or posters on the walls.
* GoodTimesMontage: Page 18.
* HeadDesk: Silver Spoon at the end of page 39.
* IdiotHoudini: Sweetie Belle. [[spoiler: She survives every one of Apple Bloom's assassination attempts, despite being bubbly and naive]].
* ImColdSoCold: Apple Bloom in the page 31.
* IWasHavingSuchANiceDream: Apple Bloom in 12th strip.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Apple Bloom.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Strip 9.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Scootaloo:
--> I often lay awake at night wondering if our lives are secretly dictated by some cruel overseer in another dimension.
* MadnessMakeover: Everyone, especially Apple Bloom and Cadance.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Dinky playing Jenga comes with a dramatic speech on the top of the flame-engulfed tower. According to Silver Spoon, she's always like that.
* NighInvulnerability: Sweetie Belle, to Apple Bloom's fury.
* NoodleIncident: Several. How exactly Scootaloo injured her wings? What happened to Equestria?
** Whatever happened to the Mane 6. Their cutie marks on the trees, [[http://slitherpon.deviantart.com/art/Moody-Mark-Crusaders-3-Honest-Apple-Bloom-455959215 Apple Bloom's expression]] when Scootaloo mentions Applejack and Apple Bloom's reply give rather disturbing clues.
-->Remember the iron maiden?
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Apple Bloom thinks Sweetie does that.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: How did Sweetie Belle tame the cockatrice and make it change Apple Bloom back to normal?
** Also, whatever Scootaloo did to Apple Bloom between strips 22 and 23.
* OffscreenTeleportation: In the 4th strip, Sweetie Belle managed to get out of the river and get back on the bridge in 2 panels.
** Dinky Do also possesses that skill, as demonstrated in the page 43.
* OhCrap: Apple Bloom's face at the end of page 9.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Apple Bloom's sudden change of mood when she thinks [[spoiler: Sweetie Belle is dead]] in strip 4.
** Also, Sweetie Belle after [[spoiler: Apple Bloom bucked the cockatrice into the tree]].
* ParentalAbandonment: Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon:
--> '''Silver Spoon:''' Our parents are going back to Canterlot soon and they tend to forget about us on trips like this...
--> *{{Beat}}*
--> '''Silver Spoon:''' ...and in general.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Or rather, "well, that's just silly".
* PerpetualFrowner: Apple Bloom, with a [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness few exceptions.]]
** Scootaloo as well. Also with a few exceptions, but [[WhenSheSmiles in a good way.]]
* POVCam: After Apple Bloom is turned back to normal.
* PrecisionFStrike: [[spoiler: Scootaloo]] delivers one in page 21.
* TheQuietOne: Scootaloo and Diamond Tiara.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Scootaloo, of all the ponies, delivers one to Apple Bloom. [[spoiler: When she's turned to stone by a cockatrice and can't hear her.]]
** Then in page 22, [[spoiler: she finally gets the courage to tell it to her face]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Cadance is the queen]].
* SarcasmBlind: Sweetie Belle.
* SceneryGorn: Desolated Ponyville in page 8.
* SeenItAll: Apple Bloom at the beginning of the seventh strip.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Dinky and her father speak like that.
* ShrinkingViolet: Diamond Tiara, at least when Apple Bloom is around.
* ShoutOut: To ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff'', in both the title and Silver Spoon's dialogue for [[http://slitherpon.deviantart.com/art/Moody-Mark-Crusaders-25-It-Keeps-Happening-493339108 this strip.]]
** Dinky's house looks like the Addams Family Mansion.
** The cupcakes Sweetie makes in page 52 have a "pony free" tag. Which is rather reassuring, given some other Fanfic/{{Cupcakes|SergeantSprinkles}} the fandom came up with.
* TheShutIn: Apple Bloom locked herself in her room for two months after Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo confronted her about her letter.
* TheStoic: Scootaloo.
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: After twenty minutes of climbing to an airship, Apple Bloom falls down the stairs. [[spoiler:She isn't saved by the laws of cartoons and the impact kills her.]]
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: "Totally not an ice cream parlour".
* TakenForGranite: Happens to Apple Bloom in the 10th strip.
* TemptingFate: Just when Scootaloo mentions that everything is okay, Randolph says that Dinky will visit them. [[spoiler: Knowing that Dinky was on the Queen's list...]]
* TotallyRadical: A part of Scootaloo's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
--> Let's face it. You're a complete douchebagel. Like, totally evil douchebagel.
* UncannyValleyGirl: Dinky.
* UnsoundEffect: Scootaloo's yawns and sighs are rendered as *scootayawn* or *scootasigh*.
** Also "Loud Noises!" in 20th strip.
** *Scootaboss*, *Scootaleader*, *Scootatakecharge*.
** Applies to other characters as well. Has practically become a RunningGag at this point.
* TheVoice: Apple Bloom, for the first 2 strips.
** Downplayed with Dinky's father: we see him in the picture, but in the comic we can only see his cane.
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Cadance]] to Apple Bloom in the 10th strip.
* WeHaveReserves: Implied by [[spoiler: Cadance crossing out Apple Bloom's name in page 32]].
* WhamEpisode: Fifth page. We learn that [[spoiler: Apple Bloom serves the mysterious "Queen" and her mission is to kill Sweetie Belle]].
** Sixth strip even more so.
* WretchedHive: Hoofington:
--> '''Apple Bloom:''' This is my kinda town. Dark, crowded, full of ponies that aren't you two nutjobs.