History FanFic / MinesOfDragonMountain

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Worker Grundels. They are massive, absurdly strong, incredibly tough, and quite intelligent creatures. They are also the nicest, most innocent beings you could ever hope to find in [[SugarBowl Equestria]]. This is by design as their God [[spoiler:created them to be the only creatures incapable of being corrupted by Tirac and act as [[TheCorruption Tirac's]] jailers]].

* CannotTellALie: Worker Grundels.

* GirlFriday: Litigia Statute to Zeitgeist.
* GodOfEvil: A pretty nasty one, too.

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The fic can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8863529/1/Mines-Of-Dragon-Mountain here]].

Now has a sequel titled [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8863551/1/The-Nightmare-Engine The Nightmare Engine]].

* BadassAdorable: '''Spike.'''
* BerserkButton:

-->'''TARDIS''': ''You know what you must do.''
-->'''Fire Dazzler''': Who...who said that?
-->'''TARDIS''': ''You know what you must do...to ease your soul.''
-->'''Fire Dazzler''': Are you my conscience?
-->'''TARDIS''': ''[[FlatWhat What.]]''
-->'''Fire Dazzler''': Ease my soul, eh? You're right. [[INeedAFreakingDrink I need a drink!]]
-->'''TARDIS''': ''...[[Franchise/StarTrek p'tagh...]]''

* CurbStompBattle:
** Thy name is [[spoiler: Twilight Sparkle]].
** [[spoiler: Tirac]] has had literally ''billions'' of years more combat experience than the Mane Cast, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatDown and it shows.]]

--> '''Fire Dazzler''': Isn’t an eternity of torture a little much for [[spoiler: a measly half-a-million years of imprisonment? You’re a god,]] that’s like a dime for you!\\

* [[DudeShesLikeInAComa Brony, He's like... In A Coma]]: Applejack kept looking for excuses to give the Doctor CPR after he was knocked out. Rainbow Dash didn't let her.
* EmotionEater: [[spoiler: Tirac, or rather The Source of Darkness, feeds off of negative emotions such as fear, hate, misery, and pain. 500,000 years ago he had plunged Equestria into a horrible global war in order to feed off of resulting the suffering and misery to strengthen the Source of Darkness. The reason he's trying to destroy the diamond dog city is in order to consume the fear and pain of an entire city burning to death, restarting the Source and freeing him from his prison]].

* FoeTossingCharge: [[spoiler: Twilight to Gabbro/Tirac]] through a meter thick wall of reinforced granite and into another wall hard enough to bring down the cave.

* GratuitousGerman: Zeitgeist and his diamond dog employees seem to have a German theme rolling, with names like Zeitgeist or 'spirit of ages', Feist 'a mean little dog', Hahnenkamm or 'Comb', and Aufwuchs or 'algae' (or [[ComicStrip/RupertBear Algy?]]).
* [[spoiler: HeroicBastard]]: Zeitgeist.

--> '''The Doctor''': If you are indeed going to try and pursue a relationship with my good ''dear'' friend Twilight, do take her feelings into consideration. She's a little... awkward socially. If you in some way... ''distress'' her, I will make you very, ''very'' sorry... '''''forever'''''. Compris?
* ImplacableMan: [[spoiler: Tirac/Gabbro]] not only slaughtered an entire group of Worker Grundels in seconds but also laid low the entire mane cast, the Doctor and a group of Elite Grenadiers armed to the teeth with contemptuous ease [[spoiler: that's it until he faced [[CurbStompBattle an enraged Twilight Sparkle.]] ]]
** He [[OneHitKO returns the favor]] in chapter seven. Turns out she's something of a SquishyWizard, certainly not a good thing against an ImplacableMan.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Worker Grundels. They are massive, absurdly strong, incredibly tough, and quite intelligent creatures. They are also the nicest, most innocent beings you could ever hope to find in [[SugarBowl Equestria]]. This is by design as their God [[spoiler: created them to be the only creatures incapable of being corrupted by Tirac and act as [[TheCorruption Tirac's]] jailers.]]

* KillItWithFire: Gabbro's plan is pretty much this. [[spoiler:By utilizing a volcano's magma chamber he plans to wipe a city from the face of the earth in a sea of fire and ash]].
** [[IronicEcho Ironically enough]], in the end this is how Gabbro kills [[spoiler: himself and Tirac]].

* LargeAndInCharge: [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} In the Grim Dark]] [[SubvertedTrope past]] of Equestria, gods as large as mountains and as powerful as stars roam the earth.

* NoodleIncident: The antics the girls have gotten into over the last month (of relative time) are only vaguely alluded to.
** Also, the part with Mr. Cake alludes to a time when Pinkie Pie dipped into the drink. It is referred to only as 'the incident'.

* PrecisionFStrike: A very PG-13 one but it still counts nonetheless. Just after Twilight finished a monologue about how much fun she had with the Doctor and expresses a desire to continue their Adventures for a long time to come, the Doctor drops the bomb that he must leave them so he can stop a Minponi Crusade from exterminating all life on Equestria. Twilight and her friends, [[ItMakesSenseInContext having 'eaten' several Minponi officials]], cannot come with him lest they risk execution. Twilight's response after The Doctor takes his leave:
-->'''Twilight''': Crap.

-->'''Litigia''': …ck you, sir…\\

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Diamond Dogs.
* ProudScholarRaceGuy: This is what the Ponies are, according to Zeitgeist. Each pony is a genius in their chosen path and fairly competent in many other areas. One pony is able to equal the output of an entire team of diamond dog scientists in regards to discovery and application if properly channeled. The Doctor agrees.
* [[spoiler:PuppeteerParasite]]: [[spoiler: What Tirac has done to Gabbro]].
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath: Gabbro]]
* RulesLawyer: [[IncrediblyLamePun Litigia Statute]].
* SayMyName: A rather chilling example from [[spoiler: Tirac]] to Gabbro at the end of chapter five.
* ScheduleSlip: The updates have not been as frequent as they were with FanFic/TimeLordsAndTerror.
* SherlockScan: Fluttershy is so good at reading people that nothing can slip by her. [[spoiler: Not even the corruption of an EldritchAbomination with a perception filter]].
* SchizoTech: that frequently overlaps with {{Magitek}}.

* SugarBowl: Applies not only to Equestria, but to the entire MLP Universe. The Doctor had discovered that this Universe is far more benevolent than his original one
--> ''Amazingly the big empires in this universe were surprisingly mellow, even the Minponi to an extent. Where there had been genocides in his universe, here there had been somewhat unpleasant occupations; where there had been wars in his universe, here there had been skirmishes; where there had been hate in his universe, here there was love. It’s like this universe had consciously dialed back the horrific extremes aggression could bring out in all its occupants, a decision he was in full support of.''
** WordOfGod is that the pony universe is so much less Crapsacky then The Doctors because [[spoiler: Terra and Radian]] have spent the millennia since the war against Tirac striving to reduce the evilness of all sentient races so as to make it harder for Tirac to find willing followers should he ever get free.

* TookALevelInBadass: Twilight Sparkle, from the one month with the Doctor, went from being a incredibly powerful but nice pony to and incredibly powerful but nice pony who ''knows'' how to use her power for... [[TroubleEntendre active diplomacy]], [[spoiler: much the dismay of the diamond dogs and ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Tirac.]]'' ]]
** Also, Spike, without any influence from the Doctor whatsoever, mixed with a level-up in genre savvy.

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Tirac flips out when he realizes he's losing control of Gabbro's body, allowing Gabbro to sacrifice himself to ensure Tirac remains entombed for good.]]
** [[spoiler: Luckily for Tirac, Discord's familiar Screwball springs him.]]

'''Litigia''': In jail. Awaiting execution…with fire.\\

** There's a flavor of this between [[spoiler: Discord and Tirac]] in the epilogue.

* [[DishingOutDirt Dishing Out]] [[UpToEleven Neutron-Degenerate Matter]]: Terra, Equine Goddess Of Matter, mother of the Goddess princesses and former Goddess of Ponykind. Also around [[LargeAndInCharge a kilometer long]].

** And then there's [[spoiler:Tirac]] who shows ponies and Diamond Dogs alike what [[UpToEleven real vengefullness is]].

** A large blindingly white airship called [[Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes the Brünhild.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: From the original series. We have wars, murder, thugs (and a mafia), death threats, evil organizations, evil gods, Tyrannical Intergalactic Empires and [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar mild sexual themes]].

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
--> ''There was a stale taste in [Mr Cake's] mouth; the taste of whatever had been on his tongue the previous night, in this case strawberry wine and Mrs. Cake.''

The long-awaited sequel to the ''Series/DoctorWho''[=/=]''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' crossover ''FanFic/TimeLordsAndTerror''

** [[CaptainObvious Celestia]], if the story that Zeitgeist told is accurate.

** Spike mentions he expected [[spoiler:Tirac]] to be more like [[DragonballZ Freezer from Serpent Spheres X]]

* [[StraightMan Straight Mare]]: This seems to be Litigia Statute's job, who acts as a buffer for when Zeitgeist's excitement gets the better of him.

* AFatherToHisMen: Zeitgeist to his employees. He pays very well, has good health care and can be even a fun boss to have [[spoiler: but don't you dare to hurt or kill them or he will ''end you'']].

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Tirac's soul]] was meant to slowly deteriorate over thousands of years as the mountain was mined.

* BerserkButton: Zeitgeist is very annoyed but still diplomatic to the Grundels when they keep sabotaging his equipment, but when two of his employees are murdered he decides that the gloves are off [[spoiler: and slaughters an entire raiding party but one prisoner]].

* CoolAirship: Zeitgeist Stardust has one.

* CurbStompBattle: Thy name is [[spoiler: Twilight Sparkle]].

* DeadpanSnarker: The Doctor, obviously. But the award goes to Spike, whose snarkiness is such an ingrained habit that he can't keep himself from mocking [[spoiler: [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Tirac]]]] for his [[DastardlyWhiplash Snidely Whiplash/Captain Planet Villain mien]].

* FateWorseThanDeath: Thousands of years ago, a [[TheEmpire powerful and brutal]] society one day decided to enslave the ponies, probably for the [[ForTheEvulz lulz]]. Celestia banished them to the sun... where they still ''live''. Needless to say, no other race had dared to wage war with the ponies ever since.

* GeniusDitz: Pinkie Pie with sweets and cakes. As of now she is trying to replicate alien cuisine with... mixed results.
** She succeeds in the end and the results...[[LethalChef aren't]] [[EldritchAbomination pretty]].

** Pinkie mentions to Mr. Cake that she met [[MarxBrothers The Cutie-Marx Brothers]].

The long-awaited sequel to the ''Series/DoctorWho''[=/=]''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' crossover ''TimeLordsAndTerror''

* ScheduleSlip: The updates have not been as frequent as they were with TimeLordsAndTerror.

* {{Magitek}}: Equestria puts {{Eberron}} to shame. Many of this inventions come from the Diamond Dogs apparently.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Dragons are intelligent and magical reptilians who consume jewels like candy and don't seem to have a very close-knit society. 500,000 years ago they where godlike beings (or at least perceived like this by other creatures) hell bent on saving the world [[spoiler: To the point that Calcipher, the dragon god, sacrificed his life to seal Tirac's soul in his [[TakenForGranite body]]]].

** Zeitgeist Stardust himself is a shout-out to DavidBowie, if it weren't already obvious.

* [[spoiler: PuppeteerParasite]]: [[spoiler: What Tirac has done to Gabbro]].
* [[RedemptionEqualsDeath: Gabbro]]

-->'''The Doctor''': ''[[LampshadeHanging I hate it when they're clever...]]''

[[spoiler: '''Tirac''']]: ''Once I’m truly free, you and your friends will beg for death!''\\

-->[[spoiler: '''Tirac''']]: ''And what if I just bled you dry and snapped your neck like the twig it is? Would that be sinister and menacing enough?!''
-->'''Spike''': ''More like spiteful and stupid…In case you forgot, we dragons turn to gems when we die! Blood and all! So unless you were just diddling around with all that spell-breaking garbage a minute ago, you need me alive to forward this whole plan of yours!''
--> [[spoiler: '''Tirac''']]: ''Once I’m truly free, you and your friends will beg for death!''
--> '''Spike''': ''Uh-huh, ‘till then.''

--> '''Rainbow Dash''': ''You're doing all this for a suit?''
--> '''Zeitgeist''': ''Yes. It's going to be a nice suit.''
--> '''Rainbow Dash''': ''Rich people are weird...''

--> '''''Fire Dazzler''': Isn’t an eternity of torture a little much for [[spoiler: a measly half-a-million years of imprisonment? You’re a god,]] that’s like a dime for you!''
--> '''Tirac''': ''What can I say, [[EvilIsPetty I’m petty.]]''

* HyperAwareness: As explained in TimeLordsAndTerror, the reason for Fluttershy's shyness is that she is so good at reading people that she gets overrun with information. Apparently during the Time Skip she had managed to use this ability to such extent that she had become the [[IncrediblyLamePun guide horse]] for the group.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Rainbow Dash with how she acted in her first meeting with Zeitgeist, exactly in the same way that she detests being treated. For bonus points, it's almost the same way the Doctor treated her in their First meeting, if a little more rude.

--> '''The Doctor''': ''If you are indeed going to try and pursue a relationship with my good ''dear'' friend Twilight, do take her feelings into consideration. She's a little... awkward socially. If you in some way... ''distress'' her, I will make you very, ''very'' sorry... '''''forever'''''. Compris?''

* KillItWithFire: Gabbro's plan is pretty much this. [[spoiler: By utilizing a volcano's magma chamber he plans to wipe a city from the face of the earth in a sea of fire and ash]].

--> '''Spike''': ''Y’know, when I heard that ‘The Demon God [[spoiler: Tirac]]’ was loose I was kinda expecting something more, I dunno, sinister and menacing! I really wasn’t expecting some [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu mugging chucklehead]] crooning clichés like a Saturday morning cartoon villain!''

-->'''Twilight''': ''Coming between me and Spike is... ''unwise.'''''

* MushroomSamba: Chapter 2 opens with Sweetie Belle and Applebloom relating their sisters' stories to Scootaloo. Scoots asks if they had been eating mushrooms...[[NoodleIncident again...]]

-->'''Twilight''': ''Crap.''

-->'''Litigia''': ''…ck you, sir…''
-->'''Zeitgeist''': ''Language!''

-->'''Spike''': ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E15FeelingPinkieKeen I’d explode twice?! I thought that couldn’t happen!]]''
-->'''Applejack''': ''[[CallBack “Neither did ah!]]''

--->'''Pinkie:''' Harpo's my favorite!
--->'''Mr. Cake:''' They've been dead for forty years, Pinkie...

-->''[[spoiler: Zeitgeist and Litigia]] spun around the door, to the door, waiting for it to shatter into a thousand splinters''.
--> ''There was a knock. Steady, polite, and firm''.

-->'''Zeitgeist''': ''Thanks Lit, where would I be without you?''
-->'''Litigia''': ''In jail. Awaiting execution…with fire.''
-->'''Zeitgeist''': ''Sounds about right.''.

* SchizoTech: that frequently overlaps with MagiTech.