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A crossover fanfiction between My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and Godzilla set after the events of Season 3 and in between events of Season 4. When exploring an unknown magical spike in the old castle of Celestia and Luna, a strange portal sucks in Fluttershy, transporting her to Tokyo, Japan and turning her into a human in the process. She is taken in by a young boy named Kenji. However, at the same time, she finds herself in the crossfire of a war between humans and Kaiju, gigantic beasts brought onto man by their own arrogance. To make matters even worse, the more malevolent of these monsters have turned their attention to her.

It is a currently in-process fanfiction which can be read here.


Tropes of Giants:

  • Modesty Bed Sheet: Kenji puts Fluttershy in his futon's blanket as a makeshift gown.
  • Man Bites Man: Godzilla is a very tooth-and-claw fighter.
  • Mythology Gag:
    • Anguirus is the first Kaiju to make a full on appearance in the fic and the first Kaiju Godzilla fights, fitting seeing as he was the first enemy in the entire franchise.
    • Kenji's grandfather tells a story about why Godzilla hates mankind that is almost verbatim with Godzilla: Final Wars.
    • Godzilla destroys the Tokyo Tower in a similar fashion to Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.. Hell, Godzilla's design in the fic is practically based on the Kiryu-Goji design.
    • The tradition of pagoda destruction is still prevalent.
    • Firefly, Sparkler, Surprise and Posey all make appearances.
    • One of the jet pilots' names is Oiru Banana (Japanese for Banana Oil). Sound familiar?
    • There's a reference to Godzilla 2000 involving jets, missiles, sonic booms, females cringing in pain and giant monsters.
    • Fluttershy does the same mouth grab Twilight did in Equestria Girls.
    • Hedorah's vision given to him by King Ghidorah has him getting thrown into an electrical plant while Godzilla blasts him with his Atomic Ray.
    • Kenji has a model of the Gotengo which he mentions was built by Jacob Atragon, a reference to the fact the Gotengo is also called... the Atragon.
    • Twilight makes a remark about giant rubber suited monsters.
    • Godzilla appears in another chapter covered in burns given to him by fuel air bombs, a reference to what happened to him in the Marc Cerasini novel Godzilla 2000.
    • Before Godzilla and Anguirus fight, Kenji tells Fluttershy "They're gonna tear each other apart!"
  • Naked on Arrival: Fluttershy when Kenji finds her. Princess Celestia provides her friends with clothes before they step through the portal to retrieve her to prevent this from happening with them.
  • Never Got to Say Goodbye: Subverted. The last thing Kenji told his father was goodbye.
  • Noodle Incident: Eons ago, Princess Celestia and Luna's mother Empress Scribe took them on a "field trip" across the multiverse. They arrived in Kaiju Earth, escaped, then Empress Scribe declared that world too dangerous and off limits.
  • Posthumous Character: According to the timeline, Shinomura, Biollante, Hokmuto, Femuto and Dogora were killed off long before the events in the fic.
  • Shout-Out:
    • Kenji has a spare Totoro sleeping bag.
    • When Twilight can't open up the portal, she goes off in a matter that would make Dr. Fronkensteen proud.
    • A lot of the world-building is very similar to a certain Kaiju movie.
    • Twilight's middle name is Luminosa, therefore she shares the first initials of her voice actress Tara Strongnote .
  • Shown Their Work:
    • When Twilight teleports her friends to Canterlot, Celestia suggests the nauseous ponies take some ginger, which is used to help soothe stomachs.
    • Although they appear briefly, the fact the author managed to include more obscure Kaiju from the Godzilla franchise is commendable.
  • Take That!:
    • The submarine Godzilla destroys is named the Tri-Columbia. Her captain's name? Emmerich.
    • Kenji laughs at Twilight's name. Guess what series they're digging into.
  • Tempting Fate: Kenji thinks his situation involving the rest of Fluttershy's friends arriving at his house can't get any worse. Next chapter it does.
  • Transformation Horror: Fluttershy goes into panic mode after seeing herself as a human being.

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