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** Tatzlpony can be heard reading from ''Literature/TheVeryHungryCaterpillar'' in the flashback to her early attempts at speech.
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* GeniusBonus: Readers who can decipher Tatzlpony's early efforts to speak, and who know their childrens' literature, will know that she is reading ''Literature/TheVeryHungryCaterpillar'', a popular book for young children who are learning to read.
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* GeniusBonus: Readers who can decipher Tatzlpony's early efforts to speak, and who know their childrens' literature, will know that she is reading ''Literature/TheVeryHungryCaterpillar'', a popular book for young children who are learning to read.
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** Pinkie sports her "Pinkamena" manestyle while explaining cookies to the Monsters.
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* NonsenseClassification: The atomic weight of a cookie is "delicious", according to Pinkie. This trope is pretty much the reason why you should never ask Pinkie to explain anything.


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* ProductionThrowback: One of the [[http://misspiesmonsters.tumblr.com/post/116073513987 things that Clarity cannot eat]] is Boulder, the star of one of the creator's other Ask Blogs (''[[http://bouldertoostrong.tumblr.com/ Ask Boulder]]'')

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* AllThereInTheManual: Some characters aren't named directly in the comic, but their names appear in the Tumblr tags for strips they feature in.

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* AllThereInTheManual: Some characters aren't named directly in the comic, but their names appear in the Tumblr tags for strips they feature in. Additional behind-the-scenes information can also be found in the creator's [[http://rickscuriousitycorner.tumblr.com/tagged/miss+pie%27s+monsters modblog]].
** In particular, the modblog explains how to find the Hidden Cane easter eggs.



* EasterEggs: many strips contain a 'Hidden Cane': [[http://rickscuriousitycorner.tumblr.com/post/110508172526/you-can-answer-this-privately-but-whats-with-the a tiny stylized cane concealed somewhere within the picture]]. All such strips are tagged so that followers know when to look for them.



** Tatzlpony may also qualify. Although not enormous, she is somewhat imposing and appears monstrous at first glance - but she's the warmest and most friendly of all the Monsters, and probably wouldn't hurt a fly.

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** Tatzlpony may also qualify. Although not enormous, she She is slightly larger than the average pony and, with her strange wurmlike features can appear somewhat imposing and appears monstrous at first a glance - but she's the warmest and most friendly of all the Monsters, and probably wouldn't hurt a fly.


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* MundaneMadeAwesome: [[http://misspiesmonsters.tumblr.com/post/119236754657 Eating cookies]].
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* FoodPorn: Due to Twilight's small size, the panel of her [[http://misspiesmonsters.tumblr.com/post/119236754657 chewing on a cookie]] is zoomed in so close that you can see every last delicious detail of it, right down to the rugged texture of the cooked dough and the individual chocolate chips.


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* ShapedLikeItself: According to Pinkie, the two main components of chocolate chip cookies are 'chocolate' and 'cookie'.
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* NoSocialSkills: Tatzlpony has a great deal of difficulty with simple social concepts such as conversation and personal space. Although she seems comfortable talking to the crystal ball, her interactions with other ponies almost always go awry.

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* NoSocialSkills: Tatzlpony has a great deal of difficulty seems to have difficulties with simple social concepts such as conversation making conversation, and personal space. Although she seems comfortable talking to the crystal ball, her interactions with other ponies almost always go awry.
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* StarfishAliens: Although Tatzlpony is clearly more pony than not, it's heavily implied that her Tatzlwurm heritage is a bit on the starfish side.

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* StarfishAliens: Although Tatzlpony is clearly more pony than not, it's heavily implied that her Tatzlwurm heritage is a bit on the starfish side.
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* InnocentInaccurate: When asked about her family, Tatzlpony happily talks about the family she ''imagines'' she has.


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* StarfishAliens: Although Tatzlpony is clearly more pony than not, it's heavily implied that her Tatzlwurm heritage is a bit on the starfish side.


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* UnreliableExpositor: Pinkie Pie's CloudCuckooLander tendencies sometimes make it difficult to tell if what she's saying is true, accurate, or even based in reality. Her exposition has been directly challenged at least once by the Captain.
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** Aurora Dash rests in a tree at one point, in the same way that her canon counterpart Rainbow Dash frequently does.

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** Aurora Dash rests lazes in a tree at one point, in the same way that her canon counterpart just like Rainbow Dash frequently does.Dash.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Flutterbat shares this quality with her canon counterpart.


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* MultipurposeTongue: Tatzlpony frequently uses her tongues as extra limbs for manipulating and carrying items (and occasionally other ponies, too).
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* TheNapoleon: The tiny breezie Twilight definitely has a bit of Napoleon complex going on.

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* TheNapoleon: The tiny breezie Twilight definitely has a bit of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_complex Napoleon complex complex]] going on.

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* TheNapoleon: The tiny breezie Twilight definitely has a bit of Napoleon complex going on.



* ThePrankster: Aurora Dash.



* TheNapoleon: The tiny breezie Twilight definitely has a bit of Napoleon complex going on.
* ThePrankster: Aurora Dash.
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* TheNapoleon: Twilight definitely has somewhat of a Napoleon complex.

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* TheNapoleon: The tiny breezie Twilight definitely has somewhat a bit of a Napoleon complex.complex going on.

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* Twilight Sparkle's counterpart (still apparently named Twilight) is a breezie.

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* Twilight Sparkle's counterpart (still apparently named Twilight) is Twilight Breezie, a breezie.
[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin breezie]].



* AllThereInTheManual: Some characters aren't named directly in the comic, but their names appear in the Tumblr tags for strips they feature in.



* BoisterousWeakling: Twilight is hot-tempered and aggressive, but her tiny stature makes her completely ineffectual in actually fighting anypony physically. Aurora Dash is able to keep her at bay with barely any effort.



** The Equestrian holiday of Nightmare Night was first seen in the show episode "[[[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]", and Pinkie appears to be just as enthusiastic about trick-or-treating as her canon counterpart.

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** The Equestrian holiday of Nightmare Night was first seen in the show episode "[[[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed "[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]", and Pinkie appears to be just as enthusiastic about trick-or-treating as her canon counterpart.counterpart.
** Aurora Dash rests in a tree at one point, in the same way that her canon counterpart Rainbow Dash frequently does.



* TheNapoleon: Twilight definitely has somewhat of a Napoleon complex.



** Aurora Dash gloats that Pinkie will never see her coming when she sneaks up to scare her. Unfortunately for Dash, Pinkie is a psychic, and manages to sneak up on Dash instead. And she's not even scared.

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** Aurora Dash gloats that Pinkie will never see her coming when she sneaks up to scare her. Unfortunately for Dash, Pinkie is a psychic, and manages to sneak up on Dash instead. And it turns out she's not even scared.scared of Dash anyway.
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** Clarity occasionally uses Rarity's "the worst possible thing" line from "[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E3LessonZero Lesson Zero]]".


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** The Equestrian holiday of Nightmare Night was first seen in the show episode "[[[[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]", and Pinkie appears to be just as enthusiastic about trick-or-treating as her canon counterpart.

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* DumbMuscle: Tatzlpony appears to be physically the strongest of the group, able to lift Pinkie in the air with no apparent effort. However, she isn't very bright.



* FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire: Flutterbat. She even apologizes for being scary. ''To other monsters''.



* GentleGiant: Lemon Hearts is twice the height of a normal pony, but blushes at being complimented on her looks.

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* GentleGiant: GentleGiant:
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Lemon Hearts is twice the height of a normal pony, but blushes at being complimented on her looks.looks.
** Tatzlpony may also qualify. Although not enormous, she is somewhat imposing and appears monstrous at first glance - but she's the warmest and most friendly of all the Monsters, and probably wouldn't hurt a fly.


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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: This seems to be Tatzlpony's main desire.


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* NoSocialSkills: Tatzlpony has a great deal of difficulty with simple social concepts such as conversation and personal space. Although she seems comfortable talking to the crystal ball, her interactions with other ponies almost always go awry.


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* ParentalAbandonment: Heavily implied; Tatzlpony seems to have absolutely no idea who or where her family is. Given that she's part wurm, this may be natural for her species.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Twilight's combination of diminutive size and heightened arrogance tends to puts her on the receiving end of this.
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: So far, the Captain has only been referred to by her rank, and is named as such in the Tumblr tags for strips in which she appears. Pinkie has also called her "Cappy" on one occasion. This being Equestria, it's not implausible that that is actually her name.

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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: So far, the Captain has only been referred to by her rank, and is named as such in the Tumblr tags for strips in which she appears. Pinkie has also called her "Cappy" on one occasion. This being Equestria, it's not implausible that that "Captain" is actually her name.

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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: So far, the Captain has only been referred to by her rank, and is named as such in the Tumblr tags for strips in which she appears. Pinkie has also called her "Cappy" on one occasion. This being Equestria, it's not implausible that that is actually her name.



* {{Golem}}: Clarity is a crystal golem.

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* {{Golem}}: Clarity is a crystal golem. She also implies at one point that she's related to stone golems.


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* NeverBareheaded: According to Pinkie, the Captain never takes her helmet off.
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** At one point Pinkie poses with the Captain for a faux marketing poster parodying the TV series ''Series/Psych''.

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** At one point Pinkie poses with the Captain for a faux marketing poster parodying the TV series ''Series/Psych''.''{{Series/Psych}}''.
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* OutOfGenreExperience: Pinkie appears to be trying to invoke one in [[http://misspiesmonsters.tumblr.com/post/118070718342 this strip]] with the pretense of being a psychic detective. It doesn't work.


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** At one point Pinkie poses with the Captain for a faux marketing poster parodying the TV series ''Series/Psych''.
* StraightMan: The Captain pretty much disregards any nonsense from Pinkie.
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* AvengersAssemble: As Pinkie explains at some length, her entire mission is to assemble a diverse group of Everfree ponies. She doesn't actually seem to be using any kind of selection criteria, however, but rather just going with whoever she happens to bump into.

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* AvengersAssemble: As Pinkie explains at some length, her entire mission is to assemble a diverse group of Everfree ponies. She doesn't actually seem to be using any kind of selection criteria, however, but rather just going with whoever she happens to bump into.
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* AvengersAssemble: As Pinkie explains at some length, her entire mission is to assemble a diverse group of Everfree ponies. She doesn't actually seem to be using any kind of selection criteria, however, but rather just going with whoever she happens to bump into.

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* FriendlessBackground: Due to her monstrous appearance, Tatzlpony appears to have suffered from this, in spite of her bright and pleasant demeanour.


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* FriendlessBackground: Tatzlpony appears to have suffered from this in the past due to her monstrous appearance.
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* {{Golem}}: Clarity is one.

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* {{Golem}}: Clarity is one.a crystal golem.
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* {{Golem}}: Clarity is one.


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* PerpetualMotionMonster: It's likely that Clarity is one, as she's mentioned that she doesn't eat, and that she can repair damage to her own body.
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* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/257360/miss-pies-prankster Miss Pie's Prankster]]'': A short story by FillyD featuring Pinkie Pie and Aurora Dash, in which Pinkie discovers the surprising answer to why Aurora is always pranking everypony.

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* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/257360/miss-pies-prankster Miss Pie's Prankster]]'': A short story by FillyD [=FillyD=] featuring Pinkie Pie and Aurora Dash, in which Pinkie discovers the surprising answer to why Aurora is always pranking everypony.

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There are also some non-canon fanworks based on the comic:
* ''[[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_176bMUUYHf2hDmK1iUxb8pDWD7sPwVVildZ14aM054/edit?pli=1 Twilight Breezie and the Big Dumb Smelly]]'': A short story featuring Twilight and Aurora Dash, about a secret that Twilight is trying to keep from everypony.
* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/257360/miss-pies-prankster Miss Pie's Prankster]]'': A short story by FillyD featuring Pinkie Pie and Aurora Dash, in which Pinkie discovers the surprising answer to why Aurora is always pranking everypony.



* CuteMonsterGirl: Flutterbat, a vampire bat pony who still has the gentle demeanor of canon Fluttershy. Technically all them but Pinkie probably count, seeing as they're all monsters, but adorable nice ones.

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* CuteMonsterGirl: Flutterbat, a vampire bat pony who still has the gentle demeanor of canon Fluttershy. Technically all them but Pinkie probably count, seeing as they're all monsters, but adorable nice ones.Tatzlpony is also surprisingly cute in spite of her monstrous heritage.



* FriendlessBackground: Due to her monstrous appearance, Tatzlpony appears to have suffered from this, in spite of her bright and pleasant demeanour.



* GorgeousGorgon: For all her monstrous traits, Tatzlpony is actually quite pretty.



* IronicFear: Flutterbat is scared of all the monster costumes in the Nightmare Night festivities (although if she's anything like Fluttershy, she's probably scared of ''everything'').

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* IronicFear: Flutterbat is scared of all the monster costumes in the Nightmare Night festivities (although if she's anything like Fluttershy, she's probably scared afraid of ''everything'').



* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: Accompanies Twilight's OhCrap moment upon her discovery.

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* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: Accompanies Twilight's OhCrap moment upon her discovery.discovery.
* ZombieAdvocate: The role that Pinkie Pie has assumed.

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