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* ShaggySearchTechnique: Pretty much the only way to find anything you actually want to find if you don't have the Element of Deceit [[spoiler:or convince it to stop hindering you.]]

* AGodIAm: [[spoiler:Not only has she ''literally'' become a Goddess [[SuperpoweredEvilSide of sorts]], she chose the name of Nightmare Eclipse out of the belief that she'd eclipsed Celestia and Luna, and exceeded them both.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: Nightmare Bannerette performs this to fight Abandon when he reveals himself after the Crusaders purify Prime!Rarity of the corruption of Discord's Endgame.

* Fallen Hero: All five, being previous timeline versions of the mane six, minus Rarity, and Spike. They eventually rise back up, but Manacle has ''serious'' problems with feeling she still isn't this.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: All of them have this when their memories are restored while they're trapped in Rainbow Dash's fake Ponyville by Nightmare Whisper, due to their defeat purifying their souls.

* PromotedExtra: [[spoiler:They only appear in the FinalBattle of Dark World, but return during the Wedding (offscreen) and Rumors Arc as major characters.]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Unlike [[RevengeBeforeReason Paradox]], they all seem to be putting the possibility of creating a better world above a grudge on Discord. Nightmare Mirror is the straightest example because the possibility TheExtremistWasRight is the only thing that seems to be keeping her seeing their horrific actions as a NecessaryEvil.

* WouldHurtAChild: As Eclipse's minions, they have no qualms about killing Apple Pie or any other child for her. Even though Manacle saved 171,015 versions of Scootaloo, she is not exempt, and even when purified in rage tries to strangle answers out of Bright Night until Pinkie stops her.

* InsaneTrollLogic: [[spoiler:As a Nightmare, her worldview operates on this. She believes (or has deluded herself into believing) that all the characters in the Dark World timeline are just factory-programmed robots that exist to torture Discord, ignoring that they have hearts and minds of their own and can even do things she never anticipated, which wouldn't be possible if she was controlling their every action. The only beings she considers "real" are herself, Twilight, Discord, and the iterations of her friends she converted into Nightmares to follow her.]]

* InsaneTrollLogic: [[spoiler:As a Nightmare, her worldview operates on this. She does not consider anypony in the Dark World timeline a "real pony", just a construct that exists to torment Discord, ignoring that they have hearts and minds of their own and can act independently of her, doing things she never anticipated.]]

* IRejectYourReality: [[spoiler:According to her, every single character in Dark World other than Twilight and Discord is an unthinking, unfeeling [=NPC=] that only exists to be used as a tool for Discord's eternal torment. This makes her NotSoDifferent from Fluttercruel, who is so insane that she believes her victims are akin to toys or sprites in a video game, and only exist for her or her father's amusement.]]

* ScrewDestiny: [[spoiler:A rare villainous example, and a subverted one at that. She talks a big game about defying fate and making her destiny her own, and seemingly encourages Twilight to do just that. But as Rota Fortuna points out, all Eclipse has done is shackle ''herself'' to the wheel of fate by repeating the same thousand years of Dark World over and over again for the sole purpose of tormenting Discord.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Since she first became Nightmare Eclipse, she has, without fail, turned every iteration of Twilight from every loop of Dark World into a new Nightmare Eclipse and absorbed them to increase her own power. Because of that, all iterations of Nightmare Eclipse throughout the multiverse exist because of her. But when Dark World!Twilight finally defeats and absorbs the first Eclipse, she also absorbs all the other Eclipses from other timelines (in other words, every single Eclipse that exists) due to their souls being joined to Eclipse Prime's, ensuring that she can never and will never exist again in any form.]]

* IHatePastMe: [[spoiler:Views the present Twilight (her past self) as a naive child still clinging to 'dolls' that aren't real who needs to wake up to Paradox's twisted worldview. In a bit of irony, Paradox herself is this for Twilight in some ways, as she retains many of the flaws Twilight has overcome and taken them UpToEleven, something which annoys and frustrates Twilight.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Since she first became Nightmare Eclipse, she has, without fail, turned every single iteration of Twilight from every loop of Dark World into a new Nightmare Eclipse and absorbed them to increase her own power. Because of that, all iterations of Nightmare Eclipse throughout the multiverse exist because of her. But when
Dark World!Twilight finally defeats and absorbs the first Eclipse, she also absorbs all the other Eclipses from other timelines due to their souls being joined to Eclipse Prime's, ensuring that she can never and will never exist again in any form.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Since she first became Nightmare Eclipse, she has, without fail, turned every single iteration of Twilight from every loop of Dark World into a new Nightmare Eclipse and absorbed them to increase her own power. Because of that, all iterations of Nightmare Eclipse throughout the multiverse exist because of her. But when the first Eclipse herself is finally defeated and erased, every single other Eclipse in existence is erased with her due to their souls being joined to hers, ensuring that she can never and will never exist again in any form.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Since she first became Nightmare Eclipse, she has, without fail, turned every single iteration of Twilight from every loop of Dark World into a new Nightmare Eclipse and absorbed them. Because of that, all iterations of Nightmare Eclipse throughout the multiverse exist because of her. But when the first Eclipse herself is finally defeated, every single other Eclipse in existence falls with her due to their souls being joined to hers, ensuring that she can never and will never exist again in any form.]]

** [[spoiler:Her ''biggest'' starts when Discord [[BackupFromOtherworld prank-calls her from the afterlife]] and tells her Havoc is going to ''prevent'' her from overwriting Fluttercruel's Draconequusification, meaning Discord ''succeeded'' in getting a loop where she survives. Eclipse proceeds to blow her top and tell him she's going to make Mad Tiara and Screwball suffer ''more'' for it. It worsens as she realizes [[OhCrap she let herself be distracted from Twilight's real plan]], but then her parents (their growth apparently still supercharged) hold her in place and she [[NotSoDifferent realizes they're doing so for the same reason Shady and Fluttershy restrained their children]]. She goes ''catatonic'' in response. After a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from Rota Fortuna, she's reduced to a defeated, scared little Alicorn begging to escape the same fate she forced on Twilight so many times before.]]

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:She was once like Twilight, and Discord's actions drove her to stop him. The thing is, she's become so convinced that Discord is utterly irredeemable that she cannot and even refuses to accept the fact that Discord is capable of turning good or loving someone else from the goodness of his heart. Even kind acts from him, such as turning Celestia's prison into a paradise, are rationalized as ploys for something horrible. Every time Discord tries to act on his HeelRealization, it's overridden with a copy of his villainous actions from a previous loop, just so he wouldn't 'break character'. When she encounters an untainted counterpart of herself (Twilight), she immediately tries to mold her into a new Nightmare Purgatory so she can absorb her like every previous Twilight, so Discord will always remain a villain. She sees herself as a hero, but is so consumed by her desire for revenge that she is left almost completely unable to see and understand the inherent good in others. This view also extends to Fluttercruel, whom she sees as a defective, soulless clone of Fluttershy, and doesn't understand that she is capable of genuine love towards Discord, Fluttercruel's father.]]

* DragonAscendant: Nightmare Whisper becomes this after Eclipse's defeat, being the one controlling the fake Ponyville the other four and the various ponies saved from various loops are trapped in.]]

[[folder:The Nameless Passanger / The Voice]]

* TheOmniscient: He knows about every terrible thing Discord has ever done, no matter how minor, and shows up at the Chaos Castle every Christmas just to read him a list of his transgressions and give him a lump of coal.

* TheDeterminator: After running out of energy, she kept herself alive with nothing more than pure willpower.
[[spoiler:[[UpToEleven This is how she survived losing her]] ''[[UpToEleven original Light of Existence]]!'']]

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Technically speaking, she ''was'' MadeOfEvil, being created from Discord's cruelty so the Gallery was right she was born with it in her, but the Nightmare Gallery treating that as the same thing as BORN evil is what results in her turning out with ''immense'' psychological issues.

* CondescendingCompassion: Nightmare Whisper's treatment of her, if unintentionally. She's so sorry she has so much 'evil essence' inside her, it's not her fault.

* TypeBomb: Was essentially raised by the Nightmare Gallery to be their pet guard dog for their real bodies when astral projecting.