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* HoldTheLine: [[spoiler:Held off the much more powerful Gaea Everfree long enough for Sunset and human Twilight to escape the cave as they did in hearth world.]]
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler:Flees her fight with Gaea Everfree the moment Sunset and human Twilight arrive as they did in canon.]]
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:Ultimately, the entire Rumors plan and everything she wanted to get out of it ended up amounting to this, which is part of what caused her VillainousBreakdown during the final battle. Ironically, she ''does'' benefit from it ultimately (as her family now had a less unpleasant past and her mother now no longer tried to kill her), but that was Applebloom's mercy and kindness rather than anything she's done.]]
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* HopeCrusher: [[spoiler:Makes a habit of trying to do this as a Nightmare. Unfortunately for her, Applebloom ultimately sees through it and realizes she's trying to be this because she knows it ISN'T hopeless and she has a way to beat her.]]
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** [[spoiler:DragonInChief: Despite being Discord's minion, she's more of a direct threat in the Rumors arc than he was due to him being a OrcusOnHisThrone. Discord implied he might not be able to tell her wwhat to do anymore.]]
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: [[spoiler:{{Invoked|Trope}}. Her plan in the Rumors arc is to cause this to such an extent the Shadows abandon their world.]]
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* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:Despite saying how meaningless everything is, she let's it slip that she still cares about her mother enough to be afraid of having her plans ruin and what she's done for her 'made meaningless'.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Has one when Featherweight reveals that he knows not only her birth name, but everything about her mother.]]
* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler:Has this reaction to Featherweight [[ICantSenseTheirPresence being able to track her flawlessly]], something she doesn't believe should be possible.]]
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** [[spoiler:Nythy underestimates her and ends up having one of his Avatars trapped in a glass jar and used as a plaything. While he's not less dangerous than her, it's still a case where he underestimated her.]]
** [[spoiler:On the other side of the coin when she never anticipated Button Mash being as major of a problem for her as he turned out to be. Likewise, she never even considered Featherweight might be a threat, allowing him to escape. Not only did this give the CMC the knowledge about her they wouldn't have otherwise had, he [[BigDamnHeroes arrives at the World Tower]] and becomes a key part of the Rumors being undone.]]
** [[spoiler:Nythy underestimates her and ends up having one of his Avatars trapped in a glass jar and used as a plaything. While he's not less dangerous than her, it's still a case where he underestimated her.]]
** [[spoiler:On the other side of the coin when she never anticipated Button Mash being as major of a problem for her as he turned out to be. Likewise, she never even considered Featherweight might be a threat, allowing him to escape. Not only did this give the CMC the knowledge about her they wouldn't have otherwise had, he [[BigDamnHeroes arrives at the World Tower]] and becomes a key part of the Rumors being undone.]]
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* TheRestShallPass: [[spoiler:Invoked. She WANTED Applebloom to be the only one who made it to her.]]
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* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:She's completely blindsided by Applebloom realizing she can ''fix'' the printing press. This continues when Button (who she expected to have either been taken out by Applebloom or having taken her out) and Featherweight (who she didn't even ''consider'' a possibility) arrive to defend her while she fixes it.]]
* [[spoiler:DrivenToMadness: Discord has pretty much managed to do this to her, despite being SealedEvilInACan and only able to use words to do it.]]
** [[spoiler: [[FromBadToWorse It's gotten worse.]] She went so insane that she's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide become a Nightmare]].]]
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: Says if she got a do-over, she'd have done this to the CMC instead of just being a bully.]]
** [[spoiler: [[FromBadToWorse It's gotten worse.]] She went so insane that she's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide become a Nightmare]].]]
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: Says if she got a do-over, she'd have done this to the CMC instead of just being a bully.]]
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* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: Says if she got a do-over, she'd have done this to the CMC instead of just being a bully.]]
** [[spoiler: [[FromBadToWorse It's gotten worse.]] She went so insane that she's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide become a Nightmare]].]]
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: Says if she got a do-over, she'd have done this to the CMC instead of just being a bully.]]
** [[spoiler: [[FromBadToWorse It's gotten worse.]] She went so insane that she's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide become a Nightmare]].]]
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* ICantSenseTheirPresence: [[spoiler:As a Nightmare, even when she flares her energy, beings with the ability to do such things cannot sense her magic at all, or even scan her to reveal her name and Tarot. Featherweight, however, is able to completely bypass this, not by sensing her, but by being ''better'' at being sneaky than she is.]]
* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:Her emotionless attitude begins slipping as the final confrontation of Rumors keeps going on and more unexpected variables keep showing up, causing things to start going south for her.]]
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** [[spoiler:When Silver [[ShutUpHannibal shoots down her attempts]] to convince her she's a monster and then to get her to see Diamond as one and 'play her role' by rejecting her. She gets ''afraid'' and ''runs away''.]]
** [[spoiler:Has a bigger one during the final confrontation of the Rumors Arc as Applebloom figures out she can ''fix'' the printing press and Button and Featherweight arrive to hold her off. As the fight goes on, she becomes more and more frantic and frustrated, and ultimately becomes ''afraid''.]]
** [[spoiler:When Silver [[ShutUpHannibal shoots down her attempts]] to convince her she's a monster and then to get her to see Diamond as one and 'play her role' by rejecting her. She gets ''afraid'' and ''runs away''.]]
** [[spoiler:Has a bigger one during the final confrontation of the Rumors Arc as Applebloom figures out she can ''fix'' the printing press and Button and Featherweight arrive to hold her off. As the fight goes on, she becomes more and more frantic and frustrated, and ultimately becomes ''afraid''.]]
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* TheRestShallPass: [[spoiler:Invoked. She WANTED Applebloom to be the only one who made it to her.]]
* ShutUpKirk: When Apple Bloom tries to convince her to be good by pointing out [[spoiler:several alternate versions of Diamond who were heroes]], she retorts, "None of them are me."
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* BenevolentBoss: [[spoiler:Is actually a surprisingly nice boss to Alula and Tootsie.]]
* BreakThemByTalking: Is good at this. [[spoiler:She gets pointers from Discord on being better at it.]]
* BreakThemByTalking: Is good at this. [[spoiler:She gets pointers from Discord on being better at it.]]
* HateSink: {{Invoked|Trope}}. [[spoiler:As a Nightmare she WANTS to be this. Though subverted as several ponies refuse to do so.]]
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Despite her ego, it's clear she craves companionship and friends. [[spoiler:Even as a Nightmare she clearly cares about Alula and Tootsie.]]
* MagicalContract: [[spoiler:Subverted, her choice of words imply she did this when Tootsie and Alula joined her, but ultimately just let them go free when they quit.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Seems to have made Tootsie and Alula this for Silver Spoon.]]
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: [[spoiler:Ultimately her choice when Discord breaks her, embracing her status as a jerk villain and deciding to be a 'bigger monster'.]]
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* YouAreTooLate: [[spoiler:Already destroyed the printing press after sending her final rumor before Applebloom reached her.]]
* YouGoOnAhead: [[spoiler:Invoked. She WANTED Applebloom to be the only one who made it to her.]]
* YouGoOnAhead: [[spoiler:Invoked. She WANTED Applebloom to be the only one who made it to her.]]
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* ICantSenseTheirPresence: [[spoiler:As a Nightmare, even when she flares her energy, beings with the ability to do such things cannot sense her magic at all, or even scan her to reveal her name and Tarot.]]
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* StrawNihilist: Repeatedly says everything, especially choice, is pointless.
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* ActionMom: She didn't let being a mother stop her from staying in shape and being able to kick flank. [[spoiler:Once she regains enough sanity to realize Diamond Tiara is in danger, she ''really'' shows this off in a [[TheTerminator Sarah Connor]] like fashion.]]
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* ActionMom: She didn't let being a mother stop her from staying in shape and being able to kick flank. [[spoiler:Once she regains enough sanity to realize Diamond Tiara is in danger, she ''really'' shows this off in a [[TheTerminator [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Sarah Connor]] like fashion.]]
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* RightManInTheWrongPlace: [[spoiler:During the Finale Arc. Discord's DealWithTheDevil with Diamond makes her immune to the rumors...and ends up in the right position to help Flash Sentry and Sunny Days rescue Luna and destroy the Nightmare Forces.]]
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* LonelyRichGirl: Didn't have any friends behind Diamond.
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* TheComicallySerious: [[spoiler:Her transformation into a Nightmare has left her a EmotionlessGirl. This is creepy...but she's also partnered with [[LargeHam Discord]], and thus is often this for him.]]
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* ToxicFriendInfluence: Had a very negative effect on Golden Tiara.
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* ToxicFriendInfluence: Had a very negative effect on Golden Tiara.
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* HappilyMarried: With Filithy [[spoiler:until she went insane, they go back to this trope after she regains it.]]
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* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:Even after regaining her sanity, she's become a much kinder person more dedicated to making up for what she did as Screwball.]]
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* RippleEffectProofMemory: [[spoiler:As a result of Discord's DealWithTheDevil with Diamond. When Discord's endgame hits, she's still herself.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Of the emotional type. Shortly after [[spoiler:Golden Tiara goes insane]] he began teaching Diamond that the Earth Ponies were once slaves to the Unicorns and Pegasi, that Alicorns were tyrants who oppressed their subjects and manipulated the truth with their "propaganda", and that "narwhals" and "featherdusters" are ''still'' the oppressive slave drivers they were before the founding of Equestria and are simply waiting for their chance to re-enslave the Earth Ponies. [[spoiler:The Interviewers eventually make him realize what a dick he was]].
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* AbusiveParents: Of the emotional type. Shortly after [[spoiler:Golden Tiara goes insane]] he began teaching Diamond that the Earth Ponies were once slaves to the Unicorns and Pegasi, that Alicorns were tyrants who oppressed their subjects and manipulated the truth with their "propaganda", and that "narwhals" and "featherdusters" are ''still'' the oppressive slave drivers they were before the founding of Equestria and are simply waiting for their chance to re-enslave the Earth Ponies. [[spoiler:The Interviewers eventually make him realize what a dick he was]]. Downplayed as he's ''completely'' unaware of the fact he was harming his child with his actions.
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* FriendlessBackground: Other than Diamond Tiara had zero friends before befriending the CMC.
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* ProperLady: what her mother wants her to be.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Feels a huge amount of obligation to Golden Tiara for hiring her when she had no place to go. [[spoiler:This is what causes her the aforementioned sex by proxy ploy, and also why she secretly escorts Golden's daughter to visit her mother in the asylum.]]
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* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:Her STILL caring about Diamond Tiara despite being shown the monster her friend has now become is ultimately what wins their BattleAtTheCenterOfTheMind.]]
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* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:Her STILL caring about Diamond Tiara despite being shown the monster her friend has now become is ultimately what wins their BattleAtTheCenterOfTheMind.BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind.]]
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*AxCrazy: [[spoiler: When she had her jewellery rearranged on accident by her daughter, she goes utterly nuts to ''put it lightly'' and tries to strangle her to death in a utterly maniacal UnstoppableRage.]]
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* [[spoiler:CardCarryingVillain: A dark and serious version: as a Nightmare, Discord's convinced her her sole purpose for existing is to be a monster and a villain and she believes she literally has no existence outside of that.]]
--> '''Diamond Tiara''': [[spoiler:I was MADE to be this, there is no escaping reality: a little monster is all I ever was, and the greatest thing I could hope to grow up into, is a bigger monster.]]
* [[spoiler:DealWithTheDevil: Will set Discord free just to make her mother sane again. Though to be fair, she didn't know he was Discord when she made the deal.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Crossed it when she became a Nightmare and is now convinced her only point in existing is to be a bad guy.]]
* [[spoiler:TheDragon: Becomes this to Discord.]]
* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Fillies Love Their Parents]]: Loves both her parents [[spoiler:but eventually becomes disillusioned with her father.]] So much so that [[spoiler:she makes a DealWithTheDevil with Discord to cure her mother in exchange for ''freeing him!'']]
** And then Discord [[MoralEventHorizon performs yet another atrocity]] by revealing the truth about her mother to her, that DT has suppressed. [[spoiler:Screwball tried to ''murder'' her daughter after her cute-ceanara.]] Upon this reveal, [[DespairEventHorizon Diamond Tiara just dies inside.]]
* [[spoiler:EvenEvilHasStandards: Even as an insane [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmare]] convinced she only exists to be a villain, she can't bring herself to actually kill or attack Silver and ''runs'' when Silver shows her compassion ''despite'' knowing the monster she is now.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:She can't understand why Silver ''still'' cares about her despite her HeelFaceTurn and the monster she's become.]]
* [[spoiler:DrivenToMadness: Discord has pretty much managed to do this to her, despite being SealedEvilInACan and only able to use words to do it.]]
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: Says if she got a do-over, she'd have done this to the CMC instead of just being a bully.]]
** [[spoiler: [[FromBadToWorse It's gotten worse.]] She went so insane that she's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide become a Nightmare]].]]
* [[spoiler:FreudianExcuse: Puts down those without Cutie Marks to make herself feel better about her own, because the jewelry heist that she earned her Cutie Mark from drove her mother to insanely try to kill her.]]
* [[spoiler:[[FromNobodyToNightmare From Nopony to Nightmare]]: Goes from a bully to TheDragon of ''Discord''!]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Towards Apple Bloom, for ''daring'' to have more friends than her.
* HeelRealization: Which [[IgnoredEpiphany hasn't taken]]. [[spoiler:And is actually making things worse.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: As she puts it herself, "Mom always said I was special. So that means everypony else can't be special. After all, they weren't me, what did I care if they hurt?"
* JediMindTrick: Her style of mind control.
* [[spoiler:MindRape: As a Nightmare, she can do this now. She does this to Silver Spoon in "Character Rerailment" in an attempt to convince her her only purpose in existence is being a monster.]]
* [[spoiler: PsychicLink: It's strongly implied that the events of the Day of Chaos granted Diamond and Sweetie Belle an empathic link with each other that they're unaware of.]]
* [[spoiler:RippleEffectProofMemory: Begins to notice the chronological divergences from the heart world as she approaches Nightmare status.]]
* [[spoiler:SanitySlippage: Its hinted it may be InTheBlood, though [[MindRape Discord isn't helping one bit.]]]]
** [[spoiler:After part 4 of Mind Games, she's ''really'' gone over the deep end. She's even begun hallucinating.]]
** [[spoiler:In part eight of Mind games we find out that she's descended through Screwball's side of the family from Shady, Discord's "mother".]]
* SculleryMaid: This is how she infiltrates Canterlot Castle, acting as a server for the diplomatic function. Made more poignant because she is figuratively a runaway princess at that point.
* [[spoiler:SuperpoweredEvilSide: Discord pretty much breaks her spirit so completely that she ends up going ''Nightmare''.]]
* [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior Troubling Unfillylike Behavior]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:When Silver [[ShutUpHannibal shoots down her attempts]] to convince her she's a monster and then to get her to see Diamond as one and 'play her role' by rejecting her. She gets ''afraid'' and ''runs away''.]]
!!!Onyx Tiara
-->Voiced by Louis Badalament
* AbusiveParents: Of the emotional type. Shortly after [[spoiler:Golden Tiara goes insane]] he began teaching Diamond that the Earth Ponies were once slaves to the Unicorns and Pegasi, that Alicorns were tyrants who oppressed their subjects and manipulated the truth with their "propaganda", and that "narwhals" and "featherdusters" are ''still'' the oppressive slave drivers they were before the founding of Equestria and are simply waiting for their chance to re-enslave the Earth Ponies. [[spoiler:The Interviewers eventually make him realize what a dick he was]].
* [[spoiler:TheAtoner: After he overcomes his FantasticRacism and accepts responsibility for his actions causing his wife and daughter's SanitySlippage.]]
* BerserkButton: Don't bring up Golden Tiara's [[spoiler:SanitySlippage]] or speak ill of her. A pony said an insensitive comment about it when they thought he wasn't listening and ended up hurled out a second story window.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Believes that Celestia and Luna are tyrannical rulers who have oppressed the 'naturally superior Earth Ponies' for generations, that cutie marks are 'the mark of Cain'.
** He's also convinced that everyday luxuries such as ''tooth brushes and doorknobs'' are part of a secret narwhal plot.
** [[spoiler:He finally realized the error of his ways in "Mind Games Part 2" with help from the interviewers. In part 4 he outright laughs at how stupid some of his theories were.]]
* [[spoiler:DespairEventHorizon: Came ''very'' close to crossing this in "Mind Games Part 2" to the point he was at least partially Discorded. The interviewers timely intervention manages to pull him back.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: After what Discord did, he was nearly driven to this. [[spoiler:He only didn't die thanks to a unicorn maid saving his life.]]
* [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Racist]]: Against 'featherdusters' (Pegasi) and 'narwhals' (unicorns).
** [[spoiler:As of "Mind Games Part 2", he's no longer one.]]
* [[spoiler:ItsAllMyFault: He blames himself entirely for his wife's insanity.]]
* MeaningfulRename: Though born "Filthy Rich", he prefers the more prestigious-sounding "Onyx Tiara". [[spoiler:Turns out he did this out of ''guilt'' because he failed to stop Golden from going insane and blamed himself.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he recovered from his Discording and realized [[spoiler:he'd rejected his wife]]. Unfortunately, denial turns this into an IgnoredEpiphany.
** [[spoiler:Then he realizes he really did do it, and it actually at least partially ''Discorded him'' from depression. However, the interviewers intervene and manage to pull him back. After that the epiphany finally sticks and he changes his ways.]]
* OhMyGods: Because he uses Cadence as opposed to Celestia and Luna, likely because [[spoiler:she tried to cure Golden, even though it didn't succeed.]]
* PapaWolf: He's genuinely protective of his daughter. [[spoiler:So much so that when his now insane wife tried to strangle Diamond, Onyx tackled Screwball so hard she went straight through a coach and embedded in the bookshelf behind it.]]
* RescueRomance: [[spoiler:This is his reason for courting his maid, Shiny Star, who intervened in his suicide attempt, though she did not attempt to seduce him.]]
* [[spoiler:UnreliableNarrator: In his "Butterflies" entry.]]
!!!Golden Tiara[=/=][[spoiler:Golden Skates[=/=]Screwball]]
-->Voiced by Beccy Henderson
* ActionMom: She didn't let being a mother stop her from staying in shape and being able to kick flank. [[spoiler:Once she regains enough sanity to realize Diamond Tiara is in danger, she ''really'' shows this off in a [[TheTerminator Sarah Connor]] like fashion.]]
** [[spoiler:She's ''still'' a bad flank ''without'' the insanity.]]
* [[spoiler:TheAtoner: Sure's still ''very'' guilty from her time as mad pony, to the point of refusing to answer to Golden Tiara.]]
* BadassNormal
* BlitheSpirit
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: You'd better believe it. See LightningBruiser.
* CorruptTheCutie: Struggling to survive in an unforgiving, cutthroat high society turned her into a ControlFreak.
* ControlFreak
* TheDeterminator: [[spoiler:She is ''going'' to find and rescue her daughter, and ''nothing'' is going to stop her.]]
* FeelNoPain: At the very least, her pain tolerance is high enough that she can easily fit through tight spaces by ''voluntarily dislocating her bones''. Apparently, suffering a rather ugly accident as a child and then having the resulting damage fixed without anesthetic is responsible for her absurd pain tolerance.
* FunnySchizophrenia: Averted. It's not funny, and it's actually [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernicke%27s_aphasia Receptive Aphasia]].
* LightningBruiser: Fast enough to perform flying kicks and dodge tranquilizer darts, strong enough to break doors off hinges and rapidly dislocate bones, and durable enough to go crashing through furniture and to withstand sustained electric shock with nary an injury, she is hands-down the best hoof-to-hoof fighter in the series.
* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Even after going insane, she's fiercely protective of Diamond.]]
* [[spoiler:OffingTheOffspring: When she goes insane, she tries to do this to Diamond. She becomes too insane to even remember doing it and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone does NOT take it well when her sanity and the memory is restored.]]]]
* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After Discord restores her sanity, she remembers she tried to kill Diamond and has a rather nasty one of these, including saying this practically word for word.]]
--> "[[OhMyGods Dear Cadence]], ''what did I do''?! WHAT DID I DO?! If [[EmbarrassingFirstName Filthy]] hadn't [[PapaWolf stopped me]]…WHAT WOULD I HAVE [[OffingTheOffspring DONE]] ''TO MY BABY''?!"
* TheOphelia: Never has an Ophelia been so badass.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: [[spoiler:She correctly deduces that Diamond Tiara is in Canterlot, but by assuming that if she's in danger and not in Ponyville, she must've been kidnapped. And if she were kidnapped, the kidnappers would take her where they could hide her in plain sight. Diamond Tiara is her little princess, therefore [[InsaneTrollLogic they'd take her to Canterlot because princesses live there.]][[LampshadeHanging The interviewer actually does a]] JawDrop in response to this.]]
** PlayedForDrama when she correctly guesses that her daughter, [[spoiler:Tarnished Rich]], broke into her closet [[spoiler:AND TRIES TO KILL HER FOR THAT.]]
* [[spoiler:SanitySlippage: Went insane due to the pressures put on her by high society life and the ones she imposed on herself. After the Princess Gaia arc, she's ''somewhat'' less insane than before.]]
* ScrewDestiny: Has always disliked the concept of cutie marks defining who you are. She ''did'' have it explained to her that's not how it works, but never fully understood it.
* SpiritedCompetitor
!!!Shiny Star
* [[spoiler: RapeAsBackstory: Was psychologically and sexually abused by the same stallion that Diamond Tiara encounters in Canterlot.]]
* SexEqualsLove: Believed that she could keep Onyx Tiara faithful to Golden Tiara by having sex by proxy for her because she has the exact same coloring as Golden Tiara and Onyx was having sex with a large number of mares as it was and she knew ''she'' wasn't trying to take him from Golden.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Feels a huge amount of obligation to Golden Tiara for hiring her when she had no place to go. [[spoiler:This is what causes her the aforementioned sex by proxy ploy, and also why she secretly escorts Golden's daughter to visit her mother in the asylum.]]
!!!Silver Spoon
-->Voiced by Pocket-Sized Kitsune
* BadassAdorable: Became one post HeelFaceTurn.
* BerserkButton: Post HeelFaceTurn, hurting [[spoiler:the Crusaders]] is one of these. [[spoiler:Best shown at her rage at seeing Sweetie and Spike brainwashed by Chrysalis.]]
* BodyHorror: Her Discording involved being turned into what amounted to tinfoil and having her glasses turned into her ''eyes''.
* BreakTheHaughty: Her father nearly killing her while Discorded and then Diamond Tiara giving her a brutal TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and turning her flank on her did this to her.
* BrokenBird: For a time, after being nearly murdered by her Discorded father and then Diamond Tiara turned on her.
* {{Determinator}}: She ''will'' find, save Diamond, and [[spoiler:convince her to be friends with her ''and'' the Crusaders]], no matter what it takes.
--> '''Silver Spoon''': [[spoiler:I'm a Crusader now. And Crusaders can be quite determined when we put our minds to it.]]
* HeelFaceTurn
* HeelRealization: Had one when Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle stood up to her in Apple Bloom's defense.
* IHatePastMe: Is ''not'' fond of the pony she used to be. [[spoiler:She outright admits to Nightmare Diamond she ''hates'' her past self, and spent a large amount of "Character Rerailment" being horrified by her Heart World self.]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Admits to Twist that sometimes she ''does'' just want to be a kid, not the lady her mother is dedicated to making her.
* RedemptionPromotion: She's considerably smarter and generally stronger willed as a good guy than a bad guy. [[spoiler:She even manages a ShutUpHannibal on ''Nightmare Diamond''. Later, during the Wedding Arc, she handles herself quite well helping the other Crusaders [[LetsGetDangerous get dangerous]] and save Spike.]] She's also got quite a bit more physically fit due to [[spoiler:taking part in the Crusader's games.]]
* [[spoiler:SixthRanger: For the Cutie Mark Crusaders.]]
* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:Her STILL caring about Diamond Tiara despite being shown the monster her friend has now become is ultimately what wins their BattleAtTheCenterOfTheMind.]]
* {{True Companion|s}}: Was genuinely Diamond Tiara's friend and cared for her. Unfortunately, Tiara never realized it until she'd already broken their friendship up herself. [[spoiler:The Cutie Mark Crusaders manage to become this for her afterwards, however.]]
** She ''still'' loves Diamond as her friend ''despite'' what happened [[spoiler:and wants for the CMC and Diamond to be friends. Even when faced with the monster Discord turned Diamond into.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:The fact she's the Crusaders' SixthRanger.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Gives one to Twilight Sparkle for opening old wounds by bringing up the 'Smartypants Incident' to the CMC just to make her own guilt go away. Spike then ''gives'' her one for being overly harsh in the process.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: After Discord's reign, she was scared of her own glasses and absolutely ''terrified'' of her father. The former she managed to get over, but the latter took a ''long'' time to heal.
!!!Silver Tongue
-->Voiced by Louis Badalament
* ActionDad: Steps into this role during the Wedding Arc when he has to stop being a RetiredBadass and help fight the Changelings.
* AdjustingYourGlasses: Does a badass version after {{Curbstomp|Battle}}ing a Changeling.
* BadassGrandpa: Sort of. How old he is isn't clear, but he's older than Cadence and Shining (and in fact [[spoiler:reported Cadence's birth to Celestia]]), but when forced to come out of retirement during the Wedding, he's still more than capable of kicking flank.
* CreatorCameo: Is voiced by the producer of the AudioAdaptation.
* DotingParent: Once he gets his act together.
* [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Racist]]
** Or not. "Mind Games Pt. 2" reveals he was just playing along in order to keep his long friendship with Onyx Tiara going. [[spoiler:When Onyx, in that chapter, states that he feels he may have been wrong all this time in terms of his opinions of the other races and the Princesses, Silver Tongue is damn-near elated]].
* LetsGetDangerous: During the Wedding Arc, where he becomes dead serious due to the Changeling invasion and busts out his guard training.
* MeaningfulRename: Born "Silver Axe", changed it to "Silver Tongue" due to what he did while Discorded.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Had this reaction after his Discording was reversed and he realized he'd nearly killed his own daughter with his namesake.
* RetiredBadass: Was once a Royal Guard but retired a good while ago. Is forced to come out of retirement during the Wedding and proves to still be quite the badass.
* SpecsOfAwesome: Wears glasses like his daughter, but is also a RetiredBadass who can kick a lot of flank.
!!!Silver Platter
-->Voiced by Suzanne Muir
* [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Racist]]
** No longer as of "Mind Games Pt. 2", according to her husband Silver Tongue.
* [[ChristmasCake Hearth Warming's Eve Cake]]: Narrowly avoided becoming this, and talks about how important it is to avoid such a fate. She was also convinced that her husband loved her solely for her looks and would leave her when she lost them.
** She finally got the help she needed and as of "Mind Games Pt. 2" she figured out that her husband loves ''her'', not just her beauty.
* StepfordSmiler
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Had a very negative effect on Golden Tiara.
!!!TLC
* [[ActionGirl Action Mare]]: Is Screwball's caretaker, because she was the only one at the asylum able to match her [[spoiler:which is why she was sent to retriever her from Canterlot, only to find she was healed of her insanity.]]
* AttackHello: [[spoiler:Her and Golden Tiara greet each other by engaging in a martial arts fight. According to Golden, it was basically how they said hello.]]
* BigWhat: Her reaction to realizing [[spoiler:Screwball is no longer insane.]]
* WarriorTherapist: Literally. She's a nurse at the asylum [[spoiler:Golden Tiara was held at]] and a black belt on par with her.
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!!!Diamond Tiara/[[spoiler:Tarnished Rich]]/[[spoiler:Spoiled Rich]]/[[spoiler:Nightmare ???????]]
-->Voiced by Wollffeey
* [[spoiler:CardCarryingVillain: A dark and serious version: as a Nightmare, Discord's convinced her her sole purpose for existing is to be a monster and a villain and she believes she literally has no existence outside of that.]]
--> '''Diamond Tiara''': [[spoiler:I was MADE to be this, there is no escaping reality: a little monster is all I ever was, and the greatest thing I could hope to grow up into, is a bigger monster.]]
* [[spoiler:DealWithTheDevil: Will set Discord free just to make her mother sane again. Though to be fair, she didn't know he was Discord when she made the deal.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Crossed it when she became a Nightmare and is now convinced her only point in existing is to be a bad guy.]]
* [[spoiler:TheDragon: Becomes this to Discord.]]
* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Fillies Love Their Parents]]: Loves both her parents [[spoiler:but eventually becomes disillusioned with her father.]] So much so that [[spoiler:she makes a DealWithTheDevil with Discord to cure her mother in exchange for ''freeing him!'']]
** And then Discord [[MoralEventHorizon performs yet another atrocity]] by revealing the truth about her mother to her, that DT has suppressed. [[spoiler:Screwball tried to ''murder'' her daughter after her cute-ceanara.]] Upon this reveal, [[DespairEventHorizon Diamond Tiara just dies inside.]]
* [[spoiler:EvenEvilHasStandards: Even as an insane [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmare]] convinced she only exists to be a villain, she can't bring herself to actually kill or attack Silver and ''runs'' when Silver shows her compassion ''despite'' knowing the monster she is now.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:She can't understand why Silver ''still'' cares about her despite her HeelFaceTurn and the monster she's become.]]
* [[spoiler:DrivenToMadness: Discord has pretty much managed to do this to her, despite being SealedEvilInACan and only able to use words to do it.]]
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: Says if she got a do-over, she'd have done this to the CMC instead of just being a bully.]]
** [[spoiler: [[FromBadToWorse It's gotten worse.]] She went so insane that she's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide become a Nightmare]].]]
* [[spoiler:FreudianExcuse: Puts down those without Cutie Marks to make herself feel better about her own, because the jewelry heist that she earned her Cutie Mark from drove her mother to insanely try to kill her.]]
* [[spoiler:[[FromNobodyToNightmare From Nopony to Nightmare]]: Goes from a bully to TheDragon of ''Discord''!]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Towards Apple Bloom, for ''daring'' to have more friends than her.
* HeelRealization: Which [[IgnoredEpiphany hasn't taken]]. [[spoiler:And is actually making things worse.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: As she puts it herself, "Mom always said I was special. So that means everypony else can't be special. After all, they weren't me, what did I care if they hurt?"
* JediMindTrick: Her style of mind control.
* [[spoiler:MindRape: As a Nightmare, she can do this now. She does this to Silver Spoon in "Character Rerailment" in an attempt to convince her her only purpose in existence is being a monster.]]
* [[spoiler: PsychicLink: It's strongly implied that the events of the Day of Chaos granted Diamond and Sweetie Belle an empathic link with each other that they're unaware of.]]
* [[spoiler:RippleEffectProofMemory: Begins to notice the chronological divergences from the heart world as she approaches Nightmare status.]]
* [[spoiler:SanitySlippage: Its hinted it may be InTheBlood, though [[MindRape Discord isn't helping one bit.]]]]
** [[spoiler:After part 4 of Mind Games, she's ''really'' gone over the deep end. She's even begun hallucinating.]]
** [[spoiler:In part eight of Mind games we find out that she's descended through Screwball's side of the family from Shady, Discord's "mother".]]
* SculleryMaid: This is how she infiltrates Canterlot Castle, acting as a server for the diplomatic function. Made more poignant because she is figuratively a runaway princess at that point.
* [[spoiler:SuperpoweredEvilSide: Discord pretty much breaks her spirit so completely that she ends up going ''Nightmare''.]]
* [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior Troubling Unfillylike Behavior]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:When Silver [[ShutUpHannibal shoots down her attempts]] to convince her she's a monster and then to get her to see Diamond as one and 'play her role' by rejecting her. She gets ''afraid'' and ''runs away''.]]
!!!Onyx Tiara
-->Voiced by Louis Badalament
* AbusiveParents: Of the emotional type. Shortly after [[spoiler:Golden Tiara goes insane]] he began teaching Diamond that the Earth Ponies were once slaves to the Unicorns and Pegasi, that Alicorns were tyrants who oppressed their subjects and manipulated the truth with their "propaganda", and that "narwhals" and "featherdusters" are ''still'' the oppressive slave drivers they were before the founding of Equestria and are simply waiting for their chance to re-enslave the Earth Ponies. [[spoiler:The Interviewers eventually make him realize what a dick he was]].
* [[spoiler:TheAtoner: After he overcomes his FantasticRacism and accepts responsibility for his actions causing his wife and daughter's SanitySlippage.]]
* BerserkButton: Don't bring up Golden Tiara's [[spoiler:SanitySlippage]] or speak ill of her. A pony said an insensitive comment about it when they thought he wasn't listening and ended up hurled out a second story window.
* ConspiracyTheorist: Believes that Celestia and Luna are tyrannical rulers who have oppressed the 'naturally superior Earth Ponies' for generations, that cutie marks are 'the mark of Cain'.
** He's also convinced that everyday luxuries such as ''tooth brushes and doorknobs'' are part of a secret narwhal plot.
** [[spoiler:He finally realized the error of his ways in "Mind Games Part 2" with help from the interviewers. In part 4 he outright laughs at how stupid some of his theories were.]]
* [[spoiler:DespairEventHorizon: Came ''very'' close to crossing this in "Mind Games Part 2" to the point he was at least partially Discorded. The interviewers timely intervention manages to pull him back.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: After what Discord did, he was nearly driven to this. [[spoiler:He only didn't die thanks to a unicorn maid saving his life.]]
* [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Racist]]: Against 'featherdusters' (Pegasi) and 'narwhals' (unicorns).
** [[spoiler:As of "Mind Games Part 2", he's no longer one.]]
* [[spoiler:ItsAllMyFault: He blames himself entirely for his wife's insanity.]]
* MeaningfulRename: Though born "Filthy Rich", he prefers the more prestigious-sounding "Onyx Tiara". [[spoiler:Turns out he did this out of ''guilt'' because he failed to stop Golden from going insane and blamed himself.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he recovered from his Discording and realized [[spoiler:he'd rejected his wife]]. Unfortunately, denial turns this into an IgnoredEpiphany.
** [[spoiler:Then he realizes he really did do it, and it actually at least partially ''Discorded him'' from depression. However, the interviewers intervene and manage to pull him back. After that the epiphany finally sticks and he changes his ways.]]
* OhMyGods: Because he uses Cadence as opposed to Celestia and Luna, likely because [[spoiler:she tried to cure Golden, even though it didn't succeed.]]
* PapaWolf: He's genuinely protective of his daughter. [[spoiler:So much so that when his now insane wife tried to strangle Diamond, Onyx tackled Screwball so hard she went straight through a coach and embedded in the bookshelf behind it.]]
* RescueRomance: [[spoiler:This is his reason for courting his maid, Shiny Star, who intervened in his suicide attempt, though she did not attempt to seduce him.]]
* [[spoiler:UnreliableNarrator: In his "Butterflies" entry.]]
!!!Golden Tiara[=/=][[spoiler:Golden Skates[=/=]Screwball]]
-->Voiced by Beccy Henderson
* ActionMom: She didn't let being a mother stop her from staying in shape and being able to kick flank. [[spoiler:Once she regains enough sanity to realize Diamond Tiara is in danger, she ''really'' shows this off in a [[TheTerminator Sarah Connor]] like fashion.]]
** [[spoiler:She's ''still'' a bad flank ''without'' the insanity.]]
* [[spoiler:TheAtoner: Sure's still ''very'' guilty from her time as mad pony, to the point of refusing to answer to Golden Tiara.]]
* BadassNormal
* BlitheSpirit
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: You'd better believe it. See LightningBruiser.
* CorruptTheCutie: Struggling to survive in an unforgiving, cutthroat high society turned her into a ControlFreak.
* ControlFreak
* TheDeterminator: [[spoiler:She is ''going'' to find and rescue her daughter, and ''nothing'' is going to stop her.]]
* FeelNoPain: At the very least, her pain tolerance is high enough that she can easily fit through tight spaces by ''voluntarily dislocating her bones''. Apparently, suffering a rather ugly accident as a child and then having the resulting damage fixed without anesthetic is responsible for her absurd pain tolerance.
* FunnySchizophrenia: Averted. It's not funny, and it's actually [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernicke%27s_aphasia Receptive Aphasia]].
* LightningBruiser: Fast enough to perform flying kicks and dodge tranquilizer darts, strong enough to break doors off hinges and rapidly dislocate bones, and durable enough to go crashing through furniture and to withstand sustained electric shock with nary an injury, she is hands-down the best hoof-to-hoof fighter in the series.
* MamaBear: [[spoiler:Even after going insane, she's fiercely protective of Diamond.]]
* [[spoiler:OffingTheOffspring: When she goes insane, she tries to do this to Diamond. She becomes too insane to even remember doing it and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone does NOT take it well when her sanity and the memory is restored.]]]]
* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After Discord restores her sanity, she remembers she tried to kill Diamond and has a rather nasty one of these, including saying this practically word for word.]]
--> "[[OhMyGods Dear Cadence]], ''what did I do''?! WHAT DID I DO?! If [[EmbarrassingFirstName Filthy]] hadn't [[PapaWolf stopped me]]…WHAT WOULD I HAVE [[OffingTheOffspring DONE]] ''TO MY BABY''?!"
* TheOphelia: Never has an Ophelia been so badass.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: [[spoiler:She correctly deduces that Diamond Tiara is in Canterlot, but by assuming that if she's in danger and not in Ponyville, she must've been kidnapped. And if she were kidnapped, the kidnappers would take her where they could hide her in plain sight. Diamond Tiara is her little princess, therefore [[InsaneTrollLogic they'd take her to Canterlot because princesses live there.]][[LampshadeHanging The interviewer actually does a]] JawDrop in response to this.]]
** PlayedForDrama when she correctly guesses that her daughter, [[spoiler:Tarnished Rich]], broke into her closet [[spoiler:AND TRIES TO KILL HER FOR THAT.]]
* [[spoiler:SanitySlippage: Went insane due to the pressures put on her by high society life and the ones she imposed on herself. After the Princess Gaia arc, she's ''somewhat'' less insane than before.]]
* ScrewDestiny: Has always disliked the concept of cutie marks defining who you are. She ''did'' have it explained to her that's not how it works, but never fully understood it.
* SpiritedCompetitor
!!!Shiny Star
* [[spoiler: RapeAsBackstory: Was psychologically and sexually abused by the same stallion that Diamond Tiara encounters in Canterlot.]]
* SexEqualsLove: Believed that she could keep Onyx Tiara faithful to Golden Tiara by having sex by proxy for her because she has the exact same coloring as Golden Tiara and Onyx was having sex with a large number of mares as it was and she knew ''she'' wasn't trying to take him from Golden.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Feels a huge amount of obligation to Golden Tiara for hiring her when she had no place to go. [[spoiler:This is what causes her the aforementioned sex by proxy ploy, and also why she secretly escorts Golden's daughter to visit her mother in the asylum.]]
!!!Silver Spoon
-->Voiced by Pocket-Sized Kitsune
* BadassAdorable: Became one post HeelFaceTurn.
* BerserkButton: Post HeelFaceTurn, hurting [[spoiler:the Crusaders]] is one of these. [[spoiler:Best shown at her rage at seeing Sweetie and Spike brainwashed by Chrysalis.]]
* BodyHorror: Her Discording involved being turned into what amounted to tinfoil and having her glasses turned into her ''eyes''.
* BreakTheHaughty: Her father nearly killing her while Discorded and then Diamond Tiara giving her a brutal TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and turning her flank on her did this to her.
* BrokenBird: For a time, after being nearly murdered by her Discorded father and then Diamond Tiara turned on her.
* {{Determinator}}: She ''will'' find, save Diamond, and [[spoiler:convince her to be friends with her ''and'' the Crusaders]], no matter what it takes.
--> '''Silver Spoon''': [[spoiler:I'm a Crusader now. And Crusaders can be quite determined when we put our minds to it.]]
* HeelFaceTurn
* HeelRealization: Had one when Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle stood up to her in Apple Bloom's defense.
* IHatePastMe: Is ''not'' fond of the pony she used to be. [[spoiler:She outright admits to Nightmare Diamond she ''hates'' her past self, and spent a large amount of "Character Rerailment" being horrified by her Heart World self.]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Admits to Twist that sometimes she ''does'' just want to be a kid, not the lady her mother is dedicated to making her.
* RedemptionPromotion: She's considerably smarter and generally stronger willed as a good guy than a bad guy. [[spoiler:She even manages a ShutUpHannibal on ''Nightmare Diamond''. Later, during the Wedding Arc, she handles herself quite well helping the other Crusaders [[LetsGetDangerous get dangerous]] and save Spike.]] She's also got quite a bit more physically fit due to [[spoiler:taking part in the Crusader's games.]]
* [[spoiler:SixthRanger: For the Cutie Mark Crusaders.]]
* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:Her STILL caring about Diamond Tiara despite being shown the monster her friend has now become is ultimately what wins their BattleAtTheCenterOfTheMind.]]
* {{True Companion|s}}: Was genuinely Diamond Tiara's friend and cared for her. Unfortunately, Tiara never realized it until she'd already broken their friendship up herself. [[spoiler:The Cutie Mark Crusaders manage to become this for her afterwards, however.]]
** She ''still'' loves Diamond as her friend ''despite'' what happened [[spoiler:and wants for the CMC and Diamond to be friends. Even when faced with the monster Discord turned Diamond into.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:The fact she's the Crusaders' SixthRanger.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Gives one to Twilight Sparkle for opening old wounds by bringing up the 'Smartypants Incident' to the CMC just to make her own guilt go away. Spike then ''gives'' her one for being overly harsh in the process.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: After Discord's reign, she was scared of her own glasses and absolutely ''terrified'' of her father. The former she managed to get over, but the latter took a ''long'' time to heal.
!!!Silver Tongue
-->Voiced by Louis Badalament
* ActionDad: Steps into this role during the Wedding Arc when he has to stop being a RetiredBadass and help fight the Changelings.
* AdjustingYourGlasses: Does a badass version after {{Curbstomp|Battle}}ing a Changeling.
* BadassGrandpa: Sort of. How old he is isn't clear, but he's older than Cadence and Shining (and in fact [[spoiler:reported Cadence's birth to Celestia]]), but when forced to come out of retirement during the Wedding, he's still more than capable of kicking flank.
* CreatorCameo: Is voiced by the producer of the AudioAdaptation.
* DotingParent: Once he gets his act together.
* [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Racist]]
** Or not. "Mind Games Pt. 2" reveals he was just playing along in order to keep his long friendship with Onyx Tiara going. [[spoiler:When Onyx, in that chapter, states that he feels he may have been wrong all this time in terms of his opinions of the other races and the Princesses, Silver Tongue is damn-near elated]].
* LetsGetDangerous: During the Wedding Arc, where he becomes dead serious due to the Changeling invasion and busts out his guard training.
* MeaningfulRename: Born "Silver Axe", changed it to "Silver Tongue" due to what he did while Discorded.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Had this reaction after his Discording was reversed and he realized he'd nearly killed his own daughter with his namesake.
* RetiredBadass: Was once a Royal Guard but retired a good while ago. Is forced to come out of retirement during the Wedding and proves to still be quite the badass.
* SpecsOfAwesome: Wears glasses like his daughter, but is also a RetiredBadass who can kick a lot of flank.
!!!Silver Platter
-->Voiced by Suzanne Muir
* [[FantasticRacism Fantastic Racist]]
** No longer as of "Mind Games Pt. 2", according to her husband Silver Tongue.
* [[ChristmasCake Hearth Warming's Eve Cake]]: Narrowly avoided becoming this, and talks about how important it is to avoid such a fate. She was also convinced that her husband loved her solely for her looks and would leave her when she lost them.
** She finally got the help she needed and as of "Mind Games Pt. 2" she figured out that her husband loves ''her'', not just her beauty.
* StepfordSmiler
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Had a very negative effect on Golden Tiara.
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* [[ActionGirl Action Mare]]: Is Screwball's caretaker, because she was the only one at the asylum able to match her [[spoiler:which is why she was sent to retriever her from Canterlot, only to find she was healed of her insanity.]]
* AttackHello: [[spoiler:Her and Golden Tiara greet each other by engaging in a martial arts fight. According to Golden, it was basically how they said hello.]]
* BigWhat: Her reaction to realizing [[spoiler:Screwball is no longer insane.]]
* WarriorTherapist: Literally. She's a nurse at the asylum [[spoiler:Golden Tiara was held at]] and a black belt on par with her.
