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* FallenHero: Erebus' apparent goal for Spike.
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* TournamentArc: ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/55768/Atlas-Strongest-Tournament Atlas Strongest Tournament]]'' is this for the series.
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* GlassCannon: Argent Javelin is identified as this [[LampshadeHanging by name]] by Shining Armor.
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* InterruptedDeclarationOfLove: Scootaloo's is interrupted by Pinkie. It might have been successful if [[spoiler: Spike]] had [[ObliviousToLove understood what she trying to say in the first place]].
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* UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject Shining Armor's talent is defensive magic while Argent Javelin's talent is attack magic. The chapter in which they fight is actually named after a [[BilingualBonus Chinese phrase]] "自相矛盾" (interacting shield spear), which is the Chinese name for this trope, referencing a story in which a man tries to sell [[ImmediateSelfContradiction a spear that can pierce any shield and a shield that can block any shield]]. Turns out [[spoiler: the unstoppable force knocks himself out.]]
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* LargeHam: Pretty much everyone turns into one in the tournament.
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''Ponies of Olympus'' is a series of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' stories by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Bico Bico]] that heavily incorporates elements of ClassicalMythology into the backstories of the side characters (primarily the Princesses). Starting with the second story, a StoryArc about Spike [[TookALevelInBadass taking levels in badass]] and the plans of the GodOfEvil Erebus starts taking shape.
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''Ponies of Olympus'' is a series of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' stories by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Bico Bico]] that heavily incorporates elements of ClassicalMythology into the backstories of the side characters (primarily the Princesses). Starting with the second story, a StoryArc about Spike [[TookALevelInBadass taking levels in badass]] and the plans of the GodOfEvil Erebus Erebos starts taking shape.
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* BigBad: Erebus seems set up as this for the series. On top of that, he's also something of a BiggerBad for canon, since he caused Luna's transformation into Nightmare Moon, Chrysalis' own corruption from whatever she used to be, and is implied to be connected to Discord and Sombra as well.
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* TheCorrupter: Erebus.Erebos. He was the one who manipulated Luna into becoming Nightmare Moon, and transformed Chrysalis into a changeling. On top of that, Luna suspects that he's trying to do the same again with [[spoiler: Spike]].
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* ExpospeakGag: Shining says he didn't forgot to tell Twilight he was participating in the tournament, he just "failed to mention due to cognitive flatulence" (read: he had a brain fart). Twilight says that she's too smart for using big words to confuse the issue (though she admits she used to do the same thing to Cadence).
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Rairty first mentions her training in Spina in ''Ditzy Don't''.
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* ImagineSpot: When Spike and Wavedancer wander off together, Rarity has one of these where Wavedancer turns into a cartoony, over-the-top villain who tries to harm Spike, only for Rarity to show up and save him.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Erebus to Chrysalis. He was the one who created her, gave her the idea to masquerade as Cadence, and sent her to infiltrate the tournament. And on top of that, he was apparently involved in Luna becoming Nightmare Moon.
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* {{Revenge}}: The only reason Chrysalis agrees to Erebus' plan to infiltrate the tournament is a chance at revenge on Twilight Sparkle for her defeat at the wedding.
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* [[WasOnceAMan Was Once A Pony]]: Chrysalis and her subjects used to be normal ponies (implied to have been flutterponies, in fact), before Erebus transformed them.
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* BigWhat: There's a group one when Lao Wu says Rarity will be competing in the competition. And Rarity is one of the ones shouting, given that this is news to her at the time.
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* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: The flashback at the beginning of ''Atlas Strongest Tournament'' has everyone talking like this.
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* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: The flashback at the beginning of ''Atlas Strongest Tournament'' has everyone talking like this.this.
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* SomethingTheyWouldNeverSay: After turning Ditzy into Mademoiselle Doo, Twilight makes sure that the trigger phrase to undo it is something Rainbow Dash would never say. It turns out to be [[spoiler: "I'm sorry, Ditzy"]]. Thanks to her JerkassRealization, Dash ''does'' end up saying it.
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** [[spoiler: Except not really. Her reason for Rarity are more complex than that; see below.]]
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** [[spoiler: Except, as it turns out, she never cared about that -- she ''was'', however, jealous of Rarity's relationship with Razorwing, and tried to get them to break up so she could have Rarity for himself.]]
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* AccidentalInnuendo: Rainbow Dash and Applejack's fight during the first round of the tournament is ''full'' of these. Oddly, no one comments on it.
** [[spoiler: Except not really. Her reason for Rarity are more complex than that; see below.]]
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Pinkie, naturally. Especially when acting as announcer for the tournament.
* CripplingOverspecialization: [[spoiler: Ran Biao trained her flame breath to be strong enough to melt Rarity's metal acupuncture needles; however, her reliance on this leaves her vulnerable to Rarity's ''diamond'' backup needles.]]
*** Subverted with Ran Biao, who actually proves a match for Rarity [[spoiler: though she still loses]].
** She seems to have picked this up from Lao Wu -- the first match we see him in lasts all of a minute.
** She seems to have picked this up from Lao Wu -- the first match we see him in lasts all of a minute.
** [[spoiler: Except, as it turns out, she never cared about that -- she ''was'', however, jealous of Rarity's relationship with Razorwing, and tried to get them to break up so she could have Rarity for himself.]]
** When Rarity saw Ran Biao and Razorwing together, she ran away at the perceived betrayal, which led to [[spoiler: Razorwing raping Ran]]. This led to the breakup of their friendship.
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Turns out, Ran Biao didn't seduce Razorwing -- she tried to get him to break up with Rarity, and he raped her. Rarity saw them together and misunderstood, running off and letting it happen; Ran never forgave her for it.]]
** Double subverted. As it turns out, Rarity's version wasn't entirely accurate, and there was some truth to Ran's version.
** And it turns out that Ran Biao's grudge against Rarity is payback for [[spoiler: letting Razorwing rape her]], something that Rarity wasn't aware that she had done.
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* TimeyWimeyBall: Comes up when Derpy is describing her relationship with [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]] -- they got married a hundred years from now last week, and Dinky and Sparkler are their kids, but had to be raised in the past for some reason to ensure their birth. And Dinky is actually the older child. It's about this point that Twilight's brain starts to crash and Luna has to drag her away.
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* TheHero: Spike in ''Rolling in Beaches''. In ''Atlas Strongest Tournament'' he appears to have been downgraded to {{Deuteragonist}}.
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* AlwaysSecondBest: Ran Biao to Rarity. It's part of the reason she hates her.
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* [[ActionGirl Action Mare]]: Rarity (reluctantly), Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Scootaloo, Ran Biao.
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* ChekhovsGun: At one point in ''Ditzy Don't'', Twilight is shown reading a book called "Magical Mimicry". This ends up being where she gets the spell to give Ditzy personality traits from all of the Mane Six.
** The advanced training Spike gets in the use of his magic fire comes in handy for defeating Garble, as does the advice he gets from Zecora and Iron Will earlier in the chapter.
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** For bonus points, there are actually at least [[TheNthDoctor two versions]] of the Doctor acting as referees in the tournament, and one of them actually ''uses this as his name''.
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** One thing Ran Biao and Rarity agree on is that Lao Wu's training qualifies.
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* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Scootaloo accidentally comments on Featherweight's cute smile during their preliminary match.
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* ExospeakGag: Shining says he didn't forgot to tell Twilight he was participating in the tournament, he just "failed to mention due to cognitive flatulence" (read: he had a brain fart). Twilight says that she's too smart for using big words to confuse the issue (though she admits she used to do the same thing to Cadence).
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* ExospeakGag: ExpospeakGag: Shining says he didn't forgot to tell Twilight he was participating in the tournament, he just "failed to mention due to cognitive flatulence" (read: he had a brain fart). Twilight says that she's too smart for using big words to confuse the issue (though she admits she used to do the same thing to Cadence).
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* FromBadToWorse: The climax of ''Rolling in Beaches'' -- the Rainbow of Darkness corrupting a bunch of dragons? Bad. It corrupting [[spoiler: ''all of the Mane Six'']] ''?!'' Definitely worse.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Twilight's attempt to help Ditzy by implanting magical copies of the Mane Six's personalities in her head first causes her to outclass Rainbow Dash to the point of her public humiliation, then all the group's negative aspects (Fluttershy's sudden rage, Pinkie's personalities, Twilight's obsessiveness, etc) take over, making her go crazy and chase after Rainbow Dash to force her to let her take care of her.
** Wavedancer taking the Rainbow Pearl out of curiosity (and then keeping it to get close to Spike), leads to it being stolen by the Scaly Back River dragons, who in turn break it and accidentally release the Rainbow of Darkness.
* NonSequiturThud: Pinkie, upon being food poisoned by Ditzy:
-->"If I don't make it... Tell Gummy… he always goes flat when he tries to hit that high B. He really needs to work on that…"
* NoodleIncident: ''Ditzy Don't'' is full of these, most of them having to do with how Ditzy somehow screws up every attempt to help the Mane Six ([[RunningGag usually]] setting something on fire in the process).
** When Spike and the Mane Six first meet Wavedancer, mute at the time, the following exchange occurs:
-->'''Rainbow Dash''': What’s the matter? Cat got your tongue?
-->'''Rarity''': You leave Opalescence out of this! She only did that once, and she was sorry!
* NoIndoorVoice: Seems Luna still slips into this when excited.
** Wavedancer taking the Rainbow Pearl out of curiosity (and then keeping it to get close to Spike), leads to it being stolen by the Scaly Back River dragons, who in turn break it and accidentally release the Rainbow of Darkness.
* NonSequiturThud: Pinkie, upon being food poisoned by Ditzy:
-->"If I don't make it... Tell Gummy… he always goes flat when he tries to hit that high B. He really needs to work on that…"
* NoodleIncident: ''Ditzy Don't'' is full of these, most of them having to do with how Ditzy somehow screws up every attempt to help the Mane Six ([[RunningGag usually]] setting something on fire in the process).
** When Spike and the Mane Six first meet Wavedancer, mute at the time, the following exchange occurs:
-->'''Rainbow Dash''': What’s the matter? Cat got your tongue?
-->'''Rarity''': You leave Opalescence out of this! She only did that once, and she was sorry!
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* BrickJoke: Spike's floaties in ''Rolling in Beaches''.
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* TheManBehindTheMan: Erebus to Chrysalis. He was the one who created her, gave her the idea to masquerade as Cadence, and sent her to infiltrate the tournament.
** Luna also suspects he was somehow influencing the conflict between the hippocampi and the Scaly Back River Clan.
* TheManBehindTheMan: Erebus to Chrysalis. He was the one who created her, gave her the idea to masquerade as Cadence, and sent her to infiltrate the tournament.
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* TheCorruption: As per G1, this is what the Rainbow of Darkness does to anything it touches.
* CurbStompBattle: The thugs who [[MuggingTheMonster harass Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo]] in Storm Alley don't last very long.
** Pretty much every fight Rarity's in. She barely even breaks a sweat.
* CurbStompBattle: The thugs who [[MuggingTheMonster harass Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo]] in Storm Alley don't last very long.
** Pretty much every fight Rarity's in. She barely even breaks a sweat.
* DrunkenMaster: Berry Punch, believe it or not.
* EnemyMine: Wavedancer and Scales put aside their differences to fight the dragons [[spoiler: and the Mane Six]] corrupted by the Rainbow of Darkness. By the time the fight's over, both sides agree to put aside their differences.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Chrysalis seems to honestly lover her daughter Aurelia.
* EvilLaugh: Literally the first thing we see Chrysalis doing in this series is teaching Aurelia how to do one of these properly.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Rairty first mentions her training in Spina in ''Ditzy Don't''.
* EnemyMine: Wavedancer and Scales put aside their differences to fight the dragons [[spoiler: and the Mane Six]] corrupted by the Rainbow of Darkness. By the time the fight's over, both sides agree to put aside their differences.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Chrysalis seems to honestly lover her daughter Aurelia.
* EvilLaugh: Literally the first thing we see Chrysalis doing in this series is teaching Aurelia how to do one of these properly.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Rairty first mentions her training in Spina in ''Ditzy Don't''.
* GreenEyedMonster: The whole reason Ran Biao hates Rarity is because she's just so much better than her.
* JerkassRealization: Rainbow Dash has one at the end of ''Ditzy Don't'' when, upon calling out Mademoiselle Doo for treating her like a dumb foal just because she's not as good as her, realizes that that's the ''exact same way'' she's always treated Ditzy.
* RashomonStyle: Subverted. Ran Biao and Rarity both tell ''very'' different versions of what happened between Rarity and her first LoveInterest Razorwing, but it's strongly implied that Ran Biao completely made her version up in order to paint Rarity in a negative light and drive a wedge between her and Spike.
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* [[WasOnceAMan Was Once A Pony]]: Chrysalis and her subjects used to be normal ponies (implied to have been flutterponies, in fact), before Erebus transformed them.
** And Discord used to be a pony named Endymion [[spoiler: and was Luna's lover]].
* WretchedHive: The Storm Alley neighborhood in Cloudsdale is actually referred to assuch.such.
* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: The flashback at the beginning of ''Atlas Strongest Tournament'' has everyone talking like this.
** And Discord used to be a pony named Endymion [[spoiler: and was Luna's lover]].
* WretchedHive: The Storm Alley neighborhood in Cloudsdale is actually referred to as
* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: The flashback at the beginning of ''Atlas Strongest Tournament'' has everyone talking like this.
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The series is rather good, depicting the characters rather well while at the same time managing to have realistic CharacterDevelopment for everyone.
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The series is rather good, depicting the characters rather well while at the same time managing to have realistic CharacterDevelopment for everyone.
everyone. Also, it manages to mostly maintain OriginalFlavor even as it develops a darker subtext.
* CuteMute: Wavedancer in her Earth pony form, due to the Rainbow Pearl (which transformed her) being stuck in her throat.
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* GoodVersusGood: The hippocampi/Scaly Back River Clan conflict is one of these, as neither side is evil, but a major misunderstanding on the dragons' side, and a bit of FantasticRacism on the sea ponies' part, has them at each other's throats.
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* GoodVersusGood: The hippocampi/Scaly Back River Clan conflict is one of these, as neither side is evil, but evil; however, a major misunderstanding on the dragons' side, and a bit of FantasticRacism on the sea ponies' part, has them at each other's throats.
* HumiliationConga: Rainbow Dash ends up going through this in ''Ditzy Don't'' after Ditzy becomes Mademoiselle Doo: she's so badly outclassed that she and Ditzy basically switch roles, leading to her public humiliation and being fired from her weather management job, followed by Mademoiselle Doo deciding to start babying her. And that's before she goes obsessive and starts hunting Dash all over town until she's snapped back to normal. All of this helps lead to Dash's JerkassRealization.
** Rarity puts Blueblood through one of these during their match in the preliminary round of the Atlas Strongest Tournament, as payback for the Gala -- first, she hits him in the eye, then in the pole, then immobilizes him with acupuncture needles (which also cause him to loose control of his bladder) before finishing him off.
** Rarity puts Blueblood through one of these during their match in the preliminary round of the Atlas Strongest Tournament, as payback for the Gala -- first, she hits him in the eye, then in the pole, then immobilizes him with acupuncture needles (which also cause him to loose control of his bladder) before finishing him off.
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* TheMentor: Lao Wu to Rarity.
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* MeaningfulRename: Celestia was originally named Aurora, but changed it at some point.
* TheMentor: Princess Rodi and Wavedancer share a similar relationship to that of Celestia and Twilight.
** Lao Wu to Rarity.
* TheMentor: Princess Rodi and Wavedancer share a similar relationship to that of Celestia and Twilight.
** Lao Wu to Rarity.
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* MundaneUtility: Rarity is probably Lao Wu's greatest student ever. She uses the fighting skills he gave her to help in her dressmaking (and occasionally, acupuncture).
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* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: At the end of ''Rolling in Beaches'', [[spoiler: the remnants of the Rainbow of Darkness are sealed inside Spike]]. The Princesses keep this to themselves, though Rodi is reluctant, as she sees this as a potential risk.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Lyra is implied to have a crush on Twilight, and it's suggested she only entered the tournament to impress her.
* TheCasanova: Luna's bodyguard, Argent Javelin. Unlike Spike (see below), he's well aware of his effect on mares and enjoys it.
* ChickMagnet: Spike. In addition to Rarity ''finally'' realizing she returns his feelings, Wavedancer and Scales both develop crushes on him, and Scootaloo seems to have a mild one as well.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Rarity, first when Spike shows interest in Wavedancer, then when Ran Biao tries to seduce him. Sweetie Belle uses this as evidence to get Rarity to admit that she has stronger feelings than friendship for Spike.
* DavidVersusGoliath: Spike versus Garble (now a fully grown dragon) in the Atlas Strongest preliminaries.
* GoodVersusGood: The hippocampi/Scaly Back River Clan conflict is one of these, as neither side is evil, but a major misunderstanding on the dragons' side, and a bit of FantasticRacism on the sea ponies' part, has them at each other's throats.
* [[HalfHumanHybrid Half-Pony Hybrid]]: The longma are dragon-pony hybrids; Spike naturally finds the concept fascinating.
* TheCasanova: Luna's bodyguard, Argent Javelin. Unlike Spike (see below), he's well aware of his effect on mares and enjoys it.
* ChickMagnet: Spike. In addition to Rarity ''finally'' realizing she returns his feelings, Wavedancer and Scales both develop crushes on him, and Scootaloo seems to have a mild one as well.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Rarity, first when Spike shows interest in Wavedancer, then when Ran Biao tries to seduce him. Sweetie Belle uses this as evidence to get Rarity to admit that she has stronger feelings than friendship for Spike.
* DavidVersusGoliath: Spike versus Garble (now a fully grown dragon) in the Atlas Strongest preliminaries.
* GoodVersusGood: The hippocampi/Scaly Back River Clan conflict is one of these, as neither side is evil, but a major misunderstanding on the dragons' side, and a bit of FantasticRacism on the sea ponies' part, has them at each other's throats.
* [[HalfHumanHybrid Half-Pony Hybrid]]: The longma are dragon-pony hybrids; Spike naturally finds the concept fascinating.
* MythologyGag:
** The whole thing with the Master Rainbow and the Rainbow Of Darkness is taken from G1, with a few liberties taken.
** The king of the Scaly Back River Clan is named Kenbroath Gillspoke Heathspike, which was the full name of G3 Spike.
*** Hell, the flashback sequence at the beginning of ''Atlas Strongest Tournament'' implies that he ''is'' G3 Spike.
** Chrysalis and the changelings uses to be insect-like ponies implied to be Flutterponies.
* OhCrap: Blueblood has a subtle one when he recognizes Rarity at the preliminaries.
** Fido's is much less subdued -- as soon as he realizes he's facing Rarity, he throws the match and runs away... right into a wall.
* PrincessesRule: In addition to the canonical ones, there's Princess Rodi of the sea ponies (who happens to be Celestia and Luna's sister-in-law).
** Subverted with the Scaly Back River Clan; Scales is a princess, but her grandfather King Kenbroath is in charge.
** The whole thing with the Master Rainbow and the Rainbow Of Darkness is taken from G1, with a few liberties taken.
** The king of the Scaly Back River Clan is named Kenbroath Gillspoke Heathspike, which was the full name of G3 Spike.
*** Hell, the flashback sequence at the beginning of ''Atlas Strongest Tournament'' implies that he ''is'' G3 Spike.
** Chrysalis and the changelings uses to be insect-like ponies implied to be Flutterponies.
* OhCrap: Blueblood has a subtle one when he recognizes Rarity at the preliminaries.
** Fido's is much less subdued -- as soon as he realizes he's facing Rarity, he throws the match and runs away... right into a wall.
* PrincessesRule: In addition to the canonical ones, there's Princess Rodi of the sea ponies (who happens to be Celestia and Luna's sister-in-law).
** Subverted with the Scaly Back River Clan; Scales is a princess, but her grandfather King Kenbroath is in charge.
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** Tom in ''Atlas Strongest Tournament''.Tournament''.
* TimeSkip: There's one of several years between ''Rolling in Beaches'' and ''Atlas Strongest Tournament''.
* TookALevelInBadass: Spike takes several at the end of ''Rolling in Beaches'', and several more once he starts training in ''Atlas Strongest Tournament''.
** Thanks to Rainbow Dash's training, Scootaloo's taken quite a few as well.
* WretchedHive: The Storm Alley neighborhood in Cloudsdale is actually referred to as such.
* TimeSkip: There's one of several years between ''Rolling in Beaches'' and ''Atlas Strongest Tournament''.
* TookALevelInBadass: Spike takes several at the end of ''Rolling in Beaches'', and several more once he starts training in ''Atlas Strongest Tournament''.
** Thanks to Rainbow Dash's training, Scootaloo's taken quite a few as well.
* WretchedHive: The Storm Alley neighborhood in Cloudsdale is actually referred to as such.
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''Ponies of Olympus'' is a series of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' stories by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Bico Bico]] that heavily incorporates elements of ClassicalMythology into the backstories of the side characters (primarily the Princesses). Starting with the second story, a StoryArc about Spike [[TookALevelInBadass taking levels in badass]] and the plans of the GodOfEvil Erebus starts taking shape.
The series is rather good, depicting the characters rather well while at the same time managing to have realistic CharacterDevelopment for everyone.
NeedsMoreLove.
!!Stories in the ''Ponies of Olympus'' timeline:
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/43495/Ditzy-Dont Ditzy Don't]]'': After Ditzy Doo messes up one too many times, Rainbow bans her from the weather team. Ditzy turns to Twilight to help her get over her clumsiness, but can she and the rest of her friends get the job done or will it only result in further calamity? [[hottip:note: This story is only loosely connected to the series by WordOfGod and a small bit of {{Foreshadowing}}.]]
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/50892/Rolling-in-Beaches Rolling In Beaches]]'': When Spike and his friends go on a trip to Daypony Beach, he's rescued from the sea by a strange filly. Despite having reservations about this mute pony, Spike and his friends welcome her into their group. However, the restless ocean -- as well as the innkeeper's warnings about the mysterious "ponies of the sea" -- has everypony nervous, and when a nearby clan of dragons becomes involved, things go from bad to worse.
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/55768/Atlas-Strongest-Tournament Atlas Strongest Tournament]]'': The Atlas Strongest Tournament is a tradition which stretches back to the beginning of the history of the Atlantean continent, and this year Princess Luna is officiating the tournament. Rarity receives a visit from her old Spinese master as young Scootaloo enters the tournament. Meanwhile, Darkness is gathering as the Queen of the Changelings begins her own secret plans for revenge against Twilight Sparkle and Ponyville.
!!!Tropes present in this series:
* AccidentalInnuendo: Rainbow Dash and Applejack's fight during the first round of the tournament is ''full'' of these. Oddly, no one comments on it.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Apparently, the Scaly Back River Clan's idea of "toasting" someone (at least, another dragon) is to literally toast them with fire.
** Pinkie's comments during Shining Armor and Big Macintosh's fight is full of these. Shining comments that he wishes she'd stop.
* TheMentor: Lao Wu to Rarity.
** [[MasterApprenticeChain Amber Spark to Rainbow Dash to Scootaloo]].
* TheRival: Ran Biao to Rarity.
** Tom to Argent. No, seriously.
* RunningGag: Ditzy somehow setting things on fire in ''Ditzy Don't'', even when it's ''not physically possible''.
** Tom in ''Atlas Strongest Tournament''.
The series is rather good, depicting the characters rather well while at the same time managing to have realistic CharacterDevelopment for everyone.
NeedsMoreLove.
!!Stories in the ''Ponies of Olympus'' timeline:
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/43495/Ditzy-Dont Ditzy Don't]]'': After Ditzy Doo messes up one too many times, Rainbow bans her from the weather team. Ditzy turns to Twilight to help her get over her clumsiness, but can she and the rest of her friends get the job done or will it only result in further calamity? [[hottip:note: This story is only loosely connected to the series by WordOfGod and a small bit of {{Foreshadowing}}.]]
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/50892/Rolling-in-Beaches Rolling In Beaches]]'': When Spike and his friends go on a trip to Daypony Beach, he's rescued from the sea by a strange filly. Despite having reservations about this mute pony, Spike and his friends welcome her into their group. However, the restless ocean -- as well as the innkeeper's warnings about the mysterious "ponies of the sea" -- has everypony nervous, and when a nearby clan of dragons becomes involved, things go from bad to worse.
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/55768/Atlas-Strongest-Tournament Atlas Strongest Tournament]]'': The Atlas Strongest Tournament is a tradition which stretches back to the beginning of the history of the Atlantean continent, and this year Princess Luna is officiating the tournament. Rarity receives a visit from her old Spinese master as young Scootaloo enters the tournament. Meanwhile, Darkness is gathering as the Queen of the Changelings begins her own secret plans for revenge against Twilight Sparkle and Ponyville.
!!!Tropes present in this series:
* AccidentalInnuendo: Rainbow Dash and Applejack's fight during the first round of the tournament is ''full'' of these. Oddly, no one comments on it.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Apparently, the Scaly Back River Clan's idea of "toasting" someone (at least, another dragon) is to literally toast them with fire.
** Pinkie's comments during Shining Armor and Big Macintosh's fight is full of these. Shining comments that he wishes she'd stop.
* TheMentor: Lao Wu to Rarity.
** [[MasterApprenticeChain Amber Spark to Rainbow Dash to Scootaloo]].
* TheRival: Ran Biao to Rarity.
** Tom to Argent. No, seriously.
* RunningGag: Ditzy somehow setting things on fire in ''Ditzy Don't'', even when it's ''not physically possible''.
** Tom in ''Atlas Strongest Tournament''.
