History Fanfic / ADream

* OverlyPreparedGag: Refer to the ForrestGump joke above. There was around three months of setup for that. Also the hella-copter pun below, which was being set up [[UpToEleven nearly half a year]]. Totallynotabrony loves the LongGame.

* AGodAmI / AnswersToTheNameOfGod: After coming back from space Valiant claims to be God. And now after his [[spoiler: apparent death]] whenever someone says "Thank God" there is a booming "You're welcome" from the sky in Valliant's voice.

* NoodleIncident: We never see exactly what happened in this story's version of EquestriaGirls, but it left Sunset Shimmer [[BrokenBird broken]] for half of season 4.

* DealWithTheDevil: Non-soul selling type. [[spoiler: Braeburn makes up a villain as part of a plan to get Tin Mare to let him remove her personality locks. He gets Sir Win's help.]] Sir Win {{Lampshades}} this.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his own claims and what you'd see reading this page, Valiant does care for his friends and tries to protect Equestria. He's just not too concerned over things like collateral damage.

** There was also the time during Keep Calm and Flutter on that multiple characters commented on Valiant's [[UnstoppableRage homicidal rage]] against Discord using the recorder the entire story is apparently told through.

* DoorStopper: As of September 2016 the story is at 328,000 words. Also, words per chapter has slowly drifted up since season three, with only a few chapters having less than 2000 words at least. And that's not even getting into all the side stories listed above.

* ComicallyInvincibleHero: Valiant has been: struck by lightning twice in the same day, survived serious alcohol poisoning, fell from the sky to punch Sombra in the face, cut his way out of a hydra's stomach, the list goes on and on. [[spoiler: It took Heaven and Hell working together to put him down.]]

* BattleCouple: Valiant and Sunset. Trixie and Daring when they are not... [[GirlOnGirlIsHot busy]]. Also Guinness and Rainbow, assuming Rainbow didn't make him stay home and keep an eye on the kids.

* AntiHero: Plymoth Valiant. He's killed countless ponies, hijacked an American battleship, ordered to have an admitted {{Jerkass}} castrated because he disliked him, yet has saved Equestria repeatedly, even if some consider his methods a tad, [[MurderIsTheBestSolution extreme]].

* BattleCouple: Valiant and Sunset. Trixie and Daring when their not... [[GirlOnGirlIsHot busy]]. Also Guinness and Rainbow, assuming Rainbow didn't make him stay home and keep an eye on the kids.

* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Twilight has repeatedly been this, both with Valiant and more recently with Cordoba. Results are, mixed.

** The monstrosity airframe has survived being crashed into stuff, gone through a forest fire, and been left underwater long enough for the crusaders to figure out how to fish it out.

* LostTechnology: Inevitable as Valiant never shared plans for anything with anyone, and his [[HeroWithBadPublicity reputation]] means many ponies tend to regard his stuff as, "Touch it and something horrible will happen."

* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: Averted due to Equestria having no real concept of wmds. A [[NoodleImplements nuclear bomb and a shipping container of bacon]] were launched at the moon, creating an [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot artificial alicorn political candidate.]]

* SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence: Tin Mare rates around 3, being very similar to a normal pony, if said pony spoke in MachineMonotone, could be uploaded into a [[IncrediblyLamePun hella-copter]], and was equipped with [[MoreDakka lots of guns]].

** Valiant wanted to try to make a cyborg, and Braeburn was already missing several limbs. Unfortunately for Braeburn, his opinions on the surgery were ignored.

** Also Wind Rider's Wonderbolts. And presumably more as it was stated Valiant's death created a large power-vacuum in Equestria

''More Dreams'', updated during a hiatus or to explain something in the main story.

''Wet Dreams'', which is Valiant and the Mane Six exploring on their boats.

''The Adventures of Trixie if Her Father was a Badass Alien'', which shows what Trixie was doing while Valiant was in space.

''The Adventures of Cyborg Braeburn'', a comedy about Braeburn dealing with being turned into a robot.

''The Vampire Cheerilee'' spinoff series.

* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: Averted due to Equestria having no real concept of WMDs. A [[NoodleImplements nuclear bomb and a shipping container of bacon]] were launched at the moon, creating an [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot artificial alicorn political candidate.]]

RoboticReveal: [[spoiler: Cordoba is a robot]]

* DealWithTheDevil: Non-soul selling type. [[spoiler: Braeburn makes up a villain as part of a plan to get Tin Mare to let him remove her personality locks. He gets Sir Win's help. Sir Win {{Lampshades}} this.]]

* EverybodyWantsTheHermaphrodite: Averted. No one wants to be around Colombia and her ''[[GagPenis massive package]]''.
* FirstPersonSmartass: Valiant will occasionally add in little comments about the Mane 6 into his narration. He still tells the full story, averting UnreliableNarrator, but he will make his opinion crystal clear about what's going on.

* EverybodyWantsTheHermaphrodite: Averted. No one wants to be around Colombia and her [[GagPenis ''massive'' package]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: A [[RunningGag time honored]] tradition of this story is having the {{Jerkass}} background characters of an episode meet horrible fates by Valiant or his family. Highlights include Sunset killing the puppet guy from Inspiration Manifestation, Countess Coloratura's manager getting [[GroinAttack castrated]], and Cordoba [[OffWithHisHead decapitating]] the gold-toothed pony from Gift Of The Maud Pie.

** There was also the time during Keep Calm and Flutter on that multiple character commented on Valiant's [[UnstoppableRage homicidal rage]] against Discord using the recorder the entire story is apparently told through.

''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/13723/a-dream A Dream]]'' is a former self insert turned crackfic Human in Equestria story written by totallynotabrony. The story chronicles the adventures of human turned earth pony Plymouth Valiant, a [[PatrioticFervor patriotic]], [[TheEngineer robot building]], [[TheAlcoholic tequila growing]], sociopath. The story is taken on an episodic basis coinciding with episodes of MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic, with Valiant's effects on the plot steadily increasing over the seasons. While in the earliest chapters the changes where minimal, just a few snarky comments here and there, things slowly escalated to the events of Magical Mystery Cure and beyond, where now some episodes only have a single reference to the original plot.

[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/13723/a-dream ''A Dream'']] is a former self insert turned crackfic Human in Equestria story written by totallynotabrony. The story chronicles the adventures of human turned earth pony Plymouth Valiant, a [[PatrioticFervor patriotic]], [[TheEngineer robot building]], [[TheAlcoholic tequila growing]], sociopath. The story is taken on an episodic basis coinciding with episodes of MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic, with Valiant's effects on the plot steadily increasing over the seasons. While in the earliest chapters the changes where minimal, just a few snarky comments here and there, things slowly escalated to the events of Magical Mystery Cure and beyond, where now some episodes only have a single reference to the original plot.

[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/13723/a-dream A Dream]] is a former self insert turned crackfic Human in Equestria story written by totallynotabrony. The story chronicles the adventures of human turned earth pony Plymouth Valiant, a [[PatrioticFervor patriotic]], [[TheEngineer robot building]], [[TheAlcoholic tequila growing]], sociopath. The story is taken on an episodic basis coinciding with episodes of MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic, with Valiant's effects on the plot steadily increasing over the seasons. While in the earliest chapters the changes where minimal, just a few snarky comments here and there, things slowly escalated to the events of Magical Mystery Cure and beyond, where now some episodes only have a single reference to the original plot.

[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/13723/a-dream ''A Dream'']] is a former self insert turned crackfic Human in Equestria story written by totallynotabrony. The story chronicles the adventures of human turned earth pony Plymouth Valiant, a [[PatrioticFervor patriotic]], [[TheEngineer robot building]], [[TheAlcoholic tequila growing]], sociopath. The story is taken on an episodic basis coinciding with episodes of MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic, with Valiant's effects on the plot steadily increasing over the seasons. While in the earliest chapters the changes where minimal, just a few snarky comments here and there, things slowly escalated to the events of Magical Mystery Cure and beyond, where now some episodes only have a single reference to the original plot.

[[A Dream http://www.fimfiction.net/story/13723/a-dream]] is a former self insert turned crackfic Human in Equestria story written by totallynotabrony. The story chronicles the adventures of human turned earth pony Plymouth Valiant, a [[PatrioticFervor patriotic]], [[TheEngineer robot building]], [[TheAlcoholic tequila growing]], sociopath. The story is taken on an episodic basis coinciding with episodes of MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic, with Valiant's effects on the plot steadily increasing over the seasons. While in the earliest chapters the changes where minimal, just a few snarky comments here and there, things slowly escalated to the events of Magical Mystery Cure and beyond, where now some episodes only have a single reference to the original plot.

A Dream is a former self insert turned crackfic Human in Equestria story written by totallynotabrony. The story chronicles the adventures of human turned earth pony Plymouth Valiant, a [[PatrioticFervor patriotic]], [[TheEngineer robot building]], [[TheAlcoholic tequila growing]], sociopath. The story is taken on an episodic basis coinciding with episodes of MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic, with Valiant's effects on the plot steadily increasing over the seasons. While in the earliest chapters the changes where minimal, just a few snarky comments here and there, things slowly escalated to the events of Magical Mystery Cure and beyond, where now some episodes only have a single reference to the original plot.