History Fanfic / BedHeadsFlipverse

* BadassBureaucrat: Time Turner. Not only is he the Mayor's assistant and the manager of all clocks and timepieces in Ponyville, but he also knows his way around the Everfree Forest somewhat.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Spike disrupts Celestia's plan

* UnlikelyHero: A defining characteristic of Spike. He isn't TheChosenOne, or Celestia's personal student, or even that good at magic.

* TheChessmaster: Celestia. She manipulates her subjects in unseen ways, going so far as to disguise herself from her own personal student. In particular, Celestia is the only pony in Equestria who knows of Nightmare Moon's impending return, and is trying to manoeuvre her subjects so they won't be in harms way when she arrives.

** To say nothing of Ditzy Doo. Everfree Forest? Slim chance of a fairy-tail legend stopping Nightmare Moon? All worth it if it means saving Dinky

* HilariousInHindsight: Celestia disguises herself as the principal of her school. A few months later, ''[[MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls]]'' was released in cinemas, featuring none other than Principal Celestia...

* BadassBureaucrat: Time Turner. Not only is he the Mayor's assistant and the manager of all clocks and timepieces in Ponyville, but he also knows his way around the Everfree Forest somewhat as well.

* TheChessmaster: Celestia knows perfectly well that Nightmare Moon is returning, and is attempting to manoeuvre her subjects to keep them safe when she arrives.

* KingIncognito: Celestia disguises herself as the principal of her school.

* KingIncognito: Celestia disguises herself as the principal of her school so that her students don't

* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/50167/flipside Flipside]]'' - the pilot episode. An alternate retelling of ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon Mare in the Moon]]'' and ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E2ElementsOfHarmony Elements of Harmony]]'', in which Spike and his friends face the evil Nightmare Moon. It is complete.
* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/123682/boast-backers Boast Backers]]'' - a retelling of ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]'', in which Spike and his friends have to deal with the return of his foalhood rival, Trixie. It is in progress.

* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/165235/multiversal-harmony Multiversal Harmony]]'' - a CrisisCrossover with five other alternate MLP universes. Spike finds himself transported to another universe along with five alternate Element Bearers, and must work together with them to save the world. It is in progress.

** Pinkie Pie sings the Welcome Song from ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed A Friend in Deed]]'', and as in that episode, mistakenly puts cake batter in the confetti cannon.

** Fluttershy reacts excitedly to Twilight in pretty much the same way she reacted to Spike in ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E1MareInTheMoon Mare in the Moon]]''.

* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Nightmare Moon believes that Time Turner and Twilight were killed by falling from the cliff. Like all overconfident villains, she doesn't bother to check.

* AdultFear: Pretty much all of Ponyville goes through this when Nightmare Moon casts all the foals in town into a coma.
** Spike gets a dose as well when Twilight, his sister/best friend, falls off a cliff in the Everfree Forest while he's unable to do anything to save her.

* DoNotCallMePaul: Spike insists on being called by his pen name, Purple Prose.

** Time Turner (considered by fans to be the pony equivalent of [[DoctorWho The Doctor]]) describes himself as 'manager of all things [[TimeyWimeyBall timey-wimey]]'.
** While reporting, [[Spike uses a Come-to-Life spell on his quill to make it transcribe conversations for him HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire]].

* OnlyOneName: Twilight doesn't appear to have a second name.

* YouShallNotPass: Macintosh proves himself as the Element of Loyalty by holding off an Ursa Minor to protect his friends.

* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse, no one seems willing to let Rainbow Dash forget how she falsely accused Spike of being a traitor. Similarly, Cheerilee isn't above reminding Big Mac and Thunderlane how they almost beat him to death over Rainbow's accusations.

!Boast Busters contains the following tropes:

* CompressedAdaptation: ''Boast Backers'', in addition to primarily being based on "Boast Busters", also has Zecora show up, implying elements of "Bridle Gossip" will be used as well.
* GreenEyedMonster: Trixie is enraged by Spike receiving the Element of Magic and goes to Ponyville to humiliate him.

* CompressedAdaptation: ''Boast Backers'', in addition to primarily being based on "Boast Busters", also has Zecora show up, implying elements of "Bridle Gossip" will be used as well.

* ForWantOfANail: Since Twilight's not a unicorn and Spike isn't as magically talented as her canon self, the role of Celestia's student goes to Trixie... who ends up expelled for being a bully. As such, Celestia has no potential Element of Magic on standby with Nightmare Moon about to return.

* Berserk Button: Spike lets himself get bullied by Trixie, but ''snaps'' when Trixie grabs Twilight.

!This fanfiction series contains the following tropes:

* YouShallNotPass: Macintosh proves himself as the Element of Loyalty by holding off an Ursa Minor to protect his friends.

* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/123682/boast-backers Boast Backers]]'' - a retelling of ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]''. It is in progress.

* MythologyGag: Being an AlternateUniverse version of ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', there are many references to the show:

* NiceHat: Spike wears a reporter's hat.

* ShoulderTeammate: Twilight rides on Spike's back most of the time.

** PinkiePie sings the Welcome Song from ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E18AFriendInDeed A Friend in Deed]]'', and as in that episode, mistakenly puts cake batter in the confetti cannon.

* MythologyGag: Even in this universe, Spike still becomes infatuated with Rarity from the moment he meets her.

* HypercompetentSidekick: Twilight. Even as a dragon, she's still scarily organised and far more professional than Spike most of the time.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Twilight isn't exactly tiny compared to Spike, but her diminutive presence often feels like this.

* OnlyOneName: Twilight doesn't appear to have a second name.

''Not to be confused with the webcomic Webcomic/{{Flipside}}.''

''Flipside'' is a fanfiction series based upon ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', created by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Bed+Head Bed Head]]. It is an AlternateUniverse in which the roles and species of [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTwilightSparkle Twilight Sparkle]] and [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSpike Spike]] are reversed; here, Spike is a unicorn stallion, and Twilight is his dragoness assistant.

* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/165235/multiversal-harmony Multiversal Harmony]]'' - a CrisisCrossover with five other alternate MLP universes. Spike finds himself transported to another universe along with five alternate Element Bearers, and must work together with them to save the world.