History Fanfic / DreamOnYouCrazyPrincess

* CatchPhrase:
-->“Yes!” said Daring. “I am contractually obligated to use my marketing department-issued catch phrase at least once per adventure! I die a little more on the inside every time!”

* EarWorm: [[invoked]]

* ShoutOut:
** The story opens with Luna riding the "Whalers on the Moon" ride straight out of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''.
** Luna compares Lord Dumplin's voice to Creator/DannyDevito's.
** The game show dream... The opening narration is modeled after ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', and the title mashes up ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'', ''Series/MatchGame'', ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', ''Series/TheWeakestLink'', and ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'', and ''The Price is Right'' again. The trivia portion is modeled after ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', while the tank full of slime came from ''Series/DoubleDare1986''. The Wheel of Fish comes from ''Film/{{UHF}}''--and Luna gets the option to trade her fish for whatever's behind Door Number 2, reference to ''Series/LetsMakeADeal''. And the fish fight is half ''Series/AmericanGladiators'', half ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.
** Trivia categories include [[WesternAnimation/TheWrongTrousers "Have You Seen This Chicken?"]], "Excerpts from Music/JohnCage's ''4'33"''", and “Princesses Whose Names Begin with ‘Twilight’” (a nod to "Movies Whose Names Begin with 'Jaws'" from a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' "Celebrity Jeopardy" sketch).
** References to ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Aside from the dreambubbles and the Karkat and Vriska cameos, Luna's final score in the game show is 413000 points.
** Lyra's first dream comes straight out of ''Film/PacificRim'', even calling the robot a Jaeger and the monsters Kaiju.
** A [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Titan]] shows up among the Kaiju in Lyra's first dream.
** As a nod to ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'', Chapter 3 is titled "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE110ForKids Steve it off, 1, 2, 3 (and now you can count to 3)]]".
** Chapter 4 is titled [[Literature/FromTheMixedUpFilesOfMrsBasilEFrankweiler "From the Mixed-Up Files of Star Swirl the Bearded"]].
** The LukeIAmYourFather moment even borrows some of the dialogue from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'':
-->"WHAT?" Big Mac let out an uncharacteristic shout. "That's impossible! ... er, I mean Nooope."\\
"Search your feelings! You know it to be true."\\
"Nooope. Still."
** At one point, Steve is described as having tentacles and singing, a reference to [[http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?250938-Party-Issues-Need-Advice Steve, the Aboleth Bard]].
** Luna tells Star Swirl that he needs to consider the morality of his actions according to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_imperative cantergorical imperative]].
** The Star Swirl from Canterlot High is basically Reg from ''Literature/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency''.
-->"If you're asking about the thing with the salt shaker and the pot, I can assure you that there is a perfectly logical explanation."
** Star Swirl defeats the lawyers by activating [[Film/GalaxyQuest the Omega 13]].
** “Also, it was ''Anime/CowboyBebop''. ''Cowboy Bebop'' was the reference you didn’t get.”
** ''Anime/AggressiveRetsuko'' is waiting for Luna and Cheerilee to vacate a karaoke booth in one dream bubble.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: Trunks from ''Franchise/DragonBall'' is on Luna's mission control. The BigBad is [[http://teamfourstar.wikia.com/wiki/Dumplin Dumplin]] from Creator/TeamFourStar's alternate version of ''Dragon Ball''. Eventide Mario Zeppeli is the son of Baron Zeppeli (but zebrafied) from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'', and Dio Brando has a cameo near the end. And at the very end, the demon Bill turns out to be [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]].

** References to ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Ponies' dreams fit inside "dreambubbles". And Luna meets Karkat and Vriska inside one such bubble. Luna's final score in the game show is 413000 points.

** [[Creator/{{Sanrio}} Aggressive Retsuko]] is waiting for Luna and Cheerilee to vacate a karaoke booth in one dream bubble.

* BookEnds: The first and last sections were written by the same author, which is why the characters who had disappeared from the story suddenly reappeared at the end.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Nearly every pony Luna stumbles across is the hero of some story within their own dream. And some of them are in the middle of even bigger plots: an unnamed alien is pursuing a demon named Bill; the mane six are foiling another demon named '''Steve'''; and Star Swirl the not-yet-bearded is archiving his library in preparation for the arrival of the Windigos.

* BondOneLiner: Downplayed example. Maud Pie fights off a pack of henchponies with a variety of moves all named after rocks. As they lay unconscious around her:

** At one point, Steve is described as having tentacles and singing, a reference to [[http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?250938-Party-Issues-Need-Advice Steve, the Aboleth Bard]].