History Fanfic / FalloutEquestria

* {{Doorstopper}}: Hoo boy. As of its completion, Fallout: Equestria reached approximately 608,000 words - longer than ''WarAndPeace'' (560,000 words). Fo:E is one of the longest, if not ''the'' longest [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP:FiM]] fanfiction. Forty-five lengthy chapters, not to mention the numerous fanarts, game mods (mostly for VideoGame/TeamFortress2) and RecursiveFanfiction about it. If you had the time, the paper, and the ink, this would literally be a novel, if not several. The author has identified the points where it should be broken to make either a trilogy or a 5-book series.

-->'''-Prologue'''

** A possible action with the Crusader Maneframes, put there in case [[GenreSavvy they ever went rogue.]]

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Stated quite emphatically by both Calamity and Velvet Remedy in Stable 29. Littlepip [[GenreSavvy doesn't buy it]].

** When drunk and reminiscing, Homage recalls a pony she calls [[Series/{{DoctorWho}} Mr. Whooves, who likes to talk about his box that's bigger on the inside.]] She is not impressed, given the carrying capacity of the average Fallout container - she herself had four saddlebags that could hold upwards of 30 assault rifles with ammo, each.
** LittlePip meets a slave pony called Daffodil, whose cutie mark is a [[Webcomic/{{BobTheAngryFlower}} very angry yellow flower.]]

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: The fates of Fluttershy and Celestia immediately following the war.]]
** Subverted. [[spoiler: They are both considerably better off at the end of the story.]]

* {{Anticlimax}}: Calamity finds [[spoiler: the confrontation with his father to be nothing like he ever imagined, and in fact it's fairly amicable on Calamity's end.]] It shows his growth as a character.
** Lampshaded by [[spoiler: Red Eye when Littlepip threatens to just shoot him and end his tyranny.]]

* AudioAdaptation: There is an audiobook project currently underway, with the author's blessing. New chapters are published (and available for download) on the overly-ambitious narrator's [[http://www.youtube.com/user/Scorch238 youtube page.]]

* BiggerBad: This story has two of them. The zebra nation for causing the war in the first place, and Nightmare Moon, who was a major reason why the zebras declared war on Equestria in the first place.
** Subverted in that [[spoiler: Nightmare Moon had been gone for decades when the zebras started the war. Regardless of what their Lovecraftian religion said.]]

* BrainUploading: A possible action with the Crusader Maneframes, put there in case [[GenreSavvy they ever went rogue.]]

* TheCallHasBadReception: [[spoiler:Littlepip isn't the ChosenOne, and she's not the first band Watcher has tried.]]
** Double subverted when [[spoiler:Spike realizes that although Littlepip isn't a Bearer of an Element of Harmony, [[TheUnchosenOne her role as the ''spark'' to make everything possible proves her role is the most important of all.]]]]

** The Hellhounds. It's suggested a few times by Velvet Remedy that they might actually be a subversion. However, since Velvet suffers from some symptoms of StupidGood, it should probably be taken with a grain of salt.
** Turns out [[spoiler:Velvet was right- most Hellhounds are viciously territorial, but neutral packs exist.]]
** Chapter 42 reveals that [[spoiler: Hellhounds believe ponies are this.]]

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Littlepip notes that she herself—while not outright hated—never could fit in with basically anypony in Stable 2. She was treated like dirt in every recollection of her past with the residents, and pretty antisocial in most definitions of the term, which caused people to avoid her most of the time. When Velvet Remedy left the Stable, Pip was unfairly blamed and recognized even more as an outcast by the populace. When she leaves the Stable to go after Velvet Remedy, she's even told that they will not let her back in under any circumstances, despite having stated earlier that they planned on sending a search party out for the more important Velvet. [[spoiler:Later in the story, when the Stable is then being sacked by a group of murderous Steel Rangers, Littlepip and her troupe pull a BigDamnHeroes and save it anyway, ignoring how badly it treated her in the past. In a small subversion of the trope, Stable 2 is actually kinda grateful for the rescue.]]

* ActionMom: [[spoiler:Xenith and Gawd.]]

** When drunk and reminiscing, Homage recalls a pony she calls [[Series/{{DoctorWho}} Mr. Whooves, who likes to talk about his box that's bigger on the inside.]] She is not impressed, given the carrying capacity of the average Fallout container - she herself had <i>four</i> saddlebags that could hold upwards of 30 assault rifles with ammo, each.

** [[KnightsTemplar Steel Rangers]] for the Brotherhood of Steel, though they seem to act in their West Coast ideology.

** DJ-Pon3 calls Littlepip out on this after killing all the inhabitants in [[spoiler:Arbu]].

* MedievalStasis: Averted. Before the war that destroyed Equestria happened, many technological achievements happened, from the fantastic (like pipbucks and suits of PoweredArmor) to the mundane. (like guns and radios)

* BiggerBad: This story has two of them. The zebra nation, Roam, for causing the war in the first place, and Nightmare Moon, who was a major reason why the zebras declared war on Equestria in the first place.

* [[TheTeam]]

** In the Balloon Orb, [[spoiler:Pinkie Pie's refusal to [[ItMakesSenseInContext inform herself as Pinkamena through the soul mirror]] of the oncoming apocalypse when LP tries to warn Pinkamena through her, stating that the knowledge is a secret despite this event prompting real world Pinkie Pie to create and plant the mane six memory orbs for LP to find later in order to fix the world. Depending on how one takes this, it could actually be [[FridgeLogic Fridge Logic]] as Pinkie Pie's future reading abilities may have shown her no other clean outcome possible ''except'' to let the world melt and have LP clean up after.]]
*** Which now makes sense, due it being made clear that Equestria time travel runs on the StableTimeLoop. Nothing could be changed about the past.

* ClusterFBomb: Doctor Glue elevates swearing to an artform.
** Understandable, since his cutie mark is a blasphemy.

* BioAugmentation: The ghoul doctor attempted this with his patients and manticore poison sacs. The [[SuperSerum Zebra Alchemy]] perks "Bone-Strengthening Brew" and "Zebra-Augmented Pony" are more benign examples (and notably incompatible with cybernetics).
** Given the way the chapters end with game mechanics, it's likely that it's less 'incompatible' than branching story lines; if Littlepip had resolved Fillydelphia differently, she likely would have gained access to cybernetic perks instead of alchemy.

* [[FiveManBand Five Pony Band]]
** TheHero: Littlepip, despite her insistence that she's not the leader.
** TheLancer: Calamity, snarkiness included.
** TheChick: Velvet Remedy
** TheBigGuy: [=SteelHooves=]. Comes with being the most capable fighter and wearing PowerArmor on a [[spoiler:(necessarily)]] consistent basis.
** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Mare]]: Littlepip, but Xenith is this in different fields.
** TeamPet: Velvet Remedy's Balefire Phoenix, Pyrelight.
** TheSixthRanger: Xenith.

* BatmanGrabsAGun: Velvet Remedy gets one of these in Chapter 38. Velvet practically worships Fluttershy, and when the group arrives at her cottage, they find it taken over by raiders, who have kidnapped foals, after brutally murdering the parents, and sadistically forcing them to fight each other to the death for their parent's remains. At this point, Velvet, who has never killed [i]anything[/i] just snaps, grabs Littlepip's shotgun, and get's what is probably her most badass moment in the story.
-->'''Velvet Remedy:''' I’ve never killed a pony before\\
'''BLAM'''\\
'''Far as I’m concerned, I still haven’t.'''

Is now on [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119190/fallout-equestria Fimfiction]]

** The [[spoiler:[[FantasticNuke Balefire Bomb]] found in Sliver Bell's home]] is later used by [[spoiler:Red Eye]] to gain leverage over Littlepip. After that, it's used to [[spoiler:destroy both the Goddess and the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Black Book.]]]]

** The megaspells hit Canterlot, forcing Celestia and Luna to combine their powers into a shield to protect everyone. [[OutGambitted Unfortunately, the zebras already moved the Pink Cloud megaspell into the city]], killing the Princesses and everyone inside while also turning Canterlot into the most lethal place in the Wasteland.

* ApocalypseHow: A Class 2, caused by a war similar to the one seen in the VideoGame/{{Fallout}} series.

* BrokeTheRatingScale: Similar to how ''Cupcakes'' is the only fic to get the "GRIMDARK AS FUCK" tag on EquestriaDaily, ''Fallout: Equestria'' is the only fic to get the "LEGENDARY" tag there.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: "Buck" almost completely replaces "stallion" for an adult male Pony. While it is a proper term for quite a few male animals[[note]]including but not limited to: deer, antelopes, kangaroos, goats, rabbits, gerbils, weasels and even mice[[/note]], it is not a generic term for "male animal" and does ''not'' apply to horses.