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* HasTwoMommies: A platonic version--once Cameo is revealed as Babs' biological mother, she and Coco share the role.


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* PlatonicCoParenting: Once Cameo is revealed as Babs' biological mother, she and Coco share the role.
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''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/158911/if-you-give-a-little-love If You Give a Little Love]]'' is a SliceOfLife/[[RuleofDrama Drama]] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by Quillamore, which was first published March 30th, 2014 and completed December 2, 2017. It also has two side-stories: ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/341102/light-pollution Light Pollution]]'' and the one-shot ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/389068/if-you-give-a-crusader-a-cookie-cake If You Give a Crusader a Cookie Cake...]]'', and a planned sequel, ''If You Have a Little Hope...''. A third side-story, ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/395634/if-you-need-a-little-faith If You Need A Little Faith...]]'', is another one-shot set alongside this planned sequel.

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''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/158911/if-you-give-a-little-love If You Give a Little Love]]'' is a SliceOfLife/[[RuleofDrama Drama]] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by Quillamore, which was first published March 30th, 2014 and completed December 2, 2017. It also has two side-stories: ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/341102/light-pollution Light Pollution]]'' and the one-shot ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/389068/if-you-give-a-crusader-a-cookie-cake If You Give a Crusader a Cookie Cake...]]'', and a planned a sequel, ''If ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/405084/if-you-have-a-little-hope If You Have a Little Hope...''.]]''. A third side-story, ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/395634/if-you-need-a-little-faith If You Need A Little Faith...]]'', is another one-shot set alongside this planned sequel.
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''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/158911/if-you-give-a-little-love If You Give a Little Love]]'' is a SliceOfLife/[[RuleofDrama Drama]] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by Quillamore. As it updates fairly regularly, spoilers will be left untagged.

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''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/158911/if-you-give-a-little-love If You Give a Little Love]]'' is a SliceOfLife/[[RuleofDrama Drama]] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by Quillamore. As it updates fairly regularly, spoilers Quillamore, which was first published March 30th, 2014 and completed December 2, 2017. It also has two side-stories: ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/341102/light-pollution Light Pollution]]'' and the one-shot ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/389068/if-you-give-a-crusader-a-cookie-cake If You Give a Crusader a Cookie Cake...]]'', and a planned sequel, ''If You Have a Little Hope...''. A third side-story, ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/395634/if-you-need-a-little-faith If You Need A Little Faith...]]'', is another one-shot set alongside this planned sequel.

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* NotInFrontOfTheKid: An especially heartbreaking version--whenever Coco and her allies talk about the truth behind Babs' past, they always have to make sure the foal isn't present, as she thinks the villain is innocent. Basically blown into smithereens with the intermission arc, which results in a BreakTheCutie moment for her.


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* PoorCommunicationKills: The entire reason for the events of Act II is that Coco and Scene are no longer able to speak with one another, though Mosely very much engineered it to happen with this trope in mind.
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* AccidentalPublicConfession: After the intermission interruption, Mosely finally gets so tired of all the drama that he blurts out his secret. Even though he later claims he was pressured into a false confession, even his fellow Oranges don't believe him, and his downfall begins in a matter of days.

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* AccidentalPublicConfession: After the intermission interruption, Mosely finally gets so tired of all the drama that he blurts out his secret. Even though he later claims he was pressured into a false confession, FalseConfession, even his fellow Oranges don't believe him, and his downfall begins in a matter of days.
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* CannotSpitItOut: It takes a good chunk of the story for Scene to finally confess his love to Coco, [Blackmail though it's hardly his own fault]].

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* CannotSpitItOut: It takes a good chunk of the story for Scene to finally confess his love to Coco, [Blackmail [[{{Blackmail}} though it's hardly his own fault]].
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* CannotSpitItOut: It takes a good chunk of the story for Scene to finally confess his love to Coco, [{{Blackmail}} though it's hardly his own fault]].

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* CannotSpitItOut: It takes a good chunk of the story for Scene to finally confess his love to Coco, [{{Blackmail}} [Blackmail though it's hardly his own fault]].
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* AccidentalPublicConfession: After the intermission interruption, Mosely finally gets so tired of all the drama that he blurts out his secret. Even though he later claims he was pressured into a false confession, even his fellow Oranges don't believe him, and his downfall begins in a matter of days.


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* CannotSpitItOut: It takes a good chunk of the story for Scene to finally confess his love to Coco, [{{Blackmail}} though it's hardly his own fault]].


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* PapaWolf: Scene acts as a surrogate one to Babs even before his RelationshipUpgrade with Coco.


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* RelationshipUpgrade: Coco and Scene finally get together in Act III.
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* BreakThemByTalking: One of the Oranges' favored tactics, with Coco being on the other end of both a heroic and villainous example. To be precise, Midsweet does it by exploiting the other pony's flaws, while Bambi mistakenly uses BrutalHonesty to get Coco away from Mosely.


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* DefiantCaptive: Babs has no intention of going through with the Oranges' scheme, though Midsweet only seems to find her struggles extremely cute.


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* TheKindnapper: Midsweet believes herself to be this, even though she's really just shoving Babs into an unsustainable role because she reminds her of her past self. She even makes it clear that she could throw the filly away at any moment alongside the other Oranges she's disowned.

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* GildedCage: Babs ends up in one for a little while when she's forced into being an Orange, though she happily returns to Coco as soon as the chance arises.



** The Apple Family Reunion arc not only has Mosely attempt to murder what he sees as [[MurderTheHypotenuse the hypotenuse]], but it marks a DisneyDeath for both characters and a full-out HeroicSacrifice for Coco.

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** The Apple Family Reunion arc not only has Mosely attempt to murder what he sees as [[MurderTheHypotenuse the hypotenuse]], but it marks a DisneyDeath for both characters ''both Coco and Babs'' and a full-out HeroicSacrifice for Coco.
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* BadBoss: Mosely Orange somehow manages to become a worse one than ''Suri.''\

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* BadBoss: Mosely Orange somehow manages to become a worse one than ''Suri.''\''

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* BadBoss: Mosely Orange somehow manages to become a worse one than ''Suri.''

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* BadBoss: Mosely Orange somehow manages to become a worse one than ''Suri.''\
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Oranges are this, ''in spades.
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* BecomingTheMask: One of the fic's major themes, especially among the high-society members of Manehattan. For instance, Cameo often reverts back to the more elegant persona she had as Mosely's wife, and Mosely himself, instead of seeing her as a simple pony to blackmail, ends up falling in love with Coco for real.



* BadBoss: Mosely Orange somehow manages to become a worse one than ''Suri.''



* CastingCouch: A particularly tragic version with Coco. While the relationship never goes beyond a certain point, Coco is constantly afraid of how long she'll have to defy her family and [[SexualExtortion stay with somepony she hates for the sake of her job]]. Unfortunately, her relief at Mosely being gone lasts only lasts until the Apple Family Reunion.



* DangerousWorkplace: The factory Babs worked in when Coco found her, aside from employing foals, also forced extremely ill ponies to continue working. Thankfully, the crime ring that ran it was dismantled years before the story's beginning.



* EnemyMine: On several occasions, Suri joins the main heroes if it involves knocking Mosely off a few pegs.



* ExecutiveMeddling: Scene's original play proposal was rejected, as Mosely didn't think it could compete with Hinny of the Hills.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: In-universe, Scene's original play proposal was rejected, as Mosely didn't think it could compete with Hinny of the Hills.



* Nephewism: Babs' living situation before working at the factory. It only makes it harder for her to comprehend who the true enemy is.

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* Nephewism: Babs' living situation before working at {{Nepotism}}: Suri was originally a case of this, as later chapters reveal that Mosely deliberately planted her into the factory. It only makes it harder for cast to create trouble. However, once the two break up, the crew eventually and hesistantly comes to see her to comprehend who the true enemy is.as one of their own.



* PromotionToParent: Bambi becomes this after Flynn's death, when Cameo is too incapacitated to take care of her. Even this wasn't enough to keep her out of Mosely's path, which Bambi considers to be [[MyGreatestFailure her greatest failure]].

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* PromotionToParent: Bambi becomes this after Flynn's death, when Cameo is too incapacitated to take care of her. Even this wasn't enough to keep her out of Mosely's path, from seeking Mosely out, which Bambi considers to be [[MyGreatestFailure her greatest failure]].



* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Scene and Suri often bicker at work, with the former only admitting to keeping the latter around so she won't hurt any more foals. They get better in Act IV, but only by a little.



* UptownGirl: Cameo's love for Flynn, whose two brothers happen to be infamous con stallions, is what sparks the story's main conflict and what causes Mosely's downfall.

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* UptownGirl: Cameo's love for Flynn, whose two brothers happen to be infamous con stallions, is what sparks the story's main conflict and what causes Mosely's downfall.downfall.
* WhamEpisode: Act II, Scene 2 (AKA the "Mosely reveal") is the most infamous. [[WordOfGod Quillamore]] has stated on numerous occasions that [[TheGadfly she particularly enjoys seeing people rage over this chapter]].
** Act II, Scene 6: Coco is [[SexualExtortion forced to date]] the pony who sold her daughter to the factory in the first place.
** The Madmare in the Attic arc and the end of Act II [[LukeIAmYourFather reveals Babs' parentage]] and exposes Mosely's secret to all of Equestria.
** The Apple Family Reunion arc not only has Mosely attempt to murder what he sees as [[MurderTheHypotenuse the hypotenuse]], but it marks a DisneyDeath for both characters and a full-out HeroicSacrifice for Coco.
** Finally, Act III, Scene 12 reveals that not only would Babs have been accepted into the Orange family, a few are even willing to kidnap her to get her back.
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* BreakTheCutie: Babs had been broken even before the story began, but getting involved in her family situation breaks Coco even more.


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* HasTwoMommies: A platonic version--once Cameo is revealed as Babs' biological mother, she and Coco share the role.


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* Nephewism: Babs' living situation before working at the factory. It only makes it harder for her to comprehend who the true enemy is.


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* PromotionToParent: Bambi becomes this after Flynn's death, when Cameo is too incapacitated to take care of her. Even this wasn't enough to keep her out of Mosely's path, which Bambi considers to be [[MyGreatestFailure her greatest failure]].
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* TheChessmaster: ''Spellshock'' ends up being the battleground between ''two formerly married'' Chessmasters.
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* FreudianExcuse: As Coco gets strung into the Oranges' plans, she begins to wonder if this trope was true of Mosely. As it turns out, he was largely a JerkWithaHeartofJerk all along.

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* FreudianExcuse: As Coco gets strung into the Oranges' plans, she begins to wonder if this trope was true of Mosely. As it turns out, he was largely a JerkWithaHeartofJerk JerkWithAHeartOfJerk all along.
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* EvilMatriarch: Midsweet Orange.



* FreudianExcuse: As Coco gets strung into the Oranges' plans, she begins to wonder if this trope was true of Mosely. As it turns out, he was largely a JerkWithaHeartofJerk all along.



* LukeIAmYourFather: The end of Act II reveals that Babs' birth mother is very much alive and out for revenge.



* MadwomanInTheAttic: Cameo adopts and references this trope as part of her Pink Lady persona. However, as much as she plays it up, her removal from society was very much consensual, and her "madness" is more indignation and grief than anything else.



* TroubledProduction: ''Spellshock'' is an in-universe one by the time Act II finishes up.

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* TroubledProduction: ''Spellshock'' is an in-universe one by the time Act II finishes up.up.
* UptownGirl: Cameo's love for Flynn, whose two brothers happen to be infamous con stallions, is what sparks the story's main conflict and what causes Mosely's downfall.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Coco evolves into a nice example of this throughout the story, especially when it comes to [[MamaBear protecting Babs]].
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Scene Stealer may be a strange unicorn with an affinity for ukuleles, but once CerebusSyndrome kicks in, he proves himself to be a pretty good director.
* CerebusSyndrome: Act II is what officially shifts the story from SliceOfLife to full-out adoption drama.
* DistaffCounterpart: WordOfGod states that the Scene/Mosely relationship was meant to mirror Coco's issues with Suri. Sure enough, Scene and Coco end up as the story's OfficialCouple.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Scene's original play proposal was rejected, as Mosely didn't think it could compete with Hinny of the Hills.
* HappilyAdopted: Babs Seed, as of chapter one. In spite of the crazy events that pile up throughout the story, she still largely keeps this attitude.
* KnightOfCerebus: Mosely Orange, although other Oranges serve a similar role.
* MamaBear: Coco, Bambi, and Cameo can all be this at varying times. Heaven help whoever crosses all three of them at a bad time.
* PigeonholedDirector: The Bridleway collab system creates this by its very existence. Directors tend to be associated with an exclusive producer, which creates trouble when Scene is no longer able to get along with his.
* TabloidMelodrama: To Coco's dismay, the numerous complications that came with adopting Babs lead to this once she gets famous enough. She draws the line at Babs being heckled just days after being foalnapped again.
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* TroubledProduction: 'Spellshock' is one by the time Act II finishes up.

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* TroubledProduction: 'Spellshock' ''Spellshock'' is an in-universe one by the time Act II finishes up.

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''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/158911/if-you-give-a-little-love If You Give a Little Love]]'' is a SliceOfLife/[[RuleofDrama Drama]] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by Quillamore.

[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E8RarityTakesManehattan After learning an important lesson about generosity]], Coco Pommel decides that there's somepony else in need of her own. As it turns out, Coco found a foalnapped filly named Babs Seed in a factory when she used to work for Suri, and the filly still has yet to be adopted. While the two get along well as mother and daughter, Coco increasingly finds details of Babs' foalnapping crowding around her. Despite her efforts to ensure Babs lives an ordinary life, drama pops up in the most unlikely of places--the Apples were never aware of her true condition, and the more the two try to escape it, the more they realize that the foalnapping is not truly in the past.

And, as it turns out, that some ponies on Coco's Bridleway set had more stake in it than meets the eye.

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''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/158911/if-you-give-a-little-love If You Give a Little Love]]'' is a SliceOfLife/[[RuleofDrama Drama]] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by Quillamore.

[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E8RarityTakesManehattan After learning an important lesson about generosity]], Coco Pommel decides that there's somepony else in need of her own. As it turns out, Coco found a foalnapped filly named Babs Seed in a factory when she used to work for Suri, and the filly still has yet to be adopted. While the two get along well as mother and daughter, Coco increasingly finds details of Babs' foalnapping crowding around her. Despite her efforts to ensure Babs lives an ordinary life, drama pops up in the most unlikely of places--the Apples were never aware of her true condition, and the more the two try to escape it, the more they realize that the foalnapping is not truly in the past.

And, as it turns out, that some ponies on Coco's Bridleway set had know more stake in about it than meets the eye.eye...

''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/158911/if-you-give-a-little-love If You Give a Little Love]]'' is a SliceOfLife/[[RuleofDrama Drama]] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by Quillamore. As it updates fairly regularly, spoilers will be left untagged.
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* TroubledProduction: 'Spellshock' is one by the time Act II finishes up.

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''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/158911/if-you-give-a-little-love If You Give a Little Love]]'' is a SliceOfLife/[[RuleofDrama Drama] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by the author Quillamore, detailing the adoption of Babs Seed by Coco Pommel.

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''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/158911/if-you-give-a-little-love If You Give a Little Love]]'' is a SliceOfLife/[[RuleofDrama Drama] Drama]] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by the author Quillamore, detailing the adoption Quillamore.

[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E8RarityTakesManehattan After learning an important lesson about generosity]], Coco Pommel decides that there's somepony else in need
of her own. As it turns out, Coco found a foalnapped filly named Babs Seed by in a factory when she used to work for Suri, and the filly still has yet to be adopted. While the two get along well as mother and daughter, Coco Pommel.increasingly finds details of Babs' foalnapping crowding around her. Despite her efforts to ensure Babs lives an ordinary life, drama pops up in the most unlikely of places--the Apples were never aware of her true condition, and the more the two try to escape it, the more they realize that the foalnapping is not truly in the past.

And, as it turns out, that some ponies on Coco's Bridleway set had more stake in it than meets the eye.
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''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/158911/if-you-give-a-little-love If You Give a Little Love]]'' is a SliceOfLife ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by the author Quillamore, detailing the adoption of Babs Seed by Coco Pommel.

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''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/158911/if-you-give-a-little-love If You Give a Little Love]]'' is a SliceOfLife SliceOfLife/[[RuleofDrama Drama] ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by the author Quillamore, detailing the adoption of Babs Seed by Coco Pommel.
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''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/158911/if-you-give-a-little-love If You Give a Little Love]]'' is a SliceOfLife ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic by the author Quillamore, detailing the adoption of Babs Seed by Coco Pommel.

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