History Fanfic / OnACrossAndArrow

** [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure Fanon Osmosis failure]]: This was the fic that locked in the Fanon names for the gender-flipped [[FanNickname Mane Six]], EXCEPT for Pinkie Pie, whose counterpart is here named Berry Bubble [[hottip:*:Short for Beriswainer DaVinci Bubble [[hottip:**: just as Pinkie's full name is Pinkimena Diane Pie]]]] while at least half of the works that take the rest of their names from OnACrossAndArrow flip his to Bubble Berry.
*** Not '''technically''' one of the Mane 6, but Spike's [[DistaffCounterpart counterpart]] here is named Spines, while nearly all of the copycats call her Barb

* ChasteHero: Even to the point where Twilight felt extremely awkward about sleeping in her gender-swapped version's bed. See Sleep Cute below.

''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/06/story-on-cross-and-arrow.html On A Cross And Arrow]]'' is a WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fan-fiction by Conner Cogwork.

*** [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Also, PKE energy is mentioned]].
*** Later, ''DoctorWhoovesAdventures'' short: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afEQzEizgSY ''Doctor Whooves In: Crossed Wires'']], the female counterpart to the Doctor is called "The Professor." ''On A Cross And Arrow'' was noted as one of the influences in the short's creation, per WordOfGod.

*** The sequence where Rainbow Dash and Rainbow Blitz end up hoofwrestling with the opposite versions of Applejack could be read as an indication that each has a homosexual crush on "their" version of Applejack.

* NamesTheSame: Applejack and male Applejack. To avoid confusion and keep her cover from being blown, mare!Applejack refers to herself as "Cousin [=JayJay=]" to Applebuck and her male self.

* CampStraight: Elusive (although his thoughts toward his masseur hint [[BiTheWay otherwise]]...)

** When Dusk peforms a ''Bubble Berry'' swear, he pauses to make sure his eye is closed because of last time he did it.
** In chapter 12, Applebuck makes it to the Mane Six's universe. How? With the help of someone known as "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters The Great and Powerful]]...[[GenderFlip Presto]]".

* FollowTheLeader: While not the first piece of fiction to have gender-flipped ponies, this story did open the floodgates for many other stories involving the gender-flipped [[FanNickname Mane Six]], and has given the gender-bent ponies their fannon names: Dusk Shine, Elusive, Butterscotch, Rainbow Blitz, Applejack, and Berry Bubble[[hottip:*: counterparts to Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie, respectively]].

* PaletteSwap: Apparantly Mr. and Mrs. Cake's genderswapped selves are just each other body shapes with their natural colors. Applejack is shocked to see this.

* SickeninglySweethearts: Both interdimensional couples; Rarity/Elusive in a gushing, overdramatic Shakespearian-love sense, and Fluttershy/Butterscotch in a painfully shy, cutesy sense.

--> '''Pinkie Pie''': I've heard a lot about Sugarcube Coner and I've always wanted to come visit, but I've been busy being kept in a cave, so I haven’t had a chance until now to visit! I'm so glad to finally see the place, even if it may be like I HAVE seen it all before, but that would be silly, it's not like I fell out of a dimension that's just like this one, save that everypony's genders are opposite, right?

* AmazonianBeauty: Red Gala, being a gender-flipped Big Macintosh.

** And just before the Mane 6 return to their world, [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash and Rainbow Blitz [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove admit to this]].]]

** And just before the Mane 6 return to their world, rainbow dash and rainbow blitz say "i think i love you"

** And just before the Mane 6 return to their world, [[spoiler: Dash and Blitz]].

Cogwork has also written a sequel, ''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02/story-on-whisper-of-wind.html On a Whisper of Wind]]'', where Applebuck travels to the mane 6's universe to find his "cousin" again.

''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/06/story-on-cross-and-arrow.html On A Cross And Arrow]]'' is a WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fan-fiction by Conner Cogwork.

* BelligerentSexualTension: [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash and Rainbow Blitz, apparently.]]
* BiTheWay: Dash and her counterpart Blitz are both secretly bi-curious. Elusive also gives a hint of this with some off-hand thoughts towards his masseur.

** When Dusk offers to let Twilight use his bed while he sleeps in the spare bed, she asks if the spare is full of lumps [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E8LookBeforeYouSleep from his sleepover]] with Applejack and Elusive.

* ChivalrousPervert: Elusive to an extent. He rather blatantly eyeballs Rarity - particularly her [[MaleGaze flanks]] - and primly compliments her figure in a way that Rarity knows is code for "you're hot." But of course, he's nothing short of a gentlecolt to her. Obviously, being technically the same pony, the same goes for Rarity in a rare female example of the trope.
* CovertPervert: Dusk Shine has to make a conscious effort not to ogle [[HelloNurse Rarity]].

* FemaleGaze[=/=]MaleGaze: When first meeting Elusive, Rarity inwardly compliments how his cutie mark is set upon "such firm cheeks". Likewise, when she's invited into his boutique, she ''struts'' in to show off and begin seducing him, and is "not disappointed, as she felt eyes upon her flanks."

** Also, Fluttershy and Butterscotch.

** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsEAabIhETQ&list=LLXgJgPr5deER_bF97JPW-xQ&index=2&feature=plpp_video voice-over]] takes it UpToEleven!

*** [[GhostBusters Also, PKE energy is mentioned]].

** Speaking of fan fic nods, Twilight mentions a universe where [[{{FanFic/AWorldWithoutRainbows}} Rainbow Dash DIDN'T pull off the Sonic Rainboom]] while explaining the concept of alternate universes to her friends.

* SickeninglySweethearts: Both interdimensional couples; Rarity/Elusive in a gushing, overdramatic Shakespearian-love sense, and Fluttershy/Butterscotch in a painfully shy, cutesy sense.

Cogwork has also written a sequel, ''[[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02/story-on-whisper-of-wind.html On a Whisper of Wind]]'', about Applebuck's adventures in the mane 6's universe.

* IronicEcho: "And that's how Equestria was un-made."
* {{Keet}}: Pinkie Pie's counterpart, Berry Bubble.

*** Later, this ''On A Cross And Arrow''-inspired Doctor Whooves Audio Drama [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afEQzEizgSY ''Doctor Whoof In: Crossed Wires'']], the female counterpart to the Doctor is called "The Professor."