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* AffectionateNickname: Tarnish has taken to calling Megara "Nutmeg". Also, Applejack calls Sumac "Li'l Mac", in contrast to her brother[[note]]Big Mac[[/note]].
* InnocentBigot: Big Mac's outspoken concern about Sumac becoming a "sissy" due to being this becomes a problem, as Sumac doesn't want to let Big Mac down, but no-one particularly wants Sumac also becoming developing sexist attitudes, innocent or otherwise.
* NotSoStoic: After Sumac covers Pebble in icing, Maud ends up [[LaughThemselvesSick Laughing Herself Sick]]. The moment rather overcomes Sumac, and leaves Octavia a little shaken, as Maud's laughter is a very rare beast, with Tarnish's claim of a previous sighting being rather doubted[[note]]Though true, the incident occurs during Fanfic/TheWeed, in the chapter ''Home''[[/note]].
* RomanceInducingSmudge: Sumac accidentally coats Pebble in icing[[note]]Actual icing, they're still foals. He was making a gingerbread schoolhouse[[/note]]... [[SubvertedTrope and he's left stunned]] until Megara jumps in and begins licking her clean. Sumac, for his part, continues with his project.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Doctor Caballeron had this response to attempting to rob a museum right across the street from where Tarnish and the gang were eating fondue. Apparently the museum had a special display of pre-industrial minotaur anvils and Tarnish and Vinyl decided to give the thieves [[[[AnvilOnHead exactly what they came for]].
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Doctor Caballeron had this response to attempting to rob a museum right across the street from where Tarnish and the gang were eating fondue. Apparently the museum had a special display of pre-industrial minotaur anvils and Tarnish and Vinyl decided to give the thieves [[[[AnvilOnHead [[AnvilOnHead exactly what they came for]].
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* UnderTheMistletoe: Someone sets up some above Sumac and Pebble[[note]]Exactly who is not mentioned, but it's Pinny Lane who points it out to Pebble[[/note]]. Pebble takes the opportunity with some gusto, creating rather a mess as Sumac is occupied with a piping bag full of icing, giving Pebble [[VisualInnuendo a face-full]].
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* VisualInnuendo: InUniverse, when startled while icing a gingerbread schoolhouse by Pebble kissing him, Sumac accidentally covers her in the white icing. Every adult in the room spots it, and Tarnish has an apple applied to keep him from saying anything. Somewhat hilariously, neither Sumac nor Pebble seem to get it, and the adults decline to explain, resulting in ever more adults excusing themselves as the two innocently try to deal with it.
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* ArcherArchetype: Dandelia, as part of her therapy, had to buy gifts for other people, without using them to manipulate or being projected desires of her own. She buys Sumac a *very* expensive bow with several additional features, including a blowgun attachment. Sumac (and [[BloodKnight Twinkleshine]]) is very, very pleased with it. Lemon Hearts, less so.
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* LadyOfWar: Twinkleshine, when being told about her [[BloodKnight ferocity and enduring reputation]] around Celestia's School, contends that she's still feminine and ladylike and otherwise fits this trope. Some [[BurpingContest contrary]] [[AnAxeToGrind evidence]] is offered.
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* PyroManiac: Briefly {{Discussed}} and PlayedForLaughs when Sumac develops a CheshireCatGrin while watching a fire[[note]]He's thinking about what Dandelia might secretly like[[/note]], and Twilight Velvet suggests that Trixie keep an eye out for symptoms of pyromania. [[PlayingWithFire Trixie]], for her part, considers this a trait to be encouraged.
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* RedBaron: Twinkleshine has apparently retained the reputation of the "Powder Puff Terror" despite having graduated from Night Light's fencing classes some time ago.
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* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: Pinkie Pie's spicy gingerbread. She makes Sumac an extra-special batch, which he happily devours, despite Pebble giving up on her portion much earlier.
* MoralEventHorizon: [[invoked]]{{Discussed}}, with Lemon considering Queen Chrysalis to have crossed it when she attacked Sumac[[note]]Even amending "somepony" to "some bug"[[/note]], but Sumac remains somewhat uncertain as to the difference between forgiving Chrysalis and forgiving Flam, Trixie or Princess Luna.
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* MundaneUtility: A dragon being fireproof makes her really easy to dry off, just lob her into the fireplace.
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* MundaneUtility: A dragon being fireproof makes her really easy to dry off, just lob her into the fireplace. Also, arousing Sumac's curiousity at the unusual magic, Tarnish uses his GreenThumb to fix a wobbling table.
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* BringMeMyBrownPants: PlayedForLaughs when Sumac startles Fluttershy in a dream, followed by a lot of birds, resulting in a liberal coating.
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* DreamsOfFlying: Sumac [[InvokedTrope Invokes]] the trope in a lucid dream.
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* MutualDisadvantage: Manticore venom is especially effective on dragons. Unfortunately, manticores are vulnerable to fire, leading to vicious conflicts as shrinking habitats force the species into close contact, making Megara and Boomer's friendship usual, but by no means unwelcome.
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* ThrowingOffTheDisability: {{Downplayed}} and {{Justified}}. Sumac is able to, with considerable effort, walk (slowly) after a pertinent dream. It's very possible that at least part of the problem was psychosomatic, and the damage was nervous-system based (Chrysalis had broken his neck), so his mental state is relevant.
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* InopportuneVoiceCracking: Sumac begins to suffer from this, probably an early sign of puberty's encroachment.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Cloudy [[spoiler:outright asks Tarnish to marry Limestone, much to Tarnish's displeasure. Once the reasons are elaborated on[[note]]Cloudy doesn't want her becoming a MealTicket, or lost to upper-class snobbery[[/note]], Tarnish is less displeased, though he doesn't acquiesce[[note]]And neither does Limestone[[/note]], due to being]] LikeBrotherAndSister.
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* UnsuspectinglySoused: Pinkie and Octavia don't boil the mulled wine long enough (or at all), and don't tell anyone prior to Sumac drinking a not insignificant amount of it. IntoxicationEnsues.
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* FascinatingEyebrow: Sumac reckons that Applejack's could clear a room of trouble.
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* LettingHerHairDown: Cloudy does so at one point, causing Sumac to think she looks much younger.
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* {{Pirate}}: Sumac has no intentions of ever becoming one, because at some point he might meet [[CombatPragmatist Tarnish]].
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* ThinkUnsexyThoughts: In this story comes the beginnings of Sumac's [[HormoneAddledTeenager hormones]] and the first signs of what will cause his later [[ChivalrousPervert reputation]].
* ThreateningShark: Tarnish is scarier than one, at least to Sumac.
* ThreateningShark: Tarnish is scarier than one, at least to Sumac.
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* WalkingTheEarth: Part of Sumac's explanation for why he doesn't have adventurous fantasies in the manner of most foals is because he's already done this[[note]]He travelled with Trixie for most of his childhood prior to beginning at the School[[/note]].
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* CallBack: Octavia discusses the events of Skyreach, when Octavia and Maud [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated believed their spouses dead]], and their effect on [[TrueCompanions her relationship]] with Maud.
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* CallBack: Octavia discusses the events of Skyreach, when Octavia and Maud [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated believed their spouses dead]], and their effect on [[TrueCompanions her relationship]] with Maud. Also, the companions from FanFic/{{Skyreach}} gather and share a ration bar, apparently an annual ritual. They still taste foul.
* DeathGlare: Sumac attempts this on Vinyl after she [[HatesBaths betrays]] him. It's completely ineffective.
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* HatesBaths: Sumac continues to detest them and consider those who make him bath to have betrayed him. Vinyl later distracts him with a trick[[note]]Lifting soap bubbles without bursting them[[/note]] that will require many many years of practice (and therefore regular baths) to perfect. Sumac considers this dreadfully unfair.
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* MessyHair: Megara, at least when control is attempted with a brush. She claims that licking is more effective, but we don't see how this works, because she licks Pebble, and then[[note]]At Pebble's instigation[[/note]] Sumac.
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* MessyHair: Megara, at least when control is attempted with a brush. She claims that licking is more effective, but we don't see how this works, because she licks Pebble, and then[[note]]At Pebble's instigation[[/note]] Sumac. Twinkleshine also gets some briefly, after being in range of a [[ShockAndAwe Sumac temper tantrum]]. Lemon Hearts' attempts to help just cause her own hair to end up static-filled as well.
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* TheBigGuy: Crown Agent Cocoa, the CompositeCharacter of Tarnish and Vinyl in the film version of Daring Do and the Cult of Collie Ma. Tarnish asks if he was stung by a bee.
* {{Fanservice}}: InUniverse, the film Daring Do and the Cult of Collie Ma makes use of its photogenic leads.
* TheFilmOfTheBook[=/=]VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: InUniverse. The film they go to see, Daring Do and the Cult of Collie Ma is based on a book written by Daring Do about real adventures. It takes some liberties.
* GroinAttack: Crown Agent Crash makes use of them in the bar brawl, and Crown Agent Cocoa later against a tiger. Also, apparently how Rainbow extracted the location of Clan De Stein from Professor Link, in contrast to [[HoneyTrap the film's approach]].
* MookHorrorShow: InUniverse, Crown Agent Cocoa gets one vs. Caballeron and his mooks.
* {{Nerd}}: Crown Agent Crash, the version of Rainbow Dash in the film version of Daring Do and the Cult of Collie Ma. Aggressively so, NerdGlasses and all. Rainbow does not approve. She later turns out to be a BadassBookworm who [[IKnowKarate Knows Hoof-Fu]].
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Crown Agent Cocoa inflicts one on Caballeron during a MookHorrorShow. Sumac is glad that Tarnish wouldn't really do that. [[{{Irony}} This may actually be one of the more accurate points of]] [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory the]] [[TheFilmOfTheBook film]], given what we know of [[CombatPragmatist Tarnish]].
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* {{Polyamory}}: [[spoiler:Lemon Hearts proposes to both Trixie and Twinkleshine in chapter 21]].
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* {{Polyamory}}: [[spoiler:Lemon Hearts proposes to both Trixie and Twinkleshine in chapter 21]].21, and they accept]].
* RagingStiffie: Poor Sumac ends up with one watching Daring Do and the Cult of Collie Ma, due to the female leads.
* RagingStiffie: Poor Sumac ends up with one watching Daring Do and the Cult of Collie Ma, due to the female leads.
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Sumac, after mentioning that he'd like to make foals with Pebble because he wants to see what they look like[[note]]He was thinking about the diversity in their family[[/note]]. {{Lampshaded}} by Igneous.
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* HurricaneOfPuns: When Limestone brings up that everything [[TastesLikeChicken Tastes Like Potatoes]], the conversation soon turns to this.
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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Tarnish suggests this about Sumac's DiggingYourselfDeeper moment.
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* TastesLikeChicken: The Equestrian equivalent is apparently potatoes. Pinny Lane theorises that this might be because potato starch is widely used as a binding agent in processed foods.
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* DentedIron: Sumac's slow recovery from injuries at the conclusion of [[FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparklesSchoolForFantasticFoals the previous story]] forms a subplot, starting from being unable to walk unaided, and progressing through being able to (weakly) kick a ball around in chapter 21.
* HatesBaths: Sumac continues to detest them and consider those who make him bath to have betrayed him.
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* IWantGrandkids: Cloudy did. And now she has them, and nothing will keep her from them. Also, Octavia bribes her for a truce during the holidays by offering to raise her own foal[[note]]Alto Clef, as yet unborn, created via IVF from Tarnish[[/note]] to see Cloudy as their grandmare.
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* IWantGrandkids: Cloudy did. And now she has them, and nothing will keep her from them. Also, Octavia bribes her for a truce during the holidays by offering to raise her own foal[[note]]Alto Clef, as yet unborn, created via IVF from Tarnish[[/note]] to see Cloudy as their grandmare. Of course, already having a plethora of them doesn't mean Cloudy isn't going to poke Limestone given the opportunity.
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* KillTheGod: Sumac asks about the events in of FanFic/{{Skyreach}}, [[spoiler:as the book he's reading claims that "Crown Agent Cocoa" [[note]]the fictionalised amalgam of Tarnish and Vinyl[[/note]] killed a god. Exactly what happened isn't revealed, as Tarnish is unwilling to relive it and doesn't know everything, but it involved Celestia destroying Skyreach during 48 hours of night.[[note]]Also, at the time this was written, Skyreach was an unfinished fanfic, so the author wouldn't reveal any spoilers[[/note]]]]
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* CatapultNightmare: After the FlashBack dream, Sumac jerks awake, calling for Trixie.
* ClusterFBomb: Lemon, not awake enough to activate the filters, and faced with a very cold floor. {{Lampshaded}} by Twinkleshine.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Igneous considers one of the important parts of a filly's (or mare's) duties to be to sass her special somepony to keep him from getting too bigheaded (though he also emphasises the need for moderation to do it properly). Tarnish immediately queries whether Maud had this talk, and after she informs him that he's very quick on the uptake[[note]]They've been married for several years at this point[[/note]], tells her to carry on.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Igneous considers one of the important parts of a filly's (or mare's) duties to be to sass her special somepony to keep him from getting too bigheaded (though he also emphasises the need for moderation to do it properly). Tarnish immediately queries whether Maud had this talk, and talk and, after she informs him that he's very quick on the uptake[[note]]They've been married for several years at this point[[/note]], tells her to carry on.
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* DreamWalker: Sumac has occasionally seen Princess Luna slipping through doors in his nightmares. Later Luna[[note]]Actually an aspect of her magic, WordOfGod is that Luna isn't even conscious of it[[/note]] enters Sumac's dreams to teach him a lesson about Trixie. Luna[[note]]Actually Luna, this time[[/note]] also enters in order to retrieve the memories from the Centaur vault in FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparklesSchoolForFantasticFoals, although retrieving all the information before Sumac dies is probably impossible.
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* FlashBack: Courtesy of a dream, in which Sumac flashes back to when he was two.
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* MessyHair: Megara, at least when control is attempted with a brush. She claims that licking is more effective, but we don't see how this works, because she licks Pebble, and then[[note]]At Pebble's instigation[[/note]] Sumac.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Octavia, Vinyl and Sumac are all having tea, with Sumac imitating Octavia's prim and proper posture. He fails to notice that Vinyl is imitating ''him'', in her [[UpToEleven own inimitable way]]. Octavia, for her part, pretends to ignore the pair, until she [[ToiletHumour lets rip]] in the way only Earth Ponies can.
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* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: Pinny Lane comes armed and dangerous. Sumac ends up with an electric-blue one with pink flames. Pebble's is bright green with red baubles.
* ItsAllMyFault: Sumac and Pinny have a brief discussion about guilt after Sumac accidentally breaks a glass, and Pinny reveals that she still feels guilty over what [[ParentalNeglect she did to Tarnish]], although that also wasn't her fault, as well as tending to break glasses occasionally.
* ItsAllMyFault: Sumac and Pinny have a brief discussion about guilt after Sumac accidentally breaks a glass, and Pinny reveals that she still feels guilty over what [[ParentalNeglect she did to Tarnish]], although that also wasn't her fault, as well as tending to break glasses occasionally.
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* MagicMisfire: Sumac's at the right age to start experimenting. His attempt to help Lemon Hearts pulling the sled using a [[AnimateInanimateObject Come To Life spell]] results in a runaway and an intervention from Twilight Sparkle to avoid casualties.
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* MagicMisfire: Sumac's at the right age to start experimenting. His attempt to help Lemon Hearts pulling the sled using a [[AnimateInanimateObject Come To Life spell]] results in a runaway and an intervention from Twilight Sparkle to avoid casualties. A minor one happens later, when Sumac tries to lift a glass and it breaks apart.
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* JadeColouredGlasses: Trixie worries the world's beaten her down so much she can only believe the worst of people.
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* StayInTheKitchen: When Igneous begins as speech by saying he needs to have a talk about the place of a filly, most of the mares worry it's going to be on this theme, fortunately, it's {{Subverted}}[[note]](see DeadpanSnarker above)[[/note]], but Trixie becomes concerned over her suspicion, and worries she's got unwarranted JadeColouredGlasses.
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* IWantGrandkids: Cloudy did. And now she has them, and nothing will keep her from them. Also, Octavia bribes her for a truce during the holidays by offering to raise her own foal[[note]]Alto Clef, as yet unborn, created via IVF from Tarnish[[/note]] to see Cloudy as their grandmare.
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* BarrierWarrior: Twilight teaches a class of foals particularly skilled in shield magic, [[CallForward including Sumac]].
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* CelebrityEndorsement: Tarnish and Daring Do sponsor a brand of muesli.
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* ClassClown: Twinkleshine, despite not being a foal.
* ColonyDrop: Horseshoe Bay is the result of Celestia dropping a meteor on an alicorn city after invading Draconequui [[MindRape drove the inhabitants insane]].
* ColonyDrop: Horseshoe Bay is the result of Celestia dropping a meteor on an alicorn city after invading Draconequui [[MindRape drove the inhabitants insane]].
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* LittleBrotherIsWatching: Pebble comments that having Megara following her around means she has to be good or lead her sister astray.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: While bored, Sumac accidentally does this by projecting a spot on the wall, Megara is partially cat and responds appropriately.
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* DirtyCoward: A long discussion of the definition of "sissy" finally settles on this, someone who won't face their problems or meet their responsibilities out of fear.
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* BathsAreFun: While Sumac's [[HatesBaths own take]] is well known by this point, it turns out that Pebble rather enjoys baths.
* BurpingContest: When left alone in charge of the foals, Tarnish organises one. [[spoiler:Twinkleshine wins, having learned from Princess Celestia herself at the School For Gifted Unicorns]].
* ChewOutFakeOut: [[spoiler:Twinkleshine]], upon encountering the BurpingContest, begins to yell at Tarnish about what he's teaching the foals, before grabbing a bottle and joining in.
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* CompetitionFreak: Pebble's demeanour changes during any competition, going from [[TheStoic apparent detachment]] to something that scares Sumac.
* ContinuityNod: ''Almighty Alicorn Sisters'' from FanFic/{{Skyreach}} and a pistol are in a glass case over the mantle in Tarnish's house. The dinner incident from FanFic/TheWeed is mentioned when a similar ComicallyMissingThePoint with a DoubleEntendre scene happens again. Pinkie Pie catches on this time. Sumac does not. Also, Celestia's ability to burp the dragon alphabet is referenced.
* ContinuityNod: ''Almighty Alicorn Sisters'' from FanFic/{{Skyreach}} and a pistol are in a glass case over the mantle in Tarnish's house. The dinner incident from FanFic/TheWeed is mentioned when a similar ComicallyMissingThePoint with a DoubleEntendre scene happens again. Pinkie Pie catches on this time. Sumac does not. Also, Celestia's ability to burp the dragon alphabet is referenced.
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* MassOhCrap: When [[spoiler:Twinkleshine decides to take part in the Burping Contest, gulping down a bottle of Celestia-Cola extremely rapidly]], Boomer seeks refuge with Vinyl, who dons a [[BucketHelmet mixing bowl]] and grabs a pot lid as a shield, Tarnish and Pebble engage in a mutual SecurityCling and Megara wraps around Sumac protectively. [[spoiler:Then Twinkleshine opens the second bottle...]]
* MundaneMadeAwesome: If the narration is to be believed, Twinkleshine's burping[[note]]All ''six paragraphs'' of it[[/note]] is the harbinger of the apocalypse.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: If the narration is to be believed, Twinkleshine's burping[[note]]All ''six paragraphs'' of it[[/note]] is the harbinger of the apocalypse.
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* ThereIsNoGod: PlayedForLaughs with Pebble's despair during [[spoiler:Twinkleshine's contribution to the Burping Contest]].
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* CompositeCharacter: InUniverse, Crown Agent Cocoa in Daring Do's books is a composite of Tarnish and Vinyl.
* KillTheGod: Sumac asks about the events in of FanFic/{{Skyreach}}, [[spoiler:as the book he's reading claims that "Crown Agent Cocoa" [[note]]the fictionalised amalgam of Tarnish and Vinyl[[/note]] killed a god. Exactly what happened isn't revealed, as Tarnish is unwilling to relive it and doesn't know everything, but it involved Celestia destroying Skyreach during 48 hours of night.[[note]]Also, at the time this was written, Skyreach was an unfinished fanfic, so the author wouldn't reveal any spoilers[[/note]]]]
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: It's mentioned that Vinyl projects an image of being irresponsible and slightly stupid as part of her DJ Pon-3 persona, but, as readers are more that aware, she [[BadassBookworm really isn't]].
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* CallBack: Octavia discusses the events of Skyreach, when Octavia and Maud [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated believed their spouses dead]], and their effect on [[TrueCompanions her relationship]] with Maud.
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* CheshireCatGrin: Vinyl wears one while working on a birdhouse with Maud.
* CheshireCatGrin: Vinyl wears one while working on a birdhouse with Maud.
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* DoubleEntendre: Quoth Twinkleshine, after making a birdhouse: "Thank you for making a home with me, Lemon." Almost immediately afterwards, upon being asked what they were doing for lunch, Maud Pie suggests they "Eat Pie". Poor Sumac has no idea what's going on, and mentions he would quite like a little pie for dinner. Things only get worse from there, and the adults are [[LaughThemselvesSick no help at all]].
* DoubleEntendre: Quoth Twinkleshine, after making a birdhouse: "Thank you for making a home with me, Lemon." Almost immediately afterwards, upon being asked what they were doing for lunch, Maud Pie suggests they "Eat Pie". Poor Sumac has no idea what's going on, and mentions he would quite like a little pie for dinner. Things only get worse from there, and the adults are [[LaughThemselvesSick no help at all]].
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* SleepCute: Sumac, Megara, Boomer and Pebble quickly end up conked out on the sofa. Hardly suprising, given the intensely high-energy nature of Megara and Boomer's meeting. The adults decide to take advantage of this. A developing one is later {{Subverted}}, due to getting interrupted by Tarnish (who has a dozing Boomer on his horn and a sleepy Megara clinging to his neck) beginning to [[LaughThemselvesSick Laugh Himself Sick]].
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* ContinuityNod: ''Almighty Alicorn Sisters'' from FanFic/{{Skyreach}} and a pistol are in a glass case over the mantle in Tarnish's house.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: It's mentioned that Vinyl projects an image of being irresponsible and slightly stupid as part of her DJ Pon-3 persona, but, as readers are more that aware, she [[BadassBookworm really isn't]].
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* TrueCompanions: Vinyl, Maud, Octavia and Tarnish have solidly become this by this point, having been working on it since FanFic/VenenumIocus.
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* BigSisterInstinct: Pebble develops one towards Megara, despite initial concerns about having to share her parents, but she considers the trade worth it after actually meeting her.
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* NewParentNomenclatureProblem: An interesting variant. Megara calls Vinyl and Octavia "Mom", something that Pebble has never done (they were her {{Honourary Aunt}}s), but this spurs Pebble to reconsider, and when she does call Octavia "Mum", Octavia [[TearsOfJoy "got all weepy about it"]].
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* AffectionateNickname: Tarnish has taken to calling Megara "Nutmeg".
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* ManlyTears: Tarnish breaks out into this during dinner, due to having missed so much time with Megara.
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* SleepCute: Sumac, Megara, Boomer and Pebble quickly end up conked out on the sofa. Hardly suprising, given the intensely high-energy nature of Megara and Boomer's meeting. The adults decide to take advantage of this.
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* VegetarianCarnivore: Manticores are carnivores, and there were some worries about Megara's diet. Fortunately, as she's part pony she's actually omnivorous, and they're able to keep her healthy with eggs and dairy, with occasional fish, shrimp or shellfish. The biggest concern is Taurine, but Fluttershy's mentioned to be helping keep her healthy. According to her, there are actually vegetarian griffons.
* WalkInChimeIn: Well, it's less "Walk-in" and more "jump out of Tarnish's shadow to the noise of a kazoo", but Pinkie Pie responds the mention of balloons with a classic "Did somepony say 'balloons?'"
* WalkInChimeIn: Well, it's less "Walk-in" and more "jump out of Tarnish's shadow to the noise of a kazoo", but Pinkie Pie responds the mention of balloons with a classic "Did somepony say 'balloons?'"
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Lemon Hearts spends a great deal of time giggling after the [[MagicMisfire incident]] with the cart and the [[AnimateInanimateObject Come To Life]] spell, both at the incident itself and Twilight's teasing about just how much trouble they're in now that Sumac has begun experimenting.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Lemon Hearts spends a great deal of time giggling after the [[MagicMisfire incident]] with the cart sled and the [[AnimateInanimateObject Come To Life]] spell, both at the incident itself and Twilight's teasing about just how much trouble they're in now that Sumac has begun experimenting.
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* {{Gasshole}}: Sumac's choice of bedtime story involves an elephant who can't make friends because he farts. When Lemon Hearts objects, he makes the irrefutable defence that he's five.
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* {{Gasshole}}: Sumac's choice of bedtime story involves an elephant who can't make friends because he farts. When Lemon Hearts objects, he objects to his tastes, Sumac makes the irrefutable defence that he's five.
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* MagicMisfire: Sumac's at the right age to start experimenting. His attempt to help Lemon Hearts pulling the cart using a [[AnimateInanimateObject Come To Life spell]] results in a runaway and an intervention from Twilight Sparkle to avoid casualties.
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* MagicMisfire: Sumac's at the right age to start experimenting. His attempt to help Lemon Hearts pulling the cart sled using a [[AnimateInanimateObject Come To Life spell]] results in a runaway and an intervention from Twilight Sparkle to avoid casualties.
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-->'''Maud Pie:''' I’m not a nice pony after all. I hope I get rocks in my stocking.
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-->'''Maud Pie:''' I’m not a nice pony after all. I hope I get rocks in my stocking. [[note]]Remember that she's a geologist.[[/note]]
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Lemon Hearts spends a great deal of time giggling after the [[MagicMisfire incident]] with the cart and the [[AnimateInanimateObject Come To Life]] spell, both at the incident itself and Twilight's teasing about just how much trouble they're in now that Sumac has begun experimenting.
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* CastFromCalories: As is standard for TheWeedverse, unicorn magic is subject to this trope. Sumac is left very drained after the MagicMisfire noted below.
* ChristmasEpisode: Along with FanFic/ThePerilousGestationOfSwans, this story is one for FanFic/TheWeedverse.
* ChristmasEpisode: Along with FanFic/ThePerilousGestationOfSwans, this story is one for FanFic/TheWeedverse.
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* DudeNotFunny: Twinkleshine's response to Twilight's mirth upon realising that Sumac has hit the point of experimentation without wisdom.
* FilkSong: A rather spectacular one (a rewrite of Jingle Bells) appears in the comments section for Chapter 6, relating to the MagicMisfire in the chapter.
* GoodIsNotNice: When Tarnish was PayingEvilUntoEvil, below, Maud didn't tell him to stop. After all:
-->'''Maud Pie:''' I’m not a nice pony after all. I hope I get rocks in my stocking.
* FilkSong: A rather spectacular one (a rewrite of Jingle Bells) appears in the comments section for Chapter 6, relating to the MagicMisfire in the chapter.
* GoodIsNotNice: When Tarnish was PayingEvilUntoEvil, below, Maud didn't tell him to stop. After all:
-->'''Maud Pie:''' I’m not a nice pony after all. I hope I get rocks in my stocking.
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* OhCrap: Trixie's response to realising that Sumac has hit the point where he's going to start experimenting without being mature enough to think through consequences properly.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: One of the ponies that Tarnish and Maud rescued Boomer from attempted to use her egg as a hostage. What [[PapaWolf Tarnish]] did to him is [[HarmfulToMinors not "for foals or dragon hatchlings"]], and so [[NothingIsScarier remains unelaborated on]], but from what we know of Tarnish's [[CombatPragmatist combat preferences]] it was was doubtless brutal, particularly given that Maud, who has little concern relating tales of combat to foals, will only describe it as "bad".
* ReadingsBlewUpTheScale: {{Downplayed}}, Sumac gets headaches when he uses his SupernaturalSensitivity on magic-users above a certain power level. [[note]]Including Rarity, who appears unaware of just how talented she actually is.[[/note]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: One of the ponies that Tarnish and Maud rescued Boomer from attempted to use her egg as a hostage. What [[PapaWolf Tarnish]] did to him is [[HarmfulToMinors not "for foals or dragon hatchlings"]], and so [[NothingIsScarier remains unelaborated on]], but from what we know of Tarnish's [[CombatPragmatist combat preferences]] it was was doubtless brutal, particularly given that Maud, who has little concern relating tales of combat to foals, will only describe it as "bad".
* ReadingsBlewUpTheScale: {{Downplayed}}, Sumac gets headaches when he uses his SupernaturalSensitivity on magic-users above a certain power level. [[note]]Including Rarity, who appears unaware of just how talented she actually is.[[/note]]
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* SmokingBarrelBlowout: Twinkleshine, with her horn, after [[MundaneMadeAwesome cleaning up the entryway]].
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Sumac would quite like to recover so that he can escape when Trixie starts snuggling him like a foal.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Sumac would quite like to recover so that he can escape when Trixie starts snuggling him like a foal. Olive also suffers from this, with how casually her parents discuss how earth ponies traditionally view the Winter Moon celebration: as a time for making foals, because eleven months[[note]]They're equines, pregnancy is eleven months[[/note]] later is just when there's relatively little work to do, so having a newborn to snuggle with in the cold is rather pleasant.
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* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:Starlight Glimmer believes that something is trying to repair the damage done to time by her actions, but Twilight doesn't think that it's possible. Readers know from FanFic/TheMaskMakesThePony that Starlight is right, an entity called Chronos watches over time]].
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* SoProudOfYou: Olive's parents are very proud of their daughter, a significant improvement over the state of affairs in FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparklesSchoolForFantasticFoals, where they are terrified of her.
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* MundaneUtility: A dragon being fireproof makes her really easy to dry off, just lob her into the fireplace.
* RunningGag: Most ponies reckon Sumac is growing socks and feel the need to comment on it, but he can't see them and is sceptical (and rather tired of it).
* RunningGag: Most ponies reckon Sumac is growing socks and feel the need to comment on it, but he can't see them and is sceptical (and rather tired of it).
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* TimeTravel: Twilight has had another visit from the future.
* TranquilFury: What was done to Adventus has induced the trope in Twilight; when she says she intends to make the perpetrators [[{{Transflormation}} answer to the Heliophant]] if she catches them, she means it.
* TranquilFury: What was done to Adventus has induced the trope in Twilight; when she says she intends to make the perpetrators [[{{Transflormation}} answer to the Heliophant]] if she catches them, she means it.
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* DreamWalker: Sumac has occasionally seen Princess Luna slipping through doors in his nightmares.
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* LamePunReaction: Twinkleshine gets raisin toast thrown at her by Trixie after a particularly bad pun. This is largely ineffective, as she simply removes and eats the toast.[[note]]Assuming the intent was to inconvenience Twinkleshine. If the intent was to amuse Sumac, it certainly succeeded.[[/note]]
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A sequel to FanFic/PrincessTwilightSparklesSchoolForFantasticFoals, [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/369842/princess-twilight-sparkles-school-for-fantastic-foals-winter-break Princess Twilight Sparkle's School for Fantastic Foals: Winter Break]] is a story in FanFic/TheWeedverse by Kudzuhaiku. FanFic/TheGiftOfGab is a bridging story and recommended reading.
After an eventful term, Sumac Apple is on winter break. Not that lessons stop, of course. And with the winter coming, changes to his family are on the horizon.
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!!This story contains examples of:
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Sumac would quite like to recover so that he can escape when Trixie starts snuggling him like a foal.
* {{Asexual}}: Like her mother, Trixie is asexual.
* Gasshole: Sumac's choice of bedtime story involves an elephant who can't make friends because he farts. When Lemon Hearts objects, he makes the irrefutable defence that he's five.
* HappilyAdopted: Sumac's mothers have tripled in number, with both Lemon Hearts and Twinkleshine being considered such at this point, as well as Trixie.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: {{Averted}}, as is standard for FanFic/TheWeedverse, Moondancer is receiving therapy for the events of the previous story, in which she was kidnapped and impersonated for an extended period.
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After an eventful term, Sumac Apple is on winter break. Not that lessons stop, of course. And with the winter coming, changes to his family are on the horizon.
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!!This story contains examples of:
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Sumac would quite like to recover so that he can escape when Trixie starts snuggling him like a foal.
* {{Asexual}}: Like her mother, Trixie is asexual.
* Gasshole: Sumac's choice of bedtime story involves an elephant who can't make friends because he farts. When Lemon Hearts objects, he makes the irrefutable defence that he's five.
* HappilyAdopted: Sumac's mothers have tripled in number, with both Lemon Hearts and Twinkleshine being considered such at this point, as well as Trixie.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: {{Averted}}, as is standard for FanFic/TheWeedverse, Moondancer is receiving therapy for the events of the previous story, in which she was kidnapped and impersonated for an extended period.
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