History PonyPOVSeries / TropesIToP

* JerkassFacade: Trixie only acted like a jerk because she wanted to stand out so badly due to her [[MiddleChildSyndrome Middle Filly Syndrome]]. [[spoiler:What was she like in her own mental plane? A scared little filly in the clutches of [[TheHeartless Loneliness]].]]

* LighterAndSofter: [[ARareSentence Despite what you'd naturally expect]], [[BadFuture DARK WORLD]] actually manages to be this. Despite being set in a CrapsackWorld and having it's fair share of NightmareFuel and {{Tearjerker}} moments, Dark World's [[EarnYourHappyEnding incredibly optimistic tone]] and emphasis on [[HolyShitQuotient AWESOME fight scenes]] makes it a surprising breath of fresh air after the incredibly brutal [[DarkerAndEdgier Mind Games Arc]] (Which could easily have been titled "MindRape: The Novelisation"). Justified since the Ponies were ALREADY [[DespairEventHorizon at their lowest when Dark World began]], so there really was no where else for them to go but up. And the story show's this by having them go from triumph to triumph in almost every chapter.

* OppositeDay: [[BadFuture Epilogue!]]Discord asks Twilight Tragedy if it's this when [[spoiler:[[PetTheDog he shows a fleeting moment of empathy for someone else]]]]. She replies that no, it's not, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny that's next week.]]

* IdiotBall: Half of why Chrysalis is getting her way, combined with a dash of EasyLogistics - Somehow almost ten thousand Guardsponies can be replaced by "Rookies" in the Canterlot area with a known threat? None of the ''many other'' higher ranking officers ever objected to this? No one spots the different communications between units?

* InstantFanClub: After [[spoiler:Princess Gaia's rule]], Fluttershy results in getting a sizable following due to how much it healed many ponies. Her popularity as a fashion model not withstanding. Which, according to the Shining Armor arc, has reached as far as the kingdom of Neighpon (a spoof off of Japan), where she still has a strong fan-base. She even still receives fan letters from them, though she cannot read them due to being in Neighponese.

** [[spoiler: Olo the Owlbear and Princess Starflower become alive in the Finale arc to help out their respective owners (Olo is specifically with Moooonlight, Luna's avatar). They are created from the benevolent rumor parasites.]]

* InstantFanClub: After [[spoiler:Princess Gaia's rule]], Fluttershy results in getting a sizable following due to how much it healed many ponies. Her popularity as a fashion model not withstanding. [[Which, according to the Shining Armor arc, has reached as far as the kingdom of Neighpon (a spoof off of Japan), where she still has a strong fan-base. She even still receives fan letters from them, though she cannot read them due to being Neighponese.]]

** In a rather bizare version, Applejack ends up having this with [[spoiler:''herself''. To prevent herself from going Nightmare in the event this universe breaks off from the main one, she ends up meeting her Orangejack self and at first, they don't get along ''at all'', but gradually discover how much they have in common, such as being hardworkers and how much they care about their family and loved ones. Then again, this was actually the point.]]

* LevelScaling: One of the rules of the story as per WordOfGod is that canon villains will always remain a threat to the heroes no matter how much stronger the heroes have gotten.

* LevelGrinding: One of the rules of the story as per WordOfGod is that canon villains will always remain a threat to the heroes no matter how much stronger the heroes have gotten.

* LogicalWeakness: The Concept Killing Spear will RetGone anything it pierces. However, it is still a spear, and it can't do anything to what it cannot pierce. [[spoiler:In an alternate universe where Turris, the god of defense and barriers, saved Cupid, the weapon breaks against him.]]

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* ImmuneToMindControl: Deconstructed in the Finale Arc. Spike states that after Discord and Chrysalis's shenanigans, he had so many anti-mind control spells that they had to actually ''stop'' putting in anymore to prevent them from stunting his mental growth as they work by blocking outside input. Starlight Glimmer didn't get this memo and had too many of these put into her own brain during her days as a student. This is the reason why she is so stubborn and refuses to see anything that doesn't fit her views on equality.

* OriginsEpisode: The Origins Arc serves as this for Discord, Celestia, and Luna as well as [[spoiler:the Windigos.]]

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:General-Admiral Makarov/The Shadow of Chernobull]] is commonly called an 'Imagination Demon' but Mother Deer implied it wasn't the case but 'close enough'. The Shining Armor crew also apparently had a run in with a 'fear demon' somewhere in Zebrafrica, but this was a largely NoodleIncident. The creatures sealed in Tartarus are quite demonic in nature, but are actually entities from a destroyed universe.

* OurHeroIsDead: [[spoiler:The G3 timeline ends with Strife killing most of the heroes (Minty and Princess Rarity being the only ones she doesn't kill directly). Though all of them are given {{Reincarnation}}s in the new timeline in some form, as they weren't on the 'delete' list (Strife only did it to give them the chance to make a LastStand instead of fading away with no chance to even try and save their world).]]

* OurTitansAreDifferent: Titans in this universe are mortals who have the might and power of a god, but have not become true deities with the cosmic responsibility that comes with it. Lord Tirek, King Lavan, the Sirens, and Lilith the Witch Queen are all examples of Titans, being mortals who mutated into world threatening sapient cataclysms.

* PapaWolf: Despite his BlueAndOrangeMorality, Havoc ''does'' genuinely love his family. Attack them unprovoked and you'd better hope the Alicorn Elders will protect you, because they're the only ones who can.
** Teddy in Sweetheart's Gaiden story. Some corporate thugs are sent after Sweetheart to try and scare Starlight and compaining into stopping their project. Teddy may have ended up in the hospital, but so did the thugs. A [[MixAndMatchCritter pack of Simurghs]] attacks the family after the apocalypse. Teddy ''breaks one's neck'' while fighting to protect his family.

* PaperThinDisguise: Pretty much any time Cadence disguises herself in the Shining Armor arc [[spoiler:except the time she sneaks along on the mission in Nambutu]].

* PersonaNonGrata: After his attack on Shining Armor, Makarov is threatened with this (in multiple countries) in order to keep him from trying anything again... for now.
* PhysicalGoddess: The Princesses, as to be expected. [[spoiler:All ''three'' of them. In fact, Princess Gaia may be even more powerful than the other two ''combined''. We find out later there used to be 13 of them. The Draconequi also qualify]]

* [[HumansAreFlawed Ponies Are Flawed]]: A reccuring theme in the story is everypony, even Celestia and Luna who are ''literally'' considered goddesses (even by themselves), aren't perfect. The only ponies who ever were are Celestia and Luna's parents.

* [[HumanMomNonhumanDad Pony Mom, Non-Pony Dad]]: Fluttercruel. Fluttershy is considered her mother and Discord her father.

* [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Ponyville Is The Center Of The Universe]]: The LooseCanon Coffee Swirl series arguably deconstructs this; thanks to the constant crossfire his town is caught in with the Elements of Harmony living there, the titular pony has developed a lot of mental issues and is convinced that his life is completely outside of his control.

* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:With the exception of Pinkie Pie, Star Catcher, and Sky Wishes, the hero cast of the G3 stories are dead long before the story starts and its told via flashbacks by Pinkie Pie. Though some of them ''do'' have {{Reincarnation}}s in the main timeline.]]
** Starlight in the Nightmare portions of ''7 Dreams[=/=]Nightmares'' Side Stories, as she's killed in the explosion that caused the collapse of the G2 society. ''[[UpToEleven Including her own.]]''

* ThePowerOfLove: Shows up in the Wedding Arc, naturally. While the Changelings use it as a food source, [[spoiler:it's revealed that showing true love to a brainwashed victim while aware they're brainwashed is the key to breaking their mind control.]]

** Professor Kabuto is this for the Changelings. While most Changelings don't take active sadistic pleasure in what they do and are merely doing what they, wrongly, believe is needed for the well being of the swarm, Kabuto is a psychopath who enjoys performing sadistic medical and scientific experiments on innocent creatures (including ''his own species''). He's so psychotic that [[EvenEvilHasStandards even the other Changelings hate and fear him.]]

* PsychoRangers: [[spoiler:Nightmare Paradox has fused with five other Nightmares from previous cycles, the six of them forming one of these to the heroes. However, only two of them are the actual SuperpoweredEvilSide of their counterpart, due to the Elements having changed hooves (Nightmare Mirror to [[WarriorTherapist Rarity]], [[MonsterClown Nightmare Granfalloon]] to [[CheerfulChild Apple Pie]], [[LotusEaterMachine Nightmare Whisper]] to [[MasterOfIllusion Applejack]], [[KnightTemplar Nightmare Banneret]] to [[UndyingLoyalty Spike]], [[ControlFreak Nightmare Manacle]] to [[MamaBear Derpy]], and of course, [[BigBad Nightmare Paradox]] herself to [[TheHero Twilight]]).]]

* OhMyGods: Celestia and Luna's names are used like this. Except by ''them'', who being the {{Physical God}}esses everypony else does this too, say "our mother and father" or "our parents" instead.

* OhNoNotAgain: In [[BadFuture Dark World]], Apple Computer is informed his children had to save somepony from pony-eating rocks. His reaction is simply to state in frustration that "Ah thought we got rid of those things."

* TheOmnipotent: The [[TopGod Elders]] are this, being so immensely powerful that their sheer power alone would destroy the universe should they enter it personally rather than an Avatar. And Havoc said even an Avatar of his strong enough to defeat Discord would level Equestria's east coast just by manifesting. On a few occasions, they've shown the ability to [[RealityWarper alter what's considered reality with a word]]. Entropy is capable of [[RetGone erasing even deities from existence]] just by saying "You don't exist", and the other Elders are capable of easily willing themselves back ''into'' it should she do it to one of them, and small bit of Fauna Luster's power obliterated the Windigos as the Fires of Friendship. However, they are big supporters of free will, and this combined with the damage they could potentially cause, means they normally act from behind the scenes.
* OnceIsNotEnough: Twilight assumed that [[spoiler:Loneliness]] had been destroyed when she [[spoiler:used the Memory Spell on Trixie]]. She was wrong [[spoiler:and ends up being impaled for it. It takes Trixie blowing Loneliness up ''twice'' in a row to permanently destroy her.]]

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Applejack is revealed to be this, as her real name is Abigail Jacqueline, but [[FullNameBasis only Luna actually calls her that]].

** [[spoiler:Zecora]] was able to shake off Discord's influence by herself, and [[spoiler:Scootaloo]] managed to avoid being Discorded entirely.

* OutOfCharacterAlert:
** A number of these happen during the Wedding Arc [[spoiler:due to Chrysalis having brainwashed more ponies.]]
** [[spoiler:Invoking this trope is how the CMC free ponies from the Rumors curse: making them realize they're behaving out of character and causing the curse to die.]]
* OpponentSwitch: [[spoiler:The Dark World!Mane Cast do this for their second fight with Paradox's PsychoRangers with Derpy and [[EleventhHourRanger the newly arrived]] and recharged Princesses fighting Nightmare Manacle, Applejack fighting Nightmare Whisper, Twilight taking on Nightmare Granfalloon, Apple Pie and Spike holding off Nightmare Mirror, Rarity battling Nightmare Banneret, and [[SuperMode Ender Dash]] keeping [[BigBad Nightmare Paradox]] busy. While it doesn't make it a CurbstompBattle, it evens the odds due to the new match ups countering the Nightmares' powers more effectively and ultimately forces Paradox to recall her Nightmares back into herself as opposed to the CurbstompBattle the Nightmares dished out before.]]

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Dark World!Discord had an army of these as {{Mook}}s, including ninja-pirate-mutant-killer bees, a giant-cyborg-spider-vampire, and 300 of Goblin [[SamuraiCowboy Cowboy Samurai]].

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: The Valeyard gives a brief one to Dark World!Derpy in 'The Ultimate Foe' [[spoiler:while having all the heroines disabled and (if nothing is done) slowly dying. It backfires when his focus on Derpy distracts him from the others, allowing them to counter his attack. This, along with everything ''else'' he did to her, drives her over the RageBreakingPoint and into TranquilFury, at which point she beats him to death (since his regeneration template had been destroyed, this means the Valeyard incarnation is KilledOffForReal).]]

* NoImmortalInertia: [[spoiler:When Liarjack breaks the curse on Epilogue!Applebloom, she instantly starts aging until she turns to dust. Of course, this was what Applebloom was wanting to happen, so she can finally die and be reunited with her family in the afterlife.]]
* NoKillLikeOverkill: How Discord killed Mimic for [[DisproportionateRetribution knocking out his tooth.]]

* NoMedicationForMe: According to WordOfGod, this caused some [[spoiler:versions of Golden Tiara]] to go insane, but is subverted with the main one as [[spoiler:she did't get medication until it was too late.]]

* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler:Loneliness' never actually names herself, that's just what Twilight calls her and she doesn't seems too fond of it. What her real name, if she actually has one, is left open.]]

* NotHyperbole: Shining sometimes has moments like this due to being a WeirdnessMagnet, but one in particular is describing the Mammoth Tanks the Hooviets use.

* NotBrainwashed: Twilight initially assumes that [[spoiler: the New Fluttershy is just a discorded Fluttershy]], this backfires when [[spoiler: she uses the memory spell to no effect, instead receiving a headbutt to the face from an irate Fluttershy]]. Notably, it has failed both times that it has been used on [[spoiler: her]].

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: [[spoiler:Shining Armor 18 has General Admiral Makarov [[RetGone erased from existence]], altering the world Shining Armor, Minuette, and Cadence find themselves in considerably, including altering characters like Bond's entire personality and adding his now alive parents to the cast.]]

* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:Loneliness is pretty much the queen of this trope. We don't know ''what'' she really is, what her true motivations are, or even how she came to be in the first place. Her true form, if she even ''has'' one is never revealed. And she's ''much'' scarier because of it.]]

* NotSoAboveItAll: A major theme is that the Princesses are ''not'' infallible.
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Trixie and Twilight turn out to have a ''lot'' more in common than either was aware of. Not only are they both Elements Of Magic, they were both pretty antisocial growing up, though for different reasons, and had to figure out what friendship really means. On a humorous note, Trixie reveals that she once cast the same "Want it Need It" spell that Twilight used in "Lesson Zero" ''on herself'', with simular results, though she managed to hide out till she could figure out the counterspell and fix it herself.]]

** [[spoiler:[[MadDoctor Professor Kabuto]]]] tries this with [[spoiler:Garnet, due to both being medical personae. Garnet]] does ''not'' like being compared to him.
* NuclearNasty: While the blast wasn't nuclear, [[spoiler:the G2 Apocalypse is more or less depicted as a magical nuclear holocaust. As a result, many of the mutations spawned from it can come off as this. ''Especially'' the Dazzlings, who were normal sea ponies before the blast mutated them into the powerful sirens they are in canon.]]

* NumberOneDime: A particularly chilling subversion in the BadFuture; Twilight Tragedy notes having a strange obsession with a pair of potted plants, always feeling that it's of utmost importance to keep them watered and in the sun at all times. Why is this? [[spoiler: Because they used to be her ''parents'']].

* OffingTheOffspring: Discord almost made [[spoiler:Silver Spoon's]] father do this.
** [[spoiler:Screwball tried to kill Diamond Tiara when she first went insane. She doesn't remember doing this until Discord restores her sanity.]]
** [[spoiler:Derpy's biological mother tried to drown her for her eyes and SpeechImpediment.]]
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: A repeatedly mentioned even was [[spoiler:Luna fighting a resurrected Tirek for dominion over the night. She won and took his chariot as a prize, which was the one she used on Nightmare Night.]]
** [[CurbstompBattle Queen Tiamat vs the Hooviet Army]]. The Hooviets never stood a chance.

* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: Subverted in "Origins". While Discord does [[spoiler:eat Havoc's Avatar]], it was [[spoiler:Cadence]] who actually mortally wounded him and [[spoiler:Havoc's now completely insane Avatar ''let'' him do it]], and its explicitly stated Discord is ''less'' dangerous than him [[spoiler:due to only getting a faction of the Avatar's power since it was dying at the time. That and its debatable how much of a villain Havoc was.]]

* MassOhCrap: [[spoiler:Rancor betraying Dark World!Discord]] results in this reaction.

* MassSuperEmpoweringEvent: Sort of. [[spoiler:It's revealed that the G2 Apocalypse spread and enhanced the effect of the Rainbow of Light making animals near it more intelligent, granting groups of cows and other lifestock, as well as Griffons and Keylongs (which ultimately merged with the Griffon species over the centuries), sentience.]]

* MayflyDecemberRomance: Referenced by Rarity in her Reharmonizing chapter; she knows about Spike's crush, but is afraid to address it because she knows that by the time he's an adult, she'll already be 'in a rocking chair'.

* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:After her HeelFaceTurn, Trixie renames herself "the One and Only Trixie", which is what Twilight called her when she guided her to breaking free of Loneliness' clutches.]]

* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash and Rarity nearly do this to Nightmare Whisper to stop Fluttershy's suffering.]]

* [[MiddleChildSyndrome Middle Filly Syndrome]]: It is strongly implied in the fic that this is the main reason why Trixie became the {{Jerkass}} she was before [[HeelFaceTurn getting better]].

* MidseasonUpgrade: [[spoiler:At the end of the Princess Gaia Arc, not only does Fluttercruel formally join the group with her own Element Of Kindness, the mane cast figures out how to channel the Elements of Harmony ''without'' the physical Elements themselves, which is not only ''much'' more convenient, it means someone stealing the Elements of Harmony won't work anymore.]]

* AMillionIsAStatistic: [[spoiler:Discord is very casual about the genocides he committed and commits.]]

*** [[spoiler:He's still using the supernatural type in order to manipulate Diamond Tiara into freeing him, all the while doing the mundane type by asking contridictory questions to keep her torn between rather she's right or wrong, being good or bad, and so on.]]

* MindScrew: The CMC[[spoiler:, Spike, and Silver Spoon]] Time Travelers. They manage to jury-rig a time machine and travel to Generation 1, Generation 3, the real world, and ''sideways'' through time. As if that weren't enough, [[spoiler:the G3 universe was {{Retgone}}d from time, meaning it ''no longer '''exists''' to travel to!'']] Its stated they probably broke half the known laws of physics and (according to Doctor Whooves) several ''un''known ones!

* MisfitMobilizationMoment: [[spoiler:During the Wedding Arc, Minuette (a dentist and one of the Master's regenerations), Twinkle Shine (a hair dresser), Lyra (a musician with a human fascination), Bon Bon (a candy maker), and Moth (a reformed Changeling terrified of her own species) end up discovering something is wrong, and formulate a plan to sneak into the castle to find out what's going on. Not only do they succeed, they free Moondancer from Chrysalis' mind control (scoring the heroes first victory in the arc), then resolve to do something about the impending invasion, joined soon after by Lemon Hearts.]]

* MoodWhiplash: "Happy Cake Adventure" starts with a StylisticSuck storybook style story told by Pinkie Pie. [[spoiler:It ends with another dwelve into the end of the G3 universe.]]

* {{Mordor}}: Draco Island, where the two gods of Dragonkind, Queen Tiamat and Bahamut live, is apparently this to most species, though for Dragons it's obviously far more pleasant and Tiamat herself is generally nice.

* MoreThanMindControl: It's implied in "Teacher, Teacher" that [[spoiler:Cheerilee was so broken by seeing how badly all the young ponies she teaches were broken by Discord that she willingly supports Princess Gaia's sending everyone to their Happy Place. While she was brainwashed to some degree, she does admit a part of her ''wanted'' to do it and Princess Gaia talked her into it largely.]]
* MuggingTheMonster: [[BadassPacifist Fluttershy]] turned out to be far stronger than Fluttercruel ever expected and she ends up the one being browbeat into submission instead. Lucky for her Fluttershy is nice enough to share her body with her.

* MultipleChoicePast: WordOfGod left where [[spoiler:[[EnemyWithin Loneliness]]]] came from and what her true motives are intentionally unrevealed so readers could decide those things for themselves.

* MultipleHeadcase: In ''Reharmonization'', Discord turned Aloe and Lotus into this.

* {{Mutants}}: [[spoiler:The G2 Apocalypse spawned a number of these. The most dangerous seems to be [[TragicVillain the Dazzlings.]]]]

* NecessaryFail: In the Finale arc, Diamond Tiara's mother is shown that [[spoiler:if she had never gone insane, she would have become Spoiled Rich from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E19CrusadersOfTheLostMark Crusaders of the Lost Mark]]", since that tragedy helped humble her and teach her how important her family and friends are.]]

* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler:Loneliness. Not only is she a genuinely terrifying character who tries to outright ''kill'' Twilight Sparkle, the Princess Gaia arc follows directly afterwards.]]

* KnightTemplar: The Harmony Queens AlternateUniverse has the mane six turn into this in a ShoutOut to the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice Lords]].

* LargeAndInCharge: The Princesses, obviously, but even they pale next to the dragon Queen Tiamat, who's so big ''she blocks out the sun''.
* LargeHam: Trixie even after her HeelFaceTurn. It seems to run in the family, considering her sisters introduce themselves with an elborate rolecall and SuperSentaiStance.

* LastOfTheirKind: The [[BadFuture Dark World]] Mane Six (and Dinky) with the exception of Spike and Apple Pie are the last of the pure blooded ponies, the rest either gradually merging with another species (unicorns with Zebras, Pegasi with Griffins, and Earth Ponies with Donkeys) or being turned into the Sea Ponies or Dragons by Discord. To be specific, Twilight, Rarity, and Dinky are the last unicorns, Rainbow Dash and Derpy are the last pegasi, and Applejack and Pinkie Pie are the last pure Earth Ponies (the Earth Pony[=/=]Donkey hybrids still call themselves Earth Ponies, Apple Pie being one). Whether or not Fluttercruel counts is iffy, as she's half Draconequus [[spoiler:and her original body is killed, then her second unicorn body transformed into a full Draconequus.]]

* LeaveNoWitnesses: Makarov's philosophy. This includes wiping out an ''entire Diamond Dog pack just because SOME of them were his mercenaries.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Subverted. [[spoiler:It looks like the [[BadFuture Dark World]] Twilight and Applejack are going to have a fight mistaking the other for still being evil, but they calmly work it out and join forces.]]

* LightIsNotGood: Princess [[spoiler:Gaia is an extremely beautiful Alicorn... Who is effectively brainwashing all of Equestria and turning everypony into little foals.]]

* LimaSyndrome: In the [[http://alexwarlorn.deviantart.com/art/Pony-POV-Series-WeddingArc-Read-Smiles-Guaranteed-457156940 Smiles Guaranteed]] chapter of the Wedding Arc, Sweetie asks Twilight if maybe [[EmotionEater Chrysalis]] truly learned to like her when she was the Changeling Queen's prisoner.
* LivingLieDetector: After [[spoiler:looking into the Truth]], Applejack looking into ponies' eyes has this effect. She's the Element of Honesty so it really fits.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The story involves so many background characters from the show, original characters, and even [[spoiler: characters from previous generations of the franchise]], that they get a greater net total of attention than the Mane Cast. Which makes sense, as a recurring phrase is "there are no minor characters".

* LostTechnology: Early on in the series, it was shown that the Canterlot museums had technology that seems that are so advanced that they look seem to come from our' (read humans). [[spoiler: It turns out that the technology is from G2, whose technology had developed so far to become compatible to the human world. However, when they suffered a magical apocalypse when creating G3 world (AKA: Th Lost Age, Age of Dreams), their technology became regressed.]]

* MagicFeather: [[spoiler:Twilight realizes after she activated the Element Of Magic without the physical Element that all the physical Elements Of Harmony do is provide a medium for their power to flow through. Turns out friendship is just as good of a medium.]]

* IAmNotMyFather: Fluttercruel and Fluttershy consider Discord Fluttercruel's father, but she has no desire to follow in his footsteps, but doesn't go out of her way to go against it. Fluttershy is adment that having an evil father doesn't make her evil. [[spoiler:Then Fluttercruel actually ''DOES'' follow in his footsteps and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero corrupts Fluttershy worse than Discord did.]] After fighting her way back to the world of the living, she is more than ready to do exact opposite of what Discord would do, leading to this little exchange:]]

* IAmSpartacus: When Traitor Dash shows up in Cloudsdale and demands that the hippogriffs hand over the resident RebelLeader, the entire crowd does a pretty good imitation of the TropeNamer scene. [[spoiler: Dash {{Sherlock Scan}}s the actual target and kills her. The sad part is, she had no choice. She had to kill ''someone'' or Discord would destroy the city.]]

** Each of the Alicorns and Draconequi seem to have multiple names, all of which are accurate.

* ImaginaryFriend: Pinkamenia had several, the same ones from "Party Of One", only in her imagination, they were real ponies. [[spoiler:They were killed and absorbed by Angry Pie, though. Trixie had Princess Starflower, but left her behind after becoming a star, but Twilight found her while in Trixie's head and she helped her save Trixie. [[ChekhovsGunman Both come back when the gang are]] [[LotusEaterMachine under Princess Gaia's spell]] and break Pinkie Pie and Trixie out of it.]]

* ImmortalityInducer: The Elements of Chaos for the Dark World!Mane Six. Discord [[BodyHorror replaced their hearts with them]] and so long as the Element of Chaos isn't removed or destroyed, they have CompleteImmortality.

* ImplacableMan: The Chaos Six were seen as this by the denizens of Dark World, being they're immortal CoDragons of [[EvilOverlord Discord.]] As shown later taking on Discord's {{Mook}}s, against ''normal'' enemies, they're still this, it just happens they were fighting ''other'' [[ImplacableMan Implaceable Men]] until then.
** [[ClockRoaches The Wolf/Stalker]] from the Shining Armor Arc. A mysterious entity that's dedicated to [[RetGone erasing Shining Armor from existence,]] ''nothing'' will stop it from completing its objective. Not gun fire, not shield spells, not walls, not even being caught point blank at the center of an explosion, followed by the tripod it was attacking toppling into the ocean and exploding. It's been stalking Shining across ''countries'' and so far, the only things that can slow it down are Makarov's Death Dome spell (something Shining has tried to replicate and ''failed'') and [[spoiler:Princess Cadence's presence]]. There's very good reason Shining Armor is absolutely paranoid of the thing.

* InMysteriousWays: Subverted with at least the [[TopGod Alicorn Elders]], who will give a logical explanation for their actions whenever they're asked, such as [[spoiler:Applejack asking why the Father didn't just tell her she was the Element of Kindness (she'd have just saw it as a lecture to ignore), and Dark World!Twilight asking Fauna Luster why the Alicorns didn't stop Eclipse (because Eclipse was too strong to safely fight, but not yet a big enough threat to justify the Elders confronting her directly).]]

* InterserviceRivalry: Shining Armor states that this is good for morale... right after stating that the Day Guard are wimps and the Night Guard is afraid of the light (and ignoring the fact that he ''was'' a Day Guard before being put in charge of Cadence's branch of the Royal Guard).

* IronicEcho: A keen reader would be able to spot when two different characters, without ever having previously heard it, say the same phrase in entirely unrelated contexts.

* IronicHell: [[spoiler:''[[BadFuture Dark World]]'' turns out to be this for [[BigBad Discord]], inflicted on him by Nightmare Eclipse. His kingdom will never end, his mistakes are always undone...[[GroundhogDayLoop forever.]] [[AndIMustScream Never to end.]] By the time she's defeated and he's freed, he considers being killed over and over again by his family for his crimes ''relaxing'' in comparison.]]

* ItsPersonal: Shining Armor says this is the case with Makarov when [[spoiler:he seemingly threatens Twilight's safety. Subverted in it was actually [[RebelLeader Dima]], who needed to get a hold of Shining for help stopping Makarov and never intended to hurt her at all, so Shining forgives him. Double Subverted when the same chapter, Makarov makes it after trying to destroy a village of innocent zebra and ponies, killing dozens, tries to make Cadence his concubine, and is revealed to have kidnapped several innocent ponies and condemned them to an AndIMustScream fate by converting them into his CoDragons. This results in Shining Armor and his group declaring that ThisIsUnforgivable, something that's SeriousBusiness to Equestrians, who have forgiveness as a cultural value.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Fluttercruel starts out as just a {{Jerkass}}, but Fluttershy's careful work with her ultimately turns her into this. She's still a jerk, but she at least willing to help Fluttershy out.

* JuryOfTheDamned: [[spoiler:Fluttercruel]] ends up in one of these after what appeared to be her death, with a court of demonic shadows ruling on whether or not she should exist. [[spoiler:The find her guilty, but she [[EscapedFromHell fights her way out of it]] to help the heroes defeat [[BigBad Princess Gaia/Nightmare Whisper]] and fix the mess she was responsible for.]] It's left ambiguous as to whether or not this was real or all in her head.
** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTales Starlight]] finds herself in one after dying in the G2 Era's Class 2 apocalypse, being on trial for her role in said apocalypse. In an unusual case, she's both the defendant ''and'' the judge, with Judicium, the Alicorn of Judgment, serving as her adviser. [[spoiler:She finds herself guilty at the end. In another twist, her Defense Attorney was actually [[SatanicArchetype Havoc]], the DimensionLord of Hell, and that declaring herself innocent would've condemned her because it means she's refusing to accept responsibility for her actions. The Prosecutor was actually [[{{God}} the Father of All Alicorns]], the DimensionLord of Heaven who was trying to get her to accept that responsibility and ask forgiveness so he could give it and let her into Heaven.]]
* {{Kaiju}}: Dragon Queen Tiamat. She's so massive that her tea cup is bigger than some entire buildings and so powerful that [[CurbstompBattle she single-handedly ended the Hooviet/Dragon War.]] Shining Armor even compares it to a monster movie.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:The blackbirds that have tortured Dark World!Derpy for a thousand years by trying to eat Dinky (who has been turned into a muffin), are ultimately thrown into Ponythulhu's dimension to be eaten themselves, also by being turned into a baked good.]]

* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: In the Finale Arc, [[spoiler:the CMC ask why they are the ones who have to save the world, pointing out they are only children.]]

** [[spoiler:The denizens of [[StoryOfTheBlanks Sunny Town]] have this reaction whenever Applejack's LivingLieDetector gaze forces them to remember their misdeed through Princess Gaia's spell.]]

* NoOntologicalInertia: Taking a cue from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', this trope is PlayedWith. Permanent Magic's effects remain in place so long as the spell is active, but go away when the spell is broken, while Instantaneous Magic is finished once its cast and the result becomes the new norm for target and thus subverts this trope. The former is easier to perform than the latter is, which is why Discord, despite his power, only uses the former normally out of sheer laziness. However, it should be noted Permanent Magic can still result in serious injury or even death from secondary results, as shown with Silver Spoon after the day of Discord.