Line #66 Blog/AskJappleack


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2	''Ask Jappleack'' is an Blog/AskAPony Tumblr comic created by Creator/MaxGilardi. Originally launched as your average {{NSFW}} pony blog starring Jappleack, a twisted {{Jerkass}} version of Applejack, readers would ask questions resulting in [[BlatantLies hilarious]] antics regarding Jappleack's addiction to apples and abusive relationship with her sister, each entry ending by giving readers a piece of apple-related trivia.
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4	The blog featured an animated entry, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxAJqvslV7M APPLE.MOV]]", which spun off into its own web series, ''WebAnimation/PonyDotMov'', which put more focus on Jappleack's friends and went on to become a completely separate series... until "SHED.MOV". Then the blog suddenly finds itself with a plot. A ''very'' [[MindScrew weird]] plot.
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6	Can be read [[http://ask-jappleack.tumblr.com/ here]]. After the release of "SWAG.MOV", the final part in the ''PONY.MOV'' series, Jappleack's story came to an end, and the blog has been inactive since 2015.
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8	!!''Ask Jappleack'' contains examples of:
9	* AmbiguousGender: Everyone on the show refers to Jappleack as a female, but her response to a Tumblr question asking if she's a boy or a girl is "I don't know". She also once ponders if a particular poster is a boy human or girl human.
10	* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: The blog's "Applefacts" tell us [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin facts about apples]].
11	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: To quote user ask-coral: "[[http://ask-jappleack.tumblr.com/post/17443502784 What is the point of growing apples?]]"
12	* ArtShift: Jappleack waking up in [[spoiler:normal Equestria]], where everything is styled just like the show.
13	* BadassBoast: [[EldritchAbomination Appelox]] has a relatively delicious one:
14	-->'''Appelox:''' I am APPELOX! Glutton of the void! Devourer of the planes! I will not cease until all have been consumed! Across all existence, none are safe from the cavernous damnation of my LEVIATHAN GUT!
15	** Jappleack has a pretty epic one to counter Appelox's:
16	--->'''Jappleack:''' He called himself "Glutton of the Void". I don't know where he got the balls to give himself that title, but gluttony is my territory.
17	* BookEnds: The Tumblr epilogue takes this slightly further than the main series. The story begins with Jappleack having a less-than-healthy relationship with her sister. In a homage to the show, Jappleack writes a letter to Celestia, where she thanks the princess for everything that's happened, including [[spoiler:the fact that her sister isn't dead anymore]]. The touchy-feely ending is kind of ruined as Jappleack tells Apple Bloom to "Go get me an apple, you ugly slut," but the general tone of the scene remains the same, implying it's more playful than abusive this time around.
18	* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:Apple Bloom's death]] turns Jappleack into a sobbing wreck. [[FromBadToWorse It gets worse]] after that. [[spoiler:She ends up becoming a much better pony because of it though.]]
19	* BrickJoke: Jappleack is asked what her favorite book is and she responds with "The ''Very Hungry'' Caterpillar". Appelox is later shown with a caterpillar-esque shape.
20	* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:After killing Appelox,]] Jappleack has to return to her home universe to prevent reality from tearing itself apart, leaving behind her new friends in the process.
21	* CallBack: [[http://ask-jappleack.tumblr.com/post/28373204062 This post]] is a call back to the very first ''PONY.MOV'' short.
22	* CerebusRetcon: [[spoiler:[[DeadBabyComedy Apple Bloom's death]]]] is PlayedForLaughs in ''PONY.MOV''. Here? [[PlayedForDrama Not so much]]...
23	* CerebusSyndrome: ''[[CharacterBlog Ask Jappleack]]'' begins as your usual humorous Blog/AskAPony Tumblr FourthWallMailSlot full of BlackComedy, but descends into "DudeNotFunny" territory when Jappleack begins assaulting Apple Bloom. After a flurry of fan feedback, Jappleack makes peace with Apple Bloom and discovers how much she depends on her sister. Then "SHED.MOV" happens, which has [[spoiler:Apple Bloom dying in the opening scene.]] Jappleack suffers from a deep depression, coupled with the recent death of Winona, losing her appetite for apples, and questioning her purpose in life. [[MindScrew The whole blog gets a whole lot more complicated after that]].
24	* CharacterBlog: A typical example, at least at first, with Jappleack "answering" questions in the foul-mouthed style of the .MOV series.
25	* CharacterDevelopment: After losing her sister to Discord in Shed.Mov, Jappleack has transformed from a JerkAss of the highest degree to a [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]] and become TheHero.
26	* CosmicKeystone: {{Subverted\|Trope}}. Appelox seems to be one at first, [[spoiler:but killing him releases the other Holy Titans from inside him, allowing them to resume holding up reality.]]
27	* CosmicRetcon: According to Twilus, some "force" is undoing the events of her own universe [[spoiler:right up to the moments leading to Apple Bloom's death]]. This feeds into "SWAG.MOV", where the force turns out to be [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash performing a Sonic Rainboom, giving her friends the chance they need to stop Discord and inadvertently saving Apple Bloom's life in the process]].
28	* DefiantToTheEnd: Jappleack's defining character trait. [[spoiler:Twilight Prime]] comments that the urge to rebellion seems to be literally integrated into her DNA.
29	* DependingOnTheWriter: An odd one-person variation. Jappleack's response to [[http://ask-jappleack.tumblr.com/post/14861993238/applefact-in-20062007-commercial-world "Will I ever have the chance to ride you? ;)"]] is a suggestive grin, but her response to [[http://ask-jappleack.tumblr.com/post/12573299463/applefact-in-2005-36-percent-of-apples-were "Let me eat your 'apple pie'"]] is to recoil in disgust.
30	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Jappleack ''eats'' [[spoiler: Appelox, a Titan who feasts on pieces of the ''multiverse''.]]
31	* DissonantSerenity: Jappleack becomes calm and meditative after swearing to kill Appelox.
32	* EmoTeen: Jappleack appears as one on occasion.
33	* ExtremeOmnivore: Jappleack, but only when it comes to apples. She'll eat them even when they're [[http://ask-jappleack.tumblr.com/post/12574123455/applefact-the-largest-u-s-apple-crop-was-2773 gigantic]], [[http://ask-jappleack.tumblr.com/post/16179812465 radioactive]], or even [[http://ask-jappleack.tumblr.com/post/16179708779 filled with razors]].
34	* {{Flanderization}}: Played for laughs in which her southern heritage is pushed up a notch. In short, she goes from "hard-working cowgirl" to "sibling-beating Southern Baptist Nazi."
35	* ForceFeeding:
36	-->'''Reader:''' Is Apple Bloom eating a healthy daily dosage of apples?\
37	'''Jappleack:''' ''(stuffing a giant load of apples into Apple Bloom's mouth)'' [[https://ask-jappleack.tumblr.com/post/12076323961/applefact-apple-varieties-range-in-size-from-a SHE DAMN WELL BETTER]].
38	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
39	** Jappleack makes vague comments about something big happening before "DRESS.MOV".
40	** After her PetTheDog moment, Applejack [[http://ask-jappleack.tumblr.com/post/16536894628 makes an innocent comment]] foreshadowing [[spoiler:Apple Bloom's death]] in "SHED.MOV".
41	** Early on, a reader pointed out the danger in eating too many whole apples, in that the seeds contain small amounts of cyanide. Readers were reassured that Jappleack eats only cartoon apples. And yet...
42	* FourthWallMailSlot: The early part of the blog consisted solely of Jappleack answering fan-submitted questions.
43	* GoMadFromTheRevelation: {{Inverted\|Trope}}; Jappleack becomes ''more'' sane after witnessing the true form of Appelox.
44	* TheHerosJourney: The plot that ends up setting in turns out to be this. Jappleack is born from an astronomical improbability that sets her apart from the Applejacks of other universes. [[{{Herald}} A mysterious voice in her head]] [[CallToAdventure beckons her to a new world]], which she agrees to do by [[SupernaturalAid eating a large supply of apples]]. She crosses over into [[spoiler:[[TheGoodKingdom Equestria Prime]]]], [[IChooseToStay where she finds herself at peace and decides to live]]. However, the voice in her head, Appelox, turns out to be a threat to the multiverse who fears Jappleack as the sole being in existence who can stop him. Jappleack enters the void between planes to behold her enemy, and returns to [[spoiler:Equestria Prime]] more determined than ever. She destroys Appelox in a final confrontation, only to learn that she must return to her own world to save the multiverse, and does so a changed, better mare.
45	* [[HostileShowTakeover Hostile-ish Blog Takeover]]: [[spoiler:Applejack Prime]] briefly takes over Jappleack's tumblr after she knocks Jappleack out cold in pre-emptive self-defense, but only until she is able to get [[spoiler:Twilight Prime]] to come over and explain what's going on.
46	* ITasteDelicious: [[http://ask-jappleack.tumblr.com/post/12390560137/applefact-many-apples-after-harvesting-and "Ever tried to eat the 3 delicious looking apples on your hip?"]]
47	* IronicEcho: The [[MemeticMutation iconic exchange]] in "APPLE.MOV" ("Applejack, what are you doing? You can't eat all those fucking apples!" "Fuck you, I can't eat all these apples!") is brought up later in the ''Ask Jappleack'' blog [[spoiler:by the ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Friendship is Magic]]'' version of Twilight Sparkle, when Jappleack decides to eat Appelox.]]
48	-->[[spoiler:'''Twilight Prime:''' Jappleack, what are you thinking? You can't eat Appelox!]]\
49	[[spoiler:'''Jappleack:''' …Fuck you, I can't eat Appelox.]]
50	* JustDesserts: [[spoiler:Jappleack's plan for dealing with [[EldritchAbomination Appelox]] is to eat him.]]
51	* LettingHerHairDown: Jappleack loses her ponytail and hat during [[spoiler:her HeroicBSOD]].
52	* MasochistsMeal: Jappleack eating an [[http://ask-jappleack.tumblr.com/post/16179708779 apple full of razors.]]
53	* MindScrew: Combines this and CerebusSyndrome to interesting effect. (See above)
54	* MoodWhiplash: [[http://ask-jappleack.tumblr.com/post/17125033579/rip After "SHED.MOV"]].
55	* MoralityPet: Apple Bloom to Jappleack.
56	* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: [[spoiler:Before Apple Bloom's death, Jappleack beats her into a bloody mess [[BlackComedy for laughs]]. Afterward, she is treated as the most important thing in Jappleack's life]].
57	* PetTheDog: After [[http://ask-jappleack.tumblr.com/post/16449039805 being told to show her sister some affection]], she...has her own way of doing it.
58	-->'''Jappleack:''' Don't you leave me. Don't you ever dare fucking leave me.\
59	'''Apple Bloom:''' Um... I...I love you too, sis?
60	* PlanetEater: Appelox is a devourer of ''planes of existence!''
61	* RazorApples: Jappleack gets a message from a blog named "razorfilledapple" that says "COME AT ME BRO!!! also, FUK U FUK U FUK U, I BET U CANT EAT ME." She proceeds to eat it, even though it makes her mouth bleed.
62	* RubberOrifice: Jappleack defeats Appelox, the gigantic Titan of Honesty, by stretching her mouth impossibly wide -- many times larger than her own body -- in order to engulf his head and bite it off.
63	* ShowerOfAngst: Jappleack takes one after eating a pear during [[spoiler:her sisterlessness-induced HeroicBSOD]].* TheSociopath: Jappleack's treatment of Apple Bloom.
64	* SuddenAnatomy: [[http://ask-jappleack.tumblr.com/post/14816438117/applefact-in-2006-58-of-apples-produced-in-the "How do you grab on to things with no fingers?"]]
65	* TookALevelInBadass: Jappleack goes from being an abusive elder sister to volunteering to eat an EldritchAbomination.
66	* TookALevelInKindness: Jappleack starts out as a hateful {{Jerkass}} who abuses her little sister, and answers many of the questions on her Tumblr like any {{troll}} would. Once [[spoiler:her sister dies and she discovers the values of love and tolerance from Applejack Prime]], she becomes much more mature, loving, and considerate.
67	-->'''[[FourthWallMailSlot I0itsmonica]]:''' What happened to you, Jappleack?\
68	'''Jappleack:''' Meh, I dunno. I guess I just sort of...grew up.
69	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. Apples aren't just Jappleack's favorite food; her entire life revolves around them. So when a user [[ArmorPiercingQuestion asks what the point of growing apples is]], Jappleack is unable to answer on top of [[spoiler:her grief towards her sister's death]], and thus realizes her whole life has been meaningless.
70	* TrappedInAnotherWorld: In chapter 2 of the blog, Applejack/Jappleack isn't in Equestria anymore...[[spoiler:at least not her [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]]]].
71	* UnexpectedKindness: In one blog, a reader asks Jappleack to be nice to Apple Bloom for once. Jappleack screams for her sister to get over there, looms over the terrified filly with a glare... and shocks her with a hug. [[spoiler:This PetTheDog moment came right before [[WebVideo/PonyDotMov "SHED.MOV"]], in which Apple Bloom gets killed. Jappleack, having only just realized how much she loves her sister after this encounter, is left devastated.]]
72	* UnseenEvil: {{Averted\|Trope}} when Appelox reveals his true form. And [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5q98cgNg71r5tr09o6_1280.png oh my, is it terrifying.]]
73	* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: [[spoiler:Twilight Prime's]] big plan to defeat Appelox will relies entirely on this--the "unspoken" bit is arguable, though, as [[spoiler:Twilight Prime]] is shown reading the Jappleack blog and finds out that Japple's jaw span may in fact be wider than Appelox himself.
74	* WakingUpElsewhere: After consuming enough apples, Jappleack ends up [[spoiler:in the normal version of Equestria.]]
75	* WhamLine: Quite a few, actually:
76	** The first comes when Jappleack finds herself in [[spoiler:Equestria Prime]]:
77	-->'''[[spoiler:Twilight Prime]]:''' I hate to tell you this, Jappleack, but...[[spoiler:you're the one who's not real.]]"
78	** "Fuck you, I can't eat Appelox."
79	** After Jappleack kills Appelox, freeing the other Holy Titans from within him, Twilus, the Titan of Magic, delivers one.
80	--> [[spoiler:'''Twilus:''' Jappleack... your sister is still alive.]]
81	* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: Jappleack sometimes does this to Apple Bloom.
82	* YankTheDogsChain: Not long after she realizes how much Apple Bloom means to her, [[spoiler:Apple Bloom dies]].
83	** Just as she discovers happiness in [[spoiler:Equestria Prime,]] Appelox comes along and tries to destroy it. When she kills Appelox, she finds that her continued presence in [[spoiler:Equestria Prime]] will tear all of reality asunder, forcing her to leave her new friends.
84	* YoureInsane: [[spoiler:Twilight's reaction to Jappleack's plan to eat [[EldritchAbomination Appe]][[PlanetEater lox]] in order to stop him from eating Equestria. But in the end she admits they have no other plan that might work so they'll have to try it.]]

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