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9	* EldritchAbomination: Zebras believe that the stars are an entire race of these, looking to destroy Equestria. [[spoiler: This was part of the reason the zebras were so dead set on winning the war: they believed Luna was their agent, and the events of the war were oddly similar to a prophecy for how the stars would finally kill them.]] It's strongly implied that there is some truth to this... [[spoiler: but it's ultimately subverted. The falling stars were just rocks. Poisonous rocks, yes, but still rocks.]]
10	* EliteMooks:
11	** Alicorns. Like Celestia and Luna, they have wings of pegasi and magical horns of unicorns and are pretty darn hard to kill. As long as the shields are up anyway. [[spoiler: Without them, or when caught by surprise, they're just as vulnerable as any other pony.]] Not to mention their powers of cloaking, regenerating, and shooting lightning bolts. And if they've absorbed an especially large dose of radiation, then you'll ''also'' be dealing with an AttackOfThe50FootWhatever.
12	** Hellhounds. They are the equestrian equivalent of Deathclaws. Fast, intelligent and able to burrow underground at amazing speeds. Oh, and they know how to use energy weapons.
13	* EndingTheme: Obviously, being a fan fic, there is no music. But [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNFXPUGjmnk somebody]] made a good contender for something that you could hear playing over the credits.
14	* EnemyCivilWar: In the epilogue, [[spoiler:Red Eye's army splits into various factions that fight one another for control, and the Enclave begins a civil war once the rest of the pegasi find out what their government has been doing to the surface and how much they've been lied to.]]
15	* EnemyMine: When the Enclave starts to invade the Steel Rangers and Applejack's Rangers temporarily put aside their differences to fight side by side.
16	* EnergyWeapon: A trait carried over from ''Fallout''.
17	* {{Epigraph}}: Each chapter starts with a disembodied quote, sometimes from the show, usually from one of the ''Fallout'' games.
18	* EverythingTryingToKillYou: The Everfree Forest in the show was already a wild, dangerous place populated with ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' monsters. In ''FO:E'' it's mutated into a honest-to-Celestia [[DeathWorld patch of instant death]]. [[spoiler:And it's on fire when Lil'Pip and co. visit.]]
19	* EvilVersusEvil: Red Eye vs [[spoiler: The Enclave]].
20	* EvilWeapon: [[spoiler: Starmetal weapons are this. They are described as wanting to kill and are capable of obliterating a fully shielded alicorn in a single attack.]]
21	* TheExile:
22	** Littlepip and Velvet Remedy, who can never come back inside the Stable once they've left. [[spoiler:Irrelevant now that the surviving Stable members have been relocated to Shattered Hoof Ridge after the Steel Rangers raid it.]]
23	** [[spoiler:Calamity]], for daring to descend to Equestria before the rest of his kind are ready for their glorious return, and for following Rainbow Dash and becoming a Dash-ite.
24	** [[spoiler:Scootaloo]], who became the very first Dash-ite.
25	** [[spoiler:Littlepip again]], upon activation of the Single Pegasus Project.
26	* ExpandedUniverse: The author has done a lot of world building, and, due to a large amount of fan interest, has encouraged others to try their hoof at making a story in the Equestrian wasteland. [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/06/fallout-equestria-side-stories.html Which some people have actually done and can be read here.]] According to WordOfGod however, only ''A Mare Worth Fighting For'' (the infamous 'Chapter 20.5', in which Littlepip and Homage discuss their motives and perform various sexual acts upon one another) can be considered canon to the main story.
27	** Four of [=FoE=]'s side stories - ''[[Fanfic/FalloutEquestriaProjectHorizons Project Horizons]]'', ''[[Fanfic/FalloutEquestriaPinkEyes Pink Eyes]]'', ''[[Fanfic/FalloutEquestriaHeroes Heroes]]'', and ''[[Fanfic/FalloutEquestriaMurkyNumberSeven Murky Number Seven]]'' - have grown to the point of getting their own trope pages.
28	* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: The Griffins in Chapter 18:
29	-->'''Griffin 1:''' Where are the rest of you?\
30	'''Littlepip:''' This is it. Just us.\
31	'''Griffin 2:''' Well, this isn't much of a rescue.\
32	'''Littlepip:''' Gratitude. Look it up.
33	* {{Expy}}: To be expected, since the story is based off VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'s. Though usually very loosely (ex. Ditzy has already finished the Wasteland Survival Guide and is over two-hundred years old).
34	** Obviously, Littlepip is based on both the Vault Dweller and the Lone Wanderer.
35	** [[ThePollyanna Ditzy Doo to Moira Brown]].
36	** [[{{Pun}} Tenpony Tower]] to Tenpenny Tower.
37	** DJ [=PON3=] is a combo of Three Dawg and Mr. New Vegas.
38	** Mint-als to Mentats, Dash for Jet, among others.
39	** Red Eye to Lord Ashur (with shades of President Eden and the Mutant Lieutenant), and Fillydelphia to The Pitt.
40	** The Zebra Empire to [[DirtyCommunists China]] with a few shades of Caesar's Legion.
41	** Hellhounds to Deathclaws.
42	** Steel Rangers for the Brotherhood of Steel, though they seem to act in their West Coast ideology.
43	*** [[spoiler:Applejack's Rangers or the Outcasts to the Brotherhood Outcasts, though in a reversal, the Outcasts of this story are the ones who want to use their technology for altruistic means rather than just hoard and study it.]]
44	** [[FantasticNuke Balefire and Megaspell bombs]] as a stand in for nukes.
45	** The Taint (or rather, [[spoiler: Impelled Metamorphosis Potion]] for FEV.
46	** The Alicorns are meant to be the Super Mutants of the universe.
47	*** The Goddess / [[spoiler: Trixie]] for the Master.
48	** The Pegasus Enclave is, well, the Enclave.
49	** The Canterlot Ruins for the [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas Sierra Madre]] with a few elements of the Big MT thrown in. Similarly, Elder Cottage Cheese for Father Elijah with a few shades of Mr. House.
50	** The Ministry of Technology as a combination of Vault City and Underworld.
51	** Arbu for Arefu[[spoiler:, at first. It's a much closer parallel to [[IAmAHumanitarian Andale]]]].
52	** Glyphmark for Big Town.
53	** Qarl Death-Hoof for Garl Death-Hand.
54	*** Making Xenith's former tribe an expy of the Khans, and thus Glyphmark's Angels are an expy of the Great Khans.
55	** Maripony for the Mariposa Military Base.
56	** Friendship City is a mix of Rivet City and Junktown.
57	** Old Appleloosa to Paradise Falls.
58	** New Appleloosa to Megaton.
59	** Old Olneigh to Old Olney.
60	** Canterlot represents Washington DC with the Ministry Walk practically being a remapping of the National Mall, with the Ministry of Wartime Technology's hub being a combo of the Museums of History and Technology (featuring a Stable/Vault filled with a community of ghouls).
61	** Colonel Autumn Leaf to Colonel Augustus Autumn.
62	** Barkin' Saw to Arkansas.
63	** Neighvarro to Navarro
64	** [[spoiler: Calamity's Father to Sergeant Dornan]]
65	** The Everfree Forest to Vault 22 but with even more terrifying things, like now magical deadly plants and spore creatures.
66	** The ''[[FlyingCar Sky Bandit]]'' for VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'s [[CoolCar Chryslus Highwayman]].
67	** [[spoiler: Fluttershy]] to Harold.
68	** Gardens of Equestria, to the Garden of Eden Creation Kit (GECK).
69	** Pink Cloud, for The Cloud in ''Dead Money''.
70	* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Spike takes a plasma cannon shot]] to the eye in Chapter 44.
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74	* FakeDefector: [[spoiler: Zecora]]
75	* FakeUltimateHero: Subverted. [[spoiler: After finally descending, the Enclave attempt to set themselves up as this, claiming to be Equestria's saviors and trying to take credit for Littlepip's deeds. No one buys it, largely because of Homage doing her best to spread the truth and the Enclave's going around and killing innocents just to kill a select few ponies.]]
76	* FallenHero: While we don't get details, Homage has seen many of these throughout Equestria. [[spoiler: So many, that when it appears that Littlepip has become one, she doesn't find it hard accept that her girlfriend might be evil.]]
77	* FantasticDrug: Naturally, as a FusionFic with ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'', magical stand-ins exist for the games' library of chemicals. Healing potions replace stimpaks, some drugs are named the same, and others are given a more ponyish spin. Like in the games, most drugs have obvious downsides; addictiveness, post-use crashes, the risk of overdose, etcetera.
78	** The most notable example are Mint-als and the stronger Party-Time Mint-als, [=FOE's=] equivalent to the brain-boosting Mentats. Littlepip overcomes a ''lot'' of problems due to the increased clarity of thought. [[spoiler:Pinkie Pie became addicted to Party-Time Mint-als during the war because they amplified her Pinkie Sense to unseen heights, giving her full blown [[{{Seers}} precognition]] and even {{telepathy}}. They also drove her absolutely mad.]]
79	* FantasticNuke: Megaspells in general are supercharged versions of spells intended to be deployed over a much larger area than usual. The concept was, of course, weaponized to create the magical equivalent of superweapons. The most notorious megaspells were the zebras' balefire bombs, which exploded in a burst of necromancy-infused dragonfire that could burn flesh and souls alike and [[FantasticFallout lingered in the area it scorched, creating literal magical radiation]]; these are what reduced Equestria to its present state. Ironically, the first megaspell was a supercharged ''healing spell'', used to flood an area with healing magic and instantly restore a sizable group of injured soldiers.
80	* FantasticRacism: People distrust ghouls, expecting them to turn into mindlessly murderous zombies, even the nice ones like [[spoiler:Ditzy Doo]]. During the war, zebras were almost always represented as monsters in war propaganda.
81	* FantasticScience: Equestria and the zebra nation alike studied magic as just another kind of science, using it to create first wonders that improved the quality of life, and then horrific weapons of destruction. Twilight Sparkle even led the Ministry of Arcane Science during the war, which literally was all about studying magic to find new ways to use it to win the war.
82	* FateWorseThanDeath:
83	** The fate of those who survive the ghoul doctor's experiments.
84	** [[spoiler:Twilight, who gets dragged into the Goddess's consciousness, hanging on the edge of insanity for over two centuries.]]
85	** [[spoiler: Fluttershy, who gets [[CallBack turned into a tree]] and is forced to watch the deaths of anyone who wanders too far into the Everfree Forest. She gets better, though.]]
86	** Rarity is the most extreme example, because she [[spoiler:let her own soul be ripped into forty-three pieces to stuff most of it into 42 Ministry Mare figurines.]]
87	* FireForgedFriends: Littlepip and Calamity. Possibly Velvet Remedy as well.
88	* FlashyTeleportation: The purple alicorn's unique ability. [[spoiler:Acquired from Twilight.]] As seen in Chapter 18:
89	--> With a flash of light, one of the alicorns appeared right between us.\
90	"''They can'' teleport ''too!?''" Velvet Remedy blurted,
91	* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: [[spoiler:Pinkie Pie, high on mind-altering Mint-als, Pinkie Senses Littlepip (who has not been born yet) listening in on her memory orb (which has not been recorded yet). This inspires her to have Rainbow Dash collect a series of memory orbs from each of the Mane Six, one of which of herself ''communicating directly with Littlepip'', and stash them in the Canterlot Ministry of Awesome after the apocalypse kicks off so that Littlepip can stumble across it 200 years later. The information in the orbs turns the entire tide of the story. ''Sunshine. And. Rainbows.'']]
92	* FluffyTheTerrible: Being adorable pastel ponies like everypony else, members of the Steel Rangers have cute-sounding names like Blueberry Sabre, Poppyseed or Strawberry Lemonade. That does not change the fact that they are all power armor-clad warriors with entire array of weapons who can (and will) easily kill you if given a reason.
93	* FootnoteFever: The end of every chapter includes a little footnote describing Littlepip's current level and/or acquired Perks.
94	* {{Foreshadowing}}: While trying to fend off [[spoiler: the Wonderbolts]], Littlepip's mind is assaulted by a group of alicorns, [[MindRape who are ordering her to kill Velvet Remedy.]] She resists with the help of the Ministry Mares statuettes, only for the alicorns to say as a reminder to "Tell Red Eye that she has passed." Not too much later, Littlepip learns that the exact same thing happened to Colonel Autumn Leaf, which is a part of Red Eye's well-crafted BatmanGambit.
95	** In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment during Red Eye's conversation with Colonel Autumn Leaf, the former mentions that a few things can get through the shield at the main hub of the Single Pegasus Project. [[spoiler:One of them is certain kinds of dragon magic.]]
96	** Chapter 19 depicts through Memory Orb a conversation between the Crusaders regarding a scene we won't see for much, much longer. Namingly, they've heard Rainbow Dash call Fluttershy a traitor, although they don't know yet that [[spoiler:Fluttershy created the megaspells.]]
97	* FreudianTrio: [[TheKirk Littlepip]] and her two most constant companions, [[TheSpock Calamity]] and [[TheMcCoy Velvet Remedy.]]
98	* FriendOrFoe: The E.F.S system on the [=PipBuck=] somehow determines the status of all living beings and marks them as either hostile or friendly.
99	* FromNobodyToNightmare: The Diamond Dogs, once some of the most pathetic villains around, have been transformed by magical radiation into one of the deadliest and most dreaded threats in the Wasteland.
100	* FusionFic: A blend of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' and ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'', particularly ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' and ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''.
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104	* GladiatorGames: The pit.
105	* GodIsDead: Celestia and Luna sacrificed their lives to protect Equestria during the apocalypse. Since the sun and moon now move on their own, (though differently, as eclipses never occurred under their watch) many ponies, especially the pegasi, have turned to atheism. On the other hand, just as many believe that Celestia and Luna [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence ascended]] and now perform their duties and watch over Equestria from there, similar to more conventional gods. Turns out [[spoiler: Celestia survived, but her grief in losing Luna caused her to flee to the S.P.P, if you count uploading your mind while your body dies]].
106	* GodJob: Discussed. [[spoiler: Red Eye thinks that Equestria can't function without a god, and that ponies will turn to anarchy and cruelty without someone carrying a big stick to watch over them. In other words, a god like Celestia or Luna doesn't just move celestial bodies, they make civilized society possible without the props of violence and slavery. Littlepip disagrees, believing that Equestrians can heal the world through the magic of love and friendship.]]
107	* GodzillaThreshold: To the Zebras, [[spoiler: Luna's takeover of Equestria's government]] meant that if they lost the war then they faced a fate worse than death [[spoiler: at the hooves of Nightmare Moon]]. When it looked like that had become inevitable, risking MutuallyAssuredDestruction with a first strike became the preferable option.
108	* GoneHorriblyRight: The Goddess was created [[spoiler:in an attempt to artificially generate alicorns. See HiveMind for the results.]]
109	* GottaCatchThemAll: Type C. One of the major plot points for story is for Littlepip to find ponies that represent the Elements of Harmony so that she can activate the [[spoiler: Gardens of Equestria and hopefully rid Equestria of all the Taint and radiation.]]
110	** In universe, the [[spoiler:magical statuettes of the Mane Six also work like this]].
111	* TheGovernment: In the war, after Princess Celestia stepped down, Princess Luna formed a war government by having the Mane Six form the Ministries to deal with the war. In the wasteland, there isn't much of a government [[spoiler: until after Red Eye, the Goddess and the Enclave are defeated, and the Single Pegasus Project and Gardens of Equestria are activated.]]
112	** The Mane Six's Ministries all had a purpose in the war effort and had influence over Equestria's culture - Twilight Sparkle's [[{{Magitek}} Ministry of Arcane Sciences]], Applejack's [[MagicFromTechnology Ministry of Wartime Technology]], Rarity's [[PropagandaMachine Ministry of Image]], Fluttershy's [[HospitalParadiso Ministry of Peace]], Pinkie Pie's [[BigBrotherIsWatchingYou Ministry of Morale]], and Rainbow Dash's [[HeroesRUs Ministry of Awesome]].
113	* GreyAndGrayMorality: Similar to Fallout, there aren't any overtly evil or good people. Instead there are mainly people with similar goals, and differing methods. Such as Littlepip and Red Eye (though admittedly Littlepip is ALighterShadeOfGrey in comparison).
114	* GunsAkimbo: Battle Saddles. Sort of.
115	** Reggie also uses twin pistols modified by Calamity.
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119	* HammerSpace: Littlepip's saddlebags. Able to carry at any time up to almost a half dozen guns, including full sized rifles, several healing potions, the Ministry Mare statuettes, and other assorted items.
120	* HealingFactor: All ghouls and alicorns when exposed to radiation. Later Littlepip herself gains the "Rad Regeneration" perk following exposure to Taint.
121	* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Littlepip's only spell is telekinesis, which is the most basic unicorn spell, and she has a significant amount of angst over it. Velvet later points out that she is capable of doing telekinesis better than any other unicorn in existence. [[spoiler:The Black Book later gives her Hemokinesis. Yes, power over blood.]]
122	* HeroicSacrifice:
123	** Big Macintosh. To save Celestia from a Zebra assassin.
124	** Celestia and Luna to prevent the Pink Cloud from devastating Equestria. [[spoiler: [[{{Averted}} Celestia survives]]]].
125	** Rarity, teleporting Fluttershy and Angel to safety from the Pink Cloud. [[spoiler: [[SoulJar Technically,]] she's still alive.]]
126	** [[spoiler:Littlepip upon entering the Single Pegasus Project. Celestia offers her the chance to leave so that she won't spend the rest of her life in an artificial coma. Littlepip decides to stay, [[YouAreNotAlone saying that no one should have to be without friendship.]]]]
127	* HeroWithBadPublicity: [[spoiler: Littlepip spends a brief stint as this after she kills the Arbu cannibals. Information on the massacre spreads slowly at first, and all anypony knows initially is that Littlepip massacred an entire village for no apparent reason. To their credit, everypony is aware that they're acting on incomplete information, but they're also aware how much damage an evil Littlepip could cause, and well, better safe than sorry. Fortunately, the whole thing is cleared up fairly quickly, and Homage delivers a public apology.]]
128	* HiddenElfVillage: Of a sort. When Cloudsdayle was hit with a megaspell at the start of the war, most of the pegasi brought about a permanent cloud cover and built new hidden cities to hide from the zebra forces. The pegasi living up above the clouds maintain that they'll be back to help the world eventually, though 200 years after the war's end they're still in hiding. In Chapter 38, [[spoiler: they finally descend and bring the Wasteland under martial law. However, the real reason they've arrived is so they can deal with Red Eye, and they don't have any plans on staying once that's done.]]
129	* HitMeDammit: At the end of Chapter 44, [[spoiler: when Littlepip needs Spike to breathe fire on her.]]
130	* HiveMind: Littlepip comes to the conclusion that [[spoiler:the alicorns]] have one when they state they remember her killing them. They also refer to themselves collectively as 'Us'.
131	* HoldYourHippogriffs: Some of the characters swear by/pray to Luna and Celestia. Littlepip comes up with gems like "Luna shitting moon rocks". Really, some of the joy in this story comes from the brilliant color of Littlepip's vocabulary. Including "Stick a horn where Celestia don't shine" and "Solar-flaring orgasms of Celestia". [[spoiler: To her profound embarrassment, Celestia recognizes her as "she of the colorful vulgarities".]]
132	* HonorBeforeReason: See CannotTellALie.
133	* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: "Everything will end in sunshine and rainbows!"]]
134	* HowWeGotHere
135	* HurricaneOfPuns: As expected when the source material is half from [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP:FiM]].
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139	* IAmLegion: The alicorns, and by extension the Goddess, who is (at least partly) [[spoiler:The Great and Powerful Trixie]].
140	* ICallItVera: Throughout Littlepips' journey throughout the Equestrian Wasteland, she comes across several weapons that have been given their own names. Though even in this case, there are certain standards to what would be an appropriate and acceptable name for a weapon.
141	-->Gawd: "[[LittleNo No.]]"
142	-->Regina: "No what? I haven't..."
143	-->Gawd: "No. [[EveryoneHasStandards I ain’t lettin’ you have a crossbow so you can name it]] ''[[EveryoneHasStandards The Fart]]''.”
144	* IdiotBall:
145	** Littlepip converses with Watcher while she's wearing raider armor - the only thing she could find at the time - and Watcher fails to warn her about the negative connotations which later lead to a near-fatal misunderstanding.
146	** The first alicorn Littlepip meets decides to stand perfectly still and hurl taunts while Pip puts everything she has into casting a powerful spell. [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Naturally, that spell kills her]].
147	** In his planning, Red Eye [[spoiler: somehow ''forgets'' one way Littlepip might use her signature ability - extremely powerful telekinesis - which leads to his humiliating defeat during the final confrontation between them]]. He immediately [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the moment.
148	* ILied: While not quoted outright, Littlepip bluntly lampshades her dishonesty as she turns her gun on [[spoiler: Colonel Autumn Leaf]] instead of fulfilling her end of their deal.
149	* [[ImAHumanitarian I'm a Ponytarian]]: The residents of [[spoiler:Arbu]] are cannibals, killing and eating ponies including a wandering preacher and various bandits. Littlepip [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge does not approve.]]
150	* IncompatibleOrientation: Littlepip had a crush on Velvet Remedy since she was little. Unfortunately, Velvet is straight. [[spoiler: Though this was probably for the best, as they're distantly related.]]
151	* IndyPloy: Expect these every time you see the words 'Stealth mission,' as well as pain, violence, explosions and more violence.
152	* INeedToGoIronMyDog: When Calamity and Velvet start making out, in Chapter 41, Littlepip excuses herself with a "Time to go do the thing, in the place!"
153	* [[InsaneTrollLogic Insane Zebra Logic]]: Littlepip's first impression of Xenith's philosophy.
154	* InstantExpert: Littlepip leaves the stable with no knowledge of how guns work. She learns how to operate a shotgun simply by seeing it fired a few times, and within hours is capable of winning gunfights against groups of armed opponents. It's not long before she adds a revolver, an assault rifle and a sniper rifle to her arsenal as well.
155	* {{Invisibility}}: The blue alicorn's unique ability. [[spoiler:Acquired from Trixie.]]
156	* IronicEcho: When Littlepip meets [[spoiler:Monterey Jack]] again, and accuses him of robbing her:
157	--> '''Guard:''' Sorry. But it’s your word against his, and frankly, seeing as you aren’t a [[spoiler:Tenpony]] citizen, your word doesn’t mean much here.
158	** After he confesses, she finds out that there's a death penalty, and she claims he didn't do it:
159	--> '''Guard:''' Sorry kid. But it’s your word against his. And like I said, your non-citizen word doesn’t mean the dirt on my hoof around here.
160	* ItOnlyWorksOnce: Due to their hive mind, the same trick cannot be used on alicorns more then once. [[spoiler:They are also capable of learning said tricks themselves, and once the hive mind is destroyed, they form an alliance with Velvet Remedy because they realize it's a better option than fighting Littlepip, the pony who outwitted and blew up their Goddess.]]
161	* ItsAllMyFault: Calamity's reaction when [[spoiler:Littlepip has to come to terms with her addiction to Party Time Mint-Als.]]
162	** Celestia's reaction to [[spoiler:Big Macintosh's sacrifice and the destruction of Luna's academy.]] Ironically, if she hadn't stepped down as ruler of Equestria, the apocalypse may never have happened.
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166	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:[=SteelHooves=]]]
167	* KillerRabbit: Angel Bunny TookALevelInBadass during the Great War, gaining the title of Doombunny from the Zebra army.
168	* KillSat: Of a sort. [[spoiler: Celestia One - the megaspell in Tenpony Tower - focuses the sun's energy into a devastating beam]].
169	* KirkSummation: Littlepip tries to talk Elder Cottage Cheese out of plugging himself into the Crusader Maneframe. [[spoiler:It doesn't work, and she resorts to shutting down the entire system instead.]]
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173	* LadyLand: A minor example; inspired by the show, the lead authority of the Stables is always female, as {{Matriarchy}} is the natural government for ponies. (Exception: Stable 24, which had a patriarchal culture as its sociology experiment.)
174	* LargeHam: [[spoiler: The Goddess, AKA, the Great and Powerful Trixie]].
175	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The memory orbs work either by copying or completely extracting the victim's memories, meaning they can't look back on them without accessing the orb. At the end of Chapter 31, [[spoiler: Littlepip uses this to set a plan in motion against The Goddess, without the telepath finding out about it in advance.]]
176	* LegacyCharacter:
177	** DJ PON-3. The current holder of the title being [[spoiler: Homage]].
178	** All of the Element Bearers, particularly [[spoiler:Calamity and Velvet Remedy, for their admiration of Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, respectively.]]
179	** [[spoiler:Littlepip herself]] is this in part for Twilight Sparkle, for [[spoiler:finding the majority of the Element Bearers, as well as being the 'spark' responsible for helping them fulfill their destinies.]]
180	* LeftHanging: [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash's ultimate fate and the Bearers of the Elements of Magic and Generosity were never revealed.]]
181	* LightIsNotGood: Littlepip finds other characters who embody the virtues in ways that causes more harm than good. It's explicitly stated by Watcher that the virtues can't do any good without [[ThePowerOfFriendship friendship]] behind them.
182	** Loyalty: The mercenary that is loyal to money and contract, but could easily betray co-workers.
183	** Honesty: The pony who caused his own death by telling the truth, even when it was not necessary.
184	** Laughter: The filly who tried to suppress all negative emotions, turning into a StepfordSmiler.
185	** Generosity: The dictator who goes to monstrous lengths to gift Equestria with a future.
186	** Magic: The Goddess [[spoiler:Trixie]], absorbing Unicorns and turning them into the powerful Alicorns, stripping away their identity and free will.
187	** Kindness: Littlepip herself, [[spoiler:at least at first]]. At multiple points in the story, she goes to great lengths to save the people living in the wasteland, only to abandon them when the danger has passed or to find out that the people she helped weren't as good as she thought and saving them may not have been the right thing. The Goddess notes her "virtue" is Corrupted Kindness, words that haunt Littlepip more and more after he leaves her. [[spoiler: In the end, however, she realizes her true virtue is Sacrifice -- fighting for others, yet being able to let go so others can fight for themselves.]]
188	* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Littlepip, Velvet Remedy, and [=SteelHooves=] are distant relatives, connected through the Apples lineage.]]
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192	* MadDoctor: The ghoul doctor, who tries to [[spoiler:create a pony-manticore hybrid capable of resisting the taint, killing many individuals in the process]].
193	* MadScientist:
194	** Doctor Glue, and he's completely unrepentant about it.
195	** [[spoiler: Twilight Sparkle qualifies as well. While she had very good intentions, she left a lot of collateral damage in her wake, to the point that Spike feels the need to preemptively defend her to Littlepip]].
196	* {{Magitek}}: Pre-War Equestria and their zebra rivals ran on a mixture of natural technology, industrialized magic, and enchanted technology. Even after the apocalypse, this remains the same. A number of game mechanics from ''Fallout'' are included in the story and justified as enchantments provided by the [=PipBuck=]. Then there's also the vast array of magical weaponry, ranging from energy weapons justified as just mass-produced wands built in the style of guns to conventional guns and ammo enchanted to apply DamageTyping.
197	* MeaningfulName: As in the show, character names often reflect something about their personality, status, mentality, or other notable character element.
198	** Littlepip: Diminutive, and a [=PipBuck=] technician.
199	*** MythologyGag: [[VideoGame/FalloutVanBuren Van Buren]] was going to have a stand-in for the Pipboy called a Lil Pip.
200	*** Littlepip's RedBaron, the Bringer of Light, takes significance later: [[spoiler: she's convinced that her purpose is to bring the sun back to Equestria.]]
201	** Velvet Remedy: Remedy as in a medicine or treatment, more appropriate for a healer than a singer.
202	** [[spoiler: Deadshot]] Calamity: Expert markspony. Also many of his plans have a habit of either backfiring spectacularly or having tons of collateral damage. [[spoiler: And his mother died in childbirth.]]
203	*** Also a reference to Calamity Jane.
204	*** ZigZagged: He bears no obvious similarity to Calamity, a ghoul in VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas.
205	** [=SteelHooves=]: Never takes off his steel armor. Technically his nickname though.
206	*** His real name, [[spoiler: "Applesnack"]], is oddly similar to his former girlfriend's name. Much to Dash's amusement.
207	* MechanicalHorse: Security robots that shoot lightning.
208	* MedievalStasis: Averted even harder then in canon. Before the war that destroyed Equestria happened, many technological achievements happened, from the fantastic (like [=PipBucks=] and suits of PoweredArmor) to the mundane. (like guns and radios)
209	* MemoryGambit: Littlepip's big plan with Red Eye and the Goddess hinges on her NOT knowing what the plan is.
210	* MessianicArchetype: Littlepip. From humble beginnings, she faced a tyrannical empire and helped many times to free the slaves they owned, encouraging them to start their own societies. In the end, [[spoiler: she undergoes a metaphorical 'death' at Spike's flame and ascends to the clouds to meet a figure she has repeatedly characterized as a god. She decides to stay here, watching over the wasteland with said god, and only returns to give the aptly titled 'Book of Littlepip' as a record of her life. Said book being the one we've all been reading.]]
211	* MindOverMatter: Littlepip's only magic is telekinesis, which all unicorns can do, but the sheer level of her capability is staggering; during The Pit fight, she manages to levitate herself, an ally, a lance and ''several gallons of toxic goo'', the last being stretched out to cloak them from snipers. And then she decides to pick a lock, without tools, by grabbing the tumblers from inside. ''And succeeds''. She's extremely taxed by the feat but it would probably be flat-out impossible for any other pony short of Celestia or Luna. (Admittedly she had spent several traits on this.)
212	* MindRape: [[spoiler: The surviving alicorns under Red Eye attempt this on Littlepip, forcing her to turn her gun on Velvet Remedy. Littlepip manages to break free of their control before she pulls the trigger, however.]]
213	* MisplacedAccent: Calamity's family (with the exception of Autumn Leaf) seem to be the only ponies in the Enclave -– possibly the entire Wasteland –- to speak with "Southern" accents.
214	* MixAndMatchCritters: The snake/cat/wasp beasts in [[spoiler:Stable 24]].
215	* MotiveDecay: InUniverse. The Steel Rangers were originally some of the foremost protectors of Equestria. After the nuclear holocaust, many of them began misinterpreting their oath as "protect Equestrian technology, and kill anyone who gets in our way." [[spoiler: This eventually causes the Rangers to splinter into two factions: one loyal to the old ways (protecting the citizens of Equestria) and another loyal to the new interpretation.]]
216	* MoreDakka: [=SteelHooves'=] armor is equipped with a rocket launcher and a grenade machine-gun. Even with this arsenal, Calamity still considers adding a plasma rifle to the armor.
217	* MutagenicGoo: Taint, a viscous, rainbow-colored liquid that was created by Twilight Sparkle with the aid of the Ministry of Arcane Sciences. It's the setting's equivalent of the Forced Evolutionary Virus, and was originally known as Impelled Metamorphosis Potion (I.M.P).
218	* MutuallyAssuredDestruction: The only thing the zebras could think of to escape their presumed slaughter under the reign of Nightmare Moon was to take out the entirety of Equestria with them as they went down. As stated in chapter 36:
219	--> The zebras had already lost. Equestria had won. It was only a matter of playing it out. Checkmate in a predictable number of moves. And if the zebras truly believed that there was no possibility of surviving a surrender, that they were facing annihilation or worse under Nightmare Moon... and they did truly believe that... then the only move left was to blow up the board.\
220	The zebras didn’t see any other choice.
221	** Befitting to the setting, this trope had a rather different and more ironic name in Equestria: Communally Assured Reciprocal Existence, or CARE -- Fluttershy came up with it, naturally.
222	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Littlepip in Chapter 19 which leads to her flushing away all her Party-Time Mint-Als.
223	* MyGreatestFailure:
224	** [[spoiler:Arbu]] for Littlepip, to the point where she starts obsessing over it.
225	** [[spoiler: Luna's magic academy]] is this for [[spoiler: Princess Celestia. There were three equally good sites for the school, but she picked the one in Crescent Moon Canyon for the sake of a ''joke'' on her sister. Because this allowed for the later massacre as the school was near the Zebra border, escalating the war to the point of no return, Celestia]] blames herself for the eventual apocalypse and [[spoiler: Luna's death]].
226	** The apocalypse likely never would have happened if [[spoiler:Fluttershy hadn't given megaspells to the zebras as a sign of good faith.]] She acknowledges this.
227	* MythologyGag: When Kage notices Velvet Remedy's medical supply boxes, and she mentions whom they're based on, he then says this.
228	--> '''Kage:''' But… you said [[spoiler:[Fluttershy] was the one who created the megaspells?]] Which caused the apocalypse. So… you’re a [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas follower of the apocalypse]]?”

Context FalloutEquestria / TropesEToM