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1	[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/349542/a-basket-a-blanket-and-a-bundle-of-bills A Basket, A Blanket, and a Bundle of Bills]], part of Fanfic/TheWeedverse and written by Kudzuhaiku, it is about Copperquick, who, just as he's about to leave for work, discovers a one-night-stand had significantly longer term results.
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3	Now, with a foal he doesn't have the facility to care for, he is forced to seek help from Equestria's social services, only to find that the help they can offer is woefully under what he needs. Fortunately he attracts the attention of Twilight Velvet, who intends to use him to spearhead a badly-needed reform.
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5	Now has a sequel, ''Fanfic/SpringBroke''.
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7	!!This story contains examples of:
8	* AlliterativeList: The title: '''''A B'''asket, '''A B'''lanket, '''a'''nd '''a B'''undle of '''B'''ills''
9	* AlliterativeTitle: By being an AlliterativeList.
10	* AlphaBitch: Cielo del Este is this character type.
11	* BadassBureaucrat: We've seen signs of Twilight Velvet's credentials in [[Fanfic/TrixieLulamoonAndTheHorrendousHypothesis earlier]] [[FanFic/WhenConsequencesComeHome stories]], but it's here that we see what she really does. Miss Oddbody is equally competent, which is why Twilight Velvet hired her.
12	* BeleagueredBureaucrat: Foal services.
13	* TheBigDamnKiss: After the encounter with [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Blancmange]], Miss Oddbody begins beating herself up over it, Copperquick comforts her and it ends up this way.
14	* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: From [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349542/3/a-basket-a-blanket-and-a-bundle-of-bills/chapter-3 Chapter 3]], as Miss Oddbody says:
15	--> "My mother is a dairy farmer who makes soaps and cheeses and sometimes soapy cheeses when she hasn’t had enough sleep.”
16	* ClusterFBomb: After discovering Copperquick is getting evicted, Miss Oddbody shows her farmer's heritage.
17	* ContrivedCoincidence: Helianthus showing up just as Copperquick needs to be told what to do. Assuming it was a coincidence, it wouldn't be the [[Fanfic/TheWeed first]] [[Fanfic/VenenumIocus time]] Helianthus has shown up out of nowhere just when she's needed.
18	* DepartmentOfChildDisservices: Unfortunately, Equestria's social services are utterly useless to Copperquick. Fortunately, he has Twilight Velvet backing him up.
19	* FluffyTheTerrible: Sapphire Shores' intimidating bodyguard is called Mister Fuzzy Slippers.
20	* GenkiGirl: Miss Oddbody. It's the caffeine.
21	* HotLibrarian: Miss Oddbody has this look.
22	* IsThisThingStillOn: [[spoiler:The magical hairpin Miss Oddbody wears while dealing with the bureaucracy never gets turned off after they fail, so Twilight Velvet hears all the emotional talk later on]].
23	* MamaBear: Sapphire Shores does not appreciate Cielo del Este's treatment of her foal.
24	* MealTicket: {{Discussed}}, Miss Oddbody believes Copperquick could get Sapphire as one, but he's not interested.
25	* MustHaveCaffeine: Miss Oddbody runs on it.
26	* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The Treasury Wing is full of them, they don't like handing out money to anyone for any reason.
27	* ParentalNeglect: Cielo del Este neglected Esmeralda even before dumping her on Copperquick.
28	* PickUpBabesWithBabes: {{Discussed}}, and it seems to work with Sapphire Shores, although Copperquick doesn't press the opportunity.
29	* SpySpeak: Miss Oddbody and Twilight Velvet have a discussion about Stiff Upper Lips, horribly confusing Copperquick and any readers unfamiliar with ''Fanfic/VenenumIocus''.
30	* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: If you're a single ''father''. Single mothers have some support (even if it is woefully inadequate and difficult to access).
31	* ThroughHisStomach: Two instances:
32	** From [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349542/3/a-basket-a-blanket-and-a-bundle-of-bills/chapter-3 Chapter 3]]: Miss Oddbody's parents, as she says:
33	--> “My father, he pulls double duty in the postal service and selling life insurance. He’s a pegasus like me. Moomy is an earth pony, he saw her working in the field one day and came down to say hello, and she didn’t let him leave. She plied him with cheeses and hot buttery toast.”
34	** [[spoiler:Later on, Miss Oddbody and Copperquick]].

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