Line #41 FanFic/TheLifeOfAWantedChangeling


1	A comment-driven ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction by Down With Chrysalis (Season 1-3) and BrownDog77 (Season 4) where you are Bugze, a clumsy, unlucky, and not that bright changeling who get separated from Queen Chrysalis's Hive in the aftermath of her failed invasion of Canterlot. You decide to make a HeelFaceTurn to be good. HilarityEnsues.
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3	[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/181733/the-life-of-a-wanted-changeling-comment-driven-story Season 1 is here]] and the completed Season 2 and 3 are [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/212023/the-life-of-a-wanted-changeling-season-2-debt-to-a-doctor-comment-driven-story here]] and [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/280630/life-of-a-wanted-changeling-season-3-tyrants-terrorists-and-tiaras-oh-my here]].The ongoing Season 4 is [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/395084/life-of-a-wanted-changeling-season-4-at-lucks-end-comment-driven-story here]].
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5	!!Tropes:
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7	* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler: Pinkemena]] has a prosthetic arm that can turn into a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] after [[spoiler: Nightmare Bugze]] tore off her original arm.
8	* TheAtoner: Luna is this in Season 2 as she blames her impulsive fear-driven threatening of Nightshade for creating the Hooded Offender.
9	%%* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: Nightmare Bugze. Pinkemena too]]
10	* BadassLongcoat: Bugze's hooded black coat that is not only fireproof, but it also completely hides his face in darkness. He also gets a tan overcoat from the Doctor to help conceal his identity in Season 2. He then acquires a long red one a la [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Vash the Stampede]] in Season 3 from his first bounty.
11	* BagOfHolding: Bugze's saddlebag which he calls "The Inventory" has almost limitless space and he can access anything inside of it as long as he can calmly think about what he wants.
12	* BerserkButton: Don't ''ever'' even think about harming Nightshade in Bugze's presence.
13	%%* BigEater: Nightshade.
14	* BookDumb: Bugze and his daughter Nightshade (unsurprising since she was home-schooled by him) who believe that the square root of 16 is boysenberry pie (it's actually 4).
15	%%* BountyHunter: Bugze becomes one in Season 3.
16	%%* BrainBleach: Bugze wishes for some after finding out [[spoiler: that Granny Smith is actually his grandmother thus meaning that Applejack is his biological cousin. ]]
17	%%* ButtMonkey: Bugze due to his clumsiness and bad luck.
18	%%* CelibateHero: Bugze due to wanting to 'save it for marriage'.
19	* TheChessmaster: The Doctor is a benevolent example, but his vague messages makes him come off as TheSvengali to Bugze.
20	* ChickMagnet: Bugze is shaping up to be this as between his Hooded Offender and "Baker Sylvester Tennant" personas, he has an UnwantedHarem of Fluttershy, Octavia, Vinyl Scratch, Aloe, Coco Pommel, [[spoiler: Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and even Chrysalis had a thing for him,]] along with several Horde fanfillies after him.
21	* CooldownHug: Nightshade usually provides these when Bugze is using the Nightmare Cloak.
22	* CoolOldGuy: Bugze's grandbuggy being a changeling sabotage specialist and a [[TheCasanova Casanova]] who's never without his Bowler.
23	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Bugze is normally clumsy, unlucky, and even a bit of a coward, but when Nightshade is in danger, his PapaWolf feats are something to behold and fear.
24	* DeadpanSnarker: Bugze, Selena, [[spoiler: Sombra]].
25	* DuctTapeForEverything: Bugze's main job is a "Patcher" to which he uses [[Film/GranTorino WD-40, vise-grips, and of course duct tape.]]
26	* TheFaceless: Bugze's hooded coat completely hides his face in darkness when the hood is up.
27	* FakeMemories: Discord does this to all of Equestria (which exceptions like Nightshade, Fluttershy, etc.) after getting defeated.
28	* [[{{Fangirl}} Fanfillies]]: The Hooded Offender has a Fan Club named "The Horde" which is mainly made up of self-proclaimed "Waifus" due to AllGirlsWantBadBoys.
29	* FlashbackNightmare: Bugze is having these at the beginning of Season 3 due to the trauma of the [[spoiler: "Nightmare Bugze"]] arc.
30	%%* FutureMeScaresMe: [[spoiler: Bugze towards Nightmare Bugze]]
31	* {{Gamebooks}}: Seeing how it's a comment driven story, it's essentially one.
32	* GlowingEyesOfDoom: When Nightshade is threatened, Bugze's eyes go from changeling blue to glowing orange as signalled by a '''snap'''
33	* GroinAttack: In addition to being on the receiving end of a few of these, Bugze inflicts what is called ''The Ultimate Nutshot'' on Prince Blueblood during the melee at the Grand Galloping Gala. In Season 2, Nightshade has a RunningGag of inflicting these with her "Falcon Kick".
34	* HappyEndingMassage: Bugze thinks he's getting this when he goes to the Ponyville spa (and [[TheTease Aloe's]] flirting does nothing to discourage these thoughts), but he instead receives a painfully relaxing massage.
35	* HeroAntagonist: The Mane 6 due to Bugze's bad luck and PoorCommunicationKills leads to them thinking Bugze is a no-good villain. Applejack and Rainbow Dash are the most aggressively anti-Bugze. Princess Luna can even be considered the de facto BigBad Hero Antagonist of Season 1 due to the fact that she [[spoiler: at first]] is determined to destroy Nightshade due to her [[spoiler: seemly ]] being the reincarnation of Nightmare Moon.
36	* HeroicHost: Bugze draws his powers from having Nightmare Moon in his head.
37	** SymbioticPossession: Nightmare Moon eventually mellows out and does a HeelFaceTurn due to her MamaBear instincts towards Nightshade. Even changing her name to Selena.
38	* TheJuggernaut: Seeing how [[spoiler: Nightmare Bugze]] can shrug off a {{BFG}} created by Flim and Flam, tear through Platoons of guards, [[spoiler: Sombra, Discord, Tirek, the Princesses, a Dalek fleet]] and even entire cities, he qualifies.
39	* LemonyNarrator: The narration can often get snarky at the misadventures in the story.
40	* LeParkour: Bugze picked this up [[IKnowMortalKombat from playing an]] {{Expy}} of ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed''. Nightshade also picks up these parkour skills from his as well.
41	* LittleMissBadass: Nightshade starting in Season 2 as she [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu sprays WD-40 into]] [[EyeScream Discord's eyes]], [[SirSwearsALot curses alot]], has [[SuperStrongChild strength beyond that of most adult ponies]], thinks of [[{{Hellhound}} Cerberus]] as a 'giant puppy' and hugged it hard enough to make it whimper, Falcon Kicked a Hydra and [[VideoGame/SCPContainmentBreach SCP-173]] in the nards, manages to hold her own against Sombra and completely destroys the Everfree Forest's vines
42	* LookBehindYou: His most common diversion tactic is to point and shout in the Royal Canterlot Voice, "LOOK, A DISTRACTION!"
43	* MadeOfIron: Bugze takes so much punishment that he even lampshades his Healing Factor.
44	* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Bugze before his HeelFaceTurn at the beginning of the story.
45	* MoralityChain: Nightshade is this to Bugze as she calms him down when he "gets scary" and [[spoiler: her death in an alternate universe turns Bugze into the AxCrazy Juggernaut, Nightmare Bugze]]
46	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The whole "Die Hoard" arc ends up being this for Bugze as [[spoiler: The Doctor confirms Bugze's direct involvement actually made things worse as he already arranged for everything to end peacefully. Instead, Bugze involvement as the "Hooded Offender" results in a riot, widespread devastation to Fillydelphia and the royal guard taking Bugze more seriously.]]
47	* NoSell: Discord's RealityWarper status allows him to do this with Bugze's attacks in multiple ways like flash-frying him with a giant magnifying glass when Bugze attempts a [[RapidFireFisticuffs No Shadow Kick.]]
48	* {{Nosebleed}}: Bugze gets these kinda frequently.
49	* PapaWolf: When Nightshade is threatened, Bugze is capable of delivering a CurbStompBattle to almost anypony. Smaug is also this towards Garble
50	* PopCulturedBadass: Bugze plays alot of video games and watched almost as many movies so he makes alot of references. Nightshade also picks up on this, but mainly to old black-and-white movies or [[{{Anime}} Neighponese animated serials]].
51	* ThePrankster: Bugze mentions being the only one in his hive. Nightshade takes after him in this trope.
52	* RenegadeSplinterFaction: The Crimson Knights are this to The Horde as they are a terrorist group that follows the radical ideas of [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized Flag Burner.]]
53	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When Bugze thinks that Nightshade is killed by an Ursa Minor, he uses the first appearance of his "Nightmare Cloak" to deliver a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on the Ursa before taking down 5 of the Mane 6 in a CurbStompBattle.
54	* RunningGag: Quite a few,
55	** LOOK, A DISTRACTION!
56	** Bugze admonishing himself with a "NO! BAD BUG!" whenever he thinks something perverted.
57	** Nightshade Falcon Kicking ponies [[GroinAttack in the nards.]]
58	* SecretIdentity: Bugze is also "The Hooded Offender", a superhero/supervillain who due to unfortunate circumstances became Equestria's most wanted.
59	* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: When [[Series/DoctorWho Doctor Hooves]] rescues Bugze from Princess Luna, he gives him a huge bill due to Nightshade's [[BigEater appetite]] and the damage Bugze indirectly did to the TARDIS. The plot of Season 2 is kicked off when the Doctor calls on him to WorkOffTheDebt.
60	%%* {{Shoryuken}}
61	%%* ShoutOut: Too many to even list
62	* SinkOrSwimFatherhood: Bugze was just a unlucky, clumsy changeling, but one day a filly named Nightshade (who may or may not be the reincarnation of Nightmare Moon) pops out of "The Inventory" and calls Bugze her daddy.
63	* SirSwearsALot: Bugze is occasionally this, although it's unsurprising given his bad luck and habit of being by himself alot. Even then it's GoshDangItToHeck "swears" like "horseapples", "buck", "gorram", and "hay". Nightshade is beginning to pick up on this.
64	* SpikyHair: Bugze has an orange spiky mane which is highly unusual for changelings [[spoiler: It's later revealed that he's part-Earth Pony]].
65	* SpringtimeForHitler: Bugze tries to get some recently-acquired Diamond Dogs minions to think for themselves by giving purposefully stupid orders in hopes that they will suggest something smarter, but the Dogs blindly obey and often succeed much to Bugze's annoyance.
66	* SuperPoweredEvilSide: When Bugze uses the "Nightmare Cloak", he hears a dark whisper (who he dubs the Dark Female Voice or DFV, [[spoiler: but is actually Nightmare Moon]]) that encourages him to be more violent and brutal.[[spoiler: She eventually becomes more benevolent to him and even changes her name to Selena]].
67	* TrickedOutGloves: Bugze's Power Glove (acquired from a [[VideoGame/BioShock Big Daddy]] costume) allows him to [[PhlebotinumHandlingEquipment utilize and channel plasmids and vigors]] to use abilities like [[FireIceLightning setting targets on fire, casting electric bolts, freezing targets]], and [[CreepyCrows summoning a murder of crows to assist him.]]
68	* WeCanRuleTogether: Discord offers Bugze the opportunity to be his "partner-in-chaos".
69	* WorfBarrage: Bugze is on the receiving end of this during the Grand Galloping Gala melee before turning the tables.
70	* WorfHadTheFlu: While Bugze delivers a CurbStompBattle to Princess Celestia at the Grand Galloping Gala, it is repeatedly mentioned that the solar monarch was holding back because their were too many civilians around for her to go full power without harming them.
71	* XanatosGambit: Flag Burner pulls this off during the "Die Horde" arc [[spoiler: the bomb goes off at the stadium; good. Bomb is disarmed? Just a distraction to allow the real bombs to go off.]]
72	* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Bugze can't return to Appleloosa at the end of Season 2 due to fear of the [[spoiler: Nightmare Bugze prophecy happening]] and thus is induced into WalkingTheEarth with Nightshade in Season 3.
73	* ZeroApprovalGambit: Bugze successfully pulls one off to prevent the Appleloosans and the Buffalo tribe from going to war by making both sides unite against him, The Hooded Offender.

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