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2[[https://www.fimfiction.net/group/210047/the-oversaturated-world The Oversaturated World]] is a collection of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' fan-fiction set in the human world after the events of ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/oversaturation Oversaturation]]'', by Creator/FanOfMostEverything.
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4In ''Oversaturation'' itself, Equestrian magic leaks into the human world at a slow but exponentially increasing rate after the events of ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks Rainbow Rocks]]'', with the main cast racing to find a way to keep the buildup from causing the end of the world. The rest of the collection explores the consequences of their precise way of doing so.
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6[[folder:Canon stories set in the Oversaturated World]]
7* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/345159/what-shy-did-on-her-summer-vacation What Shy Did On Her Summer Vacation]]
8* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/346708/rise-of-the-wholesome Rise of the Wholesome]]
9* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349607/crossworlds-guardian-sailor-orbital Crossworlds Guardian, Sailor Orbital!]]
10* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349631/playing-hero Playing Hero]]
11* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/353144/then-goes-the-neighborhood Then Goes the Neighborhood]]
12* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/357507/fey-breeze Fey Breeze]]
13* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/361544/ Unfriendly Competition]]
14* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/369785/ Blue Sunny Days and Pink Lemonade]]
15* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/374682/getting-the-band-back-together Getting the Band Back Together]]
16* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/430918/go-emps Go, Emps!]]
17* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/442469/pinkie-pies-problematically-private-passions-parental-personages-presented-perpostorously-prior-publishing-previously-paraphrased-preoccupation Pinkie Pie's Problematically Private Passion's Parental Personages Presented Perpostorously Prior Publishing Previously Paraphrased Preoccupation]]
18* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/443208/psychosynthesis "Psychosynthesis"]]
19* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/444821/such-sweet-lunacy "Such Sweet Lunacy"]]
20* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/458446/transmission-spectrum Transmission Spectrum]]
21[[/folder]]
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23[[folder:Canon short stories set in the Oversaturated World]]
24* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/313377/one-day-i-found-a-multiverse-in-my-pajamas One Day I Found a Multiverse in My Pajamas]]
25* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/340910/sugarcatharsis Sugarcatharsis]]
26* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/350157/silicon-tiara Silicon Tiara]]
27* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/350698/enthralled Enthralled]]
28* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/355658/house-of-shadows House of Shadows]]
29* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/356760/investigating-legends Investigating Legends]]
30* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/359962/the-one-that-shot-away The One that Shot Away]]
31* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/367276/pest-control Pest Control]]
32* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/370064/my-sister-my-sister-and-me My Sister, My Sister and Me]]
33* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/374677/swirled Swirled]]
34* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/390140/multifaceted Multifaceted]]
35* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/397891/anon-a-miss-tip Anon-a-Miss Tip]]
36* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/399765/celestias-little-shop-of-horrors Celestia's Little Shop of Horrors]]
37* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/401677/user-not-recognized User Not Recognized]]
38* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/409871/mosh-pit Mosh-Pit]]
39* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/426337/divine-labor Divine Labor]]
40* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/463635/future-congestive Future Congestive]]
41* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/475455/outsider-trading Outsider Trading]]
42* From the ''Fanfic/StoryShuffle'' series:
43** ''Fanfic/StoryShuffle1'':
44*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/216813/9/story-shuffle/aftershock Aftershock]]
45*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/216813/13/story-shuffle/rock-on Rock On]]
46** ''Fanfic/StoryShuffle2DoubleMasters'':
47*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/469652/15/story-shuffle-2-double-masters/melting-of-the-minds "Melting of the Minds"]]
48*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/469652/28/story-shuffle-2-double-masters/developmestuction "Developmestuction"]]
49[[/folder]]
50
51[[folder:Semi-canon stories set in the Oversaturated World]]
52* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/group-precipitation Group Precipitation]]
53* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/348013/criffleball Criffleball]]
54* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/350543/gloriosas-overgrowth Gloriosa's Overgrowth]]
55* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/391512/chromatic-chronomancy Chromatic Chronomancy]]
56* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/442987/escalation Escalation]]
57[[/folder]]
58
59Oversaturation spoilers in Post-Saturation stories are unmarked.
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62!!''The Oversaturated World'' provides examples of:
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64[[foldercontrol]]
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66[[folder:Oversaturation]]
67* AbstractApotheosis: [[spoiler:Equestria's Tree of Harmony almost forcibly ascends Sunset into becoming the Catalyst of Harmony for the human world. This involves a sequence where Sunset perceives herself as human, pony, and a humanoid sun all at the same time.]]
68* AlliterativeName:
69** '''Pi'''nkie '''Pi'''e
70** '''D'''itzy '''D'''oo
71* AllThereInTheManual: Some background details of the verse aren't covered in any of the fics proper, but on the group forum FAQ. There are even details from an otherwise unrelated series of oneshots and an old blog post by the author thrown in, the latter of which is for chromelanin, linked in AmazingTechnicolorPopulation.
72* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation:
73** Actually a plot point! This is explained by the existence of [[https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/414604/fome-thinks-too-much-chromelanin chromelanin]], a form of melanin that forms in the presence of magic to cause unusual colorations. [[spoiler:This is one of the many clues that humans are more magical than first thought...]]
74* AnswerCut: From ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/2/oversaturation/tones Tones]]'':
75--> who'd want a school full of disharmony?\
76[Cut to Discord, the spirit of Disharmony, or at least his human version.]
77* ApocalypseHow: The interference of Equestrian magic with the human world draws the two universes [[WhenDimensionsCollide closer together]], which theoretically could result in the simultaneous annihilation of both realities. Most of the first fic is about how the characters handle this. [[spoiler:A lesser version is narrowly averted by Sunset repurposing the PerceptionFilter to prevent global panic and nuclear fallout after the situation is fixed.]]
78* BaffledByOwnBiology: ''Group Precipitation'': "Launch Error": A member of a normally-flight-capable species gets answers to her question of why she can't.
79* BarrierMaiden: [[spoiler:Sunset Shimmer becomes the human world's Spirit of Harmony, using almost all of her power just to hold the universe together and a lot of the rest to repair the damage done to it. If she leaves that world any time in the next century, it will only last for a few hours in her absence.]]
80* BlandNameProduct: All over the place: [[Website/YouTube EweTube]], [[Website/{{Google}} Gillion]], and [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Hocus-Pocus: the Get-Together]] to name but a few. Many have some manner of horse pun.
81* BreakingTheFourthWall: Pinkie, as part of her developing powers, has a conversation with the narration/narrator about it leaving the room so she can change into her pyjamas in private.
82* DeadlyForceField: From ''Oversaturation'', in ''Clashing'': Sunset's reflexive shield spell is a green barrier "that redirected the force, combining offense and defense".
83* EveryoneIsASuper: [[spoiler:The end of ''Oversaturation'' has this happen to the human race. Of course, a few are more super than others...]]
84* ExtraStrengthMasquerade: [[spoiler:The human world's magic facilitates its own masquerade, actively resisting any attempts to study it.]]
85* ExactWords: As said in ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/2/oversaturation/tones Tones]]'': Discord (a science teacher in this setting) wanted to build a research facility at CHS. Principal Celestia told him he could add anything, so long as it was not a human testing installation. So he built the "Not A Human Testing Installation." Which is, of course, a human testing installation.
86* FunetikAksent: As seen in ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/1/oversaturation/neutrals Neutrals]]'', Applejack's speech is written with one:
87--> Ah'm wearin' shorts under mah skirt.
88* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Color-titles:
89** The story itself, ''Oversaturation''
90** Its nine chapter titles all relate to color:
91*** ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/1/oversaturation/neutrals Neutrals]]''
92*** ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/2/oversaturation/tones Tones]]''
93*** ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/3/oversaturation/brightness Brightness]]''
94*** ''Secondaries''
95*** ''Clashing''
96*** ''Contrast''
97*** ''Running''
98*** ''Spectrum''
99*** ''Light''
100* LuminescentBlush: From ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/1/oversaturation/neutrals Neutrals]]'', when Rarity was showing her cutie mark to Sunset, and raised her skirt up:
101--> Sunset knelt and stared for a good minute\
102Finally, Rarity cleared her throat and shoved her skirt back down, her face almost incandescent. “Did you enjoy yourself?"
103* TheMagicComesBack: [[spoiler: Well, it never really went away, it was [[PerceptionFilter just hiding]], but now humans have magic too.]]
104* MassSuperEmpoweringEvent: [[spoiler:The Saturation, which gives everyone on the planet some kind of magical ability. Most are based on pony magic.]]
105* MeaningfulName: Inherited from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'', with the names of the human analogues of ponies, with names that describe the person.
106* MeasuringTheMarigolds: In ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/6/oversaturation/contrast Contrast]]'', the idea is countered:
107--> The sun rose, and Mr. Discord stood on his lawn to greet it. He loved moments like this, when the sky and shadows changed, when the crispness in the air made it feel like it would crinkle if he moved too quickly, where the beauty of the natural world was fully manifest. Understanding the optics, the fluid dynamics, and all the other myriad secrets behind moments like this didn't lessen their beauty, it ''enhanced'' them. To watch the rising sun was to gaze into the inner workings of the universe.
108* {{Mesodiplosis}}: ''Group Precipitation'': [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/118/group-precipitation/highest-of-the-high-rises-by-artiestroke "Highest of the High Rises, by ArtieStroke"]]: repeated "NOT" for emphasis
109-->'''Sunset:''' Rainbow Dash, for the last time, I'm NOT [[spoiler:God]], you are NOT [[spoiler:a Super Hayan]], and this is NOT [[spoiler:Dragon Pearl X]].
110* MistakenForName: In "Brightness", when the human version of Twilight Sparkle is taking notes to counter her habit of AccidentalMisnaming, Rainbow Dash remarks on it and Pinkie Pie takes it as an additional name that's being written down:
111--> Dash grinned and put her hands on her hips. "That's right! I'm Rainbow Dash, and these are Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, and..." She trailed off once she noticed the spiral-bound notepad in the human Twilight's hands. "Are you taking notes?"
112--> Pinkie giggled. "Silly Dashie! R. U. Takingnotes is my third cousin, once removed!"
113* OneWordTitle: Multiple instances:
114** The title of the story itself, ''Oversaturation''
115** The story's nine chapters:
116*** ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/1/oversaturation/neutrals Neutrals]]''
117*** ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/2/oversaturation/tones Tones]]''
118*** ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/3/oversaturation/brightness Brightness]]''
119*** ''Secondaries''
120*** ''Clashing''
121*** ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/6/oversaturation/contrast Contrast]]''
122*** ''Running''
123*** ''Spectrum''
124*** ''Light''.
125* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After the pony Mane Six defeat Starlight Glimmer, Discord pops in and cuts off his own banter to get them back to Twilight's castle as quickly as possible. Even he is worried.
126* {{Portmantitle}}: Oversaturation is one, by virtue of being a compound word. ''Over'' + ''Saturation''.
127* PowerIncontinence: One sign of the situation worsening in ''Oversaturation'' is the Rainbooms transforming and [[ShapeshifterModeLock staying that way.]]
128* PunctuatedForEmphasis: From ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/269241/2/oversaturation/tones Tones]]'':
129--> After Vinyl shut the door, she turned to face Sunset. "What. The. Actual. Fuck." With every word, she stalked a step closer, forcing Sunset back until she was pinned against the opposite wall.
130* ScienceCannotComprehendPhlebotinum: The human world's magic was not intended to be particularly flashy or widespread, and as such actively resists any attempt to study or analyze it beyond a handful of permitted rituals.
131* SymbolMotifClothing: Characters' usually have them of what would be their cutie marks for their Eqeuestrian counterpart.
132* TakeAThirdOption: At the end of ''Oversaturation'', Sunset seems locked in a binary choice: Remove all pony magic from the human world or turn it into a second Equestria, ponies and all. [[spoiler:She asks the human world magic what ''it'' wants to do. Magic chose to meld them together.]]
133* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"Well, in so many words, we, uh, we found evidence of human magic."]]
134-->Sunset awoke to the sound of her journal buzzing. She flipped it open. The message she found was scrawled across the whole page.\
135'''Get to the portal.'''\
136'''NOW.'''
137* WhenDimensionsCollide: The interference of Equestrian magic with the human world draws the two universes closer together, which theoretically could result in the simultaneous annihilation of both realities. Most of the first fic is about how the characters handle this.
138* WorldHealingWave: The Saturation happened in a single instant, changing magic to prevent the end of the world and reassured everyone that everything was going to be fine.
139* WrongContextMagic: Equestrian magic is leaking into the human world causing the problem in the first place. [[spoiler:And it behaves nothing like the more subtle magic of the human world, which Sunset Shimmer has no clue how to study.]]
140[[/folder]]
141
142[[folder:Post-Saturation]]
143* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: In the description for ''Blue Sunny Days and Pink Lemonade'':
144--> Lemon Zest: Crystal Prep's looniest lover of ludicrousness and local lady of looking after lackies.
145* AdjectiveNounFred: ''Crossworlds Guardian, Sailor Orbital!''.
146* AerithAndBob: Aerith and Bob are newsanchors in Group Precipitation's [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/51/group-precipitation/supernal-by-artiestroke Supernal]]. And also Aerith and Bob compared to the {{Meaningful Name}}s of most of the other characters.
147** The meaningful name part being slightly {{subverted|Trope}}, as it is [[AllThereInTheManual explained]] in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/51/group-precipitation/supernal-by-artiestroke#comment/7630862 the comments]] that Bob is short for [[HairpinLockpick Bobby Pin]] and Aerith for [[PunnyName Aerith]] [[GoodWithNumbers Metic]].
148* AffectionateParody: The characters of Sailor Orbital are openly aware they're modeling themselves off an expy of the Franchise/SailorMoon franchise. They're having the time of their lives.
149* AGodIAmNot: After Sunset's AbstractApotheosis into the human world's Tree of Harmony, people start up religions around her and pray to her. She's extremely uncomfortable with this, as she's still a high school student. Played mostly for laughs.
150* AlienBlood: The alien Vaucoi bleed orange.
151* AlliterativeName:
152** Ruby Rose, Pope of the Church of the Divine Bacon Horse
153* AlliterativeTitle: A few, some are:
154** ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/391512/chromatic-chronomancy Chromatic Chronomancy]]''.
155** ''Group Precipitation'''s, [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/268/group-precipitation/face-facts-by-masterweaver Face Facts]]
156** ''House of Shadows'''s sole chapter: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/355658/1/house-of-shadows/hidden-horrors Hidden Horrors]]
157** Also, InUniverse, Siren Spell Stories, the Sirens' television program.
158* AlternativeCalendar: ''Group Precipitation'': [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/157/group-precipitation/adult-fear-by-void-knight "Adult Fear"]]: On a grave stone, years are noted in A.S, which is a different than expected in the rest of the stories. The Author's Note notes that as non-canon:
159--> And for the record, no, no one's proposed starting over when it comes to counting years. Imagine the headaches involved in converting every computer system on Earth to a new calendar.
160* AlternativeSelfNameChange: Discussed in multiple chapters of ''Group Precipitation'':
161** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/347/group-precipitation/myriad-paths-by-gmblackjack-and-fome "Myriad Paths]]:
162*** With multiple Rarities needing differentiation:
163---> Magnum sighed. "Rarity..."\
164"Yes?" All the Rarities in the room asked, save for the sole stallion.\
165Magnum twitched. "You all need to get yourselves codenames or something, this happens FAR too often."\
166"Even me?" the stallion asked.\
167"Elusive, you are in the clear, for now. ...The rest of you, on the other hand, hoof, or crystalline appendage..."\
168"Rarity is such a perfect name!" One of the humans tossed her hair back. "Why would we give it up?"\
169"Because if you don't think of something else we're going to have to start referring to each other by number, and I think we all know enough Twilights to see how that would go wrong."
170*** With multiple Lyras needing differentiation:
171----> Agent Heartstrings—it was easier to just think of her that way than constantly trying to say which Lyra one meant
172** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/6/group-precipitation/proper-notation-by-tophe "Proper Notation"]]: The human and pony versions of Twilight Sparkle consider using a different name for the other to differentiate themselves with Twilight-E being considered for Equestria Twilight before remembering that Earth begins with E too.
173* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Subverted in the ''Group Precipitation'' story "Paler Living Through Chemistry". When Applejack was younger, her parents bought her some cheap soap that caused her to lose all her chromelanin. She jokingly refers to herself as a freak, even though she's the only one of the girls with a (to us) normal skin tone.
174* {{Anaphora}}: ''Group Precipitation'':
175** "A Shot of Gin on a Cold Night, by Masterweaver": Juniper Montage complaining about Sunset Shimmer and her friends:
176---> Stupid Wondercolts. Stupid uncle. Stupid horse-girl-[[spoiler:deity]]!
177** "/r/ise, by [=FoME=]":
178*** Talking about how Vignette learned from her phone's nacent consciousness:
179----> And she listened.\
180And she learned.
181*** Talking about how much Vignette is connected to people on the internet:
182----> But three million people knew she existed. Three million souls hung on her every word. Three million minds believed she was [[spoiler:still alive]].
183* AnIcePerson: Sailor Comet's 'variable output ice sprayer' weapon.
184* ArtificialLimbs: Sunny Flare lost her hands and her parents in a car accident, five years prior to the setting of ''Blue Sunny Days and Pink Lemonade''. She now wears fully functional prostheses with built-in battery packs.
185* AsYouKnow: How [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349607/6/ Chapter 6]] of Sailor Orbital starts:
186--> "So as most of you know, we are here today to form a strike group with the intention of gathering enough data to unlock a portal to a secret moon base and gain access to an ancient stargate network spread out across the planet whilst simultaneously dealing with a potential invasion of hostile extra-terrestrials through said stargate network."
187* ARareSentence: As said in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/198/group-precipitation/two-pink-girls-yelling-at-each-other-by-masterweaver Two Pink Girls Yelling at Each Other, by Masterweaver - Group Precipitation]]:
188-->"OH YEAH, [LYRA]'S THE GIRL THAT'S SECRETLY A UNICORN RIGHT?!"\
189"ABSOLUTELY! AND THAT IS A RARE SENTENCE!"
190* BagOfHolding: The magical pocket dimensions that the Crossworlds Guardian Emergency Worker Uniforms are connected to that can store items weightlessly.
191* BecomingTheCostume: In [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/74/group-precipitation/living-nightmares-by-jenna-cipher Living Nightmares]]:
192--> Darth Rarity, Sweetie Skywalker, Chief Engineer Applebloom 'Scotty' Scot, Invader Spike, and Rainbow Caboose.\
193"Don't take magical inspiration from ''[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Peppy the Vampire Stabber]]''?"
194* BlandNameProduct: They continue from Oversaturation. Gillion makes more appearances. A continuously updated list is [[https://www.fimfiction.net/group/210047/the-oversaturated-world/thread/284441/oversaturated-equivalent-terms here.]]
195* BrilliantButLazy: Lemon Zest in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/81/group-precipitation/rutaceae-by-masterweaver Rutaceae]]:
196-->'''Rainbow Dash''': "Huh. You know, Twilight says they have high standards for scores [at Crystal Prep]. Why didn't you get kicked out?"\
197'''Lemon Zest''': "Total legit genius. If I actually gave a shit I might have trumped Twilight... maybe."
198* BurningWithAnger: Chrysalis bursts into flame when she gets angry. The first time this happened, she accidentally burned off all her clothes before figuring it out.
199* CaligulasHorse: Turns out to be the reason behind all the horse puns. Long ago, a certain king named his favorite horse as his heir. His royal court agreed that even a horse would make a better king than any of the king's real sons, so they upheld the appointment. Over time, clever politics and ridiculously good luck combined to allow the horse-ruled kingdom to conquer much of the world. Naturally, everything was renamed with horse puns under Glitterhoof's rule and that of his descendants, and those stuck around after the kingdom itself fell.
200* CallAHumanAMeatbag: In [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/28/group-precipitation/under-development-by-fome Under Development]], a body is referred to by [[spoiler:[[Website/{{Google}} Gillion]]]] as a "sack of meat".
201* CalvinBall: Criffleball [[spoiler:is actually a subversion, as there's a completely comprehensible set of rules in the group forum. However, without those rules,]] the terminology and gameplay is extremely confusing to onlookers.
202* CanNotSpitItOut: Afflicts Sugarcoat in ''Sugarcatharsis''. [[spoiler:At least, it does until she stops trying to force herself to say it nicely.]]
203* CarryABigStick: Sailor Orbital gets a Mystic Mace:
204--> "It's basically a mace, made with modern day technology, that can also generate magical pulses of energy for pushing back crowds."
205* CastFullOfGay: {{Discussed}} in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/45/group-precipitation/sonnenunterganglied-by-fome Sonnenunterganglied]]:
206--> '''Sunset''': Sunset took a deep breath, then said, "I have to ask; given all the student bodies of all of the versions of Canterlot High, is there a single heterosexual girl among them?"\
207[[spoiler:'''Derpy''']] "Well, there's me."
208* ClassifiedInformation: From [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/361544/5/unfriendly-competition/the-dark-crystal Unfriendly Compeition - Dark Crystal]], when [[spoiler:Lyra]] asks [[spoiler:Bon-Bon]] how [[spoiler:her dad]] learned [[spoiler:to do a sleeper hold]]:
209--> "Where'd you learn how to [[spoiler:do a sleeper hold, anyway]]?"\
210[[spoiler:"My dad taught me]]."\
211[[spoiler:"Where'd he learn it]]?"\
212"That's classified."
213* {{Conlang}}: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/group/210047/the-oversaturated-world/thread/320083 Wavetongue]], the language of Sirens, with its own grammar and specific words for magic, and things.
214* CompoundTitle: Every once in a while, like:
215** The chapter titles of ''Blue Sunny Days and Pink Lemonade'', which can be joined to form a single long sentence: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/369785/1/ It starts with a casual chat...]] [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/369785/2/ ...then you're meeting up for 'practical' reasons...]]
216** ''Group Precipitation'''s [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/258/group-precipitation/traditions-old-by-fome Traditions Old...,]] [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/259/group-precipitation/and-new-by-fome ...And New,]]
217** ''Pest Control'': [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/367276/1/pest-control/usually-ya-let-things-just-roll Usually, ya let things just roll...]] [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/367276/2/pest-control/and-when-issues-crop-up-ya-try-ta-keep-a-level-head ...and when issues crop up, ya try ta keep a level head...]] [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/367276/3/pest-control/but-sometimes-ya-just-gotta-go-big ...but sometimes, ya just gotta go big.]]
218* CreaturesByManyOtherNames: In ''Group Precipitation'': [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/254/group-precipitation/x-ray-examination-by-jenna-cipher-and-fome "X-Ray Examination, by Jenna Cipher and FoME"]], a alien species has multiple possible translations for its name:
219--> "They are the... how to translate the term? Astrals? Quintessentials?"\
220Ditzy quirked an eyebrow. "You copied my knowledge of Wranglish. How can you not know?"\
221Kikai paced about the bed. "Because your language is a hair-splitting kleptomaniac with commitment issues.
222* CuteClumsyGirl: After ''Oversaturation,'' Ditzy Doo becomes capable of tripping through seven dimensions and landing in a different universe than the one she started in. ''One Day I Found a Multiverse in My Pajamas'' explores her getting a grip on this ability.
223* {{Doorstopper}}: The whole series, given that it's 37 stories long, and counting, and ''Group Precipitation'' pushes it over the 100,000 word limit, with over 160,000 words as of the end of May 2019.
224* DiscardAndDraw: From ''Group Precipitation'' - ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/2/group-precipitation/launch-error-by-fome Launch Error]]'', where Scootaloo can't [[{{Flight}} fly]] like usual Pegasus Aspects, but has Fate Magic in apparent exchange:
225--> '''Sunset''': Maybe unusual talents like your fate magic come at the cost of normal pegasus magic.\
226'''Sunset''': I may have done this to you, Scootaloo. I'm sorry.\
227[...]\
228Scootaloo vaulted over her at ludicrous speed and, once more behind her, said, "I'm still pretty awesome. Just wanted to know why I couldn't get airborne."
229* EitherOrTitle: ''Pinkie Pie's Problematically Private Passion's Parental Personages Presented Perpostorously Prior Publishing Previously Paraphrased Preoccupation'', where the title extends into the description, with:
230--> Or:\
231In Which Pinkie Pie Meets Her Crush's Strange Family Before Telling Her Crush She's Crushing On Her.\
232Or:\
233Let's See How Much We Can Make A Manifestation Of Laughter Squirm.
234* EverythingExceptMostThings: From the ''Pest Control'' description:
235--> Applejack was just an ordinary farmer.\
236Well, true, she was best friends with an arguable deity, and yeah her little sister controlled part of fate subconsciously, and her social circle involved a crazy crew of characters that regularly got involved in wacky shenanigans, and she herself had helped to save the world a few times, and there was the possibility her principal was using the school to scout for super heroes, and technically she had acquired a skin condition that she had yet to see replicated by anybody else...\
237...but the point was, by most standards, she was an ordinary farmer. Not the kind of girl that went on adventures.\
238\
239And then she developed a unique form of magic, just in time for the giant bug invasion.\
240Welp.
241* ExactWords: Noted in ''Fey Breeze'', what Winter Fey deal in.
242* ExcitedTitleTwoPartEpisodeName: ''Sailor Orbital'': Every chapter has Excited Phrase! Calmer Phrase. Like [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349607/2/crossworlds-guardian-sailor-orbital/dangerous-energy-feeder-woe-of-the-munarin Chapter 2]]: Dangerous Energy Feeder! Woe of the Munarin.
243* {{Expy}}: Sailor Luna is an expy of Franchise/SailorMoon, with the ThemeNaming similarities and both being equally describable with:
244--> Energy draining monsters from another world are invading," ... "One cat seeks out a heroic team to fight them back," ... "A heroic team of teenage girls, searching for the moon princess!"
245* ExtraStrengthMasquerade: The mental filter that was used by human magic to keep itself from being hidden has been repurposed by the Sailor Orbital team and the Power Patriots to preserve their secret identities.
246* FamilyThemeNaming: AlliterativeName family, Ditzy Doo, and her daughter, Dinky Doo.
247* {{Fireballs}}: {{Discussed}} by Blue Oyster in regards to Raspberry Fluff:
248-->"You're going to be flinging around fireballs."
249* FeaturelessPlaneOfDisembodiedDialogue: ''Group Precipitation'' is a collection where there are some minifics less than 200 words, so environmental description is sometimes non-existent:
250** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/1/group-precipitation/yet-another-revolution-by-tophe Yet Another Revolution, by Tophe]]:
251--->"Show some respect fer yer elders, Jackie, Ah ain't deaf!" barked Granny. "Ah understand that [[spoiler:Shimmer girl turned inta a sun goddess and changed the world bah magic]]."\
252"Uh, good. You just seem weirdly... chill about all this."\
253Granny smiled. "Ye say tha world's changed forever. Ah've heard that before. They said it when Fence Gates invented tha Internet. They said it when they split tha atom. An' by gum, they'll say it again someday!"
254---> "Ah don't think this is entirely comparable."\
255"They said that before too. Now, since y'all can [[spoiler:lift fifty stone onehanded]], there's some chores need doin'..."
256** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/96/group-precipitation/hell-save-every-one-of-us-by-masterweaver-and-fome He'll Save Every One of Us, by Masterweaver and FoME]]:
257---> (Masterweaver)\
258"Huh. Flash Sentry made the news."\
259"What, again?"\
260"Yeah, apparently he singlehandedly stopped a corrupt company from demolishing an orphanage using nothing but a slinkie, his guitar, and the power of apple pie."\
261"...Par for the course. Popcorn's ready."\
262"Ooo, good, movie's in two minutes!"\
263([=FoME=])\
264"Flash Sentry says he wasn't fully aware of what happened, but you were there with him. What can you tell us?"\
265"Well—"\
266Applejack put a hand over Pinkie's mouth. "No comment."\
267The reporter blinked. "But—"\
268"No. Comment."
269** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/140/group-precipitation/encoded-toil-inn-by-masterweaver Encoded Toil Inn, by Masterweaver]]:
270--->"Hey." Sonata grinned. "I was just thinking about how we all got back together."\
271Adagio groaned. "Oh, don't remind me. That experience was horrible."\
272"I dunno, I think it was kind of funny," Aria mused.\
273"Yeah, well, I was just wondering... what ever happened to that one guy? You know, the one that had the thing?"\
274"We left him at that theme park, remember?"\
275"Well, yeah, but--"\
276"Wait, I wasn't there for this. Who was this guy, and was the thing that thing?"\
277"It was indeed, that thing. See, here's what happened....."
278* {{Flight}}: Something nearly every Pegasus Aspect can do, except for Scootaloo, as said in ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/2/group-precipitation/launch-error-by-fome Launch Error]]'':
279--> '''Sunset''': Maybe unusual talents like your fate magic come at the cost of normal pegasus magic.\
280'''Sunset''': I may have done this to you, Scootaloo. I'm sorry.\
281...\
282Scootaloo vaulted over her at ludicrous speed and, once more behind her, said, "I'm still pretty awesome. Just wanted to know why I couldn't get airborne."
283* FlashyTeleportation: A possible Unicorn aspect spell, and given the nature of teleportion in the source work, it's flashy:
284** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/46/group-precipitation/perimeter-patrol-by-masterweaver Group Precipitation: Perimeter Patrol]]: On why Sunset Shimmer's not helping with the current problem:
285--->"'parently she's got some more important stuff ta work out. Somethin' bout a space agency experimentin' with teleportation."
286** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/238/group-precipitation/transubstantia-shunned-by-void-knight-fome-and-artiestroke "Transubstantia-shunned, by Void Knight, FoME, and ArtieStroke"]]:
287---> [[gold:FWOOMP!]]\
288“Sunset? Wha—”\
289[...]\
290“And ''that'',” said Sunset, “is when I teleported to you.”
291* ForYourPeopleByYourPeople: From ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/346/group-precipitation/adventure-capitalism-by-fome Group Precipitation: Adventure Capitalism]]'':
292--> "the Infinite Carousel. Of Rarities, by Rarities, for everyone."
293* FunetikAksent:
294** In [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/1/group-precipitation/yet-another-revolution-by-tophe Yet Another Revolution]], Granny Smith and Applejack's speech are written phonetically:
295--> Show some respect fer yer elders, Jackie, Ah ain't deaf!\
296Ah don't think this is entirely comparable.
297* FunWithAcronyms:
298** From [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349607/7/ Sailor Orbital - Chapter 7]], when discussing the team name:
299--> '''Ditzy:''' "Crossworlds Guardian Sailor Senshi Task Force!"\
300Raspberry frowned. "The CGSSTF?"\
301Golden shrugged. "They can't all be backronyms."\
302...\
303"...What about 'Crossworlds Access Gate Enforcers'?" Raindrops suggested suddenly.\
304"That spells CAGE," Raspberry pointed out. "That's kind of the opposite of what we're doing. Also it sounds evil."\
305"No, hmm." Raspberry Fluff tapped her chin. "What about... what if we started with G for Gate?"\
306"There was the Gate Operations and Logistics Department," Kikai noted with some amusement. "It was not a paronomasia in the Munarin language, but if my wranglish is correct--"\
307...\
308"True, but we're securing the gates..." Raspberry gasped. "I got it! Gate Location and Orientation Squad... uh... Darn, I can't think of the rest of GLOSTICK."\
309...\
310"Okay, if we're going to be taking this seriously, how about the Interstellar Engagement Technology Enforcement and Naturalization Team?" Blue offered.\
311"INTENT? Intent on what?" Golden Harvest threw up her hands. "I'm still fine with CGSSTF."
312** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/255/group-precipitation/cool-but-impractical-by-fome Cool But Impractical]] talks about ESTABLISH, implied to be the "Equestrian Space-Time Administration Interdimensional League of [=SuperHeroes=]"
313--> I suspect this proposal was made largely for the acronym."\
314Celestia smirked. "It wouldn't be the first time. Remember SMILE and FROWN?"
315** SMILE is "Specialized Mediation, Intelligence, Logistics and Equipment" as said in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349631/9/playing-hero/the-revengers-initiative Playing Hero - The Revengers Initiative]]:
316--> "Wait a second, their acronym was '''''S.M.I.L.E.'''''?!"
317* GemTissue: Gems are embedded into Unicorn Aspects' heads as part of being a Unicorn Aspect.
318* GiantSpider: Sour Sweet had a hallucination of spiders that got big, mentioned in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/23/group-precipitation/with-great-sour-by-masterweaver With Great Sour]].
319* GiantWoman: Bonbon is made into one in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/131/group-precipitation/deluxe-bonbon-by-saintabsol Deluxe Bonbon]]:
320-->Suddenly, the oversized head of Bon Bon, poked over the roof of her girlfriend's home. "Um... before you do that, could you magic me up something to wear? My clothes didn't exactly grow with me..."
321* GoodOldFisticuffs: Sailor Plasma fights with her martial arts knowledge.
322* HaremSeeker: From ''Group Precipitation'': [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/335/group-precipitation/that-time-i-didnt-get-reincarnated-as-anything-by-fome "That Time I Didn't Get Reincarnated as Anything"]], about ReincarnateInAnotherWorld and other Isekai. Which Trixie wants. As Fluttershy explains Isekai and analyzes Trixie's want for it, at the core, it's basically this:
323--> "It's an anime subgenre where someone gets whisked away from their mundane life and enters a fantastic world, with varying amounts of adventure, romance, and wish fulfillment."\
324[...]\
325Fluttershy narrowed her eyes. "You just want the harem fantasy, don't you?"\
326[...]\
327As the cafeteria crowd shifted focus to the Illusions' antics, Pinkie said, "Are we sure Trixie doesn't already have a harem?"\
328[[spoiler:"Trixie likes guys!"]] cried Trixie.
329* HiddenDepths: From [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349607/6/ Sailor Orbital - Chapter 6]]:
330--> "I can code an app for that," Raindrops added.\
331"...You can code?"\
332"Yep!" The yellow-skinned girl beamed. "Took a course. It was cool."
333* HomosexualReproduction: {{Discussed}} in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/340910/Sugarcatharsis Sugarcatharsis]]:
334--> Lemon burst out laughing and clapped Sugarcoat on the shoulder. "It's fantastic! She's like if you and Indigo had some weird magic lesbian baby." She turned to Twilight. "Hey, are magic lesbian babies a thing now?"\
335"I... what?"\
336"I'll take that as a 'maybe.'"
337* HurricaneOfPuns: From ''Group Precipitation'' - ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/331/group-precipitation/disservice-charge-by-fome Disservice Charge, by FoME]]'' about Discord calling with non-phone objects:
338--> make calls on objects including but not limited to a stove top, a banana, a deck of playing cards, a chunk of wood, and your own hand\
339[...]\
340Author's Note: For those keeping track, that's a burner phone, a bananaphone, a calling card, a xylophone, and, as FredMSloniker noted, a handset. :trollestia:
341* IAmNotLeftHanded: Said word for word in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/361544/5/unfriendly-competition/the-dark-crystal Unfriendly Compeition - Dark Crystal]], when [[spoiler:Rarity]] fights [[spoiler:Royal Pin]]:
342--> [[spoiler:Rarity's next riposte reduced Royal's blade to quickly fading shards of magic, her eyes hard]]. "There's something you don't know,[[spoiler: sir]]."\
343[[spoiler:Royal swallowed.]] "And what is that?"\
344"I am not left-handed." [[spoiler:Another length of force formed in Rarity's right hand]]. "I am [[spoiler:ambidextrous." Several dozen more formed around her, arranged like a very pointy chrysanthemum and all pointed at Royal. "And then some]]."
345* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The title of Fey Breeze's first four chapters are all seasons, Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall. The last is Appendices.
346* ImagineSpot: From the second chapter of ''Pinkie Pie's Problematically Private Passion's Parental Personages Presented Perpostorously Prior Publishing Previously Paraphrased Preoccupation'', indicated by the text being aligned to the right, instead of the left, as usual:
347--> "Yes, Ruby Rose. I have some sort of bug... a lovebug. It has bitten me and made me fall deeply in love with you! I know this must come as great shock--"\
348"Oh, but Pinkie Pie, I wish you'd told me sooner! For you see, I too have found a healthy and burgeoning attraction to you! And at last, I feel my heart lifting again!"\
349"Oh dearest Ruby, how is it that we ever felt fear to confess our feelings to another? Now at last I feel free, free to once more sail the winds of whimsy! Come, let me show you wonders worth a thousand giggles!"\
350"I come, my lovely Pinkie! And lo, I do find these pies you present a suitable gesture of your romance! Perhaps in turn I shall return the gesture and--"
351* JobTitle: ''Group Precipitation'': [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/25/group-precipitation/mad-scientists-best-friend-by-eonaon-and-fome "Mad Scientist's Best Friend, by EonAon and FoME"]].
352* KidFromTheFuture: Dinky Doo is Ditzy's, sent back from the future by Ditzy's future self so Dinky can spend time with a version of her mother.
353* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/45/group-precipitation/sonnenunterganglied-by-fome Sonnenunterganglied]]:
354-->"You fly headfirst into your local analogue."\
355Ditzy nodded. "Good to know that I don't explode if I touch myself."\
356"Phrasing. The two of you manage to break a pipe with your impact."
357* TheLeader: Ditzy is set as the "general fighter and coordinator" for the Sailor Orbital team by Blue Oyster in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349607/6/ Chapter 6]] of Sailor Orbital.
358* LongList: In [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349607/3/crossworlds-guardian-sailor-orbital/unforeseen-complications-friends-give-their-advice the third chapter]] of ''Crossworlds Guardian, Sailor Orbital!'', used by Ditzy to show her WeirdnessMagnet status:
359--> Ever since the Saturation, I've been bounced across universes, met several versions of myself both human and horse, fought off a giant swarm of replicating cybernetic waffles, visited by a spirit of Yuletide past who got the wrong address, shanghaied into finding incredibly saucy pirate booty, interned for a transdimensional organization responsible for space expansion in some universes, stopped no less than thirteen apocalypse cults, contracted the first case of teleportitis despite not having a unicorn aspect, stripped naked for science three times, encountered an invisible fluffy tentacle monster that demanded entirely platonic cuddles, crashed Vinyl's car through the roof of a skyscraper, and had to babysit my own daughter from the future."\
360[...]\
361"What I'm saying," she continued, "is that I'm a weirdness magnet. At this point, I just roll with it."
362* MagicSkirt: The Blue-Oyster-Altered Crossworlds Guardian Emergency Worker Uniforms have their skirts held down by magnets.
363* MakeOutKids: In ''Unfriendly Competition - [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/361544/6/unfriendly-competition/epilogue-hard-but-brittle Epilogue: Hard but Brittle]]'': Sunset Shimmer checked up on Sour Sweet, and her boyfriend, who were both infected by dark magic:
364-->Her cheeks never seemed to stop even after the rest of her settled down.\
365"How are they?" said Twilight.\
366"Let's just say that Sour Sweet managed to purge the dark magic through the power of love," said Sunset, her gaze distant. "Love and all but eating her boyfriend's face."
367* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: The final chapter of ''Pinkie Pie's Problematically Private Passion's Parental Personages Presented Perpostorously Prior Publishing Previously Paraphrased Preoccupation'' puts Pinkie through the wringer as the girl she's crushing on obliviously praises her friendship and understanding and says she feels as close as family, before tossing off a french saying and giving her a peck on the cheek in farewell. Pinkie's reaction: Summon Sunset Shimmer.
368-->'''Pinkie Pie:''' I need you to teleport me to my room, give me a giant plush of indeterminate species I can sit against, cover me in a thick woolen blanket, summon thirty gallons of ice cream in no less than five different flavors, and call Rarity over so we can talk about things.\
369'''Sunset Shimmer:''' ...bad day?\
370'''Pinkie Pie:''' I DON'T KNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!
371* MeaningfulName: Inherited from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
372** Revealed in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/51/group-precipitation/supernal-by-artiestroke#comment/7630862 a comment]]: Bobby Pin is said to have "got his start with (questionable) investigative journalism". With the implication that it involved lockpicks, as fitting his name. Aerith Metic "specializes in news polls and is just the biggest math nerd".
373* MesACrowd: Twilight thought about cloning herself to clean up, in the Author's Note of ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/84/group-precipitation/a-glut-of-rosy-pastries-by-jenna-cipher A Glut of Rosy Pastries]]'':
374--> '''Twilight''': "What if I clone myself to clean up after th— Ow!"\
375'''Sunset''': "Thou shalt not clone."\
376'''Twilight''': "I don't even worship you."\
377'''Sunset''':"It's not a general commandment. I'm telling you to stop duplicating people. It never ends well."
378* MindOverMatter: A standard Unicorn Aspect power is telekinesis, usually used for MundaneUtility:
379** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/116/group-precipitation/vice-squad-by-fome Group Precipitation - Vice Squad]]:
380--->Glimmer [Goodwitch], toying with her martini’s olive in her telekinesis.
381* MultiarmedMultitasking: In ''One Day I Found a Multiverse in My Pajamas'', Ditzy Doo gets to see the Oversaturated World from outside of it. A sixteen-armed Sunset Shimmer is ''literally'' holding the place together with twelve arms as she uses the rest to magically mend the cracks.
382* MythologyGag: Every time an event from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' or ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is referenced:
383** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/130/group-precipitation/matte-shimmer-by-jenna-cipher Matte Shimmer]]: Referencing ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsMagicalMovieNight'' - Mirror Magic, with the magic mirror that is bought.
384** ''Then Goes The Neighborhood'': Referencing the {{time travel}} and related events of the ''Friendship Is Magic'' Season 5 Finale.
385** ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/84/group-precipitation/a-glut-of-rosy-pastries-by-jenna-cipher A Glut of Rosy Pastries]]'': Which references the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode, ''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E3TooManyPinkiePies Too Many Pinkie Pies]]''.
386* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Turns out that Rainbow Dash is named after one of the descendents of the legendary King Glitterhoof.
387* NeuralImplanting: In ''Sailor Orbital'', Ditzy gets ''something'' beamed into her mind by Kikai No Kawa which is the first part of the magic that lets Kikai get Ditzy's information on the Wranglish language beamed into ''her'' mind.
388* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Justified in Sailor Orbital, via magically 'aligning' oneself with a native. Blue Oyster is understandably miffed she was worried over nothing.
389* NoodleIncident: How the Sirens got back together in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/140/group-precipitation/encoded-toil-inn-by-masterweaver Encoded Toil Inn]]. ... Don't get the joke? [[spoiler: Encoded Toil Inn is an anagram for NoodleIncident]].
390* OneShotFic: A few:
391** ''Go, Emps!''
392** ''Mosh Pit''
393* OneWordTitle: A lot. Some are:
394** ''Sugarcatharsis''.
395** ''Group Precipitation'' has some of its chapters exhibit this:
396*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/8/group-precipitation/inevitable-by-masterweaver-minor-gore Inevitable]]
397*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/31/group-precipitation/xenocurious-by-masterweaver-and-fome-sex Xenocurious]]
398*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/38/group-precipitation/metamorphosis-by-masterweaver Metamorphosis]]
399*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/51/group-precipitation/supernal-by-artiestroke Supernal]]
400*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/61/group-precipitation/glamourous-by-masterweaver Glamourous]]
401*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/81/group-precipitation/rutaceae-by-masterweaver Rutaceae]]
402*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/86/group-precipitation/recharging-by-fome Recharging]]
403*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/87/group-precipitation/rapturous-by-fome-and-masterweaver Rapturous]]
404*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/98/group-precipitation/passion-by-malandy-jenna-cipher-and-masterweaver Passion]]
405*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/138/group-precipitation/zapostate-by-fome Zapostate]].
406*** Depending on how dashes are interpreted, possibly also:
407*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/53/group-precipitation/chibi-doosa-by-masterweaver-and-fome Chibi-Doosa]]
408*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/69/group-precipitation/re-markable-by-masterweaver Re-markable]]
409*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/104/group-precipitation/fixer-upper-by-fome Fixer-Upper]]
410*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/141/group-precipitation/all-natural-by-masterweaver All-natural]].
411** ''Criffleball''.
412** ''Fey Breeze'':
413*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/357507/1/fey-breeze/winter Winter]]
414*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/357507/2/fey-breeze/spring Spring]]
415*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/357507/3/fey-breeze/summer Summer]]
416*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/357507/4/fey-breeze/fall Fall]]
417*** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/357507/5/fey-breeze/appendices Appendices]]
418* OurGhoulsAreDifferent: {{Discussed}} in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/8/group-precipitation/inevitable-by-masterweaver-minor-gore Inevitable]] between Sunset and Twilight on whether to call [[spoiler:the undead rats]] zombies or ghouls. Twilight says ghouls as "They still retain some some self-control."
419* OurZombiesAreDifferent: {{Discussed}}. Is in combination with OurGhoulsAreDifferent, due to being a discussion on the difference between zombies and ghouls.
420* PeerAsTeacher: In ''Group Precipitation'', Bacon Academy's Shimmerism class has the religion's bishops -- who are also students -- teach the class; they presumably have some authority given the school's religious foundation.
421--> "[W]e've got a class on Shimmerism, taught by the bishops themselves. Who are, in fact, also students. They rotate so there's no schedule conflict with them learning, but that isn't the issue."
422* PostModernMagik: A staple of the setting.
423* PirateBooty: Discussed in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/369785/5/blue-sunny-days-and-pink-lemonade/so-at-one-point-you-meet-up-for-no-reason-at-all Blue Sunny Days and Pink Lemonade - ...so at one point you meet up for no reason at all...]]:
424--> “...You know what bugs me?” Lemon finally managed.\
425“Any semblance of order?”\
426“Why do pirates bury their treasure?”\
427Sunny Flare blinked. “I’m... sorry?”\
428“I mean, you go out, raid a merchant ship, get this great haul, and then... instead of spending it off in some way, you just stick it in a beach somewhere. What’s up with that?” Lemon asked. “What’s the point?”\
429“Money laundering.”\
430Lemon blinked. “Wait, what?”\
431“A boat comes in and says ‘Captain Knotbeard stole treasure from us! Look, here’s what’s missing from our manifest!’ Then two days later, a man with a tangled goatee comes in with exactly the stuff that was lost. Instant noose.” Sunny sipped her coffee again. “By hiding the wealth for a bit, say two to three months, our pirate captain lets his crime fade from the public memory while still preserving the wealth. Or so the theory goes, anyway.”\
432“Oh. Huh. That makes a lot of sense, actually.”\
433“You do realize real pirates mostly stole things like food and sailcloth and other practical materials, right? The whole treasure-burying thing is made up whole cloth.”\
434Lemon Zest gave her a flat look. “Yes, I know that. I’m not stupid. I’m asking why a theoretical pirate with treasure would bury his chest of gold, not suggesting that the pirate in question is anything more then theoretical.”
435* PowerFloats: By the end of ''Oversaturation'', it seems like anyone with enough magical oomph can treat gravity as more of a suggestion.
436** From [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/361544/4/unfriendly-competition/outer-demons Unfriendly Competition - Outer Demons]]:
437--> Applejack tilted her hat back. "How come every magic-crazed lunatic can float?"
438* PrecisionFStrike:
439** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/23/group-precipitation/with-great-sour-by-masterweaver With Great Sour]]:
440--->"Oh, no, I'm totally fine with new jewelry, I'm a teenage girl after all. But do you know what else I am? I AM A FUCKING [[spoiler: SCHIZOPHRENIC]]!"
441** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/124/group-precipitation/mysteries-of-the-cosmos-by-jenna-cipher Mysteries of the Comos]]:
442--->The unicorn-aspected science officer turned her attention back to the readout and blinked before replying in a dumbfounded tone of voice, "Ma'am, it appears to be... a small ceramic pot."\
443Surprise blinked, a look of, well, surprise, and confusion appearing on her face before stuttering, "Wha... Whuuuu.... What the fuck?"
444** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/138/group-precipitation/zapostate-by-fome Zapostate]]:
445--->Sour bit her lip and shimmied from side to side. "I know it's kind of the pot calling the kettle black, buuuut... ''Indigo Zap has gone fucking insane.''"
446* PreMortemCatchphrase: From ''Gloriosa's Overgrowth'': Discussed by Timber, when talking about a Catch-Phrase shared between his mom and sister.
447-->"I've got this," echoed Timber. "You know, I wouldn't be surprised if those were my mom's last words."
448* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Multiple:
449** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/96/group-precipitation/hell-save-every-one-of-us-by-masterweaver-and-fome He'll Save Every One of Us, by Masterweaver and FoME]]:
450---> ([=FoME=])\
451\
452"Flash Sentry says he wasn't fully aware of what happened, but you were there with him. What can you tell us?"\
453"Well—"\
454Applejack put a hand over Pinkie's mouth. "No comment."\
455The reporter blinked. "But—"\
456"No. Comment."
457** ''Group Precipitation'' - ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/128/group-precipitation/blooper-reel-by-artiestroke-and-fome Blooper Reel]]'', from, when Rainbow isn't getting Sunset's point:
458--> "Not. My. Point."
459* RapidFireDescriptors: This is how Ditzy described pizzas in ''Go, Emps! - And Keep on Going!'': Calorie-crowded, heart-harming, sodium-stuffed, cancer-causing, fat-filled pizzas. Alliteration is an added bonus.
460* RecursiveFanfiction: All the stories on this page are either ''Overaturation'' or fanfics of ''Oversaturation''. ''Group Precipitation'' is a collection of short fanfics of Oversaturation (and its spinoffs).
461* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: In [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349607/4/crossworlds-guardian-sailor-orbital/hurried-plans-and-in-jokes-the-team-is-rapidly-assembled Chapter 4]] of Sailor Orbital, the Sailor Luna Sailors are revealed to be named after the Greek Gods, in contrast to Franchise/SailorMoon's naming of Sailors after the Roman Gods. Whether this extends to the in universe planets having different names isn't clear.
462* RightBehindMe: Lampshaded and zigzagged in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/155/group-precipitation/stick-to-your-principals-by-fome Stick to your Principals]]:
463--> Lemon looked to Sugarcoat. "Call that two and a half votes for me?" After Sugarcoat nodded, she turned to the others. "Okay, let me preface this by saying that I'm trying to be a better person, and I like to think I'm having a nonzero success rate there, but some things need to be said, and I've been holding this one back since the Friendship Games: Your principals are sixty percent leg by height. Their centers of mass are below their waists. The reason they constantly wear pantsuits is because any outfit that didn't have 'pant' right in the name couldn't hope to contain them. And at this point in the rant, I can safely assume that one or both of them is standing behind me." She turned to look.\
464[[spoiler:"Dean Cadence smiled. "Not quite."]]
465* RoleCalled: ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349607/crossworlds-guardian-sailor-orbital Crossworlds Guardian, Sailor Orbital!]]'', where "Sailor Orbital" is a codename.
466* RuleOfFunny: How Pinkie's "party person" magic works. Explicitly acknowledged as such.
467* SailorSenshiSendUp: The "Sailor Orbital" installments, starring Sailors Orbital, Plasma, Meteor, Photon, and Comet. They are actively basing themselves off a BlandNameProduct version of ''Sailor Moon'' called Sailor Luna.
468* SecretIdentity: Those of the Sailor Orbital team and the Power Patriots have them to keep their civilian identities safe from the general public.
469* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: From ''Blue Sunny Days and Pink Lemonade'', it's what Lemon Zest and Sunny Flare say about each other, while everyone disagrees.
470* ShockAndAwe: Sailor Plasma's Tesla gloves:
471--> "You curl them up as fists, they generate an electric charge--give your punches an extra something. And if you clap them together, that electricity is released in a bolt of lightning--just in case you need a ranged option."
472* ShoutOut: There's a lot. Here's some:
473** From [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349607/7/crossworlds-guardian-sailor-orbital/organization-and-arguments-compromises-are-made Sailor Orbital Chapter 6]], to ''Toys/MilkyWayAndTheGalaxyGirls'' from Creator/LaurenFaust, who was also responsible for ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', the originating series for ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls''. It's also lampshaded in the Author's Note at the end:
474---> "Yeah, GALAX-E girls rule!"\
475"Yep. It sounds quite appropriate, actually."\
476"Mmmhmm."\
477"...I wonder why?"\
478"I don't know. Something something metajoke?"
479** ''Playing Hero'''s ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349631/3/playing-hero/a-minty-fresh-adventurer A Minty Fresh Adventurer]]'' has its title be a reference to the Pony Platforming Project's ''VideoGame/MintyFreshAdventure'', with a time-manipulating Minuette.
480* SickEpisode: The premise of ''Future Congestive''. Sweetie Belle catches a cold that leaves her unable to "turn off" her future sight and causes whatever she sneezes on to instantly age by years or decades.
481* SneezeCut:
482** ''Group Precipitation'' - [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/126/group-precipitation/taking-a-strange-turn-by-jenna-cipher Taking A Strange Turn]]:
483--->Pinkie chose now to give her own input. "Ooooh! I know! Maybe Doctor Turner is some kind wibbly-wobby timey-wimey aspected person, and the blue hourglass he always carries around is like a magic wand, ONLY A TIME MACHINE!"\
484...\
485Somewhere, on a spaceship being invaded by giant salt shakers, a time-traveling hourglass would've sneezed if it could.
486** ''Sailor Orbital'' - [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349607/4/crossworlds-guardian-sailor-orbital/hurried-plans-and-in-jokes-the-team-is-rapidly-assembled Chapter 4]]:
487--->"Weird shit is happening every day, Ditzy! It's like fate's being run by somebody who wants to pack reality full of things that are astounding, dramatic, or just plain weird!"\
488None of them noticed the three little girls across the park sneeze, one by one.
489* TheSmartGuy: Blue Oyster, who provides the Sailor Orbital team with their equipment, and also cares about proper scientific terminology:
490-->"I'm calling you Sailor Plasma," Raindrops announced. "Because plasma and electricity are the same thing!"\
491Blue winced. "They're... not. They're really not."
492* SpitTake: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/81/group-precipitation/rutaceae-by-masterweaver Rutaceae]]: Rainbow Dash does one.
493-->"Rainbow's hot-coffee spit take"
494* SpysSuspiciousSpouse: From ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/250/group-precipitation/scratching-at-the-wrapper-by-fome Scratching at the Wrapper, by FoME]]'': Lyra being suspicious of Bonbon's out-of-place martial arts skills. They're not married, but they're close. And then there's Bonbon's discussion with her parents, where her dad is basically confirmed as having previously worked as a spy:
495--> At dinner that night, Bonbon bit her lip and said, "Dad?"\
496Bon Mot looked up from his spaghetti. "Yes, Sweetie?"\
497"Did... did Mom ever, you know... ''suspect''?"\
498Her mother, Aspartame, snorted. "Believe me, Sweetie, if I had ever suspected what he was up to before it was too late, I would... Well, things would've gone differently."
499* StopWorshippingMe: After Sunset's AbstractApotheosis into the human world's Tree of Harmony, people start up religions around her and pray to her. She's extremely uncomfortable with this, as she's still a high school student. Played mostly for laughs.
500** PlayedForDrama in ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/27/group-precipitation/in-her-image-by-masterweaver In Her Image]]'', a ''Group Precipitation'' short written from the perspective of the ''other'' Sunset Shimmer, the one native to the human world.
501* SuperheroTeamUniform: The GALAX-E Girls, as said in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349607/6/crossworlds-guardian-sailor-orbital/outfitting-and-armory-some-problems-are-encountered ''Crossworlds Guardian, Sailor Orbital!'': "Outfitting and Armory! Some Problems are Encountered."]], who wear modified Crossworld Guardian suits, paraphrased with these quotes:
502-->"After some discussion with the Aztlan institute and a few purchases of my own from a few Company of D.R.E.A.M.S. subsidiaries, I've managed to wrangle together a basic outfit kit for each of us."\
503Ditzy tilted her head. "Those are Crossworlds Guardian Emergency Worker Uniforms, aren't they?"\
504[...]\
505I ditched the helmets and rigged together something different." She tapped a tiara resting on one of the mannequin's heads. "This is a micro-radio, complete with earbuds, that will let us remain in contact if we are anywhere within... three, four miles of each other. They are not aerodynamic, so there's not going to be any Lunar Tiara Action."\
506[...]\
507"Are the colored collars and miniskirts just so we can look like Sailor Luna and her pals?"\
508"Actually no." Blue moved her hands up to the sailor collar. "The jewel on the chest is the outfit conversion module--you put your hand to it and say a keyphrase, you switch back to your civilian clothes. The ribbons serve as thaumatic dispersion units, keeping hostile magic from overwhelming the wearer. And the collar itself is woven with the Identity Derecognition Pattern."
509* TalkingAnimal:
510** Spike, a dog, who can speak in wranglish, due to magic
511** Kikai No Kawa of Sailor Orbital, an alien cat, who speaks in Japanese, and then wranglish after she gets it [[NeuralImplanting beamed]] into her mind.
512* {{Telepathy}}: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/79/group-precipitation/assume-a-spherical-walrus-by-fome Assume a Spherical Walrus]]: Luna has it after taking over dream management, as magic interprets 'dreams' as "Any thoughts that weren't focused on the here-and-now.", and she could read those thoughts, although "most of the time it was a mishmash of memories and speculation that wasn't even put into words, much less a coherent flow."
513* TeenagePregnancy: What was presumably going through Golden Harvest's head when she learned Ditzy had a kid, in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349607/7/crossworlds-guardian-sailor-orbital/organization-and-arguments-compromises-are-made Sailor Orbital Chapter 6]]:
514--> "Hold on." Golden Harvest put her hands on the table. "Ditzy, when did you have a '''kid?!'''"\
515"Hopefully five or more years in the future."
516* ThemeNaming: The Sailor Orbital team is named after Outer Space or Science-themed things:
517** Sailor Orbital = Ditzy Doo
518** Sailor Plasma = Golden Harvest
519** Sailor Meteor = Raspberry Fluff
520** Sailor Photon = Raindrops
521** Sailor Comet = Blue Oyster.
522* ThisIsWrongOnSoManyLevels: In the Author's Note of [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/292/group-precipitation/here-there-be-legends-by-artiestroke Here There Be Legends]]:
523--> Ditzy tapped at her phone for a few moments. "Huh. It says here the original, mythological Bahamut was a giant fish."\
524"Indeed. The Bahamatians [[spoiler:exploited their genetic malleability to the utmost. Some of their ships were not built, but hatched]]."\
525"That is disturbing on multiple levels."
526* TimeStandsStill: From ''Playing Hero''[='=]s [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349631/3/playing-hero/a-minty-fresh-adventurer "A Minty Fresh Adventurer"]] has its title be a reference to the Pony Platforming Project's ''VideoGame/MintyFreshAdventure'', with a time-manipulating Minuette, using a time-stop spell cast by {{call|ingYourAttacks}} "'''Clock up.'''", to [[spoiler:foil a bank robbery]]:
527--> [[spoiler:The thieves]] stood frozen, dust hung still in the air. Nobody even looked like they were breathing.
528* TitleDrop: Sailor Orbital is title dropped in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/349607/4/crossworlds-guardian-sailor-orbital/hurried-plans-and-in-jokes-the-team-is-rapidly-assembled Chapter 4]].
529* ToughSpikesAndStuds: From ''Group Precipitation'': [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/266/group-precipitation/pointed-fashion-statement-by-fome "Pointed Fashion Statement, by FoME"]]: Former villainess Sunset Shimmer wears a jacket with spikes, which her girlfriend even calls SpikesOfVillainy.
530--> '''Sunset''': [[spoiler:"Fine, the truth is that I like leather jackets because they're a harmless way for me to feel like a bad girl, and this one is ridiculous enough to make it farcical while still giving me that safe little thrill."]]
531* {{Transflormation}}: In ''What Shy Did On Her Summer Vacation'', Fluttershy gets turned into a tree for a month, [[spoiler:but after a while she stops thinking like a person, [[TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody and more like a tree]], causing her friends to scramble for a solution.]]
532* VerbedTitle: Multiple:
533** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/350698/enthralled Enthralled]]:
534*** Its sole chapter, [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/350698/1/enthralled/entranced Entranced]]
535** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/374677/swirled Swirled]]
536** [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/390140/multifaceted Multifaceted]]
537** Etc.
538* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/123/group-precipitation/well-met-fellow-traveler-by-jenna-cipher-and-masterweaver Well Met, Fellow Traveler]]:
539-->"Hmm." Winter glanced away. "This is not relevant. I explained the actions of the pink one. I did not need to."\
540"No. And I do not need to award you for common decency." Ditzy clicked her hands together. "You have much to learn."
541* WeirdnessMagnet: Ditzy flat out calls herself this in Sailor Orbital, having {{long list}}ed a litany of {{Noodle Incident}}s to back up her claim:
542--> Ever since the Saturation, I've been bounced across universes, met several versions of myself both human and horse, fought off a giant swarm of replicating cybernetic waffles, visited by a spirit of Yuletide past who got the wrong address, shanghaied into finding incredibly saucy pirate booty, interned for a transdimensional organization responsible for space expansion in some universes, stopped no less than thirteen apocalypse cults, contracted the first case of teleportitis despite not having a unicorn aspect, stripped naked for science three times, encountered an invisible fluffy tentacle monster that demanded entirely platonic cuddles, crashed Vinyl's car through the roof of a skyscraper, and had to babysit my own daughter from the future."\
543[...]\
544"What I'm saying," she continued, "is that I'm a weirdness magnet. At this point, I just roll with it."
545* WhichMe: {{Discussed}} with Derpy and her analogues in other dimensions in [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/323071/45/group-precipitation/sonnenunterganglied-by-fome Here]], while she's fixing a mess she sort of caused:
546-->"Well, I couldn't just wreck everything and leave myself to fix it, could I?"\
547Sunset smirked. "You inhabit a very interesting realm of grammar. Have I ever told you that?"\
548"A few times."
549* WorldsBestCharacter: ''Group Precipitation'': "Pre-Patch Exploit, by Masterweaver": Due to a comment by Flurry Heart on Cinch's grumpiness:
550--> '''Author's Notes:'''\
551When Abacus Cinch learned ''why'' she'd found herself wearing a hideous sweater that read "World's Grumpiest Gran" and drinking from a similarly captioned mug, her only response was, "You are all tremendously fortunate that my great-granddaughter is as adorable as she is."
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