Line #51 Fanfic/Flutterspy


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3	->'''Fleur de Lis:''' Elite young fillies and colts from [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} Fancè]] are sometimes trained to serve Princess Celestia in... ways not greatly publicized. We work in the shadows, protecting Equestria from threats from without, and from within. We are... the ''Agents Secret''.\
4	'''Fluttershy:''' I've never heard of them.\
5	'''Fleur de Lis:''' Oui. There is reason for that.
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7	''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/41608/flutterspy Flutterspy]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' comedy fanfic by Kavonde that's available from Platform/FimfictionDotNet. As you've probably guessed from the PunBasedTitle, it takes [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicFluttershy Fluttershy]], the gentlest and most peaceful member of the Mane Six, and plunges her into the world of TuxedoAndMartini SpyFiction.[[note]]Technically, this is more of a Bathtub Gin Flavored story, since the main character is a civilian who's mixed up in a spy adventure.[[/note]]
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9	[[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicRarity Rarity]] goes to Canterlot to display her latest fashions at the first annual Equestrian Fashion Forum, which is sponsored by Fancy Pants. She persuades Fluttershy to come "out of retirement" to model the new designs, despite her bad experience [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E20GreenIsntYourColor last time]]. One of the other designers is Miss Worthy, who brings three models with her (the rules allow only one). A resident of [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity Mane]][[BigApplesauce hattan]] and "a relation of old royalty", Worthy is also a bigoted {{Jerkass}} who insults Rarity because she takes a dim view of "mud ponies" from rural villages. Although the Forum isn't a competition and Rarity already came with a new set of designs, she resolves to come up with even better ideas just to outdo Worthy.
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11	Fluttershy is surprised, but an even bigger shock is headed her way. While she and Rarity are taking a carriage back to their hotel, it's hijacked -- and Fluttershy recognizes the perp as Red Adder, one of Worthy's models! Red Adder attacks her -- and then Fancy Pants' girlfriend, supermodel Fleur de Lis, comes out of nowhere to save her! Later, Fleur explains that she's actually a secret agent working for Princess Celestia, and she's here because Fancy Pants and Rarity are both in danger -- sort of. Despite his upper class roots, Fancy Pants believes in equality and egalitarianism, and his enemy Worthy is using the fashion show as "an opportunity to prove the nobility's superiority, and to win hearts and minds from Fancy's cause." To help accomplish this, she plans to destroy Rarity's career with the help of her "models", who are actually three highly-trained {{Ninja}}s. And since Fluttershy is now involved, Fleur de Lis enlists her as an ally.
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13	So all Fluttershy has to do is overcome her [[PerformanceAnxiety natural resistance to modeling]] ''and'' somehow help defeat Worthy and her vicious ninjas, all while keeping an increasingly suspicious Rarity in the dark.
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15	...Yay?
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17	!!Tropes:
18	* ActionGirl: Fleur de Lis and the ninjas are all formidable female fighters.
19	* AnimalThemeNaming: Worthy's ninjas all use reptile-themed {{Code Name}}s, in a probable ShoutOut to ''Film/KillBill''.
20	* ApologeticAttacker: Fluttershy apologizes to Worthy's ninjas whenever they force her to defend herself.
21	* BadassCrew: Worthy's ninjas.
22	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Fleur de Lis is an elegant, well-mannered pony who also happens to be an ActionGirl spy. She persuades the timid Fluttershy to DareToBeBadass.
23	* BlowGun: Worthy's ninjas use them. Fleur de Lis often refers to the weapons with the French term "sarbacane".
24	* TheCityVsTheCountry: Part of Worthy's animus against Rarity.
25	-->'''Worthy:''' Certainly, a pony so proud of her rural heritage wouldn't ''put on airs'' and speak with a false accent just to make herself feel better about her mud pony roots.... Why, one should think that ''any'' pony so pathetic as to affect a Manehattan accent to cover her natural one must have some rather ''severe'' self-image issues.
26	* ColorCodedCharacters: The ninjas '''Red''' Adder, '''Blue''' Cobra and '''Yellow''' Viper. They all have tan fur, but their eyes, [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow their manes]] (which have been dyed), and their outfits are all in the appropriate color.
27	* CommLinks: Fleur de Lis has Fluttershy wear one that's disguised as a pendant.
28	* CrystalBall: Fleur de Lis uses them as monitors.
29	* EvilBrit: Blue Cobra is an AffablyEvil PunchClockVillain, in contrast with her teammates, but she still qualifies.
30	* EyeScream: One of Blue Cobra's BlowGun darts hits Jet Black in the eye. PlayedForLaughs.
31	-->'''Jet Black:''' ''Seriously'', if I lose an eye, I am gonna be so freaking ticked!... Then again, I could get an awesome [[EyepatchOfPower eyepatch]]...
32	* EyeTwitch: How Rarity responds to Worthy's insulting speech, along with [[{{Angrish}} stammering]] "Why... you...".
33	* FishOutOfWater: Fluttershy does ''not'' belong in the spy world. This is the basis of the plot, and the story plays it for both [[PlayedForLaughs laughs]] and [[PlayedForDrama drama]].
34	* ForgetsToEat[=/=]SleepDeprivation: When Rarity is working on her second set of designs, she's too busy to eat, sleep or shower.
35	-->'''Rarity:''' Inspiration cannot be ignored, especially when it is fueled by righteous anger!
36	* FrenchJerk: AvertedTrope, as Fleur de Lis is a kind, polite NiceGirl.
37	* FunetikAksent: Used whenever Fleur de Lis, Red Adder or Photo Finish speaks.
38	* GratuitousFrench: True to her name, Fleur de Lis has a French accent and peppers her speech with French words and phrases.
39	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Miss Worthy, sort of. At the end, Fleur notes that "[Worthy] will be free to continue plotting back in Manehattan", although "[h]er reputation will be damaged" and her ninjas have been captured.]]
40	* LiteralMinded: Photo Finish, when she tells a model named Jet Black to hurry up.
41	-->'''Photo Finish:''' You! You are next!
42	-->'''Jet Black:''' Keep yer shirt on.
43	-->'''Photo Finish:''' I, Photo Finish, vill continue to vear vhatever garments I vish! Now!
44	* MultinationalTeam: Worthy's ninjas. Red Adder is from [[UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} Stalliongrad]], Blue Cobra is from [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} Trotting]][[UsefulNotes/TheMidlands ham]], and Yellow Viper is from [[UsefulNotes/{{Japan}} Okineighwa]].
45	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler:Once Fluttershy is hit by Red Viper's poison joke-tipped dart, she gives the Snakes quite the beat-down.]]
46	* NotMyDriver: How Fluttershy discovers the spy plot. While she and Rarity are headed back to the hotel, their carriage is hijacked by Red Adder, who explains the disruption by claiming that the original driver is taking a break after almost running over a cat. ("Union rules. Very strict.") When Fluttershy recognizes her, she attacks, forcing Fleur de Lis to step in.
47	* OfficeRomance: Fleur de Lis calls her boss Fancy Pants "the love of [her] life", although little is made of it.
48	* OriginalFlavor: It's easy to imagine this story as a TV episode.
49	* OutOfCharacterMoment: InvokedTrope when Fluttershy tries to defuse the tension after one of Worthy's insults (see TheCityVsTheCountry above) by acting like Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara. It works because everypony reacts with StunnedSilence.
50	-->'''Fluttershy:''' Celestia, I do ''not'' need this stupid little ''drama'' right now! Like, ''come '''on''''', ponies! I am trying to, like, ''focus'' and, like, channel "the magics" and stuff! You are, like, ''totally'' killing my mojo here!
51	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Miss Worthy, all the way. At least one of her ninjas, Red Adder, agrees with her; when she's asked about class divisions, she gives a speech about how "[It] is the right and privilege of the strong to rule over the weak".
52	* SequelHook: The conversation between Fluttershy and Fleur de Lis at the end of the story hints that there might be future adventures. And the very last line is a WhamLine: "Fleur returned the smile, and decided not to tell [Fluttershy] about [[spoiler:the other Snakes]]."
53	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Kavonde uses the spelling Fleur de Lis, although the ExpandedUniverse (the only place where the character has been named so far) uses the [[XtremeKoolLetterz deliberate misspelling]] Fleur Dis Lee.
54	* SpyCatsuit: Worthy's ninjas sometimes wear them.
55	* StealthExpert: Pretty much every spy in the story, and Fleur is helping Fluttershy become an even better expert at stealth.
56	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: After the NotMyDriver situation above, Rarity asks Fluttershy what all the ruckus was about. Fluttershy assures her that "Absolutely no ninja fights happened on top of the carriage."
57	* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: As in canon, this is Fluttershy's usual response to a threat. Fleur de Lis correctly warns her that this approach won't work with Worthy's ninjas.
58	* TookALevelInBadass: PlayedWith. As shown in canon, Fluttershy is capable of being a great warrior, but only if one of her {{Berserk Button}}s is pressed. Fleur de Lis' training is intended to overcome this.
59	* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler: When Fluttershy is hit by Red Viper's dart in the final chapter, it removes all of her angry inhibitions and she attacks the Snakes without mercy.]]
60	* WhatWouldXDo: Fluttershy is trapped in the theater's storage room with Yellow Viper. She [[ImagineSpot imagines]] how the rest of the Mane Six would react, and realizes that most of their solutions wouldn't work for her. Desperate, she uses Pinkie Pie's method -- dressing up in the old costumes and [[ScoobyDooHoax pretending to be a hostile ghost]]--because it's CrazyEnoughToWork.
61	** NoSell: However, Yellow Viper is not convinced.
62	--->'''Fluttershy:''' [[LameComeback Well, it would have scared]] ''[[LameComeback me]]''.

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