How to throw yourself at the ground and miss is a My Little Pony (Generation 5) fanfiction by Axolotl222
that expands on Zipp Storm's flashback scene in the My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale episode "Zipp's Flight School". The story can be read here.
How to throw yourself at the ground and miss provides examples of:
- Die or Fly: Zipp decides go ahead with her flight attempt after Thunder implies that her mother was lying about not giving up on your dreams and living life to the fullest. Fortunately she's able to glide down to a safe landing.
- Literary Allusion Title: The name of the fic is a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which Arthur Dent discovers that the secret to unaided flight is to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: While Haven and Zoom are trying to talk Zipp out of her attempt at flying, Thunder implies that Haven was lying about "living life to the fullest" and that life is just biding your time till you die. This inspires Zipp to make her attempt anyway.
- Say My Name: Queen Haven yells Zipp's full name when she sees her standing at the edge of the tower window.
