History Characters / FriendshipIsMagicDiscord

* DeusExitMachina: He's a RealityWarper who could easily fix most of the most of the series conflicts with his powers. But by the time he's redeemed enough to be willing or trusted to do so he's rarely around to ask for help, except when he's up against something he can't magic away or is causing the conflict.

* DesperatelyCravesAffection: In spite of his disconsideration towards others, Discord is that. After the Tirek incident, he clings to Fluttershy because he realized how much she means for him and also because she forgave his treason (although Twilight did that, too, she keeps treating him like crap). To not lose her, he goes to extremes like threatening to send Treehugger to another dimension and to try to become "normal" -- twice -- even if that almost kills him. Realizing that can't be healthy for any of them, Fluttershy encourages him to make friends with Spike and Big Mac -- ans surprisingly, the three end up getting along, in spite of their very troubled beginning.

* JustEatGilligan: Discord's magic appears to have no limitations or consistent rules (which makes sense, you know, it's ''chaos'' magic). In season three, he is convinced to use his powers for good, [[ReformedButNotTamed and although it takes him awhile to get the hang of it,]] he eventually proves himself to be a relatively trustworthy being who no longer uses his magic with negative intentions. As such, every conflict after this raises the question of "Why don't the characters just call up and Discord and have him snap his fingers and instantly solve the problem?" In minor problems this can be overlooked, but even in incredibly dire situations, no one considers contacting Discord. As such, in most conflicts, Discord is completely absent, and when he isn't, there's some sort of atypical ailment that renders him currently unable to fix the problem.

* FauxAffablyEvil: In his debut, Discord dances between this and AffablyEvil, treating the ordeal as a "game" and seems good-natured... then we see the absolute joy he takes in [[MoreThanMindControl manipulating]] and [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] the Mane Cast. [[spoiler:However, in his second appearnace, he eventually becomes genuinely AffablyEvil at worst, courtesy of Fluttershy.]]

* EvilSoundsDeep: {{Averted|Trope}}; while Creator/JohnDeLancie does have a deep voice, he doesn't give Discord a commanding, threatening tone, but a [[SoftSpokenSadist jovial]], [[LaughablyEvil excited]], and [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] one, suiting his [[FauxAffablyEvil deceptive characterization]]. De Lancie has said his recordings are sped up to make Discord talk faster, resulting in his natural bass being lost. In his first appearance, there are instances where his voice drops to a more threatening, ominous tone, usually when he's doing something particularly malicious. However, follow his [[HeelFaceTurn reformation]], this aspect mostly disappears.

* FauxAffablyEvil: In his debut, Discord treats the ordeal as a "game" and seems good-natured... then we see the absolute joy he takes in [[MoreThanMindControl manipulating]] and [[BreakTheCutie breaking]] the Mane Cast. [[spoiler:However, he eventually becomes genuinely AffablyEvil at worst, courtesy of Fluttershy.]]

** Yes, Discord is officially reformed, no longer trying to take over Equestria. He wants to be good and do good although often in his own {{Trickster Mentor}} way. He can even be surprisingly heroic in the natural sense (see {{Heroes Frontier Step}}) when it matters most. However he's still more than a bit of a {{Jerkass}} who likes to annoy the Mane Six (especially Twilight) for lulz and rarely does anything to help the heroes in a crisis, even if they directly ask him. Spike sums him up best.

* PsychopathicManChild: While he's aware of his actions and [[MoreThanMindControl how]] horrific [[DrivenToMadness they are]], he has nothing better to do than have whimsical and nonsensical fun at the expense of other characters, no real business to take care of, and no compassion for the beings he's toying with to restrain him. Whenever things don't go his way, his reactions include performing a RageQuit, pouting, or throwing a temper tantrum, depending on how bad he's been beaten that time.

** In the show, Princess Celestia is quite fond of him, accepting flowers from him and inviting him to the gala. He's implied to be in a relationship [[spoiler:with Fluttershy in the Last Problem.]]

** In the show, Princess Celestia is at least quite amused when he is around and he's implied to be in a relationship [[spoiler:with Fluttershy in the Last Problem.]]

* ChickMagnet: Believe it or not, Discord is that in the MLP comics -- at least for goddesses and female entities.

** In show, he's at implied to be in a relationship [[spoiler:with Fluttershy in the Last Problem.]]

** His oddest friendship out of all is with Twilight. They are total opposites, chaos and harmony. Most of their screentime together consist of Discord messing with her and Twilight being annoyed with him. They don't seem to hang out that much either. However despite that they consider each other dear friends, both have each others backs and will do anything for each other. Examples include Twilight saving him from Tirek and Discord's whole plan in the Final Season involving trying to show her she has what it takes.

** His oddest friendship out of all is Twilight. They are total opposites, chaos and harmony. Most of their screentime together consist of Discord messing with her and Twilight being annoyed with him. They don't seem to hang out that much either. However despite that they consider each other dear friends, both have each others backs and will do anything for each other. Examples include Twilight saving him from Tirek and Discord's whole plan in the Final Season involving trying to show her she has what it takes.

** [[spoiler: His whole gambit with the three as Grogar reeks of this, as he forces them into a VillainTeamUp to become a more serious threat, [[ShaggyDogStory but only so they would ultimately lose to Twilight's group as a proof of their competence]]. Being Discord, he ends up getting a little too into the act and indulges in some petty villain abuse as well, so much that they end up using the trope on ''him'' when they progress further than he expected and use the real Grogar's bell on him. Notably they didn't know it was Discord until afterwards, he was just ''that'' ire-inspiring a MeanBoss via Grogar.]]

* TheBully: Removing the Mane Six's wings and horns looks like a bully taking someone's lunch money. In general, Discord tends to enjoy lording his incredibly powerful reality-warping abilities over mortal ponies, and humiliating other people for his own amusement. Even after his HeelFaceTurn, he's periodically slipped into disturbing bouts of sadism when he doesn't get his way: like trying to banish Tree Hugger to another dimension forever out of jealousy, trapping Spike and Big Mac inside a board game so he can torment them for not letting him make their 'guy's night' all about him, and endangering the students at Twilight Sparkle's school because he was jealous she left Starlight Glimmer in charge and not him. Even when he thinks he's doing a good thing, it can fall into this, such as [[spoiler: trying to give the ponies' a confidence boost by [[PayEvilUntoEvil strongarming Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow into a villain plan they were meant to fail]].]]

* TheBully: Removing the Mane Six's wings and horns looks like a bully taking someone's lunch money. In general, Discord tends to enjoy lording his incredibly powerful reality-warping abilities over mortal ponies, and humiliating other people for his own amusement. Even after his HeelFaceTurn, he's periodically slipped into disturbing bouts of sadism when he doesn't get his way: like trying to banish Tree Hugger to another dimension forever out of jealousy, trapping Spike and Big Mac inside a board game so he can torment them for not letting him make their 'guy's night' all about him, and endangering the students at Twilight Sparkle's school because he was jealous she left Starlight Glimmer in charge and not him.

** [[spoiler: His whole gambit with the three as Grogar reeks of this, as he forces them into a VillainTeamUp to become a more serious threat, [[ShaggyDogStory but only so they would ultimately lose to Twilight's group as a proof of their competence]]. Being Discord, he ends up getting a little too into the act and indulges in some petty villain abuse as well, so much that they end up using the trope on ''him'' when they progress further than he expected and use their powers on him. Notably they didn't know it was Discord until afterwards, he was just ''that'' ire-inspiring a MeanBoss via Grogar.]]

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Shown to be completely on board with this in "The Ending of the End" [[spoiler:Discord decides to stone Chrysalis, Tirek and Cozy Glow like he once was as a villain, deciding it’s only fitting for beings who rejected and hated friendship more than anything given how they divided Equestria to be forced to spend a eternity together.]] Even if one sees him as doing this as too cruel or him not deserving of giving out the punishment, it is true that after everything they attempted to do or did to the characters for selfish evil reasons they had it coming quite a bit.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnDeLancie; Creator/EnriqueCervantes (Latin American Spanish); Creator/ShigeruChiba (Japanese)

** Yes, Discord is officially reformed, no longer trying to take over Equestria. Especially after Season four, he wants to be good and do good although often in his own {{Trickster Mentor}} way. He can even be surprisingly heroic in the natural sense (see {{Heroes Frontier Step}}) when it matters most. However he's still more than a bit of a {{Jerkass}} who likes to annoy the Mane Six (especially Twilight) for lulz and rarely does anything to help the heroes in a crisis, even if they directly ask him. Spike sums him up best.

* NominalHero: After being "reformed", he becomes this as he helps the heroes, but only because he cares about his one friend, Fluttershy. He remains a {{Jerkass}} and has no qualms about using trickery on the heroes to get what he wants. After his permanent HeelFaceTurn, he starts sliding into a UnscrupulousHero who slowly gets nicer and more genuinely well-intentioned overtime.

** Yes, Discord is officially reformed, no longer trying to take over Equestria. Now he wants to be/do good although often in his own {{Trickster Mentor}} way. He can even be surprisingly heroic in the natural sense (see {{Heroes Frontier Step}}) when it matters most. However he's still more than a bit of a {{Jerkass}} who likes to annoy the Mane Six (especially Twilight) for lulz and rarely does anything to help the heroes in a crisis, even if they directly ask him. Spike sums him up best.

** Yes, Discord is officially reformed, no longer trying to take over Equestria. He is now capable of doing good and wanting to do good although often in his own {{Trickster Mentor}} way. He can even be surprisingly heroic in the natural sense, but he's still more than a bit of a {{Jerkass}} who likes to annoy the Mane Six (especially Twilight) for lulz and rarely does anything to help the heroes in a crisis, even if they directly ask him. Spike sums him up best.

* AxCrazy: He's a dangerously chaotic figure who was as unpredictable as The Joker and has moments of being emotionally unstable even when he's a reformed character.

* AxCrazy: While far from malicious, he's still a dangerously chaotic figure who was as unpredictable as The Joker and has moments of being emotionally unstable even when he's a reformed character.

* BecomingTheMask: Pretends to behave in front of Fluttershy to trick her, but after discovering she really ''does'' care about him, he ultimately cannot bring himself to do something that would destroy their friendship. He eventually is completely genuine in acting as a TricksterMentor for the sake of Twilight's growth.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnDeLancie, Creator/EnriqueCervantes (Latin American Spanish), Creator/ShigeruChiba (Japanese)

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: In his [[spoiler:"Cutie Re-Mark" BadFuture, while he does invoke WorldGoneMad on Equestria, he's visibly far-less cruel and much-more juvenile than the other villains (e.g. -- he merely turns Celestia and Luna into clowns and chases them for fun; meanwhile, the other villains are warmongering [[PersonOfMassDestruction People of Mass Destruction]], and Nightmare Moon's payback on Celestia involves a lunar AndIMustScream]]). Falls into more of {{a Lighter Shade of Grey}} of the Black and Gray kind after his Permanent Reformation.

* PokeThePoodle: In comparison to all the harm he inflicted on the Mane Six in "The Return of Harmony", his actions in "Keep Calm and Flutter On" are somewhat tame. Justified because if he went to the big stuff the Mane Six would petrify him again. Also, if he did any ''major'' puppy-kicking, he probably would have come off as too EasilyForgiven at the end. He also does this after being truly reformed as his new care for friendship makes him have some level of compassion for others.

* {{Logical Weakness}}: Discord is the Spirit of Chaos; forcing himself to be perfectly orderly is detrimental to his existence.