History Characters / MinorAntagonistsTheFlashSentryChronicles

* YourDaysAreNumbered: When Mean Flash meets Shroudheart, Shroudheart confirms to him that he will die in less than a year, if not due to the actions of someone else then because the magic that brought him to life will fade away. He says he can ensure Mean Flash lives as long as possible, but he needs to help him with his own plan first.

* ForScience: He claims that all of his experiments on ponies are to help advance the medical field and that he hopes to one day cure all diseases, pointing out how his research lead to him discovering a cure for the Floenia Virus, which saved hundreds or thousands of lives a year after he was imprisoned.

* EyeScream: After Flash figures out his weakness, that he can only absorb and fire magic through his eye and can't do both of at once, Flash continuously fires a giant magic ball at him. [[GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy It is too much for Odin to absorb at once]] and when he finally gives out he goes temporarily blind.

* SuccessThroughSexAccusation: In an attempt to protect his record, he accuses Rainbow Dash of only becoming a Wonderbolt by sleeping with Soarin.

* OutGambitted: Tragus traveled back in time to disrupt the peace talks between ponies, changelings, and dragons, and that since he was from the future he knew exactly where they would all be and can simply attack everyone but Thorax and Hiveena to change history. But, Flash and the Future Fire Heart realize that they can change a few details about the peace talks, but [[WrittenByTheWinners history won't change as long as none of those events are recorded]], allowing them to lure Tragus into a trap while keeping the delegates safe from harm.

* CorruptedCharacterCopy: He is a dark take on the famous film director Creator/StevenSpielberg. Just like Spielberg, Saddleberg is known as one of the greatest filmmakers of his time and changed the way movies were made, However, unlike Spieleberg, Saddleberg has slowly fallen from his grace and his reputation has suffered, with him now being willing to go to any extreme to get back his glory.

A Cyclops.

* HateSink:
* ItsAllAboutMe: He's a narcissist who willing to ruined Demo and the crews' chance in the film industry as he was more worried about his film career.

!! Monsters

Creatures that inhabit the wilderness of Equestria.

[[folder:Manticore]]
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A lion-like creature that a young Grand Hoof tries to hunt, believing that it would turn him into a Royal Knight.

* TheBusCameBack: Another manticore returns in ''Grand Hoof: The Legend Begins'' when it's last relevant appearance was in ''The Element of Courage'', the very first story in the series.
* CurbStompBattle: It annihilates nearly all of the orphan colts who try to hunt it down with Grand. However, it ends up on the receiving end of this when the adult ponies arrive and chase it off.
* PaperTiger: It's capable of killing young foals, but a mob of adult ponies could easily ward it off without suffering a single casualty.
* TookALevelInBadass: The manticore encountered by a young Grand Hoof and the orphans is much deadlier than the one in ''The Element of Courage'', where it succeeds in killing the entire party, barring Grand. {{Justified}} because the "hunting party" was only composed of orphaned foals, armed with cleaning supplies and completely inexperienced in fighting.
* WouldHurtAChild: Except for Grand, the manticore slaughters all of the orphans that tried to hunt it down, a significant feat in the series, considering how rare child deaths are.

[[folder:Speed Stingers]]
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Vicious reptillian scavengers that raid Ponyville after a rainstorm.

* AchillesHeel: A whole swarm of these is near unstoppable, but they hate any form of light, which Ponyville exploits to drive them away by destroying every cloud and exposing them to sunlight, forcing them to retreat back to the Everfree Forest.
* BewareMyStingerTail: Their primary method of attacking is to sting their enemy with a sleeping agent to incapacitate them.
* LightningBruiser: They are quite durable and their names don't have the "speed" part for nothing.
* ZergRush: A swarm of twenty five to thirty attack Ponyville.

[[folder:Scorpentine]]
A dangerous creature that stings Scootaloo, poisoning her.

* BewareMyStingerTail: It has a tail like a scorpion, and it stings Scootaloo with it, forcing Flash, Rainbow Dash, First Aid, and Heather Bloom to hunt it down and extract its venom.
* TheBusCameBack: It originally appears as a seemingly random creature from the Everfree Forest, with Flash and some others needing to hunt it to gets its venom and save Scootaloo. It returns in the season 2 finale, being used as a guard-dog to keep Cadance, Twilight, and Flash in the caves beneath Canterlot.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: First Aid notes it is very big for its size, saying even a fully grown Scorpentine should be no more than 15 inches long. It is revealed at the end of "Into the Forest" that it was magically enlarged by Chrysalis.
* ItCanThink: It seems like a mindless creature at first glance, only acting on instinct. When it returns at the end of season 2 though, it shows that it remembers Flash and [[ItsPersonal holds a grudge against him]] for their last encounter.
* ItsPersonal: When Chrysalis uses it as a guard-dog beneath Canterlot, it recognizes Flash from their last encounter and allows Cadance and Twilight to pass so it can have its revenge against Flash.
* KilledOffForReal: Gets killed when Flash enters the Theta State and slices it several times.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
** Due to it stinging Scootaloo in "Into the Forest", it ultimately becomes the reason that Flash and Scootaloo discover that the two of them are brother and sister, which would have remained unknown to them for who knows how long otherwise.
** It lets Twilight and Cadance pass to fight one-on-one with Flash due to its grudge against him. This lets Twilight and Cadance arrive at the wedding in time to expose Chrysalis.
* WouldHurtAChild: It stings Scootaloo for seemingly no reason, putting her life in danger.

[[folder:Gremlins]]
Small bipedal creatures that harass the citizens of Ponyville.

* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: When everything else fails to get rid of them, the citizens of Ponyville ultimately beat them by pulling their own pranks on them until the Gremlins all abandon Ponyville out of frustration.
* BizarreTasteInFood: They consume electrical energy like food, which also allows them to turn invisible. A major thunderstorm in Ponywille was what attracted them there in the first place.
* {{Irony}}: They enjoy pulling mean-spirited pranks on others, but they become dispirited when others pull their own pranks on them.
* KnowWhenToFoldThem: Once beaten at their own game, they flee as quickly as possible.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Their pranks on Ponyville ultimately create the event that helps mellow Flash out, who had slowly been [[TookALevelInJerkass becoming much stricter]] due to trying to be more serious after his defeat and near death against Sombra, and as a result was being meaner to some of his friends for goofing off. Thanks to having to [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame prank the Gremlins back to get rid of them]] he returns to his old self and apologizes to Pinkie for his behavior.
* ThePrankster: An entire race of them!
* VerbalTic: They are only able to say "Gotcha!" According to Twilight, it is the equivalent of a lion's roar or a cat's purr, and it is actually where the term originated from.
* VillainousBreakdown: Once the residents of Ponyville begin ignoring their pranks, they become irritated, which made it much easier for the ponies to pull their own pranks on them.

[[folder:Screebit]]
A seemingly tiny brown-furred creature who can actually grow to humongous proportions.

* AchillesHeel: Extreme heat won't necessarily harm a large Screebit, but it will cause it to sweat and speed up its metabolism. This weakness is exploited by Fire Heart and used to subdue the Screebit.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: It grows up to three times the size of a regular pony and unintentionally attacks Ponyville.
* BigEater: It managed to consume two whole crates of lemons and oranges in just its regular form. It only gets worse when it grows giant, with it consuming an entire stand of limes and trying to get at Sugarcube Corner.
* DumbMuscle: Fluttershy explains that when it grows giant its mind is overpowered in the process, causing it to ignore everything that happens around it and solely focus on its basic instincts of consuming as much citrus as possible and maintain its form for as long as possible.
* NighInvulnerability: It has a defense mechanism that causes it to grow giant when it feels threatened. In this form it is practically indestructible, not even Flash's Shining Guardian form so much as slows it down. Luckily it is still vulnerable to heat in this form, and Heart manages to make it hot enough to sweat out the citrus it consumed and revert to normal.
* NonMaliciousMonster: It doesn't have any ill intent towards ponies. As part of its defense mechanism, it needs to consume citrus to remain large and ward off predators, which incites it to attack Ponyville to only consume more citrusy foods.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Citrusy foods, but notably oranges and lemons.
* SizeShifter: If it consumes citrus, it can grow in size as part of a defense mechanism to ward off predators.

[[folder:Pukwudgies]]
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A group of hedgehog-like creatures that invade Ponyville.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In canon they didn't appear until the season 8 premiere. They make their first appearance in season 6 here, having wandered into Ponyville from the Everfree Forest.
* CannonFodder: The Royal Knights have no problem knocking out a single Pukwudgie, in which Lightning's attacks can even defeat entire groups of them. Unfortunately, this is compensated by their large numbers and when Lightning rescues Spike, he had to retreat instead of fighting all of them.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm:
** When Lightning easily defeats a large group of them, the last four of them quickly hightail it outta town and back to the Everfree Forest.
** When Spike encounters one of them in the Everfree Forest, it tries to shoot its pins at him, only for Spike to block it with his helmet. Realizing that its main method of attack is useless, the pukwudgie immediately tries to run away.
* ZergRush: Their true strength comes from their large numbers. One or two pukwudgies are no problem, but a large group of them can easily cause trouble. Spike is easily able to capture one with nothing but his make-shift "armor" and a butterfly net, but when he encounters an entire group of them he is quickly overwhelmed and requires rescuing from Lightning.

[[folder:Drakeladon]]
A creature said to be a crossbreed between a tatzlworm and a hydra.

* CombatTentacles: It has multiple tongues that it uses to attack.
* MightyGlacier: The Royal Knights landed most of their hits on it because it moves incredibly slow, but it can take a lot of hits before it retreats, even managing to survive a pile of rocks landing on it.
* MixAndMatchCritters: It's a mix between a tatzlwurm and a hydra.
* MultipleHeadCase: A given, since it's part hydra.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: As Rogue comes to realize, it stealing his Golden Apples and driving him out of the caves he was in eventually led to him finding his home in Ponyville and his FamilyOfChoice with Applejack. In reality, it didn't drive him from his home, but freed him from his prison.
* SuperSpit: It can improvise rocks as a weapon, where the heads fill their mouths with them and spit them out as projectiles.

[[folder:Loucarcolh]]
A giant snail-like creature that was believed to be extinct, until one was discovered as being responsible for the missing livestock of New Omniara.

* TheDreaded: This creature is so dangerous that even Snap Shutter and Mane Allgood have an OhCrap moment when they discover it.
* DumbMuscle: While exceptionally powerful and sturdy, it can be easily tricked, which is exploited by Flash when he tricks it into firing amber at its own whiskers and thus preventing it from shooting any more amber.
* KnightOfCerebus: This is the most dangerous creature seen yet in the series and has slaughtered dozens of animals.
* SuperSpit: It can spit out amber to capture its prey and eat them.

[[folder:Camera Trap's Master]]
The creator of Camera Trap who lives in another dimension.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: It created Camera Trap to deliver ponies to its home dimension, but after Soul convinces Trap that what he is doing is wrong he turns against his master, freeing the ponies he trapped in its dimension and leaving it vulnerable for Flash to destroy.
* GiantSpider: It's a spider the size of the bus, which makes it a tough opponent against Flash.
* KnightOfCerebus: The chapter it appears in is one of the creepier ones in the series, sending Camera Trap to capture ponies for it to devour and invoking a lot of horrors when foals, including Soul, are about to become its next meal.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: Flash uses Lightbringer to completely disintegrate the spider, leaving it absolutely certain that it was killed.
* NoNameGiven: It is only known as Camera Trap's Master, with its actual name, assuming it even has one, never revealed.
* SatelliteCharacter: It has no dialogue and solely exists to give a motivation for the more tragic Camera Trap.

[[folder:Wildren]]
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Giant, hairless rats that consume ponies.

* KillItWithFire: All of them are killed when future Heart uses his flame powers to light a methane leak and start a fire that consumes them all.
* TheNoseKnows: Since wildren are blind, they rely on navigating their surroundings and finding prey by smell. Flash and future Heart cover themselves in horrible smelling Gaia berries to mask their scent and get past them.
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: They look like baby rats, but they are the size of dogs.
* YouDirtyRat: As if eating ponies aren't bad enough, wildren are also blind and hairless that makes them far uglier than normal rats.

[[folder:Star Spiders]]
A group of spiders that live in Sharp Paw's castle.

* TheBadGuyWins: Downplayed; Luna, Springer, Heart, and Soul fail to drive them out of Sharp's castle, but they sucessfully escape without major injury and decide to let them have it as their new home, since they've lived there for a long time anyway. However, Luna comments that the spiders will eventually migrate to find a new home since they can leave the castle now, indicating that the castle will be reclaimed one day.
* GiantSpider: The average star spiders are the size of Ace and Mira combined, while their leader is as huge as a fully grown pony.
* ProjectileWebbing: The star spiders primary form of attack is to fire webs at their opponents.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: They have red eyes, an indicator of their aggressiveness.

[[folder:Earth Golems]]
Stony giants who hold possession of the last piece needed to revive Princess Amore.

* NonMaliciousMonster: They're more territorial than actively evil. They hold a remnant of Amore to use as a backscratcher and only become aggressive when they realize it's being stolen. They even become passive again when Ruby creates an improved, replacement backscratcher for them to use.
* RockMonster: As their name implies, they are made entirely of stone and even have some moss growing off of it.
* {{Sleepyhead}}: Earth golems only wake up for one day per month and only for twelve hours before resuming their slumber.

!! Void's Creations (Spoilers)

[[folder:General]]
* EvilKnockoff: They are all evil robotic clones of Royal Knights, sharing their appearance and similar skills to them.
* TaughtByExperience: Each one of them improves on something that caused the previous one's downfall, progressively becoming more dangerous.
** After Trial-F was defeated by having its core violently ripped open during the battle, Trial-H noticeably has much tougher armor protecting it, to the point where the only thing strong enough to pierce it is its own weapons.
** After the first two Trials were defeated in close range, Trial-T starts fighting from a distance, preventing anyone from getting too close to protect itself and used magical attacks that could not be used against it. It was ultimately defeated when an enraged Flurry Heart blasted it from a distance, destroying its core in one shot.
** Trial-R continued fighting from a distance, but also managed to use shielding to protect itself from long-distance attacks. It was only defeated by a surprise attack from a vast distance away, getting struck by one of Jaden Chalice's arrows.
** Trial-G stops focusing entierly on Flash, and now has data on all the ones the previous Trials fought as well. It also observed and scanned them as they fought, for a later Trial to use should it fail.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: None of them have survived past their debut appearance.
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[[folder:Mecha-Flash/Trial-F]]
An evil robotic clone of Flash Sentry.

* KnightOfCerebus: Its presence in "The Trial of Flash Sentry" made the chapter more intense to the point of almost sucking out of Flash's life.
* MistakenIdentity: Starlight Glimmer briefly wonders if it is the evil version of Flash Sentry that she, Twilight, and Spike fought in their time traveling adventure, and that the mechanical parts were "upgrades" he gave himself to survive. Springer shoots the idea down though, stating he couldn't sense ''any'' soul inside it.
* PetTheDog: In its search for Flash Sentry, it barges in on Berryshine and Piña Colada in their home. After staring at the two for a moment it simply leaves them alone to continue its search.
* SilentAntagonist: He doesn't talk compared to other villains, only growl.
* WouldHurtAChild: Has no problems of launching attacks on Heart and Soul.

[[folder:Mecha-Heather/Trial-H]]
An evil robotic clone of Heather Bloom.

* GreenThumb: Just like the real Heather, it can use vines as a whip and to lift heavy objects to throw at its targets.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Scootaloo realizes that its claws are the only thing powerful enough to penetrate it, remembering how Flash used one of its claws to decapitate another. Scootaloo uses the decapitated claw to stab its chest and force it open, exposing its power source.
* MadeOfIron: Quite literally, it's made of metal and takes quite a pounding from Flash and his family before it goes down. Effectively, the only way to damage it is to turn its own weaponry against itself.
* SilentAntagonist: It lets out a couple of pained screams when it is damaged and ultimately destroyed, but otherwise has no lines of dialogue.

[[folder:Trial-T]]
An evil robotic clone of Tidal Wave.
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* EvilerThanThou: On its way to Ponyville to attack Flash, it easily takes care of a Timberwolf that tries attacking it.
* InSeriesNickname: Averted. It is not called "Mecha-Tidal" like how the two previous Trials were "Mecha-Flash" and "Mecha-Heather", because now the heroes know what the official names of these robotic clones are and have no reason to nickname them.

[[folder:Trial-R]]
An evil robotic clone of Ruby Scarlet.

* BladeLock: It manages to do this several times with Ruby, showing how competent of a fighter it is.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: It first gets shot with an arrow and then cut to pieces by Ruby.
* FatalFlaw: While excellent at close-range combat, Trial-R cannot counter any ranged attacks, which Jaden exploits by firing an arrow at it. This disorients the clone long enough for Ruby to destroy it.

[[folder:Trial-G]]
An evil robotic clone of Grand Hoof.

* DishingOutDirt: Just like Grand's earth magic, it can grab huge chunks of rocks from the ground, either tossing them at enemies or shaping them into weapons.
* EvilerThanThou: While passing through Ghastly Gorge, it is attacked by an eel, only for it to easily defeat it.
* HeroKiller: When it is on its last legs, it manages to fire a stone bullet at Solid Script, with Grand Hoof shoving him out of the way and [[TakingTheBullet getting struck in the chest by it himself]]. Grand loses a lot of blood from this and despite everyone's efforts, his heart stops from the shock of being shot, with him actually dying. Though Script manages to revive him by [[MagicalDefibrillator jump-starting his heart]].

[[folder:Trial-C]]
An evil robotic clone of Cold Steel.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Mean Flash suffers this at the end of ''Evil's Uprising''. [[spoiler:After being recruited by Shroudheart to destroy the real Flash, he is sent off to find something for him. It is revealed to be the mask of Armalum, buried where he and Void were defeated. But it all turns out to be a trick, with Mean Flash becoming Armalum's new host.]]

[[folder:Garble]]
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A dragon who bullies both Spike and Springer during their visit to the Dragon Lands.

* AdaptationalVillainy: He's even more of a sociopath here. He constantly harasses Springer for not being a dragon and occasionally endangers him like when he throws him into a lava pool. {{Justified}} since a black dragon, Shade in disguise, influenced Garble numerous times to antagonize Springer.
* BigBadWannabe: Although he's the main antagonist of "Dragon Quest," Shade is the one manipulating his more sociopathic tendencies and he's ultimately more dangerous than Garble is.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The mind-controlled Flicker uses the Bloodstone Scepter and a book to control him and the rest of the dragons.
* EvilerThanThou: On the receiving end of this by Shade, who beats him in a fight effortlessly, establishing him as a greater threat to Springer than Garble is.
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[[folder:Lightning Dust]]
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Rainbow Dash's rival and ShadowArchetype at the Wonderbolts Academy.
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* PetTheDog: In its search for Flash Sentry, it barges in on Berry Punch and Piña Colada in their home. After staring at the two for a moment it simply leaves them alone to continue its search.

* YourNamesAreNumbered: When Mean Flash meets Shroudheart, Shroudheart confirms to him that he will die in less than a year, if not due to the actions of someone else then because the magic that brought him to life will fade away. He says he can ensure Mean Flash lives as long as possible, but he needs to help him with his own plan first.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler: He cannot understand how Iron Core defeated him with love instead of hate.]]

** Within the first few minutes of being created, Mean Flash already tries to bail of Chrysalis' plan to steal the Elements of Harmony, before he is pulled back by Mean Twilight.

* PunchClockVillain: Unlike the rest of the Mean Seven, Mean Flash isn't malicious on his own and only goes along with Chrysalis and Mean Twilight's plans out of intimidation and seduction by the latter. Once both are out of his life, Mean Flash wonders how he'll settle down in Equestria than plot any revenge.

* VillainousFriendship: A {{Downplayed}}, extremely on-sided example. Mean Flash doesn't exactly consider his fellow counterparts as "friends," but he does care about them as companions. By contrast, the rest of the Mean Seven care not one wit for him, not even Mean Twilight. When the rest of the Mean Seven are taken out by the Tree of Harmony, Mean Flash expresses mourning over their grim fate.

* NonMaliciousMonster: They're more territorial than actively evil. They only hold a remnant of Amore to use as a backscratcher and only become aggressive when they realize it's being stolen. They even become passive again when Ruby creates an improved, replacement backsratcher for them to use.

A lizard pirate.

* BigNo: He lets one out when he falls to his death.
* DisneyVillainDeath:
* KarmicDeath: His refusal to listening to Starswirl's warning lead to his death.