History Fanfic / ADoorJam

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: When Applejack was consoling Twilight on her horseshoe pitching, she tells her that Big Mac always won against her when she was a filly...only for Apple Bloom to point out that Big Mac ''still'' wins against her.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: After Twilight manages to get the wyvern to follow a statue she hurled over the horizon, we get these responses from the others:
-->'''Fluttershy''':"Oh, Twilight! You were so brave!"
-->'''Applejack''':"You did it! I just knew you could! [[RunningGag It's]] ''[[RunningGag pitches]]'', though. You pitch 'em."
-->'''Pinkie Pie''': "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint I still want to know why you girls invited a wyvern over!]]"

* WeNeedADistraction: Mrs. Cake asks Twilight and Applejack to keep Pinkie Pie busy while she and Mr. Cake are baking treats. Fortunately, Pinkie Pie is already pretty distracted by the door, to the point she doesn't even realize she's not in Sugarcube Corner anymore until the fight with the wyvern.

* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: Twilight and Applejack fulfill this role when they offer to keep Pinkie Pie distracted, so much so that Applejack says that next time, she'll tell Mrs. Cake [[WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain to ask Rarity]].

!!A Door Jam'' provides examples of:

* OriginalFlavour: The dialogue, pacing, length, and plofeel like an actual episode of the series.

!!This fanfic proves examples of:

GlassSmackAndSlide : Twilight slams into Fluttershy's wall when she mixes up her door with Sugarcube Corner's door which she had set off to the side.

* GuiltByAssociationGag: Even though Fluttershy had nothing to do with Sugarcube Corner's door being ripped out, she still helped put it back in.

* WallSlam: Twilight does this when she mixes up Fluttershy's door with Sugarcube Corner's door which she had set off to the side.

* InsistentTerminology: Twilight keeps referring to it as horseshoe 'throwing'. Applejack keeps correcting.

* OriginalFlavour: The dialogue, pacing, length, and plot feel like an actual episode of the series.

* ThisExplainsSoMuch: This is Twilight and Applejack's reaction [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} for obvious reasons]] when Pinkie reveals she usually bonks her head on her ceiling when she jumps out of bed in the morning.

* {{Feghoot}}: Pinkie Pie makes one at the end of the story after their encounter with the dragon, responding to a break by saying "I'd say ''wyvern'd'' it!"

* DistractedByTheShiny: Twilight and the others managed to distract the dragon [[KeepAway by tossing around one of it's treasures]].
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: When the wyvern comes through Sugarcube Corner's door [[ItsALongStory that was embedded into the front of its cave]], Pinkie Pie points out that she was right that something amazing would come through the door, namely a dragon...then she realizes for the first time that there's a dragon in front of them.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: After Twilight manages to get the wyvern to follow a statue she hurled over the horizon, we get these responses from the others:
-->'''Fluttershy''':"Oh, Twilight! You were so brave!"
-->'''Applejack''':"You did it! I just knew you could! [[RunningGag It's]] ''[[RunningGag pitches]]'', though. You pitch 'em."
-->'''Pinkie Pie''': "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint I still want to know why you girls invited a wyvern over!]]"

* {{Knockback}}: When Applejack and Twilight attempt to tackle Pinkie away from the door, the end up bouncing off her poofy mane and slam into the wall.

* BewareMyStingerTail: What makes fighting the wyvern difficult is that it's tail [[PoisonousPerson is poisonous]]. Fortunately, Applejack was able to avoid it thanks to her 'Dragon Tail' game.

* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: Twilight and Applejack fulfill this role when they offer to keep Pinkie Pie distracted, so much so that Applejack says that next time, she'll tell Mrs. Cake [[NotGoingThroughAllThatAgain to ask Rarity]].

* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: Twilight and Applejack fulfill this role when they offer to keep Pinkie Pie distracted, so much so that Applejack says that next time, she'll tell Mrs. Cake [[NotGoingThroughThatAgain to ask Rarity]].

The fanfic is notable for being one of a few that have an episode-like plot. The story can be found [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/34787/a-door-jam here]].

* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: Twilight and Applejack fulfill this role when they offer to keep Pinkie Pie distracted, so much so that Applejack says that next time, she'll tell Mrs. Cake to ask Rarity.

* ThisExplainsSoMuch: This is Twilight and Applejack's reaction [[{{Cloudcoocoolander}} for obvious reasons]] when Pinkie reveals she usually bonks her head on her ceiling when she jumps out of bed in the morning.

After a game of horseshoe throwing (pitching), Twilight Sparkle and Applejack encounter a frantic Mrs. Cake who begs them to get Pinkie Pie out of Sugarcube Corner for the day so she doesn't eat everything the Cakes will be baking for a festival. Difficulties arise when Pinkie Pie's Pinkie Sense causes her to develop an obsession with Sugarcube Corner's back door. Things get really crazy when Fluttershy and a wyvern get involved.

* ThisExplainsSoMuch: This is Twilight and Applejack's reaction [[{{Cloudcoocoolander for obvious reasons]] when Pinkie reveals she usually bonks her head on her ceiling when she jumps out of bed in the morning.

* NonSequiterThud: During the fight with the wyvern, Applejacks slams into a mountain and says in a dazed tone "Granny Smith, I think that apple cider is a mite strong".

* NonSequitarThud: During the fight with the wyvern, Applejacks slams into a mountain and says in a dazed tone "Granny Smith, I think that apple cider is a mite strong".