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** Another is to StoryOfTheBlanks, with a Village filled with zombies.
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** Another is to StoryOfTheBlanks, VideoGame/StoryOfTheBlanks, with a Village filled with zombies.
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* FanNickname: [[spoiler:The filly Celestia and Nightmare Moon from another dimension are called Celly and Nightmare Woon. After using the elements on Nightmare Woon, she is replaced with Woona.]]
* InSeriesNickname: [[spoiler:The filly Celestia and Nightmare Moon from another dimension are called Celly and Nightmare Woon. After using the elements on Nightmare Woon, she is replaced with Woona.]]
* OvershadowedByAwesome: [[spoiler: Blueblood]] actually excelled in the school for gifted unicorns, but no one remembers because he was year mates with Twilight who was in a league of her own.
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* StuckInTheirShadow: [[spoiler: Blueblood actually excelled in the school for gifted unicorns, but no one remembers because he was year mates with Twilight who was in a league of her own.]]
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** [[spoiler: Blueblood gives a whopper to celestia ]]
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* AccusationFic: To a lesser degree than DrawnWithTheNight, Lesson Zero is not seen in a favorable light, not just for Twilight's actions, but also for both Celestia and Twilight not dealling with the underlying issues.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Celestia wants to have friends of her own? The Big Guy makes sure she's surrounded by countless ponies who praise her for banishing the Big Guy.
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** Who are the ponies most comfortable with The Big Guy? Derpy and Dinky Hooves.
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* FreakyFridayFlip: The Big Guy and Celestia undergo this. PlayedForDrama, as neither are amused by what happened. The Big Guy, especially is furious when Luna demands that he not ruin Celestia's reputation, while Celestia is not under similar restrictions.
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* KarmaHoudini: The ponies which try to rape [[spoiler: Alicorn]] Big Guy suffer no real consequences beyond Celestia's disapproval, similar to [[FanFic DrawnWithTheNight]].
* KnowWhenToFoldThem: One of the Big Guy's tactics in unconventionally dealing with threats.
* KnowWhenToFoldThem: One of the Big Guy's tactics in unconventionally dealing with threats.
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* MindRape: The Princesses inadvertently do this to him after Pinkie Pie throws him a surprise party.
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* RealityEnsues: What does the Big Guy do when Pinkie Pie breaks into his house and throws him a surprise party? ScrewThisImOutOfHere.
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* {{Doorstopper}}: 31 chapters -- ranging from 2,000 to 20,000 words apiece, for a total of 455,096 -- as of the 16th of November, 2014. And it ''still'' isn't finished.
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* StuckInTheirShadow: [[spoiler: Blueblood actually excelled in the school for gifted unicorns, but no one remembers because he was year mates with Twilight who was in a league of her own.]]
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Over the first few weeks, the Big Guy shows the ponies assorted films - from ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'' to ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' to ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. At first they think that these are documentaries, and even when Rarity hypothesizes that they're just stories, Twilight scoffs at the notion.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Over the first few weeks, the Big Guy shows the ponies assorted films - from ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'' to ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' to ''Franchise/SailorMoon''.''Anime/SailorMoon''. At first they think that these are documentaries, and even when Rarity hypothesizes that they're just stories, Twilight scoffs at the notion.
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* HumansThroughAlienEyes: The Ponies don't understand the human either. Among other things, they believe that ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' are real.
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* HumansThroughAlienEyes: The Ponies don't understand the human either. Among other things, they believe that ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' ''Anime/SailorMoon'' are real.
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* HumansThroughAlienEyes: The Ponies don't understand the human either. Among other things, they believe that ''{{Godzilla}}'' and ''SailorMoon'' are real.
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* HumansThroughAlienEyes: The Ponies don't understand the human either. Among other things, they believe that ''{{Godzilla}}'' ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' and ''SailorMoon'' ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' are real.
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* SignLanguage: How the translation barrier is broken with the help of the [[spoiler: Interdimensional Ponies. Even then, there are a [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage few subtle differences]] between their written language.]].
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* TalkingWithSigns: How the translation barrier is broken with the help of the [[spoiler: Interdimensional Ponies. Even then, there are a [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage few subtle differences]] between their written language.]].
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* TakeThat: Against ''FanFic/TheConversionBureau''. Not even Celestia thinks it's such a good idea, and later the Big Guy defeats an insane [=XenoCelestia=] by dosing her with Potion and [[PortalCut cutting off]]her horn.
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* TakeThat: Against ''FanFic/TheConversionBureau''. Not even Celestia thinks it's such a good idea, and later the Big Guy defeats an insane [=XenoCelestia=] by dosing her with Potion and [[PortalCut cutting off]]her off]] her horn.
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* SignLanguage: How the translation barrier is broken with the help of the [[spoiler: Interdimensional Ponies. Even then, there are a [[SeperatedByACommonLanguage [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage few subtle differences]] between their written language.]].
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* AndThenWhat?: Lyra has finally encountered a human. Now she doesn't know what to do, like a dog that actually caught a car.
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* FunWithSubtitles: How the translation barrier is broken with the help of the [[spoiler: Interdimensional Ponies]]
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Over the first few weeks, the Big Guy shows the ponies assorted films - from ''Disney/{{Fantasia}}'' to ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' to ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. At first they think that these are documentaries, and even when Rarity hypothesizes that they're just stories, Twilight scoffs at the notion.
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* RedBaron: in addition to what his friends call him, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname the Big Guy]] is also refereed to as "The Ponyville Monster" by the news media and most of Equestria.
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* FanNickname: [[spoiler:The filly Celestia and Nightmare Moon from another dimension are called Cewestia and Nightmare Woon. After using the elements on Nightmare Woon, she is replaced with Woona.]]
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* FanNickname: [[spoiler:The filly Celestia and Nightmare Moon from another dimension are called Cewestia Celly and Nightmare Woon. After using the elements on Nightmare Woon, she is replaced with Woona.]]
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* KudzuPlot: One of the minor complaints about the fic.
* MindHive: The Big Guy has company in his head [[spoiler: A shard of Discord, and an entity named Tom.]]
* MindHive: The Big Guy has company in his head [[spoiler: A shard of Discord, and an entity named Tom.]]
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler: The power of the Alicorn Big Guy reflected the true nature of a pony and brought it to the surface.]]
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* AndThenWhat?: Lyra has finally encountered a human. Now she doesn't know what to do, like a dog that actually caught a car.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Lyra believes that the Big Guy is a human, but now is confused, like a dog that actually managed to catch a car.
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* InterspeciesRomance: There are several ponies interested in the Big Guy.
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* InterspeciesRomance: There are several ponies interested in the Big Guy. [[spoiler: Derpy, Lyra, ]]
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Only this time, the human's house also comes with them. The human himself, although fit, is also at the latter end of his life. On top of that, the Equestrians and Human cannot speak the other one's language. The mysteries surrounding his arrival also drive the plot forward, with old and new villains showing up much sooner.
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Only this time, the human's house also comes with them.them, and still has functioning utilities. The human himself, although fit, is also at the latter end of his life. On top of that, the Equestrians and Human cannot speak the other one's language.language, nor be understood. The mysteries surrounding his arrival also drive the plot forward, with old and new villains showing up much sooner.
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Averted, [[spoiler: later played straight with inter-dimensional ponies]], he is even incapable of creating sounds that the ponies can recognize as their speech.
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Averted, [[spoiler: later played straight with inter-dimensional ponies]], he is even incapable of creating sounds that the ponies can recognize as their speech.speech, and vice versa.
* FunWithSubtitles: How the translation barrier is broken with the help of the [[spoiler: Interdimensional Ponies]]
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* NeverMyFault: The ponies that assault and try to rape [[spoiler: an Alicorn]] Big Guy expressly believe this was only due to Poison Joke.
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* NeverMyFault: The ponies that assault and try to rape [[spoiler: an Alicorn]] Big Guy expressly believe this was only due to Poison Joke. Bon Bon shoots them down, hard.
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* PrimalFear: [[spoiler: The other species (Griffins, Dragons, etc) are terrified of the Alicorns, especially considering Nightmare Moon's actions before turning on Equestria.]]
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* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: [[spoiler: When Celestia and Luna (and later other ponies) become humans, they feel things that being a pony just doesn't afford them.]]
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Bon Bon gives one to the mares that tried to rape [[spoiler: alicorn]] Big Guy, telling them that everything they did came from deep within themselves, just amplified and brought to the surface.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** Bon Bon gives one to Twilight Sparkle saying that while she didn't like the Big Guy, at least she didn't be friends with him just to get access to his books.
** Bon Bon gives one to the mares that tried to rape [[spoiler: alicorn]] Big Guy, telling them that everything they did came from deep within themselves, just amplified and brought to the surface.
** Bon Bon gives one to Twilight Sparkle saying that while she didn't like the Big Guy, at least she didn't be friends with him just to get access to his books.
** Bon Bon gives one to the mares that tried to rape [[spoiler: alicorn]] Big Guy, telling them that everything they did came from deep within themselves, just amplified and brought to the surface.
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* TakeThat: Against ''FanFic/TheConversionBureau''. Not even Celestia thinks it's such a good idea, and later the Big Guy defeats an insane [=XenoCelestia=] by dosing her with Potion and TeleFragging her.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Bon Bon gives one to the mares that tried to rape [[spoiler: alicorn]] Big Guy, telling them that everything they did came from deep within themselves, just amplified and brought to the surface.
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* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Selene Dreamer [[spoiler: Luna's foal] says Abominaton after overhearing it from gossiping Canterlot Nobility. [[Celestia, Luna, and many others...didn't take it well TranquilFury]].]]
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* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Selene Dreamer [[spoiler: Luna's foal] says Abominaton after overhearing it from gossiping Canterlot Nobility. [[Celestia, [[TranquilFury Celestia, Luna, and many others...others… didn't take it well TranquilFury]].well]].]]
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So it\'s a recursive shout-out? I don\'t think so. Also, the obfuscating stupidity entry wasn\'t making any sense to me.
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*** Also a possible reference to "Widening the Lens", by Harry Lefert. Dainty Dish, one of the characters in chapter two, is a high-altitude, high-speed pegasus with a Cutie Mark resembling the emblem of the SR-71.
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*** Also a possible reference to "Widening the Lens", by Harry Lefert. Dainty Dish, one of the characters in chapter two, is a high-altitude, high-speed pegasus with a Cutie Mark resembling the emblem of the SR-71.
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* TooSpicyForYogSoggoth: The Big Guy to [[spoiler: Nightmare, her servants, and to a lessor extent, Discord.]]
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* ChekovsGunman: A guardspony is seen in the dimensional mess [[spoiler: and strongly implied to be a Changeling.]]
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* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Selene Dreamer [[spoiler: Luna's foal] says Abominaton after overhearing it from gossiping Canterlot Nobility. [[Celestia, Luna, and many others...didn't take it well TranquilFury]].]]
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Applejack's parents]]
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* BatmanGambit: The Big Guy pulls one on Nightmare and her servants with Discord's help.
* CharacterDevelopment: Trixie goes from envying Twilight to becoming proud of herself.
* ChekovsGunman: A guardspony is seen in the dimensional mess [[spoiler: and strongly implied to be a Changeling.]]
* ChekovsGunman: A guardspony is seen in the dimensional mess [[spoiler: and strongly implied to be a Changeling.]]
* DramaticIrony: The Big Guy gets imprisoned and tortured by the Ponies...after he saves Equestria from Nightmare and her followers.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Discord is many things, but not is neither a rapist.rapist, nor do the things the Ponies did to themselves before Heartswarming Eve.
* FantasticRacism: The Canterlot Nobility towards the Big Guy [[spoiler: and Selene Dreamer. Some Ponyville Ponies also feel this way towards The Big Guy.]]
* FantasticRacism: The Canterlot Nobility towards the Big Guy [[spoiler: and Selene Dreamer. Some Ponyville Ponies also feel this way towards The Big Guy.]]
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* ObsfucuatingStupidity: [[spoiler: Prince Blueblood to be second only Twilight Sparkle as a colt.]]
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** Another is to StoryOfTheBlanks, with a Village filled with zombies.
* TakeThat: Against ''FanFic/TheConversionBureau''.Once by showing that not Not even Celestia thinks it's such a good idea, another by having and later the Big Guy defeat defeats an insane [=XenoCelestia=] by dosing her with Potion.Potion and TeleFragging her.
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** ''FanFic/ConsequencesOfUnorginality'' after Poison Joke turns The Big Guy into an irresistible male alicorn.
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* CerberusSyndrome: When the Big Guy is kidnapped by [[spoiler: Tear Twirler and Trixie]].
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* ShoutOut: The Big Guy shows them videos of G1 ''MyLittlePony''. Considering some villains from G1 showed up earlier, this is cause for concern for the ponies.
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* ShoutOut: The Big Guy shows them videos of G1 ''MyLittlePony''. Considering some villains from G1 showed up earlier, this is cause for concern for the ponies. The [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3 G3]] episodes are briefly mentioned as well.
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''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/71281/cultural-artifacts Cultural Artifacts]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Dan_s+Comments Dan_s Comments]].
Stop me if you've heard it. A human appears in Equestria, and then goes on to have adventures with the inhabitants.
Only this time, the human's house also comes with them. The human himself, although fit, is also at the latter end of his life. On top of that, the Equestrians and Human cannot speak the other one's language. The mysteries surrounding his arrival also drive the plot forward, with old and new villains showing up much sooner.
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!!This fic contains examples of:
* AliensAreBastards: The Big Guy [[spoiler: Discord, and Nightmare Moon]] all think that anything the Ponies can do to themselves is far worse than anything they can do the ponies.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Averted, [[spoiler: later played straight with inter-dimensional ponies]], he is even incapable of creating sounds that the ponies can recognize as their speech.
* AlternateUniverse: It splits off sometime in season 2 between Lesson Zero and Mare Do well.
* {{Badass}}: Despite being old, he is still fit enough to fight.
** BadassGrandpa: He is old enough to have taken part in World War II.
* BalefulPolymorph: Poison Joke turns the Big Guy into an irresistible male Alicorn.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Human's behavior is odd by pony standards. Which makes Discord's fragment very interested.
* CerberusSyndrome: When the Big Guy is kidnapped by [[spoiler: Tear Twirler and Trixie]].
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Humans, Ponies, and Griffins all have some differences.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Lyra believes that the Big Guy is a human, but now is confused, like a dog that actually managed to catch a car.
* EroticDream: Between the Big Guy and [[spoiler: humanized luna]]. This causes some issues when [[spoiler: the actual Luna enters that dream]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Discord is many things, but not a rapist.
* FanNickname: [[spoiler:The filly Celestia and Nightmare Moon from another dimension are called Cewestia and Nightmare Woon. After using the elements on Nightmare Woon, she is replaced with Woona.]]
* GoodIsNotNice: [[spoiler: The Big Guy suggests the plan out of TheConversionBureau to Nightmare and her followers. This leads them into thinking they need Discord to deal with the Big Guy than vice versa.]]
* HumansAreFlawed: Leans towards this, along with showing that the ponies aren't purely good either.
* HumansAreSpecial: [[spoiler:When talking about her experience of being transformed into a human, Luna notes that a lot of stuff, like how an hydroelectric dam functions, just ''made sense''.]] %%this is paraphrased, it might not be accurate!
* HumansThroughAlienEyes: The Ponies don't understand the human either. Among other things, they believe that ''{{Godzilla}}'' and ''SailorMoon'' are real.
* HumansAreCthulhu: Some of the Big Guy's actions seem like this to the ponies. [[spoiler: And Nightmare.]]
* HumanityIsInfectious: Luna and Celestia admit that [[spoiler:when they were transformed into humans, the world seemed so much more alive.]]
* IronicHell: [[spoiler:where the Big Guy thinks he is]]
* InterspeciesRomance: There are several ponies interested in the Big Guy.
* NeverMyFault: The ponies that assault and try to rape [[spoiler: an Alicorn]] Big Guy expressly believe this was only due to Poison Joke.
* NotAfraidToDie: The Big Guy thinks he's already dead. Considering his age, this is not so surprising.
* OldFlame: it seems that Discord and Celestia had a relationship, and Discord is still fond of her. The Big Guy uses this knowledge to {{troll}} Discord.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The TokenHuman is only known as Big Guy.
* ShellShockedVeteran: The Big Guy has lived through the Normandy Invasion and liberating a Concentration Camp.
* ShoutOut: The Big Guy shows them videos of G1 ''MyLittlePony''. Considering some villains from G1 showed up earlier, this is cause for concern for the ponies.
** ''FanFic/ConsequencesOfUnorginality'' after Poison Joke turns The Big Guy into an irresistible male alicorn.
* TakeThat: Against ''FanFic/TheConversionBureau''. Once by showing that not even Celestia thinks its such a good idea, another by having the Big Guy defeat an insane XenoCelestia by dosing her with Potion.
* TheBigGuy: The human. Also used to emphasize the difference in scale between objects designed for humans and ponies.
* TokenHuman: Big Guy.
* UnwantedHarem: Even though [[spoiler:most of]] the ponies can't understand him, some are still smitten with Big Guy. He himself notes that he's too old to worry about romance.
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Stop me if you've heard it. A human appears in Equestria, and then goes on to have adventures with the inhabitants.
Only this time, the human's house also comes with them. The human himself, although fit, is also at the latter end of his life. On top of that, the Equestrians and Human cannot speak the other one's language. The mysteries surrounding his arrival also drive the plot forward, with old and new villains showing up much sooner.
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!!This fic contains examples of:
* AliensAreBastards: The Big Guy [[spoiler: Discord, and Nightmare Moon]] all think that anything the Ponies can do to themselves is far worse than anything they can do the ponies.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Averted, [[spoiler: later played straight with inter-dimensional ponies]], he is even incapable of creating sounds that the ponies can recognize as their speech.
* AlternateUniverse: It splits off sometime in season 2 between Lesson Zero and Mare Do well.
* {{Badass}}: Despite being old, he is still fit enough to fight.
** BadassGrandpa: He is old enough to have taken part in World War II.
* BalefulPolymorph: Poison Joke turns the Big Guy into an irresistible male Alicorn.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Human's behavior is odd by pony standards. Which makes Discord's fragment very interested.
* CerberusSyndrome: When the Big Guy is kidnapped by [[spoiler: Tear Twirler and Trixie]].
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Humans, Ponies, and Griffins all have some differences.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Lyra believes that the Big Guy is a human, but now is confused, like a dog that actually managed to catch a car.
* EroticDream: Between the Big Guy and [[spoiler: humanized luna]]. This causes some issues when [[spoiler: the actual Luna enters that dream]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Discord is many things, but not a rapist.
* FanNickname: [[spoiler:The filly Celestia and Nightmare Moon from another dimension are called Cewestia and Nightmare Woon. After using the elements on Nightmare Woon, she is replaced with Woona.]]
* GoodIsNotNice: [[spoiler: The Big Guy suggests the plan out of TheConversionBureau to Nightmare and her followers. This leads them into thinking they need Discord to deal with the Big Guy than vice versa.]]
* HumansAreFlawed: Leans towards this, along with showing that the ponies aren't purely good either.
* HumansAreSpecial: [[spoiler:When talking about her experience of being transformed into a human, Luna notes that a lot of stuff, like how an hydroelectric dam functions, just ''made sense''.]] %%this is paraphrased, it might not be accurate!
* HumansThroughAlienEyes: The Ponies don't understand the human either. Among other things, they believe that ''{{Godzilla}}'' and ''SailorMoon'' are real.
* HumansAreCthulhu: Some of the Big Guy's actions seem like this to the ponies. [[spoiler: And Nightmare.]]
* HumanityIsInfectious: Luna and Celestia admit that [[spoiler:when they were transformed into humans, the world seemed so much more alive.]]
* IronicHell: [[spoiler:where the Big Guy thinks he is]]
* InterspeciesRomance: There are several ponies interested in the Big Guy.
* NeverMyFault: The ponies that assault and try to rape [[spoiler: an Alicorn]] Big Guy expressly believe this was only due to Poison Joke.
* NotAfraidToDie: The Big Guy thinks he's already dead. Considering his age, this is not so surprising.
* OldFlame: it seems that Discord and Celestia had a relationship, and Discord is still fond of her. The Big Guy uses this knowledge to {{troll}} Discord.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The TokenHuman is only known as Big Guy.
* ShellShockedVeteran: The Big Guy has lived through the Normandy Invasion and liberating a Concentration Camp.
* ShoutOut: The Big Guy shows them videos of G1 ''MyLittlePony''. Considering some villains from G1 showed up earlier, this is cause for concern for the ponies.
** ''FanFic/ConsequencesOfUnorginality'' after Poison Joke turns The Big Guy into an irresistible male alicorn.
* TakeThat: Against ''FanFic/TheConversionBureau''. Once by showing that not even Celestia thinks its such a good idea, another by having the Big Guy defeat an insane XenoCelestia by dosing her with Potion.
* TheBigGuy: The human. Also used to emphasize the difference in scale between objects designed for humans and ponies.
* TokenHuman: Big Guy.
* UnwantedHarem: Even though [[spoiler:most of]] the ponies can't understand him, some are still smitten with Big Guy. He himself notes that he's too old to worry about romance.
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