Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Fanfic / FriendshipIsMagicalGirls

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


-->'''Spike''': [[SarcasmMode "Okay, you know, I was worried for a second? But now I'm just bored."]]

to:

-->'''Spike''': [[SarcasmMode "Okay, you know, I was worried for a second? But now I'm just bored."]]"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: This is pretty much how individuals in the Infestation talk even to each other, constantly using "that which is" and "the one who is" in ''all'' of their statements. And they won't shorten their sentences for ''anything''. When one of them gets fed up with another, we get this gem:
-->"Up that which is yours."
** It gets lampshaded by Spike.
-->'''The Infestation''': "We are the Infestation, and we are here to complete that which is our mission, which is to capture the human male that is to be captured alive for conversion into that which is known as a Royal Drone for the purposes of mating with the one who is our Queen and deliver him to the one who is our Queen for conversion into a Royal Drone."
-->'''Spike''': [[SarcasmMode "Okay, you know, I was worried for a second? But now I'm just bored."]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** "Rival" (Loyalty 11) also has shades of this, as while it does feature a fight scene with the Infestation, it's mostly about a jealous Sweetie Belle following Spike as he shows Silver Spoon around town.


Added DiffLines:

* {{Mooks}}: The Infestation take on this role in the Loyalty Arc, due to their numbers. Eskarrg actually refers to them as "cannon fodder".


Added DiffLines:

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Eskarrg specifically tells the Infestation that he won't allow anyone but him to fight Spike.
* TheRival: Sweetie Belle sees Twilight and Silver Spoon as this for her affections for Spike. For their parts, Twilight doesn't see him that way, and Silver decides to {{troll}} her by pretending to return the feeling.

Added: 1220

Changed: 491

Removed: 63

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** [[spoiler: Flash Sentry]], of all people, is apparently part of a conspiracy to kill Twilight.

to:

** [[spoiler: Flash Sentry]], of all people, is apparently part of a conspiracy to kill Twilight.use Twilight to unseal Luna.



* BitchInSheepsClothing: While [[spoiler: Flash]] acts quite friendly toward Twilight, he seems to be a part of a plot to kill her and steal her Element. What he does to Spike at the end of Loyalty 7, beating him senseless after insulting him, Twilight, and Sweetie Belle, doesn't help his case.

to:

* BitchInSheepsClothing: While [[spoiler: Flash]] acts quite friendly toward Twilight, he seems to be a part of a plot to kill use her and steal her Element. Element to free Luna, and/or kill her. What he does to Spike at the end of Loyalty 7, beating him senseless after insulting him, Twilight, and Sweetie Belle, doesn't help his case.case.
* TheBluebeard: [[spoiler: Flash Sentry]] apparently has a history of easily seducing women to do whatever he wants, and has no problem with the idea of killing them. [[spoiler: As of Loyalty 10, he's playing both Twilight and Trixie to help further his people's plans.]]



** "Refresh" (Loyalty 10) has the characters taking a chance to recover from the intense battle between the mahoushoujo and the Shadowbolts in the previous chapter, while letting all the factions prepare for making their next moves.



* [[spoiler: OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Flash is confirmed to be one by an author comment.]]

to:

* [[spoiler: OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Flash is confirmed to be one by an author comment. And he's part of a larger group, which worships the imprisoned Luna and wants to free her.]]



* StatuesqueStunner: Applejack and, to a lesser extent, Rarity.
* AStormIsComing: In Loyalty 10, when commenting on all the things that have been happening lately, and all connected to the Lunar Seals, Cadence states that it feels like something bad is coming.



* StatuesqueStunner: Applejack and, to a lesser extent, Rarity.



* VillainTeamUp: Sunset Shimmer and Chrysalis are in a tenuous alliance throughout the Magic Arc, which also comes to include Trixie, when Sunset hires her to help deal with the mahoushoujo. [[spoiler: This falls apart when Sunset backstabs Chrysalis for her own ends, and Trixie realizes that she's not going to get paid, so betrays Sunset herself.]]

to:

* VillainTeamUp: VillainTeamUp:
**
Sunset Shimmer and Chrysalis are in a tenuous alliance throughout the Magic Arc, which also comes to include Trixie, when Sunset hires her to help deal with the mahoushoujo. [[spoiler: This falls apart when Sunset backstabs Chrysalis for her own ends, and Trixie realizes that she's not going to get paid, so betrays Sunset herself.]]]]
** In Loyalty 10, [[spoiler: Flash]] sets out to recruit Trixie to aid his people in their plans against the mahoushoujo.

Added: 1587

Changed: 118

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* AdaptationalHeroism: A mild version, but Silver Spoon is a lot nicer than her BetaBitch canon version.



* AnArmAndALeg: During the fight in Loyalty 9, Spike cuts off Gilda's hand, after she impales Applejack with it. Starscream later creates an animated silver [[ArtificialLimbs replacement]] for her.



* BigBadFriend: Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust used to be friends, and Rainbow seems interested in rekindling that now that Lightning is back in town. Too bad she happens to be working for the main antagonists of the Loyalty Arc, who use her friendship with Rainbow to gain information on the mahoushoujo.

to:

* BigBadFriend: Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust used to be friends, and Rainbow seems interested in rekindling that now that Lightning is back in town. Too bad she happens to be working for the main antagonists of the Loyalty Arc, who use her friendship with Rainbow to gain information an edge on the mahoushoujo.mahoushoujo. When she eventually reveals herself, Rainbow is ''pissed''.



* EnigmaticMinion: Starscream is this for the Shadowbolts. While Gilda is driven by her desire for revenge against the Emerald Flame Dragons, and Lightning Dust is run by greed (and develops a personal grudge with Rainbow Dash), Starscream lacks any apparent motivation to fight the mahoushoujo -- in fact, during the fight in Loyalty 9, she doesn't even participate. Combined with her mysterious identity and powers, there is very little we know about her.



* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: In Loyalty 9, Applejack is impaled by Gilda, and nearly ''killed''. When she's healed by Twilight and Cadence, she is initially shocked by what happened, but is more relieved that the wound was in her abdomen, not her breasts.



** After the Shadowbolts [[spoiler: gain mahoushoujo forms]], Lightning Dust and Gilda gain wings (and the latter's arms turn into eagle claws), in nods to their canon species.



** Sunset Shimmer dominates her first fight with the mahoushoujo, only being defeated when the girls activate the Elements of Harmony and use them to weaken her.

to:

** Sunset Shimmer dominates her first fight with the mahoushoujo, mahoushoujo in Magic 5, only being defeated when the girls activate the Elements of Harmony and use them to weaken her.



** The first fight with the Shadowbolts only ends because Gilda is enraged by Spike's presence and leaves to plot a new strategy.

to:

** The first fight with the Shadowbolts in Loyalty 3 only ends because Gilda is enraged by Spike's presence and leaves to plot a new strategy.strategy.
** After the mahoushoujo manage to defeat the Shadowbolts easily in their rematch in Loyalty 4, you might start to think they're not as threatening. Come Loyalty 9, this gets flipped on its head, as thanks to [[spoiler: gaining Lunar Seal-powered mahoushoujo forms]], they nearly ''kill'' Applejack, and only lose because Starscream doesn't fight, and Spike mutually fights Gilda into a bloody mess.



** Lightning Dust also becomes one [[spoiler: after channeling Lunar Seal magic through a transformation locket.]]

to:

** Lightning Dust and Gilda also becomes one become this [[spoiler: after channeling Lunar Seal magic through a transformation locket.]]

Changed: 27

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Rarity, definitely, and probably Fluttershy, too. Sunset Shimmer is a HARD aversion, since she's said to be strikingly beautiful, but borders on CompleteMonster.

to:

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Rarity, definitely, and probably Fluttershy, too. Sunset Shimmer is a HARD aversion, since she's said to be strikingly beautiful, but borders on CompleteMonster.is evil.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* EvilFormerFriend: Lightning Dust to Rainbow Dash.


Added DiffLines:

* StatuesqueStunner: Applejack and, to a lesser extent, Rarity.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** Silver Spoon as well, of course.


Added DiffLines:

*SailorFuku: Silver Spoon is wearing one when she's introduced. Twilight tells her she looks cute in it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* BitchInSheepsClothing: While [[spoiler: Flash]] acts quite friendly toward Twilight, he seems to be a part of a plot to kill her and steal her Element. What he does to Spike at the end of Loyalty 7, whatever that is, probably won't help his case.

to:

* BitchInSheepsClothing: While [[spoiler: Flash]] acts quite friendly toward Twilight, he seems to be a part of a plot to kill her and steal her Element. What he does to Spike at the end of Loyalty 7, whatever that is, probably won't beating him senseless after insulting him, Twilight, and Sweetie Belle, doesn't help his case.

Added: 684

Changed: 309

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** Lightning Dust is a villainous example. In a setting full of demons, magic users, and ninjas, she's just really good at parkour.

to:

** Lightning Dust is a villainous example. In a setting full of demons, magic users, and ninjas, she's just really good at parkour. [[spoiler: Then she gets her hands on a transformation locket, [[EmpoweredBadassNormal enabling her to channel Lunar Seal energy]].]]



* CassandraTruth: None of the girls believe Spike when he says that [[spoiler: Flash is responsible for his injuries]], since it doesn't make any sense to them.



* TransformationTrinket: The Elements of Harmony are presented as such here, being gems that are inserted into lockets.

to:

* TransformationTrinket: TransformationTrinket:
**
The Elements of Harmony are presented as such here, being gems that are inserted into lockets.lockets.
** [[spoiler: After Lightning Dust steals Rainbow's locket, Starscream is able to adjust it for her (and reverse engineer bracers for herself and Gilda) to channel the Lunar Seal's energy for them in the same way as the Elements.]]



* WingedHumanoid: Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy when in mahoushoujo form. Twilight has no idea why.

to:

* WingedHumanoid: WingedHumanoid:
**
Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy when in mahoushoujo form. Twilight has no idea why.why.
** Lightning Dust also becomes one [[spoiler: after channeling Lunar Seal magic through a transformation locket.]]

Changed: 37

Removed: 131

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* TheNoseKnows: [[spoiler: Flash, being a werewolf (see below),]] could sense Spike was following him solely from his scent.

to:

* TheNoseKnows: [[spoiler: Flash, being a werewolf (see below),]] could sense Spike was following him solely from his scent.scent, even through the Indifference charm.



* TheNoseKnows: [[spoiler: Flash]] has such a heightened sense of smell that he's able to detect Spike past his Indifference charm.

Added: 124

Removed: 124

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* TheNoseKnows: [[spoiler: Flash, being a werewolf (see below),]] could sense Spike was following him solely from his scent.



* TheNoseKnows: [[spoiler: Flash, being a werewolf (see below),]] could sense Spike was following him solely from his scent.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* BitchInSheepsClothing: While [[spoiler: Flash]] acts quite friendly toward Twilight, he seems to be a part of a plot to kill her and steal her Element. What he does to Spike at the end of Loyalty 7, whatever that is, probably won't help his case.


Added DiffLines:

* TheNoseKnows: [[spoiler: Flash, being a werewolf (see below),]] could sense Spike was following him solely from his scent.


Added DiffLines:

*[[spoiler: OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Flash is confirmed to be one by an author comment.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: When Spike confronts Flash in Loyalty 7, he gets beaten so badly, he doesn't know what hits him.]]


Added DiffLines:

* TheNoseKnows: [[spoiler: Flash]] has such a heightened sense of smell that he's able to detect Spike past his Indifference charm.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* SexyBacklessOutfit: Rainbow Dash's mahoushoujo outfit.

to:

* SexyBacklessOutfit: Rainbow Dash's mahoushoujo outfit.outfit is an otherwise [[LeotardOfPower form-fitting leotard]] that bares her back, leaving room for her wings.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The mahoushoujo doing [[InTheNameOfTheMoon speeches]] at the start of fights. They do this for the first few chapters, but by the time Rarity joins the team, they've stopped.


Added DiffLines:

* InTheNameOfTheMoon: The mahoushoujo do this for the first few chapters (with Spike even saying that "it's a mahoushoujo thing") but stop after a while.


Added DiffLines:

** Similarly, Twilight's magic staff has a top that's modeled to look like a unicorn's head.

Added: 937

Changed: 338

Removed: 348

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* BadassLongcoat: Applejack's mahoushoujo outfit includes a duster.

to:

* BadassLongcoat: BadassLongcoat:
**
Applejack's mahoushoujo outfit includes a duster.duster.
** Eskarrg wears a leather one as part of his all black outfit.



* BreatherEpisode: The two-part "Golden Week" episode (Magic 14 and 15), which comes right after the huge fight with the Infestation and start of the leadup to the Magic Arc's conclusion, and "Pool" (Magic 18), the final chapter before the arc's finale, wherein all factions prepare for the final conflict.

to:

* BreatherEpisode: BreatherEpisode:
**
The two-part "Golden Week" episode (Magic 14 and 15), which comes right after the huge fight with the Infestation and start of the leadup lead-up to the Magic Arc's conclusion, and conclusion.
**
"Pool" (Magic 18), the final chapter before the arc's finale, wherein all factions prepare for the final conflict.conflict.
** "Date" (Loyalty 5), a Valentine's Day episode focused on Twilight and Spike's respective dates with Flash and Sweetie Belle. [[spoiler: Until the final scene's MoodWhiplash.]]



* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Played with. Usually, the mahoushoujo can transform without anyone interfering, but a couple of times it's different:
** During the first fight with Trixie, she swoops in and steals the lockets before they can use them.
** During Pinkie's fight with Bellosto, she says the transformation call really fast when he charges her.


Added DiffLines:

* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Played with. Usually, the mahoushoujo can transform without anyone interfering, but a couple of times it's different:
** During the first fight with Trixie, she swoops in and steals the lockets before they can use them.
** During Pinkie's fight with Bellosto, she says the transformation call really fast when he charges her.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* MythologyGag:
** Rainbow and Fluttershy being the only ones who get wings in mahoushoujo form, a nod to them being the pegasi of the group in canon.
** The stuffed toy Flash wins Twilight on their first date just happens to be a purple WingedUnicorn.

Added: 63

Changed: 21

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks: Her primary method of attack.



* RevolversAreJustBetter: Applejack fights with a pair of six-shooters, which can combine into a shotgun.

to:

* RevolversAreJustBetter: Applejack fights with a pair of six-shooters, which can [[BifurcatedWeapon combine into a shotgun.shotgun]].

Added: 135

Removed: 458

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* CombatHandFan: Both Rarity and Antleo fight with these.



* JoustingLance: Rainbow Dash's weapon.
** Actually, no. It's not that kind of lance. It's actually more like [[http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/247/b/e/my_next_cosplay___gold_zeo_ranger_king_ranger_by_cosplayfan84-d5djd14.jpg this]].
** It's best summed up as [[XOnAStick spikes on a stick]].



* PaperFanOfDoom: Both Rarity and Antleo fight with these.
** More along the lines of CombatHandFan, since PaperFanOfDoom is more a [[ComedyTropes Comedy Trope]].


Added DiffLines:

* XOnAStick: Rainbow Dash's weapon can be best summed up as spikes on a stick.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** More along the lines of CombatHandFan, since PaperFanOfDoom is more a [[ComedyTropes Comedy Trope]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

**It's best summed up as [[XOnAStick spikes on a stick]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Rarity, definitely, and probably Fluttershy, too. Sunset Shimmer is a HARD aversion, since she's said to be strikingly beautiful, but borders on CompleteMonster.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** Fittingly, there's two in the chapter titled "Gambit": [[spoiler: First, Gilda arranges a meeting with the mahoushoujo, while sending Lightning Dust and Starscream to attack their loved ones. Except it turns out the girls were expecting this, and had Spike and Twilight Velvet standing guard.]]

to:

** Fittingly, there's two in the chapter Loyalty 4, which is actually titled "Gambit": [[spoiler: First, Gilda arranges a meeting with the mahoushoujo, while sending Lightning Dust and Starscream to attack their loved ones. Except it turns out the girls were expecting this, and had Spike and Twilight Velvet standing guard.]]



* BreatherEpisode: The two-part "Golden Week" episode, coming right after the huge fight with the Infestation and start of the leadup to the Magic Arc's conclusion, and "Pool", the final chapter before the arc's finale, wherein all factions prepare for the final conflict.

to:

* BreatherEpisode: The two-part "Golden Week" episode, coming episode (Magic 14 and 15), which comes right after the huge fight with the Infestation and start of the leadup to the Magic Arc's conclusion, and "Pool", "Pool" (Magic 18), the final chapter before the arc's finale, wherein all factions prepare for the final conflict.



* MoodWhiplash: "Date" is a lighthearted Valentine's Day filler episode focusing on Spike and Twilight having dates with Sweetie Belle and Flash Sentry (respectfully), but in its last scene reveals that [[spoiler: Flash is part of a conspiracy apparently aimed at killing Twilight]].

to:

* MoodWhiplash: "Date" Loyalty 5, "Date", is a lighthearted Valentine's Day filler episode focusing on Spike and Twilight having dates with Sweetie Belle and Flash Sentry (respectfully), but in its last scene reveals that [[spoiler: Flash is part of a conspiracy apparently aimed at killing Twilight]].



** "Golden Week", due to length problems, was cut in half by the author.

to:

** "Golden Week", due to length problems, was cut in half into two chapters by the author.



* PoolScene: Near the end of Chapter 18 (which is actually called "Pool"), the girls and Spike have one of these as a bit of last enjoyment before the showdown with Sunset. Though attentive readers will realize that the real point is to beef up Spike's lust-based powers.

to:

* PoolScene: Near the end of Chapter Magic 18 (which is actually called "Pool"), the girls and Spike have one of these as a bit of last enjoyment before the showdown with Sunset. Though attentive readers will realize that the real point is to beef up Spike's lust-based powers.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

**Fluttershy deconstructs this in Magic 13, not being used to fighting at all. Rarity helps her overcome this problem offscreen and by Magic 17, [[TookALevelInBadass well...]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** Pinkie's finishing attack in Loyalty 6 is a ShoutOut to ''Series/ResshaSentaiTokkyuger''.

Added: 1380

Changed: 113

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* {{Cliffhanger}}: Nearly every chapter.

to:

* {{Cliffhanger}}: Nearly every chapter.Many chapters.



* {{Depower}}: [[spoiler: Sunset Shimmer at the end of the Magic Arc -- Trixie steals her Lunar Seal magic, the Elements of Harmony strip her immortality, and Twilight removes her base magic powers.]]

to:

* {{Depower}}: DePower: [[spoiler: Sunset Shimmer at the end of the Magic Arc -- Trixie steals her Lunar Seal magic, the Elements of Harmony strip her immortality, and Twilight removes her base magic powers.]]



* TheDragon: Eskarrg takes on this role for Chrysalis in the Loyalty Arc, assuming command of the remaining Changelings in Pony City and acting as [[MouthOfSauron her proxy]].



* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: Snails is partially turned into a Changeling in order to serve as Chrysalis' SexSlave. Trixie figures that Spike did Snips a favor by killing him before Sunset could sacrifice him to the same fate.]]

to:

* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: Snails is partially turned into a Changeling in order to serve as Chrysalis' SexSlave.SexSlave, which leaves him little more than a monster in Snails' body. Trixie figures that Spike did Snips a favor by killing him before Sunset could sacrifice him to the same fate.]]



* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler: Snails starts out as one of ThoseTwoBadGuys to Sunset Shimmer, before she sacrifices him to Chrysalis, after which he's turned into Eskarrg and becomes TheDragon.]]



* MadeOfIron: Bellosto, the physically largest of the Changelings, who {{No Sell}}s everything that Pinkie throws and him, and nearly beats her to death before she gets one lucky shot in.



** Due to the number of cliffhangers, the story is mostly composed of these, though with each chapter having its own name.

to:

** Due to the number use of cliffhangers, the story is mostly composed has lots of these, though with each chapter having its own name.


Added DiffLines:

* ShownTheirWork:
** The author seems to have a high understanding of Japanese culture and language, which has been incorporated into Neighpon society for the story.
** The author's also done a lot of research into entomology, in order to individualize the various Changelings.


Added DiffLines:

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Played with. Usually, the mahoushoujo can transform without anyone interfering, but a couple of times it's different:
** During the first fight with Trixie, she swoops in and steals the lockets before they can use them.
** During Pinkie's fight with Bellosto, she says the transformation call really fast when he charges her.


Added DiffLines:

* TraintopBattle: Pinkie's fight with Bellosto. It starts inside the train when she mistakes him for a common groper, then quickly gets taken onto the roof when they both switch into battle form.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* BigFreakingGun: Pinkie's weapon is a bazooka that fires various elemental attacks.

to:

* BigFreakingGun: {{BFG}}: Pinkie's weapon is a bazooka that fires various elemental attacks.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* BigFreakingGun: Pinkie's weapon is a bazooka that fires various elemental attacks.

Added: 800

Changed: 243

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* AdaptationalVillainy: Played with; in canon, the Parasprites were merely animals that incidentally caused harm with their actions, rather than with any malice. Here, they're a type of Changeling, which actively harm their hosts.

to:

* AdaptationalVillainy: AdaptationalVillainy:
**
Played with; in canon, the Parasprites were merely animals that incidentally caused harm with their actions, rather than with any malice. Here, they're a type of Changeling, which actively harm their hosts.hosts.
** [[spoiler: Flash Sentry]], of all people, is apparently part of a conspiracy to kill Twilight.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Sweetie Belle has a crush on Spike, who has a crush on Twilight, who only sees him as a brother figure.



* MoodWhiplash: "Date" is a lighthearted Valentine's Day filler episode focusing on Spike and Twilight having dates with Sweetie Belle and Flash Sentry (respectfully), but in its last scene reveals that [[spoiler: Flash is part of a conspiracy apparently aimed at killing Twilight]].



* ShipTease: Sweetie Belle has a crush on Spike.

to:

* ShipTease: ShipTease:
**
Sweetie Belle has a crush on Spike.Spike.
** Twilight develops a thing with Flash Sentry.

Top