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** More seriously, [[spoiler:Leviathan suffers a nervous breakdown upon awakening from the Luminous Cruelty, and it takes her time to start focusing on what's going on around her. Even then, she becomes more susceptible to mood swings, her ability to narrate the story in detail takes a hit, her memories--both real and imagined--have to be untangled several times, and she starts struggling with an almost overwhelming sense of loss and emptiness.]]
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* EvilIsNotWellLit: The meeting between Cocoa Mocha's agents and his proxy, Ignition, takes place in a completely darkened room. Comments are made that the agents can only see each other because of whatever gear they're equipped with, and a few comments are made about the room needing replacement lights.

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* EvilIsNotWellLit: The meeting initial meetings between Cocoa Mocha's agents and his proxy, Ignition, takes place in a completely darkened room. Comments are made that the agents can only see each other because of whatever gear they're equipped with, and a few comments are made about with the room needing possibility of replacement lights. lights being brought up. New lights are eventually installed, putting an end to this.



* FishOutOfWater: To say the least. Being from a tech-centric world where magic doesn't exist, Leviathan is constantly being thrown curveballs by what she witnesses. Whether it's as basic as unicorn levitation or the world allowing its residents to use their musical numbers to temporarily warp reality, it frequently leaves her surprised and shocked. This also applies on a [[FishOutOfTemporalWater temporal]] level, as the tech level is centuries behind Neo Arcadia: Fairy is temporarily stymied by a door that does ''not'' open on its own or with a button press.

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* FishOutOfWater: To say the least. Being from a tech-centric world where magic doesn't exist, Leviathan is constantly being thrown curveballs by what she witnesses. Whether it's as basic as unicorn levitation or the world allowing its residents to use their musical numbers to temporarily warp reality, it frequently leaves her surprised and shocked. This also applies on a [[FishOutOfTemporalWater temporal]] level, as the tech level is centuries behind Neo Arcadia: Fairy Levi is temporarily stymied by a door that does ''not'' open on its own or with a button press.



* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler:First Quarter steals control of Hazelnut's body and life after his prior body, Cocoa, dies of old age.]]

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* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler:First Quarter steals control of Hazelnut's body and life after his prior body, their previous identity, Cocoa, dies of old age.]]

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* DescriptionCut: When Shining Armor expresses doubts that Gray has been out of the game for fifteen years and isn't really up to the task of challenging Leviathan, Celestia states that she firmly believes that Gray is training on a rooftop somewhere and getting herself in shape. The scene immediately cuts to Gray having a staredown with a grouper at a public aquarium.

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When Shining Armor expresses doubts that Gray has been out of the game for fifteen years and isn't really up to the task of challenging Leviathan, Celestia states that she firmly believes that Gray is training on a rooftop somewhere and getting herself in shape. The scene immediately cuts to Gray having a staredown with a grouper at a public aquarium.aquarium.
** [[spoiler:After her family is abducted, the next day Gray worries that they're distressed or in pain from their experiences with the kidnappers. The scene immediately cuts away to Pure Energy stealing Ralph from Illudere and leading her on a merry chase, Calico freaking out over Fiver's emotionlessness, Bushwhacker and Zig-Zag getting along just fine, Ebony having her usual response to seeing something mannequin-esque, and Bastion agreeing to Ocean Guard's request regarding his absence from work.]]

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* ChekhovsGun: Leviathan initially views a letter given to her by a little colt and his mother encouraging her to return home as unimportant, though Drama tells her to hang onto it. [[spoiler:Much later, when dealing with the after-effects of a nervous breakdown, re-reading the letter helps spark a series of reminders that tell her that her goal of going home isn't yet out of reach.]]



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* PersonAsVerb: The narration refers to Leviathan [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Foot Diving]] into a random pony's swimming pool as the pool being [[Characters/DoctorDoom "Dr. Doomed".]]

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The narration refers to Leviathan [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Foot Diving]] into a random pony's swimming pool as the pool being [[Characters/DoctorDoom "Dr. Doomed".]]]]
** After having her helmet and boots stolen, Leviathan refers to this experience as having her equipment [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} "samused".]] She later spells out the BagOfSpilling trope to Coffee when she asks what the word means.
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* HighHeelHurt: After one of Levi's falls down the Pyre's narrow stairs, Drama suggests that her insistence on wearing high-heeled boots isn't doing her any favors. Levi dismisses it on the grounds of her preferring water to land. It continues to cause her issues when she engages in combat, most notably when an evasive sidestep results in her faceplanting.
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* BigShutUp: After being in close proximity to a [[VideoGame/{{Descent}} Class 1 Driller]] and its unearthly shrieking for too long, Leviathan screams '''''"WILL YOU JUST SHUT UP ALREADY?!"''''' and destroys it with two Ice Slashers in quick succession.


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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Limefrost Spiral successfully fights off two thugs in an alley and leaves the stallion unconscious on top of the mare, with a knife pinning the mare's tail to the ground. When Coffee and Drama investigate the alley for unrelated reasons, the mare frantically declares that it's not what it looks like. After the thugs leave, Drama's dialogue suggests that she thought they were having sex, while Coffee was able to discern the truth behind the matter.
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* NowLetMeCarryYou: Following Leviathan helping out the local Police with capturing enemy agents, she suffers a nervous breakdown [[spoiler:following her release from Illudere's Luminous Cruelty]]. After she is located, Officer Coffee assures her that the MRPD is ready to return the favor and gives her an escort back to the station.

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* NowLetMeCarryYou: Following Leviathan helping out the local Police with capturing enemy agents, she suffers a nervous breakdown [[spoiler:following [[spoiler:after her release from Illudere's Luminous Cruelty]]. After she is located, Officer Coffee assures her that the MRPD is ready to return the favor and gives her an escort back to the station.
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* NowLetMeCarryYou: Following Leviathan helping out the local Police with capturing enemy agents, she suffers a nervous breakdown [[spoiler:following her release from Illudere's Luminous Cruelty]]. After she is located, Officer Coffee assures her that the MRPD is ready to return the favor and gives her an escort back to the station.

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* SayMyName: Illudere, after somehow picking up on one of her former rival's heartsongs from across the city, utters her name while fast in the throes of derangement:
-->''"Sallll-aaaaa-mannnnn-draaaa!"''

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Illudere, after somehow picking up on one of her former rival's heartsongs from across the city, utters her name while fast in the throes of derangement:
-->''"Sallll-aaaaa-mannnnn-draaaa!"''--->''"Sallll-aaaaa-mannnnn-draaaa!"''
** In a ShoutOut to ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything'', when Leviathan figures out who was responsible for [[spoiler:subjecting her to a powerful illusion and kidnapping her]], she first whispers the culprit's name before outright ''bellowing'' it at maximum volume.
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* FakeMemories: [[spoiler:Illudere's Luminous Cruelty bestows Leviathan with more than two centuries' worth of these. While she directly experienced all of them while detecting little out of the ordinary, the fact remains that it was all a monstrous illusion that never actually took place in reality.]]
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* ADayInTheLimelight: "The Calmest Waters Often Hide the Deepest Depths" give Gray's cat Echo, who had made a few very minor appearances in earlier chapters, and Levi's navigator Coffee-and-Cream chances to shine as they deal with a major crisis in their own ways.


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* PainToTheAss: Echo's solution to ponies who ignore him is to hold out his claws and give them a good swat across the rear.
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* EasilyForgiven: Gray briefly discusses the trope when she explains why she decides to forgive [[spoiler:Juniper Leaf]] so quickly, citing her criteria for the action: whether or not the pony genuinely wants to change, any remorse they may or may not feel, whether or not they want to choose a better way of life, stopping the wrong action entirely, and improving themselves if they regress. Talking to her children and hearing the other party's thoughts on the topic helped her solidify her decision quickly.

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* EasilyForgiven: Gray briefly discusses the trope when she explains why she decides to forgive [[spoiler:Juniper Leaf]] so quickly, citing her criteria for the action: whether or not the pony genuinely wants to change, any remorse they may or may not feel, whether or not they want to choose a better way of life, stopping the wrong action entirely, and improving themselves if they regress. Talking to her children and hearing the other party's thoughts on the topic helped her solidify her decision quickly.decision.

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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Hazelnut becomes trapped within her own mind when First Quarter steals her body and life. She is unable to escape or make her calls for help heard, and can only watch as somepony she once looked up to carries out their designs on Leviathan and Celestia.]]

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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Hazelnut becomes trapped within her own mind when First Quarter steals her body and life. She is unable to escape or make her calls for help heard, and can only watch as somepony she once looked up to carries out their designs on Leviathan and Celestia. Her only saving grace is that Quarter's fear of Omega is keeping her stabilized for the time being.]]


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* EasilyForgiven: Gray briefly discusses the trope when she explains why she decides to forgive [[spoiler:Juniper Leaf]] so quickly, citing her criteria for the action: whether or not the pony genuinely wants to change, any remorse they may or may not feel, whether or not they want to choose a better way of life, stopping the wrong action entirely, and improving themselves if they regress. Talking to her children and hearing the other party's thoughts on the topic helped her solidify her decision quickly.
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* MythologyGag: The [[ArtShift difference in appearance]] between ''X''-era Reploids and those from the ''Zero'' era is noted in "Shine Aqua Illusion". [[spoiler:When meeting X for the first time after he returns to his original body, Leviathan states to herself that the armor he's wearing is a total throwback and that she's never seen a Reploid wear boots that big before.]]

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* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:In the LotusEaterMachine-spawned alternate timeline Leviathan gets trapped in, she reconciles with Honoré and eventually marries him after three years of developing their relationship.]]

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* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:In the LotusEaterMachine-spawned alternate timeline Leviathan gets trapped in, she reconciles with her human friend Honoré and eventually marries him after three years of developing their relationship.]]


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-->''Leviathan:'' "''GRAY!'' Don't ''do'' that! What are you, a ninja?!"
-->''Gray:'' "No, I'm a housewife."
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** The main antagonist makes it clear to their agents that under no conditions are they to go near [[GodOfChaos Discord's]] statue, stating it to be the only thing they will agree with Celestia on.

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** The main antagonist makes it clear to their agents that under no conditions are they to go near [[GodOfChaos Discord's]] statue, stating it his fate to be the only thing they will agree with Celestia on.

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* AlternateUniverse: [[spoiler:The reality that Illudere subjects Leviathan to via a hard-hitting spell takes place in one of these: Zero captures Elpizo before he could destroy X's body to release the Dark Elf, Dr. Weil and Omega inexplicably never surface, the events of the third and fourth ''Zero'' games don't take place, and Leviathan is able to patch things up with a former friend that she'd lost contact with. Ultimately, due to how much time passes from Levi's perspective before she mentally returns to Equestria, the whole thing is set up as a major case of YankTheDogsChain.]]

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* AlternateUniverse: [[spoiler:The reality that Illudere subjects Leviathan to via a hard-hitting spell Luminous Cruelty takes place in one of these: Zero captures Elpizo before he could destroy X's body to release the Dark Elf, Dr. Weil and Omega inexplicably never surface, the events of the third and fourth ''Zero'' games don't take place, and Leviathan is able to patch things up with a former friend that she'd lost contact with. Ultimately, due to how much time passes from Levi's perspective before she mentally returns to Equestria, the whole thing is set up as a major case of YankTheDogsChain.]]



* EvenEvilHasStandards: Copy X doesn't like it when humans--the very people he's out to support--decide to harass his Guardians for stupid reasons. After people draw the wrong conclusions by Leviathan returning synthesized chocolates to them, the Copy passes a new law that punishes such individuals with fines and jail time.

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** The main antagonist makes it clear to their agents that under no conditions are they to go near [[GodOfChaos Discord's]] statue, stating it to be the only thing they will agree with Celestia on.
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Copy X doesn't like it when humans--the very people he's out to support--decide to harass his Guardians for stupid reasons. After people draw the wrong conclusions by Leviathan returning synthesized chocolates to them, the Copy passes a new law that punishes such individuals with fines and jail time.

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* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:While within Illudere's Luminous Cruelty, Leviathan takes note of Axl's remains being discovered and subsequently taken to Neo Arcadia so that he can be given a sendoff worthy of his status as a Maverick Hunter.]]



* LotusEaterMachine: The entirety of "Shine Aqua Illusion" depicts [[spoiler:Leviathan placed in one of these by Illudere, forcing her to sleep and experience more than 200 years of life in an alternate timeline where Weil and Omega never surfaced. Despite noticing a few things off about it, she ultimately dismisses them and doesn't escape the illusion, instead being released back to Equestria at the end of her "life".]]

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* LotusEaterMachine: The entirety of "Shine Aqua Illusion" depicts [[spoiler:Leviathan placed in one of these by Illudere, forcing her to sleep and experience more than 200 years of life in an alternate timeline where Weil and Omega never surfaced. Despite noticing a few things off about it, she ultimately dismisses them and doesn't escape the illusion, instead being released back to Equestria at the end of her "life".]] A later chapter reveals its name to be Luminous Cruelty, a fitting name for what's essentially the [[ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything Black Mercy.]]]]
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* IHaveYourWife: [[spoiler:Via an ambush and the combined abilities of the remaining agents, First Quarter's forces kidnap Gray's family before her eyes. The deal that Bastion makes her is that she is to turn herself over to them by noon of the next day, or risk not seeing her family again.]]
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* CommonalityConnection: In the WhatIf scenario revolving around Leviathan ending up in the EG-verse, Leviathan discovers that she and Sunset have a fair bit in common where their pasts were concerned (i.e. ruining other people's lives for what they believed was the right reasons).
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: After a slightly convoluted plan to kill Leviathan is brought up by Ignition, Gates wonders why he shouldn't just stab her and be done with it. Ignition rejects the idea, citing a possibility that Leviathan's death explosion could send him to another world like Omega's did at best, or straight up kill him at worst.
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* WhatIf: The 2nd Anniversary chapter covers four of these:
** Leviathan is discovered by [[GeniusDitz Limefrost Spiral]] instead of Ebony Evening.
** [[spoiler:First Quarter was never traumatized by Omega.]]
** Celestia doesn't leave Twilight Sparkle LockedOutOfTheLoop.
** Leviathan lands in the ''Equestria Girls'' side of reality towards the end of the first movie.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Celestia subjects Twilight Sparkle to this when Leviathan's existence becomes known, keeping her from hearing any sort of news about the Reploid at all. According to one of her letters, this is done to prevent her from thinking that Levi is a sapient ''golem'' and thus hound her for details as to how she's able to live. Spike is already aware, but he has been sworn to secrecy.
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* AlternateUniverse: [[spoiler:The reality that Illudere subjects Leviathan to via a hard-hitting spell takes place in one of these: Zero captures Elpizo before he could destroy X's body to release the Dark Elf, Dr. Weil and Omega inexplicably never surface, the events of the third and fourth ''Zero'' games don't take place, and Leviathan is able to patch things up with a former friend that she'd lost contact with. Ultimately, due to how much time passes from Levi's perspective before she mentally returns to Equestria, the whole thing is set up as a major case of YankTheDogsChain.]]


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* DeathGlare: Hazelnut Mocha shoots Leviathan one of these when they briefly cross paths for the first time, something that she is taken back by due to the sheer amount of hatred.


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* YankTheDogsChain: The entirety of "Shine Aqua Illusion". [[spoiler:230 years of life in a world that showed humans and Reploids at their best, the joy of marrying her first real friend, seeing the world she lived in rendered suitable for global habitation once more, and many other things... and then Leviathan is released from Illudere's spell back into reality, leaving her with nothing but a confidence-breaking feeling of loss.]]
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Hazelnut becomes trapped within her own mind when First Quarter steals her body and life. The young scion is unable to escape or make her calls for help heard, and can only watch as somepony she once looked up to carries out their designs on Leviathan and Celestia.]]

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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Hazelnut becomes trapped within her own mind when First Quarter steals her body and life. The young scion She is unable to escape or make her calls for help heard, and can only watch as somepony she once looked up to carries out their designs on Leviathan and Celestia.]]



* ARareSentence: Leviathan offers this line after Drama is discouraged from using her tail trimmer to remove a pair of thieves' nose hairs:

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* ARareSentence: Multiple times, and it eventually reaches a point where Leviathan starts wondering if anyone's keeping track. As one example, she offers this line after Drama is discouraged from using her tail trimmer to remove a pair of thieves' nose hairs:
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* WreckedWeapon: Barely averted [[spoiler:in the Illudere-induced dream world Leviathan is subjected to]]. After she learns that she and the other Guardians had been killing their own race for what was basically no reason, Fefnir has to restrain her from snapping her Javelin in half.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:The current cover art, Leviathan's image from ''VideoGame/MegaManXDive''.]]
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* LotusEaterMachine: The entirety of "Shine Aqua Illusion" depicts [[spoiler:Leviathan placed in one of these by Illudere, forcing her to sleep and experience more than 200 years of life in an alternate timeline where Weil and Omega never surfaced. Despite noticing one or two things off about it, she ultimately dismisses them and doesn't escape the illusion, instead being released back to Equestria at the end of her "life".]]

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* LotusEaterMachine: The entirety of "Shine Aqua Illusion" depicts [[spoiler:Leviathan placed in one of these by Illudere, forcing her to sleep and experience more than 200 years of life in an alternate timeline where Weil and Omega never surfaced. Despite noticing one or two a few things off about it, she ultimately dismisses them and doesn't escape the illusion, instead being released back to Equestria at the end of her "life".]]

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Copy X doesn't like it when humans--the very people he's out to support--decide to harass his Guardians for stupid reasons. After people draw the wrong conclusions by Leviathan returning synthesized chocolates to them, the Copy passes a new law that punishes such individuals with fines and jail time.



* LotusEaterMachine: The entirety of "Shine Aqua Illusion" depicts [[spoiler:Leviathan placed in one of these by Illudere, forcing her to sleep and experience more than 200 years of life in an alternate timeline where Weil and Omega never surfaced.]]

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* LotusEaterMachine: The entirety of "Shine Aqua Illusion" depicts [[spoiler:Leviathan placed in one of these by Illudere, forcing her to sleep and experience more than 200 years of life in an alternate timeline where Weil and Omega never surfaced. Despite noticing one or two things off about it, she ultimately dismisses them and doesn't escape the illusion, instead being released back to Equestria at the end of her "life".]]

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