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* PasswordSlotMachine: Each of Leviathan's new abilities requires a billion-character password, with 250 or so possibilities for each character. However, the system is set up to allow an infinite number of wrong guesses without locking the user out, and it also tells the user which characters are correct. Leviathan figures out that it'll take her 250 guesses at most to crack each password and writes a program to do the job.
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''Manehattan's Lone Guardian'' is a crossover between ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' and the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series written by Curtis Wildcat. The story can be read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/501459/manehattans-lone-guardian here.]]

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''Manehattan's Lone Guardian'' is a crossover between ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' and the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series written by Curtis Wildcat. The story can be read at [=FimFiction=] [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/501459/manehattans-lone-guardian here,]] with a mirror at Archive Of Our Own [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/40384656/chapters/101164176 here.]]
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* CirclingBirdies: After getting smashed head-first into the floor during her duel with Gray, Leviathan briefly sees copies of her in miniature flying around her head.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When Drama Heart finally meets with Illudere, she tears into the insane agent on all the reasons why she'd fallen so far from the decent pony she used to be, with emphasis on the facts that she threw herself away for the sake of one-upmanship and grew to be a threat to the city.
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* RunningIntoTheWindow: The basis of one of the story's running gags is that Gray will try to fly through a window, thinking that it's either open or easy breakable, only to hit her head on it when her attempt fails. Ebony tries to keep an apartment window open to subvert this, only for Gray to fly at a different window instead. This reaches its peak when she throws herself at high speed at the Pyre's front door while infuriated, only to be thwarted by ballista-proof glass.
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* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler:Whenever First Quarter steals another pony's body, their minds will disappear entirely within a day or two without something to stabilize them. Focusing on Quarter's memories of Omega is the only thing keeping this from happening to Hazelnut Mocha.]]
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* InternalReveal: [[spoiler:While cross-referencing her false life with her real one in regards to the trip Startide made to Earth,]] Leviathan realizes that she had family she never knew she had: X's creator could be considered her grandfather, and his ''brother''--who players of the Classic series know as the original Mega Man--is technically her uncle.


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* {{Protectorate}}: Leviathan eventually establishes Manehattan and its waters as hers, promising in her heart to safeguard it until a way back to Neo Arcadia can be found.


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* TitleDrop: At the end of her InternalMonologue establishing Manehattan as her protectorate in "Rejuvenated Vow", Leviathan declares herself to be "Manehattan's lone Guardian".
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Illudere is not immune to the effects of her own spells. Shining Armor reflecting her Luminous Cruelty back at her takes her out of the running immediately.]]


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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Illudere had previously used the Luminous Cruelty on several other individuals without any sort of remorse and played multiple characters--most notably Leviathan and Starlight Glimmer--like fiddles. When her own spell is turned on her, only her parents mourn her.]]


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* OneHitKill: The Luminous Cruelty does this to whatever target it hits, putting them into a Black Mercy-esque dream world immediately on contact and forcing them asleep.
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* DramaticIrony: After she demonstrates her family martial arts style, Caramel Mocha states that it's restricted for use by her family alone in order to prevent more ambitious and unsavory individuals from mastering it, [[spoiler:completely unaware of the designs that the pony who was once her sister has on Celestia and Equestria.]]


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* SupernaturalMartialArts: The basis of the fighting style practiced by the Mocha family involves a mix of standard magic and what is strongly implied to be ki. Caramel demonstrates it on a metal safe, tearing through an inch of steel with a flurry of hoof strikes after Leviathan weakens it with her ice. Levi tries to determine how she's pulling off, but is only positive about the magical aspect of it. Afterward, Caramel makes it clear that the style is restricted to her family to prevent misuse by more unsavory types.
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* {{Feghoot}}: The description of the Lonely Heart nightclub is crafted as one of these. It talks about how mediocre the club is as an establishment, then points out that for all of its faults, it's still rated higher than the Broken Heart nightclub. It finishes with:
-->[[Music/{{Yes}} "Yes, the owner of the Lonely Heart was much better than the owner of the Broken Heart."]]
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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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* CommonalityConnection: In the WhatIf scenario revolving around Leviathan ending up in the EG-verse, Leviathan she 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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* ComicalOverreacting: When Levi discovers that it wasn't even necessary to create a subroutine to activate her password-locked equipment after defeating the first of Mocha's agents, she flips out and angrily complains that she wish she'd known that previously. Her rant gets cut short out of embarrassment after she realizes she said everything out loud.

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When Levi discovers that it wasn't even necessary to create a subroutine to activate her password-locked equipment after defeating the first of Mocha's agents, she flips out and angrily complains that she wish she'd known that previously. Her rant gets cut short out of embarrassment after she realizes she said everything out loud.loud.
** Levi has the same reaction later when first exposed to Pinkie Pie's brand of physics breaking, requiring Cadance to calm her down.[[labelnote:*]]Cupcake and confetti in a letter-sized envelope, anyone?[[/labelnote]]
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* VillainsOutShopping: Bushwhacker, one of the enemy agents, stops by a grocery store to buy some cheese. Gray is briefly surprised to meet him there on account of their open antagonism.
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* SummonBiggerFish: When confronted with Levi discovering her weakness during their battle, Illudere decides that enough's enough and causes [[spoiler:''X1''-era Sigma]] to materialize.

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* AerosolFlamethrower: Trifecta resorts to this in his attempt to kill Leviathan, flooding the building she was in with as much hair spray as he could get his hooves on before having his Torchounds set the facility aflame. When questioned about it later, he admits it was because there wasn't any propane available.
* AfterBossRecovery: Reddocite serves as Full Restores for Leviathan, and are described by the author as the setting's equivalent to E-Tanks (though Levi initially tries to compare them to Cyber-Elves). It's described as a rare, tightly controlled, and incredibly expensive ore that, when destroyed, will fully repair everything inorganic in a certain radius. Shining Armor provides her with one after her fight with Gray, and each of Cocoa Mocha's agents are provided with them, strongly implying that Levi will be using them for herself.



* AllPartOfTheShow: When explosions rock Manehattan, Drama does her part to keep her audience from panicking by weaving the sounds into the fabric of her performance. Her decision causes the story to go off the rails, but she accomplishes her objective.
* AllThereInTheManual: The author posts profiles of some of the original characters on his blog at Fimfiction; these often contain details that never come up within the story proper on account of not being plot-relevant. Metallium's profile, for example, states that she has a lazy older brother [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy who would later be scared away by Fluttershy.]]



* AerosolFlamethrower: Trifecta resorts to this in his attempt to kill Leviathan, flooding the building she was in with as much hair spray as he could get his hooves on before having his Torchounds set the facility aflame. When questioned about it later, he admits it was because there wasn't any propane available.
* AfterBossRecovery: Reddocite serves as Full Restores for Leviathan, and are described by the author as the setting's equivalent to E-Tanks (though Levi initially tries to compare them to Cyber-Elves). It's described as a rare, tightly controlled, and incredibly expensive ore that, when destroyed, will fully repair everything inorganic in a certain radius. Shining Armor provides her with one after her fight with Gray, and each of Cocoa Mocha's agents are provided with them, strongly implying that Levi will be using them for herself.
* AllPartOfTheShow: When explosions rock Manehattan, Drama does her part to keep her audience from panicking by weaving the sounds into the fabric of her performance. Her decision causes the story to go off the rails, but she accomplishes her objective.
* AllThereInTheManual: The author posts profiles of some of the original characters on his blog at Fimfiction; these often contain details that never come up within the story proper on account of not being plot-relevant. Metallium's profile, for example, states that she has a lazy older brother [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy who would later be scared away by Fluttershy.]]

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* AerosolFlamethrower: Trifecta resorts to this AngerBornOfWorry: Leviathan hates it when non-combative civilians, especially her close friends, put themselves in his attempt to kill Leviathan, flooding the building she was in with as much hair spray as he could get his hooves on before having his Torchounds set the facility aflame. danger for her sake. When questioned about it later, he admits it was because there wasn't any propane available.
* AfterBossRecovery: Reddocite serves as Full Restores for Leviathan, and are described by the author as the setting's equivalent to E-Tanks (though Levi initially tries to compare them to Cyber-Elves). It's described as a rare, tightly controlled, and incredibly expensive ore that, when destroyed, will fully repair everything inorganic in a certain radius. Shining Armor provides her with one after her fight with Gray, and each of Cocoa Mocha's agents are provided with them, strongly implying that Levi will be using them for herself.
* AllPartOfTheShow: When explosions rock Manehattan,
Drama does this at one point, Levi snaps at her part to keep despite her audience from panicking by weaving the sounds into the fabric of her performance. Her decision causes the story to go off the rails, but she accomplishes her objective.
* AllThereInTheManual: The author posts profiles of some of the original characters on his blog at Fimfiction; these often contain details that never come up within the story proper on account of not being plot-relevant. Metallium's profile,
having a good reason for example, states that she has a lazy older brother [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E7Dragonshy who would later be scared away by Fluttershy.]]doing so.
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* {{Bookends}}: Illudere's descent into madness begins when she accidentally hits herself with a dangerous spell she is learning. [[spoiler:Her madness ends when Shining Armor causes her to be hit with her own Luminous Cruelty.]]
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** Derpy Hooves/Muffins is strongly implied to be the one who delivered the letter from the Mocha siblings' doctor to a specialist in Canterlot. The main antagonist briefly contemplates recruiting her before deciding to leave her be.

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** Derpy Hooves/Muffins is strongly implied to be the one who delivered the letter from the Mocha siblings' doctor to a specialist in Canterlot. The main antagonist briefly contemplates recruiting her before deciding to leave her be. Derpy later makes a very brief appearance delivering a letter straight to Leviathan.
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* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Each of the enemy agents get one of these when commencing battle against Leviathan.
** Trifecta: ''"Burn."''
** Metallium: "Poor little thing. ''You can't fix what isn't broken."''
** Glintlock: "Be polite, be efficient, ''[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 have a plan to kill everything you meet."]]''
** Statuette: ''"Let's duel, and may the best ice dancer win!"'', though this one is shared with Levi.
** Illudere: [[VideoGame/UltimateCustomNight "Let me show you how to]] ''[[VideoGame/UltimateCustomNight break your face]]'' [[VideoGame/UltimateCustomNight and look like me!"]]
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* MoodWhiplash: "Day Three, Part Two" sees Leviathan being built back up, her confidence being restored, her relief on display for everyone to see, Honoré unexpectedly showing up to reunite with her... and then suddenly [[spoiler:Illudere]] spikes the emotional volleyball back down to the ground and sets the stage for Levi's darkest battle up until that point.


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* RageBreakingPoint: Leviathan reaches hers after [[spoiler:Illudere modestly explains the Luminous Cruelty to her]], making her start screaming the other party's offenses. Said party's non-chalant response only makes things worse.
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* GoKartingWithBowser: Calico Driftwood, one of the enemy agents, takes part in a kidnapping and becomes responsible for looking after [[spoiler:Five-of-a-Kind]]. After a few days, any pretense of being antagonistic flies out the window when the abducted pony starts teaching her how to play [=FreeCell=].
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* SeaSerpents: Tiffany Polari, who lives in the deep water between Manehattan and the mainland. She's a 150-foot sea snake with a dragon-like head, midnight-blue scales, and a "tremendous mop of fruity red hair" done up in a BeehiveHairdo. She looks threatening at first, but she turns out to be genuinely friendly. It's all but stated that she's Steven Magnet's mother.
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* AirVentPassageway: Illudere is crazy enough to try utilizing one of these to get from place to place. It almost ends poorly for her: the vents are barely large enough to accommodate a pony, but her armor adds just enough width to greatly hinder her. As such, even with her magic aiding her, it takes her hours to escape.
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* PityTheKidnapper: [[spoiler:When Gray's family is kidnapped, Fiver and Zig-Zag avert the trope entirely by being generally well-behaved. Ebony and Pure Energy, on the other hand, play it straight: the former doesn't hesitate to speak her mind, forcing Ocean Guard to hold her back, and the latter gives Illudere the run-around and ultimately escapes his confinement.]]
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* DespairEventHorizon: For most of the story, Leviathan is confident in her abilities and maintains her focus on getting home. [[spoiler:Illudere's Luminous Cruelty bodily drags her near the line, and after she wakes up she finds her self-confidence shattered and her end goals in serious doubt, invoking a serious nervous breakdown. Her friends and allies are forced to step in to prevent her from crossing the horizon entirely.]]
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* WhamEpisode: "Shine Aqua Illusion". [[spoiler:Leviathan is subjected to the Black Mercy-esque Luminous Cruelty, and is thoroughly crushed by the implications of her waking up back in Equestria, along with the theft of half of her equipment. This undermines the self-confidence she'd been showing up until that point and invokes a nervous breakdown, throwing her desire to return home into doubt.]]
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Leviathan is noted to be leery of Drama Heart, to the point that the pony threatening her with a friendly hug is enough to make her do things she doesn't necessarily want to do. When she ''does'' pulls Drama into a hug of her own initiative, the puppeteer is quick to figure out that something is ''seriously'' wrong.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Leviathan is noted to be leery of Drama Heart, to the point that the pony threatening her with a friendly hug is enough to make her do things she doesn't necessarily want to do. When she ''does'' pulls pull Drama into a hug of her own initiative, the puppeteer is quick to figure out that something is ''seriously'' wrong.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Leviathan is noted to be leery of Drama Heart, to the point that the pony threatening her with a friendly hug is enough to make her do things she doesn't necessarily want to do. When she ''does'' pulls Drama into a hug of her own initiative, the puppeteer is quick to figure out that something is ''seriously'' wrong.

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Moved the 'For the Want of a Nail' entry down to 'What If' on account of disambiguation.


* ForWantOfANail: The "1st Anniversary" chapter makes mention of what would've happened to several individuals in the main ''[=FiM=]'' universe if Leviathan had never appeared in Equestria:
** Gray would never have discovered the truth about her mental disorder.
** Ebony's pediophobia would have persisted for the rest of her life.
** The Midnight Castle gang would have succeeded in emptying out the Pyre, leaving Drama Heart struggling to recover for a long time.
** Said gang, in addition, wouldn't have gotten caught until after Nightmare Moon returned as opposed to the night Leviathan dropped in.



-->"Eyes flaring, Ignition opened his mouth to utter the first of the curses that he'd been suppressing--\\
"The narration quickly took steps to supersede his authority, cutting the chapter off."

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"The narration quickly took steps to supersede his authority, cutting the chapter off.""''



* 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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* WhatIf: WhatIf:
** The "1st Anniversary" chapter makes mention of what would've happened to several individuals in the main ''[=FiM=]'' universe if Leviathan had never appeared in Equestria: Gray would never have discovered the truth about her mental disorder; Ebony's pediophobia would have persisted for the rest of her life; The Midnight Castle gang would have succeeded in emptying out the Pyre, leaving Drama Heart struggling to recover for a long time; and said gang, in addition, wouldn't have gotten caught until after Nightmare Moon returned as opposed to the night Leviathan dropped in.
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The 2nd Anniversary chapter covers four of these:
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these: Leviathan is discovered by [[GeniusDitz Limefrost Spiral]] instead of Ebony Evening.
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Evening; [[spoiler:First Quarter was never traumatized by Omega.]]
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Omega;]] Celestia doesn't leave Twilight Sparkle LockedOutOfTheLoop.
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LockedOutOfTheLoop; and Leviathan lands in the ''Equestria Girls'' side of reality towards the end of the first movie.
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* CurseCutShort: Ignition tries to go into a profanity-laden outburst after Gray pulls a fast one on him at one point, but the narration deliberately cuts him off and ends the chapter.


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* LemonyNarrator: Averted, by and large. Most scenes that aren't narrated by Leviathan are told normally. However, the end of "Gray's Analogy" has Ignition start to launch into a profanity-laden tirade, only to have the narration deliberately cut him off to end the chapter.
-->"Eyes flaring, Ignition opened his mouth to utter the first of the curses that he'd been suppressing--\\
"The narration quickly took steps to supersede his authority, cutting the chapter off."

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* BrickJoke: When the enemy group first gathers, Statuette guesses that the reason why the conference room is dark is because their leader likes [[Fanfic/TiberiumWars hearing others hit their legs on the furniture.]] Sixteen chapters later, said leader sheepishly admits it when asked about the possibility of installing new lights.

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When the enemy group first gathers, Statuette guesses that the reason why the conference room is dark is because their leader likes [[Fanfic/TiberiumWars hearing others hit their legs on the furniture.]] Sixteen chapters later, said leader sheepishly admits it when asked about the possibility of installing new lights.lights.
** When Leviathan first learns about her new enemies in "Prismatic", she hears one of their names and thinks that the pony it belongs to didn't earn it because of his candy-making abilities. Much later in "Buggin'", it's revealed that the pony was, in fact, a candy maker.



** Gray at one point is incensed enough to shout ''"Nightmare Moon's sweet sorry keister!"'', which the story explicitly refers to as 'pony profanity'.

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** Gray at one point is incensed enough to shout ''"Nightmare Moon's sweet sorry keister!"'', which the story keister!"'' is explicitly refers referred to as 'pony profanity'.

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