History Fanfic / RainbowFactory

''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/5381/rainbow-factory Rainbow Factory]]'' was first written as a ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''-themed song by renowned [[FanCommunityNickname brony]] musician Glaze, aka [=WoodenToaster=]. While it clearly suggests the cheerful Rainbow Factory depicted in the show is [[DarkerAndEdgier not all it seems]], it leaves the actual details [[NothingIsScarier to one's imagination]]. Aurora Dawn later wrote a fanfiction based on the song. This contains canon character [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation reinterpretation]] [[spoiler:(as well as [[DeathFic death]])]] and is very grimdark

* JumpScare: [[SchmuckBaitGo ahead,]] click the link and scroll all the way to the bottom. [[spoiler: If you do, you'll be met with an EXTREME close-up of Rainbow Dash's piercing [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] eyes, her face splattered with blood (some of which [[FridgeHorror possibly belonging to Scootaloo]])]].

''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/5381/rainbow-factory Rainbow Factory]]'' was first written as a ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''-themed song by renowned [[FanCommunityNickname brony]] musician Glaze, aka [=WoodenToaster=]. While it clearly suggests the cheerful Rainbow Factory depicted in the show is [[DarkerAndEdgier not all it seems]], it leaves the actual details [[NothingIsScarier to one's imagination]]. Aurora Dawn later wrote a fanfiction based on the song. This contains canon character [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation reinterpretation]] [[spoiler:(as well as (Warning):[[DeathFic death]])]] and is very grimdark

* DisproportionateRetribution:

* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide:]] In Pegasus Device, [[spoiler:Scootaloo kills herself in front of Rainbow Dash, just so she can fly again. It snaps Dash out of her villainy so it doubles as HeroicSacrifice]]

* [[EtTuBrute Et Tu Pluvi Arce Impete]][[note]]Latin vocative for Rainbow Dash[[/note]]
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: '''Absolutely not.'''

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Aurora]] sacrifices herself so [[spoiler:Scootaloo]] can escape [[spoiler: It doesn't work]]

* JumpScare: Go ahead, click the link and scroll all the way to the bottom, [[SchmuckBait I dare ya]]. [[spoiler: If you do, you'll be met with an EXTREME close-up of Rainbow Dash's piercing [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] eyes, her face splattered with blood (some of which [[FridgeHorror possibly belonging to Scootaloo]])]].

* KillTheOnesYouLove

* ManOfWealthAndTaste: The manager of the Factory [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash]] wears a suit. Most Factory workers, even the lower-end ones, do as well, though.

But the exile turns out to be even worse than expected... Instead of being deported to some unknown land, the three find themselves inside the Rainbow Factory. Barely anything is known about the workings of this place, besides the fact that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin it produces rainbows]]. But now, the three are finally about to find out ([[spoiler:at the price of their lives]]) where those beautiful rainbows gracing Equestria ''[[PoweredByAForsakenChild really]]'' [[HumanResources come from]]... [[spoiler:and to discover the horrifying truth behind Scootaloo's mentor, friend and hero... [[RonTheDeathEater Rainbow]] [[AxCrazy Dash]].]]

''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/5381/rainbow-factory Rainbow Factory]]'' was first written as a ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''-themed song by renowned [[FanCommunityNickname brony]] musician Glaze, aka [=WoodenToaster=] . While it clearly suggests the cheerful Rainbow Factory depicted in the show is [[DarkerAndEdgier not all it seems]], it leaves the actual details [[NothingIsScarier to one's imagination]]. Aurora Dawn later wrote a fanfiction based on the song. This contains canon character [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation reinterpretation]] [[spoiler:(as well as (Warning):[[DeathFic death]])]] and is very grimdark

Find the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRx_iXgLAyw here]] and the fanfic [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1td5r9BGGA7l2-rnlFTnVrJN2NdZclcVWUMoCqaSujnM/edit?hl=en_GB&pli=1 here]]. Much like ''Fanfic/{{Cupcakes}}'' before it, there's also a dose of NightmareRetardant in a parody [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7HrijDkfHc&feature=g-all-a&list=PL92BE27F054BDAA36&context=G2958739FAAAAAAAAAAA here]], courtesy of ''WebVideo/MyLittlePonyTheMentallyAdvancedSeries''.

Aurora Dawn wrote a sequel to Rainbow Factory, ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/68356/pegasus-device Pegasus Device]]'', about a duo of foals trying to escape the factory as things begin to go wrong in there. The sequel is arguably LighterAndSofter than ''Rainbow Factory'' was, and adds a degree of philosophical depth to many of the antagonists.

Also inspired a number of Blog/AskAPony tumblrs, [[http://ask-factory-scootaloo.tumblr.com/ Ask Rainbow Factory Worker Scootaloo]] set in an AlternateUniverse where Scootaloo passed the exam and got a job at the factory, [[spoiler: [[http://rainbowfactorydash.tumblr.com/ Ask Rainbow Factory Dash]]]], a blog about the manager of the factory in the same continuity as the Scootaloo blog, and [[http://ask-frenzy.tumblr.com/ Frenzy of the Rainbow Factory]], an OC blog in continuity with the previous two. [[spoiler: [[http://ask-ghostlyscootaloo.tumblr.com/ Ask Ghostly Scootaloo]] is revealed to follow an ending where Scootaloo is killed immediately, rather than being imprisoned.]] In a crossover between Ghostly and Factory Scootaloo, they end up in what could probably be defined as the "Alpha" universe with [[spoiler: the imprisoned version of Scootaloo from Rainbow Factory canon.]]

* RevisedEnding: Being the NighmareRetardant parody it is, the ''Rainbow Dash Presents'' version ends with [[spoiler:them leaning then never ''actually'' needed to kill foals, they had only needed crayons and pictures of families to make rainbows. While Surprise laments that they're going to hell for nothing, the foals happily go home and take pictures with their families to donate to the factory.]]

* VillainHasAPoint: ''Pegasus Device'' philosophically delves into the villains' motivations and the economic reasoning behind maintaining the Rainbow Factory, to the point where they sometimes come across a NecessarilyEvil‎.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: The workers will [[spoiler:kill children]] to make rainbows.

* FantasticRacism: not exactly racism, but the Cloudsdale society is extremely prejudiced about poor fliers - so much that pegasi who fail their final flight test are exiled somewhere so as to not shame the city. [[spoiler:They're actually killed to make rainbows out of them, but the population doesn't know ''that''.]]

Find the song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRx_iXgLAyw here]] and the fanfic [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1td5r9BGGA7l2-rnlFTnVrJN2NdZclcVWUMoCqaSujnM/edit?hl=en_GB&pli=1 here]]. Much like ''{{Cupcakes}}'' before it, there's also a dose of NightmareRetardant in a parody [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7HrijDkfHc&feature=g-all-a&list=PL92BE27F054BDAA36&context=G2958739FAAAAAAAAAAA here]], courtesy of ''WebVideo/MyLittlePonyTheMentallyAdvancedSeries''.

''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/5381/rainbow-factory Rainbow Factory]]'' was first written as a ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''-themed song by renowned [[FanCommunityNickname brony]] musician Glaze, aka [=WoodenToaster=] . While it clearly suggests the cheerful Rainbow Factory depicted in the show is [[DarkerAndEdgier not all it seems]], it leaves the actual details [[NothingIsScarier to one's imagination]]. Aurora Dawn later wrote a fanfiction based on the song. This contains canon character [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation reinterpretation]][[spoiler:(as well as (Warning):[[DeathFic death]])]] and is very grimdark

* OnlyTheLeadGetsAHappyEnding: the end of the original song's sequel, "Awoken". [[ADayInTheSlimeLight The worker]] [[HeelFaceTurn the song revolves around]] escapes the factory to be met by a friend outside, and even gives [[TheDragon Brony]] [[SlasherSmile Dance Party]] a karmicDeath, in the process. Too bad the factory is still being run by [[TheDragon Wooden]] [[EvilGloating Toaster]], though.

* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: [=BronyDanceParty=]'s avatar in the music videos of both "Rainbow Factory" and "Awoken", used to convey insanity rather than fear. [[spoiler:He gets normal eyes near the end of "Awoken", [[OhCrap as he realizes he's about to be killed by Wooden Toaster.]]]]

* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: [=BronyDanceParty=]'s avatar in the PMV, used to convey insanity rather than fear.

Find the song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRx_iXgLAyw here]] and the fanfic [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1td5r9BGGA7l2-rnlFTnVrJN2NdZclcVWUMoCqaSujnM/edit?hl=en_GB&pli=1 here]]. Much like ''{{Cupcakes}}'' before it, there's also a dose of NightmareRetardant in a parody [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7HrijDkfHc&feature=g-all-a&list=PL92BE27F054BDAA36&context=G2958739FAAAAAAAAAAA here]], courtesy of ''MyLittlePonyTheMentallyAdvancedSeries''.

''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/5381/rainbow-factory Rainbow Factory]]'' was first written as a ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''-themed song by renowned [[FanCommunityNickname brony]] musician Glaze, aka [=WoodenToaster=] . While it clearly suggests the cheerful Rainbow Factory depicted in the show is [[DarkerAndEdgier not all it seems]], it leaves the actual details [[NothingIsScarier to one's imagination]]. Aurora Dawn later wrote a fanfiction based on the song. Warning: similarly to ''{{Cupcakes}}'', this contains canon character "[[AlternateCharacterInterpretation reinterpretation]]" [[spoiler:(as well as [[DeathFic death]])]] and is very grimdark.

* AlternateUniverse: Some of the Tumblrs have a universe where Scootaloo passes her exam and is hired to work at the factory. In a current crossover with Blog/AskSeriousRainbow, they're in a universe where [[spoiler: Rainbow Dash is Absentia, and an AxCrazy Scootaloo is the one running the factory.]]

* AdaptedOut[=/=]AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Rainbow Dash as ANaziByAnyOtherName CorruptCorporateExecutive.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Dr. Atmosphere pulls one in ''Pegasus Device''.]]

** Fluttershy and Derpy Hooves are some of the only ones lucky to escape Cloudsdale society.

-->“If you refuse to decide, we take both your lives. Don’t feel so bad! Very very few have ever accepted this offer. As far as I can remember in my entire career for Cloudsdale Weather, there hasn’t been more than a handful. It’s rather pointless, you know? We saved one yellow filly decades ago, and not two days after she ‘passed’ her test she plummeted to the earth and was never seen from again. A little bit before then we saved some cross-eyed pegasus with an unhealthy obsession with bubbles. A year later and she was knocked up by a Royal Guard and left to fend for herself on the ground.”

* AdaptedOut[=/=]AdaptationalVillainy: A weird blend of both tropes; in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAON4WjBEzE the Source Filmmaker version of the song]], Rainbow Dash is nowhere to be seen. Instead, the Rainbow Factory is run by ''Fluttershy'', [[IncorruptiblePurePureness of all ponies]].

* LighterAndSofter: [[spoiler: The sequel, ''Pegasus Device'', is this in comparison.]]

Also inspired a number of Blog/AskAPony tumblrs, [[http://ask-factory-scootaloo.tumblr.com/ Ask Rainbow Factory Worker Scootaloo]] set in an AlternateUniverse where Scootaloo passed the exam and got a job at the factory, [[spoiler: [[http://rainbowfactorydash.tumblr.com/ Ask Rainbow Factory Dash]]]], a blog about the manager of the factory in the same continuity as the Scootaloo blog, and [[http://ask-frenzy.tumblr.com/ Frenzy of the Rainbow Factory]], an OC blog in continuity with the previous two. [[spoiler: [[http://ask-ghostlyscootaloo.tumblr.com/ Ask Ghostly Scootaloo]] is revealed to follow an ending where Scootaloo is killed immediately, rather than being imprisoned.]]]] In a crossover between Ghostly and Factory Scootaloo, they end up in what could probably be defined as the "Alpha" universe with [[spoiler: the imprisoned version of Scootaloo from Rainbow Factory canon.]]

Also inspired a number of Blog/AskAPony tumblrs, [[http://ask-factory-scootaloo.tumblr.com/ Ask Rainbow Factory Worker Scootaloo]] set in an AlternateUniverse where Scootaloo passed the exam and got a job at the factory, [[spoiler: [[http://rainbowfactorydash.tumblr.com/ Ask Rainbow Factory Dash]]]], a blog about the manager of the factory in the same continuity as the Scootaloo blog, and [[http://ask-frenzy.tumblr.com/ Frenzy of the Rainbow Factory]], an OC blog in continuity with the previous two. [[spoiler: [[http://ask-ghostlyscootaloo.tumblr.com/ Ask Ghostly Scootaloo]] is revealed to follow an ending where Scootaloo is killed immediately, rather than being imprisoned.]]]]

** TheStinger implies that he's actually a robot.

* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: '''WRONG!!!!'''