History RiseOfEmpressMidnight / TropesPToT

** Jack Epee Cystic is an anagram of LetsPlay/JackSepticEye.

* TheyDo: Averted with Rainbow Dash and [[spoiler:Twilight's]] Borris, who decide to stay as friends to better understand each other.

* PercussiveMaintenance: [[spoiler: Alternate Atlas]] does this to fire the mega crossbow during the final battle.

* PinkySwear: Alternate Borris makes a Pinkie Promise [[spoiler: to make amends with Rainbow Dash if he doesn't use her as a replacement for Alternate Dash.]]

* PresentAbsence: The alternate Twilight and princesses are not seen throughout the first half, with Midnight claiming they are either gone or dead. [[spoiler: Midnight is technically lying, as she is alternate Twilight Sparkle and the princesses were imprisoned in Midnight's castle.]]
** Discord is gone in an alternate Tartarus within the first act [[spoiler: and even remains there until near the end of the book.]] Yet he doesn't mind.
** [[spoiler: Isabelle, Twilight's long lost sister, is only mentioned in Boris' diary and isn't mentioned until the end, hinting a possible sequel.]]

** The Ghost Pony is merely mentioned in legend. [[spoiler: It can be assumed that he makes a physical appearance in the desert and helps Borris overcome his recent break-up and join the final battle.]]

* QuestForTheRest: Raindrop appears to be the only No-Pony to be integrated in Equestrian society and be apple to communicate their language. Celestia gives Twilight the responsibility of taking care of Raindrop outside the castle for Raindrop to be able to recall where her family and other No-Ponies lived and hopefully learn more from the mysterious race. [[spoiler: Alternate Atlas and Aaron find (supposedly) Raindrop's tribe in the mountains, who help them in the final battle.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: Empress Midnight [[spoiler: changes Borris back into a Mork, only for him to still cling to his alliance to the heroes and smash into Midnight to save the others.]]

* RageAgainstTheReflection: Empress Midnight does this after realizing [[spoiler: alternate Rarity is turning back to the RAEM.]] This also foreshadows that Empress Midnight [[spoiler: is Twilight Sparkle.]]
* RaisedByNatives: Raindrop the No-Pony is raised by the Equestrians after being [[spoiler: kicked out of her home tribe.]]

* ScienceHero: Raindrop, [[spoiler: the No-Ponies,]] and the Grump Brothers.
* SecretDiary: A male version: Boris Sparkle has a secret diary in the back on one of his research paper, where Twilight finds out that [[spoiler: he invented the Alicorn Amulet, she had a sister, and he was the reason her grandfather is dead.]]
* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler: Raindrop touching her alternate version, causing Midnight's world to wipe out, taking Midnight with it and the heroes same in Twilight's world. It turns out the Empress Midnight ''survived'' and is now seeking revenge in the white void.]]

* SuperMode: [[spoiler: Twilight after absorbing ''all'' of the Rainbow Power from the alternate chest when it was only designed to be shared amongst six, transforming her into Hyper Rainbow Twilight, complete with doubling wings with sub-flaps, a full color job, and a longer horn.]]
** [[spoiler: Empress Midnight also transforms by growing four more robotic arms after putting on the Alicorn Amulets into her armor suit.]]

* TakeAThirdOption: Twilight gives Midnight the option to either [[spoiler: stay in her destroyed world or join Twilight and reform herself.]] Midnight instead calls for a third option [[spoiler: and attempts to kill of Twilight and herself via the destroyed world.]]

** This is important to the plot since [[spoiler: alternate Raindrop is still in her room, allowing the heroes to cause a dimensional crash.]]
* TheExile: Empress Midnight claims she was banished from Equestria after the royals found her new power with the Alicorn Amulete "uncontrollable." [[spoiler: The reality is that she ran away after seeing the destruction she caused,]] during her time exiled, she switches her wings into powerful metal arms and returns and takes over world.

** [[spoiler: Midnight revealing to Alternate Rarity (who later reveals it to the others) that Alternate Rainbow Dash was killed and that Twilight's Dash was faking as her.]]
** [[spoiler: Boris creating the Alicorn Amulet and being inadvertently responsible for Empress Midnight is revealed in his journal/diary.]]
*** [[spoiler: Also revealed in the journal is Twilight's unknown sister.]]
** [[spoiler: Alternate Borris reveals that he was once a Mork.]]
** [[spoiler: Empress Midnight reveals that she is Alternate Twilight near the climax.]]
* TheyDo: Averted with Rainbow Dash and [[spoiler: Twilight's]] Borris, who decide to stay as friends to better understand each other.

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: Alternate Dash and Alternate Borris.]]

** Borris follows a same latter arc as Film/{{Tron|Legacy}}, both once being changed to be evil and [[spoiler: sacrificing themselves for good.]]

* TwitchyEye: [[spoiler: After it seems that Twilight defeated Midnight at the castle, after she leaves, Midnight's eye twitches, revealing that she still alive.]]

* ProudScholarRaceGuy: Raindrop the No-Pony.
* PutOnABus: Discord.

* RageAgainstTheReflection: Empress Midnight does this after realizing [[spoiler: alternate Rarity is turning back to the RAEM.]]
** This also foreshadows that Empress Midnight [[spoiler: is Twilight Sparkle.]]

* SpoiledSweet: Raindrop.

** Atlas Goni is an anagram of Nostalgia, a reference to the [[Webvideo/NostalgiaCritic Nostalgia Critic]].
** Jack Epee Cystic is an anagram of JackSepticEye.

** Borris follows a same latter arc as [[Film/TronLegacy Tron]], both once being changed to be evil and [[spoiler: sacrificing themselves for good.]]

** Meanwhile, Discord is trapped in Tartarus by Midnight, along with alternate Discord and alternate Tirek.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Empress Midnight due to the effects of the Alicorn Amulet and the Morks' Visors.

* SpinAttack: Midnight does an unusual version of this trope where she create magic blades and turns her body to form a wheel, a sideways spin attack with six swords.

** Discord is gone in an alternate Tartarus within the first act [[spoiler: and even remains there for the end of the book.]] Yet he doesn't mind.

** [[CrazyPeoplePlayChess Atlas assumes she's crazy seeing Midnight messing with the pieces in her scheming.]]

--> ''Midnight:'' Resistance is futile.