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There are many important aspects to consider when budgeting a project. High-quality sets, lighting, and sound equipment aren't cheap, and all the cast and crew need to be paid fairly and treated humanely to ensure good performances and good graces. But some directors insist that one element deserves far more attention than the rest, and will direct as much money as possible towards making ''that thing'' as good as it can be -- even if it means cutting corners for the rest of the work or going outside of your budget altogether.
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There are many important aspects to consider when budgeting a project. High-quality sets, lighting, and sound equipment aren't cheap, and all the cast and crew need to be paid fairly and treated humanely to ensure good performances and good graces. But some directors insist that one element deserves far more attention than the rest, and will direct as much money as possible towards making ''that thing'' as good as it can be -- even if it means cutting corners for the rest of the work or going outside of your budget altogether. \n Alternatively, the cost may not be ''too'' outlandish by budgetary standards... except this element only shows up for an extremely brief amount of time (such as a scene shot on-location at a famous monument for less than a minute, or a CelebrityCameo from an expensive A-lister).
There are many important aspects to consider when budgeting a project. High-quality sets, lighting, and sound equipment aren't cheap, and all the cast and crew need to be paid fairly and treated humanely to ensure good performances and good graces. But some directors insist that one element deserves far more attention than the rest, and will direct as much money as possible towards making ''that thing'' as good as it can be -- even if it means cutting corners for the rest of the work or going outside of your budget altogether.
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* ''Film/IAmLegend'' spent about $5 million alone on the bridge collapse scene, due to a combination of expensive CGI and the extensive costs and bureaucracy of shooting a destructive action scene on-location in New York City.
* ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' spent $2.5 million to construct and destroy a freeway set for a car chase scene.
* About a tenth of the multimillion-dollar budget for ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' went to destroying luxury cars in action scenes, particularly several Aston Martin models specifically produced for the film.
* ''Film/SupermanReturns'' spent $10 million on Superman's return to Krypton due to the high cost of animation at the time. Unfortunately, this became a DeletedScene due to clashing with the rest of the film's tone.
* ''Film/VanillaSky'' spent $1 million of its $68 million budget renting out all of Times Square to film a short-but-symbolic scene where David dreams about the bustling city being completely empty.
* ''Film/IAmLegend'' spent about $5 million alone on the bridge collapse scene, due to a combination of expensive CGI and the extensive costs and bureaucracy of shooting a destructive action scene on-location in New York City.
* ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' spent $2.5 million to construct and destroy a freeway set for a car chase scene.
* About a tenth of the multimillion-dollar budget for ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' went to destroying luxury cars in action scenes, particularly several Aston Martin models specifically produced for the film.
* ''Film/SupermanReturns'' spent $10 million on Superman's return to Krypton due to the high cost of animation at the time. Unfortunately, this became a DeletedScene due to clashing with the rest of the film's tone.
* ''Film/VanillaSky'' spent $1 million of its $68 million budget renting out all of Times Square to film a short-but-symbolic scene where David dreams about the bustling city being completely empty.
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[[folder:Budget Breaking Element (Trivia)]]
LACONIC: Most of the work's budget is directed towards a single aspect of production.
!!Real Life Examples
LACONIC: Most of the work's budget is directed towards a single aspect of production.
!!Real Life Examples
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There are many important aspects to consider when budgeting a project. High-quality sets, lighting, and sound equipment aren't cheap, and all the cast and crew need to be paid fairly and treated humanely to ensure good performances and good graces. But some directors insist that one element deserves far more attention than the rest, and will direct as much money as possible towards
!!Real Life Examples
Compare and contrast NoBudget; a budget-breaking element may result in the rest of the work appearing as if they had no money to begin with. However, if a work was already designed around having NoBudget, they may toss their extra money towards something gratuitous just to flaunt they own wealth.
Some aspects that can require more money than the rest of the film:
* A scene employing a lot of unique visual effects, such as a DisneyAcidSequence.
* Filming on-location in a significant location; renting out the space so no tourists interfere while filming will likely necessitate millions of dollars to compensate for the loss in revenue.
* Hiring an AllStarCast, or even just one actor with a much bigger paycheck than their colleagues.
* Legal fees, such as getting the rights to play a certain song or use any other sort of expensive intellectual property.
Please only list examples confirmed by WordOfGod, not audience speculation on where the budget must have gone.
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!!Examples:
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* ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'': At the end of the song "Love Kernels," Rebecca breaks the fourth wall to say that the artsy music video, with its various scene changes and costumes to symbolize Rebecca's LoveMartyr status, ate up the show's production budget, so they now have to recast Darryl with a broom. WordOfGod confirmed this song actually ''did'' use most of the season's production budget.
-->'''Creator/RachelBloom''': But yes, that number was expensive — we went out to the desert for a day in preproduction to film those sweeping desert scenes, we built another set on stage with all that lavish, beautiful furniture. The costumes alone, I mean especially that cactus costume, it’s expensive.
* Creator/ConanOBrien invoked this during his last weeks hosting ''Series/TheTonightShow'' in an effort to spite Creator/{{NBC}} for their controversial behavior surrounding his hosting era, making a point to introduce one-shot characters who weren't really that funny, but ''would'' cost NBC boatloads of money to put on the air. The biggest example was the "Bugatti Veyron Mouse," a very expensive car decorated like a mouse, accompanied by the original recording of Music/TheRollingStones' "Satisfaction," which O'Brien claimed would cost NBC $1.5 million. (though [[https://abcnews.go.com/Business/conan-obrien-nbc-confirms-deal-speeds-nbc-show/story?id=9621682 it may not be that high,]] as the car was likely on loan or at least a less expensive model than presented).
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* The video for Custom's "Hey Mister," shot on NoBudget with a handheld camera with the artist and his girlfriend going to the beach, was almost finished when the label gave the band more money. Most of the money was spent on a luxury car and a trip to Vegas, with the rest of the video still using that cheap handheld camera.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': InUniverse. In "That's Lobstertainment!", post-production on Harold Zoid's movie is reduced to less than a week because they blew the budget on pies for a background pie fight.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "That's Lobstertainment!", post-production on Harold Zoid's movie is reduced to less than a week because they blew the budget on pies for a background pie fight.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Parodied in "The Fight Before Christmas," which includes scenes done in puppetry and features Music/KatyPerry as a SpecialGuest. Mr. Burns is
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[[folder:Fetuses Having Fun]]
LACONIC: An unborn baby already has a personality in utero.
Being a fetus doesn't sound very exciting. For nine months, all you do is slowly develop body parts and move them around while receiving nutrients from an umbilical cord. However, there is evidence that RealLife unborn babies can understand the outside environment after a certain amount of time -- for example, they can hear sounds inside the body (like a heartbeat) around 18 weeks, and then around ten weeks later, they can hear what's going on outside of their mother.
But as far as fiction is concerned, ''anything'' could be happening inside a pregnant woman's belly, so why not let the little guy have a scene to himself?
Showing a character in utero is an opportunity to take EarlyPersonalitySigns to the extreme. Perhaps the unborn baby is already silently snarking about what they can hear outside, or perhaps they're yearning to be more active than their situation allows them to be. They may [[FeelingTheBabyKick kick their parent]] at specific moments to express interest or displeasure. The baby might even have props that no pregnant person would be able to get in their uterus.
Usually the other characters have no idea anything is happening in there, but some works allow the fetus's wacky behavior to be visible during an ultrasound, understandably concerning their parents.
A subtrope of PregnancyDoesNotWorkThatWay. FetusTerrible is a subtrope for when the fetus isn't just sapient, but straight-up ''evil''. Compare SpermAsPeople, when the baby's personality is evident before they even ''become'' a fetus.
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* The first act of ''Film/LookWhosTalking'' follows Mollie's pregnancy, with periodic shots of Mikey adapting to life as a fetus and snarking about the situation.
* ''Film/SonOfTheMask'': When Tonya gets an ultrasound, the unborn Alvey is shown disco-dancing and shaking maracas to "Cuban Pete" as a CallBack to the first film, establishing that he has the Mask's powers already.
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* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': ''The Third Wheel'' starts with Greg remembering his life before he was born. He enjoyed relaxing and doing flips in his mother's womb until she began annoying him by playing music and talking to him. He also hated hearing his parents make out, trying to dissuade them by [[FeelingTheBabyKick kicking his mother's belly]], but this only encouraged them. Greg was born three weeks early because he got so sick of all this, but he instantly regretted it.
LACONIC: An unborn baby already has a personality in utero.
Being a fetus doesn't sound very exciting. For nine months, all you do is slowly develop body parts and move them around while receiving nutrients from an umbilical cord. However, there is evidence that RealLife unborn babies can understand the outside environment after a certain amount of time -- for example, they can hear sounds inside the body (like a heartbeat) around 18 weeks, and then around ten weeks later, they can hear what's going on outside of their mother.
But as far as fiction is concerned, ''anything'' could be happening inside a pregnant woman's belly, so why not let the little guy have a scene to himself?
Showing a character in utero is an opportunity to take EarlyPersonalitySigns to the extreme. Perhaps the unborn baby is already silently snarking about what they can hear outside, or perhaps they're yearning to be more active than their situation allows them to be. They may [[FeelingTheBabyKick kick their parent]] at specific moments to express interest or displeasure. The baby might even have props that no pregnant person would be able to get in their uterus.
Usually the other characters have no idea anything is happening in there, but some works allow the fetus's wacky behavior to be visible during an ultrasound, understandably concerning their parents.
A subtrope of PregnancyDoesNotWorkThatWay. FetusTerrible is a subtrope for when the fetus isn't just sapient, but straight-up ''evil''. Compare SpermAsPeople, when the baby's personality is evident before they even ''become'' a fetus.
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* The first act of ''Film/LookWhosTalking'' follows Mollie's pregnancy, with periodic shots of Mikey adapting to life as a fetus and snarking about the situation.
* ''Film/SonOfTheMask'': When Tonya gets an ultrasound, the unborn Alvey is shown disco-dancing and shaking maracas to "Cuban Pete" as a CallBack to the first film, establishing that he has the Mask's powers already.
[[AC:Literature]]
* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': ''The Third Wheel'' starts with Greg remembering his life before he was born. He enjoyed relaxing and doing flips in his mother's womb until she began annoying him by playing music and talking to him. He also hated hearing his parents make out, trying to dissuade them by [[FeelingTheBabyKick kicking his mother's belly]], but this only encouraged them. Greg was born three weeks early because he got so sick of all this, but he instantly regretted it.
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LACONIC: An unborn baby already has a personality in utero.
Being a fetus doesn't sound very exciting. For nine months, all you do is slowly develop body parts and move them around while receiving nutrients from an umbilical cord. However, there is evidence
LACONIC:Exes refuse to accept that
But as far as fiction is concerned, ''anything'' could be happening inside a pregnant woman's belly, so why not let the little guy have a scene to himself?
Showing a character in utero is an opportunity to take EarlyPersonalitySigns to the extreme. Perhaps the unborn baby is already silently snarking about what they can hear outside, or perhaps they're yearning to be more active than their situation allows them to be. They may [[FeelingTheBabyKick kick their parent]] at specific moments to express interest or displeasure. The baby might even have props that no pregnant person would be able to get in their uterus.
Usually the other characters have no idea anything is happening in there, but some works allow the fetus's wacky behavior to be visible during an ultrasound, understandably concerning their parents.
A subtrope of PregnancyDoesNotWorkThatWay. FetusTerrible is a subtrope for when the fetus isn't just sapient, but straight-up ''evil''. Compare SpermAsPeople, when the baby's personality is evident before they even ''become'' a fetus.
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* The first act of ''Film/LookWhosTalking'' follows Mollie's pregnancy, with periodic shots of Mikey adapting to life as a fetus and snarking about the situation.
* ''Film/SonOfTheMask'': When Tonya gets an ultrasound, the unborn Alvey is shown disco-dancing and shaking maracas to "Cuban Pete" as a CallBack to the first film, establishing that he has the Mask's powers already.
[[AC:Literature]]
* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': ''The Third Wheel'' starts with Greg remembering his life before he was born. He enjoyed relaxing and doing flips in his mother's womb until she began annoying him by playing music and talking to him. He also hated hearing his parents make out, trying to dissuade them by [[FeelingTheBabyKick kicking his mother's belly]], but this only encouraged them. Greg was born three weeks early because he
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "I Married Marge," when Dr. Hibbert first sees the sonogram of Bart, he suspects the fetus may be trying to moon them.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': "Truth or Square" features a flashback to [=SpongeBob=] in utero trying a Krabby Patty for the first time (by sucking on his mother's umbilical cord as she eats one) and discovering [[TrademarkFavoriteFood his passion for them]].
** In "I Married Marge," when Dr. Hibbert first sees the sonogram of Bart, he suspects the fetus may be trying to moon them.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': "Truth or Square" features a flashback to [=SpongeBob=] in utero trying a Krabby Patty for the first time (by sucking on his mother's umbilical cord as she eats one) and discovering [[TrademarkFavoriteFood his passion for them]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** In "I Married Marge," when Dr. Hibbert first sees''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Carmelita Aves, also known as the sonogram of Bart, he suspects the fetus may be trying supervillain Voltura, used to moon them.
date Manny's father Roldolfo (also known as superhero White Pantera), and she always insists she broke up with ''him''. Whenever someone reminds her that Rodolfo broke up with ''her'', she responds, "''[[CharacterCatchphrase As if I could ever forget!]]''"
*''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': "Truth or Square" features a flashback to [=SpongeBob=] in utero trying a Krabby Patty for the first time (by sucking on ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Love and Rocket," Leela recalls her "mutual breakup with Sean which was totally mutual." When she runs back into Sean and meets his mother's umbilical cord as she eats one) wife in "Fry and discovering [[TrademarkFavoriteFood his passion for them]].
Leela's Big Fling," they claim Sean dumped Leela, and Leela shouts back, "It was mutual!"
** In "I Married Marge," when Dr. Hibbert first sees
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* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Carmelita Aves, also known as the supervillain Voltura, used to date Manny's father Roldolfo (also known as superhero White Pantera), and she always insists she broke up with ''him''. Whenever someone reminds her that Rodolfo broke up with ''her'', she responds, "''[[CharacterCatchphrase As if I could ever forget!]]''"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Love and Rocket," Leela recalls her "mutual breakup with Sean which was totally mutual." When we meet Sean and his wife in "Fry and Leela's Big Fling," they claim Sean dumped Leela, and Leela shouts back, "It was mutual!"
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LACONIC:Exes refuse to accept that they were the ones who got dumped.
[[AC:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Carmelita Aves, also known as the supervillain Voltura, used to date Manny's father Roldolfo (also known as superhero White Pantera), and she always insists she broke up with ''him''. Whenever someone reminds her that Rodolfo broke up with ''her'', she responds, "''[[CharacterCatchphrase As if I could ever forget!]]''"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Love and Rocket," Leela recalls her "mutual breakup with Sean which was totally mutual." When we meet Sean and his wife in "Fry and Leela's Big Fling," they claim Sean dumped Leela, and Leela shouts back, "It was mutual!"
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A subtrope of PregnancyDoesNotWorkThatWay. FetusTerrible is a subtrope for when the fetus isn't just sapient, but straight-up ''evil''.
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A subtrope of PregnancyDoesNotWorkThatWay. FetusTerrible is a subtrope for when the fetus isn't just sapient, but straight-up ''evil''. Compare SpermAsPeople, when the baby's personality is evident before they even ''become'' a fetus.
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Showing a character in utero is an opportunity to take EarlyPersonalitySigns to the extreme. Perhaps the unborn baby is already silently snarking about what they can hear outside, or perhaps they're yearning to be more active than their situation allows them to be. They may [[FeelingTheBabyKicking kick their parent]] at specific moments to express interest or displeasure. The baby might even have props that no pregnant person would be able to get in their uterus.
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Showing a character in utero is an opportunity to take EarlyPersonalitySigns to the extreme. Perhaps the unborn baby is already silently snarking about what they can hear outside, or perhaps they're yearning to be more active than their situation allows them to be. They may [[FeelingTheBabyKicking [[FeelingTheBabyKick kick their parent]] at specific moments to express interest or displeasure. The baby might even have props that no pregnant person would be able to get in their uterus.
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[[folder:A Womb with a View]]
LACONIC: Seeing a character in utero, usually to establish very EarlyPersonalitySigns.
LACONIC: Seeing a character in utero, usually to establish very EarlyPersonalitySigns.
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Being a fetus doesn't sound very exciting. For nine months, all you do is slowly develop body parts and move them around while receiving nutrients from an umbilical cord. However, there is evidence that RealLife unborn babies can understand the outside environment after a certain amount of time -- for example, they can hear sounds inside the body (like a heartbeat) around 18 weeks, and then around ten weeks later, they can hear what's going on outside of their mother.
But as far as fiction is concerned, ''anything'' could be happening inside a pregnant woman's belly, so why not let the little guy have a scene to himself?
Showing a character in utero is an opportunity to take EarlyPersonalitySigns to the extreme. Perhaps the unborn baby is already silently snarking about what they can hear outside, or perhaps they're yearning to be more active than their situation allows them to be. They may [[FeelingTheBabyKicking kick their parent]] at specific moments to express interest or displeasure. The baby might even have props that no pregnant person would be able to get in their uterus.
Usually the other characters have no idea anything is happening in there, but some works allow the fetus's wacky behavior to be visible during an ultrasound, understandably concerning their parents.
A subtrope of PregnancyDoesNotWorkThatWay. FetusTerrible is a subtrope for when the fetus isn't just sapient, but straight-up ''evil''.
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* ''Film/SonOfTheMask'': When Tonya gets an ultrasound, the unborn Alvey is shown disco-dancing and shaking maracas to "Cuban Pete" as a CallBack to the first film, establishing that he has the Mask's powers already.
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LACONIC:Exes refuse
LACONIC: Seeing a character in utero, usually to
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* The first act of ''Film/LookWhosTalking'' follows Mollie's pregnancy, with periodic shots of Mikey adapting to life as a fetus and snarking about the
[[AC:Literature]]
* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': ''The Third Wheel'' starts with Greg remembering his life before he was born. He enjoyed relaxing and doing flips in his mother's womb until she began annoying him by playing music and talking to him. He also hated hearing his parents make out, trying to dissuade them by [[FeelingTheBabyKick kicking his mother's belly]], but this only encouraged them. Greg was born three weeks early because he got
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* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Carmelita Aves, also known as the supervillain Voltura, used to date Manny's father Roldolfo (also known as superhero White Pantera), and she always insists she broke up with ''him''. Whenever someone reminds her that Rodolfo broke up with ''her'', she responds, "''[[CharacterCatchphrase As if I could ever forget!]]''"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Love and Rocket," Leela recalls her "mutual breakup with Sean which was totally mutual." When we meet Sean and his wife in "Fry and Leela's Big Fling," they claim Sean dumped Leela, and Leela shouts back, "It was mutual!"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Love and Rocket," Leela recalls her "mutual breakup with Sean which was totally mutual." When we meet Sean and his wife in "Fry and Leela's Big Fling," they claim Sean dumped Leela, and Leela shouts back, "It was mutual!"
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* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Carmelita Aves, also known as ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': "Truth or Square" features a flashback to [=SpongeBob=] in utero trying a Krabby Patty for thesupervillain Voltura, used to date Manny's father Roldolfo (also known first time (by sucking on his mother's umbilical cord as superhero White Pantera), she eats one) and she always insists she broke up with ''him''. Whenever someone reminds her that Rodolfo broke up with ''her'', she responds, "''[[CharacterCatchphrase As if I could ever forget!]]''"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Love and Rocket," Leela recalls her "mutual breakup with Sean which was totally mutual." When we meet Sean anddiscovering [[TrademarkFavoriteFood his wife in "Fry and Leela's Big Fling," they claim Sean dumped Leela, and Leela shouts back, "It was mutual!"
passion for them]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': "Truth or Square" features a flashback to [=SpongeBob=] in utero trying a Krabby Patty for the
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Love and Rocket," Leela recalls her "mutual breakup with Sean which was totally mutual." When we meet Sean and
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* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Carmelita Aves, also known as the supervillain Voltura, used to date Manny's father Roldolfo (also known as superhero White Pantera), and she always insists she broke up with ''him''. Whenever someone reminds her that Rodolfo broke up with ''her'', she responds, "''[[CharacterCatchphrase As if I could ever forget!]]''"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Love and Rocket," Leela recalls her "mutual breakup with Sean which was totally mutual." When we meet Sean and his wife in "Fry and Leela's Big Fling," they claim Sean dumped Leela, and Leela shouts back, "It was mutual!"
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LACONIC:Exes refuse to accept that they were the ones who got dumped.
[[AC:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Carmelita Aves, also known as the supervillain Voltura, used to date Manny's father Roldolfo (also known as superhero White Pantera), and she always insists she broke up with ''him''. Whenever someone reminds her that Rodolfo broke up with ''her'', she responds, "''[[CharacterCatchphrase As if I could ever forget!]]''"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "Love and Rocket," Leela recalls her "mutual breakup with Sean which was totally mutual." When we meet Sean and his wife in "Fry and Leela's Big Fling," they claim Sean dumped Leela, and Leela shouts back, "It was mutual!"
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* In ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'', a group of Lucas Lee {{fangirl}}s wait outside a movie studio each wearing a shirt bearing one letter of his name, albeit standing out of order.
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''The Miracleverse'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' {{Alternate Universe|Fic}} by [=StarryOak=]. In an approach different from the a typical FlashForwardFic, the fic focuses on the FanCreatedOffspring of several pairings that the author does ''not'' like.
In an Equestria that has grown colder and more dismal, the Cutie Map suddenly awakens after years of inactivity, flashing the cutie marks of the Mane Six's children... who don't exactly all get along with each other. They, alongside Discord's daughter Cackle, travel together to investigate the secrets the map holds, and perhaps bring joy back into their world.
!!Tropes:
* AwfulWeddedLife: Trenderhoof and Applejack are described as a "sitcom family" relationship, in that Trenderhoof is an "idiot husband" and Applejack is a WetBlanketWife. They do allegedly love each other, but spend a lot of time fighting.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe:
** Tootsie Flute got with her childhood crush, Truffle Shuffle, because he comforted her when she was dealing with her mothers' divorce.
** Big Macintosh's relationship with Twilight started because he returned her childhood doll to her when she was suffering massive grief.
* BigBadWannabe Aquablaze wants to be a real villain like their parents, but they're just an ineffective manipulative {{jerkass}}. They even ran away from home to try and engineer their own FreudianExcuse.
* BlindingBangs: Misty Mizzle's mane covers her eyes, making her look more reclusive. This is good for Rainbow Dash, given Misty has her father's eyes.
* ButchLesbian: Spitfire and Braeburn's daughter [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Afterburner-756917955 Aferburner]] is a butchy lesbian cloud seeder who dabbles in machinery, considered very attractive to every sapphic creature in Cloudsdale.
* CampGay: Applejack's son Zestar! is a dramatic, flamboyant gay stallion who enjoys makeup and drag.
* ChildByRape:
** Dr. Stables had sex with his patient Screwloose, who was too insane to consent, which resulted in Dusty Dunes. Screwloose is traumatized by the experience and highly protective of Dusty, who fears his father and anybody who looks like him.
** Downplayed with Maigold Apple, who was conceived while Cheerilee and Big Macintosh were under a LovePotion, which is treated as akin to a "date rape drug" here. This has given Maigold some complicated feelings about romance, and she sometimes feels obligated to council others on theirs.
* ClassClown: Sweet Treat, the daughter of Truffle Shuffle and Tootsie Flute, likes to cheer others up in her class with silly pranks.
* CloneAngst: [[spoiler:Peggy is actually one of the last surviving Pinkie clones from "Too Many Pinkie Pies." Twilight killing her "sisters" has left her traumatized, and she desperately tries to avoid looking or acting too much like Pinkie so she can have her own identity.]]
* CoolOldLady: Lily Lighty, a bug-loving, young-at-heart old lady who treats Maigold like her own granddaughter and mentors her in potion-making. This is invoked as she's actually [[spoiler:Ocellus in a disguise]].
* DelicateAndSickly: Miracle is chronically ill, possibly due to her dragon-pony hybrid status, and frequently seen with a runny nose. Her parents tend to shelter and dote on her because of this, despite her longing for adventure.
* DomesticAbuse: Limestone broke Zephyr's wings to prevent him from running out on her.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Maigold has called Galaxy Gazer "Pinkadink" since childhood, which the moody colt does not appreciate.
* EnfanteTerrible: Harrow Crisp is an "evil little shit" despite her adorable appearance. Only Sonata seems aware of this.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While Bellicoso Bash is a bully, she thinks Lionheart is too mean, and disapproves of him stealing money and toys from other kids.
* EmoTeen: Galaxy Gazer, formerly known as [[EmbarrassingName Pink Sparkle Apple]], is a moody teenage nihilist who refuses to make friends like his mother insists.
* {{Expy}}: While some characters have color palettes or other traits taken from other media, other characters are simply pony versions of other characters.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/The-Troublehugger-Siblings-753594355 Treehugger and Troubleshoes' children]], minus Sweet Salvia, are all based off the Lane family in ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}.''
** Diamond Tiara's children are based off the main characters of ''Theatre/{{Heathers}}''. Croquet Mallet is Veronica, right down to the nostalgia for when her classmates were nicer; Charming Chandelier is Heather Chandler, the dramatic AlphaBitch of the group; Daisy Dukes is Heather Duke, the cruel BetaBitch; and Mellow Mascara is Heather [=MacNamara=], who goes along with her sisters just to fit in. Stormy Skies also takes inspiration from Martha Dunnstock, while Lionheart is Jason Dean and Croquet's love interest.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Princess-Imago-941305702 Imago is based off the titular deformed child in Creator/HideshiHino's comic ''Hell Baby'', but given a happier ending.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Marie-Berlioz-and-Toulouse-943705771 Marie, Berlioz, and Toulouse]] are Abyssinian versions of the kittens from ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats''.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Cackle is a prankster who enjoys annoying Accordance, who is far more organized and responsible than her older sister and serves as Twilight's correspondent.
* FormerChildStar:
** Tessitura Tune became a famous singer as a filly thanks to her famous mother and stage dad, and grew up playing up a personable image for the spotlight. When she turned eighteen, she partied harder due to the pressure and became more infamous for alcohol and drug abuse.
** Averted with Baby Blues, who also became famous at a young age, to highlight the difference between her and Tessi. Since Coco allows her more personal time and didn't let her pop star identity get confused with her real self, Baby is much better able to control her image without letting it harm her mental health, and she's in fact quite good at manipulation.
* HandsOffParenting: Troubleshoes and Treehugger let their children raise themselves due to Treehugger's hippie beliefs and Troubleshoes' concern that his bad luck could affect his children.
* HearingVoices: Claystone Pie suffers intense psychosis and intrusive thoughts that convince her that everybody else is judging her and admonish her for anything that could be considered a "sin."
* HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs: Bluebelle's stoner ramblings actually allow her to consider the meta nature of the story she's in, pondering, "What if, like, the world can be changed... like... if I wasn't born, or you, what if we were like, super important and like, not having us around bucks up the universe?" This also serves as {{foreshadowing}} given the main catalyst for the Miracleverse is [[spoiler:Flurry Heart's stillbirth]].
* HypotheticalCasting: Starry has assigned the main characters of the work [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Main-Cast-VA-Meme-808557858 hypothetical voice actors]].
* IsntItIronic: Deliberately done with some of the song-themed artwork depicting the Mane Six's dysfunctional relationships. Music/KellyClarkson's "Miss Independent" is the title of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miss-Independent-763964920 a piece of art]] about an independent woman settling for a man instead of a {{tsundere}} accepting love into her life.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: One of Bluebelle's stoner ramblings raises the question of what the world would be like if she and others didn't exist, alluding to her being part of an AlternateUniverseFic.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Zestar! is a "gayer, more flamboyant version" of his father Trenderhoof, as he's quite vain and judgmental of others, especially (though not exclusively in Zestar!'s case) when it comes to fashion.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon:
** Pastel Parabola is an ObsessivelyOrganized introverted accountant, which makes it difficult for her to get along with her athletic Wonderbolt parents.
** Bellicoso Bash isn't a gamer like her father or a performer like her mother; she's a rough-and-tumble bully who's meaner than them both.
** While his mother is the Princess of Friendship, Galaxy Gazer thinks friendship is meaningless.
* LonelyTogether: Moondancer and Prince Blueblood got together largely out of loneliness, with Blueblood being a narcissist who wanted someone to validate that he's generous and Moondancer not having many friends.
* MamaBear: As per her aggressive personality, Limestone seeks out anybody who hurts her daughter Evenkite with borderline murderous intentions.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The hardworking farmer Apple Bloom is married to the sensitive dancer Tender Taps.
* MentorInQueerness: Sonata Apple looks up to their CampGay cousin Zestar!, who encouraged Sona to embrace their nonbinary identity and that fashion had no gender.
* MisaimedFandom: InUniverse, Galaxy Gazer misunderstands Neightzche's work to ''just'' be about how existence is meaningless, and not the more complex subjects inside, because he thinks it makes him "cool and edgy."
* MoralityPet: Belli is TheBully to almost everyone... except her cousin Miracle, who she treats very gently and will defend with her life.
* MyBelovedSmother: Luna dotes on her son Halfpint Moon, keeping him from going too far, too long, or too fast. This has made him a bit cowardly, though he enjoys when his father allows him to "rebel" in small ways by just flying around a bit by himself.
* OneNightStandPregnancy:
** Misty Mizzle is the result of Raindow Dash cheating on her husband with Zephyr Breeze in an act of sexual frustration and desperation. However, she pretends the baby is Soarin's.
** Dr. Stables and Screwloose conceived their child during a brief period of time when Screwloose's condition seemed to be returning. However, she never became sane enough to consent, so her pregnancy caused a ''huge'' stir.
** Zecora met Temple Chant while searching for new ingredients, and after an awkward hookup, they parted ways. She didn't see the need to get back in touch with him when she found out she was pregnant with Pundamilia.
** Mellow Mascara came from a one-night stand between Diamond Tiara and Pipsqueak "that went nowhere" before the latter was about to join the royal guard.
** Gilda and Gustave conceived their son Giovanni during a one-night stand while Gilda worked at Gustave's bakery.
** Braeburn and Marble conceived Maltster during a one-night stand after meeting at the market while Braeburn was on a break from his wife Spitfire. He didn't intend to have a relationship with her, and unfortunately couldn't stay when Marble got pregnant because of his marriage.
* {{Paparazzi}}: Zipporwhill and Featherweight's daughter Shutterbug is a freelance paparazza who stalks Tessitura Tune and Baby Blues for hot gossip. Baby Blues curries favor with her while Zestar! loathes her.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Tessi and Zestar! are very close childhood friends, with Zestar! only having her best interests in mind as her manager. Zestar! being gay and Tessi being aro-ace prevents them from being anything more.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Generic Hearts is a gentle therapist who shows compassion to his clients, while his twin brother Bland Hearts is more cynical and judgmental with a tendency towards unhelpful BrutalHonesty.
* TheQuietOne: Misty doesn't talk much, not even realizing foals were supposed to talk until she was about four.
* ShadowArchetype: Baby Blues embraces all the aspects of show business that make Tessitura Tune uncomfortable, and tries to rope Tessi into a romantic narrative that she doesn't like.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Prince Blueblood gives Moondancer a makeover to make her look like a beautiful princess. She does look more put-together, but isn't necessarily any happier.
* ShoutOut:
** Tessitura Tune's color palette is taken from Music/StudioKillers' "Jenny" music video.
** Angelica, Evenkite, and Pegmatite's names and color palettes are taken from the Schuyler sisters as depicted in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''.
** Sonata Apple and Harrow Crisp have their color palettes, and aspects of their personality, taken from Frisk and Chara from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}},'' respectively.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Older-Dusty-Dunes-941305715 Adult Dusty Dunes]] resembles L from ''Anime/DeathNote''.
* SiblingRivalry:
** Turquoise Tempo and Hazelnut Hushup are step-siblings (though their mothers are divorced and they were born under their respective new husbands) who constantly bicker with each other. Both try to curry favor with their shared half-sister Tootsie Flute in an effort to be the favorite little sibling.
** Trixie's daughters love to tease and compete with one another, especially as they're all different pony races and have different abilities to show off.
* SplitPersonality: Starry interprets Fluttershy's "assertive side" as a protective alter only known as New Fluttershy. In the Miracleverse, Fluttershy ends up with Iron Will, but he isn't aware the pony he ''really'' likes is New Fluttershy. Bluebelle is aware of this and calls New Fluttershy "Other Mom."
* TheStoner: The perpetually-high Bashful Bluebelle takes after Treehugger more than her parents, and even has a special talent in baking with weed.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Misty Mizzle's biography insists she is "absolutely, completely, totally Soarin's foal" and that ''nothing'' happened when she went to vent her frustrations at Fluttershy's place.
-->If someone had been there to comfort and give her what she was missing in her relationship, which never happened, he left after comforting her, which would have been just fine with Rainbow. It, if it happened, which it didn't, she would prefer to have it be a secret strictly between them.
* TransTribulations: Cackle suffers severe gender dysphoria, which gives her a negative and ugly self-image. This is made worse by her "male" dolphin traits, which give her intense sexual feelings that she worries will make her a predator.
* UnfortunateNames: Generic Hearts and Bland Hearts both dislike their first names, and Generic prefers to go by "Gene."
* WeightWoe: Stormy Skies is a chubby filly, and her mother wants her to lose weight as she suspects that's keeping her from flying. Unfortunately this just makes Stormy more stressed, so she eats more and gains more weight.
* TraumaButton: Peggy becomes extremely anxious around paint and spiral magic. This is because [[spoiler:the other Pinkie clones were killed via Twilight's spiral-shaped spell while watching paint dry]].
* WhamEpisode: [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Stitchwork-Shine-657863386 Stitchwork Shine's biography]] serves as TheReveal for the diverging point of the Miracleverse, as it finally explains how [[spoiler:Cadence and Shining Armor's child being stillborn]] caused the Crystal Empire to freeze over and Cadence and Shining Armor togo missing, which explains why so many characters seem to be dealing with emotional trauma.
* WhatDoTheyFearEpisode: One series of drawings depicts the characters' fears, as [[NightmareFuelColoringBook illustrated by the characters themselves.]] Peggy suffers [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-1-Gyrephobia-740456953 a fear of spiral magic]], Dusty Dunes is afraid of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-4-Syngenesophobia-740461759 his father]], Zestar! is afraid of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-5-Pharmacophobia-740463541 Tessitura overdosing]], Tessitura is afraid of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-6-Virginitiphobia-Agraphobia-740464867 Baby Blues sexually assaulting her]], Cackle has [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-3-Dysmorphophobia-740460335 terrifying gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia]], Bellicosa is afraid of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-2-Panthophobia-740459252 Miracle dying]], and Miracle herself is [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-7-Coimetrophobia-740466762 afraid of dying and breaking her loved ones' hearts]].
In an Equestria that has grown colder and more dismal, the Cutie Map suddenly awakens after years of inactivity, flashing the cutie marks of the Mane Six's children... who don't exactly all get along with each other. They, alongside Discord's daughter Cackle, travel together to investigate the secrets the map holds, and perhaps bring joy back into their world.
!!Tropes:
* AwfulWeddedLife: Trenderhoof and Applejack are described as a "sitcom family" relationship, in that Trenderhoof is an "idiot husband" and Applejack is a WetBlanketWife. They do allegedly love each other, but spend a lot of time fighting.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe:
** Tootsie Flute got with her childhood crush, Truffle Shuffle, because he comforted her when she was dealing with her mothers' divorce.
** Big Macintosh's relationship with Twilight started because he returned her childhood doll to her when she was suffering massive grief.
* BigBadWannabe Aquablaze wants to be a real villain like their parents, but they're just an ineffective manipulative {{jerkass}}. They even ran away from home to try and engineer their own FreudianExcuse.
* BlindingBangs: Misty Mizzle's mane covers her eyes, making her look more reclusive. This is good for Rainbow Dash, given Misty has her father's eyes.
* ButchLesbian: Spitfire and Braeburn's daughter [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Afterburner-756917955 Aferburner]] is a butchy lesbian cloud seeder who dabbles in machinery, considered very attractive to every sapphic creature in Cloudsdale.
* CampGay: Applejack's son Zestar! is a dramatic, flamboyant gay stallion who enjoys makeup and drag.
* ChildByRape:
** Dr. Stables had sex with his patient Screwloose, who was too insane to consent, which resulted in Dusty Dunes. Screwloose is traumatized by the experience and highly protective of Dusty, who fears his father and anybody who looks like him.
** Downplayed with Maigold Apple, who was conceived while Cheerilee and Big Macintosh were under a LovePotion, which is treated as akin to a "date rape drug" here. This has given Maigold some complicated feelings about romance, and she sometimes feels obligated to council others on theirs.
* ClassClown: Sweet Treat, the daughter of Truffle Shuffle and Tootsie Flute, likes to cheer others up in her class with silly pranks.
* CloneAngst: [[spoiler:Peggy is actually one of the last surviving Pinkie clones from "Too Many Pinkie Pies." Twilight killing her "sisters" has left her traumatized, and she desperately tries to avoid looking or acting too much like Pinkie so she can have her own identity.]]
* CoolOldLady: Lily Lighty, a bug-loving, young-at-heart old lady who treats Maigold like her own granddaughter and mentors her in potion-making. This is invoked as she's actually [[spoiler:Ocellus in a disguise]].
* DelicateAndSickly: Miracle is chronically ill, possibly due to her dragon-pony hybrid status, and frequently seen with a runny nose. Her parents tend to shelter and dote on her because of this, despite her longing for adventure.
* DomesticAbuse: Limestone broke Zephyr's wings to prevent him from running out on her.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Maigold has called Galaxy Gazer "Pinkadink" since childhood, which the moody colt does not appreciate.
* EnfanteTerrible: Harrow Crisp is an "evil little shit" despite her adorable appearance. Only Sonata seems aware of this.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While Bellicoso Bash is a bully, she thinks Lionheart is too mean, and disapproves of him stealing money and toys from other kids.
* EmoTeen: Galaxy Gazer, formerly known as [[EmbarrassingName Pink Sparkle Apple]], is a moody teenage nihilist who refuses to make friends like his mother insists.
* {{Expy}}: While some characters have color palettes or other traits taken from other media, other characters are simply pony versions of other characters.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/The-Troublehugger-Siblings-753594355 Treehugger and Troubleshoes' children]], minus Sweet Salvia, are all based off the Lane family in ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}.''
** Diamond Tiara's children are based off the main characters of ''Theatre/{{Heathers}}''. Croquet Mallet is Veronica, right down to the nostalgia for when her classmates were nicer; Charming Chandelier is Heather Chandler, the dramatic AlphaBitch of the group; Daisy Dukes is Heather Duke, the cruel BetaBitch; and Mellow Mascara is Heather [=MacNamara=], who goes along with her sisters just to fit in. Stormy Skies also takes inspiration from Martha Dunnstock, while Lionheart is Jason Dean and Croquet's love interest.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Princess-Imago-941305702 Imago is based off the titular deformed child in Creator/HideshiHino's comic ''Hell Baby'', but given a happier ending.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Marie-Berlioz-and-Toulouse-943705771 Marie, Berlioz, and Toulouse]] are Abyssinian versions of the kittens from ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats''.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Cackle is a prankster who enjoys annoying Accordance, who is far more organized and responsible than her older sister and serves as Twilight's correspondent.
* FormerChildStar:
** Tessitura Tune became a famous singer as a filly thanks to her famous mother and stage dad, and grew up playing up a personable image for the spotlight. When she turned eighteen, she partied harder due to the pressure and became more infamous for alcohol and drug abuse.
** Averted with Baby Blues, who also became famous at a young age, to highlight the difference between her and Tessi. Since Coco allows her more personal time and didn't let her pop star identity get confused with her real self, Baby is much better able to control her image without letting it harm her mental health, and she's in fact quite good at manipulation.
* HandsOffParenting: Troubleshoes and Treehugger let their children raise themselves due to Treehugger's hippie beliefs and Troubleshoes' concern that his bad luck could affect his children.
* HearingVoices: Claystone Pie suffers intense psychosis and intrusive thoughts that convince her that everybody else is judging her and admonish her for anything that could be considered a "sin."
* HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs: Bluebelle's stoner ramblings actually allow her to consider the meta nature of the story she's in, pondering, "What if, like, the world can be changed... like... if I wasn't born, or you, what if we were like, super important and like, not having us around bucks up the universe?" This also serves as {{foreshadowing}} given the main catalyst for the Miracleverse is [[spoiler:Flurry Heart's stillbirth]].
* HypotheticalCasting: Starry has assigned the main characters of the work [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Main-Cast-VA-Meme-808557858 hypothetical voice actors]].
* IsntItIronic: Deliberately done with some of the song-themed artwork depicting the Mane Six's dysfunctional relationships. Music/KellyClarkson's "Miss Independent" is the title of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miss-Independent-763964920 a piece of art]] about an independent woman settling for a man instead of a {{tsundere}} accepting love into her life.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: One of Bluebelle's stoner ramblings raises the question of what the world would be like if she and others didn't exist, alluding to her being part of an AlternateUniverseFic.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Zestar! is a "gayer, more flamboyant version" of his father Trenderhoof, as he's quite vain and judgmental of others, especially (though not exclusively in Zestar!'s case) when it comes to fashion.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon:
** Pastel Parabola is an ObsessivelyOrganized introverted accountant, which makes it difficult for her to get along with her athletic Wonderbolt parents.
** Bellicoso Bash isn't a gamer like her father or a performer like her mother; she's a rough-and-tumble bully who's meaner than them both.
** While his mother is the Princess of Friendship, Galaxy Gazer thinks friendship is meaningless.
* LonelyTogether: Moondancer and Prince Blueblood got together largely out of loneliness, with Blueblood being a narcissist who wanted someone to validate that he's generous and Moondancer not having many friends.
* MamaBear: As per her aggressive personality, Limestone seeks out anybody who hurts her daughter Evenkite with borderline murderous intentions.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The hardworking farmer Apple Bloom is married to the sensitive dancer Tender Taps.
* MentorInQueerness: Sonata Apple looks up to their CampGay cousin Zestar!, who encouraged Sona to embrace their nonbinary identity and that fashion had no gender.
* MisaimedFandom: InUniverse, Galaxy Gazer misunderstands Neightzche's work to ''just'' be about how existence is meaningless, and not the more complex subjects inside, because he thinks it makes him "cool and edgy."
* MoralityPet: Belli is TheBully to almost everyone... except her cousin Miracle, who she treats very gently and will defend with her life.
* MyBelovedSmother: Luna dotes on her son Halfpint Moon, keeping him from going too far, too long, or too fast. This has made him a bit cowardly, though he enjoys when his father allows him to "rebel" in small ways by just flying around a bit by himself.
* OneNightStandPregnancy:
** Misty Mizzle is the result of Raindow Dash cheating on her husband with Zephyr Breeze in an act of sexual frustration and desperation. However, she pretends the baby is Soarin's.
** Dr. Stables and Screwloose conceived their child during a brief period of time when Screwloose's condition seemed to be returning. However, she never became sane enough to consent, so her pregnancy caused a ''huge'' stir.
** Zecora met Temple Chant while searching for new ingredients, and after an awkward hookup, they parted ways. She didn't see the need to get back in touch with him when she found out she was pregnant with Pundamilia.
** Mellow Mascara came from a one-night stand between Diamond Tiara and Pipsqueak "that went nowhere" before the latter was about to join the royal guard.
** Gilda and Gustave conceived their son Giovanni during a one-night stand while Gilda worked at Gustave's bakery.
** Braeburn and Marble conceived Maltster during a one-night stand after meeting at the market while Braeburn was on a break from his wife Spitfire. He didn't intend to have a relationship with her, and unfortunately couldn't stay when Marble got pregnant because of his marriage.
* {{Paparazzi}}: Zipporwhill and Featherweight's daughter Shutterbug is a freelance paparazza who stalks Tessitura Tune and Baby Blues for hot gossip. Baby Blues curries favor with her while Zestar! loathes her.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Tessi and Zestar! are very close childhood friends, with Zestar! only having her best interests in mind as her manager. Zestar! being gay and Tessi being aro-ace prevents them from being anything more.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Generic Hearts is a gentle therapist who shows compassion to his clients, while his twin brother Bland Hearts is more cynical and judgmental with a tendency towards unhelpful BrutalHonesty.
* TheQuietOne: Misty doesn't talk much, not even realizing foals were supposed to talk until she was about four.
* ShadowArchetype: Baby Blues embraces all the aspects of show business that make Tessitura Tune uncomfortable, and tries to rope Tessi into a romantic narrative that she doesn't like.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Prince Blueblood gives Moondancer a makeover to make her look like a beautiful princess. She does look more put-together, but isn't necessarily any happier.
* ShoutOut:
** Tessitura Tune's color palette is taken from Music/StudioKillers' "Jenny" music video.
** Angelica, Evenkite, and Pegmatite's names and color palettes are taken from the Schuyler sisters as depicted in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''.
** Sonata Apple and Harrow Crisp have their color palettes, and aspects of their personality, taken from Frisk and Chara from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}},'' respectively.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Older-Dusty-Dunes-941305715 Adult Dusty Dunes]] resembles L from ''Anime/DeathNote''.
* SiblingRivalry:
** Turquoise Tempo and Hazelnut Hushup are step-siblings (though their mothers are divorced and they were born under their respective new husbands) who constantly bicker with each other. Both try to curry favor with their shared half-sister Tootsie Flute in an effort to be the favorite little sibling.
** Trixie's daughters love to tease and compete with one another, especially as they're all different pony races and have different abilities to show off.
* SplitPersonality: Starry interprets Fluttershy's "assertive side" as a protective alter only known as New Fluttershy. In the Miracleverse, Fluttershy ends up with Iron Will, but he isn't aware the pony he ''really'' likes is New Fluttershy. Bluebelle is aware of this and calls New Fluttershy "Other Mom."
* TheStoner: The perpetually-high Bashful Bluebelle takes after Treehugger more than her parents, and even has a special talent in baking with weed.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Misty Mizzle's biography insists she is "absolutely, completely, totally Soarin's foal" and that ''nothing'' happened when she went to vent her frustrations at Fluttershy's place.
-->If someone had been there to comfort and give her what she was missing in her relationship, which never happened, he left after comforting her, which would have been just fine with Rainbow. It, if it happened, which it didn't, she would prefer to have it be a secret strictly between them.
* TransTribulations: Cackle suffers severe gender dysphoria, which gives her a negative and ugly self-image. This is made worse by her "male" dolphin traits, which give her intense sexual feelings that she worries will make her a predator.
* UnfortunateNames: Generic Hearts and Bland Hearts both dislike their first names, and Generic prefers to go by "Gene."
* WeightWoe: Stormy Skies is a chubby filly, and her mother wants her to lose weight as she suspects that's keeping her from flying. Unfortunately this just makes Stormy more stressed, so she eats more and gains more weight.
* TraumaButton: Peggy becomes extremely anxious around paint and spiral magic. This is because [[spoiler:the other Pinkie clones were killed via Twilight's spiral-shaped spell while watching paint dry]].
* WhamEpisode: [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Stitchwork-Shine-657863386 Stitchwork Shine's biography]] serves as TheReveal for the diverging point of the Miracleverse, as it finally explains how [[spoiler:Cadence and Shining Armor's child being stillborn]] caused the Crystal Empire to freeze over and Cadence and Shining Armor togo missing, which explains why so many characters seem to be dealing with emotional trauma.
* WhatDoTheyFearEpisode: One series of drawings depicts the characters' fears, as [[NightmareFuelColoringBook illustrated by the characters themselves.]] Peggy suffers [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-1-Gyrephobia-740456953 a fear of spiral magic]], Dusty Dunes is afraid of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-4-Syngenesophobia-740461759 his father]], Zestar! is afraid of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-5-Pharmacophobia-740463541 Tessitura overdosing]], Tessitura is afraid of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-6-Virginitiphobia-Agraphobia-740464867 Baby Blues sexually assaulting her]], Cackle has [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-3-Dysmorphophobia-740460335 terrifying gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia]], Bellicosa is afraid of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-2-Panthophobia-740459252 Miracle dying]], and Miracle herself is [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-7-Coimetrophobia-740466762 afraid of dying and breaking her loved ones' hearts]].
to:
In an Equestria that has grown colder and more dismal, the Cutie Map suddenly awakens after years of inactivity, flashing the cutie marks of the Mane Six's children... who don't exactly all get along with each other. They, alongside Discord's daughter Cackle, travel together to investigate the secrets the map holds, and perhaps bring joy back into their world.
!!Tropes:
* AwfulWeddedLife: Trenderhoof and Applejack are described as a "sitcom family" relationship, in that Trenderhoof is an "idiot husband" and Applejack is a WetBlanketWife. They do allegedly love each other, but spend a lot of time fighting.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe:
** Tootsie Flute got with her childhood crush, Truffle Shuffle, because he comforted her when she was dealing with her mothers' divorce.
** Big Macintosh's relationship with Twilight started because he returned her childhood doll to her when she was suffering massive grief.
* BigBadWannabe Aquablaze wants to be a real villain like their parents, but they're just an ineffective manipulative {{jerkass}}. They even ran away from home to try and engineer their own FreudianExcuse.
* BlindingBangs: Misty Mizzle's mane covers her eyes, making her look more reclusive. This is good for Rainbow Dash, given Misty has her father's eyes.
* ButchLesbian: Spitfire and Braeburn's daughter [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Afterburner-756917955 Aferburner]] is a butchy lesbian cloud seeder who dabbles in machinery, considered very attractive to every sapphic creature in Cloudsdale.
* CampGay: Applejack's son Zestar! is a dramatic, flamboyant gay stallion who enjoys makeup and drag.
* ChildByRape:
** Dr. Stables had sex with his patient Screwloose, who was too insane to consent, which resulted in Dusty Dunes. Screwloose is traumatized by the experience and highly protective of Dusty, who fears his father and anybody who looks like him.
** Downplayed with Maigold Apple, who was conceived while Cheerilee and Big Macintosh were under a LovePotion, which is treated as akin to a "date rape drug" here. This has given Maigold some complicated feelings about romance, and she sometimes feels obligated to council others on theirs.
* ClassClown: Sweet Treat, the daughter of Truffle Shuffle and Tootsie Flute, likes to cheer others up in her class with silly pranks.
* CloneAngst: [[spoiler:Peggy is actually one of the last surviving Pinkie clones from "Too Many Pinkie Pies." Twilight killing her "sisters" has left her traumatized, and she desperately tries to avoid looking or acting too much like Pinkie so she can have her own identity.]]
* CoolOldLady: Lily Lighty, a bug-loving, young-at-heart old lady who treats Maigold like her own granddaughter and mentors her in potion-making. This is invoked as she's actually [[spoiler:Ocellus in a disguise]].
* DelicateAndSickly: Miracle is chronically ill, possibly due to her dragon-pony hybrid status, and frequently seen with a runny nose. Her parents tend to shelter and dote on her because of this, despite her longing for adventure.
* DomesticAbuse: Limestone broke Zephyr's wings to prevent him from running out on her.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Maigold has called Galaxy Gazer "Pinkadink" since childhood, which the moody colt does not appreciate.
* EnfanteTerrible: Harrow Crisp is an "evil little shit" despite her adorable appearance. Only Sonata seems aware of this.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While Bellicoso Bash is a bully, she thinks Lionheart is too mean, and disapproves of him stealing money and toys from other kids.
* EmoTeen: Galaxy Gazer, formerly known as [[EmbarrassingName Pink Sparkle Apple]], is a moody teenage nihilist who refuses to make friends like his mother insists.
* {{Expy}}: While some characters have color palettes or other traits taken from other media, other characters are simply pony versions of other characters.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/The-Troublehugger-Siblings-753594355 Treehugger and Troubleshoes' children]], minus Sweet Salvia, are all based off the Lane family in ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}.''
** Diamond Tiara's children are based off the main characters of ''Theatre/{{Heathers}}''. Croquet Mallet is Veronica, right down to the nostalgia for when her classmates were nicer; Charming Chandelier is Heather Chandler, the dramatic AlphaBitch of the group; Daisy Dukes is Heather Duke, the cruel BetaBitch; and Mellow Mascara is Heather [=MacNamara=], who goes along with her sisters just to fit in. Stormy Skies also takes inspiration from Martha Dunnstock, while Lionheart is Jason Dean and Croquet's love interest.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Princess-Imago-941305702 Imago is based off the titular deformed child in Creator/HideshiHino's comic ''Hell Baby'', but given a happier ending.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Marie-Berlioz-and-Toulouse-943705771 Marie, Berlioz, and Toulouse]] are Abyssinian versions of the kittens from ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats''.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Cackle is a prankster who enjoys annoying Accordance, who is far more organized and responsible than her older sister and serves as Twilight's correspondent.
* FormerChildStar:
** Tessitura Tune became a famous singer as a filly thanks to her famous mother and stage dad, and grew up playing up a personable image for the spotlight. When she turned eighteen, she partied harder due to the pressure and became more infamous for alcohol and drug abuse.
** Averted with Baby Blues, who also became famous at a young age, to highlight the difference between her and Tessi. Since Coco allows her more personal time and didn't let her pop star identity get confused with her real self, Baby is much better able to control her image without letting it harm her mental health, and she's in fact quite good at manipulation.
* HandsOffParenting: Troubleshoes and Treehugger let their children raise themselves due to Treehugger's hippie beliefs and Troubleshoes' concern that his bad luck could affect his children.
* HearingVoices: Claystone Pie suffers intense psychosis and intrusive thoughts that convince her that everybody else is judging her and admonish her for anything that could be considered a "sin."
* HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs: Bluebelle's stoner ramblings actually allow her to consider the meta nature of the story she's in, pondering, "What if, like, the world can be changed... like... if I wasn't born, or you, what if we were like, super important and like, not having us around bucks up the universe?" This also serves as {{foreshadowing}} given the main catalyst for the Miracleverse is [[spoiler:Flurry Heart's stillbirth]].
* HypotheticalCasting: Starry has assigned the main characters of the work [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Main-Cast-VA-Meme-808557858 hypothetical voice actors]].
* IsntItIronic: Deliberately done with some of the song-themed artwork depicting the Mane Six's dysfunctional relationships. Music/KellyClarkson's "Miss Independent" is the title of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miss-Independent-763964920 a piece of art]] about an independent woman settling for a man instead of a {{tsundere}} accepting love into her life.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: One of Bluebelle's stoner ramblings raises the question of what the world would be like if she and others didn't exist, alluding to her being part of an AlternateUniverseFic.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Zestar! is a "gayer, more flamboyant version" of his father Trenderhoof, as he's quite vain and judgmental of others, especially (though not exclusively in Zestar!'s case) when it comes to fashion.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon:
** Pastel Parabola is an ObsessivelyOrganized introverted accountant, which makes it difficult for her to get along with her athletic Wonderbolt parents.
** Bellicoso Bash isn't a gamer like her father or a performer like her mother; she's a rough-and-tumble bully who's meaner than them both.
** While his mother is the Princess of Friendship, Galaxy Gazer thinks friendship is meaningless.
* LonelyTogether: Moondancer and Prince Blueblood got together largely out of loneliness, with Blueblood being a narcissist who wanted someone to validate that he's generous and Moondancer not having many friends.
* MamaBear: As per her aggressive personality, Limestone seeks out anybody who hurts her daughter Evenkite with borderline murderous intentions.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The hardworking farmer Apple Bloom is married to the sensitive dancer Tender Taps.
* MentorInQueerness: Sonata Apple looks up to their CampGay cousin Zestar!, who encouraged Sona to embrace their nonbinary identity and that fashion had no gender.
* MisaimedFandom: InUniverse, Galaxy Gazer misunderstands Neightzche's work to ''just'' be about how existence is meaningless, and not the more complex subjects inside, because he thinks it makes him "cool and edgy."
* MoralityPet: Belli is TheBully to almost everyone... except her cousin Miracle, who she treats very gently and will defend with her life.
* MyBelovedSmother: Luna dotes on her son Halfpint Moon, keeping him from going too far, too long, or too fast. This has made him a bit cowardly, though he enjoys when his father allows him to "rebel" in small ways by just flying around a bit by himself.
* OneNightStandPregnancy:
** Misty Mizzle is the result of Raindow Dash cheating on her husband with Zephyr Breeze in an act of sexual frustration and desperation. However, she pretends the baby is Soarin's.
** Dr. Stables and Screwloose conceived their child during a brief period of time when Screwloose's condition seemed to be returning. However, she never became sane enough to consent, so her pregnancy caused a ''huge'' stir.
** Zecora met Temple Chant while searching for new ingredients, and after an awkward hookup, they parted ways. She didn't see the need to get back in touch with him when she found out she was pregnant with Pundamilia.
** Mellow Mascara came from a one-night stand between Diamond Tiara and Pipsqueak "that went nowhere" before the latter was about to join the royal guard.
** Gilda and Gustave conceived their son Giovanni during a one-night stand while Gilda worked at Gustave's bakery.
** Braeburn and Marble conceived Maltster during a one-night stand after meeting at the market while Braeburn was on a break from his wife Spitfire. He didn't intend to have a relationship with her, and unfortunately couldn't stay when Marble got pregnant because of his marriage.
* {{Paparazzi}}: Zipporwhill and Featherweight's daughter Shutterbug is a freelance paparazza who stalks Tessitura Tune and Baby Blues for hot gossip. Baby Blues curries favor with her while Zestar! loathes her.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Tessi and Zestar! are very close childhood friends, with Zestar! only having her best interests in mind as her manager. Zestar! being gay and Tessi being aro-ace prevents them from being anything more.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Generic Hearts is a gentle therapist who shows compassion to his clients, while his twin brother Bland Hearts is more cynical and judgmental with a tendency towards unhelpful BrutalHonesty.
* TheQuietOne: Misty doesn't talk much, not even realizing foals were supposed to talk until she was about four.
* ShadowArchetype: Baby Blues embraces all the aspects of show business that make Tessitura Tune uncomfortable, and tries to rope Tessi into a romantic narrative that she doesn't like.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Prince Blueblood gives Moondancer a makeover to make her look like a beautiful princess. She does look more put-together, but isn't necessarily any happier.
* ShoutOut:
** Tessitura Tune's color palette is taken from Music/StudioKillers' "Jenny" music video.
** Angelica, Evenkite, and Pegmatite's names and color palettes are taken from the Schuyler sisters as depicted in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''.
** Sonata Apple and Harrow Crisp have their color palettes, and aspects of their personality, taken from Frisk and Chara from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}},'' respectively.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Older-Dusty-Dunes-941305715 Adult Dusty Dunes]] resembles L from ''Anime/DeathNote''.
* SiblingRivalry:
** Turquoise Tempo and Hazelnut Hushup are step-siblings (though their mothers are divorced and they were born under their respective new husbands) who constantly bicker with each other. Both try to curry favor with their shared half-sister Tootsie Flute in an effort to be the favorite little sibling.
** Trixie's daughters love to tease and compete with one another, especially as they're all different pony races and have different abilities to show off.
* SplitPersonality: Starry interprets Fluttershy's "assertive side" as a protective alter only known as New Fluttershy. In the Miracleverse, Fluttershy ends up with Iron Will, but he isn't aware the pony he ''really'' likes is New Fluttershy. Bluebelle is aware of this and calls New Fluttershy "Other Mom."
* TheStoner: The perpetually-high Bashful Bluebelle takes after Treehugger more than her parents, and even has a special talent in baking with weed.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Misty Mizzle's biography insists she is "absolutely, completely, totally Soarin's foal" and that ''nothing'' happened when she went to vent her frustrations at Fluttershy's place.
-->If someone had been there to comfort and give her what she was missing in her relationship, which never happened, he left after comforting her, which would have been just fine with Rainbow. It, if it happened, which it didn't, she would prefer to have it be a secret strictly between them.
* TransTribulations: Cackle suffers severe gender dysphoria, which gives her a negative and ugly self-image. This is made worse by her "male" dolphin traits, which give her intense sexual feelings that she worries will make her a predator.
* UnfortunateNames: Generic Hearts and Bland Hearts both dislike their first names, and Generic prefers to go by "Gene."
* WeightWoe: Stormy Skies is a chubby filly, and her mother wants her to lose weight as she suspects that's keeping her from flying. Unfortunately this just makes Stormy more stressed, so she eats more and gains more weight.
* TraumaButton: Peggy becomes extremely anxious around paint and spiral magic. This is because [[spoiler:the other Pinkie clones were killed via Twilight's spiral-shaped spell while watching paint dry]].
* WhamEpisode: [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Stitchwork-Shine-657863386 Stitchwork Shine's biography]] serves as TheReveal for the diverging point of the Miracleverse, as it finally explains how [[spoiler:Cadence and Shining Armor's child being stillborn]] caused the Crystal Empire to freeze over and Cadence and Shining Armor togo missing, which explains why so many characters seem to be dealing with emotional trauma.
* WhatDoTheyFearEpisode: One series of drawings depicts the characters' fears, as [[NightmareFuelColoringBook illustrated by the characters themselves.]] Peggy suffers [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-1-Gyrephobia-740456953 a fear of spiral magic]], Dusty Dunes is afraid of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-4-Syngenesophobia-740461759 his father]], Zestar! is afraid of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-5-Pharmacophobia-740463541 Tessitura overdosing]], Tessitura is afraid of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-6-Virginitiphobia-Agraphobia-740464867 Baby Blues sexually assaulting her]], Cackle has [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-3-Dysmorphophobia-740460335 terrifying gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia]], Bellicosa is afraid of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-2-Panthophobia-740459252 Miracle dying]], and Miracle herself is [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-7-Coimetrophobia-740466762 afraid of dying and breaking her loved ones' hearts]].
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe:
** Tootsie Flute got with her childhood crush, Truffle Shuffle, because he comforted her when she was dealing with her mothers' divorce.
** Big Macintosh's relationship with Twilight started because he returned her childhood doll to her when she was suffering massive grief.
** Tootsie Flute got with her childhood crush, Truffle Shuffle, because he comforted her when she was dealing with her mothers' divorce.
** Big Macintosh's relationship with Twilight started because he returned her childhood doll to her when she was suffering massive grief.
* ClassClown: Sweet Treat, the daughter of Truffle Shuffle and Tootsie Flute, likes to cheer others up in her class with silly pranks.
* CoolOldLady: Lily Lighty, a bug-loving, young-at-heart old lady who treats Maigold like her own granddaughter and mentors her in potion-making. This is invoked as she's actually [[spoiler:Ocellus in a disguise]].
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Princess-Imago-941305702 Imago is based off the titular deformed child in Creator/HideshiHino's comic ''Hell Baby'', but given a happier ending.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Marie-Berlioz-and-Toulouse-943705771 Marie, Berlioz, and Toulouse]] are Abyssinian versions of the kittens from ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats''.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Marie-Berlioz-and-Toulouse-943705771 Marie, Berlioz, and Toulouse]] are Abyssinian versions of the kittens from ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats''.
* HandsOffParenting: Troubleshoes and Treehugger let their children raise themselves due to Treehugger's hippie beliefs and Troubleshoes' concern that his bad luck could affect his children.
* HypotheticalCasting: Starry has assigned the main characters of the work [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Main-Cast-VA-Meme-808557858 hypothetical voice actors]].
* IsntItIronic: Deliberately done with some of the song-themed artwork depicting the Mane Six's dysfunctional relationships. Music/KellyClarkson's "Miss Independent" is the title of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miss-Independent-763964920 a piece of art]] about an independent woman settling for a man instead of a {{tsundere}} accepting love into her life.
* IsntItIronic: Deliberately done with some of the song-themed artwork depicting the Mane Six's dysfunctional relationships. Music/KellyClarkson's "Miss Independent" is the title of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miss-Independent-763964920 a piece of art]] about an independent woman settling for a man instead of a {{tsundere}} accepting love into her life.
* LonelyTogether: Moondancer and Prince Blueblood got together largely out of loneliness, with Blueblood being a narcissist who wanted someone to validate that he's generous and Moondancer not having many friends.
** Gilda and Gustave conceived their son Giovanni during a one-night stand while Gilda worked at Gustave's bakery.
** Braeburn and Marble conceived Maltster during a one-night stand after meeting at the market while Braeburn was on a break from his wife Spitfire. He didn't intend to have a relationship with her, and unfortunately couldn't stay when Marble got pregnant because of his marriage.
** Braeburn and Marble conceived Maltster during a one-night stand after meeting at the market while Braeburn was on a break from his wife Spitfire. He didn't intend to have a relationship with her, and unfortunately couldn't stay when Marble got pregnant because of his marriage.
* PolarOppositeTwins: Generic Hearts is a gentle therapist who shows compassion to his clients, while his twin brother Bland Hearts is more cynical and judgmental with a tendency towards unhelpful BrutalHonesty.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Prince Blueblood gives Moondancer a makeover to make her look like a beautiful princess. She does look more put-together, but isn't necessarily any happier.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Older-Dusty-Dunes-941305715 Adult Dusty Dunes]] resembles L from ''Anime/DeathNote''.
* UnfortunateNames: Generic Hearts and Bland Hearts both dislike their first names, and Generic prefers to go by "Gene."
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* WhatDoTheyFearEpisode: One series of drawings depicts the characters' fears, as [[NightmareFuelColoringBook illustrated by the characters themselves.]] Peggy suffers [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-1-Gyrephobia-740456953 a fear of spiral magic]], Dusty Dunes is afraid of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-4-Syngenesophobia-740461759 his father]], Zestar! is afraid of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-5-Pharmacophobia-740463541 Tessitura overdosing]], Tessitura is afraid of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-6-Virginitiphobia-Agraphobia-740464867 Baby Blues sexually assaulting her]], Cackle has [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-3-Dysmorphophobia-740460335 terrifying gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia]], Bellicosa is afraid of [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-2-Panthophobia-740459252 Miracle dying]], and Miracle herself is [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Miracleverse-Fears-7-Coimetrophobia-740466762 afraid of dying and breaking her loved ones' hearts]].
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Trenderhoof and Applejack are described as a "sitcom family" relationship, in that Trenderhoof is an "idiot husband" and Applejack is a WetBlanketWife. They do allegedly love each other, but spend a lot of time fighting.
* BigBadWannabe Aquablaze wants to be a real villain like their parents, but they're just an ineffective manipulative {{jerkass}}. They even ran away from home to try and engineer their own FreudianExcuse.
* BlindingBangs: Misty Mizzle's mane covers her eyes, making her look more reclusive. This is good for Rainbow Dash, given Misty has her father's eyes.
* ButchLesbian: Spitfire and Braeburn's daughter [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Afterburner-756917955 Aferburner]] is a butchy lesbian cloud seeder who dabbles in machinery, considered very attractive to every sapphic creature in Cloudsdale.
* BigBadWannabe Aquablaze wants to be a real villain like their parents, but they're just an ineffective manipulative {{jerkass}}. They even ran away from home to try and engineer their own FreudianExcuse.
* BlindingBangs: Misty Mizzle's mane covers her eyes, making her look more reclusive. This is good for Rainbow Dash, given Misty has her father's eyes.
* ButchLesbian: Spitfire and Braeburn's daughter [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Afterburner-756917955 Aferburner]] is a butchy lesbian cloud seeder who dabbles in machinery, considered very attractive to every sapphic creature in Cloudsdale.
* ChildByRape:
** Dr. Stables had sex with his patient Screwloose, who was too insane to consent, which resulted in Dusty Dunes. Screwloose is traumatized by the experience and highly protective of Dusty, who fears his father and anybody who looks like him.
** Downplayed with Maigold Apple, who was conceived while Cheerilee and Big Macintosh were under a LovePotion, which is treated as akin to a "date rape drug" here. This has given Maigold some complicated feelings about romance, and she sometimes feels obligated to council others on theirs.
* CloneAngst: [[spoiler:Peggy is actually one of the last surviving Pinkie clones from "Too Many Pinkie Pies." Twilight killing her "sisters" has left her traumatized, and she desperately tries to avoid looking or acting too much like Pinkie so she can have her own identity.]]
** Dr. Stables had sex with his patient Screwloose, who was too insane to consent, which resulted in Dusty Dunes. Screwloose is traumatized by the experience and highly protective of Dusty, who fears his father and anybody who looks like him.
** Downplayed with Maigold Apple, who was conceived while Cheerilee and Big Macintosh were under a LovePotion, which is treated as akin to a "date rape drug" here. This has given Maigold some complicated feelings about romance, and she sometimes feels obligated to council others on theirs.
* CloneAngst: [[spoiler:Peggy is actually one of the last surviving Pinkie clones from "Too Many Pinkie Pies." Twilight killing her "sisters" has left her traumatized, and she desperately tries to avoid looking or acting too much like Pinkie so she can have her own identity.]]
* DomesticAbuse: Limestone broke Zephyr's wings to prevent him from running out on her.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Maigold has called Galaxy Gazer "Pinkadink" since childhood, which the moody colt does not appreciate.
* EnfanteTerrible: Harrow Crisp is an "evil little shit" despite her adorable appearance. Only Sonata seems aware of this.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While Bellicoso Bash is a bully, she thinks Lionheart is too mean, and disapproves of him stealing money and toys from other kids.
* EmoTeen: Galaxy Gazer, formerly known as [[EmbarrassingName Pink Sparkle Apple]], is a moody teenage nihilist who refuses to make friends like his mother insists.
* {{Expy}}: While some characters have color palettes or other traits taken from other media, other characters are simply pony versions of other characters.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/The-Troublehugger-Siblings-753594355 Treehugger and Troubleshoes' children]], minus Sweet Salvia, are all based off the Lane family in ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}.''
** Diamond Tiara's children are based off the main characters of ''Theatre/{{Heathers}}''. Croquet Mallet is Veronica, right down to the nostalgia for when her classmates were nicer; Charming Chandelier is Heather Chandler, the dramatic AlphaBitch of the group; Daisy Dukes is Heather Duke, the cruel BetaBitch; and Mellow Mascara is Heather [=MacNamara=], who goes along with her sisters just to fit in. Stormy Skies also takes inspiration from Martha Dunnstock, while Lionheart is Jason Dean and Croquet's love interest.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Cackle is a prankster who enjoys annoying Accordance, who is far more organized and responsible than her older sister and serves as Twilight's correspondent.
* FormerChildStar:
** Tessitura Tune became a famous singer as a filly thanks to her famous mother and stage dad, and grew up playing up a personable image for the spotlight. When she turned eighteen, she partied harder due to the pressure and became more infamous for alcohol and drug abuse.
** Averted with Baby Blues, who also became famous at a young age, to highlight the difference between her and Tessi. Since Coco allows her more personal time and didn't let her pop star identity get confused with her real self, Baby is much better able to control her image without letting it harm her mental health, and she's in fact quite good at manipulation.
* HearingVoices: Claystone Pie suffers intense psychosis and intrusive thoughts that convince her that everybody else is judging her and admonish her for anything that could be considered a "sin."
* HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs: Bluebelle's stoner ramblings actually allow her to consider the meta nature of the story she's in, pondering, "What if, like, the world can be changed... like... if I wasn't born, or you, what if we were like, super important and like, not having us around bucks up the universe?" This also serves as {{foreshadowing}} given the main catalyst for the Miracleverse is [[spoiler:Flurry Heart's stillbirth]].
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: One of Bluebelle's stoner ramblings raises the question of what the world would be like if she and others didn't exist, alluding to her being part of an AlternateUniverseFic.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Zestar! is a "gayer, more flamboyant version" of his father Trenderhoof, as he's quite vain and judgmental of others, especially (though not exclusively in Zestar!'s case) when it comes to fashion.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon:
** Pastel Parabola is an ObsessivelyOrganized introverted accountant, which makes it difficult for her to get along with her athletic Wonderbolt parents.
** Bellicoso Bash isn't a gamer like her father or a performer like her mother; she's a rough-and-tumble bully who's meaner than them both.
** While his mother is the Princess of Friendship, Galaxy Gazer thinks friendship is meaningless.
* MamaBear: As per her aggressive personality, Limestone seeks out anybody who hurts her daughter Evenkite with borderline murderous intentions.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The hardworking farmer Apple Bloom is married to the sensitive dancer Tender Taps.
* MentorInQueerness: Sonata Apple looks up to their CampGay cousin Zestar!, who encouraged Sona to embrace their nonbinary identity and that fashion had no gender.
* MisaimedFandom: InUniverse, Galaxy Gazer misunderstands Neightzche's work to ''just'' be about how existence is meaningless, and not the more complex subjects inside, because he thinks it makes him "cool and edgy."
* MoralityPet: Belli is TheBully to almost everyone... except her cousin Miracle, who she treats very gently and will defend with her life.
* MyBelovedSmother: Luna dotes on her son Halfpint Moon, keeping him from going too far, too long, or too fast. This has made him a bit cowardly, though he enjoys when his father allows him to "rebel" in small ways by just flying around a bit by himself.
* OneNightStandPregnancy:
** Misty Mizzle is the result of Raindow Dash cheating on her husband with Zephyr Breeze in an act of sexual frustration and desperation. However, she pretends the baby is Soarin's.
** Dr. Stables and Screwloose conceived their child during a brief period of time when Screwloose's condition seemed to be returning. However, she never became sane enough to consent, so her pregnancy caused a ''huge'' stir.
** Zecora met Temple Chant while searching for new ingredients, and after an awkward hookup, they parted ways. She didn't see the need to get back in touch with him when she found out she was pregnant with Pundamilia.
** Mellow Mascara came from a one-night stand between Diamond Tiara and Pipsqueak "that went nowhere" before the latter was about to join the royal guard.
* {{Paparazzi}}: Zipporwhill and Featherweight's daughter Shutterbug is a freelance paparazza who stalks Tessitura Tune and Baby Blues for hot gossip. Baby Blues curries favor with her while Zestar! loathes her.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Tessi and Zestar! are very close childhood friends, with Zestar! only having her best interests in mind as her manager. Zestar! being gay and Tessi being aro-ace prevents them from being anything more.
* TheQuietOne: Misty doesn't talk much, not even realizing foals were supposed to talk until she was about four.
* ShadowArchetype: Baby Blues embraces all the aspects of show business that make Tessitura Tune uncomfortable, and tries to rope Tessi into a romantic narrative that she doesn't like.
* ShoutOut:
** Tessitura Tune's color palette is taken from Music/StudioKillers' "Jenny" music video.
** Angelica, Evenkite, and Pegmatite's names and color palettes are taken from the Schuyler sisters as depicted in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''.
** Sonata Apple and Harrow Crisp have their color palettes, and aspects of their personality, taken from Frisk and Chara from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}},'' respectively.
* SiblingRivalry:
** Turquoise Tempo and Hazelnut Hushup are step-siblings (though their mothers are divorced and they were born under their respective new husbands) who constantly bicker with each other. Both try to curry favor with their shared half-sister Tootsie Flute in an effort to be the favorite little sibling.
** Trixie's daughters love to tease and compete with one another, especially as they're all different pony races and have different abilities to show off.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Maigold has called Galaxy Gazer "Pinkadink" since childhood, which the moody colt does not appreciate.
* EnfanteTerrible: Harrow Crisp is an "evil little shit" despite her adorable appearance. Only Sonata seems aware of this.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While Bellicoso Bash is a bully, she thinks Lionheart is too mean, and disapproves of him stealing money and toys from other kids.
* EmoTeen: Galaxy Gazer, formerly known as [[EmbarrassingName Pink Sparkle Apple]], is a moody teenage nihilist who refuses to make friends like his mother insists.
* {{Expy}}: While some characters have color palettes or other traits taken from other media, other characters are simply pony versions of other characters.
** [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/The-Troublehugger-Siblings-753594355 Treehugger and Troubleshoes' children]], minus Sweet Salvia, are all based off the Lane family in ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}.''
** Diamond Tiara's children are based off the main characters of ''Theatre/{{Heathers}}''. Croquet Mallet is Veronica, right down to the nostalgia for when her classmates were nicer; Charming Chandelier is Heather Chandler, the dramatic AlphaBitch of the group; Daisy Dukes is Heather Duke, the cruel BetaBitch; and Mellow Mascara is Heather [=MacNamara=], who goes along with her sisters just to fit in. Stormy Skies also takes inspiration from Martha Dunnstock, while Lionheart is Jason Dean and Croquet's love interest.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Cackle is a prankster who enjoys annoying Accordance, who is far more organized and responsible than her older sister and serves as Twilight's correspondent.
* FormerChildStar:
** Tessitura Tune became a famous singer as a filly thanks to her famous mother and stage dad, and grew up playing up a personable image for the spotlight. When she turned eighteen, she partied harder due to the pressure and became more infamous for alcohol and drug abuse.
** Averted with Baby Blues, who also became famous at a young age, to highlight the difference between her and Tessi. Since Coco allows her more personal time and didn't let her pop star identity get confused with her real self, Baby is much better able to control her image without letting it harm her mental health, and she's in fact quite good at manipulation.
* HearingVoices: Claystone Pie suffers intense psychosis and intrusive thoughts that convince her that everybody else is judging her and admonish her for anything that could be considered a "sin."
* HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs: Bluebelle's stoner ramblings actually allow her to consider the meta nature of the story she's in, pondering, "What if, like, the world can be changed... like... if I wasn't born, or you, what if we were like, super important and like, not having us around bucks up the universe?" This also serves as {{foreshadowing}} given the main catalyst for the Miracleverse is [[spoiler:Flurry Heart's stillbirth]].
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: One of Bluebelle's stoner ramblings raises the question of what the world would be like if she and others didn't exist, alluding to her being part of an AlternateUniverseFic.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Zestar! is a "gayer, more flamboyant version" of his father Trenderhoof, as he's quite vain and judgmental of others, especially (though not exclusively in Zestar!'s case) when it comes to fashion.
* LikeFatherUnlikeSon:
** Pastel Parabola is an ObsessivelyOrganized introverted accountant, which makes it difficult for her to get along with her athletic Wonderbolt parents.
** Bellicoso Bash isn't a gamer like her father or a performer like her mother; she's a rough-and-tumble bully who's meaner than them both.
** While his mother is the Princess of Friendship, Galaxy Gazer thinks friendship is meaningless.
* MamaBear: As per her aggressive personality, Limestone seeks out anybody who hurts her daughter Evenkite with borderline murderous intentions.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The hardworking farmer Apple Bloom is married to the sensitive dancer Tender Taps.
* MentorInQueerness: Sonata Apple looks up to their CampGay cousin Zestar!, who encouraged Sona to embrace their nonbinary identity and that fashion had no gender.
* MisaimedFandom: InUniverse, Galaxy Gazer misunderstands Neightzche's work to ''just'' be about how existence is meaningless, and not the more complex subjects inside, because he thinks it makes him "cool and edgy."
* MoralityPet: Belli is TheBully to almost everyone... except her cousin Miracle, who she treats very gently and will defend with her life.
* MyBelovedSmother: Luna dotes on her son Halfpint Moon, keeping him from going too far, too long, or too fast. This has made him a bit cowardly, though he enjoys when his father allows him to "rebel" in small ways by just flying around a bit by himself.
* OneNightStandPregnancy:
** Misty Mizzle is the result of Raindow Dash cheating on her husband with Zephyr Breeze in an act of sexual frustration and desperation. However, she pretends the baby is Soarin's.
** Dr. Stables and Screwloose conceived their child during a brief period of time when Screwloose's condition seemed to be returning. However, she never became sane enough to consent, so her pregnancy caused a ''huge'' stir.
** Zecora met Temple Chant while searching for new ingredients, and after an awkward hookup, they parted ways. She didn't see the need to get back in touch with him when she found out she was pregnant with Pundamilia.
** Mellow Mascara came from a one-night stand between Diamond Tiara and Pipsqueak "that went nowhere" before the latter was about to join the royal guard.
* {{Paparazzi}}: Zipporwhill and Featherweight's daughter Shutterbug is a freelance paparazza who stalks Tessitura Tune and Baby Blues for hot gossip. Baby Blues curries favor with her while Zestar! loathes her.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Tessi and Zestar! are very close childhood friends, with Zestar! only having her best interests in mind as her manager. Zestar! being gay and Tessi being aro-ace prevents them from being anything more.
* TheQuietOne: Misty doesn't talk much, not even realizing foals were supposed to talk until she was about four.
* ShadowArchetype: Baby Blues embraces all the aspects of show business that make Tessitura Tune uncomfortable, and tries to rope Tessi into a romantic narrative that she doesn't like.
* ShoutOut:
** Tessitura Tune's color palette is taken from Music/StudioKillers' "Jenny" music video.
** Angelica, Evenkite, and Pegmatite's names and color palettes are taken from the Schuyler sisters as depicted in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''.
** Sonata Apple and Harrow Crisp have their color palettes, and aspects of their personality, taken from Frisk and Chara from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}},'' respectively.
* SiblingRivalry:
** Turquoise Tempo and Hazelnut Hushup are step-siblings (though their mothers are divorced and they were born under their respective new husbands) who constantly bicker with each other. Both try to curry favor with their shared half-sister Tootsie Flute in an effort to be the favorite little sibling.
** Trixie's daughters love to tease and compete with one another, especially as they're all different pony races and have different abilities to show off.
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Misty Mizzle's biography insists she is "absolutely, completely, totally Soarin's foal" and that ''nothing'' happened when she went to vent her frustrations at Fluttershy's place.
-->If someone had been there to comfort and give her what she was missing in her relationship, which never happened, he left after comforting her, which would have been just fine with Rainbow. It, if it happened, which it didn't, she would prefer to have it be a secret strictly between them.
* TransTribulations: Cackle suffers severe gender dysphoria, which gives her a negative and ugly self-image. This is made worse by her "male" dolphin traits, which give her intense sexual feelings that she worries will make her a predator.
* WeightWoe: Stormy Skies is a chubby filly, and her mother wants her to lose weight as she suspects that's keeping her from flying. Unfortunately this just makes Stormy more stressed, so she eats more and gains more weight.
* TraumaButton: Peggy becomes extremely anxious around paint and spiral magic. This is because [[spoiler:the other Pinkie clones were killed via Twilight's spiral-shaped spell while watching paint dry]].
* WhamEpisode: [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Stitchwork-Shine-657863386 Stitchwork Shine's biography]] serves as TheReveal for the diverging point of the Miracleverse, as it finally explains how [[spoiler:Cadence and Shining Armor's child being stillborn]] caused the Crystal Empire to freeze over and Cadence and Shining Armor togo missing, which explains why so many characters seem to be dealing with emotional trauma.
-->If someone had been there to comfort and give her what she was missing in her relationship, which never happened, he left after comforting her, which would have been just fine with Rainbow. It, if it happened, which it didn't, she would prefer to have it be a secret strictly between them.
* TransTribulations: Cackle suffers severe gender dysphoria, which gives her a negative and ugly self-image. This is made worse by her "male" dolphin traits, which give her intense sexual feelings that she worries will make her a predator.
* WeightWoe: Stormy Skies is a chubby filly, and her mother wants her to lose weight as she suspects that's keeping her from flying. Unfortunately this just makes Stormy more stressed, so she eats more and gains more weight.
* TraumaButton: Peggy becomes extremely anxious around paint and spiral magic. This is because [[spoiler:the other Pinkie clones were killed via Twilight's spiral-shaped spell while watching paint dry]].
* WhamEpisode: [[https://www.deviantart.com/starryoak/art/Stitchwork-Shine-657863386 Stitchwork Shine's biography]] serves as TheReveal for the diverging point of the Miracleverse, as it finally explains how [[spoiler:Cadence and Shining Armor's child being stillborn]] caused the Crystal Empire to freeze over and Cadence and Shining Armor togo missing, which explains why so many characters seem to be dealing with emotional trauma.
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''The Miracleverse'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' {{Alternate Universe|Fic}} by [=StarryOak=]. In an approach different from the a typical FlashForwardFic, the fic focuses on the FanCreatedOffspring of several pairings that the author does ''not'' like.
In an Equestria that has grown colder and more dismal, the Cutie Map suddenly awakens after years of inactivity, flashing the cutie marks of the Mane Six's children... who don't exactly all get along with each other. They, alongside Discord's daughter Cackle, travel together to investigate the secrets the map holds, and perhaps bring joy back into their world.
!!Tropes:
* CampGay: Applejack's son Zestar! is a dramatic, flamboyant gay stallion who enjoys makeup and drag.
* DelicateAndSickly: Miracle is chronically ill, possibly due to her dragon-pony hybrid status, and frequently seen with a runny nose. Her parents tend to shelter and dote on her because of this, despite her longing for adventure.
* SplitPersonality: Starry interprets Fluttershy's "assertive side" as a protective alter only known as New Fluttershy. In the Miracleverse, Fluttershy ends up with Iron Will, but he isn't aware the pony he ''really'' likes is New Fluttershy. Bluebelle is aware of this and calls New Fluttershy "Other Mom."
* TheStoner: The perpetually-high Bashful Bluebelle takes after Treehugger more than her parents, and even has a special talent in baking with weed.
* TransTribulations: Cackle suffers severe gender dysphoria, which gives her a negative and ugly self-image. This is made worse by her "male" dolphin traits, which give her sexual feelings that she worries will make her a predator.
[[folder:The Miracleverse]]
''The Miracleverse'' is a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' {{Alternate Universe|Fic}} by [=StarryOak=]. In an approach different from the a typical FlashForwardFic, the fic focuses on the FanCreatedOffspring of several pairings that the author does ''not'' like.
In an Equestria that has grown colder and more dismal, the Cutie Map suddenly awakens after years of inactivity, flashing the cutie marks of the Mane Six's children... who don't exactly all get along with each other. They, alongside Discord's daughter Cackle, travel together to investigate the secrets the map holds, and perhaps bring joy back into their world.
!!Tropes:
* CampGay: Applejack's son Zestar! is a dramatic, flamboyant gay stallion who enjoys makeup and drag.
* DelicateAndSickly: Miracle is chronically ill, possibly due to her dragon-pony hybrid status, and frequently seen with a runny nose. Her parents tend to shelter and dote on her because of this, despite her longing for adventure.
* SplitPersonality: Starry interprets Fluttershy's "assertive side" as a protective alter only known as New Fluttershy. In the Miracleverse, Fluttershy ends up with Iron Will, but he isn't aware the pony he ''really'' likes is New Fluttershy. Bluebelle is aware of this and calls New Fluttershy "Other Mom."
* TheStoner: The perpetually-high Bashful Bluebelle takes after Treehugger more than her parents, and even has a special talent in baking with weed.
* TransTribulations: Cackle suffers severe gender dysphoria, which gives her a negative and ugly self-image. This is made worse by her "male" dolphin traits, which give her sexual feelings that she worries will make her a predator.
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* IsThatCuteKidYours: Due to the complicated nature of his and Leela's relationship and the fact he technically isn't the one who impregnated Leela, Fry doesn't consider himself Flip's father while Flip is still a newborn, behaving more as an HonoraryUncle or a live-in nanny. This doesn't stop passersby from noticing the StrongFamilyResemblance between him and Flip, to the point Fry is relieved when Flip is bundled up for winter and these features are more obscured.
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* HonoraryUncle: During Leela's pregnancy, Fry refers to himself as her baby's uncle, albeit with a sense of discomfort since the baby is technically his biological child. He does eventually become Flip's dad instead.
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* HonoraryUncle: HonoraryUncle:
** During Leela's pregnancy, Fry refers to himself as her baby's uncle, albeit with a sense of discomfort since the baby is technically his biological child.He Flip grows to see him as his dad anyway, and everyone else does eventually become as well once Leela officially commits to Fry.
** Bender alternates between acting as Flip'sdad instead.self-proclaimed CoolUncle and reacting like a jealous eldest child.
** During Leela's pregnancy, Fry refers to himself as her baby's uncle, albeit with a sense of discomfort since the baby is technically his biological child.
** Bender alternates between acting as Flip's
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* DeconstructionFic: The emotional ramifications of Lars being Fry are thoroughly explored in the fic's first part. Fry worries that Leela loving his alternate self means that her love for Fry isn't something Fry earned himself, sending him into an existential spiral that kicks off the events of the second movie. He later raises the possibility to Leela that Lars' secret identity indicates he could've been lying about countless other things, and while Leela refuses to accept this as she puts Lars on a pedestal, it starts to eat at her until she lashes out at Lars' fantasy counterpart for not communicating with her, building their relationship off a lie, and his efforts to protect her only leaving her ''more'' confused and traumatized. Unfortunately, since Lars died before they learned his true identity, Leela doesn't feel she can be certain about his motivations and whether his confession was the full truth. However, [[{{Reconstruction}} processing this grief and communicating more openly with Fry allows them to have a healthier relationship going forward after all this turmoil]].
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** During the equivalent of "Meanwhile," Leela and Fry have GladToBeAliveSex on the ''Whalers on the Moon'' ride in Luna Park. [[spoiler:They conceive their daughter this way, naming her Luna partially as an allusion to this.]]
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** During the equivalent of "Meanwhile," Leela and Fry have GladToBeAliveSex on the ''Whalers on the Moon'' ride in Luna Park. [[spoiler:They conceive their daughter this way, naming her Luna which is partially as an allusion to this.why they named her Luna.]]
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** [[spoiler:Luna]] is named such because she was conceived on the moon. Her name is also [[spoiler:similar to Lulu, the daughter Leela had in her fantasy life with Lars]].
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** [[spoiler:Luna]] is named such because she was conceived on the moon.at [[spoiler:Luna Park]]. Her name is also [[spoiler:similar to Lulu, the daughter Leela had in her fantasy life with Lars]].
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* WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Carmelita Aves, also known as the supervillain Voltura, used to date Manny's father Roldolfo (also known as superhero White Pantera), and she always insists she broke up with ''him''. Whenever someone reminds her that Rodolfo broke up with ''her'', she responds, "''[[CharacterCatchphrase As if I could ever forget!]]''"
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* WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Carmelita Aves, also known as the supervillain Voltura, used to date Manny's father Roldolfo (also known as superhero White Pantera), and she always insists she broke up with ''him''. Whenever someone reminds her that Rodolfo broke up with ''her'', she responds, "''[[CharacterCatchphrase As if I could ever forget!]]''"
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[[folder:Baby Fever Trigger]]
LACONIC: Seeing someone else's child makes someone want a baby of their own.
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They say BabiesMakeEverythingBetter, but not everyone has the urge to have one right away. After all, raising children comes with a lot of financial and emotional responsibility. Some people have other priorities and just don't think much about children -- after all, out of sight, out of mind. Some people briefly consider having kids, or are just starting to get fuzzy feelings seeing parents on the street, but they're just not quite ''certain'' yet.
Then they meet ''this'' child, and now all they can think about is having one of their own.
Usually the trigger is meeting a [[CutenessProximity particularly adorable]] baby or toddler, probably belonging to a friend of theirs, triggering the character to worry they're falling behind in life compared to their friend. A more self-aware work may point out that since the character only interacts with the baby in brief intervals, they don't see just how exhausting it is to actually ''raise'' one -- so they may be in for a rude awakening when they actually have a child of their own. Regardless, they usually end up being GoodParents.
An alternate take on this trope shows up when a character serves as a temporary ParentalSubstitute and bonds with an older child, who [[ChildrenRaiseYou helps the adult character learn to be responsible]] and prompts them to think about whether they're ready to have children permanently.
Compare ClosetKey.
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!!Examples:
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': One of Peter B. Parker's reasons for separating from Mary Jane Watson was because she wanted children and he didn't, largely due to his own fear of losing his loved ones. After meeting Miles, however, he realizes he might actually want kids after all, and reconciles with Mary Jane upon returning to his universe. In [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse the next film]], Peter has a toddler named Mayday, and tells Miles he's the reason Peter had her to [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre convince Miles of his worth]].
-->'''Peter''': I love you! I'm so proud of you! [to himself] Do I want kids?
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* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Lily and Marshall's story arc about having children kicks off in "Not a Father's Day," when they start to get baby fever from all the cute babies they see. Marshall meets their neighbor's new baby, Jeremy, and is overcome by how cute his tiny sock is. While Lily initially holds back on having kids (since she actually spoke with Jeremy's exhausted mother while Marshall played with Jeremy), when she gets drunk and sees the sock herself, she foregos all logic and decides to try and conceive a baby with Marshall right at his workplace (though once she sobers up, they both decide to wait a while). Both Barney and Robin (who both insist they don't want kids) go into CutenessProximity as well when they come across the sock.
LACONIC: Seeing someone else's child makes someone want a baby of their own.
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They say BabiesMakeEverythingBetter, but not everyone has the urge to have one right away. After all, raising children comes with a lot of financial and emotional responsibility. Some people have other priorities and just don't think much about children -- after all, out of sight, out of mind. Some people briefly consider having kids, or are just starting to get fuzzy feelings seeing parents on the street, but they're just not quite ''certain'' yet.
Then they meet ''this'' child, and now all they can think about is having one of their own.
Usually the trigger is meeting a [[CutenessProximity particularly adorable]] baby or toddler, probably belonging to a friend of theirs, triggering the character to worry they're falling behind in life compared to their friend. A more self-aware work may point out that since the character only interacts with the baby in brief intervals, they don't see just how exhausting it is to actually ''raise'' one -- so they may be in for a rude awakening when they actually have a child of their own. Regardless, they usually end up being GoodParents.
An alternate take on this trope shows up when a character serves as a temporary ParentalSubstitute and bonds with an older child, who [[ChildrenRaiseYou helps the adult character learn to be responsible]] and prompts them to think about whether they're ready to have children permanently.
Compare ClosetKey.
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!!Examples:
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': One of Peter B. Parker's reasons for separating from Mary Jane Watson was because she wanted children and he didn't, largely due to his own fear of losing his loved ones. After meeting Miles, however, he realizes he might actually want kids after all, and reconciles with Mary Jane upon returning to his universe. In [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse the next film]], Peter has a toddler named Mayday, and tells Miles he's the reason Peter had her to [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre convince Miles of his worth]].
-->'''Peter''': I love you! I'm so proud of you! [to himself] Do I want kids?
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* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Lily and Marshall's story arc about having children kicks off in "Not a Father's Day," when they start to get baby fever from all the cute babies they see. Marshall meets their neighbor's new baby, Jeremy, and is overcome by how cute his tiny sock is. While Lily initially holds back on having kids (since she actually spoke with Jeremy's exhausted mother while Marshall played with Jeremy), when she gets drunk and sees the sock herself, she foregos all logic and decides to try and conceive a baby with Marshall right at his workplace (though once she sobers up, they both decide to wait a while). Both Barney and Robin (who both insist they don't want kids) go into CutenessProximity as well when they come across the sock.
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LACONIC: Seeing someone else's child makes someone want a baby of their own.
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They say BabiesMakeEverythingBetter, but not everyone has the urge
LACONIC:Exes refuse to
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An alternate take on this trope shows up when a character serves as a temporary ParentalSubstitute and bonds with an older child,
Compare ClosetKey.
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!!Examples:
[[AC:Film -- Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': One of Peter B. Parker's reasons for separating from Mary Jane Watson was because she wanted children and he didn't, largely due to his own fear of losing his loved ones. After meeting Miles, however, he realizes he might actually want kids after all, and reconciles with Mary Jane upon returning to his universe. In [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse the next film]], Peter has a toddler named Mayday, and tells Miles he's the reason Peter had her to [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre convince Miles of his worth]].
-->'''Peter''': I love you! I'm so proud of you! [to himself] Do I want kids?
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* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Lily and Marshall's story arc about having children kicks off in "Not a Father's Day," when they start to get baby fever from all the cute babies they see. Marshall meets their neighbor's new baby, Jeremy, and is overcome by how cute his tiny sock is. While Lily initially holds back on having kids (since she actually spoke with Jeremy's exhausted mother while Marshall played with Jeremy), when she gets drunk and sees the sock herself, she foregos all logic and decides to try and conceive a baby with Marshall right at his workplace (though once she sobers up, they both decide to wait a while). Both Barney and Robin (who both insist they don't want kids) go into CutenessProximity as well when they come across the sock.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "The Cyber House Rules," Adlai seeing Bender with his adopted orphans makes him want to have a child with Leela, despite Bender obviously being a terrible parent. When Bender is arrested and loses custody of the orphans, Adlai and Leela actually try to adopt one, though Leela dumps Adlai when he refuses to adopt a disfigured orphan as she is, and the kids reman unadopted.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': "Greg the Babysitter" heavily implies that Rose meeting the baby Sour Cream was what made her want to have a child, as she was fascinated by the human's ability to grow and change from something so small and wanted her child to have that experience.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': "Greg the Babysitter" heavily implies that Rose meeting the baby Sour Cream was what made her want to have a child, as she was fascinated by the human's ability to grow and change from something so small and wanted her child to have that experience.
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* WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Carmelita Aves, also known as the supervillain Voltura, used to date Manny's father Roldolfo (also known as superhero White Pantera), and she always insists she broke up with ''him''. Whenever someone reminds her that Rodolfo broke up with ''her'', she responds, "''[[CharacterCatchphrase As if I could ever forget!]]''"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In"The Cyber House Rules," Adlai seeing Bender "Love and Rocket," Leela recalls her "mutual breakup with Sean which was totally mutual." When we meet Sean and his adopted orphans makes him want to have a child with wife in "Fry and Leela's Big Fling," they claim Sean dumped Leela, despite Bender obviously being a terrible parent. When Bender is arrested and loses custody of the orphans, Adlai and Leela actually try to adopt one, though Leela dumps Adlai when he refuses to adopt a disfigured orphan as she is, and the kids reman unadopted.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': "Greg the Babysitter" heavily implies that Rose meeting the baby Sour Creamshouts back, "It was what made her want to have a child, as she was fascinated by the human's ability to grow and change from something so small and wanted her child to have that experience.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': "Greg the Babysitter" heavily implies that Rose meeting the baby Sour Cream
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LACONIC: Seeing someone else's child makes someone want a baby of their own.
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They say BabiesMakeEverythingBetter, but not everyone has the urge to have one right away. After all, raising children comes with a lot of financial and emotional responsibility. Some people have other priorities and just don't think much about children -- after all, out of sight, out of mind. Some people briefly consider having kids, or are just starting to get fuzzy feelings seeing parents on the street, but they're just not quite ''certain'' yet.
Then they meet ''this'' child, and now all they can think about is having one of their own.
Usually the trigger is meeting a [[CutenessProximity particularly adorable]] baby or toddler, probably belonging to a friend of theirs, triggering the character to worry they're falling behind in life compared to their friend. A more self-aware work may point out that since the character only interacts with the baby in brief intervals, they don't see just how exhausting it is to actually ''raise'' one -- so they may be in for a rude awakening when they actually have a child of their own. Regardless, they usually end up being GoodParents.
An alternate take on this trope shows up when a character serves as a temporary ParentalSubstitute and bonds with an older child, who [[ChildrenRaiseYou helps the adult character learn to be responsible]] and prompts them to think about whether they're ready to have children permanently.
Compare ClosetKey.
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!!Examples:
[[AC:Film -- Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': One of Peter B. Parker's reasons for separating from Mary Jane Watson was because she wanted children and he didn't, largely due to his own fear of losing his loved ones. After meeting Miles, however, he realizes he might actually want kids after all, and reconciles with Mary Jane upon returning to his universe. In [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse the next film]], Peter has a toddler named Mayday, and tells Miles he's the reason Peter had her to [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre convince Miles of his worth]].
-->'''Peter''': I love you! I'm so proud of you! [to himself] Do I want kids?
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* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Lily and Marshall's story arc about having children kicks off in "Not a Father's Day," when they start to get baby fever from all the cute babies they see. Marshall meets their neighbor's new baby, Jeremy, and is overcome by how cute his tiny sock is. While Lily initially holds back on having kids (since she actually spoke with Jeremy's exhausted mother while Marshall played with Jeremy), when she gets drunk and sees the sock herself, she foregos all logic and decides to try and conceive a baby with Marshall right at his workplace (though once she sobers up, they both decide to wait a while). Both Barney and Robin (who both insist they don't want kids) go into CutenessProximity as well when they come across the sock.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "The Cyber House Rules," Adlai seeing Bender with his adopted orphans makes him want to have a child with Leela, despite Bender obviously being a terrible parent. When Bender is arrested and loses custody of the orphans, Adlai and Leela actually try to adopt one, though Leela dumps Adlai when he refuses to adopt a disfigured orphan as she is, and the kids reman unadopted.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': "Greg the Babysitter" heavily implies that Rose meeting the baby Sour Cream was what made her want to have a child, as she was fascinated by the human's ability to grow and change from something so small and wanted her child to have that experience.
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LACONIC: Seeing someone else's child makes someone want a baby of their own.
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They say BabiesMakeEverythingBetter, but not everyone has the urge to have one right away. After all, raising children comes with a lot of financial and emotional responsibility. Some people have other priorities and just don't think much about children -- after all, out of sight, out of mind. Some people briefly consider having kids, or are just starting to get fuzzy feelings seeing parents on the street, but they're just not quite ''certain'' yet.
Then they meet ''this'' child, and now all they can think about is having one of their own.
Usually the trigger is meeting a [[CutenessProximity particularly adorable]] baby or toddler, probably belonging to a friend of theirs, triggering the character to worry they're falling behind in life compared to their friend. A more self-aware work may point out that since the character only interacts with the baby in brief intervals, they don't see just how exhausting it is to actually ''raise'' one -- so they may be in for a rude awakening when they actually have a child of their own. Regardless, they usually end up being GoodParents.
An alternate take on this trope shows up when a character serves as a temporary ParentalSubstitute and bonds with an older child, who [[ChildrenRaiseYou helps the adult character learn to be responsible]] and prompts them to think about whether they're ready to have children permanently.
Compare ClosetKey.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': One of Peter B. Parker's reasons for separating from Mary Jane Watson was because she wanted children and he didn't, largely due to his own fear of losing his loved ones. After meeting Miles, however, he realizes he might actually want kids after all, and reconciles with Mary Jane upon returning to his universe. In [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse the next film]], Peter has a toddler named Mayday, and tells Miles he's the reason Peter had her to [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre convince Miles of his worth]].
-->'''Peter''': I love you! I'm so proud of you! [to himself] Do I want kids?
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* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': Lily and Marshall's story arc about having children kicks off in "Not a Father's Day," when they start to get baby fever from all the cute babies they see. Marshall meets their neighbor's new baby, Jeremy, and is overcome by how cute his tiny sock is. While Lily initially holds back on having kids (since she actually spoke with Jeremy's exhausted mother while Marshall played with Jeremy), when she gets drunk and sees the sock herself, she foregos all logic and decides to try and conceive a baby with Marshall right at his workplace (though once she sobers up, they both decide to wait a while). Both Barney and Robin (who both insist they don't want kids) go into CutenessProximity as well when they come across the sock.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "The Cyber House Rules," Adlai seeing Bender with his adopted orphans makes him want to have a child with Leela, despite Bender obviously being a terrible parent. When Bender is arrested and loses custody of the orphans, Adlai and Leela actually try to adopt one, though Leela dumps Adlai when he refuses to adopt a disfigured orphan as she is, and the kids reman unadopted.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': "Greg the Babysitter" heavily implies that Rose meeting the baby Sour Cream was what made her want to have a child, as she was fascinated by the human's ability to grow and change from something so small and wanted her child to have that experience.
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LACONIC: A character willingly resigns themself to a fate similar to death without actually dying.
The hero has hit their DespairEventHorizon. With seemingly nothing left to live for, they decide there's no use in continuing to live at all. However, they aren't technically DrivenToSuicide. The path they choose won't ''kill'' them, but it's framed [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything in a very similar way]].
This often overlaps with NeverSayDie, but even works that explicitly deal with death may shy away from directly depicting suicide, or because [[HeroicSecondWind they want the character to be able to come out of their depression and keep fighting]]. This can be a change of location -- for example, the character may choose to step into an alternate dimension with no guarantee that anything exists on the other side, simply because their own dimension is too much to bear. They may also choose to be transformed into someone who has no feelings or thoughts whatsoever, to ensure they'll never be hurt again. They may choose to simply enter a DeepSleep and never wake up. An ItsAWonderfulPlot can often be a variant of this if the character explicitly wishes they'd never been born, especially since the TropeCodifier followed an actual suicide attempt.
The method of not-death will often double as a symbol of severe depression itself, slowly consuming them and morphing them into a shell of their former self.
!!Examples:
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* An oddly happy variant in the finale of ''Series/TheGoodPlace''. [[spoiler:After having finally made it to the Good Place, the Soul Squad realize that living in heaven forever is boring once they've felt truly satisfied. Thus, they set up a door that allows them to leave the afterlife for good, ending their time in the universe so they can be at peace. The final scene of the show implies that their essence will live on as sparks of light that encourage good acts in the humans on Earth.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Centaurworld}}'': "Ride the Whaletaur Shaman!" sees Horse at her lowest after [[spoiler:she fully transforms into a blobby Centaurworld-style horse instead of her old self and she worries she's forgetting her Rider]], which summons the whaletaur shaman to help absorb her pain. The despondent Horse leaps off a cliff into the whaletaur, and we see several other creatures inside the whaletaur who have no emotions or memories after the shaman absorbed their grief. They even look translucent as if they're ghosts, despite technically being alive. Wammawink enters the whaletaur and convinces Horse, and everybody else, to keep living despite their grief, essentially a YouAreNotAlone speech in song form, so the whaletaur throws up all the centaurs.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In "It's a Wishful Life," an underappreciated Timmy wishes he'd never been born, only to see everybody on Earth is better off without him. Jorgen, dressed like a GrimReaper, arrives to send Timmy to a fiery pit specifically designated for kids who wished they'd never been born, which eerily resembles Hell, unless Timmy can prove someone was worse off for not having known him. When Timmy can't prove this, he accepts his fate, though Jorgen reveals this was all a SecretTestOfCharacter.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "The Sting," after Fry dies protecting Leela from a space bee's sting, Leela is racked with guilt and grief. She uses sedative space honey to help herself sleep and dreams about Fry being alive. When the guilt becomes unbearable, Leela plans to take three spoons of honey, which would put her in a sleep so deep, she would never wake up again -- as she puts it, "[she] can dream forever." However, Fry implores her to stop before she can do it, [[spoiler:and it turns out to be Leela's AdventuresInComaLand as she suffers severe poisoning from the space bee.]]
LACONIC: A character willingly resigns themself to a fate similar to death without actually dying.
The hero has hit their DespairEventHorizon. With seemingly nothing left to live for, they decide there's no use in continuing to live at all. However, they aren't technically DrivenToSuicide. The path they choose won't ''kill'' them, but it's framed [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything in a very similar way]].
This often overlaps with NeverSayDie, but even works that explicitly deal with death may shy away from directly depicting suicide, or because [[HeroicSecondWind they want the character to be able to come out of their depression and keep fighting]]. This can be a change of location -- for example, the character may choose to step into an alternate dimension with no guarantee that anything exists on the other side, simply because their own dimension is too much to bear. They may also choose to be transformed into someone who has no feelings or thoughts whatsoever, to ensure they'll never be hurt again. They may choose to simply enter a DeepSleep and never wake up. An ItsAWonderfulPlot can often be a variant of this if the character explicitly wishes they'd never been born, especially since the TropeCodifier followed an actual suicide attempt.
The method of not-death will often double as a symbol of severe depression itself, slowly consuming them and morphing them into a shell of their former self.
!!Examples:
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* An oddly happy variant in the finale of ''Series/TheGoodPlace''. [[spoiler:After having finally made it to the Good Place, the Soul Squad realize that living in heaven forever is boring once they've felt truly satisfied. Thus, they set up a door that allows them to leave the afterlife for good, ending their time in the universe so they can be at peace. The final scene of the show implies that their essence will live on as sparks of light that encourage good acts in the humans on Earth.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Centaurworld}}'': "Ride the Whaletaur Shaman!" sees Horse at her lowest after [[spoiler:she fully transforms into a blobby Centaurworld-style horse instead of her old self and she worries she's forgetting her Rider]], which summons the whaletaur shaman to help absorb her pain. The despondent Horse leaps off a cliff into the whaletaur, and we see several other creatures inside the whaletaur who have no emotions or memories after the shaman absorbed their grief. They even look translucent as if they're ghosts, despite technically being alive. Wammawink enters the whaletaur and convinces Horse, and everybody else, to keep living despite their grief, essentially a YouAreNotAlone speech in song form, so the whaletaur throws up all the centaurs.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In "It's a Wishful Life," an underappreciated Timmy wishes he'd never been born, only to see everybody on Earth is better off without him. Jorgen, dressed like a GrimReaper, arrives to send Timmy to a fiery pit specifically designated for kids who wished they'd never been born, which eerily resembles Hell, unless Timmy can prove someone was worse off for not having known him. When Timmy can't prove this, he accepts his fate, though Jorgen reveals this was all a SecretTestOfCharacter.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "The Sting," after Fry dies protecting Leela from a space bee's sting, Leela is racked with guilt and grief. She uses sedative space honey to help herself sleep and dreams about Fry being alive. When the guilt becomes unbearable, Leela plans to take three spoons of honey, which would put her in a sleep so deep, she would never wake up again -- as she puts it, "[she] can dream forever." However, Fry implores her to stop before she can do it, [[spoiler:and it turns out to be Leela's AdventuresInComaLand as she suffers severe poisoning from the space bee.]]
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The hero has hit their DespairEventHorizon. With seemingly nothing left to live for, they decide there's no use
This often overlaps with NeverSayDie, but even works that explicitly deal with death may shy away from directly depicting suicide, or because [[HeroicSecondWind they want the character to be able to come out of their depression and keep fighting]]. This can be a change of location -- for example, the character may choose to step into an alternate dimension with no guarantee that anything exists on the other side, simply because their own dimension is too much to bear. They may also choose to be transformed into someone who has no feelings or thoughts whatsoever, to ensure they'll never be hurt again. They may choose to simply enter a DeepSleep and never wake up. An ItsAWonderfulPlot can often be a variant of this if the character explicitly wishes they'd never been born, especially since the TropeCodifier followed an actual suicide attempt.
The method of not-death will often double as a symbol of severe depression itself, slowly consuming them and morphing them into a shell of their former self.
!!Examples:
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* An oddly happy variant in the finale of ''Series/TheGoodPlace''. [[spoiler:After having finally made it to the Good Place, the Soul Squad realize that living in heaven forever is boring once they've felt truly satisfied. Thus, they set up a door that allows them to leave the afterlife for good, ending their time in the universe so they can be at peace. The final scene of the show implies that their essence will live on as sparks of light that encourage good acts in the humans on Earth.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Centaurworld}}'': "Ride the Whaletaur Shaman!" sees Horse at her lowest after [[spoiler:she fully transforms into a blobby Centaurworld-style horse instead of her old self and she worries she's forgetting her Rider]],
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In "It's a Wishful Life," an underappreciated Timmy wishes he'd never been born, only to see everybody on Earth is better off without him. Jorgen, dressed like a GrimReaper, arrives to send Timmy to a fiery pit specifically designated for kids who wished they'd never been born, which eerily resembles Hell, unless Timmy can prove someone was worse off for not having known him. When Timmy can't prove this, he accepts his fate, though Jorgen reveals this was all a SecretTestOfCharacter.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "The Sting," after Fry dies protecting Leela from a space bee's sting, Leela is racked with guilt and grief. She uses sedative space honey to help herself sleep and dreams about Fry being alive. When the guilt becomes unbearable, Leela plans to take three spoons of honey, which would put her in a sleep so deep, she would never wake up again -- as she puts it, "[she] can dream forever." However, Fry implores her to stop before she can do it, [[spoiler:and it turns out to be Leela's AdventuresInComaLand as she suffers severe poisoning from the space bee.]]
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This is usually played for comedy on shows that see trans women as AcceptableTargets, but it's possible to play such a character as sympathetic by focusing on her body dysphoria and her desire to be seen as a woman.
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This is usually played for comedy on shows that see trans women as AcceptableTargets, targets of mockery, but it's possible to play such a character as sympathetic by focusing on her body dysphoria and her desire to be seen as a woman.
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This often overlaps with NeverSayDie, but even works that explicitly deal with death may shy away from directly depicting suicide. This can be a change of location -- for example, the character may choose to step into an alternate dimension with no guarantee that anything exists on the other side, simply because their own dimension is too much to bear. They may also choose to be transformed into someone who has no feelings or thoughts whatsoever, to ensure they'll never be hurt again. They may choose to simply enter a DeepSleep and never wake up. The method of not-death will often double as a symbol of severe depression itself, slowly consuming them and morphing them into a shell of their former self.
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This often overlaps with NeverSayDie, but even works that explicitly deal with death may shy away from directly depicting suicide.suicide, or because [[HeroicSecondWind they want the character to be able to come out of their depression and keep fighting]]. This can be a change of location -- for example, the character may choose to step into an alternate dimension with no guarantee that anything exists on the other side, simply because their own dimension is too much to bear. They may also choose to be transformed into someone who has no feelings or thoughts whatsoever, to ensure they'll never be hurt again. They may choose to simply enter a DeepSleep and never wake up. An ItsAWonderfulPlot can often be a variant of this if the character explicitly wishes they'd never been born, especially since the TropeCodifier followed an actual suicide attempt.
The method of not-death will often double as a symbol of severe depression itself, slowly consuming them and morphing them into a shell of their former self.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "The Sting," after Fry dies protecting Leela from a space bee's sting, Leela is racked with guilt and grief. She uses sedative space honey to help herself sleep and dreams about Fry being alive. When the guilt becomes unbearable, Leela plans to take three spoons of honey, which would put her in a sleep so deep, she would never wake up again -- as she puts it, "[she] can dream forever." However, Fry implores her to stop before she can do it, [[spoiler:and it turns out to be Leela's AdventuresInComaLand as she suffers severe poisoning from te space bee.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "The Sting," after Fry dies protecting Leela from a space bee's sting, Leela is racked with guilt and grief. She uses sedative space honey to help herself sleep and dreams about Fry being alive. When the guilt becomes unbearable, Leela plans to take three spoons of honey, which would put her in a sleep so deep, she would never wake up again -- as she puts it, "[she] can dream forever." However, Fry implores her to stop before she can do it, [[spoiler:and it turns out to be Leela's AdventuresInComaLand as she suffers severe poisoning from te space bee.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Centaurworld}}'':
''WesternAnimation/{{Centaurworld}}'': "Ride the Whaletaur Shaman!" sees Horse at her lowest after [[spoiler:she fully transforms into a blobby Centaurworld-style horse instead of her old self and she worries she's forgetting her Rider]], which summons the whaletaur shaman to help absorb her pain. The despondent Horse leaps off a cliff into the whaletaur, and we see several other creatures inside the whaletaur who have no emotions or memories after the shaman absorbed their grief. They even look translucent as if they're ghosts, despite technically being alive. Wammawink enters the whaletaur and convinces Horse, and everybody else, to keep living despite their grief, essentially a YouAreNotAlone speech in song form, so the whaletaur throws up all the centaurs.
*''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In "It's a Wishful Life," an underappreciated Timmy wishes he'd never been born, only to see everybody on Earth is better off without him. Jorgen, dressed like a GrimReaper, arrives to send Timmy to a fiery pit specifically designated for kids who wished they'd never been born, which eerily resembles Hell, unless Timmy can prove someone was worse off for not having known him. When Timmy can't prove this, he accepts his fate, though Jorgen reveals this was all a SecretTestOfCharacter.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "The Sting," after Fry dies protecting Leela from a space bee's sting, Leela is racked with guilt and grief. She uses sedative space honey to help herself sleep and dreams about Fry being alive. When the guilt becomes unbearable, Leela plans to take three spoons of honey, which would put her in a sleep so deep, she would never wake up again -- as she puts it, "[she] can dream forever." However, Fry implores her to stop before she can do it, [[spoiler:and it turns out to be Leela's AdventuresInComaLand as she suffers severe poisoning fromte the space bee.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "The Sting," after Fry dies protecting Leela from a space bee's sting, Leela is racked with guilt and grief. She uses sedative space honey to help herself sleep and dreams about Fry being alive. When the guilt becomes unbearable, Leela plans to take three spoons of honey, which would put her in a sleep so deep, she would never wake up again -- as she puts it, "[she] can dream forever." However, Fry implores her to stop before she can do it, [[spoiler:and it turns out to be Leela's AdventuresInComaLand as she suffers severe poisoning from
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LACONIC: A character willingly resigns themself to a fate similar to death without actually dying.
The hero has hit their DespairEventHorizon. With seemingly nothing left to live for, they decide there's no use in continuing to live at all. However, they aren't technically DrivenToSuicide. The path they choose won't ''kill'' them, but it's framed [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything in a very similar way]].
This often overlaps with NeverSayDie, but even works that explicitly deal with death may shy away from directly depicting suicide. This can be a change of location -- for example, the character may choose to step into an alternate dimension with no guarantee that anything exists on the other side, simply because their own dimension is too much to bear. They may also choose to be transformed into someone who has no feelings or thoughts whatsoever, to ensure they'll never be hurt again. They may choose to simply enter a DeepSleep and never wake up. The method of not-death will often double as a symbol of severe depression itself, slowly consuming them and morphing them into a shell of their former self.
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* An oddly happy variant in the finale of ''Series/TheGoodPlace''. [...]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In "TheStockiverse Ray," [[spoiler:Cherie]] mixes Mentos Sting," after Fry dies protecting Leela from a space bee's sting, Leela is racked with guilt and soda grief. She uses sedative space honey to blow up help herself sleep and dreams about Fry being alive. When the Game Boy that provides heat guilt becomes unbearable, Leela plans to the Wall.
take three spoons of honey, which would put her in a sleep so deep, she would never wake up again -- as she puts it, "[she] can dream forever." However, Fry implores her to stop before she can do it, [[spoiler:and it turns out to be Leela's AdventuresInComaLand as she suffers severe poisoning from te space bee.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
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** [[spoiler:Fry and Leela's wedding]] is constantly seen as a ShotgunWedding as a RunningGag due to the fact he proposed to her on the same day she learned she was pregnant. They're adamant they had plans to get married soon either way.
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* ShotgunWedding: Discussed. Farnsworth initially thinks Fry is the father of Leela's child and plans to organize a wedding to avoid ire from the Better Business Bureau. Leela assures him that she and Fry -- the prime Fry at least -- hadn't had sex in a long time.
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** [[spoiler:Fry and Leela's wedding]] is constantly seen as a ShotgunWedding as a RunningGag due to the fact he proposed to her on the same day she learned she was pregnant. They're adamant they had plans to get married soon either way.
** Discussed. Farnsworth initially thinks Fry is the father of Leela's child and plans to organize a wedding to avoid ire from the Better Business Bureau. Leela assures him that she and Fry -- the prime Fry at least -- hadn't had sex in a long time.
** [[spoiler:Fry and Leela's wedding]] is constantly seen as a ShotgunWedding as a RunningGag due to the fact he proposed to her on the same day she learned she was pregnant. They're adamant they had plans to get married soon either way.
