History WebAnimation / MyLittlePortal

* [[spoiler:AfterTheEnd: Much of the series takes place ten years after the "Fall of Canterlot", as the characters discover.]]

* BigBad: [=DISCoRD=].

* GoneHorriblyWrong: The activation of Equestria Laboratories' newest AI ([=DISCoRD=]) results in the incapacitation of two bearers of the Elements of Harmony, and will ultimately lead to "unforeseen consequences".

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [[spoiler:[=DISCoRD=] goes on a rampage not because of a malfunction, but because his AI was tampered with.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Episode 4 suggests the changelings, and by extension Queen Chrysalis, are responsible for [=DISCoRD=]'s rampage.]]

* WhamEpisode: episode 5, starting after Twilight drinks a memory potion. [[spoiler:It details the fall of Canterlot mentioned under WhamLine.]]

The first episode was released on July 6, 2012. There are currently four episodes in total, with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag50RmUEKj4 fifth]] scheduled for a late 2013/early 2014 release. The series so far can be viewed [[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuUUN65Dt62WoeIRbROGHpMRNgWC-05BC here]].

* [[spoiler:LastOfHisKind: Twilight and Trixie appear to be the only ponies left; everyone else died during "The Fall of Canterlot".]]

* [[spoiler:MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [=DISCoRD=] goes on a rampage not because of a malfunction, but because his AI was tampered with.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: Episode 4 suggests [[spoiler:the changelings, and by extension Queen Chrysalis, are responsible for [=DISCoRD=]'s rampage]].

The first episode was released on July 6, 2012. There are currently four episodes in total, with a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag50RmUEKj4 fifth]] scheduled for a Winter 2013 release. The series so far can be viewed [[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuUUN65Dt62WoeIRbROGHpMRNgWC-05BC here]].

* [[spoiler:AfterTheEnd]]

* FaceHeelTurn: The CMC have been turned into turrets that want to kill Twilight and Trixie, simply to earn their cutie marks as turrets. [[BondVillainStupidity They screw up the chance before they even get to take one shot at them by fighting over who shoots them first]], [[GoldfishPoopGang resulting in their decision to follow the gang until they're killed.]]

* ArtEvolution: In just three episodes released over a period of six months, several characters have undergone redesigns ranging from ''drastic'' ([[http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/214/b/f/discord_comparison_by_christiancerda-d59m1yd.jpg DISCoRD]], [[http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/216/3/4/celestia_comparison_by_christiancerda-d59uo68.png CELesTIA]], [[http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2013/017/b/6/trixie_old_and_new_by_christiancerda-d5rqxpe.png Trixie]]) to subtle ([[http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/356/5/6/improvement__by_christiancerda-d5ov496.png Twilight]], [[http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/241/2/7/pinkie_2_0_by_christiancerda-d5cwldy.jpg Pinkie]][[hottip:*:[[http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/245/c/a/pinkie_core_by_christiancerda-d5dc4u0.png her current look lacks the Aperture logo in the center of her eye]]). In [=DISCoRD=]'s case, there's an in-universe explanation for his new look[[hottip:*:It's the result of taking off the "skin" from the first episode]], but for the rest...

** Fluttershy hides in a box labeled "The Orange". [[StealthPun Get it?]][[hottip:*:[[DontExplainTheJoke It's Valve's "The Orange Box".]] (WordOfGod states that's a ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' reference, though.)

** Doctor Whooves is one to [[HalfLife Gordon Freeman]].

'''[=DISCoRD=]''': [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} Unforeseen consequences]].

** Doctor Whooves dons a [[VideoGame/{{Half-Life}} HEV Suit]] in episode 1.

* NotHisSled: Though having shades of the plot to the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP:FiM]] season 2 opener "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E1TheReturnOfHarmonyPart1 The Return]] [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E2TheReturnOfHarmonyPart2 of Harmony]]" and the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' and ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' series, this story stands entirely on its own.

** Dr. Whooves is one to [[HalfLife Gordon Freeman]].

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: None of the main protagonists introduced thus far remember anything before they awoke at Celestia Laboratires ten years after the accident at Equestria Laboratories. In Rainbow Dash's case, her memory is erased shortly after her resurrection as a cyborg to keep her from going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the doctors who did this to her.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Brown goes to [[WeCanRebuildHim some extreme lengths]] to save Rainbow Dash from death.

-->'''Dr. Brown''': I just don't think we're ready to launch the system. We still have to run tests on it.\\

* TimeSkip: The first episode [[MeanwhileInTheFuture and all the]] {{Cold Open}}s are set apart from the rest of the series by ten years.

* WhamLine: From episode 4.

'''Pinkie''': Of course! [[spoiler:But only up until the fall of Canterlot]].

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** [=DISCoRD=], [=CELesTIA=], and LUNA each represent a different facet of SelfDemonstrating/GLaDOS.

* {{Expy}}: WordOfGod explicity states Dr. Whooves as one to [[HalfLife Gordon Freeman]].

* WholePlotReference: This series has its own distinct storyline, but still has shades of the plot of ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'': An evil AI ([=DISCoRD=]/[=GLaDOS=]) is accidentally reactivated after several years by a clumsy yet lovable Personality Core (Pinkie/Wheatley) and takes total control of the research facility it was built in (Equestria Laboratories/Aperture Science), and a determined test subject (Twilight/Chell) sets out to stop the rogue AI's reign of terror.

* WhatHaveIBecome: Rainbow Dash's response to becoming DASH-E, in the episode 3 ColdOpening.

* WholePlotReference: This series has its own distinct storyline, but still has shades of the plot of ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'': an evil AI ([=DISCoRD=]/[=GLaDOS=]) is accidentally reactivated after several years by a clumsy yet lovable Personality Core (Pinkie/Wheatley) and takes total control of the research facility it was built in (Equestria Laboratories/Aperture Science), and a determined test subject (Twilight/Chell) sets out to stop the rogue AI's reign of terror.

A grave mishap with the Equestria Laboratories scientific research facility's newest artificial intelligence, [=DISCoRD=], forces Princess Celestia to relocate the facility to the moon. Celestia's faithful student Twilight Sparkle is more than happy to go to the new Celestia Laboratories to help put things in order--and then wakes up from cryogenic sleep at the lunar facility ten years later with no memory of who she is, let alone what she was originally supposed to be doing there.

[=DISCoRD=] has now overrun Celestia Laboratories, and the original AI, [=CELesTIA=], needs Twilight's help to restore order. Armed only with her wits, magic, and a Hoofheld Portal Device, Twilight navigates the facility alongside mechanized versions of her forgotten friends to find the Elements of Harmony, stop [=DISCoRD=], and escape. As they overcome [=DISCoRD=]'s obstacle-ridden "test" chambers, they will discover what exactly happened at the facility--and to themselves--over the last ten years.

-->'''[=DISCoRD=]:''' I think you're really going to love the next test chamber. It really is quite funny.\\
'''Rarity:''' You call giant crushers funny?!\\
'''[=DISCoRD=]:''' Well, no, not really. Not unless they crush you. Then it's ''hilarious''.

* FunWithAcronyms:

* MeanwhileInTheFuture: Rainbow Dash runs a separate story that explains what happened to her and Equestria Labs.

* TimeSkip: The first episode is set apart from the rest of the series by ten years.
** [[MeanwhileInTheFuture But not the]] {{cold opening}}s.

[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/my_little_portal_poster_2_by_christiancerda-d5ae7u5_9564.jpg It's OK, lads. You can like the cute test subjects & AIs.]]

The first episode was released on July 6, 2012. There are currently four episodes in total. The series so far can be viewed [[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuUUN65Dt62WoeIRbROGHpMRNgWC-05BC here]].

* AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: Due to being written and started just after the second season, everything after season 2 of ''Friendship is Magic'' doesn't apply to this series. This is most apparent when Trixie reappears, as she's still miffed at Twilight over the events of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]".

* ArtEvolution: In just three episodes released over a period of six months, several characters have undergone redesigns ranging from ''drastic'' ([[http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/214/b/f/discord_comparison_by_christiancerda-d59m1yd.jpg DISCoRD]], [[http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/216/3/4/celestia_comparison_by_christiancerda-d59uo68.png CELesTIA]], [[http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2013/017/b/6/trixie_old_and_new_by_christiancerda-d5rqxpe.png Trixie]]) to subtle ([[http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/356/5/6/improvement__by_christiancerda-d5ov496.png Twilight]], [[http://th07.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/241/2/7/pinkie_2_0_by_christiancerda-d5cwldy.jpg Pinkie]][[hottip:*:[[http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/245/c/a/pinkie_core_by_christiancerda-d5dc4u0.png her current look lacks the Aperture logo in the center of her eye]]).
** Episode 4 shows that Discord's new appearance is the result of taking off the "skin" from the first episode, explaining his more distinct appearance.

* LightIsGood: [=CELesTIA=], it would appear.

* AcceptableBreaksFromCanon[=/=]CanonDiscontinuity: Due to being written and started just after the second season, everything after season 2 of ''Friendship is Magic'' doesn't apply to this series. This is most apparent when Trixie reappears, as she's still miffed at Twilight over the events of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]".

* CanonDiscontinuity[=/=]AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: Due to being written and started just after the second season, everything after season 2 of Friendship is Magic doesn't apply to this series. This is most apparent when Trixie reappears, as she's still miffed at Twilight over the events of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]".

[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/my_little_portal_poster_2_by_christiancerda-d5ae7u5_9564.jpg]]

** Episode 4 explains that Discord's new appearance is the result of taking off the "skin" from the first episode, explaining his more distinct appearance.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Due to being written and started just after the second season, everything after Season 3 of Friendship is Magic doesn't apply to this series. This is most apparent when Trixie reappears, as she's still miffed at Twilight over the events of "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E6BoastBusters Boast Busters]]".

* {{Expy}}: WordOfGod explicity states Dr. Whooves as one to [[HalfLife Gordon Freeman.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: The CMC have been turned into turrets that want to kill Twilight & Trixie, simply to earn their cutie marks as turrets. [[BondVillainStupidity They skrew up the chance before they even get to take one shot at them by fighting over who shoots them first]], [[GoldfishPoopGang resulting in their decision to follow the gang until they're killed.]]

** [=DISCoRD=] -- '''D'''igitally '''I'''ntrinsic '''S'''ystem '''C'''ontrivance '''o'''f '''R'''obotic '''D'''issonance
** [=CELesTIA=] -- '''C'''ombat '''E'''ffective '''L'''inear '''e'''quation '''s'''ystem '''T'''echnical '''I'''nfrastructure '''A'''utomation
** LUNA -- '''L'''unar '''U'''tility '''N'''avigation '''A'''utomation
** DASH-E -- '''D'''irect '''A'''ssault '''S'''entry '''H'''onorguard - '''E'''radication Class
** SPIKE -- '''S'''upportive '''P'''rocessing '''I'''nnovation '''K'''ilobyte '''E'''ntity

** Fluttershy hides in a box labeled "The Orange". [[StealthPun Get it?]][[hottip:*:[[DontExplainTheJoke It's Valve's "The Orange Box".]] (The author claims that's a VideoGame/MetalGearSolid reference, though.)

* [[MeanwhileInTheFuture But not the]] [[ColdOpening cold openings]].

* WholePlotReference: This series has its own distinct storyline, but still has shades of the plot of ''Videogame/{{Portal 2}}'': an evil AI ([=DISCoRD=]/[=GLaDOS=]) is accidentally reactivated after several years by a clumsy yet lovable Personality Core (Pinkie/Wheatley) and takes total control of the research facility it was built in (Equestria Laboratories/Aperture Science), and a determined test subject (Twilight/Chell) sets out to stop the rogue AI's reign of terror.

* FaceHeelTurn: The CMC have been turned into turrets that want to kill Twilight & Trixie, simply to earn their cutie marks as turrets. [[BondVillianStupidity They skrew up the chance before they even get to take one shot at them, [[GoldfishPoopGang resulting in their decision to follow the gang until they're killed.]]

* WhatHaveIBecome: Rainbow Dash's response to becoming DASH-E, in the episode 3 ColdOpening.

* ColdOpening: Episode 2 and onwards have been doing this. See HeroOfAnotherStory, down below.

* [[HeroOfAnotherStory Heroin Of Another Story]]/BackstoryHorror: Rainbow Dash has a SideStory, explaining her story of become DASH-E.

* FunWithAcronyms: