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When it comes to race, people (and tropers) do not listen to logic. They are more than willing to accept it when a show meant for seven-year-olds is turned into a sexy grimdark Hollywood explosion fest, but so help you god if they change one member of the all-white cast black, even after there's been protests about the lack of ethnic diversity in entertainment.
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Penny Paper posted:When it comes to race, people (and tropers) do not listen to logic. They are more than willing to accept it when a show meant for seven-year-olds is turned into a sexy grimdark Hollywood explosion fest, but so help you god if they change one member of the all-white cast black, even after there's been protests about the lack of ethnic diversity in entertainment. Take Bronies for example. They lost their poo poo when fanart of human versions of the ponies (keep that in mind) drew the character, whose who character is being smart, as a black chick. They were so pissed that their pony waifu dared to not be the WASP that they dreamed of.
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Are terrible bronies actually more common than terrible people in other fandoms, or are they just more visible / easier targets? I just want to watch my cartoon for little girls without creepy spergs ruining it 
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ungulateman posted:Are terrible bronies actually more common than terrible people in other fandoms, or are they just more visible / easier targets? Both, really.
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ungulateman posted:Are terrible bronies actually more common than terrible people in other fandoms, or are they just more visible / easier targets? Who's your favorite pony?
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Morkyz posted:Who's your favorite pony? Twilight Dash
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Morkyz posted:Who's your favorite pony?  "Another day, another dungeon!" — Daring Do Meet Ms. Daring Do, the strong and clever head of the Royal Canterlot University Department of Equinology. She has made it her mission in life to learn everything she can about the long lost civilizations of the world, by hunting down their treasures, great and small, and preserving them back at the Canterlot University. But unfortunately for her the mysterious Ahuizotl is out to get them first for aims that aren't clear to anyone, least of all Ms. Do herself... The Adventures of Daring Do is a series of Adventure/Action/Fantasy novels written by A.K. Yearling, published by Polo House, Inc. in Canterlot. The series is written in a Anachronic Order, starting close to the beginning of Do's adventuring career, and then skipping around the various missions and adventures, with little to no explanation. Bits and pieces of Do's backstory have been revealed but nothing concrete; there also appears to be a Myth Arc, but written out of order. The manuscript of the first published book Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone was found by acclaimed Editor and Literary agent Hard Cover in the desk drawer of A.K. Yearling, who at the time was working at the Canterlot Royal Library. Apparently Yearling had written the story just for herself and her family, but some coaxing from Cover convinced her to have it published, with some minor edits. She has since published seventeen more, with an unknown amount planned for the future. When asked about the strange order of release, Yearling has famously responded with, "I write them as they come to me." The "Core Series," (which currently number eighteen) make up a loose canon, also commonly dubbed, "The Yearling Canon"; though numerous Expanded Universe/Spinoffs exist, many fans refuse to accept them as canon. The stories have quickly become one of the most well-known classics in modern Equestrian literature, and are popular with grade-school pony classes. There's also a large adult fanbase as well; Princess Celestia herself has even praised the series. Yearling herself has been an infamously reclusive pony, going out of her way to avoid the fame and popularity that her books have earned her. In the beginning of her career she even tried to remain anonymous, which led to her unofficial nickname of T. Ropers by her publisher, Polo House, because the manuscripts she turned in were bound in teal-colored rope. Described as a meek and mild-mannered pony by those who have met her, she can be recognized by the large hat and blanket that she wears due to her sensitivity to sudden temperature changes, and the large pair of glasses that she has to wear thanks to severe near-sightedness. Some have theorized that Daring Do is A.K. Yearling's secret fantasy, living the life that the author herself wishes she had. The fact that Daring Do's coloration on the covers closely resembles that of her author gives some credence to this theory. One critic jokingly suggested that A.K. Yearling is Daring Do, who writes up her own adventures as works of fiction so nopony will be tempted to go after the dangerous secrets and relics that she does in every book. His fellow academics had a good laugh at that bit of absurdity. The Core Series contains the following titles (in order of publication):
Please note: to avoid any Canternet Backlash regarding Mahavir/Mahiavar's name in these descriptions, we will be using the spelling that corresponds to the earliest appearance of the name in the first print of the relevant book. This is to help avoid confusion like in Scepter Of The Chaos Beast where his name alternates almost every time it appears and even between print runsnote The author assures us this is intentional. THIS IS FINAL!!! The Polo House New Adventures line contains the following titles Already published:
The "Young Daring Do" series contains the following titles: Already published:
Daring Do:Star Quest After Princess Luna returns, she uses her magic to pull some of Equestria's greatest adventurers from the halls of time. Aboard the New Explorer, Daring meets an entire crew of others much like herself, ready to make the journey where no pony has gone before, but what mystery, what danger awaits beyond the stars in this three-part epic of astronomical proportions?
Blood Diamonds
Young Shūbidū
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Several Equestrian magazines across the world have published short stories about our favorite adventurer. Many are accepted as canon by fans, though some, fans prefer to pretend were never published. Most of these stories can also be found in the anthology series, Scenes from a Pith Helmet. This is an incomplete list. Please add any that are missing. Short Stories
Daring Do Comics and Graphic Novels - Darkpony Comics series
Disneigh Adventures' Diamond Daring Comic
Daring Do: The Tracks Less Traveled
Daren Do Adventures
Zapapple Tock Adventures
The Applewood Film Series currently consists of:
The series has spawned a wide variety of video games, beginning with an arcade machine called Daring Do and the Bauble of Mystery, released after Curse of the Yeti was published. It isn't very good and is not canon in the slightest, although it has produced a number of in-jokes and memes in the Daring Do fandom. A later trilogy of graphic adventures, all original stories, were released between the publication of Cove of Candles and Legacy of Nightmare Moon, by Siyegua. These were notorious for several Unwinnable by Design Guide Dang Its. Archeological Quest
Colt Disneigh Studios has recently announced the production of two Daring Do animated features, one based on the leaked Children of Primus, the other an entirely original story called Daring Do and the Monkey King. Both features scripted by author Terri Prancett. They are both scheduled for release at next Nightmare Night. Currently being adapted as a Radio Play for Celestia Radio, by Pony in a Box Productions. Daring Do Adventures
Tales of the War.
Fires of Equestria
It was never confirmed whether or not the series is considered canon. As such, the series takes a few artistic liberties with the setting, like modernizing the settings a bit, giving it an almost dieselpunkish feel, and even throwing in a bit of SchizoTech, but character-wise, is completely faithful to the series' canon. Globetrotters Episodes:
April Foals Books.
For more information on this classic series of Equestrian literature, click here. This title is not real and is actually a page for fun, inspired by a Show Within a Show book introduced in the episode "Read It And Weep" from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Add whatever you like so long as it fits into at least the first book of the series (from the episode), and make sure it fits in the genre. Keep in mind also that the readers in the world of Equestria, and possibly the author, are ponies, and edit your entries accordingly. Tropers have decided to STICK WITH THE 18-VOLUME MAXIMUM NUMBER OF VOLUMES FOR THE CANON STORY, since there were 16 books on the shelf Twilight got it from along with the canon titles provided in Daring Don't, and adding more and more volumes would make this page too long and confuse new tropers. Tropers can add Expanded Universe material with a bit more leniency, as long as they clearly identify such additions as Expanded Universe titles. Please remember that Daring Do Expanded Universe works are not mandated to be consistent with each other (similar to the Star Trek Expanded Universe). Has a developing character sheet and a Famous Last Words list. This Series contains examples of: Tropes A To B Tropes C To D Tropes E To K Tropes L To P Tropes Q To S Tropes T To Z
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Daring Do: Tropes A To B
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Morkyz posted:Who's your favorite pony? Rainbow Sparkle.
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Daring Do: Tropes E To K
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Characters: Daring Do The Do Family Disclaimer: The information on this page may not be canonical as this Character Page is part of the Just for Fun section for the "Daring Do" franchise, a series of books within a show introduced in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. While some of the characters and tropes are canonical from the show, others are strictly fan creations. Daring Do  A pegasus with tan fur and a grayscale mane who is the heroine of the series. She is the head of the Equinology Department of Canterlot University, and stops at nothing to grab treasures from dungeons and temples all over the world. Played by Hairerion Trot in the early Bridleway stage adaptations, and later the Applewood Film series. Played by Shauna Flankery in the revived Bridleway series.
Daring's older sister and rival archaeologist. She first appears and works alongside her siblings in Griffon's Goblet, though her relationships with them aren't really fleshed out until the prequel Platinum Crown. Near-identical to Daring, though with a darker coat, a much lighter grey mane, and bright green eyes. She takes her work extremely seriously, and harbours a multitude of bad feelings towards her siblings. She's dedicated to proving that she's the best, and actually lives up to her claims on more than a few occasions. She acted as Daring and Darrin's De facto guardian after their parents went missing. Played by Agister Jolie in the film series.
Daring and Derring's younger brother. First appears in a brief flashback in Sapphire Stone, listening to Daring's exposition on the Stone. He handles the logistics of Daring's adventures (procuring transportation and equipment, information and the like) and he's not afraid to bend the law slightly to help his sisters. As the two helped raise him, taking time from their own lives to care for him, he has a near-obsessive fear of being considered a further burden on them, so he tries to help the two in as many ways as possible "behind the scenes". Daring adores him and openly accepts any aid he can offer her, but Derring's relationship with her younger brother is, at best, strained. She finds Darrin's belief that she, as his older sister, would ever require help from him as some sort of insult to her abilities as an adventurer. Darrin still feels obligated to help her, even if this help is spurned, so when such a situation arises, he ensures Derring receives this aid without it appearing he had anything to do with it. Played by Dante Bronco in the film series.
Daring, Derring, and Darrin's father. The Do siblings' inspiration, but his disappearance in their youth has been a source of contention for them. Was the leader of a similar group of explorers, many years ago. Daring rescues him from the Great Intellect in Curse of the Yeti and brings him home. Played by Sean Trottery in the film series.
Daring, Derring, and Darrin's Missing Mom, who was an archaeologist and died on an expedition when they were little. Not much is known about her other than that, except that Daring apparently looks and acts a lot like her. Her name is never given in the series, but it's said to be Daria in The Fires of Family and the Daring Do iPone app. For her characterization in the Expanded Universe, see Daring Do Notable Expanded Universe Characters.
Daring's pet purple macaw. He/She is usually kept at the university and cared for by Herpy, Dr. Tabula Rasa and other university faculty members while Daring is out adventuring. She has given some clues that helped Daring solve some mysteries. Purple macaws are closely related to the Hyacinth and Glaucous macaws.
Characters: Daring Do Darings Friends Disclaimer: The information on this page may not be canonical as this Character Page is part of the Just for Fun section for the "Daring Do" franchise, a series of books within a show introduced in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. While some of the characters and tropes are canonical from the show, others are strictly fan creations. Herpy  A University Page with a knack for screwups, but a surprising level of competence at his job. He went on to become Daring's personal assistant and later her grad student after switching his Major from Equestrian Economy to Equinology. His special talent is researching, which makes his power Boring, but Practical. He is always good-natured and high spirited, ready to raise Daring's spirits when she is depressed, calm her down when she is angry, and stand there when she's in the mood to give exposition. Played by Shia LaBuck in the film series.
Another adventuring pony and a Friendly Rival of Daring's. He has a tendency to run into Daring while on completely unrelated adventures, which almost always ends in them trading favors. He and Daring have a On Again/Off Again relationship. Chronologically debuted in the Daring Do and the Platinum Crown, though he and Daring had met previously. Played by John Barrowmane in Griffon's Goblet and Platinum Crown. Replaced by Bruce Campfire in subsquent films.
It's odd to see a griffon in mainland Equestria unless they're part of the diplomatic corps, and it's an odder sight for them to hold any sort of permanent position. Professor Storm Talon bucks this trend, serving as a Professor in the Royal Canterlot University Department of International Studies. He hobbles around with a prosthetic hind leg and tail, lost in the many navy battles he had fought in. He used to be Daring's father's friend, and a member of his archeology team, but some misunderstanding led him to spitefully sever ties when they were younger; despite this, habitual swearing aside, he's never anything less than civil in his interactions with Daring and her siblings. First introduced in Griffon's Goblet. Played by Samuel L Hawkson in the film series. In the Pony In A Box Productions adaptation, he is introduced in Sapphire Stone.
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Short Stuff A scrappy little peach pegasus filly from the streets of Shanghay and a big fan of Daring Do. Although she's only a foal, she's surprisingly street savvy and a fiery fighter. Tries desperately to become Daring Do's official sidekick, much to her chagrin. She was first introduced in Cove of Candles but fan outcry kept her from returning in the canon books. Her Expanded Universe appearances have done a lot to rescue her, though. Played by K. Hay Quirt in the film series.
 A unicorn with dreams of stardom that couldn't quite get into Applewood, so she opted to perform at the Jade Dragon. She finds herself traveling with Daring Do after getting caught up in her shenanigans in The Cove of Candles and serves as her foil throughout that adventure. Played by Kitty Clopshaw in the films.
 A friendly golden yellow earth pony from Brumbiland and another explorer friend of Daring Do's. Unlike with Bravado, Daring's Friendly Rivalry with Outback Jack is more like a game and the two are practically best buds. When she is not out adventuring, Outback Jack heads the bar at The Watering Hole with Daring Do as a regular customer. She first appears in The Wooden Mask, and makes a small cameo in Gardens Of Equestria. She is one of the adventurers Herpy gathers to help save Daring in The Temple Of Nightmare Moon Played by Caitlin Stirrup in the film series.
 A studious persian indigo unicorn and fellow professor at Canterlot University, Tabula Rasa is the head of Arcane Magic and Astrology and has on two occasions been named acting President. She first met Daring Do by literally running into her in the school hallways, and have been friends with her ever since. She is Daring's voice of reason and typically objects to Daring's reckless method of Equinology in the field. She appeared first in Griffon's Goblet, where she already knew Daring, it wasn't until Spear Of The Widingos that friendship's beginning was explored. Played by Equestria Furrera in the film series.
 A chestnut pegasus pony who resides in the Saddle Arabian Desert with a tribe of other Arab ponies. She has a sweet disposition and had rescued Daring Do a while back. Her medical knowledge and her familiarity with the desert fauna made her an invaluable ally during one of Daring Do's adventure. Like Outback Jack she first appeared in The Wooden Mask, where she helped cure Daring of it's madness. She is one of the ponies gathered to rescue Daring in Temple Of Nightmare Moon, and also appears in Shrine Of The Silver Monkey and Ring Of The Marengeti. The expanded universe implies she has ties to the Colt Of Smooze. Played by Summer Billet in the film series.
 An incredibly eccentric mint green earth pony who is Daring Do's go-to mare for anything from rare items to street gossip and even the occasional airplane. She is a traveling Sales Pony and is often seen at the bazaars and markets hawking whatever strange and interesting items come across her way, and she's also known for making killer sugary desserts. Her unlimited energy and kooky asides are things that Daring Do eventually got used to. She first appears in a flashback in Sapphire Stone and is the only character besides Daring to appear in all of the Core 16 books in some fashion. Played by Ellen DeJennet in the film series. In the Pony In A Box Productions adaptation, she is introduced in Sapphire Stone, as she was in the original series.
First encountered in The Curse of the Yeti, Rayback is a baby winged red dragon that was cruelly chained to an anvil like some animal. Daring Do saved him and he managed to help out in the adventure. Later on, he appears at the university as an assistant to Dr. Tabula Rasa. Portryed via MGI in the films, with voice work by Charlie Saddler.
A zebra ambassador from the Marengeti, his only major role was in Ring of the Marengeti, though he is sometimes a background character in other stories.
A pegasus grad student who admires Daring, introduced in Alicorn's Shadow. Killed Off for Real in Staff of Star Swirl the Bearded when Sweeney Trot lures him into a bakery and bakes him into cupcakes.
An earth pony Commander of the Fifth Equestrian Protection Brigade, introduced in Alicorn's Shadow. Accompanies Daring to the battlefield where Nightmare Moon was defeated, although personally doesn't believe in the ancient stories. Played by Zachary Pinto in the film series.
A mysterious silver half-Romareni unicorn. She finds and treats Daring after her first encounter with the Alicorn's Shadow. When Daring awakes, Mirror Dreams has her recount the visions she experienced during her fever, giving the adventurer a crash course in Dream Interpretation in the process. She also throws in a few hard lessons on both practical everyday magic and folk magic, as opposed to the academic and remnant magic Daring regularly dealt with. Before they parted, she gives Daring an enchanted mirror to contact her whenever the adventurer needed help. A young mare who is wise beyond her years, she often serves as a source of sisterly advice and comfort for Daring, but tends get closed-mouthed whenever anyone inquires into her own past. Played by Anne Hoofaway in the film series and Sierra Bitgess in the stage adaptations.
A winged zebra stallion in the mathematics department.
The mayor of the seapony village Daring and company find in Trident of the Seaponies. Sacrifices herself to save the village from the sea serpent Ahuizotl brings in.
A pegasus who looks suspiciously similar to Daring, only with light blue fur and a multicolored mane. First appearing in Ring of Destiny, she came from the far-off town of Ponyville to meet Daring after hearing about her many adventures. She ends up tagging along with Daring for a while, and although her rabid fawning over Daring proves to be irritating, she's much more capable than she lets on and ends up teaching Daring to be more trusting of others. Shares the name, appearance and general personality of star athlete and national heroine Rainbow Dash. Although sources claim that Rainbow Dash is a fan of the Daring Do series, both she and A.K. Yearling have yet to comment on her appearance in the series.
Characters: Daring Do Antagonists Disclaimer: The information on this page may not be canonical as this Character Page is part of the Just for Fun section for the "Daring Do" franchise, a series of books within a show introduced in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. While some of the characters and tropes are canonical from the show, others are strictly fan creations. Ahuizotl  The Big Bad of the series; a strange creature based on a creature from Hayan mythology who leads a horde of cats. Voiced by Pigroot Cullen in the film series, who also does his own magical hologram. Abusive Parents: Claims to have had these as part of his Freudian Excuse in Unity, but it turns out to be a lie to distract Daring and her siblings. Arch-Enemy: Of Daring Do. Badass: Sometimes easy to forget due to his penchant for hamming it up and trapping Daring in elaborate death traps, but Ahuizotl is one tough customer. While he generally prefers to have his cats or assorted minions do the heavy lifting, he occasionally decides to remind everypony exactly why he's the Big Bad. Notable examples are his curbstomping of Derring, and pretty much every single Enemy Mine situation with Daring that lasted more then five minutes. Big Bad Big "NO!": Of course he had to release one of these. Bond Villain Stupidity Cats Are Mean: Has a number of dangerous big cats—and one cute white kitten—as his Evil Minions. Right-Hand Cat Closet Geek: Seems to be a secret fan of the comic book "Sasquatch Mafia", but isn't telling anypony. Complexity Addiction: He often overthinks his plans, meaning Daring can have fun slipping out through a loophole. Dangerously Genre Savvy: When he returns, he decides to try and cut down on the mistakes, getting smarter to the point he gives Inti a run for his money. He lampshades this. Ahuizotl (to Daring): I figured, after my little run-in with death, I decided to make better decisions in life. Better decisions being making sure that you don't leave the traps alive. Diabolical Mastermind Evil Is Hammy Evil Versus Oblivion: Several plots in the EU has Ahuizotl joining forces with Daring to stop a world-ending threat. Even though he's had apocalyptic designs himself, those plots involve gaining godlike power first so he could survive the resulting devastation. Threats like the Smooze don't allow for such possibilities. Freudian Excuse: Ahuizotl gives one of these in Unity, about how he was neglected by his parents and abused by his many siblings. Ultimately subverted when it turns out he was just using the tale to distract the Do siblings. Hijacked By Ahuizotl: Daring Do and the Cove of Candles was originally played up as featuring a completely new antagonist, the ghost of Blackmane. Guess who shows up two thirds of the way through as the real villain? Really, this ends up happening in pretty much every book except Alicorn's Shadow; Legacy of Nightmare Moon and Spear of the Windigos. By the time Ring of the Marengeti came out, they didn't even bother pretending anymore. Ahuizotl's minions show up in the very first chapter, and even on the cover. Joker Immunity: The writer(s) attempted to kill him off in Temple of Nightmare Moon, two books later, he was back from fan demand. Large Ham Let's Get Dangerous: While always a high threat, when he drops the hamminess and goes professional he becomes nigh-unstoppable. Manipulative Bastard: Becomes a lot more keen on manipulation after he becomes Dangerously Genre Savvy. Necromancer: Some of the Expanded Universe works has him go after artifacts which would let him control the dead. Notably in Ruby of the Blank Village. Nigh-Invulnerability Almost... The Pikmin from The Gardener's Garden managed to overpower him through sheer numbers. He managed to survive though. Obnoxious Snarker: At times, but more so after he becomes Dangerously Genre Savvy. Our Monsters Are Weird Pragmatic Villainy: His team-ups with Daring in the Expanded Universe usually involve self-preservation as his goal. Even his schemes to destroy the world involve him acquiring godlike power first so that he might survive the resultant destruction. Prehensile Tail Real Men Wear Pink: Plenty of male villains have a Right-Hand Cat, but not many have one so adorable. Take Over the World Worthy Opponent: Ahuizotl comes to consider Daring Do one of these. The feeling is not mutual. Would Hit a Mare: He's perfectly willing to take Daring on in combat, devise numerous elaborate Death Traps for her to give her disproportionate Cruel and Unusual Deaths, and in one book, he completely curbstomps Derring in combat. Would Hurt a Child: In addition to engaging in schemes that if successful, would result in countless deaths in populated areas, he steals a dragon egg as part of his schemes in Silver Monkey and uses it as a hostage, forcing the dragon's cooperation. You Have Failed Me: If a subordinate doesn't accomplish their mission or duty they won't do it again. Ahuizotl's Cats Ahuizotl has an assortment of feline companions with which he threatens Daring and others. Legacy Character: His kitten, Mr. Tibbles, has to be constantly replaced so he has a cute little kitten to stroke menacingly. Panthera Awesome: A tiger, a panther, a cheetah, a lynx, and an adorable little white kitty cat. Right-Hand Cat: Ahuizotl likes to pet Mr. Tibbles menacingly, in all his incarnations. Ambassador Hawkwings Daring's quest to recover the Griffon's Goblet required her to deal with the griffon embassy, something that put her in contact with this guy. He constantly insults Daring and other ponies, and his incompetence hinders her investigations in the griffon territories. Played by William Featherton in the film series. rear end in Ambassador: First class one. Bullying a Dragon: He insults Daring Do even though she is a tough and famous adventurer while he's a fat, lazy incompetent. It got worse when he confronted all three siblings and still refused to relent. Chubby Chaser: Pictures of his wife indicates he likes them fat. It's also why he's suspected of having an affair with Silvia. Fat Bastard: It's a wonder he can still fly. Flanderization: Little more than a nuisance in canon, his (few) appearances in the Expanded Universe usually put him as a full-on villain. Freudian Excuse: While never having been a good griffon by any measure, later books reveal in his backstory that he could at least muster up sleazy, used-cart salespony levels of charisma. Then his mother-in-law died and his marriage pretty much fell apart afterwards, and as such couldn't be bothered any more. Jerkass: Very much so. Nepotism: His assignment to Equestria was done by his cousin. He does this with Silvia too. Obstructive Bureaucrat: An ambassador, to be specific, but he's definitely obstructive, so it still counts. Reassigned to Antarctica: Relations between griffons and ponies weren't particularly good at the time (due to some serious postwar screw-ups), so the position was considered a joke. It's implied he was sent so that he could have a cushy job and unless he tried to kill somepony, his obnoxiousness wouldn't be enough to damage the few standing treaties there were. Pet the Dog: After Platinius saves him from Mareton: *Weakly after being choked* "Remind me to give you a pay raise." Smug Snake: The guy's only real defense against retribution for his behavior is the threat of firing and blacklisting for his own employees, or diplomatic fallout against Equestrians. Storm Talon fell under neither of these categories and proceeded to give him a much deserved smacking. The Night Wings A vicious group of griffon ninja seeking to overthrow the Sieyrie Lione government. They were aiding Ahuizotl in retrieving the Griffon's Goblet and would have served as the arm through which Ahuizotl would have controlled the griffon lands. Arch-Enemy: Like all ninja, pirates. Conservation of Ninjutsu: Lampshaded: "Why is it the less of you there are, the harder you get?!" Ninja. Dr. Caballeron Daring's most direct adversary, in the field of archaeology at least, is not adverse to selling artifacts to the highest bidder. Aristocrats Are Evil: Comes from a old Sadille family. Big Bad Wannabe: Always around to swoop in on Daring's latest expedition, but can't compare to the likes of Ahuizotl. Dirty Coward: Is never willing to get hooves dirty himself, always relying on his goons for the heavy lifting. Greed: His sole motivation in archaeology. Copperbeak A menacing griffon who is the leader of the Night Wings. He is figured prominently on the cover of Griffon's Goblet. Played in the film series by Clawrence Fishburne. Highly-Visible Ninja: Defied. "If he dressed like that, you'd know he was a ninja." Master Poisoner: Loves his toxins. Multi Wielding: When fighting Platinius, he wields a weapon in both talons, his tail, and his wings. Ninja: Of the old-school unobtrusive infiltrator kind. Actually how he killed the old leader. You Kill It, You Bought It: Took control of the Night Wings by killing the old leader. The Great Intellect Inspired by HP Lovecolt, this... thing first appears in Curse of the Yeti, controlling the titular Yeti and supporting Ahuizotl's plans for reasons that are never revealed. Bigger Bad Eldritch Abomination Hidden Agenda Villain Karma Houdini: Escapes unharmed at the end, though Expanded Universe authors Marevyn Haysman and Hinny Lincolt have hinted at a return. The Man Behind the Man: To Ahuizotl, in a subversion of what would become the traditional Hijacked by Ganon. Nothing Is Scarier: A disembodied consciousness (though it may have a body somewhere) that is only shown communicating by possessing Ahuizotl and Daren. It scares the horseapples out of Daring and Rayback, giving the latter nightmares for months. The Wooden Mask A Wooden Mask with dark secrets to it, and a corrupting influence. Artifact of Doom The Corrupter Evil Mask Nothing Is Scarier: There are hints in the book making it appear that the Mask is actually very self-aware, but this fact is never elaborated upon in full detail. Also interesting in that both sides of Coco Pie are terrified of the mask. King Hammerhoof The malicious and insane King of Zogin. Introduced in Platinum Crown. Played by Malcolm McTrottell in the film adaptation. Expy: Of the infamous Roaman Emperor Incitatus. The Incitatus: An obvious take on the historical Incitatus... Incitatus' Ergaster: ... right down to making his pet ape a senator. The Hoofstapo An underground organization whose motives are cloaked in mystery. Daring Do runs into their agents now and again on her adventures, but they only take a prominent role in Ring of the Marengeti. The Ghost: Their 'Glorious Leader'. Never appears in any of the books, but is always mentioned whenever the Hoofstapo appear. Nice Hat: Apparently a symbol of rank. High-ranking agents wear fedoras, but mooks wear newscolt caps. Politically Incorrect Villain Theme Naming: Each named agent's name ends in 'X' (Helix, Codex, Spandex...) Blackmane A Legendary Pirate Pony with a treasure hoard that is said to be worth tens of millions of bits. Played by Ian McMane in the film series. Antiquated Linguistics: When you're trapped for hundreds of years, it's hard to keep up with changes in language. Anti-Villain: Type I and II. His diary revealed that he's rather tired of being stuck on the mortal plane for hundreds of years, wanting to rest in peace. Berserk Button: You DON'T. TAKE. HIS. TREASURE. Bored With Insanity: His diary shows Sanity Slippage, at first showing his anger and misery at being trapped on the mortal plane, before degenerating into incomprehensible scribbles... Then it goes right back to his normal handwriting, implying this is the case. Flying Dutchmane As the legend goes, Blackmane was cursed to languish among his ill-gotten gains for all eternity. It's True. Ghost Pirate Greed: His fatal flaw. His inability to overcome it is what keeps him trapped on the mortal plane. Haunted Fetter / Soul Jar His treasure. Pirate: Duh Pirate Parrot: He's got one... it translates his more arcane combinations of Pirate lingo and old-style speech into plain Equestrian. See You In Tartauros: His final words to Ahuizotl Blackmane: Death'll come for ye soon enough, beastie. An' when it does, I'll be waitin'. Talk Like a Pirate: To the point of occasional incomprehensibility. Villain Team-Up: Ahuizotl is revealed to be the one who dropped the hints that brought Daring to the cove in the first place. You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: What happens to Blackmane once Ahuizotl appears. It doesn't stick Deborus Mane Nagridge The new President at the Royal Canterlot University, introduced in Cove of Candles. While seemingly capable at her job, she is noted as being a Unicorn Supremacist (though she can at least tolerate Pegasi not named Daring or some variant thereof). She sets out to reorganize the University and has a vendetta of principle against Daring. She spends a inordinate amount of time obstructing and working against Daring. She is revealed to have been a pawn of Ahuizotl in The Temple Of Nightmare Moon, and had long since given him the keys to the University's security system, as well as sponsored the exhibit that was a recreation of the eponymous temple Ahuizotl needed for his "eternal night" ritual. She is promptly killed off when Ahuizotl has no more need of her. Played by Mareyl Streep in the film series. 0% Approval Rating: From both fans and all but a select few of her subordinates at the University. Critical Research Failure: In-Universe. Justifies her racism against Earth Ponies by claiming that Princess Celestia rejects the inferior Earth Pony form (and by extension all non-ponies). Some plays go so far as to include a cut to Princess Celestia face-hoofing after Nagridge makes this claim. Princess Celestia has gone on record numerous times stating that she embodies all three kinds of ponies (though admits the Earth Pony connection is harder to visually recognize). Death by Irony: Is killed by Mareton...an earth pony. Early-Bird Cameo: Taking the chronology of the Expanded Universe into account, her appearance in Cloudfall Conspiracy is this, where she appears on the University Board during Masra's hearing. Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Her family and Page and Header. Daring uses this to point out how she was a less horrible pony than Mareton, much to his agitation. Evil Is Petty: While undermining Daring is part of her overall goals, she also cuts funding to "useless" Earth Pony studies and wastes a lot of time trying to get Professor Storm Talon fired because to her, he is a filthy chimera. Evil Trot: Speaks with a fake Trottingham accent. Foil: To Doctor Tabula Rasa. Hypothetical Fight Debate: One of her only equinizing traits is her fondness of joining Page and Header in their silly debates. Kick the Dog: Has a lot of scenes like this. Killed Mid-Sentence Killed Off for Real Mind Control: Her appointment as president involved drugging the right ponies to get her into her position. The Mole The Nagridge: Trope Namer No Celebrities Were Harmed: She is a thinly veiled Expy of controversial Equestrian Governor Maggie "The Iron Mare" Thadder. Not so Above It All: Despite her exterior as a rough, dictatorial, openly-speciest hard-flank, she is not above silly discussions with Page and Header on who would win between various historical and mythical figures (though she always favors unicorns over everything else, going so far as to claim Starswirl the Bearded could single-hoofedly crush Discord while blinded and deprived of his staff). Politically Incorrect Villain: She has made more than a few disparaging statements about Earth Ponies and those with Earth Pony blood in them (she apparently authored a propaganda booklet called "Earth Pony Magic: Real or Delusions?" under a pseudonym), and calls Professor Storm Talon a filthy chimera to his face. Other fun statements she's made include calling Zebras "Dirt Ponies", Abada "Wannabe Unicorns", Minotaurs "Bipedal Monstrosities", Diamond Dogs "Filthy Mongrels", and other hoofed sentients like mules, cows and sheep "lesser races". She even refers to the ape god Margarita as a filthy monkey. Redemption Equals Death: Probably. Tyrant Takes the Helm: Her attempts to reorganize the University were forceful and ham-hoofed. Villain Team-Up: In Temple of Nightmare Moon, one of her subordinates suggests that she consider working with Ambassador Hawkwings to get rid of Professor Storm Talon. Nagridge rejects the idea for all the obvious reasons (they are both racist against each other, Hawkwings is an idiot, has a competent subordinate who would be working against them, and if all goes wrong, Hawkwings could hide behind his Diplomatic Impunity while leaving her out to dry). You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: With hints of being Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves.
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Noteworthy Smith An artist who runs the mob in Baltimare. Appears in Trident of the Sea Ponies, Ring of the Marengeti, Buffalo Burial Ground, Wrath of Hammerhoof, Sad Statue. He is also one of the few canon characters to make an appearance in the Blood Diamonds series, and is in the first three Blood Diamonds stories. He is murdered in Worship in Fear. Played by Horsey Connick Jr. in the film series. Darker and Edgier: He's a bastard in canon, but given the literary freedoms that Blood Diamonds afforded the author, he's even worse. Diabolical Mastermind The Don Wicked Cultured: He's very big on great art and classical music. He's also a mob boss. In the Blood Diamonds series, as per its Darker and Edgier nature, he's implied to have particularly nasty tastes. Would Hurt a Child: He has ordered children murdered to cover up his crimes. Blood Diamonds all but states that that isn't even the worst he does to children. Page and Header Two unicorns working under Nagridge, and possibly the only ones who can stand her without being related to her. Played respectively by Mackenzie Croup and Lee Araberg in the film series. Beleaguered Assistant: In the Expanded Universe, they've become Dr. Flux Capacitor's aides as condition for their release. They're not happy with this. Big drat Villains: Despite their reservations, when they see Maretron threatening Dr. Flux Capacitor, they grab him and run to safety. Break the Haughty: Finding out their boss is working with one of Equestria's enemies, almost getting executed for treason because of said boss, being blacklisted by most of the scholarly community for their actual crimes, and then working for dotty Dr. Flux really took the wind out of their sails. Call Back: The Tirek Trilogy calls back to their Nightmare Moon vs Tirek debate. Cloudcuckoolander's Minders: They serve as this to Flux Capacitor. They are far from happy with this situation. Even Evil Has Standards: Despite their politics and loyalty towards Nagridge, they express legitimate discomfort with Nagridge working with Ahuizotl, and actually tender their resignation when it turns out she's been using them and Daring for Ahuizotl's plan in Temple of Nightmare Moon. Fate Worse than Death: Working for Dr. Flux Capacitor. They actually consider breaking their parole at times even if it would likely result in their execution. Heel-Face Turn: Well, Heel Neutral Turn. Even after the fallout with Professor Nagridge, they're still racist jerks, but after everything went to hell for them, they're too tired and terrified of breaking parole to try and cause any trouble. Hypothetical Fight Debate: The two discuss assorted mythological mashups, like who would win in a fight between between Nightmare Moon and Tirek. They're still at it in the Expanded Universe, adding Fuergott, Krastos and the Assembler into the mix. Politically Incorrect Villain: They have the same political leanings as Nagridge. Servile Snarker: While they do believe in the cause and work for Nagridge loyally, they do like taking a few potshots when she's being too overt. Those Two Bad Guys: They're always together. You Are Number Six: The secret society they belong to don't have their members address each other by name in a meeting, but rather a randomly assigned number. Page is 21, Header is 24. Inti The main villain in Legacy Of Nightmare Moon and one of the few times Ahuizotl wasn't the villain. He is a dragon who sought to capture the power of Nightmare Moon and use it to Take Over the World, starting with Equestria. Voiced by Ian McCloppen in the film series. An Alicorn Am I: Briefly gains control of Nightmare Moon's Power. Be Careful What You Wish For Dangerously Genre Savvy: A lot of his traps have been specifically designed to be Daring-proof, due to hearing about her escapades, and on the off-chance she got involved, he'd have the perfect defense. The only thing he failed to take into account were Daring's friends. Evil Is Not a Toy: That power rightfully belongs to Nightmare Moon. She does not like others using it... Fate Worse than Death In the end of the story, Inti is made an example of: rendered immortal wrapped in burning chains made from stars and bound to the sky as a living constellation. Forever. The dragon cowered, terrified, as the demon advanced upon him. Nightmare Moon smirked. "So, you wish for the power of the evening's heaven, my reptilian friend? The power of the stars? My power?" she asked Inti as she trotted over to him. The dragon began shivering as she slowly approached. Nightmare Moon stopped in front of Inti, lowered her head to his ear and whispered to him in a voice that only they two could hear, a voice dripping with pure malice and colder than the depths of space itself: "Then you shall have it." Hoist by His Own Petard Knight of Cerebus Light Is Not Good One-Winged Angel: His brief stint with Nightmare Moon's power, when added to his own, gave him gold and silver patterns across his scales, a second pair of wings, and two additional heads. The Power of the Sun: Has powers of light and can shoot fireballs (moreso than normal dragons). Power Parasite: Inti tries to take Nightmare Moon's power for himself while she is imprisoned in the Moon. He did not seem to realize that she was still far from helpless, much to his regret. Roaring Rampage of Revenge: He figures prominently in the Expanded Universe Star Quest Trilogy, still harboring the uncleansed taint of Nightmare Moon but no longer bound by her power. He's ticked. Rule of Scary: Once the facade of civility comes off, the scenes leading up to the end ride heavily on this. Tempting Fate: When in his full An Alicorn Am I mode, he declares his intent to consume the power of the sky, starting with the moon. This is when Nightmare Moon springs her trap. Commandant Rex Commandant Rex is the Alpha of the Diamond Dogs in Shrine of the Silver Monkey. Cool and collected, he was working with Ahuizotl to recover the Silver Monkey's treasure as tribute to a dragon warlord. He doesn't like Ahuizotl at all, especially due to his cat minions. Pony Jay originated the role in a radio production of Shrine of the Silver Monkey and later reprised it via magical hologram in the film adaptation of same. Due to Jay's untimely death, David Bowwow will play Rex in any future appearances, (starting with Trials of Unity) dubbed over by David Haye. note (Note that Haye can be heard in a pawful of lines in Shrine of the Silver Monkey, as Jay's death came shortly before his last recording session. However, Haye was uncredited and most fans fail to notice the difference on first viewing, though to some his line in The Stinger was a giveaway).. Back from the Dead: In Vaults of Celestia, it turns out he's become a revenant, an angry, vengeance-driven corpse in remarkably good condition. Badass: Possibly the only evil partner that Ahuizotl couldn't keep in check through fear. Badass Boast: While Neck Lifting Ahuizotl: "My mistress has ordered me to work with you to find the treasure. Try that again and you'll doing so in a body cast." Body Horror: Although his will is strong enough to survive Celestia's turn attempt long enough to seek cover, it melts the flesh off his face and turns part of him into a charred skeleton. Charles Atlas Superpower: He's implied to be as strong as he is because he trains with his dragon overlord. Combat Pragmatist: The first time Ahuizotl dropped his ham routine and tried to assert dominance over him, Commandant Rex had his elite guards chuck diamond knives at Ahuizotl to throw him off balance for a split-second, which was long enough for Rex to grab him by the throat. Determinator: Vaults of Celestia shows that not even death can keep him from his duties to his mistress. He even powers through Celestia's attempts to turn him. Expy: The way he comports himself, he comes across like some warped combination of Saladin from Princess' Quest VI and MegaBit. A Father To His Pack: For all Rex's horrible characteristics (cruelty, kidnapping, slaving, smuggling), he does care for his pack, which is why he deals with Ahuizotl directly instead of sending his minions after him. Genius Bruiser: He can dig through the ground like he was swimming through water while giving a lecture on the intricacies of crystal formation. I Need a Freaking Drink: In Trial, he's pretty much the only other guy aside from The Assembler to realize the stupidity of the situation, largely because he's far more antagonistic toward Ahuizotl than Daring. He downs most of a flask of chocolate milk to avoid thinking about it. Majored In Equestrian Hypocrisy: Despite the reputation of Diamond Dogs as idiotic thugs, Rex is quite well educated. My Master, Right or Wrong: He was only working with Ahuizotl because his dragon overlord commanded it. Turns out Ahuizotl stole a dragon egg and was using it as a hostage, though Rex was unaware of this. My Species Doth Protest Too Much: He's smart and cunning and has little interest in gems. Neck Lift: He actually pulls this off on Ahuizotl of all creatures. It did ultimately help lead to his ignominious defeat (by forcing Ahuizotl to realize he couldn't underestimate him in the slightest), but it says something about the dude. Rule of Creepy: The live chicken dinner, complete with a chilled beverage and a table laid out with fresh linen and polished silverware. All while holding up his end of a conversation without missing a beat. Tunnel King Weaksauce Weakness: His ultimate downfall involved chocolate pudding. Rex: *delirious* IT'S LIKE DELICIOUS POISON! Disneigh Villain Death Never Found the Body So Last Season: In Vaults of Celestia, he shrugs off an attack involving a giant chocolate fondue fountain. It's actually foreshadowing Rex's undead nature. Weapon of Choice: His Diamond-Claw Gauntlets. Wicked Cultured Digg Digg is something of an outcast even among the Diamond Dogs. While ostensibly a different breed (he's at least twice the size of any Diamond Dog that's not Rex), Digg is the most loyal of Rex's minions - problem is, he's like that around anybody. Big Friendly Dog The Ditz Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain Made of Iron: Apart from his fair share of Amusing Injuries, there's also the fact that he lacks the Diamond Dogs' major weaknesses, such as chocolate. Science Marches On: Digg is based on the lesser-known Diamond Dog subgroup of Dig Dogs, a bruiser caste rather than the singular oddity Digg was made out to be. The writers were spot on about the biological differences, though. Sweet Tooth: Easily bribed by Coco Pie's chocolates, while foreshadowing Rex's eventual downfall. Inferno Commandant Rex's dragon overlord in Shrine of the Silver Monkey, she only makes a few brief appearances including a flashback where she burns down a town of innocent ponies in retaliation to their government joining the war effort. Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She dispatches Rex to work with Ahuizotl because her egg was kidnapped. Evil Parents Want Good Kids: Implied to be the reason she lets Daring take her egg to Princess Celestia while she was dying. Hulk Speak: In Trial, she's following Ahuizotl in the nonsense trial despite her problems being more with Ahuizotl than Daring largely because she's been raised as a zombie, making her diction less than spectacular. Kill It with Fire: Standard per most dragons. Pride: She doesn't tell Rex about the egg partially because of her fear that Ahuizotl will smash it, but mostly because she was ashamed that even she, a mighty dragon, couldn't keep her egg safe. Retired Monster: Inferno was stated to be a war criminal, burning entire towns to a crisp (in the EU, Charity's unit was included in these rampages), and she's not sorry for what she did. However, since becoming a mother, she decided to devote her energies into making her child safe and comfortable rather than hurting others. You Have Failed Me: The Diamond Dog guards she had guarding her egg were eaten quite messily. Koloktos A huge golden statue of a odd bipedal figure found deep within the shrine of the silver monkey. Ahuizotl brought it to life to dispatch Daring Do, but she managed to finish it off. BFS: At one point, it's armed with various giant sharp blades Easily Detachable Robot Parts: With the use of her whip, Daring managed to take apart the mechanized monstrosity, but not too easily... A Load of Bull: In, "Daring Do and the Redhorn Cult", Koloktos appears once again, but the insane cult rebuilt it with the head of a minotaur. This has caused a stir in the fanbase. Mook Maker: It's able to somehow magically produce winged monkeys. Multi-Armed and Dangerous Non-Standard Character Design: It's described in an incredibly alien fashion, having traits resembling that of a "human" from Equestrian mythology. Playing with Fire: In its second appearance, Koloktos' minotaur head can shoot violet flames from its mouth, which it uses to incinerate the Redhorn cult leader. Sebastius Mareton A treasure hunter just like Daring. However, unlike Daring, is in it for the thrill of danger, whether he is in it or causing it. Played by the late Haystack Leaves in the film adaptation of Alicorn's Shadow, after his role was cut from Temple of Nightmare Moon. Ax-Crazy Badass Badass Normal: Is an earth pony. Cultured Badass: When not causing chaos, he's often seen with a book or listening to classic jazz. Berserk Button: Watch his affability melt away when someone gets between him and his target. Being considered lesser than Nagridge also puts him off. He also can't stand bigotry Big Bad: Of Alicorn's Shadow. Dragon with an Agenda: To Ahuizotl in Temple of Nightmare Moon. Blue and Orange Morality: In spite of the fact he's one of the more violent of Daring's enemies, he is not without his own code of morality. The problem is, there isn't a single pony in the series that could understand his code of morality. He does respect bravery, commitment and has an utter hatred for ponies that look down on other races. You can tell he utterly enjoyed offing Nagridge. Discussed further in the Expanded Universe novel, Daring Do and the Shadow's Heart. Mareton: (to Daring) Evil? Evil implies malevolence. I have simply existed up to this point to witness the throw of the universal die. To see who would become the dominant. As Celestia conquered Nightmare Moon and the combined efforts of your friends conquered Inti, it is to see who the victor is. That is my purpose, at the risk of my own life and others. That is more than simple "evil". Daring Ploy: Pulls several of these. Determinator Dissonant Serenity Even Evil Has Standards: See Blue and Orange Morality. Evil Counterpart: To Daring and Bravado. Expy: Word of Celestia says his personality was somewhat inspired by the mane character of A Clockwork Apple...it shows. Faux Affably Evil For the Evulz: Deconstructed in Shadow's Heart. Even the Shadow's Heart Jewel is disgusted by his actions. Genius Bruiser: Of the manipulative variety. Great Blue Hunter: Exhibits some of these traits. Hannibal Lecture: To Daring, Derring, Herpy and Nagridge. Alicorn's Shadow has entry on the Tear Jerker subpage: Derring has a knife to his throat and is marching him towards police custody. Before they leave the building he's used her Daddy Issues and inferiority complex to shut her down and then waltzes out. Hero Killer Humiliation Conga: After being virtually unstoppable throughout Alicorn's Shadow, Mareton finds himself being taken down a few pegs throughout Temple of Nightmare Moon and Legacy of Nightmare Moon, starting with Platinius busting a chair over his head, then he'd be given a taste of his own medicine by Daring, punched out by Storm Talon, and bucked in the side by Bravado. As of Shadow's Heart, the Conga is over... Manipulative Bastard: Exploits Derring's emotions to break her will. Not So Different: Tries to pull this on Daring. It doesn't work. Also tries to pull this again when he pulls an Enemy Mine in Legacy of Nightmare Moon. Daring suggest he's this to Nagridge. Drives him furious. Noodle Incident: How did he get those scars, anyway? Psycho for Hire: Maybe. Running Gag: His tendency to make Non-Sequitur Thuds, usually referencing somepony named Marv, whenever he is injured. Scars Are Forever: Has a few prominent scars on his back and a smaller one on his snout. They're never discussed in the books, but judging from the new trailer for the new Alicorn's Shadow movie, they will be in the films. Slasher Smile Social Darwinist The Sociopath: A self-aware example of this. "I'm not a psychopath, Miss Do, I'm a high-functioning sociopath. Honestly, get it right." Wicked Cultured Sweeney Trot A baker in Trottingham, appearing in Staff of Star Swirl, he kills ponies and bakes them into Cupcakes. Turns out his real name is Benjamin Gaiter, and you will pity him once you hear his backstory. Played by Cloppy Depp in both the Bridleway musical Sweeney Trot and in the film of Staff of Star Swirl. Creepy Blue Eyes Deadpan Snarker Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He loved Appalucy and Linnet Bird, he really did. Evil Counterpart: To Storm Talon (see Foil below) Evil Trot: Both by accent and name! Family-Unfriendly Death: He inflicts one on Lightning Kicker and suffers one himself. Foil: Acts as a dramatic one to Storm Talon; both of them are (or were) good men who struggled with self-destructive thoughts after the loss of their families. While Storm was able to find a semi-healthy outlet for his frustration in the war (and less healthy outlets like alcohol and suicidal thoughts), Sweeney had no such luck, which led to his insanity. From Nopony To Nightmare: Used to be a perfectly sane and ordinary barber. Ignored Epiphany: After learning of Linnet's survival and killing Hoovett, Sweeney sits in the basement for a long time, contemplating whether this is a sign from the heavens of a second chance, and that if he stops now, he might still have a chance for redemption... and then he keeps going. I'm An Equinitarian Politically Incorrect Villain: He doesn't like griffons. He calls them "feathercats". Ripped from the Headlines: He and Mrs. Hoovett were based off Quick Bread and Surprise Cake, respectively. Though, to this day nopony knows exactly how Quick Bread and Surprise Cake died. Selective Obliviousness: Sweeney not noticing the girl next door having the same name as his daughter despite her coming into the store on occasion probably had more to do with his refusal to accept responsibility for his crimes. Between being discovered and Mrs. Hoovett's slipping up, he was finally forced to confront reality. Or not, given what he planned to do to his daughter's adopted family. He also thinks he could start over by hiding the evidence. This is despite the fact that Mrs. Hoovett told him an expert on horse meat had already revealed he's been selling tainted food. This isn't why he rejects his perceived second chance, nor did he try to spin it as Mrs. Hoovett's fault, he just didn't care anymore. Single-Target Sexuality: He's only ever had eyes for Appalucy. Start of Darkness: If the death of his wife, Appalucy, wasn't this, his daughter Linnet Bird being taken away from him definitely was. Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: His backstory is really quite sad. His wife was killed and his daughter was stolen from him. You Have Failed Me: Subverted. When Mrs. Hoovett fails to stop Daring and Storm, she's worried that Sweeney would do her in for failure. She's relieved to find out that he won't. Unfortunately, in her panic, she let slip that she knew about Linnet's fate. That's when the last vestiges of Sweeney's sanity snaps, and he shoves her in the oven. Mrs. Hoovett Sweeney Trot's partner in crime. She has a massive crush on him, but he doesn't appear to have noticed. She was so desperate to make him love her, she allowed him to stay grieving for his lost daughter, Linnet Bird, by not telling him where she was. Played by Hoofena Bonham Trotter in both the Bridleway musical Sweeney Trot and the film of Staff of Star Swirl Betty and Veronica: Averted. She seems to think she's the Betty to Sweeney's deceased wife's Veronica, but the truth is, she's not in the equation at all. Evil Trot Family-Unfriendly Death: Inflicts several, and later Sweeney shoves her into her own cupcake oven. Hurricane of Puns: She's fond of her wordplay. I'm An Equinitarian: It's actually her recipes she and Sweeney Trot use. Knife Nut: Loves her blades. Laser-Guided Karma: She really had that death coming. Love Makes You Crazy Love Makes You Evil Manipulative Bitch: Lampshaded by Sweeney in The Musical. Mrs. Hoovett, you're a bloody wonder... Perky Female Minion Psycho Supporter Single-Target Sexuality: Towards Sweeney. Zuri A zebra mercenary that Alhuizotl occasionally employs. She appears in The Staff of Starswirl the Bearded, Trials of Unity, and several expanded universe stories. Mysterious Mercenary Pursuer: Plays this role in The Staff of Starswirl the Bearded. Scary Zebra Mare Characters: Daring Do Other Characters Disclaimer: The information on this page may not be canonical as this Character Page is part of the Just for Fun section for the "Daring Do" franchise, a series of books within a show introduced in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. While some of the characters and tropes are canonical from the show, others are strictly fan creations. Princess Celestia Princess Celestia has existed as a figure in Equestrian literature for centuries, due to her openness about being depicted in fiction. She has long since declared herself a public domain character so permission is not required for anypony to include her in their published works ( Caveat: This is true in Equestrian Law, but other lands and nations may or may not respect this custom — if you reside elsewhere, please double-check your regulations and treaties! ). This has led to a number of unsavory depictions, but she has stated that she doesn't mind. In the Daring Do series, Princess Celestia has appeared several times, usually rewarding Daring Do and other characters for their heroics, though she has also supplied important pieces of information, usually involving Nightmare Moon. To address why Princess Celestia doesn't solve these world-shattering problems herself, the author states that Celestia is generally very busy with keeping Equestria in order, as well as keeping track of both the Sun and the Moon, so she couldn't very well leave it to help Daring in her adventures. Besides, in Temple of Nightmare Moon, Celestia says that she feels safer knowing Daring is on the job. Portrayed by Princess Celestia in the films. Deus Exit Machina: During Legacy of Nightmare Moon, she is forced to use her power to keep the stars aligned to prevent Nightmare Moon's escape. Light is Good Princess Exposition: She explains the nature of the ritual to bring about Eternal Night in the Nightmare Moon series. Reasonable Authority Figure Royal "We": Used in-story when addressing the populace at large, but the real Celestia had long fallen out of use of this. Rule of Glamorous: The first few books overplays the Royal Appearance to make it clear the Princess is above most ponies, although this was dropped in later books. Rumor has it that the Princess herself requested this change, although this has never been confirmed. Platinius Platinius (full title: Deputy Ambassador Platinius) appears in Griffon's Goblet, he is a more rational subordinate to Ambassador Hawkwings. Played in the film series by Gary Birdshoff. Ambadassador: In addition to his diplomatic prowess, he also takes on Copperbeak and his ninja minions in claw-to-claw combat and saves Hawkwings' fat rear end from Mareton. Closet Geek: Seems to be a secret fan of the comic book "Sasquatch Mafia", but isn't telling anypony. Dude, Where's My Respect?: Averts a war between the griffons and ponies but Hawkwings gets the whole thing swept under the rug. Expy: Of Mane Retief. Hypercompetent Sidekick: But unlikely to get promotion due to his unorthodox methods. Only Sane Employee: The rest of Hawkwings' entourage consists of his sycophants and griffons who don't give a drat. Reassigned to Antarctica: He's implied to have made enemies with some higher ups and was sent to be Hawkwings' babysitter as a result. The Expanded Universe often runs with this and claims that the war he helped avert was being secretly promoted by those same higher ups. Weapon of Choice: His ceremonial dagger. Silvia Clawson A minor recurring character who mainly serves as a contrast between Platinius and the other embassy griffons, being a minor embassy functionary herself. She does little in the story except annoy Platinius usually by stealing pens and stationery, or with obnoxious or irritating personal habits. Acrofatic: Whilst not incredibly agile, she can move surprisingly fast for one of her size and weight. Afraid of Blood, Doctors and Needles: Basically seems to be afraid of anything that would be found in a Hospital like environment. Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Most of her appearances end with something in another room catching her attention. Bad Liar: Is apparently one. She's generally open about most things, to the point of it being an irritant, for it to really show up Big Beautiful Griffon: She's described by various characters as somewhat large and full figured but dialogue by various Griffons and Darrin Do indicate that, physically, she's quite attractive. Her personality on the other hoof... Big Eater Brilliant, but Lazy: She's known in the embassy to be an incredibly talented cook, but the effort in preparing meals for the rest of the staff or being a professional chef would require her to keep a regular schedule, so she instead uses her connection to Hawkwings to keep a job she barely does. Brutal Honesty Cannot Keep a Secret: Downplayed. She thinks a secret should be reserved for something important. As such she is quite open with what she considers 'lesser' secrets. Chubby Chaser/It Runs in the Family: Her girth is seen either as a sign that Hawkwings likes them fat, or he's genetically predisposed for obesity. Creature of Habit: Is very content with her lot in life and heavily resists any change. Cuddle Bug: Tends to end her informal conversations with a quick squeeze. Sometimes this can be problematic. Deathbringer the Adorable: There are a few occasions, including when Daring first visits the embassy, where a character is surprised that "The Dracogriff" is the easily distracted, mellow tempered Griffon using a yawn to hide stationery in her beak. Extreme Omnivore: Definitely at least a type one. From stuff that other Griffons wouldn't eat, like clearing out an entirely herbivorous buffet or flower stall, to stuff that's just generally unpalatable, she'll eat any foodstuff. There are also some comments from Platinus and the Series Encyclopedia that, though joking in nature, imply she has shades of a type two as well. Gass Hole: According to Platinius, she tends to belch loudly after eating. This is seen onscreen in Equestria and the Attack of the Jello Slimes and Silvia Clawson and Her Little Pony but it's possible he's just exaggerating. Heavy Sleeper: Nothing can wake her. Ending up on a bed of stationery, rolling over and laying on a minor embassy functionary, major disasters, absolutely nothing. Hidden Depths: According to the series encyclopedia, she's an avid drawer. That's part of the reason she's always stealing pens and stationery. The other part is because she's a lazy kleptomaniac who's too cheap to buy the stuff. Unfortunately, because her favorite color is preenfeather, her art is usually outside the visual spectrum of species like ponies, who can't see ultraviolet shades. Innocent Bigot: Interestingly, the more outwardly offensive things she says seem to be of this variety. In-Series Nickname: "Dracogriff". See Stealth Insult. Irony: Nagridge refused to work with Hawkwings, for among other reasons, his complete inability to be discrete. And yet even Platinius by that point didn't know what Silvia's relationship with Hawkwings was. Lazy Bum: Barely does her job or much of anything really. Mares Love Stuffed Animals: Well, griffons do. Nepotism: While there's conflicting information as to whether she got her job through this or legitimate means, it's definitely how she keeps it. No Sense of Direction: According to the series encyclopedia, she can get where she wants easily. However, she generally doesn't want to go anywhere and will just wander off randomly instead. No Sense of Personal Space: She tends to get overly close to others, though she never seems to realize or intentionally do it. Obliquely Obfuscated Occupation: It's never made entirely clear what her job actually entails. The series encyclopedia states that no-one, aside from Silvia herself, knows In-Universe either. Obsessed with Food Running Gag: She tends to complain that her paws are sore or ache, despite not having done much of anything. Screw the Rules, I Have Connections! She's got some connection to Hawkwings, which lets her get away with behavior that's less becoming of an embassy staff member. There's a vague hint that she might be Hawkwings' illegitimate daughter, though Expanded Universe works that delve into this can't decide if she's his daughter or mistress. Traditionalist griffon readers find both interpretations offensive. (Fanworks jokingly insinuating that she may be both are generally regarded as tastelss at best.) Stealth Insult: Platinius has been known to refer to her as "The Dracogriff". Silvia thinks it's a term of endearment, but doesn't realize he's not referring to dragonkind's power and majesty, he's referring to their size, kleptomania, laziness, eating habits and deadly breath. Statuesque Stunner: Whilst not overly huge, Silvia is quite a bit taller than the average Griffon. Stout Strength: Not often shown but she did once lift a desk one armed to pick up a dropped pen. The series encyclopedia expands on this stating that, if focused, she could one arm curl Hawkwings if she wanted. Supreme Chef: Despite, or possibly even because of, her exotic tastes, Silvia is an incredibly capable cook, frequently getting in Hawkwings' good graces with the food she makes him. If she were to apply herself, she could easily be the embassy's (or even just Hawkwings') chef and nopony would question what she's doing there. Unfortunately for her, this would involve maintaining a regular schedule and resisting the urge to eat what she makes before anyone else can have any, or indeed, resisting the urge to eat the raw ingredients before they could be prepared. Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: If they are indeed in a relationship, her and the slightly smaller than average Hawkwings. Vitriolic Best Buds: According to the series encyclopedia she believes that she and Platinus are this. They're not. You Need a Breath Mint: Her eating habits have strange effects on her digestive system. Her breath tends to smell of what she's most recently eaten which, given her eating habits, could be really good, barely noticeable or really, really bad. Zebra Chieftan Zibrahim Appears in Ring Of The Marengeti, he takes Herpy in and explains the significance of the Ring of the Marengeti. Will be played in the film series by Denzel Horsington - while the film isn't even in pre-production yet, Horsington gave the Ultimate Universe comic book creators the rights to his likeness, provided that he would be given first chance at the film role. Mr. Exposition: Explains the nature of the Ring of the Marengeti. Mr. Fanservice No Celebrities Were Harmed: His lack of Marengei accent in his Surprisingly Good Equish, combined with his vocal inflections anytime he mentions gem types, seals the deal on this Expy of famed sportsstallion-turned-spokesstallion Isaiah Horstafa. Rule of Sexy: a rare male example. The story even describes how his opponent in the physical contest ritual was stunned and distracted enough to lose to him unintentionally. Scary Zebra Stallion: His introduction showcases him being really, really intimidating. The Medicine Mare Zibrahim's unnamed Abada wife who gives Herpy a counter-toxin to protect him against the poison traps that guard the artifact. Known Only by Their Nickname The Medic: Her knowledge of toxins and counter-toxins is extensive. She and Desert Rose have had extensive correspondence, though Desert Rose also doesn't know her name. No Name Given: She is referred to as "Beloved" by Zibrahim and "Medicine Mare" by everypony else. Rule of Romantic: The throne room scene where she is discussing with Chieftan Zibrahim just what they should tell Herpy has been noted as an example of this. Nightmare Moon While she doesn't physically appear, the Mare in the Moon still plays an important part in driving the plot of a few of the books, particularly the two books in the Nightmare Moon series. She plays a bigger role in Daring Do and the Moon Ponies. Played by Princess Luna in the film series. An Alicorn Am I: Her personality in "Daring Do and the Moon Ponies". Bigger Bad Curb-Stomp Battle: Kills Scream Star with ease and almost kills Daring Do. Daring Do was lucky those events were in a dream. MacGuffin: Not Nightmare Moon so much as her power. Both Ahuizotl and Inti seek it to further their agendas. Make an Example of Them: What she does to Inti. Oh Celestia, just that. Rule of Scary: How Nightmare Moon was written. Sealed Evil in a Can: Nightmare Moon remains imprisoned in the Moon throughout the series, reflecting the real world situation at the time of the publication of the books. The Gardener An earth pony that lives in a lush valley in the Himineighen Mountains. He is very protective of his garden and doesn't allow any other animals in it. When Daring arrives, his garden becomes messed up so he lashes out at her. Ahuizotl was the one who was messing it up, trying to blame Daring. Portrayed by Prance Henriksen in the Gardens of Equestria film. Amplifier Artifact: Wears a necklace that makes plant life abound and allows him to control its growing beyond the methods posessed by most earth ponies. Green Hoof: Mostly uses it to grow the plants, but can also use it to stop intruders, as Daring found out. Loyal Animal Companion: He has a dog made of wood named "Dogwood". Apparently bred from a wolf made of timber (if such a thing exists...). Also The Pikmin view him as a master. No Name Given Planimal: The only kind of "animal life" he seems to tolerate in his garden are these kind of hybrids: Alongside the Pikmin are dinosaurs with bulbs, leaves and petals growing out of their backs, necks and heads, literal leaf-tailed geckos, ivy snakes, deer with branches for antlers, turtles with trees growing out of their backs, cotton sheep, leaf monkeys and potato frogs. Really 700 Years Old: Not outright stated, but considering that he remembers planting some trees that are depicted as twenty feet wide and over a thousand years old, one has to wonder... Super OCD: He likes his garden just so, and can't stand it when others mess with it. The Pikmin Bizarre yet strangely adorable and very tiny plant/animal hybrids. They were first encountered in The Gardens of Equestria as residents of the Gardener's garden. Since then, they've been following Daring Do and have turned up in the strangest of places. Usually being spotted by another character or being the first casualties of the novel. Butt Monkey: They are usually on the receiving end of a lot of bad luck, such as getting squashed, sprayed with bug spray, drowning, being set on fire, electrocution, being eaten by other creatures, being blown up... Cargo Cult: Herpy theorizes that the pikmin regard Daring as some kind of goddess, but no one really believes him. Dancing Is Serious Business: When they aren't carting off food or being killed... They're doing some strange dance. Did You Just Buck Out Discord: They they may be tiny, but they managed to overpower Ahuizotl through sheer numbers at the end of The Gardens of Equestria. Explosive Breeder: Perhaps the only reason why they haven't all been killed off yet. Kid-Appeal Character: Goodness knows why else they keep showing up. Planimal Ridiculously Cute Critter: If you view them as such, unless it's... Small Annoying Creature Servant Race: They were this for The Gardener, but a few left to follow Daring when she left the fabled Gardens of Equestria. Shoo Out the Clowns: When they're around, things are generally calm or humorous. They make themselves scarce when things get serious. Sweet Tooth: They're often spotted stealing snacks such as cookies or fruit. Too Dumb to Live The Unintelligible: They're described as making squeaking or trilling noises. Laurentia of the Red Mane An alicorn with a quill-in-an-inkwell cutie mark who helps Daring out of a tight corner involving Diamond Dogs on Ahuizotl's unicorn serum in Temple of Nightmare Moon. Action Mare: Holy clopping horseapples, is she ever. Badass: Possibly one of the biggest badasses in the entire series. Chekhooves' Gunmare: She's mentioned earlier as a Mysterious Protector to those in the Temple, but doesn't show up until later. Fiery Redhead Informed Ability: Her cutie mark indicates she's talented in writing, but she isn't shown doing this during her appearance. Mysterious Protector: Has a reputation for often swooping in to assist ponies in need in the Temple, and she backs it up very well. One-Mare Army: Takes down an entire squad of Diamond Dogs on Super Serum by herself, all without barely breaking a sweat. Pre-Plot Kicking One-Liner: "Meow." Star Swirl the Bearded An ancient unicorn sorcerer, Star Swirl makes one appearance in the series proper at the end of Staff of Star Swirl the Bearded to get Daring and Bravado out of a tight spot. Played by Tom Braeker in the film series. The Archmage Badass Baritone: Par for the course with Tom Braeker. Badass Beard Curb-Stomp Battle: Delivers one to Ahuizotl Historical-Domain Character The Magnificent One-Scene Wonder: His sole appearance is as essentially a ghost, hiding within the reassembled Staff, waiting to reward or punish the one to put the blasted thing back together. Having served his one last purpose, he fades away not long after, though not before congratulating Daring and Bravado on a job-well-done. Robe and Wizard Hat Wizard Beard Linnet Bird An innocent teenaged filly from Trottingham, living happily with her adopted family. She's Sweeney Trot's long-lost daughter, though he doesn't live long enough for them to reunite. Daring eventually decides Linnet would be happier not knowing her dad was a serial killer. Deadpan Snarker: Most obvious with her interaction with Arthur. She got it from her dad. Happily Adopted The Ingenue Innocent Blue Eyes Proper Lady Silk Hiding Steel: Don't let her polite nature fool you. If you annoy her, she will deal with you in the most sarcastic way possible. What Beautiful Eyes: Her eyes are particularly emphasized on. They're the first clue that she's related to Sweeney. Arthur, King of the Trots A delusional stallion with ego issues. He seems to believe he's king, leads around his friends ("knights") on quests, spends his free time arguing with Linnet Bird, and generally annoys the horseapples out of everyone in Trottingham. Attack! Attack... Retreat! Retreat!: He attempts to ambush a pack of manticores with his knights... Arthur: CHAAAAAARGE! (fully grown manticore appears) Arthur: Run awaaaaaaay! Catchphrase: "Run away!" Cloudcuckoolander Insistent Terminology: He's Arthur, King of the Trots, get it right! Also, they're not "a band of idiots" they're his "knights!" Miles Gloriosus Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: The Knights Who Say Neigh. Whether or not they actually exist is up for debate. Not to mention Linnet Bird. "Taunting brat." Small Name, Big Ego Swinn and Dell, the Swinndell Sisters Twin traveling con artists who like to try and cheat ponies into buying fake artifacts. They cross paths with Daring on occasion, and seem to consider themselves on the same level as explorers such as Daring, Bravado, and Sebastius. Ultimately, they're too much of a walking joke to even be considered villains. Accidental Misnaming: Herpy seems incapable of remembering their names. Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: After a very vicious argument between the two after they get dragged into Daring's adventure in Cove of Candles, Dell saves Swinn's life from one of Blackmane's crew, and they two reconcile. Swinn returns the favor during Temple of Nightmare Moon. Berserk Button: For either sister, threatening the other one. For Swinn (in the Expanded Universe, anyway), Mareton learns the hard way that it's not a good idea to cheat on her. Or abandon her. Or attempt to frame her. Bow Ties Are Cool Closet Geek: Dell seems to be a secret fan of the comic book "Sasquatch Mafia", but isn't telling anypony. Cool Carriage: Their mechanized wagon, which is self-propelled and steering, thanks to their unicorn magic. Con Mares Goldfish Poop Gang Harmless Villain Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain Jerks With Hearts Of Gold Morality Pet: Swinn isn't really evil, of course, but she is noticeably kinder to Dell than she is to anybody else. Once Per Book Punny Name: Their combined names are, of course, a play on the word "swindle", which is exactly what they do for a living. Redemption Equals Death: Swinn Running Gag: Herpy getting their names wrong, calling them names such as "Shim and Sham" or "Snake and Oyl". Swinn takes more and more offense to this every time it happens. In the expanded universe, Swinn and Mareton used to date. Single-Minded Twins Tag Team Twins: The few times they've gotten involved in the main plots of the books, they become this. Tareme Eyes: Dell Tomboy and Girly Girl: To a certain degree. Swinn is a bit more gruff and blunt, while Dell is a bit more quiet and sweet. Trickster Twins: Were mentioned to be this in their youth. Tsundere: Swinn, especially towards Herpy. This carries over into the expanded universe, where she goes to swooning over Mareton to trying to strangle him in seconds. Tsurime Eyes: Swinn Twin Banter: They have a tendency to snark at each other when there's nopony else around to insult. Unknown Rival: To Daring and various other explorers. Ghoul S. Dachshund A very confused, paranoid, and strung-out Diamond Dog, who occasionally gives Daring advice. First appears in Curse of the Yeti He's a former adventurer-slash-reporter (though now retired, thanks to his addictions), and was also a member of Daren Do's cadre of archeologists. Now works as a novelist when not teaching at the university, having written several popular books, including Where the Buffalo Roam, Fear and Loathing in Las Pegasus, and The Cider Diary. Played by Jeff Briard in the film series. The Alcoholic: And loving it very much. Closet Geek: Seems to be a secret fan of the comic book "Sasquatch Mafia", but isn't telling anypony. Cool Shades Deadpan Snarker Even Slightly Deranged Addicts Have Standards: Takes moderate offense to Tabula not wanting Rayback to accompany him and Storm to the Blank village during Tinker's Seal. "I love kids. I'm not gonna tie him down and force him to drink the hard stuff. I would have even brought the soft Apple Cider." It should be noted while her objection to Storm and Ghoul specifically taking him due to the fact that they're bad influences is Played for Laughs, Storm reminds him they're heading to a town full of paranoid, undead, ritualistic murderers in the middle of a dangerous forest, and as such is no place for small children, draconic or not. Not that that stops Rayback from stowing away in Storm's luggage, much against Tabula's wishes. Immune to Drugs: Has smoked enough Poison Joke, drank enough hard Apple Cider, and snorted enough Diamond Dust to kill the entire Canterlot Royal Guard, and it's had no adverse physical effects. Mental effects, on the other hoof... Intrepid Reporter: Was once this, back in the day. New-Age Retro Hippie: He seems determined to subvert this as much as possible. He could honestly care less about war or peace, so long as he has his cider. Nice Hat: A floppy white fisherpony's hat, as well as an ever-present pair of Cool Shades. Noodle Incident: Curse of the Yeti has a brief description of his book The Cider Diary, which describes how Ghoul, in his Intrepid Reporter days, exposed a drug trafficking baron while working in the Gallopagos. While Daring believes his claims that it's true, she decides not to ask him if that's where he discovered that Witch-Weed that he loves so much. Rebellious Spirit The Stoner: He's very fond of Poison Joke and diamond dust. Trademark Favorite Food: Hard Apple Cider Verbal Tic: Seems incapable of speaking without clenching his teeth. He also, for reasons known only to him, likes to give everypony nicknames ending with "-ton" or "-ington" (Darington, Herpington, Nagridgeton). The latter appears to be a voluntary tic, as he drops it during serious situations, such as his attempted Heroic Sacrifice in Tinker's Seal. How he deals with names that already end in "-ton" or "-ington" is highly inconsistent, perhaps intentionally so. Why Did It Have To Be Fruit Bats: Has a deep, deep-seated fear of Fruit Bats. Writer's Block: Has been stuck on his current book, How do You Solve a Problem Like Hysteria, for roughly two years. Professor Ed An earth pony who teaches philosophy at the university. First appears in Curse of the Yeti, hoping Daring will date an 'ancient urn' he bought, only to be told it came from Pottery Stable. Butt Monkey: He is the Swinndell Sisters' recurring victim. It's implied his house is full of their bogus merchandise. Catch Phrase: Of Course, of course. Happily Married: It's been stated that he has a wife...who's less than happy he keeps getting swinndell'd. Horrible Judge of Character: No matter how many times they cheat him, he can't get it into his head that the Swinndell Sisters aren't trustworthy. Recurring Extra Running Gag: Will brag about his latest purchase, and learn just a little too late that he was taken. Masra The President of the Royal Canterlot University in the early books, and former general for the Canterlot Guard. While she doesn't appear until Curse of the Yeti, she is featured in the two canon books set prior to Sapphire Stone. She's implied to have retired in the opening chapters of Cove of Candles, being replaced at the end of the book by Nagridge. Her typical role is chastising Daring for neglecting her teaching, though she is usually willing and able to provide useful advice on the few adventures Daring tells her about in advance, and it's clear that she values Daring's contributions to the University. Played in the film series by Alphabet Soup, who reprised the role in the recent Pony In A Box Productions adaptation of Sapphire Stone. Bait-and-Switch Tyrant: Spear of the Windigos plays this one for Dramatic Irony - her promotion to President of the University happens just after Daring's appointment to the Equinology department, and Ghoul and Storm seem to expect Masra to be a case of Tyrant Takes the Helm based on reputation - their comments unwittingly predict most of Nagridge's more benign if still frustrating changes. They're wrong, and by the end of the book they see her as the best boss the University has ever had. Benevolent Boss The Chains of Commanding: Was very willing to make the hard decisions when running Equestria's military. This comes back to haunt her in Cloudfall Conspiracy. Cool Old Mare Da Chief Dented Iron: A recurring theme of Cloudfall Conspiracy is how she's getting old, and if she's still cut out for her jobs. This is revealed to be half the reason she resigned from her General post, the other half being guilt from betraying Silver. Face Death with Dignity: Makes no claims that what she did to Silver was right, and freely accepts responsibility for her actions. Both times Silver has her cornered, she only stands up straight and stares him in the eye. Hauled Before The University Board: Happens when the University Board tries to use her as a scapegoat for the University Office bombing. Her defense is widely considered to be one of the high points of the book. I Did What I Had to Do: Subverted. With the exception of Silver, nearly every character except her acknowledges that it must have been a tough choice to sacrifice Silver to end the Third Griffon-Diamond Dog war. Storm and Ghoul are both very thankful to her for ending it. It even has a reference to the Star Quest spinoff series' famous line about The Needs of the Many. Masra herself feels extremely guilty for abandoning Silver, but does not regret being able to end the war. Iron Mare Killed Off for Real: In Cloudfall Conspiracy. My Greatest Failure: She considers her betrayal of Sterling Silver to the Griffon Guerillas to be this. Put on a Bus: Sometime between Alicorn's Shadow and Cove of Candles with no explicit explanation, much to the consternation of her fans. Cloudfall Conspiracy provides an explanation for this. Reasonable Authority Figure
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It's Dozerfleet all over again.
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So this is all fanfic with some vague connection to some random feature of the MLP universe that probably only appeared for a split second on-screen as some kind of injoke? Only it's fanfic in the sense that it's a list of tropes for a hypothetical in-universe work which are supposed to be on-their-face entertaining just by being lists?
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Tanner The current President of the University, promoted from Head of the Mathematics Department following Nagridge's death, first introduced during Legacy Of Nightmare Moon and remaining in the position through most of the New Adventures. A capable administrator, though younger, friendlier and more sociable with his subordinates than either of his predeccessors. Benevolent Boss Da Chief The Fillibert Principle: Played with: while he's not exactly incompetent as a teacher, nor as an administrator, the Board promoted him less for those skills and more because they realised they'd have a harder time finding a suitable replacement Head of Arcane Magic if they promoted Tabula (his only rival for the position, and the Acting President at the time). Nice Guy Non-Action Guy Reasonable Authority Figure Unresolved Sexual Tension: With Tabula. Initially on the Belligerent side, fueled by resentment over him replacing her. The Wandering Dragon A dragon of unknown origin and motivation, Daring occasionally bumps into him in the series, appearing only once in the book he appears in, usually to inadvertly save Daring from an antagonist by sheer presence. Accidental Hero: Isn't TRYING to save anyone, but that's how his appearences end up being. Chekhooves' Lecture: In Tinker's Seal (His ONLY Expanded Universe appearence) he makes an off-hand remark to Rayback. When Rayback relates this to Daring, it gives her an idea to save the day. No Name Given: To date, the Dragon has never given Daring any form of identification. The 'Wandering Dragon' name comes from the series encyclopedia. No Sell: When Hoofstapo agents blast him with a full-frontal assault of magic, all he does is raise a Fascinating Eyebrow. (Ring Of The Marengeti) Our Dragons Are Different: Unlike most dragons in the series, this one is far less antagonistic...if only from lack of effort. Parental Abandonment: Didn't know his sire, but according to him that's normal for reptiles. Walking the Earth: The dragon appears in different places each time, so he's possibly doing this. Your Size May Vary: When Daring first meets the Dragon in Griffin's Goblet, he's described as bigger than a house. However, in Cove Of Candles he fits through a cave opening 'the size of a buffalo.' The series encyclopedia brings up the possibility that he can grow and shrink at will. (Twilight Sparkle of Ponyville's pet dragon once demonstrated this power, so it's not completely strange to imagine) Doris Darrin's on-and-off again donkey marefriend. She doesn't get much characterization in the main books. Flat Character: One of the only donkey characters in the main series, and her lack of characterization has irked some donkey readers. Interspecies Romance: With Darrin. Satellite Character: Really only mentioned in relation to Darrin. Token Minority: One of the few donkey characters in the series. Banizacherla An alicorn, white with yellow mane and tail, whose cutie mark is a rainbow above a unicorn silhouette. She appears in Spear of the Windigos to sort out the Raptorians. Something of a Base Breaker. Dea ex Machina: In much the same way as Laurentia. Mrs. Jumbo An elephant who acts as the Royal Canterlot University's head housekeeper. Mostly a background character used for a quick joke. Almighty Janitor: Being the physically strongest being on campus, she's naturally this. My Beloved Smother: Tends to treat everyone on campus, students and teachers, like children, insisting that they eat healthy and not stay up too late at night. General opinion is mixed on this, but nopony's had the heart (Or courage) to tell her off. Neat Freak: Hinted. Daring comes upon a sign that says WIPE HOOVES OR ELSE -Love, Mrs. Jumbo Noodle Incident: Her reason for being is to be involved in quickly-mentioned, but unexplained events. For example; There hadn't been this much tension on campus since Mrs. Jumbo tried to wash Storm Talon's beak out with soap and water. Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: Storm Talon is the only one that comes close to being intolerant of her shenanigans. There Was a Door: Due to her size and poor eyesight, she tends to wreck any door she uses. At one point Daring enters a building 'Through the hole Mrs. Jumbo created.' Nobody really calls her out on it, but the university just subtracts the repair cost from her paycheck. King Scorpan Prince of the Apes in classical mythology, he appears as King in Shrine of the Silver Monkey. Appropriated Appellation: The original Scorpan possessed him, but decided to keep the name after being cleansed of demonic taint. Baleful Polymorph: As any mythological scholar can tell you, Tirek made him into a monster during his plan to engineer The Night That Never Ends Everything's Better with Monkeys Fighting from the Inside: Was apparently able to affect the original Scorpan when the latter was possessing him, to the point where the latter eventually pulled a Heel-Face Turn. Furry Reminder: These are apes, not ape-shaped ponies. Royals Who Actually Do Something, like kick Ahuizotl's flank six ways from Sunday. Margarita and Balthasar Two of the three Ape Gods from classical mythology, they also appear in Shrine of the Silver Monkey. Margarita will be making a return in the Expanded Universe series The Tirek Trilogy. Arch-Enemy: Tirek. Furry Confusion: Inverted; mention is made of Margarita's non-sentient horse from the Midnight Castle legend. Physical God: Of course Pre-Plotkicking One-Liner: Before they defeat Beta Max and his Mooks, Balthasar responds to Max's "Sic 'em!" by saying "En garde to you, too." Characters: Daring Do Notable Expanded Universe Characters Disclaimer: The information on this page may not be canonical as this Character Page is part of the Just for Fun section for the "Daring Do" franchise, a series of books within a show introduced in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. While some of the characters and tropes are canonical from the show, others are strictly fan creations. Friends and Allies - Polo House New Adventures Mahavir/Mahiavar A student at the university, Mahavir/Mahiavar (his name changes spelling with different editions) is an eager young Earth stallion with a tendency to land himself in trouble. Only mentioned once in the canon books, he's given a much greater role in the Expanded Universe. Noodle Incident: His sole mention in Wooden Mask is this. "Let me guess." Daring groaned. "Mahavir/Mahiavar's in the hospital again, isn't he? He never learns..." The Watson: Come the EU, he takes over this a lot from Herpy. Gypsy Bard A perky orphaned gypsy mare in the town where the Colt of Smooze set up. Despite knowing what's going on, she is constantly dismissed by the other residents as being crazy. Turns out that the Colt Leader set this up as revenge for rebuffing her advances. Cassandra Truth: She's been trying to warn ponies of the Colt of Smooze for years, but nopony would believe her. The Chew Toy: Gets a lot of abuse, both from the town residents and from the universe at large. Foil: To the Colt of Smooze as a whole. Despite the crap she goes through, she never gave into despair, unlike the Colt of Smooze. Only Sane Mare Properly Paranoid: She always purifies her water before drinking it, which helps keep the spiked water supply of the town from affecting her. She knows how to determine whether or not a pony is wearing hair dye, makeup, or even using magic to alter appearances. Sadly, she didn't consider soul transfer. Roamani: A much more complex and accurate portrayal than most. Split Personality: When the Colt Leader infects her with Smooze Goo via Forceful Kiss, she starts acting like a Colombian drug lord. "I started acting like a Colombian drug lord! I don't even know what a Colombian is!" Stepford Smiler: Type A: She is almost always chipper, but when the facade breaks, you find a deeply lonely individual. Throw the Dog a Bone: It's implied that the two children she adopts at the end of the book are the reincarnations of her parents. What the Hell Is That Accent?: Her accent is described as sounding like "a little bit of everything". Justified, due to her nomadic past. Anne Bonfire An Earth Pony Sky Pirate and ally of Daring Do. While she is on the side of good, she sees nothing wrong with stealing. She leads a group of mostly pegasus fliers called the "Bonny Bombers" Ace Pilot Anti-Hero Badass Badass Normal: She's an earth pony rather than a pegasus, but she is still one of the best fliers around Big drat Heroes: She comes to help defend Manehattan in Tinker's Seal. Cool Airship: She gets one of these. It's the Executor, which she took after killing the previous owner. Cool Plane: The Falcon is one of the fastest, most agile planes around Cut Hex Hoofor A Check: She doesn't just patent her technology and use the money to start charities and employ the poor because she's a wanted criminal the world over. Piracy on the high skies carries stiff penalties, so the best she could hope for is being thrown in jail for the rest of her life and the worst is that she'd be thrown off her skyship... for the rest of her life. Besides, where's the fun in running a business? Friendly Rivalry: With Ben Hornigait. Gadgeteer Genius: She designed her plane Girly Bruiser Greed Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Mary Just Like Robin Hoof: When she steals cash, she gives it to the poor (or, at least what's left after a "reasonable percentage") Karmic Thief: Most of Anne's targets are total jerks. Kick the Son of a Bitch: She usually steals from the corrupt and avaricious. Loveable Rogue Mutually Exclusive Party Members: Daring is well aware she can't allow Anne and Storm in the same room because they're a pirate and a retired pirate hunter respectively. Pirate Girl Sky Pirate Tomboy and Girly Girl: The Girly Girl to Mary's Tomboy. Mary Reader Anne's second in command and best friend. Ace Pilot Badass Badass Bookworm Cool Plane: The Harris. Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Anne The Lad-ette The Lancer Loveable Rogue Pirate Girl Polyamory: She has at least three coltfriends, one of whom has another marefriend. Pragmatic Hero: Far more willing to Shoot the Dog than her boss. Really Gets Around: Has a lover in every port. Sky Pirate Talk Like a Pirate: Does this when she's "in character". Tomboy and Girly Girl: The Tomboy to Anne's Girly Girl. Wingpony: Got her start being this to Anne. Benjamin Hornigait Another Sky Pirate, and a competitor with Anne. A Father to His Men Badass Four-Star Badass: While he holds no official rank, his subordinates call him "admiral" out of respect and affection. Cool Airship: The Queen's Magnum Friendly Rivalry: With Anne Nice Hat: His tricorn. Rags to Riches: Although he's very wealthy now, he came from an impoverished family. Sky Pirate The Strategist: He excels in air-based strategy and tactics. Talk Like a Pirate: Justified, as he's originally from a working-class neighborhood of Braystol. High Priest Whitefrock The Qilin high priest of Korblion, who is worshipped by the inhabitants of the lost city of Xiatropolis. He and his followers worship an idol which is actually the titular skull in disguise. All-Loving Hero Badass Pacifist: He wouldn't fight even if he could. However, he can still be very tough in his own way. Berserk Button: Do not damage any of his books or badmouth his religion Face Death with Dignity Good Shepherd: He's very accepting and helpful. Killed Off for Real Large Ham: Dear Celestia, is he ever! He has been known to give loud, bombastic speeches that last for hours. While somewhat more subtle outside of this context, he still overacts everyone off the page. Non-Action Guy Stallion In White Star Shimmer A unicorn from Ambra's Glen that appears in Daring Do and the Obsidian Sentinel. She is the proprietor of the ruins of Midnight Castle and is in mourning over her lover's death when Daring Do and her group encounter her. Affectionate Nickname: Earth Song used to call her his "guiding star". Broken Bird: She became very stern and distant after Earth Song's death. Collector of the Strange: She collects dragon skulls. After Earth Song is freed, she donates them to the Canterlot University, explaining that she no longer needs them. Creepy Good Creepy Monotone: She never shifts out of her flat tone. At first. Dark Is Not Evil: Both the ownership of Midnight Castle and the ability to control darkness have been passed down through her family. Defrosting Ice Queen: Made apparent in Tinker's Seal, where she's shown to be more cheerful after marrying Earth Song. Famous Ancestor: Her ancestor was said to have defeated the Obsidian Sentinel in battle centuries ago. One part of Tinker's Seal implies that she is also related to a mythical dark ruler of the North, which was based on a vague legend. After the return of the Crystal Empire, the author was asked if this was King Sombra. The answer was Sure, Why Not?. Happily Married: To Earth Song in Tinker's Seal. Mad Artist: Admittedly, she isn't crazy, but her artwork is very morbid. Before Daring met her, she stumbled across some of her paintings in the ruins. Daring found the one depicting a white unicorn getting attacked by Windigos particularly disturbing. Mare In Black Not So Stoic: There are times when her emotionless mask slips. The most notable example is when the Obsidian Sentinel claimed that it killed Earth Song. Her fury and rage creeped Daring out. Perky Goth: After she gets her happiness back. Perpetual Frowner: Before she defrosts. When She Smiles: It's enough to surprise Daring Do, who previously thought that Star Shimmer had all the happiness sucked out of her. Earth Song An earth pony that appears in Daring Do and the Obsidian Sentinel. He was Star Shimmer's coltfriend some time ago; however, after his disappearance during a cyclone, he was presumed dead. Turns out that he wasn't dead at all; Ahuizotl kidnapped him during the cyclone, brainwashed him, and forced him into the Obsidian Armor. Adorkable: One can't help but get this impression from him during the flashback. Brainwashed and Crazy: A hug from an overjoyed Star Shimmer was enough to help him break free. Fancolt: If Trial is to be believed, he becomes one for Daring. His "Why Daring is awesome" speech was over five hours long! Keet Late-Arrival Spoiler: It's better to read Obsidian Sentinel before Tinker's Seal, as Tinker's Seal shows him to be alive and well. The Lost Lenore: For Star Shimmer; she became even more of an introvert after his death, because he was the last pony she ever cared about. Eventually subverted. Never Found the Body Nightmare Fetishist: As shown in Star Shimmer's flashback. His reaction upon discovering that Star Shimmer can control darkness and owns the ruins to a creepy castle? "Cool!" Perpetual Smiler: According to the flashback. Posthumous Character: Or so we thought. Secret Legacy: The creator of the Obsidian Armor was his ancestor, who's magic still lives on in him. Tenor Colt: His singing voice helped him win Star Shimmer over. Took a Level in Badass: As the Obsidian Sentinel. In Tinker's Seal, he's shown beating up mooks with a baseball bat. Snowflake A white, noticeably muscular pegasus stallion, first introduced as a member of Daring's team in Basin of Plenty. A recurring character in subsequent books, in which he has become a member of campus security. Big Yeah: He's prone to this. Dumb Muscle: Subverted in the last few chapters of Basin of Plenty, despite being seemingly The Millstone up to that point. Face of a Thug Gentle Giant Hot-Blooded Write Who You Know: Bears a resemblance to Medley Mc Largehooves' then fiancé. Thunderlane Pie Coco's cousin, an Earth Pony stallion from Trottingham, introduced as a member of Daring's team in Basin of Plenty. Motor Mouth: Downplayed compared to Coco, but he has his moments. Serious Business: Cricket, as Daring discovers. Tuckerisation/Write Who You Know: Named for Medley Mc Largehooves' best friend and future writing partner, though with little physical resemblance. Orange Burn Outback Jack's cousin, a Sydneigh-based lawyer and the City Mouse to her Country Mouse, though the two are much closer than that suggests. First appears in Curse of the Golden Key, in which she contacts Daring, Herpy and Tabula and brings them to Brumbiland to help when her cousin is possessed. While she didn't appear in the canon books, her brief appearance in the film of Temple of Nightmare Moon, approved by T. Ropers, may qualify her as a Canon Immigrant. Played by Bridle Carter in the film series. Action Survivor Badass Bookworm Badass Brumbilander: In her own, less stereotypical way. Brumbilander Accent: More General than Broad. Canon Immigrant: For the film continuity, at least. City Mouse Crusading Lawyer: Though it doesn't come up much in Daring's books, there are rumours of a planned Law Procedural spinoff. Fish out of Water: Frequently, whether's it's being pulled into her cousin's adventures or being put in charge of a busy pub without warning. Hello, Attorney! Non-Action Mare Alice Springs Outback Jack's younger sister. She was mentioned a few times in the canon books but was really only named and makes an actual appearance in Curse of the Golden Key. A rambunctious young filly who speaks her thoughts as soon as they come to mind. She can often strike a nerve without realizing it and springs to action without thinking off the consequences. She sees her older sister, and eventually Daring, as the coolest and wants to be like them, but this leads to plenty of trouble. Whether she counts as a canon character is debatable. Bratty Half-Pint: Quite a hoof-ful for Orange Burn, and eventually Daring, Herpy and Tabula. OJ seems to be the only one who can deal with her for a length of time. Brumbilander Accent: More Broad than General Canon Immigrant: An odd one. Outback mentioned having a sister in the canon books, but she really only appears in the expanded universe. Everypony Is Cuter With Hair Decs: Sports two blue bows. Genki Girl: Can probably rival Coco Pie's Genki-ness. Girlish Pigtails Named by the Adaptation: Went nameless in the original books, but given a name and characterization in the EU. Pointless Band-Aid: While she isn't strictly a tomboy, she likes to put bandage strips on her muzzle to make herself look tougher. She ends up getting a real one after her run-in with The Bunyip. Tagalong Kid True Companions: With Short Stuff and Sweetie Bottle, as of Universal Cracks. Totally Radical: Aggressively so. She sure loves dropping Brumbiland slang like "Bonza" a-plenty... It would probably drive actual Brumbilanders nuts. Odo Bahn An earth pony ornithologist who aids our heroes in Daring Do and the Amethyst Penguin. Dying Moment of Awesome Friend to All Living Things You Shall Not Pass: At the temple Minos The Minotaur First introduced in Minotaur's Maze, the eternal guardian of the Hands of Fate, an artifact said to be capable of altering destiny. Perhaps the years of loneliness have dulled his wits, because Ahuizotl has managed to steal it three times over the course of the Expanded Universe. Idiot Ball: He gets fooled by Ahuizotl a lot. Last of His Kind: He's the last Guardian minotaur. Not Quite Flight: He has some inexplicable ability to glide. Wall Crawl: He can climb surfaces thanks to his gauntlets. The Woof Effect: If Gene Trottenbery hadn't published his work first, this might as well been called The Minos Effect. The Steelclad Sorceror/Claddie Introduced in Revenant's Effigy While initially thought to be a forgotten hero of an age long past, he is actually a platinum golem, shaped like a unicorn pony, crafted by an unknown artisan, who, in his words, "just stumbled upon some idiot with a big ego's carefully made plans and wrecked them without even trying, and ended up with a crowd of annoying morons worshipping my hoofsteps", and later faked his own death to avoid them. While he is truly a powerful magician, it tends to be eclipsed by his hot headedness and volume. Is actually one of Steam Whistle's first experiments, and got his memories erased when he failed to live up to his expectations, whichever they were. Aloof Big Brother: Acts a bit like this to the Gilded Marksmare. He says they're not brothers, but she won't listen. Angrish: Though it tends to be covered by bouts of Power Incontinence Badass Bookworm: He prefers magic, but he can, and will, get physical if the situation demands it Berserk Button: Keyboards full of them. In particular, you should never try to use him as an Unwitting Pawn in any kind of plan. A few hundred years of experience gave him a very good eye to catch on to these, and he'll make sure it crashes and burns in the most spectacular way possible. After which he'll probably knock your teeth out. "How'd that plan of yers work out, ya git!" Big Brother Instinct: Develops one towards the Marksmare after a while. Boisterous Bruiser: Except with magic instead of physical strength. Although he does have both. Chunky Updraft: He causes these when he gets really angry Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon: Tends to make some pretty ridiculous threats when sufficiently riled up. Cutting the Knot: His favorite approach to most problems. Drop the Hammer: Keeps a large steel warhammer stashed in his armor. It's almost never used. Everypony Calls Him Barkeep: He seems to think his title is good enough, and it's unknown if he has a real name Genre Savvy: He's quite knowledgeable with how villains usually think. Good Is Not Nice Hair-Trigger Temper: He's always raging at something. Hates Being Touched: "GIT OUTTA MY FACE!". Insistent Terminology: Refuses to be adressed by anything but his full title, and similarly refuses to give his unknown antagonist's name, and only refers to him through insults Jerkass: Tends to snap at anypony nearby. Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Shows a softer side on several occasions, especially in Tinker's Seal Large Ham: Whenever he starts a rant on something or somepony. Magic Knight Meaningful Name Subverted with the title he's given by the university. In his words: "Revenant's effigy? Revenants are ponies that came back! I NEVER LEFT! And this ain't a statue of me! IT IS ME! COULD YE GET IT WRONGER!?" More Teeth Than The Osmount Family: Or, like he puts it, "smug face removal teeth", all needley and sharp as hell. No Indoor Voice: And telling him to pipe it down will only piss him off even more. Perpetual Frowner Power Incontinence: He tends to cause rocky whirlwinds when he gets particularly angry. Precision B-Strike: Curiously, for all of his usual attitude and propensity for minor swears, he doesn't like the B-word and other strong swears, and seldomly uses them. This, coupled with his knowledge of a few languages, puts him at odds with Storm Talon. "WATCH YER LANGUAGE, LADDIE!" Really 700 Years Old Rip Van Winkle: Intentionally Shock and Awe: One of his favorite spells is to charge himself with high voltage and then prodding his target with his hoof. Squishy Wizard: He's quite aware that platinum is somewhat soft for a metal, which is why he wears steel armor Stop Worshipping Me: To the point he preferred to fake his death rather than deal with everypony praising him at every step. Ironically, he reacts equally badly when Storm does the opposite, and treats him for what he is on a personal level: like he's a foul-tempered, loudmouthed Jerk rear end whose crap he won't take. Take A Bite Out Of Crime: With that set of choppers he has, it was only a matter of time. Not so hot for Blob Monsters though. Unstoppable Rage: All the time. Tranquil Fury: At his very worst, he looks almost completely calm, although he tends to shake uncontrollably when this happens. "Ya see, I can't afford ta get mad right now, I'd jus' tear 'is head off in a moment. And we both know he deserves worse than that." Taken to its natural conclusion during his little rant on Sweetie Bottle's situation: He stopped shaking, started speaking barely above a whisper, and dropped his accent. Violent Glaswegian: Has a thick Shcottish accent. Warts and All: For all of his anger at ponies, he does care about them. He tries to downplay this, however, and trying to praise him will probably end in eardrum damage. The Gilded Marksmare Introduced in Tinker's Seal Another of Steam Whistle's golems, she resembles a pegasus pony, is made from an unknown metal which is extremely light, allowing her to fly, and was found in a faraway iron mine. Although she was clearly designed for battle, having an improbable amount of concealed firearms built into her frame, she's a very outgoing and joyful pony, who doesn't seem to notice that she was built to kill. Badass Adorable: Yes, she may not look like the kind of pony to carry obscene amounts of weaponry wherever she goes, but part of being a good friend is to protect your friends for harm. Beware the Nice Ones: Daring Do, and most of her friends, would beat you up and/or land you in prison if pushed too far. Claddie might give you a thrashing of epic proportions. But the Marksmare? She'll kill you with barely a word. Bottomless Magazines: She doesn't really know where the bullets come from. Cloud Cuckoolander: ...just a bit, but her flights of fancy can get a little odd, especially when in a lengthier tirade. Fanservice Pack: The initial illustrations she was in were nothing too out of the ordinary, though standing out in a cast of mares... some of the latter ones, however, get a little too generous. One of the artists must have a bit of a thing for golems. Friendly Sniper Genki Girl Good Is Not Soft Gun Kata: Though, as she's said before, it's a lot easier when the guns are built into you. The Gunslinger: She has shown all types at one point or another. Yes, even type B. Hyperspace Arsenal: A living version. Improbable Aiming Skills: If you can get her to be still long enough. Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter: For a given value of "daughter", she's this to Steam Whistle. More Dakka: When she's asked to show off all of her firepower, the results were rather messy. More Teeth Than The Osmount Family: Oddly enough, a similar set to Claddie's. Certainly makes a lot less use of them, even if she likes to grin wide with them. Mundane Utility: Endless ammo and unerring aim are very useful things, even outside fights. No Indoor Voice: Although, unlike her "brother", she actually will quiet down a bit if you ask her to. No Sense of Personal Space: Which puts her at odds with her "brother" Claddie One Mare Army: Once she's forced to fight, numbers don't seem to matter to her. In particular, she gets to teach the entire Village of the Blanks, which may we remind you are an entire town of angry undead abominations, the wonders of dakka without even getting a dent on herself. Perpetual Smiler Pintsized Powerhouse: She's actually rather tiny, which makes her Hyperspace Arsenal even harder to explain. Really 700 Years Old Sibling Yin-Yang: With the Steelclad Sorceror Unobtainium: She's made of a very light, yet quite resistant metal that nopony's been able to identify yet, especially because taking samples isn't an option, for several reasons. Dr. Flux Capacitor An academic transfered from Manehatten College, sent to help examine Steam Whistle's creations. Extremely eccentric, constantly inventing things with a variety of uses, all with one thing in common- their explosive end. Bungling Inventor: Oh yes. One particularly bad experiment blew out every window in the college. Bunny-Ears Lawyer: His sense of reality is...nonsensical, but he's very good at understanding mechanical devices. Building them, on the other hand... Cloud Cuckoolander For Science!: A lot of what he does is for this. Goggles Do Nothing: He insists that anypony witnessing a demonstration wears goggles "In case something goes wrong." However, goggles can't protect the rest of your body from his invention's foul-ups. He wears a pair himself. It Runs in the Family: Most of his family have special talents relating to explosives. Of note is his cousin, Lemon Johnson, who is mentioned to be working on designs for incendiary fruit. Magitek: What his doctorate is in. No Indoor Voice: It's implied he's lost some of his hearing with all the explosions. Noodle Incident: The event that got him transferred from Manehattan College apparently involved him attempting to decorate the campus' Hearths Warming tree with tinsel and a Howitzer. "Here's a fun fact for you: molten tinsel hurts. A lot. Running Gag: Anytime Flux says the word "Ka-boom", something can be heard exploding in the far distance. Without fail. Stuff Blowing Up: To the point where he can't even make tea without something exploding. His cutie mark is a Koosh Bomb. He claims it represents how he's "Always bursting with new ideas" but everypony else has their own ideas on what it represents... Ultimate Job Security: It's stated the reason he's always being transfered and not fired outright is that having him loose on the world is even worse than keeping him in a relatively controlled enviroment. Zapapple Tock Introduced in Universal Cracks, this particular version of Zapapple Tock comes from an Alternate Universe where Daring died instead of her, thus inspiring her to become the adventurer. Soon to appear in a spin-off series from Muffin Parcels, which will begin with rewritten versions of her Alternate Universe Fics. Action Mare Alternate Universe: Comes from one where she basically became the Canon Daring, right down to sharing the same office at the university. The Crack appearing in their office walls kicks off the plot. Badass Canon Immigrant. Well, kinda. Parcels' characterisation of her is direct from the above-mentioned fan-fic series. Prince Orion A green Earth pony with a black mane and tail and a crown Cutie Mark, Orion is the 12th prince of the kingdom of Stableton. He is one of the ponies recruited by the mysterious "Doctor" to prevent a mysterious spaceship from crashing into Equestria. A somewhat-sexist Jerk rear end, he thinks little of Do...but is there more to his feelings for her than he's letting on? Deadpan Snarker Jerk rear end: He grows out of it though. Nice Hat: His crown. Royal Brat Slap-Slap-Kiss: With Do. Took a Level in Badass Sebastian Arzt A young griffon who defected from Germaneigh out of fear of being put into the military. He currently does various odd-jobs around the University while studying to become a doctor. Introduced in Breathing Weapons. Character Alignment: Neutral-Good. Character Tics: In the few times he attempts medical procedures on others, his wings are constantly open. Guardian Angel much? More like Faux Symbolism. Comfort Food: Gunpowder Groove revealed that will eat a banana if he's feeling down. Doesn't Like Guns: He claims that, as a doctor, he doesn't like guns because, "all they do is hurt people". Demoted to Extra: He only had a starring role in Breathing Weapons. Subsequent releases only had him at the beginning to give exposition and wish Daring good luck on her next adventure. He wasn't even featured in Iron Grinder, only being mentioned in a throwaway line by Daring. That was until Galactic Gospel decided to write Chemical Sister and Oathkeepers, where he's once again back in the fray. Expy: His creator admits that his design is based on, of all people, Federico from Fighter Destiny 2, an obscure fighting game for the Neightendo64. Heavy Sleeper: Given he's known to stay up until his body says, "screw you" and collapses, it's no wonder he sleeps so hard. Establishing Character Moment: Is first seen cleaning up the University's artifact-display room after one of the cases breaks. When one of the professors accidentally cuts his wing on a shard of glass, Arzt quickly patches it up. Have I Mentioned I am Gay?: He's quick to claim homosexuality when Eichelhäher starts hitting on him. Granted, this was possibly an excuse to stop her without being rude, considering he knows she'd most likely rip him apart for doing so. Even if he wasn't lying, he shows hints of crushing on Daring. Hidden Depths: When Daring is poisoned by Papagei, with Rabe closing-in on her, Arzt steps in to protect her, showing some surprising fighting skill and a proficiency with iron-needles. It's later revealed that he learned this from his mother, who was an assassin for Germaneigh's military. Inadequate Inheritor: Both his parents are legendary Griffon soldiers, where as he was too afraid to even consider joining the military. And when his parents signed him up anyway, he left his country. Last Name Basis: Everyone calls him Arzt. Lovable Coward: He's noticably freaked out throughout most of Breathing Weapons, only gets involved in the fights if Daring is on the losing side, and is absolutely abhorred at Daring's suggestion they split-up. Married to the Job: Takes his internship at the University very seriously. Non-Action Guy Skilled, but Naive: He knows a lot about surgery and doctoring, but lacks experience due to constantly getting turned down for internship at the local hospitals, often due to his age. Meaningful Name: His last name is literally "Doctor" in German. The Load: Sort of. He sees himself as this which is why he retired from adventuring after Breathing Weapons. Technical Pacifist: Only gets involved in the fights if Daring needs his help. Martial Pacifist: And when he does, hoo-boy is he good at it. Took a Level in Badass: He started toughening up during Chemical Sister, despite still being reliant on Daring to keep him out of danger. Even more so by Oathkeepers. He's still a coward who'd rather stay out of trouble, but he can at least hold his own now. Workaholic: To the point he neglects his own basic needs. Like sleeping. Shudder A diamond puppy that promises to lead Daring to treasure in exchange for helping her and Rail out of the mines and into the outside world. She's a darling little girl...in need of a serious attitude adjustment. Snarky, rude, and way too confident for her own good. Introduced in Iron Grinder Big Eater: She claims she once ate an entire shaft's worth of topaz. Bratty Half-Pint: She spends her first few chapters with Daring making rude remarks and sarcastic quips. Can't Hold Her Liquor: Shown when she stumbles upon some ale, drinks a single cup, and gets completely hammered. Justified in that she's still a puppy. Cultural Rebel: She's tired of living in a cave and wants to experience the outside world, regardless of how "dangerous" everyone claims it to be. Earthy Barefoot Character: She's a diamond dog. This is pretty much a given. Fearless Fool: She likes to chuck rocks at Diamond Dogs three times her size while they're working. Flaw Exploitation: About half-way through the story, it's revealed that Jackhammer deliberately kept her from working in the mines to keep her from gaining too much muscle and appear more attractive to their pack leader upon his return. His plan was to have him marry her in exchange for his position as pack leader. Friend to Bugs: Considering she isn't well-liked by the other members of her packs, her only friends consist of the beetles roaming the mines. Goggles Do Nothing: Daring tends to point out how ridiculous a fashion satement her goggles are... Goggles Do Something Unusual:..until it's revealed her goggles were made with a magic glass than enabled her to see buried gems. Grudging Thank You: Daring saves her from doom several times, and it always ends with this. Ironic Name: For a girl named Shudder, she's surprisingly brave. Sometimes almost too brave. I Want To Be A Real Diamond Dog: She wants to be a strong, muscular, attractive female like the rest of her pack, but she can't because Jackhammer won't let her. Jerkass: She regularly insults other members of her pack, is constantly rude to Daring, and is just generally mean-spirited. Jerkass Woobie: Though it's kind of hard not to pity her, since she's considered by everyone to be "ugly" due to her tiny, weak frame. She later reveals that she messess with the other Diamond Dogs out of jealousy, as she's always wanted to be like them, but Jackhammer won't let her do the work that would give her proper (i.e. attractive) muscle. Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She later starts warming up to Daring, saying she didn't really mean all the things she said about her. She even decides to help Daring find her mine's treasures, when she oringaly intended to just give her the map. Light Is Not Good: Her coat is considerably brighter than her peers'. But she's still a bitch. Motifs: Either goggles or a hard hat. Muscles Are Meaningful: Muscular females are considered the most attractive in diamond dog culture, ergo, Shudder follows this trope to a T. Tunnel Queen: Better than the rest of the pack, in fact. Unskilled, but Strong: She is an excellent digger, able to tunnel her way through the mines faster than anyone else in her pack, but she can't sniff out/detect gems, due to her lack of experience. Later remedied when she gets her magically enhanced goggles. Miscellaneous Antagonists - Polo House New Adventures Krastos A demon introduced in the Expanded Universe book The Coronet of Chaos. A demon that existed long before the founding of Equestria, he is a being that is literally Made of Evil, and therefore gains power from misery and chaos. It took all the power of the Alicorn race to stop him, and seal him away inside the eponymous coronet, before he was released from it in his introductory book. He goes out of his way to be as evil as possible, not just because it gives him power, but for the sick thrill it gives him. He is a shapeshifter whose preferred forms are a kind of nightmarish bear creature and a mythological creature known as a "human", a freakish type of mostly hairless half-minotaur half-ape, possibly inspired by the ape/senator of Incitatus. Kratos' origins were finally revealed in his third appearance. The crown he was sealed in, the eponymous Coronet of Chaos from his first story, was procured by an innocent professor of antiquities, who'd tried it on in jest for his fiance'e. He was subsequently, if subconciously at first, posessed by Krastos. The demon tormented the professor for months on end, alienating and isolating him as he slowly took over his mind and transformed his body, until finally, only Krastos remained. A high-production fan-made adaptation managed to convince Mark Camel to voice him. Affably Evil: He may be sadistic, but he can be very funny when he's not being terrifying. One scene in the story involves him riding a teleporting tricycle to get to Chineigh and steal the Jade Glue of Xiao Ma. Badass Badass Longcoat Bears Are Bad News: One of Krastos' primary forms is vaguely bear-like. Averted when he uses the Jade Glue of Xiao Ma to transform into a Minotaur-looking creature. After his transformation, his power multiplies by ten and he razes the entire country of Chineigh to the ground with his newfound powers just because he plain felt like it. The joy of destroying Chineigh gives him just enough power to almost gain the upper hand during his final battle with Daring Do. BFG: He's the inventor of probably the strangest example-the Cannon Cannon. It's a cannon that shoots cannons. Big Bad: Takes this role for every book he appears in. Black Eyes of Evil: What his Cool Shades are hiding. The Chessmaster Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Is clearly not all there-at times this is Played for Laughs, while at others his insanity is quite unnerving. May be a sort of Obfuscating Insanity, as he does have some serious moments. Cool Bike: His teleporting tricycle. Cool Shades: Deadpan Snarker: At times. Daring Do: You're a monster! Krastos: No, really? You are remarkably perceptive, Ms. Do. Drop the Hammer: He wields an enormous mallet. Eldritch Abomination Emotion Eater: Feeds on suffering, chaos etc. to gain power. Evil Plan: It's implied that the events of the two books he's appeared in have all been part of one by him-even Tirac being defeated after Krastos freed him doesn't seem to bother him much, implying that it also somehow factors into his plans. Eye Patch Of Power: His bear form sports an eyepatch. No one knows why he has it. Foil: To the Assembler Kick the Dog: His brutal and violent beating of Short Stuff. Knife Nut Loves the Sound of Screaming: He actually has a record collection filled with nothing but the sounds of ponies suffering. For some reason, a fan has uploaded a fan-made recording of it. No pony was harmed in the making of it though. We hope. Manipulative Bastard: Plays all the characters in his book like a fiddle-and at the end of the book, it's implied that his supposed defeat somehow factored into his plans as well. That last part is confirmed in his second appearance-he may have been extremely powerful, but the coronet that had sealed him away was actually also keeping him from feeding on misery and chaos, which gives him more power. On top of that, the coronet was protected so that Krastos couldn't even touch it, so he had no way of destroying it. He tricked Daring into thinking the coronet was a Soul Jar as well as the thing he was sealed in, prompting Daring to throw the Coronet into a volcano. Krastos faked his death when the coronet was destroyed, and actually started gaining more power. He makes a point of thanking Daring for giving him his power-gaining abilities back. Me's a Crowd: His Evil Plan-he plans to turn every being in existence into a copy of himself. Due to his bloodthirstiness, this would cause every copy of himself to start fighting amongst themselves-and since they would be immortal, they would never die. And the original Krastos would be above it all, feeding on the chaos, constantly gaining power for all eternity. And if he got bored, he planned to turn a few hundred back occasionally and torture them in various ways, before reviving them, turning them back into a copy, and sending them out to fight again. Mundane Utility: When he starts to regain power, the first thing he does is make theme music play any time he enters a room. As with many things in the fandom, one fan has composed a rendition of the theme. Nice Hat: He wears a fedora. Nigh Invulnerable: Krastos can take a lot of punishment, whether taking a small fleet's worth of concentrated fire, getting rammed by a Tigerhawk-class dreadnought, or going 12 rounds with the Assembler. Daring's best plan for taking him down involved detonating a large, destabilized leyline, an act that was described as being something that could turn the Everfree Forest into the Everfree Crater. No-Nonsense Nemesis: Does not utilize death traps, but instead tries to kill any opposition as fast as possible. Post Mortem Comeback: In the post-Tinker's Series story Rainbow Factory, Krastos left a mind trap complete with a personality fragment to snag anypony he personally didn't like into the memories of the last manager of the rainbow factory of Old Cloudsdale. Sanity Slippage: While still evil, he was much more composed in the past, and didn't go out of his way to be evil. However, he spent so much time sealed in the coronet that when he's released, he's been driven to insanity, which is why he is now so over-the-top with his evil. And his sanity just keeps slipping with every appearance he makes. Notable for still being a very capable manipulator while still being utterly insane. Obfuscating Insanity: The reason he manages to be so clever while seeming so insane-he only pretends to be insane because he finds it fun. Which just makes him even worse, since now he doesn't even have madness as an excuse for his actions. Talkative Loon: He frequently dips into this, both for humor and horror. Trademark Favorite Food: 3 of them-brains, the souls of the condemned, and chicken wings. Ultimate Evil: Apparently, if he were to reveal his true form, it would be so horrifying that the universe itself would die of fright. Weapon of Choice: His giant mallet.
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I'm going to pretend that there is not a page for this on TVTropes, and that LoB just wrote this as fast as he posted it. Because that'll help keep me saner.
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Oh, sorry for interrupting. I'll wait till you're finished.
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LaughMyselfTo posted:I'm going to pretend that there is not a page for this on TVTropes, and that LoB just wrote this as fast as he posted it. Because that'll help keep me saner. Just think of it like it's the MLP fanfiction that he has been writing over the years.
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Lord Bullrush Appeared in "Daring Do and the Redhorn Cult". He is the insane and sinister leader of the Redhorn Cult that sacrifices foals to their god. He and the other cult members resurrect and modify Koloktos to make it their weapon of destruction. Evil Sounds Deep: In the story, he is described as "...having a voice that sounded like the bellowing of ten buffalo". Kill All Ponies: The primary desire of Lord Bullrush and his reason for reviving Koloktos. Killed Off for Real: Lord Bullrush met his end when he was incinerated by Koloktos. Large Ham: Is known for shouting long speeches to his cult members. This gives Daring Do a perfect distraction to sneak around their hideout. Lightning Bruiser: He has proven to be fairly swift and strong in his tussle with Daring Do. Light Is Not Good: He is described as having a white coat with a silvery mane. Pony Sacrifice Red Eyes, Take Warning Religion of Evil: Sums up the entire Redhorn Cult. Serial Killer: According to Word of God, it turns out he never believed anything he said for his cult, it was merely an excuse for him to get help in killing other ponies. The Sociopath: He certainly fits the bill. Straw Hypocrite Would Hurt a Child Darkling Brighteye A mysterious individual who appeared in Daring Do and the Skull of Ages, who wants the titular skull so that he can use it to enhance his Death Ray. For quite some time, he's seen only on monitors, and then in silhouette and extreme close-ups, meaning descriptions are rather vague until late on. He turns out to be a unicorn whose special talent is the manipulation of light and darkness. With his death ray, he can magnify his power, usurping control of the sun and moon and ruling the world An Alicorn am I: He thinks that control of the sun and moon will essentially make him divine-level. When that doesn't work out, he uses the ray to give himself control of the cosmos. Big Bad Non-Action Big Bad The Chessmaster Colony Drop: He tries to destroy Canterlot Castle with one of these. However, Daring kills him before the asteroid hits, and then destroys it. Creepy Monotone Deadpan Snarker Death Ray: He has one of these, called the Hydra Cannon. Diabolical Mastermind Eerie Pale Coated Brunet Elaborate Underground Base Family-Unfriendly Death: His death scene is the stuff of nightmares. Fiction 500: He is a very wealthy individual Gadgeteer Genius: He played a large part in constructing the death ray Hoist by His Own Petard: He ends up vaporized by his own death ray Politically Incorrect Villain: Downplayed. He's not a bigot, per se, but he does say a few things that raise eyebrows. Red Right Forehoof: The purple birthmark on his left eyelid. Stallion of Wealth and Taste: He wears a very nice suit. The Stoic Supernatural Gold Eyes Take Over the World Villainous Valour: When Daring finally confronts him face to face, he knows she can wipe the floor with him, but still keeps his composure and manages to hide his fear very well. Of course, it helps to have security features that can attack your enemy for you. Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness Yin-Yang Bomb: Hinted at by his name. It's kind of true, he can manipulate light and shadow, but not for use in combat except momentarily depriving people of their senses Marshal Goldstar A more evolved megahorse who appeared in Daring Do and the Skull of Ages. He is the second in command of the mysterious Darkling Brighteye. He is one of the people tasked with retrieving the titular skull. Affably Evil Badass Badass Baritone Four-Star Badass Brown Eyes Chest of Medals Commissar Cap Cool Airship: His headquarters is one, called the Executor. Anne Bonfire kills him and takes it for herself Curb-Stomp Battle: His capture of the Quong Airbase is one. On a more personal level, he inflicts one of these on Daring Do when she confronts him on a tank. Disneigh Villain Death: Ends up kicked out of the Executor The Dragon The Heavy: To his boss' Non-Action Big Bad Even Evil Has Standards: He considers testing his new death ray on the lost city, but is unwilling to commit cultural genocide Evil Sounds Deep Family-Unfriendly Death: The fact that he ends up falling from eight miles up would ordinarily not qualify... except for the fact that we see his body afterwards. Genius Bruiser: He's as big as Celestia, and an excellent general. Large and in Charge Make an Example of Them: He does this to anypony who gives him undue resistance. Whitefrock is no exception. Goldstar: I was going to let you live, but now I have to show what happens to those who impede me. My Species Doth Protest Too Much: Most horses, while smart for the standards of beasts, have no more intelligence than cave ponies. However, some pockets have evolved sapience, and become akin to ponies. Goldstar is one of them. Even then, he's not very much like most sapient horses, being much more comfortable alone. True, he still likes company, but he doesn't panic when he's on his own. No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: He inflicts several of these, most notably on Whitefrock and Anne Bonfire. Politically Incorrect Villain: A variation. As a sapient horse, he considers ponies weak, but does not hate them. Rather, he pities them. This leads to his downfall when he underestimates Bonfire's physical strength The Strategist Villainous Breakdown: He suffers one, going berserk with pain and rage after Anne splashes his face with acid. The Obsidian Sentinel A statue from Star Shimmer's garden that mysteriously came to life and attacked Daring and her friends. In reality the Sentinel is a brainwashed Earth Song, who was kidnapped by Ahuitzotl and forced wear the Obsidian Armor as part of his evil plot. Ancestral Weapon: Earth Song's ancestor was the one who crafted the armor using magic long ago. Being their descendant, he is the only one who can use the full power of the armor, which is why Ahuizotl kidnapped him. Blade on a Stick Dramatic Unmask: Star Shimmer knocks off the Sentinel's head during the book's climax, revealing it to be a brainwashed Earth Song wearing armor. Evil Sounds Deep / Guttural Growler: In harsh contrast to Earth Song's natural voice. The Juggernaut Legacy Character Living Statue: Subverted. Only the Chosen May Wield: Only the creator, or their descendants, can unleash the Obsidian Armor's full power. Powered Armor: The true nature of The Sentinel is that it is an enchanted suit of armor that can control the weather. Red Eyes, Take Warning Spell My Name with a "The" Weather Control: The Sentinel's greatest power is to manipulate the weather. Ahuizotl managed to tap into its power to cause the fateful cyclone that Earth Song disappeared in. His ultimate scheme was to harness its power to take over the world. Would You Like to Hear How They Died?: It taunts Star Shimmer by claiming that it killed Earth Song. Bad idea. It was lying, anyway. Fuergott A quasi-immortal Unicorn who wields the flames of Tartarus. Is actually the unicorn princess of old whose usage of Love Poison led to the downfall of a kingdom, and to the founding of Hearts and Hooves Day. And she is very bitter about that. Plans to take vengeance on Princess Celestia for a crime committed by Celestia's ancestor. Big Bad: Of Burning Heart. Evil Cannot Comprehend Love: Thanks to her backstory, the closest thing she has ever felt to true love was artifically induced by a potion. Good Scars, Evil Scars: Was heavily burned during the fire that destroyed her kingdom. Historical-Domain Character Hurl It into the Sun: How she is eventually dispatched. Princess Celestia personally steps in, thanks to the narrowly-averted destructiveness of Fuergott's plan, and destroys her with the only thing hotter than the fires of Tartarus that she wields. Namely, Celestia's sun. Insistent Terminology: Anytime somepony calls her immortal, somepony else will be quick to correct them by informing them that she's only Quasi-Immortal (see The Ageless below). Meaningful Name / Bilingual Bonus: Her name means "Fire God" in Germane. No Celebrities Were Harmed: The author describes Fuergott as the anti-Princess Cadance. Pay Evil unto Evil: Her aims. Her kingdom and life were destroyed by love forced upon her by a more unscrupulous distant ancestor of Celestia, so Fuergott intends to have her vengeance by destroying Celestia's family line and her kingdom by taking over the Cloudsdale weather facility and altering the compounds to create burning rain. Playing with Fire: Her powers, gained from standing patiently in the lake of boiling pitch that surrounds Tartarus and making it her own through sheer force of will. The Ageless: Is over a thousand years old, but only because she spent that time in Tartaros, which halts the aging process to live up to it's "Pit of Eternal Suffering" legend. Tranquil Fury: Oddly for most fire-based villains, Fuergott is always calm and in control of her emotions. The closest she gets to breaking this facade is her voice cracking in sorrow and pain during her Villain Song. Villain Song: Has one of the few in the series. The song, Set the Rain Ablaze details her plans and motives exactly. Known for being one of the few times she shows emotion, including the clearl-visible boiling tears streaking down her face. What Is This Thing You Call Love?: Thanks to her Start of Darkness, she considers love to be a construct. Winged Unicorn: As per her picture in the book on the legend, before her corruption she was one of the few mortal alicorns. Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds The Assembler Introduced in Revenant's Effigy Once thought to be a creature of legend, who seeks to raise an army of soulless creatures, it's actually a construct made by a group of artisans and magicians led by a pony known as Steam Whistle, created to find a way to raise an army of soulless beings to combat threats that could steal or corrupt souls. As time passed, it gained power through various methods, and became... something else. Its latest project is to craft new creatures out of parts obtained from other, already living creatures, as, according to it, "only those who are born have souls. They aren't born". Apparently fought Krastos several centuries ago. A.I. Is a Crapshoot Artificial Ponies: Its army is composed of these. Badass Army: According to the legend, its army of soulless is this. It mostly uses them for spying, but considering it crafted every single one of them to its preference, it isn't too hard to believe. The few who get rallied out in Tinker's Seal are pretty Badass, but, considering our protagonists, they didn't stand a chance. Berserk Button: Well, it doesn't exactly get angry, being a machine, but it does have distaste for Omnicidal Maniacs, so when it catches wind of the Colt of Smooze incident: "...Complete and utter wastes of flesh. I must know if any of them remain. Their meat and bones need a proper purpose." The remaining colt members didn't wake up with a missing limb. They vanished off the face of Equestria after a couple of days. Even the ones in prison. Though one (later revealed to be the Colt Leader) managed to escape by fighting The Assembler hard enough to take down a dragon, and eventually threw it off the building she was hiding in. Assembler: "Clearly that was not the best approach." The Colt Leader is herself a minor berserk button to the Assembler, if the fact that he constantly refers to her as a "Waste of Flesh", capitals included in the text, is any indication. Blue and Orange Morality: "I was given a task, and seek only to carry it out" is the only answer it gives as to why it does what it does, and doesn't seem to believe it's doing anything wrong Chainsaw Good: When it has to fight directly, it uses the same circular saws that it normally reserves for soldier crafting endeavors. Combat Medic/ Deadly Doctor: Since its usually putting entire creatures together from raw flesh, patching up a particularly effective soldier with otherwise lethal injuries isn't too hard for it. The Comically Serious/Only Sane... Thing: It ends up taking this role in Trial, being the only one aware of the patent ridiculousness of the situation. "Under normal circumstances I would scrap all of you. The current situation is far from any normal circumstance" The Corruption: It, and anyone it makes, is apparently immune due to being soulless. Clockwork Creature: To the point it makes hearing the sound of clanking gears terrifying Death Glare: It's unknown if it's helped by magical effects or just reputation, but the glowing light that apparently is its eye can stop most ponies in their tracks. Keyword being most. Deity of Equine Origin The Dreaded Eldritch Abomination Even Evil Has Standards: It hates Omnicidal Maniacs, as the Colt of Smooze finds out. Being brainwashed is not excuse in its mind. Not even enough to do a Mercy Kill. The Faceless: We never get a proper look at it, as the characters are too busy trying to escape, but we do learn that it's bigger than the biggest of griffons, and it has many arms and a single glowing light peeking out of the mass of limbs. Foil: To Krastos. Implacable Pony: The legends mention fighting it off will only ensure it comes back later, and it survives an assault that would have killed a dragon and a subsequent fall from several stories, with nothing that a few repairs couldn't fix. King in the Mountain: An evil version. They were right. Not So Stoic: It's not very evident, being a machine, but its sheer brutality when dealing with the Colt of Smooze shows that it can definitely get mad. Obliviously Evil: See Blue and Orange Morality above. Perpetual-Motion Monster The Soulless: Its goal is apparently to raise an army out of these. They're actually quite normal, and almost indistinguishable from their soul-possesing counterparts. Tin Stallion: For a supposedly emotionless being, it takes sadistic pleasure in purging the Colt of Smooze. Well-Intentioned Extremist: It seeks to protect the realm from beings who can corrupt and steal souls, which were, and still are, a significant threat to Equestria Your Soul Is Mine: It seeks to combat and destroy anything with this capability. Tight Ship Introduced in Tinker's Seal The strict manager and owner of a small inn in Stalliongrad, which Bravado and Outback Jack stay in during their search for Steam Whistle's creations. Actually several hundred years old, done by tricking guests into winding Steam Whistle's Great-Grandfather Clock, which he stole from Whistle's laboratory during his brief stint as one of his assistants, and is mounted on the wall. Alone with the Psycho: The dinner scene, where Tight Ship sits with Outback Jack and Bravado, making irritated remarks about how one of the inn's maids was late by fourteen seconds this morning, or how Bravado tends to wait approximately forty-five seconds before taking another bite. It's very unnerving. He himself is this with Greyhoof when they were assisting Steam Whistle. Bastard Understudy: Of Steam Whistle. Clock King: Ironically enough. Didn't See That Coming: He was planning on stealing a lot more from Steam Whistle, but when Greyhoof snapped and murdered the assistants working on the Cutie Mark Replicator, he had to make do with just the Grandfather Clock. Family-Unfriendly Death: After Outback Jack removes the Great-Grandfather Clock from the wall, all the years he's stolen from his victims catch up with him in the space of seconds, and he literally crumbles into dust before their eyes. Four Eyes, Zero Soul Hates Being Touched Jerkass Kubrick Stare: Added with Scary Shiny Glasses as he stares down Bravado. Schedule Fanatic: Goes off on tirades if his staff show up less than a minute late. Serial Killer: Technically- he never actually kills anyone (that we know of), he just launches them back in time and makes them live to death, while he takes their wasted years. Super OCD Archer A strange unicorn Daring meets in Centaur's Spell. Gathering materials for a 'ritual of vital important', he meets Daring and in spite himself ends up befriending her. He's actually a centaur, and the ritual is to turn him into a pony. Fantastic Racism: Why he's trying to turn himself into a pony. Centaurs are viewed as dangerous monsters and persecuted as such. Improbable Aiming Skills: Has very good marksmareship. One Pony Army: Easily routes a pack of griffin's single-hoofedly. Only Known by Their Nickname: Daring suspects that Archer may be an alias, given how secretive he is. Super Strength / Super Speed: Daring notes how unusually atheletic he is for a unicorn. That's because he's not a unicorn, but a centaur. He Knows Too Much: He kills the griffins when they reveal him being a centaur. He almost does the same to Daring. Worthy Opponent: Comes to respect Daring, having initially thought her as careless and carefree as any other pony. But makes it clear if she reveals his secret "I'll know who blabbed...and who to blame." Sterling Silver Former Captain of the Pegasus branch of the Canterlot Royal Guard. Was Masra's best operative during her days as a General. Masra sold him out to the Griffons during the Third Griffon-Diamond Dog war as part of a deal to end the war early. He escaped after being tortured, and has planned revenge for years since. Has an extremely creepy obsession with Masra, insisting on calling her "Mommy." An Agent Of Mine Until He Turned To Evil: According to Masra Agent Peacock: Tends to be rather flamboyant. And positively terrifying. Ax-Crazy The Bad Guy Wins: Masra dies shortly after him. Being Tortured Makes You Evil: Was tortured for months by the Guerilla group the Griffon military tossed him to when they didn't need him anymore. Blonde Stallions Are Evil The Chessmaster: Has been planning Masra's humiliation and death for years. Dear Celestia, What Have I Done: His reaction to realizing that one of his Mooks accidentally mortally wounded Masra, and she has been bleeding to death. Despite his hatred for her, he still cared for her enough to want to give her a painless, quick death. This causes him to break down crying, begging for her forgiveness. Death Seeker: His plan culminates with him dying with Masra. The Dreaded: When he is just mentioned to Serpentine, she visibly begins to shake. Et Tu, Masra?: Feels this way after she sold him out to the Griffons to end the war. Evil Counterpart: To Stalwart Shield Fallen Hero Faux Affably Evil From Nobody to Nightmare Large Ham: Loves to hear himself talk. Evil Is Hammy Mommy Issues: Sweet Celestia, yes. Although Masra is confirmed to not be his mother, he still has an extremely creepy pseudo-Psychosexual obsession with her. Psychopathic Stallionchild: Giggles like a schoolcolt at the chaos and destruction he creates, but begs for forgiveness when he finds Masra bleeding to death. Roaring Rampage of Revenge Rogue Agent "Well Done, Son" Guy: Despite wanting to kill Masra, he also loved her as a sort of mother figure. He seems to have placed himself in some sort of deranged circular logic: Destroy Masra by humiliating her and tarnishing her reputation, then redeem himself by dying alongside her. Greyhound Graves/Crystal Clear The workaholic alpha dog of Rail and Shudder's pack, who went mad from toiling away in the caves, disappeared to the woods, and became a ruthless hunter bent on killing anything that dared to cross his path. Berserk Button: Grave had already planned on mutilating Daring and Shudder, but when Shudder attempts to bribe him with jewels, it subconsciously reminds him of the caves that drove him mad in the first place, and only ends up making him more determined to end them. Blood Knight: Grave slices and dices anything that walks into his section of the woods, no questions asked. Chekhov's Skill: Clear's ability to sniff out pure diamond. It ends up bringing him back from the brink of insanity when Shudder happens across one. Collector of the Strange: Grave keeps a piece of every one of his kills on him. Most notably; his hood, which is made from the flesh of an ogre. Determinator: Will simply not give up in his pursuit of Daring and Shudder at the beginning. And after returning to normal, Clear will simply not give up trying to make up for his actions as Grave. Establishing Character Moment: The first thing Grave does upon appearing is slay a manticore that was chasing Daring and Shudder. Fatal Flaw: Despite being a fantastic hunter, Grave's refusal to use anything but his sword to kill eventually becomes his undoing, as he's pretty much useless without it. Flaw Exploitation: Which nobody in the story hesitates to use to their advantage. The Gloves Come Off: Grave rips his hood right off in a fit of rage while fighting Daring, which leads to Shudder's realization that he's Crystal Clear. Good Costume Switch: Clear ditches the ogre hood at the end of the story. Interacting with Shadow: Daring sees him doing this at least twice, to help drive home the fact he's mad. In the Hood Kick the Dog: Grave spends the entirety of his story trying to murder a child. Lack of Empathy: After Shudder begs for her and Daring's lives, Grave explains to them that being a true hunter means completely disregarding your prey's pleas. Light Is Not Good: Don't let the snow-white fur fool you... Light is Good: Of course, this is played straight when Clear is brought back to sanity. Madden Into Misanthropy: When Clear went mad and became Greyhound Grave, his desire to hunt and kill eventually became obsession, and he kills any creature that dares to enter his section of the woods. Must Make Amends: Clear feels great guilt over trying to murder Daring and Shudder, and is desperate to earn their forgiveness. Redemption Quest: Clear's portion of the story becomes this after becoming sane. Actual Pacifist: Clear attempts to go cold turkey on any form of violence out of fear he'll become Grave again. Reluctant Warrior: It doesn't last, as he simply can't stand by and watch Jackhammer beat Shudder. Selective Slaughter: Completely Averted. Grave is willing to send his blade through anyone he comes across. Would Hit a Girl: Grave has no qualms about trying to kill Daring. Would Hurt a Child: Or Shudder for that matter. You Are What You Hate: Used by Daring in one of the attempts to bring Clear back to his senses. King Metamorphosis King of a large changeling hive, who wants to rule the world. Elder brother of King Mayhem. The Big Bad of Puddinghead's Ring Aroused by Their Voice: Several characters admit to finding his voice sexy. Including straight male ones. Authority Equals Asskicking Big Bad Badass Badass Baritone Cain and Abel: With Mayhem. The Emperor: What he seeks to become. Evil Overlord Evil Sounds Deep Royals Who Actually Do Something Take Over the World: His motivation. Unholy Matrimony: With his consort, Queen Leptis. Villainous Valour Warrior Prince The Colt of the Smooze The Smooze The Smooze is a monster supposedly from a previous iteration of the world who came perilously close to destroying it. Although it was destroyed instead, a piece of it survived in stasis, known as the Amber of the Smooze. Artifact of Doom: The Amber Of The Smooze. The Assimilator: The Smooze can turn anything it covers into more Smooze, though some materials are more easily converted than others. Brown Note: Its song. The Corruption: Just being touched by Smooze ooze will corrupt somepony. Daring wonders if the Colt members would be half as crazy as they are without it. Eldritch Abomination Kill It with Fire: One of its weaknesses, though it would require at least seven fully-grown dragons at minimum to totally destroy it after it had grown to a certain point. Spur and Rayback manage to slow it down somewhat, though. Mind Control: Those not cleansed of the Smooze are taken over by it. Voice of the Legion: It only talks once, but when it does, it sounds like 'A thousand of the same voice, speaking from the bottom of an echoing chasm.' It gets even worse in Universal Cracks, when multiple Smoozes from multiple alternate universes speak at the same time. Colt Of Smooze A cult of nihilists who seek to end the world by releasing the Smooze. Tropes associated with the Colt: Assimilation Plot: The plan is that when everypony is Smooze, then nopony needs to be alone. A similar concept was found in Neon Genesis Equinegellion. Buck The Dog: They all enjoy picking on Spur (or Rayback when Spur's not available). Despair Event Horizon: While Smooze corruption can be fought off with sufficient willpower (especially when using purification effects), the Colt members are the kinds of ponies who see themselves as having nothing left to fight for. Driven to Suicide: The heroes found a potion recipe that can counteract Smooze corruption. It fails on most of the Colt members because they couldn't be bothered to fight The Corruption, and the few who did only did so to end their misery more quickly. Five-Bad Band: Of course. Big Bad: The Colt Leader Co-Dragons: Applesack and Charity The Brute: Prism Rush The Evil Genius: Princess Sparkler The Dark Chick: Attic Fan. Freudian Excuse: The Colt of Smooze all include ponies who have suffered greatly. Hidden in Plain Sight: The Colt's hideout turned out to be a spa located in the middle of town. Hoist by His Own Petard: The Colt ends up being subsumed by the Smooze. Never Found the Body: The Colt Leader was unaccounted for during this event, with many readers led to believe she did not suffer in the fate that the rest of the followers did. The Tinker's Series assumes that she escaped. Omnicidal Maniac: The lot of them, but especially the Colt Leader. Politically Incorrect Villain: They all hate dragons, thus their treatment of Spur, and later Rayback. The Purge: The Assembler kills all of the remaining members off except for one, who is revealed to have been the Colt Leader. The Colt Leader/Alt666!Desert Rose The quiet but vicious leader of the Colt of Smooze. A Pegasus who looks almost exactly like Desert Rose. According to Universal Cracks, it's because she is Desert Rose, albeit from an alternate reality. Abusive Parents: Her stepfather was a sadistic dragon who stole her from her home universe and tormented her relentlessly. Affably Evil Faux Affably Evil: Devolves into this after being corrupted by the Smooze. Aroused by Their Voice: Charity talks about how the Colt Leader tempts demons with her dulcet tones. Badass: The Colt Leader may be an evil, malevolent, manipulative Omnicidal Maniac, but she slays demons with ease and has killed numerous dragons ("Only a dozen" in her own words, though this statement was made before her "reunion" with her abuser). She is probably the deadliest hoof-to-hoof fighter alive. She turns out to be the surviving Colt member after The Assembler's purge. Beware the Quiet Ones: The Colt Leader is a quiet, unassuming pegasus who also happened to be the greatest demon-binder of the era (and she enforced control not by ritual but by killing other demons while politely insinuating the survivors might be next), as well as having hoof-slew over a dozen dragons. Big Bad: Of Universal Cracks. Bizarro Universe: Daring wonders whether or not she's from one. She is. Breaking Lecture: In Tinker's Seal, the surviving Colt Member in the rematch suggests to The Assembler that its obsessive behavior over her is inconsistent with that of a soulless automaton and that it may be developing a soul of its own, which means that not only can it no longer hide behind the excuse of programming for its atrocities, but it is also now corruptible by the monster it's designed to fight. She goes on to suggest that that's why it's spending so much time going after her and her associates, because it knows it can no longer do what it's meant to do, and so goes after easier targets to justify itself. It shrugs it off putting its soldiers and the golem siblings as an example of why emotions aren't synonyms with a soul, and gets to counter it later in the fight, with the Assembler comparing her to Steam Whistle, and mentioning that he actually tried to prevent his incident from happening to anypony ever again, while she just decided to fetch an Artifact of Doom (which she didn't even make) and end Equestria and the world without ever stopping to think that maybe there are solutions other than "kill everything". Of course, both of them fail. Conflicting moral codes can get in the way of these. Deadly Upgrade: The Smooze helps make her an unstoppable combatant, but she has to switch bodies because the Smooze corruption was melting her. Even after Desert Rose purges it from the both of them using the Eyes of Fatima, the Colt Leader would later use it to enact her plans in Tinker's Seal and Universal Cracks. Divergent Character Evolution: In her debut the Colt Leader wore the exact same pink hijab as Desert Rose did. When she re-emerged in Tinker's Seal, she ditched the pink hijab for a red silk scarf and let her hair out a lot more. Enemy to All Living Things: The Colt Leader has a habit of killing small animals as a sacrifice to Smooze. It's another thing that sets her apart from Desert Rose. She tries to kill Oasis the first chance she gets, which causes him to be MIA for some time. Universal Cracks has her up the ante: She is specifically mentioned to be the first Pony in history to attempt Omnicide- the complete destruction of all life forms in all realities, as sacrifices to an Alternate Universe Smooze. Evil Counterpart: To Desert Rose. Both are quiet, soft-spoken pegasi. However, Desert Rose is sweet and kind, while the Colt Leader is...not. In fact, they're so similar that the Colt Leader tried to tell Desert Rose that they were sisters. When that didn't work, she stole Desert Rose's body due to the similarities. Forceful Kiss: After taking over Desert Rose's body, the Colt Leader gets close to Gypsy Bard as Desert Rose, her only established friend, and lays one on her. Freudian Excuse: The Colt Leader was abused by a dragon who thought of more and more sadistic tortures for her. It's further implied, though never directly stated, that the Colt Leader's abuser was actually her own father. According to Universal Cracks, he was her stepfather. Hoofcraftian Superpower: By the end of Universal Cracks, her mastery of Smooze allows her to create Smooze appendages. Identical Stranger: To the point where Daring wonders if the Colt Leader is a changeling or Desert Rose from a Bizarro Universe. The Tinker's Series assumes the latter. Kick the Son of a Bitch: What she did to Alt997!Claddie was done because he had information she needed, but he had slaughtered several villages by that point. My Skull Runneth Over: How she dies in Universal Cracks. No Name Given: Her real name is not given initially. She's only ever referred to as Desert Rose when she's impersonating her, or some kind of religious title like 'Colt Leader'. Though if Daring's theory about the Bizarro Universe is true, her name might actually be Desert Rose. That theory is confirmed in Universal Cracks. Omnicidal Maniac. Pay Evil unto Evil: What she did to Gas Whole. Stalker with a Crush: The Colt Leader has an unhealthy obsession with Gypsy Bard. To the Pain: She threatens to rip off Alt997!Claddie's limbs, impale him with his own horn, disembowel him (as much as such a concept can be applied to a golem), and force-feed him his own guts-equivalent, while making him watch her extract the information she needed if he didn't give her what she wanted. Then she actually does it when he's not cooperative. Villain with Good Publicity: Played with: nopony in the town has anything bad to say about the Colt Leader (except Gypsy Bard), but there's ambiguity on whether it is genuine, everypony's too scared to say anything, or everypony's been too scared to say anything for so long that they've come to internalize it. Everypony in town views (or deludes themselves into seeing) the Colt as a minor and harmless (if bizarre) religious movement. Villainous Crush: The Colt Leader to Gypsy Bard. We Can Rule Together: The leader makes this offer to Desert Rose. She refused. Charity Charity is the Colt Leader's most fanatical follower. A unicorn with an obsession with fashion. Affably Evil Bad Dreams: She often has nightmares about her experiences in the war. Dangerous Deserter: She went on a rampage in despair after Sweetie Bottle died. Death Equals Redemption: When she and Applesack are resurrected by Sweetie Bottle using the Wandering Whistle in Universal Cracks, both have apparently had a lot of time to think on their sins in the afterlife, and are instrumental in destroying the Colt Leader. The Dragon The Fashionista Freudian Excuse: See Shell-Shocked Veteran. Heel-Face Turn: In Universal Cracks, she turns on the Colt Leader posthumously to save the multiverse. Killed Off for Real Large Ham Mad Artist: Her medium is clothing. My Celestia, What Have I Done?: After recreating Sweetie Bottle as a soulless golem, she becomes horrified, then blanks out any memory that she had done this. As far as she's concerned, Sweetie Bottle never died. See she's right here! Nice Hat: Her fashion obsession, particularly her interest in giants hats, is observed to be displacement for all the guilt she feels. Pet the Dog: If nothing else, she does care deep down about Sweetie Bottle. Shell-Shocked Veteran: Watched her entire unit get wiped out by a dragon in The Third Griffon-Diamond Dog War, and when redeployed she abandoned her post, which led to her hometown getting overrun. Take Care of My Sister: When she and Applesack are about to return to the Afterlife after stopping the Colt Leader, she hugs Sweetie Bottle one last time, then smiles at Claddie and the Marksmare, knowing that Sweetie is in good hooves. Vitriolic Best Buds: With Applesack. They both served in the war and like reminding each other of the other's failures, but they have each other's back. Applesack An Earth Pony who was exiled from the famous Apple Clan. The Atoner: Posthumously, she regrets a lot of what she did in life. Berserk Button: Slavery. The Dragon Even Evil Has Standards: She hates slavery because she was a slave at one point. It's a source of contention between her and Charity because the latter uses overseas slave labor. That said, Applesack doesn't mind what happens to Spur because her conditioning allows her hatred of dragons to overcome her morals against slavery. Evil Virtues: Applesack is very loyal, even if she's willing to do horrible things in the pursuit of that loyalty. This is most evident when she's willing to stand with Charity against Princess Sparkler. Explosive Leash: Kills a slaver with one. Turns out, it was the same slaver who enslaved her, and the same Explosive Leash the slaver collared her with. Fan Nickname: When the promotional materials were released, she was briefly nicknamed "Apple-Sacked" for having somehow gotten kicked out of the Apple Clan. Once the book came out and revealed the rest of her backstory fans quickly decided that it wasn't so funny anymore. Freudian Excuse: Claims it was being shunned by her family, though the way she acts, she probably deserved it. She was actually betrayed by a family member, who sold her to a slaver. She eventually escaped, tracked her down, and gave the slaver the same Explosive Leash she used to enslave Applesack. Heel-Face Turn: In Universal Cracks, she turns on the Colt Leader posthumously to save the multiverse. Hypocrite: Her anti-slavery attitude clashes with her willingness to let Spur be abused. I Did What I Had to Do: Claims to have done this during the war, but is frequently confronted with her behavior. Charity: Is that why you drove that stampede into that school house? Killed Off for Real Moral Myopia: She hates slavery. Except when it involves dragons. The Nicknamer: Has weird names for everypony, mostly something to do with gravy. Pet the Dog: She freed Attic Fan and a number of others from slavery. Politically Incorrect Villain: To a much greater extent than the others. "They're different than us, what do we do? Destroy! Destroy!" She's also known to keep Sheep political prisoners. Psycho for Hire: Applesack likes hurting other ponies for its own sake. Smarter Than You Look: She seems like a simple hick, but don't underestimate her intelligence. Sociopathic Soldier: Applesack is strongly implied to have been a war criminal before joining the Colt. Tales of the War has her executing surrendering enemies. Undying Loyalty: Claims to have this for Charity. Universal Cracks reveals how right she is- she joins Charity's spirit when it is recalled by the Wandering Whistle, for no reason other than she wanted to be where Charity was. As a result, they play a major role in stopping the Colt Leader. Unusual Dysphemism: She tends to use disturbing metaphors. It's meant to show that she's not quite right in the head. Vitriolic Best Buds: With Charity. They both served in the war and like reminding each other of the other's failures, but they have each other's back. Would Hurt a Child: Drove a stampede into a schoolhouse, and her line about drowning a sack full of puppies becomes even more morbid in Tales of the War. Attic Fan A clipped-wing Pegasus, and one of the Colt's more vulnerable members. Officially named in Revenant's Effigy, though several Colt members were mentioned to be in lock-up at the end of Amber of the Smooze. Anti-Villain: Attic Fan is not truly evil, just a broken pony seeking acceptance. Broken Angel Freudian Excuse: See Made a Slave. Gory Discretion Shot: The heroes hear The Assembler taking him apart, but the exact details are thankfully left to the imagination. Killed Off for Real Made a Slave: Part of Attic Fan's backstory. His slavers also permanently crippled his wings. Princess Twinlight Sparkler A massively narcissistic unicorn who has framed multiple ponies in an attempt to gain their positions. She claims to be a princess and the daughter of Celestia. She isn't, but anyone who says otherwise does so at their own risk. Amplifier Artifact: She's not really that powerful an innate spellcaster, but her use of Smooze goo as a focus for her magic lets her manage abilities well above her natural talent. In Alicorn Amulet, she has posthumous designs for the eponymous artifact. Bastard Bastard: She might not have started as such, but between the betrayal, blackmail frame-job, banishment, her mother's refusal to acknowledge her, and contact with Smooze Goo, she's plenty nasty by the time she first appears in-story. Berserk Button: Telling her she's not a real princess. See Tranquil Fury. Calling her by her first name. Spur finds this out the hard way. She's on par with Prism Rush when someone claims he's not completely shallow in terms of crazy over that. Blasphemous Boast: Claims to be part-Alicorn and more than mortal. She's insane, of course. Brother-Sister Incest: Has a huge crush on her brother, Prince Francis. Not Blood Siblings: It's okay, we're not related (he's her brother-in-law). Dark Magical Filly: Several excerpts from Alicorn Amulet showcase her as one of these. Divergent Character Evolution: Princess Sparkler is naturally a blue unicorn with a silvery mane as per her inspiration, but dyed her fur and mane extensively upon taking the self-proclaimed title of "Princess" (which by pure coincidence, made her look eerily similar to Princess Twilight Sparkle minus the wings), though she never appears with her natural coloring save for the spots she misses. Her look in the upcoming Alicorn Amulet will return her to her natural coloring. Everything's Better with Princesses: Nopony tells Princess Sparkler she's not a real princess. Not if they want to live. A few leaked details of Alicorn Amulet reveals she's really the bastard daughter of Princess Platinum the 23rd. This refers to a historical event where the actual Princess Platinum the 23rd was sick for a year and kept out of the public eye, fueling conspiracy theories that she had gotten pregnant and the family was keeping it a secret to prevent a scandal, even though the official medical records reveal that she had a severe case of Horn Pox exacerbated by a weak immune system and the family kept it quiet because she had always been an extremely private individual (possibly due to her weak immune system). It is also likely a reference to Ember Roundup's first meeting with Beatrix Lulamoon, at a Hearth's Warming Eve pageant in which she was playing Princess Platinum. Freudian Excuse: Was framed for treason and denied her birthright. Just a Machine: Her attitude toward Sweetie Bottle. Last Name Basis: Her first name isn't revealed in Amber of the Smooze. She's only referred to as Princess or Princess Sparkler. The only hint we get is that it begins with a "T", but Princess Sparkler beats Spur before he can finish saying it. In the previews for Alicorn Amulet, it is revealed to be "Twinlight". Killed Off for Real Back from the Dead: In Alicorn Amulet, she's planning on using the eponymous artifact to resurrect herself. Mane and Stable: As part of her insanity, she tries to murder her half-sister, Princess Platinum XXIV to get her out of the way. Murder the Hypotenuse: She does this so to try and make Prince Francis available. Narcissist No Celebrities Were Harmed: "Celebrity" is somewhat pushing it, but the author admits her personality was a cross between an evil version of Doctor Tabula Rasa and an exaggerated caricature of Gusty Lulamoon's younger cousin, who she met at a Hearth's Warming party a few years before writing the book. Though this shows that the depiction might not have been so exaggerated.◊ However, eyewitness accounts claim she's was high on powerful evil magic at the time, and is now moving past that. However, her similarities to Princess Twilight Sparkle (namely, Sparkler's fur and mane color after the dye-job, their respective obsessions with Princess Celestia, and the fact that Princess Sparkler's full name is Twinlight Sparkler) are purely coincidental according to Word of God, though that last point is highly suspect, given that it was first revealed in leaked information about Alicorn Amulet (though still before her coronation). Poor Communication Kills: Her interactions with Silver Tongue. He betrays and frames her when he realized she didn't want to blackmail her mother. Small Name, Big Ego The Stars Are Going Out: In Alicorn Amulet, after realizing that even with the Alicorn Amulet, she doesn't stand a chance against Nightmare Moon, she opts to destroy the stars that were prophecized to aid in her escape, in order to trap Nightmare Moon in the moon forever. Stars Are Souls: In the aftermath to try and make amends for the destruction she wrought and the ponies she hurt, agrees to serve as the replacement stars for Celestia's plan to redeem Nightmare Moon. That Mare Is Dead: A few off-hoof remarks are made of Princess Sparkler's past as a stage magician, but she brushes them off with contempt. She goes so far as to beat Spur within an inch of his life when he tries to call her by her first name, which is excessive even for her. Tranquil Fury: She'll slowly flay your skin off your bones until there's nothing left, but she will do it in such a calm, nonchalant manner. Prism Rush Seemingly a kooky, nearsighted, clumsy, idiotic pegasus who is being taken advantage of by Applesack, all it takes is a few wrong words to find out that he is one of the more deranged Colt Members. In his darker moments, he calls himself "Head of the Rainbow Factory", which is a reference to that old campfire story. Berserk Button: Implying he is more than just a shallow moron. He actually threatens to murder Short Stuff and grind her up to make rainbows. Beware the Silly Ones: He's a kooky, impulsive, nearsighted idiot, but get under his nerves and he will kill you and grind you into rainbow paste. Even though he has been repeatedly told that that's just a campfire story. Applesack knows how to screw with him without arousing his wrath. Blind Without 'Em: Prism Rush is extremely nearsighted, which prevented him from joining the army. Brainless Beauty: Prism Rush is frequently described as being attractive, particularly as having beautiful eyes. He's also kind of an idiot. Freudian Excuse: The accident he caused that killed his friends and nearly blinded him has left him refusing to acknowledge reality. Irony: In Prism Rush Presents, the self-proclaimed "Manager of the Rainbow Factory" gets too depressed actually reading the story, and improvises a happier ending. Justified in that this Prism Rush is taking anti-psychotic medication, and it's interacting with his psychosis in strange ways. Killed Off for Real Offing the Offspring: A small, easily-missed line suggests he might be Short Stuff's biological father. Given what he tries to do to her. Phrase Catcher: "That's just a campfire story!" Smurfing: Often does this with "prism" and "rush." Spared by the Adaptation: In the Prism Rush Presents universe, Word of Celestia is that even if they would have used that plot thread, he would have survived The Assembler's purge because he never knowingly joined the Colt in the first place having been played by Applesack, and was obviously too stupid to realize their intentions. Stepford Smiler: Prism Rush is proud of the fact that he's a shallow moron, but it's implied that he's in almost complete denial over the accident he caused that killed his old friends and nearly blinded him. He even admits that for years he thought his old friends just ditched him, when they were actually dead because of him. Too Dumb to Live: Prism Rush isn't very bright. He kicks the Colt Leader's former abuser in the face, forcing a confrontation, and he doesn't seem to realize that he's joined a Colt. Applesack likes keeping him around for her own amusement. Even when he's slipping into his darker moments, he doesn't realize that The Rainbow Factory is just a story and that you can't make rainbows from grinding up ponies. Villains Never Lie: Delusions and stupidity aside, Prism Rush is quite honest. Applesack has to shut him up several times lest he spill the beans about the nature of the Colt. What Beautiful Eyes: There's some special mention to his "magenta eyes." Would Hurt a Child / Would Hit a Girl: He comes within moments of killing Short Stuff and it's said that she wouldn't have been his first. Spur A baby dragon enslaved by Princess Sparkler. He's often tormented by the Colt, who see him as a way to vent their frustrations. Born Into Slavery Butt Monkey: Deconstructed. Iron Butt Monkey: His natural durability is probably the only reason he's still alive. The Dog Bites Back: Along with Rayback, he attacks the Smooze with his fire, and does manage to slow it down briefly. Made of Iron: He is a dragon, after all. Sad Clown Throw the Dog a Bone: In supplementary material released with a reprint of Daring Do and the Amber of the Smooze, it's mentioned that Daring made sure he was exonerated for involvement in the Colt's activities. Curse of the Golden Key corroborated this and revealed that he now lives happily with Desert Rose's tribe.
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Sweetie Bottle Charity's little sister. She died when her home town was overrun, but Charity had her remade as a golem. Charity doesn't treat her as any different, but that's more due to her intense denial. Big drat Heroes: After having grown attached to Claddie and the Marksmare over the course of Universal Cracks, she comes to their aid and uses the Wandering Whistle to summon Charity and Applesack to help destroy the Colt Leader. Claddie and the Marksmare are so proud. The Bus Came Back: Plays a major role in Universal Cracks. Demonic Possession: Princess Sparkler uses her body as a host for the demon Zrackerthod. Charity is not amused. Do Golems Dream?: Upon the revelation of her Golem-ness, she positively breaks. Universal Cracks has her slowly rebuilding her sense of self-worth, with the help of Daring, Claddie, and the Marksmare. Golem Speak: Delves into this at points. Morality Pet: Is the only thing that keeps Charity from going off the deep end. Put on a Bus: Vanished at the end of Amber of the Smooze, due to her self-identity issues. Universal Cracks reveals that she's been living on the streets of Manehattan. Replacement Goldfish: Sweetie Bottle never died. She's right here. Ridiculously Equine Golems: Hardly anypony notices there's anything wrong with Sweetie Bottle, but considering all the weird crap that goes on in the town, that may be more due to the Weirdness Censor. Tin Mare: After the revelation, she believes that golems aren't supposed to have emotions and tries to suppress them. She doesn't do a very good job. True Companions: With Alice Springs and Short Stuff, as of Universal Cracks. Gas Whole A dragon with a history with the Colt Leader. He was the one who abused her, and as a result, became the Omnicidal Maniac she's known to be. He's also implied to have been her father. In Universal Cracks, he's stated to have been her stepfather, and that they're both from an alternate reality. Abusive Parents: He's never outright stated to be her father in the first book, but he's implied to have some sort parental relationship with her, one filled with increasingly insane and malicious tortures. Bizarro Universe: He's from the same universe as the Colt Leader. Killed Off for Real: The Colt Leader disemboweled him when Prism Rush kicks him in the face, sending him on a rampage. Training from Hell: His supposed motive for abusing the Colt Leader. Wicked Stepfather In Universal Cracks, he was stated to be her stepfather. The Blank Village Sunnytown (AKA: The Blank Village). A mysterious village where the adult pony population is curiously devoid of Cutie Marks. The town harbors a dark secret. Introduced in Ruby of the Blank Village, and is heavily used in the events of Tinker's Seal, Legend of the Zomponies, and Mirror Pond, with mentions in Revenant's Effigy and Universal Cracks. And I Must Scream: Any Blank killed will reconstitute eventually, but it takes a really long time and until then, they are stuck in an ethereal void without the ability to influence anything except the emotions of others. Laser-Guided Amnesia: In the flashbacks in Ruby of the Blank Village, only Mitta and Greyhoof remember anything substantial of their lives prior to the founding of Sunnytown beyond the plague. Greyhoof's reaction indicated that not only was he responsible, but he was scared that the information might spread As part of another deal with the dark power he would make after the founding of Sunnytown, he couldn't let the information spread. Unfortunately, his blatant execution of Starlet, Roneo, and Mitta led to a lot of questions being asked, which led to some discoveries, which led to Greyhoof's more extreme behaviors until the dark power he dealt with took it as a breach of contract and cursed them all. Greyhoof managed to salvage the situation somewhat, using Ruby and Roneo's ruby as focal points for a blasphemous ritual. The Purge: Greyhoof orchestrates a purging on the village when ponies start developing Cutie Marks. It gets so bad, he invokes dark powers to recreate them all without their curse marks, using both the eponymous ruby and Ruby herself as the linchpins of the ritual (meaning Ruby gets to be the one who dies over and over again, though the subsequent murders of Starlet and Roneo were included, as Ruby wasn't quite dead yet). Unusually Uninteresting Sight: With the exception of Starlet, in Ruby of the Blank Village, none of the Blanks pay any attention to non-ponies. Vanishing Village: The village is little more than ruins most days of the year. Only days and nights of the full moon does it reveal itself, leading to speculation that Nightmare Moon was involved in its creation/cursing. Greyhoof An Earth Pony in a small village called Sunny Town in a forest in Ruby of the Blank Village. He's also the Leader of the "Nightmares". Revealed in Tinker's Seal to have been a briefly-hired lab assistant to Steam Whistle in his youth. Ambiguous Clone Ending: Played with. While Greyhoof and all his clones are killed off in Mirror Pond, it's left ambiguous as to whether or not the last one was the original Greyhoof. Bastard Understudy: Of Steam Whistle. Berserk Button: Anything that might be perceived as involving the Cutie Pox. Steam Whistle's assistants find out the hard way when they mentioned they were trying to replicate the condition without the deleterious effects. Big Bad Body Horror: In Mirror Pond, as he creates more clones, they start to degenerate. Several of them have digits similar to minotaurs on their hooves. Yes, L. Heartstrings was a co-writer on this in case you were wondering. Clone Degeneration: As Greyhoof uses more and more of the diluted Mirror Pond, his clones are less and less... there. Worse when he uses them to slow his infection. Determinator: Say what you will, this is a pony who, even as a young child, did everything he could to save the other surviving children from the horrors they lived through. Driven to Suicide Drowning My Sorrows: He downs Ghoul's 470-proof cider upon the discovery that there's a cure for Cutie Pox that's activated by telling the truth. He then eats a torch. It goes as well as expected. Enemy Mine: How he viewed his work with Steam Whistle and his assistants. He had hope that they might develop/have developed something that might let them undo the damage or prevent anypony else from developing Cutie Pox. When he found out about the Cutie Mark Replicator and how it was inspired by his nightmare-induced ramblings about the Cutie Pox, he severed this alliance, and subsequently the assorted jugulars of the designers. Faux Affably Evil Foil: To Mitta and Starlet. With Mitta, they're both ponies who did horrible things for the sake of the community. But while Mitta learned to regret her betrayal, Greyhoof pressed on no matter what. However, compared to Starlet, Greyhoof did the horrible things he did out of a misguided desire to protect everypony, while Starlet loved doing what she did. Heel Realization: When he or his last clone is offered the cure but requires him to tell the truth, he admits to being the reason everything in the Blank Village going wrong. Although he only said it because he desperately wanted what he said to be false, when the flower blooms to prove it wasn't, he kills himself in remorse. I Did What I Had to Do: His justification for everything. Knight of Cerebus: When he appears in a story, you know things will spiral downward. Laser-Guided Karma: For everything he did, the fleeing into the Everfree Forest, the pacts with dark forces, his work with Steam Whistle, and the orchestration of the culling of the "infected", in Mirror Pond he's the only one out of all of Sunnytown to have a confirmed case of the Cutie Pox. Only his duplication powers let him slow it down by spreading it among his clones, which does not help their attitudes. Mind Rape: What he did to Gladstone and Three Leaf when they started asking questions. In fact, pretty much the entire town because of the ritual. Never My Fault: Even when it's shown that his actions led to the curse on Sunny Town, he still refuses to believe he's at fault. He firmly believes that Ruby is to blame for everything, even though the poor filly couldn't help that she got her cutie mark. My Celestia, What Have I Done: Being forced to face the truth in Mirror Pond reveals that he was the one who caused the Cutie Pox plague in the first place, and most of the bad things associated with the Blank Village were because of his actions (though specifically not Starlet's dubious sanity nor Mitta's betrayal of Ruby). Though given how remorseless Greyhoof has been, the others wonder if this was a sign of Clone Degeneration. Not So Different: Is compared to The Assembler as they're both literally soulless monsters who have destroyed countless in their misguided attempts to protect Equestria (Greyhoof having sold his soul at one point). Pet the Dog: He actually did care for the residents, even Ruby, seeing the purge as a grim necessity. Promotion to Parent: He became this in the aftermath of the plague. Considering that he was a precutiescent colt leading the other precutiescent survivors, he had a lot on his plate, so it's probably little wonder he snapped. Ritual Magic: Like all Earth Ponies, his ability to use magic is more on the latent side. As a result, when he wants to achieve overt supernatural effects, he uses rituals. Some of the things he's done are described as being like "trying to make evil Zap Apple Jam in the deepest regions of Tartarus." Self-Duplication Self-Immolation: He uses the 470-proof Hard Apple Cider. Shoot the Dog: How he viewed his horrific acts. Distasteful, but necessary. Stallion Foal/Wise Beyond Their Years: As a foal, Greyhoof took the responsibility to lead the exodus, founded Sunnytown and took all the actions he believed he needed to help his friends, but growing up, he would never take responsibility for what he did do, ultimately locking them in the cycle to begin with. Stealth Expert: To the point where he's able to bluff the few ponies he comes into contact with while working for Steam Whistle that his talent is hiding. Stepford Smiler: Acts cheerful even when he's ticked off. His duplicates, less so. The Unfettered: Is absolutely willing to do anything to save his little community from the threat he saw, from selling his soul to the dark power to protect his village, to working with Steam Whistle, to locking them in time, to culling the "infected", to recruiting the ones that could be saved. Unwitting Instigator of Doom: The event that touched off the Cutie Pox Plague was accidentally caused by him. Everything that followed... not so accidental. Villainous Breakdown: He gets infected. The one thing he's been running from his entire life, and the only thing he fears, catches up to him. It's not pretty. Well-Intentioned Extremist: To some extent, according to Mirror Pond, the horrors that he saw virtually broke him, causing him to go to all sorts of extremes to try and prevent another Cutie Pox outbreak, from working with Steam Whistle to brokering a deal with the dark spirit, to organizing the killing of the "infected". Unfortunately, a lot of pain could have been prevented if he took responsibility in the first place instead of running and looking for solutions that would let have let him hide his involvement. Would Hurt a Child: His plan in Mirror Pond involves using his clones to kidnap ponies free from the Curse Mark taint to repopulate Sunnytown. Ruby The first pony to gain a Cutie Mark in Sunnytown, and subsequently its first victim. Foreshadowing Mitta: Yeah Ruby, you have a talent for finding things, but don't forget, one of those things you find is trouble. Forgiveness: She is willing to forgive them all, and help them find their way. Even Starlet and Greyhoof, though she is admittedly a little hesitant on Starlet. The Scapegoat: Is blamed for returning the curse back to Sunnytown. Mitta Ruby's best friend, but fear drove her to betray her when Ruby found her Mark. The Atoner: She sold out Ruby when Ruby went into hiding, and regretted it. This regret let her see through the veil that Greyhoof pulled over them. Heroic Sacrifice: Takes out a good-sized chunk of the other Nightmares by forcing them into the Gilded Marksmare's kill zone. Killed to Uphold the Masquerade: Part of the terms of the agreement with the dark power of Sunnytown is that the memory of their past was to be suppressed. When Mitta starts to feel remorse for betraying Ruby, she also starts to remember. Greyhoof has her killed immediately. The Oath-Breaker: Mitta swore to Ruby that she would keep her safe, no matter what. But when Ruby manifested her Cutie Mark, Mitta hid her, only to almost immediately betray her location to her pursuers. Mitta would grow to become disgusted with herself. Took a Level in Badass: In Tinker's Seal, seeing that the cycle could be broken since Daring and her friends arrived, she steps up, and forces as many of the other Nightmares into the Gilded Marksmare's kill zone. Starlet Seemingly a friendly pony with a crush on Roneo, she hides a very different personality. While the others fear the Cutie Marks, she does not. She sees them as different, and anything different in Starlet's eyes must be destroyed. Catch Phrase: "No freaks." Creepy Child: When Greyhoof led his exodus and burned the old village to the ground to stop the spread, the others cried or whimpered. Starlet just smiled at the proceedings. Knife Nut: Like cutting up ponies. Politically Incorrect Villain: While the others fear Cutie Marks because of their experiences with the Plague, Starlet seems to hate anything sentient that isn't a blank Earth Pony. While the others killed their victims and burned their bodies to prevent the spreading the disease, Starlet took pleasure in cutting off their horns and wings while they were still alive. Roneo A genuinely friendly pony who likewise has a crush on Starlet, he nevertheless shares Greyhoof's paranoia about the plague and sides with him the moment they believe it to be back. Death by Irony: About as literally as is possible for the trope. First-Person Smartass: At the worst possible time. Gallows Humour: One can put it down to shock, and he doesn't say it out loud (in the book at least), but it's telling that his first reaction to his new girlfriend's murder was to note the irony of her being killed because of the Cutie Mark that she got for helping kill Ruby No Sympathy: He wasted no time in turning on Ruby once he believed her to be infected, though unlike Starlet he certainly took no pleasure in it. Ungrateful Bastard: Some readers see him as this, considering that Ruby had only just helped him get together with Starlet. Three Leaf Another one of the residents with a speaking role. She tells the visitors that they're self-sufficient and don't get many visitors. He Knows Too Much: Three Leaf had her brain scrubbed because of what Gladstone told her. Mind Rape: Greyhoof wasn't going to let Sunnytown's secret get out, but unlike with Mitta, he had learned the mental suppression ritual by then. Stepford Smiler: Greyhoof was pretty brutal in suppressing her memory. Welcome to Corneria: In the modern time, she always repeats the same static dialog. It's unnerving. Gladstone Another one of the residents with a speaking role. Have You Told Anyone Else?: Yes. Three Leaf. He Knows Too Much: Despite cheering on the execution of Ruby, Starlet, and Roneo, a few things he heard Mitta say disturbed him. In his investigations he found some stuff out, requiring Greyhoof to do something about it. Mind Rape: Greyhoof wasn't going to let Sunnytown's secret get out, but unlike with Mitta, he had learned the mental suppression ritual by then. Stepford Smiler: Greyhoof was pretty brutal in suppressing his memory. Welcome to Corneria: In the modern time, he always repeats the same static dialog. It's unnerving. The Greifvögel A group of griffons with unusual powers gained from grossly unethical experimentation. Came Back Wrong: In Chemical Sister, every one of them are resurrected as mindless bio-weapons. Five-Bad Band: The Big Bad: Krähe The Dragon: Spottdrossel, Falke The Evil Genius: Eule, Henne The Brute: Rabe The Dark Chick: Eichelhäher Sixth Ranger: Taube Meaningful Name: Each of their names is German for a type of bird. Krähe (Crow) Rabe (Raven) Spottdrossel (Mockingbird) Eichelhäher (Jay) Henne (Hen) Eule (Owl) Falke (Hawk) Papagei (Parrot) Taube (Dove) Krähe The cold, calculating, ruthless leader of Greifvögel. He's sadistic, manipulative, and willing to exploit anypony for his own gain. Not much is known about his history. All anypony knows is that he turns other griffons into mutated bio-weapons (either through manipulation or straight up kidnapping) and plans to use them to bring down Celestia and instigate anarchy. Dystopia Justifies the Means: His only real explanation for wanting to overthrow Celestia and make an archic nation is that everyone has gone soft, with natural selection being at an all time low. He wants only the strongest and those who fight for themselves to thrive. Hypocrite: Ironic, considering he lets the rest of the Greifvögel do the fighting for him. Manipulative Bastard The Social Darwinist Rabe Krähe's second-in-command, who seems to harbor no emotion other than anger. He has a great desire to help Krähe achieve his goals, and follows his orders without question. In a fight, he's wild, but unobservent, and often makes careless mistakes due to acting before thinking. It's heavily implied that he's Krähe's little brother, and detested his talk of bringing down Celestia before being having his mined wiped and reconfigured. Idiot Ball: Daring outwits him pretty easily. The Brute: His solution to all his problems is repeatedly beating it with his fists. The Dragon: To Krähe, although he's more like a lapdog. Papagei An insane assassin in jester get-up working for Krähe for unknown reasons and is just as much a sadist as he is. Becoming the Mask: In Breathing Weapons his crazy jester act was just that; an act, but in Chemical Sister, he's starting to become a little more unhinged. In Oathkeepers, he's practically gone mad, completely disregarding his involvement with the Buckzi and making it a top priority to kill Daring. Double Agent: In the epilogue of Breathing Weapons, he's revealed to have been working for the Buckzi to gather information on both Daring and Arzt. Man Behind the Man: Arguably, Papagei is the trilogy's true antagonist. Monster Clown Eichelhäher The youngest member of the group. She's a meek, naive griffin who has been pushed around and exploited by others her entire life. She took up Krahe's offer after he promised her power, in hopes it would give her confidence and courage. The end result was far from what she expected. She's now able to use powerful magic, much like a unicorn, but at the cost of her body and later, her mind rapidly decaying. As of, Oathkeepers, she is officially apart of the supporting cast, in the same vein as Arzt. Anti-Villain: Type II, bordering on Type IV. She doesn't want to be the bad guy, but is being forced to on threat of death. "I'm already half dead. I don't wanna go all the way..." Heel-Face Turn: She makes the transition over the course of Chemical Sister, and in Oathkeepers, she's a full-fledged good guy. Back from the Dead: With the rest of the Greifvogel in Chemical Sister. Badass Longcoat: Her main outfit in Breathing Weapons and some of Chemical Sister is nothing more than an oversized trenchcoat. Bandage Babe: Under her coat is a bunch of bandages she uses to keep her organs in. They're not really effective. Facial Horror: In Chemical Sister, a good portion of her face falls off, with a good chunk of skull on display. Functional Addict: In Chemical Sister, after discovering that her new body suffers from the same rot and decay her old one did, she becomes addicted to embalming fluid, of all things. Justified in that it helps keep her together. Literally. Man in the Machine: At the beginning of Oathkeepers, she gets a multi-layered suit that looks like a cross between a knight and an astronaut. It keeps her body from decaying any further and prevents anything from falling out. Our Zombies Are Different: She's never explicitly called a zombie, but that's pretty much what she became. Power Floats: And she doesn't even need her wings. Tooka Level In Badass: After joining Daring and Arzt, she doesn't hesitate in using her unicorn-like powers against the baddies. True Companions: With Arzt. Spottdrossel A ex-military sniper with an insatiable bloodlust who enjoys chipping away it his prey in order to watch them writhe before he deals the killing blow. He has a massive ego and considers death at his hands a "favor". Blood Knight Cold Sniper Improbable Aiming Skills: Any old sniper can make a clean headshot. How many snipers can intentionally miss vital spots just to draw out the tension? To the Pain Falke A quiet, relentless, ex-military gunner from the same troop as Spottdrossel. She's a bit more upfront about her targets, prefering to mow down anything standing between her and her kill with her massive gattling gun. BFG: A gattling gun almost bigger than her. Ammunition Backpack Bottomless Magazines: Her mini-gun never seems to run out of ammo. The Gunslinger: Type B. Good Lord, Type B. The Voiceless: Doesn't say a single thing in Breathing Weapons Suddenly Voiced: And the first words out of her beak in Chemical Sister is a long, angry rant in Germane. Eule The group doctor. Surprisingly friendly and caring for a group as ruthless as the Greifvögel. He is Krähe's go-to guy for new types of experimentation. Affably Evil Deadly Doctor Mad Doctor Henne Much like her (implied) husband, Eule, Henne is a warm, motherly griffin who makes sure the rest of the group is well taken care of. Affably Evil Team Mom Taube An old friend of Arzt's, and practically his direct opposite. Strong, couragous, a little rude and crude, but friendly and genuinely caring of her friends. She disappeared after joining the military, only to reappear as another one of Krähe's twisted experiments. Affectionate Nickname: Arzt used to call her "Pigeon", since her name is Germane for both Dove and Pigeon. And I Must Scream: It's implied that there is a little bit of her still fighting against Krähe's control...and losing. Brainwashed and Crazy: Krähe made her "the perfect weapon" by wiping her mind and turning her into his own personal attack dog. I Know You Are In There Somewhere Fight: Arzt begs her to remember him while she's under Krähe's control. It works, but only a little. Killed Off for Real: Daring and Arzt put her out of her misery at the end. Other - Polo House New Adventures Characters Count Vryko Lakas An earth pony who's an on-again, off-again enemy and on-again, off-again ally of Daring Do. He only appears in the Expanded Universe. His motivations are a mystery to both Daring Do and the readers, and his side changes each Expanded Universe book that he's in. It's heavily implied that he's a vampony. This was outright confirmed to be the case in Sanguine Stained Teeth. He's also proven himself capable in a fight, holding his own against 3 villains at once. Voiced by Hugh Buckman in a high-profile fan adaptation. Badass Badass Baritone: It's said his voice is low and deep. Badass Bystander: He's been in this role, both working with and against Daring Do. Badass in a Nice Suit Cultured Badass Specs of Awesome Bystander Syndrome: As long as nothing forces him to get involved, he won't choose sides. Cannot Convey Sarcasm Sarcasm-Blind The Comically Serious Does Not Like Garlic Heel-Face Revolving Door: Which side he's on depends on the book. Mysterious Past It was eventually released he tried to rebel against all the other vamponies because they viewed all other species as food. He was exiled and left alone on the condition that he was never to initiate interference in anyone's business. Neutral No Longer: This appears to be the case as he's the only vampony left alive. No Celebrities Were Harmed: Appears to be based on the Gary Oldmane portrayal of Count Chiroptula. No Sense of Humor Our Vamponies Are Different Picky Eater: He seems to prefer extremely juicy meat. Super Senses The Stoic Stoic Spectacles Wild Card: See Mysterious Past. Stan A angry stallion earth pony that was first introduced in The Coronet of Chaos. He's awfully petty, vowing revenge on whoever wrongs him no matter how minuscule. Daring accidentally eats his muffin in the beginning and he tracks her down throughout the entirety of the book. Towards the climax, he of all ponies pulls a Big drat Heroes moment towards Krastos distracting him long enough for Daring to complete the ritual to defeat him. Big drat Heroes Exactly What It Says on the Tin: His cutie mark is the word Jerk. One Name Only The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: He's this towards Daring. Skyward Scream Stan: Daring DOOOOOOOO! Steam Whistle, the Mad Tinker Introduced in Revenant's Effigy The Assembler's creator and all-around Mad Scientist from an age long past, his journal and his works are all that's left of him, as his story, along with his foes, his methods and even his appearance were lost to time, and the Assembler is the only one who remembers who he was. Anti-Villain: Type II-III. He genuinely wants to protect Equestria, and spare everypony else from whatever he had to go through. Arc Symbol/Sigil Spam: His cutie mark, a pointed steam whistle, which he used to brand all his works. It tends to work as a visual version of Hell Is That Noise. Clock Punk: Most of his creations were of this variety. Clock Work Creature: If it wasn't an Artifact of Doom, it was one of these The Constant: A strange, interdimensional version. While other characters could vary wildly between different universes, he remained pretty much the same. Horrible Judge of Character: Hiring Tight Ship and Greyhoof as lab assistants proved to be a really bad idea. Ironic Name: He hated working with steam machinery, and preferred clockworks for an unknown reason From Nopony to Nightmare: According to his journal, he began as a humble tinker and blacksmith. One dead little sister later, he discovered his talent for automaton making and ended up creating the mechanical monstrosity that is the Assembler, along with several unknown projects that are yet to resurface. This extends to alternate universes. Whenever an alt!Whistle was pushed to far, the world would see a nasty balance shift. In one case, his entire family got executed for an unknown reason. The result? He overthrew the royal sisters, and put himself as emperor. He Who Fights Monsters Mad Scientist Mechanical Monster: His specialty Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: Just take a look at the things he made. He was one messed up pony, even if you take his backstory into account. Posthumous Character: Has been dead for centuries, but his influence can be felt throughout two books, having shifted the power balance of Equestria for a very long time. The Spook: Very little was known from him when he lived, and most of it was lost after he died. Ultimate Blacksmith: His metalworking was clearly unparalleled at the time, and nopony yet has even come close to matching him Tragic Villain Well-Intentioned Extremist: Clearly intended for the Assembler to protect Equestria. His success is debatable. The Rust Wraith/Copper Wire The ghost of a mare who lived many centuries ago, it claimed an abandoned foundry near Baltimare, and now resides there, driving away anypony who tries to enter. Recently, this foundry appears to have piqued the interest of Krastos' minions, which has the entire city on the ropes. She is later revealed to have been another of Steam Whistle's assistants, who decided to quit when she thought he was going mad, and got the Soul Seal as a parting gift. And I Must Scream Berserk Button: Seems to particularly despise demons. Apparently, Steam Whistle told her just what they did to ponies, and particularly his dead little sister. Badmouthing Steam Whistle, too. Dying as Yourself: When the Soul Seal is deactivated, she thanks the group before leaving to finally rest Extra Oredinary: She can shape and control metallic objects effortlessly. Considering she haunts a foundry, this becomes especially problematic. Ghostly Chill: The characters notice that inside the foundry it's much colder than anywhere else. Not even having the entire facility at full power is enough to warm it up, as they later find out. Our Ghosts Are Different Only Sane Mare: One of the few sane assistants Steam Whistle had. Poltergeist Storm of Blades: A favorite of hers. Professor Lemon Johnson Originally mentioned as a brief gag in Tinker's Seal, Lemon Johnson, Dr. Capacitor's cousin, makes his official debut in Universal Cracks. Aside from his quasi-obsessive ideas for incendiary fruit, Lemon is also a pioneer in the fields of alternate universes, and with the help of Capacitor and a crack team of scientists, produces a spell that opens the Cracks between Universes. Bungling Inventor Catch Phrase: "When Life gives you Lemons..." Cloudcuckoolander: Judging by his desire to make explosive fruit. Which actually comes in handy when dispatching the homicidal Alternate Universe Ghoul Dachshund. For Science!: His motivation for everything. Mad Scientist: Much like his cousin. When Life Gives You Lemons: See Catch Phrase Many Masks A buffalo girl living in the Naffalo territories living in the tribe that commissioned Daring to track down their sacred totem in Charms of the Skin-trotter, who develops a friendship and a bit more with Darrin. However, she has a dark secret that may force her to choose between herself and her tribe. Anti-Villain: Wants to protect her tribe, but was willing to cross some serious lines to do so. Emotion Eater: Powers herself on fear. The Exile: She is cast out by her tribe after refusing to give up her powers. He Who Fights Monsters: By the end of Charms of the Skin-trotter she starts to fall towards this, hunting down non-threats and refusing to give up her abilities Heel Realization: A good portion of the short story Fear and Love is the slow realization of how far she's slipped down the slope. Interspecies Romance: Has something with Darrin. Voluntary Shapeshifting: She is a skin-trotter. Well-Intentioned Extremist: She does make mention of the need to defend her tribe from Changeling attacks and the depridations of pony bandits on the frontier. She goes so far as to become a skin-trotter. What the Hell, Hero?: Her tribe call her out for her actions and her refusal to give up her now completely unnecessary powers, before casting her out. Morph The Changeling survivor from the Skin-trotter's massacre. The Atoner: After facing the Skin-trotter, he starts to question his species' modus operandi. Morality Pet: In Fear and Love Morph slowly becomes one for Many Masks. Princess Platinum XXIII Princess Platinum XXIII was a historical figure with a serious immune-system deficiency. Perhaps best remembered for a conspiracy theory that claimed her year-long disappearance from the public eye was due to an illicit affair. The Alicorn Amulet takes that theory and runs with it, making her Princess Sparkler's mother. Mentioned in a few earlier books, but first appears as a major character in Alicorn Amulet. Good Girls Avoid Abortion: Though she points out that between the Horn Pox and her deficient immune system, she's just as likely to die from that as she is bringing her foal to term. Ill Girl: As per her real-life counterpart. Prince Vladimir Prince Vladimir is the brother of Princess Platinum XXIII. Mentioned in a few earlier books, but first appears as a major character in Alicorn Amulet. Pet the Dog: He's an elitist jerk, but he's fiercely protective of his sister. Princess Platinum XXIV Princess Platinum XXIII's first legitimate daughter. First appears in Alicorn Amulet. Mane and Stable: Princess Sparkler tries to murder her while under a corrupting influence. Prince Francis Princess Platinum XXIV's husband. First appears in Alicorn Amulet. Silver Tongue A charming, charismatic retired con-pony. In his younger days, he was always looking for a way to get ahead or enjoy a hedonistic lifestyle, before the stress made him retire. However, his discovery of a down-on-her-luck stage magician who matched the description of the rumored illicit daughter of Princess Platinum XXIII caused him to come out of retirement for one last con. Only she turns out to be more than he bargained for. First appears in Alicorn Amulet. Abusive Parents: There are a number of hints he's actually Princess Sparkler's father, which, given that he only came back into her life to use her to blackmail her mother and stabbed her in the back when he realized she truly wanted to be recognized, means he's quite the bastard. I Have Many Names: He's been through many identities over the years. Master of Disguise: Part of changing his identity constantly. Poor Communication Kills: His and Sparkler's use of doublespeak led him to think she was in on his blackmail scheme. Instead, he realized almost too late she was genuine in her desire to be recognized as Princess Platinum XXIII's daughter, and had to improvise at the last moment, betraying and framing her in the process. He mutters to himself about how he was out of practice. Young Daring Do Characters Grouchy First introduced in Wooden Mask, Grouchy is Daring's Cool Pet Tyrannosaurus rex. Okay, maybe not a pet per se, but he and Daring are the best of friends. Their relationship wasn't like this in the beginning - the first time they met involved lots and lots of running - but they eventually grew to like each other after Daring dislodged a bone stuck in his throat. As of the most recent installment, Grouchy happily resides in the dinosaur exhibit of the Royal Canterlot Zoo, but he has been known to escape regularly to help Daring and her friends/family. Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: Grouchy is purple with a green belly - the other T-rexes are entirely green. Androcles Tyrannosaur: Near the end of The Valley of Grouchy, he swallows Daring whole before he is subdued by the royal guards. Daring discovers a bone stuck in his throat and dislodges it, for which Grouchy is extremely grateful. Berserk Button: Do NOT insult his intelligence, EVER. The worst mistake you can make in this regard is saying that his brain is the size of a walnut (a T-rex's brain is actually as large as a pony's brain). Big drat Heroes: Pretty much guaranteed whenever he's around. Cool Pet (technically a zoo animal, but still...) Everything's Better with Dinosaurs: OBVIOUSLY. Non-Indicative Name: Although Grouchy did live up to his name in his backstory, he's actually a pretty nice dinosaur in the actual canon. Non-Malicious Monster: The only reason he was grouchy was because he had a bone stuck in his throat, which was removed by Daring. Stock Dinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex Super-Persistent Predator: Played with. During their first meeting in The Valley of Grouchy, Grouchy WAS about to give up on chasing Daring after deciding she wasn't worth the trouble... until she called him a "walnut-brain", causing him to develop a personal grudge against her until the Androcles Tyrannosaur incident discussed above. Zapapple Tock Daring's foalhood friend, she is mentioned in Sapphire Stone as having died in college. In Curse of the Yeti, we learn that Daring feels responsible. She is a major character in Valley of the Grouchy and is killed in Ballad Of The Chickerufus. Do Not Do This Cool Thing: Converses this trope in Valley of Grouchy Foregone Conclusion: She's going to die and Daring will feel responsible. Red Pony, Blue Pony: The blue to Daring's red, despite having a rose coat. Shifty Gaze A pegasus pony who plans to sell not only the use of the Fountain of Youth, but many of Cloudyon's more dangerous artifacts. Daring Do's only antagonist in The Cloud-Held Eternity. Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Not a true example, as he only betrays one pony, but he tries to do it a lot. Greed: Shifty's fatal flaw. Hoist by His Own Petard: He ends up falling into the Fountain after attempting to push Daring in a second time. Meaningful Name Obviously Evil: Daring knows she can't trust him, but, after all, she's faced tougher opponents. She ought to be able to handle him. Reliable Traitor: Shifty's Hoist by His Own Petard fate is caused by Daring's anticipation of Shifty leading her into his final attempt at betrayal. Optimus Prime A statue seen in the Temple of Primus. Chrome Champion: Even with the normally brighter illustrations in the Young Daring Do series, his silver and blue, and especially his red, really stand out. Gentle Giant: Despite his size and downright alien appearance he's actually very nice. Good Is Not Soft: Kind to those in danger, but it's quite clear he won't hesitate to kill anyone who threatens innocent lives. Heroic Sacrifice: The temple goes down with him fighting the other statue, with both of their survivals being unknown. Let's Get Dangerous And nothing says that quite like a Blade Below the Shoulder! The Statue Another statue in the Temple of Primus, which attempts to resurrect his army to take over Equestria. Dark Is Evil No Name Given: Any attempt to look at his name is usually blocked out. The only thing the reader learns is that it begins with the letter "M". Power Floats Red Eyes, Take Warning Anasazi THE primordial Trickster Archetype, this ancient spirit becomes an entity of guidance to Daring (though a bit hard to get used to) in The Mark of the Trickster. According to Buffalo legend, he was the one who stole wisdom from the gods to give to the Buffalo, and is the reason that they can coexist with ponies today. When researching about him while traveling through Buffalo country, Daring learns that he is celebrated in stories dating from before Equestria was built. And as it turns out, all of these stories contain important clues that allow Daring to gain an understanding about Anasazi's true nature, and that he is only one of a whole series of spirit guides that have yet to be discovered... Buffalo Mythology: This is where most of his aspects are derived from. Daring even learns of them through word of mouth from the buffalo themselves. Canis Major: Anasazi's true form is a giant, talking, animated Buffalo painting of a coyote. The Fool: He even refers to himself as such at one point. Spirit Advisor Those Wily Coyotes: His true form, though it only manifests in Daring's recurring dream sequences. Trickster Archetype Harmony Sentai Poniranger A superhero team met by Daring during her attempted Neighponese vacation over spring break, the Ponirangers fight to keep their island homeland safe from the machinations of the Shi-Yajuujin monster horde. Animal Motifs: The Kamen Runner outfit is a highly stylised horsefly. Beware the Nice Ones: Flittersweet doesn't necessarily like to fight, but boy howdy, watch out when she decides she should! Breakout Character: The sheer popularity of their one appearance in the Young Daring Do series led to Polo House recently announcing that the Ponirangers would be getting their own spinoff comic book series, starting with an Origins Issue. By The Power of Bayskull: "Harmony Change!" Often accompanied by a stomp, diagonal across from the right shoulder. Daring gets the rather simple "Kamen Runner!", though it's more of an invocation here, as the harness is activated by pressing the buckle on her chest. Catch Phrase: Kimono has "This... is why I live out of town". Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Averted; none of the Ponirangers' coat, mane, or even eye colors matches that of their battlesuit. Instead the colors are determined by the Harmony Stones; Kimono, for example, is PoniPink, yet a case of Green Eyes, Raven Mane, Ivory Coat. Dance Battler: Crumble Cake was originally a traveling pastry chef before becoming PoniGreen, and picked up coltpoeira in Brayzil. Drives Like Crazy: Crumble Cake. It's only because she's also so good at it that she's allowed anywhere near the ship's controls. Expy: While many fans have noted the similarities between the Ponirangers and many of Daring's pre-established friends, the volume's author/illustrator Ink-n-Paint insists they are based on five of the six real-life Bearers of the Elements of Harmony (hence their being Harmony Sentai), with Daring herself included and written as the sixth. Farm Boy: Fuji worked on his family's apple orchard before becoming PoniBlue. Five Pony Band The Hero: Daybreak Shimmer, a Red Mage with traces of the Smart Gal in terms of strategy and general bookish information The Lancer: Fuji, the Team Dad with hints of The Mentor in that he's the others' combat coach The Smart Gal: Flittersweet, an introvert Gadgeteer Genius and The Medic who performs maintenence to both the ship and her teammates. The Big Gal: Crumble Cake, by virtue of being a Cute Bruiser Genki Girl The Chick: Kimono, the most socially-conscious (as a daughter of nobility), but a master of Waif-Fu Honorary Sixth Ranger: Daring Do, in the prototype Kamen Runner battle armor Home Base: The Sorashuutei, a Cool Boat that actually floats above the water, is Bigger on the Inside, and can travel between the islands of Neighpon in mere minutes. Irony: Flittersweet wears the uniform of PoniYellow, and is incredibly timid; while this does make some sense in mainland Equestria, Neighponese tradition views yellow as a color of bravery. Love Dodecahedron: Daybreak and Kimono both pine after Fuji, who only finds interest in Flittersweet, who finds herself attracted to Daring. This becomes a problem when they go up against an emotion-manipulator on Daring's third day. Mythology Gag: The Kamen Runner outfit is based on stolen technology. Stolen from who, you ask? Well, the massive filter plate that they had to remove from the belt's 'Tatsumaki' turbine has an eagle symbol similar to what the Hoofstapo hang on their walls... The One Guy: Fuji is the only stallion on the team. Only the Chosen May Wield: The Harmony Stones Only Works Once: Played with, as Daring's Kamen Runner harness worked whenever she wore it for training, but never survived its first real monster-fight (fought on her last day in Neighpon). Justified, as it was explicitly the prototype and wasn't intended for genuine battle. Power Crystal: The Harmony Stones, embedded in the Bracers. Also Empathic Weapons, in that they refuse to work when the team is in-fighting. Sentai Take Up My Sword: Daring asks the team early on about what they did before they came together. Daybreak revealed that she was on the path to becoming a Doctor of Arcane Studies, but had to quit and take up the mantle of PoniRed when her brother Gleaming Aegis was grievously injured in battle. While she understands the responsibility, she had to grow into the role. Token Minority: With unicorns Daybreak and Kimono, and Earth Ponies Fuji and Crumble, Flittersweet is the only pegasus on the team proper, though this is balanced out by Daring joining them while she's on spring break. Tomboy and Girly Girl: Daybreak and Crumble are more rough-and-tumble, while Flittersweet and Kimono are Light Feminine and Dark Feminine respectively. Transformation Trinket: The Harmony Bracers, worn on the left front hoof by the main team. Daring's Kamen Runner powers are summoned and controlled by a breastcollar harness-style belt instead. What Could Have Been: Kimmy from Blood Diamonds was originally supposed to be Kimono, and uses Kimono's Catch Phrase. What Happened to the Mouse?: There was a second Kamen Runner harness, with red belts instead of white. Its current whereabouts are unknown. X Marks the Hero: Fuji, who gained this particular scar in the same battle that resulted in Gleaming Aegis' forced retirement as PoniRed. King Mayhem The Changeling ruler that appears in "Daring Do and The Return of the Fire of Friendship." He is trying to control the power of the fire, but ultimately fails. He spends much of the story in the form of Lady Dove. Anti-Villain: Wants the Fire of Friendship to help prevent a famine. Unfortunately, this also means that more changelings will be around to feed parasitically off of the love of other creatures. Emotion Eater: Love, as usual for changelings. Imposter Forgot One Detail: His habitual use of the Changeling-specific -"ling" suffix for words (someling, anyling, everyling) instead of the -"pony" suffix (somepony, anypony, everypony) is what tips Daring off to the fact that Lady Dove is a Changeling. Royals Who Actually Do Something: played the role of Lady Dove for most of the story. Shapeshifting: As usual for a changelings. Spoiled Brat: His daughter, Chrysalis. Young Daren Do characters Erebus A cloud wizard in Daren Do and the Wrath of Zeb, he removes ponies' courage and strength to strengthen himself, accompanied by the affected pony becoming translucent. Everypony's shadow is restored when Daren disperses Erebus. Big "NO!": His Last Words OhHorseapples Zeb A Biological Mashup of zebra and minotaur, who aids Erebus in his draining. Pay Evil unto Evil: On the receiving end; Winchester Tock's Start of Darkness is the murder of Zeb. Star Quest Lieutenant Commander Woof Introduced in the Expanded Universe Star Quest trilogy, Lieutenant Commander Woof is a Diamond Dog orphan raised by ponies. His warrior's instincts and combat sense saw his rise through the ranks up to a bridge officer on the Equestrian flagship. Unfortunately, he's the butt of numerous jokes in the fandom, due to him being the first in line whenever the bad guys need to establish themselves as a threat. The Big Guy: Can look Princess Celestia eye-to-eye. Proud Warrior Race Guy: He was raised with romantic notions of the old Diamond Dog ways, as honorable guardians of the wealth of the underworld and the helpers of Cerberus, before rampant cultural degeneration made them the stereotype they became known for (it should be noted that actual Diamond Dog history isn't well enough known and the Expanded Universe author who wrote him admits he made this characterization up wholesale). The Stoic: Daring tries many times trying to get him to lighten up. Token Heroic Diamond Dog: One of the Ur-Examples. The Woof Effect: For a guy made out to be as powerful as he is, he gets punked a disproportionate number of times. Constable Odonata An independent Changeling and head of security at Deep Void 9. Introduced in Daring Do and the Imperium. The Stoic: Even more than Woof. Ed Saddler A pegasus stallion who cared for the needy in the years before Discord's rise, he appears in the Star Quest novel Daring Do and the Defeat of Celestia. In the proper timeline, he was killed when a boulder fell on him. In the timeline where Woof saved him from this, Saddler befriended young Celestia and Luna, and because his total pacifism rubbed off on them, they did not challenge Discord until it was too late. By the time Daring and LaHorse figure this out, Daring is in love with him. For Want of a Sandal-Strap: Or rather, for want of a tragic accident. Nice Job Breaking It, Hero Stupid Good/Suicidal Pacifist
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Blood Diamonds Colonel Garret Talonus A griffin and head of a large mercenary army. Attempted to use the power of a Blood Diamond to start a war for his own gain. Blood Knight: Is obsessed with battle Colonel Kilgore Determinator: Most Blood Diamond owners give in the the need for senseless slaughter. Talonus keeps his head enough to know he needs a plan if he wants to survive. For the Evulz: Wanted to start a war just because he wanted to fight in one again. From Nobody to Nightmare: Was a member of a small gang in is youth, as an adult he bacame a war hero and retired from the military with enough money to fund his own private army. Karma Houdini: Manages to escape when his plans are foiled. However, his assets are frozen and all his followers are gone, so wherever he escapes to, he's gonna be struggling at the bottom again. Made of Iron: Daring kicks him in the beak with both back hoofs at one point of their fight, and he just thanks her for working out the crink in his neck. Nerves of Steel: Daring Do stops his plans, exposes his war mongoring ways, and locks up all his soldiers and resources. Most of her older enemies would have a Villainous Breakdown from all that, but Talonus holds himself back and devises a plan to escape with his life. Not Brainwashed: Blood Diamonds bestow upon their owners a coplusive need for carnage and a desire to possess more Blood Diamonds, which is what gave Talonus the idea for the high-profile crimes and the war plan. However, he has a strong enough will to know if he wants a war, he must be smart, so he is able to focus is energy on planning destruction instead of mindlessly indulging in it. War Is Glorious: His entire belief system. Trench A large pegasus and Talonus' second-in-command. Ascended To Carnivorism: Began eating meat as an attempt to imitate Talonus, now he actually does prefer the taste. The Dragon: To Talonus Fangs Are Evil: Filed his teeth for effect Undying Loyalty: To the point he hangs back so Talonus has a better chance of escape. Wou-Ban A psychotic zebra who orchastrates an underground fighting tournament to satsify his bloodlust. Affably Evil/Laughably Evil: Is quite pleasant and charming when not at his fighting ring, and even there he is humorous. Combat Sadomasochist: Is fixated on blood and pain, it doesn't matter if it's his or his opponent. The Blood Diamonds made it worse. Confusion Fu: Fights with alot of feints and fake-outs. Dirty Coward: Only fights against injured and exhausted opponents in his own ring. When his operation gets busted by police sent by Daring, he doesn't struggle. A Handful for an Eye: Uses throwing sand at every oppurtunity, tosses his cape in his fight with Miss Do. Lean and Mean: Described as very tall and wiry Psychopathic Manchild: Prone to ferquent tantrums, easily distracted, and loves toys. Torture Technician: Keeps a group of defeated tournament goer as "practice dummies". When Haymaker releases them, Wou-Ban breaks him and makes him go after Daring Do and bring his Blood Diamond back. Haymaker A Minotaur who joined the tournament to rescue his buddy who was taken by Wou-Ban. Being Tortured Makes You Evil: Wou-Ban does Mind Rape on him and makes him hunt Daring Do down. Daring snaps him out of it by reminding him he saved his friend and needs to take him home. Genius Bruiser: Is able to pick the locks of Wou-Ban's cages and memorized the layout of the compound. Heroic Sacrifice Black Hole A unicorn and leader of The Church of the Shining Void. Has amplified his powers through use of the Blood Diamonds. Compelling Voice: Has a variant as his signature spell. More Than Mind Control: His special talent is making people see things his way. Daring is only able to resist his magic by using a "World of Cardboard" Speech. Nietzsche Wannabe: Believes that life has no final definite purpose in this world and that, since we aren't truly accomplishing anything in a universal sense, we might as well all die now instead of waiting for the earth to die and take us with it. Politically Incorrect Villain: In addition to his tribalism, he sneers at griffons, minotaurs, and the other species of the world. Some think that he was made so xenophobic as a Take That at those critics whoaccused the writer of speciesism in the earlier books. Villainous Breakdown: When Daring Do thrawts his doomsday spell he attacks her and enters a screaming rant about life's worthlessness and meaninglessness while beating her. Thankfully he is unbalanced enough that Daring is able knock him out and take his Blood Diamond. Live Wire Leader of the grave robbers who unknowingly impede Daring's search for the Blood Diamonds. Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: In stark contrast with just about every other antagonist. Just Like Robin Hoof: Claims that he leaves ssome of his profits to various benefactors, and only took to grave robbing because the dead won't need their valueables. Shock and Awe: Has an electrical attack spell for his special talent magic spell. Playing with Fire: Taught himself a short range fireball spell to diversify. Dride Male regent of the rogue changelings. The Incitatus: As an authority figure with a Blood Diamond, this is to be expected Voluntary Shapeshifting: As a changeling, this is to be expected. Kimmy A sweet young unicorn who sadly gets some horrible fates thrown on her during the series. Break the Cutie: In Never Forgive Me, torture by Talonus' Mooks leave Kimmy brain-damaged and delusional. Expy: Initially, the author considered using Kimono from the Young Daring Do series for this role, but decided to go with an original character, given that the series touted that it was going to avoid using most of the pre-established characters. Killed Off for Real Animated Daring Do Saru Sennin A strange old monkey who observes and advises Daring in her adventures in The Monkey King. A bit dotty (But that's probably the senility talking), he nonetheless has the wisdom of his age. Meaningful Name: His name is Neighponese for 'Monkey Sage'. Mr. Exposition: His main job it seems is to tell Daring the backstory behind the Ball of Four Stars, and the kingdom. The Obi-Wan Simple Staff: Is often playing on a red pole he carries around. The Monkey King The leader of Monkeykawat. An immense figure clad in armor, the Monkey King tasks Daring with retrieving the pieces of The Ball of Four Stars. More to come until the film is finished. Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever / Large and in Charge: He seems taller than the doors to his chamber. Large Ham: Oh yeah. Word Of Celestia states that his mannerisms are based on eye-witness accounts of Princess Luna on Nightmare Night. To wit; Chewing the Scenery: "THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE MONKEY KING KNOWS ALL, AND SEES ALL!" Milking the Giant Cow: Seems fond of unnecessary arm movements. No Indoor Voice The Man Behind the Curtain: Actually, he's a small, meek monkey with glasses. The 'Great and Terrible' Monkey King is an elaborate puppet he operates. Genghis Kong An antagonist in Daring Do and the Monkey King. Not much is known except he commands a group of Ninja monkeys. Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: He claims to be a champion in Kong-Fu, Ape-Jitsu...and thumb wrestling. Calling Your Attacks: Is seen doing this in the trailer. Everything's Funkier with Disco: His supposed Villain Song appears to have this beat. Bragging Theme Tune: The song is essentially about why (he thinks) he's awesome. Large and in Charge: Much bigger than normal monkeys. Large Ham Maniac Monkeys No Indoor Voice: More often than not screaming his orders or opinions. Ninja Monkeys (Sarunin) Genghis Kong's lackies. Highly-Visible Ninja: Played with. While their black jumpsuits make them stand out in broad daylight, it allows them to blend in with the many shadows of Monkeykawat. Conservation of Ninjutsu: Inverted. The difficulty level rises along with their numbers. Pointy Hair An original character created for the Children of Primus adaption. A business stallion who funds the excavation of the ship, he hopes to cash in on the findings...by any means necessary. Corrupt Corporate Executive: Oh yes. Consulting Mister Puppet: Has a doll from the My Small Human cartoon called Danny-Boy that he talks to when he needs to act as Mr. Exposition. Word of Celestia states that this is because he's secretly Lonely at the Top, but doesn't trust any other living creature. Only in It for the Money: Unlike other Daring Do villains who're trying to attain ultimate power, justify their inane viewpoints or are jerks and sadists. Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: "We both know the real power in Equestria isn't magic, but money. Saddlebags of it." Queen Bindu Ruler of the Elephant city of Pachydelhi. Lady of War: When she leads her soldiers Raised By Ponies: She was discovered and raised by ponies on a safari after her parents were killed by rhinos. When she discovered that her mother was the rightful Queen of the Elephants, she returned to Pachydelhi and, with the help of Daring Do, reclaimed the throne. Royals Who Actually Do Something Khara Leader of the Rakshasas. He kidnaps elephants and feeds on their pain and misery. Evil Is Burning Hot Evil Laugh Large and in Charge Short Stories Irene Saddler Appears only in the short story A Scandal in Trottingham, though she does have a brief appearance in Trial, but is widely loved by fans. A beautiful, flirty, Classy Cat-Burglar known professionally as The Mare. Notable for managing to evade Daring and earn her (extremely grudging) respect at the end. Action Mare Badass Classy Cat-Burglar Deadpan Snarker Dominatrix For the Evulz: Steals primarily out of sheer boredom. High-Class Call Girl Jerkass: Even her most devoted fans have to admit she's not a very nice pony. Worthy Opponent: To Daring. Pear Tree An earth filly, from the fictional town of Eobury who stumbles across Sunny Town in Legend of the Zomponies. Action Survivor Author Avatar: A. Bloom has stated in an interview that she based Pear Tree off of herself. Hair Decorations: Her blue bow. Idiot Ball: Yes, wander away from Dawn, What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Jaw Drop "How the hay can anypony not know what a cutie mark is?" Dawn Glow The Eobury librarian. Bookworm: Described as one, considering that she's a librarian and all. It's an Informed Attribute, though, since we never see her doing any actual reading. Curtains Match the Window: Purple eyes with a purple mane. Reasonable Authority Figure No Celebrities Were Harmed: She is a thinly veiled Expy of Twilight Sparkle. Daria N. Do/Serenity Daring, Derring, and Darrin's mother. Although she never shows up in the book series and is only mentioned to have died on one of her archaeology expeditions in Daring Do and the Platinum Crown, we learn more about her in Fires of Family, including her name, Daria N Do. However, shortly before that book was published, she starred in a short story, A Serene Tale, by Rainboom20%. In this, her name is Serenity, and her backstory and personality are fleshed out in greater detail. Here, she's described as a pink pegasus with a mane streaked in multiple shades of blue and blue eyes, and is characterized as being as adventurous and danger-seeking as Daring. Action Mare: Just like her daughters. Action Mom: Didn't stop going on expeditions even after she had three foals. A Day in the Limelight: She's the protagonist of A Serene Tale. A Death in the Limelight: Given that the story takes place over her entire life, it's a Foregone Conclusion that she's going to die at the end. Doesn't make it any less of a Tear Jerker, though. Badass: She kicked a dragon in the face, for crying out loud! Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Daren, when they were young. Curtains Match the Window: The shade of blue of her eyes matches one of the blue streaks in her mane. Deadpan Snarker: Can be just as sarcastic as Daring at times. Doomed by Canon: Unfortunately. Happily Married: To Daren, prior to her death. Leeroy Jenkins: Has a tendency to act before she thinks, which indirectly leads to her death. Missing Mom Non-Indicative Name: In A Serene Tale, she's called Serenity, though she's anything but serene. Strong Family Resemblance: She's a near-Palette Swap of Daring. Tomboy Tsundere: Type A. The Gargoyles of Doengoneerde Castle The antagonists of short story Geis of the Goyle, this pack of stony monsters zealously and religiously protect their fortress from any and all outsiders, ruthlessly persecuting anyone who gets inside. Which means bad things for Bravado... Fish Out of Temporal Water: Because they've spent who knows how many ages patrolling their castle without contact with the outside world, they're a bit unaware of certain changes. For one thing, they find that stallions being allowed to vote to be a HUGE change in the status quo, and a sign of society's decline. Five-Bad Band Big Bad: Harmotome The Dragon: Corundum The Evil Genius: Topaz Dark Chick: Gypsum The Brute: Apatite Making a Splash: Apatite can SPIT large volumes of water. Bravado does not like the implications. Nigh Invulnerable: Bravado tries to kick Gypsum and hurts his leg doing so. Punch Clock Villain / Designated Antagonist: Bravado considers that they're not bad inherently, just protecting their home from an outsider. Super-Persistent Predator Theme Naming: Each gargolye is named after a different mineral. There Is No Kill Like Overkill: The punishment for intrusion is to be beaten, bludgeoned, hung, beheaded, drawn and quartered, frozen solid, burned at the stake, turned to stone, chipped into gravel, and finally, dumped in the river. Wicked Cultured: Bravado finds an Ominous Pipe Organ with a sign that says, "Reserved for Harmotome", suggesting the gargoyle is this. Comic Book characters Daring Don't/Multron Appearing in the Mareval Comics Run, Daring Don't was an evil robotic clone of Daring Do. Created by Alan Moooore because of licensing issues preventing Mareval from using Ahuiztol, Daring Don't's master plan was to take over the world by adding the intellectual capacities of the world's smartest people to its own, allowing it to control the Ark of Infinity, which would grant it unlimited cosmic power. The last time it appears in the series, it is attempting to retrieve a copy of Star Swirl the Bearded's mind, held safe by the Bison Monks of Timbuck Two. After the comic's cancellation, it proceeded to appear several other times in other Mareval works, dropping its Daring Do appearance in favor of a chrome, blockier body and taking the name Multron, and becoming a semi-regular antagonist for Iron Mane. Beard of Evil: For some unknown reason, this robot has one, even when it stopped using Daring-shaped bodies. Evil Twin: For Daring Do. Humongous Mecha: When it summoned the Red Roanin machine to fight Iron Mane. Opposite-Sex Clone: More like opposite gender robot duplicate, as it identifies itself as male, but as a robot it doesn't technically have a biological sex. Organ Theft: During the Daring Do run, this was its primary goal, focusing on brains. Robot Me: Again, for Daring Do. Fires of Equestria Hands of the Below A Cult who have allied themselves with Ahuizotl in an attempt to bring Canterlot to ruin. Though they take orders from him, they have their own secret agenda and reasons for assiting Ahuizotl in his plight to bring Equestria to it's knees with 800-years of unrelenting sweltering heat. Bigger Bad: It's pretty clear from the fact that infecting Celestia (and later everyone else) with the Sun Illness wasn't Ahuizotl's idea, but theirs, that they've got their own plans. The Tirek Trilogy Tirek The not-so-legendary villain that nearly destroyed Equestria by stealing its magic. He was thwarted when his brother Scorpan revealed his plans to the Alicorn sisters and locked in Tartarus. Though mentioned several times previously, he makes his first debut in the Daring-verse in The Tirek Trilogy. Artifact of Doom: The Bag of Tirek. Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Sadly, the extent to which it manifests is the promise of a quick and painless death for his brother. Never Found the Body: When Margarita used the Rainbow of Light against him, he was believed completely destroyed. He used this to cover his escape to Equestria. Scorpan Tirek's brother, who according to the no-longer-legend, came with Tirek to conquer Equestria. However, he became friends with the ponies of Equestria and tried to stop his brother's ambitions. He sided with the ponies against his brother, but betraying his brother took a toll on him to the point where he eventually left. Conflicting Loyalty: To the ponies of Equestria and his brother. He chose the ponies over his villainous brother, but it hurt him severely. Demonic Possession: Subjected the Ape King to this. However, King Scorpan's will was extremely strong. It is theorized that the ape's nature rubbed off on him, to the point where he was willing to do a Heel-Face Turn. Heel-Face Turn: In his backstory, he came with Tirek to conquer Equestria, but had a change of heart. My Greatest Failure: He never forgave himself for being unable to convince his brother to stop his mad ambitions. Colt Leader Kentauroi Mentioned in passing in Amethyst Penguin, he returns in full force in this series. Half Pony Hybrid: He's a half-pony, half minotaur, born in an unholy ritual to resemble his evil master as closely as possible. Characters: Daring Do Video Game Characters Disclaimer: The information on this page may not be canonical as this Character Page is part of the Just for Fun section for the "Daring Do" franchise, a series of books within a show introduced in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. While some of the characters and tropes are canonical from the show, others are strictly fan creations. Daring Do and the Bauble of Mystery Exclusive Characters Dr. Egghead The main villain of The Bauble of Mystery, he steals the item in question to power his death machine and it's up to you to get it back! He tends to control his minions by sealing them in magical armor suits and possesses a particular hatred of hedgehogs. Bald of Evil: He has no mane. In fact, the top of his head vaguely looks like an egg. Big Bad Even Evil Has Standards: He had no intention on ever actually using the death machine. It's purpose was to scare Equestria's populace into letting him rule, and stealing the Bauble would allow him to back up his threat. Because of this, he's not happy with Ahuizotl after he attempted to fire it himself. Hijacked By Ahuizotl Large Ham: Prone to Chewing the Scenery on occasion, along with the usual villain fair. Mad Scientist: According to the manual of the game, he's had more than the aforementioned death machine. Insufferable Genius: Also according to the manual, he's got an I.Q. of 300. Doesn't seem to show it in his plan, however. Malevolent Mugshot: The magical armor suits he traps his minions inside have his emblem, a sort of picture of himself, on them. Why Did It Have To Be Hedgehogs?: One cutscene shows he not only hates hedgehogs, but can be somewhat fearful of them when they get too close to him without some sort of protective gear. Dark Do An evil shadow version of Daring Do. It was created by the real villain and final boss, Ahuizotl! Evil Knockoff Mirror Boss: Anything Daring Do can do, Dark Do can do, too. The Four Generals These are the four bosses you must face to get the four keys to the Bauble of Mystery, they've all been brainwashed by the evil Dr.Egghead. They share the names four certain characters... Tropes shared by most of them Animal Battle Aura: Regerdless of their actual species. Toph is a tiger, Zuko a phoenix, Katara a sea turtle, and Aang a dragon. Brainwashed and Crazy: All of them were captured by Dark Do and brainwashed by Dr.Egghead. Mix-and-Match Critters Ridiculously Cute Critter: They seem too cute to be a threat but... Killer Rabbit Turns Red: Get them down to a third of their health and their attack patterns change, get faster and stronger. Toph A badger-mole princess and holder of the emerald key, but don't be fooled by her cute appearance, she's really tough. Dishing Out Dirt: Will chuck rocks as an attack. Extra Oredinary: They turn into chunks of steel at low health. Tunnel Princess: Spends most of her time underneath her stage, popping up to attack. Zuko A bat-monkey prince and holder of the ruby key, he's really dangerous if you're not careful. Everything's Better with Monkeys: Normally. Now its Maniac Monkeys Lightning Bruiser Playing with Fire: Will breath fire as an attack. Shock and Awe: At low health he starts shooting lightning. Katara A seal-orca shaman and holder of the sapphire key, she very fast in the water, watch out. Making a Splash An Ice Seal: Starts shooting icicles and makes large chunks of ice fall from the ceiling at low health. Aang A flying squirrel-lemur monk and holder of the diamond key. He's probably the strongest of the four generals. Lightning Bruiser: Goes at speeds approaching Teleport Spam. Razor Wind: At first he starts shooting blades of air around the screen... Blow You Away: ...later he incorporates mini tornadoes. Neighthan Drake A smarmy, wisecracking treasure hunter who seeks the Bauble to unlock its mysteries. Appears as a Guest Fighter in multiplayer mode. Marea Croft An Action Mare/Adventurer Archaeologist who wants to prevent the Bauble from falling into the wrong hands. Appears as a Guest Fighter in multiplayer mode. Daring Do and The Great Cave Offensive Coming Soon.
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Walls and walls of tropes of something that will never be written. So it's just like Endless War.
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Trivia: Daring Do
Drinking Game: Daring Do Whole Franchise: Every time Daring says, "Another day, another dungeon," or some variation, take a shot. Take a sip every time Derring lets her ego get the best of her. You'll be dead before you can get halfway through the core sixteen. Every time you wonder how to pronounce Ahuizotl's name, take a shot. Every time Herpy serves as The Watson, take shot. Take a shot the first time Storm curses in a conversation. Doing a shot every time he does so will likely kill you by the third book. Take a shot every time Page and Header discuss an Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny. Take a shot when Bravado flirts with Daring. Take two when Daring flirts back. Core Series: Every time you catch a reference to another book, take a shot. Every time Ghoul takes a shot, take a shot. Every time some hint about the incident in Fillydelphia is given, take a shot and try to figure out what happened. Then take another shot to ease the headache. Down the bottle every time Daring undoes a trap with her hat. Every time Mareton gives a Breaking Speech, take a shot. Every time Daren shows that you should Beware the Nice Ones, take a shot. Do the same every time Coco Pie shows that you should Beware the Silly Ones. Take a shot every time Nagridge shows herself as an obnoxious racist. Everytime Ahuizotl mentions the Tenochlitan Basin when it has nothing to do with the main plot of the book. Take a shot every time Daring tells somepony "I work alone", only to find that she needs their help later on. Films Take a shot every time you notice an Adaptation Induced Plot Hole. Take a shot every time the background music gets stuck in your head. Take a shot every time your reaction to a certain casting is, "BUCK YES." Take three shots every time your reaction is, "...What the buck?" Stage Shows Sweeney Trot: Take a shot every time you hear a really clever rhyme. Take a shot every time the factory whistle is blown Take a shot every time you hear a pun. (When you get to A Bit of Priest, good luck.) If you're feeling suicidal, take a shot every time a song gets stuck in your head. Short Stories Take a shot every time Swinn calls Mareton "Puddin'." Take a shot every time you realize a story's setup makes no sense at all. Down the bottle if you decide you don't care. Down a bottle if you find yourself shipping Swinn and Mareton. Take a shot every time somepony points out Rex is supposed to hate Ahuizotl more than Daring. Expanded Universe Take a shot every time you find yourself pitying a member of the Colt. If you're reading a scene with Krastos, take a shot every time you think, "Should I really be laughing at this?" Take a shot every time Krastos or the Assembler give you nightmares. Take a shot every time there's a Take That against Buffalo Burial Grounds. Take a shot every time sarcasm is lost on Count Vryko Lakas . Take a shot every time you have to look up the pronunciation on the names of the Greifvögel members. Take a shot every time one of Eichelhäher's organs falls out. Crowning Moment of Awesome: Daring Do Canon In Sapphire Stone, just the fact that Daring clears every trap and obstacle - physical and intellectual - in the temple and escapes unscathed, beyond the broken wing she had to begin with, and with no aid from her later allies once she entered the jungle. In Griffon's Goblet, Daring escapes Copperbeak's top assassins in a high-speed chase through a raging Everfree storm with maneuvers that can only be described as superpony. After the whole book of Ambassador Hawkwings being a useless, obnoxious rear end while hiding behind his position, Storm Talon smacks him in the face and gives him an epic "The Reason You Suck" Speech. Telling him he's an ungracious coward hiding behind empty threats of blacklisting against Platinius and political fallout against the Equestrians to avoid giving credit where it's due, and how ponies like the Dos and those killed in the war did more for the Griffon people than his useless rump ever would. Then he punctuates it by threatening to pluck him bare and use his feathers for a pillow if he ever hears him badmouthing them again. All with his signature talking style. Apparently it stuck, because when Mareton nearly chokes him to death for being a fat, lazy, incompetent, racist jackass, the first thing he does after Platinius saves him was to give him a pay raise. Curse of the Yeti has a retroactive one for Ghoul Dachshund: If the claims he makes in his book The Cider Diary are true, he and several other reporters once toppled a drug cartel operating out of the Gallopagos by publishing several articles about the ponies involved. "We nailed those jerks to their own front doors." Daring's father gets thrown into a wall by the Yeti. His response? Getting up calmly and actually send the creature tumbling into its shrine. The University staff's invocation There Is No Kill Like Overkill against the University break room's filthy refrigerator that Ahuizotl stuffed Daring into: drag it out to the University quad, have Ghoul drench it in cheap, flammable cider, and lock it with a combination of chains and magical locks conjured by Tabula. Storm then orders Rayback to "let 'er rip'', and Daring and Herpy proceed to roast marshmallows over the ensuing inferno. Finally, the ashes are scattered to the four winds. During the Yeti attack on the University, Masra calmly stares one down as it roars in her face, then promptly turns and bucks it in the gut. Masra (As the yeti is gasping for beath) Welcome to Canterlot. Despite having been established as a Shrinking Violet only pages earlier in Wooden Mask, Desert Rose holds her own in an argument with Outback Jack, calling her out on her seeming cruelty to animals - specifically, her hat decorated with crocodile teeth, most of which come from Jack's own pet Billabong. Rose doesn't resort to the Eyes of Fatima, but she sure doesn't let Jack's behaviour slide. Outback Jack: I don't know, there's just something about bucking the teeth out of a scaly-back that brightens up my whole day. Desert Rose: You count yourself lucky I can't always control these eyes. Outback Jack probably gets an Offscreen Moment of Awesome for her eight-day (and five-night) battle with Billabong. Daring's Big drat Heroes near the end of Platinum Crown. Bravado makes the mistake of comparing Derring to Daring. Derring makes sure he doesn't make that mistake again. Herpy: Well, your friend learned a valuable lesson today. Daring: What was that? Herpy: You do not want to be kicked in the face by a professional adventurer. Darrin giving Derring a "The Reason You Suck" Speech after she complains about having to raise her siblings. Darrin: I understand why you wouldn't want to have to raise us. You had dreams. You had your own life to live. Fair enough. But did you have to take it out on us? It wasn't like we were thrilled with the situation, either! Do you think having to be cared for by a moody, cocky spoiled brat because our father ran out on us was our first choice? Do you?! Because it wasn't! And you were so horrible about accepting it, too! You just complained and treated us like we wanted you to be held back! We didn't want that! We're siblings, Derring! Siblings are supposed to want the best for one another! And they are not supposed to just skip out on their younger siblings the second one of them turns eighteen! Would it have killed you to say goodbye?! Leave a note?! Call us every now and then?! And when we finally run into you—after seven years, I may add!—you don't even bother to say, "Hey, how's your life been since I ditched you with no explanation?" Derring, you're my older sister, and I love you, but I have one thing to say to you: GROW UP. In Alicorn's Shadow a giant Minotaur statue comes to life and charges the heroes. Unfortunately for it, one of those heroes is Equestrian Protection Brigade Commander Stalwart Shield, who meets it head on and manages to send it flying back!! Miss Starlight has her moment in Cove Of Candles when she picks up a rapier and swashbuckles mooks like a pro. Up until this point, Starlight was a useless Distressed Damsel being kidnapped again. Her line after one mook manages to take a swipe of her hair is the icing on the cake. Starlight: Oh IT…IS…ON! Herpy's return in The Temple Of Nightmare Moon. Where he throws a pot of coffee in the Big Bad's face in order to Help Daring escape. Herpy: Would you like cream with that? And of course later Daring saves the day and averts eternal night with her hat. Despite the fact that he is the most manipulative character in the series, the way Mareton finishes off Nagridge in Temple of Nightmare Moon shows that Evil is Mega Cool. Mareton: (to Nagridge) You look down on earth ponies so long, but now you get to look at it from the perspective, looking up at your superior. Plus, his awesomely blunt Shut Up, Hannibull! just beforehoof: I hate you racists! Everypony bucking hates you! Ironically, this grants Daring some insight into Mareton, and she later manages to really needle him in Temple of Nightmare Moon, as she gives Mareton a brief but epic "The Reason You Suck" Speech in which she explains how Nagridge, the sadistic, racist Strawmare Political, was an objectively better pony.. Which also works as a little revenge for what he did to her sister. And then Bravado caught wind of this. He was a little less wordy than Daring, but no less awesome. Bravado: Not so eloquent with a rib in your lung, are you? Mareton: (Dazed, voice strained) Deal the cards, Marv! Shut up and deal the cards! Laurentia of the Red Mane taking on a mob of Diamond Dogs endowed with super magic powers in Temple of Nightmare Moon. Four words. Then where is Herpy? And, of course, the ensuing rear end-kicking. The epic plot-kicking Okpono gives Ahuizotl in Temple of Nightmare Moon. Holy clopping horseapples, does Ahuizotl ever get pwned! Daring's badass line from ''Legacy of Nightmare Moon." Daring: INTI! Prepare to meet Nightmare Moon! IN TARTARUS! Gotta admit, it was pretty awesome when Nightmare Moon manifests, steals her power back from Inti, gives her speech on why she is not to be bucked with, then shackles him to the night sky. Apparently, their precious Equestrian moon can help you now. Princess Luna herself aided the filming of that scene. Much of the action in The Staff of Star Swirl the Bearded. Up until this book, we'd only heard stories of Bravado's accomplishments from the stallion himself. In this story, he and Daring both have some impressive moments, including engaging in a mid-air fight on the roof of the Explorer. The climactic scene is pretty intense. Ahuizotl has the Staff, and Daring and Bravado are at his mercy. He moves to blast them out of existence, but instead meets defeat at the hooves of the pony no-one saw coming: Star Swirl the Bearded himself! The wizard explains how he long ago anticipated that others would eventually look for a way to gain his power, and so with the last of his strength, he sealed a portion of his mind within the jewel atop the Staff, so that he could judge for himself if the finder was worthy to inherit his power. Needless to say, considering who managed to summon him, a pretty epic Curb-Stomp Battle ensued. The ending of The Trials of Unity is a CMOA for both Do sisters. Upon finally reconciling with each other after years of bitter rivalry, Daring and Derring both tackle the final and most intimidating challenge of Unity together, in complete synchronicity. They complete it and retrieve the treasure almost effortlessly. Whenever anypony manages to take Ahuizotl down a peg in his Let's Get Dangerous mode. Darrin plowing through his minions and bucking him, or Commandant Rex taking him by the neck. Many of Platinius' Daring Ploys come to mind. When he isn't being completely up front about his badassery. Particularly of note is when he smashes the chair over Mareton's head when he was choking Hawkwings then drives him off. First time that bastard gets taken down a peg. If it wasn't for Earth Pony endurance, Mareton would have been down for good right there. And even Hawkwings manages to be Bad rear end in that scene, if only for delivering his "Facing the Bullets" One-Liner just before the chair hit. How Herpy gets through the Death Course in Ring of the Marengeti. He simply examines the hall for a few minutes, then simply WALKS through it, perfectly timed so that the dart guns, spinning blades, Spikes Of Doom AND Smashing Hallway Traps of Doom all either go off too early or too late to hit him. Ghoul Dachshund setting a Hoofstapo goon ablaze using the Booze Flamethrower with his 90% proof hard cider…then shrugging and gulping down a few mouthfuls. The dog has an iron constituency. Crowning Music of Awesome: DweebHuntress' musical remixes of the movie soundtrack. From Shrine of the Silver Monkey: In this corner, you have Ahuizotl. In this corner, King Scorpan of the apes. Ahuizotl threatens to place the King back under the old enchantment. The ensuing combat is covered by a Gilligan Cut in the books, but the movie shows the showdown. Scorpan: Blast. Dinged the scepter. Margarita and Balthasar vs. Beta Max's Diamond Dog detachment. In The Ring of Destiny, Daring, with the aid of Ascended Fanfilly tag-along Rainbow Dash, pulls off a magnificent I Surrender, Suckers Batmare Gambit on Ahuizotl, culminating in the utter destruction of the Fortress of Talicon. Heck, the entire book itself could be considered to be a Crowning Moment of Awesome just for the appearance of one of the Elements of Harmony! Expanded Universe The only reason anypony this tropony knows still reads Buffalo Burial Ground is for Landing Grouse's fight with Noteworthy Smith. That scene was worthy of a far better book than BBG. In Ruby Of The Blank Village, Daring's Big drat Heroes moment when she flies in and saves the injured Sun Set from Nightmare Starlet and her pack of Bone Fiends. In the Expanded Universe novel The Skull of Ages, we have the fight between Anne Bonfire and Marshal Goldstar. Even though it's a total Curb-Stomp Battle in favor of Goldstar at first, with Anne spending most of the fight running away, she still manages to get some good hits in. Eventually, the fight goes into a laboratory, where Anne splashes corrosive liquid in his face, giving him some nasty burns and singing his throat to keep him quiet. After that, he goes berserk, and beats on Anne... until she uses her martial arts skills to throw him out of the zeppelin, sending him plummeting eight miles to his doom. In the climax of The Obsidian Sentinel, Earth Song manages to get revenge on Ahuizotl by summoning a tornado that sends him flying all the way across Equestria. In The Amber of the Smooze, Desert Rose, victim of a Grand Theft Me and in a rapidly decaying Smooze-infected body, uses the Eyes of Fatima to force the Smooze to switch her body back with the Colt Leader's. Daring Do rescuing Short Stuff from Prism Rush, then taking down Applesack and Charity in short order. The Coronet of Chaos may be one of the more contested Expanded Universe works, but Stan's Big drat Heroes moment near the end deserves mention. Followed immediately by a Crowning Moment of Funny when he tosses a muffin at Daring's head after the ritual is completed, as revenge for Daring eating his muffin at the very beginning of the book. Odo Bahn's epic You Shall Not Pass in Amethyst Penguin. Crowning Music of Awesome: The Sweeney Trot musical. The entire score is absolutely gorgeous. Especially Nightingale, Blackbird, Linnet's "I Want" Song, and the Linnet Bird reprise, sung by Anthony and Sweeney. Also, the fan-made song The World Famous Swindell Sisters, which has become the unofficial theme song for the duo among fans. This has progressed to the point where it will be featured in the upcoming comedic Swinn-And-Dell-centric spinoff film, the verbosely titled The World-Famous Swindell Sisters' Amazing Shenanigan-Filled Odyssey Across Equestria. For all of his rather abrasive behavior, the Steelclad Sorcerer shows that his title is well earned, and that seriously messing with him is a very bad idea. His surprisingly calm "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Ahuizotl, where he compares him to the villain whose defeat earned him his title and calls him out on both not paying attention to what he'll have to face if he defeats Daring and not having any idea of what to do if he succeeds is particularly amazing. Especially the last line. "Ye may be strong, ye may be smart, but yer still a bloody halfwit". Speaking of that same villain, his description of the battle, although he severely downplays his heroics, is still quite awesome. "The idiot just happen'd ta learn some fancy magic that messed wit' souls, and when he tried it on me, it didn't work. Hay, th' bloody moron was too busy freakin' out ta notice I was about ta drop th' roof on 'im. I dunnae understand why ya like that darn story so much, HE DIDN'T EVEN TRY TA GIT OUTTA THE WAY!" It's mostly nightmarish, but you can't deny Steam Whistle pulled off one of these: He went from being a backwater town blacksmith to a Mad Scientist who almost single-hoofedly created one of most terrifying threats to ever show up in Equestrian lore, along with several other artifacts and golems that we've yet to see. A completely unremarkable pony (until then) managed to throw off the power balance for the entire world and leave a mark on history that won't be forgotten anytime soon. Inspiring, yet terrifying at the same time. His magnum opus, the Assembler, gets one of these before the story. Read its description of the "bipedal demon" it battled to a standstill. That's right, it could fight Krastos on equal footing. The unnamed Colt of Smooze member who managed to fight off the Assembler deserves a place on this list. It's implied to have been the Colt Leader. In Tinker's Seal, when the Gilded Marksmare is asked to show off all of her firepower. Also counts as Crowning Moment of Funny. Not to mention when she actually gets serious and shoots the Assembler in the eye. Sure, it didn't do much to it, and it didn't actually intend to collect anypony (it was reasonable enough to forgive her, considering the thing's reputation), but still. The Assembler: MY VISION IS IMPAIRED! I CANNOT SEE! The Marksmare may be the nicest of the bunch, but she's probably the only one who doesn't really hesitate to kill when pushed far enough, as one unlucky soulless soldier finds out. When Ghoul very nearly pulls a Heroic Sacrifice to let Storm and Rayback (who had stowed away in their luggage) escape the Blank village…by threatening the zomponies with alcohol. The three do get out alive, but it's a very close call. Ghoul: (Brandishing a torch and a very large jug of hard cider, and speaking dead seriously) Storm, take the kid and fly out of here. Storm: Ghoul, what in Tartarus are you doing? Ghoul: Storm, you shut that beak and get the kid out of here. (Addressing the zomponies) You maggot-infested string beans see what I've got here? This is fire, and this is a jug of 470-proof Hard Apple Cider. The hardest cider I've ever found. Bought from a pony I met in the Gallopagos. Cost me several thousand bits. You take one more step towards these two, I smash this jug and drop the torch. We all go up together. Grey Hoof: Your bluff is most obvious. There's no such thing as 470-proof Cider. Ghoul: Yeah, that's exactly what I said. Care to test that theory? Gets a Call Back in Mirror Pond. The last Greyhoof kills himself with it out of remorse. Mitta finally proving herself willing to stand up against the other Blanks instead of wallowing in self-pity. She stalls them as long as possible as they try to rip her apart then traps as many Blanks in the Marksmare's kill zone as possible, coming within inches of taking out Greyhoof in the process. And then the actual rescue occurs, and we learn that, when Tabula Rasa said she'd bring "the big guns", she meant it quite literally. The Gilded Marksmare: "Oh, you don't know what a firearm is? Here, let me show you" Desert Rose backtalking The Assembler for its brutal murders of the Colt of Smooze. As bad as they were, she's had first hoof experience of Smooze corruption. She knows how hard it is to fight, and only really managed to break free because of her friends and family, something either the Colt members lost, or were why they'd become a Colt member in the first place. The best part? The thing actually listens. The Assembler: "I agree that such an approach was not correct. I already paid for that mistake, and will not repeat it again." Also during Tinker's Seal, when Mareton shoots Herpy with the Hoof-Held Cannon…and Herpy lives. If surviving something specifically mentioned to be capable of instantly killing anything isn't a CMOA, I don't know what is. Krastos gets a hold of Ahuizotl's unicorn serum and feeds it to his army of demons, then marches onto Manehatten. Stalwart Shield and the Equestrian army is dispatched and manages to hold Krastos' attack for three days while they try to evacuate the city. Even Swinn and Dell do their part, passing out done-up "ceremonial" spears that they intended to sell out to the soldiers for free, and bowling over a group of demons with their mechanized wagon during their entry to the fray, saving Stalwart's life in the process. Then, when it looks like they're going to be overrun, Storm Talon captaining his old dreadnought and heading up the fifth griffon air fleet swoops in…with the bulk of The Assembler's very peeved army chasing them. Three-quarters of the way through, in a masterful gambit, Ahuizotl manages to trick the heroes and steals all of the Mad Tinker's works that they managed to gather up to that point, forcing them to have to deal with The Assembler's and Krastos' armies conventionally until they could take them back. His ultimate goal is to blackmail the world into giving him what he wants, and is willing to sacrifice the whole of Equestria to make his point. Daring manages to take down Krastos and the Assembler simultaneously as they were fighting each other, by luring them both to a Leyline, seeding it with the Chaos Magic from the remnants of the Eye of Discord and the Scepter of the Chaos Beast, then detonating the now unstable Leyline with several of Steam Whistle's artifacts. Daring: *To Page and Header* The answer [to who would win in a fight between Krastos and The Assembler] is Daring Do. The scene is reminiscent of that scene in The Dresden Fillies with Maregan does that to the Skintrotter. Meanwhile, both golem siblings get tasked with handling their respective Mook armies, and get to show they are, in fact, One-Pony Armies, managing to hold them off with little problems until Daring set the Leyline off, at which point the demons flee for their lives, and the soulless turn themselves in. Daren's midair fight with the Leader of the Colt of Smooze. Just the two of them, no-holds-barred, fighting to kill. Particularly Daren's dialogue beforehand. Daren: I understand you and your little club tried to cover my kid in some extraordinarily disgusting fluids which may or may not have been poisonous. Now, I consider it one of the worst things a stallion can do to hit a filly in malice…but considering that that Assembler fellow considers you a "Waste of Flesh", I figure that means I can make an exception. Remember, this is after the Colt Leader casually put down a 12-foot-tall walking tank of a demon as a means to scare the other demons in line, and has successfully killed over a dozen dragons as well as previously fought The Assembler to a standstill. Storm Talon, under huge amounts of painkillers and with two broken wings, still has the nerve to tell off Claddie at his very worst. In Universal Cracks Gypsy Bard grabs one of The Mad Tinker's exo-skeletons and uses it to save her kids (or possibly reincarnated parents) from the Colt Leader. Gypsy Bard: Get away from them, you WITCH!!!! Sweetie Bottle's Big drat Heroes moment, along with the events immediately after: Using the Wandering Whistle, she summons the ghosts of Charity and Applesack from beyond the grave, who begin to force themselves into the Colt Leader's head, causing her to lose concentration at a crucial moment of her attempt to consume the Multiverse. With the Colt Leader distracted, Daring kicks the Universal Chisel from the Colt Leader's hoof, and Zapapple throws it into the Multiversal Vortex. Losing the chisel causes the Colt Leader to completely lose control of the Multiverse, and she dies from My Skull Runneth Over. Claddie: HA-HA! Well done, Sweetie, wee lass! Well done! From one of the stage adaptions, the song Derring's Turn is both a Crowning Music of Awesome and a Crowning Moment. Derring: Well, starting now, it's gonna be my turn! Shouldn't I get some credit myself? Starting now, it's gonna be my turn. Gangway, world! Get off of my runway! Starting now, I bat a thousand! Crowning Music of Awesome: The fan works of Griffon Lewis, like Gypsy Bard's song "Gypsy Bard". In the Daren Do Adventures book Hurricane's Spear, Daren uses the eponymous spear to kill a Windigo. In Shūbidū and the Vault of Posteidon, Shūbidū makes her foalnappers' lives chaos and ultimately kills the ringleader in a fair fight (though first blood was his, producing the scar we see in Trident of the Seaponies). Young!Greyhoof. For all the horrors he grow up to do, for all he mistakes he would make, for all the times he would attempt to dodge his responsibility, he got further than most anypony in his position would. A young child, not even old enough to have his Cutie Mark, manages to step up, gather the survivors, find a refuge, figure out how to protect it, and get it to be something that resembled a functioning society. He would not lay down and die, nor did he let any of the others. Swinn attempting to strangle Mareton in Trial. Not even Dell could call her off! (Not to mention, it took Rex, Earth Song and Hawkwings to finally pull her off.) Also, Herpy took pictures. Daring snapping Okpono out of his trance in Witch's Circus. Also, Okpono remembering how far he had gotten with his theorem when he thought he was in the ultimate mathematician's office, reconstructing the calculations from memory, and working the theorem out. The epilogue alludes to mathematicians using "Okpono's Theorem". Stalwart Shield dispatching Sterling Silver in Cloudfall Conspiracy. Stalwart: You will face me, sir! (Magic blast) Twice in the book, Silver has Masra cornered, and is ready to kill her. Both times, she stands tall and respectfully looks him in the eye. Made even better the second time, when has a very deep wound that has been slowly killing her, yet she still hauls herself to her feet. In Breathing Weapons, Taube has regained enough of her memory to fight against Krahe's control, as she doesn't want to hurt Daring and Arzt. Even as Krahe continues to electrocute her, trying to regain control, she fights through the pain and tackles him out a window, sending them both plummeting to the ground below. Even cooler, she survives the fall. Well, for a few minutes, before Daring puts her out of her misery. The battle itself is worth of an entry too. Taube has enhanced agility, strength, and enough razor weapons to quite literally cut her foes to pieces. Daring and Arzt are armed with nothing but their fists and wits, and while they don't technically "win", they hold their own pretty drat well. The scene in Iron Grinder, where Shudder attempts to fight off Greyhound Grave after he wounds Daring. Of course, she stands absolutely no chance, but it's sweet to watch her try. The fact that Greyhound Grave does all his hunts with nothing but a single sword (no traps, no magic, no nothing), is pretty awesome in it's own right. This troper cheered when Jackhammer, after years of mistreating Shudder, finally gets his comeuppance through some delicious irony. Jackhammer: (pinned under a boulder after a cave-in) Shudder! Shudder, help! I-I can't get it off! Shudder: I dunno, Big Brother. That rock looks pretty heavy... Jackhammer: Please! You have to do something! Shudder: (attempts to lift it off with no success) Sorry, bro. I guess I'm just not strong enough. Jackhammer: (stunned silence) Shudder: Oh, don't worry. I'm sure Gristle will come get you out. He wouldn't hold a grudge. Jackhammer: Y-you can't leave me here! I-I'm your brother!!! Shudder: I know. (kneels down and kisses his forehead) Which is why I'll come back next year and leave some flowers. Love you. (smirks and leaves him). In later books, we eventually learn that Gristle in-fact didn't hold a grudge, and came back to free him. The fact that he strives to be such a good person, even to the diamond dog that nearly killed him, is pretty awesome in it's own right. Of course, he reported him to the authorities not long after. So even with his sometimes too-good heart, he still has a sense of justice. Can we give it up for Black Bloom? In Crimson, Black, and Blue, he manages to break into his king's castle, steal a heavily guarded artifact, turn three full grown dragons into children, and overthrow his own king. All this and he's not even teenager. The duel during the book's climax, where Black Bloom siphons some of King Bursik's magic turns the entire castle into an arena suspended in the sky, and summons the entire kingdom there to watch. During the aformentioned duel, Scarlecache, Inke, and Glacial offer what little of their own magic they have to Daring to help her win, but she turns them down. Bloom laughs at this, but subsequently loses the duel. How? Daring knew that no amount of extra strength or speed would help her achieve victory, rather, using her superior wit and cunning would. After losing the duel to Daring, an infuriated Black Bloom siphons the magic of every dragon in the kingdom, and manages to summon a freakin' meteor to come and crush Daring (and unfortunately, the rest of the kingdom). Which is promptly stopped by Scarlecache, Ink, Glacial, and Bursik after Daring swipes the magic artifact from Bloom and returns them to their original ages. How do they stop it? By uniting and shooting a combined blast of fire through the center and shattering it into millions of harmless bits, of course. The climax of Oathkeepers. Papagei has been defeated, but his fellow Buckzi troops are still alive, armed to the teeth, and ready to turn our heroes into swiss cheese. Eichelhaher, knowing they can't kill her, tells Daring and Arzt to run while she deals with the troops. Despite some hesitation, the two run, just as the soldiers begin pouring in. Eichelhaher removes her helmet, has one final thought of her and Arzt in her head, and unleashes the full force of her magic, blowing up the room as if it had been full of TNT. Even more awesome, she survives the blast. Her head, still completely intact, is launched through a window and lands right in Daring and Arzt's laps. Eichelhaher: I know were in a hurry, but do you think we could get a few of my body parts before we go? The beginning of Always Faithful, where Daring accidentally awakens Mars, is challenged to a duel, and wins. To put that in context; Mars is a thousand year old griffon who was considered strong enough to guard the gates of Elysium itself, and had the power to take the duel into another dimension so there would be no interruptions, while Daring is merely a pegasus with a lot of physical prowess, a whip, and a quick wit. The flashback in which the readers learn how much Mars lived up to her title. Equestria is about to be turned into a smoking crater by a gigantic magic-bomb, courtesy of the griffon mage, Artes. Celestia and Mars have been valiantly fighting along side each other, having finally defeated the last wave of griffon troops, only to realize it's too late to stop Artes' attack. Without a second thought, Mars shoves Celestia away and flies towards Artes, pushing him through the the center of the magic-bomb, causing it to absorb into both their bodies. She turns to Celestia and gives one final salute, before she and Artes explode into nothingness. That's right, Mars sacrificed herself against her own army to save her friend and all of Equestria. IN MEMORY OF A WARRIOR WHO SAVED EQUESTRIA. ONCE A LOYAL SOLDIER, FOREVER A DEAR FRIEND. Meta Haystack Leaves as Mareton. No one thought it would work, and yet, now that the movie's been released, there is no denying that he. Is. Sebastius Mareton.
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Quotes: Daring Do Multiple Occurrence Quotes "Another day, another dungeon!" — Daring Do (frequently — though with variants, such as "Another day, another lesson.") "CURSE YOU DARING DOOOOOOOO!" — Ahuizotl (a lot.) Sapphire Stone Darrin: I take it you have a map of this island? Daring: Yeah. (gets it out of her saddlebag.) Took me three hours in the campus library to track this down. Darrin: That long? Couldn't you have got one of the pages to help? Daring: The only one on call was Herpynote Later admitted to be a misprint of "Harpy", and with his track record it would have taken us five hours. Griffin's Goblet Platinius: Hopefully, with that out of the way, we can continue on. Now, as I was saying, there is concern about gem imports potentially depressing the economy over in... Ambassador Hawkwings: Aaaaaand another shing... how do you poniesh even pick shingsh up with your hoooovesh? I've been here for yearsh and I shtill don't figure know out how. You don't have clawsh like minotaursh or talonsh like dragonsh or fingersh like we mighty griffonsh... *thump* (awkward silence) Office Temp: That's the ambassador of the griffon homelands? Platinius: Yes. Office Temp: And you are the assistant? Platinius: Yes. Office Temp: And it isn't the other way around because...? Platinius: Well, it's kind of our shtick. For the love of your Celestia, please ruin it. — Daring Do and The Griffon's Goblet Night Wing Lieutenant: We're moving out soon. Once we deal with Daring Do, the Goblet will be in our cla.. *hurk!* *gets shot* Storm: *Dressed as a pirate* Avast ye scurvy ninja dogs! Ye be trespassing on our turf, and we pirates don't take kindly to ninja incursions! Platinius: *Also dressed as a pirate* Uh... Yeah! Come and get us! Arr!!! Night Wing Lieutenant: Pirates! Argh! Forget the Goblet! Let the others deal with it. For now, our blood enemies call out to us! I want their gizzards for shooting me! Night Wings: REMEMBER SHADOW COVE!!! Storm: Good, that should give Daring some breathing room. Platinius: I can't believe that worked. Storm: I told you, the enmity between pirate and ninja runs pretty bucking deep. — Daring Do and The Griffon's Goblet Curse of the Yeti (Daring and Herpy are hiding in the university's geology lab from a yeti.) Daring: Herpy, when I say run, run. Herpy: Have you thought up some clever plan, Professor? Daring: Yes, Herpy, I believe I have. Herpy: What are you going to do? Daring: Buck a rock at it. —>— Daring Do and the Curse of the Yeti Storm Talon: Look, I'm too bucking old to hold a grudge. So here's something I should have said a long time ago: I'm sorry. Daren: You managed to be there for my kids these last few years while I wasn't. That's worth far more to me than any apology, old friend. — Daring Do and the Curse of the Yeti Platinum Crown Derring: (upon witnessing the results of a drinking contest Daring was in) I see you're using your pay as wisely as ever, sister dear. — Daring Do and the Platinum Crown Herpy: Well, your friend [Bravado] learned a valuable lesson today. Daring: What was that? Herpy: You do not want to be kicked in the face by a professional adventurer. — Daring Do and the Platinum Crown Darrin: I understand why you wouldn't want to have to raise us. You had dreams. You had your own life to live. Fair enough. But did you have to take it out on us? It wasn't like we were thrilled with the situation, either! Do you think having to be cared for by a moody, cocky spoiled brat because our father ran out on us was our first choice? Do you?! Because it wasn't! And you were so horrible about accepting it, too! You just complained and treated us like we wanted you to be held back! We didn't want that! We're siblings, Derring! Siblings are supposed to want the best for one another! And they are not supposed to just skip out on their younger siblings the second one of them turns eighteen! Would it have killed you to say goodbye?! Leave a note?! Call us every now and then?! And when we finally run into you — after seven years, I may add! — you don't even bother to say, "Hey, how's your life been since I ditched you with no explanation?" Derring, you're my older sister, and I love you, but I have one thing to say to you: GROW UP. — Daring Do and the Platinum Crown Wooden Mask Desert Rose: That hat — where do you get all those teeth? Outback Jack: Crocodiles. Any time I'm setting up a campsite I end up having to fight a few off before I get the fire set up. The more persistent they are, the more teeth they leave behind. Half of these are from Billabong here. Desert Rose: You beat up your own pet for hat decorations?! Outback Jack: He wasn't my pet then. This is the result of a battle that took us eight days and five nights. Desert Rose: Wait, how does that — that's not the bucking point! How do you justify this kind of brutality? Surely you could find a better way at warding them off! Outback Jack: Probably, but I don't know — there's just something about bucking the teeth out of a scaly-back that brightens up my whole day. Desert Rose: You count yourself lucky I can't always control these eyes. — Daring Do and the Wooden Mask Gardens of Equestria Ahuizotl: Confound these wretched plants! For every one I fling away, a dozen more vex me! — Daring Do and the Gardens of Equestria Alicorn's Shadow Mareton: So go ahead, turn me in. Perhaps they'll even get your name right this time. (beat) Derring: ...What are you talking about? Mareton: Oh, no need to pretend around me, Miss Do. I've read the papers. Some over-eager young newspony hears the latest story about one Derring Do finding the latest long-lost artifact. And after all, you and your sister's name sound so similar, it's a wonder anypony can tell you two apart. Derring: (all traces of smile gone) That's enough. Get moving. Mareton: And I can only imagine how awkward it must get when some foal asks for your autograph, then gets all sad and dejected when he realizes it's not the right Daring Do. Derring: I said stop it. Mareton: How nice of your beloved sister to repay you like that. Years of looking after your two brats of younger siblings after your father skipped out on you, and what do you have to show for it? A sister who steals your thunder by finding more hidden treasures than you ever could and getting credit for the ones you find. Derring: STOP IT! Mareton: But I honestly can't blame your father for that. What father would want to waste his time with an eldest child who can't even take the reins of her own life, no matter how much she talks about it? Little Derring Do, always wanting to be the best, to leave everypony else in the dust. Never letting on that, deep down, she's nothing but a scared little child who doesn't want to be left all alone. What a disappointment you must have been to him. And do you know why, you whining brat? Derring: (crying) Please... stop it... Mareton: It's because you aren't main character material. In the great big stage play that is your sister's life, you're nothing but a supporting character. You're a cog in the machine. A footnote in history. You're not your own pony, you're a sheep that thinks it's a wolf. And you can never change that, no matter how hard you try. No matter how many lost civilizations you find, bad guys you stop, or lives you save, you will never be anything more than "Daring Do's Sister." — Daring Do and the Alicorn's Shadow Mirror Dreams: You are a grand adventurer, Miss Do, and a veritable expert in you field, but you have no appreciation for the subtleties of magic that center around the artifacts you have such respect for. If yours is the attitude indicative of your fellows, then I pity this generation. — Daring Do and the Alicorn's Shadow Cove of Candles Short Stuff: (after crashing into the Jade Dragon) WOW! Holy smoke! Crash landing! Daring Do: (grabs Starlight and jumps onto the wagon attached to scooter) Short Stuff get us outta here! Short Stuff: Okie dokie Doctor Do! Hold onto your potato! Miss Starlight: (mortified) Is that... a filly... on a scooter?! — Daring Do and the Cove of Candles Daring Do: Short Stuff! Peihe ni ti de shenzi! (short Stuff nods and ties her hoof to the rope bridge) Short Stuff: (to Starlight) Hang on lady, we going for a ride! (Starlight sees Daring's machete and the perilously weak rope) Miss Starlight: (in shock) By Celestia... she's mad! She's absolutely mad! Short Stuff: She no mad lady... she crazy! — Daring Do and the Cove of Candles Unicorn Guard: Here's the harbor. Be on the next boat out of town. Swinn: Thank you so much for your hospitality, constable. Dell: And for escorting us in this seedy town. Constable: If you two con artists aren't on that boat when it leaves, I'll show real hospitality — in the cooler! — Daring Do and the Cove of Candles Daring: How much time do you spend thinking up these things? Ahuizotl: If you'd actually stick around long enough in one of them to die, I wouldn't have to keep trying to top the last one! — Daring Do and the Cove of Candles Blackmane's Log # 423: I've stopped dating these things. I no longer know or care about the date. I want this endless tedium to end. Blackmane's Log # 513: I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die, I want to die... Blackmane's Log # 727: HGLBUSHCD&Yhfhnc w7fh wiusdhflj! Ksdfs df3y49fh3974yfhlu sdfghsdfkjuyswfgklf 3frl, qwegflkjewf gkquflg. 34uirfwheqgf lg fsdgfshdafv, gkjsdg fuyw kfyugf ue6wy4fg. Kawyft akw4t74tf8t74f9837tf 378f t34t3u, tofuygog q3o7gf3 7qf34q 78. Blackmane's Log # 921: I did an inventory last night. Everything seemed to be in order. — Daring Do and the Cove of Candles Temple of Nightmare Moon Nagridge: (referring to Doris the donkey) And who is this? Darrin: This is my marefriend, Doris. Nagridge: Oh. Okay. Darrin: That's it? I was expecting... more from you. Nagridge: You're a pegasus, not a unicorn. Why should I care if you choose to associate with one of the lesser races? (Darrin has to be magically restrained by Page and Header) — Daring Do and the Temple of Nightmare Moon Daren: Hey Storm! I'll race ya! Storm: No way, my racing days are over. Daren: You got to be kidding me! What happened to the guy that boasted the Wonderbolts would make an exception for him? Storm: That was decades ago, Daren, back when I had all my original limbs and didn't take a wing-full of %^*(ing shrapnel. — Daring Do and the Temple of Nightmare Moon Page: Boss, if we want to get rid of the chimera, maybe we can get their ambassador to do something. I heard he's petty and the "good professor" smacked him in the face, so he's bound to have a grudge. Nagridge: Of all the great ideas I've heard, that's certainly not one of them. Page: Hey! Nagridge: Did you ever consider the many ways that could go wrong? Hawkwings looks down on ponies almost like we look down on griffons, the only difference being we're actually justified in our attitudes. And that's not the only reason why he's an imbecile, my sources tell me the he's here because he knows people in high places, ones that don't want around them to mess things up back home. Plus, there's that subordinate of his, the one that actually does give a load of horse apples. I don't say this about most chimeras in that he's actually competent, though he is obviously an outlier. Unfortunately, he'd be working against us. And lastly, if that idiot were to bungle things while trying to get rid of Professor Talon, he could hide behind diplomatic immunity, while we'd be left out to dry. — Daring Do and the Temple Of Nightmare Moon Commander Moonbarker: No, every one of them is here. Laurentia of the Red Mane: Then where is Herpy? Gamma Buster: Herpy who? Who the chaos are you talking ab— Gamma Fang: (aside to Buster) Down, idiot. Laurentia: WHERE? Moonbarker: Fine, you pathetic Celestia wannabe. He's downstairs, having developed a sudden interest in mining. Fang: (aside, to Buster) Uh-oh. Laurentia: (in a dangerously calm voice) Meow. (epic plot-kicking follows) — Daring Do and the Temple of Nightmare Moon Page: No way! She didn't need to turn ponies into dragons to pull a chariot to create eternal night. She could do it all on her own! Header: But he could turn ponies into dragons that served him. He'd have the greater power-base. The whole reason the night princess turned evil in the first place was because nopony liked her. Besides, she could be distracted by candy! Nagridge: Hey idiots, I've got an idea: instead of talking about who would win in a crazy mythological mashup between Nightmare Moon and Tirek, you can help me plant blackmail material on Professor Do. Besides, Nightmare Moon needed the Elements of Harmony wielded by the day princess just to stop her, while Tirek was destroyed by a mere friendship rainbow harnessed by a filthy monkey. — Daring Do and the Temple Of Nightmare Moon Ahuizotl: Nothing like a class full of hostages to get cooperation. Okpono: (entering) Before you can take them, see, you'll have to go through me. Ahuizotl: Don't make me laugh. I've heard of you; you couldn't hurt a mosquito. (attacks Okpono, who tears him three new plots) — Daring Do and the Temple Of Nightmare Moon Nagridge: (obviously soused) Nononononononono! Yesee yesee, Starswirl the Bearded was the greatest unicorn who ever lived. Only immortal Alicorns are more powerful... Why... I bet he could win in a fight with the Legendary and Great and Powerful Beast of Chaos... Page: (also soused) Oh come on... supposedly the Princeseseses needed help to stop him... Nagridge: Nononono, y'see, they needed the magical artifacts to keep the collateral damage to a minimum. If Starswirl could fight him someplace nopony cares about, like in the griffon or minotaur capitals, why, he could probably do it blindfolded and minus his staff. Header: (again, soused) Blind and staffless? That's pushing it, even for you... Page: Wasn't the whole Great Beast of Chaos thing just an extended metaphor to the troubles the Princesses had when establishing their rule? Nagridge: Who cares? We're talking about crazy mythological mashups, wasted at a bar, not some deep allegorical analysisisis. — Daring Do and the Temple Of Nightmare Moon Storm: What are you doing, Herpy? Herpy: I'm... Oh, what does it look like? I'm trying to steal this airship! Daring's in trouble and we need to help her! Storm: Herpy, I'm very disappointed in you. I was hoping you'd know better. Herpy: And what do you think we should do instead, huh? Just sit here? We're going to need all the help we can get!! Storm: No, I mean you forgot to disable the backup clamps. You try taking off now, and all you'll do is make a big **&^ing screeching sound that will alert everyone in a few hundred yards that you're trying to steal an airship. Herpy: Oh. Storm: Here, let me. *Unlocks the clamps* Now I have to get back. Nagridge is up to something, and Dr. Rasa is going to need all the help she can get keeping her in check. Herpy: Thanks Storm. Is there anything I can do to pay you back? Storm: Don't mention it. Herpy: Don't be modest, this means a lot to me. Storm: No, I'm being literal. You ^&(*ing well get caught, I was never here. — Daring Do and the Temple of Nightmare Moon Mareton: Please, it's obvious you're trying to replace your kids with your old friend's. You took this post just so you could have an excuse to be near them after he went missing all these years and be the father they lost. That's not creepy at all. Storm Talon: (punches Mareton in the teeth, runs past) Sorry, can't talk, I'm in a hurry. By the way, thanks for dealing with the traitor. Mareton: (dazed) Marv? Why does my mouth taste like paaaaiiiiin? — Daring Do and the Temple of Nightmare Moon Daring: He's tough, any suggestions, dad? Daren: Mareton's vain and likes to talk, he'll try to distract you, but don't listen! Block it out and power on through! Daring: Wait, I like to talk too... — Daring Do and the Temple of Nightmare Moon Daring: You know, the more I think about it, the more I realize you and Nagridge are Not So Different. You both like to hold yourselves above others with petty, self-aggrandizing standards, and use that as an excuse to do whatever you want to everypony else. But in the end, you're both just jerks! Mareton: Blah blah blah. Daring: However, I was with Nagridge in her last moments. Want to know something about her? She was sorry for everything she did, I could tell. And, let's not forget, she had a family that cared about her, and I know Page and Header didn't just follow her because they had to. But you? You're a remorseless psychopath who has nopony. So I take back what I said. You are different... because Nagridge was better than you! Mareton: (eye twitch) — Daring Do and the Temple of Nightmare Moon Legacy of Nightmare Moon Daring: The Gala is so boring! How can you stand it? Storm: I'm old enough to be able to enjoy these kinds of things. Besides, it's an excuse to watch Ambassador Hawkwings get completely salinated on salt licker. Hawkwings: How do these ponies pick up their glasses with their hooves? — Daring Do and the Legacy of Nightmare Moon Daring: OK, we have about thirty seconds before Inti catches up with us and firebombs the house. Any suggestions? Herpy: Empty out the fridge, hide inside and pray that it can withstand a blast of dragon fire as intense as an atomic rainboom? (Daring stares incredulously at Herpy for a good 15 seconds; she then runs over to the fridge and opens the door) Daring: If we survive this, you can expect a thorough lecture on how insanely stupid this plan is. (they do) Daring: Now, as I was saying... — Daring Do and the Legacy of Nightmare Moon Ambassador Hawkwings: I still don't get how ponies pick things up with their hooves without any claws. Platinius: I've explained it to you fifteen times already. — Daring Do and the Legacy of Nightmare Moon Daring: INTI! Prepare to meet Nightmare Moon! IN TARTARUS! Coco Pie: ... I thought she was on the moon. — Daring Do and the Legacy of Nightmare Moon Inti: TAKE ONE LAST LOOK AT YOUR PRECIOUS EQUESTRIAN MOON, 'CAUSE IT CANNOT HELP YOU NOW!!! (Nightmare Moon manifests, steals her power back, lays the smack down on Inti, and trots over his defeated body) Nightmare Moon: So, you wish for the power of the evening's heaven, my reptilian friend? The power of the stars? My power? (whispers the next line in his ear) Then you shall have it. (Nightmare Moon wraps Inti in star-made chains and casts him into the sky, turning him into the Dragon constellation) — Daring Do and the Legacy of Nightmare Moon Shrine of the Silver Monkey Ahuizotl: So you can quote Shih Tzu's "The Bark of War". What, do you want a doggy treat? Rex: What I want is to rip your head off, stuff it full of poison and feed it to your cats. But for now, my mistress has asked me to work with you. — Daring Do and the Shrine of the Silver Monkey Ahuizotl: (about to bash Digg's head against a rock): I can't believe you would defend this weak, simpering idiot! Rex: That weak, simpering idiot is still one of mine! — Daring Do and the Shrine of the Silver Monkey Beta Max: Smells like monkey. Haven't had monkey in ages. Fifi: Large, hulking monkeys that walk like minotaurs. Max: Should be pretty unsteady on their feet. Sic 'em! Balthasar: (entering with Margarita) En garde to you, too. (with Margarita, kicks Diamond Dog tail) —Daring Do and the Shrine of the Silver Monkey Ahuizotl: Then maybe I need to take control of your majesty, like Tirek did back in your father's reign. King Scorpan: (through clenched teeth) Just try it. Ahuizotl: Oh, I shall. By the power of Hydia, I— (Scorpan lays into him) (Gilligan Cut) Scorpan: Blast. Dinged the scepter. — Daring Do and the Shrine of the Silver Monkey Staff of Star Swirl the Bearded Lightning Kicker: Looking forward to the trip? Storm: If nothing else, it'll get me away from Miss Jumbo. She keeps insisting I eat all my ^&(#ing vegetables. I don't think she quite gets I'm a hybrid of two carnivores. I can only eat so many plants before they start decorating the walls. — Daring Do and the Staff of Star Swirl the Bearded Arthur: I blow my nose at you, you silly pony! Linnet: ...what a strange pony. Arthur: I blow a raspberry in your general direction! Linnet: Yeah? Well, I request that you get off my porch, you son of a silly pony! Arthur: Go boil your tail, you maggot! Linnet: Your mother was a parasprite and your father smelt of griffon droppings. Now, get off my property, or I shall taunt you a second time! Arthur: ...taunting brat... — Daring Do and the Staff of Star Swirl the Bearded Storm: I wouldn't go to that place. My sister tells me the owners ^&*(ing called her a "feathercat" and wouldn't serve her. When I'm out of recovery I'm going to give them a piece of my mind! Lightning Kicker: Oh, Chocolate Danish seemed like a nice pony. I guess I'll try the place down the street. I hear Mr. Trot has good prices. See ya! Storm: Hmm... why does that name sound familiar? — Daring Do and the Staff of Star Swirl the Bearded Daring: Hey prof, how you doing? Storm Talon: I am in an excruciating amount of $%&*ing pain right now. Daring: Yeah. I can see. Sorry I can't really do anything. Storm Talon: Are those cupcakes? Can I have one? It might help get my mind off of things until I'm allowed some ^%*&ing painkillers. Daring: Sure. (gives Storm a cupcake) So, what do you think? Storm Talon: ... This is the best %^*#ing cupcake I've had in my %^&*ing life. Daring: Really? They were good, but I wouldn't say... Storm Talon: Wait, you had some? Daring: Yeah, why? Storm Talon: Daring, I can taste horse meat in this. While as a griffon, I'm not exactly complaining, but correct me if I'm wrong, isn't it %^*&ing illegal to sell unlabeled meat products in Equestria? Daring: Well, that doesn't make any sense. There aren't any horses around here, only... Hey, where's Lightning? — Daring Do and the Staff of Star Swirl the Bearded Storm Talon: Oh Tartarus! That's what it was! Daring: What? Storm Talon: The store owner who insulted my sister wasn't named Chocolate Danish, she was trying to buy a chocolate danish! Daring: What does that have to do with anything? Storm Talon: Lightning Kicker went to Sweeney's bake shop because I told him Chocolate Danish insulted my sister! It must have been Sweeney! Daring: Oh... OH! Prof, you can't blame yourself! Storm Talon: I'm not a psycho killer Daring, I'm not... *HURK* (Mrs. Hoovett springs from the shadows and stabs him) %^*(! #^@*! Alabaster flamingos! Daring: What the hay? Mrs. Hoovett: I'm not going to let you ruin this featherca— (is headbutted) Storm Talon: (takes out knife) I've had worse!! Mrs. Hoovett: (draws another knife) Argh! I'll kill you where you— Linnet: Hey what's all the commotion abou— (sees the scene) HELP! SOMEPONY CALL THE POLICE!!! SOME NUTCASE STABBED A GRIFFON!! Mrs. Hoovett: Ah horseapples! (runs off) — Daring Do and the Staff of Star Swirl the Bearded Sweeney Trot: You don't know my pain, feathercat! Nor you, grave robber! Storm Talon: That's what this is about? You lost someone close to you? Well guess what, *squawk*-wit? You and bucking everyone else! And in this town, a lot of them thanks to YOU. Daring: Look, it's over Sweeney, just surrender and nopony else needs to get hurt. Sweeney Trot: You'd like that grave robber! But I still have the Staff Piece and your friend, and if you want the latter intact, you're going to let me go! Daring: Wait... you mean... Lightning Ki— Storm Talon: Oh, come on, Sweeney! Even if the artifact's power could bring back your wife, would she even want you after all this? Would Linnet? The way I see it, there's two ways this is going down, either you give up right now, or else I'm going to gut you like a *squawk*ing fish! (pulls knife he was previously stabbed with) Sweeney Trot: (shaken for a moment at the mention of Linnet, recovers) Artifact of power, eh, feathercat? Won't hurt to try it... (screams as he gets horribly mutilated) Storm Talon: (beat) Well, I'm not touching it! — Daring Do and the Staff of Star Swirl the Bearded Spear of the Windigos Daring Do: Sorry if I don't look so good. Some grey unicorn drank all the coffee and forgot to put on a new pot. You'd think somepony with a coffee-based Cutie-Mark would know better. — Daring Do and the Spear of the Windigos Ring of the Marengeti Agent Helix: It's perfectly obvious where the map is. She's given it to her grad student, Herpy. Ghoul: Herpy? You didn't drag poor Herpington along did you? He's not up to the challenge. Ahuizotl: He sticks out like a sore thumb. We'll find him. Daring Do: Good luck! Herpy's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he needs. He's got friends in every town and village from here to Dream Valley, he speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom, he'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see him again. With any luck, he's got the Ring already. (Gilligan Cut) Herpy: (totally lost in a market) Does anyone speak Equestrian? Or maybe zebra or ancient griffon? — Daring Do and the Ring of the Marengeti Ahuizotl: Now, Daring Do, prepare to-... Daring Do: Hold it, I feel like we've done this fourteen or fifteen times already. Just skip the monologue and say you're going to kill me already. Ahuizotl: Curse you, Daring Do! Not only do you foil my plans, but you foil my speeches as well! I work hard on them! — Daring Do and the Ring of the Marengeti Ahuizotl: drat you, Daring Do! Why Won't You Die? Daring Do: I could say the same about you! — Daring Do and the Ring of the Marengeti Hoofstapo Mook: I'll buck your skull in, feathercat! Storm Talon: How the clopping chaos can you accomplish that when both your hind legs are broken? Hoofstapo Mook: Huh? My legs aren't— (gets both his hind legs broken in quick succession) — Daring Do and the Ring of the Marengeti Ring of Destiny Daring: Ahuizotl! How did you escape Sobek? Ahuizotl: I'd like to boast of how, but you'd be able to adapt it to your crises. And I have work long unfinished here. — Daring Do and the Ring of Destiny Ahuizotl: The ring, Daring Do! Give it to me! Daring: Now, Ahuizotl, you know I love you, but I can't give you the ring 'til I've properly proposed. —Daring Do and the Ring of Destiny Expanded Universe Ruby: You were looking for this? (presents gem to Roneo) Roneo: You found it! Thank you! Greyhoof: (looking at Ruby's flank) Oh no. The plague is back. — Daring Do and the Ruby of the Blank Village Greyhoof: You did good, Mitta. She had already spread it to Starlet and Roneo, but if you didn't catch her in time, the whole town might have been wiped out. Mitta: Did I? Or did I just sell my best friend out for something perfectly natural, and let you destroy two others for the same reason? Greyhoof: Don't say that! You remember the plague! What happened? All those ponies dying because of the curse? Mitta: I remember before the curse! I remember my parents having them! I remember almost everypony in our old village having them! Greyhoof: Y-you remember? Mitta: Yes I remember! Greyhoof: No... you can't! I won't let you! You'll ruin everything! Mitta: Do what you will with me. We all deserve far worse. *Greyhoof caves in her skull* — Daring Do and the Ruby of the Blank Village Three Leaf: We got everything we need right here, so we rarely if ever leave. Daring: That's the third time you said that and that's not even relevant to what I asked about! Three Leaf: We got everything we need right here, so we rarely if ever leave. Daring: This place is getting even creepier. — Daring Do and the Ruby of the Blank Village Starlet: Hmmm, I'm curious to see what you're made of, bird-cat *Walks off*. Storm: Okay, why is it that the only pony in this ^&*(ing town that seems to notice me, is also the one that looks like she wants to dissect me? — Daring Do and the Ruby of the Blank Village Gypsy Bard: Desert Rose, I need to talk to you. These last few nights I thought the Colt Leader has been stalking me, but it turned out to be you each time. I know it's probably just a coincidence, you're probably just looking for that uppity hare of yours, but can you at least tell me why I keep seeing you outside my home in the middle of the night? Colt Leader (as Desert Rose): You mean... um... you can tell the difference between me and the Colt Leader? Gypsy Bard: Yeah, I've gotten more than a few good looks on her. I've got a reeeeeeally good eye for detail, y'know, even if everypony in town thinks I'm just crazy. Colt Leader: Um... Really? You're sure I'm me and not... um... the Colt Leader? Gypsy Bard: Of course. Your Cutie Mark is a veeeeeery slight shade ligh... (interrupted by the Colt Leader kissing her against her will) ... no... nononononono, you can't be! I know you're not a changeling and I could tell if you dyed your fur or used makeup! I even used a glowstone when you came in in case you used magic to change your appearance! Colt Leader: Poor Gypsy Bard. So much you don't know. Like... um... how I'm wearing Smooze-flavored lip balm. — Daring Do and the Amber of the Smooze Smooze: YoU cAn'T sToP mE... Daring Do: Why should we trust you? It's not like you haven't tried to destroy the world before! Ahuizotl: Ah, but I would have had achieved divinity first and thus would not have need of the world. Sadly, The Smooze brokers no such opportunities. Only more Smooze. — Daring Do and the Amber of the Smooze Charity: And you've already met Princess Sparkler. Daring Do: Is she really a princess? Charity: No. And you don't want to tell her otherwise! Daring Do: Why not? Charity: That skeleton you're sharing your cell with is the remains of the last one who did. — Daring Do and the Amber of the Smooze Rayback: You tell me you hate slavery, but what about Spur, or those sheep? Applesack: Dragons don't count. And those sheep are political prisoners. I don't force them to do anything, I force them not to do anything. — Daring Do and the Amber of the Smooze Charity: What are you talking about? Sweetie Bottle never died. See, she's right here! — Daring Do and the Amber of the Smooze Sweetie Bottle: Why do you have to be so mean to my sister? Applesack: Don't take it too personally, salt lick. Me an' Charity go way back and do this kinda thing all the time. I may rib her a bi—, a lot, but I'd follow her to Tartarus and back. — Daring Do and the Amber of the Smooze Charity: (with an angry-looking Applesack by her side) Excuse me, Princess, but what did you do to my sister? Princess Sparkler: I didn't do anything to your sister. I used the golem I made for you as a host for the demon Zrackerthod. Charity: YOU USED MY SISTER AS A DEMON HOST?! Princess Sparkler: No, all I used was a golem. It's not real. Your sister died years ago. Charity: MY SISTER IS ALIVE AND YOU USED HER AS A DEMONIC HOST! I'LL KILL YOU!! Princess Sparkler: I understand you are distressed and thus am willing to overlook this outburst. Mercy is the hallmark of royalty after all. But understand you speak treason in your delusions. Furthermore, I am the daughter of none other than Princess Celestia herself! The blood of the Alicorns runs through my veins and thus I cannot be harmed by lesser mortals as yourself! Charity: I am NOT delusional! My sister is alive and real and NOT some soulless automaton! YOU'RE the delusional one, "princess". Princess Sparkler: Excuse me? Charity: You heard me! All you are is some deluded, crazy fraud! By Smooze, you're not even a fraud because at least some ponies believe frauds! Nopony believes for one second you're a real princess, you just murder them when they contradict you. Princess Sparkler: So it's treason and heresy? Charity: If that's what it takes to get through to that dense head of yours, then yes! I'll say treason and heresy for my sister! Colt Leader: Can you two please, um, knock it off? I'd hate to have to, um, make examples out of you. — Daring Do and the Amber of the Smooze Prism Rush: Please, I'm perfectly fine! There's nothing more to me. Short Stuff: But I heard about what happened to your friends. It's okay to miss them. I miss my old parents but... Prism Rush: Just drop it! Short Stuff: But I'm telling you it's... Prism Rush: LISTEN YOU WORTHLESS WHORE OF A FOAL: I HEAR ONE MORE PEEP OUT OF YOU AND I WILL MURDER YOU!! YOU HEAR ME?!?! I WILL BASH YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE WALL UNTIL YOU GO LIMP AND THEN I WILL GRIND YOUR CORPSE INTO RAINBOWS!! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!?!? — Daring Do and the Amber of the Smooze Prism Rush: (standing over Short Stuff) Any final words, you miserable worthless whore of a foal? Daring Do: You have beautiful eyes! Prism Rush: Why thank you. Wait, what... (Daring fly kicks him into the Smooze) — Daring Do and the Amber of the Smooze Mahiavar/Mahavir: How could you confuse those two? Daring Do: They looked and sounded exactly alike even before the body swapping! She could have been a changeling, or a magic clone, or, or even Desert Rose's Buckzarro Universe twin! — Daring Do and the Amber of the Smooze Daring Do: You saw Krastos? What can you tell me about him? Mahiavar/Mahavir: (terrified) You ever read H.P. Hoofcraft's Dirge of Discord series? Daring: Yeah... Mahiavar/Mahavir: Take everything that was whimsical about the Great Old Draconequuses, and replace it with remorseless sadism. And bad, tasteless jokes. — Daring Do and the Coronet of Chaos Krastos: You and Ahuizotl... your conflict is the meeting of an unstoppable force and an immovable object. But all things, even ones that seem indestructible, erode, break down, and must one day fade away. So, Miss Do, this war between you and him, all your battles, all your struggles... it all comes down to one question: which one of you will break first? Which one of you will fade? That, Miss Do, is a question I am dying to see answered." — Daring Do and the Coronet of Chaos ''' Optimus Prime: One shall stand...one shall fall. The Statue: Why throw away your life so recklessly? Optimus Prime: "That's a question you should ask yourself. — Daring Do and the Children of Primus Shifty Gaze: I just want to make sure you know everything so we don't run into any trouble. Daring: If you don't want to run into trouble, then you’ve picked the wrong pegasus. I always seem to run into trouble. — Daring Do and the Cloud-Held Eternity Herpy: Daring, you won't believe this! I went into this room, 'cause I thought that it was empty, but do you know what I saw? Daring: Not right now, Herpy... Herpy: Dragon skulls! Tons of them! Do you know what this might mean? This must have been a burial ground for the dragons! Star Shimmer: Those are mine. Herpy: (flustered) Er, hello! Who are you? Daring: Herpy, this is Star Shimmer. She owns this castle. Herpy: Oh, uh... you must be very proud of your ancestors, Miss Shimmer! They must have been great dragon hunters! Star Shimmer: I collected those skulls. From shops. Herpy: Well then, um, there's one on the lower shelf that must have been your first one. It looks so old, it should be in a museum! Star Shimmer: I bought that one last week. (Daring facehoofs) — Daring Do and the Obsidian Sentinel Lepus Star: (not taking his eyes off Derring's behind for even a millisecond) Hurry up, please. I've got to get into the vul-- vault. Daring: (sees where Lepus is staring) Up to your old tricks again! Derring: (turning around) WHAT? Lepus: What are you talking about? Daring: You've spent this whole time alternating between ogling my plot and my sister's. If either of us catches you doing so again, we will bucking GELD you! Lepus: Eep! — Daring Do and the Minotaur's Maze Herpy: I object to this witness, she's obviously trying to influence the prosecutor! Mareton: (who has his head in Swinn's lap) What makes you say that? Ahuizotl: Objection overruled. Mareton: Now, Swinny, would you be so kind as to make your statement? Has Daring Do negatively influenced your life? Swinn: All I have to say is if Daring hadn't chased my Sebastius into the rainforest, we never would've bumped into each other, and we never would've gotten back together. Thank you, Daring! Daring: (Death Glare) Herpy: It's quite sad, really. You have so much potential, Swinn, but Mareton's just using you. Swinn: Shut up, Herpy! You're just jealous that you can't find someone who's as loyal as Puddin'is to me. Herpy: Uh-huh. And I assume it's because of that loyalty that Puddin here— Mareton: (frantically trying to signal for Herpy to shut up) Herpy: —finked on you in hopes of getting time off. Swinn: ...Is that.. true, Puddin'? Mareton: ...Finked is... such an ugly word. Swinn: (jumps at Mareton's throat) YOU LOUSY, SCUM SUCKING CREEP! Ahuizotl: Order in the court! The witness is excused! — Trial The Assembler: Under normal circumstances I would scrap all of you. The current situation is far from any normal circumstance. Krastos: Shut up, we're having a trial here! The Assembler: Logic capacitors offline. Rex: Here, thish'll get the pain to go 'way! The Assembler: Isn't your primary complaint with Ahuizotl? Rex: I know, right... but then I shtart drinking thish, and thingsh shtop not making shenshe. The Assembler: I am a construct. I am physically incapable of becoming inebriated. And furthermore -Analyzing-, this is filled with chocolate sauce. — Trial *Flashback* Starlet: You're going with one of those? Greyhoof: Before the plague, my father once mentioned something about a stallion so creative he could bend reality. I'm going to see if he can help us. Mitta: But what if he has...? Greyhoof: I'll take whatever precautions I can. You just promise me you'll take care of Ruby for me, Mitta. She has a knack for finding trouble. Mitta: Of course, you can count on me! I'll keep her safe, no matter what! Roneo: I'm sure you will. — Daring Do and the Mirror Pond Greyhoof: You may think my methods are extreme, but have you ever seen a town full of ponies who danced themselves to death while playing the drums and quilting? Or get crushed because their talent for spinning hoops interfered with their talent for juggling anvils? Or develop a talent for murder while at the same time having a talent for cooking meat and opera singing? These are only a taste of the horrors I lived through. I will not see it happen again. Daring: Then why'd you attack my non-pony friends? Greyhoof: They were a threat! Sunnytown was the only haven left! I could not risk it! And I will rebuild it, by any means necessary. Daring: Even if it's full of zombie pony clones of yourself? Greyhoof: By. Any. Means. Necessary. — Daring Do and the Mirror Pond Greyhoof: Any last words? Daring: Yeah! Check your flank! Greyhoof: What are you... *Sees what she's talking about* No... nonononononononononononononono... — Daring Do and the Mirror Pond Greyhoof: MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD! MY TOWN DESTROYED! MY LIFE'S WORK ALL IN RUIN!!! AND NOW, NOW I HAVE CONTRACTED THE ONE THING I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO STOP MY ENTIRE EXISTENCE!!! ALL BECAUSE OF YOUR INTERFERENCE!!! NO... I WILL NOT... NO... If I... I will... I will see them avenged. All of them... Ruby, Mitta, Roneo, Starlet... *(Rambles off all the names of the townsfolk as Daring GTBO)* — Daring Do and the Mirror Pond Okpono: *After witnessing Greyhoof immolate himself* Against this reality I can not steel. 470-proof hard apple cider is real? — Daring Do and the Mirror Pond Ghost!Ruby: You helped him find the truth. Now, maybe I can help him find his way home. Daring: You do know who he is, right? Ghost!Ruby: I know. He's Greyhoof. But I'm me. — Daring Do and the Mirror Pond Storm: I'm sorry to say it, Mas, but the Board really seems to have it out for you. It might be that you should just take that retirement offer. Masra: So I'm to just smile politely and abandon my principles, is that it? Storm: I'm serious, Masra. Now, we'll find whoever did this, but this might be your only chance to retire with some dignity now. Masra: Dignity can kiss my flank, Professor Talon. I will not leave this position without cleaning up my messes. — Daring Do and the Cloudfall Conspiracy Prince Vladimir: I can not believe this. I swear, if Princess Celestia did not make us entertain every properly-filled petition, I would have had you thrown out before you could speak. Sparkler: What are you talking about? Prince Vladimir: Ever since that doctor made that slanderous claim, greedy opportunists like you have come out of the woodwork trying to capitalize on that conspiracy theory based around humiliating my sister. What is worse is that you do not even have the decency to provide a proper forgery! *Shows document* Sparkler: What? But that's not what I brought! Prince Vladimir: Do not compound your mistake by lying! Your associate discovered what you were planning and told us all the details! We only let this charade go on as long as it did in the hopes that you would realize your mistake and back out! Mercy is the hallmark of royalty after all. But you made your decision. Guards! Have this carnival rabble escorted from my sight! Sparkler: *Struggling* No! Please! I'm not lying! Mother! You must recognize me! PLEASE!!! — Daring Do and the Alicorn Amulet Mysterious Figure: I thought offensive magic was barred on this rock farm. *She approached closer* Besides, I can't believe you'd kill me for a field of empty stones. Sparkler: *Pathetically* It's all I have. Mysterious Figure: Your pain runs deep Sparkler: What do you know of my pain? Mysterious Figure: Let us explore it together. *She produces a small piece of amber, it glows, Sparkler is transfixed. She begins to tremble and tears stream down her face* Each pony hides a secret pain. It must be exposed and reckoned with. — Daring Do and the Alicorn Amulet Daring Do: You're crazy! Inti tried to steal Nightmare Moon's power, and she turned him into a constellation! Princess Sparkler: Inti was an amateur. — Daring Do and the Alicorn Amulet Nightmare Moon: Pathetic! You thought you could challenge me with that trinket? The power of the Nightmare gives me abilities beyond even a mere Alicorn! Princess Sparkler: I... don't need... to beat you... just trap you! *Rips the relevant stars out of the Panoply of Night* — Daring Do and the Alicorn Amulet Spottdrossel: My targets always ask me the same thing before I take the final shot, "how do you live with yourself?". But they're almost dead from blood loss when they ask. At that point, the killing shot is just good intention. —Daring Do and the Breathing Weapons Daring Do: Star Shimmer, can you take a look at this? I remember Earth Song saying your Ancestor once ruled the frozen north, and we found this crown there. Star Shimmer: Oh, Prince Umbra's crown! My family had always wondered where that went! Daring: Prince Umbra? I've studied a lot of Equestrian history, and I don't think I've ever heard of him. Star Shimmer: I'm not surprised. When the Princesses cast down his father for his enslavement of the Crystal Empire, he went into hiding outside of Equestria to avoid reprisals from both the Princesses and griffon assassins. He changed his name and was probably been subjected to exsilium memoriae. Daring: Crystal... Empire? Star Shimmer, I found this in a rumored Ultima Mule dig site. Star Shimmer: So that's what they're calling it these days. —Daring Do and the Crown Of Ultima Mule Daring: I'm telling you guys, Ahuizotl is up to something right now! *Cut to Ahuizotl* Ahuizotl: Mr. Tibbles, have you seen where I left the section of the newspaper with the crossword puzzle? —Daring Do and the Vaults of Celestia Colt Leader Kentauroi: Your friend Odo merely delayed the inevitable. —Daring Do and the Bag of Tirek (Preview) Header: *looks outside* Hey Page? Page: Yeah? Header: For the record, I called it. —Daring Do and the Bag of Tirek (Preview) Zipzee: One of him was bad enough. But two? —Daring Do and the Bag of Tirek (Preview) We don't know who "him" is.
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Expanded Universe — Revenant's Effigy/Tinker's Seal/Universal Cracks Entry 127: After further testing, the Steelclad Sorceror has failed to perform according to my expectations. Unfortunately, it has become impossible to recover the materials that compose it, so after a memory wipe and a stun spell, I have given it to a team of couriers and told them it was a statue that needed to be delivered to Canterlot by the end of the week. I do not have time to deal with yet another failure. Entry 128: I feel that I am running out of ideas, and my assistants cannot keep up with my work. Finding new ones has become impossible, so if I cannot educate them properly, my work might be stalled for years, and I don't think Equestria could afford that price. (after a few illegible pages) Entry 135: The answer was right in front of me the whole time. If I cannot find an assistant that could help me, I have to build one. Not only could it provide me with ideas, it may just surpass my work if I am dedicated enough. I feel this is the beginning of a major breakthrough. — Steam Whistle's journal, Daring Do and the Revenant's Effigy Daring Do: But what about... Claddie: Y'all shut yer traps! Nopony here is qualified to talk right now unless they're made o' metal! Ye can have yer say when I'm done. Storm Talon: I say we should let her speak! Claddie: What did I jest say? Storm Talon: (detaches leg, puts it on the table) That, and I'm a griffon. Now, shut your %*&@ing mouth and let her speak! Claddie: WATCH YER LANGUAGE, LADDIE! Storm Talon: Bite my shiny, metal claws! — Daring Do and the Revenant's Effigy *Flashback* Doctor Valium: Please continue, Attic Fan. Attic Fan: And then, Applesack comes charging in, slaps the collar 'round the slave mistress' neck, then bucks her out of my view. Must have activated the thing 'cause a few seconds later, I heard a sickening "pop" and Applesack walks back into view covered in "cherry sauce", saying "I told y'all I'd be back." Though we could tell she wanted to add Sorry I couldn't make it in time to save Rain Cloud. She goes about setting us free, and asks whether or not we had anypony nearby. This being outside Equestria's borders, not really, so she offers us a place to stay while we can sort things out. That's when I first came to 'Smooze Town'. It was nice, really, a place where we could get our bearings, relax, and figure out if I could, you know, the wings. And the spa... oh Smoo- Celestia, the spa. At the camp, I always thought "someday, I'm gonna go home." That place... it was home, I wanted it to be home. It was the first place I felt at peace since getting captured, even if that annoying gypsy mare kept ranting about how these ponies who saved me were going to bring about the Aponycalypse. I didn't care. Thought they were the delusions of a madpony. And when they wanted me to join, I happily agreed. They made it sound like Smooze could wash away all the pain, and make us into one great, glorious goo. I guess the spiked water supply made it sound better than it really was, because I saw what happened to Charity. I still have nightmares about that. Doctor Valium: Thank you, Attic Fan. I believe your time is up, I'll have the guard escort you back to your cell. Doctor Valium: (in present) That was the last time I spoke with him, before... you know. — Daring Do and the Revenant's Effigy The Assembler: I am here to remove the threat you pose to the whole of Equestria and the world. *attacks the Colt member, is fought to a standstill until the Colt member knocks it off the top story floor and escapes* The Assembler: *as it's falling* Clearly that was not the best approach. — Daring Do and the Revenant's Effigy *Flashback* Tight Ship: I've never met a pony your age who didn't have a Cutie Mark before. Greyhoof: *Internally resisting the urge to kill Tight Ship* That's because my talent is hiding. You can't see my mark because it's hidden. Tight Ship: *Looks away for a moment* I have a hard time believing tha- *Looks back to see nothing* ...Wow, you're good. — Daring Do and the Tinker's Seal The Assembler: My mission to re-purpose the Colt of Smooze has ended in failure. Though I have managed to rebuild most of the remainder to my goals, one escaped. The ferocity of her attack would not just have given a dragon pause, but if it did, it surely would have been slain. I must conduct repairs. My gas emitters were damaged in the fight. — Daring Do and the Revenant's Effigy Minos: ...and that's how he stole the Hands of Fate. Claddie: This isn't even tha first time tha mule's behind stole the blasted thing. Ya suck at yer job! Minos: SHUT UP!!! — Daring Do and the Tinker's Seal The Assembler: I apologize for their actions against you. I have fought that particular waste of flesh, and you are confirmed to not be her. Your actions helped to purge this world of a grave evil. For this, I am grateful. (moves to leave) Desert Rose: Wait. The Assembler: I am willing to spare you, but listen carefully: do not interfere with my mission parameters. If you become an obstacle I will repurpose you like I did those other wastes of flesh Desert Rose: How dare you... How dare you! (gets in its face with Eyes of Fatima blaring) Listen here, mister. Just because you're big doesn't mean you get to be a bully. You run around claiming to try and save Equestria from soul corruption, but WHERE WERE YOU when the Colt members needed you? They weren't always like that! They became what they were because of pain, and suffering, and betrayal, and somepony using evil magic goo to make them willing to hurt others! They were hurting and somepony took advantage of their pain! Smooze corruption is not an easy thing to just shrug off! When the Colt Leader stole my body and left me in hers, the only thing that kept me sane and going was knowing my loved ones needed me! But what did they have? They lost everypony and those that didn't either were with them in the Colt, or betrayed them in the first place! They needed help! Not a so-called emotionless creature to tear them apart and look like it was enjoying itself doing so! And if, IF, they were too far gone, and they were too much of a threat... (starts to quiet down) I've had animals... that were hurt or sick... and there was nothing I could do to save them... and nopony else could either... they would cry all night in pain, and sometimes... they'd hurt themselves... because they were too weak or broken to... they'd beg to... (begins tearing) I fed them something to ease the pain and let them sleep. They deserved to sleep. They didn't deserve what you did to them. The Assembler: (completely flabbergasted, before composing itself) I agree that such an approach was not correct. I already paid for that mistake, and will not repeat it again. — Daring Do and the Tinker's Seal Ghoul: Tabulington wrote us back. She said, among several other very angry things, that if one scale is harmed on the kid's head, she will personally bring in the big guns to visit said harm tenfold upon the two of us. Storm: Then we'll leave him at the ^&-, um... then we'll leave him at the hotel. Ghoul: ... We can do that? — Daring Do and the Tinker's Seal Ghoul: Wait... I thought I heard something. (points in direction of the sound) Storm: I think I see it. Doesn't look like an animal. Get in closer, see if you can't find out what it is. I'll cover you. Ghoul: Why do I have to check it out? Storm: I'm a better shot, and you're in better shape than me... somehow. (aims gun at sound) Rayback: (emerges from cover) Wait, wait! It's just me! Ghoul: What are you doing here, Raybington? Rayback: I... I wanted to help. Storm: Arigh... wotoffle... hebewi... Ghoul: Is that that new language you made, Stormington? Storm: (quietly) WHAT %^&*ING PART OF "STAY AT THE HOTEL" DIDN'T YOU UNDERSTAND?!?! — Daring Do and the Tinker's Seal Storm: They've flooded the tunnel. Banish it to the moon, it's a trap! Greyhoof: (suddenly appearing) Of course it is. After all, no freaks. Storm: Freak this! (whips out the Ruby, it fizzes) Rayback: Is it supposed to do that? Storm: WORK YOU PIECE OF NAGRIDGE!!! Ghoul: I'll take that as a no, Raybington (cue Oh Crap moment) — Daring Do and the Tinker's Seal Tabula: You did it... you stopped them! And leveled the town! Gilded Marksmare: Well, they wanted a freak, and I saw that they were calling those three freaks, and I though 'Well, if they think they're freaks, how would I look to them?' and, well, I couldn't resist scaring them out of their wits. But they didn't even try anything, it's not really that impressive! I mean, when you see yourself looking down the barrel of at least, I don't know, five guns? Or was it ten? I never really count them. Anyway, aren't you supposed to run when that happens? Or duck, or anything except stare at me with that face? I guess a few hundred years of not being able to die kinda dulls your survival instinct... Except I would have run in that situation. I don't think this is really something to brag about, they were pretty stupid if you think about it. Storm: Oh for... just take the %^&*ing compliment, lady!! — Daring Do and the Tinker's Seal Mareton: As much as I'd like to use my usual techniques, I'm in a bit of a hurry, so I'll cut right to the chase: you tell me what I want to know, and you won't be needing any more replacement limbs. Storm: Go %^&* yourself, you nutcase. Mareton: Hmm. (bucks Storm's wing, with an audible crack) You've got more limbs I can break. Storm: That all you got, %^&*-for-brains? Where's that vaunted Earth Pony strength? My cubs could hit harder than you! Mareton: Kind of hard for them to do, seeing as they're dead. Storm: ... I'm going to eat your spleen for that. (cuts to later) Mareton: I see... (Bucks Storm's other wing as hard as the first one) Storm: You know... we're only... a few days off... from the anniversary... of professor Nagridge's death... Can I... buy you... a drink... when this... is over? Mareton: If you don't shut up with the platitudes and tell me what I want, I'm going to cut out your tongue and SHOVE A PARASPRITE DOWN YOUR THROAT!! Storm: Good luck... without any... prehensile appendages... %^&$-face! — Daring Do and the Tinker's Seal The Assembler: Secondary target located. You cannot run from me this time, Waste of Flesh. Demon Lieutenant: I'm not sure about thi... (the Colt Leader spikes her wing through the Demon Lieutenant's head, slams him on the ground in front of her, and smashes his skull in with her hooves; then she addresses the other demons, the second-in-command in particular, with the dead lieutenant's blood, skull, and brains dripping off of her with a completely unfazed look on her face) Colt Leader: Please, I'd hate to have to do that again. Newly Promoted Demon Lieutenant: (nervously) GET THEM!! — Daring Do and the Tinker's Seal Claddie: Do you have anything to say for yourselves? Storm Talon: (stumbles dazedly into the room) I shink you should shut yer doggamn moush. Claddie: If you don't have anything useful to say, mouse-eater, shut your beak. Herpy: Storm, wait, he's really angry! Just ignore him, he's still on the painkillers! Storm Talon: (walks up to Claddie) I don't care! An' no! I will not keep quiet yew, ugly, self-righteous, *kwauqs*-head. I'ma not gonna let yew talk like zjat about my friends like zjat, 'cause yer full o' carp! An' maybe zje only reason I'm not scared of yew right now, is because of zje drugs, but maybe I'm zje only one shinking straight! Claddie: Don't push me! Don't think I won't break you just because that psychopath beat you up not too long ago. Storm Talon: (jams claw into Claddie) Do yew know even know what happened? Were yew zjere? I wasn't, but I got zje whole story! We wasn't zje ones who said golems was soulless machines! Most of us wasn't even zjere! It was zjat deserter, Charity, an' her goo-worshipping friends! An' she didn't even do zjat to be mean! She wanted to tell herself zjat Sweetie Bottle was still alive, zjat golems were soulless machines an' her sister was no soulless machine! Daring an' zje oshers spent weeks looking for her when she ran off, an' when Daring came back she said she left zje oshers left in zjat town to look for her! So yew can take yer stupid, self-righteous carp an' shove it... wherever golems shove shings where zjey don't want! (falls over) Should my wings be bending like zjat? — Daring Do and the Tinker's Seal Page: We're lucky to be alive, Header! Header: I don't know Page, before working for Dr. Capacitor, I never weighed the pros and cons of being executed as a traitor. — Daring Do and the Tinker's Seal Ahuizotl: For you see, Daring Do, with Krastos, The Assembler, and their respective armies on the loose, the world will have no choice but to give me everything I want, as Minos' Hands of Fate allowed me to wield the Mad Tinker's Artifacts! Only I have the means to contain them now. And if I have to let them ravage your beloved Equestria as a demonstration, then so much the better! Muahahahahahahahahahahahaha... So Mr. Tibbles, what do you think? Mr. Tibbles: Meow? Ahuizotl: Hmmm, you're right. I shouldn't reveal everything. Leave a little mystery. How's about this: I won't tell her about the Hands of Fate. We'll let her wonder about how a demon managed to bypass the Mad Tinker's safeguards. Daring Do: (whispers while watching from a hiding spot) I know he told me he worked hard on them, but I never really believed it. Ahuizotl: Ahem... CURSE YOU DARING DOOOOOOOO! How was that? Derring Do: (whispers while watching from a hiding spot) I take it, he gets the most practice with that one? — Daring Do and the Tinker's Seal Tabula Rasa: Sweet Celestia... the chaos artifacts, the mad tinker's works, she's going to do it... Outback Jack: Do what? Tabula Rasa: Daring's going to blow up the leyline to take out Krastos and the Assembler. Outback Jack: Wait, isn't taking out those two a good thing? Tabula Rasa: Jack, do you know how big an explosion a large, destabilized leyline can cause? Outback Jack: A big one? Tabula Rasa: You see that forest over there? Outback Jack: The Everfree Forest? Tabula Rasa: If the leyline were to go off in the middle of it, then the resulting explosion would require the mapmakers of Equestria to rename it the Everfree Crater. Outback Jack: Holy... Tabula Rasa: What's worse is, given what Krastos and the Assembler are, will it even be enough? — Daring Do and the Tinker's Seal Claddie: Ye were right, lad. As much as I hate to say it, ye were right about Sweetie Bottle. Storm Talon: I once made a huge mess of things jumping to conclusions and not backing down when I should've. Didn't want you making the same %&*#ing mistake. Claddie: Ye still need to watch yer language! Storm Talon: No. — Daring Do and the Universal Cracks Sweetie Bottle: How do I start learning to feel alive again? Claddie: The first thing ye do is STOP TALKING LIKE A BLOODY STEREOTYPE!!! *Sees Sweetie Bottle cringe and winces* I mean... ach, I'm bad at this. — Daring Do and the Universal Cracks alt123!Daring Do: (laughs evilly) With Ahuizotl out of the way, the world will suffer mightily at my hooves. I am victorious! (laughs) alt123!Ahuizotl: I'll take that! alt123!Daring Do: Huh? Wha—? Noooooooo! alt123!Ahuizotl: Better luck next time, Daring Do! alt123!Daring Do: Curse you, AHUIZOTLLLLLLLLLLLL! Normal!Daring Do: What. — Daring Do and the Universal Cracks alt343!Daring Do: He's my shmoopy-doopy sweedy-weedy demon pie. alt343!Ahuizotl: You're my shmoopy-doopy sweedy-weedy pony pie. alt343!Daring Do: You're my cutie-patootie lovie-dovie honey-bunny. alt343!Ahuizotl: You're my heartie-smartie smirchy-wirchy baby-waby. alt343!Daring Do: I have my special somepony. A kissy-wissy snuggy-wuggy sugar bear. alt343!Ahuizotl: You're my cuddly-wuddly boopsie-woopsie pumpkin pie. Normal!Daring: (visibly disturbed) ...We're done here. Normal!Storm: MY EYES!!! — Daring Do and the Universal Cracks alt918!Ghoul: Ponies? Look here, drug-induced hallucination of me, like I told you before, all the ponies died off centuries ago. Something from that big, creepy forest caused them to develop weird pictures all over their bodies that made them do random stuff until they all eventually died from exhaustion or carelessness. Normal!Ghoul: I'm not a hallucination. I'm you from an alternate dimension. alt918!Ghoul: You're not helping your case, Drug-Induced Hallucination Of Me-ington. That's what you said last time. — Daring Do and the Universal Cracks Alt997!Claddie: And what... makes ye think... I'll help ye, lass? Colt Leader: Because, um, if you don't, I'll, um, rip your limbs out of your sockets, stab you with your, um, horn, shove your tubing down your, um, throat, and leave you just functional enough to, um, watch as I extract the information I need from your still-pulsating core. — Daring Do and the Universal Cracks (upon seeing the Smooze-world) Normal!Ahuizotl: As I said. A world of Smooze brokers no divinity. Only more Smooze. — Daring Do and the Universal Cracks Daring Do: The Colt Leader is looking for a Smooze Universe. Herpy: Why? Daring Do: She wants to sacrifice the whole of the multiverse to it. Herpy: That makes sense... for her. Daring Do: I'd say she'd do Krastos proud, but he'd probably be peeved he didn't try it. — Daring Do and the Universal Cracks Normal!Daring: You're not going to believe me when I say this, but we have have to save Ahuizotl. Normal!Herpy: You're right. We don't believe you. Normal!Daring: He knows where the Smooze universe is. If the Colt Leader manages to get that from him, she'll have the largest source of Smooze in the multiverse. Normal!Storm: You know, we could always just kill him. It's not like you haven't done that before. Normal!Daring: Tempting as that may be, she's got the Wandering Whistle. And thanks to Greyhoof, she knows how to use it a lot better than we do. Normal!Claddie: So? Grab the whistle first, and then ye kill him! Normal!Daring: Good plan with just one fatal flaw: getting that close to the Colt Leader. Or do I have to remind you what she did to alt997!you? — Daring Do and the Universal Cracks (after Sweetie Bottle summons Charity and to everypony's surprise, Applesack) Ghost!Charity: Applesack, what are you doing here? Ghost!Applesack: I told you, gravy train, I wasn't gonna let a little thing like death keep me from watching your back. Now, I doubt we'd be here if it weren't important, so where're the baby seals we need to club? Ghost!Charity: (sees the disturbed look they're getting) What she means to say is, "what's the problem we're needed for?" — Daring Do and the Universal Cracks (after witnessing the Colt Leader's Fate Worse than Death) Normal!Desert Rose: Maybe there's a universe where [The Colt Leader] didn't have to turn out so bad. Normal!Daring Do: (hugs her) There is. — Daring Do and the Universal Cracks Sweetie Bottle: I wonder if she found the other me out there. Or maybe I found my way back, and now I'm in here. Claddie: Lassie, it doesn't matter. Yer you. Make yerself the best you ye can. — Daring Do and the Universal Cracks Expanded Universe Blood Diamonds This... is why I live out of town. Kimmy, Never Forgive Me, twice Trench: Ah, good afternoon, Miss Daisy. Rumble Saddlon: My name's not Daisy. Trench: Is it Scootaloo? Roseluck? Derpy? Celestia? Rumble Saddlon: (grinds teeth) Raindrops: I know you're somepony who's had too much salt. — Swimming in Red Daring Do: There, now I finally have all the diamonds. (pauses) Hmm, this is typically the point where someone, usually Ahuizotl, shows up, reveals the whole thing was their evil plot and tries to take the relics. (stops and waits) Aaaaaaany minute now... (waits a little longer) Huh, they must be running late. Oh well. (takes the diamonds and heads out) — Swimming in Red Steel Beak: I must congratulate you Daring Do, for you have made my job that much... Wait, where is she? Corporal Clawdius: Looks like she already got here, Lieutenant. Steel Beak: Oh crap, the general's going to have my head for this. — Swimming in Red Storm Talon: Enjoy your vacation, Daring? Daring: (glares daggers at Storm Talon) —The Crimson Horde Films Mareton: You wanna know how I got these scars? — The latest trailer for Alicorn's Shadow Storm: I recognize the Board made a decision, but given that it was a stupid-rear end decision, I've elected to ignore it! —Temple of Nightmare Moon Theater Sweeney (offstage): Got it! Say, your honor, why do they call it a hacksaw? It doesn’t hack; hacking is what I was doing with the knife. This is a saw. I don’t get it. Sweeney Trot: The Musical Judge Clopin: How seldom one meets a fellow spirit. Sweeney Trot: With fellow tastes... in mares, at least. Clopin: ...What's that? Trot: The years, no doubt, have changed me, sir. But then, I suppose the face of a barber... the face of a prisoner in the dock... would not be particularly memorable. Clopin: Benjamin... Gaiter! Trot: BENJAMIN GAITER! (takes his final revenge) Sweeney Trot: The Musical Crowning Moment of Funny: Daring Do Canon In Sapphire Stone, Daring's encounter with Ahuizotl's ferocious felines, including a tiger, a panther, a cheetah, a bobcat... and a cute white kitten. In order to give Daring time to recover the Goblet, Storm Talon and Platinius distract a large cadre of Night Wings by pretending to be pirates. Platinius: I can't believe that worked. Storm Talon: I told you, the enmity between pirate and ninja runs pretty bucking deep. This joke is revisited in Cove Of Candles when, on Short Stuff's insistance, she and the Swinndell sisters try sneaking past the pirates as ninjas. It doesn't go as well, but works anyway because the pirates end up distracted by their debate on whether or not real-life ninjas go "Nin nin nin" and if turtles would make good ninjas. In Curse of the Yeti, during the Yeti's attack on the University orchestrated by Ahuizotl's minions, Ahuizotl puts Daring in his most fiendish trap yet: the University staff room's filthy refrigerator. Made all the better by Daring's real and legitimate terror at being literally Stuffed into the Fridge: Daring: NO! Please! Not the fridge! Not the fridge, it's disgusting! Please Ahuizotl, I'm begging you, if Celestia gave you an ounce of mercy, put me in any death trap you want, but please don't put me in that fridge!!! Earlier, when Daring and Herpy attempt to hide from said attack in the University's geology lab. After a brief cutaway to Tabula and Rayback, the plot returns to the lab, and Daring checks the door to see if the coast is clear. It isn't, but: Daring: Herpy, when I say run, run. Herpy: Have you thought up some clever plan, Professor? Daring: Yes, Herpy, I believe I have. Herpy: What are you going to do? Daring: Buck a rock at it. As the previous/subsequent moment indicates, this one didn't end well. Ghoul Dachshund's reaction to seeing Ahuizotl for the first time is priceless. Ghoul: Some might say that seeing a huge mythological monster with bug-eyes and a hand on it's tail is probably a good reason to stop drinking. I say it's a darn good reason to keep drinking. Daring one-upping Herpy at his own job in The Wooden Mask. Herpy: Is she trying to make me look like an idiot? Calypso: AWWK! Too late! AWWK! Daring's behavior around Desert Rose, after experiencing the Eyes of Fatima personally. The entire chase through the Shanghay marketplace in Cove of Candles between Daring, Short Stuff, Miss Starlight, Swinn and Dell, and the Hoofstapo agents. The entire scene, from Daring outwitting her pursuers by hiding among the street vendors, to Short Stuff being chased by a burning, exploding fireworks cart, to Starlight commandeering Swinn and Dell's motorized wagon and using it to turn the tables on her chasers, to Swinn and Dell repeatedly hitting the same agent by accident with a heavy kettle (and always apologizing to him), is pure comedy gold. Also is Ahizotl's reaction to Short Stuff biting his tail-hand; What came out of Ahuizotl's mouth was not so much a cry of pain but a sonic explosion; A rapidly-expanding sphere of sound whose range soon covered all of Equestria. Birds in the Everfree Forest suddenly flew away from their perch. In her orbiting prison, Nightmare Moon wondered, "What the hay is that noise?" From the same book, the scene where Swinn and Dell try their usual con-games on Starlight, who claimed earlier that she was un-scam-able. Starlight: You two must really think I'm a moron, don't you? Swinn and Dell: Yes. While in Shanghay, one of Blackmane's minions introduces the Squad of Mooks sent to kill Daring: a fully-outfitted barbershop quarter that begin singing Candle on the Water as their introduction. Made even better by the fact that, while Daring and company are staring in dumbfounded silence, with no reason or prompting whatsoever, Starlight (who visibly Squees upon seeing the quartet) immediately joins the song. This Getting Crap Past the Radar scene in Cove of Candles, particularly if you know a certain word that rhymes with "Mastication..." Daring: I have trouble with words that sound alike. Dell: Me too! I used to think %^&*@!&^$#%&!^ meant chewing your food! (All stare in stunned silence) Dell: I... don't anymore... Daring: ...Let's just keep moving. Swinn: (To Dell) How do you eat? At one point in Temple of Nightmare Moon, Professor Storm Talon gets so mad he drops such a massive multilingual Cluster B Bomb that Daring claims he just used every swear word known in Equestria. When he realizes he'll start repeating himself, he proceeds to make new ones just to keep cursing. It becomes a Brick Joke later when Daring finds out he proceeded to invent a new language just so he could make up new obscenities. Herpy proceeds to note that Professor Storm Talon may have made history as the first inventor of a language for that specific purpose. Herpy: Isn't this exciting, Daring? We're witnessing history in the making! Bonus points: Daring uses it as her own personal code in several important correspondence. Random pony overhearing Daring reading aloud: Excuse me, but why do you sound like you're swearing in griffon? It loses some of its charm when you find out just what Nagridge said to provoke that level of obsession. Diamond Dog commander Moonbarker's epic Oh Horseapples when he realizes that Super Serum or no Super Serum, he and what's left of his horde are helpless against Laurentia of the Red Mane. Even Sebastius Mareton gets in on the action: he has very high propensity for Non-Sequitur Thuds when injured, usually referencing an unknown pony named Marv. For example, during Temple of Nightmare Moon: Mareton: (After having several ribs broken by Bravado) Deal the cards, Marv! Shut up and deal the cards! From Temple of Nightmare Moon, which Mareton shakes off quickly before his escape: Mareton: (After being hit with a chair by Platinius) Gilligan! Where's the coconuts? Again from Temple of Nightmare Moon: Mareton: (After being punched in the teeth by Storm Talon) Marv? Why does my mouth taste like paaaaiiiiin? After Mrs. Jumbo catches him tresspassing in Legacy Of Nightmare Moon: Mareton: My spine don't love me no more, Marv... YMMV. Many believe these Non-Sequitur Thuds were done in order to make the Mareton of Alicorn's Shadow Lighter and Softer. A series encyclopedia reveals that 'Marv' used to be Mareton's partner, up until an argument broke out over scrabble. Marv's tombstone reads "Abriviations Do Not Count". Still no word on who 'Gilligan' is, though. Early on in Temple of Nightmare Moon, Professor Nagridge needs to get Daring out of the way, so she makes a move to plant blackmail material on her. Page and Header help Nagridge, but while doing so, they get into one of their discussions on mythological fights, this time between Nightmare Moon and Tirek. Nagridge tells them to shut up... and that Nightmare Moon needed the more powerful artifact to be defeated. Becomes a Brick Joke in Bag of Tirek. In Legacy of Nightmare Moon, Herpy suggests he and Daring seal themselves inside a fridge to protect themselves against a massive explosion. Daring says she will criticize and point out how stupid that idea is if they survive. They do survive. She then proceeds to do exactly that. Extra points for the fact that Daring spends so much time staring incredulously at him for that suggestion (presumably hoping that he wasn't being serious), she loses any chance of coming up with another plan. Yes, the one time Daring couldn't undo a trap with her hat was a rather dark moment, but you have to appreciate this line. Daring Do: Well, my hat didn't work this time, unlike the last five times we've done this. After Daring delivers her Bad rear end line to Inti, - "Prepare to meet Nightmare Moon! IN TARTARUS!" - Coco's response? Coco: I thought she was on the moon. Daring has this really bizarre run-in with a pear vendor in Ponyville. Afterwards? Daring: [very nonchalant] That was unusual. Well, Storm Talon won't be here for a while; I think I'll go roll. Ahuizotl and Dug have this gem of a moment in Shrine of the Silver Monkey, upon Rex informing Ahuizotl that Daring vanished while still tied up, and now they can't find her anywhere. Ahuizotl: You lost Daring Do. Y-You lo- you lost the- HOW DO YOU LOSE A MARE?!!? Dug: You... forget to cherish her? Ahuizotl: (Sighs, pinches bridge of his nose with his tail hand) One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten... Commandant, while your subordinate's surprising chivalry is appreciated, truly, I will be thanking you not to let him give me that image again. This line from Ghoul, while discussing the Diamond Dogs' weakness for chocolate: Daring: Rex and his boys crave the stuff. It's like recovering alcoholics, they crave sugar- no offense, Ghoul. Ghoul: Oh, I'm not recovering. (swig) Bravado usually gets one of these whenever he appears. One of the most notable moments occurs in The Staff of Star Swirl the Bearded. Daring brings up the fact that Bravado seems to run into her a lot considering his adventures being unrelated. Bravado agrees that it's strange and says this: Bravado: I just assumed that you've been stalking me. Daring's reaction is really what makes this exchange hilarious. Arthur, King of the Trots. Yes, he was only there for one scene, but horseapples, that was hilarious. Especially his argument with Linnet Bird. Linnet Bird: Your mother was a parasprite and your father smelt of griffon droppings! Now, get off my property, or I shall taunt you a second time! The entire scene where Linnet stops into the bakery and has a brief interaction with Sweeney. Sweeney is quite rude and snarky to her, so she responds with equal amounts of sarcasm. The Snark-to-Snark Combat is hilarious, though both Sweeney and the reader find it a lot less funny after he finds out she's his daughter. The famous scene early in "Trials of Unity" where a Diamond Dog twirls his machete fancifully to intimidate Daring Do. She responds by throwing a really big rock right into his face. One of the best known scenes in Ring of the Marengeti in which Daring Do, disguised as a flight attendant, managed to buck a Hoofstapo agent straight out of the airship in front of every passenger on board. Daring Do: No ticket. Mind you the agent wasn't a Pegasus. He's a Bucksi. Daring is captured by the Hoofstapo and tells them they'll never find Herpy and the secret map. Daring Do: Good luck [finding him]! Herpy's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he needs. He's got friends in every town and village from here to Dream Valley, he speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom, he'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see him again. With any luck, he's got the Ring already. Gilligan Cut Herpy: (totally lost in a market) Does anyone speak Equestrian? Or maybe zebra or ancient griffon? Any time an antagonist forgets Darrin's name, which prompts him to go off on this tangent about tips on how to remember it better, halting the action mid-scene. Whenever Coco Pie breaks the fourth wall. In one of the expanded universe magazine adventures, she literally BREAKS A FOURTH WALL in the museum and finds herself in the room of a young Unicorn reading the books. The Unicorn's reaction too. She just blinks and then keeps reading all with a completely straight face. (I guess this isn't the first time Coco's done this.) Herpy once argues with Daring and states, "Fine! I'll just go quit and write Daring Do fanfiction!" It gets a Call Back in a later volume too! Any time Ahuizotl's Embarrassing Nickname is mentioned. Any conversation between Ambassador Hawkwings and Platinius. In particular, this little gem of a line: Platinius: Oh Celestia, why are you laughing; it's everywhere! Platinius, to a pony who points out how vastly incompetent Hawkwings is compared to him Platinius: Well, it's kind of our shtick. For the love of your Celestia, please ruin it. This was in reference to Hawkwings' showing up to a meeting late, inebriated, and giving a hilarious rendition of "What Do You Do With A Drunken Griffon". At one point, it's suggested to Platinius that they should have Hawkings' brain transplanted, the replacement being a lump of cottage cheese that has become totally solid from age; Platinius: That is disgusting, depraved, immoral and would it really work? The Running Gag of Herpy consistently getting Swinn and Dell's names wrong every time they meet. Made all the funnier by Swinn getting consecutively angrier and angrier every time it happens. By the time Ring of the Marengeti takes place, Swinn has to be physically restrained from attacking Herpy by Dell. In The Ring of Destiny, Daring purposely invokes Foe Romance Subtext with this little gem: Ahuizotl: The ring, Daring Do! Give it to me! Daring: Now, Ahuizotl, you know I love you, but I can't give you the ring 'till I've properly proposed. Rainbow Dash's reaction makes this all the funnier. Rainbow Dash's introduction was hilarious. She makes her presence known by crashing through the roof of the building Daring was in, and landing on the goon Daring was about to fight, knocking him out. Serves as a nice Call Back to Trials of Unity's famous scene as well. Then during their introductions, we get this exchange. Rainbow: I was just thinking that your adventure would be a lot smoother if you had somepony around to do things like buy your groceries, do your laundry, cook your meals... Goon: (gets back up) Why you little... Rainbow: (punches out goon without looking at him)...mow your lawn, wash your cart and do your taxes! So I came all the way from Ponyville to meet up with you cause I'm like, your biggest fan ever! And now I'm gonna team up with you on this adventure! Daring: I...see. (thinking) No no no no no no no no no NOOOOO! Not another one! At the beginning, Storm Talon's reaction when he learns that Noteworthy Smith is dead. Most of the temple booby-traps in Saphire Stone are fairly standard and unremarkable. The one with the crocodiles on the ceiling, on the other hand, is as creative as it is ridiculous. Expanded Universe Ahuizotl's reaction when the Eye of Discord shatters. Ruby of the Blank Village has a carefully concealed moment of Black Comedy involving the flashback to the Sunnytown murders. The two victims after Ruby were, in order, Starlet and Roneo - aside from Mitta, the two most responsible for her getting caught - and their marks are described to be a bloodstained flint knife and an electric iron. So Starlet's talent was sacrificing other ponies, while Roneo's was... irony appreciation. It can take a few reads to pick up on this, especially if you're still traumatized from the first one, but once you do, the implication is darkly hilarious. Spelled out in the recent radio adaptation, resulting in a rather annoying bit of Mood Whiplash. In The Obsidian Sentinel, Herpy's first conversation with Star Shimmer. Herpy: Daring, you won't believe this! I went into this room, 'cause I thought that it was empty, but do you know what I saw? Daring: Not right now, Herpy… Herpy: Dragon skulls! Tons of them! Do you know what this might mean? This must have been a burial ground for the dragons! Star Shimmer: Those are mine. Herpy: (flustered) Er, hello! Who are you? Daring: Herpy, this is Star Shimmer. She owns this castle. Herpy: Oh, uh…you must be very proud of your ancestors, Miss Shimmer! They must have been great dragon hunters! Star Shimmer: I collected those skulls. From shops. Herpy: Well then, um, there's one on the lower shelf that must have been your first one. It looks so old, it should be in a museum! Star Shimmer: I bought that one last week. Daring: (facehoof). From Basin of Plenty, Daring tries to talk Cricket with Thunderlane Pie. It's obvious in short order she has no idea what she's talking about. In Coronet of Chaos, Krastos' teleporting tricycle. Count Vryko attempts to throw said tricycle at Krastos's head in one of the stories. The way Krastos teases Vryko is the hilarious part. Everything Stan does in Coronet of Chaos, from his first appearance, to his constant, poorly thought-out attempts at vengeance on Daring. At the end he achieves some sort of retribution when Daring buys him a box of muffins…which are soon knocked into a storm drain by a passing Derring Do. Stan: …DERRING DOOOOOO!! In Sultan's Curse, Daring has lost her wings via magic, which have been transferred onto the body of former Earth pony Sebastius Mareton. Towards the end, just before their final confrontation, Mareton begins molting, and his reaction is delightfully out of character. Mareton: Without your wings, you're nothing (notices his feathers falling off) but a…weak…grounded… (Long Silence.) Mareton: (Sudden huge, delighted gasp) I'M SNOWING! Daring: What. Mareton: I'M SNOWING ME! Daring: What…I don't even…Y'know what, keep 'em. I'm going to stand in the corner and mourn your sudden loss of intelligence. The first two chapters of Amethyst Penguin are from Ahuizotl's point of view. During Burning Heart, the team is in the University library, doing research on family trees to confirm Fuergott's claims of being the princess from the Love Poison legend. Bravado, getting bored, starts checking the family trees of the group members. Bravado: Hey Storm, take a look at this. Apparently your uncle was one Sharpened Talon, right? Storm: Yeah, so? Bravado: Well, looking at my family tree, my great-uncle was married to a female griffon with the same name. Storm: …Are you trying to tell me that my uncle is your aunt? Bravado: It'd certainly seem that way. Wait, Storm! This means we're brothers! I always knew! Storm: Or it means you're an idiot who over-analyzes coincidences. Besides, even if it were true, it'd only make us cousins unrelated by blood. Bravado: Oh good, that means your sister and I can- (gets punched) After all is said and done in Fires of Family, Darrin gets reminded of a rant he gave several books ago, and subsequently has to eat his hat. There is a brief Aside involving Ghoul, who is watching Calypso while the Do Family are off on their adventure. Apparently, Ghoul got caught up with Hearth's Warming spirit, and attempts to teach Calypso to cook roasted nuts... in a frying pan. Ghoul: (Shaking frying pan over flames) You smell that? That's the smell of pure Hearth's Warming Spirit. (singing Louis Hoofstrong) I see friends shakin- (nut explodes) AGH! ...Singing Howwww do ya do- (nut explodes) BUCK!! In the Blood Diamonds novel Swimming in Red, the whole scene in the bar with Rumble Saddlon and Trench. Also Daring's Lampshade Hanging about how, upon finding the final diamond, this is when some villain busts in and says how she played directly into their hands/hooves/etc. She waits a bit, decides that they must be running late and leaves. Not too much later, Steel Beak busts in, starts monologing, only to realize Daring had already left. And from Worship in Fear, Wou-Ban attempts to break Thunderlane Dappleton by talking. Thunderlane's Shut Up, Hannibull contains a Hurricane of Puns. Haymaker: Ba-doom TISH! In Cloudfall Conspiracy, Storm's reaction to learning that Masra left him her porcelain bulldog in her will. Breathing Weapons is one of the darker entries in the series, but it's not without it's humor. Papagei is a sarcastic tour-de-force, especially in comparison to his no-nonsense leader, Krahe. Krahe: I must admit, little pony, I'm both impressed and perplexed. I never imagined such a frail thing like you surviving that little altercation with Falke. Daring Do: A griffon as slow as her beating me? You thought that'd work? Your head must be as empty as your compliments. Papagei: He's really not all that smart. He's just got a good vocabulary. *snickers* Krahe: *smacks Papagei* Shut up. In Iron Grinder, one of Daring Do's "tips" for being an adventurer is good places to strike a foe if you're in need of a quick escape. One of these areas is implied to be the crotch. Shudder gets bored while fishing and sings a somewhat familiar tune. Shudder: ~Our trout! In the middle of our stream!~ The drunken hermit, Gristle, is a riot, albeit a short one. Gristle: Hey lady, those things real? Daring: Excuse me?! Gristle: Those diamonds pokin' outta yer pocket. Ah'm starvin'. In Gunpowder Groove, Arzt laments he never delivered any one-liners during his adventure with Daring. Arzt: Y'know, now that I think about it, I'm pretty disappointed I never got to use "the doctor is in". Daring: Dear Celestia... Daring finds a film reel in one Dynamite Highs' drawers entitled, "You, Ewe, and I", and reacts with shock and disgust. Daring: I'm sorry Dynamite, I don't work with perverts. After the reveal that Dynamite Highs was once a thief, he recalls a botched heist. Dynamite Highs: (to an officer) O-oh no! This isn't a robbery, I'm just cleaning out my garage. Because this is where I live. Unnamed Stallion: (walks out with a jewelry box) Boy, Highs, I sure do love stealing. And another one. Officer: What in Equestria is going on here?! Mare: (pelting Highs with garbage) I spent fifty bits on romantic novelties, and this idiot would rather go out stealing with his friends! Dynamite Highs: Uh...she doesn't mean stealing stealing. She's from Caneighda, where stealing means respecting and obeying the law...eh? This moment in Sniffing Out Corruption, from the collection Tales From the War, when Ghoul, in his Intrepid Reporter days, encounters a platoon of soldiers mid-investigation in the dead of night. Soldier: HALT! Identify yourself! Friend or Foe? Ghoul: Press! (The platoon opens fire on Ghoul with extreme prejudice.) Plus, any scene with Editor Overbite, Ghoul's struggling, over-excitable alcoholic of a boss at the newspaper. Specifically, any time his desperate attempts to hold together what little scraps of journalistic integrity he has left crack, and he orders yet another Lurid Tale of Doom to be published, waving a cider bottle and screaming "RUN THAT BABY!!" This scene involving Overbite and Dandelion Miles, Ghoul's rival at the newspaper: Overbite: No more, Miles, I'm begging you. Let me leave the office with my dignity intact today. Miles: No worries, boss, this won't take a minute. I've written a nice, biased article discussing the war, economy, politics, bad weather, and anything else negative I could fit into three pages. All I need is a snappy, attention-grabbing, money-making, non-offensive title. (Beat) Overbite: (leaps to his hooves with wide, bloodshot eyes) "IT'S CELESTIA'S FAULT!!!!" Miles: Perfect, boss, knew I could count on ya. Overbite: NOW RUN THAT BABY!!! Falke's angry, Germane swearing in Chemical Sister. After two books of being treated as squick, Eichelhäher's status as a "zombie" finally gets played for laughs in Oathkeepers. One notable scene has her slapping Arzt upside the back of the head, only for her hand to fall off. She then proceeds to blush and giggle like a schoolgirl, while Arzt just stands there, horrified. During the fight with the Buckzi troops, she quite literally blows herself to pieces,, yet her now-disembodied head can still talk (or rather, hark on Daring for coming back to get her). Eichelhäher's Head: I told you to leave, but you just had to come back, probably leading us into an obvious trap. Daring: This building has fifty stories. Don't make me toss you down the staircase. Similarly, at the end, after a long absence, Herpy shows up at the university. He makes the mistake of asking why Eichelhaher needs her suit. Rather than explain, she simply takes her helmet off. His reaction? He faints. Count Vryko Lakas attempts sarcasm. It goes just about as well as expected. Vryko Lakas: But I have good news for you. Daring Do: And what would that be? Vryko Lakas: I'm going to let you go. Daring Do: ...Really? Thanks. For a moment, I thought you were going to- Vryko Lakas: That was sarcasm. (Daring stares incredulously at Count Vryko Lakas for a couple of seconds, then proceeds to bash her head against the wall while Vryko Lakas gets a look of confusion.) The hilarity gets furthered when Daring proceeds to drop everything and force a lesson on what exactly is and isn't sarcasm. The whole lesson lasts three pages.
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Expanded Universe- Revenant's Effigy/Tinker's Seal/Universal Cracks Most scenes with Claddie in Revenant's Effigy. His sheer undiluted rage at pretty much everything and over-the-top reactions and threats to anything that inconveniences him, coupled with his thick accent and incapacity to tone down his volume makes almost all of his scenes hilarious. Especially when Swinn and Dell start to mess with him. Every time he tries to downplay what he did, it tends to backfire horribly, creating a mix of hilarity and badassery. Every time Storm Talon and him are in the same scene. Or him and the Marksmare, in Tinker's Seal. Also from Revenant's Effigy, a book otherwise littered with Continuity Nods with regard to other Expanded Universe works: Mahavir/Mahiavar: Hey Daring, have you ever been to an Aztak burial ground? Daring Do: No! Absolutely not!! In Revenant's Effigy, Daring walks in on a strange scene; Storm Talon has started to lose feathers from his head, and in a panicked zeal, is mixing together a lotion made from griffin feather-growth formulas, Pegasi feather-growth formulas, and a strange substance from the Swinndell Sisters. (Apparently they're branching out from fake artifacts) Tabula Rasa manages to calm him down, leading to this; Storm Talon: You're right. I can't use this stuff. So what if I've lost a few feathers- Ahh! More feathers! I'M MOLTING! This is ironic, given that the actor who plays him, Samuel L. Hawkson, often plays bald black eagle guys. In Tinker's Seal, when the Gilded Marksmare's brought to a firing range and asked to show off all of her firepower. She gladly complies, and the results are very, very messy. During the prologue, Ghoul introduces the infamous 470-Proof Hard Apple Cider. Herpy: Aw, come on, there's no such thing. (takes a swig) Hey, it didn't even hurt go going down. Ghoul: Aw, horseapples... (Beat) Herpy: Daring? Daring: Yes, Herpy? Herpy: Has Celestia's sun gone out? Daring: Nooooo... Herpy: Ah. It would appear I have gone blind. He gets better, though. Also in Tinker's Seal, Tabula Rasa's reaction to Rayback's offer to join Storm and Ghoul's trip to the Blank village, given the town's less overt hostility toward non-Cutie Mark-based lifeforms. Especially given that Ghoul seemed to approve of the idea before going off on a tangent about Cider binging back in his university days. The look on her face as Rayback offered to join the drunk Diamond Dog druggie and the foul-mouthed fowl-feline made her words redundant. It said "No". In fact, for that brief moment, Doctor Rasa spontaneously developed perfect cellular control, allowing each and every cell that made her face say "No". The very structure of her DNA rewrote itself to have every strand of those cells say "No". Their very molecules, atoms, subatomic and mana particles all broke their unending dance of physics and magic to join in the chorus of "No". It was the zenith of "No", to which monks dedicated to the concept would have made pilgrimages. Had the Spirit of "No" appeared, it would have bowed down in awe and humility at the sheer, undiluted sense of "No" written on her face. Tabula Rasa: NO! Ghoul: *Indignant* I'll have you know I love kids. I'm not gonna tie him down and force him to drink the hard stuff. I would have even brought the soft Apple Cider. *Everyone assembled stares at him.* Storm: Ghoul, you do remember we're going to a town full of paranoid, undead, ritualistic murderers in the middle of a dangerous forest, right? Ghoul: Oh… Yeah. That little detail. When Storm and Ghoul get to their hotel for the night before heading out to the village in the morning, the two find Rayback hidden in Storm's suitcase. Ghoul writes a brief letter to Tabula explaining the situation, and has Rayback send it with his fire breath. Much later, Storm returns to the room to find Ghoul anxiously typing his Last Will and Testament on his typewriter. Ghoul: Tabulington wrote us back. She said, among several other very angry things, that if one scale is harmed on the kid's head, she will personally bring in the big guns to visit said harm tenfold upon the two of us. Storm's Angrish response when they discover in the middle of the Everfree Forest that Rayback followed them after they tried to leave him at the hotel. Ghoul: Is that that new language you made, Stormington? When a swarm of Fruit Bats come rushing out of a cave and through the group, Ghoul's phobia of them kicks into overdrive, and he starts screaming intelligibly while wildly waving at them with a flyswatter. Later, after the Marksmare's Big drat Heroes moment, she's asked for details, and she displays the same tendency as her "brother" to fail horribly at downplaying her exploits. "Well, they wanted a freak, and I saw that they were calling those three freaks, and I though 'Well, if they think they're freaks, how would I look to them?' and, well, I couldn't resist scaring them out of their wits. But they didn't even try anything, it's not really that impressive! I mean, when you see yourself looking down the barrel of at least, I don't know, five guns? Or was it ten? I never really count them. Anyway, aren't you supposed to run when that happens? Or duck, or anything except stare at me with that face? I guess a few hundred years of not being able to die kinda dulls your survival instinct…Except I would have run in that situation. I don't think this is really something to brag about, they were pretty stupid if you think about it." "Oh for… just take the %^&*ing compliment!!" During Tinker's Seal, after Mareton gets his sadistic hooves on the Hoof-Held Cannon, a weapon said to be able to kill anything, he attempts to use it on the Steelclad Sorcerer…and nothing happens. Mareton just blinks, and Claddie grins. A page and a half later, Mareton is lying in a crater in the floor, with several cracked and broken bones, spouting the prerequisite Non Sequitur Thud. Mareton: Marv, I don't wanna do this no more… From the same book: Krastos and Mareton's Villain Team-Up is mostly a frightening idea, as two of the most threatening villains in the series have teamed up, but it does produce this one funny moment. Daring: You may be a master of manipulation, but Mareton is one too. How do you know he's not just using you? Krastos: Oh, he is. I'm using him too. Of course, we both know that and formed a plan from that, so we're using each other twofold. But then I figured THAT out, so now I'm using him threefold. Of course, he's probably doing the same to me. So basically, we're still not sure who's manipulating who. When it's revealed that the Assembler has sent members of his army to the houses of each University member even slightly connected to the hunt for Steam Whistle's artifacts, there's an enormous Oh Crap moment after everypony takes out the soldier at their respective houses, only to remember that Professor Ed has been helping them as well. The team rushes to his house en masse, led by Ed's distraught wife… only to find the Assembler's soldier in a pile of broken pottery shards. Soldier: Sir, please stop hitting me- (smash) Professor Ed: Ma'am, I've got a house full of overpriced merchandise that I bought from a pair of con ponies. I can literally keep this up all night. Ed's Wife: …Eddie, I take back every single bad thing I ever said about you trusting those sisters. Later they go to Dr. Capacitor's house to help him too, and they find the respective soldier lying unconscious in front of his door, and a scorch mark where the doorbell used to be. At one point Mareton encounters Dr. Flux Capacitor, and tries one of his Breaking Speeches. However, due to Flux's…dubious hoofhold in reality, this proves to be not only highly frustrating, but an exercise in futility. This... odd scene involving Dr. Capacitor's love life (or lack thereof). Capacitor: Sadly, I have little time for dating. Science has left me a sad and lonely stallion. (There is a knock at the door... of the closet. Capacitor opens it to reveal a single Assembled soldier behind it.) Capacitor: Who are you? Soldier: I'm the sad and lonely stallion Science has left you. Capacitor: ...I don't get it. Soldier: It's a joke, you sad little scientist. (Beat. Capacitor shuts the soldier back in the closet.) Herpy: ...That happened. When they realize that Krastos and his army is on the move and that without military assistance, he's going to do a lot of damage and probably spread out from Equestria, Hawkwings and Platinius try to figure out how best to get Platinius full ambassadorial powers as to best negotiate relief because they know Hawkwings would probably screw this up. Hawkwings offers to get completely plastered to be unavailable, defaulting his position to Platinius. When Platinius asks why he doesn't just grant him his diplomatic powers (if temporarily), Hawkwings answers, "Because that's the boring way". After Ahuizotl steals the majority of the artifacts they had until now, Daring and her friends are planning how to retrieve them, after they find out he's hiding in an ancient Hayan temple. And after some lengthy discussion on what to bring, and how to get past any deathtraps Ahuizotl may obviously have, Claddie decides to make a simpler suggestion: Claddie: "Jes' blow th' bloody thing up and dig through th'rubble" Coco Pie, during a discussion on the existence of ghosts (as well as some Arbitrary Skepticism on Derring's part), sings a song called Snicker at the Specters, about laughing at evil ghosts to make them go away. Darrin is amused by the song. Derring is not. Then there's the reactions as Coco begins singing. Coco: When I was just a filly and the things were getting bad… Derring: (facehoof) Tell me she's not… Coco: The spirits and the ghosties, they would always make me sad. Darrin: She is. Along with Derring's line immediately following the song. Derring: (pulls out a checkbook, oddly solemn) Ms. Pie, I will pay you all of my money to never sing again. All of it. Coco: No deal! Swinn and Dell's blase reaction to the events occurring around them as they help out the Canterlot Guard in the defense of Manehattan. Particularly when they bump into Derring, Darrin, and Coco while the latter are being escorted through the guard's camp on their way to the haunted factory. Keep in mind that the following exchange is done in the midst of a chaotic battle. Swinn: Ah! Hello Do family! Hello, Ms. Pie! Coco: Hi there, Con sisters! Dell: Business as usual? Darrin: Business as usual. Swinn: Well, don't let us stop you! We've got everything under control right here! (smashes a cheap clay pot over a demon's head) Dell: Best of luck! Darrin: Thanks, girls! You too! Derring: You ponies disturb me deeply. Also, we have Mareton trying to infiltrate the guard, only for Swinn and Dell to recognize him and hit him over the head with frying pans. This leads him to say yet another Non Sequitur Thud: Mareton: Just a little off the top, keep the sideburns. They then proceed to give him a Traumatic Haircut. His reaction is priceless. Short Stuff's epic return to the series…has her being caught sneaking around university grounds by Daring. While Daring berates the filly, Dr. Flux marvels that somepony would cut school to break into another school, before pulling the mares into a rambling discussion on nationalities, and then career choices. Dr. Flux: Do you know what my father wanted me to be? Short Stuff: Somepony else's colt? In Tinker's Seal, we finally see Ahuizotl practicing his hammy speeches. That's dedication to an art. From Universal Cracks, one of the Alternate Universes seen is one where the brave adventurer Ahuizotl seeks hidden treasures and fights the villainous Daring Do. Evil!Daring: CURSE YOU, AHUIZOTLLLLLLLLLLLL! Normal Daring: What. Not to mention alt!Mareton is an All-Loving Hero Mareton: ...Now, something about that is just mighty disturbing. Though he does share his evil counterpart's penchant for saying silly things before passing out. Good!Mareton: (After faceplanting into a wall) Can you see me? I'm the one that's waving! The best is probably the one after he's blindsided by Evil!Short Stuff Good!Mareton: Why's it gotta be this way, Marv? I know the light's in ya somewhere! It doesn't stop there. Our two favorite Eldritch Abominations, Krastos and the Assembler, are a righteous paladin and a kindly and impossibly competent surgeon, respectively. They also happen to be Vitriolic Best Buds. Our heroes' sanity isn't holding that well by now. Normal Herpy: "MY MIND!" And, in contrast to Krastos the Gluemaker's sick and terrifying sense of humor. Krastos the Lightbringer takes everything seriously, even when you'd think no one could. Good!Krastos: This is no time for jokes! Those donuts could kill everyone in the building! The Mirror Universe reappears during The Stinger for the book, when Evil!Daring and Good!Ahuizotl are in the midst of a similar adventure, and are looking into the Canon Daring Do Universe. Their reactions to a world where Daring is good and Ahuizotl is evil? Good!Ahuizotl: …Buncha freaks. Evil!Daring: Yeah, for once I'll agree with you. That was just bucking weird. Then there's the one where Daring and Ahuizotl are madly in love and married. Normal Daring: …We're done here. Normal Storm: MY EYES! Claddie mocks them for this reaction, until they see the universe where Fuergott and Claddie are a couple Normal Claddie: "…huh…wha…" Normal Marksmare: "Aww, you two look adorable together!" What about the universe with nothing but prawns in it? And then there's the universe where Swinn and Dell have struck it rich, and are living large in a high-rise Manehattan penthouse. And Swinn has a male harem consisting of Mareton and Herpy on leashes. Normal Daring: (Gives Herpy a dirty look) Normal Herpy: Let us never speak of this again. Normal Mareton: (to Swinn, grinning) You'd like that, wouldn't you? Normal Swinn: Oh, you WISH. Of course, the abundance of odd pairings is lampshaded by the Marksmare. Marksmare: Aww, but I wanted to see who I got coupled with! Wait, maybe I'M the one that's supposed to be paired! ...but with who? One of you, maybe? Claddie: (turning to everyone else) Any of ye raise a hoof and I'm cuttin' it right off. ...AN' THAT GOES FER CLAWS TOO! Universe #063, with a male archaeology professor/adventurer called Darrin Do and his younger non-action girl sister Daring. Alt!Zapapple distracting the Colt Leader during the final battle…by tapping her on the shoulder and saying "Hi, I'm a distraction." This immediately followed by the Colt Leader getting a good hard knock on the head from Storm. The universe where the characters only exist in fiction and they run into the actors who play them, causing Coco to go into an infinite loop. Normal Darrin: Dare... I've found some... works of us. They have us do things. Bad things. Together. Normal Daring: ...As in, together together? Normal Darrin: (nods) Normal Daring: They... they know we're siblings, right? Normal Darrin: Doesn't... seem to matter. Normal Daring: That's just sick. One universe where Swinn, Dell, Herpy, Daring, Derring, Darrin and a few others all own a spaceship and pull heists together. Things get especially strange (and funny) alt!Mareton attempts to take the ship hostage and Darrin proceeds to pretend to posses the ship. Alt!Mareton: ...You ponies are all insane. Alt!Daring: Well... my brother's a ship. We had a complicated childhood. And when this version of the characters meets their original counterparts? Alt!Swinn: Come on, alternate universes? That's like something out of science fiction. Alt!Dell: We live on a spaceship, Swinn. Alt!Swinn: ...So? The Citadel of the Impossible is a clear Shout-Out to La-Marelana, and Daring seems to notice it too. "If this is some sort of game, whoever designed it is a jerk!" Two-Tone, a hippogriff from the Mirror Universe, doesn't seem to have a counterpart in the normal universe, but this reason for this doesn't become obvious until it's revealed who her parents are: The Mirror Universe versions of Nagridge and Storm Talon. Rarely have words (especiually vulgar ones) failed Storm, but this time was special. Short Stories From Almost Got 'Er (Ahuizotl's point of view): She finally made it up the stairs…right into my trap! The phoenixes, rocs, and screechers were all waiting to dine…ON ADVENTURER! "Ah, Miss Do," I said over the loudspeakers. "Congratulations. You made it. Welcome to my aviary…of doom." "Aviary of what, Ahuizotl?" Swinn snorted, grinning. "Sheesh, Zotlie!" Dell agreed. "How corny can you get?" And later, Commandant Rex's story. There's a long, dramatic buildup, the others slowly leaning forward in their seats in anticipation. The payoff? Comedy gold. Rex: So I'm at the end of the chamber. I've got the drop on her, she has no clue that I'm there. Dell: Yeah? And? Rex: SO I THREW A ROCK AT HER! (Blank, disapproving stares) Mareton: Cricket Noise. Cricket Noise. Swinn: (ignoring Rex) So, Zotlie, where did you get all those birds, anyway? I thought cats were your thing. Rex: …I-it was a big rock... Mareton arriving the to the bar and joining the game gives us this nice moment: Mareton: Hello, fillies and gentlecolts. Get me a chocolate malt and deal me in. Rex: Scram, Mareton. This is a private ga—oof! (is kicked in the face by Mareton) Swinn: Sebastius Mareton… Mareton: (stealing Rex's seat) It's been a long time, Swinny. I suppose you're still looking halfway decent. Swinn: Half of me wants to clobber you. Mareton: (smirks) And what does the other half want? Swinn: To hit you with my wagon. Mareton: (to the others) We used to date. Dell/Rex/Ahuizotl: (understanding) Ahhhhh. The entirety of Nothing but Puppy Chow Left qualifies, but special props go to the scene where the raiders miss the town they were supposed to pillage because they are too busy singing. Swinn going nuclear on Mareton in court during Trial, much to the amusement and delight of everyone else there. The very subtle way Rex flinches every time Swinn calls Mareton "pudding." One would never imagine the Assembler being funny. Then again, one would never imagine the Assembler being coerced into acting as a jury in a fake trial, alongside other villains including Krastos, who may we remind you is its archenemy. Assembler: Logic capacitor offline. Rex sympathetically offers him his flask, implying he's only putting up with it because he's completely plastered. Assembler: Analyzing: this is filled with chocolate sauce. Another funny moment is when immediately after the Assembler refuses it, Krastos grabs the bottle away from Rex and consumes the entire thing. Including the bottle. At one point, Mareton is described as having his head in Swinn's lap. Seriously. Just picture that for a second. There's one moment when the Obsidian Sentinel gets up to testify. Unfortunately, the villains forgot that the Sentinel was a brainwashed Earth Song, who proceeds to give a long speech on how awesome Daring was. Earth Song: And then, just when I was about to swing the fatal blow, Daring swooped in and- Dell: (annoyed) We ran out of tape five hours ago! Krastos continues to be himself. Krastos: *Completely calmly* If this trial makes me miss the new episode of Doctor Whooves, I swear to every deity of every religion that exists that I will slaughter every last one of you. Daring Do: Can one of you please remind me why I'M the one on trial here? Charity: Krastos liked the idea and aside from The Assembler, Inti the Star Eater, and Reverend Mother of the Smooze, nopony here would dare mess with him, and two of those were quite for it. The way Copperbeak and Blackmane keep getting into fights. Somehow, Mareton ends up being questioned. Herpy: It seems you have quite a criminal record here yourself, Mr. Mareton. You once slashed a wagon in half in a Starclucks parking lot. Mareton: It was parked across two parking spaces. Swinn: Wait, that was you?! Herpy: You... vaporized a customer with a death ray when you worked at Radio Hack? Mareton: I was just testing it! It figures it'd be the one day there was someone in the aisle. As something written to be comedic Ahuizotl and the Giant Chess Pie has quite a few. Some of the moments that spring to mind are: Ahuizotl getting turned into Miss Jumbo's seat cushion. The Trickster literally Breaking the Fourth Wall and taking Ahuizotl to the real world to meet, and forcing him to be nice to, a group of Ahuizotl's Kittens. The Trickster turning Ahuizotl into a plushie for one Kitten and a tattoo for another. The author's note claiming that it's Based on a True Story, then that their lying, then that their lying about lying. Both times the chess pie is eaten. Dell's not caring about why it's there as long as it's there and Starlight attempts at remaining refined as she wipes chess pie of her face are both hilarious. Whilst crude, the joke at the end about how long Starlight has been in the bathroom post chess pie and the implication she clogged the toilet, are somehow still funny. In Short Stuff and the Amazing Vacuum whilst waiting for Page and Header to regain their normal shapes Short Stuff absent mindedly bounces one of them. Dr Flux's descriptions making his device sound like a fearsome weapon before revealing it's just a cleaning implement. Dr Flux's reaction to being told he threw the container with Page and Header into the trash. Flux: Oh no.....the container was supposed to be reused not replaced. I'll have to make another one and... Short Stuff: Hey Doc, what about your assistants? Flux: Hm? Oh yes, yes of course.....they'll be helpful building the replacement. Later on when Page and Header are returned to normal Page: Well thanks for helping us, I guess. Short Stuff: Ah, I'll be honest I was doing it more for the container. I mean, a vacuum that suck up anything? How awesome is that! Page and Header's excitement about capturing the never seen before creature, hoping for fame in the science community and to be regarded as heroes for capturing the beast. And then their reactions when the vacuum announces it's been absorbed. The reactions of the 3 as the vacuum seems like it's going blow, diving for cover and cowering....and then it shuts down with a little puff of smoke. And, of course, when it does explode in the end. In Miss Jumbo and the M█████████ Tattoo Miss Jumbo's embarrassed attempts to ask Storm to check 'where (she) can't see' without straight up saying where. Storm's internal descriptions of both the flattened Mahavir and the Noodle Incident that makes him leave Mahavir stuck to Miss Jumbo. The closing lines reassuring us that Mahavir would eventually unstick and fall off.Unfortunately it would be under one of Miss Jumbo's WIPE HOOVES OR ELSE signs so he'd be mistaken for a doormat for some time afterward and... Narration:...nopony wants to ignore Miss Jumbo's notices. In Anne Bonfire and the Unsightly Beauty Mark when the newly turned to goo Beauty Mark starts to burble Anne acts like it's swearing up a storm and chides it. And then starts tapping on the glass. When Anne and Mary are discussing what to do with Beauty Mark Anne sits down directly onto the syringe containing the goo Beauty Mark, injecting her into Anne. Mary: ....Well I guess that answers that then. Afterwards when Mary and Anne decide not to talk of this again, Mary asks what they should tell the crew Anne was doing. Anne: Tell them I went to seek medical advice about the swelling. Mary: What swellin'? Anne: (rubbing around the area of the injection) Have you seen what she did to me? It's nearly doubled in size! When Anne spots a book made for customer reviews, what she writes and the lines just before it. Anne: I thought it was supposed to tone up your assets. All it's done is give me way more jiggle. Mary: So it turns out she was a terrible beauty product. Huh. Anne: (Spots the book and begins to write while speaking aloud) The service here was lousy and understaffed. The owner was unhelpful, took forever to set up, didn't listen, actively tried to murder me and wouldn't stop talking. Plus she literally made my butt bigger. So even if I hadn't made sure the owner was permanently indisposed I wouldn't be coming here again. Zero stars. In Equestria and the Attack of the Jello Slimes the Smash Cut from some Jello Slimes telling Desert Rose's animals that there's nothing they can do to help to a stuffed Rose finishing off her animals 'home-made' jello. An already Jello Slime stuffed Coco Pie being shocked to be told that that's their weakness...then that there's an invasion and then that Jello Slimes exist. Darrin: Weren't you tipped off when the jello, you know, moved? Coco: Your jello doesn't move? At the Griffon Embassy as Silvia Clawson waits outside Hawkings room a squad of Jello Slime enter. Cut to Hawkings room as he and Platinius discuss the invasion, with Hawkings just glad he doesn't have to deal with it. The pair leave the room and see Silvia patting her engorged belly, belch loudly and look at Hawkings proudly. Made doubly funny by the Callback: Hawkings: Remind me to give you a pay raise. (Platinius shoots him a dirty look behind his back) At Star Shimmer's place Earth Song gets Jellos Slimes to follow him into areas where Star Shimmer is and Star Shimmer reacts and talks like she's come home to find that Earth Song's made her a home cooked dinner. Anne Bonnies response to dealing with the Jello Slimes: Anne: I hope they don't go to where the last goo creature went. I don't think I could deal with it any bigger. Miss Starlight being more concerned about her weight than her safety, and the Running Gag that whenever she fusses over somepony it's not about warning them to be careful but about making sure they don't lose their figure. Arthur, King of the Trots and his Knights reaction to the Jello Slimes, then the tall tales they tell to each other about the abilities of the Slimes based on the noises they hear them making and their sheepish reactions when it turns out the noises weren't from the Slimes but from Linnet Bird eating all of them. The Jello Slimes at Outback Jack's house. They keep going missing one by one. The final one hides in Alice Springs room where she's sleeping. However it notices something, pulling back the sheets reveals Alice's swollen belly, showing that a sleeping Alice has been sucking up the Slimes that came near her with her snoring, which she also does to this one. She then coughs lightly, mumbles a Non Sequitur and goes back to sleep. Morph and Many Masks engaging in a competition to see who can eat the most Jello Slimes. Dell's continued attempts to capture one of the Jello Slimes to sell later on but somehow, every time she tries, managing to eat all the Jello Slimes resulting in her being one of the largest characters in the end. The way in which Shudder deals with her Jello Slimes. She's underneath them digging for a particularly tasty looking gem. Their weight causes the floor to collapse and they fall directly into her open mouth and down her gullet. Shudder is left with no idea they were even there. The two golem siblings, being devoid of anything resembling a digestive system, while the slimes themselves are utterly unable to do much to them, are engaged in a lengthy stalemate for a good part of the book... Claddie: "WHY AM I HAVIN' TROUBLE WITH A FLIPPIN' DESSERT!?!?" The Marksmare, herself, merely decides to pile a whole bunch of them and go swimming inside the ensuing glob. Her brother is not exactly amused. This gets slightly troublesome when the others come to clean up the remaining slimes, what with the many places it went, along with Claddie, already pissed over finding out that was the slimes' weakness, convincing himself some of them may be wanting to clean it off in a way he decidedly disapproves of. There's also the questioning they're given after that's dealt with, about how stalled they were with the Jello Slimes: Daring: You two have mouths, wasn't it kind of logical? Claddie: Aye, mouths fer refuelin'. 'n sometimes fer removin' smug faces. Marksmare: Same here! I got my bro's teeth too! *She pulls off Claddie's helmet and forces his mouth open while grinning real wide herself, both teeth sets are described in loving detail* Claddie: Oh fer- ...ach, point is those ain't puddin' teeth. One that's also In-Universe. Since the guards defeated the Jello Slimes the same way everypony did they end up quite rotund and the sight of them marching or standing to attention in a row with their bellies flopping around is noted to have bought several characters to near laughter (they would've laughed if they weren't in the same condition) and probably the reader as well. In Silvia Clawson and Her Little Pony, Silvia asks Caballeron to rub and kiss her paws. After laughing at his aghast reaction she reveals she's joking...about the kissing thing. Silvia: Of course I am! Can you imagine how weird or creepy that would be? (starts laughing, which Caballeron hesitantly joins, then stops) Now start rubbing before they rub you against the floor. As Caballeron does so she continues talking about it convincing herself it'd be a honor for the kisser, and its her who'd be creeped out. Caballeron, who has looked incredibly disgusted throughout, ponders what expression to have when she looks back at him, not wanting to appear disgusted in case she's upset, not wanting to appear happy in case things get worse. The result? Something that freaks out Silvia who sends him flying with a light kick. Silvia: Whoops...you missed a spot. Can you come back over here and finish? Also are you alive? Probably should've asked that first. At one point Caballeron starts talking about how they'll be no more games and she's going to fix him. Just before this Silvia turned away from him and throughout she's been holding a claw up in 'one minute' style. Caballeron: Look at me! Silvia: (turns around to face him, and lets out a sustained belch which forces Caballeron backwards, messes up his hair and gives him a good view of her mouth) Ah, I needed that. You had something you wanted to say Cally? (Picks up a piece of food bigger than him and eats it) Caballeron: N-no. (continues to stare straight ahead, unblinking for some time afterward) In Daring Do and Marey Sue's Totally Awesome Adventure the part where Ahuizotl shows up in the fanfiction without explanation because it's Ahuizotl and 'Ahuizotl is always there'. Midway through Daring has to take part in an advertisement for the spell that pulled her into the fanfic as part of the fan's deal with the pony who gave them the spell. This leads to Daring monotonously reading off a script about how the spell will keep the pony within safe even if the paper is damaged or eaten by beasts. And the Call Back where it gives Daring, who repeats the advert to herself more enthusiastically during, the idea of feeding the fanfiction to a goat. The fan revealing that, whilst safe after being eaten by the goat, when they returned to reality it was quite messy and they've had to have several baths since. The fan's What the Hell, Hero? speech after Daring unintentionally feeds them to a goat and Daring's reaction to it as it goes from something she feels a little guilty about, to self entitled whining as she stops caring. Adaptations In the Daring Do and the Shrine of the Silver Monkey film, Coco Pie has to have explained to her that the diluted chocolate pudding may not have been as effective against a Diamond Dog, especially one of Rex's powerhouse stature (like in the book). Cue the credits. Then in The Stinger, we cut to Commandant Rex, bruised, battered, having chocolate pudding on his face, still somewhat delirious, and at the bottom of the cliff he fell off of, who proceeds to mutter to his fellow Diamond Dogs who also fell after him from getting some of the pudding splatter on them: "This is certainly the most humiliating defeat of my entire career, yeeessss…" Herpy's Funny Background Event in the recent preview clips for the Alicorn's Shadow film; he's pouring coffee for the guests, fills three small mugs, then proceeds to empty the pot himself directly. In a film-exclusive scene in Temple of Nightmare Moon, Storm Talon drops out of the sky on to one of Ahuizotl's bigger minions, backed up by dozens of other (voluntary) teachers and students. Daring chews him out for breaking the University Board's orders and risking not only his life, but others' as well. His response? I recognize the Board made a decision, but given that it was a stupid-rear end decision, I've elected to ignore it! The same film has the montage where Herpy recruits Daring's friends, one highlight of which is Outback Jack impulsively leaving Orange Burn - who was merely passing through on the way to Darwhinny - in charge of the Watering Hole, despite her protests that she'll be in over her head come rush hour. We never do find out how well this worked out… In Monkey King, Daring and Saru Sennin talk about the Ball of Four Stars; Daring: Is it magic? Saru Sennin: Actually, it's really a cheap trinket! But the monkeys seem to like it. Daring and the Professor's argument (of the Daring Do and the Professor Crossover radio serial) when they're in a spiked wall trap due to Ahuizotl and the Commander. Sadly, I can't remember the conversation right now. Daring Do Adventures Storm and Masra's endless frustration with Daring reneging on her teaching duties. Disneigh Adventures' Diamond Daring The last bit of the Ringleader's radio advertisement for her circus. Ringleader: So be sure to come see the show, before my over-insured circus tent has a mysterious fire! Magician: She said "fire!" (the sound of roaring flames is heard) Ringleader: NOT YET YOU MORONS—''(is cut off) Voice: You must have a cutie mark to order tickets...but we won't tell if you won't. Globetrotters In Gekokujo, Reiher's attempt at Equestrian smack talk when facing the army of debt collectors. Hard Cash: Here you stand on the brink of death, Samurai, with no luck to save you, no friends to fight with you, and no honor to leave behind. Anything you'd like to say before I send you to the underworld? Reiher: I KICK-A YOUR rear end!!! (charges) The griffons of Reiher's village in general. Nearly everyone is a "debt collector", they all wear black robes, and all carry the same type of sword. There are so many that sometimes they forget who's who, and even forget who they're trying to collect from! They play up the debt collector job as a serious work, with strict codes of honor and conduct, as if they were samurai, yet in every scene with them, it's more like The Office, and this is taken at complete face value by Daring and the others. Hard Cash: (while three of his underlings play paper football in the background) The Collection business is not for the weak willed or feint-of-heart. It can be brutal, it can be gruesome. One must disregard any and all emotion, for those who can not pay in bits, pay in blood. Collector 1: (gets a papercut on his chest by the paper football, screams like a girl) GYAHH! You hit the tit! Scorekeeper: Bonus points! (entire bar cheers) Meta A behind-the-scenes featurette on the DVD of Sapphire Stone portrays the director as a Jerk with a Heart of Jerk. Coffee Boy: *(to the camera)* I've always had a lot of great script ideas, but I'm not allowed to tell them to anypony because I'm the coffee boy. JJ: The lowly coffee boy. Coffee Boy: Oh yeah, right. The lowly coffee boy. Also, I'm ugly. JJ: Extremely ugly! From the same featurette, screenwriter Minty Coral claims that she had originally intended to spend her life creating a source of renewable energy, but eventually backed out because she was afraid of rich oil tycoons assassinating her, "You know how much they hate to lose money." From a recent convention, held shortly after a number of plot details for Alicorn Amulet were revealed: Fan: Was the name "'Princess' Twinlight Sparkler" an intentional reference, or was that just by coincidence? Ember Roundup: It passed legal. A skit on the Breathing Weapons mini-series DVD has Eichelhäher becoming a magician's assistant and performing all sorts of tricks that involve her losing a limb, due to practically being a zombie. The magician's show received such praise like, "So realistic!" and, "It was entertaining, but something smelled like a dead body the entire time." The skit that Manehattan's Ziegfilly Theatre did for Comic Relief Night: Daring Do and the Curse of Fatal Death. It completely deconstructs most of the cliches of the series, and ends with Daring and Ahuizotl happily eloping to Las Pegasus, pleasing Darizotl shippers everywhere. Best of all, the sketch features none other than Griffon comedian Christopher Falcon as Storm Talon. General consensus is that comedy fans have not lived until one hears the union of Falcon's usual line delivery with Storm's abundant language of cursing. The Daring Do-themed night at weekly Canterlot music quiz show Never Mind the Buzzkill where Hairerion Trot guest-hosted (with costars Ellen De Jennet and Pony Jaye as guest contestants) was positively rife with these. Of particular note was the joke that arose amongst the fanbase from Trot's comments regarding costar John Barrowmane's infamously raunchy sense of humor behind the scenes. Trot: The song contained the lyric "There was nothing in Equestria that could stop us when I fell in love with your plot-us", which as it happens, was a line removed from Griffon's Goblet. (Audience laughs, Trot shakes hoof) Barrowmane! Grr! (Audience laughs harder) (Later) Buzzkill regular Jupiter Fields: I'm told that Sapphire Shores has been receiving letters from fans claiming that they'll stage mass protests unless she goes out with them. (Audience laughs) Trot: (Shakes hoof) Barrowmane! Grr! Actual Meta In the advertisement for the Celestia Radio adaptation (see Daring Do Adventures above), we have the music swelling as the narrator dramatically says "Pony in a Box proudly presents, an all new program for Celestia Radio…" only to be interrupted by an advertisement for "The Tom and Bloomberg Show" before the tech has to apologize and rewind.
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Headscratchers: Daring Do
Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: Daring Do Main Series In Griffon's Goblet, after a quietly emotional scene in which a depressed and drunk Storm Talon makes it clear that he blames himself for Daren Do's disappearance, Daring simply places a kind hoof over Storm's good claw, which has been digging into the table while Storm tries to repress his grief. Without even saying a word, she shows Storm that she doesn't blame him in the slightest for her father's disappearance. Of course, Storm and the not-quite-dead Daren finally getting some closure between the two of them in Curse of the Yeti (listed below), is a Heartwarming moment all on it's own. The end of Curse of the Yeti. Daring: (hurt) Well, everyone has been released at last. You're going to go back into hiding like you said, so go. You got your end of those little pieces of treasure back from whence you came, at any rate! Daren: (stone-faced) …no. I have my li'le treasure... right here. The stageplay does it one better: they add a sweeping Colttish soundtrack under this scene, which only enhances it! In fact, any Do Family togetherness moment. A muted one, but when Daren and Storm Talon meet again. Storm Talon looked down at his drink, barely able to look the pony in the eyes. So long ago he had stormed off in anger over some thing he couldn't even remember. A friendship ruined because he was too proud and angry. He had so trivially rejected his best friend, only to come face-to-face with him again so many years later. It had haunted him. Taking a deep swig of his salt-laden beverage, he turned to his former friend and spoke, "Look, I'm too bucking old to hold a grudge. So here's something I should have said a long time ago: I'm sorry." The old pony looked the griffon, downed his own mug, put his hoof of the griffon's shoulder and said, "You managed to be there for my kids these last few years while I wasn't. That's worth far more to me than any apology, old friend." The scene toward the end of Curse of the Yeti, featuring Daren Do, Storm Talon, and Ghoul Dachshund sitting around a table at a bar, just talking and reminiscing. It's the first time they've really been able to talk together since Daren's disappearance, and it's nice to see these old friends talk and catch up. Especially poignant after learning about exactly what happened to split up their little cadre of explorers, back even before Daren disappeared- it's obvious that they miss the three friends that could not join them- even Winchester Tock, despite his Face-Heel Turn. And when Daring's father learns that she blames herself for Zapapple Tock's death: Daring: If I hadn't left for a moment… Daren: There would have been nothing you could have done; you would both have been killed. And there was no way you could have known. Any scene with Daring and her younger brother Darrin. Daring drops the "tough-filly adventurer" facade and becomes older sister to a loved younger brother. The Wooden Mask was some serious Nightmare Fuel. But it did allow for one of the sweetest moments between Herpy and Daring when he snapped her out of its control. Herpy You're really going to do this, right? You do this and you will lose everything. Do you remember... when that yeti came down to the University? We were all trapped in the labs. You were the only thing standing between us and death. Everyone was scared out of their wits…But not me. Not me, Daring. Because you were there. I knew that I was going to live that day because the great Daring Do was there to protect us. That's why I came with you on this insane quest. Everyone said I was going to die but I didn't believe them because I was with you… (close to tears) I guess they were right. Daring (Slowly taking off the mask) …No, they weren't. Honestly, pretty much all the Ship Tease moments between Daring and Herpy could be considered this. For all the flirting that goes on between Bravado and Daring, the moments shared between her and Herpy simply feels more warm and heartfelt. And then there's The Ring of the Marengeti… Even though people disagree a lot about the Expanded Universe, Door of Time reaches one agreement among most fans: It is implied at several points that the two are happily married in the future. Daring and Derring's eventual reconciliation in Platinum Crown. Daring helping her sister out of her Mareton-induced Heroic BSOD. Swinn and Dell's last scene in Cove of Candles is short and adorable. The two have been at odds throughout the book, having argued, outright disowned each other, and refusing to speak to each other. Daring worries if they'll ever reconcile, after the hurtful things they had said to each other. However, during the final battle with Blackmane's crew, Dell saves Swinn's life without the slightest second of hesitation. At the end of the novel, the two are riding off into the sunset on their mechanized wagon. Dell looked off at the passing scenery besides them. The only sound that could be heard was the signature creaking and clanking of the wagon's gears. "Hey, Swinn?" "Yeah, Dell?" "I'm sorry." "I know. I'm sorry too." There was a long pause. "Love ya, Swinnie." "Love ya too, Delly." Neither of them said anything more as the wagon creaked towards the next town, and day turned into night. Neither of them had to. As Nagridge is buried, Daring relays what was almost certainly an apology to Okpono. His reply? "I already have forgiven "As grudges make bad living." And in Ring of the Marengeti, he defends Roanland Nagridge from a former exchange student with a grudge. "This stallion here is not as his aunt was. "And you know ties of kindred call for love. "To love a kinsmare only if she's good "Means that one does not love her like one should." In Temple of Nightmare Moon, Hawkwings gets in Mareton's face to let Silvia (his heavily-implied illegitimate daughter) get away. He basically subjects himself to being choked, needing him to be rescued by Platinius, adding some depth to a character that mostly exists to be an obstruction. He may be a vicious monster, but he won't abandon his pack. Cue the second Rex vs. Ahuizotl fight. Ahuizotl (about to bash Digg's head against a rock): I can't believe you would defend this weak, simpering idiot! Rex: That weak, simpering idiot is still one of mine! Towards the end of Staff of Star Swirl, Daring debates whether or not she should tell Linnet Bird (who has been Happily Adopted by the Bloom family) that her birth father was the serial killer Sweeney Trot and her birth mother is dead. She finally decides on "yes," but then this happens: Daring: Linnet, there's something you need to know. Linnet Bird: Sure, what is it? Mr. Bloom: Linnie! Time for supper! Linnet Bird: One second, Daddy! I'm talking to Daring! Mr. Bloom: Just be inside before it gets too dark! Linnet Bird: (giggles) Oh, Dad, you worry too much! Okay, I'll be in soon…Sorry, Daring, what was it? Daring: …you know…I don't think it's so important after all. I'll see ya around, Linnet. (after Linnet's left) Herpy: Why didn't you tell her about her dad? Daring: She already has one. Even after all these years, Sweeney keeps a photo of his daughter and a photo of his wife on him at all times. "Two prettiest mares in the city, those two were…" The ending of Trials of Unity. The Ring of the Marengeti, Roanland Nagridge finds Page and Header, who have been on the run since the end of Temple of Nightmare Moon and have been captured by the authorities. Roanland: Do you ever miss her? Header: If it wasn't for her, we wouldn't be in jail! Roanland: But do you miss her? Page and Header: …Yeah. They help him deal with the stigma of being related to professor Nagridge, since they were her closest friends near the end. Expanded Universe The Valley of Grouchy, Daring removes a bone stuck in Grouchy's throat, causing the T. Rex to become grateful and forgive her for insulting his intelligence earlier. He then helps her save Derring from Hammond. At the end of Amber of the Smooze, Desert Rose puts in the good word for Gypsy Bard, allowing her to adopt the two orphaned foals who seem to instinctively recognize her. Even if she's a deranged Colt member trying to bring about the end of the world, Charity still loves her sister and is furious when Princess Sparkler uses her as a demon host. Although the Steelclad Sorcerer's relationship with his new "sister" begins rather poorly, after some time you can see he's warming up to the idea of having a sibling. Good to know behind all that steel is a a heart of gold. Or platinum, as the case may be. Or when he finds out Sweetie Bottle's situation, and decided he wouldn't have a fellow construct feeling miserable over the lack of a soul, something that, in his eyes, doesn't mean a thing. Although it's rather difficult to see initially, as he blames the university staff for making her feel so worthless, which makes him so drat angry it isn't funny anymore, and unleash a rather scathing tirade. Despite his broken wings and half-dazed from the pain and the painkillers, Storm mounts a defense against Claddie, reminding him that it was Charity that instilled in Sweetie Bottle the idea that golems were soulless automatons to fuel her delusions that the original Sweetie Bottle was still alive, that those faculty members who were involved did everything they could, and that they got their friends back in the town where the Colt of Smooze was set up to deal with the situation as best they could. Even heavily battered and almost completely out of it, Storm still refuses to let Claddie treat his friends like crap. After his talk with Sweetie (which also qualifies for this), Claddie comes back and, for the first time in the series, apologizes for his outburst. He even thanks Storm Talon for calling him out. The Marksmare's sheer joy at the prospect of having a potential adoptive (in some sense) sister is also D'aww-inducing. Tabula's Anger Born of Worry at Rayback after he returns with Storm and Ghoul from the Blank Village, since he had snuck into their luggage against her wishes. She's simultaneously hugging him, crying tears of happiness, and scolding him for sneaking off like that. Ghoul placing his personal gem load at Mitta's grave for helping them escape. When Herpy wakes up after surviving the Hoof-Held Cannon's shot. While Mareton and Claddie have a little chat in the background, Daring gives him a bone-crushing hug, still in tears after witnessing her friend's apparent death, while Herpy assures that he's not going anywhere. And the fans went wild. The Assembler of all entities having a Pet the Dog moment with Desert Rose, after it learns that its army mistook her for the Leader of the Colt of Smooze. Of course, it's somewhat off-put by the Assembler's subsequent warning her to abandon the hunt for Steam Whistle's inventions, and to not make him regret sparing her during the purge of the Colt. The Assembler: I apologize for their actions against you. I have fought that particular waste of flesh, and you are confirmed to not be her. Your actions helped to purge this world of a grave evil. For this, I am grateful. Desert Rose in turn stands up for the Colt members that it brutally murdered. She of all ponies knows how hard Smooze corruption is to fight and that even if they posed a danger to the world, if absolutely necessary, they deserved a Mercy Kill, not some excuse for a supposedly emotionless automaton to indulge its sadistic side. Swinn and Dell aiding the Canterlot Guard during their defense of Manehattan against Krastos's demon army. Without the slightest moment of hesitation, they abandon this terrific sales opportunity to hand out the spears they were going to sell for free. Any scenes between Short Stuff and her adoptive parents, Professor Ed and his wife. It's made abundantly clear that they love her to bits, and she is very happy to be with them. The very last scene of Tinker's Seal: after all's said and done, the creations destroyed, Krastos and the Assembler defeated for good, and all of the ponies who have helped out over the course of the story, Herpy is seen sitting in the campus quad, watching the sun set. Daring trots along and plops down next to him. They sit for a few moments, then Daring silently wraps her front leg around Herpy's shoulders and just pulls him close. Many of the flashbacks with Earth Song in The Obsidian Sentinel. The best might have to be the song he writes for her to try and capture her affections. It works. The ending has Earth Song and Star Shimmer reuniting after months of Star Shimmer believing him to be dead, and him singing their special song to help console her. The lyrics make it even more heartwarming because they pretty much came true. Your radiance is greater than Celestia's sun The brilliant light of love gleams from afar If shadows cloud my way, I know you'll shine for me I know you'll lead me home, my guiding star Daring and Alternate Zapapple's Bear Hug upon seeing each other in Universal Cracks. This is quickly followed by a very emotional scene as the two Mares repeatedly apologize for letting their Universe's version of each other die. Claddie and the Marksmare's reaction to meeting Sweetie Bottle. They promptly adopt her as a sibling on the spot. Plus, how Alice Springs and Short Stuff become best friends with Sweetie Bottle almost instantly, knowing full well that's she's a Golem and not caring in the slightest. And when Sweetie pulls off her own Big drat Heroes moment, Claddie couldn't be more proud of her. Charity's ghost giving Sweetie Bottle one last ethereal hug before fading back into the afterlife, and giving Claddie and the Marksmare her blessing to raise Sweetie Bottle. Applesack's ghost following Charity out of the afterlife through sheer force of will. She had no idea where she was going, all she knew was that her best bud was being dragged somewhere, and didn't want Charity to do it alone. Charity reassuring Applesack that by helping to stop the Colt Leader's mad designs, she earned some measure of redemption. In Fires of Family, after the ordeal with the Fire bringing to light their troubles and bitterness toward each other, they manage to power through it, allowing themselves to remember all the good times and how happy they all are to be together once again, which powers the Fire's prophetic abilities and allows them a vision on how to find Daria. The scene is reminiscent of Trials Of Unity. From the Daring Do Adventures short Herpy in the Dark. Herpy is being tortured by the Dream Sprite until he summons the embodiment of his courage: Daring Do. Daring Do: Stick with me, Herpy. Dream Sprite: Nooo! Herpy: I'll never leave you. I'll never leave you! In Mirror Pond, Ruby's ghost offering to try to free Greyhoof and help him get to the afterlife. At the end of Mystery of Flutter Valley, the Flutter Ponies show their gratitude by building a golden statue of Daring Do in the center of Flutter Valley. Masra's final words to Daring: A thank you for making her last years so interesting. All of the eulogies at Masra's funeral, from Tabula, Ghoul, Ed, Rayback, Herpy, Daring and especially Storm. While also a Tearjerker, Daring putting Taube out of her misery the end of Breathing Weapons can be seen as this, especially when she says, "When I get to Heaven, we'll make up for lost time..." Despite Eule using failed experiments as raw material for his surgeries, the fact that he mercy kills one that's still alive to end it's suffering has to prove he's not all bad. It's explicitly said near the beginning of Gunpowder Groove that Eule and Henne are in a mental health facility and receiving care to undo Krahe's brainwashing. Considering what happened to every other member of the Greifvogel, it was nice at least those two got a happy ending. The way Daring and Shudder's friendship evolves in Iron Grinder. At first, Daring sees her as little more than a nuisance whom she's only willing to help to find the mine's treasures. By the end of the story, they've become Fire-Forged Friends, almost to the point of being downright sisterly towards each other. This scene Shudder: Why shouldn't I be jealous of you? I mean, you're, like, the most awesome-ist adventurer ever! You go around the world, steal treasures, and kick butt! And I'm— Daring Do: (rubs her head)—a little girl with a lot of growing up to do. Shudder:...I was gonna say small and stupid and weak, but I guess that works too. Daring Do: (chuckles) Trust me, with your bravery, you're well on your way to being a great adventurer yourself. Shudder: (gasp) I am?! Daring Do: (nods) Shudder:...do you ever think I'll be as cool as you? Daring Do: In time, child. In time. Made even better when Shudder flat-out admits that she sees Daring as a sort of big-sister figure, and is glad to have met her. Daring saying her goodbyes to the group as Clear, Rail, and Shudder all leave together to start a new life, saying she hopes they cross paths again one day. In later books, it's learned that Gristle in fact didn't hold a grudge against Jackhammer for disfiguring him, and helped him out of the caves. The fact that he was willing to help someone he absolutely hated when he could have easily left him to die, simply because he knew it would be wrong to do so, was rather heartwarming. It's also implied that he went to join Clear, Rail, and Shudder, so he could teach her the ropes like he'd attempted to do all those years ago. At the beginning of Gunpowder Groove, one of the first treasures Daring had collected ends up shattered, and is discarded before she's told because it would be "too difficult to repair". Before Daring leaves the next day, Arzt gives her a bracelet made with what few pieces of the treasure he could find. In Crimson, Black, and Blue, seeing Daring acting so motherly to Scarlecache, Inke, and Glacial qualifies. And then it turns into both heartwarming AND awesome when she goes all Mama Bear on Black Bloom for trying to hurt them. In Silver Menace, after the Cyberpony affair, the book ends with Herpy visiting Dell in jail to comfort her over Swinn's death; he knows what it is to lose somepony near and dear. After the events of Breathing Weapons, Arzt swore off danger and adventure forever, preferring a safe, quiet life at the university. Come Chemical Sister, what does he do upon hearing that the Greifvogel are alive and Daring has gone to confront them? He immediately drops everything and boards the next plane to Germaneigh. For a guy who has little involvement in her adventures, Arzt's is pretty dedicated to making sure she stays out of danger. At the end of Chemical Sister, Daring is confronted by the benefactors behind Fischadler's little "project", telling her that nothing Fischadler did was authorized and that she will be put on trial for her actions. As for the ressurected members of the Greifvogel; they plan to have them disposed of. Daring pleads to them to let them live, knowing that their mental-states can be fixed, using Eichelhäher as proof. After a bit of deliberation, they grant the Greifvogel their lives, provided Daring can fix them. They aren't out of the woods yet, but it's nice to know they have a chance. In Oathkeeprs, Eichelhaher reveals that her suit takes a very long time to fix her body. Months worth of repair allows her a sense of touch for only an hour or so. What's the first thing she does upon having sensation back? Hug Daring and Arzt, tearfully thanking them for rescuing her from her horrible life under Krahe and Fischadler. The Benefactors' unanimous agreement to let the rest of the Greifvogel live and be rehabilitated. Things are left pretty open ended as to what will happen to them after this, aside from Krahe and Papagei facing life in prison for starting everything. A notable line has Daring saying that should Arzt ever decide to work alongside Eule, she'll vouch for him. Surgeon of Marabia has Bravado and Mareton meeting the Ghost(?) of their father, Rodolphus Mareton, during one of their brief deaths. Globetrotters The entire ending to King of Hearts as cheesy as it is. Eichelhaher stumbles upon the hidden shrine said to be his home, yet when she meekly asks him to appear, nothing happens. She falls to her knees, thinking herself selfish and a fool. She recalls their adventures, greatful that Arzt saved her from her life under Krahe's control, yet ashamed she was too shy to tell him so, "You saved my life, but nothing changed. I'm just as weak as I always was..." Wanting to show strength at least once in her life, she outright screams her love for Arzt to the world around her, not realizing until the end that Arzt had followed her up the mountain, and heard everything. She tearfully confesses her feelings for him, almost expecting him to reject her, yet, much to her surprise, the feelings are mutual. Eichelhaher: (putting Arzt's hand to her cheek) I just...wish I could feel you... Suddenly, in a flash of bright, pinkish light, a gargantuan suit of armor adorned with hearts appears above the water, The King of Hearts is so moved by the display of affection, he appears to bless their love. King of Hearts: FROM THE DEPTHS OF THY SOULS, I SEE THAT THY LOVE IS REAL. BY MY COMMAND, MAY YOUR LOVE REMAIN FOR ALL ETERNITY The King is gone as soon as he appears, yet his light is left behind...on Eichelhaher. Both are shocked at the sensation of his paw to her chest. Arzt: Your heart! I-It's beating! You-you're alive! Eichelhaher:...(silently but tearfully embraces him) Meta Ember Roundup admitted she used a caricatured depiction of Gusty Lulamoon's cousin Beatrix without permission as inspiration for Princess Sparkler (though the depictions were sufficiently different that Ember Roundup wouldn't be obligated to pay any royalties). After learning that Beatrix had gone missing and broken off contact with her family after falling on hard times (albeit not as a result of the book), Ember took it upon herself to track her down, eventually succeeding, though only after she had reached her lowest point. Ember then agreed to give her royalties to help her get back on her hooves, and offered her a job as creative consultant on the upcoming Alicorn Amulet, which will feature Princess Sparkler heavily. Notably, the book's entire existence is due to an agreement that Ember secured from Polo House that they wouldn't publish anything involving Princess Sparkler or the aforementioned Amulet without Beatrix's consent. The In Memoriam for Gusty Lulamoon in Tinker's Seal, which consisted of a short biography written by her longtime friends J. Thunderlane Hurricane Jr. and Ember Roundup. Doubles as a Tearjerker, as it's clear the two hadn't been holding up well. After reading a series of popular Zapapple Tock Alternate Universe Fics, Steeplechase Moffat tracked down the author, Muffin Parcels and offered her the chance to collaborate with him on a book - also an Alternate Universe story - as he loved what she'd done with the character. The result: Daring Do and the Universal Cracks. In addition, Moffat arranged for her to rewrite and publish the original fics as a spin-off series, with the option of further books in Zapapple's universe if these were successful. 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Nightmare Fuel: Daring Do Main Series The Wooden Mask. It becomes incredibly terrifying with how apparent Daring Do starts losing her morality. It becomes worse when you wonder whether or not the mask has always been around before the story. Don't forget the Wooden Mask Salespony. The way he appears out of thin air behind Herpy, that creepy-rear end grin (which changes into a freaky angry face after her learns Daring put the mask on) and his cryptic phrases. Good thing he's an ally …or is he? Possibly even creepier than the Wooden Mask itself is it's dialogue. Mention is made of it whispering it's corrupting influence into Daring's head shortly before she puts it on. The lack of capitalization in certain parts combined with a deliberate lack of punctuation and the Mask repeating itself gives the impression of the spirit of the mask being a breathless, greedy, nigh-schizophrenic monster. the power the power the unending power it can be yours mine ours just put me on put me on step aside and put me on you fool and receive my majesty Inti's fate. Especially given the workup to it: The dragon cowered, terrified, as the demon advanced upon him. Nightmare Moon smirked. "So, you wish for the power of the evening's heaven, my reptilian friend? The power of the stars? My power?" she asked Inti as she trotted over to him. The dragon began shivering as she slowly approached. Nightmare Moon stopped in front of Inti, lowered her head to his ear and whispered to him in a voice that only they two could hear, a voice dripping with pure malice and colder than the depths of space itself: "Then you shall have it." Daring-Do herself gets into quite a few dangerous situations, especially in "The Legacy of Nightmare Moon". *shudder* It's a good thing Herpy was there to save her when he did… Meet Sebastius Mareton. In Alicorn's ShadowDerring captures him and he escapes by talking her into a Heroic BSOD. He nearly pulls off another to Daring, if not for Herpy. When he makes his return as the Dragon with an Agenda in Temple of Nightmare Moon. He's still his sociopathic self. Hell, he even admits to being one to Herpy. At one point, Daring kicks him in the face, which is more or less the best defense a weaponless pony has... and he laughs. And then we have him killing Nagridge. Sure, she was one of the most hated characters, but it was heavily implied that Mareton snapped her neck, for foals! It gets worse. She has time for Last Words. She dies before she can complete them, but still… It's rather unsettling whenever Coco Pie switches over to her Chocolat' mode. At times, Chocolat' can come off as even more psychotic than Ahuizotl. Good thing she's one of the good mares? Right? That gold thing called Koloktos. It's so bizarre looking; how is it able to walk around on two legs without falling over? It has many arms, but none of them are used for walking, instead for carrying swords. It's very creepy when you think about it. At least Minotaurs use their tails as counterbalance. There really is a type of ape like that. The ancient emperor Incitatus had one, named Caligula. Sweeney Trot's death. Sweeney Trot in general. Particularly when he finds out that Mrs. Hoovett betrayed him. The story had him waver from tragic figure and complete monster, but when he found out Mrs. Hoovett was keeping his daughter's fate a secret from him, he lost the last bit of his soul. Not only does he bake her to death in retaliation, but his plans for the ponies he now believed stole his daughter would make Mrs. Hoovett's fate look like a Mercy Kill. Fortunately, he is stopped before he could try. In the movie adaptation of Staff of Star Swirl, after Lightning Kicker's disappearance has been noted by Daring, there's a completely soundless pause…and then this music starts playing. This particular snippet of the soundtrack can possibly be the closest one can come to the concept of panic being captured in music. The fate of the big Hoofstapo goon when he gets caught in the airship propeller. Despite the inherent silliness behind the idea, the filthy University fridge that Daring is stuffed into by Ahuizotl in Curse of the Yeti is actually made rather creepy by how outright terrified Daring is of the thing. Expanded Universe Krastos in the Expanded Universe, Sweet Celestia Krastos. To bring the point home, he has a record collection filled with nothing but the sounds of ponies screaming. Hours and hours of nothing but Ponies screaming, and he enjoys it. That's nothing to say about the potential Somepony actually made a sound file of just that and uploaded it to Hooftube, so you can hear your yourself. Be warned: It WILL give you nightmares. This fact becomes even worse when Fridge Horror strikes: what did he do to get those sounds to put on the records in the first place?! Another fun fact? Rumor is, he turns ponies into glue. Actually, it's easy to misss, but the implication is that he uses only their hooves... Which is worse. Krastos: "It's nothing that won't grow back... Eventually..." He may have a a lot of funny moments, but he is still definitely creepy-possibly the worst thing about him is that, while he's on the loose, every time somepony dies, he absorbs their immortal soul, meaning he has total control over what happens to it. So what does he do? He places it in a dark dimension of his own creation, where it will be tortured for all eternity. What's even worse is that he plans each torture specifically to match each pony, giving them some sort of ironic torture based on their Cutie Mark, or just whatever their special talent is if they're a creature without a Cutie Mark, like a griffon. He comments that sometimes when he's bored, he brings popcorn to one of those dimensions at just sits there and laughs at the ponies being tormented. Not to mention the courtyard of the castle-it's covered in spikes, and each one has a screaming head impaled upon it. Think about this: At one point, he wears the Wooden Mask, and we all know what that did to Daring. But Krastos? He is so evil that he isn't affected at all. His brutal Mind Rape of Darrin. Trust me, you don't want to know the details. The unnamed(?) Big Bad statue in Children of Primus. There's a widely-circulating theory that this is why the book ultimately never made it to publication; this being allegedly was ultimately deemed too evil and frightening for the younger foals that the "Young Daring Do" series is written for, to such an extreme degree that reining it in would have required a complete rewrite of the entire book. Given that one of his first acts is to rip off another statue's head, crush it with its face still frozen in an expression of terror, and toss it aside in contempt, the theory is generally considered pretty plausible. The nature of these statues is mind-shatteringly weird. Not only do they walk on two legs, but it's heavily implied that, rather than being animated by magic, they're some sort of otherworldly living machine, with electricity in place of blood. And some of them have pieces hanging off them that correspond to no body part of any known creature and serve no apparent purpose. Some of them have windows in their torsos, wheels attached in odd places, or other bizzarre anatomical flourishes. They're like Koloktos, but weirder. A pair of statues named Mach Kick and Magna Stampede appear only briefly, and are ultimately benevolent, but they're really creepy. They have eerily-realistic fake pony parts hanging off of them, which is bad enough to start with... But they can bend and contort their bodies and wrap the fake pony parts around themselves to disguise themselves as a perfectly normal earth pony and unicorn. You could pass one of them in the street and not even know it. Which implies that the unidentifiable bits on some of the other statues are part of similar disguises, thus begging the question... What the hay do they disguise themselves as? The Smooze. And the fate of the Colt of Smooze. Also, Prism Rush's reaction to Short Stuff when she comments about his past. She was trying to sympathize with him, and he threatens to murder her and grind her into rainbows. The Nightmares in that paleopony period village in Ruby of the Blank Village. Greyhoof is no slouch himself, especially his Body Horrorific Self-Duplication abilities. Paranoia Fuel: The location and circumstances of Gusty Lulamoon's death suggest that Sunny Town might be Real After All! Is the story written by Medley McLargehooves? You bet your plot you won't be able to sleep at all. How the Basin of Plenty operates. Herpy's wishes with the Antelope's Hoof turn out absolutely nightmarish. Even when she's satirizing Conspiracy Theorists, as in Rainbow Factory, McLargehooves is terrifying. Somnambula's spell in Witch's Circus. She gets her power and youth back by draining others' energy while having them under a Lotus Eater Spell. The Golden Key. This key has the power to force anypony to become some sort of Automaton, whose goals are to create more Automatons. By the time chapter 4 ended, the Golden Key Automatons had already taken a village. The Redhorn Cult. An insane cult of ponies that worship an evil God and appease it by sacrificing foals. Plus, they also resurrected Koloktos as a Minotaur-headed abomination that can breath fire. And it doesn't just stop there, there is the part where Koloktos uses its flames to incinerate the Redhorn Cult leader, Lord Bullrush, to death. It doesn't help that the story described him as "…shrieking in unfathomable agony while the violet inferno engulfed him." Brrr… The Changeling attack in Return of the Fire of Friendship. And our heroes just barely manage to prevent the invasions of Baltimare and Fillydelphia. As per the Star Quest Trilogy: Inti's return. And when he is thwarted, he attempts to rewrite history so that Celestia and Luna never rise. The Boarg. Holy clopping horseapples, the Boarg. The Obsidian Sentinel features Star Shimmer's paintings. Some of them aren't too bad-heck, the ones she drew when Earth Song was alive were downright cheerful. But after his death…oh boy. Let's just say that the painting of the eye crying tears of blood was one of her tamer ones. And of course, there's the title character. When inactive, it's just a huge, somewhat unsettling statue. When active, the eyes glow red and it becomes a relentless force of destruction, attacking characters with it's spear and plowing down anything in its path. The Reveal that it's a brainwashed Earth Song doesn't help. In fact, it's even creepier, considering Earth Song's personality in Star Shimmer's flashback. Daring Do and the Sad Statue by SteeplechaseMoffat. All of it. Darkling Brighteye is very unsettling, and the fact that we know so little about what he is until the very end just makes things worse. True, he admits early on that he can't fight his way out of a wet paper bag, but he's still creepy as hell, and his lack of action ability does not hinder his plans. His final scene is incredibly creepy, with everything from his attempts at getting Daring to back down, to his temporary ascension to divine power, to his Family-Unfriendly Death, sending shivers down most readers' spines, if not outright making them scream. From the same book, the death of Marshal Goldstar. Goldstar's murder of Whitefrock definitely qualifies. What makes it worse is that we get to see every detail. Every crunch, snap, and gurgle is portrayed vividly, all culminating in the removal of his viscera. In Burning Heart, during Fuergott's Villain Song, attention is drawn to her face. Her powers over Tartarus's flames are causing the tears trickling from her eyes to boil on her face. The Assembler. Dear Celestia, The Assembler. Just the thought of waking up with a missing body part is enough to keep you off sleep for quite a while. Look at the ponies around you. Any of those might actually be a soulless construct Its portal-creating method is also nightmare inducing. Just try to imagine opening your bedroom window only to find there isn't an outside anymore. And all the while, you can hear a faint sound of clanking gears. The worst part? We never hear what kind of creatures would warrant its creation, or what happened to them. For all we know, they're still around. It's an easily missed line, but we actually do: a bipedal demon. A soul-stealing, bipedal, nigh-unstoppable demon in an EU book littered with Continuity Porn? Only Krastos matches that description. (Unless they were foreshadowing the world-eater, who can also take on a bipedal form.) Steam Whistle mentions earlier "projects" that weren't as successful. We never hear any details about them either, but, considering this is Steam Whistle we're talking about, that can't mean anything good. Also of note is the Assembler's fan-made Leitmotif, The Factory: a sinister piano rhythm that blends perfectly with the very thundering sounds of machinery and industrial devices. With the addition of violin music towards the end, the song is enough to get anypony's heart pounding in fear. The fate of the remaining members of the Colt of Smooze. In one particular prison, a security camera recorded the whole thing. We learn that the Assembler was pissed enough that it didn't bother with the anesthetic gas for the coltist (everypony else got a dose, though), and took him apart completely (not one or two limbs, it scrapped him whole) while he was alive and screaming for help. We're spared the details, but we do get to hear his last words. Though there's another scary thought: it's implied that one of the Colt members not only survived the Assembler's attacks, but she managed to fight it off, at least, well enough to escape. Only one Colt member is implied to have that level of skill, and she was by far the most dangerous of them all. Both Sweeney Trot and Steam Whistle used to be perfectly normal ponies. One became a murderous cannibal who baked ponies into cupcakes and the other became an insane golem maker who created an abomination that would give Krastos a run for his money. The thought that anypony could turn into such a monster when the right buttons are pushed is terrifying. Even more horrifying is that even Desert Rose isn't immune, considering the revelation about the Colt Leader. All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest pony alive to lunacy. Steam Whistle's workshop in Tinker's Seal. There's a good reason it was sealed off by the Royal Guard. Also, a great deal of Tinker's Seal is dedicated to the various creations of Steam Whistle, nearly all of which are pure, concentrated Nightmare Fuel. The Hoof-Held Cannon, a miniaturized version of the cannons used in the Marksmare, intended to be carried and used by single living creatures. While the idea of such a weapon is formidable enough, Steam Whistle's diary claims that it shoots death, and has the ability to instantly kill anything. Although, we later find out that by "anything", Steam meant "anything organic". Which, while it means that Claddie and the Marksmare are safe, it also means that the Assembler is immune to it as well. The Assembler: "You cannot kill what was never alive" Greyhoof's massacre of Steam Whistle's other assistants when he found out about the Cutie Mark Replicator. What's worse is that Steam Whistle decides to just use their corpses in his experiments. But not before scaring Greyhoof out of his rampage. It may be just the fact Greyhoof's an Unreliable Narrator, but messing with the fabric of reality on a regular basis apparently gave him quite an intimidating presence. "Get back to work. Now." The Blank Village is scarier than ever. Originally, their behavior was borne of paranoia and fear against a Cutie Pox outbreak (to the point where they completely ignored non-Cutie Mark-based lifeforms), with only Starlet really being truly malevolent. Here, they fully embraced her "No freaks" policy, and had the place prepared against any sort of escape plan. The Great-Grandfather Clock, another of Steam Whistle's creations, made during a brief period when he experimented with Space-Time. The Clock, when wound by someone it doesn't belong to, transports whoever wound it a certain amount of years into the past (approximately one year for each minute wound back). The number of years they would have lived in the present are then added onto the lifespan of the clock's owner. And wouldn't you know it, Tight Ship, the manager of the inn where the clock is located, didn't actually inherit the inn from his father and grandfather... When Outback Jack bucks open the wall around the clock, to reveal that the wall is full of cogs and gears. The clock has somehow been growing into the walls. After Outback Jack and Bravado, through great effort, remove the clock from the wall, thus technically "removing it" from the inn's possession, all those years that Tight Ship has been staying alive catch up with him in an instant. The text goes into delightfully morbid detail as to his mane falling out and his skin turning to dust over the course of half a minute. You know it's bad when Steam Whistle himself ends up wondering in his audio diary why he even made that thing. He even intended to destroy it, but Tight Ship made off with it before he could. The Soul Seal, one of his first inventions. In paper, it was supposed to prevent soul stealing by binding the subject's soul to it, thus preventing it from being taken by outside forces. In practice? This includes death. The Rust Wraith herself qualifies. Derring thought she had gotten the tamest (and most boring) mission. Finding a demon skull nailed to the front door changed her mind in a hurry. Last but not least, the Wandering Whistle. Claimed by Steam to be one of his finest works, the Whistle (fashioned after the Tinker's Cutie Mark) is able to call back the souls of the deceased or those who have had their souls taken by the demon- but only very specific souls, and only as ghosts. Daren, Desert Rose, and Starlight find it fairly quickly... only to bring the attention of not only the Assembler and his army, but also the Leader of the Colt of Smooze, seeking to resurrect her deceased followers. What's more, there's the Assembler's reaction to seeing the Colt Leader again. The Assembler: Secondary target located. You cannot run from me this time, Waste of Flesh. And when the demons she brought with her prove to be hesitant in going against The Assembler, she kills one in gory detail, and says to the others in that Faux Affably Evil tone "Please, I'd hate to have to do that again". The way she brutally slaughters a powerful demon as easily and casually as though she was checking her mail inspires them to fight their hardest. Claddie's infamous outburst when he finds out about Sweetie Bottle. You'd think Claddie, the crazy golem with the goofy accent and hilariously short temper, couldn't possibly be scary. You'd be wrong. The other faculty members wonder if Storm was only able to stand up to Claddie because he was too drugged out to realize how bad Claddie was. Storm insists he didn't take crap from Claddie before and then was no different. Daring Do and the Universal Cracks is chock full of Nightmare Fuel. The revelation that Steam Whistle had one more creation, hidden deep below his abandoned Laboratory: the Universal Chisel, which very slowly weakens the barriers between dimensions. Steam Whistle gave the idea up, believing that even the potential for help beyond the universe wasn't worth the risk. The Leader of the former Colt of Smooze using the Chisel to break through the Realities to try to find an Alternate Smooze that can help her. Her monologue, about how the sheer number of potential alternate realities means that there might be a universe in which the Smooze succeeded in consuming everything is terrifying enough, much less the very idea of there being Multiple Smoozes. The Bizarro Universe Ghoul Dachshund, who hails from the same universe as the Colt Leader. Bizarro!Ghoul has completely given in to hedonism from his substance abuse, and was a follower of the original Colt of Smooze. He gibbers constantly and talks to himself, like an even worse version of certain feral Diamond Dogs. The Colt Leader's Fate Worse than Death: by channeling them through the Smooze-coated Universal Chisel, she attempts to consume all alternate realities until she finds the Smooze Universe. However, she severely overestimates her abilities to do so, and after her struggling to control it fails thanks to intervention from Sweetie Bottle and the ghosts of Charity and Applesack, combined with Daring kicking the Chisel from her hooves and into the Multiversal Vortex, she goes insane from the countless universes flowing through her head, until she is ripped apart, and her soul flung into the ether. Just before that, Storm realizes that decking the Colt Leader was not the best idea, so he whips out the Hoof-Held Cannon he managed a work-around with and shoots the Colt Leader in the face, blowing a giant hole in her head... but by then she had been infused with Smooze, so all it does is get her to fill in the hole and give him an annoyed look before impaling him with a Smooze tentacle. Some of the Alternate Universes seen are quite horrifying on their own. The Bizarro Universe that the Colt Leader hails from is extremely twisted, almost as if Discord had been let loose upon it. The universe where everypony, including Daring, have been assimilated and recycled into Soulless Soldiers by an Alternate Assembler. The Assembler: "It's not enough. It will never be enough" As comedic as the idea is, the Mirror Universe with an evil Daring is also very sinister. The alternate Claddie in this universe is completely bucking crazy, and apparently wiped out several towns during one of his tantrums. And yet, his fate at the hooves of the Colt Leader was still too brutal. And yes, there is a universe where everything has been consumed by the Smooze. It's song is no longer "Nothing can stop the Smooze", but rather, "Nothing stopped the Smooze". Though that pales compared to the Krastos Universe. Some of the faculty members considered thought it being destroyed by the Smooze universe would be considered a Mercy Kill. Smooze Golems. That is all. The Blank World. Where the plague had wiped out all of Pony- and Zebra-kind. The worst part is that it is implied to have started in the Blank Village, meaning Greyhoof was right. From the Space World, the Shadavar. Psycho ponies who will rape you to death, eat your flesh, and sew your skin into clothing (and if you're really lucky, they'll do it in that order). Then there's the secret of planet Diomedes, "the secret that broke Herpington's brain." Though it is never seen in the story proper, Tabula mentions the possibility of a certain theory regarding the multiverse- a "Dimensional Supercollapse", in which an entire parallel universe, and everything in it, is instantly and painfully destroyed, explodes, then reverses and implodes, reducing the universe to "a grouping of miscellaneous atoms about the size of a Bit." As if the evil statue from the Children of Primus wasn't bad enough already, we're shown a universe where he succeeded in ressurecting his army and defeating Optimus Prime. His entire army Came Back Wrong, making them even more horrifying than they were before, but he doesn't even care, as it means they can't question his orders. With this army of zombie statues, he has waged a campaign of destruction across Equestria, starting by razing the entire city of Spurlin to the ground, leaving little more than a pile of rubble. There's a reason why this one is referred to as the Destroyed World. It's also revealed that the substance he used in the ritual was the blood of a world-eating demon whose consciousness spans multiple bodies across the multiverse and who is devoted to wiping out all of existence. This is bad enough as a world-building detail, but this demon actually plays a part later in the story. The Moonless World is moonless because he ate the moon, leading to a tragic scene where Nightmare Moon, badly wounded, returns to her sister to beg for forgiveness... Only to finally collapse and die in Celestia's hooves as the core of the moon is reduced to what can no loner even qualify as dust. Let's recap, this thing killed Nightmare Moon and consumed the moon itself with no apparent effort. And when Celestia and Princess Cadance attempt to use the Elements of Harmony on it, the best they can do is to send it away rather than imprisoning it. Meaning it's on its way back. The ecological and magical havoc losing the moon caused was just gravy after that. To make things worse, because of its multiversal nature, the world-eater probably knows where our world is in every universe, and could very easily be coming for coming for all of them. This is pointed out in-story, and nopony has any ideas how to stop it, other than "keep using the Elements and hope he doesn't find a way to counteract them." The world-eater may be worse than Krastos. Krastos is occasionally funny, but the world-eater gives no indication of feeling anything but hate and hunger. And while Krastos torments individuals, the world-eater deals in wholesale destruction and extinction, wiping out millions of lives at a time even with a near-miss. And when it speaks, it adresses Celestia as though she was barely worth its attention, and ignores Cadance completely. It considers alicorns barely on the level of mayflies, and Celestia's lifespan, which most of us would consider too vast to contemplate, is just a blink of an eye to this thing. And its particular brand of entropy-oriented nihilism is pretty unnerving. World-eater: "Moons crumble. Suns fade. Only the void is infinite." Purloined Stone opens shortly after Discord's defeat, and we learn what Discord did to Daring and several others (Trigger alert): Daring was made to hate her siblings and she injured Darren severely. Herpy was made to ape Sweeney Trot in mannerisms and nonchalance about the cupcake recipe—including taunts at Lightning Kicker. Storm Talon was made into a Shrinking Violet with no spine. Okpono is made into a dyed-in-the-wool, grade-A sadist. Blinkamena Brown goes Ax-Crazy on anypony with the least trace of bay in their fur, mane, eyes, or accessories. The description of some of Greyhoof's degenerate clones in Mirror Pond. The way Greyhoof mutilates himself when he gets infected. His breakdown as he swears vengeance on Daring. Jacanar's rooms in Caverns of R'ni. Especially vault with the electric cage and the minotaur's head in a box. A city of millions of ponies, almost completely depopulated within a couple weeks. When Mareahnee's dark secret is revealed, the Fridge Horror of what would have happened to Haytrus, Daring, et al. if Okpono had gone with them into Mareahnee. There do not appear to be any zebra Roneigh, after all. The cruelty of Bend-Or's Roaring Rampage of Revenge. When Celestia hits Revenant!Rex with a Turn Undead, while Rex survives, half his face is melted off, revealing the skeleton underneath. When Erebus and Zeb have stolen somepony's strength and courage, the pony grows translucent. In Cloudfall Conspiracy, Serpentine's death. Her lover, Sterling Silver, doesn't approve of her wanting no part in his plan to discredit and eventually kill Masra, so what does he do when she tries to get out? Drowns her in a vat of molten silver. This is horrifying enough, to say the least of when the university staff come out to the quad to find the new silver statue that has just been delivered to them... In the Short Story Afterwards, we see the Afterlife that is waiting for Ahuizotl upon his eventual (and final) death: tormented by the souls of all the ponies he has wronged, for all eternity. For one of the very few times in his life, Ahuizotl felt a certain emotion that he was not a particular fan of: fear. His jaw hung open at the black figure before him, his face all too familiar. Blackmane leaned down into Ahuizotl's face and whispered three words. "Start runnin', beastie." Ahuzotl ran. Krastos' hereafter. Dear sweet Twilight Sparkle, Krastos' hereafter! Taube's Raubvogel "bodysuit" in Breathing Weapons. To put it simply, her feathers and skin have been replaced with super-strong metal and electro-stimulators adhered directly to her muscles, amplifying her strength and pain tolerance. Her mental state isn't pretty either. Her mind has been practically wiped, and she's now under complete control of Krahe. What's even worse, when she does show signs of resistance, Krahe gives her a painful shock to keep her in line. Watching Eichelhäher succumb to the degeneration of her own mind and becoming a mindless, snarling ghoul is pretty unnerving. The first time Eichelhäher discards her coat, revealing her rotting, decaying body (which is described in graphic detail). There's even a scene where her organs fall out. She just pops them right back in like it's nothing. Her appearance is nothing to scoff at either. At first, she comes off as cute, but when she gets serious...◊ Henne herself isn't scary. The fact that such a sweet and caring woman is associated with a group of psychopaths like the Greifvögel, keeping up the warm, grandmotherly personality while her friends commit horrible, unethical acts to innocent griffons is horrifying. Kind of softened later on in the story. (see below) The scene where Eule cuts the wings off one of the failed experiments to give to Rabe. Made even worse when it's revealed it was still alive. How about the reveal that all of the Greifvogel were all once just normal, good-hearted griffons who were kidnapped by Krahe and subjected to his horrible experiments? Even worse, it's heavily implied that Rabe, his brother, was also heavily experimented on. In Crown of Ulima Mule, the creepy, evil miasma that keeps muttering "crystalsss". In Crimson, Black, and Blue; pretty much everything Black Bloom does. He's only a child, yet he manages to steal a powerful, mystical artifact from his king's castle and use it to steal years from three dragons, effectively cursing them to be children forever. After losing the duel with Daring, he loses all sense and summons a meteor to destroy the kingdom, "If I can't have it, NO ONE CAN!!!" Jackhammer's fate in Iron Grinder. It's heavily implied that he's left to die in the caves, pinned under a rock until he starves. Greyhound Grave's hood. It's made from the head of a monster he slaughtered, with the mouth serving as the seeing hole, despite having multiple stitches on it. A short excerpt from Music of Endings describes exactly what happens to Daring Do when she hears the eerie music. It describes her feeling somewhat tingly, the effects getting worse and worse until she's shivering on the ground in pain, feeling violently ill, and crying. Fans were excited to see the Greifvögel make a return in Chemical Sister. What they didn't expect was them being little more than mindless zombies being used as tools for the military. Imagine Eichelhäher's situation, then make it ten times worse. Eichelhäher before she gets her protective bodysuit. Her organs continue to fall out, and now her limbs have started falling off, forcing her to literally sew them back on. Gospel really wanted to hammer in the "rotting body" details. Eichelhäher's brain is exposed at one point. Krähe's fate. He's been ressurected by Fischadler (the titular "Chemical Sister"), and is used to grow and harvest various organs and body parts he grows. It's unknown whether he's conscious through this or practically brain-dead like the rest of the ressurected Greifvogel members. In a way, it just makes it more horrifying. When Daring questions why Eule and Henne are with the rest of the ressurected (it was revealed in a previous story that the two were admitted to a mental health facility to undo the damage Krähe had done to them.) Readers are then treated to a flash back in which Papagei breaks in to the hospital they where in, leading to both of them having horrifying panic attacks before he straight up murders them and has Fischadler ressurect them as brain-dead bio-weapons. The Headless Horse. A Serial Killer beheaded in ancient Ehwazic times, he suffered considerable Motive Decay within a decade of his death and now kills For the Evulz. Princess Sparkler with the Alicorn Amulet. Know what's worse? The story was based on a real case! Who knows where the Amulet is now. This tropony hopes it was destroyed... In Marks of Destiny, earth pony Lemon Meringue's increasingly desperate attempts to master the weather duties that came with Dizzy Cloud's cutie mark. In Anne Bonfire and the Unsightly Beauty Mark, Beauty Mark's explanation of how she got her current mindset. When she was young she was considered one of the prettiest fillies around. During a local celebration somepony bought the food 'to life' causing everypony to flee. However she went back in and ate it all, making local news as the pony who saved the celebration, but from this she gained quite a bit of weight and was kicked out of her social circle and mocked as a 'murderer' for eating 'living' food. Overtime she began to think that this was true but it mingled with the praise she received and she began to believe that there were important things that 'killing' for was acceptable, even preferred, and that beauty was one of those things. Scary just in the sense that it shows somepony's slow mental descent, the insane half-logic and the calm way in which she says it, described as like how a parent might talk to a child who dosen't quite understand a simple concept, really make the scene creepy. Also when she reveals she started to bring all her food 'to life', then everything she used, from beauty products to toothpaste, her descriptions of what she did to them as if they were living beings is freaky in of itself. Think using a tub of lotion couldn't be creepy? Think of it as taking out somethings insides and rubbing them over your body. Films The new trailer for Alicorn's Shadow scared the hay out of several people. Mareton: (with a Slasher Smile) You wanna know how I got these scars? My father was an explorer, too, and we were fiercely competitive. And one time while we were exploring, he goes off crazier than usual. I grab a knife to defend myself…and he doesn't like that. Not one bit. So he takes the knife from me, laughing . He comes at me, shouting , "WHY SO SERIOUS?!" You wanna have scars to?!!'' Meta There's something evil in that part of Everfree where Gusty Lulamoon's grim town's supposed to be. She died in that section, too; perhaps too much she knew? Tear Jerker: Daring Do Canon The last scene of the last chapter of Trials of Unity, just…oh merciful Celestia, it took me three tries before I could finish it all the way through. The Do siblings and Dad are gathered around a picture of Mom and lit candles, having a much, much over-due cathartic memorial moment where they can all say good-bye as a family. The fact that the kids never got to say good-bye to their mother had been an Arc Theme throughout the books where all three of the siblings were involved, and this was their chance to finally get some closure as a family. And then Darrin started singing The Parting Glass, and soon everypony else joined in. Considering the last chapter had the siblings make up, it was a bit jarring. To those of you unfamiliar with traditional Coltic music, here's a link of a cover by the Kiltkenny's. Herpy's depression in "Disappearance" in The Wooden Mask. By the time the chapter ends, he's drinking Apple Cider, drowning his sorrows due to not being able to find any lead to finding Daring, who disappeared. Lightning Kicker's funeral in Staff of Star Swirl. Herpy in particular took it really hard. Lightning Kicker was one of his best friends. The moment where he tried to read his eulogy, only to break down into tears, and having Daring Do read it for him while he cries into her shoulder was very hard to read. That's not the worst part. That would be when he first got the news. Dear Celestia, that's probably the most heartbreaking moment in the series. Poor Herpy. In Griffon's Goblet, Professor Storm Talon, who has been an enormous hardcase throughout his first appearance, has a very rare vulnerable moment with Daring, in which Storm reveals the circumstances of his argument with Daren Do, Daring's Disappeared Dad and Storm's best friend, prior to his disappearance (this scene obviously taking place before Daren is revealed to be alive in ''Curse of the Yeti). Storm very clearly blames himself for Daren's disappearance, and is struggling to keep his composure during the scene, with Daring's attention drawn to Storm's good claw digging tightly into the side of the table. This scene has become so famous that the remake of The Karate Colt had a Shout-Out to the dialogue. Storm: You know the real kicker of it all, though? I don't even remember what the buck we were arguing about in the first place... I hope to Celestia it was somethin' important... This makes the scene in Curse of the Yeti where Storm and Daren meet again and reconcile, in their own awkward way, all the more Heartwarming. Sweeney Trot's backstory is pretty sad. At first, he was an ordinary barber named Benjamin Gaiter. Then, he was driven mad by grief at the death of his beloved wife, and eventually had his baby daughter Linnet Bird be taken away from him. The kicker? Hoovett knew where Linnet was the entire time. Linnet was right next door to her dad and he doesn't know until it's too late. Even Daring was horrified when she found out what Hoovett did. Daring finding out that Linnet-the-innocent-townsfilly and Linnet-Sweeney's-long-lost-daughter are the same pony is pretty heartbreaking. And all of a sudden, something clicked. "What was her biological last name, if I may?" Daring asked, trying her best to sound casual. "Gaiter." "…no…"// "Daring?"// "…I…I have to go…" After the confrontation with Sweeney Trot, Storm Talon reveals that despite his bravado earlier, after the death of his family he struggled with destructive thoughts too. He wonders if he would have snapped like Sweeney did if the war didn't give him an outlet to work out his anger. Daring reassures him he wouldn't take it out on others. Storm admits he'd probably have drunk himself to death instead. Sweeney realizing that the filly living next door is actually his daughter. Especially since he was snippy with her in an earlier scene. Following his murder of Ms. Hoovett, Sweeney sits quietly in the bakery kitchen next to the stove in which Hoovett's rapidly-cooling ashes are stored. Sweeney contemplates the fact that his daughter is alive, and if this is a sign from the heavens. "What if this is a second chance? I could stop. Right now. Close the bakery, the police would never know if I hid the evidence. I could tell Linnet who I am. I could start again. Do I really want this life? Do I want my old life? Do I want to be Benjamin Gaiter again? A barber, living on dreams and haircuts?…Of course not. What a silly question. Swinn and Dell's argument in Cove of Candles. Despite how morally questionable they can be, it's heartwrenching to see these two sisters, who have been nigh-inseparable throughout their various appearances, get into such a fight. The two start off blaming each other for the failures of their various schemes, and ends with the two personally insulting each other before outright disowning each other... before storming off to two different areas of the hotel and crying, both clearly regretting what they had said. Of course, their reconciliation later on is positively adorable. In Alicorn's Shadow: Sebastius Mareton is held at knifepoint by Derring, Daring's older sister…and Mareton simply begins talking to her. By bringing up and mocking her Daddy Issues and hidden inferiority complex, Mareton reduces Derring from cocky, headstrong adventurer, to a sobbing heap. Mareton: So go ahead, turn me in. Perhaps they'll even get your name right this time. Beat Derring: …What are you talking about? Mareton: Oh, no need to pretend around me, Miss Do. I've read the papers. Some over-eager young newspony hears the latest story about one Derring Do finding the latest long-lost artifact. And after all, you and your sister's name sound so similar, it's a wonder anypony can tell you two apart. Derring: (all traces of smile gone) That's enough. Get moving. Mareton: And I can only imagine how awkward it must get when some foal asks for your autograph, then gets all sad and dejected when he realizes it's not the right Daring Do. Derring: I said stop it. Mareton: How nice of your beloved sister to repay you like that. Years of looking after your two brats of younger siblings after your father skipped out on you, and what do you have to show for it? A sister who steals your thunder by finding more hidden treasures than you ever could and getting credit for the ones you find. Derring: STOP IT! Mareton: But I honestly can't blame your father for that. What father would want to waste his time with an eldest child who can't even take the reins of her own life, no matter how much she talks about it? Little Derring Do, always wanting to be the best, to leave everypony else in the dust. Never letting on that, deep down, she's nothing but a scared little child who doesn't want to be left all alone. What a disappointment you must have been to him. And do you know why, you whining brat? Derring: (crying) Please…stop it… Mareton: It's because you aren't main character material. In the great big stage play that is your sister's life, you're nothing but a supporting character. You're a cog in the machine. A footnote in history. You're not your own pony, you're a sheep that thinks it's a wolf. And you can never change that, no matter how hard you try. No matter how many lost civilizations you find, bad guys you stop, or lives you save, you will never be anything more than "Daring Do's Sister." (Dropping the knife, Derring slumps to the ground, sobbing. Mareton calmly saunters past her toward the exit, flicking the hat from her head as he goes.) This later leads to Derring actively attempting to murder Daring in a fit of sorrow-induced rage, which leads to a Cooldown Hug from Daring and a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming as Daring talks her sister back to reality. Darrin's account of how Derring abandoned him and Daring after Daring was old enough to care for herself and her brother. "She didn't even say goodbye. She didn't even leave a note. She just…left. Daring and I woke up one morning, and she was gone. We…we'd thought something had happened. We thought she might be dead, for Celestia's sake! And then we see her name in the news…She wasn't dead. No, it was far worse than that. She wasn't dead, she just left us. She just wanted to get away from us. She even never called or wrote us letters. Derring didn't care what happened to us back then, and if she gives a buck what happens to us now, I'll eat my hat." Daring muttering to herself in the third book that she hates going on adventures that endanger her family. Especially saddening is that this is right before her father has a battle with the yeti and gets thrown into a wall.
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Expanded Universe In Amber Of The Smooze, Charity breaks down and starts crying about how only Smooze can smother the still-burning dragon flames that killed her platoon, so she can release their souls from their fiery torment, as well as confessing how guilty she felt over abandoning her watch which nearly led to her sister's death (it did lead to her sister's death, but she had Sweetie Golem built to avoid that reality). Juxtaposing how how much she wants peace for her comrades and how much she misses her sister to how utterly deluded she is. Desert Rose gets arrested at one point, and Daring goes to bail her out. Not only does Desert Rose try to refuse bail, she bursts into tears, as she feels that she deserves to be in jail for lying to Daring and making Gypsy Bard's life even more complicated. Sweetie Bottle not only learns about her sister's death, but that she's a golem, a supposedly unliving being. Sweetie Bottle: If I am just an automaton, why do I miss her? Why do I feel an empty void within myself at her passing? Does this unit have a soul? At the end of Return of the Fire of Friendship, the funeral of Princess Blue Blood. The latter half of Star Shimmer's flashback in The Obsidian Sentinel, starting with her reaction to Earth Song's death and subsequent downward spiral into sorrow. There's also the scene earlier on when Daring first visits the castle when she overhears Star Shimmer singing to herself. It's revealed later on that the song was the one Earth Song wrote for her originally to win her affections. A brief moment happens when the Sentinel mocks her about Earth Song's death. At one point, it claims that it was her fault that Earth Song died in the first place...which she agrees with. Daring's reaction when she learns the secret of the Basin of Plenty. We knew from Curse of the Yeti that Daring blamed herself for Zapapple Tock's death. But the part in Ballad of Chickerufus when we see Daring come back to the campsite to find what's left of her foalhood friend... In Defeat of Celestia, the death of Ed Saddler. Rex's final death scene in Vaults of Celestia. For all of Rex's horrible characteristics, he demonstrated a loyalty to his mistress that would make the Elements proud. The death of Whitefrock and his subsequent funeral in The Skull of Ages. Fuergott's backstory in Burning Heart: She was the fabled Princess who was slipped Love Poison and whose kingdom was destroyed by dragon fire as a result, thus forming the foundation for Hearts and Hooves Day. Forced into adoration of unsavory suitor she did not love, neither were able to perform their royal duties and defend the kingdom when a dragon attacked and burned it to the ground. With her poisoner dead in the fire, she vowed revenge upon his bloodline, and was condemned to Tartarus for the murder of his sister. A thousand years of voluntarily standing in the boiling pitch of Tartarus's moat later, Fuergott has mastered the power of fire, and plans to destroy Equestria in flames. Upon learning that the destruction of the kingdom she ruled and loved has become the inspiration for a holiday based on love, the very thing that caused it's destruction, Fuergott loses any hope she may have had for ponykind, calling it "A holiday founded on lies and greed." In particular, attention is called to the infamous Love Poison rhyme, known to many potion-crafters, with the lines altered to reflect Fuergott's backstory. Take a tuft of cloud A bright rainbow's glow Stir with a Pegasus feather- fast, not slow Slipped to a Princess so she can't say no Steam Whistle's journal. You were wondering just what could drive a harmless tinker to create a mechanical abomination of the Assembler's caliber? There's your answer. When Herpy gets shot with the Hoof-Held Cannon, and seemingly dies in Tinker's Seal. Daring's reaction- multiple small, tearful No's- will draw tears out of anypony. When Desert Rose verbally smacks down The Assembler for its actions, she mentions how she's had to put down animals that were too far gone to save. She becomes visibly distressed of having to talk about not only having to do a Mercy Kill toward the creatures that she loves, but also because it sickens her about how such behavior reminds her of the Colt Leader. In Tinker's Seal, Tabula Rasa's reaction when she finds out that not only did Rayback go against her wishes and snuck off with Storm and Ghoul, but the excursion went right to Tartarus. During the subplot in Steam Whistle's abandoned workshop, Desert Rose and Starlight find an ancient audio recording of the tinker himself. While he expresses happiness and hope that what he's doing will save Equestria from the soul-stealing demon, there's a real sense of loss to his speech, as he wonders how things came to be that he's spent so much of his life on this crusade. Steam Whistle: *sighs bitterly* Look at my hooves. There aren't the good and steady hooves they used to be. These are an old stallion's hooves. How did that happen? Steam Whistle's diary entry on the Wandering Whistle details his reasons for making it: just to see his beloved sister's face one last time, even if it was just as a ghost. The sad part? He states that it wasn't worth it. "Having had that one, wonderful moment of her, that moment I've dreamed of for years…makes the fact that she's gone now all the worse. She asked me to move on, and not to resurrect her soul again. I certainly think I can do the latter." Later on, during one of the interludes, Daring is seen examining the Whistle in her office at the university. She goes over exactly what it can do, and then digs around in her drawer. She comes up with a old photograph of herself and Zapapple Tock. She stares at the picture wistfully for several seconds, and then the whistle…she then slams the drawer shut and and storms out, leaving the whistle on the desk. No dialogue, no inner thoughts. Just pure emotion on Daring's part. Later on, we get this: Storm Talon: ^&*#ing thing doesn't work. Universal Cracks Sweetie Bottle's subplot, as she struggles with whether she can consider herself to be "real" or not. Especially this line to Claddie and the Marksmare, who both have emotions despite being Golems. Sweetie Bottle: Please…teach me how to feel alive again… The Colt Leader manages to steal the Wandering Whistle, and confronts the ghost of her abuser. Colt Leader: Why? Why did you take me away and strand me in that world and do all those things to me? Gas Whole: I wanted you to be strong Desert Rose. Colt Leader: I didn't want to be strong! I wanted to go home! And I wanted a father who cared! Herpsworth, the Mirror Universe Herpy, to an extent. Mirror!Herpy is the cold, aloof, and bitterly sarcastic Dragon to Evil!Daring. Very little background is given on him, leading fans to wonder what happened to make the goofy, happy-go-lucky Herpy we know and love into this emotionless shell. The Smooze Universe, the Assembler Universe, and any of the other universes where our Heroes failed. Almost as bad, are the worlds where they actually did better, like Daren not getting lost when looking for the Platinum Crown, or Lightning Kicker was saved in time, leading to survivor's guilt because they have conclusive proof that yes, they could have done better. Normal!Herpy: You could have saved [Lightning Kicker]… The Do Siblings: Mom? The Marksmare gets to see alt997!Claddie get torn to pieces by the Colt Leader. She immediately runs off to find the normal Claddie and hugs him, trying to convince herself he's still with them. While confused at first, he returns it when he's told what she saw. Alt!Zapapple's reaction upon learning of what the Normal/Baseline version of her father became, and what he did to Rodolphus Mareton. She attempts to put on a brave face, citing that it's just an alternate version of the stallion she views as her father, which it is. However, being able to see what her father could have become clearly shakes her. In Fires of Family, the Fire forces the Dos to share their negative feelings toward each other over the years they spent separated. Examples include: Daring showing her father her nightmares of ending up a nopony, forever lost in his shadow. Darrin using his feelings on Derring's leaving to motivate him in sports, often picturing his opponents as her so he'd be able to tackle/box/wrestle more effectively. Derring's anger at the fact that Daring got to have a head-start on her, allowing her to enter in archaeology when she was old enough while Derring lost over a decade waiting for the others to reach the age of maturity so she could finally pursue her own dream. Daren's feelings of utter helplessness and sorrow that he couldn't contact his kids in the years he spent trapped while looking for the Platinum Crown. In Ruby of the Blank Village, Ruby's desperate pleas to Mitta after Mitta sold her out to Starlet and Greyhoof. Even if he was an evil bastard for such a long time, you can't help but feel sorry for Greyhoof at the end of Mirror Pool. Mitta's promise to Greyhoof to keep Ruby safe becomes so sad, given what would happen. Kimmy's arc in the Blood Diamonds series. First she's tortured into insanity, then when Saberplume learns that she's recovering her mind he kills her. She relapses into her delusion world before she dies. Afterwards is, naturally, chock full of these. However, probably the saddest moment is for the three that didn't die. Claddie: Ye won't be forgotten, lass.....I'll make sure of it. In Witch's Circus: even though he got a lot of work done while in a trance, Okpono was still enchanted, and only hours away from dying of old age. Daring's reaction to seeing him rapidly aged is heartbreaking. Some of the townsponies died, including Herpy's oldest surviving foalhood friend. An excerpt from Alicorn Amulet gives us a flashback of Princess Sparkler trying to claim her birthright. The one who helped her find the evidence in the first place betrayed her because he realized she wasn't trying to blackmail her mother, so he switched out the evidence with obviously forged documents and then framed her. Trying to extort from a member of royalty (especially with manufactured evidence) is a form of lesser treason, so Princess Sparkler was banished to a rock farm while her partner reaped the reward money for exposing a conspiracy against the royal house. The clincher is Princess Sparkler's unheeded pleas to her mother, who ignored her because this wasn't the first time somepony tried to profit off her secret shame, and this was more pathetic an attempt than usual. What's worse is that because he does have the right documents, he is in a position to blackmail her mother. In Cloudfall Conspiracy, Serpentine's death. It's made abundantly clear that she's terrified of Sterling Silver, and when she tries to get out of her relationship with him... Of course, the manner in which she dies is pure, concentrated Nightmare Fuel. Masra's death. Placed as the scapegoat by the School Board for the bombing of the University Offices, eventually being informed that she's being replaced, learning that this entire fiasco has been organized by someone with clear reason to hate her, and eventually bleeding to death after being wounded during Silver's siege on the university. In, Daring Do and the Breathing Weapons, seeing Eichelhäher finally succumbing to the degeneration of her own mind as a result of the experimentation that gave her her phantom-esque powers and becoming nothing more than a snarling beast is rather heartbreaking. At first, you're ready to hate Eichelhäher for willingly being an experiment of Krahe's, and then you go right back into pitying her when it's learned that she only did so because to try and fix the horrible mess that her life was, always being pushed around and exploited by others more powerful than her, and even after practically being turned into a zombie, Krahe and the others still push her around and mistreat her. The only thing she's actually guilty of in the story is helping them steal the gems from the University. Poor girl. Spottdrossel and Falke are pretty tragic too. They were both discharged from the military with severe cases of PTSD that would cause them to snap and become extremely violent and hostile. Krahe managed to get them before they could receive care and molded them into the cold, killing machines they are in the story. They are killed when they accidentally cross each other's line of fire and are shot to bits. Even Daring comments on how sad it is. The same goes for Eule and Henne. It's considered worse than Spottdrossel and Falke's history. Despite the brainwashing Krahe has subjected them to, they still have an innate desire to help others, such as Eule healing Daring after being poisoned by Papagei and Henne taking care of a battered Arzt. Thankfully, they have a bit of a happier ending, as it's revealed in subsequent material that they are currently receiving care at a mental health facility to reverse the damage done by Krahe. Even Rabe isn't free from this. It's heavily implied that he's Krahe's brother, and was openly against his ideas of experimentation and Anarchy, only to have Krahe mold his mind to turn him into his right hand griffon. The reveal that Daring and Arzt's old friend, Taube, who up until that point had merely been presumed missing, has been subjected to horrible experiments for the past ten years that turned her into the so-called, "perfect weapon", at the cost of her mind and any memory she had of the pair. It really solidifies Krähe's unforgivable monster status, as if his treatment of Papagei weren't enough to do so already. The fact that they're forced to fight her while she's under Krahe's influence is even more so. They're trying their best to not hurt her, and begging her to remember them. The worst part? The book implies that there is still a piece of Taube that realizes what she's doing, and she's crying on the inside due to being powerless to stop it. The music included on the soundtrack for the final showdown with Taube and Krahe doesn't help In Iron Grinder Daring plays possum in order to trick Grave, but does not tell Shudder, ergo, Shudder truly believes her to be dead, and subsequently has a heartwrenchig breakdown. Shudder: (shaking Daring's body) Lady, w-wake up! Wake up! Please! Th-this isn't funny! It was difficult for this Troper to pick the book back up after the scene where Jackhammer takes his frustrations out on Shudder by beating her. Despite Gristle being little more than a quick injection of comic relief, the implications behind a few of his lines are pretty heavy, especially after we hear his backstory. Gristle: Ah get to get hammered and sleep all day! It's not a bad life, ah tell ya. In Crimson, Black, and Blue, the hatchlings' song seems like a childish lullaby at first. After multiple readings, you realize it's about three dragons who have spent their entire lives lost in the very forest Daring is trying to find them in. The repeated line, "we are lost, we are lost" gets more and more depressing the more you go over the song. We are lost, we are lost Which way is home? We fear we'll never know. We are lost, we are lost Out here, it may be cold, but maybe grow old. We are lost, we are lost The stars show no way, we'll be here the rest of our days We are lost, we are lost At least we're still as one, though our time will never come... It hits even harder when the song's real meaning learned, when it's discovered that the trio have all been cursed to be children forever, and will most likely never remember where their homeland is. Black Bloom's reason for turning the dragon-trio into children in the first place. All his life, they treated him like a helpless child, even going so far as to sabotage his chance at becoming a knight for Celestia because he was "too young". Despite being played for laughs, Black Bloom still fighting Daring and the dragons even after being turned back into a child, if only to prove to them that he not some helpless child, is a little disheartening. Dell is devastated when the Cyberponies delete Swinn. In Chemical Sister, Eule and Henne's happy ending is undone when Papagei breaks into the mental health facility where they were receiving treatment and kills them. From Terror of the Headless Horse, Raudō Skurtijǭ's death at the Headless Horse's hooves in the flashback. The funerals of Rodolphus Mareton and Winchester Tock in Daren Do and the Killers Above. Also, the final showdown between Daren and Winchester. Early in Alicorn Amulet, Mareton is released from prison, and learns of Swinn's deal with the Cyberponies and her death. Monster though he be, he's still absolutely heartbroken. The horrible death of the Moonless World's version of Nightmare Moon in Universal Cracks. Celestia can only watch as her sister, injured almost beyond recognition, begs for help and frogiveness, then dies in her hooves as the moon itself is destroyed. Seeing Celestia powerless like that is jarring, to say the least, and anyone who knows the pain of losing family can imagine what she's going through. During the flashback in Always Faithful, Mars is betrayed by her own army, revealing that their original intentions were to kill Celestia and overthrow Equestria. The normally stoic griffon is put an almost catatonic state of shock and hurt, her loyal comrades and best friends now destroying what she'd worked so hard to bring together. Her sacrifice to stop Artes from destroying Equestria certainly qualifies. She only has time to give Celestia a salute and a smile, a sign of their eternal companionship, before she and Artes are blown away to nothing. When Celestia is engraving Mars' grave/statue, she collapses into tears the moment she finishes, and we see what she inscribed: IN MEMORY OF A WARRIOR WHO SAVED EQUESTRIA. ONCE A LOYAL SOLDIER, FOREVER A DEAR FRIEND. In Marks of Destiny, Lancer Boötes has Okpono's cutie mark and position—but not his head for numbers. And then in the scene where he meets up with Herpy and he's just been fired, he is absolutely crushed, without a clue to what to do with his life. Adaptations In the recent (and controversial) TV broadcast of the Gardens of Equestria movie begins with a pointless Framing Story edited in featuring the cast of Equicide Life on the Streets investigating the murder of an elderly Daring, whose will tells the main story. It's a bit of a shock to see Daring both decrepit and, you know, dead with cuts all over her body. The worst part? We never find out what happened to Future!Daring. The music in Glory Days and the nostalgic waxing between Storm and Copperbeak. Globetrotters The song, Pink Rose, which plays over the credits of the episode King of Hearts. Sure, it sounds upbeat enough to fit the happy ending of the episode, but when you look at the translated lyrics, it's actually pretty sad and relates well to Eichelhaher. Don't cry, You don't even know what real sadness is Aa, don't touch me with those warm hands That make me go completely mad Hey, don't let my wounds open up again If you're here and smiling I can't go back Meta The as yet unsolved death of EU author Gusty Lulamoon, not helped by the fact that it occured in the same forest in which she'd set Ruby of the Blank Village. Her longtime friends J. Thunderlane Hurricane Jr. and Ember Roundup wrote an In Memoriam for her in Tinker's Seal, and it was clear the two hadn't been holding up well even a year later. The death of Haystack Leaves, only months before the opening of Alicorn's Shadow, his last completed role. Hairerion Trot donated her salary from the film to his daughter. This is a "Wild Mass Guess" entry, where we pull out all the sanity stops on theorizing. The regular entry on this topic is elsewhere. Please see this programme note. Wild Mass Guess Daring Do A. K. Yearling is clearly a pen name. The real creator of the series is... Princess Celestia, why else wouldn't the author come forward after the books became a huge hit? Twilight Sparkle. She completed the last volumes while she was still in Canterlot and hid them in the university, since she wanted to move on to simply studying magic and didn't want the popularity of these manuscripts to affect her own life. Seriously? Twilight Sparkle? I know she's a national hero and all, but the timing is just unrealistic. Now what would be more believable if she was the fanfic author MagicSpark. More realistic would be her mother, established Canterlot author Twilight Velvet. Probably hossed by the release of Sultan's Curse. Rainbow Dash from the future. It's a Stable Time Loop, she sent the manuscripts back in time so that her past self would become interested in reading and later writing. A zebra. Look at how amazingly accurate the depiction of zebra society is in Ring of the Marengeti! If a normal pony had written it, this story would be rife with inaccuracies! Multiple ponies. I mean, come on, it's pretty obvious with the changes in styles and details. A normal, secluded writer. Rumor has it that somepony named "Filly Trotman" had his name attached to the stories, but nopony can be sure thanks to the pony in question living a secluded life. Daring Do herself. Or Ahuizotl. A creature known as a "human", whose fanfiction of a show within a show about Equestria ended up in Equestria. Go back to bed, Lyra. Ah yes, "Humans" the mythical race of half-minotaur, half-ape, allegedly watching us from another world. We have dismissed this claim! To all my neigh-sayers who called me crazy about the humans: Ahem... I. BUCKING. CALLED IT!!! You do realize that My Small Human: America Girls is just a movie, don't you? The show's creators don't even consider it canon. Blackmane, showing his appreciation for Daring Do from beyond the grave. Ditzy Doo a.k.a. Derpy Hooves. Daring Do is her self insert fic. Heck, they even have similar names. With eyes like those? I doubt it. Considering that these books were written decades ago, unless she's somehow a time traveler, I doubt it. Hossed. She's writing under the nom de plume Muffin Parcels, and her style is different from Ropers'/Yearling's. Discord. It's starting to look like a clever plan of his so we'd fight over the identity of author and cause enough strife that we'll break him out of his stone prison. Firefly, creator of My Small Human. Her favorite human, the tomboyish, athletic Lauren, acts EXACTLY like Daring! They even have the same eye color! Despite Word Of Celestia that she isn't, fan speculation is still rampant. Unless Firefly's secretly capable of using age magic, I'm pretty sure that's right out. The books were supposedly written decades ago. If anything, Lauren would be inspired by Daring. Though I have to admit, Laurentia of the Red Mane resembles her pretty well. That strange brown pony with a hourglass for a cutie mark. I mean, he looks to much like Doctor Whooves! Ya know, that pony who time travels?! He can find plenty inspiration from history. An anonymous griffon. Jade Singer. She is a recluse. Nopony. The Daring Do books randomly manifested out of a hole in reality. Conglomerate of theories on Daring's Mother. She is.... Still alive. When asked about their last mission in Griffin's Goblet, her father merely said that they "found darker things than they set out to." When she specifically asks about their mother, he said, "she's gone", not "she's dead." Lyrish. Whenever we 'see' images of her, she's always described as having green eyes and with a red mane, a common trait to ponies from Lyrland. Also, in flashbacks in which she speaks, the author takes care to give her a slight accent with a Lyrish slant to the dialect. Might go a ways to explaining where Derring and Daring get their respective tempers, as well as Daring's amazing drinking abilities. The stories are all true. Doubtful, since from what little I know of AK Yearling and the Royal Canterlot University, there doesn't seem to be many who can correspond to her usual sidekicks (Storm, Tabula, Darrin, etc). Herpy is a Time Pony. Coco Pie is a Time Pony. She appears in the past without being younger and looks enough like to straight up be River Song.click here click here too Daring Do's hat is Bigger on the Inside. ....How the moon is this not canon?! Herpy has a crush on Daring. The real reason why he changed majors to become Daring's grad-student wasn't because he found Economics too easy, it's that helping her again in Temple Of Nightmare Moon made him realize he was in love with her and he wanted to be close to her. Daring Do and the Bauble of Mystery was programmed by Ahuizotl. Who else could make such badly animated cutscenes and awkward gameplay? Ahuizotl was a Well-Intentioned Extremist, or even the real hero of the story. He was initially only trying to secure these priceless artifacts from the greedy braggart, Daring Do. It was only through countless tussles with the pegasus did he start to become as ruthless as she was. Unfortunately, history is Written By The Victors, and so we have our current interpretation of him. Daring Do is based on Commander Hurricane. Come on, you can see the resemblance! Sure, she lacks the historical Commander's full Proud Warrior Tribe Mare philosophy, but honestly, that's just as well. She has the same hooves-first to problem solving, and they're both undeniably, unquestionably unstoppable. In fact, if you look closer, there's a certain resemblance between many of Daring's friends and the founders of Equestria. Coco Pie might as well be a direct copy of Chancellor Puddinghead, for one. The fate of the missing statues from Children of Primus They are... Still in Equestria somewhere. Transported to another dimension. Were destroyed off-page by one of the other statues. Beyond the stars. Thoughts on the Shipping Specifically, the two that are regularly Ship Teased; though this is just my two bits. Daring Do/Bravado: Originally intended as being the Official Couple (or as close as it was going to get, it seems to vary from book to book) due to how similar the two of them were: Brash, Stubborn and Adventurer Archaeologist. Daring/Herpy: Not intended to be anything except maybe a one shot character, or possibly an easy out if Daring needed someone in the school to help her. But, thanks to both fan reaction and fleshing out of his character, his personality ended up complimenting Daring's much more than intended. Calypso is a hermaphrodite Why else would that bird be referred to as both male and female? Daring Do and Ahuizotl will become playable in the next PonyCalibur game. The series had a few guest stars before, and who else would be more awesome? Celestia knows that would be better than the cash grab crossovers they've been doing since the third one. The Wooden Mask and the Smooze are connected. Both turn ponies evil, both have the power of Mind Control, and both are maybe the only things that rival Krastos in evil or scariness. The Mask could have easily been made by an ancient Colt of Smooze for some dark ritual. That makes a disturbing amount of sense. They might have chipped a piece of the Amber and incorporated it into the Mask. The Mask is said to have a sort of purple-ish tint when held in the right lighting; maybe the finish is made of melted-down Smooze Amber. The reason why Children of Primus was never officially released was... That there was some sort of conspiracy that didn't allow it to get published. Copyright issues. I mean the whole thing does sound vaguely like Transformares. We will eventually find out what happened in Fillydelphia three years ago. It will involve time travel, and it will be hilarious. The stories are true, and Rainbow Dash is the reincarnation of Daring Do Daring wrote of her adventures under a pen name, and died during what was meant to be the last in the series. She is born years later as a pony almost identical to herself, just with a slightly different personality and a totally different colour scheme. She is born Rainbow Dash, with no recollection of her past life, but tends to get scraps of memory, which helps in her sparking interest in reading. The last part has been jossed as Rainbow Dash is shown as a different character on the cover of the upcoming book Daring Do and the Ring of Destiny. Ahuizotl's Embarrassing Nickname is actually his real name After all, what kind of parents would name their kid "Ahuizotl"? Linnet Bird figured out Sweeney was her birth father on her own. After all, she's got his eyes. Not to mention his sense of humor. And she might've heard about him losing a daughter sixteen years ago... Arthur isn't insane. He and his friends are just really dedicated LARPers. Ghoul has a bad case of lockjaw. It would certainly explain his inability to talk without clenching his teeth. Laurentia Of The Red Mane is the alicorn in charge of writing. When she saw Daring in a fix, she teleported herself into the book world. She's a real alicorn, but she's so reclusive in her library that she's never seen. Marv is... Mareton's half-brother. Dr. Capacitor's cousin, Lemon Johnson. Laurentia of the Red Mane and Banizacherla each have their own areas to patrol. Professor Gray Matter from Wrath of Zeb is the professor who will disappear in Silver Menace.]] Hossed. Gray Matter had retired. Blank village special talents We know Ruby's is finding things, Starlet's is murder, and Roneo is irony appreciation, but let's look at the others: Greyhoof is determination. He got through no matter what. Unfortunately, determination can be fanaticism in the wrong light. So determined he would be, he refused to let his mark manifest. Mitta: Gladstone: Three Leaf: Daring Do will become an alicorn In light of the previously obscure unicorn Twilight Sparkle becoming an alicorn princess, it is now known that such things are possible. Who better to become Equestria's new fictional princess than the archaeologist who has saved it from evil countless times? For older readers, it could serve as a beautiful metaphor for how Daring has fulfilled the expectations of her father and is moving on to become a more mature, self-confident pony. For younger readers, it's a great way to sell alicorn Daring Do plushies. Speaking as one of the older readers, and as one who is trying to avoid angering anypony, I can safely say that- were this to happen- it would be perhaps the biggest Base Breaker in the entire series. While I do enjoy the idea of Daring becoming an alicorn, and the authors of the expanded universe novels have (mostly) been very good about delivering quality work, this might be one idea best left alone. add to that, While Daring does exhibit some leader qualities, she is ultimately unambitious in her goals. She would rather stay in a dusty old college for the rest of her life than live a potentially endless one dealing with delegates of foreign nations with, evidently if we go by how hard it would have been to NOT notice the collapse of an entire mountain populated by a tribe of primitive Eohippi, poor awareness of current events. Count Vryko's true plans are... To turn Daring Do into an Alicorn, as with the above WMG. The new book is out and as it turns out, Vryko Lakas was gathering all those artifacts in order to stop all the vampires from taking over the world. Too bad he ended it in genocide. The Golem Siblings and the Greifvögel continuities will meet in a future book It may be wishful thinking, but the same was said about all the others, and yet we have Tinker's Seal. The Dark Power Greyhoof made his deal for Sunny Town was with the Pony of Shadows. Considering that it only appears during the days and nights of the full moon, it's said to be a fragment of Nightmare Moon's power, and it exists in the Everfree Forest, it makes sense. In Ring of Destiny, Short Stuff we will see. Her levels in badflank from Headless Horse she will retain, of course. Hossed. Short Stuff is mentioned early on but does not appear. The other three original Elements of Harmony belonged to... King Sombra. He could have been the riginal Element of Kindness before succumbing to corruption via evil magic. The Mahavir/Mahaviar inconsistency is intentional. There's really no other reason to keep it up rather than fix it and move forward with a consistent spelling. To say nothing of instances when something like "Mahiavair" allegedly slipped past the proofreaders. Somewhere, somepony is watching the fandom bicker over this, and they're laughing their flank off. Confirmed. See The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You. Greyhound Grave will become something of a super-powered evil side for Crystal Clear And Rail knows, which is why he took Grave's sword at the end of Iron Grinder, so Clear can use it should the need arise. In the Bag of Tirek preview, Zipzee is talking about the Scorpans Silvia is Hawkwings' illegitimate child... by his wife. Hawkwings has claimed he never cheated on his wife, but the fact that he said this after being caught in what is heavily implied to be one of those erotic clubs where females put on clothing in a sexy manner makes this seem unlikely. However, what if he was telling the truth in this case? What if Silvia is his child by his wife before they got married, and they gave her up for adoption, before reuniting later? Recap: Daring Do And The Quest For The Sapphire Stone The first and most frequently adapted book in the bestselling Daring Do series, written by A.K. Yearling. It introduces Daring Do, Ahuizotl and, within flashbacks, Coco Pie and Darrin Do. Short Summary After crash landing in the jungle, Daring Do must elude Ahuizotl and his minions as she attempts to recover the eponymous stone from an ancient temple. The best known film adaptation was directed by J.J. Thistle-Whistle and adapted for the screen by Minty Coral. It stars Hairerion Trot (reprising her Bridleway role) as Daring Do and Pigroot Cullen as the voice of the MGI Ahuizotl. Ellen De Jennet and Dante Bronco make brief appearances as Coco and Darrin. Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone contains examples of:
Recap: Daring Do And The Griffons Goblet Office Temp: That's the ambassador of the griffon homelands? Platinius: Yes. Office Temp: And you are the assistant? Platinius: Yes. Office Temp: And it isn't the other way around because...? Platinius: Well, it's kind of our shtick. For the love of your Celestia, please ruin it. The second book in the Daring Do franchise originated by A.K. Yearling, Daring Do and the Griffin's Goblet is notable for a large number of firsts, including the introductions to numerous recurring characters - Derring Do, Storm Talon, Tabula Rasa, Bravado, Ambassador Hawkwings and Deputy Platinius - as well as launching plot threads that would be continued in later books. It is also the first book to open on one of Daring's classes, as would soon become the pattern. Short Summary Daring Do is hired to track down a mystical goblet; her search leading her to discover a conspiracy that reaches all the way into her past. In addition to the returning main cast of Sapphire Stone, the Applewood film adaptation stars Agister Jolie as Derring, Equestria Furrera as Tabula Rasa, Samuel L Hawkson as Storm Talon, William Featherton as Ambassador Hawkwings, John Barrowmane as Bravado, Gary Birdshoff as Deputy Platinius, Clawrence Fishburne as Copperbeak and Henily Van Cage as Nimbusbeak. Shia La Buck makes a one-scene appearance as Herpy. Daring Do and the Griffon's Goblet contains examples of:
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gently caress this poo poo. Just gently caress it. At least Henry Darger made up his own universe. Whoever's doing this loving poo poo is no Henry Darger.
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Recap: Daring Do And The Curse Of The Yeti Daring: Herpy, when I say run, run. Herpy: Have you thought up some clever plan, Professor? Daring: Yes, Herpy, I believe I have. Herpy: What are you going to do? Daring: Buck a rock at it. Daring Do and the Curse of the Yeti is the third book in the Daring Do franchise originated by A.K. Yearling. Noteworthy for the first appearances of Daren Do, Rayback, Ghoul S. Daschund, Professor Ed and Masra, as well as a rare incidence of Ahuizotl seeking assistance from a more powerful enemy, rather than manipulating lesser ones. The story follows up the cliffhanger of Griffon's Goblet, in which Daring learned that her father was still alive. Short Summary While excavating an ancient Pegasus settlement atop a remote mountain, she discovers her lost father imprisoned and helps him escape. They are attacked by a strange creature. As Daring evades its attacks, she tries to uncover its origin and figure out how to stop it. For the Applewood film adaptation, Harerion Trot, Equestria Furrera, Dante Bronco, Agister Jolie, Samuel Hawkson, Ellen De Jennet, Shia La Buck and Pigroot Cullen reprised their roles from previous movies. Making their debuts are Sean Trottery as Daren, Jeff Briard as Ghoul, Alphabet Soup as Masra and Charlie Saddler as Rayback (both voicework and MGI). Daring Do and the Curse of the Yeti contains examples of;
Recap: Daring Do And The Wooden Mask Daring Do and the Wooden Mask is the fifth book in the Daring Do series originated by A.K. Yearling. This book is noteworthy for the introductions to Outback Jack and Desert Rose as well as for being the first book to give fan-favourite Herpy a sidekick role, and for breaking numerous records for pre-orders after the announcement of Herpy's sidekick status. Short Summary Daring Do's assistant Herpy purchases a tribal mask while accompanying her on a trip, little knowing that it's part of Ahuizotl's plan to turn Daring Do to the dark side. The Applewood film adaptation stars Harerion Trot as Daring Do, Shia La Buck as Herpy, Ellen De Jennet as Coco Pie and Pigroot Cullen as Ahuizotl, with Caitlin Stirrup and Summer Billet making their screen debuts as Outback Jack and Desert Rose respectively. Daring Do and the Wooden Mask contains examples of:
Recap: Daring Do And The Platinum Crown Daring Do and the Platinum Crown is the sixth book published in the Daring Do series originated by A.K. Yearling. This book is set before Griffon's Goblet, and is thus the first chronological appearance of Derring Do. Short Summary Daring Do's sister Derring-Do challenges her to a race to see who first complete the only quest that their parents were never able to finish: the search for the legendary Platinum Crown. The Applewood film adaptation stars Hairerion Trot, John Barrowmane, Shia La Buck, Agister Jolie, Dante Bronco, Ellen De Jennet and Pigroot Cullen reprising their roles from previous films. Malcolm McTrottell plays the antagonist, King Hammerhoof of Zogin. Daring Do and the Platinum Crown contains examples of:
Recap: Daring Do And The Ruby Of The Blank Village Daring Do and the Ruby of the Blank Village is the third book in the Daring Do Expanded Universe, written by Gusty Lulamoon. This book is notable for unwittingly launching what would become known as the Tinker's Series, thanks to its introduction of the Blank Village and Greyhoof. Lulamoon dedicates the book to her equinology lecturer Donitz. Short Summary While Daring and Storm Talon are with a group investigating ruins in the Everfree Forest just outside Ponyville, they find a village where nopony has a cutie mark. Two of the party are killed for having cutie marks, and that is not even the village's deepest secret. Daring Do and the Ruby of the Blank Village contains examples of:
Recap: Daring Do And The Amber Of The Smooze Daring Do and the Amber of the Smooze is the eighth book in the Daring Do Expanded Universe, written by Ember Roundup. The book is notable for introducing the Colt of the Smooze, several of which would become recurring villains. Roundup dedicates the book to Jennifer (her mother) and Lewis (her former colleague in the Fillydelphia Tribune World News office). Short Summary Daring learns from Mahiavar that a dangerous religious order had recovered a powerful artifact hidden in the Saddle Arabian Desert. Calling themselves the Colt of Smooze, they seek to unleash the eponymous Smooze and drown the world in its ooze. Surprise turns are everywhere when not only is Desert Rose implicated in having ties to the Colt of Smooze, but Ahuizotl himself is actually trying to save the world (albeit for purely selfish reasons). Daring Do and the Amber of the Smooze contains examples of:
Recap: Daring Do And The Universal Cracks Daring Do and the Universal Cracks is the twenty-second book in the Daring Do Expanded Universe, written by Steeplechase Moffat and Muffin Parcels. Well-known and loved by the fanbase for being one of the funniest entries in the Expanded Universe, Parcels apparently got her start as a fanfiction author before being all but hunted down by Moffat and offered a collaboration, making her quite possibly the ultimate Promoted Fanfilly. The book is also notable for seemingly bringing an end to the Colt of the Smooze arc, as the story's originator Ember Roundup was then going through a Creator Breakdown and permitted Moffat to resolve it. Short Summary When a crack appears in Daring's office wall, she believes that nothing more need be done than call the maintenance colt. However, when an impossible knocking is heard from the other side, Daring and Herpy are quickly swept into an adventure that threatens not only Equestria, but Reality itself. Daring Do and the Universal Cracks contains examples of:
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Laconic: Daring Do Stories about a mare who is really into shiny objects found in dungeons. or Stories about Pony Indiana Jones. Venture into the unabridged version HERE
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