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[[File:antropology_7304.jpg|frame| She's not crazy, no matter what anypony else says.]]
 
 
Humans exist, right? After all, how couldn't they? The [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|whole world]] seems to be built with them in mind. Is it too hard to believe they at least existed?
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Lyra asks herself this question a lot, as she's been utterly devoted to finding the truth for the past few years. When Lyra finds what she believes to be indisputable evidence in the form of a lyre, she becomes determined to prove their existence, no matter how much society (and her roommate) object.
 
This ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' [[Fanfic]] by JasonTheHuman has been [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/12/story-anthropology.html featured] on Equestria Daily and can be found [http://www.fimfiction.net/story/4656/Anthropology here]. There are also two official side stories: the February Write-Off entry ''[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/11845/Caretakers Caretakers]'' and the decidedly non-canon [[April Fools' Day]] chapter ''[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/18724/Truth-vs.-Fiction Truth vs. Fiction]'' (a sequel to the author's earlier fic ''[[Gurren Jesus]]'').
 
== '''Note:''' This trope page is currently under construction. Anybody who has read ''Anthropology'' should feel free to add any tropes we seem to have missed. ==
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* [[Aerith and Bob]]: Lyra considers how some ponies have human names (such as Pony ''Joe'') to be evidence.
* {{spoiler|[[Ancient Astronauts]]: Celestia reveals humans were like these, though how technologically advanced they were is still unknown.}}
* [[Body Horror]]: Lyra [[Professor Guinea Pig|casts spells on herself]] in an attempt to turn her forehoof into a human hand. It succeeds, and is easily reversible, but not after many [[Squick|squickysquick]]y failures.
* [[Book Ends]]: “Are you gonna eat that?”
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: '''Nopony''' believes Lyra, about anything she says. Not even Twilight, the one pony who would actually listen to her, who actually has any inclination to for inquisitive fact finding. Lyra appropriately [[Not So Different|throws this back in Twilight's face]] when she recounts how nopony believed Twilight about Nightmare Moon.
* {{spoiler|[[Changeling Fantasy]]}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Humanity Ensues]]}}: To Lyra, {{spoiler|though [[Changeling Fantasy|she was originally human in the first place]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Humanity's Wake]]: Though thoroughly gone, Human society and inventions greatly influenced Pony society.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]]: Celestia reveals that the reason there aren't any humans around anymore is because of... humans.}}
** {{spoiler|Well, with a push by [[Complete Monster|Discord]].}}
* [[I Ate What?]]: Lyra's reaction to {{spoiler|finding out what a hamburger is made of}}. She admits she liked it, though.
* [[I Was Having Such a Nice Dream]]: Lyra has a [[Dreaming of Times Gone By|dream of Manehattan, except everyone, including her, is human]] .<ref>(presumably Manhattan)</ref>. After realizing this, she thinks about [[Tempting Fate|how there's so much she wants to see]], and then is woken up by Bon-Bon.
* [[Lower Deck Episode]]: Scenes from the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|series]] where Lyra and Bon-Bon are in the crowd are written into the story, with added context of course.
* [[Mary Sue]]: [invoked]Lyra's opinion of {{spoiler|''[[The Last Unicorn]]''.}}
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* [[Prolonged Prologue]]: After he posted ''Chapter 9'', leaving a huge cliffhanger ( {{spoiler|Lyra is a human}}), JasonTheHuman wrote on his blog, "I hope you all enjoyed the prologue. The story begins next Monday."
* [[Saying Too Much]]: When questioned about humans, Luna immediately begins ranting about how better off everyone is without their influence. Then she orders Lyra to drop everything regarding the subject, and promptly storms off.
* {{spoiler|[[Stranger in a Familiar Land]]: Lyra was born a human from the human world, came to Equestria when she was a baby through a mechanism we never discover, and then returns to her home world.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Tomato in the Mirror]]: After revealing the truth about humanity and all its flaws, Celestia reveals one more thing to Lyra... [[Interspecies Adoption|She's adopted.]]}}
* [[Unfortunate Names]]: After {{spoiler|Arriving in the human world}}, Lyra name-drops Twilight Sparkle to {{spoiler|her new human friend, Audrey. She assumes Twilight must have been raised by hippies and that she must be teased "[[Twilight|because of the books]]."}}
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Chapter 9